Original Recordings Since 2022

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

Just between you and me
Something became real
The secret won’t be shared
The laughter made me heal

Yeah the rains will come and the floods will flow
And the hot days come and the cool nights go
And we know 
We know how things will go
Between you and me 

When you looked at me and your hand reached out
And it washed away the remaining doubt
You know me and I know you
Between you and me
We’ll figure it out

Took a lotta strength
To do what you did
You kept your hands on the wheel
Kept your feelings hid
Yeah the tears might not run down your face 
But the silence it fills up the space in between
Between you and me

I dreamed we were climbing a maple tree
We were 12 years old and we felt so free
And I saw the light between you and me
Between you and me
Is infinity

Music and lyrics by David F Wagoner

Just Between You And Me

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

I bought a used accordion in 1993 at a thrift store, greatly upsetting my college roommate when I brought it back to our shared dorm room.  

More recently, I'd been wanting to dust it off and use it in a song, and I tried playing it rhythmically along with a funk guitar riff I had. I had also been wanting to write a song in Spanish, so I decided to incorporate some rhymes en espanol I wrote. Thirdly, I had been looking for some new types of rhythm loops to use in my music, and I randomly tried a cha-cha loop. These three elements together gave this song a latin feel that wasn't intended when I began this song. I hope you enjoy it.

Dime lo que quieres
Que sea un poco de mi
Y esos placeres
Si estoy loco por ti

Dime lo que tienes
Dentro del corazon 
Dime que sueñes
Con mi acordeon 

Dime, dime, dime
Dime otra vez

Capto el sentido
De tus palabras
Esta bien entendido
De que tu hablas

Quieres que yo sea
Participante 
No me parece fea
Ser tu amante

Dime, dime, dime
Dime otra vez

Music and lyrics by David Wagoner

Dime Otra Vez

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

Lyrics/Vocals/Acoustic Guitars: Laurie Mangold
Bass Guitar: Sean Lawrence
Rhythm/Lead Guitar: Glenn Stern
Drums: Garage Band

Nightfall

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

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

Commissioned game soundtrack for the game Seizon.  (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rampage.seizon&hl=en)

Game Soundtracks

Amekaze Dream

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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