Tom Riccardi

I LIKE COLD WEATHER SUNLIGHT AND I LIKE FEELIN’ THE RAIN DON’T MIND TAKING IT EASY AND FEELING NO PAIN AND I LIKE STUMBLING ON SOMETHING, THAT’S HARD TO BE FOUND IT’S LIKE FINDING THE LADDER TO REACH HIGHER GROUND (CHORUS VERSE 1) AND I WISH YOU COULD PAINT ME A PICTURE OR PUT UP A SIGN SHOW ME THE WAY WHEN I’M WALKIN’ THE LINE IT’S SO EASY TO MASTER, AND THERE’S SO MUCH TO GAIN SEE MY FEET MOVING FASTER TO THE LINE UP AHEAD AND IT’S NOT ABOUT MONEY AND IT’S NOT ABOUT SIN ‘CAUSE WE’RE ALL IN A RACE THAT WE JUST CAN’T WIN (CHORUS VERSE 2) AND I WISH YOU COULD PAINT ME A PICTURE OR PUT UP A SIGN TO LIGHT UP MY WAY WHEN I’M WALKIN’ THE LINE (BRIDGE) LOOKS LIKE I FOUND MY WAY AND I AM SO LUCKY THAT I COULD FIND A PATH THROUGH THOSE WOODS SO AS I TAKE THESE STEPS I HOPE I DON’T FORGET THAT I SHOULD KEEP MY EYES UPON THE PRIZE I LIKE COLD WEATHER SUNLIGHT I LIKE FEELING THE RAIN DON’T MIND TAKING IT EASY AND FELLING NO PAIN AND I LIKE STUMBLING ON SOMETHING THAT’S HARD TO BE FOUND IT’S LIKE FINDING THE LADDER TO REACH HIGHER GROUND TO FIRST CHORUS AND OUTRO triccardi all rights reserved

UP IN THE MORNING ABOUT 4 A.M. I PACK UP ALL MY GEAR AND GO PICK UP MY FRIENDS AFTER A WHILE WE’RE HEADED UP THE ROAD OFF TO OUR FAVORITE FISHIN' HOLE WHOA……. GOING FISHIN' WHOA…….GOING FISHIN' AGAIN I REMEMBER A TIME BACK IN ‘86 I WAS FISHING OFF A DOCK WITH A HICKORY SWITCH I BAITED MY LINE AND I THREW IT IN MY POLE STARTED BENDING, MY LINE WAS A TWITCHIN’ bridge WHEN I WAS A BOY, AND MY MY DADDY SHOWED ME HOW I STILL FEEL THE JOY, EVEN NOW……………………… triccardi all rights reserved Banjo played by Tom McNulty

YOU LEFT YOUR WORLD BEHIND, OTHER THINGS, YOU WERE BLIND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ALL RIGHT...FATE FOUND OUT WHERE YOU RESIDE I'M TELLING YOU THIS TIME IT'S VERY REAL CAN'T YOU SEE? DON'T YOU REACH INTO YOUR POCKET UNLESS YOU'RE PREPARED FOR YOUR LAST MEAL. THE OTHER NIGHT I DREAMED. I'M GONNA TELL YOU JUST-A WHAT I SEEN. THESE THINGS GO BACK TO BACK, THE MOON WAS RED THE SKY WAS BLACK. I'M TELLING YOU THIS TIME IT'S VERY REAL CAN'T YOU SEE? AWW THE EVIL HAS BEEN PLANTED AND THE END IS ALMOST SURELY HERE. EYE EYE EYE YOU LEFT YOUR WORLD BEHIND, OTHER THINGS, YOU WERE BLIND. YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ALL RIGHT...FATE FOUND OUT WHERE YOU RESIDE. I'LL TELL YOU ONE LAST TIME IT'S VERY REAL, CAN'T YOU SEE? DON'T YOU REACH INTO YOUR POCKET UNLESS YOU'RE PREPARED FOR YOUR LAST MEAL, NO... DON'T YOU REACH INTO YOUR POCKET UNLESS YOU'RE PREPARED FOR YOUR LAST MEAL. YEAH... AWW THE EVIL HAS BEEN PLANTED AND THE END IS ALMOST SURELY HERE...OH THE EVIL HAS BEEN PLANTED AND THE END IS ALMOST SURELY HERE. triccardi all rights reserved

Monday it came and it went, and it slipped far away Tuesday’s the same, except for the difference in name Wednesday I felt as if I could’ve been someone else Thursday lent credence to facts I had learned in the past. (Bridge) Feel it, feel it warming it’s the dawn of a new day (1st verse) to chorus I can almost hear it seem to say (full chorus rest of song) (Chorus) Don’t be afraid to step out in the light and take steps that you might not instead And don’t heed the words of the fools in the night, keep visions of light in your head Friday I lifted myself to a new place in time Saturday’s child has left me with such a big smile To bridge and chorus… Solos Chorus/out triccardi all rights reserved

WHEN YOU HEAR THAT ANCIENT KNOCK ON YOUR VERY MODERN DOOR IT’S SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT READY FOR… DO YOU ANSWER IT OR NOT? THAT IS SOMETHING YOU’LL DECIDE DO YOU WANT TO JUST STAY PUT OR REALLY RIDE (Chorus) WELL, IT’S THE QUESTION OF A LIFE, IT MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR YOU BUT WHEN THAT KNOCK COMES AT YOUR DOOR WILL YOU KNOW JUST WHAT TO DO? (Bridge) ALL THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES THERE ARE TIMES YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO FACE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND THE CHOICES THAT YOU MAKE WE MAY DO SOMETHING WRONG, BEFORE WE GET IT RIGHT SO JUST STAY STRONG DON’T YOU KEEP A FEARFUL HEART LET YOUR INNER SON ARISE AND KEEP A SOULFUL WATCH, IN YOUR EYES……… Chorus and outro triccardi all rights reserved

HOLY IS (THE LAMB) HOLY IS, THE LAMB WHO CAME TO EARTH, HOLY IS THE SON OF MAN AND ALL HIS WORDS THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO HIM, HAD HE NOT TAKEN ALL OUR SIN THE FATHER PUT IT ALL ON HIM, THEN HE DIED SO WE COULD LIVE. HOLY IS YAHWEH AND WHO HE WAS, AND WHO HE IS AND WHO HE ALWAYS WILL BE THE FATHER LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH, HE SACRIFICED HIS ONLY SON, SO WE WOULD NOT BE FORSAKEN AND SO HE CAME, THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. OPEN UP YOUR EYES OUR SAVIOR NEVER REALLY DIED, HE LIVES! AND WHEN HE SHED HIS BLOOD THAT RAN FROM HIM INTO THE MUD IT’S THERE HE HAD THE BATTLE WON. HOLY IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, HE LEFT IT HERE SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW HIS LOVE. THERE WOULD BE NO LIGHT TO SEE AND THERE WOULD BE NO LIFE IN ME. I OFTEN WONDER WHERE WE’D BE SO ITS HERE TO SET US FREE (REPEAT BRIDGE) (REPEAT 1ST VERSE) OUTRO… Just want to be with you, Maranatha!, You are Holy, Holy!

A song of repentance Anytime I wander off the narrow road, nothing good comes to pass I find myself bearing a very heavy load, and the separation's bad. Foolish man that I am, when will I ever learn? You cannot serve two masters in this world...it's the surest way to burn. But you drop a line to me in the nick of time, provide a way for my return The purest love, reigning from above, there's another lesson learned and another stripe I've earned... Take me down to the water and wash me clean, take me down to the river and baptize me, take me under your wing and shelter me...take me down to the water and wash me clean... tom riccardi c2020

Could happen any time of day, without warning From so many miles away you’ll hear a trumpet call Two are here, one is gone and one is left in the grip of fear. You could be walking down the street with your partner Smile at people that you meet along the boulevard… When all at once the trumpet sounds and half are leaving, half are gone. Where have they gone? All the talkin’ heads will ask They theorize but it’s taking them to task The truth is known later on at last; the people gasp oh my good Lord no… Where have they gone? All the talkin’ heads will ask They theorize but it’s taking them to task The truth is known later on at last; the people gasp oh my good Lord no, if I had only known When the truth is found written on the page, it is met with a silent rage. There was time, but the time has passed now the day has come at last…… Could happen any time of day, without warning From so many miles away you’ll hear a trumpet call Two are here, one is gone and one is left in the grip of fear… Could happen any time of day….can you hear me, can you hear me, can you hear me? triccardi c2016 all rights reserved

I wrote this last year and posted a rough track. I cleaned it up and re-titled it. YOU’LL NEVER KNOW HOW IT FEELS WITH ALL THE FACTS THEY HAVE CONCEALED THEY'LL TRY TO REACH INSIDE YOUR MIND AND PUT A PATCH ON YOUR INNER EYE AND IF YOU LOOK I’M SURE YOU’LL SEE WHAT YOU BECOME EVENTUALLY… C’MON TAKE A TRIP WITH ME, TO A PLACE CALLED REALITY THE WATER FLOWS COLD AND CLEAR THE SUNLIGHT DANCES ON THE TREES IT’S THE ONLY PLACE TO BE, WAY UP HIGH REALITY AND IF YOU LISTEN YOU WILL HEAR WITH A BRAND NEW SET OF EARS TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AND SEE, BRING IT HOME REALITY HAVE A DREAM, MAKE A STEP, TAKE THE RISK, KNOW YOURSELF DON’T BE BLIND, OR FULL OF HATE, TAKE A CHANCE, CHANGE YOUR FATE WE GAZE IN LIFE’S CRYSTAL BALL SEE THAT PRIDE PRECEDES THE FALL SEEN IN ITS ENTIRETY, A COLD AS HELL REALITY BUT IF WE LOOK I’M SURE WE’LL SEE WHERE WE END UP EVENTUALLY C’MON TAKE A TRIP WITH ME, TO A PLACE CALLED REALITY triccardi c2016 all rights reserved

My heart breaks..... BROKEN HANDS, BROKEN WINGS BROKEN HOME GET YOUR THINGS BROKEN ANGEL YOU'RE SO YOUNG FALLEN ANGEL CANNOT RUN I'M AFRAID I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL OR WHERE TO GO SO I JUST WATCH AND TRY TO LEARN NO LESSON THERE, NOWHERE TO TURN EXCEPT TO YOU.... HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GROW? WHEN UNREST IS ALL I KNOW WHERE ARE YOU CANT YOU SEE I NEED YOU, DON'T YOU NEED ME bridge ILL TURN TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'LL REPAIR THIS BROKEN SOUL ILL TURN TO YOU 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU CARE STILL SO CLOSE, ITS NOT GONE FAR IT TAKES TIME TO HEAL THOSE SCARS I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE MORE IT HELPED ME GET TO WHERE YOU ARE I'M NOT AFRAID AND NOW I KNOW HOW TO FEEL AND WHERE TO GO YOU TOLD THE TRUTH YOU ALWAYS DO JUST LIKE YOU SAID, YOU MAKE THINGS NEW BROKEN HANDS, BROKEN WINGS BROKEN HOME GET YOUR THINGS…… triccardic2016 all rights reserved

When I see you I can see through All the pain you have to hide And I know that you'll deny it, But you hide it like a thief And I saw you crying out of sight But God loves you, yeah, it's true, Lady Blue And I'm at your door like so many times before I am here What you're holding on to, keeps the truth from getting in Let it all out, break the walls down, I have been ‘round for so long Watching your wings, tired, beating, I’m right here where you belong And I saw you trying, hard to fly Oh I love you, yeah its true Lady Blue And I'm at your door like so many times before, I’m still here What you're holding on to, keeps the truth from getting in When I see you I can see through All the ways you feel inside Don’t you know that I am with you Even 'til the end of time Then I heard you asking how and why Cause God loves you, yeah it's true....Lady Blue c2016 all rights reserved triccardicaldridge

I didn't mix this at all...sorry about the sound quality YOU’LL NEVER KNOW HOW IT FEELS WITH ALL THE FACTS THEY HAVE CONCEALED THEY TRY TO REACH INSIDE YOUR MIND TO PUT A PATCH ON YOUR INNER EYE BUT IF YOU LOOK I’M SURE YOU’LL SEE WHAT YOU BECOME EVENTUALLY… C’MON TAKE A WALK WITH ME, TRYIN’ TO FIND REALITY THE WATER FLOWS THERE COLD AND CLEAR THE SUNLIGHT DANCES ON THE TREES IT’S THE ONLY PLACE TO BE, WAY UP HIGH REALITY AND IF YOU LISTEN YOU WILL HEAR WITH A BRAND NEW SET OF EARS TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AND SEE, BRING IT HOME REALITY HAVE A DREAM, MAKE A STEP, TAKE THE RISK, KNOW YOURSELF DON’T BE BLIND, OR FULL OF HATE, TAKE A CHANCE, CHANGE YOUR FATE WE GAZE IN LIFE’S CRYSTAL BALL SEE THAT PRIDE PRECEDES THE FALL SEEN IN ITS ENTIRETY, A COLD AS HELL REALITY BUT IF WE LOOK I’M SURE WE’LL SEE WHERE WE END UP EVENTUALLY C’MON TAKE A WALK WITH ME, TRYING TO FIND REALITY triccardi c2016 all rights reserved

A PROTEST SONG... ISNT IT TIME WE GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED TO CHANGE OUR WAYS WE’VE HAD ENOUGH RAPE AND PILLAGING TO LAST THE WORLD ALWAYS YOU BETTER STOP AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW YOU BETTER STOP AND HELP TO TURN IT AROUND LISTEN MR. POLITICIAN LIVING A LIFE OF EASE PEOPLE ARE POOR AND DEAD AND STARVING YOUR PALM’S GETTING GREASED IN OUR WORLD IT’S JUST LIKE LIVING INSIDE OF A SCAM YOU REALLY TRY AND UNDERSTAND BUT YOU CAN’T, NO YOU CAN’T LOOK AT MR BUSINESS MAN TRYING TO MAKE A DEAL YOU DO ANYTHING TO PROFIT MURDER, LIE AND STEAL tomriccardi c2016 all rights reserved

Back after a bit of a layoff...this track is intentionally left to sound desolate. IT WON’T BE EASY, ITS GONNA BE HARD IF THEY’RE STORMING OUR BACK YARDS THERE’S PEOPLE SCREAMING ON A BUS OH THOSE GOD DAMNED TERRORISTS THERE’LL BE NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE IN THEIR HOLY GENOCIDE THERE’LL BE NO ONE LEFT TO TRUST OH THOSE GOD DAMNED TERRORISTS WHY CAN’T YOU LIVE AND JUST LET LIVE I'M NOT LIKE YOU YOU'RE NOT LIKE ME YOU'RE LIVING THERE, I'M LIVING HERE DON’T TRY AND FUCK ME UP WITH FEAR IT WON’T BE EASY, IT’S GONNA BE HARD triccardi all rights reserved

This is about a friend of mine who passed away, she was well loved. She had a tragic life, lost a leg in her teens when she was hit by a drunk driver, she endured many other tragic things, you would never hear her complain, or see her without a beautiful smile on her face...she was amazing in every way. This is for her and about her. Sorry for the reading but background was needed... She came into this world, didn’t have a choice And where she wound up, she didn’t have a voice So she ended up on Buena Vista with no idea of what’s to come Her eyes were bright and her hands were clean With the nicest smile that you ever seen She was a classic awesome human being And there’s no excuses for my remembering. She saw some things she should not have seen And been some places she should never have been Oh my friend we’ll say so long, so many cried and cried Oh my friend we’ll say so long, ‘cause we’ll never say goodbye. Now friends would come, but they’d never go She was like the flame that a moth flies to And even when she would just say hello, she made you feel like number one. She saw some things she should not have seen And been some places she should never have been She had her days of having fun and those days she wished were already done She always wondered how fast she could run; she went 48 times around the Sun Oh my friend we’ll say so long, so many cried and cried Oh my friend we’ll say so long, ‘cause we’ll never say goodbye. And she always wondered how fast she could run; she went 48 times around the Sun c2016 triccardi all rights reserved

Don’t go down, catch yourself before you fall And every day be sure you’re walking tall There is really something waiting on the other side It is the unseen that our dimension hides. And if everything becomes a question in your mind That grows so high it almost makes you blind You could have a million dollars and still be bound in chains Or a billion dollars and be as lonely as a sparrow in the rain There is really something waiting on the other side It is the unseen that our dimension hides. Sometimes you feel like every door is closed And there’s no way out, no place left to go Well you should just remember there is sunshine after every drenching rain And you’ll be celebrating after graduating…pain. You could have a million dollars and still be bound in chains Or a billion dollars and be as lonely as a sparrow in the rain

I have heard that sometimes less is more, that is definitely the case here (there is less of a song to be more precise)... This is supposed to be a song of Hope I’VE BEEN LET DOWN WHEN IT MATTERED AND TESTED TO THE LINE I’VE BEEN PUSHED AND BOTHERED TO THE LIMIT OF MY PATIENCE, IN MY MIND SOMEHOW, YOU HELP ME MAKE IT SOMEHOW, YOU KEEP ME STRONG AND NOW I THINK I’VE LEARNED IT…SOMEHOW, SOMEHOW I’VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO THEY ONLY MADE ME STRONGER ‘CAUSE I HAD TO STAND TALL, STRONG AND TRUE

I accidentally liked my own track and had to re post :) There was a time when I just couldn’t stay So I threw up my hands and walked away…. I couldn’t stand any more of the pain the mem’ries are like chards of glass in my brain What more can I say, what difference would it make? I could give you all that I had to give, but it won’t be enough for you to live I could give up everything that I own, but you wouldn’t back off, wouldn’t leave me alone There was a place that I just couldn’t be; oh man I had to get out So I set myself free, all of those days faded hard into years There’s pain in my sweat and blood in my tears… What more can I say it wouldn’t matter anyway… I could give you all that I had to give, but it won’t be enough for you to live I could give up everything that I own, but you wouldn’t back off, wouldn’t leave me alone All the time I spent there, disappeared to nowhere… You really didn’t care as long I showed up to do the things that I did everyday..... I could give you all that I had to give, but it won’t be enough for you to live I could give up everything that I own, but you wouldn’t back off, wouldn’t leave me alone

simple, and humbly submitted for week 14 SO MANY TIMES I RAMBLED ‘ROUND TOOK OFF MY SHOES ON HOLY GROUND AND IN THOSE TIMES WHEN I CANT SEE SOMEONE HAS AN ANGEL THERE FOR ME. SO MANY TIMES I JUMPED THE GUN TOO MANY TIMES IT’S MORE THAN ONE WHEN I WAS CRAWLING ON MY KNEES SOMEONE HAD AN ANGEL THERE FOR ME. YOU HAVE OPENED UP MY EYES, MADE ME COME TO REALIZE… THAT I CAN BE AS FREE AS I, COULD EVER HOPE TO BE INSIDE AND I CAN SEE LIMITLESSLY, STRAIGHT INTO ETERNITY... SO MANY TIMES I WOULD NOT HEAR THOUGH THE WORDS WERE TRUE AND SHARP AS SPEARS WHILE I WAS WANDERING AIMLESSLY SOMEONE HAD AN ANGEL THERE FOR ME. SO MANY TIMES I COULD NOT SPEAK, MY HEART WAS DARK MY SOUL WAS WEAK WHEN INWARDLY I’M BEGGING PLEASE SOMEONE HAS AN ANGEL THERE FOR ME…………………