Song written and performed Lanessa Long
Produced by J.M. Long
Mixed by Zach Fisher at Big Bad Sound LA
Bass: Caleb Pryer
Cello: Luigi Anthoni Polcari

Should I live in your history?
What do you say, are you ready for me?
Second chances are fine
But leave me an apology
I left my heart on the line 
Are you ready for me?

I don’t mess around
Not with the ones that I care about
Do you want to love me out loud?
What do you say, 
Are you ready for me,
Are you ready for me?

You’re skipping town tomorrow
Enough time for me to let go
But I don’t want you to leave 
Not without saying something to me
I don’t ask for much?
Only enough
Tell me you miss me
And I won’t give up

I won’t put up 
With less than I deserve
That’s why loving you babe
It really hurts
I wanna be the one that 
Sets you straight
Gave you too much too fast
I’m not just another pretty face

Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Are you ready to go steady to go steady with me?
Are you ready?
Are your ready for me?
Only one question did you learn your lesson?
Only one question did you learn your lesson?
Only one question did you learn your lesson?
Only one question did you learn your lesson?
Are you ready?
Are you ready for me?

Are You Ready For Me?

Written and Performed by Lanessa Long
Produced by J.M. Long
Mixed by Zach Fisher at Big Bad Sound LA
Bass: Caleb Pryer
Drums: David Meyers Jr. 


Walk in the room lookin’ like James Dean
Lovin’ me like it’s 1960
A style icon trapped in a box
You love what I wear
So I take it off
I like you more than my favorite sweater 
Even though my daddy says, “baby girl you could do better”
Get my leather jacket on and
We look like a pair
Got your favorite perfume on 
And smoke in my hair

Bad boys do it right
Get a classy little lady to have at their side

He loves me like it’s 1960
Picks me up 
In a corvette
He loves me like it’s 1960
Leavin’ notes in my bed
Yes, he love’s me
Like it’s 1960

Like we’re living in polaroid film
Posing like there’s no camera’s in the room
In the local coffee shop I teach you how to dance
Skinny dipping at the beach and holding hands in the sand
Wearing polka dots
You carry me to the docks
Dip our toes in the water when it gets too hot
Makin’ me nostalgic 
Smudging up my lipstick
Why do drugs when you’re my quick fix?

An unwritten story that walked my way
Said, “blondie with no make-up on come out to play”
It’s a hot day can you quench my thirst
Hold my guard up until you say the word
You know I got my ripped jeans got my man
Finally found a guy I wanted to land
Sipping Coca-Cola in our favorite diner
Change the juke before the timer

What do you say about bad boys?
Taking me for a joy ride?

1960

Written and Performed by Lanessa Long
Produced by J.M. Long
Mixed by Zach Fisher at Big Bad Sound LA
Drums: David Meyers Jr. 
Cello: Luigi Anthoni Polcari

Rock n’ roll 
Lyrical 
You look at me like a poem 
Crack a smile 
Jack and coke 
No place I’d rather go 

Do you love me with any part of you? 
Honey, do you think I am beautiful? 

Let’s run wild 
So wild 
Talkin’ like a child now 
Tell me honey are you down 
To run wild 
So wild 
Gettin’ kind of hasty, yeah 
You can call me baby, yeah 
I know one thing for sure is 
I’d rather go reckless than not learn 

Everything 
I miss 
But ten out of ten 
I’d do it again 
Poker face 
But weak in the knees 
Our pictures like one a kid finds in the trees 

Moonlight 
Silhouette 
Take over the streets with marmalade daydreams 
Hypnotizing 
Day drinking 
You’re wearing a suit and I know what I’m missing 

I just think you’re special 
So don’t forget to remember me

WILD

Written and Performed by Lanessa Long
Produced by J.M. Long
Mixed by Zach Fisher at Big Bad Sound LA
Bass: Caleb Pryer
Drums: David Meyer's Jr. 

Piano keys dripping all over me on a penthouse roof
Guitar string tripping melodies
In anticipation I’m waiting
Feelin’ wasted and shameless for you

I only feel
In shades of you
I only feel 
In waves of you
And you’re stronger than ever
Water’s falling from heaven into oceans of
Deep
Deep
Deep
Blue

There’s a slow motion wind
And I’m out on a limb 
That’s breaking for you
Foggy breath to the song you’re playing
It’s dangerous behavior when I know I can’t save you
Frosty windows
Drawing pictures
That make no sense
I don’t understand the moves you’re making
Mistaking my talking for things I’m not saying

Tell me if you want me
I’ll tell you if I care
If you only think I’m pretty, then
Don’t start there
‘Cause that’s what they all say
When they’re trying to charm me
So tell me in a simile what I’m like and how I make you think
‘Cause you are a piano
And I am the sea
Speak to me in a language
I don’t know how to read
Don’t know how to read you
Only know how to feel you
Don’t know how to read you 
And I don’t want to


Deep Blue

Written and performed by Lanessa Long
Engineered by Ian Stahl
Mixed by Zach Fisher at Big Bad Sound LA
Choir: Sarah Van Sciver, Diana Ciofarri, Ruth Odukoya, Natalie Perez, Tiffany Militante, Jordan Terrell, Alysha Aurora, Abby Lyons, Camila Ascencio, Gina Kodel
Trumpet: Cameron Kalemkarian
Horn: Erin Poulin
Clarinet: Kimberly Dunning
Flute: Melissa Hulett
Cello: Luigi Anthoni Polcari
Violin: Sophia Schuldt 
Upright bass: Sean Riddle
Piano: Nery Kim
Vibraphone: Leanna Goddard

Hey, Miss Annie
I don’t know if you heard
But you’re not the first one
That this boy has hurt 

Don’t feel bad
Ya didn’t know better
But if you go back
Please don’t ever

Annie if you want to be happy 
Now is the time to leave the boy behind

Hey, Miss Annie
I don’t know if you knew
But the boy that you like
Is very, very bad news
Ever think that
What your friends are
Telling you might be true
‘Cause hey, Miss Annie
You know we’re watching out for you

Now we know you’re making excuses
For the one that caught your eye
But stop
Changing who you are
To fit with this guy
‘Cause you’re never gonna fix him
So you might as well give us a listen
‘Cause hey Miss Annie!
Let him miss you for the last time


Annie

Song by Lanessa Long
Featuring / graphic design by Mindy Robinson
Song produced by Jeremy Long
August 10, 2016 
Portland, OR
Official Music Video: https://youtu.be/FkJZqMWBiBo


On Your Radar

Live at the Wild Beast on December 13, 2015
Written by Lanessa Long
Cello: Luigi Anthoni Polcarie
Electric guitar and pedalboard: Morgan Gillette
Drums: Micael Anetsberger

Grace
Lanessa Long, 2016

We’re taught love is an accessory,
Something that’s pretty but not something we deserve. 
Something we carry around on our hips like a purse or a brand 
That can be measured
And has a price.
Not something we drink like water,
but something that’s refreshing like rain.
That we’re born broken and should spend our whole lives trying to be fixed by those who make us feel we are hard to love, 
so,
We’re lucky if someone does.
Please know, 
The love you think you’re worth, 
Is not your worth.

I wrote this song in a place of inadequacy. Musically, the repetitions are to simulate a routine of going back, like waves, to the people who make us feel we aren’t enough. Then, transitioning into the urgency of questioning if it’s our fault. 

Your love is disguised with a banner that says “no vacancy”
Decorated with a case of insecurity 
Your love is comprised of one sided compromises 
Sewn together with broken apologies
Your love is designed for someone to take care of you 
And your blanket is not big enough to wrap me in it, too

I don’t love the same as you
But it doesn’t mean I don’t love it all
I try to love you as you want me to

But it seems like I am doing it wrong
Am I hard to love? 
Or am I giving you grace? 

Your love is complete and decided and on your own terms
And if I didn’t feel for you I wouldn’t have to hurt
Your love comes with conditions it’s no religion, because I don’t know the rules
Until I break one, it’s clear water but not pure
Your love is an accessory, you don’t need it to be fulfilled 
It’s not your soil, it’s a flower that won’t bloom
Your love is a trend, it comes in waves of convenience or in guilt
And you sell it for a price stronger than my will

Are you dissatisfied with who you are?
Can you change so it’s up to me?
Is your life in black and white
It seems I’m a shade you can’t read but can you try, please? 

Do you pray for me?
Do you pray for me? 
Do you pray for me? 
Do you pray for me, 
my love?

Lanessa Long

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