From World is Waiting, releases October 16, 2020 on Blackbird Record Label.
Music and Lyrics: Nikki O'Neill
Produced by Nikki O’Neill and Joshua “Cartier” Cutsinger
Recorded at Hayloft Studios in Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Joshua “Cartier” Cutsinger
Mixed by Ethan Allen at Sun Room Studios in Boaz, AL
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering in Los Angeles, CA
Musicians:
Nikki O’Neill: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Joshua Pessar: rhythm guitar
Rob Fresco: electric bass
Rich Lackowski: drums
Doug Organ: Wurlitzer
Halina Janusz: backing vocals
Lisa Malsberger: backing vocals
Deb Morrison-Littell: backing vocals
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Lyrics
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO GETS ME
You found me at a party in a corner
Uncorked with a label they misread
A finely tuned piano with the lid kept folded down
Gravity, just pulling up ahead
We thanked the scattered host and left her party
Wandered through the city in the night
We saw a busking drummer down on Main Street
And a poet read her stanzas by a light
We were digging through our pockets for two dollars
Loved the poet, but we had to make it fair
Over breakfast at the diner, we sat quiet without cringing
Just taking in the peaceful morning air
It's good to feel free
Don't need to be on guard or draw
Some circle of protection
I can just breathe and be
You're the only one who gets me
My mother used to call me such a dreamer
She wondered why I live inside my head
When I went home from school, I found the answer
To what happens in the fall when leaves turn red
Now you and I have lived through many seasons
We've grown up and mom ain't here no more
But you take me to the mountains each October
Just to spend one night on a crimson forest floor
It's good to feel free
Don't need to be on guard or draw
Some circle of protection
I can just breathe and be
You're the only one who gets me
I'm walking home and hear somebody whistle
Old man says: "Lady, where you going? You look fine!"
As the traffic drowns him out, he's still cussing in the distance
Some people spend a lifetime trying to figure out their opening line
It's good to feel free
Don't need to be on guard or draw
Some circle of protection
I can just breathe and be
You're the only one who gets me
So good to feel free
Don't want to be on guard, just make
A meaningful connection
And you found the key
You're the only one who gets me
Good to feel free
So good to feel free
So good to feel free
So good to feel free
It's good to feel free