Jimmy Peters (self titled 2006)
Liner Notes
This CD was self produced and the first to be available
for wide distribution on the Internet. All of the music is original. Many of the songs are co-authored with poet
Kim Charette.
About The
Songs
Monday Funk
So Much
Love you
so much
I'm just
aching
To hold
you and never let go.
To dream
and to always awaken,
Beside
you...wherever we go.
Miss you
so much
I'm just
yearning
To lose myself
in your embrace,
To melt
in the warmth of your being
To sleep
with a smile on my face.
Want you
so much
But I'm
learning
To
patiently count down the days,
To know
that you'll be with me someday,
To love
you...in infinite ways.
Love you
so much
I'm just
aching
To hold
you and never to let go.
To dream
and to always awaken,
Beside
you...wherever we go.
Copyright 2006
Kim.Charette
Rochester Minute
This song is an instrumental that features guitar,
harmonica and handclapping. It was
written while I was having a Jimmy Buffet moment strumming my six string on
the front porch swing. I was in
Rochester Mass a place for cows, corn, and cranberry bogs.
Race Car Angel
This is a song about a beautiful number 8 fan. I wrote this after I played with a band at a NASCAR
race in Loudon NH.
I had never been to a race before and there were over a hundred
thousand people there. Funny thing is that it is amazing how many people thing
you wrote a song about them when it is about and angel. The song is really about all the beautiful race fans I saw
that weekend.
There
were people every where
I saw
her walking around the track
Wearing
a big ol' smile
The sun
was beating down
The roar
of the engines was all around
In my
dreams she stops and stays a while
she's
my..
Race Car
Angel
Race Car
Angel
Race Car
Angel
she's my
Race Car Angel
Well the
heat was getting me
but she
was something to see
Wearing
a hat with the number 8
Filling out
the Bud T-shirt
and
those little shorts
If she's
fishin she's got the bait
she's
my..
Race Car
Angel
Race Car
Angel
my Race
Car Angel
she's my
Race Car Angel
A lot of
girls are strutin their stuff
Lookin for someone to take the cue
I just look
at my race car angel
Sit back
and enjoy the view
She's my
Race Car
Angel
Race Car
Angel
my Race
Car Angel
she's my
Race Car Angel
Copyright 2006
Jimmy Peters
"Forever...and
a day"
Written by Kim in the late 80's ...when she was engaged
to her "first love"...after connecting again as adults. It's something he used to say.....when he’d
say "I Love you"...meaning of course, that he was going to love her
longer than forever.
When you
put your arms around me
I am wrapped in happiness
filled with sweet emotions,
three mere words just can't express.
The complete sense of contentment
I once thought I'd never feel,
with you...just came so naturally
I know it must be real
You're loves a priceless treasure,
you're like a dream come true,
for all my life
with all my heart
I pledge my love to you.
And, I'll cherish every moment
we're together ..come what may
My heart is yours for always
forever and a day.
Hand in
hand
Heart to
heart
Each step
along the way
Today, Tomorrow,Always,
Forever and
a day
Copyright 2006
Kim.Charette
Time Stands Still
Drifting
back
in time
through the dreams
I left behind,
to that place
they play inside,
...where time stands still.
In the hollows
of my heart,
there's an
everlasting part,
of the dreams
that seem to start,
...where time stands still.
In my memories,
dreams live on,
....where time stands still.
Turning back
the years,
Turning on
my tears,
all those hopes
and fears
...where time stands still.
They haunt
my lonely heart,
an everlasting part,
of the love...that made it's mark
...where time stands still.
In my memories...love lives on,
where time stands still.
I close my eyes,
I see your face,
another time
another place,
sweet memories time
cannot erase,
they keep you with me still.
In my memories....love lives on,
where time stands still.
Copyright 2006
Kim.Charette
Head Music
An instrumental guitar song
that uses a special “open” tuning that harmonizes the strings of the
instrument. A special phaser effect is used to move the sound of the guitar
back and forth between the stereo channels.
Definitely a song to listen to with head phones on.
Tired Eyes
Lying in bed.....thinking,
contemplating, analyzing ......and
while unwinding before drifting off to sleep.....experiencing some of
the thoughts, hopes, fantasies, and memories...that can bring us from a state
of consciousness to that realm of dreams. And, often times, these memories
and dreams can bring us back in time to a place where our heart was content,
and truly connected to another soul....in truly in-love. The knowledge that, even though it's time
has gone...We just need to "close my tired eyes", and transition
from a long day of reality....and go to that sacred place once again.
Hello, my
love
it's been a
while,
I've missed
your face
your silly
smile.
Mischievous
eyes,
that drive
me wild,
...remembering
your touch.
I'm
yours...my love,
throughout
the night,
for once I
close
my tired
eyes,
sweet
dreams will bring
me back in
time.
...remembering
your touch.
And so
again.
I come to
find,
myself in
that old
frame of
mind,
to paint a
picture,
deep
inside,
and bring
my dreams to life.
so, once
again...I close my tired eyes.
And , once
again,
I'll come
to see,
the way
that love
is meant to
be,
if only in
my memory....
I bring my
dreams to life,
as once
again...I close my tired eyes.
Copyright 2006
Kim.Charette
The Song Garden
A song written while
traveling to a rock and roll show gig at The
Dry Dock a venue on Nantasket Beach in Hull
Mass. The idea of the song is
to compare how song writing is like gardening.
Are words like
seeds to be planted?
A song soil
to be tilled
A melody
born from the warmth of the sun
The beat of
rain drops bringing life
Harmony of
dark night and day light
Plowing the
rows into verses
Fencing in
a story to be told
Weeding out
all of the sour notes
Pruning
phrases that grow old
Reaping the
music tenfold
Working the
fields of mind's creation
Nature
takes time to run it's course
Trying keys
at the gate of the song garden
First a
music harvest to a page
Then
singing your song on the stage
Are words
like seeds to be planted?
A song soil
to be tilled
A melody
born from the warmth of the sun
The beat of
rain drops bringing life
Harmony of
dark night and day light
Copyright 2005
Jimmy Peters
I Am Yours
“Just one breath....the moment is
gone"...embrace the moment. You can hold the memory of it always. " Love's first kiss creates a
spark"....that overwhelming jolt, that connection, that special bonding,
with another that you experience in the magic of a first kiss, that first
"intimacy" that creates a greater depth of sharing something so
sacred with another soul.
"Every breath we share together feeds
this flame that burns inside".....every precious moment shared brings to
souls even closer together with a truly monogamous depth of commitment.
"I am yours".
SOFTLY...
in a
whisper,
just one
breath,
the
moment's gone,
But, the
memory
lives
forever
in our
hearts
as life
goes on.
SLOWLY....
just to
treasure,
Love's
first kiss
creates a
spark,
that
ignites
forbidden
pleasure,
and
consumes
a lonely
heart.
SWEETLY....
we remember
with a
smile
and a sigh,
Every
breath
we've
shared together
feeds this
flame
that burns
inside.
Softly.........slowly....sweetly,
You have
touched me so completely,
and effected
me so deeply,
...I am
yours.
Copyright 2006
Kim.Charette
The Road Ahead
A song written to reflect
the feeling from the cover art for the CD (a rainbow over the highway). It is meant to be a song that inspires an
optimistic look to the future.
"Now"...begins
the moment,
when life
can start anew,
The past is
gone,
and time
moves on,
there's so
much left to do.
"Tomorrow"...is
a promise,
that life
may someday bring,
the peace
of mind,
I seek to
find,
and live my
sweetest dream.
The road
ahead's uncertain,
the
future's so unclear,
There's
nothing there to guide me,
but, faith,
and hope, and fear.
The road
ahead will show me,
the road
I've left behind,
was just
part of this journey,
through the
stages of my life.
The road
ahead ...will bring me peace of mind.
Copyright 2006
K.Charette
Nothing Lasts Forever
Out of the blue, when you
least expect it, you meet someone special, you have something special....and then,
for whatever reason, you have to let it go.
In hindsight, having the realization that, even though "nothing
lasts forever"....the experience was definitely worthwhile. And, knowing that you have your precious
memories, to hold in your heart, for the remainder of time.
"Forever."
The moment
of my life,
you smiled
and said "hello",
just caught
me by surprise,
in the
sweetest way I know.
I found a
friend in you,
we took the
time to play,
in the way
that lovers do,
and it
carried me away.
But,
Nothing lasts
forever,
Nothing
lasts that long,
it's all
just now or never,
cuz, once it's
gone..it's gone.
But,
One thing
is for certain,
the one
thing that you keep,
is the
memory of the moment,
and, the
love that cut so deep.
Nothing
lasts forever,
Nothing lasts
forever.
I had some
time to think,
when i found myself alone,
I
remembered all those dreams
that had
left me on my own.
Seems
they're always out of reach,
but ,
still...I long to touch,
what is
never mine to keep,
what my
heart still craves so much.
But
Nothing is
forever,
Nothing
lasts that long,
it's all
just now or never,
cuz, once it's
gone..it's gone.
But,
One thing
is for certain,
the one
thing that I keep,
is the
memory of the moment,
and the
love that cut so deep.
Nothing
lasts forever.
Nothing
lasts forever......
Copyright 2006
K.Charette
Bobby Bad
Attitude
This song is about my
dearly departed brother-in-law Gerry.
He was a professional wrestler and wrestled under the name Bobby Bad Attitude. He was one of the bad guys. Gerry was a
great performer and the best music front man I have ever played with. We miss him.
Summer
night comin on
looking in
the square circle
It all
ended much too soon
Bobby bad
attitude
Thinking
about what could have been
I used to
love it when you'd win
I never
wanted you - to - lose
Bobby bad
attitude
Chorus:
We never
dreamed that you would go
Don't you
know we miss you so
We always
thought you would-be-here
Bobby Bad
Attitude
You used to
give the fans a ride
we never saw
a better bad guy
[you never
made the big time but at least you tried]
And even a
bad guy can be on-our-side
Bobby Bad
Attitude
Copyright 2004
Jimmy.Peters
Carnival
A song written to capture the excitement and fun that a
carnival brings when it comes to town.
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