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The Whole Day Avoiding
Day 966 - August 23, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Saturday Morning Longing
Day 965 - August 22, 2026
Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Just Music- Oliver is resting his voice on this day.
Same as Last Time
Day 964 - August 21, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
And it’s the same as last time
Why don’t I give a damn
It seems my favorite pastime
Is staying where I am
I think the hard part’s over
And I know who to blame
Cause when the world starts over
I always stay the same
Monday Dreams
Day 963 - August 20, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Thursday can be Monday
If your Monday dreams fell through
So don’t let time outrun you
There’s a ton you still can do
The speed of time persists, at least for me it does
But Monday just exists cause we agree it does
So you’re not that far behind
Thursday can be redefined
And your hopeless Monday dreams can still come true
At the Start
Day 962 - August 19, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
And it’s not gonna be the best right now
Cause this stage is my least favorite part
And I wish I could see the rest right now
But I can’t see the end at the start
time to do that
Day 961 - August 18, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
When will I have time to do that
When will I have time to get that done
Yesterday I thought there might be time today to do that
Even though I knew that I had none
So Easy
Day 960 - August 17, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Was it easy
Am I brave enough to say it wasn’t
And the world moves forward
Am I strong enough to say mine doesn’t
You make it look so easy
I thought that it’d be hard
Your heart has healed so easy
My heart’s forever scarred
Pee on the Seat
Day 959 - August 16, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
And there’s pee on the seat
Pee on the seat
It wasn’t mine but I know I should clean it
Do you be kind
Or do you retreat
Or do you just pretend you haven’t seen it
Someone pissed, but I can’t let them frame me
I’d be pissed if someone were to blame me
No Difference
Day 958 - August 15, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Why do I care about you
When you hardly care about me
I’d trade these feelings
For a fraction of your apathy
The more that I live without you
The deeper my spirit breaks
As much as I feign indifference
There’s no difference that it makes
The Buffet
Day 967 - August 14, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman, Olivia Fenton
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Olivia Fenton
You Again
Day 956 - August 13, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
You again
Could it really be you again
Didn’t think I’d see blue again
When all you left was grey
But it’s day again
Suddenly I’m ok again
Just don’t go away again
There’s so much left to do
And I think I can see the way through
Cause something just came into view again
Lost My Charger
Day 955 - August 12, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I fear I’ve lost my charger
And I don’t know what to do
Cause I’m running out of battery right now
It seems to die so quickly
Even though this phone’s brand new
I hope that—
Discover
Chasing Time
FULL
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Abby Mohaddes, Gabby Ballesteros
LAST NOVEMBER
Last November you were happy
New horizons clear as day
I remember being happy
But last November's far away
Last November rain was falling
But it didn't hide the sun
Cause last November life was calling
To a world that just begun
Time is racing by
Can't help but wonder why
I've spent a lifetime chasing daydreams from my mind
That I left the world I thought I knew behind
IN A HUNDRED YEARS
In a hundred years from now
I wonder how
The world will see
In a hundred lives from here
Will life appear to be
In the lights that house our bedroom
In the love you always bring
In a hundred years from now
Will time sing
Da da da da da
Da da da-da
Da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
Sing with me forever
Dance with me through time today
A life ago, I never thought
The world would find a way
Cause life can fill with sorrow
Hiding out in fear
But now I see tomorrow
With your light and laughter here
Da da da da da
Da da da-da
Da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
COME BACK
A little less sunshine today
A little less laughter to borrow
All of our dreams far away
Facing the pain of tomorrow
So wake me up when the nightmare’s ending
Wake me up when life is real again
Wake me up to prove that time’s pretending
But until then
Come back to your chair, Abby
Come back to your chair
I sit in your chair, Abby
It feels like you’re there
A little less music today
Filling our lifetime with quiet
A little less dancing today
Scrolling through time to deny it
So, take me back when life was endless dreaming
Take me back with millions of miles to go
Take me back when time was full of meaning
I’d never know until you'd go
So, come back to your food, Abby
Come back to your food
It’s waiting for you, Abby
Spoiling for you
Come back to your phone, Abby
Come back to your phone
They’re calling your phone, Abby
I sit here alone
So fuck the sun for shining today
Fuck the busy streets for moving on
Fuck the world for finding a way
When mine is gone
IF TIME COULD STAY
If I could turn the clocks back
If I had known tomorrow back then
If I could rewind time's track
If I could see your smile once again
Maybe I would open up my eyes
And never compromise
One moment chasing echoes that are bound to fade away
I’d imagine
If time could stay for a moment
If time could stay
I’d find a way in this moment
To say the things time took away from you
If love could paint tomorrow
Building monuments to mark the endless climb
If love could reform sorrow
In a world where we might live untouched by time
Maybe I would open up my heart
And never hold a part
Of time we have with anger from a day that’s come and gone
I’d imagine
If time could stay for a moment
If time could stay
I’d find a way in this moment
To say the things I should have said to you
But time isn’t waiting
For hearts in the past
Though time’s still creating
A million more moments
And maybe in one moment
Time won’t stop the love
Cause love is meant to last
YOU CHANGED MY SONG
I hear the breeze of last November
On every road we could’ve been
With lasting footprints to remember
When life was waiting to begin
Will the lights still shine without you to guide me along?
Will the world find you
In a life or two
Cause you never knew
How you changed my song
You changed my song with words I never knew
You changed my heart
With love that never grew
Till I met you
Now I hug a little tighter
Knowing time will move along
So in a hundred years from now
The world will rearrange ‘cause
You have changed my song
Corn Popsicles: A Corn Popsicle Found Me
Corn Popsicles
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
This is my submission for the Corn Musical
Lonely summer
Walking down to H-Mart
Singing Where do I go from here?
One year left in college
And I can’t help but acknowledge
That things would be different
If I knew you were near
Where are the friends you…
Meet in the movies?
Willing to wait…
Ready to be there…
Am I too much?
Am I too late?
Leave it to fate
And I suddenly see there
Lying on the shelf
A six-sided reflection of myself
Waiting…
What would I do without seeing the view
Of a corn popsicle?
Where would I be without learning to see
Like a corn popsicle?
Simple yet blazing
Profound and a-maiz-ing
And doesn’t need praising to raise to the top
I can finally say: I’m finally free!
Today is the day
A corn popsicle found me
To be corn-tinued…
Glasses
Day 881 - May 30, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Inspired by this passage of
They Both Die at the End:
I take a deep breath. “But if for some reason
this plan doesn’t work, we need to promise to
find each other in the afterlife. There has to be
an afterlife, Roof, because it’s the only thing
that makes dying this young fair.”
Rufus nods. “I will make it so easy for you to
find me. Neon signs. Marching bands.”
“Good, because I might not have my glasses,”
I say. “Not sure if they’ll ascend with me.”
In case God takes away my glasses
Here’s what I look like
No clue where we’re bound to go
But need to make sure you know
In case it’s somewhere without glasses
In case it’s harder there to see
Cause it took way too long
To find you here in this world
And just in case
I don’t have glasses in the next one
I need to know
It won’t be just as long for you to find me
Just as long as you can find me
My Rose
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Did you get my rose this morning?
I hope it made you grin
Don’t forget my rose this morning
When reality sinks in
Cause I’m not as pretty as a rose
I’m not as graceful as her leaves
I’ve never felt the kind of love that she receives
Despite the thorns I try to hide
I know I’ll never change the view
My petals are not the ones you chose
I’m not as lucky as the rose
Who knows how it feels
To be held by you
Back Up
Day 466 - April 10, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Made a song from the sound
of a truck backing up
Back up
Can we just back up?
Can we just hit rewind
Before what’s bad get worse
Back up
Too late to back up
Too late to make the words
I said to you reverse
Reverse
I can’t move forward
Knowing you’re not here
I’ve tried to find a different road
But I can’t change the gear
So how did you move forward
And pave a different track
When all that I can do is
Look back
Song a Day 568 (LIVE at Joe's Pub NYC)
Day 568 - July 21, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Yesterday was one of the most special days I’ve ever had.
I’m such a lucky guy. My only complaint is that I had so
much fomo because there were people from so many aspects
of my life that I desperately wanted to hang with and
introduce to each other so if you were there or watching the
livestream holy moly thank you literally please hang out
with me I love you. Thanks for having me @Joe’s Pub
Song a Day 568
At Joe’s Pub
July 21, 2025
(Yesterday)
I like beginnings
More than ends
That doesn’t mean I like to start
No
I’m never certain how to start
(Good Art sign) Close? (sigh)
Is it worth beginning?
Well, that depends
Is it real or is it “smart”?
No
Is it something from my heart?
Gross
I know my words never come out perfect
I know my notes still have room to grow
But too long I’ve let the fear of saying “goodbye”
Keep me from saying “hello”
So hello!
That fear is hard to part with
But tonight I’ll try to start with what I know:
(“The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis” music)
It’s my first solo show
It’s the opening song
I started it yesterday
So it’s not that strong
But you’re really here
I know it’s very late
So thanks for coming down on
Day 568
Time comes time goes
And you never think you’re ready
I don’t know if I’m ready
New dreams new clothes
Though the path may feel unsteady
Just look at where it led eventually!
Cause it’s hard to see
What lies beyond the highs and lows
If it means something tomorrow…
No one really knows
Cause one day you have no clue
How to write any words worth saying
And then the next day
You’re playing it at Joe’s
At Joe’s!
It’s my first solo show
It’s the opening song
And my voice may crack
But I’ll sing it strong
Cause you’re really here
So let’s celebrate
When my skies were looking grey
With you I found a ray
Of love and hope and joy
On Day 568
Stranger in a Bookstore
Day 117 - April 26, 2024
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
POV: You’re a hopeless romantic
in a bookstore
If you turn my way
And you caught my eye
Would we fall in love the way it happens in the stories?
Is it too cliché?
Thinking sparks would fly
That we’d fall in love the way it happens in the stories?
Would you ask my name?
Would you start to smile?
Would you feel the same relenting hope
That this new chapter last a while?
Would we stay right here and talk
Till we both forget the clock
Or were we only meant to walk the fiction aisle?
Cause you turn my way
And you catch my eye
And I say goodbye
To the stranger in a bookstore
Stranger in a Bookstore (Reprise)
Day 330 - November 25, 2024
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Never thought you’d turn my way
Never thought that story’d come to be
In a world where love’s passé
I don’t understand why you’d love me
I’m no prince
No fearless knight
I’m no hero worth the fight
Didn’t think that you’d rewrite my story
Thought I read this book before
Guess I somehow missed the greatest part
Now I know there’s always more
Now at last you’ve opened up my heart
And set the author free
I couldn’t find the key
Until you turned my way
And caught my eye
And helped my see
My story
The Song of Achilles
Day 510+ - May 24, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
What if The Song of Achilles was a musical…
Inspired by Chapter 6 of
The Song of Achilles (when
Patroclus realizes his jealousy
Of Achilles might be… something
Else) by Madeline Miller
Patroclus:
“Dm dm dm dm”
goes the stone
that he throws
across the water
Twenty
“dm dm dm dm”
Thirty
“dm dm dm dm”
Forty
“dm dm dm”
Further than mine
Last week all I wanted was to throw
my stupid stone into his face
Until his dimples lose their shine
“Dm dm dm dm”
But suddenly it’s fine
“Dm dm dm dm”
goes the lyre
that he plays perhaps to tease me
A hundred men have played those strings
But none like he
Last week I was angry
That his stupid princely hands unlocked a song
Where I could never find the key
But now everything around me rings
And suddenly I wish those strings were
“Dm dm dm dm”
me
And it’s almost like fear
Almost like crying
But it’s different from the things I’ve felt before
When I know that he’s near
It feels like I’m flying
But who knew I’d see Olympus
With my feet still on the floor
My Dream Last Night
Day 676 - November 6, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I wrote a really good song
In my dream last night
But I forgot the way it goes
And as much as I try to remember it
Only the ghost of my dream knows
Oh, there was a melody I found
Oh, felt like that best one I had written
The best one I would write
Perhaps I’ll hear the song again
When I go to bed tonight
September
Day 610 - September 1, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
September
Can’t believe you’re finally here again
It’s my favorite time of year again
Waiting for the day that you return
Wondering if you remember
How the leaves looked not too long ago
I can still hear how your song would go
Leaving me a lesson I don’t learn
Well maybe next September
Maybe next September
When a Song Fights Back
Day 7 - January 7, 2024
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman, Kaden MacKay
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Kaden MacKay
SONGWRITER:
Should it go here?
Should it go there?
Should it go up or down
Or stop - no
It should go somewhere
But where?
It should be clear
Clear and concise
Pleasing to the ear
Something to entice
Leaves you with a tear
It should go here!
But I wanna go here
Who are you?
SONG:
I’m the song
you want to write
Well, not yet
Not quite
But I would be
If you only set me free
You could hear the things I see
You could play within the key
Of what I could be
Wait, What?
Imagine all the buried treasure
Once you know the measure of a measure
Is never in the craft but in the pleasure that can flow
Once you let go
But if you don’t
You’ll never know
Maybe Meant for Me
Day 794 - March 4, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman, Emily Bear
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Emily Bear
I’m not made for chance
For “nearly”s
For “almost”s
For “maybe”s that are hardly ever “is”
A light touch (a light touch)
It’s not much
But it’s everything knowing that it’s his
If only
“If only”s were as certain as I feel
If only it were real
Just a passing glance
A “nearly”
An “almost”
A “maybe” that I wish could only be
But the feelings that I hide
Are better off inside
It’s safer knowing that it’s not a guarantee
So “if only” (If only)
An “almost” (An “almost”)
A “maybe”
Was maybe
Meant for me
Machine
Day 110 - April 19, 2024
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
If I was a machine
(bing)
How’s it going?
My project would be perfect
(bing)
Let me help you
My mind would stay intact
My words would be exact
My efforts would be clean
If I was a machine
(bing)
How’s it going?
Critique would not affect me
(bing)
Let me help you
I’d always get it done
When it’s boring… when it’s fun
When it’s kind and when it’s mean
If I was a machine
I wouldn’t make mistakes
I wouldn’t have a heart that breaks
It would never even know
That it’s nothing more than what it makes
It’s just routine
If I was
(bing)
How’s it going let me help you
Machine
900
Day 900 - June 18, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Didn’t think I’d get to 100
Can’t believe I got to 9
Just cause I can’t see the sun shining
Doesn’t mean it doesn’t shine
Cause it looks cloudy here at 900
Just as cloudy as Day 1
Some days I seem to think
I’m far from where I started
But then look up to find
I’ve only just begun
100 songs that you ignore
Guess I’ll write 100 more
But who am I writing for?
Who am I writing for?
The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis (Lyric Video)
Single Released May 9, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Joy Woods, Grant Steller
PHIL:
You can have the fame, Phyllis
I’d give up all the fame
You can have the overbearing stares
The noisy crowds
The holy shadow
And the shame, Phyllis!
But don’t pretend you want this
Don’t be so naïve
I’ll say these words again and again
But by then you’re bound to leave
They always leave
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
Well, I guess I’m just like the rest
PHIL:
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
We can’t all live forever
I sure was never as blessed
PHIL:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
The burrows we made will eventually fade
And I’ll be left to sing the same old song
But if nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Why am I the one who’s cursed to see
The sprout begin to spawn
Till the things I know are gone
Till everyone moves on but…
Hold me, Phyllis
Hold me like an apricot
Hold me like the world is not about to wave goodbye
PHYLLIS:
You watched my fur turn grey
PHIL:
I don’t like “goodbye”
PHYLLIS:
How many times have you had to say….
PHIL:
Please don’t say…
BOTH:
Goodbye
PHYLLIS:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
That’s what they say, Phil
It all goes away, Phil
But something deep inside me knows they’re wrong
If nothing’s supposed to live forever
I’ll give you a part of me I guarantee you’ll find
In the winters and the springs
In the song your shadow sings
Forever is the things I leave behind
PHIL:
Behind?
PHYLLIS:
You’ll see me in their smile
And their claws
Will make you take pause
And maybe the burrows we made
PHIL: The burrows we made
PHYLLIS: Will come back to your mind
PHIL: The burrows we made will eventually fade
PHYLLIS: Back when we weren’t afraid the sun
PHIL: And I can’t persuade the sun
To let us rewind
PHYLLIS: Would set and let
PHIL: Let us start over
PHYLLIS: us leave our last duet…
PHIL: Before you leave me…
BOTH: Behind
PHYLLIS: Are the ones who go ever truly gone
When you’re…
BOTH: Holding on to who you leave behind
PHYLLIS: Who you leave…
PHIL: Hold me, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: Behind
PHIL: Why can’t you stay forever?
PHYLLIS:
I can see forever
Just by looking in your eyes
PHIL: Dry your eyes
PHYLLIS:
That’s the thing with love…
It multiplies and multiplies and
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: But the tighter you hold me
PHIL: The deeper you look in my eyes
BOTH: The more that can’t be true
PHYLLIS: And the sprout begins to spawn
PHIL: In the winters and the springs
PHYLLIS: And the things I know are gone
PHIL: In the song shadow sings
BOTH: Till everyone moves on but us two
Cause…
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: How can I live forever
PHYLLIS: Without you
PHIL: Without you?
Me in a Year
Single Released January 1, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
He doesn’t second guess the clothes he wears
He doesn’t base his words
On faded dreams and jaded stares
He writes a new verse
With no one to please
He looks in the mirror and likes what he sees
He doesn’t seem far but he’s not near
Oh
And his eyes look just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?
Oh
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a year
Maybe that’s me in a year
He turns all his losses into wins
'Cause he doesn’t live his life in
Should've dones and could’ve beens
He goes for the gold
He lands on his face
He takes the next step and gets back in the race
But that doesn’t make him disappear
Oh
And his eyes are just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a year
And maybe it's not
Maybe it went a little different than I thought
Maybe the dreams I sought are still just dreams
When that day is finally here
But I'm a little bit closer
And it's a little more clear
And there's a little more love
And sometimes he can't decide
What clothes to wear
And sometimes he doesn't see
The specs of light that might be there
He writes a new verse
He shares a new song
And maybe that person was there all along
Even when I think he's nowhere near
Oh, and his eyes look just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can't see?
Oh, maybe it's a little more love
Maybe it's a little less fear
Maybe that's me in a year
Maybe that's me in year
I Don't Remember Birthdays
Day 667 - October 28, 2025
Lyrics: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I don’t remember birthdays
It’s not that I don’t try
I check Facebook every morning
For a whisper of a warning
To decide if I should open my heart
Or simply cry
That I remember every day you walk away
From who we used to be
‘Cause you remember birthdays
You remember mine
But you don’t remember me
I don’t remember movies
Or how the story ends
If you ask me to explain another plot,
You’ll find my brain begin to rot with—
Were they lovers?
Were they strangers?
Were they friends?
Still I remember how damn real
You made me feel
What scene can I have missed?
So watch another movie
Write another ending
And forget that I exist
Forget about all the times
We were scared together
Forget about all the dreams
That we dared together
If all the love that we shared together
Was just a charade
Then I’m still afraid that
I don’t remember birthdays
Or the song we used to sing
But it’s hard to find the comfort
In the pain as I refrain
From our refrain
To let it play, let it end, let it sting
If I could make these words rewind
I’d try to find
Some hook, some line, some clue
That you remember birthdays
You remember mine
‘Cause I remember…
You
Happy Birthday to you
How many years I thought I knew you…
How many candles on the cake?
How many wishes could I make for you
To take my hand and stay?
But now it’s just another day
Just another movie
Just another song that rings
With all the things you’re not
So I forget
How you forgot
I don’t remember birthdays
I’ve looked for many cures
But no matter how much empathy I spend
It seems my heartstrings never mend
‘Til I pretend that I don’t remember yours
So close the door and walk away
From yesterday and who we used to be
Till you remember birthdays
You remember mine
And you remember me
January - Live
EP Released June 12, 2026
"January (Live)"
Performed By: Oliver Richman
January
Was supposed to be my chance to begin again
But always seems to lead me
To a place that I’ve been again
I hate what all my New Year’s resolutions became
Watching how it stays the same
January
If only you would slow down and wait for me
Perhaps it wouldn’t feel like
What I want is too late for me
How many months I’ve sung these words before
At least I have 11 more
To get it right
To follow through
To do what I set out to do
To feel the light
This song could carry
Before its reprise next
January
January
I don't know where I've gone
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know where I'm supposed to be
I watch the world move
I watch my friends keep growing
I wonder if they feel like me
January
I know I broke the promise I swore to you
I know it's dumb
To try this late to manifest more from you
I know the past refuses to believe I still can
When I'm back where I began
January
Your garden’s looking lonely and dry again
But all the seeds I planted aren’t ripe for “goodbye” again
Don’t tell me that the dreams I have are too late to grow
I still have a long way to go
To get it right
To follow through
To do what I set out to do
To feel the light this song could carry
Even when it’s well past January
January
I don't know where I've gone
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know where I'm supposed to be
I watch the world move on
I watch my friends keep growing
I wonder if they feel like me
I wonder if they feel like me
