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Thanks to all who helped me complete this project: Robert Berry for his production and musical acumen at Soundtek, Prairie Prince for his inspirational drumming and artwork, Janice Kang for her enduring support and vision, and everyone who encouraged me to finish another record. This was a labor of love getting to work with friends past and present. A special shoutout to Eventide, John Suhr, and Sfarzo Strings.
— Roger
Recorded and mixed at Soundtek Studios in Campbell, CA
Drums for Life Is Pain recorded at the Expression Center, Emeryville, CA
Drums for Secret Society, Just Because, Pantomime, and Do You Care recorded by Chris von Sneidern at the Tape Vault Studio in San Francisco, CA
Mastered by Rainer Gembalczyk at Sienna Digital, Half Moon Bay, CA
Photos: John Staley Photography, Janice Kang, and Norman Seeff
Artwork: Prairie Prince
Layout: Carol Sevilla
Produced by Roger Steen and Robert Berry
Publishing: BMI
© 2023 Roger Steen, All Rights Reserved
Steen/Waybill
Roger Steen: Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Robert Berry: Keyboards
Prairie Prince: Drums
Pain is my loyal companion
I’m on a runaway train
Drive me to the edge of the canyon
Might as well be in a parade
Pain is the part of the story
Hiding in the obvious lie
Try to find the fame and the glory
Hate to open up your blind eye
Chorus:
And who
Do you believe
Love goes along comes the pain
And tears fall like rain
Pain keeps me on the ragged edge
Never find the time to relax
I can’t let the phantom of doubt in
Twist the knife that’s stuck in my back
Chorus
Falling like rain
Falling like rain
Tears falling like rain
Falling like rain
Falling like rain
My tears are falling like rain
Steen
Roger Steen: Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards
Robert Berry: Bass
Prairie Prince: Drums
I wake up in a room that’s filled with noise
Pictures flash bright behind a voice
They orchestrate to spin a line
Muddy up the truth to feed a lie
Pre chorus:
Pray tell are you say’n something
Tell me again that it’s all or nothin’
This is a line of a secret society
Silent weapons quiet wars
Won’t be anybody’s subtle foil
Where it all ends we’ll never know
What you believe is in your soul
Pre chorus
Wear my new suit
When I go
Shine my shoes nice
Pay me more
Pre chorus
Follow blindly
Don’t look down
I’ll be with you
In the secret society
Steen
Roger Steen: Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Robert Berry: Drums
Well some things I’ll never know
The way to heaven’s door
A fall I’ve found don’t change a mind
Or why you’d ever go
And how you’ve braced me to entwine
Who were you even then
Would love me I don’t need to know
Or why you’d say it’s so
Just throw me out a line
Throw me out a line
Where’d you go now child of mine
I warned you even then
‘Cause you I will not ever doubt
Can find another friend
See I’ve been waiting overtime
And you’ll leave me in the lane
Should I believe you anyway
Just to lose you once again
So throw me out a line
Throw me out a line
Before these burdens brand your mind
Don’t deny me things aren’t right
Just throw me out a line
Throw me out a line
Just throw me out a line
Take me up in certain times
Before these burdens bend your mind
Just throw me out a line
Steen
Roger Steen: Guitars, Vocals
Tony Paoletta: Pedal Steel
Robert Berry: Drums, Bass, Keyboards
I’m catching that lonesome train
It’s bound for where I’m going
Maybe some other day
I’ll find a way of knowing
She was the best part of me
Old pictures still tell the story
Ooo now she’s gone away
Ooo now she’s gone away
I’m hearing that lonesome wail
It’s been a long time leaving
If you’ve been lost in love
You’ll know just what I’m feeling
She wasn’t gonna understand that I
Just couldn’t keep the world from turning
Ooo now she’s gone away
Ooo now she’s gone away
Ooo she’s gone away
Ooo now she’s gone away
I hope someday she’ll change her mind yeh
And love me for the things I do
Fall down on my knees and pray I’ll find her
This lonely tear-stained world’s so blue
I’m hoping that someday
Hoping that someday
Hoping that someday
I’ll find you
Steen
Roger Steen: Guitars, Vocals
Robert Berry: Bass, Keyboards
Prairie Prince: Drums
Chased on by a cold wind’s rage
To find the only way back home
Lost without a signpost
But a will to be alone no more
Why can’t I understand
How the story goes
Is it all just because
Contemplate the moment
This endless space has frozen time
When we go beyond the sky
To wander in deserts far away
Why can’t I understand
How the story goes
Is it all just because
Steen
Roger Steen: Guitars, Vocals
Robert Berry: Drums, Bass
I seem to run about and fall out of line oh
Hoping to find some peace of mind today
Faced with a new reality there’s some place
I must be without you coming my way
So many things that I wanna say
Where does the real change start
Will I ever be there
Chorus:
Now I’m calling
For an angel
Guardian find me now
If I could hold you just once again
Tell you I understand
Now it’s forever this way
And through the night
As all the stars keep on falling
Your heartbeat inside me remains
Chorus
Hear me when I call have mercy please
Maybe you’ll be all of my dreams
Next to me here
Together we’ll be
Chorus
Steen
Roger Steen: Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Prairie Prince: Drums
You know what to say
You know what to talk about
They can understand you
Never ever have a doubt
Watch ‘em while they run
Driving in your fancy car
Yeah, you’re the one they look for
Someone that they think you are
Pre chorus:
Should we take a photograph
Something we could magnify
Is this all a fantasy
Somehow it all makes me cry
Where you gonna go
Where you gonna run and hide
What you gonna say
When they come and see you crying
Where you gonna run to
I can’t say
I don’t wanna be there
When it comes to be your day
Pre chorus
You find that power lifts you beyond
This pantomime is going on
You think that power lifts you beyond
This pantomime is going on
You find that power lifts you beyond
This pantomime is going on
Steen
Roger Steen: Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Michael Cotten: Synthesizer
Prairie Prince: Drums
If there’s a mountain baby I’ll climb
If there’s a way up to the sunrise
Across the river on the great winding road
If there’s a place to live in your heart
And skip the knife in Cupid’s pull cart
It’s time now to bring it all into light
Holding on when you know it’s so
I breathe out to let it go
I got a feeling now it’s just all in vain
If I could make this simple thought
Remember love and what it cost
You can’t deny we had it along our way
It’s the money
Don’t let the melody die
The promise
Hold on to it only darling
It’s the money
Well if the miracle breaks
We run to
It’s so easy now
It’s the money
Falling with never a mind
You know it
Gone with that memory
It’s the money
You will do what you like
We run to
I guess that
It’s the money
I guess you’ll never be mine
We run to now
Do you care
Do ya truly care
Do you care tonight
And if I make this simple thought
Remember love and what it cost
You can’t deny we had it along our way
It’s the money
Going back will never be right
The promise
It’s no good now
It’s the money
Won’t make everything nice
We run to
Say what you like now
It’s the money
Well if the melody dies
You know it
Will it be the last one
It’s the money
Our love is too blind
We run to
So listen
It’s the money
This love is too blind
We run to now
In your memory
It’s the money
This love is too blind to see
We run to
You need your liberty
It’s the money
We run to
Steen
Roger Steen: Guitars, Vocals
Robert Berry: Drums
Sunrise on the coastline
My feet can’t wait, my heart’s flying
All day I’ll be waiting, no need to understate that
When I get to see her then I’ll ask if she’ll be mine
No one has to tell me, nobody even knows
There’s something about her
That’s captured my heart and soul
Message to remind me, it’s the state I’m in
Don’t even want to let it show
Mona Lisa’s smiling, all we have is what’s inside
My mind starts to wonder
How’s she gonna know just what I’m feeling
Then I start believing
How it’s gonna be I don’t know
You be the wise one
Hope lives on a dream so, dream on
Mona Lisa’s smiling, all we have is what’s inside
Say I don’t wanna fall deeper no
But I just can’t stop saying her name
Maria can I see you, oh
Pray don’t you go away no
If I knew you better
Say maybe later, tell you maybe so many things
Maria just like a rose
Say that you’re gonna stay oh
Maybe we could walk along the border look out on the beyond
We could taste the cool water and the sweetest love song
Show the wiseman and the prophet and the
preacher some day that our love is for real now
come along let’s get away
Is this the beginning, from now on forever
This strange awakening has really changed the weather
Is she the real love
Holding the world inside her smile no?
Oh if only
Mona Lisa thinks it’s funny
All we have is what’s inside
Say I don’t wanna fall deeper no
But I just can’t stop saying her name
Maria can I see you oh
Pray don’t you go away no
If I knew you better
Write you a letter
Tell you maybe baby all my dreams
Maria just like a rose
Cause me to cry tears oh no
Maria just like a rose
Say that you’re gonna stay oh
Maria that’s how it goes say that you will oh
Steen/Welnick
Roger Steen: Guitars, Bass, Lead Vocal
Vince Welnick: Piano
Robert Berry: Drums, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals
A thousand years, a thousand nights
We shared them all together
Open arms held us tight, don’t say goodbye
A thousand tears, a thousand cries
We shared them all together
No one asked us why, don’t say goodbye
A candle burns tonight
Chorus:
Dear Ms. Jane
I guess we’ll always know
You were everything to everyone
Dear Ms. Jane
Ain’t it a gosh darn thing
That the life we live we’re so alone
Why must we fade away
A thousand years, a thousand nights
We shared them all together
Open arms held us tight, don’t say goodbye
Candles burn tonight
Chorus
Dear Ms. Jane
I guess we’ll always know
You were everything to everyone
Dear Ms. Jane
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