Avril Smith - mandolin Gary Grainger - bass Andy Hamburger - drums Billy Kemp - electric guitar Paul Bell - electric guitar Leonard Stephens - electric guitar Brian Simms - keys and accordion Cary Cooper - backing vocals Tom Prasada-Rao - backing vocals, low acoustic guitar Michelle Swan - backing vocals Larry Tapper - harmonica Laura Cerulli - percussion Aga Kowalski - violin Joshua Kowalski - cello Al Williams - alto flute Chris Battistone - trumpet Bruce Swaim - saxes John Jensen - trombone Produced, mixed, string and horn arrangements by Matt Holsen Mastered by Bill Wolf Great Big World Lyrics 1. Another Sunny Day 2. Not That Kind 3. Everything’s Fine 4. The Swell 5. Debi 6. Homecoming 7. Everyone But Me 8. Ariel’s Aria 9. Xenophobia 10. Memorial Day 11. Jeni 12. Temporary Blut 13. Brand New Life 14. Sky 1. Another Sunny Day Another sunny day today I lay in the grass and watch these little angels play. I wonder why, we believe the lies that make us lose our faith and make life so hard. Lately, I have been afraid . I’ve been so unsure, I very nearly ran away. But where would I go. when everywhere they know it’s know who or why but how much you love I’ve loved so pure, so deep It fills me til I lose myself. I shake and weep. I never want to lost that to this great big hurt This world can be full of lies, full of pain I believe that love will rain when we let it in this Great Big World I don’t always feel this way. I’ve seen rainy nights and times when I’ve been drenched for days. I’ve wondered why couldn’t I stay dry. When my sky is crying nothing’s quite right. Then I get the view through Laela’s eyes. I know that she is pure and somehow I’m not too surprised to see in this girl the beauty of the world. All I seek or feel is that (God’s) perfect love. Am I going too far? Am I losing my mind? Is this just who we are? Will there be enough time to find us waking, no longer mistaking life... For something less than what it is. A little chance to shine and share in this amazing gift. With a bit of pain and sure a touch rain But still so beautiful it fills me with love... 2. Not That Kind I am earth-bound, you are flying around High above me If you come down, bring your heart ‘round Try and love me I’ve been waiting so long. Is anything wrong? It’s a cruel world and you’re a good girl Brought down to your knees Even Christmas you don’t much More than what you breathe Don’t be ashamed You’re not to blame We all you’re not that kind You can’t stay. I don’t mind We all you’re not that kind When I met you, you were deep blue And mysterious I was taken, filled and shaken Changed. Delirious Thrown on the floor. Begging for more But I know, you’re not that kind Please don’t say you were ever mine Because I know you’re not that kind It’s been crazy. You’ve amazed me Now, just let me be I’ve seen your wall. I know you won’t call That’s all right by me If this is the end, we don’t have to be friends ‘Cause I know you’re not that kind You can’t say you were ever mine Please don’t say love is blind 3. Everything’s Fine Sitting silent on a Sunday afternoon Growing tired from the darkness and cold Don’t you wonder sometimes how some days can make Even a child a feel old? There is something about the way of your smiling face That brings me back to who I long to be Sit with me for a while in this place And help me make believe We won’t have to move You won’t have to fly That we won’t be leaving here in a while That everything’s fine I’ve been wishing on the stars and the moon That I, too, someday will learn to shine Still, I wonder sometimes if my prayers in vain I guess I’ll find out in time I see your copper at the bottom of the well But you don’t say where your mind has gotten to You and I have watched the sky as it fell to grey But I will not seek blue in you But I may cry. Tears are the truest things in my life Sometimes I cry when everything’s fine Everything’s fine I am not sitting here And I’m not trying To forget how you have changed my life No. I’m not crying ‘Cause everything is fine. Sitting silent on a Sunday afternoon 4. The Swell There’s a man in an oval room Making plans for me and my womb Sure, he’s a good man, meaning well. He’s got his concrete ideals and everything is swell Him and his friends are looking down On my and my friends in our little town And that’s the way it’s always been We get our cues from the rules of the noble men The noble men in their suits, with their noble pursuits But that ain’t going to fly anymore It’s quite a task for a mortal man To make a woman do what he can’t And say she’s bound by law on high To put out fruit and by God to multiply But they’d send our brothers and they’ll send our sons To fight their battles, to polish their guns And it’s a game I’ll never understand Designed and over-refined by mortal man A noble man in his suit, with his noble pursuits But that ain’t going to work anymore I say, no more war Cast your mind back upon a time The girl you once were committed the crime Of the decision to let one go That was the brother I’ll never know I’ll never know: sneaking into some old lady’s den She says, “Hold your skirt up, hold your tears in. If you’re lucky, girl, you will live to tell.” Here, mama, I thought I knew you so well And she says, “Well, that’s the hell that a woman knew well.” Thank god, it’s not the case anymore I’m the girl in a sterile room Reconciling with eternal doom Up on a pillar, somehow I fell And now I’m weighing my life against the swell 5. Debi Debi’s got the world her shoulder When she’s a little bit older, maybe she’ll be all right Right now, she’s got a four-month old daughter. Seems that no body told her, Sometimes they cry all night And she cries all night sometimes At least until the sun goes down. Debi’s got an age-old profession And it’s a tricky position she finds herself in From time to time she’ll run into someone He won’t know where he knows her from She’ll say, “well, ain’t that a sin?” And she lies all night sometimes At least until the sun goes down Everybody knows Debi now Once upon a time, she was so fine That she could bottle up sunshine and sell it to the stars And everybody said she would make it Now when she does, she just fakes it And in her mind, she’s so far When she’s high, everything’s all right At least for a while At least until the sun goes down Everybody knows Debi Never had a chance to be a star Never could have been more than she is Never could have been good as you are But she could have been better But she sees the world as a yo yo She’ll admit that she don’t know What anything is for They bring you here without your permission We’re all just doing the best we can Until we can’t anymore And she tried At least until the sun went down Everybody knows Debi now 6. Homecoming I’ve climbed some tall trees, swam the seas of blue Now I got ‘em inside I’ve been around the world and I’m telling you You’ll never know til you’ve tried I’ve spent some long nights in some lonely towns It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you smiling And I might cry When I left home, I didn’t know what was calling for me I only saw myself dying here I know it’s hard to look at me now So much has changed, But you should know. I think I should say How much your eyes. How much your face Means home. And I’m glad to be home CHORUS When I fell down, I knew that no one wanted to see And those who saw my tears looked away It got so hard to face it sometimes But that’s how I’ve grown And you should know, I think I should say How much I’ve learned from day to day That the lonely ones aren’t only the ones who’re alone I’ve climbed some tall trees, swam the seas of blue Now I got ‘em inside I’ve been around the world and I’m telling you You got to go.