SEVEN WAYS 'TIL SUNDAY
The New Solo Album SEVEN WAYS 'TIL SUNDAY from STEVE AUGERI, Journey Former Lead Vocalist. Eleven songs, including the singles "IF YOU WANT," "BATED BREATH," "NEVER FAR FROM HOME," (co-written with Jonathan Cain of Journey) and "DESERT MOON" (co-written with Neal Schon of Journey)
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LYRICS & CREDITS
1. MAGIC
LYRICS
When I was a child
And grand illusions
Flew across my mind
Wild was my imagination
Behind the curtains
Wondering what I’d find
I’d find the charade
And fascination, sure
They’d tell themselves
But we knew something else…
It’s magic sometimes
Believe it, you’ll see it
It hides in plain sight all the while
It’s magic tonight
I know ‘cause I feel it
Like love when the stars they align
It’s magic tonight
With a slight of the hand
The light can play a trick at what you see
Then out of thin air or of a hat
These miracles that shatter your beliefs
With a wave of a hand
A coin or card appear all by it’s self
But, you knew something else…
It’s magic sometimes
Believe it, you’ll see it
It hides in plain sight all the while
It’s magic tonight
I know ‘cause I feel it
Like love when they stars all align
It’s magic, now…
Come a little bit closer
You won’t believe your eyes
Then open them wide
And believe again, see again
And with a wave of a hand
A coin or card appears all by it’s self
The child knew something else…
It’s magic sometimes
Believe it, you’ll see it
It hides in plain sight all the while
It’s magic tonight
I know ‘cause I feel it
Like love when the stars they align
It’s magic tonight
Oh, It’s magic tonight
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Augeri/Holland
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Guitars:
Adam Holland, Steve Augeri
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Steve Augeri
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Drums:
Vic Torres
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
2. NEVER FAR FROM HOME
LYRICS
Dreamed that I could fly
Had the wings of an aeroplane
Further that I climbed from the earth
The closer to your love I came
Oh, it’s mine if I believe
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Twenty thousand leagues or more
Under the deep blue sea
Gotta get myself to shore
Somebody, someone rescue me
So that I can may be released
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On the edge I ride
Just like a satellite
Your love shines where I roam
No I’m never far from home
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So I packed up all we had
And we headed off to Japan
In the land of the rising sun
The sun it rises just the same
Just the same as home sweet home
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On the edge I ride
Just like a satellite
Your love shines where I roam
And thought we’re miles apart
I’m always where you are
I know, yes I know
I’m never far from home
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Well, bright lights in the big city
People try to put you down
People try to tear your world apart
Hard times in the big city
I’ll be there to land a hand
I’ll be there to comfort you
In your little world
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Dreamed that I could fly
Had the wings of an aeroplane
Further that I climbed from the earth
The closer to your love I came
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Oh, on the edge I ride
Just like a satellite
Your love shines where I roam
And though we’re miles apart
I’m always where you are
I know, yes I know
Across an endless sky
You’re always shining bright
Your love shines where I roam
Yes, I’m never far from home
Ooh, on the edge I ride
Just like a satellite
Your love shines where I roam
No, I’m never far
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Never far from home
Never far from home
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We can work thins out, we’ll talk it over
Talk it over, I’m walking over
We can work it out we’ll talk it over
What’s some miles 'tween
Friends and lovers
CREDITS
Song Writers:
Augeri / Cain / Morales
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Fiddle:
Megan Mullins
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Guitars:
Adam Holland, Steve Augeri
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Steve Augeri, Craig Pullman
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Drums:
Chuck Tilley
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Percussion:
Steve Augeri
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Pre-Production:
Tom Nissen
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
3. BATED BREATH
LYRICS
With bated breath
And bended knee
I pray in earnest
She comes back to me
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Without a word
Without a fight
I let her slip away into the night
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Oh well I’m strong
But I’m not that strong
I pray the world loosens it’s grip on me
Oh, and time tells
When all else has failed
I’ll be waiting here with bated breath
With heavy heart
Upon my sleeve
Wear my emotions for the world to see
With each breath in
Won’t let it out
Afraid it’d be the least of her around
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Oh we both said what we had to say
Just as all lovers would do
Oh, and time tells
When all else has failed
I’ll still be waiting here with bated breath
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And oh, for now
All that remains
Is frozen and framed
And now, love’s an illusion
There are no guarantees
For me
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With bated breath
All hope aside
I leave to chance the chance love
Comes back to life
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Oh well I’m strong
But I’m not that strong
I pray the world loosens it’s grip on me
Oh and time tells
When all else has failed
I’ll be waiting here with bated breath
I’ll still be waiting here with bated breath
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Augeri / Holland / Piazza / Pullman
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Guitars:
Adam Holland
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Craig Pullman, Steve Augeri
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Drums:
Vic Torres
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Pre-Production:
Tom Nissen
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
4. DRIVE
LYRICS
Stretch of highway
Yeah that’s what I need
With my head full of worries
And a pocket of dreams
Roll down the window
Of my long Cadillac
A fist full of promise
In my bag
Down that long road
Yeah, that’s where I’m free
Where the sky meets that long road
Yeah, that’s where I’ll be
Roll down the highway
In my long Cadillac
I’ll know where I’m goin’
When I’m there
Oh, with the sun in my face
I get in my car and drive
Yeah, with the wind at my heels
I get in my car and drive
Oh, and there’s no turning back
I never felt so alive
Down that Highway
Yeah, That’s Where I’m Free
With A Head Full of Sorrow
And A Pocket of Dreams
Roll Down the Windows
Of My Long Cadillac
Won’t know where I’m goin’
’Til I’m there
Oh, with the sun in my face
I get in my car and drive
Yeah, with the wind at my heels
I get in my car and drive
Oh, and there’s no turning back
I never felt so alive
So I get in my car and
Drive
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Steve Augeri
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Gutars:
Steve Augeri
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Keys:
Steve Augeri
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Percussion:
Steve Augeri
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Drums:
Vic Torres
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
5. TALKING ABOUT
LYRICS
I never felt this way until tonight
I never knew I had this feelings inside
Until you came along and
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Entered my life
I was just
Walking around in circles
Wondering what all the talk’s about
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Do you feel your world is so far away
Am I all your eyes can see
Does your heart beat still
Is this how you feel
Maybe that’s what they’re
Talking about
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Maybe this is what they’re talking about
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I never thought of myself lonely at all
I never felt the need to answer loves call
Until you came along
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You set me right you taught me
Things about life I never
Knew just what all of the talk’s about
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It feels like nothing can hurt you baby
Like an angel lights your way
Does your up feel down
Is your inside out
Maybe that’s what they’re
Talking about
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I never thought I was alone
It’s all I’ve been
It’s all I’ve known baby
I’ve never dreamt of love like this
Until your touch
Until your kiss
It’s all I ever talk about
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Do you feel alive for the first time
Does an angel light your way
Does your heartbeat race
And you can’t think straight
Maybe that’s what they’re
Talking about, yeah
Does your heartbeat race
And you can’t think straight
Maybe that’s what they’re
Talking about
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Steve Augeri
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Guitars:
Steve Augeri
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Steve Augeri
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Percussion:
Steve Augeri
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Drums:
Vic Torres
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
6. UNANSWERED PRAYERS
LYRICS
Sweet angel on my shoulder
I have an unanswered prayer
Before it gets much colder
Tell me if her heart still cares
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I’ve got to know
If I’m bound to be alone forever
And I’ve got it bad
In my heart
In my head
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Sweet Jesus I am begging
Please do not abandon me
If you can save a should please
Save my heart from misery
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I’ve got to know
If I’m bound to be alone forever
She’s all that I have
In my heart
In my head
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The wind and driving rain
Will not keep me from you my love
The sorrow and the pain
Will weather with time
The sorrow and the pain
Will weather with time
I walk by churches filled with
People searching for the truth
Etched in the faces sorrow
Wonder how much prayer gets through
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Oh I’ve got to know
But I haven’t got the strength to wonder
Oh I’ve got it bad
In my heart
In my head
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The wind and driving rain
Will not keep me from you my love
The sorrow and the pain
Will weather with time
The wind and driving rain
Will not keep me from you my love
The sorrow and the pain
Will weather with time
Oh The wind and driving rain
Will not keep me from you my love
No the sorrow and the pain
Will weather in time, Oh
The wind and driving rain
It will not keep me from you my love
No the sorrow and the pain
Will weather with time
The sorrow and the pain
Will weather with time
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Augeri / DeRossi
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Guitars:
Adam Holland, Steve Augeri
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Craig Pullman, Steve Augeri
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Percussion:
Steve Augeri
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Background Vocalist:
Marge Raymond
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
7. IF YOU WANT
LYRICS
Life takes a holiday
The heart needs to rest along the way
Cupids been over worked
Says he's under paid
And as the years go by
It's true what they say
Time, it really does fly
Seems there's never enough
For the dreams
Or the plans we've made
Then once in a while
We remember to stop along the way
If you want to be loved
Open your heart
Set it free
If you want to be loved
Open your heart up to me
Life's never written in stone
And it's hard accepting change, I know
It's crazy but we get what we want
When we simply let it go
So stand back there's no use in running
It's never too late
Yeah, yeah, yeah…
If you want to be loved
Open your heart
Set it free
If you want to be loved
Open your heart up to me
You say it's no good when I'm so far away
You tell me it hurts when you're alone
Well, I'm counting the minutes 'til that very day
Baby, I'm comin' home,
Baby I'm comin' home…
Don't you want to be loved?
Once in a while
We remember to stop along the way
And sometimes it's there that we find
What we merely misplaced.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah…
If you want to be loved
Open your heart
Set it free
If you want to be loved
Open your heart up to me
Don't you want to be loved?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't you want to be loved?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't you love me Baby?
Don't you want to be loved?
Don't you love me Baby?
Don't you want to be loved?
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Steve Augeri
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Saxophone:
David Freeman
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Guitars:
Steve Augeri, Tom DeRossi
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Steve Augeri
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Drums:
Chuck Tilley
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Pre-Production:
John Agnello
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
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SPECIAL THANKS:
AHREN KLEIN,
CRAIG PULLMAN, &
JOHN AGNELLO
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*Made in: NYC, Nashville & Atlanta, USA
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8. BEAUTIFUL
LYRICS
(Darling you’re beautiful)
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Cold, dark, deep
We can’t change what your
Eyes can see
Honey try to
Embrace what speaks
Directly straight to the
Heart from me
And hold on gently cause..
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If ever you’re heart aches
Just think of me
If you should deny it
Here’s my belief
What you take for granted
I think is beautiful
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You can’t change
History’s written in
Blood stained hands
Washing sins of the
Past under lock and key
Waiting for someone to
Break us free
Knowing plain well that
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When ever you’re Lonely
Just think of me
If you should be lonely
I’m your relief
What you take for granted
I find it beautiful
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Whatever you’ve taken’s
Given to me
If it should be broken
I’ll mend every piece
When all hope’s abandoned
I’ll find what’s beautiful
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On this sphere that we call home, this Planet Earth
You’d be hard pressed to find anything that was not
Beautiful
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The Moon, Stars, Sun
The subject of every
Poet’s pen and brush
Who dare to capture it’s
Soul skin deep
In the eyes of the
Fool who will not see
But this beholder can
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Whenever your heart aches
Just think of me
If you should deny it
I’m your belief
What you take for granted
I think is beautiful
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Whatever you’ve taken’s
Given to me
If it should be broken
I’ll mend every piece
When all hope’s abandoned
We’ll find what’s beautiful
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Isn’t life beautiful?
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And all that we have witnessed
Since the miracle of birth
We need but look inward
We need but look inside
To find the truth
For there lies true Hope
(Darling you’re beautiful)
That which is LOVE
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Augeri / Holland / Pullman
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Guitars:
Adam Holland, Steve Augeri
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Craig Pullman, Steve Augeri
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Percussion:
Steve Augeri
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Drums:
Vic Torres
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
9. SEVEN WAYS 'TIL SUNDAY
LYRICS
No, it ain’t for lack of tryin’
‘Cause we’ve tried most all we can
Must be something we both overlooked
The most obvious of things
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And it ain’t for lack of money
Or the time that we both spent
'Cause all the money and the cost
All time forever lost
And the prayers we sent
To save us now
For the love of God…
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I’m cryin’ out
I’m reachin’ out
To anyone who’d hear me out
These seven ways 'til Sunday
How could this to ever come to be?
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She said seven ways ’til Sunday
Is a promise never kept
And if every saint were praised
By the questions that she raised
Then St. Jude would never sleep at night
Someone hold me tight
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I’m cryin’ out
I’m reachin’ out
To anyone who’d hear me out
These seven ways 'til Sunday
How could this to ever come to be?
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What’s it gonna take to win your heart?
What’s it gonna take to win your love?
Seven ways ’til Sunday
And nothing more
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I’m cryin’ out
I’m reachin’ out
To anyone who’d hear me out
These seven ways 'til Sunday
How could this to ever come to be?
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Yeah, well I’m cryin’ out
I’m reachin’ out
To anyone who’s listening now
These seven ways 'til Sunday
How could this to ever come to be?
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How could this to ever come to be?
Ever come to this
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Augeri / Holland / Pullman
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Guitars:
Adam Holland, Steve Augeri
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Craig Pullman, Steve Augeri
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Percussion:
Steve Augeri
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Drums:
Vic Torres
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
10. DESERT MOON
LYRICS
She calls to me
Like a sirens scream
It beckons me on
The desert moon
Lights the summer night
But blacken’s the sun
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How long must we
Wait to find the answers
If ever they come
My desert moon will guide us
To what we’ve been after
When destiny calls
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She came to me
Like a moonlit dream
If ever there was
Now my desert moon
Throws it’s shadows lean
Then darkens the heart
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How long must we wait
To find the answers
Does anyone know?
My desert moon she lights
The way for weary travelers
When destiny calls
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Go home
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Calling out
For all the world to hear
Should ever you roam
Oh my desert moon
Should it light your way
She’ll soon bring you home
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How long must we wait
To find the answers
Should ever they come
My desert moon will light
The way you weary travelers
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Go home
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Go home
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We’ll find our way home
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Augeri / Schon
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Guitars:
Steve Augeri, Adam Holland
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Steve Augeri
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Percussion:
Steve Augeri
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Drums:
Vic Torres
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC
11. FROM THE BEGINNING
LYRICS
As I walk along the path of your forgiveness
I am mindful and respect your state of mind
So I wait for you until the time is right
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And until that moment comes I count the minutes
Watching hours pass along from day to night
Never knowing if the we’ll ever find the time
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What would you say
If I could change it all
And start again the love that I’d forsake?
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From the beginning
You promised the world ’til the end of time
You promised your heart to mine
But your heart wasn’t in it
Your intentions were good but you failed to find
That my darling love is blind
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Lovers whisper in the night of tender mercy
Giving freely our emotions every time
Never Knowing up from down or the dark from light
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When it’s real and love is true there is no hurry
Only tears of joy until there’s none to cry
Only traces of the words they wished they’d find
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What would it take
If I could change it all
And regain the love this fool had thrown away?
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From the beginning
You promised the world ’til the end of time
You promised your heart to mine
But your heart wasn’t in it
Your intentions were good but you failed to find
That my darling love is blind
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The Queen of the seas and the oceans
The King of the skies will reveal
What we’ve known all along yet we’ve chosen
“Til heartache conceals our emotions
We chose to betray what we feel
All this love that we built now lay broken
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From the beginning
You promised the world ’til the end of time
You promised your heart to mine
But your heart wasn’t in it
Your intentions were good but you failed to find
That my darling love is blind
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Talk to me baby
Tell me what I need to hear tonight
Tell me those three words
Everyone needs to hear
Makes everything alright
CREDITS
Songwriters:
Augeri
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Guitars:
Steve Augeri, Adam Holland
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Bass:
Steve Augeri
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Piano & Keys:
Steve Augeri
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Percussion:
Steve Augeri
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Drums:
Vic Torres
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Mixed by:
Steve Mandile
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Produced by:
Steve Augeri
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Recorded at:
Hi-Hat Studio, NYC