Original Recordings Since 2022

Alone, Together
By Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Laurie Blue - vocals, guitar, flute, percussion
Bill Rose - guitar, percussion

You’re so happy (that’s a lie)
Happy in love (he’s not the guy)
You’re gonna show him how it feels to be
Alone, together in love

He takes you out (you’re somewhere else)
Out on the town (you’re with yourself)
He doesn’t know how much you feel you are
Alone, together in love

Take a chance without him
Take a chance to know what was unknown
Take a chance to finally be on your own

He buys you stuff (you do not keep)
Stuff goes away (piled up in a heap)
What will it take to light the missing spark
Alone, together in love

He’s so happy (that’s a lie)
Happy in love (he wonders why)
You’re far away although you’re here with him
Alone, together in love

© Bill Rose and Laurie Blue, December 2021

Alone, Together - original song by Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

French Cafe
By Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Bill Rose – vocals, bass, percussion, guitar
Laurie Blue – guitar, vocals, flute

You can find me sitting there
At a bar that just sells beer
Watching all the people passing by
My friends have disappeared
They’re anywhere but here
They’re all too busy filling up their time

It could be a French cafe
Or somewhere else they wanna stay
A fancy place or the dive right down the block
Whenever they’re holding signs in the air
Dancing on like Fred Astaire
It only counts if you’re taking up their spot
 
They think I act the fool
They’re really not so cool
Taking that they’re gonna win it all
So let them put on airs
Watch to see who stares
I’ll be sticking ‘round to see them fall 

© Bill Rose and Laurie Blue, January 2022

French Cafe - original song by Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

What Does It Mean to Be
By Laurie Blue

Music and lyrics, vocals, guitar, flute, piano, production, and cover art by Laurie Blue

Lyrics:

What does it mean to be
The one you were meant to be
You know who you are, you always knew it
You wait while they’re telling you to
Wait and they’ll show you what they
Think you can handle, nothing to it

You refused to fit the norm
Since the day that you were born
But they always want to assume
And you’ve always got to prove to them
That you can do it

Well, isn’t it cute, they say
You carry his axe, they say
And who was the one who wrote your song, dear
You take a deep breath because
It takes all your patience when you
Hit them with truth that you belong here

You refused to fit the norm
Since the day that you were born
But they always want to assume
And you’ve always got to prove to them
That you can do it

Such a sweet girl now, honey
Do it up pretty, honey
Is it too hard for you to play it
You hold back your answer as you
Hold onto dignity with 
Unspoken words, best not to say it

You refused to fit the norm
Since the day that you were born
But they always want to assume
And you’ve always got to prove to them
That you can do it

© 2022 Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

P-line:
℗ 2022 Blue Moon Productions

What Does It Mean to Be - original song by Laurie Blue

In the Most Wonderful Time
Laurie Blue

Music and lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, piano, and production by Laurie Blue; cover art by Laurie Blue and Jeff Mangold

When days are the shortest 
But tempers are shorter
And manufactured cheer is all around
She shouts out a word
That freezes him silent
Refusing to utter a sound

In the most wonderful time
In the most wonderful time

That night in their bedroom
She’s got icicle legs
And his are icing up now just the same
She drifts to the edge
A glacier between them
No matter the cause or who’s to blame

In the most wonderful time
In the most wonderful time

With his nose stiff and frozen
He’s got a frost-covered beard
And a sad sort of popsicle below
Who could ever imagine
Two snowpeople in bed
Cold-hearted and chilled to the bone

In the most wonderful time
In the most wonderful time

When morning arrives 
And the sun beams its light
They reach with warm hands toward each other
And wrap themselves together
With their sorries and their kisses
The curse has been lifted by the lovers 

In the most wonderful time
In the most wonderful time

© 2022

In The Most Wonderful Time - original song by Laurie Blue

No Way to Recover
By Laurie Blue

Music and lyrics, vocals, guitar, keyboard, flute, production, and cover art by Laurie Blue

Lyrics:
 
Your reputation haunts you as you run around the town
Knowing that the things you built have fallen to the ground
Manipulated friends till they put you in your place
You found yourself a new one, just another pretty face
And there’s no way to recover
No way to recover
 
Starting again with a promise you will break
Chasing after something that you admit is fake
Mocking them for morals that you yourself possess
You’re not the great pretender when it comes to happiness
 
The trust is gone from what you did, too much for you to hide
Temporary pleasure only eats at you inside
You felt the need to tell them even after it was done
There’s nothing that’ll fix it when they all know you were wrong
And there’s no way to recover
No way to recover
 
Starting again with a promise you will break
Chasing after something that you admit is fake
Mocking them for morals that you yourself possess
You’re not the great pretender when it comes to happiness
 
© 2023 Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

No Way to Recover - original song by Laurie Blue

I Just Want You
By Laurie Blue

Music and lyrics, vocals, guitar, keyboard, flute, production, and cover art by Laurie Blue

Lyrics:


I just want you, I don’t need you
I just want you, I don’t need you
I just want you, I don’t need you
I just want you, I don’t need you

I just want you, I don’t need you
Come on over and play with me
I write music, you write music
Put it together someday with me

I found a single drumstick 
You found another one under the mat
We’ve got the rhythm inside us
Making up songs is where it’s at

I just want you, I don’t need you
Come on over and play with me
I write music, you write music
Put it together someday with me

You’ve got a storyline
I’ve got some chords in mind
We’ve got nothing but time
Spilling out words, don’t care if they rhyme

I just want you, I don’t need you
Come on over and play with me
I write music, you write music
Put it together someday with me

I just want you, I don’t need you
I just want you, I don’t need you
I just want you, I don’t need you
I just want you, I don’t need you

© 2023 Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

I Just Want You - original song by Laurie Blue

Fly On By
By Laurie Blue

Music and lyrics, vocals, guitar, keyboard, flute, production, and cover art by Laurie Blue

Lyrics:

Fly On By

Do I pretend that I’m not knowing 
Where it is you think you’re going
Even though you’re still not showing me the dark tint of your eyes
I should admit you can’t be staying
I hear the words your body’s saying
There can be no more betraying when you fly
Fly on by, fly on by

If I can stand to watch you leaving
Will it help relieve the grieving
Will there be no more deceiving me with well-intentioned lies
And if we hadn’t risked that shot at it
You know we never would have gotten it
But now the world has put a stop to it, don’t ask why
Fly on by, fly on by

Best of days when songs were lasting
Always feasting, never fasting
Years of plenty, quickly passing
Running out of time
Don’t look back on what you’ll miss
Our legacy conveys our bliss
Check it off that bucket list
While the rings still have their shine

If I can stand to watch you leaving
Will it help relieve the grieving
Will there be no more deceiving me with well-intentioned lies
And if we hadn’t risked that shot at it
You know we never would have gotten it
But now the world has put a stop to it, don’t ask why
Fly on by, fly on by

© 2023 Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

Fly On By - original song by Laurie Blue

Proper Gig
By Laurie Blue

Music and lyrics, vocals, guitar, keyboard, flute, percussion, production, and cover art by Laurie Blue

Lyrics:

You say it’s not a proper gig unless you break a string on the second song
I say it’s not a proper gig unless there’s somebody there who will dance along
So we satisfy both with your broken G and the dancing women so fine to see
Replace the string and mop up the floor
Dancers getting wild and they’re begging for more

Baby you know
It’s time to be proper
Let it go sideways
It’s not a show stopper
The night is still young
Got our tunes in the queue
It always shakes out
When you’re singing the blues

You say it’s not a proper gig unless you drop your pick on the dirt below
I say it’s not a proper gig unless there’s somebody drinking who’s here for the show
So we satisfy both with your flying disk and the guys at the bar pumping up their fists
Reach inside your pocket and grab a new pick
Heating up the room with your rock and roll licks

Baby you know
It’s time to be proper
Let it go sideways
It’s not a show stopper
The night is still young
Got our tunes in the queue
It always shakes out
When you’re singing the blues

© 2023 Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

Proper Gig - original song by Laurie Blue

Sweep It
By Laurie Blue

Credits:
Laurie Blue: music and lyrics, vocals, electric guitar, keyboard bass, flute, production, cover art

Lyrics:

Crumbs you leave behind
Will never lead you back
Watch the pieces scatter
Travel off the track
Pay no mind to street signs
Drive yourself too far
Never let them help you
Ignore the guiding star
 
They’ll never know
They’ll never know
Just sweep it
They’ll never know
Just sweep it
Under the rug
 
The past you have to leave
To grab at something more
Forget the place you came from
Find another door
Open up to someone
Who never lets you in
Would you choose to lose your life
From what you couldn’t win
 
They’ll never know
They’ll never know
Just sweep it
They’ll never know
Just sweep it
Under the rug

© 2023 Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

Sweep It - original song by Laurie Blue

Floating on a River
By Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Credits:
Bill Rose and Laurie Blue: music and lyrics
Laurie Blue: vocals, electric guitar, keyboard bass, flute, production, cover art

Lyrics:

I’m floating on a river, never knowing which way I should go
I’m sweating in a desert, knowing that I ought to say no
And then I say that I wonder
I wonder where I have been
I never know what to say when it comes to the end

I’m drifting on the water, don’t know if you’re saying goodbye
I’m standing on the land, I know it ought to be no surprise
And then you say that you love me
And then you say that you don’t
I never know if you will or if you won’t

I’m floating on a river, never knowing where I should stay
I’m sweating in a desert, thinking I should get far away
And then I say that I’m done with you
I’m done, and you don’t know why
Nothing’s ever going to change, do you want me to lie

I’m floating on a river, never knowing which way I should go
I’m sweating in a desert, knowing that I ought to say no
And then I say that I wonder
I wonder where I have been
I never know what to say when it comes to the end

© 2023 Bill Rose and Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

Floating on a River - original song by Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

He Didn't Know
By Laurie Blue

Credits:
Laurie Blue: music and lyrics, vocals, electric guitar, keyboard bass, flute, production, cover art

Lyrics:

The first time they met he said he was intelligent
Like it was just about his favorite pickup line
She didn’t care about the head above his shoulders
Intellectual thoughts were a waste of her time

Because he didn’t know she was dying
He didn’t know she was dying
He didn’t know she was dying
To get a piece of his body, didn’t care about his mind

They went to a show, she thought they’d go back to her home
But he said he was sick and feeling tired
Later she saw he’d gone out dancing without her
But she really didn’t care he was such a liar

Because he didn’t know she was dying
He didn’t know she was dying
He didn’t know she was dying
To get a piece of his body, didn’t care if he lied

The first time they met he said he was intelligent
Like it was just about his favorite pickup line
She didn’t care about the head above his shoulders
Intellectual thoughts were a waste of her time

Because he didn’t know she was dying
He didn’t know she was dying
He didn’t know she was dying
Until she died

© 2023 Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

He Didn't Know - original song by Laurie Blue

She Dwells in Flowers
By Laurie Blue

Credits:
Laurie Blue: music and lyrics, vocals, electric guitar, keyboard bass, production
Jeff and Laurie Mangold: cover art

Whatever made you think that 
What it was would never count
Invaded by imagined foes
Fears caught up in doubt

One-eighty what you heard because
It’s what you thought she meant
Fight or flight, into the night
Forgetting where it went 

She’s the one who dwells in flowers
Dancing in the daisy fields
It’s okay for you to want her
Only love her if it’s real

Whatever made you think that
What it was could not be fixed
Stole a moment, gave it up
Lost it in the mix

One-eighty what you heard because
It’s what you thought she meant
Fight or flight, into the night
Forgetting where it went 

She’s the one who dwells in flowers
Dancing in the daisy fields
It’s okay for you to want her
Only love her if it’s real

Whatever made you think that 
What it was would never count
Invaded by imagined foes
Fears caught up in doubt

One-eighty what you heard because
It’s what you thought she meant
Fight or flight, into the night
Forgetting where it went 

She’s the one who dwells in flowers
Dancing in the daisy fields
It’s okay for you to want her
Only love her if it’s real

Whatever made you think that 
What it was would never count
Invaded by imagined foes
Fears caught up in doubt

One-eighty what you heard because
It’s what you thought she meant
Fight or flight, into the night
Forgetting where it went 

She’s the one who dwells in flowers
Dancing in the daisy fields
It’s okay for you to want her
Only love her if it’s real

© 2024 Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

She Dwells in Flowers - original song by Laurie Blue

Coconut Hair
By Laurie Blue

Credits:
Laurie Blue: music and lyrics, vocals, flute, guitar, piano, keyboard bass, production
Laurie Mangold: cover art

I never ran from it
Learned how to handle it 
There’s a soul inside
And though the action seems high
Don’t want to bring it down

How we communicated
Did we overplay it
Enigmatic as a poet
Still hidden when I show it
Don’t want to bring it down

So I gave it a 9-volt jolt
A new lease on life
Lying in wait
His longtime mate
Was his, now it’s my, D-28

I found a piece of me there
A strand of coconut hair
An aroma that soothed
An artist removed
Don’t want to bring it down

So I gave it a 9-volt jolt
A new lease on life
Lying in wait
His longtime mate
Was his, now it’s my, D-28

I never ran from it
Learned how to handle it 
There’s a soul inside
And though the action seems high
Don’t want to bring it down

So I gave it a 9-volt jolt
A new lease on life
Lying in wait
His longtime mate
Was his, now it’s my, D-28

© 2024 Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue

Coconut Hair - original song by Laurie Blue

Seeds
By Laurie Blue

Credits:
- Laurie Blue aka Laurie Handman Mangold - music and lyrics, vocals, electric guitar, audio production, cover art
- Sean Lawrence - bass
- Greg Petrecca - drums

Lyrics:

Too much of a good thing 
Is never enough
The seeds are the proof 
Of your life

To know is to breathe you
Hold it forever
Your name is the feeling 
Inside

Gonna take you all in
Gonna take you all in
Gonna take you all in
Let it go wherever it goes

Take another trip 
To Martin in the woods
That heel and body break
Needs a fix

Then we’re heading to nowhere
Sounds of the swamp
Growing the grit 
In your licks 
 
Gonna take you all in
Gonna take you all in
Gonna take you all in
Let it go wherever it goes
 
Too much of a good thing 
Is never enough
The seeds are the proof 
Of your life

To know is to breathe you
Hold it forever
Your name is the feeling 
Inside

Gonna take you all in
Gonna take you all in
Gonna take you all in
Let it go wherever it goes

© Laurie Handman Mangold, 2024

Seeds - original song by Laurie Blue

Crystals

Credits: 
Glenn Stern – music, guitar, co-production, cover art
Laurie Blue aka Laurie Handman Mangold – lyrics, vocals, co-production
Sean Lawrence – bass guitar

Crystals - original song by Glenn Stern and Laurie Blue

If Only

Music and Lyrics – Laurie Handman Mangold aka Laurie Blue
Vocals – Laurie Blue
Guitars – Laurie Blue
Flute – Laurie Blue
Bass – Sean Lawrence
Drums – Greg Petrecca
Production – Laurie Blue
Cover Art – Laurie Blue


If only their eyes would meet
He could tell her what was true
Without his using words
A thing he’d never do

But he couldn’t make her look
She saw him from the side
And felt him gazing at her
And thought she’d better hide
And not shake up their world

If only... If only
If only... If only

If only their eyes would meet
He could share a secret view
And then she’d go beyond
The life she thought she knew

But he couldn’t make her look
She saw him from the side
And felt him gazing at her
And thought she’d better hide
And not shake up their world

If only... If only
If only... If only

If only their eyes would meet
He’d uncover what was real
His tantalizing thought
So carefully concealed

But he couldn’t make her look
She saw him from the side
And felt him gazing at her
And thought she’d better hide
And not shake up their world

If only... If only
If only... If only
If only... If only
If only... If only

© 2012 Laurie Handman Mangold
Laurie Blue Music LLC
Recorded January 2025

If Only

If Only - original song by Laurie Blue

Passover song medley (children's music classes, April 2016)

Second Thoughts (Not Too Late)

Music, Guitars: Glenn Stern
Lyrics, Vocals, Flute: Laurie Mangold

Convincing yourself that you wanted this 
Day and night 
Throwing away the rest of your life

Because she wants you to want 
Only her
You’re missing the person that you once were

CHORUS
It’s not too late to change your mind
Not too late to take the bull by the horns 
Not too late, no it’s not too late
When you’ve got 
Second thoughts 
Not too late to change your mind 
Admit the truth that you need more 
Not too late, it’s not too late
To rediscover what you had before

Remember the time that you wanted this
Felt so tight
Blinded by lust it snatched away your sight

Convincing yourself that you wanted this
Swallowed it whole
Playing against you now she tries to steal your soul

CHORUS

Convincing yourself that you wanted this 
Day and night 
Throwing away the rest of your life

Because she wants you to want 
Only her
You’re missing the person that you once were

CHORUS

Not too late, it’s not too late / Second thoughts…

© GLAURIE, August 2016

GLAURIE original - Second Thoughts (Not Too Late)

Crystals

Music, Guitars, Production - Glenn Stern
Lyrics, Vocals - Laurie Mangold

Making the monstrosity
Pumping up pomposity
Golden grandiosity
Exalting the atrocity
Crystallizing clarity
Drive away disparity
Veracity revealing
Shattering the ceiling

You don’t need a crystal ball
To know what’s going down
If your eyes are always shut
You’ll never see what’s coming ‘round
You think you know the score
But what’s inside your head
Is there because you’re feeling blue
While all the world is seeing red

Making the monstrosity…

You there in your house of glass
You’re just as much a part
Get off your ass and be the change
You’ve got to do what’s in your heart

I want what you believe
You know I’m on your side
But hoping it will turn out right
Will never turn the tide

Making the monstrosity…

Telling me that you don’t know
Just how the hell it happened
Preaching from your comfy chair
Take a stand and take some action

I want what you believe
You know I’m on your side
But hoping it will turn out right
Will never turn the tide 

You don’t need a crystal ball
To know what’s going down
If your eyes are always shut
You’ll never see what’s coming ‘round
You think you know the score
But what’s inside your head
Is there because you’re feeling blue
While all the world is seeing red


© GLAURIE, November 2016

GLAURIE original - Crystals (scratch track)

Recording of Hall High Concert Jazz Band and Choir, William Stanley, Director, West Hartford, CT. Recorded at RCA Studio C in New York City on April 28, 1977, Bob Simpson, Recording Engineer.

Nice 'N' Juicy

Killer Joe

Instrumental performance of traditional English ballad. Guitar: Chris Pankow. Flute: Laurie Mangold.

Scarborough Fair (instrumental) - with Chris Pankow

An offshoot from Stern/Mangold "Morning" at http://soundcloud.com/gstern1994/morning-master

Compromise

Trying to get it right
There must be a perfect balance somehow
Life isn’t even or odd
A middle ground can exist, and right now
I’m aching to make this work
Refusing to settle for something less than
A perfectly fair compromise
Getting the best of both, but just when 
I think that it’s all sorted out
The hunger returns and it’s making me greedy
Two hundred percent’s not enough
I never imagined my soul was so needy

Trapped within the corporate world
This can’t be my reality
Superficially I’m coping
Wish I didn’t crave the What Could Be

Never used to have this problem
Unwavering focus now eludes me
Such bureaucratic paperwork
Wish I didn’t crave the What Could Be

Every single theme’s the same
All the lyrics that I write come back to haunt me
Just another variation
Wish I didn’t crave the What Could Be


Compromise - work in progress - v2

Shiny Rings 
By Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Vocals – Bill Rose, Laurie Blue
Guitars – Bill Rose, Laurie Blue
Mandolin – Patrick Nolan
Bass – Andrew Lee
Drums – Greg Petrecca

If childhood memories last
Why do we just get so old
If our homes they give away
Why do we paint the ceilings gold

If we’ve taught all we can teach
Why do we keep on trying to learn
I guess it must be faith
Or something never told

I’ve been thinking about you a long time
Why did you just go away
Cleaning all your dishes
Cleaning where you stayed

But never did I wonder
Where you’ve been to all this time
And never did I ponder 
If our rings would lose their shine

If childhood memories last
Why do we throw those pictures out
If our medals start to rust
Why do we keep them lying around

If you’ve taken all you can
Why do you take on so much more
I guess it must be faith
Or something else you found

© December 2019, Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Shiny Rings - original rock by Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Already Here
By Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Vocals – Bill Rose, Laurie Blue
Acoustic Guitar – Laurie Blue
Electric Guitar – Bill Rose
Mandolin – Patrick Nolan
Piano – Laurie Blue
Percussion – Greg Petrecca

Static in your eyes
Something far from there
A rumbling of noise
Such a funny stare

Let it go
Into my mind
 ‘Cause you’re already here

Is there more to say
In this distant haze
You bring on the light
That takes us away

Let it go
Into my mind
 ‘Cause you’re already here

You give it up
You take me in
Don’t lose this time
Don’t let this be
Just another thing

Let it go
Into my mind
 ‘Cause you’re already here

© March 2020, Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Already Here - original rock by Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Took some liberties with rubato tempo and reverb.

Debussy's Syrinx - solo flute - 'verbato style

The Age of Innocence
By Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Bill Rose - vocals, guitar
Laurie Blue - vocals

I reached the age of innocence today
Never wanted much more than what I say
I think I’m different but I don’t really know
Then I say go out and try to roll
Um um um let’s go out and try to roll
Um um um let’s go for a roll

I thought you said that you didn’t give a damn
But what you meant is something in between
I think I’m singing something for your soul
But then I look up - poof - there you go!

Why do I care? Why do I share?
Why do I care? Why do I care?


I reached the age of innocence today
I’m not talking something that didn’t get away
I thought I knew everything inside

Why do I care at your sly smile

Let's go for a roll... 

© June 2020, Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

The Age of Innocence - original rock by Bill Rose and Laurie Blue

Laurie Blue aka Laurie Handman Mangold is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and flutist. She composes and records original music, hosts open mics, and performs a wide variety of acoustic rock songs at breweries, wineries, bars, restaurants, cafes, markets, private parties, festivals, and community events.

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