Words and music by Mark Jeffries
Produced and engineered by Evan Lawrence
Performed by Mark Jeffries and Evan Lawrence
Recorded in Mark's attic
IG: instagram.com/igobydilisio, instagram.com/thesidedog

The Commons EP

Words and music by Mark Jeffries
Produced and engineered by Evan Lawrence
Performed by Mark Jeffries and Evan Lawrence
IG: instagram.com/igobydilisio, instagram.com/thesidedog

I wish I can be a ghost
And haunt you still
That way I'd never ruin
Your life
Float in rhyme with you
Oh how sublime you'd feel
'Cause no one ever wanted
Me alive

And there's no need to atone
No need to atone
When round and round we go
Round and round we go
I wish I can be a ghost
And haunt you still
'Cause I want to be here with you
At night

I refuse to give up on you
I flushed them all for eternity
Baby you keep me in perfect peace
You don't even know
So please don't go
You don't even know
So please don't go
You don't even know
So please don't go
You don't even know
So please don't go
You don't even know

There's no need to atone
No need to atone
When round and round we go
Round and round we go
I wish I can be a ghost
And haunt you still
'Cause I want to be here with you

The Commons

Words and music by Mark Jeffries
Produced and engineered by Evan Lawrence
Performed by Mark Jeffries and Evan Lawrence
IG: instagram.com/igobydilisio, instagram.com/thesidedog

Give me grace
And I'll give you space
Let's call it even before you go
Give me signs
And I'll give you time
Last call to Philly on the 5:04

Just please promise you'll come back to me
Promise you'll come back to me
Just please promise you'll come back to me
Alone

When you say
"I can't take it, I gotta get away"
I can't fake it, I wanted you to stay
Now you're making me binge Succession all by myself
It's okay
As long as you're home by Saturday
It's Halloween, your favorite day
A quiet porch swing waits, I promise I won't try to help

If you promise you'll come back to me
Promise you'll come back to me
Just please promise you'll come back to me

Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone

Just please promise you'll come back to me
Promise you'll come back to me
Just please promise you'll come back to me
Alone

Promise You'll Come Back To Me

Words and music by Mark Jeffries
Produced and engineered by Evan Lawrence
Performed by Mark Jeffries and Evan Lawrence
IG: instagram.com/igobydilisio, instagram.com/thesidedog

You comfort me when I'm crawling
And lift me when I'm crestfallen
I gotta make a phone call
To my girl
She's unperturbed
And all's right in the world
You belly laugh when I'm bombing
And lift me when I'm crestfallen
I never fake a slow drawl
With my girl
Piss drunk and slurred
And all's right in the world

All's right
All's right in the world
All's right
All's right in the world
All's right
All's right in the world
All's right
All's right

Why do I feel blue?
I got this life with you
So please show me once again
How do you enjoy?
Softly you can soothe
I know this much is true
So please show me once again
How do you enjoy?

You comfort me when I'm crawling
And lift me when I'm crestfallen
I gotta make a phone call
To my girl
She's undeterred
And all's right in the world
You belly laugh when I'm bombing
And lift me when I'm crestfallen
I never fake a slow drawl
With my girl
Piss drunk and slurred
And all's right in the world

All's right
All's right in the world
All's right
All's right in the world
All's right
All's right in the world
All's right
Yeah

On Loma Vista
You wakin' and bakin'
Well you and your good time
Cannot be mistaken
It's been a long, long time
Keep fakin' and makin'
Tell you favorite cousin we're back in town
This city's ours for the taking
I can be your Malibu man
Free to be your number one stan
Y'all relax in the back seat
I only had 5 milligrams
Highway One, 2 hour drive
Three violent shakes needed
To revive you at the Dodger game
Don't scare me now
I'd be the one to blame

Why do I feel so blue?
I got this life with you
Show me
Show me, yeah
Softly you can soothe
I know this much is true
So please sell me again
On how to find that unbridled joy

You comfort me when I'm crawling
And lift me when I'm crestfallen
I gotta make a phone call
To my girl
She's unperturbed
And all's right in the world
You belly laugh when I'm bombing
And lift me when I'm crestfallen
I never fake a slow drawl
With my girl
Piss drunk and slurred
And all's right in the world

Crestfallen

Words and music by Mark Jeffries
Produced and engineered by Evan Lawrence
Performed by Evan Lawrence
IG: instagram.com/igobydilisio, instagram.com/thesidedog

I wish I can be a ghost
And haunt you still
So I can be there with you
At night
Float in rhyme with you
Oh how sublime you'd feel
'Cause no one ever wanted
Me alive

And there's no need to atone
No need to atone
When round and round we go
Round and round we go

I wish I can be a ghost
And haunt you still
So I can be there with you
At night
Float in rhyme with you
Oh how sublime you'd feel
'Cause no one ever wanted
Me alive

And there's no need to atone
No need to atone
When round and round we go
Round and round we go

I wish I can be a ghost
And haunt you still
So I can be there with you
At night
Float in rhyme with you
Oh how sublime you'd feel
'Cause no one ever wanted
Me alive

Hmm

Commons Reprise

Words and music by Mark Jeffries
Produced and engineered by Evan Lawrence
Performed by Mark Jeffries and Evan Lawrence
IG: instagram.com/igobydilisio, instagram.com/thesidedog

If you hear me crying
You don't need to pray
If you hear me crying
It's 'cause I finally got some hope of late
If you hear me crying
I'm trying to break out like an inmate
If you hear me crying
Just know I'm okay

I know you ain't prying
You're not the kind
I always feel like dying
But now I'd rather be alive sometimes
I know that you're pining
For me to come back to bed
I've wrestled through the night
If you hearing me crying
Don't worry I'm fine
So fine

If you hear me crying
I'm trying to break out like an inmate
If you hear me crying
Just know I'm okay

If You Hear Me Crying

Words and music by Mark Jeffries
Produced and engineered by Evan Lawrence
Performed by Mark Jeffries and Evan Lawrence
IG: instagram.com/igobydilisio, instagram.com/thesidedog

Retiro under the palm trees
So fried
Retiro down by the calm seas
The moonlight
Oh it hurts you when you call him
But I'll find a way to solve it soon
Under the moon
It will become so clear to you

Retiro walk in the morning
Long flight
Nine sangrias on no sleep
Lo-hi
Oh it's like I'm stuck in first gear
I know I'm gonna crash here soon
Under the moon
It will become so clear to you
And I know it too
It will become so clear to you

Oh
Oh

Retiro oh my retiro
Slow stride
On Calle Maldonado
Feels right
Oh it hits me when I call it
I'll find a way to solve it soon
Under the moon
It will become so clear to you
And I know it too
It will become so clear to you

Retiro

A versatile singer-songwriter with a rock 'n roll sensibility, Pittsburgh-based Mark Jeffries (aka DiLisio) belts his lungs out with an unflagging sincerity. His newest project, The Commons EP, is out now.