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:
A Thousand Pictures
Loss played the guitar since age 12. His father was a pianist, and his mother a guitar player, filling the house and neighborhood with classical and folk music. Like every kid in America, he wanted to play like the Beatles. However, guitar lessons were book-based and Pete became frustrated that no one could show him how to play like his musical idols. Pete still couldn’t read music and turned to sheet music chords, but when he played with the albums the sheet music was invariably in the wrong key. Sheer desperation forced him to use his ears to learn the actual chords.
Loss’ father left a Steinway grand piano behind. Loss’ future wife Maria came along when they were 16. Before long, with moral support from her, he learned to play the piano by ear in 1972. Such began a lifetime of musical enjoyment, playing for friends and family, but never in public. Over the years, Maria loved Pete’s piano playing and asked him to write her a song, but he was unable.
Charles was born in 1964 to a creative, artistic, and nomadic family in London. By 1970 he semi-settled in the United States, in Connecticut. Still, on the path of familial restlessness, Charles’ security blanket was music. His supportive parents and older brother were avid listeners of a variety of albums by jazz, folk, classical, and glorious Rock ‘n Roll. After years as a working musician in various fleeting bands, he finally released his debut album in 1995. Charles gained a solid following in various touring circuits around the world for 20 years, releasing 6 full-length albums and 2 EPs, and producing full albums by several independent artists. After 40 years, of facing divorce, Charles went on a professional hiatus to focus on family and hitting the reset button on his health, life, relationships, and work.
Lyrics
All songs copyright 2025 1223 Jericho Publishing, LLC (ASCAP), all rights reserved. Produced by Ian Charles, co-produced by Jason Sarubbi
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
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
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
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
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
Copyright 2024 Peter Loss
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
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
Water the flowers
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?
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, 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