Get Free – lyrics and credits
All lead vocals and guitars by Debra Devi, bass and drums by Dan Grennes and John Hummel, and all songs written by Debra Devi, unless otherwise noted.
Another Day
Baby you come knocking on my door
Well it’s alright, don’t think twice
And when you call me on the phone
When I’m alone it’s really nice
Tell me what you want
Give me what you need
I’ll take all you got
We’re gonna make it bleed
Grab me by the hand
Before it gets too late
Take the time you want
Just don’t hesitate
Another day another day another day (2x)
I know that, I know that, I know that you’ll take me there (2x)
Baby I don’t wonder where you’ve been
Don’t need to know where you may go
I’m just looking for a friend
To hold me tight and make it right
Tell me what you want
Give me what you need
I’ll take all you got
We’re gonna make it bleed
Grab me by the hand
Before it gets too late
Take the time you want
Just don’t make me wait
CHORUS
background vocals – Debra, Dan Grennes, Therese Workman
C21H23NO3
Woke from a dream of a friend with a needle in his arm
Pull the stopper back to draw a little blood
Spray it on the wall and laugh and I wake up
and I think: What a way to draw, what a way to make your mark
Once had a fight with a boy
Shaking and enraged, my head in my hands
He went to take a little walk and came back with a bag, and he said
Let it take you down
It will comfort you
I’ll be by your side
And you’ll love it, too
Woke from a dream…
slide solo
CHORUS
guitar solo
CODA: It ain’t the way (5x)
backgrounds – Debra
congas, tambourine – John Hummel
synth – Rob Clores
When It Comes Down
When it’s over, do you know it’s over
When you’re brought down to your knees?
No more sunlight, even if it’s not right
Find another way to breathe
When it comes down, yeah (2x)
When it comes down (4x)
I have wondered, watching you go under
What it is you really need
Now it’s too late, someone’s closed the last gate
Find another way to breathe
When it comes down, yeah (2x)
When it comes down (4x)
Like a waterfall, yeah (falling down)
Like a waterfall, yeah
Like a waterfall, yeah (falling down)
Like a waterfall
When it’s over, do you know it’s over?
No more sunlight, even if it’s not right
Find another way to breathe
When it comes down, yeah (2x)
When it comes down (4x)
CHORUS
guitar solo
bass – Duke Rashkow
backgrounds – Debra, Anthony Krizan, Therese Workman
acoustic 12-string guitar – Anthony Krizan
crotales – John Hummel
Hammond B3 organ – Rob Clores
Runaway (Del Shannon & Max Crook)
As I walk along I wonder
What went wrong with our love
A love that was so strong
As I still walk on I think of
Things we done together
While our hearts were young
I’m a walking in the rain
To the bone I can feel the pain
Wishing you were here by me
To end this misery
And I wonder whoa oh oh I wonder
Why you ran away
And I wonder if you will stay
My little runaway
guitar solo
CHORUS
You left me standing in the rain all night long
Oh come back baby, baby, runaway yeah
I smell you on my skin
Yeah but the rain washed you away…oh runaway
backgrounds – Anthony Krizan, Therese Workman
B3 – Rob Clores
tambourine – John Hummel
Howl at the Moon
First time together it took me by surprise
That I wanna wait til the morning to say goodnight
I wanna feel your arms around me, curl like a kitten in your lap
Look into your face and gently wait for your love to stir from its long nap
I’m gonna howl at the moon until you hear me yeah yeah
I’m gonna howl at the moon until you see me running wild
I’m gonna howl at the moon all night
The sands of time between us form a desert of delight
Somewhere to run and feel free now under cool and pale moonlight
I wanna wrap my arms around you, carry you with me there tonight
To a simple place where we can play and never wonder if it’s right
CHORUS
slide solo
I’m gonna wrap my arms around you,carry you with me there tonight
To a simple place where we can play and never wonder if it’s right
We’re gonna howl at the moon until she hears us yeah yeah
We’re gonna howl at the moon while we’re running running wild
We’re gonna howl at the moon all night
Lokah samasta sukhino bhavantu
[May all beings everywhere be happy and free.]
backgrounds – Carmen Sclafani
afuche-cabasa – John Hummel
sarod (Indian lute) – Wynne Paris
Silvertone organ – Rob Clores
All That I Need
Will you come if I call or when I cry?
Will you make sure that the moon stays in the sky?
If I fail to reach for you and fall away
Will you come when I call another day?
All that I need I get from you
Give me a sign that this is true
Seems I forget when I feel blue
All that I need I get from you
Why does God rarely show his face?
To help me see you in his place
If I fail to reach for you and I fall away
Will you come when I call another day?
CHORUS
backgrounds – Debra
guitar hook – Anthony Krizan
Wurlitzer – Rob Clores
crotales, tambourine – John Hummel
Demon In The Sack
Going down in a crowded theater, try it on 42nd Street
We’ve turned faces from the screen yeah
There’s no such thing as too much sex
I love it when we make a mess
And yeah you look good in my dress
All we want is to find some love with a demon in the sack
Take our bows as we strut our stuff
We got our demons in a sack
He goes out for a pack of smokes, comes back in five years
Fifteen seconds later she’s undressed
He finally inked her name into the heart worn on his sleeve
I wish she weren’t so easily impressed
All they want is to find some love with a demon in the sack
Take their bows as they strut their stuff
They got their demons in a sack
guitar solo
All we want is to find some love with a demon in the sack
Take our bows as we strut our stuff
We got our demons in a sack
All we want is to find some love
All we want is to find some love
All we want is to find some love with a demon in the sack
backgrounds – Michael W. Dean www.StinkFight.com
orgasm – Dollie Llama www.AskDollie.com
tambourine – John Hummel
The two best lines in “Demon in the Sack” were written by Michael W. Dean.
Get Free
I knew you when
You were a young man
Wondering if work was all there was
I used to say, “Get out and play
Take your guitar and see the world”
Get free, baby, get free
Cause it’s all out here
Get free, baby, get free
Cause it’s all so clear
Time slipped away
We went our own ways…yeah
Then I found your book
I took a good look
Seems like it’s your turn now to say
Get free, baby, get free
Cause it’s all in here
Get free, baby, get free
Cause it’s all so clear
guitar solo
I knew you when
You were a young man…yeah
And I used to say, “Get out and play…”
And when it was time for you to leave family and friends
You said, “I’m still here, the body goes but nothing ends.”
Get free, baby, get free
Cause I’m still here
Get free, baby, get free
Cause it’s all so clear
Shiva Shiva Shiva
B3 – Rob Clores
backgrounds – Wynne Paris
For Philip Toshio Sudo
Welcome to the Boneyard
Welcome to the boneyard
Welcome to the place where they looked for me
You can try to find me
All you’ll find are pieces of a broken dream
When I fly, I get so high
When I fly, find my way back to you
I know you’re scared and lonely
I know you think that I’ve gone away for good
But I’m right beside you
I’d let you hear me breathe if I only could
CHORUS
slide solo
Welcome to the boneyard
Welcome to the place where they looked for me
You can try to find me
All you’ll find are pieces…
I know you’re scared and lonely
I know you think that I’ve gone away for good
But I’m right beside you
I’d let you hear me breathe if I only could
When I fly, I get so high (4x)
When I fly, find my way back to you…
Yeah….find my way back to you
Find my way, find my way
Find my way back to you
Find my way, find my way
Back to you
bass – Duke Rashkow, Dan Grennes (harmonics after slide solo)
piano – Rob Clores
tambourine – John Hummel
for those who had to jump on 9/11
Love That Lasts
Sometimes you get too close
And sometimes you hit on a truth
Before that, you fell in the snow
Kissing and laughing, believing you’d found
A love that lasts forever
Forever
Forever
A love that lasts forever
Forever
Forever
Sometimes you get too close
And sometimes you hit on a truth
Then one person runs while
The other stands gasping
At least she can count on somebody who’s gone
For love that lasts forever…CHORUS
guitar solo
Sometimes you get too close
And sometimes you hit on the truth
Then one person runs while
The other stands gasping
At least she can count on somebody who’s gone (3x)
For love
bass – Michael P. Nordberg
clarinet – Perry Robinson
backgrounds – Dan Grennes
The Needle and the Damage Done (Neil Young)
Caught you knocking at my cellar door
I love you baby can I have some more?
Ooh ooh the damage done
I hit the city and I lost my band
I watched the needle take another man
Gone gone the damage done
I sing the song because I love the man
I know that some of you don’t understand
Milk blood to keep from running out
I’ve seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s like a setting sun
backgrounds – Debra
Produced by Debra, Wayne Dorell, Anthony Krizan and Jerry Ramos
Mixed by Wayne Dorell at The Pigeon Club, Hoboken NJ
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering, New York NY
All bass, drums, keyboards recorded by Dorell at The Pigeon Club
Most guitars, and all percussion, sarod and clarinet recorded by Ramos at SST Studios, Weehawken NJ
Lead vocals: tracks 1-10 recorded by Dorell; track 11 recorded by Krizan, with engineer Pat Mormino, at Sonic Boom Studios, Raritan NJ
Background vocals: tracks 1, 9, 11 recorded by Dorell; tracks 2, 3, 4 by Krizan & Mormino; track 6 by Michael W. Dean, track 8 by Wynne Paris
Guitars recorded by Ramos: all electric guitars – Another Day, C21H23NO3(except for clean verses), Demon in the Sack, Get Free, Love that Lasts, The Needle and the Damage Done; additional electric rhythm – When It Comes Down (distorted choruses), Welcome to the Boneyard (Leslie); additional leads – Runaway, Howl at the Moon; acoustic – Another Day, Howl at the Moon
Additional guitars recorded by Dorell: electric rhythm guitars – When It Comes Down, Runaway, Howl at the Moon, C21H23NO3 (clean verse), Welcome to the Boneyard, All That I Need; leads – When It Comes Down, Welcome to the Boneyard; acoustic – Runaway
Additional guitars performed and recorded by Krizan: guitar hook – All That I Need, acoustic 12-string – When It Comes Down
Front cover and album photos of Debra by Guzman
Back cover and album photos of Dan and John by Sam LaHoz
Deb’s hair – James Vides at Sally Hershberger, makeup – Cheyenne
Layout & design by Sam LaHoz
True Nature Records logo by Meryl Hurwich
Get Free would not have been possible without generous gifts of time and talent from every musician, engineer, producer, artist and photographer credited. Special thanks also to Devi friends and family, to John Hanti for access to SST Studios, Dave Ordas for guitar repairs and set-ups; to Serv-O, Meryl Hurwich, Carmen Sclafani, Ryan Tollin and Ben Tyree for ears on the mixes; Sara D’Arce & Murphy, Jen Hummel & Richard, Abdel Kader Ouedraogo of Shrine, Shena Verrett and Boston Fielder of URB ALT; Victoria Britt, Lily Burana, Jill Morley for moral support; Anthony Krizan for “I think you can beat that,” the Doppler effect, love, breathing, feedback, sex, car horns, cats yowling, mad hags, pain, rain, thunder, wind, heartbreak, Om…
All songs © 2010 La Que Sabe Music (ASCAP) some rights reserved CC License BY-NC-SA, except Runaway © 1961 Bug Music (BMI) and The Needle and the Damage Done © 1972 Broken Fiddle Music (ASCAP) all rights reserved.
The longing for love is the longing for God.
