JUGGLERS – CD

 

JUGGLERS is the title of my first album (CD) and the title of a song.  The 15 Songs chosen for JUGGLERS are in Pre-Production (demo), being re-recorded, mixed and mastered in preparation for commercial release and licensing (Placement in Film, TV, Commercials and Online).

JUGGLERS  contains two BONUS trax, “My Little Girl” and “Best Place Around.”  ”My Little Girl” was mixed, mastered in Nashville and features the guitar of Tim Thompson (who also did the mix and mastering).   “Best Place Around” was re-arranged in LA and features Stephen Sea on guitar (who also did the arrangement and mix).  The original recordings in Pre-Production (demos) are included for comparison.

Artwork for 3 of the songs is by Suzanne Grover.

 

MY LITTLE GIRL

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

NOTE:  Mix, Master and Guitar by Tim Thompson

 

MY LITTLE GIRL

(Original Pre-production Version)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

MY LITTLE GIRL

MY LITTLE GIRL,
I hear you cryin', cryin', cryin'.
Did that little boy hurt you?
Don't you worry, don't you worry.

MY LITTLE GIRL,
I'm your daddy, I'm your daddy.
If you need me I'll be there,
I'll be right here.

You look so sad,
not a friend in the world.
No one to hold your hand,
no one to understand.
It's not that bad to grow up,
LITTLE GIRL.
Look at me,
and you'll see...
I'll be right behind you.
I'm here to guide you.
If you're lost, I'll find you.
I'll always be kind to...

INSTRUMENTAL

MY LITTLE GIRL,
I hear you cryin', cryin', cryin'.
Did that little boy hurt you?
Don't you worry, don't you worry.

MY LITTLE GIRL.
MY LITTLE GIRL.
MY LITTLE GIRL.
MY LITTLE GIRL.

Copyright 2010 by Jerry Flattum

 

BEST PLACE AROUND

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

NOTE:  Arrangement, mix and guitar by Stephen Sea

 

BEST PLACE AROUND

(Original Pre-Production Version)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

BEST PLACE AROUND

Place starts jumpin',
'bout a quarter after midnite.
High bound, gettin' down,
get'cha feelin' all right.
That guy, leavin' early,
oh, oh, what a mistake.
That girl he was sittin' with,
just started to shake.

You're here, right here,
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.

Boy's gettin' rowdy,
gettin' ready for a good time.
Girls riled, gettin' wild,
you know that that's a good sign.
Don't care what you're sayin',
don't care how much you got.
I like who you are, uh huh,
not who your not.

You're here, right here,
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.

INSTRUMENTAL w/ Party Voices

You'll be jumpin' and a'screamin'
all nite long.
You won't be goin' home
until the break of dawn.

Band is cookin',
they got the whole place shakin'.
Owner - pay 'em more,
ya know they won't be breakin'.
Jimmy the bartender,
he knows who's lonely,
he knows whose bad.
Tip him real good now,
he'll fix the best drink ya ever had.

You're here, right here,
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.

In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.
In the BEST PLACE AROUND.

Copr. 2010 Jerry Flattum

 

JUGGLERS

(Original Pre-Production Version)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

JUGGLERS

16 plates on a high wire,
lord'y look below there's no net.
This is just the beginning,
they ain't seen nothing yet.

Ooh, suspense is killing 'em,
question - will we or won't we fall?
It's a do or die situation,
but we give it our all.

A couple 'a JUGGLERS,
catch this balancing act.
A couple 'a JUGGLERS,
doin' it with grace and with tact.
Flyin' thru fire,
triple flips in the air,
watch the crowd's faces
as they stop and stare.
A couple 'a JUGGLERS,
yeah, yeah, yeah.

Just when you think it's intermission,
suddenly the crack of a whip.
Never thought we could top this,
now we got 'em bitin' their lip.

Center ring, we're the main attraction...
What's that?  The growl of a lion!
Just be cool, keep on jugglin',
meanwhile the crowd'll be dyin'.

A couple 'a JUGGLERS,
catch this balancing act.
A couple 'a JUGGLERS,
doin' it with grace and with tact.
Flyin' thru fire,
triple flips in the air,
watch the crowd's faces
as they stop and stare.
A couple 'a JUGGLERS,
yeah, yeah, yeah.

What seems so easy on the surface,
took years to perfect,
we let nothin',
nothin' get in our way.
Feel like you're breakin'
from the pressure-
then ya just, clear your mind,
and you get on your knees,
then ya gotta,
say a little prayer,
then we're there,
on the wire, and say, Hey!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

...JUGGLERS,
catch this balancing act.
A couple 'a JUGGLERS,
doin' it with grace and with tact.
Flyin' thru fire,
triple flips in the air,
watch the crowd's faces
as they stop and stare.
A couple 'a JUGGLERS,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Adlibs on Yeah!

Copr. 2010 Jerry Flattum

 

CRACK’A ‘MA BACK

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

CRACK’A MA’ BACK

Woke up stiff and cranky, had this low back pain.
Ever since you left I'm feelin' all this stress and strain.
All nite long a'strugglin' with my flock of sheep,
life was so much better when you walked all over me.

CRACK'A MA' BACK, honey,
CRACK'A MA' BACK, set me free.
(Chiropractor!  Chiropractor!)
CRACK'A MA' BACK, honey,
CRACK'A MA' BACK, come back to me.

Sittin' on the sofa feelin' all bent out of shape,
don't know how much more of all this achin' I can take.
Lay your hands on me, got that healer's touch.
Squeeze me like ya do, so I can kick away this crutch.

CRACK'A MA' BACK, honey,
CRACK'A MA' BACK, set me free.
(Chiropractor!  Chiropractor!)
CRACK'A MA' BACK, honey,
CRACK'A MA' BACK, come back to me.

Movin' up my spinal column a CRACK at a time.
Twist my neck, looks like I lost my mind.
Twisted body like an uptight rattlesnake...
Unwind me...Snap!  CRACK!  Uh!
Baby, I start to shake!

Think I feel arthritis settlin' in my bone,
sittin' with your photograph, feel so cold and alone.
I love you girl, love you good and bad,
you're the best doctor, this man's ever had.

CRACK'A MA' BACK, honey,
CRACK'A MA' BACK, set me free.
(Chiropractor!  Chiropractor!)
CRACK'A MA' BACK, honey,
CRACK'A MA' BACK, come back to me.

Well, come on back.
CRACK'A MA' BACK.
Come on back.
CRACK MA' BACK.
CRACK'A MA' BACK. honey,
CRACK'A MA' BACK.
Come on back!

Copr. 2010 Jerry Flattum

DON’T FORGET ABOUT A BILLION STARS

(Original Pre-Production Version)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT A BILLION STARS

Underneath a swaying willow tree,
down by the river,
the moon is shining bright.
Like a child's dreams of mystic lands,
here by the river,
there's magic in the night.
I'll whisper in your ear, the mystery;
the wind in the leaves of the trees,
tells a story only lovers know,
through the danger, a way the night will show.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT A BILLION STARS, my love,
shining all for you.
Don't be afraid to close your eyes, my love,
and see your dreams come true.

Sparkling water, fish are dancing free,
here by the river,
a land of make believe.
Laughing frogs and crickets rumba, yeah,
here by the river,
the river of eternity.
You'll remember, when we kiss in moonlight-
Reveal what we feel is so right.
Here we wonder, where love is born,
another chapter, we read from pages torn.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT A BILLION STARS, my love,
shining all for you.
Don't be afraid to close your eyes, my love,
and see your dreams come true.

Enchanted magical kingdom,
protected by the eye, of the owl.
The rustling of the deer running,
somewhere you hear a lonely howl.
A spirit lost in the darkness,
still searching for the secret of the universe.
From the sky, a shooting star,
catching the spirit's eye, so far away,
and easy to forget the heavens;
so easy to forget the heavens...
 is the lovers curse.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT A BILLION STARS, my love,
shining all for you.
Don't be afraid to close your eyes, my love,
and see your dreams come true.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT A BILLION STARS, my love,
shining all for you.
Don't be afraid to close your eyes, my love,
and see your dreams come true.

INSTRUMENTAL TAG w/ Adlibs

Copr. 2010 Jerry Flattum

 

TELL ME (IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN’)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

TELL ME (IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN’)

IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN', TELL ME,
TELL ME what you want and I'll do it.
TELL ME, TELL ME, TELL ME.

IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN', TELL ME,
TELL ME what you want and I'll do it.
TELL ME, TELL ME, TELL ME.

Use words, use your body,
shake your hair, do something naughty.
Use your lips, use your eyes,
use your hips, do something nice.

Don't say no - IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN'.
Don't turn away - IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN'.
I'll play any game that you want to play.
Don't hold back - IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN'.
Don't hesitate - IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN'.
Don't make me nervous and don't make me wait.

IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN', TELL ME,
TELL ME what you want and I'll do it.
TELL ME, TELL ME, TELL ME.

IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN', TELL ME,
TELL ME what you want and I'll do it.
TELL ME, TELL ME, TELL ME.

You can growl, you can hiss,
say it all with just one kiss.
Light my fire, just a touch,
do it now, I need you that much.

Don't say no - IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN'.
Don't turn away - IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN'.
I'll play any game that you want to play.
Don't hold back - IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN'.
Don't hesitate - IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN'.
Don't make me nervous and don't make me wait.

Hey baby!  What I want?  You got it!  You got it!
Come on!  Give it to me!
Hey baby!  What I need?  You got it!  You got it!
Come on!  Give it to me!
So TELL ME, so TELL ME...

INSTRUMENTAL

ALTERNATIVE Vocal Build:
Dwiddle-ly dit do wa da, do wa da, do wa da.
Dwiddle-ly dit do wa da, do wa do wa.  (Repeat 4x's)

IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN', TELL ME,
TELL ME what you want and I'll do it.
TELL ME, TELL ME, TELL ME.

Repeat w/ Adlibs:
IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN', TELL ME,
TELL ME what you want and I'll do it.
TELL ME, TELL ME, TELL ME.

Copyright 2010 Jerry Flattum

MOMENT IN TIME

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

MOMENT IN TIME

We had a MOMENT, a special MOMENT IN TIME.
We were together, it seemed like forever,
but now it's the end of the line.
Please don't make it harder than it has to be,
I'm not too good at goodbyes.
So let me go and remember...

We had a MOMENT, a special MOMENT IN TIME.
In the beginning you knew the ending,
would come in a matter of time.
Please don't make it harder than it has to be,
I'm not too good at goodbyes,
don't see the tears in my eyes.

You were warm, you were kind.
There's no reason, you can find.
It's not you, can't you see?
This is how, it has to be.
So let me go and remember...

We had a MOMENT, a special MOMENT IN TIME.

INSTRUMENTAL

I'm not too good at goodbyes,
don't see the tears in my eyes.

You were warm, you were kind.
There's no reason, you can find.
It's not you, can't you see?
This is how, it has to be.
So let me go and remember...

We had a MOMENT, a special MOMENT IN TIME.
We had a MOMENT, a special MOMENT IN TIME.

Copyright 2010 Jerry Flattum

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NITES

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS

2nd pot of coffee, forget about sleep,
too much frustration, the pain has made me weak.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, without your love.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, I torture myself over you.
What am I gonna do?

15th round I'm beaten, can't take another hit.
Come back, I'm hurtin', but you refuse to quit.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, without your love.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, I simply do not want to know.
I've got nowhere else to go.

It's not a question of wrong or rights,
I simply cannot take, ANOTHER ONE,
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE, long and lonely NIGHTS.

I won't let you drive me insane,
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS with nothing to gain.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS my soul cries for your love,
ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE lonely NIGHTS.

My eyes are so wide open they light up the room.
Think about escapin', runnin' from the gloom.
I hurt, all over, from bouncin' off the wall.
Nothin' to grab on to, and I feel myself begin to fall...
Feel myself begin to fall...
Feel myself begin to fall...

Waitin' for the mornin', don't want to see the sun.
Somehow I must face, what I have said and done.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, without your love.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, I'm beggin' you please, not again.
Beggin' you please let it end.

I can't take ANOTHER,
I can't fight ANOTHER,
I don't want to face ANOTHER,
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE, long and lonely NIGHTS.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ong and lonely...It's so cold.

Copyright 2010 Jerry Flattum

LONGEST LOVE SONG

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

LONGEST LOVE SONG

Through time,
there have been so many love songs,
and I wish that I could sing them all for you.
In rhyme,
a 1000 verses long,
I could sing of all the things I love about you.

It would be, THE LONGEST LOVE SONG,
and it might take a lifetime to do.
So I want to know, if you want to spend,
a lifetime with me,
and listen to me sing it all for you.

Each note,
as it dances through the memory,
brings us back the times and places we once shared.
We'll go,
beyond the broken dreams,
and no matter what, at least we know we cared.

It would be, THE LONGEST LOVE SONG,
and it might take a lifetime to do.
So I want to know, if you want to spend,
a lifetime with me,
and listen to me sing it all for you.

When you find yourself where you don't fit in,
hearing eerie laughter in the howling wind.
You listen closer, a melody,
sung by voices in harmony.

It would be, THE LONGEST LOVE SONG,
and it might take a lifetime to do.
So I want to know, if you want to spend,
a lifetime with me,
and listen to me sing it all for you.

Copyright 2010 Jerry Flattum

I’M DESPERATE

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

I’M DESPERATE

I, I need, I need love,
I need love now.
I, I need, I need you,
I need you now.
I need your love,
I need your love now.

'Cause I'M DESPERATE,
DESPERATE for your love.
Only you, can satisfy.
I'M so DESPERATE,
DESPERATE for your love.
And I need you to know that I...
I'M so DESPERATE.

You, you got, you got love,
you got love to give.
Give, give me, give me love,
give me love to live.
Give me your love,
I need love to live.

'Cause I'M DESPERATE,
DESPERATE for your love.
Only you, can satisfy.
I'M so DESPERATE,
DESPERATE for your love.
And I need you to know that I...
I'M so DESPERATE.

So what are you gonna do about it?  Huh?
Are you gonna give me what I need?
What I really want to know is,
are you DESPERATE for me,
like I'M DESPERATE for you.
Are you DESPERATE for me?
Like I'M DESPERATE for you.

'Cause I'M DESPERATE,
DESPERATE for your love.
Only you, can satisfy.
I'M so DESPERATE,
DESPERATE for your love.
And I need you to know that I...
I'M so DESPERATE.

DESPERATE for your love.
Only you can satisfy.
I'M SO DESPERATE.
I'M SO DESPERATE.

Copr. 2010 Jerry Flattum

 LOVE ME THAT WAY

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

LOVE ME THAT WAY

I get mean,
sometimes I hurt inside.
Do foolish things;
get high, and try to hide.
I play a fool,
who can get pretty wild.
You know, half the time,
I'm just a child.

I get crazy,
sometimes I lose control.
Some kind of demon,
burns a hole in my soul.
I get cold;
chill you to your bone.
It's just that sometimes,
I feel so all alone.

LOVE ME THAT WAY,
hold me in your arms.
Will I hear you say,
you can LOVE ME THAT WAY?
LOVE ME THAT WAY.

All of my life,
I've seen good luck go by.
Sometimes made me bitter,
well, it sure made me cry.
What if I scream so loud,
'cause I can't stand the pain?
Will you still love me,
or let me go insane?

I need love
24 hours a day.
I need somebody,
who will never, ever go away.
Oh well, I'll lie, and cheat,
and be a fool, and I won't even care.
It's 'cause I'm scared,
someday you won't be there.

LOVE ME THAT WAY,
hold me in your arms.
Will I hear you say,
you can LOVE ME THAT WAY?
LOVE ME THAT WAY.

Think I might be foolish
to reveal all of me?
Ah, keep it to yourself!
Better to remain a mystery.
They'll use what you give them,
and you get thrown away.
But, I'd rather bare my soul,
and take a chance on the pain.
The chance of getting hurt,
to know what is real.
How else can we know
what we really feel?
And, I don't want to lie.

LOVE ME THAT WAY,
hold me in your arms.
Will I hear you say,
you can LOVE ME THAT WAY?
LOVE ME THAT WAY.

LOVE ME THAT WAY,
hold me in your arms.
Will I hear you say,
you can LOVE ME THAT WAY?
LOVE ME THAT WAY.

Copyright 2010 by Jerry Flattum

FLYIN’ SO HIGH

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

FLYIN’ SO HIGH

My cellphone just went dead, forgot to pay the bill,

Ooh, it's back to candles, no heat, man, you could kill.
Your car is broken down, you're sick and tired 'cause it won't start.
And, if you happen to be rich, someone could steal your heart.
Mind out of body, just leave your troubles behind.

FLYIN' SO HIGH, man, you never see the ground.
Feels so right, yeah, you ain't never comin' down.
FLYIN' SO HIGH, livin' life is such a breeze.
FLYIN' SO HIGH...one way ticket if you please.

You got to sell insurance, maybe be a cop...
something more respectable than a'hangin' on a mop.
Girls makin' babies, worried 'bout the sin,
you know they want to go out, instead they're stayin' in.
Mind out of body, just leave your troubles behind.

FLYIN' SO HIGH, man, you never see the ground.
Feels so right, yeah, you ain't never comin' down.
FLYIN' SO HIGH, livin' life is such a breeze.
FLYIN' SO HIGH...one way ticket if you please.

INST.

Now if you don't pay the rent, they throw your stuff out on the grass.
Not only does your car not start, you can't afford the gas.
So, if you are a man, don't let your woman get cold at nite.
And if you are a woman, love your man and squeeze him tight.
Mind out of body, just leave your troubles behind.

FLYIN' SO HIGH, man, you never see the ground.
Feels so right, yeah, you ain't never comin' down.
FLYIN' SO HIGH, livin' life is such a breeze.
FLYIN' SO HIGH...one way ticket if you please.

Copr. 2010 Jerry Flattum

DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.

Cat in heat, pourin' out her cries for love,
a dog's bark, echoing in the courtyard.
You can hear the streets in the distance,
gettin' ready for a Saturday night.

"P.R." girls, walkin' in tight flower pants,
Broncos blastin', speakers fill the backseats.
Shadows dance from all the people,
lit by bodegas and traffic lights.

On DUKE, DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.
On DUKE, DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.

College crowd, hangin' out in the "Night Cafe,"
Marvin Gaye, blarin' from the jukebox.
'Cross the street, "The Cathedral Cafe,"
jazz band cookin' in it's 2nd set.

Ecuador, Columbia, and Brazil,
Harlem's eye, glarin' not to far away.
Livin' in this mixed up neighborhood,
is something you can bet I'll never forget.

On DUKE, DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.
On DUKE, DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.

We were dancing, on the rooftop, lit by moonlight.
I fell in love with her, on a night like tonite,
I fell in love with her, on a night like tonite.

INSTRUMENTAL

Low-life's and thieves, hangin' 'round a conga jam,
pit bulls chained: screamin' all through the schoolyard.
"P.R." boys, smokin' that "Cheeba,"
burnt-out stolen cars lie stripped on the side.

Old man Jew, takes a look out at the street,
seen it all, goes back to watchin' TV.
Cops cruise, lookin' for some action,
but tonite it's gonna be all right.

On DUKE, DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.
On DUKE, DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.
DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.
DUKE ELLINGTON BLVD.

Copr. 2010 Jerry Flattum

INCOGNITO

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

INCOGNITO

Shhh, be cool!.  Quick!  'Round the corner!
Steppin' out, catch a breeze and fly.
Change your voice, change the color of your hair.
Slip, into darkness, like a spy on the sly.
We can disappear, no one will no where.
And when they try to find us, we won't be there!

We can go, INCOGNITO!
They won't know, INCOGNITO!
INCOGNITO!

Shhh!  Be Quick!  Stay in the shadows!
Hold your breath, until they pass us by.
Blend right in, that's the power of disguise.
Like a chameleon, throw colors in their eyes.
When the coast is clear we'll make our getaway.
Runnin' thru the nite, to our hideaway!

We can go, INCOGNITO!
They won't know, INCOGNITO!
INCOGNITO!

Run, run baby, we gotta run, run, run!
Run, run baby, we gotta run, run, run!
Run, run baby, we gotta run, run, run!
Run, run baby, we gotta run!  Huh!

INSTRUMENTAL

We can disappear no one will know where.
When they try to find us, we won't be there!

We can go, INCOGNITO!
They won't know, INCOGNITO!

We can go, INCOGNITO!
They won't know, INCOGNITO!

We can go, INCOGNITO!
They won't know, INCOGNITO!
INCOGNITO!

Copyright 2010 by Jerry Flattum

DESTINATION: LOVE

(Original Pre-Production Version)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

DESTINATION: LOVE

Travelin', to a different time and place.
Searchin', lost in Outerspace.
Movin', the stars are flyin' by so fast.
too high, to see the signposts that we pass.
Ahead it looks like disaster,
a storm of cosmic debris.
Hold on this rocket is shakin',
to our destiny-

DESTINATION:  LOVE.
DESTINATION:  LOVE.

Travelin', to a different galaxy,
goin', where it's trouble free.
Cruisin', through space beyond the speed of light,
guided, by some strange celestial sight.
We're on this journey together,
two drifters through the unknown.
Our map is our imagination-
dare the danger zone.

DESTINATION:  LOVE.
DESTINATION:  LOVE.

They say, just beyond the horizon,
lies a world of love they call it paradise.
It's the chance you take,
could get lost in the darkness.
I know we can make it if we try.

Seasons, turn like pages in a book.
Sweet dreams, vanish-time's the crook.
Trapped on, a planet made of ice and stone.
Feeling, the chill of standing all alone.
Hold on we're getting much closer,
love's out there waiting for me.
It's your love that I'm after-
that's my destiny.

DESTINATION:  LOVE.
DESTINATION:  LOVE.

DESTINATION, (W/ Backup vocals)
DESTINATION,
DESTINATION:  LOVE

DESTINATION:  LOVE.
DESTINATION:  LOVE.

There's nothin' that I wouldn't do,
to find my way back home to you,
DESTINATION,
DESTINATION:  LOVE
DESTINATION,
DESTINATION:  LOVE

Copr. 2010 Jerry Flattum

 

DREAMIN’ IN LAS VEGAS

(Original Pre-Production Version)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS
 
Here I am in my luxury hotel suite,
soaring high above the neon heat.
"Hello room service I have a request,
send me up, a case of your best!"
I've got friends I'm just dying to entertain,
You know, share a little of my fortune and fame.
Maybe I'm a fool for living on a chance,
one roll of the dice could mean my last dance.
I'll risk all my worries for a pot of gold,
all for the taking, so I'm told.
You know I've cried my share of the blues,
I know what it's like to have nothin' left to lose.

Spoken:
But I've got my dreams, it's all up from here baby...

DREAMIN', DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS.
DREAMIN', DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS.
DREAMIN', DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS.
DREAMIN', DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS.

Got my name lit on a glittering gold marquee,
I'm a star, wel l that's what the press says 'bout me.
Don't get me wrong, you see money ain't my thing.
Happiness is when I, when I dance and sing.
I'm in love, got a sparkle in my eye,
Silver wings, yeah I swear I can fly.
Maybe I'm a jokester, for placin' all my bets,
I've got no way of paying off these crazy debts.
One thing bout Vegas, this place is hot.
Win if ya give it, give it all ya got.
You know I've cried my share of the blues,
I know what it's like to have nothin' left to lose.

Spoken:
I'm gonna win this time!  Yeah, these dreams are comin' true.

DREAMIN', DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS.
DREAMIN', DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS.
DREAMIN', DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS.
DREAMIN', DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS.

DREAMIN', DREAMIN' IN LAS VEGAS.
(Repeat till end of song)

Spoken (through end of song):

When the night comes?  Ah, fageddabowdit!

It's a city gone crazy, that's for sure.

...And the magic and the music...

Dancin' till the sun comes up.

Hey, everybody's here!
 Pirates, Egyptian Queens, jugglers,
 acrobats, world class chefs.

There goes Vinny--he's a high roller.
There's goofy Lucy, she likes the penny slots.

Fancy limosines...with hot tubs.

Club hoppers makin' the scene...DJ's spinnin' on fire.

Women 7 feet tall.
Men who've got it all.

Who loves ya baby...fageddabowdit!

Anybody out there wanna pay my green fees?
Air conditioned carts--that's class.

Think I hear a muted trumpet playin' smooth jazz...
even sounds like Vegas.

Oh no, it can't be...it is!
 The unbelievable Mr. Vegas, Wayne Newton!

Copyright 2010 Jerry Flattum