1. A LITTLE HELLO

Give it a spin, give it a go

Give it a spin, gotta let it go

Give it a spin, give it a whirl, give it a go

Give it a spin, give it a while, gotta let it grow

We’ve been on our own now, searchin’ turnin’ up with nothin’

Hard to tell for certain, but it’s lookin’ like we got somethin’

Give it a spin, give it a go

Give it a spin, gotta let it go

Give it a spin, give it a whirl, give it a go

Give it a spin, give it a while, gotta let it grow

So happy to have found it, while the gettin’s gettin’ good on both teams

A little scared of jumpin’, but I think that, I think you got me

You took me by surprise, I’m grown, and here I’m on my knees

You shook me like the wind that moves the deeply rooted trees

Tornadoes, what I was used to, but I never felt the breeze

I’m fallin’ into a mountain made of freshly fallen leaves

You catch me, You are the calmest waters of a patient sea

A landslide, whose every single pebble I can clearly see

You took one full-bellied breath and blew the doldrums out of me

And you gave it a spin, gave it a go

Gave it some spit and a little elbow

Gave it a pulse with your blowin’ bellows

Gave it a wave and a little “hello”

Jess Sisto, me, and Kim Burgas in Brooklyn, Oct. 2022. Jess and Kim are the precious eyes frolicking about in the video for “A Little Hello”.

2. FRONTRUNNER

Summertime, summer air

Summer breeze, without a care

I held onto something that wasn’t really there

Held by the mist, a simple touch

A simple kiss, a simple love

I was there but I wasn’t good enough

Was it a fling? Was it a front? You were a frontrunner

Was it a fling? Was it a front? Was I a placeholder?

A shadowed eve, a stormy night

Tryin’ to keep my light alive

Your fiction is the thorn in my side

Was it a fling? Was it a front? You were a frontrunner

Was it a fling? Was it a front? Was I a placeholder?

Was it a fling? Was it a front? You were a front runner

Was it a fling? Was it a front? I was a placeholder

Original handwritten lyrics and piano diagram (lol) for “Frontrunner”

3. WE HELD UP THE SKY

We held up the sky

We held up the sky (you and I)

We held up the sky (you and I)

All that weight on just you and I

We held up the sky (you and I)

We’ve been runnin’ ‘gainst the wind and now

The weather is changing its course to carry us along

(We’ve been floatin’ ‘round up in the sky)

We held up the sky

(Wonderin’ if it’s wings making us fly)

We held up the sky (you and I)

(We’ve been floatin’ ‘round up in the sky)

We held up the sky (you and I)

All that weight on just you and I

(Wonderin’ if it’s wings making us fly)

We held up the sky (you and I)

We’ve been runnin’ ‘gainst the wind and now

The weather is changing its course to carry us along

Humble beginnings for the lyrics of “We Held Up the Sky”

4. FIGHT 4 U

Angels dance around you like fireflies in spring

So young and beautiful and inspiring

I’m not a perfect woman

But I would try for you

Work through my misgivings

Anything you’d want me to

I will fight for you

I will fight for you

I will fight, 

yeah I will die for you

Angels dance around you like fireflies in spring

So young and beautiful and inspiring

I will fight for you

I will fight for you

I will fight, 

yeah I will die for you

Behind the scenes at the “Fight 4 U” video shoot - Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI 201

5. BURY THE HATCHET

How can we bury the hatchet when you’re keepin’ it hidden?

How can we unearth the truth and still find room for forgivin’?

I’d like to tell you I’m joking, but I am not kiddin’

Here we are with scissors in hand and a faded red ribbon

All I was askin’ for was the truth

Well it turns out, I guess, that was too hard to do

What a shame, what a shame, what a shame, what a shame

You’re just hidin’ behind that cowboy’s name

How can I 

Grind this axe?

Can we talk? 

Do I gotta ask?

‘Cause I was just tryin’ to get through to you

Well it  turns out, I guess, that was too hard to do

What a shame, what a shame, what a shame, what a shame

You’re a cowboy still, aren’t you?

I want to 

I want to

I want to

I want to

What a shame, what a shame, what a shame, what a shame

What a shame, what a shame, what a shame, what a shame

You’re a cowboy still, aren’t ya?

Behind the scenes of the “Bury the Hatchet” music video shoot and the original handwritten lyrics

6. ROUNDER

Creepin’ up, the dark arrives

Phantom limbs still hold me tight

Crazy, I call out your name

Lord, I want you back tonight

Still I cannot accept the outcome

And whimpering won’t change a thing

A dirty dog, you were a rounder

Still I want you just the same

I hope happiness finds you

How that may or may not look

Here, behold my sober days

A head for heart I had mistook

Still I cannot accept the outcome

And whimpering won’t change a thing

A dirty dog, you were a rounder

Still I want you just the same

Still I want you just the same

A dirty dog, you were a rounder

Still I want you just the same

Still I want you just the same

Still I want you

Original handwritten lyrics for “Rounder”

7. GOLDEN

Foolin’ around

Ain't got nothin' to say

But this silence is golden, baby

In this two-person parade

Hope it never ends

What revelation is that?

Nothin’ golden can stay

Or are we just that crazy?

We got somethin' divine

Let their jealous hearts prey

My devotion is golden, baby

In this two-person parade

All this foolin' around (For the lovers, we play)

All this messin' around (For the lovers, we play)

All this runnin' around (For the lovers, we play)

All this foolin' around (For the lovers, we play)

All this foolin' around (For the lovers, we play)

All this messin' around (For the lovers, we play)

All this runnin' around (For the lovers, we play)

All this foolin' around

Let the love parade

8. DEEP END DIVE

I’m spinnin’ out, spiraling down

Outta control

Apologized, I threw the urn

Ash stained the rug

I hate to say it, oh

I didn’t mean it, oh

This cannot be the only way

You’re picture perfect, oh

I’ll learn to grow it, yeah

I’m cuttin’ all my teeth for you

Wrestlin’ life, I’m gettin’ wet

Deep end dive for show

Countin’ the hours, bitin’ my tongue

The spy and the mole

I hate to say it, oh

I didn’t mean it, oh

This cannot be the only way

You’re picture perfect, oh

I’ll learn to grow it, yeah

I’m cuttin’ all my teeth for you

Oh, the bitter taste of it

Of learnin’ how to give

You take me away from all of it

I hate to say it, oh

I didn’t mean it, oh

This cannot be the only way

You’re picture perfect, oh

I’ll learn to grow it, yeah

I’m cuttin’ all my teeth for you

I hate to say it, oh

I didn’t mean it, oh

This cannot be the only way

You’re picture perfect, oh

I’ll learn to grow it, yeah

I’m cuttin’ all my teeth for you

Oh, the bitter taste of it

Of learnin’ how to give

You take me away from all of it