Local Man 03:58

There’s a guy next to me - Look for a way in A girl next to him - Wants to get going A guy next to her - Shaking to start A girl next to him – Wants to be a part If you believe your life’s your own and no one owns you Time keep rolling on and no one’s getting through You’re tired and frustrated from waiting for your turn Local Man - Makes good Local Man - Gets caught Headlines blare - Someone’s nightmare Disconnected from my reality Local Man - Gets married Local Man - Passes on They bury the lede - Where no one will read Life keeps rolling for the local man and me There are a people out there - Asking for a favor And people out there - Looking for a savior And people next to them - Flexing their might And one out there - who's itching for a fight If you believe we’re all connected and no one goes alone The news keeps coming in but not in our zone No notices nothing, the storm clouds that have settled on Local Man - Makes good Local Man - Gets caught Shuffle the names - But the story’s the same An endless stream of revenue Local Man - Wins the lottery Local Man - Loses their job They bury the lede - Where no one will read Nothing ever changes for the local man and you There’s a girl next to me - No plan for today A guy next to her - Just wastes away Both got their pills - Paid with a blue card They have their ration - Tied to their front yard They’ve been left on their own but cannot break through The years keep rolling on where can they go to? Others shake their heads and hope they just go away Local Man - Makes good Local Man - Gets caught We build a Promised Land for those alive Those who don’t understand just enjoy the ride Local Man - Wins the lottery Local Man - Loses their job We will build this Promised Land so while we grow Just watch your Local Man and enjoy the show Local Man - For the win Local Man - For the loss They bury the lede - Where no one will read Nothing ever changes for the local man and us

Kids in the Sun 03:38

Little red rose - I watch how it grows In the sidewalk under my window Little red rose - Summer sun glows On the sidewalk under my window Little red rose Two kinds of people in this world One's got a job the other don't know How the bills will get paid Eats them up every second of every day Me and my little bro at the top of a plateau Our bikes primed for the sharp decline Me and my little bro down the hill we go Alive and laughing in the sunshine And from my brother to my son We’re all just kids in the sun Little red rose - When the bloom shows Pressed between cellophane Little red rose - The future is froze But that bloom will always remain Little red rose Two kinds of people in this world One's got their health the other don't know If the pain will go away Eats them up every second of every day My son’s out the door a world he can explore Because he was raised on the free range My son’s out the door but I’m nervous more and more Be careful but please don’t change And for every age and every loved one We’re all just kids in the sun Little red rose I watch how it grows In the sidewalk under my window Little red rose - Summer sun glows On the sidewalk under my window Little red rose Two kinds of people in this world One's in love the other don't know if the loneliness is to stay Eats them up every second of every day A couple stands too much time on their hands Their kids were taken now they're lost in space Eyes squint real bad neither angry nor sad Family is a memory they can't replace And for every age and every loved one We’re all just kids in the sun Little red rose - Here’s how it goes There's just one kind of person I know Little red rose - All move to and fro Between comfort and pain we go Little red rose

The Final Nail 05:14

She woke up this morning and put back on her evening gown A woman with the power to take any building down She never wields the force she treats like leprosy Seduces her prey instead with unrequited clemency He found it amusing; he's a savior without a Holy Ghost Compassion has no essence when untethered to a post He made the law his gluttony and will surely come to rags Unpitied, unaccounted, and seven sins fly the same flag Destiny's bookie runs a numbers game Inmates come and go, the cell remains the same let the living bury the dead, let youth prevail Put a lid on this mess and drive the final nail He measured his responses and lit out before dawn As the right thing to do and damn the situation The judgments of the actions are not his to deny It requires faith in process and a strength to turn a blind eye He left her with her accusers a trial without a chaperone He left her with the satisfaction the same as he has always known To their crosses they obediently and willingly acquiesce They differed on pity and objectivity but shared the righteousness Destiny's bookie runs a numbers game Inmates come and go, the cell remains the same let the living bury the dead, and youth prevail Put a lid on this mess and drive the final nail He was pleased with the verdict it matched his balance sheet She was more than kind to her convictors and knelt to wash their feet Their kind spawns when it stands alone an infection of the blood Rain down from high mountain peaks and cause a lowland flood Trying to rule the world comes with costs you must absorb You put a price on the air, and the water, and the loam of our only orb You're compensated with the basics and a drop of the state's payroll They choose the experiment's variables and you remain the control An hypothesis to move us forward reject all conclusions from before Progress is in letting subjects alone and not by grabbing more The pauperized are empathized and they are happy for you to share The feeble is more agreeable in a box secured and square But what about the children! Oh, for the children we must serve And what about the rising seas and the land and we must conserve! But the children just get glassy eyed and the odds all but disappear And why does the green man prefer the suit of a global financier I could go on all day enumerating the piled failures of their rule It's a lumbers game shooting sleepy ducks in a kiddie pool Destiny's bookie runs a numbers game Inmates come and go, cell remains the same let the living bury the dead, and youth prevail Put a lid on this mess and drive the final nail Well they both came together it was as natural as it was rare You can't have one without the other it was quite the love affair Sustainability is at issue when the bookie needs an edge They pick your pockets of silver and gold as you fall from the ledge We lose when our first inclination is to be fair and nice We were the frog in boiling water but punching back is the new device Ruefully we watch that train go into the wrong tunnel pass They’ll tear this rotted shell down, and we can be the pain in the ass Destiny's bookie runs a numbers game Inmates come and go but the cell remains the same Let the living bury the dead let youth prevail Take your flawed experiment and drive the final nail

One Shot of Pity 03:45

She told me to get out in the nicest of way She said to either go drink or go pray So I’ve come in here but I won’t stay too long Confession reflection - but then I gotta move along See there was this day she didn’t feel right She was tested and we found out then we started this fight Hope can be tough when all you hear is no They put a time on her time - but what do they know? Chorus: So give me - One shot of pity And a chaser of “fight on” You mix strength and faith til the pity is gone From the - Fears at midnight To the first light of dawn I’ll take that one shot of pity But then I gotta move on Every day is now another steep climb I wonder how we used to spend all our time Cause we have just one focus all night and all day We could all use a moment when we just get away Our little girl she’s the toughest of ‘em all She’s the first to rise and last to fall Funny that you say that, 'cause she says the same thing, too My God, I don’t know what I’d do Chorus There’s a force that's pulling me back out that door To face a reality that we cannot ignore But I'm gonna tell you a secret and it’s what I suppose I think we’re winning - and it ain’t even close

Memories All Around 04:08

In a beachfront town under the front porch light In my whispered youth I would dream all night Foot stomp waves rolled down the sidewalk I learned to watch and when to talk See the passersby’s on their weekend stand I learned to listen in a life unplanned Lived it then and I love it now Lived it then and I love it now There’s memories all around There’s memories all around Some come clear like a morning light Some can keep me up all night There’s memories all around Memories all around this town Like a phantom limb that’s just all air Nostalgia’s a feeling with nothing there What you feel for a friend or an old song Is alive for the moment and you belong Lived it then and I love it now Lived it then and I love it now There’s memories all around There’s memories all around Some make me warm inside Some keep me up all night There’s memories all around Memories all around this town There’s a row of benches on the North Shore Where we sat and talked and talked some more Some memories come bright some filled with fright Learn to listen and to dream all night I lived it then but I love it now Guess I loved it then but I didn’t know how There’s memories all around There’s memories all around Some make me warm inside Some keep me up all night There’s memories all around Memories all around this town

All Lyrics (c) Brian DiMarco. All Rights Reserved

Forever and Rising 04:42

My father’s father’s father had a desire Escape the upstate Pennsylvania coal fire Scrap parts he got on Diamond Avenue Each piece he put together the legend grew Built it to cross Broad Mountain to where the Lehigh flows Gave her gas and a name; called her Philly Rose Forever and Rising Built to endure with metal and might Put it to the floor and raced into night Forever and Rising My father’s father was a small time knock about A petty crook from Overbrook looking to get out Shop in Delco where he wheeled and dealed Left the car to die in a weedy Tinicum field He split with a wad of bills and a suitcase of clothes My grandma told her son your sole inheritance is the Philly Rose Forever and Rising He was sure that he could make it right Put it to the floor and raced into night Forever and Rising My father had a place at the Jersey Shore Kept it in the garage, waxed and well cared for He died when I was 20, they tossed me the keys Said no one wants it, do with it as you please Saved it as a bank roll if I got in some woes Made sure to take her out, me and the Philly Rose Forever and Rising Those days the world was oh so right Put it to the floor and raced into night Forever and Rising My son and his girl are stuck on the final grade Wasting time I can’t stand watch ‘em drift and fade Gave him the car and he went to work Blew out the engine built it back up new New paint job, new leather, too Possessed and determined every day To get the engine spinning and get away Freedom is the reason for what you've been doing And then one day he got it running... He pulled up to her place and he slammed the breaks Shadow start moving the curtain starts to shake Nothing comes from nothing and they sure were a sight to see Sparks fly as the jets cry and they lit out They head into a future that no one knows Just the three of them: he she and the Philly Rose Forever and Rising She’s out the door dressed in white He put it to the floor and they race into night Forever and Rising

The Want You Deserve 02:30

It's the want want want you deserve The want want want you deserve It’s all you need Free to be and a family To be the hero and celebrity To fill my brain to bang my head A little attention and her in my bed Sunny days in a smoky haze A little less work and a lot more pay Beer and burger blue skies above A friendly face and God’s love It's the want want want you deserve The want want want you deserve It’s all you need Fill my brain and celebrity Her in my bed and free to be Beer and burger and sunny day God’s love and a lot more pay It's the want want want you deserve The want want want you deserve It’s all you need God’s love and celebrity Beer and burgers and to be free God’s love and to be free God’s love and to be free It's the want want want you deserve The want want want you deserve It’s all you need It's all you need To be free To be free To be free To be free to be alive or to be numb To be free to pursue truth or be dumb To be free for love or gluttony To be free for the law or felony To be free to give up or to try To be free to believe or to deny The want want want you deserve The want want want you deserve It’s all you need It’s all you need To be free

Love Is Not A Safe Space 03:45

Well, baby I’m standing here No net to break my fall I’ve broken out from my fear It’s you or nothing at all (But what about the heartbreak?) That kind of thinking is gonna lose You can’t live to avoid a mistake And living is what I choose Chorus- Do you, do you wanna take a shot? What love is and what it’s not It’s a chance to make a start It’s not for the faint of heart Do you, do you wanna take a shot? What love is and what it’s not It’s time to wear a brave face Love is not a safe space I‘ve seen you standing tall Coming out of a bad year Whispers - you heard them all Means nothing when you're right here (But what about Facebook?) We can’t fall to the hangers on Don’t give the haters a second look Live our lives on our own Chorus- Do you, do you wanna take a shot? What love is and what it’s not It’s a chance to make a start It’s not for the faint of heart Do you, do you wanna take a shot? What love is and what it’s not It’s time to wear a brave face Love is not a safe space

What If I Had Kissed You 03:50

History - Is fine with me Held tenderly – Alone to see A keepsake story that I keep in my mind History - Differently What wouldn’t be - You and me A keepsake story that we left behind What if....what if... What if I had kissed you Do you think of it sometimes, too? What if I had kissed you I think of it sometimes Testosterone - We were alone Intentions known - Hushed baritone I may have been young but I wasn’t blind What if....what if... A chilly breeze - Made you sneeze Still unease – Made me freeze Suddenly I needed to leave it behind What if.... If we kissed? What would exist? What would've changed? What we would have missed What If... what If... What if I had kissed you I wouldn’t be worth the time to you What if I had kissed you I wouldn’t have been worth the find You were whisper close Never to be as near Frozen in time Words still echo in my ears...ears...the years...

Extra Track: Class of '84 Reunion 04:44

Hello, Hello my name is Brian Thanks for the name tag yea the years have been flying No I didn’t travel far Hall looks great. Hey, is there a wet bar? Yea it was great to see y'all again Now that I have, well I’m good for another ten Hello, Hello my name is Joe Yea, just Joe, 'cause that’s all that you'd know You have a familiar face Were you the guy who did that thing in that place? Nah, I must be thinking of someone else Well, anyway it was good to see you, and here’s to your good health (Chorus) Reunion of the class of ‘84 Now we’ve taken the pictures and we're sneaking out the back door And do you remember me? Voted most likely to agree Reunion of the class of ‘84 Reunion of the class of ‘84 Hello, Hello I'm Cindi with an i I don't remember you...you look like a good guy I wish that we could do it all again I still get crazy every now and then OMG, I remember your face! And...well...now I gotta go...some place Chorus Hello, Hello my name is “Study Hall” I'm the girl you joked with by the back wall You’re a friendly face from a forgotten past You helped me fit in when I felt like an outcast And yea there was a missed opportunity But I was so shy guess it was never meant to be

All Lyrics (c) Brian DiMarco. All Rights Reserved