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    Exciting Times (2018)

    July 5, 2023: New edition of Exciting Times with photography by Man Ray and design by Michelangelo Greco.

    Original release date: November 9, 2018

    Available on 12″ Vinyl & CD

    Digital: Bandcamp | Spotify | iTunes

    Tracklist

    01. Way You Write
    02. Fatalist Love
    03. Something Has Changed
    04. Almost Shared a Lifetime
    05. Exciting Times
    06. Music Gets You Girls
    07. Let’s Get Along
    08. Wilderness Will Wait
    09. Memories of Three

    Lyrics

    Good looks never hurt no one
    Yet they fail to
    Turn me on

    If you’d like a way with me
    Then a way with words
    Is the key

    My, my
    The way you write, write
    Blows my mind, mind
    Way you write

    What a brilliant line
    Can we spend the night?

    Send me just a phrase or two
    No one says things quite
    Quite like you

    I just cannot help but smile
    Got me so intrigued
    By your mind

    My, my
    The way you write, write
    Blows my mind, mind
    Way you write

    What a brilliant line
    Can we spend the night?

    #

    I know your kind
    The same as mine
    You wear a smile
    With frown combined

    We see the end
    Every second
    What a waste
    What good taste

    I see you mourning the moment
    While in the midst of the moment
    Some have a tendency for it
    And don’t we love each other for it

    We’re always mourning the moment
    While in the midst of the moment
    (ooooh)
    Fatalist love
    (ooooh)
    Fatalist love

    Why must things end so bad
    After all the good times had
    Sentiment doesn’t help
    But still I can’t help myself

    I see you mourning the moment
    While in the midst of the moment
    Some have a tendency for it
    And don’t we love each other for it

    We’re always mourning the moment
    While in the midst of the moment
    (ooooh)
    Fatalist love
    (ooooh)
    Fatalist love
    (ooooh)
    My fatalist love

    #

    Now that you’re settled
    Comes a knock at the door
    Wind’s rattling something
    That never rattled before
    What have we if not promises?
    The excitement of the road too gets old

    Something has changed in me
    Changed again
    Something has changed in me
    And here I go
    On the road again
    Seeking another storm
    Just when I think I’ve got it right
    I hear the laughter of life
    Something has changed

    How many times we’ve pledged forever
    Gone overnight like the weather
    Magic days of childhood I took for granted
    Now I see were held together by a thread

    Something has changed in me
    Changed again
    Something has changed in me
    And here I am
    On the run again
    Seeking another storm
    Just when I think I’ve got it right
    I hear the laughter of life

    How many times can a person begin again?
    The road getting stranger with every turn
    Nature flaunting her beauty and indifference
    Smears away our love with a smile
    Something has changed

    #

    I caught your glance
    A time exact
    And it led me down a path

    How close we came
    To a different fate
    A million miles away

    Slight is the motion
    That ripples the ocean
    And guides your whole life through

    Chance are the moments
    That lead to a romance
    But not for me and you

    Darling you and I
    Almost shared a lifetime
    Just as easily
    Could have been you and me

    Like ants we crawl
    One takes a fall
    With no reason at all

    Your eyes meet mine
    It’s like we might
    As well have shared a lifetime

    Slight is the motion
    That ripples the ocean
    And guides your whole life through

    Chance are the moments
    That lead to a romance
    But not for me and you

    Darling you and I
    Almost shared a lifetime
    Just as easily
    Could have been you and me

    #

    Exciting times
    Have arrived
    It’s your turn
    In the light

    The invisible hand
    The wind at your back
    One by one, lucky cards
    Being stacked

    All the years
    You worked for this
    Now make sense
    Dead-end roads
    Stories untold
    With no witness

    Exciting times
    Enjoy the ride
    Feels like luck
    May always stay
    By your side
    Exciting times

    All the world smiles with you
    So much to look forward to
    Just how long will it last?
    There’s no time to reflect
    In exciting times

    Have arrived
    Only so many times
    In a life

    Come what may down the line
    Throw your two cents in the pile
    Cherish these precious
    Exciting times
    Exciting times

    #

    Music gets you girls
    It’s true
    I can assure

    I may not look like much
    On the street
    But once they hear me sing
    Mission complete

    If you’re of average look
    You’ve got to find another hook
    For every twenty hours you invest
    I guarantee an hour with the best

    So get to work
    My ugly friend
    Find a guitar
    And start a band
    We all need love
    Whatever works
    The truth it hurts
    Music gets you girls

    The ones who are beautiful
    And tall
    They don’t need to do
    Anything at all
    And who can blame them
    It’s not their fault
    But the rest of us
    Gotta hustle with charm

    I used to work
    At an office job
    And let me tell you
    The nights were long
    Now I sing
    And play guitar
    And the world has opened
    Legs and all

    So get to work
    My ugly friend
    Find a guitar
    And start a band
    We all need love
    Whatever works
    The truth it hurts
    Music gets you girls
    The truth it hurts
    Music gets you girls

    #

    Used to foresee myself alone
    A lovely older woman
    With lovers come and go
    No one to make me sick
    Each day a new headache
    With stale routines
    And all the rest of it

    Now I see your face each every morning
    Sometimes I want to scream out and go running
    But what good would I be
    Alone with poetry
    The void is sweeter in good company

    Let’s get along
    Anyone can sit like a genius on their own
    In the end what matters most
    Is that hellish room we shared
    Where everything went wrong
    Let’s get along

    No doubt I need my solitude
    To cleanse myself
    Of all the time spent with you
    Or else I’d lose my mind
    A girl needs her time
    To recharge for another round of paradise

    Let’s get along
    Anyone can sit like a genius on their own
    In the end what matters most
    Is that hellish room we shared
    Where everything went wrong
    Let’s get along

    It was a season to remember
    It was a nightmare and a pleasure

    In life you can’t have all things at once
    No matter what you choose something gets lost
    The math I’ve done is sound
    My calculations found
    That love yields the best deal around

    Yes you’ve told me that story before
    Why don’t you go ahead
    And tell me once more
    Cause you’re the queen of all my days
    In life’s nonsensical maze
    And that’s a headache
    That I’d never trade

    Let’s get along
    Anyone can sit like a genius on their own
    In the end what matters most
    Is that hellish room we shared
    Where everything went wrong
    Let’s get along

    Let’s get along
    Past the comfort zone’s
    Where all the good stuff’s from
    At the end of all my years
    I will cherish all your endless
    Chatter in my ears
    Let’s get along

    It was a season to remember
    It was a nightmare and a pleasure
    Thanks for the time we spent together
    Now I need you more than ever

    #

    The wilderness will wait
    Said I’d be back again
    While I seek the crowds
    While I’m on the stage
    In life there is a time
    For everything
    And there with open arms
    The wilderness will wait

    Wait for my return
    While my oats are being sowed
    In the city lights
    In the arms of boys and girls
    Youth it is a time
    For the exterior
    But in the hollow of a tree
    The forest waits for me

    Wherever I may roam
    Berlin, Paris or Stockholm
    A piece of forest comes with me
    And watches silently
    All my little wins
    And great disappointments
    Together it reassures
    That soon we will return

    #

    I’m taking with me
    My memories of three
    High on the beach
    With one of each

    Down in the mud
    Up in the trees
    A bottle of wine
    What more do you need

    These things can’t last
    But they make a beautiful season
    In the tall grass
    She made a pass

    All things have their time
    And I’m doing fine
    But I’m taking with me
    My memories of three

    Nature goes on
    Long after we’re gone
    Here in this place
    How many have loved

    Life carries on
    Long after we’re gone
    Here by the sea
    Our memories of three

    I’m taking with me
    My memories of three
    High on the beach
    With one of each

    Down in the mud
    Up in the trees
    A bottle of wine
    What more do you need

    These things can’t last
    But they make a beautiful season
    In the tall grass
    She made a pass

    Life carries on
    Long after we’re gone
    Here by the sea
    Our memories of three

    #

    Credits

    All songs written and performed by Michelle Gurevich
    Produced by Michelle Gurevich and Lisa Bregneager
    Michelle Gurevich: vox, synths/keys, electric guitar
    Gustavo Lopez Retamal: classical & acoustic guitars on 3, 5, 7
    Eric Thomas: bass on 1, 3
    Matt Davies: drums on 1, 6, 8
    Steve Fishman: bass and backing vox on 6
    Mark Kulvinskas: drums on 4
    Trey Macias: percussion on tracks 8 & 9
    Beach sfx on 9 by Julius Galla
    Mixed by Michelle Gurevich and Lisa Bregneager
    Mastered by Kramer

    Photo by Man Ray © Man Ray 2015 Trust / VISDA
    Album design by Michelangelo Greco

    © Copyright Michelle Gurevich