"WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES" -  a first kiss

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LYRICS
I come home, expect to find you there
Doing what you always do
Sitting in your favorite reading chair
The dog curled up next to you

Your shadow always hits me by surprise
Too much of you in me to say goodbye
How do I get over (3x) You

Sell the car and give the clothes away
There’s all the paperwork to do
We’re so sorry all the people say
But the real you they never knew

Lock the gate away from prying eyes
Lock my heart away, so I won’t cry
How do I get over (3x) You

Show me the map for moving on
To leave the past behind, my world redrawn
I run into you almost every day
I know you’re gone but your shadow stays

(instrumental)

With each horizon comes another day
A chance to drop the pain and walk away
But I'll never get over (3x) You

"YOU" - a portrait of grief

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LYRICS:
In the sweet summer heat, 
dancing late at night.
Hear the waves on the beach, 
You and me and fireflies.

Take down your hair
Tie your shirt up,
Only one thing
I can think of

CHORUS
You’re beautiful (2x)
When we collide
You’re beautiful (2x)
When we collide
Come on, collide (2x)

Brush my skin, spin again
Toss the hair out of your eyes.
Move away, spin and sway
Reach your arms to the sky.
Sweet sweat
vanilla spice and wine
I taste them all
With your lips on mine

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

Touch your skin, hips and thighs
Look  into my eyes
Dance until the dawn 
And come inside
Smooth skin 
Shines in the night
Come on girl
Let’s collide

CHORUS

"COLLIDE" - hot summer dancing on the beach

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LYRICS:

William, hear my secret
That I can tell no-one
That no man can understand
Until his days are done.
I don’t know if I’m strong enough 
Enough to be someone
Who can go back one last time
And try to touch the sun.

CHORUS
Touch the sun
Touch the sun
Can I still fly high enough
Enough to touch the sun?

When my wings are weary
When my hope has died
You always believe in me
Your faith never lies.
Show me I’m unbroken
Put the fire back in my veins
So I can fly one last time
To touch the sun again.

CHORUS
Touch the sun
Touch the sun
Can I still fly high enough
Enough to touch the sun?

BRIDGE
Do I hold the candle
Do I hold the flame
To set a million hearts afire
With laughter joy and pain?
Will I rise above the darkness
With a torch of blinding flame
And fly high above the sky
To touch the sun again?

CHORUS
Touch the sun
Touch the sun
Can I still fly high enough
Enough to touch the sun?

William, am I strong enough,
Enough to touch the sun?

"TOUCH THE SUN" - reliving a dream one last time

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LYRICS:
All the pieces of myself
Thrown up in the air
I try to catch them as they fall
But there’s nothing there
I lost them all along the way
And I’m not sure when or how or where

Don’t know where I’m going
Don’t know what I’ll see
I just know I’m leaving
To find another me
I guess I lost the man I had
Or I forgot the man I want to be

Chorus
Out into the wild blue yonder
I will watch and wander
‘Til my sunrise begins

I’m headed back to Boston
Maybe Santa Fe
Back to San Diego
Or the city by the bay
I’m chasing my future and 
Throwing my silver to wind

CHORUS

BRIDGE:
I ‘m gonna build a mountain
With waterfalls and streams
Meadows and forests 
where I can run and dream
Find my second chance
Find my second dream
Find my second half
Maybe the real me

It breaks my heart to leave you
My beloved friends
But if I stay I’ll just await 
An empty-hearted end
And I can’t afford to wait
Until my sunrise begins.

CHORUS

Into the Wild Blue Yonder

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LYRICS:
She’s surrounded by 
an uptight town
Made of money, prestige and fame
The Connecticut Golden Coast
Is a competitive game

Pretty little rich girl, 
Living in a rich world
Everybody knows her name
But it’s all skin deep
And friends are cheap
In the pretty little 
Rich girl game

CHORUS
Whoa, welcome girl
To the uptight paradise
of the privileged world

she gotta fix her face, 
she gotta fix her hair
she gotta fit into her
little tight jeans.
She needs perfect grades, 
a perfect score
To get into the Ivy League

Whoa, welcome girl
To the uptight paradise
of the privileged world

She had to look good, 
Had to be smart
Play the popular game
But she couldn’t keep up
With a world this tough
she couldn’t take the strain

INSTRUMENTAL

Nowhere to run, 911
Another girl who can’t breathe,
They kicked down the door 
On the bathroom floor
Hyperventilating on her knees

I’m too tired to run, 
Too tired to cry
And too tired of trying to please.
The bar’s too high in paradise
And I can’t wait to leave.

Whoa, welcome girl
To the uptight paradise
of the privileged world

Whoa, welcome girl
To the broken promises
of the privileged world

"UPTIGHT PARADISE" - the price of perfection

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LYRICS:
Sunsets on Silver Sands
Picnics on the Green
Music on Walnut Beach
By the open sea
Silent midnight traffic lights
On River Street I know
Red and green in winter scenes
In drifting snow
I live in Milford
I live in Milford
I live in Milford
By the Sea

I live in a small house
Down by Gulf Beach
I fall asleep at night
To the sounds of the sea
I know my neighbors
My neighbors know me
The bells of St. Mary's
Ring for me
I live in Milford
I live in Milford
I live in Milford
By the Sea

I was told I should have rolled
Out of Milford long ago
That I was born a gifted son
And further I could go
But time cuts you to the bone
Only God knows why
Comfort lies close to home
With friends nearby

INSTRUM

Catch the leaves as they fall
Before they blow away
In every town time swirls round
Like seagulls by the bay
In this town I was born
In this town I’ll stay
And drift above all I love
On my final day
I live in Milford
I live in Milford
I live in Milford
By the Sea

"I LIVE IN MILFORD" - hometown loyalty

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LYRICS:
I stand before you, 
The spotlight’s on
I rise to meet you
With every song
There’s connection with every eye
When I sing for you

I fly up to freedom
Free from gravity
You’re the only reason
That this singer’s soul is free
From gravity
From gravity

Some days gravity
Holds us down
And we forget
The good we’ve found
The soul runs cold
The heart turns blue
But when I sing for you

I fly up to freedom
Free from gravity
You’re the only reason
That this singer’s soul is free
From gravity
From gravity

If gravity went away, 
Life would be easy
But the good times today
Wouldn’t be real

The seats will be empty
And the spotlight gone
But I’ll see your faces
And I’ll hear the songs
My heart’s alive for another day
And I hope that you too

Can fly up to freedom
Free from gravity
Together we’re the reason
That each other’s soul is free
From gravity
From gravity

"NO GRAVITY" - walking on air

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LYRICS:
A child stands
A child falls
It takes pain to learn
To walk instead of crawl
Day by day, one by one
Every fall in life
creates someone
You’re beautiful and broken
Even in the dark of night

CHORUS
Choose life, choose life
You’ll understand in time
You’ll survive the circus ride
Broken and strong inside
In a perfect life

Life makes you
Soft and smooth
Rocks and wind
And waves will polish you
I don’t know why
I wish I knew
Why the things in life
That break us make us new
You’re beautiful and broken
Even in the dark of night

CHORUS
Choose life, choose life
You’ll understand in time
You’ll survive the circus ride
Broken and strong inside
In a perfect life

Deeper pain means deeper change
Do you want to stay the same?

CHORUS
Choose life, choose life
You’ll understand in time
You’ll survive the circus ride
Broken and strong inside
In a perfect life (x3)

"IN A PERFECT LIFE" - learning through imperfection

A slow beautiful acoustic interpretation of the Michael Jackson classic.

"BILLIE JEAN" by Michael Jackson ft. WILL BAIRD

Singer-Songwriter Will Baird
is best known for his heartfelt songs and engaging performance style.  His rich, warm voice and resonant guitar style bring life to songs that are well-crafted and wrapped around original ideas and strong hooks.

At his dynamic performances, you can hear a pin drop after emotional dark ballads … as well as laughter, clapping and singing during lighter moments.

He began his career singing in the subways  of Boston, and first gained notoriety in the Harvard Square acoustic music scene in Cambridge in the early eighties. He has shared the bill with numerous artists such as Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Bill Staines and Livingston Taylor.
  
His new autobiographical EP, "Coyote Dreams", focuses on the universal lifelong journey of hopes and aspirations, disappointments and recovery, and is available on CD Baby, iTunes and Spotify. 

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