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Jezebel (V3)
04:12
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“Jezebel”
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 2016/2023 by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: chet@chetnichols.net
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Verse 1
If you find you’re judging
All your loves by me
You’re not free
You can live your own life
Between the mountains and the sea
But, if you dream I’ll be there
You’re not free
Chorus
Cause you kept playing Jezebel
And I tried playing the cure
Both caught in a fantasy
That wasn’t real anymore
Yeah, cause you say that I brought you down
When I only wanted you to win
And now it’s up to you to see it thru
And learn to start again Jezebel
Start again, Jezebel
Verse 2
Separate vacations
Business trips
Long lovely girls with shapely hips
Separate relations
Dinners alone
A long distance relation we’ve outgrown
Chorus
Musical Bridge
Chorus
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Copyright © 2016/2020 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
All US and Global Rights are reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the writer and the publisher.
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“I Know Who You Are”
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Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 1980/2011 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
I know who you are
Standing there in front of me
I’ve seen you ride your lucky star
First you’re near
Then you’re too far to see
No, you can’t hide from me
We share something we see
Dreaming a dreamer’s dream
Of what we want our lives to be
Because I know who you are
On and off your lucky star
And I love who you are
I know where you go
When I hear that screen door close
I know where you go
When you’re in between your highs and lows
No, you can’t hide from me
We share something we see
Dreaming a dreamer’s dream
Of what we want our lives to be
Because I know who you are
On and off your lucky star
And I love who you are
I know who you are
And I love you
And I know you
I love who you are
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Copyright © 2016 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
All US and Global Rights are reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the writer and the publisher.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at:
MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
Or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator, (at the address below)
Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065”
http://www.chetnichols.net.
More information at:
http://www.chetnichols.net
http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com
Email: MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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I Was Dreaming (V7 2220)
05:47
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“I Was Dreaming”
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 2012/2020 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
http://www.chetnichols.net :: chet@chetnichols.net
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Verse 1.
I close my eyes and I see nothing
I open them wide and it’s still the same
I hoped to see a glimpse of you running
And you were heading my way
Chorus
I know a heart that’s broken in two
Won’t believe that love can be true
But, my heart’s an open door
I see you reach and turn the key
And step back into me
And suddenly I feel complete
But, I know I was dreaming
I was only dreaming
I was dreaming
I was only dreaming
Verse 2.
Out in the mist I can see a shadow
Your lips appear and brush against my cheek
Whispering my dreams can all come true
If I find the path leading back to you
Chorus
I know a heart that’s broken in two
Won’t believe that love can be true
But, my heart’s an open door
I see you reach and turn the key
And step back into me
And suddenly I feel complete
But, I know I was dreaming
I was only dreaming
I was dreaming
I was only dreaming
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The Sands Of Time (Solo)
04:54
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“The Sands Of Time”
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Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 2017 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com :: ChetNichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
VERSE 1
We never said goodbye
That’s what came to me
The moment that I heard
You had sailed for endless seas
There was no goodbye
Would that be our end?
When a sudden cosmic circumstance
Mixed your ashes with the wind
CHORUS 1
Where are we to go
When it’s time that we’re called home?
And how are we to know
Without the love we need to hold?
How am I to keep my faith
Without that heart of mine
Beyond the hills we’ve climbed
Across the sands of time?
VERSE 2
Some say we are ghosts
Just waiting to appear
But how do ghosts feel the sun
Or smell the rain when it is near?
I believe we’re flames
That merge to light the way
As we stroll breathing shorelines
And dance above the waves
BRIDGE
Every grain of sand
Holds a memory
Of every prayer we’ve prayer
And every dream we’ve dreamed
Every bridge I cross
Takes me further home
Closer to the arms
That I yearn to hold
CHORUS 2
Just like drifting clouds
We split and drift away
Till autumn winds draw us back
To squeeze us tight and make us rain
And when the harvest bells fill the air
And ring out one last time
That’s when hearts combine
That’s when hearts combine
When your hand’s holding mine
And we cross the sands of time
And we cross the sands of time
And we cross the sands of time
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Copyright © 2017 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
All US and Global Rights are reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the writer and the publisher.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at:
MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
Or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator, (at the address below)
Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065”
http://www.chetnichols.net.
More information at:
http://www.chetnichols.net
http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com
Email: MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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5. |
Tangled Up In You (Solo)
04:30
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"Tangled Up In You"
Lyrics and music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 2009/2016 by Chet Nichols & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com :: http://www.chetnichols.net
VERSE ONE:
The first time I saw you
I could have turned and run
But a voice said,
"Stick around and have a little fun."
Was that just a big mistake
Or some foolish hope?
Before I could ask your name
You had me on the ropes
CHORUS:
I looked around and I was in the middle
A web was spinning
There was no escape
And it did not take too long before I knew
I was tangled up in you.
VERSE TWO
We drifted to the dance floor
And fought the urge to kiss
Our bodies screaming,
"Just let go and give into the bliss"
I inhaled your perfume
Like some forbidden drug
Then your eyes whispered,
"Are we falling in love?"
CHORUS:
How could this be
Love happening so fast?
Our hearts were racing
We were losing control
And it did not take too long before we knew
You were tangled up, too
BRIDGE
Now, when love comes at first sight
It can last for just one night
But we've gone on for years
Dancing thru the tears
Entangled in our lives
CHORUS
I looked around and we're both in the middle
Of a life that's simple
Loving and sweet
And there 's nothing that could make me be untrue
I'm still tangled up in you
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Copyright © ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
(Chet Nichols Creative Services, Inc-Magic Garage Music Division)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at: MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
or http://www.chetnichols.net. or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net or http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com
Email: MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
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The Blue (Solo)
03:39
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“The Blue”
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 2012 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
http://www.chetnichols.net :: chet@chetnichols.net
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1.
Maybe we were hypnotized
Under an ancient spell
But, my heart and soul remembers
The very moment we both fell
I sit among the photographs
Scattered all around the room
Black and white and colors
Turning blue, turning blue
2.
There’s a gallery of memories
That is filled with lover’s art
I wander thru it daily
What we painted with our hearts
Hand in hand in Paris
And on the beaches of Cancun
So, how did these memories
Turn to blue, turn to blue
Bridge
I sit before a canvas
A world of colors I can choose
I lift my brush and close my eyes
To catch a glimpse of you
3.
And mix the ocean in the tropics
With a cold December sky
On the brush I use for memories
Of the love we left behind
We were just too much like
M aybe too good to be true
Still, I wish I could wash away all the blue
All the blue, all the blue
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“The Needle In His Arm”
Words and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 2014 by Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
Please contact: Chet Nichols, 1225 Anthony Ct, Antioch, IL 60002
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
http://www.chetnichols.net
chet@chetnichols.net :: chetnichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
VERSE 1
He went from earned abundance to the depths of total waste
Pushed away all he had worked for, just to have a little taste
Perhaps he never planned how he would celebrate success
So when that day arrived, he chose to feed his joy distress
CHORUS
Why was he thinking, he wasn’t doing any harm?
While his soul was crying, crying, crying from the needle I his arm
VERSE 1
Now, all of the accolades and all the awards
From the movers and the shakers, now only sound like empty chords
And all of the flicker shows will be playing back his past
But, all we’ll see is an empty space at the a reunion of the cast
CHORUS
Why was he thinking, he wasn’t doing any harm?
Till he woke up dreaming, dreaming, dreaming with a needle in his arm
BRIDGE
Now, what about the children that this evil leaves behind
As it steals away the most precious gift, the choice to give our time
Push back all these demons who lust to steal our precious love
Poisoning sweet futures with the back-side of a glove
VERSE 1
Friends and family they gather to cry and shake their heads
As they pay their last respects to him reclining on his final bed
Then they drift in single file out to a field that’s filled with stones
Touch his box with one last wish then turn away and he’s finally alone
CHORUS
Why was he thinking, he wasn’t doing any harm
Till he woke up dying, dying, dying with a needle in his arm
Why was he thinking, he wasn’t doing any harm?
Till he woke up dreaming, dreaming, dreaming with a needle in his arm
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Copyright © 2014 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
All US and Global Rights are reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the writer and the publisher.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at:
MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
Or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator, (at the address below)
Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065”
http://www.chetnichols.net.
More information at:
http://www.chetnichols.net
http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com
Email: MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
Email: Chet @chetnichols.net
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Old Friends (Solo)
04:50
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“Old Friends”
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols *
Copyright (1978) 2002 (2013) by Chet Nichols(ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
Please contact: chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnichols.net ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
VERSE 1.
I saw you in a dream
Your were waiting for a train
You woke me up and you made me cry
The disguise you wore it did you well
For you almost past me by
But, we embraced and we held the time
We didn’t have to try
We didn’t have to try
CHORUS
‘Cause old friends will stay old friends
Through distances and time
Old friends can mellow through the years
Like children and old wine
VERSE 2.
I lost you on the river
You were rowing with your gun
And when the bottom was filled with holes
Your rowing was all done
Now, I sleep on half the bed
I leave a place for you
And staring through the moonlight
I dream that I had rescued you
‘Cause we embraced and we held the time
We didn’t have to try
We didn’t have to try
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
There’s a hunger in an empty heart
Without love and understanding
But a friend can always fill you up
With the gift that is never ending
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE 2.
I lost you on the river
You were rowing with your gun
And when the bottom was filled with holes
Your rowing was all done
Now, I sleep on half the bed
I keep a place for you
And in the dark I still picture ways
I could have rescued you
But, we embraced and we held the time
We didn’t have to try
We didn’t have to try
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Smother You (Solo)
05:06
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“Smother You”
Lyrics and music by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 2016/2008/1975 by Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
www.chetnichols.net :: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Tuning: ebbebe
VERSE ONE
New confusions have left you here
Thoughts are blurred and unclear
Dreams once held so near
Have begun to disappear
So, let them fly to the wind
Someone new will take them in
Someone new will be their friend
CHORUS
And what about my ears?
And what about my mouth?
And what about my gentle touch
Helps to warm your darkened nights?
I’ll help you fight your fears
And hold you through the bouts
That love to draw you in the ring
And smother you with doubt
VERSE ONE
Mix reservation
With the feelings that we’ve had
Add the frustration
Of a world that has gone bad
Still we must keep on churning
We must move right along
There is no returning
That’s yesterday’s song
CHORUS
And what about my ears?
And what about my mouth?
And what about my gentle touch
Helps to warm your darkened nights?
I’ll help you fight your fears
And hold you through the bouts
That love to draw you in the ring
And smother you
And smother me
And smother you
And smother me
And smother you
New confusions have left me here
My thoughts are blurred and unclear
The thoughts I once held too near
Have begun to disappear
So I let them fly to the wind
Someone new will take them in
Someone new will be their friend
And what about my ears
And what about my mouth
And what about my gentle touch
That warms your darkened nights
And what about your fears
And what about those bouts
The seem to pull you in the ring
And smother you with doubt
Mix reservation
With the feelings that I’ve had
Mix the frustration
Of a world that has gone bad
Still you must keep on churning
You must move right along
There is no returning
That’s yesterday’s song
And what about my ears
And what about my mouth
And what about my gentle touch
That warms your darkened nights
And what about your fears
And what about your bouts
The seem to pull you in the ring
And smother you
And smother me
And smother you
And Smother me
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Chet Nichols
Chet Nichols is a singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and recordist. His poetic lyrics, & variety of singer-
songwriter & instrumental tracks are inspired by the ever-changing world around us.
Chet is an inductee in The Kansas Music Hall Of Fame. He joins artists like Pat Matheny, Melissa Ethridge, and Martina McBride. His touring bio includes the "Who's Who" in the music industry.
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