When It Rains
Words and Music by Ed Ikeguchi

You were the one, to hold me on stormy nights
Down by the shore, we'd  watch as the sky would pour down on the tide
You told me to close my eyes and listen to sounds of the clouds as they cried
And now I know that you're up there still watchin' me, from up on high

And after all the years gone by, I don't really know quite why
Things just aren't the same.
I know that I'm not alone
I can feel you in my bones
And I still hear your voice
When it rains
When it rains
When it rains

Every day, I'm tryin' to start anew
I know that moving on with my life's what you'd have me do
I've got the kids with me, you'd be so proud to see, they look like you
I tell them every day you're watching over them, from far away 

And after all the years gone by, I don't really know quite why
Things just aren't the same.
I know that I'm not alone
I can feel you in my bones
And I still hear your voice
When it rains
When it rains
When it rains

And life marches on, and I need to stand tall and live it
But deep in my soul, I know
I know that I'll see you again, one day

And after all the years gone by, I don't really know quite why
Things just aren't the same.
I know that I'm not alone
I can feel you in my bones
And I still hear your voice
When it rains
When it rains
When it rains
When it rains      

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When It Rains (demo)

On the Day You Were Born
Word and Music by Ed Ikeguchi

First time that I saw you, so many years ago
A memory that I fall through, that you will never know
And though I wasn't always there
Doesn't mean, that I didn't care

And the road, it takes me far away
To a place, sometimes I see your face
And the years forever gone
Nothing I own remains from home
But a picture of you from long ago
On the day you were born

Memories of an evening, the two of us alone
A Daddy and his daughter, the stories that we told
In your eyes, I saw a hope for you 
And I never knew, what I had to do

And the road, it takes me far away
To a place, sometimes I see your face
And the years forever gone
Nothing I own remains from home
But a picture of you from long ago
On the day you were born

And in my arms I sang your first sweet lullaby
I closed my eyes and you had grown and life went by

And the years forever gone
Nothing I own remains from home
But a picture of you from long ago
On the day you were born
On the day you were born
On the day you were born

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On the Day You Were Born (demo)

On A Monday 

When I told you I would wait
Sun was shining
In my mind I love and hate
I'm always shifting standing at the gate

Somehow I find a way
I wonder where it's all going
On a Monday

Still you treat me like a child
Though I'm flying
There's no way I'm in denial
Gathering flowers as lovers in the wild

All I see is what it seems
Bridges blowing
But my eyes are tainted green
Holding along and waiting for a queen

Somehow I find a way
I wonder where it's all going
On a Monday

I'm not always going anymore. Away

Somehow I find a way
Somehow I find a way
I wonder where it's all going
On a Monday

Somehow I find a way
Somehow I find a way
I wonder where it's all going
On a Monday

On A Monday

Lyrics:
When I was a child, I cried to my Mama
She said as she smiled, Aim high as you wanna Oh and live, every day, as if it were a gift
And one summer’s eve, as she closed her eyes I took her hand, one final time
Oh the last thing that I heard
Were these simple words
Lift up your hands, feel great that a new day is dawning
Lift up your hands, give thanks and praise every morning
Lift up your hands, oh you take what you’re given and make the best that you can Lift up your hands, words you’ll remember for all that I am
It’s been many years, I still think about Mama I look to the sky, I smile in her honor
I tell my kids, every day’s a blessing and a gift
When things are tough, and I’ve lost my way I close my eyes, I hear her say
Oh the last thing that I heard
Were these simple words
Lift up your hands, feel great that a new day is dawning
Lift up your hands, give thanks and praise every morning
Lift up your hands, oh you take what you’re given and make the best that you can Lift up your hands, words you’ll remember for all that I am
Then all of the small things, seem to fade away I can’t do better, than to live for today.
Lift up your hands, feel great that a new day is dawning
Lift up your hands, give thanks and praise every morning
Lift up your hands, oh you take what you’re given and make the best that you can Lift up your hands, words you’ll remember for all that I am

Lift Up Your Hands

This is a song I wrote for the soon to be released film "Artsy Fartys".

Alejandra
Music: Ed Ikeguchi
Words: Judy Gutierrez, Ed Ikeguchi



Había una vez un niño		 
Que amaba a una niña
Ella lo dejó volar muy alto
Pero su orgullo se lo llevó tan alto y cayó

Alejandra, era un tonto
Yo nunca supe lo mucho que te amaba
Te perdi al viento
Alejandra
Oooh, Alejandra

Había una vez un niño
Que amaba a una niña
Ella le dio vida y luz
Y él dio el sol por concedido 
Y se quedó ciego

Alejandra, era un tonto
Yo nunca supe lo mucho que te amaba
Te perdi al viento
Alejandra
Alejandra
Yo te perdi en el rio de la vida
Oooh, Alejandra


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