01 In the Stairwell
In the stair, in the stairwell tonight
Playing you, holding true to my delight
Lyrics low, fingers slowing down
It’s like pillow talk with chords in reverb drowned
Minor 9ths and dark blue lines pulse in my veins
The rhythm builds and bass line fills float in my brain
I’m on the verge, melodies merge and swell
It’s what I do with you in the stairwell
02 Laid Back Road
It doesn’t matter much where you been
Twice as much as where you’re headed and when
Time is pulling us in a dizzy fuss
A dozen different directions a day
Ain’t too long till it starts wearing thin
A laid back road feels better to me
A long sweet stroll that happens leisurely
A laid back road, you wanna come along
I’d love to have you digging my songs
I hear you digging my songs
We all got this time-bomb buried inside our chest
And it’s not too fair but it stops when it thinks best
So measure your hat size, coolly accessorize
A dozen funky selections a day
But in the bye-and-bye it won’t really impress
A laid back road feels better to me
Like a chilled-out slice of peaches and cream
A laid back road, you oughta come along
I’d love to have you digging my songs
I hear ya digging my songs, yeah
Just breathe now…
03 Slow Motion
Shhhh dear, the neighbors will hear
Gotta keep it down, if we’re gonna keep this up
Oh my, our king-size dreams
Good for rolling around in and making love
Deep in the sheets, it’s never neat
We’ll reach the point of no return
When all we yearned for was a kiss
The office desk becomes a mess
It’s only flesh with which we press
To make these moments melt to bliss
And this is our love in slow motion
Stretching out time, re-fueling our dreams
We drink it all down like a homemade potion
And this is our love in slow motion
Shhhh love, it’s morning I know
But sometimes it’s nice in this lazy state
Please approve, ya won’t have to move
It’s gonna go like clock-work, then back to sleep
Sometimes the stairs does the trick
It tends to stick, it just takes a while
If ya close your eyes you’re lost somewhere in time
Recall the boats, between the slips
The linen sails became a veil
A calm accomplice to our crime
And this is our love in slow motion
Naming the stars, floating downstream
You wanna head south, such a naughty notion
And this is our love in slow motion
And this is our love in slow motion
Walking on clouds, up in the jet stream
If we divvy it up to a perfect quotient
This is our love in slow motion
04 Still Miss You
Quarter till dusk time, white curtains sway
Cicadas singing as I sip a smoky cabernet
A neighbors mowing, I hear children play
And records spinning on the Hi-Fi
And a lady’s voice reverberates
Sometimes I miss you
I guess I just miss you
Baby, I miss you again
Lavender perfume on her neck in summertime
Trips we went on and all the hills that we climbed
And I lived for her smile, the pleasure dancing in her eyes
A smile that could’ve powered the world
But met its demise
Sometimes I miss you
I guess I still miss you
Baby, I miss you again
05 Caramelized
Let’s all head over here and caramelize
Grab that sautéing pan and those sharp knives
Keep the heat low, gotta go slow
Now add the oil
Onions never tasted so sweet
As once they’re caramelized