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Take You Out Dancing

by Derek James

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1.
WON’T BE LONG by Derek James It won’t be long It won’t be long It won’t be long Said it won’t be long It won’t be long Gonna hit you by surprise It won’t be long No you can’t go wrong Can you sing that song From dusk till dawn It won’t be long Gonna hit you by surprise It won’t be long Gonna hit you by surprise
2.
Lovely Fool 03:54
LOVELY FOOL by Derek James My baby walks in summer rain Her wet dress sticking to her legs Feet get a little muddy but that’s ok My baby loves it in the fall Leaves twist and shout she’ll catch them all Smiling at the trees she feels so small Chorus: She says Love me love me love me lovely fool Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh Love me love me love me lovely fool Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh My girl, she falls in love with spring She makes angels in the grass Laughs at everything She goes sha la la la la la Is the song she sings Sha la la la la La la la She says Love me love me love me lovely fool Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh Love me love me love me lovely fool Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh When the whirling winter wind wants to whisk her away She’ll unbutton my coat, get under the covers It’s time to play She says Love me love me love me lovely fool Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh I say Love me love me love me lovely fool Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh She says Love me love me love me lovely fool Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh Love me love me love me lovely fool Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh My lady loves Just like a glove loves a hand All over me, all over me
3.
SHE GOES FAR AWAY by Derek James There’s a lot of people in this city going home alone Waiting by the phone to call their name Maybe I don’t understand, but I just want to hold her hand And things will never be the same One two three I’m knocking on her door Still I don’t know what she’s looking for She don’t know my name, I’ve been down this road before She loves me but she leaves me all alone Chorus: She goes far away She loves me but she leaves me all alone She goes far away She loves me but she leaves me all alone My baby’s always so busy Out playing writing and living Sometimes I’m left missing her lips Sheets still on the floor The pots still on the stove from the morning This room stopped breathing when she left She goes far away She loves me but she leaves me all alone She goes far away She loves me but she leaves me all alone I don’t know but I’ve been told before The less you get you love ‘em even more She don’t know my name I’ve been down this road before She loves me but she leaves me oh She loves me but she leaves me oh She goes far away She loves me but she leaves me all alone She goes far away She loves me but she leaves me all alone She loves me, she loves me She loves me but she leaves me all alone She loves me, she loves, loves me, She loves me but she leaves me all alone
4.
WAVE YOUR FLAG by Derek James Cutie, cutie please, your beauty, is like a disease Don’t cure me, give me what you got Cause you look so clean giving me that shot Stand me, throw me a bone I’m all alone here, there’s nobody home, woah oh oh Yeah you look so sweet when you stomp those feet There you go smacking your dog Eyebrows that scowl got stuck in the fog Foggy water gonna drag you down Right down till, you turn it around All the hate’s funny shapes don’t you know you’re a clown Tick tock tick tock so tight you’ve been wound All the saints on the farm none of them can be found You got there somehow Chorus: Wave your flag at me You’re such a funny walker Woah oh oh oh oh, Woah oh oh oh oh Shake those stars and see You’re such a dirty talker Woah oh oh oh oh, Woah oh oh oh Frame me, frame me please Take a picture, so you can see what I look like Nailed against your wall so when you get so big you won’t forget how small You made me, laying in your bikini, By the poolside, on your third martini Baby I’m easy but that’s just cruel Cause I remember the tongue in the pool There you go smacking your dog Eyebrows that scowl got stuck in the fog Foggy water gonna drag you down Right down till, you turn it around All the hate’s funny shapes don’t you know you’re a clown Tick tock tick tock so tight you’ve been wound All the saints on the farm none of them can be found You got there somehow Wave your flag at me You’re such a funny walker Woah oh oh oh oh, Woah oh oh oh oh Shake those stars and see You’re such a dirty talker Woah oh oh oh oh, Woah oh oh oh Bitter is the taste that you left behind The way that you say that you’ll always be mine New York you’re so far away Where we used to masquerade We can make up today Is there any heart to save Wave your flag at me You’re such a funny walker Woah oh oh oh oh, Woah oh oh oh oh Shake those stars and see You’re such a dirty talker Woah oh oh oh oh, Woah oh oh oh Such a funny walker Such a dirty talker
5.
TAKE YOU OUT DANCING by Derek James Above there's blue beyond the trees I watch them as they sleep Sung to by a stream Dragon clouds the horse parade All their lovely shades The blues, the greens, the grays Stars are all in tune A love song for the moon Chorus: I want to take you out dancing Spin you the whole night long You make me feel so romantic Baby we can't go wrong Woah ooh oh ooh oh Woah ooh oh ooh oh Woah ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh You make me feel right Above there's blue beyond the trees I watch them as they sleep Sung to by a stream Making love by the moon Alone but not too soon We can make it new Stars are all in tune A love song for the moon I want to take you out dancing Spin you the whole night long You make me feel so romantic Baby we can't go wrong Woah ooh oh ooh oh Woah ooh oh ooh oh Woah ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh You make me feel right Never knew I'd see the day I hear everything the stars can say I want to take you out dancing Spin you the whole night long You make me feel so romantic Baby we can't go wrong Woah ooh oh ooh oh Woah ooh oh ooh oh Woah ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh You make me feel right
6.
Like A Woman 04:21
LIKE A WOMAN by Derek James She lies awake burning red love boils up inside her Settle down now, settle down, what’s she gonna do She dreams our love’s just a lie Sees me walking with another Writing fiction little girl, the world inside her head Woah no Chorus How she feels like a woman Is real like a woman to me She can breathe like a woman She sings like a woman Oh she could have fooled me Grabbing shoes, kicking clothes, she throws them out the window She says it loud now, crying out, how it’s gonna be I see a long worn soul, in a familiar surrender Too young and too scared to see it any other way Woah no How she feels like a woman Is real like a woman to me She can breathe like a woman She sings like a woman to me She gets high like a woman she flies like a woman to me She can breathe like a woman she sings like a woman Oh she could have fooled me I know she, she’ll go on without me When I’ve gone, she’s gonna let me be She fool She feels like a woman to me yeah She feels like a woman to me yeah She feels like a woman to me yeah She feels like a woman to me yeah
7.
Mama Said 03:15
MAMA SAID by Derek James Mama said this day was gonna come, woah Mama said she would be waiting by the door oh oh oh oh Waiting for her boy to come home Ah ooh ooh Waiting for her boy all alone Mama said she would be on her own woah Mama said she would be waiting by the phone oh oh oh oh Waiting for her boy to call home Ah ooh ooh Waiting for her boy to come home Better come home, I’m coming Chorus Woo I’m coming Woo I’m coming Woo I’m coming Home to you mama I am I’m coming Woo I’m coming home I’m coming home to you mama I am Here I come Mama said I would be big and grown woah Mama said there is a great big world to roam oh oh oh oh A great big world to roam Ah ooh ooh Waiting for her boy to roam home Better come home, I’m coming Woo I’m coming Woo I’m coming Woo I’m coming Home to you mama I am I’m coming Woo I’m coming home I’m coming home to you mama I am Here I come I’m coming I’m coming home I’m coming, home to you mama I am I’m coming home I’m coming home, home, home to you mama I am Here I come
8.
Maggie 03:11
MAGGIE by Derek James Maggie won't you move over There's too much room between us on the sofa I've been wanting to kiss you I bet those lips are as sweet as tiramisu We're all alone together Here on this piece of leather Our own secret hideaway Chorus You don't have to look the other way now baby Come on Maggie won’t you be mine You and I can be together let’s be crazy Come on Maggie open your eyes You can’t make me want you more I’ve been waiting for fruit to fall on me You were young when I met you I spent the fall just trying to forget you But you'd come home for the weekend Hanging ‘round with your friends, I'd try to sneak in Now here we are together Safe from the dreary weather Hair's raising on my arms You don't have to look the other way now baby Come on Maggie won’t you be mine You and I can be together let’s be crazy Come on Maggie open your eyes You can’t make me want you more I’ve been waiting for fruit to fall on me We can be friends, rules they can bend No one ever has to know Alone in the dark, get set on your mark we go You can make my hunger go Woah woah oh oh oh oh oh We're all alone together Here on this piece of leather Our own secret hideaway You don't have to look the other way now baby Come on Maggie won’t you be mine You and I can be together let’s be crazy Come on Maggie open your eyes You can’t make me want you more I’ve been waiting for fruit to fall on me
9.
Sexy Eyes 03:57
SEXY EYES by Derek James When those sexy eyes smack me in the face across the room Just like a piece of ice, down the back of my neck into my shoes Any room with you in it, is a room with a view I gave you a beet you told me to beat it I said I'm not quite through Chorus Where'd you go When I came for you I don’t know what’s left for me to do Cause I can't help the silly things I do When those sexy eyes smack me in the face across the room Just like a piece of ice, down the back of my neck into my shoes I cannot help it, doctor says it’s my disease I'm silly for you see I'm silly You put the Elvis in my knees Where'd you go When I came for you I don’t know what’s left for me to do Cause I can't help the silly things I do La la la La la la La la la La la la La la la Cause I can't help the silly things I do You make me feel like you’re my girl Oh girl, the silly things I do for you And you, and you and you and you and you
10.
Dear Dove 04:06
DEAR DOVE by Derek James We love like monkeys Hands through hair, fingers pinching skin Morning kisses are sweeter with the breath I’m breathing in I’m just singing this song Because I can’t fall asleep Nobody keeps me warm And I’m through counting sheep CHORUS Cause you know this is exactly where you’re supposed to be And I know this is exactly where I’m supposed to be You’ll move to London in March Your blossoming career No direction home, I like the way you steer You’re my frog princess, I’m your dove We never wished to share this abandoned love But that’s just, just what we got Cause you know this is exactly where you’re supposed to be And I know this is exactly where I’m supposed to be But you know this is exactly where you’re supposed to be And I know this is exactly where I’m supposed to be
11.
GRAB MY HEART by Derek James How that accent gets me How it misdirects me Like you're a friend of mine Baby you know That I can’t fight it You say hello Making me excited CHORUS Grab my heart goes to and fro You step right up and you let it go It’s you, it’s you ooh ooh Feel my heart go to and fro It leapt right up and you let it go It’s you, it’s you ooh ooh Here it comes hurling down the mountain You can always hear the people shouting When you talk like you're a friend of mine Baby you know That I can’t fight it You say hello Making me excited Grab my heart goes to and fro You step right up and you let it go It’s you, it’s you ooh ooh Feel my heart go to and fro It leapt right up and you let it go It’s you, it’s you ooh ooh
12.
Slow Go 03:40
SLOW GO by Derek James There's a worm in a hole in my brain And it's moving every which way As it goes sliding through All my world's turning blue I'm hoping it's not gonna stay There's a spider inside of my head And it's crawling and spinning its web As it goes creeping through All my world’s turning blue I'm hoping it's not gonna stay Who will stop the slow go A stone's throw Black hole Who will stop the slow go A stone's throw I don't know Oh there's a fighter inside of my head And he's beating and bashing it red As he goes swinging round All the blood's dripping down Again and again and again I spent years in a room I spent years in a room I spent years in a room Trying to come out new CHORUS Who will stop the slow go A stone's throw I don’t know Who will stop, who will stop the slow go I don't know Oh who will stop the slow go A stone's throw I don’t know Who will stop, who will stop the slow go I don't know Oh there's a worm in a hole in my brain And it's moving every which way As it goes sliding through All my world's turning blue
13.
Bright Days 02:02
BRIGHT DAYS by Derek James & Andrea Tonon CHORUS Bright days, sunny morning Gonna move around the city like ducks zipping through the pond We may be crazy, maybe it's the air Hot days in the city don't know why don't even care Hit the streets like dogs chasing bouncing balls Out the windows pop faces as they shout and call Hey Johnny hi Max hey George hey Sal Who you talking to boy, I ain't your pal Bright days, sunny morning Gonna move around the city like ducks zipping through the pond We may be crazy, maybe it's the air Hot days in the city don't know why don't even care Bridge over water biggest one in town Isn't that funny there's no one around Starts to shake as we cross this ain't no dream Bridge falls in the water but we can't swim Bright days, sunny morning Gonna move around the city like ducks zipping through the pond We may be crazy, maybe it's the air Hot days in the city don't know why don't even care

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released April 14, 2015

all lyrics and music by Derek James
all songs © publishing Derek James Music (ASCAP)
produced by Assaf Spector, Roy Gurel & Derek James
additional music by Assaf Spector & Roy Gurel (tracks 2,3,6,7,9)
additional lyrics by Assaf Spector (track 1)
engineered by Assaf Spector & Roy Gurel
mixed by Assaf Spector
mastered by Adrian Morgan at Timeless Mastering, Brooklyn, NY
photography © Glenn Chocky
art design © Glenn Chocky & Derek James

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