On Roosevelt, by Lee Desty

On Roosevelt

by Lee Desty

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1.	On Roosevelt 04:23	lyrics	buy track
On Roosevelt She came from Idaho, where potatoes grow , that’s real good, I’m partial to fries She’d show me the way to go, the way to go , I told her I wasn't lost. You looking for love ? You looking for love? I’m just Iooking for my hotel She had too much front, way too much front , I tried to shake her off She said at night she was a dancer , I said some people have too much class She could always tell the crazies and chancers So I asked - did I fail or pass? Chorus: On Roosevelt, On Roosevelt On Rosie in Queens On Roosevelt, On Roosevelt She sells to buy her dreams She spoke in strange falsetto, tottered on tall stilettoes ,my lights were on red I was opportunity, a golden opportunity , She was sure I would pay But I declined, made up mind ,she could kill a man with those heels. She said I think you’re messing with me, I said what gave you that idea? In defeat, she stomped off instead 7 Train squealed on overhead Chorus: On Roosevelt, On Roosevelt On Rosie in Queens On Roosevelt, On Roosevelt She sells to buy her dreams
2.	This Child 03:38	lyrics	buy track
This Child This child is talking, this child has no voice This child is thinking, this child has no choice This child’s cold and hungry, wants to be safe and warm This child knows no other world, lives in scars the earth has torn Chorus Wait in line – child of the universe Wait in line, you’re a child of our time Wait in line – child of the universe Wait in line, you’re a child of our time, This child walks for water, miles and miles without shoes This child is someone’s son or daughter, fleeing from the bomb and gun This child is all knowing, walks the streets alone This child just wants a chance to learn, a place they can call home Chorus: Wait in line – child of the universe Wait in line, you’re a child of our time Wait in line – child of the universe Wait in line ,you’re a child of our time V3 This child needs someone to love, someone who believes in them This child is a parent to sisters or brothers, for them there is no other way This child needs someone to listen , someone who cares to hear They say children are our future but will they see the next day? Chorus: Wait in line – child of the universe ,Wait in line, you’re a child of our time Wait in line – child of the universe ,Wait in line, you’re a child of our time This child is talking, this child has no voice ,this child is thinking, this child has no choice
3.	Man Overboard 04:12	lyrics	buy track
Man Overboard She is more than my eyes can take, She leaves me breathless in her wake She can do anything to me She can be anyway with me All I see, all I see My magnificent obsession Chorus: Man overboard, I'm drowning in her beauty Man overboard .Throw me a lifeline honey Man overboard, I'm drowning in her beauty Call man, man overboard Call man, man overboard I count myself lucky every day That she came across my way She can do anything to me She can be anyway with me All I see, all I see My magnificent obsession Chorus Man overboard, I'm drowning in her beauty Man overboard, throw me a lifeline honey Man overboard, I'm drowning in her beauty Call man, man overboard Call man, man overboard Man overboard, I'm drowning in her beauty Man overboard, throw me a lifeline honey Man overboard, I'm drowning in her beauty Call man, man overboard Call man, man overboard Call man, call man, call man, call man Man overboard Call man, call man, call man, and call man Man overboard
4.	Lost and Found 03:35	lyrics	buy track
Lost and Found I thought I’d lost that girl for good I’d never felt such a pain, I couldn’t understand Fighting the despair I thought I’d lost that girl for good Tears rolling down my face, the pain were so intense Saw only emptiness beyond And where had she gone? What had she become? What secret had she kept from me? What darkness had survived? What did she need to find so bad? Was it a new love? Or was it something on her mind That she had to discover? I thought I’d lost that girl for good I thought I thrown it all away Blame myself every day For what I failed to do along the way And where had she gone? What had she become? What secret had she kept from me? What darkness had survived? What did she need to find so bad? Was it a new love? Or was it something on her mind That she had to discover? Now that girl is back for good I wouldn’t change her if I could She’s the jewel that sparkles bright The muse behind my song.
5.	Completely Yours 04:42	lyrics	buy track
Completely Yours The more I try to love you, the more you keep me at bay And the more you act the role, the more I long for you Doesn't matter what I say or do, you play on my mind Can't remove the feeling, like a love-struck teenage boy I know it sounds funny but to me it makes sense When I hear your voice, I never feel tense You're all around me, make so alive I'm at peace when you're at my side. Chorus Oh it's total, I'm completely yours Oh it's total, I'm completely yours Oh it's total, I'm completely yours Oh it's total, I'm completely yours Can you imagine, just how I feel tonight Seeing you before me, in the restaurant light A picture of perfection and I so want, To be completely yours and for you to be completely mine I know it sounds funny but to me it makes sense When I hear your voice, I never feel tense You're all around me, make so alive I'm at peace when you're at my side. Chorus: Oh it's total, I'm completely yours Oh it's total, I'm completely yours Oh it's total, I'm completely yours Oh it’s total, I'm completely yours Together, I’m completely yours
6.	Clearwater Blue 03:55	lyrics	buy track
Clearwater Blue You smiled when you said you loved me You laughed when I pulled a face at you You asked me if I wanted to be elsewhere I said right here with you will do You contemplated your next words As you lay beneath the baking sun There are no words for how you looked to me But you knew I would succumb Chorus Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue This place it casts a spell on me White sands and palms on constant call I said we could rent a condo here And stay until the Fall You said you couldn’t quit your city job Something you wanted to be Imagine us standing on the water’s edge It was time you had some fun and ran into the sea Chorus Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue, Clearwater Blue
7.	Chance of a Rainbow 04:25	lyrics	buy track
Chance of a Rainbow Looking out across a grey English sky The wind is changing, the rain is easing up A pale sun fights to break through A silence falls, this space seems filled with you. Chorus And as clouds race across the sky Distant dockyard cranes catch my eye I can never leave this place While I still hope to see While I can still believe While I still hope to see While I can still believe There’ll be a chance of a rainbow Just a chance of a rainbow Just a chance of a rainbow I wonder where I would be Without you, you changed my world around There no one I would rather see Or hear as you, come through the door Chorus And as clouds race across the sky Distant dockyard cranes catch my eye I can never leave this place While I still hope to see While I can still believe While I still hope to see While I can still believe Just a chance of a rainbow Just a chance of a rainbow Just a chance of a rainbow
8.	Last of the Sun 03:23	lyrics	buy track
Last of the Sun Yes I know I’ve got a restless mind And you, always understanding, are one of a kind You were never indifferent, you knew I was driven But what I felt inside Chorus: Walk with me, talk with me Come with me and we’ll find the last of the sun Walk with me, talk with me Come with me and we’ll find the last of the sun Walk with me, talk with me Come with me and we’ll find the last of the sun Your love it tamed me and it shaped me Never for a moment did I think you were wrong for me And now the years are sliding by There’s just no need to ask how or why Chorus Walk with me, talk with me Come with me and we’ll find the last of the sun Walk with me, talk with me Come with me and we’ll find the last of the sun Walk with me, talk with me Come with me and we’ll find the last of the sun The last of the sun The last of the sun The last of the sun
9.	Homburg and Havana 04:02	lyrics	buy track
Homburg and Havana From New York to Moscow, from Berlin to Rome The world watching Winston take his long mile home From St Paul’s where flames, once lit the sky A final salute, a whispered goodbye… That voice rings down the years, Blood, toil, sweat and tears Chorus: Homburg and Havana, defiant victory V In the darkest of hours He was their hope of being free. The world seemed stilled, a great force spent Muffled drums, the pipers’ lament Thames cranes bowed to the Havengore While all through the sky the Lightnings roared That voice ring down the years, Blood, toil, sweat and tears Chorus: Homburg and Havana, Defiant victory V In the darkest of hours He was their hope of being free. Homburg and Havana, Defiant victory V In the darkest of hours He was their hope of being free. From New York to Moscow, from Berlin to Rome They watched Winston take his long mile home
10.	Right Away 04:42	lyrics	buy track
Right Away She was a blinding light that drew me in She was the wave that swept over me She had the power, she liked control She liked to play mind games Liked the dominant role She could do straight miss or the party vamp Do it in a style you’d never cramp Chorus: She gave me the look She knew I'd be there right away Read me like a book She knew I'd be there right away Called me in the night She knew that I'd be there right away Be there right away Oh be there right away There's no fool like an old fool She played me like a song for far too long It was just the way she was The only way she could be Couldn't find a way of breaking free She could do straight miss or the party vamp Do it in a style that would never cramp Chorus: She gave me the look She knew I'd be there right away Read me like a book She knew I'd be there right away Called me in the night She knew that I'd be there right away Be there right away Oh I'd be there right away. She knew I'd be there right away She knew I'd be there right away She knew I'd be there right away She knew I'd be there right away, she knew I'd be there right away
11.	Quiet Sounds of War 04:14	lyrics	buy track
Quiet Sounds of War Can you hear the quiet sounds? The quiet sounds ……of war C 17, touching down once more Can you hear the quiet sounds? The quiet sounds of war A name and face on TV , talk of “one last tour” And so it begins, it never seems to end Flowers for the youth, placed on a slow black roof, the quiet sounds of war Can you hear the quiet sounds, the quiet sounds of war? Muffled tears and sudden cries, a dreaded knock on the door Can you hear the quiet sounds, the quiet sounds of war? His nightmares and anger that few ever saw. And so the soft words flow, what sort of man he was, A soldier to the end, a lover and a friend, the quiet sounds of war Rain drops on cellophane, faces etched in pain Lives never be the same A bell tolls, flags fall to the ground. Can you hear the quiet sounds? The quiet sounds of war C 17, touching down once more And so it begins, it never seems to end Flowers for the youth, placed on a slow black roof. The quiet sounds of war.
12.	Strange Wild Time 04:39	lyrics	buy track
Strange Wild Time Woh woh woh woh Woh woh woh woh I was looking at the girl She was so clever and so cool Thought she wanted me as her man She never towed the line, frankly drank too much wine It was a strange wild time I thought I knew everything about that girl I thought I knew everything about her I thought if I can hold onto to her There's a chance that she'd be mine Instead I nearly lost my mind. Chorus Woh woh woh woh It was a strange wild time Woh woh woh woh It was a strange wild time I was looking at the girl My head was spinning in a whirl Some might call it going crazy We didn't get much sleep Her cunning ways ran so deep, I could never keep up I thought I knew everything about that girl I thought I knew everything about her I thought if I can hold onto to her There's a chance that she'd be mine But instead I nearly lost my mind. Chorus: Woh woh woh woh It was a strange wild time Woh woh woh woh It was a strange wild time I thought I knew everything about that girl I thought I knew everything about her I thought if I can hold onto to her There's a chance that she'd be mine Instead I nearly lost my mind. Chorus: Woh woh woh woh It was a strange wild time Woh woh woh woh It was a strange wild time Woh woh woh woh It was a strange wild time Woh woh woh woh Woh woh woh woh Woh woh woh woh Woh woh woh woh
13.	Beautiful Sad 05:13	lyrics	buy track
Beautiful Sad Beautiful sad, I’m so glad I stayed around Habitual dreamer, you were always testing me Frequently silent, you’d slip into your shell Suddenly breaking, like a thunderstorm Part of me was part of you, things we battled through Caused each other so much pain, fill the glass back up again Chorus And the more I loved you, more than I should The more I loved you, beautiful sad, I understood Beautiful sad, I’d would wait on your every word Seeking an answer, to questions no longer there Endlessly worrying, about things of no consequence Always believing, you gave me all you were Chorus And the more I loved you, more than I should The more I loved you, beautiful sad, Fine things in your mind, your funny ways, every detail I longed to hear your laughter, banish your fears, give you hope I’d take your hand in mine, making sure it was for real I’d have stolen you a tomorrow, if only I knew how Beautiful sad, I’m so glad you came my way The look in your eyes said more than you could ever say We coloured our days, found infinite ways, to be ourselves Nothing was lost, we drank it all in, so sure it was true Chorus And the more I loved you, more than I should The more I loved you, Beautiful sad, I understood Chorus The more I loved you, more than I should The more I loved you, Beautiful sad, I understood, Beautiful sad , I understood Beautiful sad, I understood Beautiful sad, I understood

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My first album of original songs issued in 2014.
Completely Yours was a finalist in the Hollywood Song Contest 2015.
On Roosevelt , This Child and Homburg and Havana both received critical acclaim and were played on BBC TV and radio.

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released March 7, 2014

Produced and recorded by Dave Phillips at The White House Studios, Southampton.

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Lee Desty Southampton, UK

Southampton born singer songwriter. Winner of 2017 Hollywood Song Contest.
Has now issued 3 albums of original folk pop and 2 singles.
Destined for greatness but behind schedule.😊

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