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New album Out Now

"Sunrise Over The Unknown"

"Sunrise Over The Unknown"

1 - 7 Year Itch (4:24)

2 - There’s A Rainbow (4:17)

3 - Coins In The Fountain (5:12)

4 - Mighty Mississippi (4:50)

5 - Cup Full Of Rain (3:28)

6 - Get Up Get In The Dance (4:38)

7 - Without A Net (Parts 1& 2) (6:24)

8 - Bird With A Broken Wing (4:18)

9 - Take Back What’s Mine (5:47)

10 - One Brick At A Time (3:07)

11 - I Had A Dream Last Night (4:38)

12 - Everything Changes in the Universe (4:11)

Bonus track

13 - Take Back What’s Mine (Acoustic) (3:36)

All songs written by Michael Falzarano

Except tracks 5 by Robert Hunter/Michael Falzarano

& Track 11 by Michael Falzarano/Terri Billinghurst Wilkinson

Featuring Michael Falzarano & Friends

Michael Falzarano – Guitar/Vocals

Kevin Griffin – Lead Guitar/Pedal Steel

Tom Circosta – Rhythm/Lead Guitar/Backup Vocals

Klyph Black – Bass/Backup Vocals

Russell Stedman – Drums

With

Clare Maloney – Vocals track 11

J. P. – Guitar on tracks 2, 3 & 13

J. P. – Backup Vocals on all tracks

Rusty Lewis – Keyboards on tracks 2, 3, 6 & 8

Allan Hayslip – Bass on tracks 2 & 3

Christopher Purdy – Drums on tracks 2 & 3

Kirk Hampton – Keyboards on track 13

Davis Bickston - Tambourine on tracks 3 & 6

Justin Pickard– Guitar on track 11

and

Harvey Sorgen – Drums on track 12

Steve Rust – Bass/Backup Vocals on track 12

Jimmy Eppard – Guitar/Backup Vocals on track 12

Danny Lewis – Hammond Organ on track 12

Track 12 remixed & re-mastered by J. P. at Kitchen Studios – Dallas, TX

Front Cover photo Aronda Xystris

Cover “Burst” art by Natalie de Segonzac

CD layout by Russ Paladino @ Very Cool Media

LYRICS

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7 Year Itch (My Pistols Are Loaded)

(Michael Falzarano ©)

I took my eyes off the road scratchin’ a 7 year itch

I rolled the car over twice into an open ditch

Landed on all four wheels banged up but feeling alright

Decided that I’d sleep right there till morning light

Then I crawled from the wreckage and I closed the door

You know I never looked back

My pistols are loaded

I just kept on going till that morning mist faded away

I stood there on the levee listened for what the river had to say

There was a whisper in the current but it was hard to hear

Just then the sun burst through the clouds and it began to clear

I looked over and saw Scarlet right there by that river

She was playing her fiddle it sounded as sweet as ever

That river spoke to me went right to my head

Said, “you can’t swim here after here you’re dead”

The water’s on the rise, it’s already waist deep

If I wait much longer it will swallow me

Now my pistols are loaded and they’re ready to fire

My pistols are loaded

I took my eyes off the road scratchin’ a 7 year itch

I rolled the car over twice into an open ditch

It was a wild ride what more can I say, I’ll tell you this

My eyes were wide open even on the darkest day

Now my pistols are loaded and ready to fire

My pistols are loaded

Yeah my pistols are loaded

There’s A Rainbow

(Michael Falzarano ©)

There’s a rainbow up in the sky

There’s a rainbow in every tear you cry

There’s a rainbow in everything you do

There’s a rainbow waiting there for you

Chorus

There’s a rainbow (2X)

There’s a rainbow in the evening mist

There’s a rainbow in every broken promise

There’s a rainbow in every battle you fight

There’s a rainbow even in the darkest night

Chorus

There’s a rainbow (2X)

Bridge

As you watch the sunrise over the unknown

And you struggle to find your way home

Keep your eye on the morning sky

Let the darkness fade off into the light

There’s a rainbow over the dark side of the road

There’s a rainbow with a pot of gold

There’s a rainbow over every bridge you cross

There’s a rainbow even when you’re feeling lost

Chorus

There’s a rainbow (2X)

There’s a rainbow in everything you fear

There’s a rainbow in every tear

There’s a rainbow out on the avenue

There’s a rainbow, it’s waiting there for you

Chorus

There’s a rainbow (4X)

Coins In The Fountain

(Michael Falzarano ©)

It might feel like a Greek tragedy

A complicated reality

Another case of misguided alchemy

My granddad he used to say

“Destiny will find you”

So just relax, don’t let the confusion blind you

Chorus

Throw your coins in the fountain, cast your fate to the wind

Play the game, lose or win

Lay your cards on the table, play your hand

Come what may, till you reach the Promise Land

No one can tell you with any certainty

What will or will not be

There’s no magic hat, there’s no crystal ball

The phone rings you got to answer the call

Read the writing on the wall

What will be will be is what it said to me

Chorus

Bridge

You can walk that lonesome valley, or hit the streets of gay Paree

Camp out in the Painted Desert, or climb the Spanish Stairs in Italy

Or you can just lay fallow, wait for the wind to blow

Destiny will find you, no matter where you go

Chorus

Man, he can be a prisoner of his own plan

I got my back against the wall, painted into a corner

So I’m gonna cash out now, gonna buy myself a ticket

Gonna get on the bus headed on out of this thicket

When push comes to shove you’ve got to roll with it

Chorus

Mighty Mississippi

(Michael Falzarano ©)

The mighty Mississippi shines like chrome in the sun

Yeah, the mighty Mississippi shines like chrome in the sun

Yeah, it shine so bright, from sunrise till the day is done

That river shines so bright burn a hole right through your brain

Yeah it shines so bright make you lose your way, like a runaway train

Chorus

So I'm gonna leave this town, cause there ain't nothing for me here no more

Yeah I'm gonna leave this town, cause there’s one thing I know for sure

I ain’t gonna make the mistake of staying in this town one day too long

The mighty Mississippi, it is deep and it is wide

Yeah the mighty Mississippi, it is deep and it is wide

There’s no easy way that I have found to get to the other side

Chorus

Well I swam down to the bottom deep as I could go

Yeah I swam down to the bottom deep as I could go

Didn’t find nothing there, nothing I didn’t already know

The mighty Mississippi sparkle like a diamond ring

Yeah the Mississippi River sparkle like a diamond ring

But you can drown in it real fast when that high water starts rising

Chorus

CUPFUL OF RAIN

(Robert Hunter / Michael Falzarano ©)

I've been to sea in a cupful of rain
On a boat that fell out of the blue
Paddled for life with the blade of a knife
In a wind reminiscent of you

Danced in the dark on the head of a pin
With a sack full of bones in my arms
Found nothing more than I knew to begin
God bless you and keep you from harm

Bridge
The tent has been folded and stowed on the train
The circus rolls off in the night
Only the marks of its passing remain
In the chill of the cold morning light

A drop in the bucket, a coal in the fire
A cupful of rain in the sea
A rose in the mire, a voice in the choir
What else would you want it to be?

Bridge

Sing your song with the whole of your heart
Believe what you need to get by
It's only ideas that keep us apart
On these boats that fell out of the sky

I've been to sea in a cupful of rain
On a boat that fell out of the blue
Paddled for life with the blade of a knife
In a wind reminiscent of you

Get Up, Get In The Dance

(Michael Falzarano ©)

Get up, get in the dance, get up

Don’t just sit there like a passenger

Get behind the wheel and drive that car

Get up, get up

Get up, get in the dance

Come on, come on, come on

Get up

Get up, get in the dance, get up

Don’t just sit there on your ass

As your life goes rolling past

Get up, get up

Get up, get in the dance

Come on, come on, come on, come on

Get up

Bridge

I’ll dance with you, you can dance with me

Get in the dance and set yourself free

It’s easy to do, just come dance with me

Let yourself go and set yourself free

Get up, get in the dance, get up

Don’t just sit there like a passenger

Get behind the wheel and drive that car

Get up, get up

Get up, get in the dance

Come on, come on, come on

Get up

Without a Net (Parts 1 & 2) (A Cautionary Tale)

(Michael Falzarano ©)

I was on the Devil’s payroll

Dug ditches in his front yard

Drove that dark train, burning high octane

Falling like a shooting star

Chorus

I just stood on the ledge

Then went over the edge

Free fell out into nothing

Without a net

I robbed a bank, point blank

The Devil drove the getaway car

I sold him my soul, yeah I was on a roll

I didn’t even have to work that hard

Chorus

I walked on the water, turned that water into wine

I drank it all and had a real good time

Yeah, I knew there’d be a price to pay

Just never let that get in my way

Chorus

It was a slippery slide, a long hard ride

Rome didn’t burn in a day

It’s never easy on easy street

No matter what they say

You can run up a huge debt paying your dues

Find your back against the wall with nothing left to lose

The trick is knowing when that train is going off the rails

And when to jump off that train and live to tell the tale

Chorus

I was on the Devil’s payroll

Dug ditches in his front yard

Drove that dark train, burning high octane

Falling like a shooting star

Without A Net (Part 2)

(Michael Falzarano ©)

Now I don’t know where I’m gonna go from here

Maybe I’ll go to Missouri, wait for my rider to appear

Or maybe I’ll go to Detroit, get some new chrome wheels

And a four-barrel carburetor, carved out of solid steel

Get in behind the wheel, foot on the accelerator

Head on down the road, see ya later alligator

Gonna drive like Howling Wolf, screaming like a hurricane

I never been much for sitting still or staying in one lane

Now I don’t need no map, I don’t need no guide

And I ain’t looking for someplace to hide

Yeah I’ve done what I’ve done, I know where I’ve been

I see no reason to go back there again

Nothing good ever comes from doing the same thing twice

The destination is always the same, only at twice the price

Now I don’t know where I’m gonna go from here

Just gonna head on down the road, wait for my rider to appear

Bird With A Broken Wing

There was bird with a broken wing

It couldn’t fly, but it sure could sing

The bird with a broken wing

Sang sweet in the morning in a new voice it found

Soft and mellow in the evening when the sun went down

The bird with a broken wing

People came from near and far

To hear it sing that song, became a real super star

The bird with a broken wing

Bridge

Sang when the sun shined, sang when it rained when feeling good, sang when in pain

Didn’t wait around for flight to begin

So if you can’t fly, sing

Spring turned to summer, summer into fall

Still people came to hear that song

From the bird with a broken wing

Bridge

Sang when the sun shined, sang when it rained

Sang when feeling good, sang when in pain

Didn’t wait around for flight to begin

So if you can’t fly, sing

Take Back What’s Mine

Gonna climb that mountain, no matter how high

Gonna climb to the top, I’m gonna touch the sky

Fly out over the valley, straight into the sun

Just to prove to myself it can be done

Gonna keep pushing forward one day at a time

Till I dance in the moonlight and take back what’s mine

Yeah I’m all in, I know the stakes

I’ll crawl across the desert if that’s what it takes

You can throw down a gauntlet, you can put up a wall

I’ll come at it like a cannon ball

Gonna keep pushing forward one day at a time

Till I dance in the moonlight and take back what’s mine

Bridge

Yeah I’m in it to win it, no I aint gonna lose

Gonna overload the circuit, gonna blow the fuse

Gonna take it to the limit, I’m in all the way

Gonna take back what’s mine hear what I say

I’m gonna do what I have to do

Work day and night to see this through

I’ll swim across the ocean against the tide

I’ll burn down the house where all my demons hide

Gonna keep pushing forward one day at a time

Till I dance in the moonlight and take back what’s mine

Gonna climb that mountain, no matter how high

Gonna climb to the top, I’m gonna touch the sky

Fly out over the valley, straight into the sun

Just to prove to myself it can be done

Gonna keep pushing forward one day at a time

Till I dance in the moonlight and take back what’s

ONE BRICK AT A TIME

Well I’ve been building this house now for so long

Trying to keep the faith, yeah I’m trying to keep it strong

Trying to build it tall, straight up to the clouds

Trying to build it right, yeah I’m trying to build it proud

Chorus

I know everything is gonna be all right, ‘cause I’m building this house

One brick at a time

Sometimes the road gets rough, sometimes it gets so damn tough

I just want to lay right down and die

Then I pull myself back up and take another look at all I got

And give it one more try

Chorus

Bridge

They say that Rome wasn’t built in a day

And true love will not fade away

Build your foundation, build it strong

So if you lose your way and things go wrong

I tell you everything is gonna be all right

If you build your house

One brick at a time

Well I’ve been building this house now for so long

Trying to keep the faith, yeah I’m trying to keep it strong

Trying to build it tall, straight up to the clouds

Trying to build it right, yeah I’m trying to build it proud

Chorus

I Had A Dream Last Night

I had a dream last night about my Mama

It was summertime, I was about 11

I was watching my sister jump Double Dutch out in front of our house

I had a dream last night about my Mama

She was all dressed in white, calling us in for dinner

We ran up the stairs to go inside

She was standing at the doorway, I stopped and hugged her

In my dream, I held on tight

I felt the softness of her dress against my cheek

As I clung to her, I could hear her heartbeat

Even in my dream, I knew to hold on a minute longer

I had a dream last night about my Mama

I knew this was a gift from the other side

She was checking in on me making sure I was alright

I had a dream last night about my Mama

I awoke this morning missing her but grateful

Her memory is just as alive as my love for her will always be

To be able to hug her again I would do anything

So, if you can hug your mom today, give her a hug for me

I had a dream last night about my Mama