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Simple Song
02:30
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I'll try to sing a simple song
Simple song are what the people hum along
I'll try to sing a simple song
Simple songs ostensibly can never go wrong
Some say stranger things have happened
And temptation sure is strong
To not just sing a simple song
So I'll try to keep it short and sweet
Short and sweets what they whistle, that's no surprise
I'll demonstrate it can be done
Done by one for one another, otherwise
It might be what the doctor ordered
So I'll try to keep out of my way
And sing a simple song today
Do-do-do-do-do
Bap-da-da
Dwee-dee-dee-dee
I'll try to sing a simple song
Simple songs were seldom easy for to long
I'll try to sing it here for you
Simple songs elude the seekers of the new, very true
(No one ever said it was easy)
I'm almost done my simple song
Simple songs, if they are catchy, can be strong
I hope I made it worth your while
While I beg your pardon
Hope this change of style made you smile
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Where Are You Going?
03:41
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Where are you going and when will you come back again?
They're calling for showers; it's already starting to rain
(They're calling for showers; starting to rain)
Feels like we just arrived, and now it's time to go
I waited for hours and tried not to think of the pain
So where are you going, will you ever come back again?
(Where are you going? Please come back again)
Mmm mmm, hmm mmm, hmm mmm, hmm mmm
I don't know how I survived, and you'll just never know
(How I survived, you won't know)
Oooh....
Thinking about you, a mem'ry or thought in my brain
I can't seem to recall, until I remember again
(I can't seem to recall, remember again)
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3. |
Returning
04:26
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Better get over here
Please don’t raise alarm
Just like a doctor’s oath
Is first to do no harm
Living a busy life
Slowly can lose it’s charm
Now I’m considering
Returning to the farm
Returning to the farm
Soon things will be fine
Turning into wine
This is yours and mine
Though this might be a long journey to return
If you’re stuck in some rat race
Surely you know the truth
The lemmings, just like the rats
Have gotten long in the tooth (Woah-oh-oh)
I’d hate to learn too late
From deep inside the tomb
On that final day we’re all
Returning to the womb
Soon things will be fine (Things will be fine)
Flowing just like wine (Flows just like wine)
Tasting so divine (Tastes divine)
As we head toward the unknown
I’m returning, truth be told
There’s no metaphor here to unfold
I’m just growing old
Something so refined (It’s so refined)
Perfect by design (Perfect design)
Is that what we’ll find? (We’ll find)
I believe that we’ll have peace of mind
Returning
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I'm Stealing That
04:07
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Come in! Glad to have some company
Distant whistling means Bert’s making us some tea
What’s that, you say? "A flying monster!"
Could it be an albatross?
But I only smelled some marinara sauce
I’m stealing that!
It doesn’t fit the music, but it fits the times
It doesn’t make much sense, at least it rhymes
If no one else is using this
, I’ll take it
I know how a genius pays the price
Well, that’s Albert and the big man shootin’ dice
And for the times, yes for all those times
Where you haven’t got a clue
Rest assured, Doug said the answer’s forty-two
Oh, by the way
I swear last night I saw Marie walk through the park
I couldn’t ask why she glowed in the dark
That’s far too impolite, and so
I faked it
I’ll steal that too!
It still don’t fit the music, but just have a drink
I realized I am, therefore I think
For Erwin has a pet that you won’t soon forget
And Max we all can thank, walking his Planck
If you still wonder what this means
Is this song much more than it seems?
I’ll take it
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One Thing I'm Sure Of
03:13
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I know one and one is two
But not according to you
And I know E equals MC squared
Somehow you just never cared
Love my babe, she loves me too
You can doubt, I know it's true
Love my babe, yes, I said "love"
That's one thing I'm sure of
Penny saved is a penny earned
That is something you never learned
You fall for nearly every scam
And still you don't give a damn
Love my babe, she loves me too
You can doubt, I know it's true
Ingenue
But my babe, she loves me good
That can't be misunderstood
Love my babe, yes, I said "love"
She's the best thing, sure thing
One thing I'm sure of
And some say to each his own, yea
On that we agree, but
There are things you'll never know, never know
I swear she's the best thing for me
(She's my Vitamin D)
Love my babe, she loves me too
Wasting time, so now I won't listen to you
She's the one thing that I'm certain of
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6. |
When All Else Fails
04:07
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When all else fails, here is what you all should do:
Stop thinking that someday they'll make sense to you
(Or vice-versa)
Consider that they don't really care what's true
What else can you do when all else fails you?
You've got to find your passion, not just a mere distraction
He was a fine fellow, now he can't find his elbow
Maybe they did outsmart me:
They're throwing a great big party
This is where my heart is (ooh)
This is what my head fin'ly said:
"Can't take anymore!"
This is what the truth is, oh yeah
This is where my heart it
Cant take anymore!
When all fails just try once more
You think if only you could just find the words
It might make sense, just til now they've never heard
(That's wishful thinking)
I was like you, and to think I really cared
So now I sing it, but do they get it?
I'll tell you something funny: It ain't about the money
So, fools, just keep your distance: they'll beat you with experience
But can you hear it starting?
They're throwing another party!
This is where my heart is (ooh)
This is what my head fin'ly said:
"Can't take anymore!" (Not anymore)
I know what the truth is, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
This is where my heart it
Cant take anymore!
I'll tell you once more:
When all else fails
When all else fails
When all else fails
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Give My Regards
03:05
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The brush strokes of nostalgia
Chilly morning, blue to white
Impressions form suggestions
Colors bleeding into night
So please give my regards
Show no pity
Draw, then discard
Chance: fifty-fifty
You've got to be seen
A grainy stock and silent image
Lights your frame so noir
Such tales of your assumptions
Nevermore bid au revoir
So you ride into town
Like a potato
Don't stick around
Hasta luego!
What did that just mean?
The maestro cues the mid-life crisis
Drenched in sweet discord
Such tales of woe, they may be so
Or maybe you're just bored
An artist can paint what a poet can't write
The vintner sends them both on flights
Musicians living beyond their means
But who's choreographing your dreams?
Riding into town like a potato!
Give my regards
Draw, then discard
Give my regards
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9. |
No Words, No Rhymes
03:55
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Can you picture this,
Hold it in your mind:
Can you lose yourself in sound?
With the words all gone
And the message lost
No meaning to be found?
There are no words, no rhymes
And no more curves or lines
Gone the crooners, and their crimes
But there’re no words, and no words can’t rhyme
And it doesn't stop
Where the stories end
The narrative dissolves
If you see the lights
And the colors there
Of the shapes that won't resolve
There are no words, no rhymes
Steady tempos, or times
Modulations? They’re fine
But there’re no words, and no words can’t rhyme
Ah, there was a time, not too long ago
When is wasn’t such a deal breaker
But you say that you need a place to hang your hat
Might I suggest a hat rack maker?
(I know a really good one, too)
There are no words, no rhymes
How I’ve wished that oftentimes
Keep your nickels and dimes
Not even one word, (and it) takes two words to rhyme
Can you picture this,
Hold it in your mind?
Were you with me all along?
Lyrics disappear
With one ironic touch:
There wouldn’t be this song
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10. |
Things Are Just Fine
02:36
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The girl in number 5 has not paid the rent
Has daddy sent the money? She said: "That's all been spent!"
We're havin' a party, it's all on her head
You're welcome to crash it 'cause she's goin' to bed
I hear the clink of glass, of nothing to lose
Bob and his crew are upstairs sniffing for clues
How can they have cold feet if things are so hot?
Why some hedge their bets while some rather not?
Now it looks to me that things are just fine
But is this the life that we planned for?
I'm doin' my best, I'm movin' along (do-do-do-do-do-do-do)
Or am I just foolin' myself in that things are just fine?
They want to cruise the 'Ave, I'm OK to drive
Next day we check to see if we're still alive
Who blew the whistle? Who ruined the fun?
When I heard the news that you got the blues another party's begun
It still seems to me that things are just fine
Keep drinking and dancing and laughing
I cannot deny that things have been worse (only a shade of a doubt)
I've learned if you make life a party then things are just fine
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11. |
Blue As A Ruby
04:11
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Woke up this morning, was blue as a ruby
Didn't you know that a ruby could be so blue
Just to think of you as I do?
Aquamarine could be red as the ocean (Aquamarine)
Diamonds and sapphires are blacker than night (Blacker than night)
This fool set his heart on you: false jewels
I met a girl once who knew Portuguese
She would sing more obscure lyrics than these
I recognized but one word: "coração"
The meaning was "heart," and though precious
Hers was of stone
I loved her even then
Sambas were suddenly sadder
Blue-blooded rubies were, too
That summer was out of tune.
(That summer, that summer, tune, tune.....)
Woke the next morning, still blue as a ruby
(Woke the next morning, blue as a ruby)
Didn't you know the disowned blue ruby was me?
(Ahh)
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12. |
All I Know
05:15
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How did I get mixed up with you?
You're the heart now of all that I do
When you find someone, there is only one
Feel her living in me
Had I one less kiss I might have just missed
Love of this high degree
But all I know is I'm not alone
She gave me strength and together we've grown
Oh, this is love, and I might have known
But that's all I know
I was all you could see in a glance
Never thought that I stood half a chance
When the money's gone, and there is no dawn
And your friends tell you lies
(Feels like you) lost your house and car, having come this far
Then a little boy cries
But all I know is I'm not alone
She gave me strength and together we've grown
Oh, this is love, and I might have known
But that's all I know
So when a man holds closely his girl
And wonders what could he mean in her world
Was she like me? This king felt so small
Now I have it all
I know that once I could give reasons why
If someone had found me a way to get by
Now I just know that I can't let her go
That's all I know
Yes all I know is I'm not alone
She gives me strength and together we've grown
Oh, this is love, and I might have known
But that's all
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James Castelli / Omega New Jersey
Omega (Ω) is the symbol chosen back in 1985 to catalogue any musical endeavor in which James Castelli participated that was recorded. The first 50 (low quality) albums were produced in the first five years and most of the next 50+ albums available here were made over the next 28 years. The styles range from pop to experimental to progressive to classical, with James Castelli the main composer. ... more
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