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Pop, Baby (Deluxe Version)

by Adam Daniel

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Summer's coming You make me seize you're so hot Like a thousand degrees I don't talk right when you're around I shake, roll, rattle and my voice just breaks If I said you can do anything you want Hold my hand, break my heart Either way I just want to get into you tonight Would you set out running to me, my dear Or cross your thighs and disappear Into smoke so thick breathing you would get me high So high Summer’s coming and I don’t know Should I swallow you down my throat Or should I cough you up before you spread Through my lungs and into my head If I said you can do anything you want Hold my hand, break my heart Either way I just want to get into you tonight Would you set out running to me, my dear Or cross your thighs and disappear Into smoke so thick breathing you would get me high So high I might never tell the truth again I might never tell the truth Now I’ve started shooting you again And when you hit my veins… If I said you can do anything you want Hold my hand, break my heart Either way I just want to get into you tonight Would you set out running to me, my dear Or cross your thighs and disappear Into smoke so thick breathing you would get me high If I said you can do anything you need Take my love, leave me beat Either way I don’t want to go down without a fight Would you shift up into a higher gear Or cross your thighs and disappear Into smoke so thick breathing you would get me high So high
2.
I’ve been really in an awful way I don’t know whether to leave or stay Should I fall in love or let you go? I’ve been hanging out and waiting on A kind of clarity that never comes Why don’t I know how to really know? Say when and I’ll give you an answer Say how and I’ll make up my mind I’m in and out of love But when’s enough enough And if you don’t mean much to me Then why am I planning everything Around my staying right here by your side? If I want to spend my life with you And I’m really feeling right with you Why do I dream of leaving every night? Say when and I’ll give you an answer Say how and I’ll make up my mind I’m in and out of love But when’s enough enough And if I could just make the world stop And if I could just listen in Try a little to hear my heart talking I’m in and out of love But when’s enough enough I’m in and out of love But when’s enough enough
3.
I should’ve turned around on my way home Should’ve turned around on my way home I should’ve rang your bell again Kissed you like you’ve never been I should’ve turned around on my way home Damn, and now I’m not sleeping tonight Can’t get you out of my mind I shouldn’t have stayed cool when we came close Shouldn’t have stayed cool when we came close I shouldn’t have been a gentleman Summoned all that discipline I shouldn’t have stayed cool when we came close Damn, and now I’m not sleeping tonight Can’t get you out of my mind I shouldn’t have slowed down when you trembled Shouldn’t have slowed down when you trembled I shouldn’t have turned you on and off Just so I’d last long enough I shouldn’t have slowed down when you trembled Damn, and now I’m not sleeping tonight Can’t get you out of my mind Can’t get you out of my mind
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Your Gravity 03:21
I know I should let it go I know but even so I’m walking over to you I’m in trouble, the very worst kind I want to meet you but don’t have a line It’s heavy I pass you and you don't move Don't even notice me You come around and time slows down I'm caught eternally in your gravity I can try and try again Try and try to stand a little closer to you I’m as daring as I’ll ever be Head over heels, at least relatively I’m ready I pass you and you don't move Don't even notice me You turn around and time slows down I'm caught eternally in your gravity I’m falling into you, baby I’m falling into you I’m falling into you Save me I pass you and you don't move Don't even notice me You come around and time slows down I'm caught eternally in your gravity
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Invisible 04:08
Holy Father, where you been? I think I'm losing faith again I need a little miracle Turn my troubles invisible Holy water, wash me clean I've been stuck here in between Sin and saving, null and full Now I'm feeling invisible Holy Mother, bring me home When I'm lost and all alone Grant me blessings big and small While you're passing, invisible
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Quantum Love 02:55
I’m entangled with you You’re entangled with me We’re in quantum love, hypothetically Feel like I could collapse When you’re looking at me We’re in quantum love Baby, follow me... Racing around and round and round the track Colliding into you, no turning back When the sparks fly we make a real big bang We’ll never be the same I’m entangled with you You’re entangled with me We’re in quantum love, hypothetically Feel like I could collapse When you’re looking at me We’re in quantum love Baby, follow me… Shrinking down and down and down to size You’re vanishing right before my eyes I’m entranced by the possibilities Each time you wave at me You send me spinning, baby Even though there’s always uncertainty I know you’re meant for me I’m entangled with you You’re entangled with me We’re in quantum love, hypothetically Feel like I could collapse When you’re looking at me We’re in quantum love Baby, follow me…
7.
Once upon a time when the sun still rose And summertime living seemed so easy You came and then you went and left me cold I feel light headed The higher and farther away from me you are It’s going to be a long cold winter When you were with me every day dawned bright Now I drag around a heart so heavy Nothing I can do can make it light I feel blindsided The higher and farther away from me you are It’s going to be a long cold winter I remember each time You said that you loved me And swore you’d be there Told me, “Dear, I know who you are even when you don’t.” Now it’s going to be a long cold winter The higher and farther away from me you are It’s going to be a long cold winter It’s going to be a long cold winter It’s going to be a long cold winter
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Lullaby 03:35
Close your eyes and sleep the night away Stretch and sigh, and let go of the day Dream of princesses and knights Close your eyes and sleep the night away Pull your blankets right up to your chin Say your prayers, and make them genuine Honest wishes all come true Pull your blankets right up to your chin The shadows that your nightlight casts Will carry you to slumber fast At last Punch your pillow until it’s soft enough Curl up warm and safe, and know you’re loved Give it everything you’ve got Punch your pillow until it’s soft enough The shadows that your nightlight casts Will carry you to slumber fast At last The shadows that your nightlight casts Will carry you to slumber fast So sleep until tomorrow tracks Its sunlight through your window cracks At last
9.
I don't mind toeing the line You're unreal And I'm outright buying you if you're on sale You're like Salomé when you dance in that veil So say so and all the head you want is yours I can't help how I gulp you in stares I just love watching you put on airs I just love watching you Show me how Shake me now I don't sleep sound Sell me out Make me proud Baby, dream out loud Your spotlight, it’s nice and bright I feel a rush When I breathe you into me like you’re hash You shine, glint and you’re sparkling And I’m just smashed You shine, glint, and you’re sparkling Show me how Shake me now I don't sleep sound Sell me out Make me proud Baby, dream out loud Your spotlight, it’s nice and bright I feel a rush When I breathe you into me like you’re hash Show me how Shake me now I don't sleep sound Sell me out Make me proud Baby, dream out loud Lost and found Chained and bound I can’t come down So take your bow And just knock me out Baby, dream out loud
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I'm trying to find my way to you I'm sailing ships each day I'll navigate by stars Until I wash up where you are I’ve been feeling a little lost at sea With a hurricane inside of me And a hook and line to reel you in And a crush on you that sets me spinning Into tidal waves of fear and doubt Where I risk running myself aground But if I just love you with my whole heart now All these storms should bluster themselves out somehow There's currents deep inside of me That pull me like the tide And always back to you Where I finally rest, marooned I’ve been feeling a little lost at sea With a hurricane inside of me And a hook and line to reel you in And a crush on you that sets me spinning Into tidal waves of fear and doubt Where I risk running myself aground But if I just love you with my whole heart now All these storms should bluster themselves out somehow I'm trying to find my way to you I'm sailing ships each day I’ve been feeling a little lost at sea With a hurricane inside of me And a hook and line to reel you in And a crush on you that sets me spinning Into tidal waves of fear and doubt Where I risk running myself aground But if I just love you with my whole heart now All these storms should bluster themselves out somehow
11.
Music and wine and candlelight And promise enough to last the night Every time you toss your hair I lose my head But you haven’t noticed yet If you held my hand I’d come all unhinged Want to kiss you now but I can’t move I’m dying in slow motion next to you Dancing and roses and moonlight I’m tied up in knots and I’m pulled tight Every time I reach for you my arms stay still Like you cast me in a spell If you held my hand I’d come all unhinged Want to kiss you now but I can’t move I’m dying in slow motion next to you Dying in slow motion next to you If you held my hand I’d come all unhinged Want to kiss you now but I can’t move I’m dying in slow motion next to you If I drove you home and you asked me in And you smiled at me then I’d be through I’m dying in slow motion next to you Dying in slow motion next to you
12.
Sometimes I'm afraid and I really don't know why Sometimes I'm amazed you're not dissatisfied And if I don't want to talk tonight, it's nothing wrong I just don't want to shine a bright spotlight on These shy things When I get confused I tend to keep it quiet When I’m feeling bruised I usually grin and hide it And I don’t mean to be impolite, but what you’d say Even out of love, you might just scare away These shy things There’s worries I don’t want to wake up Please, there’s troubles I don’t want to take up Tonight I just don’t want to shake up These shy things If I build a wall around my heart some days If I take apart the couch and build a fort Don’t raise any big objection, I’ll come out in time I’ll be right along and just a step behind These shy things
13.
Hold On 05:17
When everything is wrong Nothing’s looking up Or turning out the way you planned No matter how you try Struggle, fight, and strive No one seems to ever understand Call to me and I’ll come to you day or night I’ll remind you time and time again that someday soon Everything will turn around If not today, tomorrow And until then I believe in you I do When all the things you need Seem just out of reach Just beyond your fingertips You stretch until you hurt Bless your broken heart I know you’re so sick and tired of it Call to me and I’ll come to you day or night I’ll remind you time and time again that someday soon Everything will turn around If not today, tomorrow And until then I believe in you I do Hold on, it’s coming soon
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credits

released July 2, 2013

Written, arranged, produced, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Adam Daniel on a MacBook Pro refurb. Singing at the end of “Invisible” by Laura Drew. Photography by Nick Amoroso; graphic design by Adam Daniel Media. All songs published by Breathtaking Songs (ASCAP) ℗ © 2013 Adam Daniel. All rights reserved.

THANK YOU

Maureen Davis and The Flutterbies for getting me back in the game; Tom Caffey for teaching me to mix; Laura Drew for outsinging me; Nick Amoroso for an awesome eye and Linda Berman for her stunning loft; Christopher Allis, Derrick Tanner, Brian Nussle, and Spencer Wright for killing it onstage; John Rotella and Alex Coletti for being there since Blue Pop; David Bash and International Pop Overthrow and the whole Powerpop community for their support; Scotty Lund and Brant Biles for sonic perspective; Ami Spishock, Vicki Peterson, Keith C. Anderson, Doug Jaymes, Michiko Freemond, Jez Ashurst, and Andrew from Lojinx for home stretch feedback; Deb Stanton—the Poetry Queen; Bruce Gordon for the whole picture; Brad Kesden for gear geekery, The Love Handyls, and being a mensch; the Charneys for 20 years of dinners; Alix Stayton—seriously, dude; Crystal Keith for Rock(ing) the Classroom with me; Cafe Wa s for inspiring my strange beautiful songbook; and Marcie Kaufman, Otis College of Art and Design, and everyone who dug Poetic Interconnections.

My love and thanks to Mom, Dad, and J.Roxx for always believing in me and my crazy art projects. My blown away gratitude to my Blue Pop and Adam Daniel Frequency fans who’ve waited and waited… And finally, my deepest love to Dawn, my girl; she's elegant.

For Layla, my pop baby.

REVIEWS

“Pure summer shimmer…”
—Vicki Peterson, The Bangles

“…the golden mean between Paul McCartney and Elton John…”
—Absolute Powerpop

“The opening twin salvos of the exuberant "Summer’s Coming" and the majestic harmonic dream "In And Out Of Love" are perfect power pop gems that capture your mind and heart with effortless ease…”
—Art Into Dust

“If Beck and Brendan Benson had a child... it might sound as wonderful as this!”
—ShockPop!

“What a wonderful, catchy slice of melodic pop this is!”
—Alan Haber, Pure Pop Radio

“Like a mix of Elton John and John Mayer, he storms out of the gate... Some great melodic tracks include Your Gravity and the ballad, Lullaby.”
—Powerpopholic

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Adam Daniel Los Angeles, California

Adam Daniel is a recording artist, producer, songwriter, and session player from Los Angeles. A mainstay on the power pop scene, his debut album Blue Pop was named “…among the best guitar-pop albums of the ‘90’s…” by AllMusic.

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