R&B / Soul

Youthful Mind
Music and Words by Mark Magram
Vocals by Junior

[03:45]
Produced by Mark Magram
©2020 MagramMusic


(Verse 1)
I gave you everything but everything was never much
You didn't notice but I never thought of giving up
Nice clothes nice car anything you need
It wasn't empty I was making you a part of me 

What's mine was yours and yours was mine we were inseparable 
I can't believe that all your love was only fictional 
I gave you took like the IRS 
But all I got from you was words of hate and disrespect 

I kind of wondered in the back of my mind
If you were thinking about creepin one more time 
But I dismissed it cause I couldnt believe you could be so unkind 

(chorus) 
Well Im so glad I stood my ground
And protected all the best of what I am
And I will never let go no never let go 
feels like a weights been lifted 
Im feeling room to breathe and spread my wings again
and I'm never going back.
Cause I'm alive for the first time and I got back my youthful mind this time

(Verse 2)
i left behind the world I knew to share the one you had
I was committed to it all no matter good or bad 
Sacrificed my life my home my time. 
I had no reason not to think that we were doing fine. 

But then as time went on your started acting differently 
Whatever things you put inside you started hitting me 
We used to be everybody's favorite pair 
Till you started acting like you didn't even want me there 

I never wondered never questioned never had a doubt 
Until you shattered everything I ever cared about 
Until you ripped the rug from underneath my feet and went around behind my back and changed my whole reality. 

(chorus) 

(Bridge) 
Fool me once shame on you
fool me twice you and I are through
If it wasn't bad enough you put the blame on me
But it's not like Ididnt know
thats the way it was gonna go all along
I only asked you to give what I gave
how could that be so wrong?

(chorus)

Youthful Mind - Featuring Junior

Borrowed Time
Music and Words by Mark Magram

So the seasons change to *spring
Training* for the next big thing
But I don't know
What that will be
And what lies in store next for me

It's like being in a strange place
Without any lights to show the way
All i know
Is I am moving forward
Or moving away, either way it's ok

Cause I believe
The destination's pointless
Chasing happiness gets old
It only leads me to fools gold.
I believe
It's more a state of being
Replacing happiness with joy
And keeping joy within the journey is the key now
If im gonna be free now

So the snow begins to melt
And with it feelings felt
All my life
Along for the ride
I've been on the passenger's side

Cause I believe
I'm setting up for failure
If the grass is always green
Everywhere but where I've been
I believe
Instead of always chasing
Something more than what I have
It's always best to know I'm blessed with what exists now
Forget the things that I've missed now

I'll only drive myself insane
Take myself out of the game
We're all living on borrowed time and this is mine
squeeze out every drop
From all the beautiful I got
I'm gonna savor the taste
Don't let a crumb go to waste
Because it's all a state of being in my mind
Everything will be fine
If I say it will, appreciate what I got
Instead of what I am not

Borrowed Time

Finally free
Words and Music by Mark Magram (2021)

(v)
When it all went to hell
I wasn't so innocent
I played my role
The story's been told
No point in retelling it
Can't even cry if I try

(ch)
I'd say I've been broken hearted
But I just went numb when the end of us started
Now I live a new life
And you don't exist

(v)
Could be much worse
Just look at my resume
My long long career
Of living in fear
And self fulfilling Prophecies
That all came to pass

(ch)
I'd say I'm drowning in sorrow
But all I've got left is a better tomorrow
I did my time, I paid my debt
And now I'm finally free

(br)
The color of pain
Washes out in the rain
The more i go through
The less that it stains
And my inner child
Has been dying to come forward
And paint the world
With any color I want to use.

(v)
Fell from great heights
But I'm still alive and well
I played my roles
A new tale unfolds
Wherever it goes
I'm finally in control my hands are on the wheel

(ch)
I'd say I've been broken hearted
But I just went numb when the end of us started
I'd say I'm drowning in sorrow
But all I've got left is a better tomorrow
I did my time I paid my debt
And now I'm finally free

Finally Free

Drop-A-Love
Music and Words by Mark Magram

(Chorus)
Ooh you can Drop-A-Love
Like a
Bad habit you can Drop-A-Love cause
You. Don't. Want. To. Let. Nobody in.

You can drop the bomb
Like a
B52 you dropping bombs cause
You. Dont. Want. No. One. To. Hang. Around.

(Verse1)
I kept on wondering when it was gonna end
I heard the stories all about those other men
I started losing track of all the names you said
My name would soon be next, I couldn't get it out of my head

I must have been blinded by my heart again
Why can I never see the forest for the trees
You couldn't have been any more clear

(Chorus)

(Verse2)
You said I motivated you to want to try
More than you've ever felt with any other guy
I don't know how to tell how much of that is true
My heart heard only that I wasn't good enough for you

Im left here standing on the sidewalk
The truth laid out in front of me hiding in plain sight
The voices in my head were right

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
Maybe you're afraid to commit
Cause I don't think you ever got used to it
Maybe you set your standards high
So you don't ever have to let your fears arise
Cause if it isn't perfect you keep giving up
And when is good enough just ever good enough?

(Chorus)
(Chorus)

Drop-a-love

My Younger Dreams
Music and Words by Mark Magram (2021)

(verse 1)
when i …was …just …a kid
i dreamed id find a perfect love
oh yes i did
woke up with emptiness
realized my mind just made her up
what a nasty trick

(chorus 1)
but now 
i see what I had done
way back when I was young
defining my ideals
and everything I wanted to feel
when I found that love for real
ive always had a basis for comparison
cuz I met her in 
my younger dreams

(verse 2)
its not ….so …obvious
that I’d be wiser then
without experience
but heck, in retrospect
when I was in that place
i wasnt jaded by a love misplaced

(chorus 2)
and now
ive been trying for a while
to bring back my inner child
so i can talk to him
and once again
remember what I wanted then
and I’ve
been burned and bruised by life
but i drew a map to reach my destination
cuz I met her in 
my younger dreams

(bridge)
i must have gone astray
between back then and today
life made me cynical
i gave up for dead
but when I was naive
I knew better what I’d need
without the heavy chains I wear around my neck now

(verse 3)
i dug….my…self….a….grave
to burry all my sorrow in
so I can try to redefine what I want 

(chorus 3)
now
and no longer disavow
what my younger self nailed down
in fantasies
I created in my sleep, when she came to me to show me what I want
and what happiness would feel like when it came
i will re-clarify her likeness in my brain
cause I already met her in
my younger dreams

My Younger Dreams

Doin' Business
Music and Words by Mark Magram (2021)

Lyrics forthcoming.

Doin' Business

My Misfit Friends
Words and Music by Mark Magram

I belong with all the misfits
Never tried to fit in
Speak of the devil here comes a bunch of my favorite misfit friends

Gonna buy a round of jet fuel
Give a toast to good times
Gavel in the evenings proceedings with the sound of shot glass wind chimes

(Chorus)
Used up my second chance
Just wanna drink and dance
I can't seem to get nothin right
I'm giving up trying for the rest of the night
I see faces full of teeth and smiles
Everybody Tryin to lose themselves for a while
Welcome to the club for all the girls and boys
Who got thrown into the box with all the misfit toys

We can get a little crazy
We can cause a big scene
Cuz we got rough roads to travel and we're lettin off a little steam

Apologize in advance
For the behavior of my misfit friends
But we've all been kicked around by life and we're here to put our heads in the sand

Chorus

I belong with all the misfits
Never tried to fit in
So if you feel like a misfit too
Then you're gonna get along with my friends
Yeah if you feel like a misfit too
Come and hang with all of my friends.

Honesty

And We Drive
Music and Words by Mark Magram (2023)
Lead Vocals by Joanna Brumley

The ride home
After a night on the town
City lights painting the ground
Rain drops are trickling down
On the windows

(chorus)
And we drive
Into the cold rainy night
Peering through our weary eyes
Tired but so satisfied

The ride home
Memories live fresh in our minds
City lights fading behind
Eager to be intertwined
In each other's arms

(chorus)
So we drive
Under the milky way glow
No other cars on the road
Almost like everyone knows
It's our night
It's our night
It's our night
It's our night

(chorus)
And we drive
Holding your hand in mine
Cherish these moments in time
Tired but so satisfied

And We Drive

You and Me in NYC

Music and Words by Mark Magram


I hear the Autumn breese
Flow through the crayon trees
Yellow sunlight in your golden hair
You didnt see me stare
But I think you felt it there
Cause I felt you smiling without looking at your face

She makes me smile with the way that she's acting
Alone in my head I cant help but think back and
Remember how lucky I was that I found her

We found a grey stone hill
On polished rocks we chill
Looking down upon a pond made out of glass
Skyscrapers peering down
Sweet smells from all around
I kiss your lips and pray this moment always lasts baby

And now the city lights
They dance across your eyes
We leave the forrest, concrete jungle calls our names
A jazz man with a saxophone playing Satchmo as we take our stroll through the city streets
Just you and me, just you and me

She makes me smile with the way that she's acting
Alone in my head I cant help but think back and
Remember how lucky I was that I found her

Sometimes it feels like I'm floating
through the dark of outer space
all direction has lost meaning
With you I feel like I'm tethered
all the lonely melts away
another universe exists in your soul

We lay down on the sheets
My cheek upon your cheek
I brush your hair back and I put it behind your ear
The moonlight paints your skin
I stare and take it in
Your beauty never ceases to amaze me

She makes me smile with the way that she's acting
Alone in my head I cant help but think back and
Remember how lucky I was that I found her

You And Me In NYC

Like We Used 2 Do
Music and Words by Mark Magram

(verse)
go to work every day
come home nothing new to say
whatever happened to our love is enough to
make me want to say this to you

every time that I kiss you lips
touch your body with my fingertips
im reminded of the same sensation
all those years ago

(chorus)
lets make tonight the night
let me love you down so right
lets make love just like we used 2 do
just like we used 2 do

(verse)
need to take a trip for two
get away to someplace cool
I dont care where we go as long as
we dont have to move too much

you know ill bring my A game baby
you know ill tend to all your needs
if you forgot the way that feels
let me jog your memory.

(chorus)
lets make tonight the night
let me love you down so right
lets make love just like we used 2 do
just like we used 2 do

(bridge)
I dont wanna be a stranger to you baby
I know a key that unkocks your soul
and I never thought I'd ever have to have this conversation with you
let down your guard
and let me inside baby

(chorus)
lets make tonight the night
let me love you down so right
lets make love just like we used 2 do
just like we used 2 do

Like We Used 2 Do

Never Any Question
Music and Words by Mark Magram

Couldn’t plan for this
Most planned miracles seem to miss
Blinded by hindsight
Emerged from the ashes
Trading bullets for laughter

Can’t tempt fate can’t twist fate
Close your eyes and let it take you where it will
Dark to light light fades to BLACK
POSTCARDS from the edge that say you’re never coming back
In between the kind and the mean
The law of averages remains clean
Grow and regress what a beautiful mess
Only tried to do what you thought was best

(Chorus)
Forget all your best laid plans
Whatever happens is what you will expect last
Might as well blindfold yourself
Pick a path and reach out your hand for help
You won’t find any answer
Cause there wasn’t any question

You can build it all up
Decorate it with lies if you want
Tell everyone you’re fine, make plans for future times
Create a mirage in your mind

Can’t tempt fate, can’t twist fate
Destiny is cruel, it don’t care about your rules
Maybe the vision that you had wasn’t this
Maybe you imagined eternal bliss from the first kiss
Oh but there’s gonna come a day
Oh when you feel naive
Only tried to do what you thought was best

(Chorus)
Forget all your best laid plans
Whatever happens is what you will expect last
Might as well blindfold yourself
Pick a path and reach out your hand for help
You won’t find any answer
Cause there wasn’t any question

(Bridge)
Theres only one way for you
To make it through
Don’t let nobody tell you
They found the answers
Cause there was no question

(Chorus)
Forget all your best laid plans
Whatever happens is what you will expect last
Might as well blindfold yourself
Pick a path and reach out your hand for help
You won’t find any answer
Cause there wasn’t any question

There was never any question
Never any question
Never any question
Never any question
In the first place

Never Any Question

Room to Breathe
Music and Words by Mark Magram

(Verse 1)
Change your mind when everything doesnt go right
but you dont want a fight so you just keep 
playing with your hair
pretending you dont care
pretending I'm not there

I cant take the sound of tension filled air
so I just start staring at the sky
wondering what goes on inside your mind

(Chorus)
Call my name
Look my way
I want you to see into my soul
Reach for me
No more games
We filled this space with pain and regret 
and we're running out of room to breathe

(Verse 2)
Sometimes I feel like I just wanna scream
I need you to believe that my heart holds
every little bit of love that it did before
even so much more

Every moment in silent retreat
feels like we've been bleeding and wounded
you cant deny it
Doesnt make no sense.

(Chorus)


(Bridge)
I believe that we can make it
for your sake its worth the time to try
to bridge the gap and save the day
and for each day that we save
think of all the time we'll have
to fill the space between us with our love.


(Out)

Room To Breathe

Do It All With You
Performed by Ange Kogutz
Music and Words by Mark Magram 
Bass Guitar by Ethan Magram

[2:44]
Produced by Mark Magram
©2020 MagramMusic


Ad Lib the intro

VERSE 1
My hearts overflowing
With words I need to say
Like I LOVE THIS LIFE WE’RE CREATING
HAND IN HAND FOR ALL OUR DAYS
THROUGH EVERY GOOD TIME AND BAD
I KNOW WE’LL MAKE IT THROUGH
AND I’M GLAD I GET TO DO IT ALL
PAUSE
WITH YOU~~~~

VERSE 2

Your smile YOUR laugh
Sparkling eyes
And that slow sexy way you move
Stokes the fire steady burning inside me and
I~~~
I just want to celebrate you
Cabernet by the fireside baby
Becomes a lover’s rendezvous
YES Tonight
Giving all I am
To You

BRIDGE
So take me in your arms
Make this world disappear
You don’t have make a sound
And yet, my soul still hears
So Take me in your arms
Make this world go away
Don’t even move your mouth baby
I’ll still hear every word you say
I’m so Glad
I’m so glad
Nobody I want to do this life with but you~~~
(join bgvs &amp; ad lib out)

Do It All With You - Featuring Ange Kogutz

I Can Feel It
Music and Words by Mark Magram
Performed by Ray Prim
Bass - Ethan Magram
Guitars - Aaron Magram

[05:12]
Produced by Mark Magram
©2020 MagramMusic

I just emerged from a deep dark place yet another time
but I persevered 
and yes I'm still here

Took some time for me to realize that I'm doin just fine
and I'll make it through
its what I always do

When things hit bottom that's when I tend to really respond
sometimes I dont even know how I do

but I can feel it
my time is finally here
I can feel it
I know that there are better days to come
cause I'll make em that way myself.

(vamp for 4 measures)

For some reason I look for help in family and friends
and theyre always great
they help carry the weight.

but in the end there's only one person on whom I can depend
and that person is me
think by now I would see

all your friends and your family will tell you what you want to hear
cause they love you and thats what they want you to feel

but only you can make you feel it
my day is finally here
I can feel it
all the clouds have dissappeared
I can feel it
I have crawled out from my hell
I can feel it
I know that there are better days ahead
cause I'll make em that way myself.

[Bridge]
I just need to have a little faith
Just look how far I've come
I've done it on my own


Well I can feel it
My Time has finally come
And I can feel it
I can see how far I've come
I can feel it
I know what I can do
I can feel it
I know that there are brighter days ahead
because I'll make em that way myself.

mmm mm mm
Just look at how well I've done so far....so far
Look at how far I've come so far....so far
mmmmm

I Can Feel It - Featuring Ray Prim

Yours Forever
Music and Words by Mark Magram
Performed by Mike Robledo

[3:10]
Produced by Mark Magram
©2020 MagramMusic

[v]
You know you're my special girl
my heart my soul my world
I'm sorry for the words I say
for huting you in any way

dont misinterpret me
it was never my intent to be
anything less than the man who stole your heart

[ch]
'cause baby I die just a little inside
every time that you tell me goodbye
you possess my time and my mind
and theyre yours forever
I'm begging you sift through the riverbed sand
catch all the gold before it leaves your hands
I know sometimes its hard to see
that youre the treasure I hold close
youre the thing that I love the most

[v]
I must have told you a million times
I cant see whats behind those eyes
but Ive been taking inventory
of all the joy and the pain in our story
and when I hold you tight
yeah thats when I realize
its the joy that means the most to me

[ch]
'cause baby I die just a little inside
every time that you tell me goodbye
you possess my time and my mind
and theyre yours forever
I'm begging you sift through the riverbed sand
catch all the gold before it leaves your hands
I know sometimes its hard to see
that youre the treasure I hold close
youre the thing that I love the most

[br]
I know sometimes we cant see eye to eye
then theres times when we cant look away from each others stare
this song's a love transfusion
I've only one conclusion
I'm down with me and you
tell me girl what you want to do...

[ch]
'cause baby I die just a little inside
every time that you tell me goodbye
you possess my time and my mind
and theyre yours forever
I'm begging you sift through the riverbed sand
catch all the gold before it leaves your hands
I know sometimes its hard to see
that youre the treasure I hold close
youre the thing that I love the most

Yours Forever - Featuring Mike Robledo

Bitter Pill
Music and Words by Mark Magram

Just
When you think
That your world's all together
There's a change in the weather
And your water runs dry

You were blind
In your mind
And you took it for granted
And you never would have planned it
But you find yourself alone

So there you are just a sailboat in the ocean
Drifting to and fro wherever the wind will blow
You try to cry but the tears just ain't coming
The years took their toll and the tears just won't flow
But there's another side
And life is just a ride
It'll take you where it will
It's a bitter pill

Love
Is a game
That you never stop playing
comes crashing down to earth when you fill it full of lies.

When you play
By the rules
Someone else can just change em
They change a rule and break your heart before the ink dries.

So there you are just a dandelion seed
Floating in the breeze a wherever it may blow
You try to cry but the tears just ain't coming
The years took their toll and the tears just won't flow
But there's another side
And life is just a ride
It'll take you where it will
It's a bitter pill


When you fall asleep and you trust what you see
You become a stirring duck for a hunters gun
When you drop your guard and take down your defenses
You might not mend any fences but your always exposed
And all you have is hope
Cause you're giving too much rope
And you just can't please done folks

So there you are just a satellite in space 
Long ago decommissioned drifting on alone
You try to cry but the tears just ain't coming
The years took their toll and the tears just won't flow
But there's another side
And life is just a ride
It'll take you where it will
It's a bitter pill

Bitter Pill

Window Pane
Words and Music by Mark Magram

In the morning
Hit the floor 
and stumble on my way
See a flower I never noticed growing by my drive way

I wasn't thinking 
But when I blinked
The imaged tattooed my eyes

And I sat with it 
For a little bit 
As I made my morning drive 

What more is the real world 
Then an endless stream of images bathed in light crossing by your eyes

When the sunlight lights the sky
There's a flower open wide 
In my drive way on the side
Soaking up the rays 
And I sit in a room
My light comes from a tube
The sun just sneaking through 
On my window pane.

Turn my head 
Stretch my neck 
See a thunder cloud
An image forms of Grey skies all around

I don't mean to forecast
I'm not a weather man
But when I see the warning signs for the worst I start to plan

What more is the real world
Then a never ending river of your thoughts and perceptions
Failures and their lessons.

When the sunlight lights the sky
There's a flower open wide 
In my drive way on the side
Soaking up the rays 
And I sit in a room
My light comes from a tube
The sun just sneaking through 
On my window pane.

Seasons come and they dissappear 
The world's out there but the drinks are in here. 
The clouds roll by and the flower dies 
But I'm still alive at least on the inside

Window Pane

We Made the World
Music By Casie Luong and Mark Magram
Words by Casie Luong

We used to be a masterpiece, 

But now we hanging in abandoned malls, on the walls

When the love was strong 

They came to see us, photographs that made the people talk, off the walls


Everything I do, swimming being used, acting like a fool 

Don’t matter when it comes to you, 

Everytime they stare, l lose my freaking air, forget the world 

I swear, why it always come back to you


All the simple things, 

Made the world so easy 

I just call you up and you’re with me, you come with me

All the simple things, 

Was safe and easy, when you’re with me 


Well our story lives beyond a trace 

We’re like the kid who flew to outer space, unafraid

Can’t get enough of heartache pain, I trade it in for lidocaine

And pray, pray it’s ok 


All the simple things, 

Made the world so easy 

I just call you up and you’re with me, you come with me, baby

All the simple things, 

It was safe and easy, when you’re with me, it’s so holy no worries babe

When you’re with me, it’s so easy baby 

We made the world so easy

We Made The World

Domino
Words and Music by Mark Magram

Standing in the window
Swiping on my phone
If you send me a text I won't feel so alone 
Pace back and forth but the text never come 
I don't think she's into me and now I feel so dumb 

Listen to the wind blow 
Pushing all the leaves 
If I can keep it in then she wont see me need 
Got to be cool but I'm dying on the inside 
She will never know the insecurity my smile hides 

Domino 
Fall one by one 
Domino 
All this work undone 
I don't wanna cause some chain reaction 
Thatll strain attraction when it's so brand new 
Domino 
Gotta check my nerves 
Domino 
Keep that courage
I want her to stay around I'm not giving any ground keep myself from giving up the game like I always do 

I could throw my hands up 
Put it all away 
But I can see the future 
I want to create 
Mind Over Matter it won't be disaster 
as long as I don't act upon the residue of pain 

I could blow her phone up
Ask her where she's been
Try to play it off like I was
hanging with my friends
Keep my composure i want to know her
She don't know I miss her and I'm craving more time

Domino 
Fall one by one 
Domino 
All this work undone 
I don't wanna cause some chain reaction 
Thatll strain attraction when it's so brand new 
Domino 
Gotta check my nerves 
Domino 
Keep that courage
I want her to stay around I'm not giving any ground keep myself from giving up the game like I always do