Into The Morning Blue

 

CD 2017

Track list (Click on a song title to see its lyrics.)
1.		Sunrise (August of ’69)	5:10
2.		Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This	4:04
3.		Into The Morning Blue	3:35
4.		A Wealthy Man	5:11
5.		In A Heartbeat	3:13
6.		If You Hear This Song	3:31
7.		A Dance By The River	3:48
8.		Suddenly You Walked In	3:26
		Total Time:	31:58

 

 

 

Sunrise (August of ’69)

Kipp Lennon/Kippiko Music, Michael Lennon/GrampaFrank Music, Mark Lennon/Billy Blaser Music, Pat Lennon /Woodworker Music (ASCAP), Mark Harris/Markle Sparkle Music (ASCAP), Scott Crago/Third Lug Music, Monroe Jones/MonJon Music (BMI)

Sunrise in South California (August of '69)
Somehow the clock kept ticking
The earth kept turning fine

How could it happen? Everything changed that day
Thunder and lightning crashing down like waves
Couldn't undo it, or make it all go away

Shadows rearranging
As the guard was changing
In the strange cruel world we found
A life upside down

Sunrise in South California (August of '69)
Somehow the clock kept ticking
The earth kept turning fine
A new dawn A line was drawn
Left the old world far behind
Sunrise (August of '69)

Out of the ashes, embers began to glow
Out of the madness, a river began to flow
A Golden Age, a chosen few would know

Shadows rearranging
As the guard was changing
In the brave new world we found
A love underground

Sunrise in South California (August of '69)
Somehow the clock kept ticking
The earth kept turning fine
A new dawn A line was drawn
Left the old world far behind
Sunrise (August of '69)

 

Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This

Michael Lennon/GrampaFrank Music, Kipp Lennon/Kippiko Music, Mark Lennon/Billy Blaser Music,
Pat Lennon/Woodworker Music (ASCAP), John Vester/Vestertunes (BMI)

I should be here right now
Taking it all in somehow

Worrying about the past
I don't always make the present last
So much that I don't wanna miss

But who knows? I suppose
That it doesn't get any better than this

I see the yin and the yang
It's all part of the pleasure and pain
Wondering what the future holds
I only end up getting old
Tomorrow's anybody's guess

But who knows? I suppose
That it doesn't get any better than this

But who knows? I suppose
Yeah who knows? I suppose
But who knows? I propose
That it doesn't get any better than this

Into The Morning Blue

Mark Lennon/Billy Blaser Music, Michael Lennon/GrampaFrank Music, Kipp Lennon/Kippiko Music,
Pat Lennon/Woodworker Music (ASCAP)

Mother, I could hear you from my bedroom
Calling like an early morning songbird
I figured it out
Without a doubt
Something was gone from you
You were calling me out
Calling me out
Into the morning blue

Poppa, how I loved the light in your eyes
Poppa, it was gone before the sunrise
We figured it out
Without a doubt
Something was gone from you
I guess it had to get out
Had to get out
Into the morning blue

Sister, as you warmed his hand with your hands
My brother, we cried and tried to understand
Living without
The one who figured it out
When something was gone from you
We let it all out
As we stepped out
Into the morning blue

 

A Wealthy Man

Michael Lennon/GrampaFrank Music, Kipp Lennon/Kippiko Music, Pat Lennon/Woodworker Music,
Mark Lennon/Billy Blaser Music (ASCAP)

A house in the hills
And one on the sand
The ultimate life, making big plans
To travel the world
With plenty to spend
Hey, I can pretend

And I know
Treasures and dreams come and go
Yes, it's all part of the show
I do what I can I've got an insurance plan
Over time
With all of the ladders I climb
My life has a reason and rhyme
When you've got my hand
I know just what I am
A wealthy man

Don't get me wrong
I'd love to be rich
Life without debt would be a nice switch
But there's more to it all
Than what's in the bank
I have you to thank

All that I have
No money can buy
No money can buy

 

In A Heartbeat

Kipp Lennon/Kippiko Music, Michael Lennon/GrampaFrank Music, Mark Lennon/Billy Blaser Music
Pat Lennon/Woodworker Music (ASCAP), Monroe Jones/MonJon Music (BMI)

If I could only take this pain away from you
If only that was something that someone could do
I would take it all
Just to break your fall
In a heartbeat

Just as I could never really know the load you bear each day
You could never really know how much I care when I say
I would not hesitate
I would gladly trade
In a heartbeat

I have done my best to help you smile and somehow comfort you
Some hope to lift you up to see you through
In the end there's only so much I can really do
But I won't give up I can't give up

Sometimes I feel so helpless in helping you
But sometimes the path you're walking is not meant for two
But I'll be by your side
I will share the ride
In a heartbeat

I have done my best to help you smile and somehow comfort you
Some hope to lift you up and see you through
In the end there's only so much I can really do
But I won't give up, no I can't give up

If I could only take this pain away from you
If only that was something that someone could do
I would take it all
Just to break your fall
In a heartbeat
I would
In a heartbeat

If You Hear This Song

Mark Lennon/Billy Blaser Music, Kipp Lennon/Kippiko Music, Michael Lennon/GrampaFrank Music,
Pat Lennon/Woodworker Music (ASCAP)

If you hear this song
You're gonna know down inside what I hide every time I'm with you
And I hate that I do
If you hear this song
It's gonna feel kinda strange maybe change the way that you see me
It might even free me
If you hear this song

It will tell you everything
That I can't say but I can sing
All my thoughts of you
That you never knew
I could've told you all along
But face to face I'm not that strong
You'll never know until you hear this song

If you hear this song
There will be no turning back on the track we'll be walking the walk
And talking the talk
If you hear this song
Will you find in your mind it's the kind you would write about me?
Would it set you free?
If you hear this song

'Cause it will tell you everything
That I can't say but I can sing
All my thoughts of you
That you never knew
I could've told you all along
But face to face I'm not that strong
You'll never know until you hear this song

If you hear this song
I kind of hope that you will but I still kinda hope that you won't
If you hear this song

It will tell you everything
That I can't say but I can sing
All my thoughts of you
That you never knew
I could've told you all along
But face to face I'm not that strong
You'll never know until you hear this song

A Dance By The River

Mark Lennon/Billy Blaser Music, Kipp Lennon/Kippiko Music, Michael Lennon/GrampaFrank Music, Pat Lennon/Woodworker Music, Mark Harris/Markle Sparkle Music (ASCAP), Scott Crago/Third Lug Music, Monroe Jones/Monjon Music (BMI)

Walking through the streets of Budapest
Cross the gilded bridge
Starving in the land of Hungary
Empty mini-fridge
Got an invitation from the King of the castle
To dine and drown our thirst
Looking down we saw the party said
That's gonna' be dessert

And we danced by the river in the sand
Danced by the river with Roger's band
They had lights and a DJ 'til 6am
At a dance by the river

Blue lights on the people drinking
Their red punch on the rocks
Funky multi-colored houses
Like crayons in a box
Robbie shared a hookah pipe with dreadlock Harry
But Harry's beard got in the hookah's way
Tripping in the rising sun
As we danced the night away

And we danced by the river in the sand
Danced by the river with Roger's band
They had lights and a DJ 'til 6am
At a dance by the river

 

Suddenly You Walked In

From the motion picture “Lullaby”
Kipp Lennon (ASCAP), George Acogny (SACEM), Nelson Kole (BMI),
Sessiwede Music, Amadoo Music, Forecast Pictures Licensing - used with permission

Thought romance might always pass me by
And I'd never know the reasons why
Hope was wearing awfully thin
Suddenly you walked in

Thought love was just for actors on a stage
Or for words that lie there on a page
Like a prize I thought I'd never win
Suddenly you walked in

Like a sunbeam on the first days of spring
You warmed my winter heart
Reminded me of what was green
I have never gladly suffered love's fools
Now madly I am a fool
Gladly over you

Like a sunbeam on the first days of spring
You warmed my winter heart
Reminding me of what was green
I have never gladly suffered love's fools
Now madly I am a fool
So gladly over you

Now you stand here like some dream come true
And this dreamer now belongs to you
I know that true love can begin
Suddenly you walked in
And I'm alive again
I thank every star that's ever been
Suddenly you walked in