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Be The Now

by Cliff Hillis

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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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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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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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Produced by Cliff Hillis & Greg Maragos
Mixed & mastered by Cliff Hillis at The Hacienda
Additional recording by Greg Maragos at GPM Studios
& Ritchie Rubini at Studio 825
Design by Matt Cummins

All songs © 2023 Cliff Hillis

All songs written by Cliff Hillis except: “Good Morning and Goodnight” Cliff Hillis (Reubenfar Music/ASCAP) & Kelley Ryan (Meatpie Music/BMI), “Motel Parking Lot” Cliff Hillis (Reubenfar Music/ASCAP) & Aaron Lee Tasjan (Tasjan Music Big Deal/ASCAP), “Wanna Feel Good” Cliff Hillis (Reubenfar Music/ASCAP) & Bill DeMain (Tin Panda Music/ASCAP), “Just Drive” Cliff Hillis (Reubenfar Music/ASCAP) & Beth Lennon, “Oh, Dan Bern” Cliff Hillis (Reubenfar Music/ASCAP) & Dan Bern (Kababa Music/ASCAP)

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released February 17, 2023

Special guests:
Greg Maragos- bass, keys, guitar, vocals, percussion
Brad Newsom- guitar
Steve Butler- guitar
Jimmy Coleman- drums
David Uosikkinen- drums
Pat Berkery- drums, percussion
John O'Reilly Jr.- drums, percussion
Freddie “Rojo” Berman- drums, percussion
Van Morgan- banjo, electric resonator banjo, acoustic guitar
Justin DiFebbo- piano, Hammond B3
Louis Clark, Jr.- cello
Shelley Weiss- violin, viola
David Kershner- trumpet
Jim Verdeur- saxophone
Dan Bern- vocals
Kelley Ryan- vocals
Ritchie Rubini- vocals
Julie Maragos- spoken word
“The Rundgrenettes” (Chris Duncan, Olivia Rubini, Michelle Hover, Samanta Poole)- vocals

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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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