Mercury Glass

Llororas

International Flight

Immaterial

Fallen Reign

Chop Shop

My (second) take on writing a Bond title track tune. I have always been a big fan of the music in these movies.  

I first heard that No Time to Die was being filmed under the working title of 'Eclipse' so I wrote this track around that.   

Think it has all the makings of a classic Bond theme song. 

Lyrics:

A rare occurrence 
Peace in our lifetime
We fight against the current
But can’t move the tide
We dodged a bullet
And now we’re dancing on trip wire
We dodged a bullet
But we’ve fallen on a land mine

One last eclipse
Hangs from your lips
Shatter silence
In the obligatory scene
It’s you and me 

In this new convergence
Sun and moon will align 
The perfect cover
Black the skyline
This new reflection
Comes into view at midnight  
Softly whisper
A vesper in the moonlight

One last eclipse
Hangs from your lips
Shatter silence
In the obligatory scene
It’s you and me

Eclipse (James Bond Movie Tribute)

Fun song I wrote for my wife after 10 years of being together

Written and produced at home and recorded in Logic

Hold On Tight (The Longest Ride)

Written, produced and performed by Jack Licata.

Vocal engineering, mixing and mastering by Brandon Slavinski. 

Backing vocals by Brandon Slavinski. 

Lyrics:

Another season changes
Another year goes by
So tonight we raise a glass
Fireworks light up the sky

For one last throw down
We’ll break all the bad habits out
For tomorrow we’ll kiss them goodbye
We’ll be brand new people with brand new lives

But tonight…

I know what’s on your mind
Say it one more time for me

I know what’s on your mind
Say, “One more time” for me

(Now raise your right hand and repeat after me. OK!)
I promise I won’t be haunted by the ghosts of years gone past
I promise that this year will be better than the last
When the ball drops, everything stops
Today should never be the only day we decide to change

So tonight…

I know what’s on your mind
Say it one more time for me

I know what’s on your mind
Say, “One more time” for me

Kiss me come midnight
Who knows who I’ll be tomorrow?

I know what’s on your mind
Say it one more time for me

I know what’s on your mind
Say, “One more time” for me

New Year's Evolution

Song dedicated to my grandfather upon his passing in 2019. 

Lyrics
You never wanted to be the one
Who was strong for everyone
But then a day came when you didn’t have a choice
Now we measure all we’ve done as
Mother, daughter, prodigal son 
And for the first time father didn’t have a voice 
So we had to be your voice

She said look at all we did
They are here because we lived our lives together, Built one life together 
In a room of twenty one
Now a countdown has begun
We’re holding on, you’re still holding on
Not ready to say goodbye...

I think of all you left behind 
Searched your whole life to find 
When all you wanted was someone to anoint 
You can rest your work is done
Lessons you taught will still live on
And those with your name
Will still echo your voice
We have to be your voice 

She said look at all we did
They are here because we lived our lives together, Built one life together 
In a room of twenty one
Now a countdown has begun
We’re holding on, you’re still holding on

How did you know where to go
Out in front paving the road for us

How did you have the strength to go
Out in front braving the cold for us

We Will Be Your Voice (Demo)

An Addict's Homecoming

Tell Me What You Want

Novocaine Lips

Unreleased 2013 album

Lyrics:

One more time around the world 
One more time around the world

Take me up high where the sun don’t set 
Such a sexy silhouette 
Your body against the night sky? 

This can’t be right, been tricked by eyes 
The sky is such a sight to be hold tonight 
This can’t be right, watch our worlds collide 
Sky is such a sight…

One more time around the world 
One more time around the world

Stare at the sky for what seems like days 
Flash of light, all gone too soon 
Like I fell asleep aside you and woke up on the moon

This can’t be right, been tricked by eyes 
The sky is such a sight to be hold tonight 
This can’t be right, watch our worlds collide 
Sky is such a sight to behold tonight

(We can) 
Light up the night sky 
We can make the ground shake beneath their feet 
Infinitely, zero G 
Laugh in the face of gravity

(We can) 
Light up the night sky 
(We can) 
We can make the ground shake beneath their feet 
Infinitely, zero G 
Laugh in the face of gravity


Light Up the Night (Astronaut Love Song)

Girls And Boys

One More For The Road

The One Night Stand recorded around 2000 or 2001. 

Vocals, Guitar - Gavin Graber
Lead Guitar - Hazen Ziringer
Drums - Marc O'Keefe
Bass, Vocals - Jack Licata 

Elevator Music

Fade Away

Amazing

Songwriting Demo - Pop/Country Ballad 

Song is available for licensing.

Words, music and arrangement - Jack Licata

Vocals - Mary Scholz
- http://soundcloud.com/mary-scholz
- http://www.maryscholz.com/wp/

Produced by Brandon Slavinski of Red Letterbox Productions 
- http://redletterboxproductions.com
- http://soundcloud.com/brandon-slavinski
- http://soundcloud.com/redletterboxpro


Lyrics

Verse 1
There was a time when I was so in love 
There was a time I would run to you 
Everything that you said would be the next line of a song
I was crazy over you
I kept coming back to, I kept holding on to
The two things that mattered most…my guitar and you

Prechorus 
You were once my inspiration, my touch of color in a world gone grey
But I never thought that my inspiration could walk away
Now I’m sitting here so lonely and there’s nothing I can do
Except put my pen to paper and strum a chord or two

Chorus 
That’s ok because I’m still writing love songs
I get a little bit stronger everyday
Maybe someday you’ll hear one of those love songs 
And it will take your breath away

Verse 2
I’d tell myself, ‘this song is not about you’
But now I’m lying just like you used to do 
Now I’m wishing for it to rain so I can sleep all day
Instead of crying, crying over you 


Bridge
When you left
I was so scared
Just to be alone
But I’m fine
Now that you’re gone

Final Chorus
That’s OK because I’m still writing love songs
I get a little bit stronger everyday
Maybe someday you’ll hear one of those love songs 
And it will take your breath away

Still Writing Love Songs - feat. Mary Scholz

Track #3 off 2009 Release Transient Passenger

Available for download @ itunes.com/jacklicata

www.JackLicata.com

Words and Music by Jack Licata
Produced by Brandon Slavinski
Mastered by Alex Amoretti 

Lyrics:

Her real name was something pretty (But I can't remember)
So she might as well
Introduced herself as scandalous
Just when she said
I'd be safe from all the games
(I find I'm already getting played)
(All alias) and alibis
Just disguises and excuses
Can you do no wrong?

In my eyes...
In my eyes...
It's over and it's through
Then I'm done with you

Can't you see that this is killing me
Is it you or just my mind
That's turning tricks on me
But I can't seem to hate you
No matter how I try
Becuase you always be
An angel in my eyes

It's over and it's through
Then I'm done with you

Deception was always
The weapon of choice
But she'll just make you scream
Until you lose your voice
She'll make your skin crawl
But you won't want to move
Not after too long

In my eyes...
In my eyes...
It's over and it's through
Then I'm done with you
It's over and it's through
Then I'm done with you

Repeat Chorus

With all these games we play
Things will never change
Just throw it all away
But you always be
An angel in my eyes

Repeat chorus


Angel

Track #1 off 2009 Release Transient Passenger

Available for download @ itunes.com/jacklicata

Words and Music by Jack Licata
Produced by Brandon Slavinski
Mastered by Alex Amoretti 

Lyrics:

You look so at home in the shadows
You lie in wait for your chance
To attack
Licking your lips oh, so softly
A quick look back?
That could be costly
Because once you stare
You're already caught in the trap

Just love me deadly
She's so deadly lovely

Anything you want
Just take all that's left in me
Anything at all
Even the air I need to breathe
Anything at all
I'll lay it down right at your feet

Just love me deadly
She's so deadly lovely

I feel like I've been marked
for torture
So catch me if you can
And time me to the rack
A quick look back?
That could be fatal
I know you're more than capable
I know I wished for this
I know I wished for this
But can I take it back
When I said...

Just love me deadly
She's so deadly lovely

Repeat Chorus

I play daily
The name of the game is survival
If I'm not careful
You might not see me tomorrow
So I pray to thee
Go against your instincts
Your animal tendencies
And just be human
Give in...
Come on give in...
Just give in....

Repeat Chorus


Deadly. Lovely.

Track #2 off 2009 Release Transient Passenger

Available for download @ itunes.com/jacklicata

www.JackLicata.com

Words and Music by Jack Licata 
Produced by Brandon Slavinski 
Mastered by Alex Amoretti

Lyrics:

It's gonna take more than
Just a coat of paint
To cover up these memories
ong after the locks are changed
Will this still feel like home to me?
Things have happened
I can't change
But what choice to do I have
But to let it all go

Here I've learned that living
Is a priviledge
It's more than being alive
And just becuase you are living
Doesn't mean you have a life
When an existence
That you're not proud of
Takes up all your time

But I think it's time
I think it's time
I think it's time that I...

Start changing my surroundings
Things are changing all around me
I think moving on is the
Best Idea I've had
I'll forget about this mess
Won't even change my home address
Because this next stop
Well it won't be my last

This feels like ending a relationship
With a long kiss goodbye
You just can't seem to understand
How you have the stenght to try
To pack your things
Up and leave
All this history behind
And never look back

Repeat Pre-chorus/Chorus

Repeat Verse1

Repeat Chorus


Change the Locks

Track #1 off 2009 Release Transient Passenger

Available for download @ itunes.com/jacklicata

www.JackLicata.com

Words and Music by Jack Licata
Produced by Brandon Slavinski
Mastered by Alex Amoretti 

Lyrics: 

Everyone complains
That the seasons never change
Down in Florida
But who wants to be alone
On a winter's night
So dark and cold
But in this kind of weather
Waking up alone never gets old

But I think you can make it better

If you fly south for the winter
And the rest of your life
Help me turn this place
Back into paradise
I need you now
More than you'll ever know
Because without you, the sunshine
Still feels like eight below

Everyone complains
That it always rains too much
in Florida
And the humidity
Can get to be so much
You can't breathe
But I've felt this shortness of breath
Ever since she left me

But I think you can make it better

Repeat Chorus

If you fly south for the winter
And the rest of your life
Help me turn this place
Back into paradise
The cold can be deadly
But I will survive
If you hurry now
You can be here tonight
I need you now
More than you'll ever know
Because without you, the sunshine
Still feels like eight below

Seasons Never Change (Florida)

Track #5 off 2009 Release Transient Passenger

Available for download @ itunes.com/jacklicata

www.JackLicata.com

Words and Music by Jack Licata
Produced by Brandon Slavinski
Mastered by Alex Amoretti 

Broken Glass

Track #6 off 2009 Release Transient Passenger

Available for download @ itunes.com/jacklicata

www.JackLicata.com

Words and Music by Jack Licata
Produced by Brandon Slavinski
Mastered by Alex Amoretti 

Lyrics:

What's with all this fast talk
And these faster moving hands?
Why is it that love
Has to be a game of chance?
Why am I so good at turning
Treasure into trash
It always comes down
To just one simple fact

If it's not you...Then it's no one
If it's not you...I dont want to know
If it's not you...It's just not you
Then I'm just another lonely fool

I do my best to have some patience
Try my hardest to be a man
When she says she can wait
But I'm not sure I can
Tell myself it's just an urge
And this too shall pass
But for the first time
I'm not so sure bout that

Repeat Chorus

Solo

Repeat Chorus


If It's Not You

Words and Music by Jack Licata

Produced by Brandon Slavinski of Red Letterbox Production

Song is available for licensing and recording. 

Lyrics:

I wish I could stay
Because I can't stand to hear
The door lock behind me
Everytime I walk away
Life get's in the way
Of the very act of living
We shouldn't have to say...

Say goodbye...
Say goodbye...
Say goodbye...
Say goodbye...

Just know when I'm gone
I'm working on
Building our own blue sky
You're the reason I breathe
You're the reason I'm alive
Sometimes I wonder
If these three words
Are all I'll ever have
Would that keep you coming back?

Now I'm counting the days 
til I feel your breath, 
see your face, 
hear your voice call me name
Life get's in the way 
Of living how I know we coould be
We shouldn't have to say...

Say goodbye...
Say goodbye...
Say goodbye...
Say goodbye...

Just know when I'm gone
I'm working on
Building our own blue sky
You're the reason I breathe
You're the reason I'm alive
Sometimes I wonder
If these three words
Are all I'll ever have
Would that keep you coming back?

Don't you know
I'd come running back

Repeat Chorus


Building Blue Sky (Acoustic Demo)

South Florida musician writing, producing and performing tracks across several genres.

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