I am a silent film
I don’t need words to express my emotions
I’m like the albatross
Out to sea all alone in my ocean

I’m crisscrossing latitudes
To change my point of view

I’m marooned in solitude
I’m marooned in solitude

I am the needle
In the fabric of the life that I’m sewing
I’m like a rocket ship
Speeding through the galaxies I’m exploring

I’m crisscrossing satellites
To change my point of view

I’m marooned in solitude
I’m marooned in solitude
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from Bare Bones In The Attic E​.​P., released February 22, 2022
Words and Music by Dan "Graz" Graziano
Copyright 2021 All RIghts Reserved La De Da Publishing ASCAP

The Musicians:
Graz-Acoustic Guitars, Acoustic Guitar FX, Acoustic Bass, Percussion and Vocals
Johnny Nale-Backing Vocals

Recorded and Mixed on "The Traveling Roadside Recording Rig" by Dan "Graz" Graziano
Mastered by Mike Longo
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Marooned In Solitude

Lyrics:
Old Sam Heller he’s a ham seller
The kind-hearted butcher to all the city dwellers
He’s well versed in David Allen Coe
And he likes to read Edgar Allan Poe
As he cranks Jeff Beck's record “Blow By Blow”
Those are the facts
What more do you need to know?

Sweet Molly Baker the local undertaker
Her post mortem prices are fair but won’t break ya
She likes to sing opera all alone
She never lets anyone hear her siren song
You need Sigmund Freud to diagnose what went wrong
Don’t stand in silence
You might as well sing along

There’s been a murder in this town
The people are talking
The killers’ spreading doubt
The gumshoe sleuth is gonna find out how it all went down
Collecting clues to make his mama proud

Young Martha Spicer the waitress at the diner
Slinging breakfast to all the village criers
The Hollywood hills is where she wants to go
Staring in a syndicated T.V. show
Will she make it?
Hey man, you never know
She’s getting one step closer with every served up of Joe

There’s been a murder in this town
The people are talking
The killers’ spreading doubt
The gumshoe sleuth is gonna find out how it all went down
Collecting clues to make his mama proud

Unveil the devil that hides behind their cheap disguise
Don’t let the devil get away with this insidious crime

Mr. Marty Asher the strange haberdasher
The rumors are true he hails from Alaska
He retired from the salmon fishery
To become a mad hatter in the haberdashery
He’s getting one step closer with every drop of mercury
His eyes look normal but deep down he’s going crazy

There’s been a murder in this town
The people are talking
The killers’ spreading doubt
The gumshoe sleuth is gonna find out how it all went down
Collecting clues to make his mama proud
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from Bare Bones In The Attic E​.​P., released February 22, 2022
Words and Music by Dan "Graz" Graziano
Copyright 2021 All Rights Reserved La De Da Publishing ASCAP

The Musicians:
Graz-Banjolele, Acoustic Guitar FX, Acoustic Bass, Vibraphone, Synths, and Vocals
Dom Barranco- Drums

Recorded and Mixed on "The Traveling Roadside Recording Rig by Dan "Graz" Graziano
Mastered by Mike Longo
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Gumshoe Dossiers

Lyrics:
Having trouble trying to sleep
My thoughts are racing they won’t stop
There’s a rainstorm drumming down on my rooftop
The rhythms are so soothing
I’m comfy, I ain’t moving
Lost in the cacophony of every drop

Humming a nocturnal lullaby
To get me through this restless night
Humming a nocturnal lullaby
Let me sleep
So I can get a little shut-eye tonight
Before the moon gets exchanged for the dawning sky

Passing headlights shine through my blind
Making strange designs on the wall
Mesmerizing like dominos as they fall
The patterns are so soothing
Rippled shafts of light just moving
I can hear the ghost pacing up and down the hall

Humming a nocturnal lullaby
To get me through this restless night
Humming a nocturnal lullaby
Let me sleep
So I can get a little shut-eye tonight
Before the moon gets exchanged for the dawning sky

Humming a nocturnal lullaby
To get me through this restless night
Humming a nocturnal lullaby
Let me sleep
So I can get a little shut-eye tonight
Before the moon gets exchanged for the dawning sky
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from Nocturnal Lullaby​-​Single, track released April 20, 2023
Graz-Acoustic Guitars, Fretless Bass, Percussion, Synths, and Vocals
Jess DeBellis- Accordion
Dom Barranco-Percussion

Recorded and Mixed by Dan “Graz” Graziano on “The Traveling Roadside Recording Rig”
Mastered by Mike Longo
All Words and Music by Dan “Graz” Graziano
All Songs Copyright 2023 La De Da Publishing (ASCAP)
Artwork by Paul Motisi
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Nocturnal Lullaby-Single

Nocturnal Lullaby (Single Version)

Music by Dan "Graz" Graziano
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from Nocturnal Lullaby​-​Single, released April 20, 2023
Graz-Acoustic Guitars, Fretless Bass, Percussion, and Synths

Recorded and Mixed by Dan “Graz” Graziano on “The Traveling Roadside Recording Rig”
Mastered by Mike Longo
All Words and Music by Dan “Graz” Graziano
All Songs Copyright 2023 La De Da Publishing (ASCAP)
Artwork by Paul Motisi
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all rights reserved

Theta Wave Machine

Lyrics:
Had a naked epiphany
Looking through the lens of my third eye
Come on out of the periphery
New ideas are electric in the sky

Through the symphonic silence
Echoing answers are profound
Through the symphonic silence
Echoing answers are profound
My imagination is like a compass
That is guiding me all around
To follow the footsteps that lead down to hallowed ground

Grandfather clock tick tocking
Like a drummer keeping time
In my head cosmic jazz bebopping
With a mystical sound that is oh so sublime

Through the symphonic silence
Echoing answers are profound
Through the symphonic silence
Echoing answers are profound
My imagination is like a compass
That is guiding me all around
To follow the footsteps that lead down to hallowed ground

Solo

Through the symphonic silence
Echoing answers are profound
Through the symphonic silence
Echoing answers are profound
My imagination is like a compass
That is guiding me all around
To follow the footsteps that lead down to hallowed ground
Nothing compares, no facsimile
I don’t know where these other worldly feelings came from
Shattered through another glass ceiling
To pioneer new frontiers of freedom, oh freedom

Through the symphonic silence
Echoing answers are profound
Through the symphonic silence
Echoing answers are profound
My imagination is like a compass
That is guiding me all around
To follow the footsteps that lead down to hallowed ground
credits
from Beatnik Serenade at The Cup Coffeehouse, releases September 23, 2023
Graz-Acoustic Guitars, Fretless Bass, Percussion, Synths, and Vocals
Dom Barranco-Percussion

Recorded and Mixed by Dan “Graz” Graziano on “The Traveling Roadside Recording Rig”
Mastered by Mike Longo
Words and Music by Dan “Graz” Graziano
Copyright 2023 La De Da Publishing (ASCAP) all rights reserved

Beatnik Serenade at The Cup Coffeehouse

Meditation Transportation Daydream

Having trouble trying to sleep
My thoughts are racing they won’t stop
There’s a rainstorm drumming down on my rooftop
The rhythms are so soothing
I’m comfy, I ain’t moving
Lost in the cacophony of every drop

Humming a nocturnal lullaby
To get me through this restless night
Humming a nocturnal lullaby
Let me sleep
So I can get a little shut-eye tonight
Before the moon gets exchanged for the dawning sky

Passing headlights shine through my blind
Making strange designs on the wall
Mesmerizing like dominos as they fall
The patterns are so soothing
Rippled shafts of light just moving
I can hear the ghost pacing up and down the hall

Humming a nocturnal lullaby
To get me through this restless night
Humming a nocturnal lullaby
Let me sleep
So I can get a little shut-eye tonight
Before the moon gets exchanged for the dawning sky

Solo

Humming a nocturnal lullaby
To get me through this restless night
Humming a nocturnal lullaby
Let me sleep
So I can get a little shut-eye tonight
Before the moon gets exchanged for the dawning sky
credits
from Beatnik Serenade at The Cup Coffeehouse, releases September 23, 2023
Graz-Acoustic Guitars, Fretless Bass, Percussion, Synths, and Vocals
Jess DeBellis- Accordion
Dom Barranco-Percussion

Recorded and Mixed by Dan “Graz” Graziano on “The Traveling Roadside Recording Rig”
Mastered by Mike Longo
Words and Music by Dan “Graz” Graziano
Copyright 2023 La De Da Publishing (ASCAP)
all rights reserved

Nocturnal Lullaby

Lyrics:
You've got my head spinning
Just like a merry go round
Like an onion you peel
The layers hit the ground
You never cease to astound me

Why don’t you stay and shoulder the blame for a while?
I refuse to play the chess game inside of your head
We’re just two lost souls tumbling in an unmade bed
I can’t forget the lies that you said

Because you’re like a drug
I feel addicted to you
You know you wear me out
With your chameleon like moods
I’m done playing the fool

Why don’t you stay and shoulder the blame for a while?
I refuse to play the chess game inside of your head
We’re just two lost souls tumbling in an unmade bed
I can’t forget the lies that you said

The mental gymnastics that you demonstrate
You pirouette going in circles again
Free falling into disaster
Ingratiating yourself to all the wrong friends
Your strange proclamations don’t fit the equation
What else am I to believe?
Going off on your tangents
Seeming quite manic
Falling out of orbit with me

You bounce around the room
Bartending your own drinks
You contradict yourself
Thoughtless as you speak
I’ve been pushed to the brink child

Why don’t you stay and shoulder the blame for a while?
I refuse to play the chess game inside of your head
We’re just two lost souls tumbling in an unmade bed
I can’t forget the lies that you said
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from Beatnik Serenade at The Cup Coffeehouse, releases September 23, 2023
Graz-Acoustic Guitars, Fretless Bass, Percussion, Synths, and Vocals

Recorded and Mixed by Dan “Graz” Graziano on “The Traveling Roadside Recording Rig”
Mastered by Mike Longo
Words and Music by Dan “Graz” Graziano
Copyright 2023 La De Da Publishing (ASCAP)
all rights reserved

Bed of Lies

Bed Of Lies

Lyrics:
Another sleepless night again
Motionless sprawled out across my bed
In solitary silence I’m searching for a friend
To lend an ear at my bitter end

Oh no
I don’t know
Oh no
I don’t know
Oh No
What’s become of me?

My gumption needs another shot in the arm
While the other one avoids the alarms
This candle is the only thing keeping me warm
To the soothing sound of Coltrane’s horn

Oh no
I don’t know
Oh no
I don’t know
Oh No
What’s become of me?

I’ll hibernate till the sad seasons change
Under the comfort of dreams I’ll feel safe
Welcome a brand new day when I awoke
No I won’t
If I don’t

Oh no
I don’t know
Oh no
I don’t know
Oh No
What’s become of me?
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from Beatnik Serenade at The Cup Coffeehouse, releases September 23, 2023
Graz-Acoustic Guitars, Fretless Bass, and Vocals

Recorded and Mixed by Dan “Graz” Graziano on “The Traveling Roadside Recording Rig”
Mastered by Mike Longo
Words and Music by Dan “Graz” Graziano
Copyright 2023 La De Da Publishing (ASCAP)
all rights reserved

Oh No

Lyrics:
In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
Singing songs about Jacques Cousteau
In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
We still got a few more fathoms to go

We’re going deep under the sea
Down to the secret reef
20,000 leagues under the sea
Won’t you come along and sing sea shanties with Alan and me?

In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
Writing ballads about Bob Ballard
In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
We hope Bob likes the tunes and that he is flattered

We’re going deep under the sea
Down to the secret reef
20,000 leagues under the sea
Won’t you come along and sing sea shanties with Alan and me?

Solo

In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
Saying hello to Sally Mermaid
In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
Sally makes her humble home below the waves

We’re going deep under the sea
Down to the secret reef
20,000 leagues under the sea
Won’t you come along and sing sea shanties with Alan and me?

In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
That’s piloted by James Cameron
In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
Showing Ringo an octopus’s garden

We’re going deep under the sea
Down to the secret reef
20,000 leagues under the sea
Won’t you come along and sing sea shanties with Alan and me?

In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
In a submersible with Alan Semerdjian
We’re diving and jammin’
We’re diving and jammin’
Diving and jammin’
credits
from Beatnik Serenade at The Cup Coffeehouse, releases September 23, 2023
Graz-Acoustic Guitars, Fretless Bass, Percussion, Synths, Vibraphone and Vocals
Jess DeBellis- Accordion
Dom Barranco-Percussion

Recorded and Mixed by Dan “Graz” Graziano on “The Traveling Roadside Recording Rig”
Mastered by Mike Longo
Words and Music by Dan “Graz” Graziano
Copyright 2023 La De Da Publishing (ASCAP)
all rights reserved

Submarine Sea Shanty

Graztopia is an original one-man band/live looping artist/singer-songwriter from New York, NY who has been actively playing and writing music his entire life. As a multi-instrumentalist he plays guitar, ukulele, bass, and vocals etc...His vast repertoire of original songs are comprised of well crafted musical arrangements mixed with poignant, poetic, and storyteller like lyrics provides an infinite narrative that spans various genres of music including rock n’ roll, jam band, folk rock, alternative, psychedelic, jazz blues etc...Armed with his trusty loop pedal and plethora of effects pedals, his live show is a multi-layered sonic landscape that weaves between tunes, solos, and transitional jams. Every Graztopia setlist/show is never the same, to make each show it's own unique experience. In December of 2021 Graztopia released a brand new single called "Summer Rain” along with an accompanying b-side "El Bohemian”. In February 2022, an EP called “Bare Bones In The Attic” will feature different versions of “Summer Rain” and “El Bohemian” than their single versions, plus two other songs. The EP with feature a very raw stripped down acoustic sound. So please keep your ears to the ground and be on the look out for more music to be released in 2022!

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