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sweet baby blues

Words and Music - Jim Marconi and Dolinar Spahija
Executive Producer - Jim Marconi
Producers - Jim Marconi and Dolinar Spahija

1. Sweet Baby Blues
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2. Lost And Blue
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3. Been Down Before
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4. Where Is Home
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5. Never Let You Go
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6. A Storybook Tale
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7. Can't Believe My Eyes
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8. A Soul's Journey
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9. I Gotta Know
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10. Hard To Say Goodbye
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01 Sweet Baby Blues
Lead vocals- Jim Marconi
Back up vocals- Jim Marconi and Dolinar Spahija
All instruments- Elton Deda
Arrangement-Dolinar Spahija and Elton Deda
Orchestration recorded in New York City
Engineer- Elton Deda
Vocals recorded- Pacifica Studio, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineer- Byron Nemeth

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When I look into your big blue eyes I’m simply blown away
That the love we both hold deep inside grows stronger everyday

And I know it’s true that in the past I might have gone astray
But I want to tell you here and now that I am here to stay

And I’m grateful for the patience that you’ve shown me in the past
You have given me a love I see is surely gonna last

Now before you roll your big blue eyes and dismiss my silly rhyme
It may sound absurd but rest assured, you gotta believe this time

(CHORUS)
Let me say three words I love you, can’t stop thinking of you
I’m lost without you and your two sweet baby blues
Let me hear you say ya love me, as you wrap your arms around me
I’m lost without you and your two sweet baby blues

Yes I took your love for granted, not what you’d call romantic
I lost sight of what’s wrong and right and that’s not so very bright
Then a revelation hit me, a vision came so clearly
You and those two sweet baby blues

Well my life changed in that moment, like a thunderbolt it was sent
Forever I’ll remember that cold December
I was lost now I can see, what had always been before me
Those big blue eyes that never lie

(CHORUS)
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02 Lost And Blue
Lead vocals-Margo Scruggs and Michael T. Snow
Back up vocals- Michael T Snow, Margo and Ramon Scruggs,
Larry Johnson and Jim Marconi
Piano-Moss Stanley
Trumpet- Kenny Davis
Bass- Brian Glodde
Drums- Jeff Clinton
Keyboards- Dolinar Spahija
Arrangement- Dolinar Spahija
Recorded at Pacifica Studios, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineer- Byron Nemeth

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Told me you 're leaving, say it's not true
You tell me that it's over, what can I do

I tried hard to tell you, why I had to go
I never ever meant to,hurt you so

I can't go on, your love is gone
I can't go on, no place to run

Feel like an orphan, lost and blue

I feel like an orphan, lost and blue

Orchestration solo

Four in the morning, eyes open wide
Another day to get through, without you by my side

The days go by slowly since I walked out on you
I’m left feeling lonely, lost and blue

I can't go on, I can't go on, your love is gone
I can't go on, I can't go on, no place to run
I’ll carry on, I'll carry on, it's dark and cold
I’ll carry on, I'll carry on, no one to hold

I can't go on, I can't go on, your love is gone
I can't go on, I can't go on, no place to run
I’ll carry on, I'll carry on, it's dark and cold
I’ll carry on, I'll carry on
No one to hold (repeat)
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03 Been Down Before
Lead vocals- Jim Marconi
Back up vocals- Jim Marconi and Dolinar Spahija
Guitar solo-Byron Nemeth
All other instruments- Elton Deda
Arrangement- Dolinar Spahija and Elton Deda
Orchestration recorded in New York City
Engineer-Elton Deda
Vocals recorded- Pacifica Studio, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineer- Byron Nemeth

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Need a moment to be alone
Some time to be off on my own
Wanna spread my wings and fly away
I know things I've got to do
All about your feelings too
And I don't know what I'm gonna do about
Me and you

Just want to be left all alone
Need a little time on my own
I've been down before
I’m feeling blue thinking strange
Ain’t nuttin but trouble ahead
I’ve been down before
Never seem to know what's in store, anymore
I never seem to know what’s in store, anymore

Operate on a different wave
Seem to get more than I ever gave
We operate on a different wave
There’s times when I forget that it’s all give and take
By the time I realize it’s already too late
It looks like trouble’s on the
Looks like trouble’s on the way

Just want to be left all alone
Need a little time on my own
I've been down before
I’m feeling blue thinking strange
Ain’t nuttin but trouble ahead
I’ve been down before
Never seem to know what's in store, anymore
Never seem to know what’s in store, I never seem to know what’s in store, never seem to know what’s in store…anymore
anymore
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04 Where Is Home
Lead vocals- Jim Marconi
Back up vocals- Jim Marconi and Dolinar Spahija
Guitar in chorus-Byron Nemeth
All other instruments- Elton Deda
Arrangement- Dolinar Spahija and Elton Deda
Orchestration recorded in New York City
Engineer-Elton Deda
Vocals recorded- Pacifica Studio, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineer- Byron Nemeth

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Korean girl is sweet sixteen, living in Seoul
Soldier boy is so in love, takes her to his home
Here’s to a new life
Feeling so lonely, here all on her own
She’s never before, felt this so alone

Learns to do and how to say, time passes by
Still retains the Asian way, to help to survive
Here's to a new life
Always keeps searching, not sure just what for
Clock it keeps turning, don't know what's in store
Feels like she’s sailing, to some distant shore

Where is home, it's wherever life finds me
This I know, that I need a space to call my own, call my own
Where is home, it's wherever life finds me
This I know, that I need a space to call my own

Her children grow child to adult, she’s done her part
Has learned to live too many years with a broken heart
Here's to a new life
Starting all over, say’s this time for me
Get where I'm going, in the land of the free

Need a space to call my own, no longer feel so all alone
Traveled far, so far from Seoul, to find a place a place called home
I'll find my way, find my way, find my way

Where is home, it's wherever life finds me,
This I know, and I finally found it
Where is home, it's where you’ll find me this I know
Where is home, it's wherever life finds me,
This I know, and I finally found it
Where is home, it's where you’ll find me this I know

Time it flies so quickly past yet somehow we grow
Through the lessons learned, mistakes made, there's this much I know
We travel a long way to find a place to call home
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05 Never Let You Go
Lead and back up vocals- Karyn Steele
Bass- Brian Glodde
Drums- Jeff Currenton
Electric rhythm and lead guitar- Byron Nemeth
Acoustic rhythm and lead guitar- Dolinar Spahija
Arrangement- Dolinar Spahija
Recorded at Pacifica Studios, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineer- Byron Nemeth

 

 

06 A Storybook Tale
Lead vocal- Jim Marconi
Back up vocals- Jim Marconi. Debbie Polidori, Cindy Good
Oboe- Ermin Gruda (Cipa)
Guitar solo- Byron Nemeth
Rhythm guitar- Dolinar Spahija
All other instruments- Elton Deda
Orchestration recorded in Tirana, Albania
Engineer- Koli
Vocals and guitar recorded at Pacifica Studios, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineer- Byron Nemeth

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Start this journey, and we know there's no turning back
Take our chances, risk is something we never lack
No indecision, both our minds on the same track
Same track

Seek adventure, without which life turns to gray
Never look back, no, no tomorrow, there is just today
Stay away from, those who want rain on our parade
Never look back, no, no tomorrow, there is just today

With trust in each other we'll both find our way
The faith in each other will help seize the day
We'll see, it will be, entirely
A storybook tale that ends happily
(repeat)

Life's like a game, so many moves to be made
Lessons learned along the way, no win or lose
It's just how you play

With trust in each other we'll both find our way
The faith in each other will help seize the day
We'll see, it will be, entirely
A storybook tale that ends happily

And we are gonna make it, just wait and see
A storybook tale that ends happily
You’ve just got to see, got to believe
In our power to create to reality
(And we are gonna make it, just wait and see
A storybook tale that ends happily
A storybook tale for you and me
With the power to create whatever will be)repeat after guitar solo

With trust in each other we'll both find our way
The faith in each other will help seize the day
We'll see, it will be, entirely
A storybook tale that ends happily
(repeat and fade)
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07 Can't Believe My Eyes
Lead and back up vocals- Ron Clinton
Trumpet- Kenny Davis
Drums- Jeff Currenton
Bass- Brian Glodde
Keyboards, percussion and acoustic rhythm guitar- Dolinar Spahija
Electric lead guitar- Byron Neneth
Arrangement- Dolinar Spahija
Recorded at Pacifica Studios, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineer- Byron Nemeth

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When I was young you where the tiny one ( one )
Not much more , more then a child
Many years go by , my how time flies ( time flies )
Can't believe , I still can't believe my eyes

I can see , you and me , burning hot it will be

Just to caress you , and find ourselves on the floor
Hands will surround you , and then you'll beg me for more
Mu nequita quita, give it all we ga-got
We'll be so very hot

Tender skin touching , our bodies so intertwined
Gaze deep in your eyes , make love so divine
Mu nequita quita, give it all we ga-got
We'll be so very hot

Still can't believe my eyes
Still can't believe my eyes
Still can't believe my eyes
Still can't believe my eyes

When I was young you where the tiny one
Not much more , more then a child
Many years go by , my how time flies
Can't believe , I still can't believe my eyes

Such a goddess , such a goddess , such a goddess walk
I can't even , I can't even , I can't even talk
My tongue it gets , it gets so tied
Still can't believe my eyes

I can see , you and me , burning hot it will be

Just to caress you , and find ourselves on the floor
Hands will surround you , and then you'll beg me for more
Mu nequita quita, give it all we ga-got
We'll be so very hot

Tender skin touching , our bodies so intertwined
Gaze deep in your eyes , make love so divine
Mu nequita quita, give it all we ga-got
We'll be so very hot

( EXTRA VERSES )

A chance to hold her , To softy feel her embrace
And just to touch her , will surely make my heart race
It will be so grand walking hand and hand
Our footprints in the sand

I hope she'll want me , and I kneel down and I pray
And then she'll kiss me , and maybe ask me to stay
It will be so lovely , such fantasy
You me and eternity

I can see , fantasy , blossom to reality
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08 A Soul's Journey
Lead and back up vocals- Jim Marconi
Drums- Toby Packard
Bass- Dallas Coffee
Keyboards and acoustic guitar- Dolinar Spahija
Lead electric guitar- Byron Nemeth
Arrangement- Dolinar Spahija
Recorded at Pacifica Studios, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineer- Byron Nemeth

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It’s all, on you, this life you live. What you take, what you give
So true, karmic rule. Do to others, done to you
Question, why you are here. The path you're on, things you fear
Answers, seem hard to find. But they’re there in your self, in your mind

Here alone, on our own
Since the time, we've been born
There's time when it seems we've been here before
Lived many lives only to live more
Lessons to learn is what we're here for
What we are here for

When the struggle is all part of a plan
Have faith in a power you don't understand
You get back all the love you send
Love you send, the love you send

My how time goes by, turn of a page, blink of an eye
All those days and nights, so many hellos, too many goodbyes
Question, all that you see, what’s purely chance, what’s destiny?
Will answers become known, when we pass on, like we’ve been told?

Here alone, on our own
Since the time, we've been born
There's time when it seems we've been here before
Lived many lives only to live more
Lessons to learn is what we're here for
What we are here for

When the struggle is all part of a plan
Have faith in a power you don't understand
You get back all the love you send
Love you send, the love you send
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09 I Gotta Know

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Not long ago there was a time when you where happy to be mine
And our life was filled ,with bright sunshine
But there's a change I can't neglect, a bad feeling a detect
Could it be you see a different me

You don't like the clothes I wear, or the way I comb my hair
You communicate to me with just a stare
Now your driving me insane, you just bitch moan and complain
About me and every little thing

I gotta know what you want me to do
You oughta know your makin me blue
I gotta know what you want me to do
You oughta know that I don't even have a clue
(repeat)

Well things have gone from bad to worse, now my life feels like a curse
Walking on egg shells all the time is just a crime
I'm not asking for too much, just sometimes a lovin touch
But your always in and out in such a rush

Wonder how things got this way, what to do and what to say
I’m feeling blue, crazy, mixed up and confused
Time for us to have a talk, maybe go out for a walk
Just try and figure out what this is all about

I gotta know what you want me to do
You oughta know your makin me blue
I gotta know what you want me to do
You oughta know that I don't even have a clue

I gotta know what you want me to do
You oughta know your makin me blue
I gotta know what you want me to do
You oughta know that I don't even have a
No no I don't even have a, know that I don't even have a clue
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10 Hard To Say Goodbye
Lead vocal- Jim Marconi
Back up vocals- Jessica Horvath, Larry Johnson, Dolinar Spahija and Jim Marconi
Piano and keyboards- Moss Stanley
Drums- Toby Packard
Bass- Brian Wildman
Lead and rhythm guitar- Byron Nemeth
Arrangement- Dolinar Spahija,  Moss Stanley and Byron Nemeth
Recorded at Pacifica Studios, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineer- Byron Nemeth

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On my own again, it's a sad affair
After so much time, left in midair
No thought, no plan wish I could understand, I can't understand
Sad and lonely, this cold dark place
Another long day, so hard to face
Life can change so fast, blink your eyes and it's past, blink your eyes it's past

We breakdown and cry, never really knowing why
It's always hard to say goodbye
We breakdown and cry, never really knowing why
It's always hard, to say goodbye

I’m left here on my own, and what can I say
I’ll find the light somehow, put sunshine on my face
Then I’ll chase the clouds, go and chase the clouds away
I’m left here on my own, and what can I say
I’ll find the light somehow, put sunshine on my face
Then I’ll chase the clouds, I’ll go and chase the clouds away

No script was written, no lines rehearsed
It’s on in five with every cue and verse
Our part we play everything we say, everything we say
Who knows the future, what might be in store
Open or lock, that most private door
Life can change so fast, blink your eyes and it's past, blink your eye it’s past

We breakdown and cry, never really knowing why
It's always hard, to say goodbye
We breakdown and cry, never really knowing why
It's always hard, to say goodbye

I’m left here on my own, and what can I say
I’ll find the light somehow, put sunshine on my face
Then I’ll chase the clouds, go and chase the clouds away
I’m left here on my own, what can I say
I’ll find the light somehow, put sunshine on my face
Then I’ll chase the clouds, I’ll go and chase the clouds away
Go and chase the clouds away, go and chase the clouds away
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