My studio version of the George Harrison classic "Something." He lifted the title and first line from the James Taylor "Something in th eWay She Moves," which was recorded on the Beatles Apple label the year before.

Something marc studio

The folks are gone/My love’s moved on
Who’s gonna save me now?
When I take my licks/And I’m in a fix
Who’s gonna save me now?

Who’ll be the one/I can really believe?
Who’ll be the one who cares
I’ve searched a lifetime
for someone to free me
Who’s gonna save me now?

My state of mind/It’s in a bind
Who’s gonna save me now
If I can’t free/Myself from me
Who’s gonna save me now?

Who’ll be the one/I can really believe?
Who’ll be the one who cares
I’ve searched a lifetime
for someone to free me
Who’s gonna save me now?

(Solo)

If I can’t free/Myself from me
Who’s gonna save me now?

©2021 Marc Alan Platt

Whose Gonna Save Me Now

Hangin’ Around
Dark clouds hoverin’ in the sky
Turn off the news, we’re all gonna die
Can’t give up, that is why…

We’re just hangin’ around
Hoping my country’s on the mend (hangin’ around)
Hangin’ around
Wonderin’ when the world’s finally gonna end (hangin’ around)

Life keeps getting in the way
Keep you down, hold you at bay
And you’re scared no one will say…

Why we’re Hangin’ around
Wonderin’ what is up around the bend (hangin’ around)
Hangin’ around
Worried that the world’s finally gonna end (hangin’ around)

We really have no choice
We all gotta have one big voice – Aaaah - Aah

Hangin’ around
Praying there’s something left to defend (hangin’ around)
Hangin’ around
Wonderin’ when the world’s finally gonna end (hangin’ around)

©2022 Marc Alan Platt

Hangin' Around

Never Trust a Broken Heart

Never trust what a broken heart can do
It leaves you lonely
Leaves you feelin’ blue
Never trust when your heart and your mind collide
It’s boom or bust when part of you has died
What your broken heart will do – to you

Never trust that pain deep in your soul
Only trust those things you can control
Try to feel your feelings deep inside
They keep you reeling, but you just can’t hide
What your broken heart will do – to you 

(Solo)

Never trust what a broken heart can do
It leaves you lonely
Leaves you feelin’ blue
Never trust a broken heart
Never trust a broken heart
Never trust a broken heart

©2022 Marc Alan Platt BMI

And Blah Blah Blah

Never Trust a Broken Heart

Artist: Lisa Nemzo

20 EMPTY ROOMS Lisa Nemzo/Marc Platt © 2013 Dream Wild Songs ASCAP/ Impossible Songs BMI

Mom is crying alone in the night Dad keeps busy and out of sight A shattered family trying to survive Unimaginable - barely alive  No more laughter echoing down the halls Sudden memory of learning to crawl No graduation, no wedding cake No more birthdays just the heartache   Chorus: Twenty empty rooms Silence fuels the gloom Time just stands still In twenty empty rooms  In the silence they hold each other tight Night turns to day- and day into night We never know what it takes to heal To comfort what must seem unreal  Chorus: Twenty empty rooms  Bridge No words- they say Will ease this pain Nothing - will ever be the same  Chorus: Twenty empty rooms

20 Empty Rooms

For A War (THey Can Only Fight)

Mr. Lonely

I can’t sleep at night/Bad news keeps running thru my head
I never sleep that tight/The world is falling like a ton of lead
It’s death by a thousand cuts/Just waiting for the tide to turn
So I flip off the news, I simply refuse/Cuz I can’t stand to watch it all burn

Mr. Lonely gets so nervous
Mr. Lonely headed for a fall
Mr. Lonely knows we don’t deserve this
If we could only have it all

I know I cannot change the world (Mr Lonely)
I know I can only change my world  

Can with get this right?
Who will be the one?
Can the future be that bright?
Or will it all just come undone?

Mr. Lonely gets so nervous
Mr. Lonely headed for a fall
Mr. Lonely knows we don’t deserve this
If we could only have it all

I know I cannot change the world (Mr Lonely)
I know I can only change my world (Mr Lonely)

©2023 Marc Alan Platt

Mr. Lonely

It’s Fathers Day Again

If I were young again
I’d change around my plans
And listen to my old man
Because I miss the man
It’s Father’s Day again

We’d go round and round
Never finding common ground
Now I’m lost and haven’t found
The Answers he’s not around
It’s Father’s Day again

It’s Father’s Day again
He’s not here to defend
And I can’t make amends
It’s Father’s Day again

Will time heal all these scars?
Or is this who we really are?
So close and yet so far
Because I miss the man
It’s Father’s Day again

It’s Father’s Day again
He’s not here to defend
And I can’t make amends
It’s Father’s Day again

C 2023 Marc Alan Platt

It's Father's Day Again Marc Platt

From "Big City," which will be released in April, 2018

High Road

I’ll take the high road baby
Won’t take the low road maybe
See where we end up
See what we’re made of
Take the high road baby

Are you with me tonight?
Then we can make it alright
There’s no reason to fight
We can deal in the morning light

I’ll take the high road baby
Won’t take the low road maybe
See where we end up
See what we’re made of
Take the high road baby

What I said was uncool
Now I feel like a real fool
Then you took me to school
It was time to learn the “Golden Rule!”
 
I’ll take the high road baby
Won’t take the low road maybe
See where we end up
See what we’re made of
Take the high road baby
 
Some lessons are so hard to learn
They can lead us to the point of no return

(c) 2017 Marc Alan Platt

High Road

(c) 2011 Marc Alan Platt
"Must Be You" was released in October 2011
The track was produced by Lisa Nemzo for my 'Bitter & Sweet' CD

Must Be You

"The Last Time" by Mick Jagger/Keith Richards" will close out "Big City," due for release April 14, 2018.

My favorite Rolling Stones song from their early days "The Last Time."
Recorded December, 2017.This was the final song The Real Impossibles played in 1988 at our finale and then again at our one and only reunion show in 2014.

Single

The Last Time

"Got my eye...On a woman of the world"

(c) 2017 Marc Alan Platt

Unreleased Single

Woman of the World

"I Am The Walrus" by Lennon/McCartney

Produced and Performed by Children of Fab (Jef Scott/Marc Platt)

I Am The Walrus

If you want me/If you need me
I wish you’d let me know
To be with you/I really miss you
It’s so hard to let you go

Never know what we’ll be missing
Your love is such a comfort to me

Now I see/We can be
Much closer if we try
Where’s the heart/Pulled apart
and now our hands are tied

Never know what we’ll be missing
Your love is such a comfort to me

It’s so hard letting you go
It hurts so much it’s killing so
So hard letting you go
It’s so hard letting you go

(Solo)
If you want me/If you need me
I wish you’d let me know
To be with you/I really miss you
It’s so hard to let you go

So hard letting you go
It hurts so much it’s killing so
It’s so hard letting you go
Letting you go
It so hard letting you go

(c) 1987 Marc Platt/Steve Kobashigawa

Letting You Go

She’s a walking, talking bundle of fire in the night
She’s every man’s worst nightmare when she wants to fight

She tastes like candy/When she’s oh so sweet
But when she’s bitter…She is bitter…sweet
But when she tastes like candy
She tastes like candy…Life’s so sweet

When she keeps her distance/Don’t know what she feels
In an instant she’s resistant, it’s part of her appeal

She tastes like candy/When she’s oh so sweet
But when she’s bitter…She is bitter…sweet
But when she tastes like candy
She tastes like candy…Life’s so sweet

Bridge:
Can’t get Candy off my mind
Her brightness overwhelms me blind
She tastes like candy…

She tastes like candy/When she’s oh so sweet
But when she’s bitter…She is bitter…sweet
But when she tastes like candy
She tastes like candy…Life’s so sweet

©2019 Marc Alan Platt/John Ferriter

She Tastes Like Candy

I -I -I- I wanna believe
My trust is gone
And my soul is starting to bleed

Can’t take It one more day
Stakes are too high to even play
In the devil’s game

I - I- I I’m riding over a cliff
My head is spinning
I got nothing to give

Took my soul, ripped it apart 
The way they do it, It’s state of the art
It’s the devil’s game

Bridge:
Tears are flowin’ like acid rain
He don’t care much cuz it’s a devils game
Just a little insane...A little too insane

I I I I wanna believe
There’s something out there
Watching over me
Watching over me
Watching over me

©2020 Marc Alan Platt

The Devil's Game

Marc Platt sings the late great Emitt Rhodes classic. Recorded in 2018

Time Will Show The Wiser

Marc Platt recording of classic Nislson track "One."

One (by Harry Nilsson)

If you can’t put yourself in another man’s shoes 
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.
You play your hand, you make no excuse.
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.

When you’re young, you make your own breaks
The higher the pressure, the higher the stakes
In the end you do whatever it takes
To keep your nose to the ground.

If you can’t put yourself in another man’s shoes 
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.
You’re free to do what you gotta do.
But you don’t kick a man when he’s down.

It’s a sad, sad situation/To see a good man on the way down
It’s all about reputation and now it’s all over town. 

If you can’t put yourself in another man’s shoes 
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.
Even big winners sometimes lose.
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.

Down down down
You don’t kick a man when he’s down

If you can’t put yourself in another man’s shoes 
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.
Even big winners sometimes lose.
You don’t kick a man when he’s down.

©2021 Marc Alan Platt

Don't Kick A Man (When He's Down) Marc Platt

Marc Platt has been a singer-songwriter playing in and around Los Angeles since 1980. He fronted Los Angeles Power-pop band The Real Impossibles in the 1980's and had chart success with that band and several other projects since. His new record 'Big City'

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