On The Water

Right Side of the River

HOMETOWN (Lisa Bastoni)
From the album ON THE WATER (March 8, 2024)

Your living room is Kelly green 
Watching Days of Our Lives on the TV screen 
Flowers on the couch and the window shades
I have to stay for dinner 
Cause my mom is running late 
Waiting by the window	
There’s a fence outside	
And a burned out house	
Covered in vines	
And I don’t know if they ever tore it down 
Cause I never went back to my hometown 
I never went back to my hometown

Your sister comes home from the soccer game
She never stops talking ‘bout what’s-his-name
Your father opens up a second can of beer
And there’s a hole in the wall and it’s always been there
Your mother wipes the table
She’s stacking the plates
And if you ask about the wall
She’ll just look away
Cause some things you don’t say out loud 
And I never like to talk about my hometown
Yeah, I don’t want to talk about my hometown
 
Jewelweeds growing in your backyard
We could stay out there until the sky got dark
Playing flashlight tag and kick the can
You were a boy
But you were my best friend
I can still remember when you moved away
How the grass grew through the gravel 
In your old driveway
I wonder how you’re doing now
If you ever made it back to our hometown
If you ever made it back to our hometown

Lisa Bastoni - vocal, acoustic guitar
Sean Staples - bass
Chris Anzalone - drums
Rich Hinman - electric guitar, pedal steep
James Rohr - piano
Zachariah Hickman - mellotron
Kris Delmhorst - harmony vocal

Produced by Sean Staples
Engineered and mixed by Zachariah Hickman, Greedy Beast Studio, Watertown, MA
Mastered by Dan Cardinal, Dimension Sound Studio, Jamaica Plain, MA

Hometown

"Rabbit Hole" by Lisa Bastoni
from the album The Wishing Hour (Oct. 2016)
Produced by Felix McTeigue
Mixed by Drew Guido

Credits
Lisa Bastoni - guitar, vocals
Josh Kantor - bass, piano
Chris Masterson - guitar
Eleanor Whitmore - violin
Drew Guido - drums, guitar

Rabbit Hole

"Rabbit Hole" by Lisa Bastoni. From the album The Wishing Hour (January 2017), produced by Felix McTeigue and Drew Guido.
www.lisabastoni.com

The Wishing Hour

10. POCKETS FULL OF SIGHS
Written by Lisa Bastoni 
(c) (p) 2019 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)

Lisa Bastoni - vocal, guitar
Sean Staples - harmony vocal, harmonica, pump organ

How We Want To Live

Pockets Full of Sighs

9. WORKINGMAN’S BLUES #2
Written by Bob Dylan
(c) Special Rider Music. Used with permission.
(p) 2019 Lisa Bastoni

Lisa Bastoni - vocal
Eleanor Buckland - harmony vocal
Mali Obomsawin - harmony vocal, bass
Josh Kantor - piano, organ
Dave Westner - drums
Sean Staples - guitars

Workingman's Blues #2

WALK A LITTLE CLOSER (featuring Lula Wiles)
Written by Lisa Bastoni and Sean Staples
(c) (p) 2019 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)/Wesley Park Music (BMI)

Lisa Bastoni - vocal, guitar
Eleanor Buckland - harmony vocal
Isa Burke - harmony vocal, fiddle
Mali Obomsawin - harmony vocal, bass
Sean Staples - guitar


Produced and mixed by Sean Staples.

Mastered by Dave Westner.

Produced and mixed by Sean Staples.

Mastered by Dave Westner.

Lisa’s vocals were engineered by Dave Westner at Side Hill Sound, Waltham, MA. Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland and Mali Obomsawin’s parts were recorded by Felix McTeigue and engineered by Brian Charles at Zippah Recording, Boston, MA. Additional recording by Sean Staples at Wesley Park Studio, Somerville, MA.

Walk a Little Closer

6. TAKE THE WHEEL
Written by Lisa Bastoni 
(c) (p) 2019 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)

Lisa Bastoni - vocals
Michael Bean - pedal steel
Chris Anzalone - drums
Sean Staples - bass, guitars, Wurlitzer, pump organ

Take The Wheel

5. BEAUTIFUL GIRL 
Written by Lisa Bastoni and Felix McTeigue
(c) (p) 2019 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)/Kobalt (ASCAP)

Lisa Bastoni - vocal
Naomi Sommers - harmony vocal
Chris Anzalone - drums
Sean Staples - bass, guitars, snare, baritone ukulele, keys, pump organ

Beautiful Girl

3. SILVER LINE
Written by Lisa Bastoni and Sean Staples
(c) (p) 2019 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)/Wesley Park Music (BMI)

Lisa Bastoni - vocals
Josh Kantor - organ
Dave Westner - drums
Sean Staples - bass, guitars, Wurlitzer

Silver Line

How We Want to Live
Written by Lisa Bastoni
(c) (p) 2019 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)

Lisa Bastoni - vocal
Mark Erelli - harmony vocal
Chris Anzalone - drums
Sean Staples - bass, guitars, keys, pump organ

How We Want to Live

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Written by Lisa Bastoni and Sean Staples
(c) (p) 2019 Sweet Ondine Music (BMI)/Wesley Park Music (BMI)

Lisa Bastoni - vocal
Chris Anzalone - drums
Sean Staples - harmony vocal, bass, Wurlitzer, guitars, pump organ

Engineered by Dave Westner at Side Hill Sound (Waltham, MA).
Produced by Sean Staples.

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Lisa Bastoni is an award winning songwriter based in Northampton, MA. "Americana of the highest order...along the lines of Gretchen Peters or Patty Griffin." (Maverick-UK).

Lisa Bastoni

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