Songs:

1. What’s The Matter (5:44)

2. Love Hunts (6:10)

3. You Move Me (5:04)

4. Mermaid (5:11)

5. If I Ever Knew (4:52)

6. Firefly (6:00)

7. Flowers (Robbie’s Song) (4:19)

8. Radical Radiance (5:27)

Many, many thanks to Dave Dale who played guitar and percussion, who engineered and programmed, and who was my partner in making this record.

Thank you to Matt Gruber who came in and played keyboards…

Diana Grasselli sang the “squirm” part on “Love Hunts You Down.”

Myriam Valle sang the “gypsy king” part on “Love Hunts You Down” and John Gladwell played guitar on “Love Hunts You Down.”

Win played keyboards on “Mermaid.” Quinn played percussion on “Firefly.”

Thank you!

Thanks to Sarah LaSaulle. Thanks to The Tuesday Group.

Here’s to Robbie Seidman…who I will always miss.

Art Direction: Gabrielle Raumberger for eposinc.com

Design by Brandon Fall.

Illustration by Minnie Helvey

HenHouseStudios.com

Mariaidal.net

All songs written by Maria Vidal except “Love Hunts” which is written by Maria Vidal and Lori Mozilo. ©2009 MVMC Publishing (BMI)

Lyrics

01. What’s The Matter

What’s the matter?

What’s the matter with love?

Like an out of reach star

Suspended above me

I can feel it

I can feel what it’s made of

So tell me what’s the matter

What’s the matter with love?

Ah ooo

What’s the matter with love?

Turning away

Taking all that I have

Leaving me crazy

Acting just like a stranger

Out of the blue

You know that I met love

When I met you

Ah ooo

Real, I wanna know if love is real

You told me so and then you changed your mind

Change, they say that everything must change

Why can’t love remain the same

Tell me why

(I don’t want to be critical about it, no

I’ll just have to be spiritual about it)

Ah ooo

What’s the matter with love?

What went wrong?

Had your heart in my pocket

Now I long for it

What’s the matter with love?

What’s the matter with you?

The day that I lost love

I lost you too

You know that I need love

I need you

Ah ooo

What’s the matter with love?

You gotta dance with it

Sing with it

Lean with it

Bleed with it

Kneel with it

Brush with it

Cling to it

Lead with it

02. LOVE HUNTS

Love hunts you down,

Turns you around

Makes you see the

Light on your own face

And like a thief

Catches you while you race away

Love blows in

Like a cruel wind

Gives you a kiss

Draws blood and draws you in

Love hunts you down,

Turns you around

Love is fierce

It rattles to the bone

It holds you near

Arrives to take you home

And while you sleep

Keeps you in her embrace

Love twists your arm

Until you answer yes

Yes, yes

Yes, yes

Yes, yes

Love teaches you, taunts you

Works you over in an alley

When you think you’re only

Walking home

Love loves you on your terms

Or her terms says it’s ok,

Put down your arms, stop the struggle

Don’t squirm

Love is everywhere

In conversation

Cold and salty air

Loves’ at your bath

Love was at your birth

It’s dead ahead

Love is what it’s worth

Love hunts you down,

All around

Love hunts you down

Yes, yes, yes

Yes, yes, yes

Love teaches you, taunts you

Works you over in an alley

When you think you’re only

Walking home

Love loves you on your terms

Or her terms says it’s ok,

Put down your arms, stop the struggle

Don’t squirm

Love hunts you down

03. YOU MOVE ME

December

In the city

I wait for you

By the fire

The way you held me

Sustains me

I walk a velvety wire

Waiting, waiting

Here for you

Darlin’ you move me

What can I do

To move you

The way you move me

Into the night

Deep inside

Kissing the sadness

Away

I’m a dreamer

A believer

Just take a look at my face

Shining, shining ‘cause of you

Darlin’ you move me

What can I do

To move you

The way you move me

Only you can move me

The way you move me

What can I do to move you

The way you move me

Everyday another battle

More knots to unravel

Push the rock up the hill

Wanna feel your breath upon me

Only your voice can warm me

I am just a pilgrim in the snow

Falling, falling

For you

Darlin’ you move me

What can I do

To move you

The way you move me

Only you can move me

The way you move me

What can I do to move you the way

you move me

Everyday

Everyday

You move me

Everyday

Everyday

Movin’, Movin’ Yeah

Oh yeah

Movin’, Movin’ Yeah

You move me

04. Mermaid

In the sea

In the sea

Oh how happy I will be

In the waves

In the waves

I will sing night and day

I will sing

I will sing

All the ships I will bring

I will call

I will call

But I won’t let them fall

In my dream, In my dream

I follow a stream

And it leads to you and me

To the sea, to the sea

To the sea of love

Oh your words

Oh your words

I will wear them like pearls

And your kiss

And your kiss

Is the rain upon my lips

It’s a sea, a sea of love

I will reach the sea of love

In my dream, In my dream

I follow a stream

Through the woods and leaf

I follow a stream

Over rocks and dells

I follow a stream

Where it leads

Is to the sea

To the sea

In the sea

In the sea of love

We will swim

You and me

I will sing

Too Da Loo

(Shimmy, Glimmy, Swimmy)

Sea of love

Sea of Love

05. If I Ever Knew

I loved every little thing about you

Didn’t wanna live without you

Now I just can’t go another day… this way

Watching the moon on your face

The life we lived all over this place

Watching the tears go rolling by….why?

If I ever knew

Another way (It got knocked out of me)

If I ever knew

Maybe I’d stay (It got shocked out of me)

Wished upon a star and you came

Way out of control your love games

Left my heart a rag, a bloody mess….tenderness

Every little thing that you do

Makes me wanna live without you

I’ll try to remember all those days

Early days when I loved you….

Early days

If I ever knew

Another way (It got knocked out of me)

If I ever knew

Maybe I’d stay (It got shocked out of me)

If ever I could speak

I’d have to say

“Baby, I don’t know another way”

I’m leaving in the morning

Don’t ask me where I’m going

Or if I ever knew

Another way

I’ll leave you a bunch of flowers (sweet perfume)

I am left with strange emotions

But outside

It’s nice and cool

(I’m leaving…….don’t ask me)

06. Firefly

Meadow

With your arms open wide

Lying green

In the soft summer night

Let me lie down too

For I am in pain

The only man I’ve ever loved

Has sent me away

He was my sun and my moon

He was the tide

How can I start again?

Where is my light?

There’s nothing here,  but

A firefly

A firefly

He got hurt

By the things that I’ve done

But he got back

Now I’m the broken one

He was my sun and my moon

He was the tide

How can I start again?

Where is my light?

There’s nothing here,  but

A firefly

A firefly

Here in the dark

I must make my peace, yeah

No more wishing on stars

He’s lost to me, yeah

He’s lost to me, oh

No more wishin’ on stars

No more wishin’

(…Y Buenos Aires querido, cuando yo te puedo a ver…)

His heart turned black

As black as the crow

Flying overhead

With me, crying here below

All the tears in the world

Won’t turn him around

‘Cause I’ve called and I’ve called

And I’ve called and I’ve called

There’s never a sound

He was my sun and my moon

He was the tide

How can I start again?

Where is my light?

There’s nothing here,  but

A firefly

A firefly

07. Flowers (Robbie’s Song)

I see something coming

In the morning sunshine

It’s like a brand new ship

Has set its sail

It’s your day

New in the morning

And it’s new in the evening

Wake up and smell the flowers along the way

You smile in the morning and keep it up in the evening

Wake up and smell the flowers

Along the way

And along the way

I’ll be right beside you

In step, right beside you

It’s time to get on board and be on your way

Got to sail away

Got to sail away

And like I said

“Love is everywhere”

“Open your heart”

“You will find it there”

I swear,

Oh Robbie can’t you see

You know you’re not alone

Out there

I see something coming

In the morning sunshine

It’s like a brand new ship

Has set its sail

It’s your day

New in the morning

And it’s new in the evening

Wake up and smell the flowers along the way

And like I said

“Love is everywhere”

“Open your heart”

“You will find it there”

I swear,

Oh Robbie can’t you see

You know you’re not alone

Out there

I swear

Oh,  Robbie

Can’t you see, you know

You’re not alone out there

I see something coming

In the morning sunshine

It’s a brand new

It’s a brand new

It’s a brand new day

(When day is done)

For you and me, baby

08. Radical Radiance

Auras and mantras and healers and tarot

And who do you trust?

I like to jazz it all up with some new kind of stuff

You get a body, a mind, a voice and it’s all in the rough

And in the end, no matter what,

You will give it up

I wanna, I wanna

A baby’s born, takes wing and soon, look,

There he goes

Do I believe in alchemy, as above, so below?

Is there poetic justice?

Hey man, I wouldn’t know

But just maybe, maybe, maybe

There is a soul

I wanna (give), I wanna (give)

I wanna be in radical radiance

Forget the past, just be in the present tense

And when the world goes round,

knocks me off my feet

I wanna get back up and feel the heat

I wanna be in radical radiance

And feel the hand of love

Let me catch my breath

I wanna move to the beat and

Dance the dance

I wanna live in radical radiance

I wanna (give), I wanna (give)

(Sometimes I ask myself…)

And is it truly worth your while

The way you spend your time (give it up, give it up)

When it rolls just let it roll

An open heart needs no control

It’s giving it up time. I’ll give it up

Watch me now I’m letting my hair down.

I wanna be in radical radiance

Forget the past, just be in the present tense

And when the world goes round, knocks me off my feet

I wanna get back up and just feel the heat

I wanna be in radical radiance

And feel the hand of love

Let me catch my breath

I wanna move to the beat and

Dance the dance

I wanna live in radical radiance

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