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I’D Really Like to Meet You Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2009
I don’t know you but I’d like to meet you
Standing there, just love to greet you
Can you see me
We’re standing here is this crowded room
And I’m hanging out with my cloud of gloom
Oh can you see me now
Years of life spent up against the wall
Just trying to blend in
I’ve been thinking
It’s about time
To let this old wallflower in
I don’t know you but I like to meet you
Standing there, just love to greet you
Can you see me
I can’t even look your way
To catch your eye and try to say
Can you see me now
Never sure of and always doubting
What it is I’m supposed to do
I’ll need something
Close to a miracle
Just to pull me through
I don’t know you but I like to meet you
Standing there, just love to greet you
Can you see me
I don’t even know your name
But I’d like to meet you just the same
Can you see me now
Draw the courage and make that first move
Step from the sidelines of life
Just be bold and completely outrageous
And ask you to be my wife
I don’t know you but I like to meet you
Standing there, just love to greet you
Can you see me
I don’t even know your name
But I’d like to meet you just the same
Can you see me now
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in the morning light
04:11
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In the Morning Light Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2009
In the morning light
Sun upon your skin
Dancing freely there
Warm and comforting
Ah……….
Don’t let this end
Drifting in and out
Fight against the day
Catch a dreamy look
At your sleeping face
Ah……..
I love you so
Chorus
As we start another day
Pack the dreams along the way
Fear won’t hold us back no more
Take my hand and dare to soar
Touch that icy floor
Barely make the stairs
Coffee’s brewing now
Frightful tussled hair
Ah….
Will you love me still
Back beneath the sheets
Talking soft and low
Just another day
With our dreams in tow
Ah…I love you so
Chorus
In the morning light
Ah………
I love you so
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3. |
neverland
04:07
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Neverland
Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2006
There’s a world out there
Where man has lost his way
He’s forgotten how to dream
But little boys all know
The secrets in the games
We’ve all forgotten how to play
Chorus
So I’ll be your Neverland
I’ll be your Peter Pan
Already half way there
Lost boy without a care
Come and take my hand
I’ll take you to Neverland
Lifted by faith it seems
To that place beyond our dreams
But don’t tell me stories that are true
Cause if you do
I can’t fly
There’s no place here for all that pain
I wanna fly……….
So I won’t go back there
I’m safe within my world
I’ll keep your reality at bay
If growing up makes you think
That happiness is child’s play
Then this is where I’m going to stay
Chorus
So go believe in what you will
I’m just fine cause I can fly
With every twist and turn of life
I’ll just fly…….
Chorus
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Joanie's song
03:57
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Joanie’s Song
Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2006
Saw you standing at the head of the line
A Dark Haired woman looking so fine
My head took a spin towards your way
And your glance made me want to say
CHORUS
Won’t you be mine
Could you be mine
Won’t you be mine
Oh just this one time
Well a glance turned to hours and long, long days spent
Talking on end about the ways
We’d pass the time and have some fun
And love each other till the morning sun
But somewhere along the line
We passed that place in space and time
Where our two hearts joined it seemed
And now I’m asking with that gleam
Won’t you be mine
Could you be mine
Won’t you be mine
Oh more of the time
And as we stroll those evening sands
Still laughing loud while hand in hand
I catch that look within your eyes
That takes me to those morning sighs
And as we lay there in the glow
We warm ourselves with love that grows
Basking sweetly in tender smiles
That leaves me all the more beguiled
I ask why
Won’t you be mine
Could you be mine
Oh a lot of the time
I know there will be hard times
But we’ll get by
Babe we’ll get by
Love’s not for the fainthearted
Let’s give it a try
Let’s give it a try
Well I don’t know where we may go
But something tells me I may know
We’re headed where the view is fine
And love surrounds all the time
So take me to that special place
Where nobody else can trace
A paradise with rainbow skies
Flamingos, oceans, and endless highs
And be mine
Could you be mine
Won’t you be mine
Oh all of the time
Won’t you be mine
Could you be mine
Won’t you be mine
Till the end of time
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little pumpkin
05:08
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Little Pumpkin
Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2008
Little Pumpkin
Where you rushing to this time
Slow it down girl
Let me read you one more rhyme
Secret Gardens and magic bears
Little Women and country fairs
Bed time stories to end the day
Oh stay this way
Daddy’s girl stay this way
Little Pumpkin
Where you headed oh so fast
Slow it down girl
Let the moments last
Let me braid your hair
How it looks we don’t care
One more game before you sleep
Cause your Daddy’s girl
Stay this way Daddy’s girl
But bikes and board games
Are traded for your car
Won’t slow you down now
You’re racing off so far
But slow it down and play
We have another day
Let’s walk the beach and stay
Daddy’s girl
One more time
Let me see
That great big smile
Take my arm now
Let me walk you
Down the aisle
Little Pumpkin
Life is all about change
Stars and Planets may all rearrange
Start your life this day
Don’t you change in any way
Grab those girlhood dreams and stay
Daddy’s Girl
You’ll always be
Daddy’s Girl
Won’t you be
Daddy’s Girl
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6. |
where are you now
04:12
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Where are you now
Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2009
Where are you now
When nights are cold and lonely
Where are you now
When it really counted
Where are you now
While I’m slowly sinking
Where are you now…
Come to me now
Won’t you come to me now
Smooth this furrowed brow
Chorus
But time was the only way to see
The truth behind all my selfish needs
Change came too late for you and me
Where are you now that I’m finally growing
Where are you now that guilt’s subsided
Where are you now that I finally see you
Where are you now…
Come to me now
Won’t you come to me now
Let me smooth your furrowed brow
Chorus
Come to me now
Won’t you please forgive me now
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7. |
still dreaming of you
03:58
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Still Dreaming of You
Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2009
Chorus
We were dancing in the Hall
We were dancing in the Hall
We were dancing in the Hall
Still dreaming of you
How we’d swing and we sway
And your hair how it’d splay
We were Dancing in the Hall
Still Dreaming of you
Floating on air
Gliding in Space
Moonlight’s sweet charm
Smiles on your face
Chorus
We’d dance until the dawn
With our High Stepping on
We were Dancing in the Hall
Still dreaming of you
As we prance through the night
Keeping to stride
I’ll always be
Here by your side
Chorus
Won’t let this dream
Come to and end
I’m holding tight
Through thick and thin
Chorus
I’ll hold you close to me
As the band plays past three
Forever in my arms
Just dreaming of you
Swirling in time
Dancing with grace
I’ll keep on going
If you hold the pace
We were dancing in the Hall
We were dancing in the Hall
We were dancing in the Hall
Still dreaming of you
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last sail
03:28
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LAST SAIL
Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2007
Well its anchors away
Again my son
And I’m sailing to
My journey’s end
Chorus:
Don’t be sad
Don’t you cry
Hug your Mom
Tell her why
You just stop and take the time
From the storm raging in your mind
Cause I’m always there with you
I'm in their eyes
Well its anchors away my son
Take the helm and steer
Her true and firm
Don’t be sad
Don’t you cry
Hug your Mom
Tell her why
It’s the wake you leave behind
That ripples and moves with time
I’m gone but there with you
I’m in their smiles
Well its anchors away again my son
Hold on fast and rise above each storm
Don’t be sad
Don’t you cry
Hug your Mom
Tell her why
That legacies pass with time
From the father on down the line
With each child born you’ll find
I’m in their hearts
Well its anchors away, again, for sure
And the lessons you leave are tried and pure
Won’t be sad
I won’t cry
Hug my Mom
Tell her why
That love will never fade
Once it’s lived and sown with care
With the choices made each day
To be a family man
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coney island girl
02:35
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CONEY ISLAND GIRL
Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2007
Coney Island girl
Pretty as a picture
Standing there
Such a beautiful fixture
Coney Island girl
Won’t you take me home
Saw you there
By the boardwalk sign
Parasol in hand
Nearly lost my mind
Coney Island girl
Won’t you take me home
Coney Island girl
Won’t you make my day
Say you’ll be mine
In every way
Coney Island girl
Won’t you take me home
Lost in love while the world crashes down
Fortunes gained, crumble before us
But lives built on empty promises falter
Shattered and broken they fall to the ground
So here we are just rising above
We only see love’s reflection
Cause…
Coney Island girl
You’re here in my dreams
Pulling this man
Through love so it seems
Coney Island girl
Won’t you take me home
Coney Island girl
Won’t you give me this dance
And we’ll waltz through life
As if in a trance
Coney Island girl
Won’t you take me home
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Memories of Loving Kindness
Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2009
We were Oh so young
Our Life stretched out before us
Standing amidst the trees
Unable to see the forest
But where does that youth go
And our visions of tomorrow
I broke a solemn vow
And left us both in sorrow
Our Life began with hope
But my heart it did wander
And brought us to an end
Our happiness I squandered
The gift of precious children
Loving Mother, wife to me
I paid you back with pain
It’s the same sad old story
And as the years unfold
I’m grateful for the fondness
You took a chance on me
And put the fault behind us
But how does one repay
A lifetime of forgiveness
Sorry is too weak a word to say
Forever bound to you
In Memories of loving kindness
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Patiently Waiting for You Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2009
I don’t care if the sun don’t shine
If the taxman comes and he robs me blind
I don’t like mean people I’ve met
Reality shows or the national debt
I can’t stand that Dr. Phil
And the crap he sells and other swill
People are numbed by a TV screen
A cathode ray is stealing their dreams
Chorus
I’m just here waiting for you
Patiently waiting for you
To take me from this dreary life
And lead me to the another side
Where I can catch a fresh breath or two
I don’t care if my 401 tanks
Or if we ever rescue another bank
I don’t like where this country has gone
Leaving the little man stepped upon
Hard work rewarded with unemployment lines
Killing each man just one at a time
It was greed that started this great big mess
And dragged us all into the deep abyss
Chorus
I don’t care for myopic news
That’s got us all singing the blues
The Earth heats up and the markets crash
And we’re all going down in a heap of trash
Filling our minds with depressing views
Got us all thinking we can only loose
Chorus
I don’t care if my hair falls out
My joints all ache and I’m growing stout
I don’t like this old wrinkled skin
But it’s what I’m forced to be living in
My mind’s still strong and my will’s still bent
On searching for something that’s heaven sent
Final Chorus:
That's why I’m waiting for you
Patiently waiting for you
I am just waiting here for you
To take to me another life
So I can just go spend it with you
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until now
05:47
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UNTIL NOW
Words and Music by Robert E. Ellis © 2008
Can’t believe this state I’m in
You’re the one who started this tailspin
I don’t know oh where you’ve been
But til now this is where we begin
Chorus
Because I know
There have been holes
In my life
Only you can fill in
Cause until now
Oh I’ve been lost
Cold in the dark
Searching you out
And as we spend
Another day
Who would have thought
We’d end up this way
Chorus
Backing Chorus:
The long and lonely nights, lonely nights
Recede and fall
Your love is saving me, saving me
From drowning years
You reach within me now, in me now
And see what’s real
My love falls down on you, down on you
With grateful tears
So let’s hold
This gift so dear
A chance like this
Could soon disappear
Chorus
Backing Chorus:
This empty wandering, wandering
Hopeless wandering
Is slowly vanishing, vanishing
I feel you near
Your beauty’s calling me, calling me
And calms the storm
The endless crashing tides, crashing tides
And waves of fear
The long and lonely nights, lonely nights
Recede and fall
Your love is saving me, saving me
From drowning years
You reach within me now, in me now
And see what’s real
My love falls down on you, down on you
With grateful tears
Backing Chorus:
This empty wandering, wandering
Hopeless wandering
Is slowly vanishing, vanishing
I feel you near
Your beauty’s calling me,
And calms the storm
Final Chorus:
Then came you
There’s only you
Thank God it’s you
My precious you
Babe it’s you
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Rob Ellis South Portland, Maine
From his first terrifying solo singing performance in 1967, at the tender age of 9, Rob has been belting out songs across all musical genres. His love of music started as a child crowded around the piano in his Grandparents' tiny NYC apartment. His songs are honest and heartfelt and Rob’s tenor voice lets loose to the accompaniment of angelic backup singers and a host of incredible musicians ... more
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