Half the World

by The Caliopians

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As close to Yacht Rock as we will ever get. It's pop music in a retro 70's Soul vein, with the accordion adding an Italian Cafe twist, and as always a bit of latin percussion, but nothings soft rock about it.
It's a sweet, yet almost wistful song, not at all saccharine, that flows nicely as the arrangement covers plenty of ground.

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Half the world is lonely tonight
Butchers and makers the big money takers
Scoundrels and kings
The clowns in the ring
So many people so lonely tonight

But everybody wants a kiss in the night
Everybody craves a sweet delight
Everyone wants to feel like they lived
But to live that life you just got to be able to give

No one I know wants to stay so sad Not odd couples
Lost lovers those that just met
Players, romantics dragging round old regrets
They're stuck like wall flowers Afraid of the dance
As the night passes by but they just can't just won't
Just don't take the chance

If you look into a strangers eyes there's a possibility
That deep inside that strangers mind
There someone else who just wants to be seen

Some blame the past
Some blame the fates
The way they were raised
Or it's just too late No matter your terms
No matter your clauses
No matter that pile your dragging round of be causes
That won't help your heart to grow strong
Or to make the night last even a second less long

Half the world wonders who's out there for me
While the other half wonders why that former half just doesn't see
How everybody wants a kiss in the night
Every body craves some sweet delight
Every one wants to feel like they've lived
But to live that life you just go to be able to give

credits

released December 5, 2022
Written by Jesse Walkershaw
Sax and vocals Connie Walkershaw
Guitars Andy Charmatz
Vocals, and Bass Jess Walkershaw
Drums and Percussion Cosobatero
Accordion Danny RedManRap

Produced by Jesse Walkershaw
Mixed and Mastered by Jez Burns

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The Caliopians San Francisco, California

Cali, as we are a California band, full of the sounds of the southern desert, the coastal surf towns, Bakersfield twang,and the inner city we live in. Opians, cause we have a big place in our hearts and heads for Ethiopian jazz, and Afro Cuban diaspora sounds. A big slice of Klezmer, and what ever else falls into our listening life. ... more

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