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Wistfully Yours

by Bob Davoli

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    Wistfully Yours single-CD album, in gatefold card case; includes booklet that has credits and lyrics.

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    Listen to Bob's debut album on the ultra-cool, ultra-portable USB flash drive. Made of Bamboo, it's easy on the environment and even easier to listen to! Included on the flash drive is a PDF of the Booklet with credits, liner notes, and lyrics for all songs.

    All proceeds from the sales of Wistfully Yours will be donated to the Chicago Food Not Bombs, Humboldt Park Chapter. The mission of Food Not Bombs is to recover and share free vegan or vegetarian food with the public, without restriction to protest war, poverty, and the destruction of the environment. There are approximately 1,000 Food Not Bombs chapters worldwide. You can find more information on their Facebook page www.facebook.com/fnbhumboldtpark/.
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1.
Even Though Autumn's in Your Eyes 04:27
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Baby I’m so sorry that your star has fallen down And all of your dreams have drowned Maybe you and I can go around one more time Even though Autumn’s in your eyes Dusk rolls in, its shadows oh, so grim Silent wind chimes always make me cry Nothing’s as poetic as living day to day Tender is the night that warms us with moonlight Black and whites they always turn out gray And the near is so, so far away Dusk rolls in, its shadows oh, so grim Silent wind chimes always make me cry Broken bones they often heal stronger But broken hearts simply fall apart Hope does not always spring eternal For those souls who lost their will to fight Dusk rolls in, its shadows oh, so grim Silent wind chimes always make me cry Baby I’m so sorry that your star has fallen down And all of your dreams have drowned Maybe you and I can go around one more time Even though Autumn's in your eyes Yeah, maybe you and I can go around one more time Even though Autumn’s in your eyes Yeah, even though Autumn’s in your eyes
2.
Transistor Radio and Me 05:46
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Daddy was a bulldozer, mama tried to keep her pride The only thing I did was try and hide Way up in my tree house, deep down in my snow fort Transistor radio and me Lying on my back, staring up at the sky Simply trying to figure out why Oh daddy’s scream and mama's cry Children shaking in the night oh the silent screams and black and blues Oh kindred spirit where are you, oh kindred spirit please be true Oh kindred spirit I feel so blue; let me sing to you How could anybody steal the magic lantern Shining in a child’s eyes Leave them all alone throughout the cold, dark night Clinging on to their fright I hear the cries and whispers from a lost childhood Oh family veins they run deep And the blood it weighs heavy It soaks and it stains and it can’t be washed away Oh kindred spirit where are you, oh kindred spirit please be true Oh kindred spirit I feel so blue let me sing to you Oh kindred spirit where are you, oh kindred spirit please be true Oh kindred spirit I feel so blue let me sing to you Daddy was a bulldozer, mama tried to keep her pride The only thing I did was try and hide Oh way up in my tree house, deep down in my snow fort Transistor radio and me Yeah way up in my tree house, deep down in my snow fort Transistor radio and me, just my transistor radio and me
3.
Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues 05:10
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Thinking of you and I am so blue Wondering what the heck I’m gonna do I woke up this morning and without any warning You packed all your bags and then you were gone I got my head in my hands, an empty wine bottle My mind’s going full throttle, and all of my dreams have been hung out to dry Yes, and I’m too blue to sigh Yes, and I’m too blue to cry Well the days they turned to weeks and the weeks they turned to years But I was not able to dry all my tears Then out of the blue there came a note from you Sayin’ you had settled down with somebody new I got my head in my hands, an empty wine bottle My mind’s going full throttle, and all of my dreams have been hung out to dry Yes, and I’m too blue to sigh Yes, and I’m too blue to cry Well I screwed up my courage and I bundled my heart And I set off to find me a brand new start I traveled the highways with my mind going sideways And I covered many miles but I went nowhere I got my head in my hands, an empty wine bottle My mind’s going full throttle, and all of my dreams have been hung out to dry Yes, and I’m too blue to sigh Yes, and I’m too blue to cry I got my head in my hands, an empty wine bottle My mind’s going full throttle, and all of my dreams have been hung out to dry Yes, and I’m too blue to sigh Yes, and I’m too blue to cry Well I was goin’ nowhere pretty damn fast So I gathered my things and went back to my home I poured me a stiff one and I lay on my back And I listened to Miss Peggy Lee sing the blues And I listened to Miss Peggy Lee sing the blues
4.
Waxing Poetic 03:49
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My passport's expired And I'm feeling oh so tired I don't seem to want to Get around much anymore I never dreamed that I Would live a paint-by-number life A housewife, a couple of kids A mortgage and a Willie Loman job And oh how I long for my today's To become my yesterdays Now the kids have all grown up And my wife just said she's had enough of me So I shuffle around this old house Alone with my failures and shattered dreams Making promises to myself not to drink Until the sun goes down But these days go by so slowly And the night makes me wait so long for it to come And oh how I long for my today's To become my yesterdays I don't know why I gave up the paper and the pen I should have known better To follow the voices in my heart But the canvases in my mind's eye Never ever came to life And my words stopped flowing Many, many, many years ago And oh how I long for my today's To become my yesterdays Now the sun is sinking low And the whiskey makes me glow So I wax poetic: What are hearts for but to be broken What are hearts for but to be broken
5.
Huge Swig of the Now 04:36
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I'm turning the lights down low All alone watching the late-night picture show Our love is going, going, going, going gone I'm the sad character in an old torch song We used to ride the beat Deep into the night But you said I had too much soul And my passion was out of control So come on baby and how Take a huge swig of the now Stop chewing on your past ‘Cause yesterdays never last Let’s climb to the top of paradise hill And swallow a magical pill Drink a cup of free will And take a ride on this moment's thrill So why not give it a go With your late night bohemian beau What do we got to lose But those low-down aching blues So come on baby and how Take a huge swig of the now Stop chewing on your past ‘Cause yesterdays never last So why not give it a go With your late night bohemian beau
6.
What I Remember Most 04:57
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What I remember most about making love with you Is not just your passion my dear What I remember most is how tenderly you held me in your arms Many moons ago when our love began to grow We lay down anywhere, anytime Oh the bugles rang and our love aromas lingered in the air Do not fear my dear that Winter is so near Even falling stars still twinkle in the sky And blue notes cry both bitter and sweet tears Even doubting Tom’s still dance inside their dreams Shadows are growing long and we hear the Autumn song All we have to do is sing along Do not worry if we can’t dance as deep into the night The last stop is not the end of the line As long as poetry is keeping time Old trees grow new branches and lovers never stop taking chances Do not fear my dear that Winter is so near Even falling stars still twinkle in the sky And blue notes cry both bitter and sweet tears Even doubting Tom’s still dance inside their dreams What I remember most about making love with you Is not just your passion my dear What I remember most is how tenderly you held me in your arms What I remember most is how tenderly you held me in your arms
7.
Don't You Let the Darkness Drag You Down 03:11
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Don’t you let the darkness drag you down Dawn’s early light always comes around Just take it slow There’s still a long ways to go Don’t you burn your candle at both ends I don’t want for us to be just friends I’d be so happy To be so sad with you Maybe it's all those years That keep piling up on me I seem to shed a lot more tears When the leaves in Autumn disappear Every life is filled with some regrets Lots of coffee, lots of cigarettes I’m not a schemer But oh I’m such a dreamer Trying to find my way back to your heart Baby how about a brand new start Give me all your frowns And I’ll turn them upside down Maybe it’s all those years They keep piling up on me I seem to shed a lot more tears When the leaves in Autumn disappear Don’t you let the darkness drag you down Dawn’s early light always comes around Just take it slow There’s still a long ways to go Don’t you burn your candle at both ends I don’t want for us to be just friends I’d be so happy To be so sad with you Maybe it’s all those years They keep piling up on me No I don’t want to be free I want you to love me
8.
Rear Window Waltz 04:59
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I can see you looking at me And you can see me looking at you You boil some water for your tea I watch you wipe the sleep from your eyes We read our newspapers, and sip our tea Alone and lonely as Edward Hopper’s nighthawks This rear window romance, it’s got me in a trance It’s a heady cerebral love yet it fits just like a glove And we listen to our silent love song It is a silent love No intimate whispers, just rear window glimpses Window shades silhouette our moods With shades of light and shades of dark Candlelight means let's lie down And touch our hearts with our minds This rear window romance, it’s got me in a trance It’s a heady cerebral love yet it fits just like a glove And we listen to our silent love song You light a candle I put on Chet Baker My perfume floats across the alleyway to you You slip off your gown, beam me into your arms And I hold you tight with my vivid imagination Yet our bodies tremble with a quiet desperation ‘Til our faraway caresses soothe all our fears Goodnight, goodnight my love Goodnight, sleep tight my love
9.
Dry Soul 04:02
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After all is said and done, we had a pretty good run We had our ups and downs but we found some common ground We wore our fingers to the bone, just to make ends meet Our life was bittersweet The mortgage is paid in full; we get by on our pensions The kids still live nearby and the grandchildren seldom cry I can still pin the tail on the donkey and finish the three-legged race At the Topsfield County Fair But long ago I left home with my book of poems A bottle of wine and one hell-of-an open mind In Autumn's early twilight Venus shines so bright Silent we sit and listen to the night Sometimes I sigh a little too loud, you turn your gaze to me It’s too late to be free At the end of the day, there’s not too much to say How was your day, not bad, how about yours? I guess that I’m restless in a permanent way Sparring with my demons every single day But long ago I left home with my book of poems A bottle of wine and one hell-of-an open mind Yeah, one hell-of-an open mind What happened?
10.
On the Same Day 05:35
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On the same day I lost my lover and my best friend On the same day my heart simply fell apart On the same day I cried because I lost My lover and my best, my lover and my best, my lover and my very best friend, oh How sad is the night sky without any stars, oh How sad is the rainbow whose colors have faded away, oh How sad is the darkness without any hope for light Without any hope, without any hope, without any hope for light, oh How sad is the sunset sinking into the sea, oh How sad is the flower wilting and dying of thirst, oh How sad is my teardrop with no one to dry my eyes, with No one to dry, with no one to dry, with no one to dry my eyes On the same day I lost my lover and my best friend My lover and my best, my lover and my best, my lover and my very best friend
11.
Chestnuts and Love 03:16
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Gypsy lady’s all decked out in a One-bare shoulder dress Spontaneity’s in her eyes In a come-hither smile She came from the badlands where Nothing grew but the hole in her heart She's achin’ for salvation to feel love's last mile Oh my dear, let’s fly our kite into the eye of the hurricane Gypsy lady told me  It's time to hibernate To acclimate our souls To a still life of death Deep down in our snow cave Cuddled up with our stash Of wild berries and nuts and Tequila-drenched poetry Oh my dear, let’s fly our kite into the eye of the hurricane Hark the harbinger  Woodpeckers a drummin’ Robin's singing in the rain Daffodils sipping sunlight Our endless sleep interrupted By the sweet smell of Spring Another year to forage Chestnuts and love Another year to forage Chestnuts and love Chestnuts and love
12.
Dancing on the Moon 04:23
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I've been gone oh for so long And everything it feels so wrong I miss the honeysuckle and the autumn leaves that rustle And the lazy hazy days of summertime The light in the middle of my darkness fades And I'm left alone to play life's charades Oh but to live my life without regrets And get a chance to place another bet You and I we thought we could fly To the moon and dance away the night All of my life I've fought to survive But oh how I long to thrive I want to rewind my memories and edit out the bad scenes And play back the good ones in slo mo My life's a battlefield yet there is no war Yet doubt keeps rapping at my door The powerbrokers muse about their next move Oh I wish I had something to prove You and I we thought we could fly To the moon and dance away the night Let us jump on oh any old bandwagon Oh can you just imagine What have we got to lose Maybe it'll chase away the blues Let us go and find a brand new map Oh, maybe we can find our way back ‘Cause I miss the honeysuckle and the autumn leaves that rustle And the lazy hazy days of summertime You and I we thought we could fly To the moon and dance away the night You and I we thought we could fly To the moon and dance away the night To the moon and dance away the night
13.
Midnight Sun Tattoo 05:06
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Tonight I tattooed a picture of the midnight sun over my heart To help you find your way back home Why is your aria always covered in blue? I got a Ferris wheel it soars so high we can touch the sky In the dawn of our dreams we rode the rails of the slow, slow train While sipping Sake and heading towards the rainbow We chased the fleeting colors with our open hearts and poetic souls We were so happy not knowing what we did not know Midnight sun shines day and night Midnight sun will be your guiding light When your mood is out of phase And you’ve been lost for days You lament your elusive prose all your coconuts have fled the grove Oh you feel forsaken by those fruitless trees And if you want to dance with the poetry of life you must accept The silence of failure as deeply as the roar of success When your demons pull on your weaker side and you are left all alone To face the great divide you must dig down deep inside I want you to know that me and your lovely smile Will always wait for you in the shadow of the midnight sun Midnight sun shines day and night Midnight sun will be your guiding light When your mood is out of phase And you’ve been lost for days Tonight I tattooed a picture of the midnight sun over my heart To help you find your way back home Way back home
14.
I Can Come Home in Your Dreams 06:16
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Your hollow, vacant eyes Stare into nothingness Scorching the horizon With a burning loneliness You try and steal a kiss But kisses can’t be stolen No they can’t be plucked Like a blooming rose Even though you wanted to You could not love Too many weeping stars Drowned your youthful hopes Oh it is the saddest thing That I’ve ever seen When my melody maven Loses her will to sing After I died you came to know me Forty-one years too late, my dear I heard you read my musings and All of my poems And now you cry your plaintive plea You ache to die and it makes me cry The silence of your scream Is a thunderous howl Your bottled-up emotions Forever tied and bound Let me break the vacuum seal That surrounds your lonely heart Even though I’m gone I can come home in your dreams Your hollow, vacant eyes Stare into nothingness And scorch the horizon With a burning loneliness You try and steal a kiss But kisses can’t be stolen No they can’t be plucked Like a blooming rose After I died you came to know me Forty-one years too late, my dear I heard you read my musings and All of my poems And now you cry your plaintive plea You ache to die and it makes me cry Your hollow, vacant eyes Stare into nothingness And scorch the horizon With a burning loneliness You try and steal a kiss But kisses can’t be stolen No they can’t be plucked Like a blooming rose Like a blooming rose
15.
Some These Days I'll Be Gone (by Charley Patton, arr. by Paul Rishell) 04:39
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Some these days, gonna miss your honey Some these days, I am going away Some these days, gonna miss your honey I know you're gonna miss me, by my going away Some these days, you're gonna be sorry Some these days, I am going away Some these days, gonna miss your honey I know you're gonna miss me, by my going away You will never know what your friend might say, by your going away You will miss me, upon returning You will miss me, by my going away You will miss me, oh lordy miss me, I know you're gonna miss me, by my going away You will never know what your friend might say, by your going away You will miss me, upon returning You will miss me, by my going away You will miss me, oh lordy miss me, I know you're gonna miss me, by my going away

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Bob Davoli’s debut album Wistfully Yours is out now!

All proceeds from the sales of Wistfully Yours will be donated to the Chicago Food Not Bombs, Humboldt Park Chapter. The mission of Food Not Bombs is to recover and share free vegan or vegetarian food with the public, without restriction to protest war, poverty, and the destruction of the environment. There are approximately 1,000 Food Not Bombs chapters worldwide. You can find more information on their Facebook page www.facebook.com/fnbhumboldtpark/.

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released January 15, 2021

Marty Ballou string bass, Kevin Barry acoustic guitar, pedal steel, National steel, and dobro, Thorleifur Davidsson harmonica, Bob Davoli guitar and vocals, Phil Grenadier trumpet, Gabriela Martina vocals, Maureen McMullan vocals, Billy Novick clarinet, Giuseppe Paradiso drums, Kathleen Parks fiddle and vocals, Jake Tango vocals

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Bob Davoli is a singer-songwriter based in New England. He performs regularly in various venues throughout New England.

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