Radiocity

by West Bolz

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Radiocity (ray-dee-OSS-ih-tee) is my first solo record. I recorded, produced and mixed it myself. It is a mix of styles based around rock and roll, but dipping into blues, reggae, soul, western, surf, metal,funk and more. Every track is going to take you to a different place, a different era: from the shores of California, to the barren desert, to an island beach, to your backyard, to a smoky club, from the heights of joy to the lonliest corners of your soul. You will hear influences from Jimi Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, The Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, Lenny Kravitz, Django Reinhardt, et al. The record also features a guest appearance by Venezuelan singer, Carina, on the track Barefoot, a Brazilian-style pop rock tune.

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released 27 September 2009
Radiocity copyright 2009 West Bolz
Zolana Entertainment / Zolana Records
Produced by West Bolz
All songs written by West Bolz except Barefoot written by West Bolz and Iliana Ramirez
Cover art by Joel Nathan Smith Design

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Track Name: Halcyon Days Part I
Summertime, drinking wine and feeling fine
Let's celebrate together
Sunny day we can play
and under the starts we'll lay
Gazing at the heavens

That's right
Let's come together
for Halcyon Days
We'll have a good time
In Halcyon Days

Losing time, walking the line
I saw a sign
Above the 7-11
Funny way you could say
The eyes are the only way
Guided by a vision

Allright,
Let's come together
For Halcyon Days
We'll have a good time
In Halcyon Days

I love the sands
Of distant lands can you understand
Euphoric feelings
We are braves crashing the waves
No more living like slaves
Treasuring our freedom

Come on,
Let's come together
For Halcyon Days
We'll have a good time
Yeah, let's come together
Oh, let's stay together
For Halcyon Days
We'll have a good time
Track Name: Essence of You
Something so smooth 'bout the way you move
Something 'bout your rhythm makes me groove
Something 'bout your smile just drives me wild
Everything about you got so much style

You're so fine I've got to kiss you twice
Like sugar and spice with everything nice
You are my drug and I am a junkie
Cause you can make me calm
Or crazy like a monkey

I'd like to be your king but I am just a pauper
I don't have a yacht, a mansion or a chopper
All I can give you is respect and love
These are the things I have plenty of

I love the essence, the essence of you, my love
I love the essence, the essence of you

You're like a good book I just can't put down
A history, a mystery that keeps me spellbound
Things that you do and things that you say
Excite my nights and fulfill my days

Like a ray of sunshine dancing on a lake
Like a starlit dream, though I'm still awake
Like the sweetest fruit on the tip of my tongue
You're the greatest opera that's yet to be sung

I'd spoil you rotten if I had the chance
With slow dance and romance in the south of France
But all I can give you is respect and love
These are the things I have plenty of

I love the essence, the essence of you, my love
I love the essence, the essence of you

All I can give you is respect and love
These are the things I have plenty of
I love the essence, the essence of you
Track Name: Hanging Out
I got a big black Cadillac rolling down the street
Puts a smile on the face of everyone I meet
Gotta move slow when life's too fast
Looking in the mirror to see my past

I said I'd pick you up about quarter to 8
Who am I kidding you know I'm always late
It's alright with you cause you know my style
You don't mind to wait for a while

Cause I like hanging out, hanging out with you
I'm breaking out, making out with you
I'm shaking out the cobwebs from the night before
When I was hanging out with you

Later in the evening can't wait to see you face
Take you out to dinner then back to my place
Please my lady don't want to seem impolite
But would you like to stay for the night

Cause I like hanging out, hanging out with you
I'm breaking out, making out with you
I'm shaking out the cobwebs from the night before
When I was hanging out with you

I don't get up too early in the morning
I know you got work but I gave fair warning
Always keep you up past midnight
With a glass of wine to make you feel alright

Cause I like hanging out, hanging out with you
I'm breaking out, making out with you
I'm shaking out the cobwebs from the night before
When I was hanging out with you
Track Name: Skeleton
I'm just a skeleton trying to keep myself together
I'm just a skeleton trying to get my head on straight

I'm like the tin man trying to find myself some heart
I'm such a thin man, 'cause I keep tearing me apart

How can you see right thru me?
Am I so empty inside?
How can you see right thru me with blind eyes?

I'm like a wingless bird trying to get myself off the ground
I'm like a silent word that's just dying to be heard

How can you see right thru me?
Am I so empty inside?
How can you see right thru me with blind eyes?

I'm just a skeleton
Somebody put me together

How can you see right thru me?
How can you see right thru me?
Am I so empty inside?
Am I empty inside?
How can you see right thru me?
How can you see? How can you see?
Am I so empty inside?
I'm like the tin man looking for a heart
How can you see right thru me with blind eyes?
Track Name: Halycon Days Part II
Summertime, it's been on my mind
Oh yeah summertime, all the time

Summertime, drinking wine and feeling fine
Let's celebrate together
Sunny day we can play
and under the starts we'll lay
Gazing at the heavens

That's right
Let's come together
for Halcyon Days
We'll have a good time
In Halcyon Days

Losing time, walking the line
I saw a sign
Above the 7-11
Funny way you could say
The eyes are the only way
Guided by a vision

Allright,
Let's come together
For Halcyon Days
We'll have a good time
In Halcyon Days

I love the sands
Of distant lands can you understand
Euphoric feelings
We are braves crashing the waves
No more living like slaves
Living life of freedom

Come on,
Let's come together
For Halcyon Days
We'll have a good time
Yeah, let's come together
Oh, let's stay together
For Halcyon Days
We'll have a good time
Track Name: Ain't No Cure For You
I want to meet you outside your front door
I want to take you for a ride to the liqour store
My intentions are pure
But there ain't no cure for you babe

I want to sing you a song in the pale moonlight
I want to rock you all night long, that's right
I don't know for sure
But there ain't no cure for you babe

So far it's been all near misses
I pray that soon I'll feel your kisses
Just give me a sign and I'll be true

Girl you know that I've been waiting
Eagerly anticipating
That first loving touch from you

I want to take you on a cruise
The river Nile
I want to buy you new shoes
Italian style
Forgive my overture
But there ain't no cure for you babe

So far it's been all near misses
I pray that soon I'll feel your kisses
Just give me a sign and I'll be true

I want to meet you outside your front door
I want to take you for a ride to the liqour store
My intentions are pure
But there ain't no cure for you babe

I want to sing you a song in the pale moonlight
I want to rock you all night long, that's right
I don't know for sure
But there ain't no cure for you babe
Track Name: Underwater
Your nebulosity confounds me
Your grandiosity surrounds me
You took me like a tsunami
I'm sinking deeper deeper deeper

Which way is up when your weightless
You know there's no light at the bottom of the sea
Creatures of the deep in my backyard
Waiting to analyze me

I'm underwater, underwater
You've got me held underwater
When it's sink or swim
Feels like I'm wearing lead boots
I'm underwater

Lost in the shadow of the manta ray
20,000 leagues of gravity
I'm only speaking in bubbles
It's getting darker darker darker

Sometimes I think I remember the sun
Other times you're the only one
But when I breathe your water into my lungs
I get the feeling that I'm trapped

Underwater, underwater
You've got me held underwater
When it's sink or swim
Feels like I'm wearing lead boots
I'm underwater
Track Name: Appaloosa
Have you seen my Appaloosa?
You know I'd really, really hate to lose her
I'm going all the way to Tuscaloosa
Have you seen my Appaloosa?

Riding on my horse thru a desert with no name
A-driftin' on an ocean of sky
Thinking 'bout my lady and how she drives me crazy
Missing her sweet voice my oh my

Have you seen my Appaloosa?
You know I'd really, really hate to lose her
I'm going all the way to Tuscaloosa
Have you seen my Appaloosa?

Up come a thunderstorm with wind but no rain
That horse she flashed a look so dire
Up came a clap of thunder
She tore her lead asunder
She ran just like her tail was on fire

Have you seen my Appaloosa?
You know I'd really, really hate to lose her
I'm going all the way to Tuscaloosa
Have you seen my Appaloosa?

And the sun went down
And the clouds rolled in
He wondered if ever
He'd see her again

Have you seen my Appaloosa?
You know I'd really, really hate to lose her
I'm going all the way to Tuscaloosa city
Just to see my baby sitting there so pretty

And the hour grew late
And the light grew dim
And this sad, sad story
Would come to an end
Track Name: Shadow of Giants
In the shadow of giants
I feel so small
In the shadow of giants
I'm a mosquito
Praying that none will stomp me
Cause to them I'm just a little flea, yeah

In the shadow of giants
I am running
In the shadow of giants
The sun shines cold
Tiptoeing softly to not arouse suspicion
Til I wake you by my decision

For with mine sword I'll prick your toe
Cause discomfort, pain and woe
O mighty giant hear my call
For one day shall be me who's towering tall

In the shadow of giants
my light's a firefly
In the shadow of giants
I strive to shine
I see your gleaming eggs of gold
They'll shine forever while you grow old

For with mine sword I'll prick your toe
Cause discomfort, pain and woe
O mighty giant hear my call
For one day shall be me who's towering tall

In the shadow of giants
My shout is a whisper
In the shadow of giants
I'm still bold
I'll slip right thru your fingers
See you fade while my soul lingers

For with mine sword I'll prick your toe
Cause discomfort, pain and woe
O mighty giant hear my call
For one day shall be me

You can't stop me now
You won't stop me now, no

The bigger they are, the harder they fall
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
O mighty giant hear my call
I'm towering tall
Track Name: Barefoot
It's six o'clock
Time for a date
I'm running late
Wouldn't you know
My car broke down
Just wouldn't start
We're far apart

Buses, taxis and the trains
Are all on strike today
Looks like its going to rain
But there's no other way
Why I must I can't explain
All I can really say is
One way or the other I will make it back to you

I lost my shoe
Down in the park
Now its too dark
To find it
So I'm barefoot
Walking the ground
All the way downtown

Buses, taxis and the trains
Are all on strike today
Looks like its going to rain
But there's no other way
Why I must I can't explain
All I can really say is
One way or the other I will make it back to you

Soon I'll be there to meet you
Barefoot and ordinary
Not the way I want to meet you
Not too extraordinary
Hope you're not too disappointed
Today just hasn't been my day
Can't wait to see your smile
And all the pain will wash away
Track Name: Welcome to the End of the World
Welcome to the end of the world
We had a good run
It was so much fun
Come and say goodbye to the sun
The moon and the stars
Goodnight everyone

I can still remember
The first time i saw your face
It was like lightning struck my eyes
Now many years later
Our love is greater
We made it thru the lows and the highs

How could we know what was coming around the bend
How could we know that this could be the end
What can I tell you? Baby, I don't know
If the sun will rise again

We always thought
We'd grow old and gray
Hand in hand together
Now time has stopped
Our luck has gone away
Looks like stormy weather

How could we know what was coming around the bend
How could we know that this could be the end
What can I tell you? Baby, I don't know
If the sun will rise again

CHORUS

My world is turned upside down
I'm reaching up to hold my ground
Don't let go, won't let you slip away from me
We'll be, we'll be eternally....free
Track Name: Mr. Brown
Mr. Brown has been sighted alive and well
A little south of the border
This one goes out to my boy Nicky
down in Brazil

Let me tell you 'bout a man
From a distant land
'Bout six foot one with a hell of a tan
He puts the bomb in the bamba
Likes to dance samba, venom in his veins cause his daddy's black mamba
He's got a lion's mane and a scorpion tail
He's got a cute girlfriend but she's in jail
He had the jungle fever with a
lady dreamweaver
A true believer in the canabasatiba

Mr. Brown yes he's always getting down
Mr. Brown where'd you get that funky sound (2x)

We gonna celebrate
Come say hello to Mr. Brown
We gonna party til the break of dawn
When carnival is in your town

Mr. Brown is my brother
yeah I know him well
Cause we stuck it out together
Thru heaven and hell
We've seen the hi to the lo, the lo to the hi
and we won't stop til we touch the sky
He writes rhymes so sweet
Make your grandma cry
With a funky-ass beat like rastafar-I
Skill beyond measure he's a rare pleasure
In a country full of gems he's a national treasure
Tudo bêm, tudo bom, beleza
Take me back To Rio de Janeiro