LYRICS - THE ORIGINALS
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"Better Days"
Words and Music by Dennis Fuentes Based on an Idea by John Hildebrandt When I got the news this morning The world stopped turning for a while I could see the darkness It was in everybody's eyes The times they are a-changing It's blowing in on a cold, cold wind And everybody's waiting For the hard days to begin In times like these, it's hard to believe in anything true But it won't stop me No, it won't stop me now CH: Because it's all i know to do Is to hold on to you And be there by your side thru this long, hard fight I wanna see you make it thru I'll be your shelter in the rain I'll be the keeper of the flame It'll be burning bright Thru your darkest nite 'Til you find your way I know - there will be better days So much pain and hurt around us And no good reason to tell us why And the weight of the world is crashing down So hard you wanna cry How did we end up here this way Everybody's got a thought or two But no matter where you go you know I will always be there for you In times like these you gotta believe in something new Then it won't stop you And it won't stop me too CH: Because it's all i know to do Is to hold on to you And be there by your side thru this long, hard fight I wanna see you make it thru I'll be your shelter in the rain I'll be the keeper of the flame It'll be burning bright Thru your darkest nite 'Til you find your way I know - there will be better days CH: Because it's all i know to do Is to hold on to you And be there by your side thru this long, hard fight I wanna see you make it thru I'll be your shelter in the rain I'll be the keeper of the flame It'll be burning bright Thru your darkest nite 'Til you find your way I know - there will be better days I know - there will be better days I know - there will be better days Vocals (Band Version): Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, and Andrew Fraker Vocals (Solo Version): Dennis Fuentes Acoustic Guitars, Piano, and Keyboards: Dennis Fuentes Bass and Electric Guitars: Tony Calderisi Drums: Chris "Coz" Costello Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, Chris "Coz" Costello, and Andrew Fraker Cover Illustration: Mia Calderisi Cover Layout: Ethan Colchamiro From the 2017 EP, "I Know There Will Be Better Days;" also available as an on-line single in band and solo versions. BMI |
"This December Nite"
Words and Music by Dennis Fuentes I landed late this morning Been on the road since noon I am driving home tonite To the sound of a Christmas tune And the snow is falling This December Nite I've been counting the days down Since I saw you last year I've kept your picture in my head All across this battlefield And the snow is falling This December Nite CH: I wanna look into your eyes And hold you close to me for a while 'Cause I've been missing you since the day we said goodbye The herald angels sing so sweet Up and down these hometown streets It won't be long 'til I'm there again with you Darling wait for me I'll be home soon I have tried to be fearless Thru the fire and the rage Although I wear a soldier's clothes It doesn't always hide the pain I feel inside Thru the days and the nites With every mile I get closer To that old familiar place All I wanna do right now Is kiss my baby's face It'll be alright This December Nite CH: I wanna look into your eyes And hold you close to me for a while 'Cause I've been missing you since the day we said goodbye The herald angels sing so sweet Up and down these hometown streets It won't be long 'til I'm there again with you Darling wait for me I'll be home soon Vocals, Piano, & Keyboards: Dennis Fuentes Bass & Electric Guitars: Tony Calderisi Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, and Chris "Coz" Costello Cover Photograph: Dennis Fuentes Cover Layout: Ethan Colchamiro Issued first in 2016 as an on-line single, then included in the 2017 EP, "I Know There Will Be Better Days." BMI |
"Beautiful Again" (2016 Remastered) [Single]
Words and Music by Dennis Fuentes Tonite I'm restless... And I wish I could run Lying here I feel you breathing... Even though I know you're gone A house of hope... Was what I thought I'd found But now the rooms are burning... And I can't hear a sound And now it's just so wrong... The way I carry on 'Cause I was the last to know... CH1: And I can't tell if I'm myself anymore I'm hearing sad songs in my head And they remind me once again That all the tears I've cried don't count for much Tonite I could stay right here and wait out the rain But I don't know when Everything will be Beautiful again. I never expected... That you'd turn and walk away I feel just like I'm stranded like a stranger... In a world so far away My thoughts of tomorrow... Is time wasted all on you 'Cause all you left for me to hold... Are memories i just can't use And now it's just so sad... To think that all we had Has blown away like ashes in the wind... CH2: And i can't tell if I'm myself anymore My heart keeps singing the same sad song And it reminds me all along That all the tears I've cried don't count for much Tonite I could stay right here and wait out the rain But I don't know when Everything will be Beautiful again. BR: I've seen everything... Broken on the floor I've seen everything... And I don't wanna see any more... CH1: Cause I can't tell if I'm myself anymore I'm hearing sad songs in my head And they remind me once again That all the tears I've cried don't count for much Tonite I could stay right here and wait out the rain But I don't know when Everything will be Beautiful again. I don't know when I don't know when Vocals, Piano, Keyboards & Acoustic Guitars: Dennis Fuentes Bass, Electric Guitars & Harmony Vocals: Tony Calderisi Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, and Chris "Coz" Costello Cover Photo and Layout: Ethan Colchamiro Originally appeared on the 2009 CD "Letters From Broken Street", then re-issued as a 2016 remastered on-line single. BMI |
New Years Eve
Words and Music by Dennis Fuentes Fireworks dance There's a cheer from the crowd They all start to sing "Auld Lang Syne" out loud There's life all around me But it doesn't seem real 'Cause it's a million miles from the way I feel Time keeps slipping away And I go on missing you another day Everything's different From what I used to know 365 days ago When you held me close That every same nite And just for the moment All of the world was right You were everything I hoped I'd find But something somewhere out there changed your mind CH: And now I'm haunted by the memories behind every door And the dreams that we were dreaming They just pile upon the floor And I hear your name being called out by the wind And New Years Eve Will never be the same again My hand was always open And you were never far behind A fit just like a glove On a cold winter's nite But somehow I lost you And I still don't know why One day you said you were sorry And then you said goodbye The break of dawn is still a lifetime away And I'm just waiting for the darkness to fade CH: Because I'm haunted by the memories behind every door And the dreams that we were dreaming They just pile upon the floor And I hear your name being called out by the wind And New Years Eve Will never be the same again CH: And now I'm haunted by the memories behind every door And the dreams that we were dreaming They just pile upon the floor And I hear your name being called out by the wind And New Years Eve Will never be the same again And New Years Eve Will never be the same again And New Years Eve Will never be the same again Vocals: Dennis Fuentes Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Slide Guitar, & Harmony Vocals: Tony Calderisi Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, and Chris "Coz" Costello Cover Photo and Layout: Ethan Colchamiro Additional Photography: Dennis Fuentes From the 2009 CD "Letters From Broken Street". BMI |
The Show Goes On
Words and Music by Dennis Fuentes I'm waiting for the fog to clear - so I can see straight I'm waiting for the tide to turn - within the eye of this hurricane I'm waiting for the other shoe to fall - come tumbling down from the sky I'm waiting for your words to hit me - the ones that told me goodbye CH: And the show goes on without you And I am waiting in the wings 'Cause I can no longer find traces Of where love begins And you will be my one great regret That's a price I don't wanna pay And after all this waiting I will never be the same I will never be the same I'm waiting for the rain to come - to wash these sins away I'm waiting to forgive myself - for still wanting you this way I'm waiting for a signal or a sign - that everything's gonna work out right I'm waiting for my tears to stop falling 'Cause I feel like crying tonite CH: And the show goes on without you And I am waiting in the wings 'Cause I can no longer find traces Of where love begins And you will be my one great regret That's a price I don't wanna pay And after all this waiting I will never be the same I will never be the same Vocal and Acoustic Guitar: Dennis Fuentes Fiddle: Philip Roach Produced by Dennis Fuentes and Philip Roach Cover Photo and Layout: Ethan Colchamiro Additional Photography: Dennis Fuentes From the 2009 CD "Letters From Broken Street". BMI |
The Long Goodbye
Words and Music by Dennis Fuentes She never strayed too far from home She never talked to strangers Her mother told her she could stumble If she reached too high And all her thoughts she kept to herself She never let on what she Really wanted all these years Was to spread her wings and fly And she said There's gotta be something more Outside of my front door Now it's not enough for me to sit and Watch this world go by And she said... CH 1: Now I'm moving on and I'm not looking back There'll be nothing holding me down I'll be like a runaway train leaving this old town Now I'm moving on and leaving it all behind I'm gonna tear out the fear that kept me here And ending this long goodbye High above the clouds below In a New York highrise A man in a silk suit is doing his best To find a reason to stay His fortunes have come easy But there's a restlessness inside And lately he's been thinking That there's gotta be another way And he said All my life I've played By the same rules every day Now it's not enough for me to Tow this line around anymore And he said... CH 2: Now I'm moving on and I'm not looking back I want a new direction, to break away From the same old, same old everyday Now I'm moving on and leaving it all behind I'm gonna tear out the fear that kept me here And ending this long goodbye BR: Maybe I've gone crazy Maybe I've gone mad But I've been waiting for a long time And I'm not waiting again CH 1: Now I'm moving on and I'm not looking back There'll be nothing holding me down I'll be like a runaway train leaving this old town Now I'm moving on and leaving it all behind I'm gonna tear out the fear that kept me here And ending this long... Ending this long goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, & Acoustic Guitars: Dennis Fuentes Bass, Electric Guitars & Harmony Vocals: Tony Calderisi Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, and Chris "Coz" Costello Cover Photo and Layout: Ethan Colchamiro Additional Photography: Dennis Fuentes From the 2009 CD "Letters From Broken Street". BMI |
THE COVERS
My take on some of my favourite songs...
"J'attendrai de te retrouver"
Paroles et musique par / Words and Music by Philippe Greiss, Ian Lee, et/and John Nathaniel Voix et Claviers / Vocals & Keyboards: Dennis Fuentes Basse et Guitare Électrique / Bass & Electric Guitar: Tony Calderisi Guitare Solo et Voix d'harmonie / Guitar Solo & Harmony Vocal: Andrew Fraker Batterie et Percussions / Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello Produit par / Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, Chris "Coz" Costello, et/and Andrew Fraker Mise en page / Cover Layout: Dennis Fuentes Coaching français / French Coaching: Sahar Malawi and/et Stacy Fifer Sorti en 2019 en tant que single en ligne. / Released in 2019 as an on-line single. |
"Midnight Angel"
Words and Music by Jimmy Rankin (Song Dog Music Co, LTD) Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, & Acoustic Guitars: Dennis Fuentes Bass, Electric Guitars & Harmony Vocals: Tony Calderisi Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, and Chris "Coz" Costello Cover Photo: Dennis Fuentes Cover Layout: Ethan Colchamiro From the 2017 EP "I Know There Will Be Better Days;" also available as an on-line single. SOCAN |
"Easily Bruised"
Words and Music by Matthew Barber (A Priori Music) Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, & Acoustic Guitars: Dennis Fuentes Bass, Electric Guitars & Harmony Vocals: Tony Calderisi Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, and Chris "Coz" Costello Cover Photo: Lori Sepa Cover Layout: Ethan Colchamiro Released in 2016 as an on-line single SOCAN |
"Five Days In May"
Words and Music by Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor (Thunder Hawk Music) Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, & Acoustic Guitars: Dennis Fuentes Bass, Additional Acoustic Guitars, & Harmony Vocals: Tony Calderisi Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello Fiddle: Philip Roach Harmony Vocal: Steven Francque Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, Chris "Coz" Costello, and Philip Roach Cover Photo and Layout: Ethan Colchamiro Originally appeared on the 2009 CD "Letters From Broken Street", then re-issued as a 2016 remixed and remastered on-line single. SOCAN |
"One Flat Tire"
Words and Music by Stephen Fearing (Mummy Dust Music) Vocals, Keyboards, & Acoustic Guitars: Dennis Fuentes Bass, Electric Guitars, & Harmony Vocals: Tony Calderisi Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello "Waiting In Canada" Words and Music by Jann Arden Richards and Russell Broom (Girl On the Moon Music/Russell Broom) Vocals, Keyboards, Lead Guitar Riff, & Acoustic Guitars: Dennis Fuentes Bass, Electric Guitars & Harmony Vocals: Tony Calderisi Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello "The Middle of Nowhere" Words and Music by Craig Northey, Jason Plumb, and Steven Drake (Waltones/Tea Guy Music/Zuendo Music) Vocals, Keyboards, & Acoustic Guitars: Dennis Fuentes Bass: Tony Calderisi Harmony Vocals: Steven Francque Drums & Percussion: Chris "Coz" Costello Produced by Dennis Fuentes, Tony Calderisi, and Chris "Coz" Costello Cover Photo and Layout: Ethan Colchamiro Additional Photography: Dennis Fuentes These songs originally appeared on the 2009 CD "Letters From Broken Street". All songs SOCAN |