1.It’s Happening Now
CREDITS
Recorded at home/Def Heffer Studio Sometime in the 90’s BL on all instruments and voices
2.Precious Time
Recorded at home/Def Heffer Studio late-90’s BL on all instruments/vox except dobro by Rusty Young
3. Pedal Tavern Girl
Recorded and mixed at JB’s Shack of Rock by Jonathan Bright. BL on all instruments/vocals
4. I’m In Your Airport
Recorded and mixed by Brad Jones at Alex the Great. BL on all instruments/vocals.
5. Benny Wore a Scowl
Recorded and mixed at JB’s Shack of Rock by Jonathan Bright. BL on all instruments/vocals
6. Happiness
Recorded by Doug Kahan, Chris Carmichael and Jonathan Bright. Mixed by Jonathan Bright
Doug Kahan played upright bass Chris Carmichael played all strings & arrangement
BL on piano & acoustic guitar & vocals
7. Let Me In Your Life Again
Recorded by Jeremy Cottrell at Blackbird Mixed by Doug Kahan at Kow Tai
Drums by Keith Brogdon Bass by Mike Vargo Piano by John Deaderick
BL Other instruments and vocals
8. Still Alive
Recorded by Jeremy Cottrell at Blackbird Mixed by Doug Kahan at Kow Tai
Drums by Keith Brogdon Bass by Mike Vargo BL Other instruments and vocals
9. The World’s A Different Place Without You
(Re-make / originally on Back To Even)
Recorded and mixed by Brad Jones at Alex the Great. BL on all instruments/vocals.
10. Beachside Bound
Recorded and mixed by Doug Kahan at Kow Tai BL on all instruments/vocals.
11. Ruby Falls
Recorded and mixed at JB’s Shack of Rock by Jonathan Bright. BL on all instruments/vocals.
12. This Very Second
(Acoustic re-make / originally on Feeling The Elephant)
Recorded at home/Def Heffer Studio Sometime in the 90’s BL on all instruments/vocals
13. Pending Further Notice
Recorded and mixed at JB’s Shack of Rock by Jonathan Bright. BL on all instruments/vocals.
14. The Hills, The Trees And I
Recorded at home/Def Heffer Studio Sometime in the 90’s BL on all instruments/vocals
15. Say C’est La Vie
Recorded by Marc Owens at High Street Studio Mixed by Marc and Bill. BL on all instruments/vocals
BONUS TRACKS
16. Me Against Me (also found on Back To Even)
Recorded at Steve Allen’s Blue Planet Studio (drums) and BL/Def Heffer (everything else)
Fenner Castner on drums Don Dixon on bass BL rest of instrumentation and vocals
17. Up In the Air (also found on Boy King Of Tokyo)
Recorded by Steve Allen @ Blue Planet, BL at Def Heffer and mixed by Steve Marcantonio
BL on all instruments and vocals
18. Forget About Us (acoustic re-make also found on RESET 2014)
Recorded at home/Def Heffer Studio BL on all instruments and voices
19. We Got The Moon (also found on Boy King Of Tokyo)
Recorded and mixed by Scott Baggett BL on all instruments and vocals
20. Where Nobody Cares At All (also found on Boy King Of Tokyo)
Recorded and mixed by Glenn Rosenstein BL on all instruments and vocals
CD mastered by Jim DeMain at Yes Master
Cover art: Thinking Out Loud Design
LYRICS
IT’S HAPPENING NOW
V1
I’m up to here
until I realize I’m really up to there
where there is something clear and bright
inside your eyes.. I’m trying to recognize my face
looking back at me.. I think I know what’s going on
But if I’m not that sure .. it won’t be long..’cos
CH
It’s Happening Now It’s Happening Now
It’s Happening Now It’s Happening Now
V2
This feeling just don’t wanna’ quit, I might get
real lost in it So lost I’m soaring from the high
I get with you.. you get with me and all those
sparks start to fly.. every second counts and I..
I wish we never had to go back down..
CH
It’s Happening Now It’s Happening Now
It’s Happening Now It’s Happening Now
BR
I think we both know what we’re feeling here
But if we say it out loud will it disappear?
and it’s happening now..
Bill Lloyd (Careers / Kung Fu Grip - BMI)
original version written in 1988 re-written 2000
PRECIOUS TIME
CH
Precious Time Precious Time
We can kill it like a cold beer
We can savor it like wine
We can let it blow away like sand or hold it in our minds
It’s the topic of discussion Precious Time
V1
It takes time to take a second look
at too-fast first impressions
It takes time to spin.. the facts to win
the spoils of your profession
It takes time to recognize the truth
then say you learned your lesson
It takes time . time, time, time
V2
It takes time to move the mountain
Level every tree and forest
It takes time to cut the flowers
It takes time to find the florist
It takes time to write the verses
just so you can sing the chorus
It takes time . time, time, time
CH (repeat chorus)
V3
It takes time to learn bad habits
It takes to to try and break ‘em
It takes time to buy a pair of shoes
To take the road not taken
It takes all kinds of people in this world of our own makin’
It takes time . time, time, time
Ch (repeat chorus)
Bill Lloyd Fourel Songs admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
PEDAL TAVERN GIRL
V1
Who's that girl on the Pedal Tavern
Somebody should call her mother
Over-served and underage
Lord knows she needs another
CH
Pedal Tavern Girl
You ex-best friend is getting married tonight
Pedal Tavern Girl
The gang’s all here and you came along for the ride
You more shot you’ll be ready to hurl
Bachelorette Baby Pedal Tavern Girl
V2
That pretty little thing on the Pedal Tavern
Those pretty legs pumping like a rabid squirrel
Cycling soon to a porcelain trough
Turning into a not so pretty girl
REPEAT CHORUS :I
BRIDGE
She sings Don’t’ Stop Believin’
She sings Girls All Over the World
You like it, you love it you want more of it
Singin’, Drinkin’, Pumpin’ Pedal Tavern Girl
V3
Who's that girl on the Pedal Tavern
Somebody should call the cops
Pedallin’ hell-bent for disaster
That may be her very last Peppermint Schnapps
REPEAT CHORUS :I
BILL LLOYD Fourel Songs adm. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
I’m In Your Airport
V1 I’m In Your Airport
I’m twenty minutes from your door
Could you use a little company?
Or don’t you miss me anymore?
I’ll trade my ticket for a later flight
Of course, I’ll need a place to spend the night
It’s so late minute but life is short
I’m In Your Airport
V2 I’m In Your Airport
I’m thirty minutes from your bed
You say that I gotta’ lotta nerve
Waking you up from a dead…sleep
It may be true I’m callin’ kinda’ late
It get’s so lonely curled up at the gate
I never said the words “last resort”
I said I am in your airport
BR I Am In Your Airport
Here to make my connection
If you say the word I’ll fly like a bird
To reaffirm my affection
V3 I’m In Your Airport
On my way to somewhere else
Every time I’m here you cross my mind
Especially when I’m by myself
I can’t be blamed for shootin’ for the moon
That time we spent together really wrecked the room
So tell me that you got some wine to uncork
And that you’ll pick me up You’ll pick me up
You’ll pick me up You’ll pick me up
C’mon and pick me up
Cos’ I Am In Your Airport
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
BENNY WORE A SCOWL
Benny wore a black fedora He never left the house without it
He smoked Chinese tea in an English pipe
And never thought twice about it
He wore a gold chain watch as a lifetime member
Of the Sons of Fish and Fowl
He wore his Sunday best every Saturday night
But mostly Benny Wore A Scowl
CHORUS #1
Benny Wore A Scowl Benny Wore A Scowl
The lines ran deep in his forehead… Trouble buried in his brow
If there ever was a smile hiding in that face It’s a feeling he would never allow
Benny Wore A Scowl Benny Wore A Scowl
Benny had a distant cousin Who went by the name of Twink
He never said if Twink was a he or a she But they’d meet up at the skating rink
Twice a year they’d marathon their figure eights
Until he finally threw in the towel
He never went the distance and you could see it in his face
Benny Wore A Scowl
CHORUS #2
Benny Wore A Scowl Benny Wore A Scowl
His mouth turned down at the edges Sadder than a circus clown
If there ever was a smile hiding in that face I’m thinking he didn’t know how
Benny Wore A Scowl Benny Wore A Scowl
Benny never married his sweetheart His countenance made her grieve
He treated her as good as he knew how But eventually she learned to leave
Benny learned French after she moved on But he spoke it with a miserable growl
C’est La Vie sounded like sailors curse.. cos’ Benny Wore A Scowl
CHORUS #3
Benny Wore A Scowl Benny Wore A Scowl
The lines ran deep in his forehead… Deeper than I have now
If there ever was a smile hiding in that face It’s a feeling he would never allow
Benny Wore A Scowl Benny Wore A Scowl
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
Happiness
V1
She wants the one thing I don’t have to give
That’s my heart that I’m holding on to
She says until I Let go and live
I’ll not have someone to belong to
CHORUS
Happiness
As much of a choice as a chance
You simply decide that you’ll dance
This time.. Then maybe you’ll finally
be blessed with Happiness
V2
It’s so hard to let go and live on the dream
Of a vow often unspoken
Trust me.. I must be out of my mind
They’re just words so easily broken
CH (repeat chorus)
BR
Tell the world I’m happy and free
I don’t mind sometimes being lonely
Don’t think I don’t see there’s so much to feel
In the arms of someone who’s your only..
Happiness
You simply decide that you’ll dance this time
And maybe you’ll finally be blessed with
Happiness
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
LET ME IN YOUR LIFE AGAIN
Let me in your life again
Let me back inside your circle
On a scale of one to ten
I’ve never hurt this bad before
Look me in the eye and say
It’s okay.. all is forgiven
I don’t deserve it but maybe one day
I can earn your trust once more
Back inside your grace
Warm in your embrace
Only face to face
Do I feel anything so true
Let me in your life again
Let me get back into your rhythm
Life is far too short to spend
Hiding from the love we knew
solo
Back inside your grace
Warm in your embrace
Only face to face
Do I feel anything so true
Let me in your life again
Rediscover some knowing glances
Sometimes I smile but it’s pretend
It’s only real when it’s meant for you
Let me in your life again
Let me back inside your circle
On a scale of one to ten
I’ve never hurt this bad before
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
STILL ALIVE
V1
I’ve been tracing the patterns of falling rain
Leaving portraits of you on my window pane
And I still can’t believe that you left us all behind
Out of sight not out of mind
In my heart you’re Still Alive
V2
I’ve been waking and dreaming in present tense
I’ve been trying not to fall in the hole you left
I still feel you near me somewhere off to the side
From the corner of my eye
In my mind you’re Still Alive
BR
I’ve been déjà vu-ing
Remote viewing you
Bathed in a ray of light
Since that last night we were two
(solo)
V3
There was more left to do on the list you made
There were so many wishing you could have stayed
Just a little bit longer but now we try to survive
While our hearts are Still Alive
In my heart you’re Still Alive
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
The World’s A Different Place Without You
V1
What will I have?
Well, I’ll have what you’re havin’
From the night before the morning after
‘Cos that’s how it was
At least what I remember..
A midnight kitchen full of laughter
CH#1
Taken away.. Ready or not
And I never took the time to say
All I forgot, or thought that I knew
The one thing I know that’s true
The World’s A Different Place Without You
V2
I shout to the wind
And I hope somehow you hear me
up there in the vast horizon
I have a joke and a couple of questions
If eternity is worth survivin’
CH#2
Send me a dream while I’m asleep
and show me what I’m not supposed to know
Trust me to keep a secret or two
Just leave out what I already knew
The World’s A Different Place Without You
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
Beachside Bound
V1
I took a vacation In my car I drove all alone
Sixteen miles from somewhere
I found signal on my cellulite phone
Somewhere Alabama I nearly pulled over for sleep
But just like General Sherman
I am headed straight for the sea
CH
Beachside Bound Ocean breezes beckoning again
Leavin’ town.. flips the switch inside my head
I’m ready to drop out of sight as fast as I can
V2
Lone roadside attraction
Magic water drips up a hill
Gravity in action
I’ll make nature bend to my will
One more hour of daylight
Shades hangin’ on to my nose
Soon I will be beachside
Silver waters flow through my toes
CH #2
Beachside Bound Ocean breezes beckoning again
Leavin’ town.. Flips the switch inside my head
I’m ready to drop off the radar.. Fast as I can
SOLO INTO V3
I took a vacation
Figured I might buy me a tan
Sixteen hours of driving
I parked my car right there in the sand
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
RUBY FALLS
Ruby Falls. Ruby falls for every boy around
She don’t need to be asked twice to take her love to town
Her Mama does her best to stop her climbing all the walls..
But she can’t hold her back when Ruby Falls
Ruby, only sixteen, got a house call from the stork
When Billy said to get it fixed she stabbed him with a fork
Now every night he sleeps it off on someone’s bathroom tiles
But Ruby Falls each time that baby smiles
Ruby Falls Ruby falls for every boy around
Hoping that Prince Charming
Might show up to claim his crown
And take her from this world
of burger chains and shopping malls
Love’s the reason why our Ruby Falls
Ruby clings to dreams concerning matters of the heart.
She loves just like a gambler rolling doubles in the dark
She falls for every too smooth line by fools who cannot see
The Queen of Hearts that Ruby plans to be
Ruby Falls. Ruby fell for every boy around
She never had to be asked twice to take her love to town
Ruby she got lucky. Queen of heartbreak found a king
Now Ruby she don’t fall for anything
Now Ruby she don’t fall for anything
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
This Very Second
V1
You, she said, are like an unmade bed
One big mess that’s always calling
I might be what you refuse to see
Just one guess, then who will fall in line
CH
This Very Second I fell in line
This Very Second I’m falling
I’m in love.. I’m in love with you
V2
You refuse to let me win or lose
No time out, no time remaining
I take threats like unplaced bets
No one get’s around to claiming who
CH#2
This Very Second I’m naming you
This Very Second I’m claiming
I’m in love.. I’m in love with you
BR
I’m not sure about yesterday
I’m not sure about how or why I stay
and I’m not too sure about what’s in store
I only know about now..
only know about.. Now
V3
You, she said, are like an unmade bed
One big mess but always fetching
She insists it must go on like this
I confess this fever’s catching on
CH#3
This Very Second it’s catching on
This Very Second we’re matching
Wrong or right.. I think I’m in love with you
I’m in love...
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
Pending Further Notice
V1
Pending Further Notice That’s the phrase she used
In the middle of the sentence In the middle of her blues
She sang out “Sayonara” In her own court of appeals
So Pending Further Notice That’s the way she feels
V2
Pending Further Notice Her plan will stay the same
She don’t wanna’ see him She don’t wanna’ hear his name
He’s disappeared completely As she waves her magic wand
Pending Further Notice He’s as good as gone
BR
There’s not much chance
she’ll ever change her mind
When she starts speaking Legalese
She’s reached the bottom line
V3
Pending Further Notice He’s all but written off
Written out of history Erased Deleted Lost
Not yet served in writing But he read her loud and clear
Pending Further Notice
He’s absolutely, positively,
Definitely..absitively
out of here..there and everywhere
Bill Lloyd Fourel Music admin. by BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)
The Hills,The Trees And I
V1
She stood still against the sky
And as the sun set down
The hills, the trees and I
Watched her slowly turn her head
From the dying light to the darkness of her bed
CH
There was once a lover who
Shared her world 'til one day he just flew
Like a bird through the sky
And no one saw it but
The Hills ,The Trees And I
V2
It was love that filled his eyes
But it was fear that turned his promises to lies
Now she returns most every night
to that ridgetop where he last held her tight
CH#2
Stolen dreams leave a hole
and a trail that always leads back to the soul
of the heart who's been denied
And no one knows it but
The Hills , The Trees And I
Bill Lloyd Warner-Chappell/Def Heffer (BMI)
Say C’est La Vie
V1
When you Say C’est La Vie
Do you know what it means?
“Such is life”.. Well, that’s the definition
Sometimes it doesn’t carry much ambition
Like we’re history.. C’est La Vie
V2
When you Say C’est La Vie
Is it permanently
or a moment of rest for the weary?
Is our love such a hard load to carry?
You need a moment to breathe..C’est La Vie
V3
Say C’est La Vie
Like a prayer that escaped from your heart
Say C’est La Vie
Like a candle that’s chasing the dark
Away..
V4
When you Say C’est La Vie
And you tired of this dream
Are you willing to call off tomorrow
I’ve got a book that I’d like you to borrow
It’s a dictionary.. C’est La Vie
Bill Lloyd Warner-Chappell/Def Heffer (BMI)