Stained Glass
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| CD and Vinyl 2024 | |
| Track list (Click on a song title to see its lyrics.) | ||||
| 1. | Call It Human | 5:49 |  |
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| 2. | Fool's Gold | 4:16 | |
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| 3. | Odds & Ends | 3:42 | |
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| 4. | Morningstar | 5:16 | |
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| 5. | Blame It On The Milky Way | 3:42 | |
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| 6. | One Kind Word | 4:01 | |
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| 7. | Set My Course | 2:55 | |
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| 8. | Empty Avenues | 4:48 | |
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| 9. | Together Soon | 4:05 | |
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| 10. | Sorry | 3:32 | |
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| 11. | Sun Will Go Down | 3:59 | |
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| 12. | Black & Blue | 2:06 | |
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| 13. | Avalon By The Sea | 3:31 | |
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| 14. | Beautiful Flower | 3:39 | |
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| 15. | Patience Of A Lion | 4:05 | |
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| 16. | Souls Connected | 6:09 | |
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| Total Time: | 65:00 | |||
Call It Human
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
Everyone is broken
as far as I can tell
And if everyone is broken
perhaps it’s just as well
We find ourselves another word
for the common state that we are in
Let’s call it human
We all fall short We all regret
We all have hurts we can’t forget
Some need a pill
Some need the will
We all have holes we need to fill
The highs and lows
The ebbs and flows
In some it hides in some it shows
But its alright Yeah it’s alright
Fool's Gold
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
There’s a voice I hear tells me not to wait
Got to have the new got to satiate
There’s a better life there’s a perfect mate
There’s another destiny there’s another fate
Aah Collecting
Aah Projecting
There’s a place I go and I get lost inside
Got to get my fix got to feed my pride
There’s a better cure there’s a perfect face
There’s another finish line there’s another winning race
Aah Collecting
Aah Projecting
Fool’s Gold tales that I’ve been told
Sparkling and cold everything I think I need
Fool’s Gold a bag that I’ve been sold
The treasure that I hold all turns out to be
Fool’s Gold
There’s always a bigger prize always a better thing
I got to fill that hole got to grab the ring
Aah Collecting
Aah Projecting
Fool’s Gold tales that I’ve been told
Sparkling and cold everything I think I need
Fool’s Gold a bag that I’ve been sold
The treasure that I hold all turns out to be
Fool’s Gold Fool’s Gold yeah
(solo)
There’s a voice I hear tells me not to wait
Got to have the new got to satiate
Fool’s Gold tales that I’ve been told
Sparkling & cold everything I think I need
Fool’s Gold, a bag that I’ve been sold
The treasure that I hold all turns out to be
Fool’s Gold
Fool’s Gold yeah
Fool’s Gold
Fool’s Gold yeah
Fool’s Gold
Odds & Ends
(Written by Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon)
Never burned a bridge
Though I’ve been upon that ridge
& The fields I played have been on either side
We were lovers of the past
But the parts have been recast
I was absent on that day they wrote the guide
Now the reason we’re still cool
We’re each other’s April fool
& We laugh away the pride
& The reason we’re still friends
We are made of odds & ends
But the odds are on our side
We align & break some bread
Or the theater instead
& It feels just like we never lost the time
& It’s you who I lean toward
When I need a sounding board
May our lives now & forever be entwined
Now the reason we’re still cool
We’re each other’s April fool
& We laugh away the pride
& The reason we’re still friends
We are made of odds & ends
But the odds are on our side
(Instr.)
Now the reason we’re still cool
We’re each other’s April fool
& We laugh away the pride
& The reason we’re still friends
We are made of odds & ends
But the odds are on our side
Ooh now the reason we’re still cool
We’re each other’s April fool
& We laugh away the pride
Ooh & The reason we’re still friends
We are made of odds & ends
But the odds are on our side
Yeah the odds are on our side
Morningstar
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
It was a haven from the downpour
An oasis in the storm
It was a home for wayward souls away from home
Where all the walls were stained with music
The colors echoed down the hall
The songs were moving free and easy
From down below I heard the third floor window sirens call
Morningstar you showed me the beauty
where the empty spaces are
You filled my head with FM radio guitar
And color in a jar
Morningstar
Taught me to trust my inner vision
“Just close your eyes and go by feel”
You showed me nothing could be wrong if it was real
Yeah, a compulsory elective
A kaleidoscope of gems I carry still
Re-inforcing my perspective
I kept them in my pockets and I know I always will
Morningstar you showed me the beauty
where the empty spaces are
You filled my head with FM radio guitar
And color in a jar
Morningstar
Morningstar
Showed me the power in the light and in the dark
Gave me the keys to travel near and travel far
With color in a jar
Morningstar
Blame It On The Milky Way
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
We couldn’t know what the night would hold
We kinda thought we would take it slow
But the sun came down
And the beat came on
And we lost ourselves
Who’s to blame?
Blame it on the Milky Way
Shining love a billion ways (from the Universe)
Blame it on the Milky Way
Shining love a billion ways
Yeah, we were tripping in the glow of the starry light
We didn’t know it could glow so bright
But the guard came down
And the heat came on
And we found ourselves
Nothing’s been the same
Blame it on the Milky Way
Shining love a billion ways (from the Universe)
Blame it on the Milky Way
Shining love a billion ways
One Kind Word
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp, John Vester)
I see your eyes I feel your pain
It’s tough to be alone
Target on your back my friend
By no fault of your own
You hold your breath & close those eyes
& Long for yesterday
& Pray the ones who keep you down
Retreat & walk away
One cruel word can tear your world apart
Leave you in the dark
But I know that
One kind word can mend a broken heart
Don’t be scared to tell me that
You feel afraid today
& You can tell me disappear
& I will go away
Wish that I could be the one
Who takes you underwing
If I could make the hurting stop
You wouldn’t feel the sting
One cruel word can tear your world apart
Leave you in the dark
But I know that
One kind word can mend a broken heart
I see the magic in you anyway
A phoenix from the ashes here & now
I count the days ’til you can rise & truly fly away
From those who think they’re holier than thou
(Solo)
I know that
One cruel word can tear your world apart
Leave you in the dark
& I know that
One kind word can mend a broken heart
Your broken heart
Set My Course
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Andre Kemp)
Every day I choose
Come rain or shine or blues
to try and set my course the best I can
All because a girl
danced into my world
And told me I could use a better plan
A plan with eyes looking upward
With hands that reach for the sky
A plan where I’m looking inward
A plan with love in my eye
So I will set my course when I wake up
To be where I intend to be
Yeah I will set my course
To reach those sunny shores
And see what I will see eventually
Now I don’t claim to be
Enlightened suddenly
Though I’ve learned a thing or two along the way
All because someone
Shining like the sun
Showed me how to greet the coming day
A day with eyes looking upward
And hands that reach for the sky
A day where I’m looking inward
A day with love in my eye
So I will set my course when I wake up
To be who I intend to be
Yeah I will set my course
To reach those sunny shores
And see what I intend to see eventually
Empty Avenues
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
Someday someone might not believe my story’s true
When I feel into a life that wasn’t mine
And sang the words that other men would often sing
Reminisced the days of rose and wine
I never thought that there would ever come a day
When I would have to live alone or die
My tears would run and fill up empty avenues
Now suddenly those avenues are dry
So I say let’s get the music started while we can
Bring yourself to the corner for dancing and wine
Let’s pack it up and do it all again
Cause we’ll be singing together somewhere down the line
I’d never want to make a scene in front of you
But it brought me down it brought me to my knees
Forever fallen from the man I used to be
When I was flying like the boy on the trapeze
I lost the chance to colorize my poetry
& I could only sing in shades of gray
But you write a song & everyone comes back again
& Suddenly the band begins to play
So I say let’s get the music playing while we can
Bring yourself to the corner for dancing & wine
Let’s pack it up and do it all again
Cause we’ll be singing together somewhere down the line
(Solo 1/2 verse, sung 2nd half verse)
I fear someday they won’t believe my story’s true
But I can tell you it was all too real
Now I’m looking down on all these crowded avenues
High atop this spinning ferris wheel
So I say let’s get the music playing while we can
Bring yourself to the corner for dancing & wine
Let’s pack it up and do it all again
Cause we’ll be singin together somewhere down the line
Yeah we’ll be singin’ together somewhere down the line
Ooh somewhere down the line
Together Soon
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
It’s not the kind of thing we talk about
But we’ve got to find a way
A civil war we all can do without
But it grows closer every day
I pray we come together soon
I pray we come together soon
Now I don’t need you to agree with me
Your opinion is your own
But we gotta share the same reality
In a land we both call home
I pray we come together soon
I pray we come together soon
I pray that we all agree on kindness and decency
That one day we all agree on truth and factualities
An what kind of world we leave
Let’s fix it before it’s too late
I pray we come together soon
I pray we come together soon
(Solo)
Sorry
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
I don’t want to be that guy
Who comes on to you too strong
& I don’t want to say some thing
I regret my whole lifelong
Well I don’t want to stare too long
Or give you the 3rd degree
Cause I don’t want to feel this way
If you don’t feel that way about me
So I’m sorry for breaking my own rules
But no one else has made me act this way
Yes I’m sorry like I’m back in middle school
Just say the word & I will fade away
I don’t mean to turn you off
Or jeopardize your freedom
& I don’t mean to overstep
Or overstay my welcome
Didn’t want to call too soon
Or call too late you see
Didn’t mean to freak you out
Like I’m on my bended knee
So I’m sorry for breaking my own rules
But no one else has made me act this way
Yes I’m sorry like I’m back in middle school
Just say the word & I will fade away
(Instr.)
Yes I’m sorry for breaking my own rules
But no one else has made me act this way
Yes I’m sorry like I’m back in middle school
Just say the word & I will fade away
You know I’m sorry for breaking my own rules
But no one else has made me act this way
Yes I’m sorry like I’m back in middle school
Just say the word & I will fade away
I will fade away I will fade away
Tell me who are you who who who are you
Tell me who are you to make act this way
Sun Will Go Down
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
Holding on to what you know cause you want to make it last
Holding on to what you love but it’s now become the past
Finding you’re not armor clad
When those memories make a good day bad
But remember oh remember please remember my friend
The sun will go down and you can get some sleep tonight
While you drown your heart and mind in the seconds of the day
Clock is ticking all the time but the twilight’s on it’s way
Can’t get out and can’t break free
Like you’re swimming in an endless sea
But remember oh remember please remember my friend
The sun will go down & you can get some sleep tonight yeah
Oh the sun will go down & you can get some sleep tonight
You can sleep the sad away
To give you strength to face another day
Oh remember yeah remember please remember my friend
The sun will go down & you can get some sleep tonight yeah
Yeah the sun will go down & you won’t have to fight the fight
Well the sun will go down & you can get some sleep tonight
Tonight you can get some tonight
Black & Blue
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
I always thought that we grew up
Relatively the same
Same block same schools same teachers same rules
Some even shared the same name
and when it came to the bad guys
We knew the wrong from the right
In the movies, on the street
a bully politician cheat
We knew them all on sight
The funny thing is, we all say to ourselves
I’m not the one who changed
I’m not dyed blue dyed red brainwashed spoonfed morally
rearranged
Once upon a time the truth was black and white
as far as we all knew
but now the truth ain’t black and white
it’s black and blue
Avalon By The Sea
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
Santa Catalina in the rising sun
Glassy morning crossing through the haze
Emeralds of the Island as her shape appears
Casino like a lighthouse shows the way
Tide rolls in & out & laps upon the shore
The sounds of water like poetry
Feeling so familiar to be landing here
Captured by the mermaid I’m set free
Are you coming to Avalon
Are you ready to travel on with me
Are you coming to Avalon
By the sea
Santa Catalina in the afternoon
Memories like the shadows grow so long
Roses on the water Lovers in the air
Just like we were living in a song
A touch of heaven you feel so far away
But it’s only 26 miles across the sea
As the sun goes down the harbor lights come up
I know this is where you’re meant to be
So are you coming to Avalon
Are you ready to travel on with me
Are you coming to Avalon by the sea
Cause when you’re in Avalon
Troubles will soon be gone
When you wake up in Avalon by the sea
By the sea Avalon Sisters shake it
By the sea Avalon Sisters shake it
By the sea Avalon Sisters shake it
Are you coming to Avalon
Are you ready to travel on with me
Are you coming to Avalon by the sea
Cause when you’re in Avalon
Troubles will soon be gone
When you wake up in Avalon
By the sea
Santa Catalina in the moonlight glow
Beautiful Flower
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Andre Kemp)
She flirts with birds
She heals with words
She is passion she is joy
And she is power
She frames the world with the rule of thirds
And her name means beautiful flower
She agrees with trees
She communes with the seas
Every second of every minute of every hour
Her morning smile brings me to my knees
And her name means beautiful flower
Believe it or not
This one in a million woman is in love with me
And believe it or not she sees everything in me that I want to be
Believe it or not I love her like I’ve never loved
anybody else before
Yeah I’m with her (Beautiful Flower)
She’s with me (Beautiful Flower)
It’s like she’s wearing wings every time she sings
Like a Shama thrush from high in a tower
She’s a daughter of the cold water where the mountain rings
Cause it knows her name means beautiful flower
Believe it or not
This one in a million woman is in love with me
And believe it or not she sees everything in me that I want to be
Believe it or not I love her like I’ve never loved anybody else
before
Yeah I’m with her (Beautiful Flower)
She’s with me (Beautiful flower)
Patience Of A Lion
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
Patience, you’ve got the patience of a lion
You scratch & claw you won’t get in
And you’ll be prowling ‘round again
You give me pleasure I don’t deny you give me pleasure
But it don’t make no flowers grow
I think it’s time for me to go
There goes my phone again
Now should I pick it up or let it ring
Our little love affair don’t mean a thing
If we can’t tell the world
I must admit that we’ve been having fun
We got ourselves in trouble my son
But me myself you know it’s all or none
If we can’t tell the world
It’s time for supper I got you singing for my supper
My soup is hot it’s gonna’ burn
So grab a bowl & wait your turn
I see the people the people calling us a liar
Souls Connected
(Written by Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Andre Kemp)
I saw a photo of you
Something clicked inside
Something old and new
Let's keep it casual you said
Flying under the radar
A little walk in the afternoon
Hello, it's so surprising
to catch each other's eyes and
find something new under the sun (what in the world has just
begun?)
So crazy unexpected
Souls Connected
I think of all the million things
That had to happen just to
Make that day unfold
There were heartbreaks here, adventures there
Now we could feel it in the air
Something so glittering and bold
Hello so cool to see ya
So strange yet so familiar
What in the world has just begun? (Feels like this could be the
one)
Two old hearts resurrected
Souls connected
Not exactly what we’d planned
Closed your eyes and took my hand
When I heard you laughing something began…
Hello so good to meet you
The past becomes the future
Feels like this could be the one (Something new under the sun)
Look what we manifested
Souls connected
I had given up on thinking anything like this could ever be
Now I could swear that I can hear the rest of my life calling out to me