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by Suzy Williams

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Bravo 03:48
BRAVO w: Suzy Williams m: Suzy Williams and Harry Delighter c 2007 My Attitude Is gratitude And here's the reason why: Once I couldn't see a moonbow or a sunset sky But now my eyes are open And I can finally see And life's become so precious to me (bridge) The burning fire that I've been thru has made me who I am So i say "Bravo, Bravo Bravo!" I have learned by getting burned just how to give a damn Saying "Bravo, Bravo, Bravo" (instrumental on A section, then repeat bridge) Bravo to the Universe for making it worthwhile Praises to the wisdom that has taught me how to smile Opened up, I fill my cup Toasting "Thank you, Ma'am" Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravo....Bravo... Bravo.
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The Great Secret God was full of Wine last night, so very full of wine that He let a great secret slip...A great, important secret slip (He was so very full of wine) And He said: "There is no one on earth Who needs a pardon from Me - For there is really no such thing, I say that there is no such thing For there is really no such thing... As Sin!" (bridge) The Beloved, he has gone completely wild~!! He has poured Himself into me! I am blissful, drunk and overflowing... Ah! Bring all your bottles of wine... to this table Divine! The Earth we share, and if your cellar is bare The whole Universe Can drink forever from mine...! (Instrumental) There is no man on this earth who needs a pardon from me For there is really no such thing I said that there is no such thing For there is really no such thing... as Sin... "For there is no such thing ...as... Sin."
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My Lover Has Many Faces My Lover is so mean to me... My lover is a saint He's straighter than an arrow He's hip and likes to paint and when he starts to loving me he almost makes me faint! My Lover Has Many Faces My lover is a Russian Jew A German architect a curly, red-haired Scotsman with a mole upon his neck His skin was nearly ebony the last time that I checked! My Lover Has Many Faces. Well, they have a name for girls like me Yes it starts with "s" and ends with "t' Another hint: It rhymes with "butt" I'm in a kind of deer-like rut! My lover is a scientist He lectures on James Joyce A piano player, a chauffeur who drives a big Rolls Royce I love these men, ah but last week a woman was my choice! My Lover Has Many Faces Well, like Willie Nelson sang before "Here's to those who've traveled thru my door" Another toast (and this is sweet) "Here's to the face I've yet to meet!" In my imaginary wallet (by my imaginary glove) There's a composite photograph of all the ones I love It's wild! It's prismatic! and It's you I just thought of...! My Lover Has Many Faces...yeah. (chortle) Words and Music by Suzy Williams c 2017 ++++++++++ Scenes from the Movie of Our Love by Suzy Williams A The California Cliffs Ornette's riffs The shirt I'm fondest of The ring we bought in Deadwood, South Dakota The Runyan Canyon rain, Lemon Lane Twin Palms swaying above Scenes from the Movie of Our Love A The big folk-art windmills, the sandy hills The barn, the mourning dove The soundtrack that we played by Nina Rota The wild laughing sprees, the redwood trees The zinnia and fox-glove All Scenes from the Movie of Our Love... B (bridge) I have a giant screen and a projector in my mind These technicolor scenes I show them all the time... A And when I need a lift My thoughts drift to all of the above I'm running Scenes from the Movie of Our Love (Solo, repeat bridge and last A) coda: The technicolor... Cinerama... Million Dollar.... ZeffIrelli... Oscar-winning... Movie of Our Love. ++++++++++ Get Your Own Bad Habits by Suzy Williams I went out dumpster divin' For a good hat and a chair but at my favorite dumpster Your feets were in the air! (Chorus) Get your own bad habits (Your own bad habits)-response Your own bad habits (Your own bad habits) Get Your Own Bad Habits And don't be glombin' on mine! I pick up coarse expressions From the north, east, west and south No sooner do I use them Then they comin' out your mouth! (chorus) I didn't mind so much when You picked up my brand of beer But oh i hate to see you swingin' on my chandelier! (chorus) I walked into my bathroom saw your annoying grin sitting and relaxing in my homemade bathtub gin! (chorus) With a salt shaker I can be Liberal to a fault But oh it makes me sick To watch you put some food upon your salt! (chorus) I love my troglodytion A computer I won't touch But your pony express snail mail Is really all too much! I like to eat nasturtiums and mushrooms off the lawn But when I went out this morning all that good stuff was GONE!! (chorus) I love my catterwaulin' To me it just makes sense But this town can't handle Two calves bellerin' on a fence! (chorus) I'm proud my songwriting That's why I think it's mean That your latest song title is "Get your own dubious routine"! (chorus) Don't Let's Start by Suzy Williams ( copyright 2018) (spoken) "My dear, it seems we have come to a crossroads"... (verse) Let's just not and say we did Not be so quick to feed our id I don't have time to flip my lid Please, baby pleeeease?? (verse) Don't Let's Start You know it's going to be messy undignified and un-dressy Don't Let's Start Don't Let's Start We'll be behaving so oddly Exchanging fluids quite bodily! Don't Lets Start! (bridge) All that falling on the floor On the counter, 'gainst the door After that, we'll both be sore! Don't Let's Start! Don't Lets Start It's just gonna get corny While that phase is so horny! Don't Let's Start!! (two verses instrumental, then back to bridge:) All those hearts and valentines The "i am yours and you are mines" When we're apart, we'll whine and pine No!! Don't Lets Start!! Don't Let's Start We'll get too sentimental gooey and overly gentle Don't Lets Start! (start to slow down, just a little next A, then more and more rubato til end) Don't Let's Start! We'll go way past fraternal I'm afraid it might get eternal DLS, DLS Because this might last forever We'll never say "Never say never" Don't Let's Start and lookout, when we're old and grey in each other's face all day to care and keep the blues away Oh God, PLEASE! Don't Let's Start! BRAVO w: Suzy Williams m: Suzy Williams and Harry Delighter c 2007 My Attitude Is gratitude And here's the reason why: Once I couldn't see a moonbow or a sunset sky But now my eyes are open And I can finally see And life's become so precious to me (bridge) The burning fire that I've been thru has made me who I am So i say "Bravo, Bravo Bravo!" I have learned by getting burned just how to give a damn Saying "Bravo, Bravo, Bravo" (instrumental on A section, then repeat bridge) Bravo to the Universe for making it worthwhile Praises to the wisdom that has taught me how to smile Opened up, I fill my cup Toasting "Thank you, Ma'am" Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravo....Bravo... Bravo. The Suicide Tree c. 2016 by Suzy Williams I know this tree I call it my Suicide Tree It grows in my neighbor's garden This crazy tree I bears such beautiful fruit Ah, but her bounty is her burden For then, her branches crack She breaks her very back It seems she's trying to die by giving! I know this race I call it my suicide race It's racing towards its ending This crazy race It blights the beautiful face of the earth, which so needs mending Depletion, devastation on lands and seas Our population is a disease We seal our fate the way we're living! (bridge) Can't we just slow down and have one kid or less It could be so simple to get out of the mess... (full chorus instrumental) I know this...tree. Everyone Dies by Suzy Williams c. 2011 Everyone Dies Yes, Everyone Dies We all oughta that we all gotta go Ah, but here is what gives: Not everyone lives. Some live so small They give nothing at all But some give too much and they start to lose touch And they lose all their pride and shrivel inside. (bridge) But you have lived so large, so deep, so beautiful You've savored all the luck that's come your way You made it all so bountiful, not dutiful and held so many in your charming sway Yes, baby Everyone Dies That's right, Everyone dies It's all of our fate, but before it's too late Let it be no surprise That this is what gives: Not...everyone...lives. My Lover Has Many Faces by Suzy Williams c 2015 My lover is so mean to me My lover is a saint He's straighter than an arrow He's hip and likes to paint And when he starts to loving me he almost makes me faint! My Lover Has Many Faces My Lover is a Russian Jew A german architect A curly, red-haired Scotchman with a mole upon his neck His skin was nearly ebony the last time that I checked My Lover Has Many Faces (bridge) Well, they have a name for girls like me Yes it starts with "s" and ends with "t" Another hint: It rhymes with "butt" I'm in a kind of deer-like rut! My Lover is a scientist He lectures on James Joyce A piano player, a chauffeur who drives a big Rolls Royce I love these men, ah but last week A woman was my choice My Lover Has Many Faces ( 2nd bridge0 Oh, like Willie Nelson sang before Here's to those who've traveled thru my door Another toast...(and this is sweet!) Here's to the face I've yet to meet! In my imaginary wallet (by my imaginary glove) There's a composite photograph of all the ones I love It's wild, it's prismatic and it's you I just thought of! My Lover Has Many Faces (3x)
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Comprendo Compadre by Suzy Williams c 2012 Seems I always see you joking Laughing ,winking, drinking, smoking Cutting up... wild, to beat the band But behind that wall of flirting is a guy i know is hurting And I'm here to say I understand (chorus) Comprendo Compadre Compriendo, Companero Comprendo Compadre Yo seo y veo Tu alma que fue lastimada y el camino triste caminada Como que siento tu dolor! Life is complex and uncertain The Muses raise and close the curtain And I see the troubles in your heart Understand that while you're in it I'm aware that every minute You take on the battle with an Art!! (repeat chorus 2x)
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Goin' to the Desert by Suzy Williams c 2016 I'm Goin' to the Desert There's something I must find I'm Goin' to the Desert Lose my mind Lose my mind Find my heart Find my heart Lose my mind Lose my mind And find my heart I'm goin' to the forest I've got to make a start I'm goin' to redwood forest Find my heart Find my heart Lose my mind Lose my mind Find my heart Find my heart... And lose my mind (bridge) Got to get me gone and I have got to make it soon Got to do some hight and holy howlin' at the moon Did I lose my baby? Is this a bad dream? Got to wash my soul clean in a mountain stream!! I'm goin' to the mountain As high as I can climb I'm goin' to the top o' the mountain Lose my mind Lose my mind Find my heart Find my heart Lose my mind Lose my mind.... And find my heart!
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San Petersburgo by Silvio Rodriguez (Insp. by conversation w.Gabriel Garcia Marquez) Sobre algún puente del delta del Neva, la noche blanca cautiva y revela cada suspiro de Elena. Sobre algun puente Elena sonaba Y en el oscuro temblar de las aguas Una Ciguena volaba "Que hacen las aves cuando no saben la direccion del sur?" Buscando estio Surcan el frio en alas de albur Sobre algun puente,bordado de historias Abandonada, lloraba la novia su blanca noche, sin gloria San Petersburgo by Silvio Rodrigues English rendering by Suzy Williams Saint Petersburg On a bridge over the Delta de Neva The white-colored night captures and reveals Every sigh of Elena On that bridge, Elena dreams and in the trembling dark waters a lone stork is flying... "What happens to the birds when they don't remember the direction of the south?" Looking for summer, succumbing to the cold, on their wings of pure chance. On the bridge, embroidered in stories and memory Abandoned, she cries out! ...This white night, with no glory at all.
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How I Love This Tango by Kristina Olsen My left arm encircles your neck I smell a hint of laundry soap mixed with sweat No one's made a stronger aphrodisiac yet How I love this tango A milangro's up on the band's charts I feel the quickening of your heart A growl from the bass, we're off to a running start How I love this tango Under the southern cross Nothing wagered is something lost Your foot slips between mine I know the bones of your spine I know the way that you feel When your shin discovers my heel A little caress... Then a kick Facing our hands our cheeks they almost touch You shaved today, I know so much The heat of your face gives me an anguished blush How I love this tango Like shadows dancers pass us by so nearly The glint of their skin is all I can see But no other dancer can satisfy me How I love this tango Late nights and empty rooms Daylight always comes too soon But it's beautiful to see Your eyes so clearly A taxi on the street We say 'Vamos a hotel señor', porfavor, Y Cuando estamos entre medio de las sábanas How I love this tango
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Our Sunday Outing in the Mountains On the way to Tuna Canyon Some discussion of my driving skills And she finally took the wheel Neal Cassidy I am not Gentle Jesus meek and mild She is not To swim in the stream which was only three inches deep We simply... became...very small. At the top of the stream great brown boulders Shouldered in around us Purring like tigers
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Alguien 03:16
Alguien Le Dice al Tango w: Luis Borges m: Astor Piazzolla Tango que he visto bailar contra un ocaso amarillo por quienes eran capaces de otro baile, el del cuchillo. Tango de aquel Maldonado con menos agua que barro, tango silbado al pasar desde el pescante del carro. Despreocupado y zafado, siempre mirabas de frente. Tango que fuiste la dicha de ser hombre y ser valiente. Tango que fuiste feliz, como yo también lo he sido, según me cuenta el recuerdo; el recuerdo fue el olvido. Desde ese ayer, ¡cuántas cosas a los dos nos han pasado! Las partidas y el pesar de amar y no ser amado. Yo habré muerto y seguirás orillando nuestra vida. Buenos Aires no te olvida, tango que fuiste y serás. Speaking of the Tango by Jorge Luis Borges (English translation) I have seen the Tango danced against a yellow sky By those who are capable of that other dance.. The dance of the knife, the switchblade. The dance more mud than water One that is like a wolf whistle from a passing car Flippant and carefree, always looking straight ahead The one that recalls your valor The one that that made you happy The one I remember... Memory... then I no longer remember Since that time, How many things have happened to us! All the games, and the grief Of loving and of not being loved When I die I will fly over our lives Buenas Aires... I will not forget you The Tango that was...and ever will be.
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The Suicide Tree I know this tree.. I call it my Suicide Tree It grows...in my neighbor's garden This krazy tree It bears such beautiful fruit But her bounty is her burden For then, her branches crack She breaks her very back It' seems she's tryin' to die by giving! I know this race I call it my suicide race It's racing towards its ending. This krazy race It blights the beautiful face of the Earth, which so needs mending. Depletion, devastation on lands and seas... Our population is a disease We seal our fate the way we're living! Can't we just slow down and have one kid or less It would be so simple to get out of this mess... (barbed-wire solo) I know this...tree. Words and Music by Suzy Williams c2017 Your infinity focus is some wild hocus-pocus. It captured my heart Your unique pixelations are a fine concentration of humor and art This house of mirrors perspective's new and it's thrilling me You have a video feedback all your own Your nouveau-gothic POV is killing me and Your magic lantern insight's my new zone! Yet, like a hand puppet shadow your curious chiaroscuro eclipses my mind Your infinity focus is some wild hocus-pocus A toy mastermind One of a kind Oh what a find Dig... Infinity... Focus. ++++++++++ Scenes from the Movie of Our Love by Suzy Williams A The California Cliffs Ornette's riffs The shirt I'm fondest of The ring we bought in Deadwood, South Dakota The Runyan Canyon rain, Lemon Lane Twin Palms swaying above Scenes from the Movie of Our Love A The big folk-art windmills, the sandy hills The barn, the mourning dove The soundtrack that we played by Nina Rota The wild laughing sprees, the redwood trees The zinnia and fox-glove All Scenes from the Movie of Our Love... B (bridge) I have a giant screen and a projector in my mind These technicolor scenes I show them all the time... A And when I need a lift My thoughts drift to all of the above I'm running Scenes from the Movie of Our Love (Solo, repeat bridge and last A) coda: The technicolor... Cinerama... Million Dollar.... ZeffIrelli... Oscar-winning... Movie of Our Love. ++++++++++ Get Your Own Bad Habits by Suzy Williams I went out dumpster divin' For a good hat and a chair but at my favorite dumpster Your feets were in the air! (Chorus) Get your own bad habits (Your own bad habits)-response Your own bad habits (Your own bad habits) Get Your Own Bad Habits And don't be glombin' on mine! I pick up coarse expressions From the north, east, west and south No sooner do I use them Then they comin' out your mouth! (chorus) I didn't mind so much when You picked up my brand of beer But oh i hate to see you swingin' on my chandelier! (chorus) I walked into my bathroom saw your annoying grin sitting and relaxing in my homemade bathtub gin! (chorus) With a salt shaker I can be Liberal to a fault But oh it makes me sick To watch you put some food upon your salt! (chorus) I love my troglodytion A computer I won't touch But your pony express snail mail Is really all too much! I like to eat nasturtiums and mushrooms off the lawn But when I went out this morning all that good stuff was GONE!! (chorus) I love my catterwaulin' To me it just makes sense But this town can't handle Two calves bellerin' on a fence! (chorus) I'm proud my songwriting That's why I think it's mean That your latest song title is "Get your own dubious routine"! (chorus) Don't Let's Start by Suzy Williams ( copyright 2018) (spoken) "My dear, it seems we have come to a crossroads"... (verse) Let's just not and say we did Not be so quick to feed our id I don't have time to flip my lid Please, baby pleeeease?? (verse) Don't Let's Start You know it's going to be messy undignified and un-dressy Don't Let's Start Don't Let's Start We'll be behaving so oddly Exchanging fluids quite bodily! Don't Lets Start! (bridge) All that falling on the floor On the counter, 'gainst the door After that, we'll both be sore! Don't Let's Start! Don't Lets Start It's just gonna get corny While that phase is so horny! Don't Let's Start!! (two verses instrumental, then back to bridge:) All those hearts and valentines The "i am yours and you are mines" When we're apart, we'll whine and pine No!! Don't Lets Start!! Don't Let's Start We'll get too sentimental gooey and overly gentle Don't Lets Start! (start to slow down, just a little next A, then more and more rubato til end) Don't Let's Start! We'll go way past fraternal I'm afraid it might get eternal DLS, DLS Because this might last forever We'll never say "Never say never" Don't Let's Start and lookout, when we're old and grey in each other's face all day to care and keep the blues away Oh God, PLEASE! Don't Let's Start! BRAVO w: Suzy Williams m: Suzy Williams and Harry Delighter c 2007 My Attitude Is gratitude And here's the reason why: Once I couldn't see a moonbow or a sunset sky But now my eyes are open And I can finally see And life's become so precious to me (bridge) The burning fire that I've been thru has made me who I am So i say "Bravo, Bravo Bravo!" I have learned by getting burned just how to give a damn Saying "Bravo, Bravo, Bravo" (instrumental on A section, then repeat bridge) Bravo to the Universe for making it worthwhile Praises to the wisdom that has taught me how to smile Opened up, I fill my cup Toasting "Thank you, Ma'am" Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravo....Bravo... Bravo. The Suicide Tree c. 2016 by Suzy Williams I know this tree I call it my Suicide Tree It grows in my neighbor's garden This crazy tree I bears such beautiful fruit Ah, but her bounty is her burden For then, her branches crack She breaks her very back It seems she's trying to die by giving! I know this race I call it my suicide race It's racing towards its ending This crazy race It blights the beautiful face of the earth, which so needs mending Depletion, devastation on lands and seas Our population is a disease We seal our fate the way we're living! (bridge) Can't we just slow down and have one kid or less It could be so simple to get out of the mess... (full chorus instrumental) I know this...tree.
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Beat My Wings (verse) I am an an angel. My mother told me so and if my mother said so then it's true And I have tried to live my life In spite of all the strife Tried to live the way she taught me to: (she taught me to) Beat My Wings Beat My Wings I can fly far away from these troubles today because I can Beat My Wings (I'm going to) Beat My Wings Use these things I could fall in despair but I'll rise in the air because I can Beat My Wings (bridge) Sometimes I get bogged in the mire Forgetting all that's good and true Feeling the flames of the fire Then remember what it is I can do (two A instrumental, repeat bridge) Beat My Wings Beat My Wings I've been given this gift I'll ascend, I will lift! Because... I can Beat...My... Wings.
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Recuerdo 03:08
Recuerdo We were very tired; we were very merry We'd gone back and forth all night on the ferry It was bare and bright and smelled like a stable but we looked into a fire, and we leaned across a table We lay on a hilltop underneath the moon And the whistles kept blowin' and the dawn came soon We were very tired; we were very merry We'd gone back and forth all night on the ferry And you ate and apple; and I had a pear from a dozen of each that we bought somewhere And the sky went wan and the wind came cold and the sun rose, drippin' a bucketful of gold We were very tired; we were very merry We'd gone back and forth all night on the ferry We hailed: "Good morrow, Mother!" to a shawl-covered head And bought a newspaper that neither of us read and she wept "God bless you!" for the apples and the pears and we gave her all out money but our subway fares
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Everyone Dies Everyone Dies. Yes, Everyone Dies We all ought to know that we all gotta go... ah, but here is what gives: Not everyone lives Some live so small They give nothing at all.. but some give too much so they start to lose touch and they lose all their pride and shrivel inside But...you have lived so large so deep, so beautiful You've savored all the luck that's come your way You made it all so bountiful, not dutiful and held so many in your charming sway yes baby Everyone Dies That's right, Everyone Dies It's all of our fate but before it's too late Let it be no surprise that this is what gives: Not everyone lives

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released February 14, 2019

Recorded at Henhouse Studios Venice, CA November 2018 by
Harlan Steinberger. Mixed & Mastered at Breakwater Studios by
Michael Jost. Vocals by Suzy Williams, Guitars by Michael Jost.
"3rd Beatle" Stuart Johnson all Pecrussion, additional Vocals & Voices, Baritone Guitar on Alguien & Bass on Comprendo Compadre,
Stand Up Bass: Austin Nicholson, Additional Guitar, Mandocello & Harmonica by Rick Boston, Electric Guitar on Suicide Tree by Michael Jost, Piano on Bravo: Steve Weisberg, Piano on The Great Secret: Brad Kay, Saxophone, Flute & Melodica: Matthew DeMerritt, Harmonica: Stanley Behrens, Violin: Isaac Pross, Cello: Marc Christian

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