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1.	catch me				catch me YOU CAN RUN YOU CAN FLY KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE SKY LIKE A RHAPSODY YOU CAN DANCE SO FREE BUT YOU'LL NEVER NO YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME THE WIND MAY BLOW A THOUSAND TIMES AND ALL WE KNOW IS LOVE'S SUBLIME THE CURRENTS FLOW THE DAWN WILL BREAK BREAK FROM THE PAST CAUSE LIFE WON'T WAIT LIFE WON'T WAIT LIEE WON'T WAIT... TIME GOES TICKING BY STILL YOU WONDER WHY YOU KEEP STRIVING KEEP ON REACHING FOR YOUR HIDDEN DREAM LIKE A FIREFLY YOU CAN SPREAD YOUR LITE BUT YOU'LL NEVER STILL YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME THE WIND MAY BLOW A THOUSAND TIMES AND ALL WE KNOW IS LOVE'S SUBLIME THE CURRENTS FLOW THE DAWN WILL BREAK BREAK FROM THE PAST CAUSE LIFE WON'T WAIT LIFE WON'T WAIT LIFE WON'T WAIT LIFE WON'T WAIT...	catch me Credits c 2004 roberta donnay & kit walker roberta donnay ~ vocals, vocal arrangement, horn arrangement, sound design kit walker ~ keyboards, drum programs, sound design henry hung ~ trumpet Notes this is an edgy jazz fusion with wild melody & key changes on bridges; eclectic song about life
2.	i don't want the nite to end				i don't want the nite to end there's a rain outside my window and man, it's comin' down there's a secret locked inside your heart forever lost & found and i'm standing on the ledge now if i could jump into your arms would you catch me would you catch me and isn't it a little like love to keep us guessing isn't it a little like a crush to keep us breathing i don't want the nite to end let me turn your winter into spring and i don't want the nite to end let me give you something to believe.. and the world is crash & burn now you can hear the fallout sound if you wrap your dreams around my heart and wear it like a crown if i drink the twilight potion to keep you by my side would you let me would you let me and isn't it a little like love to keep us guessing isn't it a little like a crush to keep us breathing i don't want the nite to end let me turn your winter into spring and i don't want the nite to end let me give you something to believe.. let me take you to a place where the sun will never shine let me take you down the ladder where our kisses taste like wine we'll be crying for release while the rivers rage below if you want me you can have me and isn't it a little like love to keep us guessing isn't it a little like a crush to keep us breathing i don't want the nite to end let me turn your winter into spring and i don't want the nite to end let me give you something to believe..	i don't want the nite to end Credits c 2003 roberta donnay & kit walker roberta donnay ~ vocals, vocal arrangements, horn arrangements, sound design kit walker ~ keyboards, drum programs, sound design peter welker ~ flugelhorn
3.	queen of pain				queen of pain the crow sits perched on her ivory tower home she plays the part so perfectly, no tarnish on her chrome it's the last resort from a life that’s built on pain she designed the fort, now it becomes your grave & the crow cries out, beware, beware she's the Queen Of Pain see how she runs from you she's the Queen Of Pain oh if you only knew she's the Queen Of Pain as you're callin’ out her name she's the Queen Of Pain, the Queen Of Pain while you gave your savings to the church she was bankin' on sex files & shortening her skirts while you were playing games with your cookies & your milk she was datin’ millionaires & lifting mink & silk & the past cries out, beware, beware she's the Queen Of Pain see how she runs from you she's the Queen Of Pain & you can’t get a clue she's the Queen Of Pain as you're callin’ out her name she's the Queen Of Pain, the Queen Of Pain all that's left of your heart (is a little speck) in a ruthless universe (a tiny seed) see how your enemies become her friends lies, lies, lies, wipe the tears from years gone by she can't remember who, she can't remember why frozen petals from the wedding she tosses to the wind she burned your hand once, she'll burn it again & your friends cry out, beware, beware she's the Queen Of Pain see how she runs from you she's the Queen Of Pain & she'll tell you what to do she's the Queen Of Pain as you're callin’ out her name she's the Queen Of Pain, the Queen Of Pain	queen of pain Credits c 2004 roberta donnay & kit walker roberta donnay ~ lead vocals, vocal arrangement, horn arrangement kit walker ~ keyboards, drum programs, sound design henry hung ~ muted trumpet annie stocking ~ background vocals Notes this is a dark story about a woman who is deadly to be around .. it's a warning to men & to the man she's with now; it's based on 3 women I've known all wrapped up into one.. kind of steely-dan-ish w/muted trumpet & electronic sound effects flying around..
4.	the edge				the edge you're the soul survivor of my teeny little ship and i would drink you down, babe but you know i'm tryin' to quit and if you come to Paris i would marry you, you see and we would sail away from there one happy family, oh, no.. if you give me comfort i will search to find a tent if you wrap me in silk blankets i will look for a lament you keep me on your pedastal then i will surely fall i'm perfectly imperfect and i'm here to serve you all, oh no.. 'cause i've been walkin on broken glass i don't know how this ferry's gonna last i'm just floatin' on down your shore 'till i reach the edge 'till i reach the edge 'till i reach the edge.. you're the soul survivor of my teeny little ship and i would drink you down babe but i fear to take a sip you know alligators can turn into crocodiles and if you add some wings then you will see that dragon fly, oh no.. you're my soul survivor you're the only one for me come & sail me down, babe beneath your big blue sea and we will go to Paris & dress all up in furs and we will jam beneath the moon i'll wear my hair in curls.. 'cause i've been walkin on broken glass i don't know how this ferry's gonna last i'm just floatin' on down your shore 'till i reach the edge 'till i reach the edge 'till i reach the edge..	the edge Credits c 2003 roberta donnay roberta donnay ~ vocals, vocal arrangement, sound design kit walker ~ keyboards, drum programs, sound design vernon black ~ guitars annie stocking ~ background vocals Notes this is a personal song about being in love with one person & realizing that it's your only one.. that you're on the edge ~ in the middle of the ocean ~ knowing that this is it.. you're in it & you're going for it. very dreamy
5.	soul to soul				soul to soul like a heartbeat in the rain you whisper my name & tell me "i'm so into you" like a secret to my soul you already know the secret, my heart beats for you each time i see you, you give your love so sweetly, completely you tell me it's all right and all that our love can be, tenderly our love is soul to soul let's stay together, together forever i love you soul to soul i want to stay with you now soul to soul why do i feel this way when you look at me that way you know good things take time your touch is all i need i would give everything even put my heart on the line if i stumble & fall down you kiss my tears away, always you say that it's all right, in my arms you will stay night & day our love is soul to soul let's stay together, together forever i love you soul to soul i want to stay with you now soul to soul	soul to soul Credits c 1991 roberta donnay & jim gardiner roberta donnay ~ vocals, vocal arrangement, horn arrangement kit walker ~ piano, keyboards, drum programs, sound design henry hung ~ trumpet & flugelhorn vernon black ~ guitars annie stocking ~ background vocals Notes beautiful love ballad
6.	primal whispers				primal whispers forget the wind beneath the rain forget the reasons love remains when all is washed away there's only primal whispers and in the dark end of the light when forces pull for wrong or right the only sound reaching the skies is primal whispers hearts that beat with life hearts that beat with love you receive happiness from the stars above love from stars above the only truth is love hearts beating in the night primal whispers.. primal whispers shining thru' everything you say and do so walk lightly thru' the trees and sing your own song tenderly..	primal whispers Credits c 1992 roberta donnay & scheherazade saleh roberta donnay ~ vocals, vocal arrangement, horn arrangement, sound design kit walker ~ keyboards, drum programs, sound design peter welker ~ flugelhorn & trumpet
7.	harold's rogue & jar				harold's rogue & jar "JAZZ IS MY RELIGION", HE SAID TO ME UNDER THE NEON SIGN, JACKSON SQUARE STREET AND WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN TOMMY'S PIANO MADE ME CRY BROUGHT ME RIGHT BACK WHERE I STARTED, BACK BEFORE "THE WHY" WHEN I WOULD STAND OUTSIDE 16TH & N STAND OUTSIDE FREEZING, SNOW AND RAIN ON MY HEAD STAND WITH ALL MY BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS 'TILL THEY ALL WENT IN JUST TO HEAR THE FUSION, SAX, THE BASS GUITAR JUST TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOIN' DOWN AT HAROLD'S ROGUE & JAR OK SO I WAS A KID SO THEY COULDN'T LET ME IN NOT THE RIGHT SEX, THE WRONG COLOR SKIN TO BE STANDING OUTSIDE NOT EVEN HIGH HIGH HEELS, NO RED RED LIPS JUST A TEENAGER SNAPPING FINGERS 'TILL THEY FINALLY LET ME IN GUY SAID "SIT IN THE BACK DON'T LET THEM SEE YOU" AND I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO BE THERE AGAIN JUST TO HEAR THE FUSION THE SAX, THE DRUMS, THE BASS GUITAR JUST TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOIN' DOWN AT HAROLD'S ROGUE & JAR I PLAY THE JUKEBOX BILLIE, ELLA, BIRD, DUKE, MILES, COLTRANE, THEY WERE ALL THERE FOR A QUARTER JUST A QUARTER ECSTASY TO SPARE THE CLUB IS GONE NOW, YEARS GONE BY I MOVED OUT WEST AND JOHNNY & FRED & RITCHIE AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IS LEFT NOT THAT THEY'D REMEMBER ME THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE BIG EYES AND THEY WOULD JAM YES THEY WOULD JAM TILL 4 AM AND I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ONE MORE DAY & ONE MORE NITE AND ONE MORE DAY & ONE MORE NITE JUST TO HEAR THE FUSION THE SAX, THE BASS GUITAR JUST TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOIN' DOWN AT HAROLD'S ROGUE & JAR	harold's rogue & jar Credits c 2004 roberta donnay & kit walker roberta donnay ~ vocals, horn arrangement, sound design kit walker ~ piano, keyboards, drum programs, sound design zane musa ~ alto sax Notes this is a spoken word/acid jazz track that has lots of amazing BE-BOP alto sax & gorgeous piano ! this is a story about me; when I was a teenager I hung out at an after-hours jazz club in DC called Harold's Rogue & Jar. it was here that I first started to learn about jazz & jazz musicians. what an education i got there! like music heaven! the title of the CD "back before the why" comes from this lyric. and the story starts in present day w/a quote from Orrin Keepnews ~ when he first met me he took me to Yoshi's to hear Tommy Flanagan ~ he said "JAZZ IS MY RELIGION" that night which gave me my first line and the rest is history...
8.	in my room				in my room i know a place where we can go just the 2 of us you're in my bloodstream in my waking dream in the morning it's the whippoorwill calling out your name things will never be the same i'll make you an offer i know you can't refuse i'll be your special friend you'll be my muse it's all happening in my in my it's all happening in my room in my room there's a fireplace there's candlelight and a song in my room there's violins & canopies there's fortune, fantasy, and views i'll make you an offer i know you won't refuse i'll be your special friend you'll be my muse it's all happening in my in my it's all happening in my room lovely, silent, sweet surrender i can feel you breathe tell me tell me what you need i can give you everything	in my room Credits c 2004 roberta donnay & george hearst roberta donnay ~ vocals & arrangement george hearst ~ keyboards, drum programs, sound design vernon black ~ guitars annie stocking ~ background vocals
9.	someday				someday every 20 minutes another train goes by rockin' and a rollin' neath the new york sky buildings they just tremble my heart is rumblin' too cause this train ain't big enough to hold the love i have for you someday we'll be in the same town someday maybe love will come around someday we'll be in the same town someday and i fidget with my suitcase and i fidget with my hair and i know there's somethin' special i'm supposed to do out there but then every 20 minutes i see your face again and i'm tryin' to let go now and i'm tryin' to forget someday we'll be in the same town someday maybe love will come around someday we'll be in the same town someday ooh but it’s a sin the way i love you ooh it’s a sin that i can’t hold you ooh but i can’t wait another minute for you to see me thru.. jesus & the buddha will smile right down on me moses, mary & the saints take good care of me i’m not gonna question i’m not gonna lie i’m goin’ to confession to keep my love alive 'cause someday we'll be in the same town someday maybe love will come around someday we'll be in the same town someday	someday Credits c 2000 roberta donnay & matt baxter roberta donnay ~ vocals, vocal arrangement matt baxter ~ guitars sam bevan ~ acoustic bass david freiberg ~ drum programs annie stocking ~ background vocals
10.	shine				shine please tell me what you see in me i need you to comfort me everything that I believed is only shadows now when i hold them up to you my illusions shattered on the ground oh, oh.. love's sacred comes and goes without a sound you chase it, hold on, it fades away i don't want to be the one to wake up at the end to find i've been missing all along teach me how to love 'cause I have never been i'm in the dark searching for the sun oh, oh... if i light a candle each and every night take away the darkness in my mind only your love can make me shine oh, oh...	shine Credits c 1995 roberta donnay & leighton white roberta donnay ~ vocals, sound design kit walker ~ keyboards, piano, drum programs, sound design ricardo peixoto ~ guitar
11.	walkin' with the elephants				walkin' with the elephants i'm the whipped cream on your mocha the smile upon your face i'm everything and everyone you ever wanted in this place i'm the flicker of the christmas tree lights the wag of your dog's tail start any car with the blink of an eye i'm the wind that always prevails so while i'm out of town baby please don't forget me you'll see my red tresses as you pass by someone in London maybe i had a dream i was in India drivin' in a gold rolls royce right down the center of town and everyone was walkin' with the elephants it was a good dream it was a good dream, a good dream i'm the smile on the mona lisa and a slice of apple pie spray on the fountain near the Place De Concorde i'm the prayer that reaches the sky the laces of your hiking boots the broken string on your guitar the songs you love but can't remember names of i'm your telescope to the stars and as time goes by you'll see oh how you'll see that you're everything to me	walkin' with the elephants Credits c 2004 roberta donnay & edward badasov roberta donnay ~ vocals, vocal arrangement, sound design kit walker ~ keyboards, drum programs, sound design
12.	call me the breeze				call me the breeze I woke up & found you were gone Lonely nights & darkest dawn My heart has flown yet my body still breathes There's nothing left So call me the breeze Time tells the truth When love tells a lie Promises are sweet but love makes you blind I was a fool to think you were mine Call me the breeze CALL ME THE BREEZE Caught by the wind I still believe This love we are in Wherever you are So is my heart.. So CALL ME THE BREEZE CALL ME THE BREEZE, CALL ME THE BREEZE until you come back to me.. Fortunes may come, fortunes may go Love stays until ~ you never know I'll always dream you're still with me Oooh.. so call me the breeze CALL ME THE BREEZE Caught by the wind I still believe This love we are in Wherever you are So is my heart.. So CALL ME THE BREEZE, CALL ME THE BREEZE, CALL ME THE BREEZE, until you come back to me..	call me the breeze Credits c 2000 roberta donnay & lorin rowan roberta donnay ~ vocals lorin rowan ~ guitars, mandolin, bass david freiberg ~ drum programs annie stocking ~ background vocals
13.	i'll be your star					i'll be your star Credits c 1995 roberta donnay & leighton white roberta donnay ~ vocals, vocal arrangement, horn arrangement, sound design kit walker ~ keyboards, drum programs, sound design henry hung ~ flugelhorn
14.	ring				ring you got the power now i am just a pawn in your game of chess all the pieces you own am i'm supposed to wait what am i waiting for some ring some symbol when i don't need this at all i don't need a ring to tell me i'm yours i don't need a ring to tell the world i don't need a ring to hook line and sink me to sparkle and blind me in your eyes - security, is all i'll ever need in our lover's nest the taste is warm & sweet i will love you still when the world is no more and i would die for you tho' it burns me to the core i don't need a ring to tell me i'm yours i don't need a ring to tell the world i don't need a ring to hook line and sink me to sparkle and blind me i don't need a ring to tell me i'm yours i don't need a ring to tell the world i don't need a ring to hook line and sink me to sparkle and blind me	ring Credits c 2004 roberta donnay roberta donnay ~ vocals, vocal arrangement, horn arrangement, sound design kit walker ~ keyboards, drum programs, sound design henry hung ~ flugelhorn annie stocking ~ background vocals
15.	ocean				ocean ocean's so big time against the sand waves rollin' in people on land tide's getting closer to what we are your love's the ocean for me ripples of white crashing to shore sea goes as far as the eye can soar sharing the rhythms cool as the moon i found an ocean in you wrap your arms 'round me i feel the waves bathe me in salty kiss from your tongue it's just begun the tide's rollin in our love's beginning again seagulls on glide flying so high hearts burning brightly shining inside nobody knows it not even you your love's the ocean currents in motion your love's the ocean time in our hands your love's the ocean i found an ocean.. in you..	ocean Credits c 1992 roberta donnay roberta donnay ~ vocals & sound design kit walker ~ piano, keyboards, drum programs, sound design

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