Jazzmérica, by Alexa Weber Morales

Jazzmérica

by Alexa Weber Morales

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1.	But I'm Weak 04:29	lyrics	buy track
But I’m Weak (BMI) Music and lyrics by Alexa Weber Morales © 2004 I know I shouldn't catch your eyes watching me Beware the curve of your smile and your casual style I know I shouldn't But I'm weak I know the dangers of electricity Reject the hand brushing past mine and leave the laughter behind I know I shouldn't But I'm weak Fight this tension Siezing me deep inside Turn off this force field That has me sensitized Stop imagining Run away and hide But I’m weak, weak, weak Tempting flames Your careless touch proclaims The moment I feel most alive Is when I Die I know I shouldn’t bask in your steam as we dance Shrink away as your arms draw me near and your lips touch my ear I know I shouldn't But I'm weak
2.	I Did It, I Live It 04:20	lyrics	buy track
I Did It, I Live It (BMI) Music by Wayne Wallace and Alexa Weber Morales Lyric by Alexa Weber Morales Copyright © 2004 by Alexandra L. Weber Morales, all rights reserved. I got what I wanted it wasn’t enough No path to Nirvana just mountains of stuff Be there, breathe air, be there Breathe air I planned for the future got stuck in the past No time like the present to do what they ask Be true, be you, be true Be you Little by little you build a lot Stand back and see what you’ve got I did it I live it I feel it I’m givin’ it Time moves outside of truth I tripped on a price tag got caught with a card No need to be cautious buy clothes by the yard Stay clear, no fear, stay clear No fear I lied to my family, myself and my child No harm in pretending with my mind gone wild Take care, play fair, take care Play fair Little by little you build a lot Stand back and see what you’ve got I did it I live it I feel it I’m givin’ it I love being free The spirit is everywhere These milestones have passed My life lies ahead of me
3.	All Blues 06:24	lyrics	buy track
All Blues Music by Miles Davis Lyrics by Clifford Brown Jr. (not shown) New lyrics by Alexa Weber Morales The air you’re breathing Softly is seething With a pale green fear So much beauty in a tear Liquid love Silver soul Sail away Blood when it drips The color of every lie Love’s on your lips And life is in your eye You’re afraid to feel But the water is real Dive all the way down And there’s no one around Purple waves Azure nights Blues in flight
4.	Les Feuilles Mortes/Autumn Leaves 04:23	info	buy track
5.	Down in the Everglades 05:18	lyrics	buy track
Down in the Everglades (BMI) Words and Music by Alexa Weber Morales Copyright © 2004 Down in the Everglades it was hot and steamy I stood still as a stork so the man wouldn’t see me But aiming his glasses he caught the flash of my eyes And thrilled to have found such an elusive prize He wasted no time netting his prey I’d been flushed out, I was forced to play Birdman Shielding his eyes as he’s looking so high ’gainst the glare of the sky Me in my blue plastic sandals stuck in the muck Standin’ at low tide Down in the Everglades the air was alive Strumming cicadas watched the crocodiles arrive His mating ritual seemed strange and trite As he clenched me closely in the dwindling light My bones were all hollow, my spirit was trapped His breath sounded shallow and in the dark something snapped [chorus] Down in the Everglades dawn lifted slowly Sun filtered down to the wet ground below me The sea had forgotten her early morning mist I tried to remember if ever I’d been kissed He lay in a stupor, his ammunition spent I tested my wings, unfurled them and went [chorus]
6.	Smile Please 05:30	lyrics	buy track
Smile Please By Stevie Wonder Spanish coro/pregón by Alexa Weber Morales Coro (3x): Tu sonrisa tan bonita ilumina como el sol Coro (5x): Dame, dame, dame tu sonrisa Pregones: Ilumíname, ilumínate, ilumínanos Olvida tus pesares Si tu mal tiene remedio ¿para qué te apuras? ¡La vida es para vivir! Fondos agotados, permisos negados, deseos frustrados Sonríe—superarás todos Injusticia, avaricia, codicia, violencia— Enfréntalo todo como si fueras Mona Lisa Salte de este laberinto Sigue tu curso, ve a donde vas Con positividad lo lograrás
7.	Luz do Sol 04:47	info	buy track
8.	Mountains to Flatten 05:20	lyrics	buy track
Mountains to Flatten, Valleys to Fill (BMI) Words and music by Alexa Weber Morales © 2004 All my life I’ve been in the middle Well not really, but I could always see the other side I have a natural aversion to zealots, but who doesn’t You say black I’ll say whi-yi-yi-yi-yite Just to be contrary and spark a fight But I’m not colorblind, my mind’s a hard thing to unwind We’re all the same ostensibly This is a true democracy ’sall about me and me and me and me Mountains to flatten, valleys to fill Rivers to reroute, dams to build Deserts to water, forests to burn Skies to darken, seas to churn My Daddy always said, “The clothes make the man” It don’t matter if your soul is just a tin can There was no way I could meet my potential—but I owned the Rangers Better to pass the time with lies and minor cri-yi-yi-yi-yimes Now I’m the big big boss and might is right The meek are mice and the cake is oh so ni-yi-yice Mountains to flatten, valleys to fill Rivers to reroute, dams to build Deserts to water, forests to burn Skies to darken, seas to churn But life’s too short to stop and cry When you can just sit back and drive for miles and miles and miles and miles
9.	Morning 04:04	lyrics	buy track
Mañana (Morning) Music by Clare Fischer New lyric by Alexa Weber Morales En la mañana En el amanecer Hay un color En esta flor La rosa del amor Siempre mañana Siempre la perfección En soledad Oscuridad La nueva oportunidad Mira me bien Soy hoja verde Vida vibrando Soy energía De la noche fria Dame la luz del sol Soy la mañana Soy una ambición De las estrellas Nacen ideas Volamos encendidas
10.	Your Love 05:07	lyrics	buy track
Your Love Music and Lyrics by Alexa Weber Morales © 2004 Your love is a drug that pulses through me As I listen to Gal Costa sing a bossa nova And rain slicks down the office window Your love is a force impervious to matter As our hearts call desperately to each other And every cell sings out your name Your love is a wave on an ocean filled with passion As I savor the last kiss of the morning And picture evening’s hot embrace Your love is a glittering butterfly As your eyelashes flit against my cheek And the air that surrounds us is shimmering And we break free of Earth’s gravity
11.	Play That Song of Love and Rage 04:47	lyrics	buy track
Play That Song of Love and Rage (BMI) Music and lyrics by Alexa Weber Morales © 2004 Under a sky of indigo and rose Wandering with a caravan Thumbing a ride just me and my clothes I’ve found my way and lost my man Where is this freedom I seek How do I get to that place Sister can you join in harmony I’m looking for that rapturous face I stopped there and stayed for awhile Swimming by the cypress knees Louisiana oddities Salty sweet and groovin’ Sweat soaking down the stage Stompin’ feet it’s heaven Play that song of love and rage Sumptuous tones, a drumming in my bones The music is my heartbeat There is no gift that’s given in vain This is my voice, that was my pain I stopped there and stayed for awhile Swimming by the cypress knees Louisiana oddities Salty sweet and groovin’ Sweat soaking down the stage Stompin’ feet it’s heaven Play that song of love and rage

about

I love all music—the kind that makes you dance, the kind that makes you think, the kind that makes you dream. I wrote my first songs during a few gypsy months in 1990, and one of them, “Down in the Everglades,” appears here. At the beginning of Miles Davis’s “All Blues,” we offer up a canto to Yemayá, the Afro-Cuban orisha of the sea, and we end the album with a song fed by images from my travels across North and South America as well as my journey as an artist. I’m fascinated by how the African diaspora colored each European culture it was brutally blended with—the Anglo in America, the Spanish in Mexico and Cuba, and the Portuguese in Brazil. And so, among other things, we’ve got jazz, salsa (a version of Stevie Wonder’s “Smile Please”), bolero (Caetano Veloso’s ode to the circle of life and how man destroys it with his fist), reggae (a lilting look at the apathy and greed driving us into environmental destruction), samba (a futile effort to flee the vortex of passion), and something Wayne and I wrote together: “I Did It, I Live It.” We think we’ll call it samba caribe: a gumbo with reggae, samba and Trinidadian flavors. Enjoy!

credits

released October 5, 2004

Executive Producer: Alexa Weber Morales
Producer, Arranger: Wayne Wallace
Engineer: Gary Mankin
Assistant Engineer, Bay Records: James Frasier
Photography: Yael Dahan
Makeup: Abbie Scianamblo
Design: Dwight Been

Recorded at Bay Records, Berkeley, CA; Emeryville Recording Company, Emeryville, CA and Knob and Tube, San Francisco, CA.
Mastered by Ken Lee Mastering, Oakland, CA.

© 2004 Crazy Monkey Productions. All rights reserved.

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Alexa Weber Morales Oakland, California

Since 2004, Oakland, Calif.-based multilingual (French, Spanish, Portuguese, English) songwriter Alexa Weber Morales has made 10 studio recordings, including 2 solo albums and a solo EP, From Me To Yule. In 2010, her vocals graced the Grammy-nominated latin jazz album Bien! Bien! In 2011, Alexa made her first all-original, fan-funded album, I Wanna Work For You. She loves to gig! ... more

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