Lyrics:

I don’t wanna say it out loud
But I’ve gotta say it right
You’re inside your own world
And it’s not mine

So I’m taking the pen off the paper
And I’m putting it down
Wish I had an eraser to wipe
The ink stains you left on my town

Number two’s best when you don’t know what to do
Write so ever lightly so you can start anew
Take a day take a year take my life too
You can’t take away a memory that’s blue

I’ve gotta…

Blank page waiting for a tip
For the words to begin
But my hand can’t seem to grip
Any way to give in

I threw out all the papers you gave me
But I left one too
Now it’s covering every blank page
And I tried whiting out but it just bleeds through

Number two’s best when you don’t know what to do
Write so ever lightly so you can start anew
Take a day take a year take my life too
You can’t take away a memory that’s blue

Ink stains on my favorite dress
Head pains coming from the stress
Scribbling just makes a bigger mess
So how do I rid of the marks that you’ve left

Number two’s best when you don’t know what to do
Write so ever lightly so you can start anew
Take a day take a year take my life too
You can’t take away a memory that’s blue

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis
Vocals: Rhiannon Lewis
Ukulele: Rhiannon Lewis

Produced by Doug Lacy

Ink Stains

This song was inspired by the Cartoon Network series, Over the Garden Wall

Lyrics:

Lost hope and forgotten dreams
Silly trinkets stolen things
Painted faces in their places
Things we left behind

Into the shadow of black
Know not if we’re coming back
Reminiscent of the distant
Things we left behind

Am I dreaming or insane
Did the bluebird speak my name
Swiftly softly through the woods
Don’t get lost in the lantern’s flame

Lost souls in the tree of the wild
Spirits haunt the innocent child
Don’t look on the journey’s long
From things we left behind

Pilgrim pilgrim where did you go
Faces fade when lost in snow
Easy riddles more fun for play
But don’t think that you’ll ever know

Bull frogs sing their lullabies
Sweetness fills the children’s eyes
People say he’s gone away
And all is good and kind

Where I went I’ll never know
Or if I’ll ever find
The things we left behind

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis
Vocals: Rhiannon Lewis
Piano: Rhiannon Lewis

Produced by Doug Lacy

Things We Left Behind

Lyrics:

Paint me the colors of a strong man
Take me to the front of the line
I’ll write you a letter if I can
But there’s no telling what I won’t try

It’s a battlefield these thoughts and emotions
Like a dream that I’ll never survive
I can stay in the heat of commotions
But then what’s the point of being alive

Running in the dark
Fighting for your life
I hear the screech of a battlecry

Drummer boy play me to the beat of my goodbyes
I see the whites in their eyes

Teach me the ways of a champion
Show me the path to explore
Build me up like a stallion
And I’ll run with the rages of war

It’s a battlefield the things that we go through
All the paths we take to succeed
And if you don’t think I’ll take them I ask you
What a fool have you made me to be

Running in the dark
Fighting for your life
I hear the screech of a battlecry

Drummer boy play me to the beat of my goodbyes
I see the whites in their eyes

Paint me the colors of a hero
Lock up the cowardice inside
There’s a choice for every quality that you show
To distract from the ones that we hide

There are so many things I could tell you
Had I been there to see them unfold
But I sit and I wait like a statue
For I never learned to be bold

Running in the dark
Fighting for your life
I hear the scream of a child in strife

If I were a soldier I’d stay till I die
Till I saw the whites in their eyes

Running in the dark
Fighting for your life
I hear the screech of a battlecry

Drummer boy play me to the beat of my goodbyes
I see the whites in their eyes

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis
Vocals: Rhiannon
Guitar: Liam Lewis
Violin: Liam Lewis

Produced by Doug Lacy

Battlecry

Lyrics:

I took a field trip from heaven
Just to see how the world had changed
Was it for better or for worse 
I lost track of which came first
And I don't think you'd want my opinion anyway

Well it was pretty
And the sun shone
And the place where I am buried's now an ice cream shop
But the smiles on the people's faces weren't how I remembered them at all

I took a field trip from heaven
Just to waste a little time
Did they learn from our mistakes
Well it's difficult to say
They know what's wrong
And yet still fail to do what's right 

And if you asked me
If I'd like to
Spend my days in heaven or below the clouds

Well I just can't say
The very existence of nature's meant to
Harm those who are weak
Only leaving the stronger
So it's safe to say
We ain't gonna last much longer

I took a field trip from heaven
Just to take in one last view
And from the things I met
I can't say I regret
The empty bottle of pills on the floor of my room

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis
Vocals: Rhiannon Lewis
Guitar: Rhiannon

Produced by Doug Lacy

Field Trip From Heaven

Lyrics:

I think we are all a little bit extraordinary
For I have never met a boring story

Can you imagine a billion people
Pass me by a day
I wonder how many I remember
When I dream away

So we wake up 
And start a new day
We can think of
Anything we want

The season changes
And I will follow
Because the wind is calling all our names

I think we are all fascinating in the simplest ways
They say that magic does not exist
But I see it every day

Can you imagine a million sunsets
Differ from the one before
I wonder how many colors dance
And who are they dancing for

I enjoy the show much more
Before the stars come out to perform

I think we are all a little bit extraordinary
The star of our individual story

Can you imagine a room of people 
Guided by their light
And some make shadows of personas
Never knowing right

But we help them shine as bright
Until they find their light

So we wake up 
And start a new day
We can think of
Anything we want

The season changes
And I will follow
Because the wind is calling all our names

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis
Vocals: Rhiannon Lewis
Guitar: Rhiannon Lewis

Produced by Doug Lacy

New Day

Lyrics:

Pack up your bags 
And change your name
Put on these clothes so you look the same 
As everybody else

Keep your head down
And don’t talk strange
You’ve got some years to catch up on
The people look nice
But people change
And no one wants to talk to a boy with a dress on

And you will hear these words forever
Real life has no inbetweens
When you hear these words remember
Real life owes you not a thing

So chin up hair up let your legs run free
The kids all know who you’re meant to be
And if I wanna sing low
If I wanna sing high

If I wanna sing in the middle
Can’t I 

I know you miss her
I miss her too
And I promise 
You’ll see her soon

In a different time
A different place
But she will have the same pink face
And we will open up our arms
And I’ll be here before it starts

So chin up hair up let your legs run free
The kids all know who you’re meant to be
And if I wanna sing low
If I wanna sing high

If I wanna sing in the middle
Oh Can’t I 
Can't I

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis
Vocals: Rhiannon Lewis
Ukulele: Rhiannon

Produced by Doug Lacy

Sing In The Middle

In memory of Andy Ramirez

Lyrics:

Some days without you
Will be cloudier, rowdier
Some days without you
I never thought those some days would come so soon

You came into the room with a new state of mind 
You asked for my opinion and you smile so kind 
And then you laughed at all my jokes and I laughed along
Your voice sounded like a song

Some days without you
Will be cloudier, rowdier
Some days without you
I never thought those some days would come so soon

I was a caged bird
And you let me fly
Now I’m a free word
I took to the sky

No longer a little boy with puppetry
You made me narrator of my own candid story

Some days without you
Will be cloudier, rowdier
Some days without you
I never thought those some days would come so soon

No they couldn’t come so soon

You loved so much and felt so small
You planted your seeds and they grew so y’all
The cream of the crop
You were the cream of the crop

You had so many ideas and so little time
A mountain of hope you began to climb
And we were all behind
Holding on to your lifeline 

Some days without you
Will be cloudier, rowdier
Some days without you
I never thought those some days would come so soon

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis
Vocals: Rhiannon Lewis
Guitar: Rhiannon Lewis

Produced by Doug Lacy

Some Days

From 38 Minutes, an upcoming musical written by Rhiannon Lewis and Jack Zager. 38 Minutes tells the story of three families' experiences during the 2018 false missile notification in Hawaii. In this song, Lily who is pregnant, sings to her unborn child all the hopes she had of being a mother.

Lyrics:

Dear child,
How will they know your name
Your story never came
It left with me

Dear child
What is your favorite song
Maybe I’d play along
If you’d breathe

And I was prepared
To always be scared of you growing up
Then I’d see your face
And I’d know my place
And I’d take a step back and wish you all my luck 

How was your day?
I’d say

I’ll never know 
The color of your eyes
It would be a surprise

I’ll never learn 
How to be mad at you
When you ignore what I tell you 

Dear child
I have so many stories to tell
So many words I’d help you to spell 
I never picked you up when you fell
Oh well, oh well

And I was prepared 
To never care who you’d be
Now all of our hopes
And all of our dreams
Live inside of me
Will die inside of me

Dear child
Don’t be afraid at all
The storm will come to call 
And I’ll be here

Dear child
I’ll wipe away your tears
I’ll help you forget your fears 
And I’ll be here

We will face this ending race together 
I will hold you in my arms forever

Dear child
I’ll be prepared
To love what we shared 

Love,
Mother

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis
Vocals: Rhiannon Lewis
Piano: Rhiannon Lewis

Produced by Doug Lacy

Dear Child

From 38 Minutes, an upcoming musical written by Rhiannon Lewis and Jack Zager. 38 Minutes tells the story of three families' experiences during the 2018 false missile notification in Hawaii. In this song, Peyton a young girl on vacation with her family, expresses her frustration with her parents who never seem to pay attention to her or her brother Aaron.

Lyrics:

Mom we’re doing this we’re doing that
And I don’t care how you react
Cause we need more space 
We need more space

Dad we’re going here we’re going there
And I won’t wait to see if you care 
Cause we need more space
We need more space

I’m getting older
They’re acting younger 
I’m not the mother who’s in charge here

I’m feeling bolder 
And still I hunger
For any other answer more clear

Give me a sign
That this should not be mine

And i’m still waiting for someone to ask me how i am

Cause i don’t mind the fights and sorrows
I’m just holding for tomorrow’s guidelines
Give me a task and I’ll come through
And with the brightest smile too
But i’m still waiting for someone to ask me how I am

Mom when will she see 
That we’re not bad
And independence makes her mad
Cause she won’t give us space
She won’t give space

Dad when he learn 
How to be brave
And poke his head out of the cave
To give us space
To give us space

And I don’t mind the fights and sorrows
I’m just holding for tomorrow’s guidelines
Give me a task and I’ll come through
And with the brightest smile too
But I’m still waiting for someone to ask me how I am

Cause I wanna see the rest of the world
You could come along
If you wanna see secrets unfurled
That wouldn’t be so wrong

Cause I don’t mind the fights and sorrows 
I’m just living for tomorrow’s guidelines
Give me a task and I’ll come through
And with the brightest smile too
Cause I know how I am

Aaron I’m going here
I hope you’ll come too
It seems that all I have is you
To give me space
To give me space

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis
Vocals: Rhiannon Lewis
Piano: Rhiannon Lewis

Produced by Doug Lacy

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How I Am

From 38 Minutes, an upcoming musical written by Rhiannon Lewis and Jack Zager. 38 Minutes tells the story of three families' experiences during the 2018 false missile notification in Hawaii. In this song, Aaron a young adult diagnosed with Autism who is on vacation with his family, sings about his frustration with the way his family treats him due to his diagnosis.

Lyrics:

Mom is always around me
But it doesn't seem like she cares
Always telling me what to do
She talks about me when I'm still there

And when I walk outside
All I see are stares
So I start running to hide away
But I never know where

I'm just stuck on an island
I'm just stuck on an island
If I really ran away
Would anyone come and fine me
Somewhere else where I can be

Me

Peyton is always around me
But she oversteps the line
So I'm hiding in a dark room
Where only I can shine

Is there a ship to leave this place
To change this life of mine
If I could get off this boat then
Maybe I'd be fine

But I'm just stuck on an island
I'm just stuck on an island
If I really ran away
Would anyone come and fine me
Somewhere else where I can be

Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
When there's water
Water on four sides

I'm just stuck on an island
I'm just stuck on an island
If I really ran away
Would anyone come and fine me
Somewhere else where I can be
Somewhere else where I can be
Somewhere else where I can be

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Music and Lyrics: Rhiannon Lewis and Jack Zager
Vocals: Jack Zager
Piano: Rhiannon Lewis

Produced by Doug Lacy

Stuck (On an Island)

Singer-Songwriter and musical theatre composer. BFA2 at CalArts for Music
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