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HOPE
03:51
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Hope
Can I tell you how I’m feeling?
Is it something I can do?
Maybe I should wait to say
Want to tell you in the morning
all the time now
That without you I would not get through the day
And I hope you love me too
Oh I hope you take my cue
So appealing not concealing how I feel
You know it’s true
You’re the reason
That I wake up in the morning
You’re like every breath of air
I was drowning
I was really going down
When your lifeline came along
And saved the day
And I hope you love me too
Oh I hope you take my cue
So appealing not concealing how I feel
You know it’s true
And I hope you love me too
‘cause I’m so in love with you
So appealing not concealing how I feel
You know it’s true
Please believe me
Take a look into my eyes and you will see
The message that I want to say
Love forever is a promise
That I don’t take lightly
I will say it every day
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RATTLESNAKE BRIDGE
03:05
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I ain’t seen home in a long, long time
People and places left them all behind
Am I here or just in my mind
Straight ahead, it’s rattlesnake bridge
The night is dark I can’t see my way
Sure looks different in the light of day
Things don’t change here, or so they say
In the shadow of rattlesnake bridge
The road runs east and the road runs west
But it’s up to you which way’s the best
Won’t find redemption and won’t find love
Looking down on this crossroads from above
For me she died a long time ago
Did I make a difference, guess I’ll never know
That’s where you’ll find me if you choose to go
I’ll meet you, under rattlesnake bridge
Under rattlesnake bridge
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MARY COME OUT TO PLAY
04:40
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Mary Come Out To Play
Mary what do you see when you wake up, Can you tell me
Mary is it for real is it out there For us to see
Is it real or is it something in a dream
Is it big or is it small or in between
Is it fun or is it sad or does it seem to say
Mary come out to play in the garden Come on outside
We’ll go riding alone in the country Go for a ride
Mary will you soon wake up and see me Waiting alone
Mary I want to tell you how I feel You are my home
Is it real or is it something in a dream
Is it big or is it small or in between
Is it fun or is it sad or does it seem to say
Don’t run and hide or you will find that you will be alone for all your life
Look out for that sunny day and we will find a way to stay the dream
Looking at your pretty face I ache to feel your warm embrace
Tonight, tonight
Mary what do you see when you wake up, Can you tell me
Mary is it for real is it out there For us to see
Mary will you soon wake up and see me
Waiting alone Mary I want to tell you how I feel
You are my home
Is it real or is it something in a dream
Is it big or is it small or in between
Is it fun or is it sad or does it seem to say
Don’t run and hide or you will find that you will be alone for all your life
Look out for that sunny day and we will find a way to stay the dream
Looking at your pretty face I ache to feel your warm embrace
Tonight, tonight
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IN A WORD
04:18
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For a time in her way
she would fret about the things that run her day
though it seems there's no way
you know she loves you
she can't find the words to say
All of my life, all of my life,
I've been waiting for the love, to find me
All in your life, you in your life
you must hold on to the love that surrounds you
For a while, in your way
you would run around with more time left to stay
for right here, for this day
We must find the words we need to say
In a word, in her face,
in her touch you know she loves you
She won’t find the words to say
You should know
from the look, on your face
without a word, she knows you love her
no there's nothing left to say
In a word, in her face,
in her touch you know she loves you
She won’t find the words to say,
You know it's so
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12-21-12 (Mayan Song)
I knew a wise woman once
Who gave me sage advice
Would have been a philosopher queen
In an alternate life
Of course it seems so simple when you
Say it once or twice
That life is just a random crapshoot
A simple roll of the dice
Roll of the dice, roll of the dice
Just focus on your mission
And stay above the fray
Try to do a little bit better
Each and every day
Could the Mayans be right?
What if the Mayans are right?
I hope to hell they’re not right
The temple priests in Mayan lore
Predicted long ago
The time we have is running short
To reap what we did sow
The cosmic wheel is turning ‘round
Now in it’s final phase
The bloody sword of Shalambalan
Foretold the end of days, end of days
End of days
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THE DOWNSLIDE
03:28
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The downslide
I once saw the path before me
As an un-ending journey
I believed that the road went on forever
Not so, as it is plainly true
Now I see the summit approaching
With the downslide getting closer
Mortality is reality,
extreme becomes mainstream
What to make of all this?
Not so very long ago
I felt invincible, superman
Always ready with an answer
My father used to say that any day
Spent above the ground,
Upright, was a good one…
I will strive to leave a good path behind me
Leaving good footsteps to follow
If a bit of me is alive in my children
Then I have lived a good life, not hollow
My path is not ended yet
I still have more to say
Just a struggle to put it all
Into words
But it will all come out
At the end of the day
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ALL I EVER WANTED
03:20
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All I Ever Wanted
Sitting on a park bench in the rain
Feeling lost yet though not yet feeling pain
Wondering how it happened once again
Friends then lovers, then it seemed to end
She was all the world to me
She was all I ever needed
She was all the world to me
Now no more
She was all the world to me
She was all I ever wanted
She was all the world
Now she’s gone
Something that I said I know
Something that I did could it be so?
I can’t for the life of me realize
What was that made her go
She was all the world to me
She was all I ever needed
She was all the world to me
Now no more
She was all the world to me
She was all I ever wanted
She was all the world
Now she’s gone
Seeking to obtain a way to see what it was
And what it shouldn’t be
Was she lying to me, will I eve know
Was it truth, oh was it just a joke?
She was all the world to me
She was all I ever needed
She was all the world to me
Now no more
She was all the world to me
She was all I ever wanted
She was all the world
Now she’s gone
Sitting on a park bench in the rain
Feeling lost yet though not yet feeling pain
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VACANT CHAIR
02:39
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VACANT CHAIR
c2002
LEAVES ARE FALLING DOWN
ALL AROUND ME
I ONLY SIT AND STARE
STARING BLINDLY
WAITING FOR SOMEONE
LIKE SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME
OR HEARD IT IN A SONG
YES I REMEMBER
NA.NA NA ETC
I'LL ASK THE LORD
IF HE'LL LIFT ME UP TO HEAVEN
'CAUSE I KNOW IT MUST BE WAY
TOO FAR TO WALK
SIT AND WAIT, IF I HAVE TO
FOR AN ANSWER
THOUGH I KNOW THAT IT
WON'T BE COMING SOON
NA NA NA ETC
YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE
NOW I HAVE TO
MOVE THE VACANT CHAIR
I CAN'T BEAR TO SEE
WORN AND ALMOST BARE
AND THE CUSHION
WHERE YOU'D SIT,
SIT AND STARE...
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THESE WALLS SO THIN
04:00
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These Walls So Thin
Sometimes you whistle
and sometimes you sing
Sometimes you squeal
with delight
Soemtimes I hear you
through these walls so thin
crying alone in the night
Most times I'm missing
the lips I'd be kissing
If you were mine to hold
Still I will wait so
afraid to believe
That I could be so bold
Always a bridesmaid, and
never a bride
this is the tale of your life
coming and going and then
in between
trying somehow to survive
You've always been there
for everyone else
Where are they for you right now?
I wish I could tell you
what's here in my heart
wishing that I could somehow
for now I'll just see you
I want to be near you
So I will just sing you this song
Perhaps you will hear it through
these walls so thin
and we'll find a way to go on
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THIS OLD BOX
02:37
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This Old Box
This old box can sing again,
what do you think of that
Stuck on a shelf, inside a shed
for many hears she sat
Broken, dirty, speckled white
with paint that missed it’s mark
Her prospects looking mighty dim,
her future looking dark
Destined for the garbage can,
a total loss you say
Unloved, un-played, a sorry mess,
‘till I passed by one day
A careless master owned her once
But then cast her aside
Her broken bridge, this fatal blow
From which she almost died
Once critters lived inside her shell
The sight a crying shame
This diamond in the rough,
A rose by any other name
But now this box can sing again
Her voice is now restored
The song she sings now heard anew
Her fitting, just reward
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SO WE'VE ENDED AS LOVERS
03:47
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So We’ve Ended As Lovers
So we’ve ended as lovers, and its’ so much to bear
It’s so hard to believe now that its’ there
Well I know I can’t see you though my heart doesn't know
I know nothing will change how it must go
We had our season we had our day
No rhyme or reason, its’ just the way
That we’ve ended as lovers, that’s the cause for the pain
That we’ve ended as lovers, and its’ a shame
So we’ll have to continue move along on our road
Maybe someone will help to carry the load
We had our season we had our day
No rhyme or reason, its’ just the way
That we’ve ended as lovers that’s the cause for the pain
That we’ve ended as lovers and its’ a shame
Well I know I can’t see you though my heart doesn’t know
I know nothing will change now it must go
Now I know that its’ over and its much to bear
So unreal to believe that you’re not there
We had our season we had our day
No rhyme or reason, its’ just the way
That we’ve ended as lovers, that’s the cause for the pain
That we’ve ended as lovers, and its’ a shame
So we’ll have to continue move along on our road
Maybe someone will help to carry the load
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NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
03:57
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No time like the present, show me what you feel
Let me know that what I see is truly truly real
(chorus)
Need to feel you need to love you too
Want to tell you, want to be with you
Turned around and you were right beside me
All the difference in the world
feeling glad all over, racing with the moon
Knowing that you’re near me, makes me act the fool
How you ever came to me, this I can’t conceive
This I’ll never question as I follow you so free
(repeat chorus)
All I know I tell you, all I have to give
You’re the biggest reason that I live
Seeing us together fires up my heart
Knowing that we’ll never ever be apart
(repeat chorus)
No time like the present, show me what you feel
Let me know that what I see is truly truly real
Need to feel your comfort need to feel your soul
Hoping that you’ll want to make the 2 parts become whole
(repeat chorus)
('scat' singing until end)
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THE ANSWER
03:49
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The Answer
a new day it rings
sometimes it brings
hope for us all to hold
All of my life
I spent all of my time
Just to search through the riddle for clues
life how it sings
of many things
all ' til the tune is through
days as they pass
moments don't last
called when the dawn is due
All of my life
I've been searching myself
Just to see if the question were true
All of my life
I've been searching myself
Just to find that the answer is you
(instrumental break)
Sometimes you'll find
Your peace of mind
Arrives when the moment is through
Someday you'll find
Almost in time
That the answer's in front of you
(instrumental break)
a new day it rings
sometimes it brings
hope for us all to hold
All of my life
I've been searching myself
Just to see if the question were true
All of my life
I've been searching myself
Just to find that the answer is you
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GIRL INTERRUPTED
03:53
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Cold winter day, sun shining bright
Two ships passing, in the night
Embracing darkness, embracing light
One with hope, one with fear
A table for two, no waiting here
Promise to live, just one more day
What's your life mission? Do you think you can say?
I sat 'cross the table and looked in her eyes
Girl interrupted, please don't say goodbye
You're too young to give up, on all of your dreams
With your gray shawl and black heart and your faded blue jeans
And yet I can't blame her, for wanting to die
Sure we've all been there at some point in our lives
(instrumental break)
I've lost friends to fire drugs and war
Gun shots, car wrecks, and so much more
Cold winter day, now the sun’s gone down
Two souls passing, one soul drowned?
All this happened a long time ago.
I hope she chose life
I’ll never know. No I’ll never know.
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THRUM
03:57
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TOMORROW TRULY KNOWS
04:28
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TOMORROW TRULY KNOWS
From the moment in the morning
Until the stars return at night
From the seashore to the mountains
From the fanfare of the light
We march across the barriers
Of time and all it knows
To the present moment
Up to us
Tomorrow truly knows
From the segmenting of memories
As we file away our dreams
From the gallery of images
We recollect our schemes
We plot and plan to execute
Our life-paths and our days
But all it is is posturing
A hope for a better way
We move along so openly
We strive to be alive
But somewhere there’s an echo
Of our dream and it survives
Still alive…
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The JDA Project New Windsor, New York
The JDA Project, as they are now called, has consisted the writers, Joel Pirard, main keyboards, bass, acoustic and
electric guitar, vocals, Don Pitz, additional keyboards, vocals, acoustic guitar, and Arno Tietje (pronounced tee-jay), lead, rhythm, acoustic, and bass guitar, vocals.
Drums were realized using various programmed drum machines to simulate a live drummer as much as possible.
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