Angels & Vampires - Volume I: Lyrics & Credits

Angie

Angie, Angie
when will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie
where will it lead us from here?
with no loving in our souls
and no money in our coats
you can't say we're satisfied
but Angie, Angie
you can't say we never tried

Boolay Boolay
Boolay Boolay
Boolay Boolay Boolay Boolay
Boolay Boolay Boolay Boolay Boolay Boolay!

Hypnotized while
flying above the horizon
Analyzed and
found out to be surprising
I asked them if
they had some beer
and that's when
I began to hear

Boolay Boolay
Boolay Boolay
Boolay Boolay Boolay Boolay
Boolay Boolay Boolay Boolay Boolay Boolay!

'cause I can't hold it back forever
'cause I got love enough for two
but I can't limit my understanding
just because you want me to

'cause I can't squeeze my love forever
because my heart is turning blue
but I can't limit my understanding
just because you want me to

'cause I can't hold it back forever
because my love is strong for you
but I can't limit my understanding
just because you want me to

when
lonely for a friend
this is what love recommends:
holding out your arms
expecting nothing in return
or
blowing out the candle
of your love
before it burns

Shine
put it all on the line
let your worry stay behind
toss your hair
into the air
and let your ribbons flow
singing out the suffering
that only heaven knows

let's go spinning 'round
let's go spinning 'round
let's go spinning 'round
like the fools we are
hold each other tight
make it last all night
on this ship of fools
breaking all the rules

Lay
there's no need today
to rush around and scare away
all the birds of paradise
around your window sill
blowing love into your heart
when you have time to kill

I'm Your Daddy

Hush now baby
and don't you cry,
'cause I'm your daddy
The one you wanna know
Hush now baby
and hold me tight
'cause I'm your daddy
The one you wanna know

It's a mean world

Just be yourself

It's a mean world

and that'll solve the mystery

It's a mean world

Just be yourself

'cause I'm your man

Hush now baby
and don't you cry,
'cause I'm your daddy
The one you wanna know
Hush now baby
and hold me tight
'cause I'm your daddy
The one you wanna know

It's a strange world

Just be yourself

It's a strange world

and that'll solve the mystery

It's a strange world

Just be yourself

'cause I'm your man

Hush now baby
and don't you cry,
'cause I'm your daddy
The one you wanna know
Hush now baby
and hold me tight
'cause I'm your daddy

It's a mad world

Just be yourself

It's a mad world

and that'll solve the mystery

It's a mad world

Just be yourself

'cause I'm your man

Hush now baby
and don't you cry,
'cause I'm your daddy
The one you wanna know
Hush now baby
and hold me tight
'cause I'm your daddy

Sleeping in a waking dream
swimming with my favourite dolphin
frankincense and mermaids in jeans
'cause things ain't always
What they seem

I will follow your love forever
'cause I see the flame
when I look into your eyes
when I look into your eyes
when I look into your eyes
DOLPHIN

Swimming at the break of day
Traded my slippers for my flippers
And threw all my anchors aweigh
& eavesdrop when Dolphin say:

I will follow your love forever
'cause I see the flame
when I look into your eyes
when I look into your eyes
when I look into your eyes
DOLPHIN

Dolphin easy,
Dolphin sad
But Dolphin never get too mad
My heart was dead
Until I met her
But she kissed my heart
and made it better
She kissed my heart
and made it better
She kissed my heart
and made it better
She kissed my heart
and made it better

I'm sleeping in a waking dream
swimming with my favourite dolphin
frankincense and mermaids in jeans
'cause things ain't always
What they seem

I will follow your love forever
'cause I see the flame
when I look into your eyes
when I look into your eyes
when I look into your eyes
DOLPHIN

I've seen your thunderclouds and I've seen your rain
But I love you more when you share your pain with me
I've seen the winds of change swallow your seeds of grain
But I love you more when you share your pain with me

Dream your dream
Dream lover
Light the dawn
'cause when you dream
another light goes on

We ought to be living together as one
and not fighting apart as two
but that is a sentiment
that's bound to be mocked
without reason
as sure as my name
has changed the game
we will do all that we can do
to fill up the ranks
with fewer tanks
and more thanks
for our seasons

We are the living!
We are the living!
LAMA SABA THANAI
We are the living!
We are the living!
AND WE'D RATHER FIGHT THAN DIE!

We ought to be praying together
that we're not laying together
dead
because of the differences
that shake up like fizz
with our neighbours
as sure as the sun is shining
we must be redefining
love
and concentrate
on what we lose
if we wait
with our labour

We are the living!
We are the living!
LAMA SABA THANAI
We are the living!
We are the living!
AND WE'D RATHER FIGHT THAN DIE!

People on the left and people on the right
their children are dying
fathers are pacing
and at the windows facing
mothers are crying
while senators are lying

We are the living!
We are the living!
LAMA SABA THANAI
We are the living!
We are the living!
AND WE'D RATHER FIGHT THAN DIE!

I know that
IT AIN'T BEEN EASY
I feel your pain
I feel your pain
I know that
IT AIN'T BEEN EASY
I feel your pain
HERE WE GO AGAIN!

How long must I stand and beg
for someone else's daddy
to unchain my leg?
How long must I stand and beg
for someone else's daddy
to unchain my leg,
unchain my leg?

I know that
IT AIN'T BEEN EASY
I see your blood
I see your blood
I know that
IT AIN'T BEEN EASY
I see your blood
falling like a flood

How long must I stand and beg
for someone else's daddy
to unchain my leg?
How long must I stand and beg
for someone else's daddy
to unchain my leg,
unchain my leg?

SANANDA
is my name
and I was dead before
I ever knew the game
I only sleep
'til dawn
to remind myself:

I know that
IT AIN'T BEEN EASY
and I know it has
to make you laugh
I know that
IT AIN'T BEEN EASY
A golden calf
BUT NOT ON OUR BEHALF!

How long must I stand and beg
for someone else's daddy
to unchain my leg?
How long must I stand and beg
for someone else's daddy
to unchain my leg,
unchain my leg?
unchain my leg,
unchain my leg?

All in all

I ramble slowly

down the back streets where they know me

All in all

I felt degraded

it left me less than stimulated

All in all

I sowed my treasures

and sold them for the empty pleasures

All in all

I felt degraded

All in all

I was the mystery killer
I was the mercury filler
I laid down and wished I was dead
I woke up and found out that I was
I was the mystery killer
I was the mercury filler
I laid down and wished I was dead
I woke up and found out that I was

All in all

I painted pictures

with fading light and fading fixtures

All in all

the mystery's over

I rolled it with a four leaf clover

All in all

the clouds were forming

around the castles I was storming

All in all

the mystery's over

All in all

Bella Faccina

Sei una donna moderna
Ti mantieni da sola
Sei indipendente
Tell me: 'are you a buyer or are you a renter?'

Ho voglia di baci
Se sei quella giusta
Avvicina la bocca
I'll put out your fire if you are a smoker!

Se ti porto a casa
È la tua fortuna
Ma tu non fare la pazza
Se non mi adori: vai, hasta la vista!

Dammi le tue mani
Senti la mia pelle
Sotto i Jeans Cavalli
Scoppio di caldo: come and feel my body!

The Kind Of Girl

If I were a pirate
on your seashore baby,
would you still come out to sea with me?
I'd rather die than be without you
I'd rather die
but the way I feel I'd rather fly

you look like the kind of girl
a boy could take home to his mother…
you look like the kind of girl
a boy could take home to his mother…

if I were an astronaut
in your space baby,
would you let me take you to the moon?
you are the stars I send my thoughts to
you are the stars
not a fable like the man from Mars

you look like the kind of girl
a boy could take home to his mother…
you look like the kind of girl
a boy could take home to his mother…

If All I've Got

If all I've got is her memory,
If all I've got is her memory,
I say to thee:
If all I've got is her memory,
Than I have got
all the remedy
and the melody
that I'll ever need

She knows me
and now I'm that much closer to heaven
She loved me
and now I'm flying over the rainbow
just paint fresh pictures
in my mind
before you go

If all I've got is her memory,
If all I've got is her memory,
I say to thee:
If all I've got is her memory,
Than I have got
all the remedy
and the melody
that I'll ever need

Losing Becomes Too Easy

I was gonna write and sing America
and copyright© my song
I was gonna sing a simple melody
and try to get along

but more free
more free
I just had to be
more free
more free
more free
I just had to be
more free

it's so all about you baby
is it a crime
to take a stolen moment
and make it rhyme?

'cause if you don't feel the pain
Losing becomes too easy
and if you don't know the game
Winning becomes too hard
and if you don't feel the pain
Losing becomes too easy
and if you don't know the game
you'll never win again

I was gonna start a revolution
but I couldn't find the time
plus I got afraid of all the paperwork
that I would have to sign

more free
more free
I just had to be
more free
more free
more free
I just had to be
more free

it's so all about you baby
and this I swear
I see all your velvet flowers
are in my hair

Daddy Can I Have A War?

Daddy can I have a war?
I had no army before
Let me finish off what you never did
And sell it off for the highest bid

Maybe maybe maybe
The time has come
To spare the mother's babies
Who'll come back numb

Daddy can I have a war?
Our hardware must be paid for
Military mamas dishing the lead
The same hands that tuck 'em in bed

Maybe maybe maybe
The time is here
To spare the father's children
Who'll disappear

Daddy can I have a war?
Because I speak for the Lord
We must remember to preach
(Except turn the other cheek)

I've been around for thousands of our years
And walked a lonely trail
Floated on rivers of our tears
And love was not for sale
Then I met a she
And found my remedy!

She
Is gentle like the breeze
That knocks me to my knees
And her name is Gloria
And I'd have never known this heart at all

She
Is peaceful like the waves
That whisper Jesus saves
And her name is Gloria
And I'd have never known this heart at all
I'd have never known this heart at all without her

I tried to trade all my camels for
Just a little more rain
And wore my stains as my stepping stones
To justify the pain
Then I met a she
And found my remedy

She
Arouses love in me
Her birds fly through my trees
Singing songs of Gloria
And I'd have never known this heart at all

She
Is peaceful like the stars
Who play their own guitars
And her name is Gloria
And I'd have never known this heart at all
I'd have never known this heart at all without her

She
Is gentle like the breeze
That knocks me to my knees
And her name is Gloria
And I'd have never known this heart at all

She
Is peaceful like the waves
That whisper Jesus saves
And her name is Gloria
And I'd have never known this heart at all
I'd have never known this heart at all without her

She Knows I'm Leaving

She knows I'm leaving
And might not come home
We may lose pebbles from our family stone
I'll do my duty
I won't back down
But in truth, I'd rather stay around

Please Lord
Can we come to our senses
Lord
And start mending our fences
Lord
And look through much brighter lenses
Lord

She knows I'm leaving
And prays that she
Can root the branches of our family tree
My mother wears
Her worries in her hair
But these are the thorns that the rose must bear

Please Lord
Can we come to our senses
Lord
And start mending our fences
Lord
And look through much brighter lenses
Lord

Right Brain Says

Golden child remember:
it's all in your head
Right brain says: remember,
WHAT YOUR PAPA SAID!
Painted child remember:
the light is not always red
Right brain says: remember,
WHAT YOUR PAPA SAID!
Breathe….
Breathe….
Right brain says: remember,
WHAT YOUR PAPA SAID!

Sleepy child remember:
the world is your bed
Right brain says: remember,
WHAT YOUR PAPA SAID!
Dreamy child
he rest his head
where clouds are instead
Right brain says: remember,
WHAT YOUR PAPA SAID!
….Breathe
….Breathe
Right brain says: remember,
WHAT YOUR PAPA SAID!

Credits:

All songs written*, arranged, produced and performed by SANANDA MAITREYA
Engineered by Emiliano (Emo) Alborghetti
Assisted by Matteo Cantaluppi
Mixed by Emo and Sananda
Recorded at Jungle Sound Station in Milano - ITALY
(* except Angie by Jagger-Richards)

Angie
Words and music: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Drums were by 'Drumsound'
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Organ Roland VK8
Guitars were Gibson super Jumbo acoustic and Gibson SG Standard
going through a Fender Pro Junior Amp

Boolay Boolay
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound'
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitars were Gibson super Jumbo acoustic and Gibson SG Standard
going through a Matchless Amp

More Than You Do
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound'
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitars were Gibson SG Standard
going through a Matchless Amp
Organ Roland VK8

Reach Out
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (the blue kit)
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Keyboards were Piano Yamaha P80 and Roland VK8

I'm Your Daddy
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (the blue kit)
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitars were Gibson BB KING Lucille going through both
a Matchless Amp and a Fender Pro Junior

Dolphin
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (the blue kit)
Bass Epiphone Viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitar Fender '62 Jaguar through a Fender Pro Junior amp
Keyboards / Horns / Strings courtesy of Roland VK8

Time Takes Time
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound'
Bass Epiphone Hofner Viola through a Hafner preamp
Piano & Electric Piano Yamaha P80
Organ Roland VK8

Share Your Pain
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (a local Milanese custom drum maker)
Bass was Ephiphone Viola Bass
Guitars were '64 Fender Jaguar and Gibson BB King Lucille
Organ was a Roland VK- 8
Electric Piano was a Yamaha
and I used a new favourite Amp Orange with a double channel head
also by Orange

We Are The Living
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (the blue kit)
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitars two Stratocasters (Luther Means® and Willhelmina)
one through a Fender Pro Junior and the other through a Fender Vibroverb
and a Gibson Lucille through a pro Junior
Keyboards courtesy of Roland VK8

It Ain't Been Easy
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (the blue kit)
Bass Epiphone Viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitars were Gibson BB KING Lucille
(which like the man said: you can have in any colour you like as long as it is black!)
And Jacaranda SFM custom both through a Marshall amp
Keyboards were courtesy of Roland VK8

Psychotherapy
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (the blue kit)
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitars were two Stratocasters (Luther Means® and Willhelmina)
one through a Fender Pro Junior and the other through a Fender Vibroverb
and a Jacaranda Sananda edition guitar through a Cry baby' wah pedal through a Fender pro junior amp
Keyboards courtesy of Roland VK8
All backing vocals and vocals by Sananda

Bella Faccina
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound'
Bass was Ephiphone Viola
Guitars were '64 Jaguar and Lucille
Strings Roland VK- 8
Orange Amp and head

The Kind Of Girl
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (the blue kit)
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitar was Fender Stratocaster '90s model
through both a Matchless Amp and a Fender Pro Junior

Losing Becomes Too Easy
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (the blue kit)
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitars was Fender Stratocaster through a 'Cry baby' wah pedal through a Fender pro junior amp
Piano was Yamaha P80
And other sounds from Roland VK8

Daddy Can I Have A War?
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Engineered by Matteo Rovatti
Mixed by Sananda and Matteo
Pearl drums, Epiphone Viola bass, Gibson BB King
'Lucille' Model 335, Fender Telecaster Custom, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer electric piano and Kurzweil K2000.
The Amp was a Fender Twin Reverb and vocal was a Pronoun!

Gloria (Maitreya's Song)
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound'
Viola Bass and Jacaranda Fretless 5 string
Guitars were '62 Jaguar and '72 Fender thinline Telecaster custom
Organ was a Roland VK- 8
Orange Amp and head and Fender twin
Saxophone was a Selmer and played by MICHELE MONESTIROLI

She Knows I'm Leaving
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Engineered by Matteo Rovatti
Mixed by Sananda and Matteo
Gibson Jumbo Custom acoustic, Kurzweil K2000,

Right Brain Says
Words and music: Sananda Maitreya
Drums were by 'Drumsound' (the blue kit)
Bass epiphone viola through an Ampeg preamp
Guitars were Gibson BB KING Lucille going through both
a Matchless Amp and a Fender Pro Junior



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