Rock version of Autumn Leaves I arranged for my Arranging class

Autumn Leaves (Rock Version)

My arrangement of "All I Want for Christmas" by Mariah Carey. Joey Mccarrick on Vocals and Chris Cheung on Keys.

Arranging Final Joel Gutierrez 0737636

This song is about leaving Boston, the best city in the world. It is a single of the EP "Right Above Symphony Mart" to be released Feb 4th. 
Guitar/Vocals/Bass- Joel Gutierrez
Drums- Ben Trudeau
Producer/Mixing Engineer- Sam Haiman
Lyrics:

I don't want to leave this place 
I don't know what to do
Expensive education  is forcing me unglued
I would gladly sever all my limbs to keep my place
Or take a Koji red sox fastball to the face

Waking up in horror for the things that lie ahead
Making me think im better off lying in my bed
And if i threw up all my feelings you'd  proclaim oh God that stinks
Thats precisely why im feeling like im jinxed 

And I don't understand why it's not in the plan
Just a month and I feel like i'm home
And if things could be clear
I'd know for sure if i should be here
So I could get some sleep through these long nights

Now the leaves are changing oh well this is really grand
Add it to the list of things I love about this land
Reds and yellows shaded in the loveliest of ways
All make me scream about the fact that I can't stay

I dont want leave this place 
I don't know what to do
expensive education is forcing me unglued
I would gladly severe all my limbs to ease my heart
or take a Papi Ortiz grand slam right in the parts

I look for every single reason
Just to justify my thoughts, that i should stay where they have seasons
I know I promised You my life, that I will follow You through strife, Your will above mine
But I look for every single reason just to justify my thoughts

Just because it's hard it doesn't mean that it's not right
Maybe I am learning perseverance through this fight
And even though i feel beaten battered bruised and bummed
At least the product is this song that I have sung

Leaving Song

Your parents are so unfair
They won't pay for your books it's like they don't even care
Never mind that tuition fee  they're paying every month to get that ol degree that you need
Tell me more about the struggles you face
  your iPhone's almost dead,  no chargers found in this place
So without a doubt you cry out your eyes
I hope by now you've come to realize that

They're all watching, they're all waiting for us to fail

Cause we're all spoiled brats
And there's nothing you can do about that
We're all spoiled brats
And I am living proof to that fact
And there's nothing I can do about that 

I've got so much work to do
College is so hard you don't know what im going through
Not to mention my guitar is a drag, 
my dad should buy me one that shows a higher price on the tag
So please fulfill every single one of my requests

They're all watching they're all waiting for us all too fail
Let's not act like we're entitled to everything

We can't do anything for our selves
it's  all been handed to us

Well I say NO

We won't conform to your stereotypes (We won't Conform
There's drive in us you couldn't strangle if you even tried
You can scoff and say we're not up to par (Go ahead and scoff)
We'll get to work  and make a difference show the world who we are 


Joel Gutierrez-Spoiled Brat-SW1

I want to write a book
I want to read one too
I want to find out  if LA has a zoo
I want to listen to a classic album  from beginning to end

I want to start a club
I want to start a band
I want to start that paper due at 3 pm 
I want to find a girl so we could fall in love
And be more than friends

Procrastination hides you well

Motivation please be mine
These machines are plugged inside my mind
Motivation Make me yours
Don't make everything seem like a chore

I want to cook a meal
I want to clean my room
I want to find a job but not too soon
So i'll just push off perfecting my resume for another day

I want to play guitar until my fingers bleed
Yet i'm stuck on this couch watching  re-run  tv
It struck a boring chord of mere complacency
Motivation please save me

Procrastination hides you well

Motivation please be mine
These machines are plugged inside my mind
Motivation Make me yours
Don't make everything seem like a chore
Motivation help me please
And unshroud yourself from mystery
Motivation Make me yours
Don't make everything seem like a chore

I took a hard long look at myself 
Evaluated What I saw 
But before I could complete my inward inspection
I felt myself being drawn
Back to bed to do nothing at all 

Motivation please be mine
These machines are plugged inside my mind
Motivation Make me yours
Don't make everything seem like a chore
Motivation help me please
And unshroud yourself from mystery
Motivation Make me yours
Don't make everything seem like a chore

Motivation- Joel Gutierrez- SW1

Sun, sand, warm, loving
Hot like an oven
All i want to do is go back to 
California, I should warn ya 
You’ll never want to leave

Mexican taco trucks
You spent your last few bucks
On souvenir shirts your friends will never wear
Fried cod and friendly nods
So many hot beach bods 
It takes everything not to stare

These Chicago winters get the best of me
I’m trapped inside when I know where I want to be
And through the blistering snow you know I’d run
Back into the California sun

Thick rimmed glasses
Skipping classes
Hipsters everywhere
Who knows what they wear
Girls laying in the sand
Surfer guys, great tans
Everyone is wearing ray bands

Stuck in a traffic jam
Nobody gives a damn
That’s just the LA way to drive 
Top down and cruising slow
Turn up the radio
Sun sets the Cali way of life

These Chicago winters get the best of me
I’m trapped inside when I know where I want to be
And through the blistering snow you know I’d run
Back into the California sun


California Sun- Songwriting 1 Collab

I'm sure you've never robbed a bank
I'm sure you've never pulled a gun out at  a store
I'm sure you've never held a hostage
So hows it feel now that you've done it for sure

I'm just a boy a fragile case
push me around enough and I will surely break
A million pieces shattered there
And like a jewelry theif  you ransacked the remains

I called 911 (she stole my heart heart)
You made your escape (she stole my heart she stole me heart)
But not before you whispered quietly my love your heart belongs to me

If i recall it was midday
No sketchy ski mask to cover up your face
In retrospect that wasn't smart
Now i can recognize the girl who stole my heart

I swear to God I lost my mind
It's not the type of crime where you'd have to do time
And you could plead insanity
but im pretty sure for you i've  gone crazy

You'll never hide the evidence no matter how thorough you are
 Cause i am living proof that you have stolen hearts
 

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