1. |
Wish You Well
03:03
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Wish You Well
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Been on the run, been on the rise
Been on the down but didn't hide
I'll be along, I'll be away
But in the end I'll be okay
Okay?
Didn't have a home
Didn't like alone
Didn't have a home
Been having thoughts, been hanging long
After a bit too much is gone
I heard the word, I heard you say
All of my life will be okay
Okay?
Didn't have a home
Didn't like alone
Didn't have a home
Call me when I need
Call me when I might
Call me when you see I need something right
Call me when I need
Call me when I might
I might
Been on the run, been on the rise
Been on the down but didn't hide
I'll be along, I'll be away
But in the end I'll be okay
Okay?
Didn't have a home
Didn't like alone
Didn't have a home
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2. |
Maybe
02:29
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MAYBE
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Maybe there's a picture anyhow
Maybe we can figure out somehow
I've been a sinner all my life and I know I'm not right
So, I will get down on my knees tonight
And I will think it over
Maybe there's a price that I will pay
Maybe for the time I have not saved
I've been a dreamer all my life and my family is gone
And I am marked by everything that is wrong
So wait a minute for me
Maybe
Lay my body down by the riverside
Lay my body down by the riverside
Lay my body down
Better than under the ground
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3. |
Vows
03:23
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Vows
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Remember when I asked you if you knew you were to die within an hour?
Remember that time?
I just had to know who you would spend it with
I waited for an answer and you took your time
It's the end of the world, it's the end of the world
So we'll stop and we'll stare all night
It's the end of the world, it's the end of the world
So we'll stop and we'll get it right
All right?
Hypothetically, I was just reaching - such ambition needs approval
It was not in sight
Realistically I knew the strings I pulled were attached to a thinker
I tick-tocked inside
It's the end of the world, it's the end of the world
So we'll stop and we'll get it right
It's the end of the world, it's the end of the world
So we'll hold us with all our might
All right?
Once was not enough I had to ask again so I could understand it
Is that such a crime?
Second times are never quite the same they say - I never should have bothered
You proved it all right
It's the end of the world, it's the end of the world
So we'll stop and we'll stare all night
It's the end of the world, it's the end of the world
So we'll stop and we'll get it right
All right?
It's our time
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4. |
Meditation
03:31
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MEDITATION
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
What I know took awhile
But it's true about you
Do you know where I've been?
Where and when ask yourself
Heard it before in a letter
Read it before on a line
Never but once did it matter
It's on my mind
It's all done, don't move on
Find someone if you can
I've enough, read my page
I give in, good for you
Knew me before in a lifetime
Don't you remember the scene?
You were someone in the mainstream
I could not hide
Waste no time, it's on you
I won't fret, don't forget
Green and blonde, it sounds good
Where's the fun in our time?
In our time
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5. |
Drag Of The Month
04:15
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DRAG OF THE MONTH
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Ouh lai rainja, Ouh lai rainja, Ouh lai rainja, Ouh
Educate, contemplate, concentrate
Free me now
Celebrate, illustrate, meditate
Free me now
Congregate, advocate, innovate
Free me now
Radiate, levitate, demonstrate
Free me now
Have good heart
Please start without me if you can
I went wrong keep strong and have me as I am
Moderate, graduate, liberate
Free me now
Fascinate, orchestrate, overstate
Free me now
Designate, renovate, illuminate
Free me now
Dedicate, mediate, delegate
Free me now
Ouh lai rainja, Ouh lai rainja, Ouh lai rainja, Ouh
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6. |
Sometimes
02:24
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SOMETIMES
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Sometimes, sometimes
Sometimes, every time I think the world is gonna shine it dies
Sometimes, sometimes
Sometimes, every time I think the world is gonna shine it dies
I better get me a pharaoh
I better pray to a golden wand
'Cause everyone needs a hero to get across to that white beyond
I better get me a pharaoh
I better pray to a golden wand
'Cause everyone needs a hero to get across to that white beyond
Sometimes, sometimes
Sometimes, every time I think the world is gonna shine it dies
It dies
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7. |
In The Neighborhood
03:51
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IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Bringing in a new day passing by the neighborhood
Stepping down the sidewalk on a cloudy day
Naked trees and wasted gardens fall in grey so evenly
Like the way all death should be
On Sunday morning I heard church bells at the factory
They came from nowhere and they frightened me
On Sunday morning I heard church bells at the factory
Strange reassurance from this apathy
I was alone please believe me
Odd occurrence on around me
Why are all you so shortsighted?
Something's going on around in the neighborhood
Already Friday, the weekend is here
I'm a bit dizzy like I've been somewhere
I've been daydreaming - they know me for that
But this had magic of a talisman
Oh be no wiser and retire awake
My eyes have silenced to another escape
On Sunday morning I heard church bells at the factory
They came from nowhere and they frightened me
On Sunday morning I heard church bells at the factory
I answered back with an apology
I was alone please believe me
Odd occurrence on around me
Why are all you so shortsighted?
Something's going on around in the neighborhood
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8. |
Girl Cried Nico
02:51
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Girl Cried Nico
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Nico stomping willows
And she seemed to fall over
Over and over and over
Halo over Nico
And she took all the powder
Over and over and over
I'm reading picture papers on and on
I'm drawing pencil patterns 'til I'm gone
Nico is the one who turned me on
Nico under barrow
And she cried without warning
Over and over and over
I'm reading picture papers on and on
I'm drawing pencil patterns 'til I'm gone
Nico is the one who turned me on
Nico let me follow
And she shined without color
Over and over and over
Nico yelling mellow
And she tripped on her pillow
Over and over and over
Over and over and over
Over and over and over
Nico
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9. |
Trip
05:24
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TRIP
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Here in this nonchalance - this long departure I am lost again
I try to meditate - I hesitate there's someone here again
If you search for long enough you'll get to where I've already been
If you search for long enough you'll get to where I've already been
Poison and make-up paint - they could not wait to wake me up again
I was protected by another eye until he turned it in
If you search for long enough you'll get to where I've already been
If you search for long enough you'll get to where I've already been
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10. |
India
03:50
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INDIA
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
So leave behind what you have saved and settle here for me
Your jealousy and quarreling is bickering with me
Don't be afraid what you have done
I close my eyes, you see
In quiet times this is a trance - smile loud enough on me
I was walking you were singing
Yes, but not for me
Then I knew that you were leaving India from me
So everyone, their energy is focusing on me
And India breathe heavily so I can know you're free
I was walking you were singing
Yes, but not for me
Then I knew that you were leaving India from me
So everyone, their energy is focusing on me
And India breathe heavily so I can know you're free
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11. |
I'm Not A Joker
03:59
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I'M NOT A JOKER
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
I thought you would have known
I'm not the same as those you've known
Sorry girl I'll go back home
I'm not a joker
I won't live a lie for you
They grow old in their ways they never change
So I'm to blame in their eyes for the world gone cold
I'm not a joker
I won't live a lie for you
Save your time for the one who will love to love you
But it's not I - but don't cry better days are coming
I'm not a joker
I won't live a lie for you
And I've got a soul and a mind and heart
And I always try to do my part
But the dream that never ends is all part of the plan that calls us all today
I hope you learn to live in all this sorrow
And in our time we must try for those tomorrow
I'm not a joker
I won't live a lie for you
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12. |
Happenstance
04:09
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Happenstance
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Had to hand it down
Had to give you something
Everything we found fell without a warning
Can we find a place for an evening meeting?
I withered from grace before our last greeting
It isn't easy - it isn't easy from the past
It isn't easy - it isn't easy from the past
Walked around the world - mine is slightly smaller
Rung another girl - wish I hadn't called her
Have you been around?
And, I read your letter
From what I have found it's not any better
It isn't easy - it isn't easy from the past
It isn't easy - it isn't easy from the past
On my soul, you don't bring me nothing
On my soul, you don't bring me nothing
On your soul, I don't give you nothing
On your soul
I don't give you ...
Can we find a place for an evening meeting?
I withered from grace before our last greeting
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13. |
Do You Have God?
03:21
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Do You Have God?
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
Do you have God?
'Cause you don't have me to condemn anymore
Do you have God?
'Cause you don't have me to believe anymore
On my honor the beholder is in truth weight on my shoulder
Strike the light to burn the candle
This is more than I can handle
Do you have God?
'Cause you don't have me to service anymore
Do you have God?
'Cause you don't have me to receive anymore
In the spirit of confusion I step down under illusion
Pour the wine on my contrition
Hand the serpent its permission
Do you have God?
'Cause you don't have me to attack anymore
Do you have God?
'Cause you don't have me to curse anymore
Do you have God?
'Cause you don't have me
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14. |
Some And Others
05:03
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Some And Others
(Words & music by Michael Mazzarella)
With you, to your own
Has the year been overwhelming?
Do you fall alone?
Are your hang-ups never ending?
And think, I adore everything you ever stand for
But you bring it down - every pastel is a dark brown
Some stay, some try, some fall wayside
Others never take strides ever
I climb to your face, but the blankness is uneasy
I wish to erase every minus with a blessing
Some stay, some try, some fall wayside
Others never take strides ever
With you, to your own
Has the year been overwhelming?
Do you fall alone?
Are your hang-ups never ending?
Some stay, some try, some fall wayside
Others never take strides ever
Some stay, some try, some fall wayside
Others never take strides ever
Some stay, some try, some fall wayside
Others never take strides ever
Some stay
Some try
Some fall wayside
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Michael Mazzarella New York, New York
Songwriter.
Solo artist. Formerly of The Rooks, The Broken Hearts, & Sonic Blue Sound Revue.
Albums here on Bandcamp & 5-CD Songwriter set on Kool Kat Musik.
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