sharon allitt: vocals, guitar, drum machine martin wilson: keyboards pete wagula: acoustic & electric guitar, dobro Linda anne crick: background vocals on "buddha"
recorded at retromedia studios, red bank, nj some tracks recorded at underground studio, red bank, nj all songs written by sharon allitt except "believe in dreams" words by sharon allitt music by martin wilson.
I WANT TO KNOW WHY (Allitt) acoustic guitar, vocals, drum machine - sharon acoustic guitar - pete keyboard - marty i want to know why the moon is still rising i want to know why the sun won't fall from the sky i want to know why the stars won't shoot through space tonite i want to know why a little part of me dies each time i see your face, hear your voice, feel your desire a little part of me dies eternally and i only breathe to feed your fire i want to know where the pain in your heart lies i want to know where the truth is between your lies i want to feel your passion burn inside as your touch ignites my mind a little part of me dies each time i see your face, hear your voice, feel your desire a little part of me dies eternally and i only breathe to feed your fire these little games we play make me want you make me stay make me want you more each day, each day these little games we play have no rules or so you say look the other way while i run away, while i run away a little part of me dies each time i see your face, hear your voice, feel your desire a little part of me dies eternally and i only breathe to feed your fire i want to know when we will touch again i want to when i'll see you breathing in and out i want to know when you'll ask me to take you in i want to know when a little part of me dies each time i see your face, hear your voice, feel your desire a little part of me dies eternally and i only breathe to feed your fire these little games we play make me want you make me stay make me want you more each day, each day these little games we play have no rules or so you say look the other way while i run away, while i run away these little games we play make me want you love me stay make me love you more each day, each day these little games we play have no rules or so you say so look the other way while i run away, while i run away, while i run away
SABLE (Allitt) acoustic guitar & vocals - sharon keyboard - marty i could just lie right here by your side tell you things like it don't matter if the world's not flat or i could just hide away, i could just hide away i could just hide away in the depth of those sable eyes i could just sleep in your arms and dream of what keeps you with me conceive of things that will come to be or i could ride on your wings, i could ride on your wings i could ride on your wings through starlight and moonbeams i could wake every morning and feel the strength of your following just like a hangover after too many libations you are the calmness that remains, you are the calmness that remains you are the calmness that remains in the center of the hurricane i turned and felt you lying by my side you were a vision, a vision of beauty in that dimly lit night you looked so very peaceful lying there, so peaceful so full of grace i felt forever was there in the center of your embrace but i was afraid, i was so afraid to say it, afraid you didn't feel the same way but then you turned around looked at me you said together we will find our way i could just lie right here by your side conjure up a fancy goodbye tell you my faults true and tried wait as we decide, wait as we decide wait as we decide, in the depth of those sable eyes in the depth of those sable eyes in the depth of those sable eyes
LOVE SONG 4 U (Allitt) acoustic guitar & vocals - sharon once i felt so alone, but then you were here once there was such despair, but your smile washed away my tears you were here to lead me all the way home you were here, you freed me and now i am so in love yes there were mistakes we made and there were more than just a few no matter what fell apart, wore down or blew up nothing contradicted my love for you you were here and you held me in your arms you were here and showed the sun's shine where the rain once was well i think i'll stay a little while, maybe just until i die and you know if i had my say that day would never come our way you were here to lead me all the way home you were here, you freed me and now i am so in love you, you were here in my heart you were here we will never part you are my lover and my friend now you are here we will never end
SOMETHING'S WRONG HERE (Allitt) acoustic guitar & vocals - sharon electric guitar - pete something's wrong here i feel it every day although i try i can't find a remedy for the pain you caused me you can keep what's yours you took all that was mine i have nothing left now you shouldn't be surprised something's wrong here i feel it every day although i try i can't find a remedy for the pain you caused me you were the one you were the only one and you left me standing all alone i was taken in by all your sweet displays one game after another every single day and then i fell so hard i really can't recall if you ever told the truth even once, after all something's wrong here i feel it every day although i try i can't find a remedy for the pain you caused me it's such a shame to waste these feelings that you've given me but every day my heart is hollow my heart is empty something's wrong here i feel it every day although i try i can't find a remedy for the pain you caused me something's wrong here i feel it every day although i try i can't find a remedy for the pain you caused me although i try i can't find, i can't find, i can't find a remedy for the pain you caused me
AIN'T NO TIME (Allitt) acoustic guitar, vocals & drum machine - sharon keyboard - marty this ain't no time to be feeling low down and repressed there ain't no room here for another mess they ain't gonna be there to pick you up when you have fallen they ain't gonna be wishing you luck when you are on the ground and crawling they ain't gonna be your family, your lover or even your friend and they ain't gonna be hanging around in the end when your head is in your hands this ain't no time to be thinking you are better than the rest this ain't no time to be thinking you can pass that test cause they'll be there to shoot that thing straight through your head they ain't gonna be there to clean up the mess when its all been spilt they ain't gonna bail your ass outta that nasty little place and they ain't gonna be whispering sweet little nothings in your face this ain't no time to be thinking you will be the one to survive this ain't no time to be thinking living that life means that you are alive cause they ain't gonna be there in the end when you are cold and dead they ain't gonna be a saving grace of forgiveness at your wake they ain't gonna bring roses to mark your grave very holiday and they ain't gonna cry every time they remember that you have gone away this ain't no time to be feeling all alone you're not alone and deep inside you know it this ain't no time to be feeling lost with no hope you can always come home, you can always come home cause they ain't gonna be there in the end when you are cold and dead they ain't gonna be a saving grace of forgiveness at your wake they ain't bring roses to mark your grave very holiday and they ain't gonna cry every time they remember that you have gone away they ain't gonna be there to pick you up when you have fallen they ain't gonna be wishing you luck when you are on the ground and crawling they ain't gonna be your family, your lover or even your friend and they ain't gonna be hanging around in the end when your head is in your hands
NEVER (Allitt) acoustic guitar & vocals - sharon acoustic guitar & dobro - pete keyboard - marty when i heard your lies i already knew all the time i'd wasted with you when i left that day i really cried never dreamed i'd find the strength to say goodbye never going back again, never gonna turn to you you'll never hear me say i love you in my eyes you were a man that i loved to leave behind in my eyes you were the man who i loved saying goodbye to i'll see you on some other day when i am stronger than you remember me when i see you on the street i'll just walk the other way never going back again, never gonna turn to you you'll never hear me say i love you in my eyes you were a man that i loved to leave behind in my eyes you were the man who i loved saying goodbye to never going back again, never gonna turn to you you'll never hear me say i love you
BELIEVE IN DREAMS (Allitt/Wilson) vocals - sharon keyboard - marty hold tight the road ahead is a bit rough its so easy to lose control once the dream comes to light we will see we can create the best or the worst of times dream, dream the mountain is high too high to climb these hands will pull you up once the dream comes to light we will see we can create the best or the worst of times believe, believe sometimes we all give up for just a little while give to someone who needs care for someone be the voice of love and show the way to succeed the way to succeed the way to believe try to believe in your dreams alive in our minds is a love that can create anything we dream alive in our hearts are the dreams from where it all starts it's a chance we have to take it's a chance we have to take it's a chance we have to make believe in dreams
SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER (Allitt) acoustic guitar & vocals - sharon keyboard - marty i looked into your eyes, i saw oceans of blue meaning for me, meaning for you that day seems so far away something happened i don't know what to say sometimes it's easier to say goodbye rather than stay and watch a love slowly die i thought we'd go on and on but something's end all on their own tell me what do you see when you look at me Ii it the same or is your heart empty today love is so cruel sometimes it makes you feel like saying sometimes it's easier to say goodbye rather than stay and watch a love slowly die i thought we'd go on and on but something's end all on their own i cannot feel it when we touch that fiery spark that once was how could we forget that flaming urge to connect love likes it games, plays us like fools until we say sometimes it's easier to say goodbye rather than stay and watch a love slowly die i thought we'd go on and on but something's end all on their own sometimes it's easier to say goodbye rather than stay and fight for the love of your life i thought we'd go on and on but something's end all on their own
WHITE DRESS (Allitt) acoustic guitar & vocals - sharon acoustic guitar - pete grudges don't leave easily no matter what you do forgiveness don't come easily they are far between and few i think you were lying when you told me i was all you ever knew i believe you were lying when you told me i'd wear that white dress with you well, you knew the hurt that it would bring and still you followed through i only wish that you could imagine how much i wish you could feel this too i think you were lying when you told me i was all you ever knew i believe you were lying when you told me i'd wear that white dress with you now that day has finally arrived and i know just what i'll do i'll leave you standing at that altar like you haven't got a clue i think you were lying when you told me i was all you ever knew i believe you were lying when you told me i'd wear that white dress with you grudges don't leave easily sometimes they never do forgiveness, it don't come easily not between me and you i think you were lying when you told me i was all you ever knew i believe you were lying when you told me i'd wear that white dress with you i think you were lying when you told me i was all you ever knew i believe you were lying when you told me i'd wear that white dress with you
BEND (Allitt) acoustic guitar, vocals & drum machine - sharon fool rushed in to save my wounded soul play creator then leave me when you're through don't i deserve the benefit of the doubt that those days are behind me now bend me, break me, mold me, make me treasure my mind love my body too i could be anything you want me too but your mirror is cracked and your mind is black remember if you hate in haste all the love you'll waste bend me, break me, mold me, make me into what you deplore, or you can bend me, break me, mold me, make me into something more why can't you ever say you did well why can't you accept who i am why do i always try so hard if in your eyes i always fail bend me, break me, mold me, make me into what you deplore, or you can bend me, break me, mold me, make me into something more
INDEPENDENT THOUGHT (Allitt) acoustic guitar & vocals - sharon you say come down halfway and you'll come up you say you never wanted us perfect just flawless enough flawless like the blue sky that rains while the sun is shining you say come down halfway and you'll come up but you can't we stop playing games til you see which one of us gets broke it's not that i think you're the only culprit i'm just not up to praying at your pulpit i don't think you are the mastermind of all the world's problems you don't have that kind of power anyway but you do feed on it you do and now there are only a few who can stand up to you well you will have to excuse me if for just a little while i believed everything i read, heard, learned and was taught but now that i am older and i am more aware i feel the need to tell you i have regained my independent thought you say come down halfway and you'll come up i have to tell you the middle of the road explodes into purgatory now with our hands tied it's awfully hard to make your way through the barb wire of all your words once spoken and broken into a lot of crooked lines and yes a lot of stupid rhymes and oh, a lot of wasted time and then you say that you were only joking, oh you were only joking yeah you were only joking, but to tell you the truth i didn't get the joke you say come down halfway and you'll come up we never bargained for flawless just perfect enough
BUDDHA (Allitt) acoustic guitar & vocals - sharon acoustic guitar - pete background vocals - linda something has led me here today maybe i'm searching for a truer meaning maybe i'm looking for a little light shining a little buddha meant that a little peace and a little love go a long long way you never know what you can save without some attempt being made if you'd only open up you would find a way a little buddha meant that a little peace and a little happiness go a long long way then i swore i heard them say the truth is found in the way the lotus blooms with the promise of the coming day a little buddha meant that a little peace and a little faith go a long long way a little buddha meant that a little peace and a little faith go a long long way
GO NOW (Allitt) acoustic guitar & vocals - sharon keyboard - marty go now, go now you said it's time for you to go you won't be able to stay because your future is too far away well now, that's no surprise i saw this coming for some time colder than a winter day you left me standing in the rain first you trade me off for somebody new and when she's not what you thought she would be you may want to turn around well think it over cause i'll turn you down go now, go now don't hesitate another day i know this sounds so strange i really don't want you to go away well now, that's no surprise i'll survive, i can decide no use crying wasted tears and there is no use reliving those years first you trade me off for somebody new and when she's not what you thought she would be while you may want to turn around well think it over, cause i'll turn you down go now, go now don't dilly dally just go now don't return to say that you're sorry don't try to say that you hurt as much as me cause i'll be fine and you'll be fine come tomorrow morning I will wakeand the sun will rise while the moon is falling first you trade me off for a somebody new and when she's not what you thought she would be while you may want to turn around well think it over cause i'll turn you down, i'll turn you down i'll turn you so far down
special thanks to: ed for always being there and then being there some more, for your inspiration and your love jay for always being a part of this wonderful experience casey for inspiring one of these songs, can you guess which one. marty for all your hard work, and being patient when i had a few too many ideas going at the same time, just think, we get to do this again. pete for coming to red bank and bringing your guitars linda for hanging out and singing with me john for all your know-how, your patience, (oh yeah and for letting us come back next time) all my family and friends, all the fans who come to the shows
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