Wisdom is Waitin’ on Me

Verse
Sittin’ on a mountain 
Waitin’ for my wisdom, 
But uh, it don’t come
In Lotus position
My mind in submission
But uh wisdom, it don’t come.

Chorus
It don’t come on a ten penny bet
Don’t you know
It don’t come on a whistle or a squeeze
And it don’t come in lightning or eurekas at night
Wisdom is waitin’ on me

Verse
Sittin’ in Siddhasana
Waitin’ for my wisdom
But uh, it don’t come
My hands gentle O’s  
My mudra perfect pose 
But a wisdom, it don’t come

Chorus
It don’t come on a ten penny bet
Don’t you know
It don’t come on a whistle or a squeeze
And it don’t come in lightning or eurekas at night
Wisdom is waitin’ on me

Verse
Sittin’ with spine aligned
Waitin’ for my wisdom,
But uh, it don’t come
Mindful of my breath 
Inhaled and expressed 
But uh wisdom, it don’t come.

Chorus
It don’t come on a ten penny bet
Don’t you know
It don’t come on a whistle or a squeeze
And it don’t come in lightning, eurekas at night
Wisdom is waitin’ on me
And it don’t come in lightning bolts, eurekas at night
Wisdom is waitin’ on me, wisdom is waitin’ on me
Wisdom is waitin’ on me, wisdom is waitin’ on me

13 Wisdom Is Waitin' On Me

Isn’t That the Reason Why You Came?

Verse 
The way you leave a room to let me know that you were there
Leaving your sweet scent of familiar in the air
Knowing that you’re close as I may ever be
A breath away from the air you breathe is a breath away from me

Verse
The way you glance right through the crowd with grand nonchalance
Searching for my face to force a planned happenstance 
With your suited entourage dressed in stoic pleats
A glimpse in your eyes, you see deep into me

Chorus
Isn’t that the reason why you came? oh oh
Isn’t that the reason you know my name? oh oh
Isn’t why life’s a hollow need? oh oh
Isn’t why you follow me?
Oh, oh, oh

Verse 
The way your voice can filter into my dreams
You talk to me sweetly each night, it seems
But I wake to the buzzing, a false alarm
A few words from you is to fall into my arms 

Chorus 
Isn’t that the reason why you came? oh oh
Isn’t that the reason you know my name? oh oh
Isn’t why life’s a hollow need? oh oh
Isn’t why you follow me?
Oh, oh, oh
(Repeat Chorus)

12 Isn't That the Reason?

Our Story Began in These Seats (A duet featuring Belle Plaine)
Lyrics & Music: Scott Anthony Andrews

Scott Anthony: Pardon me, but is this seat taken now?
Pardon me, cuz I’d like to get to know you somehow 
Belle: Theres’ no one sitting here with me
No one, at least until now
Both: We’re just waiting with wide-eyes 
For the red velvet to rise 

Scott Anthony: Pardon me, as I curl my arm around you 
Pardon me, I want to feel a little closer to you
Belle: I like your arm as it hugs my back
You feel like the hero to me
Both: We’re just learning scripts like stars do 
Hoping our lines come true 

Chorus
Belle: We’re just watching in the dark
Both: But the movie began in these seats 
Belle: The actors always play their parts
Both: But the story began in these seats

Scott Anthony:  Pardon me, but sir, you are in our spot
Pardon me, it’s like a standing reservation that we’ve got 
Belle: The Falkon theatre, our Friday nights 
Thirty-two years, it’s called us to love
Both: So we brought our seats home 
For a movie all our own

Belle: We’re just watching in the dark
Both: But the movie began in these seats 
Belle: The actors always play their parts
Both: But the picture began, the adventure began
Our story began in these seats

Belle: We’re just watching in the dark
Both: But the movie began in these seats 
Belle: The actors always play their parts
Both: But the picture began, the adventure began 
Our story began in these seats
Our story began in these seats

14 Our Story Began In These Seats

Jazz on the Harbour 
Written in celebration of the Halifax Jazz Festival
Lyrics & Music: Scott Anthony Andrews

Theodore Tugboat’s been listening 
To jazz on the waves 
Cut its teeth on 
Vibes on the pier for some thirty years 
He’s soaking up jazz

Saltwater sax been a blowing 
Smoke stackin’ bass been a booming
With high hats soft hiss like waves tickling mist
He’s bathing in jazz
Jazz on the harbour
Jazz on the harbour

Theo holds court as he listens 
To the Quartet Granelli
Really sinks in
Adam’s on his sax at the Spatz in Halifax
He’s a jazzer about town 

Trumpets as smooth as morning water
Slipping and sliding trombones
With laid-back jazz brushing like tiny tides rushing
He’s a jazzin’ cool cat
Jazz on the harbour
Jazz on the harbour

Bridge
Jazz on the harbour hangs in the air
Makes Salter Street smile, 
And the cable wharf swing 
Jazz on the harbour hangs in the air
Floating on water, dangling in time
Hovering and hanging in air

Jazz on the harbour
Jazz on the harbour
(Theo hears jazz everywhere 
Theo hears jazz in the air), etc.

17 Jazz On The Harbour

Blanket of Horses
Lyrics & Music: Scott Anthony Andrews 
Written in celebration of the Cathedral Village Arts Festival 

The lead horse, mellow-blue, grinning in the distance
Stands tall
With a smooth lifted smile
Trotting heard from the wall 
Hoof-beat rhythms together fall 
In a still, forward ride

Rose and yellow next, nearer in the distance
Look on 
From their own inner path 
Side by side they look at you
Knowing that you’re looking too 
In a still, forward ride 

Chorus
A blanket of horses 
Going round and round
A carousel in Cathedral
Going round and round
A multi-coloured concrete shawl
Sages on the wall

The white horse big as life, closing in the distance 
Shows strong 
As wise as a child 
Head held firm, mane in bloom
Running large in his easy youth
In a still, forward ride

Chorus
 
Bridge
The painter said goodbye
Amidst equestrian chorus
Now the horseman in the sky
Leaves the story for us 
Leaves the story for us
Chorus

09 A Blanket Of Horses

#SoftAC  #SmoothAC #SmoothJazz 
Singer-songwriter Scott Anthony's new CD "Young Man on Scarth Street Playin' Saxophone" soon to be released