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Tuning In / Tuning Out
06:31
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TUNING IN/TUNING OUT
©R. Mason/B. Mason Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Do you remember that time at Jon and Nancy’s?
We were all still young and free and wild
We took a ride to find a book of smiles inside
Just a mile past Alan’s barn
Who am I…
I’m tuning in to listen to your beating heart
Who you are…
If you can hear me squeeze my hand
Where we are…
I want to filter out the static and the dark
Give me a sign you understand
So I stepped out of your car and the sky exploded
Blasted by a billion zillion stars
And you said, “Bet ya don’t see that much in the city”
And we just looked at the stars…
For what seemed a long time…
But was probably just a minute
Who am I…
I’m tuning in to listen to your beating heart
Who you are…
If you can hear me squeeze my hand
Where we are…
I want to filter out the static and the dark
Give me a sign you understand
Who am I…
I’m tuning in to listen to your beating heart
Who you are…
If you can hear me squeeze my hand
Where we are…
I’m tuning out the news that everyone is dead
Give me a sign you understand
I’m tuning in, you’re tuning out
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2. |
Green Walls
04:36
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Green Walls
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
I don’t want to live here
I don’t want to stay
Why did you bring me here
To the house on the hill
I want to go back home
Where the steps are wide
With my secret place waiting
And the ceilings are high
I remember the smiling lines
When we knew just who we were
A faded, yellow dream of mine is all that I have now
Lock me up inside the green walls
Let me feel your never ending love
I’m gonna walk out now
Through the rain and the cold
Cause anything’s better
Than the things I don’t know
There’s too many people
And I don’t know their names
Coming at me with pitchforks
Like the devil’s own pain
I remember the smiling lines
When we knew just who we were
A faded, yellow dream of mine is all that I have now
Lock me up inside the green walls
Let me near your never ending love
Wrap me up inside the green walls
Shimmering in never ending love
Lock me up inside the green walls…
Wrap me up inside the green walls…
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I Want My Own) Brian Epstein
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
I want my own Brian Epstein
Someone who will keep me in line
Like the tracks on the B&M line
To get me to my home
I want my own Brian Epstein
Someone to look after me
Someone who’ll be there for me
Whenever I’m alone
When the alarm clock rings I will roll back to my slumber
When the telephone rings I will leave it for another
Time to catch the midtown but I don’t recall the number
Time to meet an old friend, what’s her name, did I once love her?
Lately I feel so out of control
It’s a feeling that nobody knows
I can’t tell you, it doesn’t make sense
I thought I’d be somewhere besides this (by now)
I could write a story but I couldn’t be a reader
I could get religion but I wouldn’t hear the preacher
I could be a hippie but someone would steal my reefer
Find a girl to marry but I prob’ly couldn’t keep her
Oh oh oh
I want my own Brian Epstein
I need him to keep me in line
He might be a girl, it might be a boy, might be the Lord,
Might be this noise, might be this song, just string me along…
I want my I want my….
I want my own Brian Epstein to keep me in line
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4. |
Didn't Last Long Did It?
01:38
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Didn’t Last Long Did It?
©Ruby Bird, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
A few seconds ago that sky was red
Now the dark is settling in
Oh didn’t last long, did it?
Sweet birdsong it fills the sky
Then a yellow feather fly
Oh didn’t last long
A few months ago the market was high
Now it’s on an endless slide
Oh didn’t last long, did it?
Now dollar, euro, yen and pound
Make the world go round and round
Said that war wouldn’t last long
Oh but they was wrong
Blue butterfly lights on a rose
And the summer comes and goes
Oh didn’t last long, did it?
Your baby child as sweet as can be
Turn around he’s 23.
Oh didn’t last long, did it?
Once upon a time you’re a gleam in your daddy’s eye
Now the dark is settling in
Oh didn’t last long, didn’t last long, didn’t last long,
Did it?
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5. |
Northridge
05:09
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Northridge
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
I met you in a little town
Your smiles coverin’ up my frown
Your eyes runnin’ up and down
Whether you knew it or not
Come with me to Northridge
Come with me to Northridge
It’s the place of my birth
I can’t believe what I’ve done to myself
You tried hard still I died inside
Believe me when I say to you
I’ll still be strong though I’ve cried
I feel like a hundred men
Thinkin’ ‘bout where I been
But inside of me I’ve got this locked
What can I do but talk
The leaves they’re falling in my head
The rain it’s falling like I said
When will all the wind stop blowin’
When will I be free to get where I’m goin’
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6. |
Because It's December
04:06
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Because It’s December
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
A winter day
The sky is standing still
The snow is grey
I think I need a pill
(Na na na…..) I’m sliding down the hill
(Na na na…..) I’ll climb back to the top
Because it’s December
I see your crooked smile
Because it’s December
The Savior is a child
Because it’s December
The sun is cold as ice
And now I remember
The headlights burning bright
I think I’ll stay
Like hibernating bears
Inside a cave
And dream away despair
The children’s cheery smiles
Will keep me for a while
The sky is standing still
I think I’ve caught a chill
But memories we share
Will wash away despair
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7. |
Truth
05:07
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Truth
Ruby Bird, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
The polar ice is melting, the Amazon still burns
And some still aren’t convinced we’re past the point of no return
And we just keep on doing like we haven’t got a clue
But Truth it has a funny way of catching up with you
Yeah Truth will set you free, oh yeah
Don’t want anyone to worry ‘bout me I know that
Truth will set you free
Truth will set you, Truth will set you free
The pale horse is riding on a continent in pain
And children go to slaughter by a government insane
And we can look out yonder, enjoy the pleasant view
But Truth it has a funny way of catching up with you
Now you might say to your friend “I don’t believe at all
That God is waiting in the wings to make the final call”
But it doesn’t matter what we might think is true
Cause in the end the Truth is gonna find its way to you
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8. |
Bridge 51
02:45
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Bridge 51
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
I’m riding just for the sake of today
I’ve seen some trouble along the way
Some people give up the journey too soon
Old roots can make a new flower bloom
On Bridge 51 there is a long way to fall
On Bridge 51 I’ll steer away from the siren’s call
I’m so glad I’ve got you to show me the way
Without you I’d probably lose my way
New highways will always be where we belong
It’s wide open, just like we’re twenty-one
On Bridge 51 there is a long way to fall
On Bridge 51 I’ll steer away from the setting sun
Bridge 51 I can see further than where I’ve gone
Bridge 51 I’m rolling over the horizon
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9. |
Written in the Stars
03:53
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Written In the Stars
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
I don’t care if no one wants us
I don’t care what people think about us
As long as we’re together
We’ll be happy to the letter
It’s not important we’ve got no money in the bank
We’ve got no one to thank for that but ourselves
What if we grow old and grey
Like everyone around us said we would
Our parent’s warnings crashing all around us
Like so much driftwood
Well at least we’ll have the memories of a lifetime
Never having to think twice I’m sure of that
Well I wonder if it’s all been planned
By a greater power than me
If we live or die, if we’re rich or poor
Is it written in the stars?
Well if that’s the case and we can’t erase
The things that are to be
Then I won’t ask why, I won’t ask for more
Than what’s written in the stars
Time will tell us if we’ve done wrong
We may live to hear the swan song
Ringing in our ears forever
Long beyond the twelfth of never
On the other hand we might just get it right
But either way the guiding light will be our love
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10. |
Green Jam
01:27
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Green Jam (Instrumental)
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
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11. |
Raindrops
04:09
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Raindrops
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
In my room the shades are all drawn low
Tapping little fingers on my window
Oh I want to feel the raindrops on my face
Yes I need to feel the raindrops on my face
When the sun is up and the sky is blue
And your love is all around
It’s surrounding me, it’s distracting me
Like a hallway full of sound
Still I want to feel the raindrops on my face
And I want to be transported into space
Like some reckless meteor that’s lost its place
And your love will cushion me against the fall
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Tuning In / Tuning Out (Radio Edit)
©Ruby Bird / Billy Carl Mancini, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Do you remember that time at Jon and Nancy’s?
We were all still young and free and wild
We took a ride to find a book of smiles inside
Just a mile past Alan’s barn
Who am I…
I’m tuning in to listen to your beating heart
Who you are…
If you can hear me squeeze my hand
Where we are…
I want to filter out the static and the dark
Give me a sign you understand
So I stepped out of your car and the sky exploded
Blasted by a billion zillion stars
And you said, “Bet ya don’t see that much in the city”
And we just looked at the stars…
For what seemed a long time…
But was probably just a minute
Who am I…
I’m tuning in to listen to your beating heart
Who you are…
If you can hear me squeeze my hand
Where we are…
I want to filter out the static and the dark
Give me a sign you understand
Who am I…
I’m tuning in to listen to your beating heart
Who you are…
If you can hear me squeeze my hand
Where we are…
I’m tuning out the news that everyone is dead
Give me a sign you understand
I’m tuning in, you’re tuning out
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Bird Mancini Boston, Massachusetts
“…a cosmopolitan fusion…pop music in the most adventurous, inclusive sense of the term.” -The Boston
Globe
Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini, better known as BIRD MANCINI, Boston's acclaimed accordion/guitar rock duo/band features eclectic and at times a bit psychedelic rock with lush vocal arrangements, blues-tinged guitar, accordion, harmonica, and a variety of percussion, bells and whistles.
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