Children of the Lonely represents another look into the emotional vortex of a lifetime of extremes, with music as my therapy. (Streets to Suites) A journey starting with my home becoming the streets of Milton Pa, Phoenix, AZ,, LA, and back and forth across the country in 1973/74 and ending as an RN, at one point working in the Suites of an OR. Clinging to dreams and squeezing out songs between eruptions of insanity led me on quite a wild ride. Finally regaining my stability, I returned to school after cleansing my body, mind, and soul, of negative behaviors. Once destined for disaster, my life turned to a focus on love, compassion, and empathy. These changes led to a career working in Hospice as an RN. 26+ years total in nursing has drastically sharpened my opinion of the important differences between “Quality vs Quantity” of Life.
This CD attempts to capture that journey in both emotional and harmonic sincerity.
Below is a brief description of each song and the Lyrics ~ I hope you enjoy reading them while listening to the music when available! Hopefully before Christmas 2018!
Time Leaper ~ Written in January, 1983 is a retrospective glance back to a life on the road, and living in the streets of Phoenix, LA, and Pennsylvania in the early 70’s.
Vocals ~ Bryan Noaker, Guitars, Jim Desiderati, Bass, Al Paul, Drums Ed Johnson
Valley of the Sun, Livin on the run. Hustle in the streets, surviving in the heat
Arizona Time Leaper, Mystery life keeper, Come home, Won’t ya please come home
I’ll bet boy, you’re tired a being alone
California coastal flare, silent sunsets glare. Sandy boardwalk, Newport beach,
ain’t been a place, you can’t reach
Arizona Time Leaper, Mystery life keeper, Come home, Won’t ya please come home
I’ll bet boy, you’re tired a being alone
Time Leaper pull yourself together, you’re earthwalkin never slows down
You’re free as ever, in any kinda weather you’ll drown,
there’s just no answers to be found
Interstate highway jams, Little Rock County Slam
Pennsylvania, northern bound, street corner, lost and found
Arizona Time Leaper, Mystery life keeper, Come home, a Won’t ya please come home
I’ll bet boy, you’re tired a being alone, you’re tired a being alone, you’re tired a being alone
you’re tired a being alone, you’re tired a being alone
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Won’t Be Long ~ Written March 3rd, 1998 predicts the positive power love can have over all things. It is a message of Hope. The 1st chorus in Spanish “It won’t be long, till you will see, all the love that can be”. the 2nd Chorus “It won’t be long, till you will know, all true love is in your soul.”
Vocals – Ann Kerstetter, Guitars – Electric Lead & Bass guitars – Al Paul, Rhythm guitar – Jim Desiderati, Drums – Ed Johnson
I’ll bet you can’t wait to be free, free of fear and misery
No more questions asking why, only peace deep down inside
Welcome to reality, your soul’s the only part that’s free
No pasará mucho tiempo hasta que veas que el amor que deseas será para ti
(It won’t be long until you see, the love you want will be for you)
Flowing Endless Energy, Flyin through eternity
No pasará mucho tiempo hasta que sepas que el verdadero amor estará en tu alma.
(It won’t be long until you’ll know, the true love will be in your soul)
estará en tu alma.
(will be in your soul)
Hey!
It won’t be long, no it won’t
No pasará mucho (It won’t be long)
It won’t be long
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Don’t ~ Written January, 1983 is a simple play on words warning anyone and everyone to beware of the risks of saying “I love you” without sincerity.
Vocals – Ann Kerstetter, Guitars – Electric Lead & Bass guitars – Al Paul, Rhythm guitar – Jim Desiderati, Drums – Ed Johnson
Don’t say you love me, show you care. Don’t say you’ll wait, just be there
Don’t say you’ll comeback never go. Don’t say goodbye just say hello
Don’t say you love me, show you care
Don’t say you’re sorry, try again. Don’t say you’ll worry, be a friend
Don’t say you’re guessin, understand. Don’t say a blessin, lend a hand
Don’t say you’re sorry, try again
Don’t give me money, only time. Don’t take for granted, what is mine
Don’t be afraid but carry on. Don’t be dependent, when I’m gone
Don’t give me money, only time
Don’t take advice, when you can choose
Don’t give up, when you lose
Don’t make a promise, just stay free
Most of all, Don’t be like me.
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The Choice ~ Written April, 1983 serves as a message of cautionary concern which is even more alarming in the degree of conflict on current world stages today.
Vocals – Jim Desiderati, Electric Lead & Bass guitars – Al Paul, Keyboards, Harmonica, Rhythm guitar – Jim Desiderati, Drums – Ed Johnson
What would life, be worth at all, without a choice, to rise or fall
In or out, day or night, love or hate, peace or fight
Give or take, hot or cold, thin or fat, young or old
Would we all know right from wrong, would we all feel weak or strong
Sad or happy, more or less, smooth or rough, cursed or blessed.
Straight or crooked, here or there, near or far, plain or rare
Black or white, quiet or loud, sharp or dull, shamed or proud
Tell me friends, what would we be? If I were you, and you were me
The choice of life, is live or die. Oh are you really bold or shy?
Can you see the reason now? Or are you blind to Truth somehow?
Believe me soon, or it’s too late. Learn to love, and not to hate.
Take your love, and give some more, be the richest, of the poor
Take your love, and give some more, be the richest, of the poor
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Love You Forever ~ Written July 1st, 1998 was originally composed for the expected birth of a child, and later when putting the music onto a CD for use in a Hospice House I realized the profound connection the lyrics had to End of Life.
Vocals – Jim Desiderati, Bass guitar – Al Paul, Keyboards, Rhythm guitar – Jim Desiderati, Drums – Ed Johnson
Thank you, you’ve touched our world
Listen, have you heard
We are the ones who will, love you forever
We are the ones who will, love you forever
Rest here, by my side
Sleep now, close your eyes
We are the ones who will, love you forever
We are the ones who will, love you forever
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Simple Needs ~ Written September 7th, 1987 represents the importance of friendship in our lives to help endure the mundane and often exhausting day to day struggle to survive.
Vocals – Ann Kerstetter, Acoustic Lead & Bass guitars – Al Paul, Rhythm guitar – Jim Desiderati, Drums – Ed Johnson
Life’s routine, the daily scene. The clock, the job, the car
Endless lines, pointless minds. Look at where we are
What’s gone wrong, nights too long. Days are speeding by too fast
Wonder why, sometimes we cry. How can we ever last
Simple Needs, oh those special needs. Something like a dream
Look around, what’s lost is found. We’re surely not alone
For misery, loves company, cause there’s always someone home
Life’s routine, oh the daily scene. Seems like the ritual never ends
Bearable, thanks to my soul, and the talents of a friend.
Simple Needs, thank you please. Just like something in a dream
Well it lasts a while, and it makes you smile. So simple but so extreme
Oh those Simple Needs Oh those Simple Needs
Give me Simple Needs
Simple Needs
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Over and Over ~ Written July, 1980 stands as a testimony of desire to pass on a message of hope to a child during the destructive process of divorce.
Vocals – Bryan Noaker, Electric Lead & Bass guitars – Al Paul, Keyboards, Rhythm guitar – Jim Desiderati, Drums – Ed Johnson
Joshua my son, you know you’re life’s just begun, please won’t ya listen
I know you’d rather play, there’s just something I’ve got ta say, please won’t you listen
I’ll be here anytime, for a nickel, or some time, but there’s still something missing
If you want to be a man, you gotta take a stand, you’ve got to hear what I say
Do what is right, try to fight, ok, there may be some other way
You know I’ve been a fool, I’ve never learned in school they say. Now I work every day
Joshua you see, you gotta be what you want to be. Don’t make mistakes like me
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On and On ~ Written in November, 1983 tells the one sided phone conversation between two long ago lovers trying to find common ground after a 13 year separation. An early morning trip back memory lane, witnessed by a neighbor led to the reunion.
Vocals – Bryan Noaker, Acoustic Lead & Bass guitars – Al Paul, Electric Lead & Rhythm guitar – Jim Desiderati, Drums – Ed Johnson
Hi, how are you? They said you called
Fine, thank you. No not at all
Hi, what’s new there? How’s life so far?
No, not much here. Just work and the bars
Hey it’s good to hear you after all these years
Whoa just to see you, after all these years
Last week, I just had to be
The place where you and me, sweet memories
No, the feelings never gone, still just holdin on
Yes, I’d love too
Yes I’d love to, what the week ends
Sure I’ll call you let’s try again
Now I’ve found you, just can’t let go
I love you, just want you to know
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Children of the Lonely ~ Written in July, 1983 reflects on the powerful reunion of two people separated as children, and with only brief encounters over an 18 year period, reunited as adults. The impact of the lyrics continue to resonate the deep emotional effects of child abuse and the importance of love in the healing process.
Vocals – Bryan Noaker, Electric Lead & Bass guitars – Al Paul, Keyboards, Slide & Rhythm guitar – Jim Desiderati, Drums – Ed Johnson
I don’t know how to say this. I can’t see to find the words
Time slipped between us, we lived in separate worlds
Somehow we’ve survived, heads held high to the sky
Somewhere there is an answer, I see the question in your eyes
Let’s just, get together, let’s not cry forever
We are, not the only, Children of the Lonely
Children of the Night
Hiding from the light
Shaking with the fright
Some hopeless love affair, crying it’s not fair
Sleepless nights despair
Wondering who’s to blame, living with the shame
Life’s just not the same
Somehow we’ve survived, heads held high in the sky
Somewhere there’s an answer, see the question in my eyes
I think that you see now. I think that you will know
Time slipped between, now it’s time to grow
Let’s just, get together, let’s not cry forever
We are, not the only, Children of the Lonely
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To Know You ~ Written January 15th, 2002 on my way home from pronouncing a Hospice patient. The lyrics were composed in the car and once home, the music spilled onto the guitar as if it had already been written. The whole song was complete in less than 15 minutes.
Vocals – Jim Desiderati, Acoustic Lead & Bass guitars – Al Paul, Electric Lead & Rhythm guitar – Jim Desiderati, Drums – Ed Johnson
Now that I got to know you, what I meant to say
What I mean is, there’s no words for, I’ll just pray
What can I do to help you, take the pain away?
What I mean is, there’s no words for, I’ll just pray
How can I ever thank you, for showing me the way
What I mean is, there’s no words for, I’ll just pray
Now that I got to know you, in my heart you’ll stay
What I mean is, there’s no words for, I’ll just pray
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For All My Life ~ Written in 1994 on piano and is one of the first compositions I ever did on keyboards.
Keyboards Electric Lead Guitar -Jim Desiderati, Electric lead & Bass Guitar Al Paul. Percussion compliments of double-a-productions.com
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This CD was complimented by ~ Al Paul ~ owner Double A Productions who recorded and mastered the CD as well as added his excellent Bass guitar on all tracks and acoustic and electric guitar solos on Children of the Lonely, On & On, Over & Over, To Know You, Simple Needs, Won’t Be Long, and For All My Life.
Bryan Noaker ~ for his lead and backing vocals on Time Leaper, On & On, Children of the Lonely, and Over & Over.
Ann Kerstetter ~ for her lead vocals on Won’t Be Long, Don’t, and Simple Needs
Ed Johnson ~ for his drumming skills on all but the last track, which is compliments of Double A Productions sound studios. I thank each and every one of these excellent musicians for their contribution to this project!
Below is a Video of an Improvised Version of the last track on Children of the Lonely Not studio version