Where is the Promised Land
Lyrics by Mosby Jaye
Music by Andrei Sorokin

[Verse 1]
When I was just a kid
I went out on my own
Searching for belonging
And a place that felt like home

[Verse 2]
Now I’ve been everywhere
With nothing much to show
A stranger in a strange land 
Where else can I go

[Chorus 1]
I’ve been up to the mountain
And down in the valley
Wherever I traveled
I was always alone
I will wade in these waters
To way over yonder
Forever in search
For a place to call home 

[Verse 3]
When I set out that day
I couldn’t comprehend
All I’d have to go through
Just to get here in the end

[Verse 4]
The years go passing by
With nothing around the bend
So I take the long way home
Accept what’s up ahead

[Chorus 1]

[Bridge]
Where is the promised land
That we can never see
Is it out there
or here inside of me

[Chorus 2]
I’ve been up to the mountain
And down in the valley
And now as I travel
I’m never alone
I will wade in these waters
To way over yonder
At peace with myself
In a place to call home

Where is the Promised Land DRAFT1

Slow Pace DRAFT1

Dreaming in Blue
Music: Andrei Sorokin
Lyrics: Mosby Jaye

[Verse 1]
Night falls and dark shadows dance
Ripples across the expanse
Holding your breath all these years
Drown in the ocean of tears

[Verse 2]
You needed refuge and care
Sinking in depths of despair
Wreckage crashed onto my shore
I turned away from the horror

[Chorus]
Waves of hurt
Of my own making
I’m at sea
In the deep
Racing heart
By high tide breaking
Dreaming in blue

[Inst]

[Verse 3]
Searching for all I have missed
Staring down in the abyss
Here I am bare in the truth
Offer safe harbor to you

[Chorus]

Dreaming in Blue DRAFT1

All songs written by Mosby Jaye and Jeff Oxford

Vocals and Piano - Mosby Jaye
Electric Guitar and Bass - Dan Agne
Acoustic Guitar - Jeff Oxford
Production - Jeff Oxford
Instrumental Production on Blood From A Stone - Jason Garner
Drums - Ben Amstutz
Cello on Love You Still - Polina Faustova
Horns on Just The Beginnin' - Patricio Bottcher
Artwork - Mosby Jaye

(Promise I Will) Love You Still

Move On
Andrei Sorokin and Mosby Jaye

[Verse 1]
You
Are not what you seem
Knew
It was a scheme
None of my dreams 
Came true

[Chorus]
Nice knowing you
But it’s not
Winds blowing
Telling me got to
move on
(Gotta move on)

[Verse 2]
You
Not so easy to replace
Fool
But I do it anyway
It’s still a price I’d pay
To choose

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Anyplace I go
Anything I do
It might be wrong but
Better without you
So I’ll be on my way
But I’ll be on my own
Guess that’ll be okay
'Cause I am moving on 

[Guitar solo]

[Bridge]

[Vamp out]

Move On DRAFT1

Carry Me Back
Andrei Sorokin and Mosby Jaye

Verse 1
You’re sayin’ things are complicated 
But they’re not now that you’re gone     
I listen to the wind, see the city lights are faded
Put me down riding that last train alone

PreChorus 1
You know 
It wasn’t what I wanted 
Got me up against the wall

Chorus
So carry me back
To where the open sky is calling
Carry me back
To get my mind back right

Verse 2
Tryin’ to forget all the bittersweet words you said
And your eyes that once seemed so true
Tellin’ you I'm not gonna play this losing game
Still I won’t blame it on you  

PreChorus 2
I know
I wasn’t what you wanted 
You were never gonna fall

Chorus
So carry me back
To where the open sky is calling
Carry me back
To get my mind back right

Solo

PreChorus 2
I know
I wasn’t what you wanted 
You were never gonna fall

Chorus
So carry me back
To where the open sky is calling
Carry me back
To get my mind back right

Carry me back
To where the open sky is calling
Carry me back
To get my mind back right

Carry Me Back DRAFT1

Runnin’
Andrei Sorokin and Mosby Jaye

Verse 1
Bitter pill that’s hard to swallow
Say goodbye to all you think you know
Buckle up, enjoy the show

Chorus 1
We’re succumbin’ 
Just like dominos
Runnin’

Verse 2
Circus clowns are now at the wheel 
Funhouse mirror shows you what is real 
Pull the curtain to reveal 

Chorus 2
We’ve been done in
By this devil’s deal
Runnin’

Bridge
We’re trapped inside this twisted puppet show
My god
Where do we go
Where do we go

Guitar solo

Verse 3
What was sacred has disappeared 
Requiem for all we once revered
And the wretched masses cheered

Chorus 3
We’re becomin’ 
Everything we’ve feared
Runnin’

Yeah, we’re runnin’

Runnin’ DRAFT1

Memory Lane
Andrei Sorokin and Mosby Jaye

Verse 1
Memory lane
A solo stroll for two
Alone I think of you
Remembering the pain
Familiar refrain
You said you had no choice
And still I hear your voice
Echoing in my brain

Chorus 1
There’s nothing I could do to make you stay
And no one knows how hard it was to let you slip away
I don’t wanna feel this pain ever again

Verse 2
Memory lane
My mind drifts back to you
And what you put me through
The heartache and the pain
Never again
I tell myself but know
How it will always go
All trying is in vain

Chorus 2
And nothing in this world could make you stay
And no one knows how hard it was to let you slip away
I don’t wanna feel this pain ever again

Bridge
I was so blind, I could see no warning signs
A fool in love
What can I say
Now passing through the neighborhood from time to time
It takes me down that same old memory lane
(takes me down that same old memory lane)
Memory lane
Memory lane

Guitar solo (Verse)

Chorus 2
And nothing in this world could make you stay
And no one knows how hard it was to let you slip away
I don’t wanna feel this pain ever again

Outro
Take me down that same old memory
Take me down that same old memory
Take me down that same old memory lane

Memory Lane DRAFT2

Likable


[Verse 1]
You’re not gonna like this
But it’s time to tell the truth
Years are flying by me
And I’ve wasted all my youth
Trying to be the
Agreeable Miss Congeniality
You’re not gonna like this
But she’s not me

[Verse 2]
You’re not gonna like this
But my smile’s been replaced
With something close to honest
Held the mirror up to face
Reality to see
A two-dimensional parody of me
You’re not gonna like this
But now I’m living in 3D

[Prechorus 1]
I’m so sick and tired of
Trying to be likable
Lie lie lie likable
Give me something else to try 
Than being likable
Lie lie lie likable

[Chorus 1]
Life is short they say
Live your life your way
Oh what a privilege
To be so damn trite
But in reality
It’s just so hard to be
Anything but trying to be liked

[inst]

[Verse 3]
You’re not gonna like this
But I won’t just go along
Pretending nothing bothers me
When everything is wrong
Now you’ll see me break free
Of all your expectations and just be me
You’re not gonna like this
But it’s time for honesty

[Prechorus 2]
I’m so sick and tired of
Trying to be likable
Lie lie lie likable
I’m just trying to get by
By being likable
Lie lie lie likable

[Chorus 2]
Life is short they say
Live your life your way
Oh what a privilege
To be so damn trite
But in reality
It’s just so hard to be
Anything but trying to be liked
Lie lie lie lie
We lie lie lie
We lie to become likable
Lie lie lie lie
We lie lie lie
We like it when you’re likable

Mosby's Album

Likable DRAFT1

Fooling Myself
Mosby Jaye and Jeff Oxford

V1
The day we first met
You said the words I love you
And I can still remember
Your face underneath the moon

All the yearning in your eyes
No I couldn’t turn you away
Would I choose it all over again
I question every day

Chorus 1
Was it ever really real
Or just a way for us to feel
A little more something
And a little less loneliness
I opened up my eyes
And finally realized
All along I was fooling myself

V2
Can it ever be enough
To settle for something less
In a misguided longing
Just to find some happiness

All of the lies we tell ourselves
All the words we dare not say
When the wrinkles of time mark my skin
Will I look back and say

Chorus 1
Was it ever really real
Or just a way for us to feel
A little more something
And a little less loneliness
I opened up my eyes
And finally realized
All along I was fooling myself

Bridge
And the hope was always there
But that kind of love is rare
So I took what I could find
And to make it work at all
Someone had to take the fall
So part of me had to be left behind

Chorus 2
It was never really real
Just a way for us to feel
A little more something
And a little less loneliness
I opened up my eyes
And finally realized
All along I was fooling myself


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Outta This Place

V1
I’m having the time of my life 
Oh how I am so very blessed
Cos everything’s going just right 
This dumpster on fire is the best

Chorus 1
I’m hoping
I’m dreaming
Of getting away 
I’ve gotta get outta this place
I’m saving
I’m scheming
I’m planning the day 
I’m running right outta this place

V2
The people in charge are just great
They’d never destroy who we are
The climate is sunny all day
Just perfect for burning us all

Chorus 2
I’m running 
I’m hiding
I’m wasting away 
I’ve gotta get outta this place
I’m hitting
I’m striking
I’m finding a way
Of getting away
I’m getting away 

Refrain
Away
Someday
Some day
Away
Away (away away away)
Away (away away away)

Chorus 3
I’m saving
I’m scheming
I’m getting away 
I’m gonna get outta this place
I’m fixing
I’m prepping
I’m planning the day
I’m running away
I’m running away 

Chorus 4
I’m running
I’m running
I’m running away 
I’ve gotta get outta this place
I’m going
I’m going
I’m getting away
I’m running away
Today

Outta This Place Draft

Slip Away

V1
Couldn’t fall asleep without you lying here with me, oh how I’m missing you
Cos no one else can understand the way you do without a single word
Caught up in the madness and my moodiness and sadness I can miss the truth
Of noticing the daylight through the darkness in this world 
Mm hmm

V2 
The years are passing by and over time we watch as those we love all fall away
Trying not to take it all for granted but it’s hard to carry on
But somehow we survive and we decide to feel alive so we can find a way
To take care of each other in a place where we belong 
Mm hmm

Chorus 1
But if I’m holding on too tightly 
Trying to make the moments stay 
Then in the end is it too likely
It will all just slip away? 

[Instrumental]

Chorus 2
And now we build this life together 
As we are growing old and gray 
And though nothing lasts forever 
I won’t let it slip away 

Chorus 3
That’s not to say that things are easy
I know we struggle every day 
But what I promise here believe me 
We will never 
No we’ll never slip away 

V3
Lying here in bed I get so stuck inside my head with thoughts of losing you 
But all the doubt will disappear as soon as I can see your lovely face
In case I hadn’t made it clear I hope you know that everyday I’m choosing you 
To live this life together for however long we have of yesterdays
Mm hmm
As long as we’re together we will never slip away
Mm hmm

Slip Away Draft 1

Miss Diane
Mosby Cogswell and Jeff Oxford

Too young to put words to it, but I knew I would never fit
Every day in class I’d sit alone
Reading, writing, ‘rithmatic, the biggest lesson that would stick was knowing what it felt like to be known

Sitting circle on the floor, your classroom had an open door where once before, each one had been closed
Things were rough and I was mean, but not by nature you could see a part of me that no one had supposed

Diane, Diane
What did you see in me?
Why did you believe in me when no one else did?
I was just a kid
Still doing the best that I can
And I miss you so, Miss you Miss Diane

Every day I’d see your face, the way you offered me the grace to make mistakes and loved me just the same
Singing songs and learning who I’d wanna be and it was you who saw the truth and got me through the pain 

You always seemed so wise and self-assured
It’s strange how now I’m even older than you were
And I sometimes feel lost like way back then
But when I think of you, I find my way again

Diane, Diane
What did you see in me?
Why did you believe in me when no one else did?
I was just a kid
Still doing the best that I can
And I miss you so, Miss you Miss Diane

Still doing the best that I can, and I miss you Miss Diane
Yes I miss you so, miss you Miss Diane

Miss Diane - in production

Overwhelming World

Lyin’ in bed but I’m wide awake
Dreading my day-to-day
Plagued by a question I just can’t shake
What’s the point anyway?

In this overwhelming world of complications
I’ve been giving in to giving up the fight
I’m drowning in a sea of expectations
Pretending that everything’s alright

I hate that I’m not what I hoped to be
I hate that I hoped at all
I hate that I’m not what you think you see
I guess that I fooled us all

In this overwhelming world of complications
I’ve been giving in to giving up the fight
I’m avoiding necessary conversations
Hoping that I’m hiding in plain sight

It’s a world that I’m not ready for 
A place I’m out of place 
And inside me rages a tug of war 
And a question that I must face

In this overwhelming world of complications
Have I given in to giving up the fight?
Defeated by my endless limitations
And a restless mind that keeps me up at night

Lyin’ in bed but I’m wide awake
Dreading my day today
Tryin’ to muster the strength it takes
To carry on anyway

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