Produced by Anny Celsi and Kevin Jarvis ℗© 2013 Ragazza Music All rights reserved. Made in Los Angeles, CA USA
Recorded and mixed by Kevin Jarvis at Sonic Boom Boom Room, Venice, CA (except as below)
Additional recording by Steve Refling at Lincoln Lounge, Venice, CA and by Rich McCulley at Red Hill Studio, Echo Park, CA
Mastered by d2 Mastering, Los Angeles, CA
‘Christmas in the Pines’ produced by Anny Celsi and Nelson Bragg, recorded and mixed by Rob Campanella
Graphic design by Gwen Koger
Cover photos by Mieke Kramer
Music sign photo by Megan Barron, used by permission
All songs written by Anny Celsi (Ragazza Music , BMI), except ‘Wait,’ written by Steve Forbert (Universal-MCA Music)
Au Revoir, My Darling
Anny Celsi: Acoustic guitar Jason Chesney: Bass Kevin Jarvis: Drums, percussion Carl Byron: Piano, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Glockenspiel, bells Kirk Swan: Electric Guitar Ivan Pyzow: Trumpet Allen Mezquida: Alto Saxophone
Adam Marsland, Evie Sands, Teresa Cowles: Backing vocals Anny, Kevin, Teresa: Handclaps
Vocal arrangement by Adam Marsland
Horn arrangement by Ivan Pyzow
Travelogue
Anny Celsi, Doug Freeman: Acoustic guitars Jason Chesney: Bass Kevin Jarvis: Drums, percussion Carl Byron: Organ, Celeste, Accordion Stan Behrens: Flute Ivan Pyzow, Teresa Cowles: Backing vocals
Vocal arrangement by Ivan Pyzow
Ghosts in the Room
Rich McCulley: Acoustic & electric guitars Jason Chesney: Bass Kevin Jarvis: Drums, percussion Carl Byron: Organ, accordion Ivan Pyzow: Trumpet, backing vocal Olivia Breidenthal : Violins
Violin arrangement by Ivan Pyzow
Oh Baby, is the Circus Back in Town?
Anny Celsi : Acoustic guitar Kirk Swan: Electric guitar, amp splash Jason Chesney: Bass Kevin Jarvis: Drums, percussion Carl Byron: Organ, piano,Wurlitzer electric piano, toy piano
Kaleidoscope Heart
Anny Celsi, Doug Freeman: Acoustic guitars Kirk Swan: Electric guitar Bobby McDonald: Bass Kevin Jarvis: Drums, percussion Carl Byron: Hammond organ Ivan Pyzow: Autoharp
Adam Marsland, Evie Sands, Teresa Cowles: Backing vocals
Vocal arrangement by Adam Marsland
Sank Without A Bubble
Kirk Swan: Acoustic & electric guitars Jason Chesney: Bass Kevin Jarvis: Drums, percussion Ivan Pyzow: Piano, backing vocal Carl Byron: Organ
Wait
Anny: Acoustic guitarDoug Freeman : Electric guitar Bobby McDonald: Bass Kevin Jarvis: Drums, percussion Ivan Pyzow: Piano Carl Byron: Accordion Olivia Breidenthal: Violins
Violin arrangement by Ivan Pyzow
Christmas in the Pines
Anny: Acoustic guitar Nelson Bragg: Percussion, backing vocals Paul Lacques: Pedal steel guitar Carl Byron: Accordion
Citybird
Doug Freeman : Acoustic guitar, ukelele Jason Chesney: Bass Kevin Jarvis: Drums, percussion Ivan Pyzow: Piano, Glockenspiel, backing vocal Kiara Perico: Viola
Thank you, Kevin, Jason, Carl, Kirk & Doug, Rich & Anna, Adam, Evie & Teresa, Gwen, Danette, Randy, Mieke, Jim & all the Kramers, Susan James, Roland Wolff, Duncan Maitland, Richard Snow, Tish Hinojosa & Andreas Sedlmair, Terry Rawlings & Fiona, Steve Refling, Paul & Yvonne Bohm, Steve Forbert, Lolita, Teresa, David & Eve Celsi, Nelson and eternally, Ivan
Song Lyrics
Au Revoir, My Darling
Words & music by Anny Celsi, © Ragazza Music (BMI)
The day is nearly over
The party’s just begun
We walk the quarter arm in arm with Napoleon
I hear the sound of singing
I turn to see someone
She’s just a shadow to us
A song that passes through us
The gentlemen were charming
Your kiss was so disarming
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
He’s dreaming in the parlor
The air is sweet and sad
She blows the candle out, and it’s the only one he had
Her picture’s on the mantle
The letter’s in his hand
She left it lying here
The ink’s been dry for years
The gentlemen were charming
Your kiss was so disarming
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
There’s nothing to forgive
Don’t bother following
The river swallows everything
The river swallows everything
The night is nearly past
And we’re the last ones wandering
We wrap the city round us like a pair of angel’s wings
I hear the church bells chiming
(Timing is everything)
A song it comes unbidden
The words already written
The gentlemen were charming
Your kiss was so disarming
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
Travelogue
Words & music by Anny Celsi, © Ragazza Music (BMI)
Riding in a London cab to the restaurant
Gonna see some brand new friends and have a pint
Gazing at the evening sky
Watching as the clouds go by
Wonder if the planes will fly tonight
Going to the record store for the last time
We need a little music to take us home
Walking down the street with you
I stumble like I always do
Baby don’t you leave me alone
Living at the airport
Waiting for the wind to change
Waking up to see which way it’s blown
Clouds across the tv set
Almost made us both forget
We’re flying through a dark cloud of our own
Trying to buy a ticket for the last boat out
We gotta find a way across the sea
It isn’t quite the trip we planned
It isn’t where we thought we’d land
But isn’t that just like you and me?
Living at the airport
Waiting for the wind to change
Waking up to see which way it’s blown
Clouds across the tv set
Almost made us both forget
We’re flying through a dark cloud of our own
Ghosts in the Room
Words & music by Anny Celsi, © Ragazza Music (BMI)
You brought your smile
And plugged it in the wall
We couldn’t help but be charmed
Slight sleight of hand
Meant to beguile
No reason to be alarmed
But I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
You brought your smile
And held it all the while
We let the music play on
Now I recall
The way your light would fail
The moment the curtain was drawn
But I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
Calling to you
A hand on the strings
A voice in the air
I know the moment has passed
What would I give
To whisper in your ear
And tell you I hear you at last
I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
Calling to you
Oh Baby, is the Circus Back in Town?
Words & music by Anny Celsi, © Ragazza Music (BMI)
Saw you walking on a wire, no one to catch you
Washing your hair with a bucket and hose
Saw the look in your eye when you heard that sound
Oh baby, is the circus back in town?
Now you’re holding your cards a little closer
Trying out tricks to fool the crowd
Are you packing your bags to catch that train?
Oh baby, is the circus back again?
Baby, is the circus back again?
You’re swallowing fire before breakfast
And you’re telling me you quit
While the kerosene is rolling down your chin
It’s the greatest show on earth
But still my love for you won’t fit
How’s a girl without a ticket to get in?
It’s the painted girls flying high above you
It’s the men who roll the dice and fill your glass
It’s your tattooed heart trying to take the reins
Chasing down the circus in your veins
It’s a runaway boy
It’s any tent in the rain
Oh baby, is the circus back again?
Baby, is the circus back again?
Kaleidoscope Heart
Words & music by Anny Celsi, © Ragazza Music (BMI)
Wouldn’t it be wrong to not look for love
When we know it’s right where we can find it?
But we can’t get beyond the crashin’ and the cryin’
The losin’ and the lyin’ behind it
You are far away, but you hang on my heart
Like a string of bright pieces of glass
Shining so brightly
Beautiful and sharp
Then breaking inside me
Kaleidoscope heart
I’m starting to believe dreaming is for lovers
The rest of us just hover on the edges
Tugging on their sleeves, pulling at the covers
Hungry for the peace we imagine
I could slip away, but you hang on my heart
Like a string of bright pieces of glass
Shining so brightly
Beautiful and sharp
Then breaking inside me
Kaleidoscope heart
Oh, kaleidoscope heart
Day after day you hang on my heart
Like a string of bright pieces of glass
Shining so brightly
Beautiful and sharp
Then breaking inside me
Kaleidoscope heart
Sank Without a Bubble
Words & music by Anny Celsi, © Ragazza Music (BMI)
Sank without a bubble, how could anybody get so lost?
But I miss my little rebel and all the trouble that he caused
Down below the surface where your sins are all
In the swamps of New York City I go searching for his face
It’s so easy to lose somebody
Every time that you close your eyes
One more door that you just can’t open - I’ve tried
His kisses were like whiskey and his heart was like a spoon
I could take a little taste, but he cut me off too soon
In the days of wine and roses, back when no one counted shots
Some of us survived those years
Some of us did not
It’s so easy to lose somebody
When you’re both on that downhill slide
You can’t stop them and you can’t save them - I’ve tried
It’s so easy to lose somebody
Every time that you turn around
How can anyone find somebody who won’t be found?
I got a letter from Chicago, postmarked nineteen-eighty-nine
Sayin, baby’s in the bottle and I can’t get out this time
Was he too much trouble?
I let him slip between the cracks
But I love my little rebel
Now I want my baby back
It’s so easy to lose somebody
In the cold-hearted light of day
When your lovers turn into shadows
And fade away
WAIT
Written by Steve Forbert, Universal-MCA Music (ASCAP)
Wait til the snow falls down on your doorstep
Wait til the branches make cracks in the sky
Wind by your window screams while you're sleeping
You live near your fire as the winter blows by
Wait til the sidewalk shivers the beggars
Wrapped in their blankets they try to hold on
Light from the streetlamp seems to shine bitter
After the autumn has been here and gone
God help the lost and lonely
God help the poor
Cold days and ice nights only
Hard times for sure
Hard times for sure
Wait til the winter makes it all brittle
Colors all fade and the earth seems to die
Black chimneys coughing, landlords are hiding
No one can find them, it's useless to try
Wait til the river freezes up solid
Way up the line and the boats are all stuck
Graham the gambler tries to make sense
He's far from his home and he's down on his luck
God help the lost and lonely
God help the poor
Cold days and ice nights only
Hard times for sure
Hard times for sure
Dancers and snow queens, handsome and lovely
Skate on the lake and fall deeply in love
Silver skates gliding, faces all glowing
Smooth and warm fingers and thumbs in their gloves
God help the lost and lonely
God help the poor
Cold days and ice nights only
Hard times for sure
Hard times for sure
Christmas in the Pines
Words & music by Anny Celsi, © Ragazza Music (BMI)
Let’s go down to the corner, let’s get a tree
Let’s pick the tallest one we see
And as we drag it home, imagine we could be
In the pines, in the pines
In the Christmas of my mind
In the pines, in the pines
We walk through dirty streets, the billboards light our way
This noisy neon holiday
Wish I could take you to a Christmas far away
In the pines, in the pines
Where only moonlight shines
In the pines, in the pines
In the Christmas of my mind
Can you picture me, a girl of eight or nine?
My father walking through the snow, and me behind
Let's climb the hill and pick the tallest one we find
In the pines
Let's go down to the corner, and let's pretend
That we're surrounded by a forest without end
I close my eyes and breathe it in, and once again
I'm in the pines, in the pines
Where only moonlight shines
In the pines, in the pines
In the Christmas of my mind