Revolution 20

There And Back Again

What You Give

Unreasonable Force

Sing You A Song

Worlds Collide

Blue Bird

Beggars And Thieves

Love And Devotion

All For One

Hammer Down

Floating Blues

Blame It All On Me

Chatterbox

Even

Within

Carnival

After I'm Gone

There's a man on the roadside
Standing on a picket line
Stomping on the pavement
Screaming 'bout the government

A boy from the East Side
Dreams about the big time
Working for a paycheck
Reading Jack Kerouac

And it's hard when you're an angel in this city
When you're out on the front line trying to stay alive
But maybe we'd be better off dead

A girl in a red dress
She's got long hair that's a mess
She was 18 and naive
Now she's got a kid to feed

And she wants to find a knew way
But the color of her dress starts to feel like gray
And she fades away

And it's hard when you're an angel in this city
When you're out on the front line trying to stay alive
But maybe we'd be better off dead

Sometimes I feel like I'm on a carousel
And I feel like hell
It goes on and on and round and round
And sometimes I feel alone

2006

WISER TIME | Better Off Dead

I could see you were acting a little
Sweet smile, then a tilt of a bottle
Well I'm here to climb a mountain
But I can wait til tomorrow

Stormy woman, take me away
With a smile to match the bright lights on these streets of LA
I can sing my song, and walk on out alone
But I've got one thing on my mind,
For you to take me back home

You look so fine, the way you move
Your rose tatoo, so little
You can change my mind, if you're good
I just might stay forever

2010

WISER TIME | Take Me Back Home

Wiser Time | WITHIN

LAY IT DOWN
So when your feet are in the air
And your view is from the ground
When you take a look around you
And there's no one to be found

I know you feel like it's over
And no one will hear a sound
Take the burden from your shoulder
And lay it down

Can you feel it now?
Then let it flow
Down and easy now
Then let it go

We all do what we have to do
But who are you to talk down?
And if we really want to
We can turn this thing around

So let the spirit overtake take you
And turn the music up loud
Lay, lay, lay it
Lay it down

Lay It Down

Wiser Time | WITHIN

I LIKE IT THAT WAY
I'm up all hours of the evening
I go to bed late in the morning
I attack without warning
And I like it that way

I get up in the afternoon
I write a line and play a new tune
Howl at the sky on a full moon
And I like it that way

A dog is howling in the hallway
A cat's prowling in an alley way
Who gives a damn about it anyway
I like it that way

They say that seeing is believing
But the sparkle of gold can be deceiving
And if you don't know you could be grieving
But I like it that way

I Like It That Way

Wiser Time | WITHIN

ALIVE
Well there's no reason for you to keep a foul tone
Because you can't blame a hard case for not knowing what he don't know
And the word from a good friend isn't always set in stone
You had to learn the hard way but you know that you should've known

Don't you be afraid to go inside
There's a place within for you to find

And there's no way that the wear don't take a toll
You were headed for a breakdown so you had to roll
And if you knew the fable do you think that you would've gone?
Tell me what you feel now when you're all alone

Don't you be afraid to go inside
You believe in me/you, you will come...alive

Don't you be afraid to go inside
You will see me on the other side...alive

Alive

Carmen Sclafani, professionally known as Wiser Time, is a vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and producer from New Jersey, USA. His work has received recognition for it’s soulful vocals and musical style which consists of concept albums that blend rock, Americana, blues and folk influences. Wiser Time’s debut album was There And Back Again (2006), followed by All For One (2008), Beggars And Thieves (2010), XII (2012) and Within (2017). Wiser Time just released a new EP titled, Worlds Collide (2020).

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