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Nothing b​/​w Sparks

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by Jay Sherman-Godfrey

 
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Nothing 02:58
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Sparks 01:50
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The second in a series of digital singles fresh from the Able Mobile Recording Lab.

Nancy Polstein – drums
Jeremy Chatzky - bass
Chris Erikson – right side guitar on Nothing
Cheri Leone - backing vocals, tambourine
Jay Sherman-Godfrey - vocals, guitars, harmonica

Recorded by JSG at Able Mobile HQ and Chatzkill Studio and Kieran Kelly at The Buddy Project. Mastered by Paul Gold/Salt Mastering.

Design by Mark Paul.

An Able Mobile Recording Lab Production.

All songs by Jay Sherman-Godfrey
Copyright 2010 Kalamakeepsie Music, BMI (admin. by BUG).

Veteran producer/songwriter/guitarist Jay Sherman-Godfrey released his solo debut EP "Twoscore" in 2006. He produced and played on two acclaimed CDs for Laura Cantrell and has recorded and performed with They Might Be Giants, Tandy, Amy Rigby, Michael Shelley, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, and Mojo Nixon, among many others. In the early 1980s, he co-founded the seminal NYC country-rock band World Famous Blue Jays, and with the band’s leader, Jeremy Tepper, helped establish and run Diesel Only Records. He returns to Diesel Only’s 7” single heritage with this new series of virtual 45s, each with custom label and sleeve artwork.

Since 1996, Able Mobile Recording Lab has been Sherman-Godfrey’s ad hoc studio, capturing human, wood, wire and tube powered performances in lofts, bedrooms, kitchens, gymnasiums, barns -- anywhere with a plug, like-minded musicians, and favorable ambiance. In 2008, Able Mobile found a semi-permanent home in Greenpoint Brooklyn, sharing space with Joe McGinty’s Carousel Vintage Keyboard Studio.
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Track Name: Nothing
I was in love before I ever crossed that stage
The songs were old by then
But for you they sounded new again
Looking left up the avenue
Trying to find you
Trying to get you
Didn’t want to let you get away

And I had nothing
So I had nothing left to lose
And you were everything

Despite the false starts and ragged endings
I stuck to my part and passed the audition
I thought that was my gig but
I didn’t learn my lesson
You gotta keep ‘em guessing
And one day I watched it slip away

And I had nothing
But I’d had nothing before
Looks like I’m starting over now

It’s hard to keep it up from entrance to exit
From the first note to the last without getting restless
Squinting past the footlights
Trying to reach you
Trying to keep you
Without giving myself away

But I get nothing
And I’ve got nothing left to give
Nothing from nothing leaves nothing
Track Name: Sparks
You threw a look back over your shoulder
As you walked away
It took me by surprise
I saw the sparks fly

Your star is clearly ascendant
And I’ve been cooling for some time
But I won’t bring you down
I just wanna hang around

And maybe I can catch some lightning
Come out of my shelter and meet the storm
And maybe you and I
Could make some sparks fly

After the show up in the VIP
Tete-a-tete electricity
In your blue blue eyes
I swear I saw the sparks fly

Walking home past ground zero
Everything is getting clear now
They’re raising steel to the sky
I watch the sparks fly

And maybe I can catch some of your lightning
Walk out reckless into your storm
Ain’t it great to be alive
When the sparks fly?
Ain’t it great to be alive?