"DREAM ON" LYRICS AND LINER NOTES

"Dream On" CD: our sixth studio album Anya & Robert Recordings #5107 Recorded July 17, 18, and 19, 2017 by John Kilgore at John Kilgore Sound & Recording NYC Mastered by Alan Silverman, ARF Mastering NYC Anya Turner: vocals Robert Grusecki: piano, vocals All songs by Turner & Grusecki (ASCAP) Copyright © 2017 Turner & Grusecki All rights reserved Total running time: 50:49 CD jacket design: Aaron Morishita Front cover photo: Carol Rosegg Back cover photo: Julie Turner Names, characters, places, events, and incidents in these songs and stories are either products of the authors' imaginations or used in a fictitious manner.

DREAM ON is about our belief in the human spirit, the idea that language matters, the sense that music can uplift, and the conviction that two kids from the Midwest, now veteran performers, have something to say and can still say it. And we believe that all of this can be expressed through the art of piano/vocal music. Thematically, more often than not the songs we hear in the mainstream are about sex: wanting to have sex, having sex, or wishing you hadn't had sex. We cover that and a few other topics that also might be of interest to people.

The making of DREAM ON was an experiment from start to finish, beginning with the decision to film the recording sessions. The CD and soundtrack were recorded and filmed in a small recording studio in midtown Manhattan over the course of three days without the use of headphones, with the piano lid open and with the two of us facing each other in the same room. Typically, our CD recordings have been a collection of songs. But when we perform our live shows we often use monologues to introduce the songs. So, on this CD we decided to include some of those spoken setups. There is a definite order to the album and sometimes there are segues from one song to the next. The recording has an arc; it is a fifty- minute journey best experienced in one sitting and unshuffled.

LOOK UP! was written as the opening number for a four-character revue of our songs. It is another musing on the effects of technology in our lives, a favorite topic of ours (Cell Phone, My Virtual Friend, Anywhere But Here). SPRING FORWARD was written to open a choral concert of our work, performed by the National Asian Artists Project's forty-voice Broadway Community Chorus presented by Baayork Lee, Artistic Director. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL/CAITLYN are two songs about gender, love and empathy, joined together by a monologue about early awareness of difference and how to honor that. HOW DO I LOOK? is about the tyranny of physical appearance for women. Enough said. PERFECT – After one of our shows, a listener asked us if we had ever written a song about our relationship. We thought about it and wrote this one. The TALK SEQUENCE begins with TEXAS 1969 and continues through GIVE ME THE SHTRENGTH (yes, the misspelling is intentional). This is a six-track montage about language, pronunciation, nomenclature, verbal tics, trendy expressions, and general silliness. FATHER FLYNN/SISTER ANDREA – As the monologue asks, "Where does belief begin?" THE EYES OF YOUTH – Our nephew recently graduated from college and we were thinking about how, at our age, we've seen and experienced things he will never know about and, at his age, he will see and experience things we will never know about. But right now, at this moment in time, we're in it together. I LOVE THIS TOWN – We've written about our adopted hometown many times (Ordinary People, Greetings From Yorkville, Ev'ryone's A Star In New York, Pedicab Guy, Manhattan Canyons). This is our latest entry. WHAT HAPPENS is about loss of all kinds and how we cope. DREAM ON – The title song is the mantra we carry inside us that gives us the courage to continue to create.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DREAM TEAM: Michael Alberti Greg Anderson and William Tuthill Anonymous Peg and David Barnhart Don and Joan Bernardi Frank and Betty Birney Eleanor Carney Britt and David Cryer Meg Dooley and Pater LaVigne Mary Ellen Duchin Deborah Eckols Miriam Fond Bill Hopkins Marc and Betsy Crawford-Leavitt Jerry Levine Eleanor McCabe Jeanette Price Ellis Santone Leslie Silverman Mary Smith Patti and Alan Specht Mary Ann and Bob Tuerk Matt and Jill Turner Otto Wahlberg

1. LOOK UP! (4:04) Now we have daylight at five PM © 2018 Turner & Grusecki That's a wond'rous thing Light makes me happy and no longer Looking at life Suicidal From the same old angle Staring at screens I won't complain Blue in the face If the rain Screws up my hair Searching for love Spring forward In the cyber tangle Gotta be cool Changing the clock Keep up the pace Is a shock But I don't care Disconnect the gear Spring forward Face the thing you fear How can I sleep when my brain's on fire Look up Dreaming of a fling Look up Flings are the thing and I want one And if you do This spring Something wonderful might come to you Out of the blue Buds are bursting Flowers are in bloom You wake Bees are buzzing too You sigh Here I am with You wonder why Pollen up my nose All the joy you have ever known Tearing off my clothes Has flown Dancing naked in the meadow

Look up Tra-la-la-la The world is beautiful Tra-la-la, La-la-la-la Embrace the here and now Spring forward We only have a little while Tra-la-la-la And how I'd love to know your eyes Tra-la-la, La-la-la-la And memorize your smile Spring forward

Look up Now is the season when birds and bees Look up Let their hearts take wing Come out and play Love, crazy love I will find it If you do you will find your way This spring Out of the rain Out of the gloom (Repeat bridge) Out of the pain Out of your room Now is the season when birds and bees There's so much to do Let their heart take wing Look, it's you Music and laughter and all the best Out of the blue Passion and wit living life with zest Look Up! Love, crazy love I will find it Out of the blue This spring

2. SPRING FORWARD (3:18) 3. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL (2:05) © 2018 Turner & Grusecki © 2018 Turner & Grusecki

Winter is done When I was a little girl And the sun's My hair was all a-curl Come out to play When I was a little Spring forward I was a little I was a little girl No need to mope Now that hope When I was a little sis Is on the way I gave each boy a kiss Spring forward When I was a little I was a little I was a little sis 5. HOW DO I LOOK? (3:06) © 2018 Turner & Grusecki When I was a tiny teen Betwixt and in-between How do I look I spent a lot of time in my imagination Do I look fat When I was a junior miss Do I look skinny No more could I dismiss Do I look old The feeling I was headed t'ward Do I look tired A transformation Do I look pretty

When I was on my way How does my silhouette compare to To who I am today All the dames in this fair city I always knew (did you know too?) All of whom are wond'ring That I was a little girl How do I look I knew the truth back in my youth That I was a little girl How 'bout the hair I knew inside I could not hide How 'bout the clothes That I was a little How 'bout the make-up I was a little Is this my life I was a little girl SEGUE Think of the time These questions take-up 4. CAITLYN (3:18) © 2015 Turner & Grusecki And as I pass by every window I can see a sad reflection I have never been what I seem Of all the years of asking I have never lived what I dream How do I look But I think I have the perfect scheme To make it better Never mind the things I'm thinking Never mind the things I feel If I rearrange this and that I am like a ship that's sinking Simply add a curve where it is flat Losing touch with what is real Then despite the lies and tittle-tat It will get better Stop and take a look around you Open up and you might find This is where one journey ends Happiness that will astound you Here's to change and here's to friends Humankind Do I have to make amends Not with you I'm not a chick Not with you I'm not a babe I'm not a starlet I will take a bow when I awake Why should I spend And we'll see what news a girl can make The rest of my days If I lean on you each step I take Dressed like a harlot I hope it won't bore you What if I occupy my time with And who will be the first to see Looking out for other people The brand-new reconstructed me That feels better I will never be the way I was before Now How do I look (Instrumental & Vocalise) 6. PERFECT (2:52) Wish me luck © 2018 Turner & Grusecki And let me go Through an open door When you love someone as long as I have As I have I will lose a life of shame As we have I will choose another name . . . Caitlin Then you have to let each other grow I will never be the way I was before After years and years of patient loving And caring And sharing There is one important thing I know Prattle Perfect, not me "Buh-en" Perfect, not me Rattle Better to lower expectations "Clin-en" Banish the OCD Burble Obsessive-compulsed, not we "Manha-en" Gurgle Oh, what a trip "Ahpp" Joined at the hip Honk, honk, squawk, squawk No need to stage an intervention Blither and blathering Our imperfections seem to be Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Perfect for you and me Talk SEGUE

(Instrumental) 9. THE NAME SONG (1:34) © 2018 Turner & Grusecki Bending so we don't break Plenty of give and take "Stop talking. Eyes forward, please. Thank you!" Perfect, it's not Perfect, so what Madison, Addison, Logan, Quinn Nothing on earth is ever perfect Parker, Peyton, Morgan and Flynn Love is the hardest thing to learn Stacey, Casey, Campbell, Chase Perfectly Harper, Hunter, Dylan and Jace This is know Perfect will have to go Skyler, Tyler, Taylor, Paige Brody, Cody, Toby and Sage TALK SEQUENCE: Darby, Darcy, Bryce with a "Y" 7. TEXAS 1969 (1:56) Rory, Cory, Rhys with an "H" © 2018 Turner & Grusecki SEGUE And a "Y"

8. TALK (0:55) Oh, how they named me © 2018 Turner & Grusecki The day my guardians claimed me They instantly framed me Talk, talk, talk, talk Upwardly mobile are we Chitter and chattering Their motive, though tender Beep, cheep, mumble and moan Did often cause them to render "Ahpple" A name without gender Utterly neutral are we Talk, talk, talk, talk Jibber and jabbering "Quiet. Holding hands now. Keep to the right." Gas, sass, grumble and groan "Shtreet" McKenzie, Mallory, Meredith, Gale Courtney, Kelsey, Kendall and Dale Yip, yap, mutter and Adrian, Avery, Jamie and Jo "I was like and he was like" Emory, Emerson, Bo with an "O" Flip, flap, stutter and "She was like and we were like" Charlie, Harley, Farley, Blaine Spit, spat, sputter and Dakota, Lakota, Cheyenne and Rain "Like and like and like and like" Lindsey, Leslie, Bailey, Blake Blib, blab, squibble-dee-geek Chapin, Chandler, Dalton, Drake "Whatever" Spencer, Sidney, Sawyer, Meade Alex, Barrie, Carrie, Reade Blah, blah, yak, yak And Apple Twiddle and twaddling Buzz, buzz, yammer and shout "Just sayin' . . ." "So cyoo!" Oh, how they named me Yah-da, yah-da, yah-da, yah-da The day my guardians claimed me Tittle and tattling They instantly framed me Cling, clang, stammer and spout Upwardly mobile are we "What's it abow?" Their motive, though tender Did often cause them to render A name without gender Help me find the answer Utterly neutral are we Though I am lost Upwardly mobile are we And hope is gone Totally maimed are we SEGUE Tell me shtraight up I'm not a fool 10. APP (1:26) To beg for love © 2018 Turner & Grusecki Down on my knees Please don't misconshtrue my meaning I've had an app implanted in my brain Can't you see this keening And I'm glad to report Is keeping me alive I'm so much happier This tiny app lodged deep inside my brain This exshtraordinary shtruggle Controls all my thoughts All the balls I juggle So life is snappier Oh, give me the shtrength to shtrive The app is to insure That day by day "Oh, Lord! Keep me strong. Don't let me go I only use the words ashtray. Even in these shtrange times." Successful people say Please shtrip away my sorrow Look Let me steal or borrow That said The power to survive As it were Please keep me in the saddle No problem Join these worlds I shtraddle If you will Oh, give me the shtrength to shtrive (END OF Absolutely SEQUENCE) Drill down Hit it hard 13. FATHER FLYNN (2:38) © 2018 Turner & Grusecki SEGUE Kill it Frankly 14. SISTER ANDREA (5:10) True story © 2018 Turner & Grusecki Believe me In a heartbeat Who made me Bring it on You-know-who made me Enough said Why did you-know-who make me Full stop SEGUE To know him or her To love him or her 11. SHALLOW BITCH (1:27) To serve him or her © 2018 Turner & Grusecki In this world and the next

How I long to be a shallow bitch Sister Andrea, all in white A very shallow bitch New to her vocation If I were then I could bump along Came to teach our fourth-grade class In sheer oblivion And guide our education The prettiest nun I'd ever seen How I long to go out shopping When most nuns looked like gophers Leisurely stopping at every sale But Sister Andrea was young and hip Thinking shopping till I'm dropping And wore black penny loafers Constitutes the Holy Grail When I was nine the world was mine How I hope this drastic change in me And safely prepubescent Goes off without a hitch The things I learned at church and school I don't want to think so much Were not yet obsolescent Make me stupid When I was young the skies were hung A shallow, shallow bitch SEGUE With stories they would tell me How angels flew and devils too 12. GIVE ME THE SHTRENGTH (2:35) Could heaven or to hell me © 2018 Turner & Grusecki Heigh-ho Give me the shrtength to keep on going Whada ya know To shtring along A small indoctrination To carry on Ho-heigh Whada ya say Is there a dream I can borrow A child's imagination Seen through the eyes of youth

Sister Andrea taught us well I look at people streaming by Nothing could curtail her With tattoos and day-glo hair Fervent, passionate 'til the spring I watch the world go dreaming by When she became much paler Plugged in to who knows where The time was Lent when you repent So much ambition The sins you'd never say-a So much drive Good Friday in the afternoon Without a hint of fear So strange was Sister Andrea No inhibition She closed the blinds and locked the door So alive Sayin', "Don't mean to delay ya. I almost disappear But you're old enough to know the truth." So said Sister Andrea Now Here at the crossroads of life "They don't tell you how they hurt him Somewhere between young and old How they tortured him and left him to die Sing me a song that's uplifting His young body, strong and perfect Something not too uncouth Stripped and naked for strangers to see Capture a culture that's shifting Nails and hammers, whips and lashes Silly and wise A spear through his side, a crown made of thorns With hope in disguise No one helped him, no one saved him Seen through the eyes of youth Though I couldn't save him He knows me, he wants me, he loves me 16. I LOVE THIS TOWN (3:08) In this world and the next" © 2018 Turner & Grusecki

Sister Andrea, all in white I love this town True to her vocation I really do Wound up in the looney bin I love the guy with the speakers on his bike For a well-deserved vacation Blaring Piaf in the Park That summer my mother began to drink Where women kiss In her private purgatory And men hold hands And the woman next door hung herself But that's another story I love the block down the street Where someone built a birdhouse It hurt more than a smidgen One for ev'ry tree Losing my religion Each house as diff'rent as can be All twenty-three Heigh-ho Whada ya know I love the crack in the sidewalk A small initiation There, where a tiny seed can grow Ho-heigh Close to the ground where Whada ya say No one else can see A child's education Like the Ailanthus Tree of heaven, on you go 15. THE EYES OF YOUTH (4:07) Growing wild © 2018 Turner & Grusecki And free

Now I love this town Caught in the middle of life I mostly do I can see in either direction I love the folks on the bus Me Who discuss each op'ning Rocked by the riddle of life On 'the great white way' Here in my shell They have their say Wistful as hell About Broadway

And you I love the father and the son debating Only beginning your life Which athletic program to pursue Paint me the picture you see Football or ballet Tell me what happens tomorrow "Son, I'll love you either way Something that speaks of truth But I would choose ballet" What happens to who we are I love the millions of people What we do Working to find a way to thrive All our crazy dreams Living together The time that we have may soon be gone Fighting ev'ry day Yes, it's expensive Remember the simple things I don't know if I'll survive Life is short If I can Art is long I'll stay And let the melody play on Play on I love this town, And let the melody play on I think I do, It's like a lover who has turned you inside out 18. DREAM ON (4:01) And now you don't know where to go © 2018 Turner & Grusecki Too fast, too slow But even so The mother rocks her baby And sings a simple song I love the crazy cabbie The story is an old one Shouting in the street The melody is strong A word The baby feels the rhythm That he can make into a verb Deep inside the song An adjective A gentle lullaby Or noun "Fuck you, you fucking fuck!" The baby keeps on growing I love this town Learning how to play Discovering a new world 17. WHAT HAPPENS (3:27) With bumps along the way © 2018 Turner & Grusecki The mother hides her worry That's what mothers do What happens when something goes While they sing their song Something stops Something is no more Dream on What happens when something dies away And hear the lullaby of life You're worthy of your dreams That something that is no more Dream on Once was all And share the lullaby of life All that love can be Even when it seems What happens when something cannot stay No one cares Dream on Why not hold on for one more day And make a wish on one more star The child becomes an artist Why can't we start again Creating something new Keep trying even when A gallery of portraits The journey seems too far That speak to me and you But there are other voices What happens to all the life Tearing down the art All the love Singing loud and strong All the precious time How can it be here and then be gone Dream on There is no lullaby of life Remember the shining hours Your dreams will not come true Full of love Dream on Full of song Grow up and face the facts of life And let the melody play on Don't you know the truth No one cares I want to hold you in the dark Dream on, dream on And find a way back to the light Why does it have to end Fads and fashions quickly come and go Can't we at least pretend You're hot and then you're not Today won't fade from sight Trendy soon becomes the status quo In or out, so what Do what you've been doing all along Prove the critics wrong Listen to your song

Dream on And hear the lullaby of life You're worthy of your dreams Dream on And share the lullaby of life Forget how hard it seems Dream on And on and on and on and on Listen and believe in your song Dream on, Dream on On and on Dream on