Another Day Another Song
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

What I write, it is a story, 
from my fingers it appears 
Born of laughter, mostly tears
By what means, is never clear

I write a song, an idea, just a few words
I place the sounds, to stay in time
to keep the pace, at times to rhyme
But what I say, is mine all mine

What I write, always too long
I must reduce, eliminate and choose
I cannot stretch for beauties' sake
I can't explain, one point to make

I can't delay, something to say
I blurt it out, repeat it once
more or less is a mistake
I take my chance, I get one take

[instrumental]

Composers take my words
they add the beat and melody
they take my work, my simple story
With their craft they add the glory
It was a bore, but now will soar
The lame lament, a tragedy
The silly joke, grand comedy
But what would they do without me

[instrumental]

Arrangers have it good
When they start the work is done
They just make some simple choices
Just instruments and voices
They take something that's good
and put the emblem on the hood
I dismiss them out of hand
talent too great to understand

[instrumental]

What would we do without the band
They are there to lend a hand
They set the beat keep us in time
fill in the gaps or sound sublime
The horns and strings can make us weep
The piano sets the tone
But it can do it all alone

[instrumental]

I don't forget the Engineers
They capture all the sound we hear
Every click, rattle, and hiss
There are no noises that they miss
They give us all a second chance
They give the power to the dance
They fix every mistake we make
If we need a hundred takes

[instrumental]

But then it needs a voice
I pity singers, their words my choice
Not only words, but the right tone
At the right time for just so long
In my mind it's them I hear
It's them I love, hate, and fear
Singers know they stand alone

Singers know they stand alone

[instrumental]

But then it needs a voice
I pity singers, their words my choice
Not only words, but the right tone
At the right time for just so long
In my mind it's them I hear
It's them I love, hate, and fear
Singers know they stand alone
If it don't work it is their shame
Singers know they stand alone

I pity singers

Singers know they stand alone

Singers know they stand alone

I Pity Singers (long and jazzy)

Some people just never seem to go away.  

OH WOW, IT’S YOU AGAIN

When I'm sure you're gone at last
I make believe that I have no past
I make a cheer and wipe away all the tears
Take another room - Find another friend
And when I feel that you're not real
I stop and then

Oh wow, it's you again
How odd I should meet you here
Oh wow, it's you again
You haunt me - You taunt me
Why don't you disappear?

This hotel had a view
One brick wall and shades of blue
I paid my bill and started over again
I flipped another penny - counted up to ten
I let her rip just like a gypsy dog and then

( chorus )

In this warm foreign place
There's not one familiar face
It seems this time I left myself far behind
I write another letter I know I'll never send
I lock the door and walk out for some air
and then...

Oh wow, it's you again
How odd I should meet you here
Oh wow, it's you again
You haunt me - You taunt me
Why don't you disappear?

*In my head it seems so easy
to work the pieces in
We had much in common you and I
But the picture becomes ugly
As the truth solidifies
And just when I should realize
That it's me I've got to find...

Oh wow, it's you again
How odd I should meet you here
Oh wow, it's you again
You haunt me - You taunt me
Why don't you disappear?

CREDITS:
JT : Vocals, Programming, Guitar
Recorded at Sonic Underground Studios, Stony Brook, NY

Words & Music © 1970 by Walter Becker & Donald Fagen
Published by MCA Universal Pub. - All rights reserved.
*Additional lyrics and melody by John Tabacco (sesac)

Oh Wow, It's You Again

John Tabacco is an American composer, singer songwriter, producer, recording engineer, multi instrumentalist and graphic artist. He has engineered /mixed and mastered music for hundreds of New York recording artists as well as projects released on BMG: The Kemelions, RCA: Faze, Rampage/Rhino: Rhett Forrester, Columbia: Rebbie Jackson, Rykodisc : Bob Marley, Columbia: Chris Jasper, Electra: Sonia Dada and Nickleodeon’s Are You Afraid Of The Dark? He is the CEO of It Iz What It Iz Music Publishing which currently holds over 750 songs in its catalog. He has been an associate producer for IndiMusic TV and hosts a bi-weekly radio program (CLAM RADIO) on college radio WUSB.fm since 1999. He is currently the head of A&R at Modern Voices Digital Distribution.

His musical background consists of extensive study of orchestration with noted 20th century composer John Lessard, harmony with the late electronic music maverick Bulent Arel, and composition with Stony Brook University professor Peter Winkler. He received his BA in Music from Stony Brook University in 1983. 

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined. His style is a melding of pop - jazz -rock - avant garde / aleatory, classical and comedy.  He has been recording his music non stop since 1979.

Of note: In 1989 the satirical, absurd house song "Go House Yourself" co-written by Tabacco, Pati and DiMauro reached position 39 on Billboard's dance chart. 

In 2014 Tabacco signed a record deal with Texas, indie label, Muffin Records. They released his CD “Unfulfilled Shopping Carts Syndrome” internationally.

Oh Wow, It's You Again

John Tabacco

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