Joe Chinnici

9

Here I Am
Words & Music by Joe Chinnici c2004

You see me coming ? You turn away
Why do you make me feel this way
I gave you everything ? I gave you more
One difference of opinion, you show me the door

So here I am ? I?m standing beside you
Here I am ? I am going home
Something?s got to give so I?m leaving you here all alone

I want to understand ? Why you?re this way
It?s not that big a deal, it?s alright, I?ll be okay

So here I am ? I?m standing beside you
Here I am ? I am going home
Something?s got to give so I?m leaving you here on your own

I?m great, I?m special, I?m important, I?m the best friend you got
You say these things with so much heart, I blink, I see I?m not

I wait for you to call ? To give a sign
That you are not the person that I saw the other night

Here I am ? I?m right here beside you
Here I am ? I am going home
Something?s got to give, you are on your own
Here I am ? I?m standing beside you
Here I am ? I am going home
Nothing?s gonna change so I?m leaving you here all alone
Here I am
Here I am

2

Don't Walk Away
words & music by Joe Chinnici c1994

When you wake up in the morning sun shining through
You tell yourself it?ll be all right
There?s an answer in the course of the coming day
It?ll be there in the middle of the night - oh
There it is, the sun sinkin? low
Silhouettes, feelings overflow

Don?t leave me in the morning (leave me in the morning)
Don?t leave me in the evening (leave me in the evening)
Hey whatever you do, don?t leave me this way
Don?t leave me in the morning (leave me in the morning)
Don?t leave me in the evening (leave me in the evening)
Hey whatever you do, don?t walk away

When you got up and turned yourself to walk to the door
I told myself it?ll be all right
You?ll be comin? back at the end of the day
With a smile on, oh a smile so bright
Oh and then you tell me that you?re leavin? (leavin?) then you tell me that you?re leavin? to stay
And that you won?t be back in the comin? day - oh
You are gone, though I know it won?t be long
When you come back, I?ll be singin? this song

Don?t leave me in the morning (leave me in the morning)
Don?t leave me in the evening (leave me in the evening)
Hey whatever you do, don?t leave me this way
Don?t leave me in the morning (leave me in the morning)
Don?t leave me in the evening (leave me in the evening)
Hey whatever you do, don?t walk away - OH

You are here, so nice to have you near
We?re lockin? it up for the permanent wave
Forty from now, when we?re old and gray
I?ll be saying the same thing each and every day

Don?t you leave me in the morning (leave me in the morning)
Don?t you leave me in the evening (leave me in the evening)
Hey whatever you do, don?t leave me this way
Don?t you leave me in the morning (leave me in the morning)
Don?t you leave me in the evening (leave me in the evening)
Hey whatever you do, don?t walk away
OH - Don?t you leave me in the morning (leave me in the morning)
Don?t you leave me in the evening (leave me in the evening)
Hey whatever you do, don?t leave me this way
OH - Don?t you leave me in the morning (leave me in the morning)
Don?t you leave me in the evening (leave me in the evening)
Hey whatever you do, don?t walk away - OH

8

I Don't Want To Be The One
words & music by Joe Chinnici c2004

Do you see me?
I?m the blind man looking at his cane
Do you hear me?
I?m the little deaf girl listening to the rain
I want to be anything appreciated
I want to be everything that?s overrated

I don?t want to be the one to make you mad
I don?t want to be the one to make you oh so sad
I don?t want to be the one to kick you when you?re down
I just want to be the best friend you have around

Do you see me?
I?m the cripple walking in the field
Do you hear me?
I?m the little boy screaming on the Ferris wheel
I want to be anything appreciated
I want to be everything that ain?t been jaded

I don?t want to be the one to make you mad
I don?t want to be the one to make you oh so sad
I don?t want to be the one to kick you when you?re down
I just want to be the best friend you have around

It seems so simple
To be the person that I long for me to be
To hold onto the things that I?ve become
To be the person that you see, with everything to give inside of me

I don?t want to be the one to make you mad
I don?t want to be the one to make you oh so sad
I don?t want to be the one to kick you when you?re down
I don?t want to be the one that?s always hangin? ?round
I don?t want to be the one that never has a sound
I just want to be the best friend you?ve ever found

4

Gotta Get Real
Words & Music by Joe Chinnici c2004

I wake up in the morning
Sometimes I feel it?s a warning
Coming from inside my mind

Your love is so
It?s a love I want to know
Coming from inside your mind

I gotta get real, tell you how I feel, it?s the only way
It?s a feeling inside, one I cannot hide, and it?s here to stay
(Here to stay)

Sometimes I don?t know
Wonder if you want to let go
Coming from inside your mind

I feel I?m right
I feel I?m holding on too tight
Coming from inside my mind

Well I gotta get real, tell you how I feel, it?s the only way
It?s a feeling inside, one I cannot hide, and it?s here to stay
You know I gotta get real, tell you how I feel, it?s my destiny
It?s a feeling inside, one I cannot hide, and it?ll set me free
(Set me free)

You got me holding on
You got me coming on strong
You got my loving in the palm of your hand

You got me wanting you
You got me doing what you want me to do

Well I gotta get real, tell you how I feel, it?s the only way
It?s a feeling inside, one I cannot hide, and it?s here to stay
You know I gotta get real, tell you how I feel, it?s my destiny
It?s a feeling inside, one I cannot hide, and it?ll set me free
(Set me free)

4

The Lonely Road
Words & Music by Joe Chinnici c2004


Standing at the railway station
Ticket in my hand for my destination
Pocket player playin? my favorite travelin? song
I?ve been away too long, and I got to get back now
Get back home, I gotta get there somehow

You know I?m travelin? on, down this lonely road back home
I gotta get me back to the only road I know
Six weeks into July, twelve years into the decade
I gotta get back to my family again someday

I been away for oh so long
Feelin? tired, but I must be strong
Picture in my pocket says it?s time to head on home
I?m gonna get on the train, or the plane or the big bus
Gonna get back to the place I love

You know I?m travelin? on, down this lonely road back home
I?m gonna get me back to the only road I know
Six weeks into July, twelve years into the decade
I gotta get back to my family again someday

Many times I?ve wanted to turn back
Many years of tears and one night stands
Many times I?ve wanted to quit
But I made it through this time once again
Now I?m heading back to where I should have been

You know I?m travelin? on, down this lonely road back home
I?m gonna get me back to the only road I know
Six weeks into July, twelve years into the decade
I gotta get back to my family again someday

You know I?m travelin? on, down this lonely road back home
I?m gonna get me back to the only road I know
You know I?m travelin? on back home
I gotta get me back
I gotta get me back to home, home, home

5

FORGIVENESS
Words & Music by Joe Chinnici c1999


I didn?t do it ? Everything she said, it was a lie
I didn?t do it ? She must be talkin? ?bout some other guy

If you believe me, I got something more to say
If you believe me, I?ve got a bridge for sale today
If you believe a single word I say, I will steal your heart away

I won?t admit it ? I was minding my own bees wax
I won?t admit it ? You say the bitch was blowing my sax

The lipstick on my collar, from my mama, so sweet
I went to visit her today, she blew a kiss that missed my cheek
I didn?t do it ? Why should I ask for forgiveness

I didn?t do it ? You say its cream, I say it?s pearly white
I didn?t do it ? I wasn?t screwin? ?round the other night

If you believe me, I got plenty more to say
If you believe me, the Brooklyn Bridge for sale today, yeah
If you believe a single word I say, I will steal your heart away

No I won?t admit it ? You say I?m cheating, it?s a crying shame
I won?t admit it ? You say the bitch was yanking my golden chain

The undies in the glove box, underneath the map
I couldn?t tell you where their from, talk to the boys in the frat
I didn?t do it ? Why should I ask for forgiveness

Hey, Baby. What are you doin? here? I didn?t expect to see you here tonight.
What? That blonde with the hot pink blouse & a short black leather
Mini-skirt with the ?funk-me? pumps? No, I didn?t see her sittin? on my lap.
See, me & Marty, we was hangin? out; he was really upset about his woman leavin? him.
He didn?t know how to pick up those babes. So I was just helpin? him, check me out.
I wouldn?ta done nothin?. I swear. What? Did you say ?AIDS?? Don?t worry about it, Baby,
I?ll wear a condom!

9

3 Messages
Words and Music by Joe Chinnici c2004


Hello, tell me how ya doin?
Why don?t you call me, why don?t you pick up the line
Why don?t you want to confront me
Why don?t you want to be mine

I know you?re thinkin? that it?s over
Can?t you see it, we were meant to be
To be together forever
Together, you and me

So won?t you call me, you gotta call me
I don?t want to go away
So won?t you call me, you gotta call me
Hear what I have to say

Hello, won?t you pick up the phone now
This is stupid, the games you have to play
Why you been acting so childish
Why you been behaving this way

I know you?re sitting there on your sofa
With your new boyfriend, sharing a bottle of wine
I can?t believe I ever loved you
I can?t believe I wasted all this damn time

You better call me, you gotta call me
I got a bone to pick with you
You better call me, pick up the phone and call me
Pick it up now, I?ll give you a talking to

Hello, I?m so sorry
I really blew it, and now I understand just why
Why you had to leave me
Why you haven?t called me back, and why it?s time for me to say goodbye

5

Groovin?
Words & Music by Joe Chinnici c2004


Sometimes you take it on the chin
Sometimes you turn the other cheek
Sometimes you take it by the hand
Sometimes you take it so deep

You gotta get groovin?, you gotta get groovin?
Why don?t you groove a while for me

You always take me to heaven
You always take me to the other side of the track
You always take me somewhere
Then I tilt my head like a dog that doesn?t understand you?re gonna be comin? back

Let?s get groovin?, yeah you gotta get groovin?
Yeah, yeah groovin?, yeah you gotta get groovin?
Oh ? why don?t you groove a while for me ? groove me one time

Sometimes you take it on the chin
Sometimes you turn the other cheek
Sometimes you take it by the hand
Sometimes you take so hard it?s so deep

You start groovin?, You gotta get groovin?
Yeah yeah groovin?, You gotta get groovin?
Yeah let?s start groovin?, oh oh oh groovin?
Why don?t you groove a while for me
Why don?t you groove a while for me
Oh ? why don?t you groove a while for me

4

SOUL (CARRY ON)
Words and Music by Joe Chinnici c1994


I?ve been riding that open road
I've been lookin' for someone to hold me
'Cause the one that's hangin', she is gone
I guess it's time I should carry on

Because I love that rockin' rhythm
I got the music in my soul

I punch in, wastin' away
I say "Life ain't supposed to be that way no, no, no"
When I check out of here I'll be havin' fun
I guess it's time I should carry on

'Cause I love that rockin' rhythm
I got the music in my soul

Love is the answer
Work should be fun
Big man manipulation

Love is the answer
Occupation
Big man manipu?

I?ve been hangin' with the man in the three piece
He said "My suit and tie friend got the pie, do you want a piece?"
He said "I really don't mean to sound condescending"
A little doo-wop - shoo-wa-da - and you're in like flint
Well it's my way or no way so take the highway
I guess it's time you should carry on

Because I love that rockin' rhythm
I got the music in my soul yeah yeah
I said I love that rockin' rhythm
I got the music in my soul

9

I?ll Be Here
words & music by Joe Chinnici c2004


Well you know that it?s wrong, to be coming over after he?s gone
But you know that it?s right, helping you arrive to close your night
I?m just doing what he never takes the time to do
I?m just helping out but he?s the one in love with you
So don?t think I?m ever gonna give my heart to you, cause I won?t, no I won?t

I?ll be here to help you finish what he started
I?ll be here when you are feeling disregarded
I?ll be here when you need a friendly face
But I won?t be here to take his place
I?ll be here to be the insignificant other
I?ll be here to cater to your beautiful flower
I?ll be here to make you happy when you?re blue
But I won?t be here for you

Well you know I can?t stay, I just came and so I must go away
And you know that I?m right, to be leaving you to sleep for the night
When you wake up in the morning he?ll be here for you
And I?ll be off doing what it is I have to do
When you need me dial 865-0102, and I?ll come, yes I?ll come

I?ll be here to help you finish what he started
I?ll be here when you are feeling disregarded
I?ll be here when you need a friendly face
But I won?t be here to take his place
I?ll be here to be the insignificant other
I?ll be here to cater to your beautiful flower
I?ll be here to make you happy when you?re blue
But I won?t be here for you

Oh yeah, I?ll be here to help you finish what he started
I?ll be here when you are feeling disregarded
I?ll be here when you need a friendly face
But I won?t be here to take his place
I?ll be here to be the insignificant other
I?ll be here to cater to your beautiful flower
I?ll be here to make you happy when you?re blue
But I won?t be here for you
No I won?t be here for you
No I won?t be here for you

2

JUNE
Words and Music by Joe Chinnici c1993


Yesterday was such a long time
Thinking back, it makes me blue
She said she loved me and then she turned her head to cry
Then she turned to say good-bye

Where you going my little lady
Leaving now would drive me crazy
You gotta tell me what could make you wanna go
Won't you tell me, I gotta know

She said she's leaving me in June
She said there's nothing she can do
Well I don't know, but if I had the chance I'd go
And leave it all behind for her

You kept on saying you couldn't love me
Blaming every-thing on me
Now looking back it all makes perfect sense to me
What to do, I've yet to see

But she's leaving me in June
And there ain?t nothing she can do
Well I don't know, but if I had the chance I?d go
And leave it all behind for her

Yesterday, was day by day
Before we knew, you're going away
Leaving now would hurt me so
Why should you leave before you go

But she's leaving me in June (I?m missing you)
And there ain't nothing she can do (no)
Well I don't know, but if I had the chance I?d go
And leave it all behind for her

But she's leaving me in June (I?m missing you)
And there ain't nothing she can do ? oh
Well I don't know, but if I had the chance I?d go
And leave it all behind

5

Use My Name
Words and Music by Joe Chinnici c2004


Carly thinks she?s a geek in a tinsel-town body
Angie?s next door till she let?s down her hair
Hollie?s in the back seat till she steps on the bar
Molly?s nice and quiet till you get her upstairs

Nikki?s got confidence to a fault
Jessie?s got the number on her ex?s boss

If I use your name in this song
What will it get me? Three minutes more
If I use your name in this song
Will you tell all your friends when they come through the door? - Alright

Lori helps out with her incessant cheering
Lupi lends a hand with a nod and a squeal
Chrissie gives support with her strawberry daiquiris
And Jenny pitches in when she fixes the wheel

Phoebe struts around thinkin? she?s god?s gift
Dorrie?s big smile will give you a lift

If I use your name in this song
What will it get me? Will you buy me a drink
If I use your name in this song
Will you lift up your shirt, will you show me your pink? ? c?mon

Willow and Tara are doing their thing
But Buffy can?t be touched when Spike is spreading her wings

If I use your name in this song
What will it get me? Three minutes more
If I use your name in this song
Will you tell all your friends when they come through the door
If I used your name in this song
What will it get me? Will you throw me your thong?
If I didn?t use your name in this song
By now you know I won?t, this song has gone on too long ? I?m gone
That?s right I?m gone. Bye, Bye. Ciao.