queen of hearts

Alan Gerber   
Queen of Hearts


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ROCK Reviewed 10-14-09 
Alan Gerber  :: Queen of Hearts 

There's never a bad time of year to take a road trip, and "Queen of Hearts" just might be the perfect album to make those miles go by in a flash. A roller coaster of emotional lyrics and flawless musicianship, Alan Gerber's latest release makes me want to hit the road with no particular place to go. 



By A. Gerber & R. Hutchinson

It was a very hard year
Dad went away
We hoped you could stay for a while
You are part of me
I brought light to your life
It's easy to see how we are alike

Oh Mama
Where has it gone?
Did you think that closing your eyes and self sacrifice
Would let the dream live on?

I remember the days
Of smothering love
I could never be cold with you as a glove
Beautiful hands
Holding the cards
Did you ever know you were our queen of hearts?

Oh mama
You came so far
From ashes to riches, your hats and your shoes

by A. Gerber & P. Wiggins

The planet spins,
Ballerina on an empty stage.
Beating hearts
Like a drummer pounding rhythms of joy and rage,
Within a cage.

Seasons come
Seasons go, tides ebb and flow.
Out in space
There is no sound,
But the moon can hear our silent cries
When the sun goes down.

Hours into days,
Days into years,
How long will it be
'Til this darkness clears?

Hope is born
In the deepest night
Black turns to grey,
Anyields to the healing light .

Then morning comes
To wash away,
Tears of yesterday.

Moments shine
Glowing love on a mothers face.

by A.Gerber , R. Kempf & R. Hutchinson

Sometime I do my duty,sometimes I do the job.
Sometime I do nothing but cheat, lie and rob.
Sometime I do the talking, sometimes I pave the way.
And sometime I just do the doodah all day

I do the doodah all day
I do the doodah all day
I tune it all out, make the world go away
I doodah, doodah, doodah all day .

Sometime I make the money ,sometime I take the prize.
I could be in bed by ten or an hour before sunrise.
Sometime i like to dance , sometime I need to pray
And sometimes I just do the doodah all day

I do the doodah all day

by A. Gerber & R. Hutchinson

I am a shadow
My future's behind me.
On a cold city street
You could find me.

Look in my eyes
Recognize your fear
Guilt and shame scream loud and clear
It's not far from where your standing to over here.

And I'm waiting, waiting for you
Yes I'm waiting, waiting for you
I'm not asking for much
One more quarter will buy me a beer, but a dime will do.

I was a professor with tenure at N.Y.U.
Had a house, a car, I was a family man.
I filled them with questions, and I gave them their score
'Till the day I could do it no more