"Fool's Gold" 
©℗2022 May Devun™

@MayDevun
www.may-devun.com


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I look
Every which way but back
I keep moving, keep moving
And let go
I took
I took away the baggage
Kept removing, removing
on my own

Tell me
A time you had the courage to say
I shouldn’t have wronged you in that way
No, I know why
Don’t sell me
A reason not to be afraid
Cuz I can’t guarantee I’ll buy today

I wandered off to find where truth is told
Being force-fed is getting old
Cuz wouldn’t you know, wouldn’t you
Wouldn’t you know
There’s no hold on fool’s gold
You can spray as many coats of glitter on it
I ain’t never gonna settle on it
Cuz wouldn’t you know, wouldn’t you
Wouldn’t you know

I’m hooked
On the possibilities
All uncertainty as I drive on
All night, all night
Still, the wonder of what lay ahead
Defeats knowing well what to expect

Tell me
A time you had the courage to stay
And face the music wrought of your ways
No, I know why
Cuz dwelling
Isn’t ever gonna liberate you
From the same things, the same thing
Different day

I wandered off to find where truth is told
Being force-fed is getting old
Cuz wouldn’t you know, wouldn’t you
Wouldn’t you know
There’s no hold on fool’s gold
You can spray as many coats of glitter on it
I ain’t never gonna settle on it
Cuz wouldn’t you know, wouldn’t you
Wouldn’t you know
It’s fool’s gold

It’s fool’s gold

Fool's Gold

©℗2012 May Devun
My first-ever "pop" song, re-released 2022.
Rock on. \m/

Stop animation video: https://youtu.be/PyNGO2Tx3fg



--- LYRICS ---

The most beautiful people in all the world
Are hand-drawn, made up and not the least bit real
The most celebrated feeling of
Belonging is love
Are you in love today

Some of the best things in life, they say, are free
The moon, the stars, the hills to climb to see
Revealing all the city lights
Above, below - what’s real and what’s not
A dream in reality caught
Do you know your place

Give in, give up, withstand or stand up
To the powers that shower
Life with monotony
Know who you wanna be
Step out, step in, step on or kick it
The time is always now
So find a way

The most genuine words
Spoken from the heart
When written down, the world in time
So easily could tear them apart
And rearrange for better or worse
A blessing or a curse
Will you still feel the same

The strongest know that
Victory never comes without a price
But looking back to what is now
The truth you held to live your life
To know from where you came and made it out
And can look back without doubt
Do you know your name

Give in, give up, withstand or stand up
To the powers that shower
Life with monotony
Know who you wanna be
Step out, step in, step on or kick it
The time is always now
So find a way

Let’s keep pushing on 
With our heads held high
Ooh, a deep perspective 
Is through open eyes

Give in, give up, withstand or stand up
To the powers that shower
Life with monotony
Know who you wanna be
Give in, give up, withstand or stand up
To the powers that shower
Life with monotony
Know who you wanna be
Give in, give up, withstand or stand up
To the powers that shower
Life with monotony
Know who you wanna be
Give in, give up, withstand or stand up
To the powers that shower
Life with monotony
Know who you wanna be

Give up, withstand or stand up
Know who you wanna be
Give up, withstand or stand up
Know who you wanna be

The most beautiful people in all the world
Are hand-drawn, made up and not the least bit real
The most terrifying feeling of
Belonging is love
Are you in love today

©2012 May Devun | All Rights Reserved.

Are You In Love Today

Here it comes, oh

Feeling on the wayside
I’m not falling
For your bag of tricks while you’re
Talking all, you’re talking all about it

Now you’re feeling the high tide
And you’re calling again, oh
You’re feeling stranded cuz you know that you’re
Walking on, you’re walking over thin ice

Playing around
With the wounds in my soul
Digging up rocks just to throw
Still getting uptight when I don’t
Pick up the phone

Going my own way when I
When I say I’ll see ya
Why’s your temper getting high
You were walking on anyway

Now you’re bang, bang
Knocking upon my door
Cuz you don’t got something
You had before
It was the only one in the world
I’m the only one in the world
Now you’re bang, bang
Knocking upon my door
Cuz you done lost something
You had before
It was the only one in the world
I’m the only one in the world

Bang bang
Bang bang
I’m the only one in the world

Nothing left to clean up
The mess is all withdrawn
Your excuses piled up
Man, they went on and on and on
(On and on and on)
Now I’m breathing easier
With a marathon
Of a thousand smiles knowing now
That you’re gone, gone, gone
(Gone, gone, gone)

You were playing around
With the wounds in my soul
Digging up rocks just to throw
Still getting uptight that I won’t
Pick up the phone

Are you lying awake at night
Cuz I went and said see ya
Why’s your temper getting high
You were dreaming on anyway

Now you’re bang, bang
Knocking upon my door
Cuz you don’t got something
You had before
It was the only one in the world
I’m the only one in the world
Now you’re bang, bang
Knocking upon my door
Cuz you done lost something
You had before
It was the only one in the world
I’m the only one in the world

Now you’re bang, bang
Knocking upon my door
Cuz you don’t got something
You had before
It was the only one in the world
I’m the only one in the world
Now you’re bang, bang
Knocking upon my door
Cuz you done lost something
You had before
It was the only one in the world
I’m the only one in the world

Bang bang
Bang bang
I’m the only one in the world
Bang bang
Bang bang
I’m the only one in the world
Bang bang

___________________________
Written and Performed by May Devun
Engineered and Mixed by Leland Elliott
www.May-Devun.com

©2022 May Devun | All rights reserved.

Bang Bang

We all know 
How the story goes
When the fat man’s jolly
Going Ho-Ho-Ho
And he tip-toes along
Without being seen
Leaving presents underneath
The Christmas Tree
We got hot hot-chocolate
And a pint of egg nog
And our friends are all gathering
Round the fire logs
Drinking Bailey’s® in their coffee
In the holly and snow
While we get cozy underneath
The mistletoe

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle bells stacked and
Santa and his reindeer all a
Clickety-clack on the
Rooftop, winking down the
Chimney stack
(Santa’s back!)
Where all the milk and cookies
Are all a-waiting on him
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle bells stacked and
Santa and his reindeer all a
Clickety-clack on the
Rooftop, winking down the
Chimney stack
(Santa’s back!)
Where all the milk and cookies
Are all a-waiting on him

Jingle jangle, jingle bells
Calendar chocolates
Pumpkin spice and cinnamon
And gingerbread houses
All the lights and cold nights and
Dreaming of things
Like sugar cookies, hot fudge and
Candy canes
We hope for all the presents
Or to reach in our stockings
Find a big, fat stack or
Box with new car keys



Even just with family and friends
The holiday cheer
Rings in the new year

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle bells stacked and
Santa and his reindeer all a
Clickety-clack on the
Rooftop, winking down the
Chimney stack
(Santa’s back!)
Where all the milk and cookies
Are all a-waiting on him
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle bells stacked and
Santa and his reindeer all a
Clickety-clack on the
Rooftop, winking down the
Chimney stack
(Santa’s back!)
Where all the milk and cookies
Are all a-waiting on him

(Ding-dong)

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©℗ 2020 May Devun™
www.May-Devun.com

Santa's Back (Clickety Clack)

Not sure what was happening
But looking back on
The falsest reality
I fell upon
Rings sounds of the locking
Of doors left and right
As the world starts to crumble
And muddle my sight

The dream of a fearless inclusion
Has come to an end because you
Smile, trying to mask
The painful fact
That you
Hurt me again

Ooh, hurt me again

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©℗2023 May Devun™
Written and performed by May Devun.
Mixed and mastered by Leland Elliott.

Hurt Me Again - Single

Hurt Me Again

The simplest words that you could say
Echo like a song in my mind
Because the way your body speaks conveys
Them all another way with your eyes

After so many tries
You give in to your glow
Now you’re finding your groove
And it’s starting to show
You make a point to meet eyes
When you think that I don’t
So won’t you please make a move
'Cause you’re all that I want

My heart is captive
Made whole, emboldened
By your light
(Haunt me, taunt me
Make me want to want you)
I formed my own angle
Just to make it right
(It’s daunting flaunting
Won’t you make a move)
Your voice, your face
Making my heart race
Your hands, I can’t stand
They’re close but never close enough
You melt my soul
At the thought of making love
Won’t you please make a move
'Cause you’re all that I want

An endless marathon
And on and on
Of only you
I can’t go on and on
Much longer
Without you
(No)

In the bag are blue skies
In the storm we are allies
Everything I am will be yours
I’ll be your confidant
Everything you’ve wanted
Is everything I’ve needed
Let’s take what we want out of this
Cosmic phenomenon

Everyone will notice
We don’t go unnoticed
The electric connection was obvious
From the first plug
'Cause we’re everything that they’d want
We’re all that we want

My heart is captive
Made whole, emboldened
By your light
(Haunt me, taunt me
Make me want to want you)
I formed my own angle
Just to make it right
(It’s daunting flaunting
Won’t you make a move)
Your voice, your face
Making my heart race
Your hands, I can’t stand
They’re close but never close enough
You melt my soul
At the start of making love
You’re all that I want

___________________________
Written and Performed by May Devun.
Engineered and Mixed by Leland Elliott.
www.May-Devun.com

©℗ 2023 May Devun | All rights reserved.

All That I Want

Rain calls my name
With every step taken
As I run away for
The calming sense of
Belonging in this
Lonely, crowded world
Before the storm

A cold wish
But wait till I awaken
To the sun again
I can soar
When I awake and overcome
In my encore

In time, the scars
Will level neatly
Long before I touch the stars
In a dream so sweet

Endeavor to
Be better
In the end
To conquer the close
Before it opens again

These days
I leave open
Every chapter
To find what’s in store
Read between the lines
Of how the story goes for my
Encore

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Written, performed, produced by May Devun.
Mixed and engineered by Leland Elliott.
©℗ 2023 May Devun

Encore

"SOFT WITH A C-H" - May Devun
www.May-Devun.com

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---LYRICS---

Of all the world's mysterious workings 
comes an anomaly to sweep me off my feet. 
You take my breath from me, 
and every time I see you, butterflies. 
(I'm walking on clouds here.) 
Fire melts the ice that looms inside 
as I lose my mind thinking of you all the time. 
I'm floating away on a dreamscape with you. 

Calm is the wave that comes crashing to savor 
the weight of longing. 
(The line has no direction.) 
Indulge, or to crave - only knowing to savor 
this sunny day with its chance of rain. 

So, take me in your arms and shower kisses. 
Or, you can leave me in pieces. 
Either way, what is right or wrong, 
I've loved your being all along. 
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©2017 May Devun™ (BMI) – all rights reserved.
Produced, written, arranged, performed by May Devun™ - BMI.

Soft with a C-H

Soft with a C - H

Say the words
That you mean
Say the words
Say them to me
Truth, it hurts
But always
Opens every closing
Say the words
That you think
Say them proudly
Don’t let them sink
Into that void
You try to hide
Don’t be afraid
To feel alive
There’s more here than
You’ll ever know

Say no more
Wait till you see
What’s in store
For everything
Soon, you’ll lose your mind
But don’t fret, it’s all fine
Cognitive renegade
Feel the fire in the shade
Relax and soak it in
This wisdom

As you find yourself
Standing on edge
Do you fall or fly
What’s real is surreal
When it comes
All this strength
Overcoming to
Stand and shine
Oh, how does it feel

Say the words
For all to hear
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℗ ©2019 May Devun™ | All rights reserved.
www.May-Devun.com
@MayDevun (IG/T/FB)

Written, arranged, performed, co-produced by May Devun.
Co-produced and mixed by Mark Needham at Red Oak Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
Assistant mix and tracking engineer: Tyler Spratt.
Strings composed by Patrick Warren.
Live drums performed by Matt Chamberlain.

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