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NSAI San Diego Meeting July 19, 2020

With Special Guest Gloria Sklerov

Emmy Award-Winning Hit Songwriter


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Flamenco Moon
 

Chris Anderson

Flamenco Moon
By Chris Anderson
619-980-5191
chrismusic92020@gmail.com

Verse 1
Senorita can’t you see
What your love has done to me
I see deep within your eyes
The promise of paradise

Verse 2
Let me hold you in my arms
Partake of your sweet charms
Feel the beating of your heart
Never want to be apart

Chorus
Dance the night away under
The Flamenco Moon
Then make love tonight under
The Flamenco Moon



Verse 3
Red rose between your teeth
Leaves me with the firm belief
I am your one true desire
Who’s heart you set afire


Verse 4
Amante por favor
Will you dance for me some more
Sus palmas y castenets
Makes me long to taste your lips

Chorus

Instrumental Interlude

Verse 1 repeat

Verse 4 repeat

Chorus

Guitar solo

Outro

Baila, la luna flamenco

Performed by The Jamacha Project: Mark Phillips-Guitar, Tom Williamson-Bass, Barry Cogdill-Keys, Jim Buehl-percussion, Chris Anderson-Guitar


What You Don't Remember

Rick Karatas

                   What You Don’t Remember
                        (Rick (Sudi) Karatas)
 
I can still taste the soup you made
While I was home sick from school
I recall the day you taught me to swim
In our next door neighbor’s pool
 
I saw you stand and applaud
When I was on stage in my cap and gown
You still mean so much to me
But to you, I’m a stranger now
 
          I won’t forget what you don’t remember
          Each precious moment we were together  
          You’ve been robbed of your memory
          Slipping further away from me
          But that won’t stop my love for you
          That will last forever,
          I won’t forget what you don’t remember
 



You were there when my bride and I
Nervously walked down the aisle
I was proud when you held your new grandson
On your face a radiant smile
 
          Repeat Chorus
The light once in your eyes
Has been replaced with a blank stare
But in my mind are all the good times
we shared
 
 
          Repeat Chorus

          copyright  July 2020


Someday

Craig Champion


Someday                                               

Written by C. Champion, 1-20                                                                                                                                                              
    Introduction
It’s a lil’ bit strange
It’s hard to say
There’s always change
Maybe it’s all about fate…
 
           Verse I
Someday, I’ll say, tho’
 Everything’s a lil’ bit hazy
Maybe, I’ll know
How to live with coulds n’ maybes…
 
      Chorus
 Will the stars always
 Shine up above
 Will my heart
 Be full of love?
 

       Verse II
Someday, I may
Find some, other ways, to
Understand that
Everything’s, really O.K.
 
       Chorus
 
          Bridge
 Wondering, thinking
 Watching, being
 We all want freedom
 
     Verse I (repeat)
 
       Chorus
 
 
 Or, how ‘bout a jingle:
 
Everyday
I say
Everything’s
A lil’ bit better…



Fire And Ice

Yolanda Pigatt

Fire and Ice
Yolanda Pigatt Songwriter
 
Verse 1
The real you was hidden like black ice in the night
I should have listened
To my gut feeling
The snake came and whispered
He is a winner
I Took one look at you
I was bewitched by you
Had me madly
madly in love with you
Sweet like molasses
Soul dark like chocolate
You’re like
 
Chorus
Fire and ice
Day and night
You switched up on me
You must be out of your mind
Fire and ice
Day and night
You switched up on me
You must be out of your mind
 


Verse 2
I was head
Head over heels for you
I Would do anything for you
One minute you’re cool
The next you’re not it’s like
Prince Charming meets dirty John
Blinded by darkness
Too far from the light
Feel like I’m living in hell
Boy you’re mind ain’t right
You’re like
 
Chorus
 
Bridge
Ha ha ha crazy crazy crazy
Ha ha ha you’re so evil baby baby
Ha ha ha crazy crazy crazy
Ha ha ha you’re so evil baby baby
 
Chorus
 
02/2019
Written by
Yolanda Pigatt BMI
yolandapigatt@gmail.com
9512928655


Alchemy Gold

Peter Hlavin


Alchemy Gold Rev 5.6
Copyright @ 2020 by Peter Hlavin
Singers: Trev Siebold & Sabrina Sapal
 
VERSE1                                  
I was shepherd boy tending flock of sheep     
Dreamin’ of my travels under sycamore tree         
Met a righteous King from the village of Salem
Who sent me on a journey ‘cross a desert land
 
MAKTUB!  MAKTUB!
 
Eyes met my truelove, no coincidence coincidence
Whipped-up desert sands and I grew in confidence
Heeded signs and omens, my world has a soul             
Met genie alquimista who turned metal into gold
 
MAKTUB!  MAKTUB!
 
PRE-CHORUS 1                     
Look for omens, look for signs
Risk and adventure keep your quest alive                     
 
CHORUS 1                             
Take a slice of life from philosopher’s stone
Mix love and soul together, that’s alchemy gold       
 
One-part life, two-parts soul                
Three-parts love, makes alchemy gold
 



VERSE 2                                 
Reached the pyramids and cried on dunes of sand
Dug for treasure where my teardrops land
Robbed by bandidos and beaten to a pulp
Found clue to riches providing me with hope
 
MAKTUB!  MAKTUB!
 
Reset my compass with arrow pointing north
To the sycamore tree where I first set forth
Found my treasure trove, felt the touch of a kiss
Perfume of my love on the levanter winds
 
MAKTUB!  MAKTUB!
 
CHORUS 2                             
Repeat

 
BRIDGE                                  
MAKTUB!
So, it is written
Realize your destiny your only obligation
 
MAKTUB!
Está escrito
Never stop dreamin’ of your personal legend
 
MAKTUB!
Il est écrit           
Courage helps you understand the universal language
 
MAKTUB!
'Iinaha maktuba
Follow your heart for desire leads to treasure
 
INSTRUMENTAL                    
Nylon guitar
 
RIDE-OUT                               
One-part life, two-parts soul
Three-parts love, makes alchemy gold
One-part life, two-parts soul
Three-parts love, makes alchemy gold
 
MAKTUB!
So, it is written
 
MAKTUB!
Está escrito
 
MAKTUB!
Il est écrit
 
MAKTUB!
'Iinaha maktuba
 
---------------------------------
©2020 Peter Hlavin (Journeyman LLC) - BMI
Website: www.iamjourneyman.com
Email: iamjourneyman17@gmail.com
Phone: (949) 973-7525 
Pronounced: le·vant·er
/ləˈvan(t)ər/
 


Dennis O'Connor

Kings For The Night

KINGS FOR THE NIGHT
 
Brother and me
Used to dig up lead
At the trooper trainin range 
We’d hear those shots when the firin stopped        
Pick Em out of the sand and clay                                                            
Haul Em back in an old red wagon             
Wash Em off as the sun would set                                                                                
Daddy drive us down to get our pay
From the man at the tackle and bait
 
We were Kings 
Kings for the night
It was long ago 
It was once upon a time
Had a pocketful money
Not a worry on our minds
Bein Kings
We were Kings for the night
 
Cranes in
Dusty arcades 
That were loud as Jersey Thunder
Wet dollar bills sandy change
Pin ball machines sneaking in late
 


Pay was ours
To do what we want       

Always came home with empty pockets

Spinnin wheel shoulda been been a toll

For the time I spent and the quarters it stole 
 
We were Kings 
Kings for the night
It was long ago 
It was once upon a time
Had a pocketful money
Not a worry on our minds
We were kings
Kings for the night
 
Took a walk down the beach
The other night where we used to roam
Between father time and the hurricanes 
There was nothing left unchanged 
 
But the moon and the ocean breeze
Made me close my eyes
I could feel that free
I could hear those sounds
I could see my brother and me
 
Bein kings
Kings for the night 
 
It was long ago
It was once upon a time
We were Kings
Kings for the night


Wow

Larry Jay


wow—larry jay

My girl takes me to a place
that I’ve never been
I like to go there everyday
I can’t wait to get back in
this place ain’t on any map
not on any road
she’ll be coming over soon
and I’ll be good to go
------------------
I got a lover that drives me crazy
with every little kiss she kills me saves me
we’re just getting started later on we’re going downtown
she holds my hand and pulls me in
I go back to that place again
when she takes me on a trip- late at nite and theres no one around
she takes me to a place that makes my heart go wow



------------------------------
I like where we r going
when we stay inside my room
sometimes we don’t get to sleep
till the sun shuts down the moon
my girl is the kind of girl
that inspires country songs
she makes me wanna cruise all day
I like the way we get along


Gentle Beginnings (Instrumental)

Janet Snare


Kiss Me Now

Artie Weitz

KISS ME NOW
©2020 Artie Weitz/Garry Corman
 
You named all the constellations in the moonlit sky
You shared your dreams of makin' a difference with your life
We laughed and joked and we got close around a bottle of merlot
The red wine's givin' you the green light baby don't stop till I say so

Yeah, I think you should kiss me now
A little less talk a lot more wow
Boy I know that you know how
So comeon, comeon, comeon, kiss me now

Ooo that felt really nice, why don't you come in
We could have some coffee with your sugar for sweetenin'
Let me set the mood for what's comin' soon and put some music on
Do you know that Jimmie Cliff song, "You can get it if you really want"
Do you want it baby
 



Yeah, I think you should kiss me now
Who needs talk when we've got wow
Boy I know that you know how
So comeon, comeon, comeon, kiss me now  
 
        Now that the tender light of mornin’ has appeared
        And you’re still here 
 
Yeah, I think you should kiss me now
Who needs talk when we've got wow
Boy I know you know how
So comeon, comeon, comeon,
Comeon, comeon, comeon,
Kiss me now, kiss me now, just kiss me now


Love You Not

Karen Yates
LOVE YOU NOT
                                                     
Not lookin’ for love
It’s too hard to find
Been up and down that road too many times
 
Just lookin’ at you
Smilin’ back at me
Let’s believe for now this is meant to be
 
Let’s keep pretending…
This is never-ending…
 
CHORUS
Oh yeah
Love you not!
Oh yeah
Not too hot!
No expectations, complications, broken hearts
Oh yeah
Love you not!


Not lookin’ for love
I’m makin’ that clear
And hopin’ you’re not lookin’ for it here
 

 
Promise me this
If I start to fall
Shake me awake and take me to the mall
 
Let’s keep pretending…
This is never-ending…

CHORUS
 
Not lookin’ for love
You’re disarming
Please stop acting like my new Prince Charming
 
You’re so my type
And in demand
If I need to run, you should understand
 
Bridge
Let’s not blow it
Live the moment
Less is more
Like I told you
Love is taboo
Shut that door
 
Let’s keep pretending…
This is never-ending…
 
CHORUS +
Oh yeah
Love you not!
No expectations, complications, broken hearts
Oh yeah
Love you not!
 
Uh-Oh…
Is it getting hot in here?

karenannyates@yahoo.com


Forever With You

Mary Ann Daugherty

Forever With You
Lyric by Mary Ann Daugherty
Carl E. Baldassarre
 
Verse
If somehow each hour could last a day
That wasn't meant to fade away
I would need more time to say
How much I love you in every way
Every single way
 
If I had a thousand wishes granted
There is only one that I would need
That's because the day I met you
Was the greatest gift I've ever received
 
Chorus 
There is nothing I'd rather do
Than spend forever here with you
There is nothing I'd rather do
Than spend forever with you
 

Verse
When we're together nothing else exists
You've got a smile I can't resist
Let's tune the world out while we're dancing slow
You feel so good you know I can't let go
 
Chorus
There is nothing I'd rather do
Than spend forever here with you
There is nothing I'd rather do
Than spend forever with you
 
There's nothing I'd rather do
Nothing I'd rather do
What I wouldn't do
To spend forever with you
 
To spend forever with you
 
 
Contact Mary Ann Daugherty
Mdaugherty1313@gmail.com  
440-836-2669


Can't Stop Me Now (Instrumental)

Andy Sells


Angel City

Amy Loftus


Amy Loftus
 
Angel City
 
I stand on the ocean beaches are my seams
I am filled with dreamers dreamin up their dreams
I’ve made room for millions over three centuries
Girls on trains from Kansas their dads in factories
Junkies smoking in afternoon sun out on balconies
And queens and kings made out of mail room employees
           
i’m a city of angels
angel city
i’m a city of angels
 
I’m 1 i’m 10 i’m slower when i am 405
I’m waiting for the call with you and i am on your side
I’m the air up on Mulholland that is still pure and clean
You who drove from Tennessee on faith and gasoline
You who cry in small apartments hoping to be seen
I am here look at my mountains and breathe you’ll know what i mean
 



I am ladies of the canyon a horse in a blooming meadow
I am more than sportscars, stars and 90210
I am also gangs in south central, people sleeping on the street
Mothers behind bars on windows son covered in a sheet
Housewives on the golf course ignoring gunfire heat
And you who know solution is no a diplomatic feat


Take Back Your Love

Jessie Lark

Take Back Your Love
Jessie Lark

Verse
I know I’m not without my faults
But I try so hard to give you all of me
It doesn’t mean a thing

My hands are sore from tug of wars
Tear stained night and keeping
score of all we’re lacking

Pre-chorus
I just want to hold you
And make you know I care
Haven’t I told you
I’m not going anywhere

Chorus
It just hurts too much
When you take back your love
I need you to stay
If you keep pushing me away
I won’t be strong enough to take
back your love



Verse 2
I can’t live this way forever
When loving you gets hard to
weather you’ll Cind me
Swept up in the tides

Do you think that I deserve this?
To be pushed around for your sole
purpose to hide from anything
that shines?

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Bridge
Please let me come home
Please let me come home,
Please let me come home
Don’t make me come home

Chorus


What Would Jesus Do

Paul Jacques


What Would Jesus Do?

 
Verse 1:        
Lately I've been seeing some things
coming out of my TV
Too many people crying
Too many chanting, “Only we!”
I can hear your anger
And it makes my heart go still
Jesus spoke of a sword, it’s true was it really for blood to spill?
 
Pre-Chorus:
Heard a saying while back
And it seemed to make some sense
Maybe I’m just naïve
But I think it went something like this
 


Chorus:           
Tell me what, just what
Tell me what would Jesus do?
If it’s all about love and justice
Is it just red, white, and blue?
Were He really God’s son, once come
Are you sure that He’d carry a gun?
‘Cause from what I’ve seen, obscene
And I’m really just not so sure that if He knew
Tell me what would Jesus do?
If He were you

Verse 2:
It doesn’t always seem it’s true
Have we really come a long, long way?
The moral arc of history
Does it really bend justices’ way
You see the passion and anger
It’s hard to quell all the doubt and fear
I’ll never stop dreaming of the day
That our peace is finally here
 
Pre-Chorus / Chorus / Solo / Chorus
 
Words & Music by Paul Jacques & Scott David Kissack

8 Ways To Avoid Stingrays

Cliff Keller


8 Ways to Avoid Stingrays - Cliff Keller
 
Intro:
There are 8 ways to avoid sting rays
But you only hear about one
Gonna tell you about the other 7
While keepin it simple and makin it fun
 
Chorus:
8 ways to avoid stingrays,  8 ways.
8 ways to avoid stingrays,  8 ways.
 
  1. Ask a lifeguard for advice
  2. Avoid rivermouths and rip tides
  3. Don’t go alone, follow other people
  4. When you wade, do the stingray shuffle
  5. Avoid the sand, walk on pebbles
  6. Watch your step,  see where they settle
  7. Slap your board or hands to warn them
  8. Use a leash, keep your feet off the bottom

 

Chorus:
8 ways to avoid stingrays, 8 ways.
8 ways to avoid stingrays, 8 ways.


Like Like Famous

Elliott Brown

Like Like Famous

Written by: Cameron Walt and Elliott Wilde

Verse 1:
On my phone, on scrolling spree
When the premonition came to be
I guess you’d say it was programmed fate
Cause the algorithm showed you to me

Pre Chorus:
I don’t care about these likes because they’re not from you
I’ll keep on posting every night until you see me too

Chorus:
I wanna be Like Like Famous
A million followers would probably do
I wanna be Like Like Famous
It’s all a waste unless you follow me too



Verse 2:
I do some dance and post each day
maybe this will make you notice me
My guitar plays, and I try to sing
But it ends up somebody’s meme

Pre Chorus:
I don’t care about the comments I’m a nerdy guy
I ain’t never gonna quit until I catch your eye

Chorus

BREAKDOWN:
Like like
Like Like Famous
Like Like
Like Like Famous
You slip into my DM’s
Like Like
Like Like Famous
Hashtag, I wanna see em

Chorus

Copyright 2020


Amour (Lyrics)

Brie Burns

Amour
Brie Burns
 
 
VERSE 1
Stay a little longer
Don’t break the illusion
Star-crossed lovers
Play along with my delusion
 
Dreamers trapped in reverie
Rebels of reality
But eventually truth will meet fantasy
When the worlds collide
Oh, won’t you greet me on the other side?
 
Amour, you’re the muse in my heart
Forevermore, you’ll live on through my art
Phantom composer of my score
You hold me ransom as your troubadour


VERSE 2
Fall with me
Into the season of reason
Where the rain beats a gentle sweet rhythm
Showered with pain; a lamenting lyricism

Tell me, my love
Which is more regrettable:
Cutting our fairytale short
Or prolonging the inevitable?
 
CHORUS
 
BRIDGE
We stomped out the fire
But the embers still remain
Extinguish them
Before they reignite the flame
 
CHORUS
________________________
Brie Burns
(253) 219-5545
sgburns1991@gmail.com


Straight To The Good Part

Cameron Walt


Straight to the good part
By Cameron Walt

VERSE
One of us left the ice cream out
One of us left the coffee boiling
Somehow we forgot about dessert

Cause tonight just drew us in
With tension or adrenaline
Couldn’t have gone better if rehearsed

oh we did our best to take it slow
But we both knew where we wanted to go

CHORUS
Straight to the good part
when we just can’t help ourselves
Straight to the good part

Straight to the good part
Yeah we don’t need nothing else
Straight to the good part
 



VERSE 2
It takes two to play the game
And with you it never feels the same
Not when you look at me that way

A little race from both our chairs
A little chase on up the stairs
I love it when your wild side can play

Cause right now we’ll give the urge no fight
save the candles for another night

BRIDGE

CHORUS


Life's On Standby

Sabrina Sapal

Singer/Songwriter: Sabrina K Sapal
Guitar: Rio Grande
Music: StringVibe

Is there a place that we could meet right now because of these changes?
I finally know what it feels like for those poor things in cages
We could say hi on zoom but there will be no hug exchanges

How do we feel right now
And what do we do right now

(We will fly up to the sky
Like free little butterflies
Yes our life’s on standby
But I’m still waiting for our cup of chai) 2x



How do we make up for the time we didn’t have together?
We’ll smile a little bigger around a fire in cold weather
And make some crazy jokes about each other altogether

That’s what best friends do
And that’s how we carry through

(We will fly up to the sky
Like free little butterflies
Yes our life’s on standby
But I’m still waiting for our cup of chai) 2x

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