Lyrics and a note from Lina/3/09 update!

I became a full fledged lyricist as an adult, as a woman, not a girl. My lyrics are from a woman's point of view...a grown up who is still trying to grow up.
Looking through slightly different eyes perhaps, but still thinking about and pondering the same things. Yearning for similar stuff and sometimes having more of a clue...sometimes not. I grew up with the rock and roll and rhythm and blues of the south. From D.C on down to South Carolina where I still long to be, so lets start there......

I was born ready to go when I came
But the good Lord thought different so they gave me a name
We lived on a street named after my daddy
We didn't have much money
But love was free

Bury me deep
In the low country
Bury me deep
Where the muddy water's green
Bury me deep
Where the gators keep comp'ny
Where the moss hangs so long
It'll cover my face when I sleep

This lyric is from the Re-Imagined CD/DVD 'The Low Country.' Its one of my personal favorite recordings of singer and song I've even been part of. It might not be everyones, but thing is- I was in a New York City grocery store a few months back and I barely/softly heard a song playing over the sound system and I thought "Damn, why cant I write a sexy song like that, all laid back and produced so authentically....listen to that sound...what IS this song??" It was me! J.P Perreaux produced it and Dan Gross wrote it with me and there it was, first making me jealous, then pleasing the hell out of me in the grocery store!

Oh, you make me crazy/You say you ain't ready for love/Well I'm ripe like a peach in the Georgia heat/And that's all you need to be thinkin' of/Hush now darlin, it'll be alright/I know she let you down/Ah, but what's a little water underneath that bridge/When I can lift us to a higher ground/You never been loved like this before/Give me your heart, I'll show you what it's for/I got a hold on you/And I ain't gonna let you go

I wrote this about an affair a friend of mine was having. I was far past judging, just taking note! (Fun Fact: Since then "Miss Jones" has married the guy in the song and they have a 7 year old!)

She's got friends with self-esteem who really love her
A career, a lot of heart and knowing eyes
She's at the age where she needs to be a mother
But she's got to rid herself of silly little lies

Miss Jones
She lives all alone
Miss Jones
She's makin love on the phone
Miss Jones
She wants a man of her own
But she's obviously caught up in a love thing

When I was not as happy as I am now and both physically and emotionally all 'covered' up with pain and a couple of addictions that wouldn't let me be, I walked around wanting to scream these lyrics. Lookin' for help through song has to be set to heavy rock!

No, she is not perfect
But don't ever underestimate the power of a good good woman
She can love you like a wild thing
No, she's not your fantasy
But have you ever gone soul to soul with something totally human
It can make your bones sing

Lover where can you be
Come on and open the eyes of your soul to see
The beauty that sleeps inside of me
I might be lightning in a bottle

With the aid of some great friends....mostly the bands drummer Dan Gross, I've had the pleasure of "diggin in" a little more and writing a bit o' poetry if you will. This one is set to a great relaxed Springsteenesque wall of sound.

I can hear the cry of angels
They're keepin' me awake
The graceful who have fallen here
Well, it's more then I can take
They'll drag themselves upstairs
And join the livin up above
Me, I'm down here dyin'
This must be love

What do I tell myself
To make this feel alright
When I'm just another lonely heart
Ridin' this train tonight
Somebody talk about love
What am I gonna do

This is something I wrote after I went to a party for my friend- the actress Jenifer Lewis. Besides celebrating her that night, the highlight seemed to be the late actor Gregory Hines. He flirted with me so mercilessly, I HAD to express my sentiments:

Oh my God are you lookin at me
With those movie star bedroom eyes
Oh My God are you talkin' to me
In hushed whispers and Hollywood sighs
Oh good Lord I can't find my breath
But I can feel yours it's under my skin
Oh good Lord are you standin this close
Am I shakin' or's the ice just thin
Shouldn't this behavior be supervised
Isn't it criminal to move this slow
You see I'm prone to suggestion while hypnotized
You can't touch me like that it's so....
Oh, My, My.

And this lyric I wrote with my dear friend Tony Lauria. Seems we all move forward the best we can:

Life takes hold
As the page of loves sweet story unfolds
The scars of the battles
Are reminders of years
All I've been needin' has always been leadin' me here
Here I am
Here I stand
Here I am
For you
I've lost and I've won
And I stand here undone
But here I am
For you.


There's lots more, but I want you to hear them with the music we've had such a good time "makin" to go with them! So, I'll post more from time to time and change things around. Thanks for reading. LK