Retro-ish indie pop.

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Words & Music by Juliet Padou

THE POSSIBILITIES

I'm gonna get up
I'm gonna rise and shine, shine, shine
The future's wide open
I'm gonna make it mine, mine, mine

The possibilities
The possibilities
They are endless, endless

I'm gonna get up
Gonna start my day, day, day
Grab a cup of coffee
And be on my way, way, way

The possibilities
The possibilities
They are endless, endless

And nothing's ever gonna keep me down
I'll overcome it and I'll turn around
Spring will come
And I will see the sun
Yeah!

I'm gonna dream it
Then I'll shout it loud, loud, loud
I'm gonna make it happen
Just you watch me now, now, now

The possibilities
The possibilities
They are endless, endless

The possibilities
The possibilities
They are endless, endless
Endless, endless...

The Possibilities

A quirky, kooky little tune written in a couple of hours for a film pitch.

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words & music by Juliet Padou

WITHOUT YOU

Two steps forward, one step back
At least it seems that we're on track
Your tracking beam has drawn me in
Inside that sticky web you spin
And I'm spinning, dizzy like a top
I'm gonna be sick if this doesn't stop
But no one else will ever do
Cos I'm not really quite myself
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you

We're stop and go, we're tic tac toe
I'm the X and you're the O
I'm the X and you're the Y
So why can't we just see eye to I?
I like to hang out at your place
See that smirk across your face
No Cheshire cat competes with you
And I'm not really quite myself
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you

This merry-go-round is such a thrill
I need a motion sickness pill
And while you're at it, some ice cream
Please, chocolate and pecan praline

You know your hair, it makes me giggle
A chia pet, it's all a-squiggle
The push-me pull-you's obsolete
You made me laugh with your last Tweet!
No one get's me the way you do
Mister Hipster hasn't got a clue
And even if he wanted to
I'm not really quite myself
You see that I'm beside myself
No, I'm not really quite myself
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you.

Without You

Written last year for a film/tv op.

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CATCHING BUTTERFLIES
 
(V1)
The wind is singing in the brush
The night is falling down on us
And finally we're alone
I know there something real here
Your words just carry me away
There's no use hiding

(PC)
Sometimes I feel like you're the only one
Who gets me
Like you can see 
Right inside

(C)
But when you look at me that way
I don't know my name 
And I'm
Catching Butterflies
When you sit so close
I forget to breathe 
And I'm
Catching Butterflies

(V2)
Can we just be here for a while
And throw all expectation right
Out the window 
Sometimes words can get in the way
So we don't even have to talk
If you don't want to.

(PC)

(C)

Catching Butterflies

A super simple little tune written for an ad op.

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FALLIN' 4 U

There is a spark
I can't pretend
Feels like I'm fallin'
All over again
For you 
For you

There is a feeling
I can't deny
The fluttering of
Trapped butterflies
For you
For you 

Drawn like moth to flame
Hope you feel the same

There is a heart
That feels a tug
It's bursting with
Nothing but love
For you
For you
For you
For you.

Fallin' 4 U

Written for a film op last December about a woman leaving her husband.

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AND SO I MUST BE GOING

(V1)
 I made you a promise 
One I couldn't keep
 I said it was forever
 But forever's not to be

(V2)
 I thought we'd grow together
 Didn't happen that way 
You're still as you promised
 Oh but love, I've changed

(Ch) 
And so I must be going
 And I hope some day you'll be
 Able to find  Somewhere inside 
A place in your heart 
To forgive me

(V3)
 I will always love you 
A part of me at least
 Never thought I could hurt you
 But this is suffocating me

(Ch)

(Br)
 I've got these wheels 
They've been spinning 'round
 But been standing still too long 
If I'd known how they'd long to move
 But not take you along  
We wouldn't be here now.

(Ch)

And So I Must Be Going

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EPHEMERAL

Meeting you was like
Recalling what happiness felt like
In another life I must have known
But had long since forgotten

Meeting you was like
Walking barefoot through the warm grass in June
Sun glittering in an azure sky
The scent of wildflowers in the air

But it was all so fleeting
This small glimpse that sent me reeling
A light so strangely beautiful
I just don't ever want to forget it

'Cos meeting you was like
Opening my eyes for the first time
And seeing whimsy all around me
Laughing under the waltzing trees

But it was all so fleeting
This taste so exquisitely appealing
Trying to hold within my hand
Something that seems
So inherently
Ephemeral
Ephemeral.

Ephemeral

Written for a tv op.

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FIGURE THIS OUT

(V1)
Thought I knew
This road I'm on
Put one foot after the other
I didn't see
In my periphery
What was waiting to be uncovered

(PC1)
Now I've veered off the main trail
And I don't know which way is north

(Ch)
And I'm looking for a sign
That will point the way
And I'm still
Trying to figure this out
How to walk a path
That'll will make some sense
And I'm still
Trying to figure this out

(V2)
Cloudy days
Fill my mind
Colouring my thinking
I know beyond
There are blue skies
If only I could clear them

(PC2)
Think I've lost my bearings now
'Cos it seems I'm all turned around

(Ch)

(Br)
Of focus photographs
I'm bleary-eyed, directionless
And hoping for a ray of light
To help set me straight

(Ch)

Trying to figure this out
I've got to figure this out.

Figure This Out

The result of a writing assignment for G-YAWS® 2.3?(Get Your Ass Writing Songs group) with the theme of "Uh oh"....

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Words & Music by Juliet Padou

HEAP OF TROUBLE

This time out 
I've really gone and done it now 
I dove in 
I went and pushed that button yeah 
Pushed that button   
Now I'm on this ride 
It's so electrified 
I've got to see 
Where this is taking me 
This is taking me  

(Ch)
Uh Oh!  
Uh Oh! 
Uh Oh! 
I'm in a heap of trouble now 
Heap of trouble  
Uh Oh!
Uh Oh! 
Uh Oh!
 I'm in a heap of trouble now 
Heap of trouble now 
Heap of trouble now
  
I went too far 
Oh but I don't want to take it back
 I let loose 
Oh but I'm not sorry, no  I'm not sorry   
Now I'm on fire 
My eyes so red 
Shame on me 
What the ____, what the ____ 
Was going on inside of my head?

(Ch) 
Uh Oh!  
Uh Oh! 
Uh Oh! 
I'm in a heap of trouble now 
Heap of trouble  
Uh Oh!  
Ruh-Roh!
 Uh Oh!
 I'm in a heap of trouble now
 Heap of trouble now (I'm in a heap) 
Heap of trouble now (I'm in a heap)
 Heap of trouble now (I'm in a heap) 
Heap of trouble now.

Heap Of Trouble

Juliet Padou is a singer/songwriter/composer living in Northern California. She is currently focused on writing songs for advertising, tv & film, and artist/label pitches.

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