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Leaving the Rat Race
03:16
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RAT RACE
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
(Verse 1)
Waking up, I ‘m faced with the things I should do
My dreams were so nice, I wish they’d come true
My perfect day is a clean empty page, to do what I want and get out of this cage
I’m gonna’ leave this maze, leave this rat race behind
(Hook)
Rat race, rat race, rat race
Rat race, rat race, rat race
(Verse 2)
We’re told what to buy, except when we sleep
Business makes money and keeps us all sheep
We’re bound up by rules that curtail our lives; we’re taxed more each year while the government thrives
I’m gonna’ leave this maze, leave this rat race behind
(Hook)
Rat race, rat race, rat race
Rat race, rat race, rat, race
(Chorus)
Gonna’ kick off my shoes, walk in the rain, turn off my fuse
And slow down time to find a sweeter life
Why don’t you come with me - we’ll lie down under the willow tree
And see how good the world could be – we’ll get away and say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Rat race must end, rat race must cease, leave us alone so we can live our lives in peace!
Rat race must end, rat race must cease, leave us alone so we can live our lives in peace!
(Verse 3)
What ever happened to good common sense?
People make mistakes at my expense
I’ll move to an Island and live off the land
Sing my own music, make up my own band
I’m gonna’ leave this maze, leave this rat race behind
(Chorus)
I’ll become a dragonfly and escape this swamp when I fly up high
And slow down time to find a sweeter life
Why don’t you come with me; we’ll hang out in the willow tree
And see how good the world could be – we’ll get away and say goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
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2. |
In the Pines
04:03
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IN THE PINES
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
Copper evening hillsides, ridged against the sky
Run down to the water’s edge, to be silhouetted by the sea
And you and I are nestled in the pines that blow easy and free
In the pines that blow easy and free, in the pines that blow easy and free
In the pines that whisper to you and me
Within our slice of rose glow, from June’s strawberry moon,
Peace reigns in the heavens and with earth’s creatures of the night
And you and I are poised to soar, you and I are poised to soar
You and I are poised to soar, like red-tailed hawks in flight
Like red-tailed hawks in flight, like red-tailed hawks in flight
We’ll fly to our heart’s delight
I wish that we could dwell, in this Eden so far away,
Where nature can cast her spell, and time is eternity
Stay with me, stay with me, oh won’t you stay with me, stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me, oh, please stay with me, stay with me
As stars pursue their courses, and sea tides rise and fall
The drowsy scent of lavender is wafting in the breeze
And love’s intoxication, love’s intoxication
Love’s intoxication is blowing through the trees
It’s blowing through the trees,
It’s knocked us to our knees
It’s knocked us to our knees
The pines whisper to you and me
That time - that time is an eternity
Let’s soar - soar - to our heart’s delight
And make memories of this night
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3. |
Sail Away (Newport)
03:35
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SAIL AWAY
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
I walk the streets of this old town
Newport is my home
I see the ocean shining bright
It beacons me to roam
I'll leave the desk that ties me down
To hear the seagulls squawk
I'll feel the wind upon my face
And head down to the dock
Sail away, sail away, sail away, I'll just sail away
Sail away, sail away
Into the sparkling water on this beautiful day
We'll grab our gear and buy some chips
And stow the ice and beer
And greet the other sailors as we stride along the pier
Once we're aboard, we'll raise the jib
And hoist the main full sail
I've got the tiller, you hold the sheet
Now, let the wind prevail
Sail away, sail away, sail away, we'll just sail away
Sail away, sail away
Into the sparkling water on this beautiful day
Sail away, sail away
Sail away, sail away
We'll sail our boat into the sun
As light fades to the west
With salt blown hair and wind burned skin
It's time to take a rest
We'll catch our mooring, call the launch
Tie up all the sails
And go ashore to have a bite, relax
And tell some tails
Sail away, sail away, sail away, we just sailed away
Sail away, sail away
Into the sparkling water on this beautiful day
Into the sparkling water on this beautiful day
Into the sparkling water on this beautiful day
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Will You Pull Strings or Give Me Wings?
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
(Verse 1)
Mix me up and turn me upside down
It’s a challenge having you around
I’m searching for the master key
You appear to be a mystery man
I examine all the clues I can
But I’ve seen the way you look at me -oh
(Verse 2)
You give to me and I give to you
Isn’t that what couples do
What finally happens in the end?
Full moons gone, memories linger on
Are you Prince Charming, or just Don Juan
Is this for real or just pretend?
(Chorus)
I’m ready for another round, I’ll swim fast so I won’t drown
and I’ll get my feet back on the ground, ground, ground
You made me fell so many things
I dream of love and golden rings
Will you pull strings or give me wings, wings, wings?
Hey, hey, hey
(Verse 3)
I get fed up with the things you do
But like a magnet, I’m drawn to you
We’re yin and yang in every way
We fly so high, then we fall apart
Muddling through matters of the heart
I think of leaving, but not today - no
(Bridge)
Tick, tock, goes the clock – time is a wastin’
Every part of me’s invested in you
Do I stand here all alone – am I in a danger zone
How will I know?
What should I do?
(Chorus)
I’m ready for another round, you set me up to knock me down
But I’ll get my feet back on the ground, ground, ground
You’ve made me fell so many things
I dream of love and golden rings
Will you pull strings or give me wings, wings, wings?
REPEAT 2x
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5. |
Como Vai Meu Brasil
03:09
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COMO VAI MEU BRASIL
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
Como vai, meu Brasil, como vai, meu Brasil
Como vai, meu Brasil, como vai, meu Brasil
I've came to your great city
Sao Paulo is big and busy
But the Paulistas have their fun
There is room for everyone
Rio's a place I love
With the Corcovado high above
And Ipanema is where to go
To see the Carioca fashion show
Como vai, meu Brasil - como, como vai
Como vai, meu Brasil
Como vai, meu Brasil - como, como vai
Como vai, meu Brasil
Never want to leave Bahia
It's the sol and mar and comida
And the music of carnival
Made me fall, fall in love with Brasil
I fell in love with Brasil
I fell in love with Brasil
I fell in love
Como vai, meu Brasil - como, como vai,
Como vai, meu Brasil - como, como vai
Como vai, meu Brasil - como, como vai
Como vai, meu Brasil - como, como vai
Eu deixei meu coracao em Brasil
Eu deixei meu coracao em Brasil
Tehno saudade do Brasil
Tenho saudade do Brasil
Eu te amo, meu Brasil
Eu te amo, meu Brasil
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THAT’S WHEN I THINK OF YOU
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
Dark clouds form in the autumn sky
Leaves dance twirling when the breeze whips by
That’s when I think of you
Deep in the woods, I feel free and wild
I seek adventure like a teenage child
That’s when I think of you
Life goes on and on
I live in my own dream
It’s quite familiar now, with one recurring theme
Late at night, I scan the heavens
When I close my eyes, then you appear
You don’t know how much I miss you
How could I live one day without you in my life
I try to work but memories block my way
I’m caught off guard almost everyday
It’s when I think of you
I take a walk on a windy day
I see the geese traveling on their way
That's when I think of you
I cling to yesterdays, the future’s not too clear
But in this moment now
I wish you were here
Late at night, I scan the heavens
When I close my eyes, then you appear
You don’t know how much I miss you
How could I live one day without you in my life
Looking up at the palette of stars
And the wonder of what they are
Making a wish I hope will come true
And all the while, I’m thinking of you
I can’t fight it anymore
You’re the key, and I’m the door
Don’t want to live and feel I’ve missed
Being with the one that makes me want to exist
I can’t fight it anymore
You’re the key, and I’m the door
Don’t want to live and feel I’ve missed
Being with the one that makes me want to exist
Late at night, I scan the heavens
When I close my eyes, then you appear
You don’t know how much I miss you
How could I live one day without you in my life
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YOU’RE THE FIRE OF MY DESIRE
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
We're on a luscious island, with no one else in sight
Just you and me together in the night
The stars are in the heavens, the waves lap on the shore
Just you and me together evermore, evermore, ever evermore
Take some paper, take some wood
Light a match, watch it burn
The flames are jumping into the night
Fingers of fire, for my delight
Feel the hear - feel the heat
Feel the heat - feel the heat
The flames are getting hotter
Oh, baby, the flames are getting hotter
Oh, baby, the flames are getting higher
Oh, baby, the flames are getting so high
You're the fire of my desire
When we touch, it's electrifying
I'm a moth drawn to your flame
I feel this heat, and you're to blame
You're the fire of my desire
When we touch, it's electrifying
I'm a moth drawn to your flame
I feel this heat, and you're to blame
I'm on fire - whenever you're near me
Ooh baby, I'm on fire - whenever you're near me
Ooh baby, I'm on fire - whenever you're near me
I'm on fire - - - I'm on fire
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I’ve Found My Home in You
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
How many times I have wandered
How many times I have roamed
Always looking for a place that I would call my home
Now I've found my home in you
How many miles I have traveled
Only to find I've gone nowhere
The best times in my life are the ones that I've shared
Now I share these moments with you
I would retreat when I felt overwhelmed
And hide feelings so no one would see
Now I run to the arms that are open to me
And I'm just where I want to be
How many chances I've wasted
Keeping the words inside my heart
Never saying all the things, I really meant to say
Now I say all these words to you
How many times I have wandered
How many times I have roamed
Always looking for a place that I would call my home
Now I've found my home in you
I have found my home in you
I've found my home in you
Hum, etc.
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9. |
Love Is
03:36
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LOVE IS
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
Some say love is fickle
Love can also be blind
Love is something that finds you
It isn’t something you find
Love starts with a flicker and builds into a fire
Love makes me tingle inside
And it lifts me higher and higher
Your love has got me, your love has got me now
Your love has got me, your love has got me
Your love, your love, your love, your love
Your love has got me now
Your love, your love, your love, you love
Your love has got me now
Skeptics say love’s a pain in the ass
It never seems to last
It’s bitter, then sweet, then it’s goodbye
But how do you know if you never take a risk
And let your heart run free
Just give love, give love a try
Give love, just give love a try
Good love is unconditional - it never grows old
Love is stronger than death and its value is greater than gold
Love is a gift we’re given – it’s outside out control
Love makes our lives worth living
It rocks me right to my soul
Your love has got me, your love has got me
Your love, your love, your love, your love
Your love has got me
Your love, your love, your love, your love
Your love has got me now
Your love has sought me, your love has caught me
Your love has taught me, and your love has got me
So, give me more, give me more
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Will You Pull Strings or Give Me Wings?
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
(Verse 1)
Mix me up and turn me upside down
It’s a challenge having you around
I’m searching for the master key
You appear to be a mystery man
I examine all the clues I can
I’ve seen the way you look at me -oh
(Chorus)
I’m ready for another round, I’ll swim fast so I won’t drown
But I’ll get my feet back on the ground, ground, ground
You made me fell so many things
I dream of love and golden rings
Will you pull strings or give me wings, wings, wings?
Hey, hey, hey, hey
(Verse 2)
You give to me and I give to you
Isn’t that what couples do
What finally happens in the end?
Full moons gone, memories linger on
Are you Prince Charming, or just Don Juan?
Is this for real or just pretend?
(Chorus)
I’m ready for another round, you set me up to knock me down
But I’ll get my feet back on the ground, ground, ground
You made me feel so many things
I dream of love and golden rings
Will you pull strings or give me wings, wings, wings?
(Bridge)
Tick, tock, goes the clock – time is a wastin’
Every part of me’s invested in you
Do I stand here all alone – am I in a danger zone
How will I know?
What should I do?
(Chorus)
I’m ready for another round, you set me up to knock me down
But I’ll get my feet back on the ground, ground, ground
You’ve made me fell so many things
I dream of love and golden rings
Will you pull strings or give me wings, wings, wings?
Repeat chorus until fade out
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11. |
The Highwayman
09:07
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The Highwayman
BY Alfred Noyes
Music ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding, riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
He’d a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,
A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin.
They fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots were up to the thigh.
And he rode with a jeweled twinkle, his pistol butts a-twinkle,
His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jeweled sky.
Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard.
He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred.
He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter, Bess, the landlord’s daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
And dark in the dark old inn-yard a stable-wicket creaked
Where Tim the ostler listened. His face was white and peaked.
His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like mouldy hay,
But he loved the landlord’s daughter, the landlord’s red-lipped daughter.
Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say—
“One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I’m after a prize to-night,
But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
Then look for me by moonlight, watch for me by moonlight,
I’ll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.”
He rose uptight in the stirrups. He scarce could reach her hand,
But she loosened her hair in the casement. His face burnt like a brand
As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;
And he kissed its waves in the moonlight, (Oh, sweet black waves in the moonlight!)
Then he tugged at his rein in the moonlight, and galloped away to the west.
He did not come in the dawning. He did not come at noon;
And out of the tawny sunset, before the rise of the moon,
When the road was a gypsy’s ribbon, looping the purple moor,
A red-coat troop came marching, marching—marching—
King George’s men came marching, up to the old inn-door.
They said no word to the landlord. They drank his ale instead.
But they gagged his daughter, and bound her, to the foot of her narrow bed.
Two of them knelt at her casement, with muskets at their side!
There was death at every window, and hell at one dark window;
For Bess could see, through her casement, the road that he would ride.
They had tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest.
They had bound a musket beside her, with the muzzle beneath her breast!
“Now, keep good watch!” and they kissed her. She heard the doomed man say—
Look for me by moonlight, watch for me by moonlight;
I’ll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way!
THOUGH HELL SHOULD BAR THE WAY
She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good!
She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!
They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years
Till, now, on the stroke of midnight, cold, on the stroke of midnight,
The tip of one finger touched it!
The trigger at least was hers!
The tip of one finger touched it. She strove no more for the rest.
Up, she stood up to attention, with the muzzle beneath her breast.
She would not risk their hearing; she would not strive again;
For the road lay bare in the moonlight; blank and bare in the moonlight;
And the blood of her veins, in the moonlight, throbbed to her love’s refrain.
Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horse hoofs ringing clear;
Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear?
Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill,
The highwayman came riding—riding—riding—
The red coats looked to their priming! She stood up, straight and still.
Tlot-tlot, in the frosty silence! Tlot-tlot, in the echoing night!
Nearer he came and nearer. Her face was like a light.
Her eyes grew wide for a moment; she drew one last deep breath,
Then her finger moved in the moonlight, her musket shattered the moonlight,
Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him—with her death.
He turned; he spurred to the west; he did not know who stood
Bowed, with her head o’er the musket, drenched with her own blood!
Not till the dawn he heard it, and his face grew grey to hear
How Bess, the landlord’s daughter, the landlord’s black-eyed daughter,
Had watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.
Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky,
With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high.
Blood red were his spurs in the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat;
When they shot him down on the highway, down like a dog on the highway,
And he lay in his blood on the highway, with a bunch of lace at his throat.
And still of a winter’s night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,
When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
A highwayman comes riding—riding—riding—
A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.
Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard.
He taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred.
He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter, Bess, the landlord’s daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
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12. |
Backward Turn Backward
03:25
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Backward, Turn Backward
(Based on the poem “Rock Me to Sleep” by Elizabeth Allen)
Music and lyrics ©2016 Terry Taffinder Grosvenor
R&T Grosvenor Publishing
Backward, turn backward, oh time in your flight
Make me a child again, just for tonight
Bring back warm summers and dreams of the past
Slowing each moment that now moves so fast
Take from my forehead the furrows of care
Smooth all the silver threads out of my hair
Show me green gardens of beauty and light
Take me away to these places tonight
Backward, turn backward, oh tide of each year
Leave me with family and friends that are dear
Strike up the band with sweet music and song
Play a fine tune that will last a life long
Running down pathways that pass by the sea
Laughing at nothing, we’re once again free
Dancing and twirling beneath the moonlight
Take us away to these places tonight
Many a summer, the grass has grown green
Blossomed and faded, our faces between
Years have flown by, but it often shall seem
All of our years have been only a dream
Years have flown by, by it often shall seem
All of our years have been only a dream
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Terry Taffinder Grosvenor Newport, Rhode Island
Terry Taffinder Grosvenor is a seasoned professional musician and composer. She has performed around the world, earning accolades from New England to New York, London, Rio and Japan. She has been involved with three rock bands, solo, duet, and trio performances, and has given countless concerts in schools, libraries and venues for families in New England. Her husband, Rick, does her production. ... more
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