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Every Little Thing

by Jeremey Frederick

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HE WAS A DARK HAIRED BOY WITH AN ELVIS SMILE SHE WAS SIX MONTHS SHY OF HER FIRST BORN CHILD SHE WAS BARELY 17 WHEN HE HAD HIS WAY NOW THERE AIN’T NOTHING SHE CAN DO THAT CAN MAKE HIM STAY GIRL, CAN’T YOU SEE HE’S GONE NO MORE WORDS TO LEAD YOU ON ONE MORE DAY NO MORE LIES GONNA MAKE HIM STAY SO GIRL CAN’T YOU LET HIM GO NO ONE HAS TO KNOW THE WAY HE MADE YOU FEEL NO MORE TEARS GONNA MAKE IT REAL AGAIN SO SHE PACKED UP THOSE MEMORIES CAUGHT A GREYHOUND FOR HOME WHERE SHE KNEW THEY’D FORGIVE HER THERE FOR WHAT IS LOVE WITHOUT A PROMISE OR HOPE WITHOUT FEAR? IT WAS HER MOTHER THAT WAS WAITING TO HOLD HER NEAR SHE SAID YOU’LL NEVER HAVE MORE HEARTACHE THAN YOUR SOUL CAN BEAR BUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE JOY, YOU’RE GONNA SHED SOME TEARS GIRL CAN’T YOU SEE HE’S GONE NO MORE WORDS TO LEAD YOU ON ONE MORE DAY NO MORE LIES GONNA MAKE HIM STAY SO GIRL CAN’T YOU LET HIM GO NO ONE HAS TO KNOW THE WAY HE MADE YOU FEEL NO MORE TEARS GONNA MAKE IT REAL AGAIN THEN ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, MAYBE SIX WEEKS TOO SOON SHE REMEMBERED HIS FATHER’S SMILE WHEN SHE HELD HIM SO CLOSE, FELT HIS TREMBLING HEART, IT WAS SUDDENLY ALL SO CLEAR GIRL CAN’T YOU SEE HE’S GONE NO MORE WORDS TO LEAD YOU ON ONE MORE DAY NO MORE WORDS GONNA MAKE HIM STAY SO GIRL CAN’T YOU LET HIM GO NO ONE HAS TO KNOW THE WAY HE MADE YOU FEEL NO MORE TEARS GONNA MAKE IT REAL NO MORE LIES GONNA BREAK THIS DEAL NO MORE HURT FOR THIS HEART OF STEEL ONE TRUE LOVE, ONE TRUE LOVE WILL ENDURE
2.
SHE WAS EVERYTHING HE WANTED IN A VELVET DRESS HALF A LITTLE THING, BUT I MUST CONFESS THAT SHE WAS OVER YOU BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS THROUGH EVERY LITTLE THING SHE WANTED BUT A LOVE AFFAIR HALF A NIGHT OF ANYONE TO TAKE HER THERE AND NOW SHE’S OVERDUE; SHE STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S TRUE AND WITH EVERY DAY THAT PASSES BY  THERE’S ANOTHER LITTLE REASON TO STAY ANOTHER HIGHWAY EXIT TO ANYWHERE BUT HERE WHERE THE STARS AT NIGHT DON’T BURN SO BRIGHT BUT THEY CAN TAKE AWAY THE STING OF EVERY LITTLE THING HER FRIENDS WERE ALWAYS SAYING SHE COULD BE A STAR WORKING SECOND SHIFT SHE KNEW SHE’D NEVER GET THAT FAR BUT A GIRL CAN DREAM, HER FACE ON A MAGAZINE AND ON THE QUIET NIGHTS SHE WONDERS IF THERE’S MORE THAN THIS IS IT TOO LATE FOR ANOTHER CHANCE AT HAPPINESS WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO WHEN THIS WORLD WAS ALL SHE KNEW BUT WITH EVERY DAY THAT PASSES BY  THERE’S ANOTHER LITTLE REASON TO STAY ANOTHER ONE WAY TICKET TO NOWHERE FAST COME AND GONE WHERE THE STARS AT NIGHT DON’T BURN SO BRIGHT BUT THEY CAN TAKE AWAY THE STING OF EVERY LITTLE THING AND SO WITH EVERY DAY THAT PASSED HER BY THERE WAS ANOTHER LITTLE REASON TO STAY ANOTHER HIGHWAY EXIT TO ANYWHERE BUT HERE WHERE THE STARS AT NIGHT THAT BURNED TOO BRIGHT COULD HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE STING OF EVERY LITTLE THING
3.
Stay 04:22
WHAT WAS THE LAST MOMENT THAT WE SHARED? WORDS I DON’T REMEMBER STILL HANG THICK IN THE AIR DID I PLAY YOUR HEART ON A BROKEN STRING IN A TEMPO OUT OF TIME? WHAT WERE THE FIRST WORDS I HEARD YOU SAY? DO YOU THINK I MEANT TO EVER LOVE YOU THIS WAY? BEFORE A SIMPLE TOUCH WAS EVERYTHING NOW INSTEAD YOU TURN AWAY WHY DON’T YOU ASK ME TO STAY WITH ME, ONE MORE NIGHT IF ONLY I COULD HEAR YOU SAY YOU’D STAY WITH ME, WE’D MAKE IT RIGHT, I KNOW THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS THE DAWN AS THE NIGHT TURNS TO DAY; WON’T YOU JUST ASK ME TO STAY? DON’T YOU REMEMBER JUST HOW HARD WE TRIED? LIVING OFF OUR LOVE WAS ALL I NEEDED TO SURVIVE AFTER THIS BROKEN HEART, THE MEMORY MAY BE ALL THAT’S LEFT, SO I PRAY WHY DON’T YOU ASK ME TO STAY WITH ME, ONE MORE NIGHT IF ONLY I COULD HEAR YOU SAY YOU’D STAY WITH ME, WE’D MAKE IT RIGHT, I KNOW THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS THE DAWN AS THE NIGHT TURNS TO DAY; WON’T YOU JUST ASK ME WON’T YOU PLEASE ASK ME ... WHAT WERE THE FIRST WORDS I HEARD YOU SAY? DO YOU THINK I MEANT TO EVER LOVE YOU THIS WAY? AFTER THE SILENT TEARS ARE SHED AND GONE AND THERE’S NO MORE WORDS TO SAY WHY DON’T YOU ASK ME...
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Lotus 04:11
THERE WERE TIMES IN MY BLISS WHEN I WAS FAR TOO GONE TO MISS ALL OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT REMIND ME WHO I AM THERE WERE THINGS SAID AND DONE I COULD HAVE BEEN THE LONELY ONE AND SO BUT THERE BEFORE THE GRACE OF YOU I STAND YOUR PATIENCE I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS ANYONE BUT ME I WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE BY NOW IF YOU HAD ONLY LET ME BE I WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE NOW BUT IN THE DARK YOU FOUND THE LIGHT THAT SET ME FREE AND IN THE END I FOUND THE BETTER PART OF ME SO I WALKED ON THE EDGE THROUGH THE DARKNESS WHERE WE BLED UPON THE CROSS I BUILT ALONE WITH MY OWN HANDS BROUGHT ME DOWN, TOOK ME IN BECAME THE SAINT BENEATH MY SIN SO I COULD RISE ABOVE OBSESSION & DESIRE HOW DID I EVER DESERVE THE FAITH THAT FEEDS THIS FIRE? IF IT WAS ANYONE BUT ME I WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE BY NOW IF YOU HAD ONLY LET ME BE I WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE NOW BUT IN THE DARK YOU FOUND A LIGHT THAT SET ME FREE AND IN THE END I FOUND THE BETTER PART OF ME LIKE A FLOWER THROUGH A RIVER OF MUD PRESSES EVER INTO THE SUN I KEPT BELIEVING THAT MY HEART COULD GROW UNSTAINED IF IT WAS ANYONE BUT ME I WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE BY NOW IF YOU HAD ONLY LET ME BE I WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE NOW BUT IN THE DARK YOU FOUND THE LIGHT THAT SET ME FREE AND IN THE END I FOUND THE BETTER PART OF ME
5.
IT’S FOUR AM & I DON’T KNOW WHERE MY BABY IS I THINK SHE SAID SHE’D SEE ME ‘ROUND AND WHILE I’M STARING AT MY REFLECTION ON THE CEILING MY BABY’S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND THERE’S A NUMBER IN THE DRAWER BY THE PHONE A STRANGER’S NAME I’VE NEVER SEEN DRAWN ON A NAPKIN FROM A CAFE BY THE STATION STUCK BETWEEN THE PAGES OF SOME FOREIGN MAGAZINE I THINK I KNOW WHERE MY BABY IS TONIGHT I’M GONNA FIND HER FROM THE WINDOW I COULD WATCH HER LEAVING LATE LAST NIGHT SOMETHING SOFT INSIDE HER BURNING LIKE A FIRE I THINK SHE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS GOING WHEN SHE LEFT HERE SHE’S A LOVER BY NATURE BUT A DEMON BY DESIRE I HEAR THE WHISTLE OF THE 4:10 LEAVE THE STATION SOMEONE’S HEART IS BREAKING IN THE FIRST LIGHT OF THE DAWN AS LONG AS THERE ARE SONGS TO WRITE SHE’LL SIT BEHIND THE COUNTER DRINKING COLD BLACK COFFEE TIL THE MEMORY’S GONE I THINK I KNOW WHERE MY BABY IS TONIGHT I’M GONNA FIND HER I THINK I KNOW WHERE MY BABY IS TONIGHT I’M GONNA FIND HER
6.
YOU NEVER FILL ME WITH CONFIDENCE YOU ONLY LEAVE ME IN PAIN FOREVER ACTING SO NONCHALANT IT HAPPENS TIME AND AGAIN WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE YOU WANT ME? WHO CAN I BE SO YOU’LL LET ME KNOW? SOME PART OF YOU’S ALREADY LONELY AND PART OF YOU WON’T LET ME GO IT WASN’T LIKE THIS SO LONG AGO YOU’D ALWAYS BE BY MY SIDE BUT LATELY YOU’VE BEEN INVISIBLE NO MATTER HOW HARD I’VE TRIED YOU’RE TURNING YOUR BACK ON ME EVER AGAIN I’M WAITING ON YOU TO DECIDE WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE YOU WANT ME? WHO CAN I BE SO YOU’LL LET ME KNOW? SOME PART OF YOU’S ALREADY LONELY AND PART OF YOU WON’T LET ME GO YOU’RE TURNING YOUR BACK ON ME EVER AGAIN I’M WAITING ON YOU TO DECIDE WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE YOU WANT ME? WHO CAN I BE SO YOU’LL LET ME KNOW? SOME PART OF YOU’S ALREADY LONELY AND PART OF YOU WON’T LET ME GO
7.
SLEEP COMES LIKE A DREAM DEVOID OF LOVE, ABSENT OF PASSION ANOTHER DAY STILL ALONE TIME I TOLD YOU HOW I’M FEELING BUT THEN I THINK, AND YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO LISTEN CAN’T YOU SEE THAT IT’S ME THAT YOU’RE MISSING? I STAND ALONE, JUST ME AND MY CONVICTIONS WELL YOU TOLD ME ONCE BEFORE THAT OUR LOVE WAS SOMETHING SACRED WELL I’LL DO MY BEST TO TRY, BECAUSE THIS LOVE IT WILL NOT DIE AND I ASK THIS QUESTION WHY SO I SLIP INTO MY BED AND WITH SOME LUCK I’LL HEAR THE PHONE RING BUT FOR NOW, I LAY HERE WAITING HOPING FOR YOU FOR YOU
8.
HERE ON THE STAGE THE TIME HAS COME AMID THE STRAINS OF BE MY ANGEL, OF ROCK IN 2/4 TIME MAY KEEP ALIVE THAT OLD SWAN SONG THAT WE’VE BEEN PLAYING FOREVER TIL THE TIME MAY BE RIGHT TO SAY GOODBYE MY VOICE IS ACHING; I’M TONGUE TIRED AND THE SOUNDS WE ARE MAKING ARE SO GOODNIGHT SONG, PLAYED SO WRONG BLAME THE CROWD THEY SCREAM SO LOUD SO LONG GET SOME HONESTY TAKE THE BEST OF ME AND THEN THE REST LET GO IN EVERY SITUATION IN YOUR TIRELESS RAGE STEP OUTSIDE YOUR CAGE AND LET THE REAL FOOL SHOW I SHOULD HAVE STAYED ‘ROUND TO BREAK THE ICE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT ONCE OR TWICE BUT NOTHING EVER CHANGES UNLESS THERE’S SOME PAIN, AND OUR GOODNIGHT SONG, PLAYED SO WRONG BLAME THE CROWD THEY SCREAMED SO LOUD SO LONG GOODNIGHT SONG, PLAYED SO WRONG BLAME THE CROWD THEY SCREAM SO LOUD SO LONG
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WHY DO I FEEL NO ONE ELSE COULD KNOW YOU LIKE I DO? AFTER ALL, THERE’S NEVER BEEN ANOTHER LIKE THE ONE AND ONLY YOU SO I GUESS THERE’S NOTHING LEFT FOR US TO SAY AND I KNOW THAT WE WOULD JUST GET IN THE WAY BUT IF YOU KNEW JUST HOW MUCH THIS HURT WAS, THEN WOULD YOU STAY? ‘CAUSE THIS IS YOUR LIFE, THIS IS YOUR NOW THIS IS MY DREAM FOR YOU SOMEHOW I WANTED YOU TO KNOW INSTEAD OF LETTING GO I’VE LEARNED TO LET YOU GROW HERE WE ARE, SO MUCH OF ME LIES HIDDEN IN YOUR SMILE WHEN YOU CRIED, I’D ONLY HAVE TO HOLD YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE I SOMEHOW KNEW THE WORDS TO EASE YOUR PAIN AND YOUR LAUGHTER ALWAYS KEPT AWAY THE RAIN HOW CAN I HOLD BACK THE HANDS OF TOMORROW FOR JUST ONE MORE DAY? AND THIS IS YOUR LIFE, THIS IS YOUR NOW THIS IS MY DREAM FOR YOU SOMEHOW I WANTED YOU TO KNOW INSTEAD OF LETTING GO I’VE LEARNED TO LET YOU GROW I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW INSTEAD OF LETTING GO, I’VE LEARNED TO LET YOU GROW.

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Jeremey Frederick’s Every Little Thing is the highly anticipated and eclectic debut CD from one of America’s most versatile and exciting rock vocalists. A unique sonic blend of fresh, modern pop and melodic rock, Every Little Thing is a hook-laden album that showcases the singular voice of a singer and songwriter that first made a name for himself as one of the country’s most successful tribute artists.
 
When Jeremey was contacted by the rock group Journey in 2007 to move forward with the band as their new lead vocalist and front man, he had no idea the dramatic turn his life would soon take. While the opportunity didn’t pan out as expected, his time with Journey resulted in a co-writing credit on the band’s Platinum selling 2008 release, Revelation. Rather than build on that milestone as a sound-a-like, however, Jeremey began an exploration of his own voice and melodic influences.
 
The result is 2012’s Every Little Thing, an album that finds Jeremey traveling roads first paved by such diverse and iconic influences as Tom Petty, The Beach Boys, Tears For Fears and Peter Gabriel (to name a few). There ia a common thread throughout the CD that draws inevitable comparisons to bands like Journey and the power-pop sensibilities of The Outfield (John Spinks, founding member and guitarist of The Outfield, appears on two of the ten tracks).

Ultimately, however, Jeremey’s melodic vision carves its own musical niche. Songs such as the driving title track and “What Can I Do” are hooky, sing-a-long bites of melodic rock candy. Those punchy little anthems are complimented by the quiet soulfulness of “Hoping For You,” the dark jazz number “I Think I Know,” and the powerful ballad “This Is Your Life.” The latter was released as a taster and lead-off single in 2011 and met with solid critical acclaim. The CD’s sole cover song (“Goodnight Song” by Tears for Fears) hit number one for two consecutive weeks in January of 2012 on regional rock radio (Class X FM, 88.9 WMWX, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky).

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released March 6, 2012

Produced by Jeremey Frederick
Mixed by Vic Rivera, except
"What Can I Do," mixed by John Spinks and
"Prelude" mixed by Jeremey Frederick
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