Stanzaic Stylings

Music by                          Lyrics by Teddy Edwards                John & Paula Hackett            Teddy's L.A. After Dark                Come to life                On this changing scene                Here's your part                Live your wildest dreams                Night arrives                just to celebrate                It happens here                in L.A.                After dark                From the beach       ...

Steel on Steel  There is a sound when your voice grabs my voice,  when your words twist inside my body, when my words scream to escape. On the other side of sound, there is motion.  When your body slides into my body and my body can outsmart you. Can throw you into space with one unexpected turn  and then enjoy the wreckage we created. But then your voice returns like screeching steel. And I remember as a child, I would wait on the railroad tracks until the conductor panicked. Hear it on Sound Cloud Paula Hackett's poetry is influenced by her life experiences growing up in Berkeley during the vibrant and explosive 60's. The daughter of novelist Paul Hackett, she studied under John Beecher, Angela Davis and Grover Sales. She has written lyrics in collaboration with her brother John Hackett, for many great jazz composers including Teddy Edwards, John Handy, Ivan Lins, Joe Sample, Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, and Cedar Walton. Her life long love of jazz is reflected i...

A Place In Your Heart A restless heart, a starry night, a yearning still unknown For something I had yet to find I ventured out alone As I arrived an angel's voice rang out of the blue Suddenly I made my choice, the answer lies with you Is there a place in your heart for me Somewhere I could belong Something in your eyes says wait and see Is there a place in your heart for me Should I trust this certainty that fate has brought me here The magic and the mystery could quickly disappear But pictures dance inside my head of stories yet untold And all the things I've left unsaid I long to have and hold Is there a place in your heart for me Somewhere I could belong Something in your eyes says wait and see Is there a place in your heart for me Watching you I feel the music play inside of me Have I finally found the one to hear my melody Is there a place in your heart for me Somewhere I could belong Something in your eyes says wait and see This is the place I want to be Is there a plac...

YOU ARE SO GOOD TO ME words & music Jerry Holland c. Heebalibra Music / BMI Life is hard, filled with stress But you treat me with such tenderness That's why I feel as lucky as can be My bones are tired, I scrape along And yet I sing a thankful song Cause you are so good to me Love is rare, time is swift And every hour a fleeting gift A gift that comes without a guarantee But when I'm down, battered and blue No matter if you're hurting too You are so good to me In silent hours I pray Never will I take your love for granted For at the dark end of the day You make my night a world enchanted Lightning strikes, thunder roars The wind it howls, and rain it pours But in your arms I'm wrapped up peacefully You're sweet and kind, never mean You make this girl feel like an English Queen You are so good to me You are so good to me... www.sonyholland.com

No Longer Are You Mine Your piercing eyes see through A mirror to my soul Our love , my heart, we grew You were what made me whole I now no longer smile When thoughts of you appear Pleasure, but for a while Fades away, my dear. With lips as sweets as wine You kissed my cares away No longer are you mine Forever and today. Chorus: No longer are you mine Forever and today We simply sip some wine And toast our love away ~~~~~~~~ Your soft and gentle touch Soothed my every need I loved you, oh so much Now my heart can only bleed. We shared our every thought Each moment a fantasy Of late we only fought Unforgiving on bended knee. I must now thank you so For the joy you gave to me Seems a lifetime ago Again, I am now free. Chorus: No longer are you mine Forever and today We simply sip some wine And toast our love away joanneolivieri.weebly.com mypoeticjourney.weebly.com

AS YOU ARE Music and Lyrics: Jerry Holland You’re a man of many moods Sudden silent interludes Like a summer storm that’s slowly brewing Morning clouds and  midnight  sun Mixed emotions on the run Can’t you see the hurt in what you’re doing Sometimes I don’t understand you I wish I could command you To let your feelings show through Heart to heart don’t you know I will always love you The light and dark sides of you I’ll take you as you are Whisper low in careless rhymes Like wind blowing through the chimes Let your blues become as light as laughter Lose yourself in sweet amore Lie upon my peaceful shore What more could you seek for ever after Sometimes I don’t understand you, I wish I could command you To let your feelings show through, Heart to heart deep down I I wish that I could save you, But I can only love you, And take you as you are Final chorus Sometimes I don’t understand you, Wish I could command you To let your feelings show through, Heart to heart don’t you know...

MAKE AMERICA GRATE AGAIN           by Stephen Dreyfuss Let’s make America grate again, grate like grated cheese And shred that solid voting block, bring Justice to her knees Let’s make America Grate again, grate like grated cheese Bring our great democracy, down on humbled knees Just like grated cheese, the voting block is shredded bit by bit With our newsy infotainment, the truth does take a hit Those glory days those happy days, so difficult to resist Dreaming of times those gone by, but just when did they exist? Now when was our true greatness at its greatest peak? 1890’s…..1980’s, politicians dare not speak Or specify which time it was our enemies were proven weak And all our citizens worked together, like a pump without a leak Memories of the golden days, America was truly great Let me find my pen and paper so I can record the date… Was that when we shot the natives right off the prairie plains? ...

Sycamore Street Words and music by: Kimberlye Gold/Johnny Douglas Hey Lucy Whatcha got going on girl, talk to me Tell me Some people saw ya hangin' out down at the Mercury, was that you? Gettin' high off some funky vibe Ya know you never used to do that Are you stealin' yourself away, stealin' yourself away? CH: (She said) Can't be who I was before Can't go back there anymore Never wore it very well The girl I used o try to be Worked for everyone but me Pleasing everybody else Now they have to face the fact I'm never going back to SYCAMORE STREET Hey Lucy Ya cut off all your hair and tell me, where'd ya get those shoes Funny All these years that I've known ya and I swear I don't even know ya Wonder why I never saw this comin' Like some total transformation Are you stealin' yourself away, stealin' yourself away? CH: Cracks on my sidewalk Said don't think or talk t...

THIS CITY IS MINE words & music Jerry Holland c. Heebalibra Music, BMI I took that long flight home from L.A. Out of a daydream back into the fray My city's rhythm is fast paced and real Caffeine, ambition, concrete and steel Step into the mix on 6th Avenue Adrenaline flows as I take in the view A thousand memories come on like a song I know in my heart this is where I belong This city is mine I feel it's power flow through my veins Running through me like a subway train Upper West Side down to Washington Square And I don't care This city is mine, mine, all mine... Stockbroker, streetwalker, lawyer and bum Brownstone, bodega, skyscraper, slum Bright neon billboards and red flashing lights Hot hectic days and the cool jazzy nights Sushi, Souvlaki, rice and red beans Big yellow taxi's, long black limousines Racin' through Harlem into Chinatown Don't say a word puttin' her down This city is mine Music so loud y' get high...

WHEN I FIND YOU (Jerry Holland, c. Heebalibra Music, BMI) How could I have known you were a wounded dove You never showed a sign of weakness when I had your love How could I have seen you’d be flyin’ west And what would it all mean if my heart withstood this test When I Find You - If I Find You I will never let you go If I find you - When I find you I will never, ever let you go How could I have fallen for such pretty lies And still believe I saw the truth written in your eyes Could I have somehow changed the way it all came down And will it end the same The second time around When I Find You - If I Find You I will never let you go If I find you - When I find you I will never, ever let you go Searching for the soul of you The fractions and the whole of you One part poison, one part cure Just one thing I know for sure When I Find You - If I Find You I will never let you go If I find you - When I find you I will never, ever let you go... www.sonyholland.com When I Find You - Lyri...