Written by Eric Bray
Bachata version of the song "Love you Enough". 
Production and music by Leonardo Garcia - Washington DC.

Lyrics

You’re sitting there crying say you don’t know why
Got that thinking about leaving look in your eye
What the hell is wrong tonight
Not even sure I want to know why this time
This time………This time

Watch your step on this rocky road
I’m doing my best so that we don’t fall
But if you want to run away
I can’t promise that I’ll say please stay this time
This time…This time..This time

Wind and Rain, Stones and Fire
Can’t keep me satisfied
I need your touch, need your desire
I need your sweet little hand in mine
In mine….this time.

Watch your step on this slippery slope
I’m doing my best to share the load
If you want to leave, you better know
That I might love you enough to let you go
Let you go…This time

Wind and Rain, Stones and Fire
Can’t keep me satisfied
I need your touch, need your desire
I need your sweet little hand in mine
In mine….in mine

If you want to leave, there’s something you better know
That I might love you enough to let you go
Let you go…This time

Love You Enough (Bachata)

Written by Eric Bray
Production and music by Eric Butterfield - Sonoma, California

Lyrics
I want to fall asleep like this
In your arms like this
Like this like this

I want to wake up like this
Oh so close like this
Like this, just like this

Waking to the morning light
Lying there wondering why
This is so easy to forget

I want to walk the streets like this
Under crimson clouds
your kiss your kiss

Lying on our backs like this
Laughing at the stars so far out of reach
Like this, just like this.

Beautiful Venus shining so bright
You ask where
The wonder goes

We stand and share a smile
I take your hand
And into the night we go

Into the night
Into the night
We go

Into the night
Into the night
Into the night
Where the wonder goes

I want to fall asleep like this
In your arms like this
Like this just like this
Like this like this

Just Like This

Written by Eric Bray
Production and music by Billy Ziogas - Kastoria, Greece

Lyrics

Jimmy Jimmy you’re a blast to watch
From girl to girl just like a spinning top
First they love you then they love you not
Say you’re feeling blue

Judy Judy you’re such a mess
Got left standing there in your wedding dress
With the cake all cut, the thankyou letters addressed
Now what you gonna do?

Cuz nobody’s going to love you
Nobody’s ever going to love you
No No No Nobody’s ever going to love you
Like you really oughta love yourself

Now Jimmy and Judy they were destined to meet
A couple kids later neither’s feeling so sweet
Thank god she’s got her big TV
And he’s got his sports bar downtown

Cuz nobody’s going to love you
Nobody’s ever going to love you
No No No Nobody’s ever going to love you
Like you really oughta love yourself

You know your insignificance might just be the key
That locks you up or sets you free
A walk by the river in the gentle breeze
Will help you find that heart that’s true

Cuz nobody’s going to love you
Nobody’s ever going to love you
No No No Nobody’s ever going to love you
Like you really oughta love yourself

You know you really oughta
Yeah you really oughta
Yeah you really oughta
Why don’t you do it now.

The Ballad of Jimmy and Judy

Written by Eric Bray
Production and music by Eric Butterfield - Sonoma, California.
Akira Kondo - Bass

Lyrics

Beauty fades, I see it’s getting you down
Just remember all the years the fellows lined up to polish your crown
Resting on your laurels never seemed to be your game
Don’t let anyone say all that’s left is your victory lap of fame

He may be a bit long in tooth and nail
But he’s a gentleman darling, still a bit of hair, hardy and hale
Ready to take you dancing downtown
Dry your eyes, fix your makeup, lose that sad frown

Cuz there’s a price you may have to pay one day
For all the pills and late nights singing karaoke
But there’s still time to dance the night away
Yeah dance the night away

Beauty fades, don’t let it get you down
You’ve been the queen of the best little snack bars in this holiday town
Now is no time to relinquish your reign
Don’t let anyone say all that’s left is your victory lap of fame

Cuz there’s a price you may have to pay one day
For all the pills and late nights singing karaoke
But there’s still time to dance the night away
Yeah there’s till more time to dance the night away

Beauty fades, but it never disappears
You’ve been feted dated and rated now for many a long year
Now is no time for bitter tears in vain
Don’t let anyone say all that’s left is your victory lap of fame
Don’t let anyone say all that’s left is your victory lap of fame

Snack Bar Queen

Written by Eric Bray
Production and music by Eric Butterfield - Sonoma, California.

Lyrics

I got a few dollars but I’m short on sense
Cuz I’ve been dying to see you again
It’s good I got my friends
Talk me out of trying

Cuz you didn’t treat me so well
But I tell myself what the hell
There ain’t nobody that’s ever loved me
The way that you did

And it’s for the better I know
That you finally had to go
But could you please return my heart and soul
And some of the minor appliances

Where did I go wrong
How can I move on
When I’m not really sure why
You said goodbye
Goodbye
Why why baby, goodbye?


I’d love to see you again
I guess that shows to what extent
I ain’t even started to find my way again
without you

Newspapers all out on the lawn
Sinks full of dishes since your gone
And I just can’t seem
To give a damn

And it’s for the better I know
That you finally had to go
But could you please return my heart and soul
And some of the minor appliances

Where did I go wrong
How can I move on
When I’m not really sure why
You said goodbye


Where did I go wrong
How can I move on
Could you just tell me one more time
Why you’re saying goodbye
Goodbye
Why why baby, goodbye

Why Why Baby, Goodbye?

Written by Eric Bray
Production and music by Eric Butterfield - Sonoma, California
Saxophone by Gary Tegler 
Acoustic guitar by Dale Ward

Lyrics

You’re sitting there crying say you don’t know why
Got that thinking about leaving look in your eye
What the hell is wrong tonight
I’m not even sure I want to know why this time
This time, this time

Watch your step on this rocky road
I’m doing my best so that we don’t fall
But if you want to run away
I can’t promise that I’ll say please stay this time
This time, this time

Wind and Rain, Stones and Fire
Can’t keep me satisfied
I need your touch, need your desire
I need your sweet little hand in mine
In mine, in mine

Watch your step on this slippery slope
I’m doing my best to share the load
But If you want to leave, you better know
That I might love you enough to let you go
Let you go, this time

Wind and Rain, Stones and Fire
Can’t keep me satisfied
I need your touch, need your desire
I need your sweet little hand in mine
In mine, in mine

If you want to leave, there’s something you better know
That I might love you enough to let you go
Let you go, this time

Love You Enough

Written by Eric Bray
Production and music by Leonardo Garcia - Washington DC.

Lyrics

There were days I could rest my head on your shoulder
Count the ways we were getting so much bolder
There were times we walked the misty streets together
The words and rhymes floated down light as feathers
But those days are gone
These days I do my best to carry on

There were nights that seemed to last forever
Till the morning light would reveal all in its splendor
There were times that nothing mattered
Except your touch, your smile, your kiss, your laughter
Now those days are gone
These days there’s just these memories to keep me strong

There were signs our good fortune couldn’t last forever.
But for a while fate smiled on us here together
All the times that nothing mattered
Except your touch, your smile, your kiss, your laughter
But in our race with father time
We couldn't slow down the hands racing around the dial

In our race with father time
We couldn't slow down the hands racing around the dial
Yeah those days are gone
These days all that's left is to carry on
All that’s left all that’s left is to carry on

Carry On

Written by: Eric Bray
Produced by: Andrés Alzate “El Burrito Music”
Recorded at: Ultrasonido Estudio – Colombia

Lyrics:
I give thanks for this breath
Thanks for this day
I give thanks for this chance
To live, love and play

I haven’t always known
Which path to take
Sometimes my wandering feet
Had to find their own way

Chorus

Cuz whatever you want          
Whatever you need
Could be there
Right up your sleeve
And when the dust settles
and that breeze comes through
You might find yourself
Free of the Blues
Free of the Blues

I haven’t always known
Into whose arms to run
Sometimes my wandering heart
Had to make its own luck

I give thanks for the dark
Shadows and  dreams
I give thanks for all you people 
Who put up with me hahaha

Cuz whatever you want          
Whatever you need
Could be there
Right up your sleeve
And when the dust settles
and that breeze comes through
You will find yourself
You will find yourself
Free of the Blues
Free of the Blues

Free of the Blues

Lyrics

Go ahead talk with those fellas
Smiling so sweet
Go ahead hang out with your girlfriends
Drinking that Gran Cuvee
But remember when this party’s over
You’re going home with me.

Go ahead have another
Have another two or three
Go ahead do that little dance you do
When you’re feeling so free
But remember that when we get home
There’s going to be something I need.
 
 Cuz I got a weakness – can’t be ignored
 I got a weakness – don't it show
 I got a weakness – for being adored

Solo (Back cover- Eric Akira Slowhand.jpg)

Go ahead work that cell phone
From A to Z
Go ahead and sit there 
all day 
in front of the EmptyV
But remember when I get home
There’s gonna be something I need

I need my loving, kissing hugging 
and cuddling too
In the morning, evening, midnight 
and the afternoon.
Just one important detail
It’s all gotta come from you

 Cuz I got a weakness – can’t be ignored
 I got a weakness – don't it show
I got a weakness – for being adored
by you

I got a weakness – don't it show
I got a weakness – for being adored
by you
by you
adored by you

Credits

All songs written by Eric Bray
Production – TJ Eckleberg
Eric – vocals, guitar, flute
TJ – guitar, bass, keys, programming, (guitar solo tracks 3,5,7,9,10)
Akira Kondo – bass (tracks 4, 6)
Mark Willis – mandolin (tracks 4, 9)
Dale Ward – guitar (track 6 ac guitar and solo)

I Got A Weakness (for being adored)

Lyrics

Got a feeling I ain’t seeing
things like they really are
Gotta wonder if it matters, 
Somehow I made it this far
So far so good, somehow someway
Just one burning question 
can I have another day?

Got a feeling I might be seeing
things like I want them to be
Gotta wonder if that’s a problem
As long as we both agree
So far so good, somehow someway
OK, if you insist,
Sure, I’ll take another day

Gotta feeling we’re just make believing
Everything’s OK
Gotta wonder if there’s any better
Way to make it through these days.

So far so good, somehow some way
I hope you don’t mind if I 
Help myself to another day

So far so good, somehow some way
I hope you don’t mind if I 
Help myself to another day

Credits

All songs written by Eric Bray
Production – TJ Eckleberg
Eric – vocals, guitar, flute
TJ – guitar, bass, keys, programming, (guitar solo tracks 3,5,7,9,10)
Akira Kondo – bass (tracks 4, 6)
Mark Willis – mandolin (tracks 4, 9)
Dale Ward – guitar (track 6 ac guitar and solo)

Another Day

Kyoto, Japan-based for many years, this California native previously lived in Hawaii and then Mexico. Influences include Elvis Costello, Radiohead, Wilco and Father John Misty. Recently, my interest in Latin dance has me listening to salsa and bachata tunes by Romeo Santos, Marc Anthony, Shakira and Camila Cabello. I’ve tried to create a bit of fusion between between my Latin and folk/rock interests. My music follows in the singer/songwriter vein of trying to bring a bit of heart and humor to the themes of love, loss, and renewal.