\ BY WAY OF Maybe I should bare my soul INTRODUCTION (Brian Woodbury) So much that you can’t take it Or share what’s so atypical R E F R A I N It binds you to the cosmos My story is my own Your story is your own Why do I think My story is my own that you’d even bother to Your story is your own Try? I guess that we’ll both have to find out how V E R S E Truth be told R E F R A I N If I may be so bold My story is your own Everybody knows Your story is my own That’s not how it goes My story is your own Your story is my own I N S T R U M E N T A L C H O R U S lead & bgd vocals, guitars, sitar Maybe I should leave this here samples, bass, Indian percussion By way of introduction programming: Brian Woodbury To stoke your curiosity bgd vocals: Gary Stockdale, And rile up your wonder Marc Doten drums & percussion: Maybe I should tell the truth Jonathan Feinberg And see if you believe me Or tell a lie and change your life We’ll both be none the wiser ALL RIGHT C H O R U S 1 (Brian Woodbury) All right All right V E R S E 1 All right Sweethearts A couple young hearts Out o' school just beatin’ for a big night Seventeen All right A pair o’ happy fools All right Goin’ out All right Six months Catch a little lightnin’ Kissin’ alot under the moonlight Second base just once Catch a little lightnin’ Hot night under the moonlight Soft breeze V E R S E 2 Snugglin’ under some willows trees Start slow Thunder crash With a hush Hold on tight Time stops P R E C H O R U S 1 Oh, what a rush He’s finally workin’ up Deep breath the nerve to say Let go Hey, baby, do you wanna go Intertwined all the way? In the afterglow And she goes Wake up Sunrise Hurry home thinkin’ up alibis Goodnight kiss in the mornin’ light P R E C H O R U S 2 I N S T R U M E N T A L They can barely take their eyes away C H O R U S 3 Then they’re soarin’ off All right into a whole new day All right And he goes All right A couple strong hearts C H O R U S 2 still beatin’ from a big night All right All right All right All right All right All right A couple young heart still beatin’ Caught a little lightnin’ from a big night under the moonlight All right Caught a little lightnin’ All right under the moonlight All right Caught a little lightnin’ Caught a little lightnin’ under the moonlight under the moonlight I caught a little lightnin’ Caught a little lightnin’ under the moonlight under the moonlight All right! B R I D G E vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, bass: They’ll head their separate ways, Brian Woodbury come September electric guitar: Marc Muller But out of that first night drums & percussion: Andy Sanesi they spent together They’ll keep that spark forever That once-in-a-lifetime. THE SMILE HE TOOK AWAY V E R S E 3 (Brian Woodbury) Guess what? He broke her heart. V E R S E 1 She’s gone where he can’t find her. She used to light the room. To try and start again. She’d share her smile so freely. And put that life behind her. A laugh for everyone. I saw her in this bar. And I was hers completely. She’s just the same to this day But she was never mine. Same voice and hair and face, So much I wanted to say All but that smile he took away. I guess I missed my chance vocals, mandolin, bass: For that sweet smile he took away Brian Woodbury V E R S E 2 acoustic, pedal steel: Marc Muller At first he came to stare drums & percussion: So tough and yet so helpless. Jonathan Feinberg He found her welcome eyes, And burned until she melted. DON’T LET IT HIT YOU Too soon it was too late. ON THE WAY OUT I never asked her to stay. (Brian Woodbury & Rob Shapiro) By now I should move on, V E R S E 1 But for that smile he took away. You chose these streets B R I D G E to waste your youth And she’s still smiling in my mind. These nightclubs for your striving And I’m still hanging on The stage lights’ glare to that lifeline, to dim your luster Your timing meets the bitter truth There’s no good reason Your moment’s not arriving you should linger This town takes more You say you’ll start your second act than you can muster You’ll quit and call it even (It’s chewin’ you up) This town that’s giving you A circle line to nowhere the finger (And spittin’ you out) It’s gone before you get there You ought to know, it’s time to go You couldn’t strike its fancy You failed to hail that taxi C H O R U S 1 This city’s hexed. It hollers, “Next!” Don’t let it hit you on the way out This town was all a big mistake C H O R U S 2 You made a choice Don’t let it hit you on the way out and let it play out You never really stood a chance Well, that was your unlucky break You never understood the layout So if you see a brighter day out You couldn’t cop a New York stance Say out loud And you wore every old cliche out that you’re glad to be through Way out, this town doesn’t care And once you’re out that door about you. then stay out If you walk out that door Don’t let it hit you on the way out then stay out Don’t let it hit you on the way out V E R S E 2 Now in your heart B R I D G E your bags are packed When you first came And all that’s left is the leavin’ You thought you were entitled Ready for fame Until your life was idled WHEN I THINK OF LOVE As you retreat (Brian Woodbury) You maybe should consider Where is defeat P R E V E R S E 1 If the quitter doesn’t go? You’re the one I’m thinking of When I think of love C H O R U S 3 Don’t let it hit you on the way out V E R S E 1 That this is right where you belong When I think of love It never was about the payout as something new No, it was all about the throng I see the night it first came true Don’t take a flight from JFK out When I found myself so lost in you Pray out, before it’s too late to undo The future glimmered into view You won’t get back in V E R S E 2 once you stray out When I think of love Don’t let it hit you on the way out as something old If you walk out that door The days remembered and retold you’ll stay out All the waves we slowly Don’t let it hit you on the way out watched unfold vocals, acoustic: Brian Woodbury In midnight blue and sunset gold electric guitars, bass: Marc Muller (Sunset gold. When I think of love.) drums & percussion: Joe Berardi M I D D L E E I G H T 1 Walking hand in hand, It still feels the same I look into your eyes You whisper my name V E R S E 3 lead vocal, sampled vibes, sampled When I think of love harpsichord, bass: Brian Woodbury as something small bgd vocals: Paul F. Perry, A seed infinitesimal Sean Altman That was nurtured acoustic, electic guitars, baritone in the sunlight’s sprawl guitar: Marc Muller And grew this lovers’ tree so tall drums & percussion: Mark Pardy (Tree so tall. When I think of love) M I D D L E E I G H T 2 NEW CAR SMELL (Brian Woodbury) Walking hand in hand, It still feels the same V E R S E 1 I look into your eyes He’s got that new car smell You whisper my name And all her friends are jeal’ She takes him for a spin I N S T R U M E N T A L Then wants to trade him in P R E V E R S E 2 ’Cause he don’t wear too well You’re the one I’m thinking of V E R S E 2 When I think of love He’s got that new car smell V E R S E 4 But he don’t ring her bell When I think of love He isn’t half as hot as something vast As he seemed on the lot So how was she to tell? The path forged in a comet’s blast All to dazzle, spin and flabbergast B R I D G E Enfolding us until the last She swears it isn’t him, it’s her When I think of love And how he wishes that it were V E R S E 3 But nowadays, He’s got that new car smell he spends a lot of time alone That’s starting to repel V E R S E 2 She’ll take a lousy trade Follows the news.