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What It Is

by A Don Piper Situation

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1.
26 I knew my name A woman I kissed. She did the same A love did grow without a fight. We moved together in the city light With a bang, with no fuss On a train, in a bus All the years hello goodbyes What a joy, what a trip All the love that we sip from a bottle aged and wise Always laughter, always trust Never dull, never rust The road is swift around the bends The people places never ends With a bang, with no fuss On a train, in a bus All the years hello goodbyes What a joy, what a trip All the love that we sip from a bottle aged and wise 20 years a bond for good far and wide we knew we would perspective leads our wandering feet to foreign lands new food to eat With a bang, with no fuss On a train, in a bus All the years hello goodbyes What a joy, what a trip All the love that we sip from a bottle aged and wise
2.
Free To Grow 04:16
With a piece of the heart Looking into the new Beginnings i'll start The winnings I'll part with you Understanding the seam Is it any wonder we dream of dreams to share Believing to dare to fail We're free to go We're free to sow We're free to grow We'll see the wind blow All my desires outside Hoping for wild and easy I'm learning to jive I'm living a life with seasons With this bread I will make Share it with you and you No reason to hate The pressures I'll take in stride We're free to go We're free to sow We're free to grow We'll see the wind blow
3.
A Fair Shot 05:06
Set off to faraway faces Are we just racing Fall out of touch no one bothered us Only fathered us Giving it a fair shot Giving into what's not all there It's all there Clap hands for all of your sharing Ooh i dare you Families and love celebrations with all nations Giving it a fair shot Giving into what's not all there It's all there Giving it a fair shot Giving into what's not all there It's all there Say hi to all of our neighbors So many flavors
4.
Following footsteps to a better place The haste that moves you amounts to a little sting Reassuring that its ok, you say The reasons are more important than what I can ever bring Sacrifices are the fuel for lasting love Dramatizes all the rivers, flowing fear What do you hear? The givers are near But we still float through passersby Throw away comfort for a new found frontier We hear about wonders (harmony). We hear about tears Rainy Septembers adding weight to all the shame It came with some baggage leaving only me to blame Sacrifices are the fuel for lasting love Dramatizes all the rivers, flowing fear What do you hear? The givers are near But we still float through passersby
5.
I am cold in this late race The weather is clear when no one is here I am told in a strange way Everythings near Everyone's here The legions to deceive The seasons shall unfold The weak are on their knees always dying to be old All the times that we save face A frosty debate A world I just hate In a way that I'll never never understand The people are free with eyes that can't see The legions to deceive The seasons shall unfold The weak are on their knees always dying to be old
6.
In a perfect world, you might find a common place to understand Everything that falls, will it be the fault of someone's under hand Nobody you know Nobody you know All over the place we are pulled into a TV coliseum In your face, the race is to be the top, the best, the idol being Nobody you know Nobody you know To be taken for granted Hand it to you It's slanted Is it fool proof? Nobody you know Nobody you know Opportunities lend a helping hand to seekers of a dream Feeling out the seas of a storm exaggerating laser beams Nobody you know Nobody you know Times a wasting away for the masses sinking into a boring hole Dealing with the hate is a constant flame that burns like the night is cold Nobody you know Nobody you know To be taken for granted Hand it to you It's slanted Is it fool proof? Nobody you know Nobody you know
7.
Yes I Do 03:42
With a love that I found in you It frames me like you do Long asleep in a haze, so it seems The first time, the last time we dream We roll on our years we face all the tears that we let free We go everywhere the stories to share for all to see I love you yes I do I love you yes I do Fill my cup to the brim, let it flow A stream runs wild, watch it go All the play that we find in one another The perfect plot for our show We roll on our years we face all the tears that we let free We go everywhere the stories to share for all to see I love you yes I do I love you yes I do
8.
Snow On Me 05:39
On a day of fine winter beauty Set the wheels of footsteps to sea On a hill with no sign of a fruit tree Over brooks over banks under free Snow on me, snow on me, snow on me With close friends by my side on this new year Safely, surely no fear With the sky falling down everywhere Making this season so dear Snow on me, snow on me, snow on me Frozen when the skies touch the ground Oooh Evergreen with your new coat of winter Do you stand for the need to survive? With a sea of branches in splinters So serene, so still, so devine Snow on me, snow on me, snow on me
9.
I didn't know any better than a fool Reaching for something that I thought was cool Oh the times we live in, a terrible charade Spreading a message that all is god made I follow my gentle side The sorrow I try to hide The safer you make me feel The less I know is real Freedom is failing a world that we once knew Reason is trailing a path to nowhere soon Understanding the meaning of wrong and of right Pleasing the millions will always feed the fight I follow my gentle side The sorrow I try to hide The safer you make me feel The less I know is real The sea is rising rising up above me The sea is rising over me I follow my gentle side The sorrow I try to hide The safer you make me feel The less I know is real
10.
In my lifetime, the fearless beware Every station, every stare In my lifetime, the peaceful shall rest Everybody sends you their best In my lifetime, you did what you said The feeling is shared The greed is all dead In my lifetime, the heart of surprise Good news and bad news Hellos and goodbyes In my lifetime, the past will make sense The pill of my body swallowed in trance In my lifetime

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released December 5, 2015

Recorded on a weekend in April 2013 at Brooklyn Recording
Engineered and Mixed by Andy Taub
Tracking assisted by Rick Kwan
Mixing assisted by Cameron Alexander and Nick Nagurka
Additional engineering by Don Piper and Joe Pisapia
Snow On Me and Nobody You Know mixed by Don Piper
Mastered by Simon Lancelot

Musicians
Don Piper : Vocals, Guitar
Konrad Meissner : Drums
Matthew Horn : Banjo, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Vocals, Percussion
JD Foster : Bass
Gary Langol : B3 organ, Lapsteel
Matt Trowbridge : Piano, Wurlitzer
Ray Sapirstein : Cornet, Valve Trombone, Washboard
Briana Winter : Vocals
Peter Salett : Vocals
Syd Straw : Vocals
Andy Taub : Mandolin, Glockenspiel
Joe Pisapia : Pedal Steel
Mary Rowell : Fiddle
Chris Speed : Tenor Sax
Laura Poe : Vocals
Stephen Maglio : Vocals

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A Don Piper Situation New York, New York

Don Piper is a guitarist, producer/engineer, songwriter and singer. As leader of 'a don piper situation', he has recorded a few albums, the brilliant pop-rock "saturate" for Capitol Records and the muted and beautiful but unmistakably pop "inside a change." He just released his latest album called "What It Is" that is a real soulful organic set of songs recorded live in the studio. ... more

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