TRACK LISTING:
1.“Touch One Heart” 4:25
2.“You and I” 4:30
3.“I Need Love” 4:02
4.“Love on Fire” 3:50
5.“About You” 3:25
6.“Learn to Let Go” 4:25
7.“I Stand in Your Light” 4:27
8.“Kiss Away” 3:53
9.“Hellbent” 5:01
10.“Rockabye” 4:00
11.“Stay With Me” 4:10
12.“The Wild Boys” 3:55
13.“A Lifetime of Trouble” 4:05
SELECT AN ALBUM TO READ LYRICS AND TRACK LISTING:
Frontier Days (1984, EMI America)
Johnny Comes Marching Home (1986, EMI America)
Based On A True Story (1988, Enigma)
Lovers Who Wander (1990, Enigma)
Elvis Club (2013, Lakeside Lounge Records/GB Music)
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TOUCH ONE HEART
Tonight, tonight
When you’re lying in bed
Holding your baby tight tonight
Does it feel right?
Does it feel right?
When you open your eyes
Tell me what do you see
Ask yourself
Are you giving something, really?
Before I’m through
All I wanna do
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
Before I’m through, all I wanna do
I wanna touch one heart
I’ve been so close I can almost touch it
I’ve been so close I can almost taste it
Hey hey
Before I’m through, all I wanna do
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
Before I’m through, all I wanna do
I wanna touch one heart
When you touch me it better mean something
It better mean something like love
Nothing else will do
When I touch you, it’s gonna mean something
Nothing less than everything means anything to me
And it shouldn’t to you
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
Before I’m through, all I wanna do
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
I wanna touch one heart
Before I’m through, all I wanna do
I wanna touch one heart
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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YOU AND I
Let’s take a walk down on the beach
Feel the sand beneath our feet
You and i
Down to where the tide kisses the shoreline
Just to felt the mighty ocean
You and I
You and I
You and I
You and I, baby
You and I
I stood tall, baby, on my own
But nowhere ever felt like home
Until you
You and I
I used to feel so lost in this great big world
Like nothing was right without “the girl”
And now I got you, babe
You and I
You and I
You and I, baby
You and I
As the waves come pounding
My heart responds in kind
I’m drowning in your eyes, baby
Come lose yourself in mine
Love comes like the tempest
Upon a raging sea
Now, in the eyes of God, baby
Come walk this world with me
Money can’t buy happiness
I wish that weren’t true
Everything’s so damn fleeting
Everything but you
You and I
I grew up wishing I could change this world
I try my best every single day, but nothing changes
Nothing really changes
Until you
You and I
You and I, baby
You and I
You and I, baby
You and I
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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I NEED LOVE
People notice when we fight like children
Or when we act like we never met
But no one’s fooled and nothing’s hidden
Maybe one day we can just forget
Running through the shadows
Secret calls in the night
A half hour rendezvous
But, in my bed tonight
When I turn out the light
I know I’m gonna dream about you
I need love
I need love
I need love
I need your love, baby
Your number’s in my head
Singing and dancing
The only one that I know by heart
But if I called you now, you’d probably answer
“Sorry, wrong number”, then I’d come apart
Cause you’re down with him
Baby, that’s a fact
A fact that ain’t gonna change
But, last night you hated your life
When did my life get so strange
I need love
I need love
I need love
I need your love, baby
You got me running wild
I’m like a starving child
I walk the murder mile
Night and day for you
I’m your loaded gun
Catching love on the run
If you call, I’ll come
Run, run, running to you
I’ll come running, baby
Anytime you want me
The Eastern sky is already brightening
Somewhere in Queens, the sky is already shining
The grip of no-sleep madness is tightening
Around me
Tighter
I need love
I need love
I need love
I need your love, baby
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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LOVE ON FIRE
Well, I want a lover like a house on fire
80 mph on two flat tires
Out of control
Body and soul
I want a lover gonna take me to paradise
Night after night after night after night
After night after night
I want a lover that’s so fine
I want a lover that’s all mine
One that stay with me a long while
Walk with me on the last mile
I kissed Wendy and I kissed Sue
And, I kissed Mary and Betty Lou
And, they’re all right
Just for one night
I’m talkin’ more along the lines of a permanent basis
One whose face is always gonna make me wanna run home
Just so we can be alone
I want a lover that’s so fine
I want a lover that’s all mine
One that stay with me a long while
Walk with me on the last mile
I’ve wasted all the time I’m gonna waste waiting
The Lord helps those who do their own taking
And, brother that’s me
I’m ready ready ready as I can be
I want a lover that’s so fine
I want a lover that’s all mine
One that stay with me a long while
Walk with me on the last mile
I want a lover that’s so fine
I want a lover that’s all mine
One that stay with me a long while
Walk with me on the last mile
I want a love on fire
Love on fire
Love on fire
Love on fire
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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ABOUT YOU
There was a song back in 1960-X
What the words were was anybody’s guess
But what the song meant
Everybody knew
And, baby, that’s the way I feel about you
About you
That’s how I feel about you
The midnight hour has come and gone
I’m singing with the radio
I’m driving home
Sometimes at night, when I’m alone in my car
That song comes on, I turn it up loud
I mash on the gas real hard
Real hard, that’s how I feel about you
Whatever that song said really hit on the head
How I feel about you
Hey hey hey hey
I put that scratchy old record on late last night
It got a little crazy, had to turn out the light
I don’t know how it do to me, baby, what it do to me
It always sounds so new to me
I don’t care how long you live
Or how far you travel
There are some mysteries
That cannot be unraveled
You take that song from back in 60-X
It is what it is, oh baby, yes yes yes yes
Yes, that’s how I feel about you
Whatever that song said really hit it on the head
How I feel about you
Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey
1-2-3-4
by Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx
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LEARN TO LET GO
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STAND IN YOUR LIGHT
I dig it, baby, when you talk this way
I fall more in love with every brilliant thing you say
You see things like no one else
You see me the way I wish I saw myself
There are things you and I need to share
I’m asking for trouble but I don’t care
Shine on, shine on brightly
Baby, just let me stand in your light
Shine on, shine on brightly
Baby, I just wanna stand in your light
Night time speaks to my secret heart
It’s your name I call out In the dark
I’ve worn the past like a ball and chain
It’s time to let it go, it’s time to start again
I am drowning, lost at sea
Come on, baby, and rescue me
Shine on, shine on brightly
Baby, just let me stand in your light
Shine on, shine on brightly
Baby, I just wanna stand in your light
Another time, another place
I might never have seen your face
I’m not one to believe in such things
But maybe baby, this is just meant to be
Here come the Winter
A helluva storm
But baby baby, I know how I’ll keep warm
I’m gonna give you all I can
Anything you want, baby, anytime, I’m your man
Show me, baby
Show me your fire
Turn it up, baby
Higher and higher
Shine on, shine on brightly
Baby, just let me stand in your light
Shine on, shine on brightly
Baby, I just wanna stand in your light
Shine on
Shine on
Shine on
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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KISS AWAY
Baby, dry you eyes
There’ll be no more waiting
No more walking that thin line
Between love and hating
And all that pain
You’ve been holding inside you
I know it won’t just disappear
But baby, I’m prepared to
Kiss away
All your pain
Until you can love me again
I will
I’ve gotta live
With a lot of hard choices
At night when I’m alone
Baby, I hear voices
But, there’s no right or wrong
With a love so strong
With a love so real
So obviously real
Kiss away
Yesterday
Till the memory all but fades
Kiss away
Those tears of rage
However long it may take
I will
Last night I heard you crying
But it was just a dream
I spent the whole night lying awake
Thinking about how it used to be
And how much I miss
Your kiss
Our little home’ our nights alone
Kiss away
Those bitter days
Those tears of rage
Kiss away
All that pain
Love’s gonna live here again
Kiss away
Kiss kiss away
I will, I will, I will, I will, I will
Kiss away the tears
From your angel face
I’ll kiss away the years
Our bed is such a lonely place
Kiss away
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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HELLBENT
I dream about you, baby
Ain’t no lie
I dream about you, baby
I said, it ain’t no lie
I think about you, baby
All the time
You’re on my mind, baby
Day and night
And it hurts so bad, I just cry cry cry
The cry of love
Why me, oh Lord?
I got some deep dark secrets
In this heart of mine
I’ll tell them all to you
One at a time
Like a little adventure
Just to see what we can find
Love is a pick and a shovel
In a diamond mine
Baby, can’t you hear me, can’t you hear me cry
The cry of love
Why me, oh Lord, oh why why why
I’m hellbent hellbent hellbent
Hellbent, baby
I’m hellbent hellbent hellbent
Baby on you
I’m hellbent hellbent hellbent
For your love
I got some wild ideas
And now I’m gonna see them through
I love the feeling
Of late afternoon
I can feel that the nighttime is coming soon
Under the cloak of darkness
Under cover of night
I wanna make a little difference
In your life
I wanna help you, little angel
Wanna help you fly
Come fly with me
Just you and me
And this endless night
I’m hellbent hellbent hellbent
Hellbent, baby
I’m hellbent hellbent hellbent
Baby on you
I’m hellbent hellbent hellbent
For your love
I got some wild ideas
And now I’m gonna see them through
I got some wild ideas
And now I’m gonna see them through
I got some wild ideas
And now I’m gonna see them through
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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ROCKABYE
Deep in the night
Deep in the night I can hear you calling
I open my eyes
But night after night
It’s the same lonely story
You and I are chasing different rainbows
I call you every night until our dreams come true
My love across the miles
Our hearts will be together
Before you close your eyes
I wanna say to you
Rockabye, baby
Rockabye, baby
Rockabye, baby
Rockabye, baby
I know it’s late
I guess I’m calling to say I miss you
But I just couldn’t wait
To tell you how long I’ve been longing to kiss you
Every lonely night when I am dreaming
You’re the only woman that I’m dreaming of
My love across the miles
Our hearts will be together
Before you close your eyes
I wanna say to you
Rockabye, baby
Rockabye, baby
Rockabye, baby
Rockabye, baby
So go to sleep, my darling
My love will keep you warm in the night
Close your eyes and we can be together
If we’re lucky we might last forever
Rockabye, baby
Rockabye, baby
Rockabye, baby
Rockabye, baby
By Frank Funaro
©Frank Funaro Music
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STAY WITH ME
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THE WILD BOYS
I think I could have slept the whole day away
But, when the phone rang at noon,
I’d been woken up way too soon
A friend of mine was calling with some bad news
Another person we had known
Had waved his last goodbye and flown
Into the night
We are the wild boys
We are the action
Wild games and wild toys
No satisfaction
Sometimes I feel like death is closing in
I try to make some sense of it
But the pieces, they just never fit
I was there but I wish I could forget
When Little Jeanie breathed her last breath
Another drug related death
We are the wild boys
We are the action
Wild games and wild toys
No satisfaction
Tomorrow I think I’ll stay in bed all day
And shut the sunlight from my room
Maybe then it won’t be true
Just a bad bad dream
We are the wild boys
We are the action
Wild games and wild toys
No satisfaction
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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A LIFETIME OF TROUBLE
Bad luck is my middle name
The wheel of fortune spins
But it’s just a fixed game
I need love,
I’m like anyone else
There must be a Heaven
Cause I know there’s a Hell
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
Always a day late
And a dollar short
Now, my landlord
He wants to take me to court
You need help
A mess of help to get by
Lovers betray, and friends they lie
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I gotta find a love like I never had
One that start good and don’t end up bad
I need a shoulder I can rest my weary head on
I wanna forget, I never wanna let on
Come here, honey
Sit right down
I’ve had a rough time, yeah
But, I’m still around
About love
I picked the right way to learn
Now, I know I gotta get something in return
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
I’ve had a lifetime of trouble, oh yeah
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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LIFE’S GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME
I wake up each day
With a smile on my face
Cause life’s getting better all the time
The clouds of last year
Have all but disappeared
Cause life’s getting better all the time
Cause life’s getting better all the time, baby
Cause life’s getting better all the time, honey
Cause life’s getting better all the time
Day by day
Got my gang, got my girl
Now I’m ready for the whole damn world
Cause life’s getting better all the time
We’re young, strong and free
Livin’ in America
And we’re proud to be
Where life’s getting better all the time
Cause life’s getting better all the time, baby
Cause life’s getting better all the time, honey
Cause life’s getting better all the time
Day by day
Life has its little ups and downs
And everything that goes around comes around
I’ve been working on a dream come true
Every waking moment for me and you
Working on a dream for me and you
Working on a life for me and you
Cause life’s getting better all the time, baby
Cause life’s getting better all the time, honey
Cause life’s getting better all the time
Day by day
Cause life’s getting better all the time, baby
Cause life’s getting better all the time, honey
Cause life’s getting better all the time
Day by day
By Scott Kempner
©Prince of the Bronx Music
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