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it is what it is

by Jeff Pettit

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1.
Left Behind 03:06
LEFT BEHIND Keep moving, if fact, run along Get lost, you've been here too long You ain't got nothing, that we need to hear about Pay attention while we turn it out Seems like we've been here before Same old friends, new dead ends Seems like they just don't care no more Left Behind , right on time Get out and please step aside Fare is due, you done had your ride The age is over, the age of the dinosaur Sober up, off the floor Just in time to find the door
2.
In Time 03:48
IN TIME I don't wanna write no song with you No, I don't want to strum guitar with you Those lies, you absolutely guaranteed weren't true And bye, this rotten tree gonna bear no fruit But you did it You changed it Went out and arranged it You changed my mind Was just In Time I don't wanna play no show with you No, I already bled and payed my due Thoughts and schemes they turn to streams Of consciousness, self-minded mess To run the path of self-righteous... Have you any tact at all? I don't wanna wait around for you This game of start and stop, and wrong and right It only makes me your fool
3.
CHAINS OF HOPE Faith is gone In my small town Malaise so strong Hope unfound No dream of reprieve can be held Bow down to this fate we've been dealt And stay alive For one more nose-dive Free, "Free at last" From the Chains of Hope Embrace the dark and stay awake Raise, raise your glass Help the meek to cope Retrace the past and run away Broken glass Where rust is king Just thick morass No "Love Supreme" We're held with no key to this cell Succumb to this life that is hell Just stay afloat Adrift, no boat
4.
So Far 02:56
SO FAR Sleep won't come to those who grieve No rest, no sweet relief It's broken history Look on while they're taken In the bitter hides the sweet We've come So Far and never looked back This calls for a different plan of attack Can't lose the one thing that we came here for Our special something we did adore Is there nothing that we wanted more? Time won't bend to those who breathe No prize for your belief It's one big mystery We've not been forsaken They've been programmed to deceive
5.
Collide 04:09
COLLIDE I am the warrior Left back at home It's immaterial This scenario of no control Shut down, no where to go Bridge out, road closed Don't fear the world you know Same scenario : left alone Fly free Don't you waste a thought on me May your hopes and dreams Collide Move on ahead Listen what I said Grab ahold and never let it go Down time can dull the blade Rust conquers all Too soon we start the fade The heat we gave, gone to cold Tough pill to swallow whole Head down, eyes closed Ten years can take a toll Look out below, here goes
6.
Otherworldly 04:26
OTHERWORLDLY Hey, no surprise It's a crazy, crazy world that we're living in Yeah, screw the why All these lazy boys and girls crawl out their shells They know cause they've gone in too Sooner or later they will search for another world to travel to Our Otherworldly bring forth Otherworldly things Come feast upon the things the Otherworldly bring Hey, ease your mind It's a dark then lighted world that we're spinning on Yeah, take your time all these dangers and excitements, the heavens and hells You know cause you've seen them too Sooner or later you will search for another world to travel to
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Moon 03:43
MOON Breathe out your fire Make no mention of better things Long cool, that desire That kept us warm and made us sing Outstretch your hand Take back what you left in time No fool, that man Never saw left behind And what if we're given a second try Erase the mistakes of our past Just go for the Moon and don't ask why Let's build a new love that can last Back to square one Same role we hold on to So far we've come Back home to start anew
9.
Harmony 03:58
HARMONY A woman has a right to change her mind Break free and to loose the chains that bind Her man has the home she left behind Left free, with four walls he kills his time Why can't we learn to live in Harmony Why won't you give some peace of mind to me Her words seem to beg a golden band But her deeds were the thing that broke the man Why must I burn?
10.
Drive 03:25
DRIVE Why would he choose it this way Why must she continue to pay Take, take this distance away Desire only makes you afraid The one he loves is so far away And it's the pain inside they see This may be the longest night in their short history When what you need is so far away Drive the distance away She says come home right away So he'll Drive the distance away

about

About ten weeks before the birth of my twins, I had an epiphany :
this would probably be my last chance to record music for years.
Don't get me wrong, I love my kids and very much want and enjoy them, but having three babies will put some serious constraints on your time. I've been dedicated to playing music for 20 years; I've been part of some great music created by some wonderful, inspired people. I just have never had the courage to create and produce an album of my own. I will admit that working with/for other people is difficult in that most of the time you are either arguing for hours to have your voice heard, or selflessly helping someone else make his/her music come to life. The larger problem was this : because I was worried that I needed to create something that would be 'better' than past projects or music created by my friends, that I needed to come up with something 'Genius' with a capital g, I did little. 15 years of sketches remained just that. I started struggling with questions like 'what genre should I write in?', 'why are my lyrics so embarrassing?', 'who would ever want to listen to this stuff?' etc.... So, now I had a finite window to do something ....anything.
Some parameters were set : I would write and record a song a week for ten weeks. After the week was done, I would move on- stop recording- no matter how embarrassing the results. I would just concentrate on making the song as good as it could be in the time I had to do it, with no thought about anything else - no help from anyone else. 'It Is What It Is' indeed.
The results are here for anyone to listen to. I'm proud to finally have something of my own. I hope you enjoy it.
Jeffrey JeffreyPettit@gmail.com

This album is dedicated to Nova and my daughters Soleil, Selene, and Celeste.

Every note of every song on this album was played me, but that's not to say I didn't have help. I would like to thank the following people for their advice, love, inspiration, and/or encouragement for this project. Nova, all four of my wonderful parents, David Fitzhugh, Peter Carvelas, Jesse Kolber, Jim Walsh, Matt Murphy, Adam Ash, Jim McCabe, Rob Sondles, Shannon Artis, Bert, Blake and Chris, Chris Donahue, Jace Panebianco, Jeff Hiatt and Jay Levin at Turtle Studio, Suzie Brown, Mike Measer, Shane Kirsch, Johnny and Scott Thompson, Tank and Faux2, Mason and Lowell, Steve Blanco, Mike Palmatier, Rick Robinson, Rene Mckane, Vince Chiarmonte, Shaun Swezey, Matt Kinne, Pat Myers, John Warner, Marcy D, Ayana D, Carsie Blanton, Adrien Reju, Aaron Comess, Billi Shakes, Andy Stack, Lady Rizo , Chris Kufner, Marc Jaffe, Ryan Stokes, Jeff the Jedi master Jones, Dave Brassard and McNeil Music, Shane Kirsch, Scott Barkan, and Pearson Constantino.

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released December 16, 2011

Jeffrey Pettit : electric and acoustic guitars, drum kit, Moog, Stylophone, conga, cowbell, fretless and fretted electric bass, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, alto sax, percussion, lead and background vocals.

Produced, Engineered, Edited, Mixed, and Mastered by Jeffrey Pettit

All music and lyrics by Jeff Pettit (Listen Here Now Music, BMI) except
Otherworldly written by Jeff Pettit and James McCabe (Tropical Death Music, ASCAP)

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