Music – Femoir

prologue

1:48

Written by Karen Myatt & J. Rimbaudelaire

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars

Matt Myer ~ trumpet

prologue

il était une fois
it could be now or never
once upon a time
i could kiss you forever

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Everything Must Change

6:40

Written by Benard Ighner

Arranged by Chris Mitchell

Karen Myatt ~ vocals, synth

Lisa MacDougall ~ keys

Chris Mitchell ~ sax, flute

Matt Myer ~ trumpet

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

prologue

Goodnite (epilogue)

Tonight
In the middle of metropolis
At an age of apocalypse
From the lips of anonymous

Tonight
Down a boulevard of broken dreams
On an avenue of in betweens
Where the traffic jams this dead end street
Tonight

Tonight
Sadly like a fallen star
Beaten like a broken heart
Pushed together pulled apart

Tonight
Stinging like an open sore
Spilling over to the floor
Something comin back for more

Goodnite
Goodnite
Goodnite
Goodnite

Tonight
Killing time is killin me
Murder one by apathy
A symphony of sympathies

Tonight
Lonesome in the loneliness
Emptier than emptiness
But there’s nothin quite like nothingness

Goodnite
Goodnite
Goodnite
Goodnite

il était une fois
it could be now or never
once upon a time
i will miss you forever

Goodnite (epilogue)

6:32

Written by Karen Myatt & J. Rimbaudelaire

Featuring

Shimon Walt ~ cello

Jennifer Jones ~ violin

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars, keys

Adam Fine ~ bass

Death Letter Blues

5:07

Written by Son House

Arranged by Chris Mitchell

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars

Lisa MacDougall ~ keys

Chris Mitchell ~ sax

Matt Myer ~ trumpet

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

O Bravada

4:55

Written by Karen Myatt & J. Rimbaudelaire

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars, keys

Matt Myer ~ trumpet

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

You Were Never Mine

4:43

Written by Delbert McClinton, Gary Tolbert & Benmont Tench

Arranged by Chris Mitchell

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars

Lisa MacDougall ~ keys

Chris Mitchell ~ saxophones

Matt Myer ~ organ

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

Man’s World

3:24

Written by Betty Jean Newsome & James Brown

Arranged by Chris Mitchell

Featuring Lisa MacDougall

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars

Lisa MacDougall ~ keys, vocals

Chris Mitchell ~ sax

Matt Myer ~ trumpet

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

interlogue

1:19

Written by Karen Myatt & J. Rimbaudelaire

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars

Jezebel

5:51

Written by Sade Adu & Stuart Matthewman

Arranged by Chris Mitchell

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars

Lisa MacDougall ~ keys

Chris Mitchell ~ sax

Matt Myer ~ trumpet

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

Save Your Love For Me

4:58

Written by Buddy Johnson

Arranged by Chris Mitchell

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars

Lisa MacDougall ~ keys

Chris Mitchell ~ sax

Matt Myer ~ trumpet

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

Dancing Barefoot

4:29

Written by Patti Smith/Ivan Král

Additional lyrics by Karen Myatt & J. Rimbaudelaire

Arranged by Chris Mitchell

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars, synth

Lisa MacDougall ~ keys, vocals

Matt Myer ~ synth

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

Femoir

4:35

Written by Karen Myatt & J. Rimbaudelaire

Karen Myatt ~ vocals, synth

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars, keys

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

Another Country

4:30

Written by Cassandra Wilson & Fabrizio Sotti

Arranged by Chris Mitchell

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

J. Rimbaudelaire ~ guitars

Lisa MacDougall ~ keys

Chris Mitchell ~ sax

Matt Myer ~ trumpet

Adam Fine ~ bass

Geoff Arsenault ~ drums

Everything Must Change

Everything must change
Nothing stays the same
Everyone must change
No one stays the same

The young become the old
Mysteries do unfold
But that’s the way of time
Everything must change

There are not many things
In life you can be sure of
Except
Rain comes from the clouds
Sun lights up the sky
Humming birds do fly

Winter turns to spring
A wounded heart will heal
But never much too soon
And everything must change

The young become the old
Mysteries do unfold
But that’s the way of time
And everything must change

There are not many things
In life you can be sure of

Except
Rain comes from the clouds
And sun lights up the sky
And humming birds do fly

Rain comes from the clouds
Sun lights up the sky
Humming birds do fly

Rain comes from the clouds
Sun lights up the sky
Humming birds hmmmm
And music
Music makes me cry

Death Letter Blues

I got a letter this morning, how do you reckon it read
It said oh hurry the man you love is dead
I got a letter this morning, how do you reckon it read
It said oh hurry hurry the man you love is dead

Well, I packed up my suitcase, and I took off down the road
When I got there he was layin’ on the coolin’ board
I packed up my suitcase, and I took off down the road
But when I got there he was layin on the coolin’ board

It’s like there was 10, 000 people standin’ round the buryin’ ground
I didn’t know I loved him until they laid him down
It’s like there’s 10, 000 people standin’ round the buryin’ ground
Oh I didn’t know I loved him ’til they lowered him down down down

Well I got up this mornin’, round about the break of day
I was huggin’ the pillow where he used to lay
I got up so, I got up so early in the morn
I was huggin’ the pillow where he used to lay

I Got up this mornin’, just round about the break of day
I was huggin’ the pillow where he used to lay
I got up so, I got up so early in the morn
I was huggin’ the pillow where my sweet man used to lay

I said, hush, thought I heard him call my name
Hush, thought I heard it nice and plain
Hush, thought I heard him, thought I heard him
Hush, thought heard him call my name

Man’s World

This is a man’s world, this is a man’s world
But it wouldn’t, it wouldn’t be nothing
Without a woman or a girl

You see, man made the cars to take us over the road
Man made the trains to carry the heavy load
Man makes the electric lights to take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water like Noah made the ark

This is a man’s, a man’s world
But it wouldn’t be nothing
Without a woman or a girl

Now listen
Man thinks about little bitty baby girls and baby boys
Man makes them happy ’cause man, he makes them toys
And after man has made everything, everything he can
You know that man makes money to go buy from another man

But this is a man, a man’s world
But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing
Without a woman or a girl

Woah he’s lost, lost in the world of a man
Woah he’s lost, lost in bitterness
This is a man’s, yeah
This is a man’s, oooh
A man’s world

interlogue

il était une fois
it could be now or never
once upon a time
i would diss you forever

Sister Moon

Sister moon will be my guide
In your blue blue shadows I would hide
All good people asleep tonight
I’m all by myself in your silver light
I would gaze at your face the whole night through
I’d go out of my mind but for you
I’d go out of my mind but for you

Lying in a mother’s arms
The primal root of a woman’s charms
I’m a stranger to the sun
My eyes are too weak
How cold is a heart
When it’s warmth that he seeks?
You watch every night, you don’t care what I do
I’d go out of my mind, but for you
I’d go out of my mind, but for you

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun
My hunger for her explains everything I’ve done
To howl at the moon the whole night through
And they really don’t care if I do
I’d go out of my mind for you

Save Your Love For Me

Wish I knew
Why I’m so in love with you
No one else in this world will do
Darling please save your love for me

Run away
If I were wise I’d run away
But like a fool in love I stay
And pray you’ll save your love for me

I can feel it
Even when you’re not here
Can’t conceal it
I really love you my dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you
I can’t do a thing I’m so in love with you

So darling
Help me please
Have mercy on a fool like me
I know I’m lost but still I plead
Darling please save you love for me

I can feel it
Even when you’re not here
Can’t conceal it
I really love you my dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you
I can’t do a thing I’m so in love with you

So darling
Help me please
Have mercy on a fool like me
I know I’m lost but still I plead
Darling please save you love for me

You can have fun with the crowd
But for crying out loud
Darling please save your love for me

Another Country

I don’t know where we’re going
Have no idea how this will end
From the beginning, I’ve been swimming
In the current of your skin
The autumn rains turned into thunderstorms
The waters rose
I was drowning in your arms
But when I woke up in the morning
I was breathing, I was breathing
Oh, I was alive
I saw another country in your eyes

Frozen in silent moments
I watched your timeless spirit fly
Soaring above the ceiling
Into the midnight winter sky
Then you were gone, I searched a million years
All through the night, love had disappeared
But when I woke up in the morning
You were breathing, you were breathing
There right by my side
I found another country in your eyes

The midday sun is beating drums
Quarter time on our parade
We drove past city limits
Engines blazing all the way
A warm embrace became consuming fire
Our bodies burned, melted with desire
And when we wakened in the morning
We were breathing, we were breathing
We’ll never die
I’ve seen so many countries in your eyes

Sister Moon

3:39

Written by Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

Arranged by Chris Mitchell

Karen Myatt ~ vocals

Lisa Macdougall ~ accordion

Adam Fine ~ bass

Chris Mitchell ~ sax

O Bravada

She’s goin’ toe to toe
Her back to the ropes
The canvas hot under her feet
When the leather pounds her hard square chin
She feels her knees gettin’ weak
She’s gettin’ weak

So she lashes out to the roar of the crowd
Takes a left hook right to the core
The ring is well-worn
The towel from the corner
Thrown as she hits the floor

O Bravada
Hosanna in the highest
O Bravada

In the hazing soft light
The daze of the night
Blood flows thick from her eyes
Down for the count
Her only way out is on her back
With her gloves to the sky

O Bravada
Hosanna in the highest
O Bravada

O Bravada
Hosanna in the highest

Rumble in the jungle, back when we were queens
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

You Were Never Mine

I saw someone again today who remembered me and you
They asked all the same old questions
I gave the same excuse
They said what a shame, what a shame to lose a love so fine
But I never lost you
I never really lost you
I never lost you
Cause you were never mine

I kept on believing what I wanted to believe
The unspoken promises, them that you could never keep
But it’s a sin, oh it’s a sin to tell yourself a lie
I never lost you
I never lost you
I never lost you
Cause you were never mine

Did you give me all that you gave me
Just because, cause I needed you
But when I needed all your love completely
Was it more, more than you could do

Sometimes deep in the night when I hold you in my dreams
I get lost in your loving touch, babe, I can’t believe how real it seems
And I know, yes I know I’ll have you ’till the end of time
‘Cause I never lost you
I never lost you
I never lost you
Cause you were never mine

I never lost you
I never really lost you
How could I lose you
Cause you were never mine

Jezebel

Jezebel wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth
She probably had less than every one of us
When she knew how to walk she knew
How to bring the house down
Can’t blame her for her beauty
She wins with her hands down

Jezebel, what a belle
Looks like a princess in her new dress
How did you get that?
Do you really want to know she said
It would seem she’s on her way
It’s more, more than just a dream
She put on her stockings and shoes
Had nothing to lose, she said it was worth it

Reach for the top she said
And the sun is gonna shine
Every winter was a war she said
I want to get what’s mine

Jezebel, Jezebel
Won’t try to deny where she came from
You can see it in her pride
And the raven in her eyes
Try show her a better way
She’ll say you don’t know what you’ve been missing
And by the time she blinks you know she won’t be listening

Reach for the top she said
And the sun is gonna shine
Every winter was a war she said
I want to get what’s mine

Femoir

She found the novel by the bed
The one whose author’s name she can’t recall
And every sentence left unread
Is every word that never falls from your lips

She wrote the note to you before
The one that tells you that she needs you
But words just tumble to the floor
And after all she still can’t read you

A simple footnote, bittersweet
A paper trail from another lover
Another chapter incomplete
A twisted tale from cover to cover

And the secrets of the pages
Are the secrets of the ages
Oh the secrets of the pages
Are the secrets of the ages

je me souviens

She left the novel by the bed
The one whose author’s name she’ll never tell
And every phrase she left unsaid
Is every word that never fell from my lips

And the secrets of the pages
Are the secrets of the ages
Oh the secrets of the pages
Are the secrets of the ages
All the secrets
All these secrets
All your secrets
All my secrets

Dancing Barefoot

She is benediction
She is addicted to thee
She is the root connection
She is connecting with he

Here I go and I don’t know why
I flow so ceaselessly
Could it be he’s taking over me

I’m dancing barefoot
Headin’ for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
It makes me come up like some heroine

She is sublimation
She is the essence of thee
She is concentrating on
He who is chosen by she

Here I go when I don’t know why
I spin so ceaselessly
Could it be he’s taking over me

I’m dancing barefoot
Headin’ for a spin
Some strange music drags me in
Makes me come up like some heroine

She is recreation
She intoxicated by thee
She has the slow sensation that
He is levitating with she

Here I go when I don’t know why
I spin so ceaselessly
‘Til I lose my sense of gravity

I’m dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music draws me in
Makes me come up like some heroine

Oh God I fell for you
Oh God I fell for you
Oh God I fell for you
Oh God I fell for you
Oh God I fell for you
Oh God I fell for you
Oh God I fell for you

She is screaming through the evening

In the mourning of his passing

And she shakes off all her dreaming

Just to make sure she’s awake

She’s awake

Is she awake

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