A Thousand Pictures

Peter Loss and Ian Charles, collectively known as MAN IN THE WINDOW, are excited to announce the February 9, 2026 release of our second Man In The Window album. 10 original songs entitled A Thousand Pictures, is available on all streaming services. Please visit us on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. You can request the album music by using Man In The Window and any of the song titles below, or the album title A Thousand Pictures:

This album was produced by Ian Charles, co-produced by Jason Sarubbi of Split Rock Studios in New Paltz, and co-produced by Andrew Warren at Oxford Studios during Philadelphia sessions, on the songs A Thousand Pictures and BLDG 22.

Lyrics

A father’s dream

At the piano

A maestro was he

Lost in his hands

His freedom untold

A child inside

Shackled to a life of

Love and lies

The walls closing in

His chances thin

Shades of black and white

A father had a dream

Without his son

We started with two

And then I was one

You took a fortune

Just to cast it away

Roll the dice

The years washed over

By the silent tide

On the keys, a boy’s hand

Found the courage of a man

You took a fortune

And cast it away

Roll the dice

And the son had a dream

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Acoustic Guitar: Peter Loss

Lead Guitar: John Burdick

Bass Guitar: Jason Sarubbi

Drums: Jason Sarubbi

Recording Engineer: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY

A father’s dream

At the piano

A maestro was he

Lost in his hands

His freedom untold

A child inside

Shackled to a life of

Love and lies

The walls closing in

His chances thin

Shades of black and white

A father had a dream

Without his son

We started with two

And then I was one

You took a fortune

Just to cast it away

Roll the dice

The years washed over

By the silent tide

On the keys, a boy’s hand

Found the courage of a man

You took a fortune

And cast it away

Roll the dice

And the son had a dream

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Acoustic Guitar: Peter Loss

Lead Guitar: John Burdick

Bass Guitar: Jason Sarubbi

Drums: Jason Sarubbi

Recording Engineer: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY

A father’s dream

At the piano

A maestro was he

Lost in his hands

His freedom untold

A child inside

Shackled to a life of

Love and lies

The walls closing in

His chances thin

Shades of black and white

A father had a dream

Without his son

We started with two

And then I was one

You took a fortune

Just to cast it away

Roll the dice

The years washed over

By the silent tide

On the keys, a boy’s hand

Found the courage of a man

You took a fortune

And cast it away

Roll the dice

And the son had a dream

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Acoustic Guitar: Peter Loss

Lead Guitar: John Burdick

Bass Guitar: Jason Sarubbi

Drums: Jason Sarubbi

Recording Engineer: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY

I wake up

I’m flying

Over open fields

On the horizon

I see your face

Over and over again

I close my eyes

And open my mind…….A thousand pictures

Fiery trees

Light the sky

Until we meet

Heavenly sweet

That first kiss

Technicolor bliss

You gave me a dandelion

I wake up

I’m flying

I see your face

On the horizon

A thousand pictures

I catch them all

Close my eyes

Open my mind

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Backing Vocals: Marianne Tasick

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Saxophone: Hiruy Tirfe

Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Guitar: Peter Loss

Lead Guitar: John Burdick

Bass Guitar: Jason Sarubbi

Drums: Ian Charles

Recording Engineers: Jason Sarubbi (Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY, Andrew Warren (Oxford Studios, Philadelphia)

My fight with tangled vines

The building’s perfect lines

Painted murals and scattered glass

That echo voices past

The faded sign says welcome

To the halls of fate

Where have they gone?

Promises, promises too late

No innocence beyond this point

I can’t get in where doubt sweeps through

A forsaken land…..

Empty rooms and broken dreams

A boy holds my hand

He’s free

As I walk away

Torn and cold

Scars of young and old

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Backing Vocals: Marianne Tasick

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Flute: Eubie Nieves

Acoustic Guitar: Peter Loss

Lead Guitar: John Burdick

Bass Guitar: Jason Sarubbi

Recording Engineer: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY

It was the first of March

At the corner of Park and Jericho

I was working at the market

It was buzzing as the King always did

It was just me and her

She was working on the shelves down Aisle 3

Standing on a crate, first rate, looking

Great, and taking my

Breath away

And it felt like forever

She gave me her number, I still recall
This extraordinary girl

And ordinary guy

From New York to the rest of the world

That First of March

Imagine the sound

Of dreams spinning ‘round

A brilliant stone

The Plymouth Fury fires up

A humble journey takes a step

We stopped to dance

And took a chance

And built a garden

Me and her

She gave me her number, I still recall

This extraordinary girl and ordinary guy

From New York to the rest of the world

First of March, first of March, first of March

La la la la

First of March, first of March

La la la la

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Backing Vocals: Kinyon Lanier, Candace Cahoe

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Acoustic Guitar: Peter Loss

Lead Guitar: John Burdick

Bass Guitar: Jason Sarubbi

Drums: Ian Charles

Recording Engineers: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY, Andrew Warren, Oxford Studios, Philadelphia

The alarm clock rings

It’s time to rise

The moon and the stars

In your little eyes

Splashing in the puddles

Playing with the band

The world in your hands

When darkness came

Water the flowers

Tell me you know

That I’m so proud of you

You were the best

Life of my years

Water the flowers

They’ll grow big and tall

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Backing Vocals: Marianne Tasick

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Backing Vocals: Kinyon Lanier, Candace Cahoe

Upright Bass: Jason Sarubbi

Recording Engineers: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY, Andrew Warren, Oxford Studios, Philadelphia

The blue river calls to me

An echo for the times

Cool and deep

Is the love

The sun peeks

Through the mountaintops

Her smile warms

This passing storm

Love me, above me

Misty moon

Grace you, embrace you

My misty moon

A silver thorn pierces

A careful heart

There’s no turning back

On a lonely road

Of lavender and dusk

I see you

The blue river calls to me

An echo for the times

Cold and deep

Is the love

Love me, above me

Misty moon

Grace you, embrace you

My misty moon

I’ll be there soon

My misty moon, my misty moon, my misty moon

My misty moon, my misty moon, my misty moon,

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Backing Vocals: Kinyon Lanier, Candace Cahoe, Jason Sarubbi

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Acoustic Guitar: Peter Loss

Lead Guitar: John Burdick

Bass Guitar: Jason Sarubbi

Drums: Ian Charles

Recording Engineers: Jason Sarubbi. Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY, Andrew Warren, Oxford Studios, Philadelphia

Weathered shutters bleached to white

The windows all aglow

In the thick of the darkest night

A fire in the bitter snow

I could never stay away

Windswept grass on a sunny day,

Though I’m alone, take me home

Let me find my song

She lived

In a house on the hill

In the quiet of day

I can travel there still

Moving in silhouettes

Of voices and memories

She’ll be there. unaware

That I miss her so

I could never stay away

Windswept grass on a sunny day

Though I’m alone, take me home

Let me find my song

If I pause to hear

What I’m dreaming of

Paint the dreary harbor with

Brushstrokes of love

She lived

In a house on the hill

In the quiet of day

I can travel there still

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Recording Engineer: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY

John Reid stared in silence

His empty face filling the room

Glorious descent

In the place where the river meets the sea

Local woman, the paper said

She opened the door

To a man, to a man she didn’t know

It only took but a second

For two souls to bleed

A jury of his peers on a cold spring day

In the place where the river meets the sea

A man of the railroad

He never spoke a word

The life he took

On the miles of track

Voices unheard

Chains lay upon him

Inside and out

As he falls into the promised land

Where the river meets the sea

He walked a thin line

Noone saw the man

Noone took the time

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Lead Guitar: John Burdick

Bass Guitar: Jason Sarubbi

Drums: Ian Charles

Recording Engineers: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY

Faces touching in silence

I hear our song

And dance ‘til we cry

Catch a leaf

Before it falls

Keep our colors in the sun

Hopes collide

On a carousel ride

Let the seed

See a flower

Round and round, your eyes meeting mine

Round and round, love on the line

Round and round, your eyes meeting mine

Like fingers in a glove

We sang all the words

When did you know?

Tangles of age undone

You drew my secrets out

One by one

The world is turning

Sparks softly burning

Round and round, eyes meeting mine

Round and round, love on the line

Round and round, eyes meeting mine

Round and round, love on the line

Round and round, eyes meeting mine

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Lead Guitar: John Burdick

Bass Guitar: Jason Sarubbi

Drums: Ian Charles

Recording Engineer: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY

Two faces of the wind is she

A squall or sleepy breeze

Born of a fragile peace

Bring the rain, to grow

She is the quiet of slumber

Come through the window, sun to my face

A child at play, holding the day

In her pocket, she carries the night

A bird in flight

She falls in love, she calls the dance

Stay with me…………….Maria

Maria

Build a house, paint it white,

Stained glass reflects the light

Each door, another room

Each room, another door

Whispering rhyme, she is the Earth

A kaleidoscope

Through the tears in my eye

To share her blossoms

Of love

She falls in love, she calls the dance

Stay with me…………….Maria

Maria

Maria, Maria, Maria

Song by Peter Loss

Vocals: Ian Charles

Piano/Keyboards: Peter Loss

Backing Vocals: Marianne Tasick

Recording Engineer: Jason Sarubbi, Split Rock Studio, New Paltz, NY