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Ben Gott
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The Words Were High
(Words & Music by Ben Gott)
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No matter how hard I try, I can’t figure out why
Is it something wrong that I?…
I flip to the other side to start the show
It was 1985, and I didn’t know

If I knew now everything that I knew then
The words were high

Just give me a bass drum and synthesize
A powerful backbeat—I won’t pass it by
Some jangling guitars and harmony
Just trust the beat and it will set you free

But if I knew now everything that I knew then
The words were high

So leave your bags and stay
And let the noise surround us
Where nothing’s found us
Well, that’ll be the day
I’ll be singing “Perfect Way” for you

No matter how hard I try…

Produced by Ben Gott & Simon Knight
All instruments and programming by Ben Gott
Backing vocals by André
Cello arrangement by Simon Knight

(It’s Always) About You
(Words & Music by Ben Gott)
Listen to an early, rough sketch!
Listen to the song on MySpace!

Any time you call, I’ll answer the phone
I’m waiting alone, waiting for your call, girl
And anytime you fall, well I’ll pick you up late
And we’ll go on a date—but that’s not all, girl

Ooooo…
It’s always about you, babe

(Spoken)
Baby, don’t you know?
You’re the only girl for me

Everybody knows you’re the lady for me
Part of the family…
…Well, you could be…

And everywhere I go, girl I’m thinkin’ ’bout you
What are you gonna do?
C’mon and be my honey

Ooooo…
It’s always about you, babe

If you could see what you’ve done to me
I’m the luckiest guy in the world
Baby, you and me living happily
I understand you’re scared, but there’s one thing you should know…

(Spoken)
Baby, I told you there would never be another girl like you
You hold a very special place in my heart—you’re the only one for me
I think about you every day, and I dream about you all night
So listen…uh.

(Improv until end)

Produced by Ben Gott & Simon Knight
All instruments and programming by Ben Gott
Thank you Jimmy and Terry

Remember Brian Wilson
(Words & Music by Ben Gott)
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When I was young, I’d go on up to my room
Whatever it was, I hoped it was happening soon

(Chorus)
It’s only the way
It’s only the only way
It’s only the way that we’ll get through

Whenever I’m sad, I do these things that I do
You might find it strange, but baby, strange might find you

(Chorus)

Now I hear a different sound:
It’s the sound of wonderful…
It’s the sound of happiness…
It’s the sound of electric guitars in your basement…

Now that I’ve found you, everything is in bloom
This song is worth singing, the sun rises up with the moon

(Chorus)

Produced by Ben Gott and Simon Knight
Additional input from Mitch Friedman
All instruments and programming by Ben Gott

I Know the Words
(Words & Music by Ben Gott)

One single text message drops from the sky
Ten million e-mails go flying by
We flew out to space in a red rocket ship
Made out of pixels and megabits

(Chorus)
Well, I’ve drawn a line from my head to my mouth
I know all the words, but I can’t spit ‘em out

Swimming deep under the ocean I found
Miles of cables laid under the ground
A message of hatred, a message of love
The messages float to the surface above

(Chorus)

The wireless cards and the radio waves
Are sending out messages miles away
But a ring of the bell or a knock on the door
Just leaves me confused and as scared as before

And I wonder
Oh I wonder
What it’s like…

I thought that I loved you, I thought you were mine
…Until we got talking in real time
The things that you write and the things that you say
The things that you do, they seem miles away

(Chorus)

Produced by Ben Gott
All instruments and programming by Ben Gott

Old Town
(Words & Music by Ben Gott)
Listen to the demo!

Way down in an old town
I met a girl, she turned me around
At night we’d dance, I’d watch her face
The spinning room, the pounding bass

Way down in an old town

The night was dark, the streetlamps cried
Lights glistening like the light in her eyes
I asked my girl if she’d be mine
She said, “It’s too late now—you’re out of time”

Way down in an old town

I left that town soon after that
Forgetting her, not looking back
But last night on my t.v. screen
I saw my girl, my dancing queen

Way down in an old town

Produced by Ben Gott and Simon Knight
All instruments and programming by Ben Gott

Improv 6
(Music by Ben Gott)

Produced by Ben Gott
Piano by Ben Gott

Credits

Produced by Ben Gott & Simon Knight
Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ben Gott at Kenwood Studios, Fairfield, Connecticut
Mixing assisted by Mitch Friedman & Johnny Helyar
Mastered by Brian Lipski at The SoundLab™ at Disc Makers, Pennsauken, New Jersey

All songs written & performed by Ben Gott

Cover concept & photography by Ben Gott

Thanks to Simon Knight, Mitch Friedman, Jim Smart, John Relph and the entire Chalkhills crew, Dean Zemel and Andy Allsop (my earliest fans), Daniel Prendiville, Robert Schaufelberger, Johnny Helyar, Kate Greene, and my students—don’t pack up until the bell rings! Thanks, mom, for the Al Jarreau when I was 10 and thanks, dad, for pretending to like Faith.

This album is dedicated to Green Gartside.

A portion of the proceeds from CD and digital sales will be donated to the Darius Goes West Foundation. The foundation works to help to find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the number one genetic killer of children worldwide. To find out more, visit www.dariusgoeswest.com.

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