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1. |
Night Bird
03:56
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Night Bird
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
Sing to me
Whippoorwill
The light’s fading fast
Behind the dark Alabama hills
Your sad slow song
And lonesome notes
Remind me of
A boy who sang to me long ago
Chorus:
Nightbird is it you
Do you sing ‘cause you’re broken and blue
Did the spirits lead you here
With a Silvertone, sure and clear
I wish I may
With all my might
Find a way
To hear you sing one more song for me tonight
Chorus:
Nightbird is it you
Do you sing ‘cause you’re broken and blue
Did the spirits lead you here
With a Silvertone sure and clear
Sing to me
Whippoorwill
The light’s fading fast
Behind the dark Alabama hills
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2. |
Bigger Than The Love
03:19
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Bigger Than The Love
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
Chorus:
Sometimes the hurt
Is bigger than the love
And the wounds
Are deeper than the cuts
Apologies and flowers
Will never be enough
When the hurt
Is bigger than the love
Hearts get hurt
When words get said
Forgiveness gets forgotten
Anger grows instead
Doors get slammed
When tempers rise
Teardrops fall
From blinded eyes
Chorus:
Sometimes the Hurt
Is bigger than the Love
And the wounds
Are deeper than the cuts
Apologies and flowers
Will never be enough
When the hurt
Is bigger than the love
When all the little things
That were never meant
Are the only things remembered
You wonder where things went
And Once upon a times
Once you were mines
Become neverminds
Become broken hearts
Chorus:
Sometimes the Hurt
Is bigger than the Love
And the wounds
Are deeper than the cuts
Apologies and flowers
Will never be enough
When the hurt
Is bigger than the love
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3. |
Jenny's Daddy
04:46
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Jenny’s Daddy
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
Jenny’s Daddy played the accordian
Back in ‘67 at the Wintergarden
He could play the Beatles and The Rolling Stones
Old timey Polkas and country songs
When Jenny’s Daddy played we’d all sing along
Dance to the melodies all night long
Waltzing and two steppin ‘across the floor
We’d holler out requests and then we’d yell for more
Chorus:
When Jenny’s Daddy played
The world spun away
Everything would be all-right
For a while on a Saturday night
His fingers flew across the keys
He’d push the buttons, pull and squeeze
All our worries would simply fade
When Jenny’s Daddy played
Jenny’s Daddy had four kids at home
His wife was the saint who kept them fed and clothed
Somehow he managed to make enough
Somehow they made it through when things were tough
Jenny’s Dad accompanied music stars
But he drove across the country in a beat up car
Back when boys were fighting in Viet Nam
He kept the music playing for their moms and dads
Chorus:
Jenny’s Daddy played
The world spun away
Everything would be all-right
For a while on a Saturday night
His fingers flew across the keys
He’d push the buttons, pull and squeeze
All our worries would simply fade
When Jenny’s Daddy played
Bridge:
Jenny’s Dad played every night
Under every kind of light
But the biggest lights in Gary’s life
Were the ones in Jenny’s eyes
Jenny’s Daddy played at the local cafe
After he retired and his memory went away
He still had the songs inside his heart and hands
He still had the rhythms and he still had the fans
Chorus:
Jenny’s Daddy played
The world spun away
Everything would be all-right
For a while on a Saturday night
His fingers flew across the keys
He’s push the buttons, he’d pull and squeeze
All our worries would simply fade
When Jenny’s Daddy played
Jenny’s Daddy played the accordian
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4. |
Paint Brush Moon
03:26
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Paintbrush Moon
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
I want a lover who’ll come dance with me
Beneath the cover of a live oak tree
The sweetest sound you’ll hear in June
Is sung by a nightbird under a paintbrush moon
When the guitar and the fiddle play
The music takes me oh so far away
I’ll wish on starlight like poets do
I’ll wish for you under the paintbrush moon
Chorus:
Paintbrush moon comin’ up on the horizon
Where wildflowers bloom, it’s not surprisin’
That I should wanna be
With someone who's wantin’ me
When evening fades into a kiss
Desire was made for a night like this
I’ll wait here until my dreams come true
I’ll wait for you under the paintbrush moon
Chorus:
Paintbrush moon comin’ up on the horizon
Where wildflowers bloom, it’s not surprisin’
That I should wanna be
With someone who's wantin’ me
I want a lover who’ll come dance with me
Beneath the cover of a live oak tree
I’ll wait here until my dreams come true
I wanna dance with you under a paintbrush moon
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5. |
Ride Of Our Lives
03:42
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Ride of Our Life
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
New Day, New Start
New beginnings in the heart
Let’s take a chance and try again
Look how we’ve come so far
Sun’s up, there’s a blue sky
I feel your hand in mine
We’ve traveled down a million roads
Together side by side
Chorus:
All we have is here and now
So baby hold on tight
And don’t let go
It’s a hell of a ride
It’s the ride of our life
Fasten up, turn the key
Check the mirror look at me
Test the brake, accelerate
Forget the map, ‘cause we’re chasing the dream
Chorus
All we have is here and now
So baby hold on tight
And don’t let go
It’s a hell of a ride
It’s the Ride of our Life
Bridge:
On the journey we will find
That the road ahead’s gonna twist and wind
Bumps and detours fast and slow
Are gonna lead us home
Chorus:
All we have is here and now
So baby hold on tight
And don’t let go
It’s a hell of a ride
It’s the Ride of Our Life
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6. |
Sway
04:26
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Sway
by Norman Gimbel, Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Luis Demetrio
© ℗ Editorial Mexican de Musica International c/o Peermusic III Ltd.
When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more
Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me
Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak
I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now
Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak
I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now
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7. |
The Call
05:07
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The Call
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
These are days of fire and brimstone
And hell’s no longer beneath our feet
A fiery inferno can fall from the heavens
And leave its wrath on city street
And these are days when desperate children
Hide their weapons beneath their clothes
To send a message, to enter glory to be remembered
To face their foes
Chorus:
Where are the angels, Where are the holy
Where are the hands to break the fall
Where are the saints and the prophets
Where are the ones who heed the call
These are days when mighty rivers
Don’t flow as deep, don’t flow as wide
But now now the currents are full of ashes
And the sound of battle cries
Chorus:
Where are the angels, Where are the holy
Where are the hands to break the fall
Where are the saints and the prophets
Where are the ones who heed the call
These are days of starving nations
Of starving hearts and starving minds
But....Blessed are the one who work for Justice
And wage peace in troubled times
Chorus:
We are the angels, We are the holy
We have the hands to break the fall
We study the saints and the prophets
We are the ones who heed the call
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8. |
Arlyn Jam Song
00:41
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9. |
Sing Me A Song
03:14
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Sing Me A Song
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
Oh sIng me a song
I don’t care how it starts
The words won’t be wrong
‘Cause it’s comin’ from your heart
This is where I belong
Sing me a song
When you say that you love me
In the gentlest ways
I am beautiful and free
And the dark becomes the day
The sun’s gonna shine above us baby
When ya say yes, you love me
Chorus:
I’m walking on the moon
Oh, you take my breath away
You’re the lifeline that I need
I’m floatin’ out in space
When I lay down beside you
And you whisper my name
I no longer feel the wounds
I know you feel the same
Everything’s new
When I lay down beside you
Chorus:
I’m walking on the moon
Oh, you take my breath away
You’re the lifeline that I need
I’m floatin’ out in space
Oh sIng me a song
I don’t care how it starts
The words won’t be wrong
‘Cause it’s comin’ from your heart
This is where I belong
Sing me a song
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10. |
Springtime In Baltimore
03:05
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Springtime in Baltimore
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
It’s Springtime in Baltimore
Winter’s gone, Sun’s knocking at my door
Cherry blossoms bloom
The azalea’s perfume
Is hanging on the air
There's a full moon over the Chesapeake
Harbor lights are enchanting me
Warm April days
Will surrender to May’s
Love affairs
Bridge:
The Oriole is calling by the hour
He’s making proclamations to the wind
Until his mate appears among the flowers
He’s come back home again
It’s springtime here once more
And it’s you that I adore
So come back to me
Come back and see
Springtime in Baltimore
If you’ll come back to me
It will always be Spring Time
It’s Springtime in Baltimore
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11. |
Run
03:33
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RUN
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
Looks like we’ve reached a fork in the road
I’ve been holding your hand but it’s time to let go
You’ve got a compass, a map, and a plan
But I’ve got emotions and feelings that I don’t understand
Chorus:
This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done
But, I’ll take a deep breath and run
The road you’re traveling it straight, it’s narrow and it leads back home
But, mine is the journey, it’s the twisted path I roam
It’s unpredictable, it’s rocky, it’s dark and sometimes I fall
But, you need security, a flashlight with batteries and walls
Chorus:
This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done
But, I’ll take a deep breath and run
Bridge:
If I push a little harder
Will my heart get stronger
Can the will find the wind
And learn to fly again
The road is calling and I’ve got to move ahead
Too many tears have fallen and everything’s been said
Property and papers divided and signed
All I gotta do is learn how to say goodbye
Chorus:
This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done
But, I’ll take a deep breath and run
This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done
But, I’ll take a deep breath and run
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12. |
Promised Land
04:13
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The Promised Land
© ℗ 2022 by Annie Benjamin, Rocket Girl Music (BMI)
Little child where is your mama
Little child where is your papa
You’ve traveled all this way so far from home
Little child how did you get here
Your story’s vague and not totally clear
You speak a different language and you’re all alone
Chorus:
You’re stuck at the border
Between Hell and The Promised Land
Little child what’s in your hand there
A piece of paper with your name and a birth year
And the address of a relative in San Salvador
All you’ve got are the clothes that your wearing
Your heart is heavy with the secrets your carrying
From a land where life is cheap and gangs in the street are waging war
Chorus:
You’re stuck at the border
Between Hell and The Promised Land
Bridge:
All the politics
Are between governments
But thugs with drugs and guns are in control
Turn them back we say
‘Cause we don’t wanna pay
For children other than our own
So You’re stuck at the border
Between Hell and The Promised Land
Little child where is your mama
Little child where is your papa
Far from the border,
Far from the border
Chorus:
And your stuck at the border
You’re stuck at the border
You’re stuck in the border
Between Hell and the Promised Land
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Annie Benjamin Santa Fe, New Mexico
Annie Benjamin "Night Bird" | Producer: Brady Blade | Release Dec. 2022 | Record/Mix: Chris Bell / Annie Benjamin’s music is a lot like the weather in Texas…. unpredictable and constantly changing. She has sung everything from country to jazz, rock 'n roll to old time gospel. She feels at home on the theatrical stage, in the concert hall, as well as in piano bars and gin joints of ill repute. ... more
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