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TAKE ALL NIGHT

by Shades of Day

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1.
you failed at life you'll get 'em next time there's a second chance for every one you yell at the streets no one sees it like me and your story doesn't make the news You live in a land of lonely scared and alone you're only one flashing light in the city tonight one in a million you let them cut your hair you stare at the walls so plain and tall you hear scratchin at the door you crawl inside your covers and you hide you wish they'd just go away... you live in a land of lonely scared and alone you're only one flashing light in the city tonight one in a million you let them cut your hair you promised when you came you'd never let the fear inside you live in a land of lonely scared and alone you're only one flashing light in the city tonight one in a million you let them cut your hair
2.
I had a bad suspicion that you two would appear shoulder to shoulder whispering in my ear the red coat screams injustice the white robe plays the fool but when those voices come together they're playin by their own rules I'm all in pieces I like your style Let's roam the boulevard I'll get you home bout 9 In the morning cuz I think it's gonna take all night to get to know you Still my ears are burning from the battle far inside your ponytail of lighting whips my head round right my right is a red flag waving my left is Apollo Truth when those voices come together they're playing by their own rules I'm all in pieces I like your style Let's roam the boulevard I'll get you home bout 9 In the morning cuz I think it's gonna take all night to get to know you
3.
Love Parade (free) 04:09
You roll in like a thundercloud waving your arms all around I seen you downtown whipping it up like cream flirtation butterfly you're eyes look superfine wanna love you longtime can I be next in line? if you are warm I'll take you home even if my eyes are saying no no no I am alive when I feel it grow oh no.. it's happening again.. You're what I'm thinking of when you're walkin on the stairs above i felt a push of love staring at the way you move cranberry lemonade orgasmic love parade i'll call you names for days we always get our way if you are warm I'll take you home even if my eyes are saying no no no I am alive when I feel it grow oh no.. it's happening again.. cranberry lemonade orgasmic love parade i'll call you names for days we always get our way.. if you are warm I'll take you home even if my eyes are saying no no no I am alive when I feel it grow oh no.. it's happening again..
4.
You pull up on the e brake your face is red as the curb and you think how easy, to cry but you won't let em see you break just spend a day with me I know it's hard to be everything everyone wants just fall right into me my love will guide you you're everything I ever wanted to be it's never been this hard there just ain't enough time barely makin sense will it ever be easy just spend a day with me I know it's hard to be everything everyone wants just fall right into me my love will guide you you're everything I ever wanted to be you got an angel's heart turn it on you gotta take a chance and be strong just spend a day with me I know it's hard to be everything everyone wants just fall right into me my love will guide you you're everything I ever wanted to be
5.
Sidewalk Sun (free) 04:37
Hey black shirt and torn jeans why is your head hung hung low? are you looking for a shiny new quarter in the sidewalk sun? hey green eyes and long hair why is your smile turned down? i can make you feel a whole lot better don't you make a sound.. every night, every dream every person that I see come alive come alive let me know you're real you feel so real.. hey tattoos and blonde hair lettin your make up run you're waiting a red light crayon cuz you called it love hey short skirt and sad eyes shy as a hummingbird if you never find any good sunshine baby don't let it hurt every night, every dream every person that I see come alive come alive let me know you're real you feel so real.. let the pieces fall where they may just pick em up and put em back together it's gonna take little time to put them all away so just pick em up and put em back together.. every night, every dream every person that I see come alive come alive let me know you're real
6.
Hollow Man (free) 05:48
I fought the wizard brain long and hard didn't matter that the wench came in a little tardy I don't have the weaponry, can't you see? throw me some sort of spear quick now the beast is near! and then a hollow man told me there's no medicine for a starving mind …and there's no time for wasting my precious life so don't move too fast just let the moment last I rang the prison bell long and hard couldn't imagine why the priest was there high like a kite I sing falsetto in the dungeon choir he who loves me, stands above me! and then a hollow man told me.. there's no medicine for a starving mind ..and there's no time for wasting my precious life so don't move too fast just let the moment last ..in my constant coming down I don't even watch my words and I see them crushing you you're being trampled by the herd well I should bleed for what I've done took your honesty away "it's a personal device" says the hunter to his prey then sadness told me a story wicked, wordy and true and then she showed me her body and it made me think of you it made me think of you mmmmm I'd be a slave if I believed the king with fingers in my ears I run till the coast is clear I brave the elements across the land this trail's all wet with slime and his evil winking eye I killed the hollow man slowly stole his medicine and cured my starving mind ..there's no time for wasting my precious life so don't move too fast just let the moment last.
7.
Fear 03:22
Will you fall on your face die alone or wither away in fear or take the road that goes there and piss off the edge of the world? put another stoke on that fire sir it hasn't yet killed us all if you push for the best of the worst in us you're responsible for making the call i can't help but feel helpless here i can't shake big alone so wipe of that mist on your windows folks and look out the front of your homes Fear is everywhere don't you let it define you you don't you let it decide a stranger's footsteps in the night your heart beats in your throat there's no one there when you look behind but you can't see through the fog where will you go who while you trust it's everywhere you turn there's always someone watching waiting for you to burn is your stomach in knots can't find a breath and all you can do is scream can you feel it taking over? Fear is everywhere don't you let it define you you don't you let it decide
8.
here we go a tracking across the great divide searching for a story that was legend far and wide he was six foot seven sharper than a tack soon as he would fight you he would slap you on the back slap you on the back you can't shake hands with the business side of a gun and you can't be friends with the business side of a gun.. whoa-oo his momma never never loved him he musta been the devil's seed named after daddy's whiskey he was problems guaranteed poor man looking desperate hair trigger look in his eye the beaten path was empty but the promise never dies the promise never dies you can't shake hands with the business side of a gun and you can't be friends with the business side of a gun
9.
You might think I live out here I'm just a vagabond lost my mind a while back don't know where I'm from I must be on the alcohol the powder or the weed but I ain't lonely I'm just waiting for a train I follow sounds like beating drums a poacher for a feast passers by don't give a damn content to let me be people say I've given up I'm worthless to the seams but I ain't lonely I'm just waiting for a train When it comes When it comes When it comes I won't even say goodbye When it comes When it comes When it comes I'm just waiting for a ride a ride... You might think he lives out here he's just a vagabond he lost his mind a while back he don't know where he's from he must be on the alcohol the powder, or the weed but he aint lonely he's just waiting for his train When it comes When it comes When it comes I won't even say goodbye When it comes When it comes When it comes I'm just waiting for a ride a ride...
10.
all the roads are closed today and all the light has gone away did you think that I was gone run off to chase a song babe my work is never done I can't set the sun and I cannot outrun.. the traps are being set for me and I stumble on unwittingly but I'm never down for long find my way i ramble on babe my work is never done I can't set the sun and I cannot outrun can't you see? life is amazing to me a perfect life in harmony makes sour notes inaudibly but the only words you'll hear smolder out and disappear babe this ain't the time to fear there's nothing for us her open your eyes, dear… can't you see? life is amazing to me

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“You failed at life/You’ll get ‘em next time/There’s a second chance for every one.”

The opening lyrics for “One Flashing Light,” the first song on Take All Night, the long-awaited second record by Ojai’s Shades of Day, are reflective of those moments on the artist’s path when self-doubt threatens to derail hope. It’s an experience that’s familiar to anyone who ever pursued a dream — when, despite all evidence of impending doom, you forge ahead, clinging to every scrap of encouragement you ever received, every inspirational cliché you ever heard.

From the bright lights of the big city and the boulevard of broken dreams to the kindness of strangers, the exhilaration of new love and the realities of business, Take All Night is a glimpse into the heart of the young musician trying to follow his bliss without sacrificing his soul. Musically lighter but thematically heavier than the first record, there is tremendous potential here for crossover into the pop and/or country markets....

- Michel Cicero VC REPORTER

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released November 13, 2010

Produced by Michael Dumas and Shades of Day
Mixed* by Michael Dumas @ Audio International Ojai CA
Business Side mixed by Scott Peets @ DFX Audio Burbank CA
Waiting for a Train mixed by Anthony Falcone @ Anthony Falcone Music Studios - Hollywood CA
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi @ Oasis Mastering - Burbank CA
Organ and Keys - Rami Jaffee
Lap and Steel - Doug Pettibone
Additional Vocal Backups and Arrangement - George Merrill
Lyrics and Songs* by B Willing James
Music and Arrangement by Shades of Day
*Fear written by Shades of Day
*Everything to Everyone written by B Willing James and Jenni Alpert
*Sidewalk Sun written by B Willing James and Camp O'Neill

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