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Dig A Hole 04:01
Dig a hole for love Come on babe hug me 'coz I'm feeling all right It’s warm under the covers, gonna take you for a ride She says "Hold on baby what you tryin to do? you knooow I can't stay and make love wich you - 'coz the water's risin, so quit you're cryin and Pick up a shovel dig a hole for love Come on you know you want to have a boogie with me I'm the love king - gonna send you out to sea She says "Honey don't you worry I got steam for you, but there’s just one thing that you got to do ‘coz the Water's rising, so quit your cryin and Pick up a shovel dig a hole for love Can you feel it, baby I’m for real, you know it’s Now or never come on let’s get together and I’ll make you feel all right come on hold me tight – she says Pick up a shovel dig a hole for love
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No More Coffee No more coffee in the coffee pot Sugar's on the table, stove's still hot But I see what you are, and what you're not Not in my coffee pot No more honey hot buttered toast You've had your fill, now you're just gonna move your way on up the coast I was cookin' up a Sunday roast Now you want it in the post No more sugar, and no more beers Shoulda know that it would end in tears No more coffee, no more cigarettes I'm s'posed to think this is as good as it gets Shoulda known I coulda laid down a bet, Sure as coffee is wet INST No more sugar, and no more beers Shoulda know it would all end in tears No more coffee, no more cigarettes I'm s'posed to think this is about as good as it gets I shoulda known I coulda laid down a bet, No more late night duets No more coffee, yeah but I ain't got regrets I'm drinkin gin… till I forget
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'Lets Do Something Bad' – Matt Munisteri From days before the pharaohs, love's hurled it's poison arrows At those the fates would loath to tear apart, oh my heart But passion is not lenient, so should it's sting be inconvenient Then it's best we 'fess it's not quite love Still pity those afflicted, their guilty thoughts convicted them to serve a life of upstanding denial Still the thing that I find oddest, should my proposal seem immodest Is that our sin would be as original as the music to this song So let's do something bad, let's ruin the friendships we've had Let's do something worse, then try to write some amateur verse To coyly converse on why these simple human pleasures can't be had by us Let's do something dumb, then shrug that it was all in good fun Let's just say we forgot, and look to book a cave like old Lot How much gin have you got oh Let's act with a callous disregard, for trust and friends and loved ones − it's really not that hard It's easy to play the cad when you’re hurtin this bad Let's put a kink in the plot, and spend this night like Gwen spent Lancelot We'll go abandon all reason, just surrender to a swift carno-pleasin I'm not above treason Just make my next a double leave the bottle by the bed Just once to see how it feels, then just once more if we're as agile as seals You'd like a clinical label, well if you facilitate I'll gladly enable Let me clear off this table And let's admit the bridges that we're burnin' It's either friendless shame or else it's endless yearning and Either one will drive you mad, so You might as well take the scenic route Hurt the people who love us, they hurt someone too (Heaven) who knows, they could be glad - If you don't you'll wish you had, got it good going bad
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What's In a Kiss What's In a Kiss? Secret door to a world of bliss.. Was the moment long? Did the world stop still? Did time go on? Who can tell.. If either party fell for it I heard you did That is, I heard you kissed Kissed a girl like me, But she wasn't me.. What's in a Kiss? I guess that is the jist Of the problem, honey We were invincible Two hearts that beat as one Walkin' down the street as one Two lips that meet as one Indivisible And it started as a kiss, Secret door to a world of bliss, The kiss became a song Who'd have thought it could all go wrong Now it's come to this What was in that hidden kiss? And though I know you well Would you kiss and tell? I'll have to kiss and let the kiss tell me
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C'est Tout 03:25
C'EST TOUT C'est l'heure du bonheur, tout les gens dans la rue Ont l'air joieux et fou Et moi je regardes par le fenetre tres clair En sachant je ne peux pas faire plus Il etait un fois passé, temps de stresses, temps presse Temps ou j'ais travaille dur Maintenant il me semble Que la vie est trop longue Je respires et c'est tout-ce que je peux C'est tout-ce que j'ais vu C'est tout-ce j'ais voulu La main faite en boit ne marche plus L'envie de vivre C'est le crie de la mer C'est tout-ce que je peux et c'est tout Ne me demandes pas que j'explique Il n'y a rien a dire C'est un sense que ne comprends pas Simplement je restes entre Joie et tristesse Je respires et c'est tout-ce que je peux Quest-ce que j'attends de la vie? C'est que je n'ais pas envie? Une sagesse ou c'est un dolor? C'est l'hiver ou l'etait, la mort est tant pres? Je respires et c'est tout-ce que je peux
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Bring on the rain Wash away the dirt Wash away the tears Wash away the wear and tear Of so many years Wash away the stories That we’ve all been told Wash away the foggy day The white men that are old Bring on the rain… Wash it on down Broadway Wash down Hoddle St Wash away that every day We feel like we been beat Wash the televisions Wash the subways too Wash away the feeling That there's nothing we can do Bring on the rain.. Wash your mouth with soap young man Wash your feet and wash your hands Feel the rain wash down on me how clean a girl can be Feel it in your bones Feel it in your hair Feel it in your soul Breath that clean air Bring on the rain..
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Black Cat 05:12
Black Cat, Night Rat Something's goin on in the night The bushes in the back yard are laying real low They're covering for somebody, Birds are talkin loud but they ain't tellin' what they know Possums on the make, like this is the last poker game they'll ever take I leaned on the gate, he says 'don't ask me, I just work here mate' Grass is clean and green but I just know things aren't what they seem Why those daisy's hidin'? This is some kinda heavy scene Black cat, night rat I know the gnomes know but they just stare through me when I tell 'em so House has gotta be in on this gig, It knows too much, footprint's too big Someday I'm gonna bust this scene Put that cat behind a cat flap Make the neighborhood clean But this cat's wise to every vice Not just mice, he's doin speed and ice Black cat, night rat
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Godzilla 04:32
Godzilla Stomping Through Japan Riding home on the train one day, Phone goes ba-bing what's it got to say Big wall o' water headed down our way And armageddon's comin' too People runnin to higher ground Got no hope 'coz we're earth bound Everything's fallin down down down Godzilla Stomping Through Japan Godzilla Stomping Through Japan People take shelter if you can Fuji TV, what do I see Tokyo ain't where it used to be Island of Honshu moved eight feet Further out to the east Chirpy little ring tone, fire and brimstone Dark haired, homeless, Hurt & hungry, well dressed, Nuclear reactor, distress Godzilla Stomping Through Japan… Earth has shifted on it's axis We been good we paid our taxes But what you gonna do when the simple fact’s Godzilla Stomping Through Japan We seen fire and famine, drought and flood People call it an act of God But God's more active, there's more blood Godzilla Stomping Through Japan Godzilla Stomping Through Japan People take shelter if you can
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You Fool, You Gonna tell you a story, you've heard it before Woman meets a man, we play another chord They run around together ... then they have a blue Are you wondering do they make up? You fool, you He goes off to war, she's with another guy But every night they're gazin at the same star in the sky The music gets softer, the moonlight's dim She looks into the distance and she's thinkin of him Are you wondering do they make it? You fool, you Now she's waiting on a platform for the 2:19 Cutest little outfit that you've ever seen You've been sitting in this movie since half past ten You're wondering what the lady even sees in him But you paid good money, just to get in You fool, you.. So just to be helpful, just to be kind, I'm gonna tell you something's gonna save a lot of time Every love story that you read or see Is nothing like the way it's gonna really be Coz if you think it's gonna go like the stories do, You fool, you.
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about

Monique diMattina is back, this time with Nola’s Ark, her most inspired album to date. Recorded in the thriving metropolis and birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans, during the hottest month of the year whilst twenty weeks pregnant, accompanied by a talented ensemble of musicians, this album will lead you on an unforgettable musical journey.

That aside, the recording is hot and a result of stellar musicianship with New Orleans good time sensibility. Deeply inspired by the roots music tradition, Monique paid homage to the history of New Orleans, Louisana, known to locals as NOLA and crafted her fourth studio album whilst living and breathing the deep music culture.

The famed downtown Piety Studios (Elvis Costello, John Scofield, Allen Toussaint) the vessel for this masterpiece, with an all-star crew including trumpeter Leroy Jones (Harry Connick Jnr Band) and bass/sousaphone man Matt Perrine (Dr John, Jon Cleary) and masterfully steered by producer Mark Bingham (R.E.M., Cassandra Wilson). Zonked from jet-lag and baby-growing, diMattina fell asleep randomly, and often, but the magic of the moment pulled them through. The outcome? Her best album yet!

Nola’s Ark is Monique’s fourth album and follows the critical success of 2010’s Welcome Stranger, the songwriters’ first foray into the vocal realm – inspired by overseas and hometown experiences alike. This new recording draws on the strong and poignant experiences of motherhood - the juggle and the struggle. Nola’s Ark also includes songs written on her unique 3RRR segment 'Shaken Not Rehearsed', writing and performing original songs, within the hour, live to air according to listener requests.

Nola’s Ark draws together echoes of Ramsey Lewis, Dr John, Nina Simone, Blossom Dearie and, the influence from a mother of two juggling it all, a panorama from sweet sonority to chaos and back. Superb.

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released May 10, 2013

All songs by Monique diMattina except #1 Richards/Leigh, #4 M.Munisteri (published by Black cow) #7 Fain/Kahal, #9 T.Waller.

Produced by Mark Bingham & Monique diMattina.

Recorded at Piety Street Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Engineered by Wesley Fontenot. Mixed by by Mark Bingham.

Mastered by David Glasser, Airshow Mastering, Boulder Colorado.

MUSICIANS:
Monique diMattina: vocals, piano, wurlitzer, hammond organ.
Leroy Jones: trumpet.
Rex Gregory: clarinet.
Loren Pickford: sax.
June Yamagishi: guitars.
Matt Perrine: acoustic bass & sousaphone.
Eric Bolivar: drums.
Richard Scott: accordion.
Anthony Cuccia: percussion.

Cover Photography: Charlotte Roseby.
New Orleans Photography: Giovanni Butera.
Design: Samantha McFadden www.greybelle.com

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