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Design and Implementation by:
Designed By Andy Stone
With assistance by Preston McLanahan and Al Basile basile@albasile.com
Are You My Love?
(Richard Rodgers and Lorentz Hart)
This Could Be the Year
(Al Basile)
The pitchers and the catchers
went south a week ago
and spring is going to come again
forget about the
snow
the first pitch will be thrown out
the game will get in gear
this could be the year
All the true believers
have waited for so long
they've managed to stay faithful
as hopes have
come and gone
they hang on to a vision
the dream is ever clear
this
could be the year
Winners
and losers
overs and friends
there's
a brand new beginning
if you stay past the end
There's
better teams on paper
but that's not where it's played
and anything can
happen
once a new start has been made
every record's even
and the
moment's finally here
this could be the year
The
odds might be against us
we've tried and failed before
we've come as close
as you can come
and still been shown the door
when you've been just a
strike away
there's nothing left to fear
this could be the year
Although this refers specifically to being a Red Sox fan,
it's designed to evoke other connections to hope and loss in our lives. The plunger
sounded particularly good in my basement while I was recording this.
Could It
Be You?
(Al Basile)
Who is waiting, just for me to come
along?
Who is listening, just to hear my distant song?
Who is patient,
who is true?
Who could it be - could it be you?
Who
is watching, just to see me glance her way?
Who is hoping that her life might
change today?
Who is out there, alone in the blue?
Who could it be - could
it be you?
For
every legend a hero
for every lock a key
could your partner for this dance by chance be me?
Who
is ready to drop those chains around her heart?
Who is willing to let me be
her counterpart?
Who is able to start anew?
Who could it be - could it
be you?
You
Took Me By Surprise
(Vernon Duke and John LaTouche)
I Didn't Know About You
(Duke Ellington/Bob Russell)
I went around with the same little crowd
the usual laughs, not often,
but loud
and in the world that I knew
I didn't know about you
Chasing
after the ring on a merry go round
just taking my fun where it could be found
but then what else could I do?
I didn't know about you
Darling, now I know
I
had the loneliest yesterdays, every day
in your
arms I find for once in my life
I'm living
Had
a good time eveery time I went out
romance was a thing that I kidded about
what could I know about love,
when I didn't knmow about you?
What could
I know about love,
when I didn't know about you
Four Kisses
(Al Basile)
Facing the Winter Alone
(Al Basile)
Facing the winter alone
I have to wonder how I'll feel
when February
wheels its way around
I'm better off on my own
and if you hadn't left
that day
I would have dropped you anyway
at least that's what I'll say
from now on
I
could call that other girl
she's got that face,
and grace, and style
how glad she'd be to hear
from me
guess I'd better put her off for a while
I'll
spend my evenings at home
I'll sit out on the patio
and watch the yard
fill up with snow
there's nothing left to do since you're gone
I
could call that other girl
she's got that face,
and grace, and style
how glad she'd be to hear
from me
guess I'd better put her off for a while
I'll
spend my evenings at home
I'll sit out ln the patio
and watch the yard
fill up with snow
there's no one else like you
that's all I want to know
there's nothing left to do since you're gone
Love Moves On
(Al Basile)
In the night, lovers touch
lovers cling, lovers clutch
lovers need
much too much,
and love moves on
In their
dreams, lovers care
love is sure, love is fair
then they wake, it's not
there
and love moves on
You
get tired of tough breaks
you get sick of the
same mistakes
you get used by fools and fakes
you get cruel and cold
Start to think you're a hot shot
only
want the ones you haven't got
make believe it's
real when it's not
you get old
But love isn't listening
to what you say
it
lasts for a life, or a year, or a day
you
don't get to tell love what to do
it
tells you
All their lives, lovers wait
trust to luck, trust to fate
then love comes, but too late
and love moves
on
Heart and soul, lovers try
watch
love grow, see it die
don't ask them where their love has gone
nobody
knows why love moves on
Nobody knows why
love moves on
nobody, nobody knows why love moves on
nobody, nobody,
nobody... nobody...
No
More Sad Songs
(Al Basile)
I used to wallow in despair - it never got me anywhere
but it seemed
like the thing to do
I would meander through the day, my mood would fade from
black to grey
while I thought of all I went through
Maybe
it was me, maybe it was you
maybe it was just
that the time was right -
but whatever were
the reasons, my seasons turned overnight
No
more sad songs, I've put them away
those "I've been had" songs can
wait for a rainy day
those tunes that moon and groan, I've thrown them out
the door
I'm singing sad songs no more
No
more blue days. they're all in the past
I'm in a new phase, and I'm gonna
make it last
those tunes that moan and whine, I find are not for me
no
more sad songs you see
What's
the use of anticipating, waiting for things to go wrong?
Life's
tough enough as it is - why let it ruin your song?
That
frustration, it's all in the past
I'm on vacation, and I'm gonna make it last
not gonna make the same mistake I made before
I'm singing sad songs no more
I'm
singing sad songs,
those things-are-bound-to-go-bad songs
I'm singing
sad songs no more
Stray
Thoughts
(Al Basile)
B.D.
(Al Basile)
Love Turned the Light Out
(Vernon Duke and John LaTouche)
Born To Swing
