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I Have Seen A Place / I Don't Need Your Money

from Initial Ideas From Cassettes, Resurrected by John Tabacco

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Words and Music © 2021 by John Tabacco
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC)

Basically this is two songs culled from the same arrangement. On the cassette from which they originated from I kept messing around with different ideas. I could not settle on one I liked better. I sort of melded all the melody and chords together and wrote different lyrics to see which one played out best. I still could not decide. So I mixed the two songs and thought it would be silly to separate them. Hence the segue. It's kind of a weird idea I never did before.

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I HAVE SEEN A PLACE

The oil bill is too high
I can’t afford to pay it anymore
The food bill is way too high
I can’t afford to eat it anymore

And as a child I remember
As a child I remember

I didn’t need no money
I didn’t need it
I didn’t need it
I didn’t need no money
Well I didn’t need it
I didn’t need it

I have seen a place
A place where everybody lives for free
It’s a special place
A place where everybody gets to be
Anything they can imagine
Anything they can imagine

You don’t need no money
You don’t need it
You don’t need it
You don’t need no money
You don’t need it
You don’t need it

And as child I remember
As a child I remember well

Before I was born I was out there
Decided to come back to the sea of commerce
Tried it out - didn’t like it
I got more important things I’d rather do with my time

I DON'T NEED YOUR LOVIN'

So I cry…
I cry myself to sleep each night
When I die –
in my dreams I see a light
I try to run but it follows every move I make – like a spy
And even though it seems so hopeless – so cruel
I think the bigger problem here is
You!

I don’t need your lovin’
I don’t need your oven
I only need something that’s true to me

I don’t need your money
I don’t need your honey
I only need somewhere I’m suppose to be when I’m lost

And I have seen that place
A place where love is always guaranteed

Cold wind blows
Sitting lonesome on the porch
Wonder why
You are late…
Messing with the time I can’t get back
Even though you called
You lied

I don’t need your lovin’
I don’t need your oven
I only need something that’s true to me

I don’t need your money
I don’t need your honey
I only need somewhere I’m suppose to be when I’m lost

And I have seen that place
A place where love is always guaranteed
And as a child I remember
I’m not about to toss it out to sea

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from Initial Ideas From Cassettes, Resurrected, released May 8, 2023
JT : Vocals, Guitar, Programming
Recorded at Suburban Hermit Studios II, Stony Brook, NY

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John Tabacco Stony Brook, New York

John Tabacco is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and visual artist.

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined.

For more info : www.johntabacco.net
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