True Blue Don't you know it's hard It's hard loving you Don't you know it's hard It's hard missing you And that's why they call it true blue The icebergs They flip over Sometimes you find A three-leaf clover And that's why they call it true blue And that's why they call it true blue Don't you know it's hard It's hard loving you Oh it's hard It's hard missing you Well I don't want to live alone But we don't have the same home So hold Hold me loosely Let go Let go tightly dear And that's why they call it true blue And that's why they call it true blue Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, 12 String Electric Guitar Reggie McBride – Bass Jim Keltner – Drums Bob Thiele Jr. – Harmonium, Background Vocals, Tambourine Val McCallum – Electric Guitar John Philip Shenale – Rhodes Try Me On Build you something that you can hold onto to Something makes you feel so strong Build it up so that you can climb it So I can’t hide it, so it’s never wrong Try me on for size Don’t you hide your eyes Don’t look through my disguise Just try me on for size Then we’ll own it, distribute and loan it Try it out on the public for a while Maybe we’ll sell it, buy us a palace Make us some malice, fall apart for a while Try me on for size Don’t you hide your eyes Don’t look through my disguise Just try me on for size Well don’t build it up for more than it is There is only so much I can give But I’ll be there, my hands in your hair Loving you with all I can spare Yes you’re asking for all that you’re getting I’m just saying let’s just give it a shot Well I don’t want all you’re made of I just wanna try you on for size Try me on for size Don’t you hide your eyes Don’t look through my disguise Just try me on for size Well try me on Try me on for size Try me on Try me on for size Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Reggie McBride – Bass Jim Keltner – Drums Bob Thiele Jr. – Piano Val McCallum – Electric Guitar John Philip Shenale – Hammond Organ David Mansfield - Mandolin Pink Tea Blue spaghetti on a Saturday afternoon Just another cold month of June Pink tea on a Wednesday night Make sure everything’s alright Won’t someone please come and help me I just need a helping hand I just need a helping hand I just need a helping, need a helping hand Down beneath the earth lives a bunch of boys and girls They have orange spectacles and blue hair with curls They act like you and me As they drink their pink tea Won’t someone please come and help me I just need a helping hand I just need a helping hand I just need a helping, need a helping hand Down beneath the earth Lies a body that got there in a hearse But why confront mortality When I could use some brevity I said why confront mortality When I could use some brevity I just need a helping hand I just need a helping hand I just need a helping, need a helping hand Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Reggie McBride – Bass Jim Keltner – Drums Val McCallum – Electric Guitar, Harmonica John Philip Shenale – Wurlitzer, Hammond Organ Gia Ciambotti – Background Vocals Billy Valentine – Background Vocals The World’s Spinning On Its Side Today I feel things slipping away Why won’t the ease of yesterday stay The worlds spinning on its side today Spinning, ah it’s spinning away Things are getting tougher around the sides Things are starting to compromise Whether it’s blue tears or an orange universe on a Saturday The world’s spinning on its side today Spinning on its side today You might want things to stay The world’s spinning, ah it’s spinning away Spin Away Spin Away I feel things slipping away Why won’t the ease of yesterday stay The world’s spinning on its side today The world’s spinning on its side today You might want things to stay But they are spinning, spinning away Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Reggie McBride – Bass Jim Keltner – Drums Bob Thiele Jr. – Harmonium David Mansfield – Pedal steel guitar Val McCallum – Electric Guitar John Philip Shenale – Rhodes, Piano Davey Faragher – Background Vocals Down On The Underground Well, down on the underground Kid with a six string is messing around He’s dreaming of big lights and tours Somehow he understands not to think about the wars Inside his head everything seems to come to a dead end And everybody knows the big secret but him Everybody knows the big secret but me On the underground On the underground Well, down on the underground Officer patrols the stop Bag lady smirks and says Aww, “just what I need another cop,” On the underground, yeah Everybody knows the big secret but him Everybody knows the big secret but me On the underground On the underground Cops lost her perspective Thinking that bag lady is probably infective Banker’s deadlines are burning But the wheels just keep on turning On the underground On the underground Everybody knows the big secret but him Everybody knows the big secret but me On the underground On the underground Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Bob Thiele Jr., – Bass Jim Keltner – Drums Val McCallum – High String Guitar, Electric Guitar John Philip Shenale – Audio collage, Synthesizer, Piano Bob Thiele Jr., – Bass Background Vocals – Davey Faragher Aaron Sterling – Tambourine Mystic Law Aviation man wants me, wants me to get naked And the police man wants me to wear his bracelets It’s mystic law It’s mystic law Immigration man wants me, wants me to give him a slip And the traffic guy wants to tow my whip It’s mystic law It’s mystic law Fire marshal wants me to put out my smoke And the DEA won’t let me have a toke Well hey, hey ATF wants me to spill my drink And politicians, they don’t care what you think Well hey, hey It’s mystic law It’s mystic law It’s mystic law It’s mystic law Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Reggie McBride – Bass Jim Keltner – Drums Bob Thiele Jr., – Background Vocals Val McCallum – Electric Guitar John Philip Shenale – Wurlitzer, Hammond Chord Organ You’re My Only Friend It’s a freak show on the streets tonight They’re just trying to get it right Twelve-year-old boy limping with a cane Spit pouring down like rain It’s a strange little planet I must confess But you’re just not like all the rest You’re my only friend You’re my only friend A helping hand I’ll lend Cause you’re my only friend You’re my only friend Royalty riding them filthy trains So much food they malt their grains So much style makes so much waste Can’t they see it’s all bad taste It’s a strange little planet I must confess But you’re just not like all the rest You’re my only friend You’re my only friend On you I can depend Cause you’re my only friend You’re my only friend Well, it might be hot and it might feel so cold But I’m gonna hold you until we’re grey and old You’re my only friend You’re my only friend Anything we’ll transcend Cause you’re my only friend You’re my only friend Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, 12 String Electric Guitar Reggie McBride – Bass Jim Keltner – Drums Bob Thiele Jr., – Background Vocals Val McCallum – Electric Guitar John Philip Shenale – Wurlitzer David Mansfield – Resonator Guitar Davey Faragher - Background Vocals After The Show Well, I don’t want you to mess with my head And I don’t want you to share our bed So make me smile And make me dance I like captivity if that’s your romance So show me you love me even though I know You’re the only girl I need after the show So ease my pain, touch only me And make me bend to you so long as I’m your he Well I might look, I might need more But trust me lover you’re the only one that’s for sure Show me you love me even though I know You’re the only girl I need after the show Yes I’m green, I get all twisted Make a scene babe and you get so misted So show me you love me even though I know You’re the only girl I need after the show And show me you’ll touch me and don’t pretend to go You’re the only girl I need after the show Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Reggie McBride – Bass Jim Keltner – Drums Bob Thiele Jr., – Background Vocals Val McCallum – Electric Guitar John Philip Shenale – Piano, Hammond Organ Key Of Me I play so I can feel right I play right in my head Play so I can fall asleep, so I can fall asleep in bed Anything that takes my mind off of being me is alright Anything that takes my mind, off of being me Blues in the key of me I tell everybody that I got it all figured out I know what I want and I get what I want out But anything that takes my mind off of being me is alright Anything that takes my mind off of being me Blues in the key of me Blues in the key of me Well it’s not always heartache that makes my heart ache Sometimes you need an escape, even if it’s a mistake Blues in the key of me Blues in the key of me Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Davey Faragher – Bass Aaron Sterling – Drums John Philip Shenale – Wurlitzer Marc Berner – Flute Take It All It snuck up on you It came too quick Just like the heart tick Like an up-high trick You gotta take what you need Make what you want Or time will take it all So make light of your pain So it doesn’t hurt Go ahead and kick up some dirt Some attention to divert You gotta take what you need Make what you want Or time will take it all So stop, stop and think Slow, slow your heart But easy does it Too slow you won’t even touch it And time will take it all So chase your goals Time will confiscate Unless you do it by a certain date Feels like your always running late You gotta take what you need Make what you want Or time will take it all Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar John Philip Shenale – String Arrangement, Synthesizer Keep It Easy John Samson dragged himself out of bed for the first time in months Couldn’t believe the sun still shined Looked at the newspapers on his front porch Remembered his original bind Becky was his high school baby His personal prized jewel His personal prized jewel Keep it easy Keep it easy Sat down wrote his baby an original song Dropped it in the mail but it too long Saved up his money, but he lost it at the track Tried and tried to get his baby back She split when he lost the rent Gambled every last cent Gambled every last cent Keep it easy Keep it easy Opened up the newspaper to the obits and read His baby Becky, well, she wound up dead Found under a cold street light You know it just wasn’t, wasn’t her night So keep it easy to love and lose you Keep it easy to go astray Keep it easy to love and lose you One day not so far away One day not so far away Keep it easy Keep it easy Keep it easy Michael Sackler-Berner – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Reggie McBride – Bass Jim Keltner – Drums Val McCallum – Electric Guitar John Philip Shenale – Wurlitzer, Hammond Organ Bob Thiele Jr. – Background Vocals All music and lyrics written by Michael Sackler-Berner Produced by Bob Thiele Jr. Engineered by Ed Cherney Mixed by Joe Zook Mastered by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley Photography by Sheri Brown Graphic Design by Peter Irby Recorded at The Pass Studios Additional recording at The Magic Kitchen and Ocean Studios All studios located in Los Angeles, CA Special thanks to my friends and family, Ilana Sackler-Berner, David Mansfield, Scott Feldman, Bob Chartoff, and Bob Epstein. www.MSBRecords.com