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American Vista

by Judge Smith

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Judge Smith's first full length 11-track CD recording
    Includes multi-page color insert with photos and lyrics.

    Includes unlimited streaming of American Vista via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Seagulls flight passes by my way Don't know where she’s going to Like to fly with her some day You know I’d always end up dismayed Probably just shake my head You know I’d always end up dismayed Shaking my head at the trouble she caused me Met a spirit named Lorelei Just like the one in Paul Simon’s song She asked me if I’d like to fly Chorus On and on we travelled to the sun Me on her outspread wings She had no destination but she’d bring me along I was just looking for some fun
2.
Slither on your belly, tongue tied, tongue dried slashed through the smoke last night No worries on your mind Pockets empty, heavy headed got nowhere, but everywhere to go Repetition bores, clinches, yet night after night, constancy grows Chorus: “Stop,” you said You can’t go on struggling this way “Stop,” you cried You’re living with the wrong kind of guy Maxie’s is where it’s at Music, crazed mind, charged on the bone You soon get bored of that Slither away, gotta go home Chorus I grow tired of your rantings full of smoke, mirrors and lies Your dried tongue speaks while your soul, crawls away and dies
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Look 04:26
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Yesterday, you know I was so sure I was lean and focused straight ahead Then you came into my picture I loved you even though I bled Chorus: Your smile turned me around Your eyes turned me upside down Your passion, Lord, it made me burn And I don’t know which way to turn From you I ached for clarity we talked of love and places we were to be I thought you were reaching out to me Willing to break your past to set you free Chorus Now as I sit and ponder our short lived flame The candle that burns brightly just fades away I want my yearning to die with the pain In my heart that I feel this day
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It’s alright I closed my eyes It’s alright because I’m in need of peaceful sleep And what you must realize, even though our day has left my heart has never stopped beating for you. Now I’m sailing through the skies, and I got a big surprise for you And I'm flying with my wings, I can see the beautiful things you do Now I’m taking all your love with me and I'm leaving all the best of me with you Oh, all for you It’s alright to shed a tear, but don’t be sad for much too long, you know I did not wish that for you It's alright to be afraid, but when you think that day has come, look into the clouds and call my name, my name I’ll be here I never left you
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Feel It 03:46
You lick the boots of your bosses every day You tell me why you behave that way I just sit there with my mouth closed Watching every wrong step you make down the road Chorus You stop believing in all your childhood dreams You say you’re taking life to an extreme Your head is lost, you don’t even know it Your heart is lost, you sure can feel it You call me up looking for a smoke To laugh, chill, hang out and toke But you just watch the time through and through Waiting on that witch to tell you what to do Chorus Your life’s a mess, you can’t get undressed Without needing help to find the way Trouble is, my friend, you know I can’t be you Gotta look in the mirror to find the truth
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Wait 04:04
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Special thanks to Bonnie Joy Barr Smith, Joe Chiocca, Josh Howell, Seth Kibel, Millie Martin, and Judy Thompson for their wonderful studio additions to American Vista.

To Scott Harlan at Golden Sound Studio for his patience, super engineering and arrangements, and for his friendship. Big hugs and kisses to Bonnie Joy for great writing and dedication to the completion of this project.

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released September 29, 2012

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Scott Harlan
Golden Sound Studio, Kensington, MD (www.goldensoundstudio.com)

Cover Photography –
Ed Smith

CD Concept/Design –
John David Coppola (www.johndcphotography.com)
Ed Smith

Produced by Judge Smith

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