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Gonna turn it all down
So undetectable
Sweep it underground
Like a burial ritual
One heart one hand
One hip one collarbone
Head in the sand
Emotion overload
Good morning and good night
Is everybody crazy
I’m lonely on a lazy Sunday afternoon
The day is like an hour
My love is losing power
I don’t think i can take it goodnight
Sweet sun come down
Deep darkness cover me
So lost so found
Inside my misery
Good morning and good night
Is everybody sorry
We’re sleeping through a starry Sunday afternoon
The day is like an hour
I’m folding like a flower
I don’t think i can take it goodnight
Good morning and good night
Has everybody spoken
The silence is a broken Sunday afternoon
The day is like an hour
And time has left me sour
I don’t think i can take it goodnight
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Motel Parking Lot
04:02
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Someone’s getting married
In the motel parking lot
Put your hearts together
Give it everything you got
Long white dress blows in the evening breeze
They said “I do” by the broken Coke machine
I believe in everybody
I believe in all kinds
I believe in salvation ‘neath this neon sign
I can see all tomorrows from the window in my mind
Can we love one another before it’s checkout time
The air outside is buzzing like the passing of the cars
Receptionist is sleeping by an empty flower jar
The guests are watching though the window shades
It’s a standing ovation as they’re tossing the bouquet
I believe in everybody
I believe in all kinds
I believe in salvation ‘neath this neon sign
I can see all tomorrows through the crooked mini-blinds
Can we love one another before it’s checkout time
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Wanna Feel Good
03:00
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4. |
Spring Forward
02:08
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5. |
Just Drive
02:27
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6. |
Take Me As I Am
03:18
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Oh, Dan Bern It’s about time you’ve earned
The fame and fortune you deserve
You were born the people’s poet
And everybody in the world should know it
Oh, Dan Bern, Dan Bern…
One of my favorite songwriters
He’s a fightin’ the good fighter
Truly is one hell of a guy
A painter & a writer and truth-sayer
And fine folk singer and a fascist slayer
With a healthy dose of punk rock on the side
Oh, Dan Bern It’s about time you’ve earned
The fame and fortune you deserve
A connoisseur of words my friend
Your music is like medicine
Oh, Dan Bern, Dan Bern…
I heard his song in a movie
It was the best part of that movie
You know it was a beautiful ride
A Romer and a troubadour
You know he’s probably seen it all before
But still finds the beauty in the sky
Oh, Dan Bern
It’s about time you’ve earned
The fame and fortune you deserve
An encyclopedic baseball fan
Singing your way across the land
Oh, Dan Bern, Dan Bern…
(Dan Bern vocal)
Now if I played a show with Cliff Hillis
How would they sell it, how would the bill us?
The wordsmith and the tunesmith probably
Cliff weaves melody the way most folks breathe
That's truthful, that's no hoax
He'd have fit right in with the Beatles in '63
(Cliff vocal)
Oh Dan Bern It’s about time you’ve earned
The fame and fortune you deserve
Even when you’re hunkered
Deep down in the bunker
Oh, Dan Bern It’s about time you’ve earned
A renaissance supermensch
Oh, Dan Bern, Dan Bern…
(Dan Bern vocal)
Oh, Cliff Hillis your songs they fill us
With words and music, warmth and hope and love
Oh, Cliff Hillis sing it baby, tell us
What's in your heart and of the sky above
credits
from Be The Now, track released January 20, 2023
Co-produced by Greg Maragos
Mixed & mastered by Cliff Hillis at The Hacienda
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8. |
Goodbye Spider
04:11
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Cliff Hillis Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Cliff Hillis is a Philly based singer/songwriter whose music evokes the sunny pop of the 60's & 70’s and has garnered national radio airplay. Hillis has co-written with critically acclaimed songwriters such as Danny Wilde (The Rembrandts) and troubador Dan Bern. Hillis also tours with bands including members of The Hooters, Patty Smyth, and The Orchestra (featuring former E.L.O. members). ... more
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