Better By Far, by Elaine Romanelli

Better By Far

by Elaine Romanelli

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1.	Fly 04:04	lyrics	buy track
She came in all crumpled and deflated she said I think that change is overrated. Life is fine enough this way But I said, for too long you’ve been settling for ‘okay’. and she said Wait and I said Why and she said How and I said Try you have to close your eyes and take a breath and Jump and she said When and I said Now she said I’m scared, I don’t know how and I said pack a bag and close the door and JUMP and fly fly and she said I need my filing cabinet and all my underwear and I love my kitchen table and it won’t fit in there And I said Go and she said STOP how ‘bout I try a little hop? I just can’t close my eyes and take a breath and jump. I am not like you, I am not fearless through and through I can’t just pack a bag and close the door and jump and fly and she said No, thanks. I’m safe, I’m comfortable and it’s too late anyway and I’d miss my corner coffee shop with its perfect cafe au lait and I said Oh, can’t you see? you’ve got a worry machine inside your head and its fears weight you down like a load of lead. Try a little weightlessness instead. and she said Wait and I said Why and she said How and I said Try you have to close your eyes and take a breath and jump and she said When and I said Now she said I’m scared, I don’t know how but I will close my eyes and take a breath and JUMP and fly fly
2.	Immobile 04:27	lyrics	buy track
Curled on the couch at noon, again From staring awake at 3am, as always Well maybe this cup of coffee Will have the magic All the others didn't Trying my best to move somehow Slogging so slow, I might as well be going backwards How can so much striving Leave me standing stuck in the same place? I'm so immobile I'm frozen, marrow and soul, yes I'm so immobile, I can't even whisper, please. Panicked, and worn, and poor, too long Running all day, and yet it feels like going nowhere But maybe this job tomorrow Will be the step up All the others weren't. Used to be full of energy Now every day it is a struggle just to wake up What part got so broken That the whole damn machine ground to a halt? Please, unfreeze me God, where have you gone Please, some idea seize me There's gotta be something I haven't tried 'Cause as-is I’m so immobile... Crawled out of bed too late, today I'll crawl in at night, and in between, bet nothing happens Well maybe this time tomorrow I'll find the answers that I haven't so far If I make it that far One more cup of coffee Please.
3.	Better By Far 04:05	lyrics	buy track
Well it’s been rainin in my head I am soaking in worry and dread I need a strong hand to reach in and extract me from the mire towel off my body and warm me by your happiness fire Come on and pull me from the ledge feed me chocolates in bed pour a glass of ‘it’ll pass’ wine mix me up a jar of ‘feeling better by far’ rub it on my skin ‘til I shine I need some love, love, love I need some right down to the cuticles lovin’ I need some hugging and listenin and touching (and you are in for a treat, ’cause I am soft and sweet) I need some love, love, love I neeed some thrill me to the cuticles lovin’ I need some hugging and listening and touching I need some genuine love Here’s what you’re in for, if you stay a little roller coaster ride every day and lots of laughter and a strong hand to extract you from the mire, to towel off your body and warm you by my happiness fire I need some love, love, love.... I need some geniune love.
4.	Viceless Blues 03:47	lyrics	buy track
Can’t drink no whiskey, cuttin’ back on caffeine Eating food that’s fat free, tryin’ to keep my nose clean Lord I know it was killin’ me, I ain’t ashamed to say But living without my vices, makes it hard getting through the day I’ve got the viceless blues I’m paying my dues, I’ve got the viceless blues It’s so hard to choose which is worse Damn! This thirst. Oh, this is worse. Can’t inhale anymore, not even second-hand, I shop at the health-food store, cookin’ tofu for the band. Lord, I know it was killin’ me, I ain’t too proud to say, but living without my vices makes it hard getting on this way I’ve got the viceless blues.... Though... a friend of mine I knew a while, Lord, he hit the bottle hard! Shootin up the junk in style, never letting down his guard. Lord, he knew it was killing him -- It ate his soul away – but living without his vices Was to hard even for a day He had the viceless blues, Never paid his dues, and now he’s made the news, too late to choose the reverse. Man left town in a hearse. Oh, that’s worse!
5.	There Is No Music 02:33	lyrics	buy track
There is no music in a croaking crow. It brags in strutting consonants, A small Hell’s Angel, revving up. But even so, there’s music when it flies for fun. And all its tricks mirror your liquid voice In climbing turns, glissandos, Trills that stall, then flare into soft cadences. So sometimes when your words swirl out Like beads strung on air, I lose the meaning for the sound And see a line of dancing crows across the sky Black dots that acquiesce and disagree, In noteless, staffless counterpoint. If my conceit’s absurd, forgive my high-flown choice of words. I meant to say: I like your voice.
6.	One Small Drop 01:09	lyrics	buy track
I am one small drop And oh, how vast the water looks from here As far as I can see Nothing is in motion But I have heard That even one small drop Can cause a ripple Can send it’s tiny wake out in to the ocean So I’ll be one small drop And how I’ll hope its tiny ripple Joins a million more from drops like mine To cause enough commotion To move the massive ocean.

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released November 28, 2022

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Elaine Romanelli New York, New York

Recording Academy member Elaine Romanelli is an award-winning singer/songwriter, composer, writer, actor, and comic performer.

She loves to dance! If you swing dance in NYC you'll run into her eventually.

Affiliations: BMI, EMC, Grammys voter, Maestra, OneLicense.

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