Music and Lyrics by Shawn Vougeot, Kari Simkins

Verse 1:
Descending into half-lit faces
Tracks bely the danger here
As though we're safe in unknown places
Yet leading us further into fear

Chorus:
I heard him call my name
No one there, I feel him just the same
The phantom of the night train
Though i may be alone
I feel him everywhere i go

Verse 2:
Underworld meditation
Captives of deep station
Like waiting for a ghost town bus
And trains that never come for us

-Chorus-

Verse 3:
So now at last I contemplate
Locked against my door
Did Phantom just postpone my fate
Or did he bring me safely home?

-Chorus-

But I don't know 
Would I be safe anymore
If my Phantom should ever go?
     
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Streets

Phantom

A reflection on the callousness with which humans have treated all forms of life. Inspired by the news of a 4-year old girl caught in the crossfire among two gangs (verse 2).

Music and Lyrics by Shawn Vougeot

Verse 1: 
Brittle kitten gone astray
Alone crossing the railway
It's just she got in the way
But besides that, hey hey anyway

Verse 2:
Couldn't let them get away
Settled the bill they had to pay
That child just got in the way
But besides that, hey anyway

Chorus: 
Nothing Much Happened Today
Life went along as always
Who knows if you'll see tomorrow 
I swear on the fine thread of my life
Nothing Much Happened Today

Verse 3:
Money, Power, our mainstay
That Jew just got in our way
So please, Sig Heil, lead us today
We promise that we'll do what you say

Bridge:
We had our reasons, our justifications
Tell me oh, oh, what's upsetting you so?

Chorus:
Nothing Much Happened Today
Life went along as always
Who knows if you'll see tomorrow
I swear on the fine thread of my life
Nothing Much Happened Today

I swear on the fine thread of my life
Nothing Much Happened Today
I swear on the fine thread of my life
Nothing Much Happened Today

Verse 4:
Although we all leave someday
They won't me stay
It's just I got in the way
But besides that, hey anyway

Nothing Much Happened Today

The Most Dangerous Game
Music & Lyrics by Shawn Vougeot and Kari Simkins

Apathy seals our fate
And so we wait
Fissures become
Great chasms in our wake

Verse 1:
Little men in Parliament
Decide the fate of regiments
Distant from a father’s door
His young man is lost at war

Apathy seals our fate

Chorus:
Desolate hearts
The wasteland plays its part
In The Most Dangerous Game

Verse 2:
Dying deer, haunted eyes
Asks the boy, “Must I die?”
Boy asks man, “Can deer be saved?”
“No my son, don’t ever think that way”

-Chorus-
Hollow hearts
Play their fatal part 
In The Most Dangerous Game

Bridge:
Frozen hearts
Hooded fears
Blind our eyes
Silence ears

Verse 3:
Frightened men minimize
War’s lament in wounded eyes
Dying boy, haunted eyes
Asks the man, “Must I die?”
Little men in Parliament
Never heard the son’s lament

Apathy seals our fate
And so we wait…

The Most Dangerous Game

Music by Shawn Vougeot, Matthew Fink
Lyrics by Shawn Vougeot

Verse 1:
When you're stalking in the night
But wanting just to hold me tight
Stop strutting your fur
You've got to come closer to hear me purrrr

Chorus:
Here Kitty, Kitty
Would you come here pretty pretty please?
Here Kitty, Kitty
Don't you ever tease me
No, no, no ,no
(repeat)

Verse 2:
I hear you scratching at my door
But when I arrive, you're there no more
Stop toying with me
Come for love immediately

-Chorus-

Bridge:
Listen up my coy panther
Do you want my love
Or are you just going to stand there?
This is my final request
One last chance and then you're off my list

-Chorus-

The Bride

Here Kitty, Kitty

Music by Shawn Vougeot, Matthew Fink
Lyrics by Shawn Vougeot

Verse 1:
I've loved some men in my time
Who stole me with their shine
But after loving all through the night
Something just wasn't right, he was

Pre-Chorus:
Too cool to be a fool (in love), or
Too tough to feel enough (enough), or
Too strong to tell me what was wrong
Long I've been searching
For the perfect one, because

Chorus:
I need a passionate man
I need a man who can understand
That I need a man who's true
Is that man you?
Is that man you?

Verse 2:
So I declared I was through
But somehow I was drawn to you
And after loving all through the night
Where everything just was so right, you're not

Pre-Chorus 2:
Too cool to be a fool (in love), or
Too tough to feel enough (enough), or
Too strong to tell me what was wrong
Long I've been searching
For the perfect one, because

-Chorus-

That Man Is You

Music & Lyrics by Joanne Holden & Dave Pickell

Verse 1:
Time stands still as you turn away
All my thoughts run wild for a word to say
Should I reach for you?
Could it be too late?
Can we give it one more try?

Verse 2:
Here we stand on the borderline
And I search my heart for a reason why
Did I love too much, did I hold too tight?
Can we leave it all behind?

Chorus:
Ooh baby, can we give it one more try?
I still want you by my side
Ooh baby, you're the best thing in my life
Can we give it one more try?
Before We Say Goodbye

Verse 2:
All your life you never took a chance
So if you have to go, I will understand
Can you hold me now, think of what we had?
And let me love you one more time

-Chorus-

Before We Say Goodbye

Music & Lyrics by Shawn Vougeot
Produced by Karl Demer (Atomic K Records)

Verse 1:
I cannot promise
We'll never sleep in separate beds
Nor can I promise
That angry words will never be said
But there is one thing, one thing that I am sure
One thing to which all upset will defer

Chorus:
Love Lives On
Through the stormy weather, ohh
Loves Lives On
To tell the tale, ohh
Love Lives On
Even when we're not together, ohh
Love Lives On, love prevails

Love Lives On and on and on
Love Lives On and on and on
Love Lives On and on and on
Love Lives On
Love Lives On
Love Lives On

Verse 2:
You need time, time to work it out
Well that's just fine
I'm here when you're in doubt
And just remember I'll love you 'til the day
The moon and earth collide
Hear me when I say

-Chorus-

Love Lives On

Music & Lyrics by Shawn Vougeot & Dave Pickell

V1:
Invisible
to the naked eye
Invincible
ten stories high
Even though I tried to shatter
what has come between us
As we're lying face to face
still I'm alone

Impossible
to understand
When I'm holding you
I feel a line drawn in the sand
Tell me did I come too close
to where you keep your secrets
Or is there something in your mind
you need to leave behind

CHORUS:
Walls of glass
Staring at your own reflection
Imprisoned by your own protection, ooh
All I ask
is to have a chance to let my
love break through
'Cause when I reach for you
I can't get past
Walls of glass

V2:
Are we wasting time?
Should I turn and go?
I wish these tears could tell me
what I need to know
Will you find the strength
to shine the light that you're hiding?
And will the love I feel for you
be enough to see you through

-CH-

Bridge:
Standing on the other side
I see a candle burning in the night
I believe that if we try
Together we can
Take down
Shake down
Break down
ohh

-CH-

Walls of Glass

Music & Lyrics by Shawn Vougeot & Dave Pickell

V1: 
At the end of a lonely street
Stands the house of your memories
Windows broken, door hangs open
Paint is cracked and dry
Every leaf scattered on the ground
Every word meant to tear you down
One more possession, a dark collection
That keeps you trapped in time

Pre-Chorus: 
Hold on or move on
You can live inside the past forever, or

CHORUS: 
Let It Burn
Turn your tears to ashes
Yesterday's shadows will fade in the flames
Don't let a world full of sweet disasters
Stand in your way
All you heard
All you learned
If it hurts
Let It Burn

V2: 
Up the stairs with the boards worn through
Feel the wind fill the empty rooms
Walls are leaning, paper peeling
Time for one last look
On the mantle, a picture frame
Familiar smile, eyes that seem to say,
"Days are passing, don't make the bad things
more precious than the good."

Pre-Chorus: 
Let the sparks fly and smoke rise
You've been carrying the weight forever, so

-CH-

Bridge: 
If it's yours but you don't want it
It can only drag you down
You're where you are,
not where you've come from
That's all over now, so

Let It Burn

Somewhere Over The Rainbow (a cappella)

Shout, Scream, Bleed for a Dream
Music and lyrics by Vougeot

V1:
US fallen 2,383
And twenty times faster falling Iraqis
So we should feel victory?

Pre-Chorus:
Oil kings baptizing
In the price that is rising
But is it worth what we’re sacrificing?

CHORUS:
I’ll shout and
I’ll scream and
I’ll make a big scene and
I’ll bleed just to live
By Love Alone
Dispute and
Refute and
I’ll prosecute and
Demand that we live
By Love Alone
It’s time that we live
By Love Alone

V2:
Tigers 5003 left
For proving hunters’ masculinity
Elephants slaughtered for their ivory
Do we really need trophies and jewelry?

Pre-CH:
Trade kings baptizing
In the price that is rising
But is it worth what we’re sacrificing?

-CH-

Bridge:
I dream of a day
When we will awake
To a world overtaken
By love, peace, laughter, and play

-repeat-

-CHORUS-

Shout Scream Bleed 4 A Dream

Created this arrangement using my Boss loop machine (awesome tool of technology!), in preparation for a wedding performance.

(Sorry that the audio peaks towards the end!)

Canon In D by Pachelbel - Violin Loop

Co-Founder/CEO of New World Women, Singer/Songwriter/Violinist and Television Producer residing in the Twin Cities (Minnesota), Shawn performs vocal and violin for weddings and other events.

Shawn loves her family, animals, trees, chocolate, and laughing.

Shawn Vougeot

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