Sandi Hammond - NEW CD "This Summer Night"

**Sandi Hammond**

**This Summer Night - Lyrics**
Pleasure is Back This Summer Night Could It Be You Attitude Another World
PLEASURE IS BACK [listen] Lyrics by Mark Stepakoff and Sandi Hammond The seasons had lost their allure The colors had all washed away Spring or autumn, well who could be sure The sky was the same shade of gray But that's not how I'm feeling today Oh pleasure is back, Pleasure feels good, Oh pleasure tell me where have you been Oh well never mind that I'm just glad that you're here Pleasure you are my old friend, My old friend, my old friend I'd look in the mirror and stare At a face I could not recognize All caught up in the throes of despair But now to my wondrous surprise Is a sight for the sorest of eyes Oh pleasure is back… You can float for awhile on the tide You can wade through an ocean of tears You can cast all sensation aside But you wind up just drifting for years Until one day a lifeboat appears Oh pleasure is back… back to top... back to This Summer Night... back to homepage...
THIS SUMMER NIGHT [listen] Words and music by Sandi Hammond Copyright 2002 New Orleans Louisiana An eight-year-old boy lies awake A summer breeze blows in through the tall French doors And cools the sweat on his face He listens for the sounds of summer Strange how sweet they can be Sometimes he hears the loud roar of lions From the big city zoo down the street I’m listenin’, I’m listenin’, I’m listenin’ To the [beautiful, ugly, all of the] sounds of this summer night I’m singin’, I’m singin’, and I’m singin’ to myself Everything will be all right His older brothers and sisters Have gone off to college now It’s just him, and his mother and father Taking up the space in this big house Sometimes he’s scared to go downstairs He hears his mother cry He stays in his room teachin’ himself guitar Waits for the storm to pass by Take me up to where the strongest birds fly To a place full of color and lights I’ll come back down when I’m good and ready I’ve never enjoyed a good fight back to top... back to This Summer Night... back to homepage...
COULD IT BE YOU [listen] Words and music by Sandi Hammond Copyright 2003 We meet for dinner at seven in the square First-date jitters nervous laughter in the air I say excuse me and head down the hall Thinking you’re not what I expected at all I’ve imagined so much how he might be Don’t know anymore what’s imagined and what’s real But I want love to enter this chamber that's my heart I want to love to announce itself with a glorious start I’ve been waiting for love Praying for love Could it be you Waiting for love has made me tired Could it be you I’m starting to feel uninspired We could go walking in the snow Holding hands in hope Oh could it be, could it be, could it be you I must admit I’ve been dreading Christmas this year I have no tree, no presents, no songs full of good cheer You see I’m done pretending I don’t mind being alone This time next year I’d rather not be on my own I’ve been waiting for love Praying for love Could it be you Waiting for love has made me tired Could it be you I’m starting to feel uninspired We could go walking in the snow Holding hands in hope Oh could it be, could it be, could it be you My hands are full of love to give, they’ve waited quiet in my lap My eyes have cried when there’s no one here to know that I’ve been waiting for love You drop me by the door I pause to see if there’ll be more But not tonight, not tonight So then I rush out of the car Thinking how very cute you are Tonight back to top... back to This Summer Night... back to homepage...
ATTITUDE [listen] Words and music by Sandi Hammond Copyright 2003 You drink your coffee black You smoke your cigarettes Yet you look like the picture of health You sit back in your chair You gaze out across the bar I must say I admire your display Of that ATTITUDE YOU’VE GOT ATTITUDE AND I THINK YOU DON’T LIKE ME VERY MUCH YOU PRETEND YOU DO SAYIN’ HOW ARE YOU? BUT I CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT STUFF I wrote this song In your style Just to see if I could It feels ok For awhile But I’m not sure it’s fun playin’ cool PLAYIN' ATTITUDE PLAYIN' ATTITUDE AND I DON'T THINK I LIKE THIS VERY MUCH I COULD PRETEND I DO SAYIN' HOW ARE YOU BUT I'M SURE YOU'D SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT STUFF NA NA NA NA NA NA…… I thought we left That stuff behind The day we finished high school But I can see It’s not over You’ve made it clear I’m not cool Your hair looks slept on Your shirt is dirty Yet somehow you look like John Wayne You try so hard Yet it looks natural I guess it’s all part of the game WHEN YOU'VE GOT ATTITUDE YOU'VE GOT ATTTITUDE AND I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE ME VERY MUCH WELL YOU PRETEND YOU DO SAYIN' HOW AR EYOU BUT I CAN SEE RIGHT THORUGH THAT STUFF SEE THROUGH YOUR ATTITUDE YOU'VE GOT ATTITUDE AND I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE ME VERY MUCH WELL YOU PRETEND YOU DO SAYIN' HOW ARE YOU?? BUT I CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT STUFF NA NA NA NA NA NA…. back to top... back to This Summer Night... back to homepage...
ANOTHER WORLD [listen] Words and music by Sandi Hammond, copyright 2001 Opening poem written by Danny Kairouz, copyright 2004 The opening section of this song is a chanted melodic poem sung in Arabic by Daniel Kairouz. Below in italics is the English translation of this poem Daniel wrote this poem for me at my request specifically for this song, after I explained to him the story behind the song. My love I am sending to you the birds To look in on you As many wars as the kingdom that is my hear seet, You will always be the king of my heart/sit upon the throne that is my heart. Some winter’s day I’ll recall your face Someone will say your name And send me to another time and place To another world, to another world Back then I was another girl I am a New England soul Corn and potatoes served in my bowl You grew up by the Arabic Sea Mountain goats and date trees From another world, from another world, It seems you really loved this girl My ancestors killed Indians Built big houses to hide our treasures in Your mother taught you how to read In a village far from another century Perhaps one day this world we see Will accept love between you and me When it does we’ll be truly free Until then I’ll imagine how it could be… In another world, in another world You’ll be truly to free to love this girl back to top... back to This Summer Night... back to homepage...

Sandi Hammond

This Summer Night - Lyrics

Pleasure is Back
This Summer Night
Could It Be You
Attitude
Another World

PLEASURE IS BACK [listen]
Lyrics by Mark Stepakoff and Sandi Hammond

The seasons had lost their allure
The colors had all washed away
Spring or autumn, well who could be sure
The sky was the same shade of gray
But that's not how I'm feeling today

Oh pleasure is back,
Pleasure feels good,
Oh pleasure tell me where have you been
Oh well never mind that
I'm just glad that you're here
Pleasure you are my old friend,
My old friend, my old friend

I'd look in the mirror and stare
At a face I could not recognize
All caught up in the throes of despair
But now to my wondrous surprise
Is a sight for the sorest of eyes

Oh pleasure is back…

You can float for awhile on the tide
You can wade through an ocean of tears
You can cast all sensation aside
But you wind up just drifting for years
Until one day a lifeboat appears

Oh pleasure is back…

back to top... back to This Summer Night... back to homepage...

THIS SUMMER NIGHT [listen]

Words and music by Sandi Hammond
Copyright 2002

New Orleans Louisiana
An eight-year-old boy lies awake
A summer breeze blows in through the tall French doors
And cools the sweat on his face
He listens for the sounds of summer
Strange how sweet they can be
Sometimes he hears the loud roar of lions
From the big city zoo down the street

I’m listenin’, I’m listenin’, I’m listenin’
To the [beautiful, ugly, all of the] sounds of this summer night
I’m singin’, I’m singin’, and I’m singin’ to myself
Everything will be all right

His older brothers and sisters
Have gone off to college now
It’s just him, and his mother and father
Taking up the space in this big house
Sometimes he’s scared to go downstairs
He hears his mother cry
He stays in his room teachin’ himself guitar
Waits for the storm to pass by

Take me up to where the strongest birds fly
To a place full of color and lights
I’ll come back down when I’m good and ready
I’ve never enjoyed a good fight

back to top... back to This Summer Night... back to homepage...

COULD IT BE YOU [listen]
Words and music by Sandi Hammond
Copyright 2003

We meet for dinner at seven in the square
First-date jitters nervous laughter in the air
I say excuse me and head down the hall
Thinking you’re not what I expected at all

I’ve imagined so much how he might be
Don’t know anymore what’s imagined and what’s real
But I want love to enter this chamber that's my heart
I want to love to announce itself with a glorious start

I’ve been waiting for love
Praying for love
Could it be you
Waiting for love has made me tired
Could it be you
I’m starting to feel uninspired
We could go walking in the snow
Holding hands in hope
Oh could it be, could it be, could it be you

I must admit I’ve been dreading Christmas this year
I have no tree, no presents, no songs full of good cheer
You see I’m done pretending I don’t mind being alone
This time next year I’d rather not be on my own

My hands are full of love to give,
they’ve waited quiet in my lap
My eyes have cried when there’s no one here to know that
I’ve been waiting for love

You drop me by the door I pause to see if there’ll be more
But not tonight, not tonight
So then I rush out of the car
Thinking how very cute you are
Tonight

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ATTITUDE [listen]
Words and music by Sandi Hammond
Copyright 2003

You drink your coffee black
You smoke your cigarettes
Yet you look like the picture of health
You sit back in your chair
You gaze out across the bar
I must say I admire your display
Of that

ATTITUDE
YOU’VE GOT ATTITUDE
AND I THINK YOU DON’T LIKE ME VERY MUCH
YOU PRETEND YOU DO
SAYIN’ HOW ARE YOU?
BUT I CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT STUFF

I wrote this song
In your style
Just to see if I could
It feels ok
For awhile
But I’m not sure it’s fun playin’ cool

PLAYIN' ATTITUDE PLAYIN' ATTITUDE
AND I DON'T THINK I LIKE THIS VERY MUCH
I COULD PRETEND I DO
SAYIN' HOW ARE YOU
BUT I'M SURE YOU'D SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT STUFF

NA NA NA NA NA NA……

I thought we left
That stuff behind
The day we finished high school
But I can see
It’s not over
You’ve made it clear I’m not cool

Your hair looks slept on
Your shirt is dirty
Yet somehow you look like John Wayne
You try so hard
Yet it looks natural
I guess it’s all part of the game

WHEN YOU'VE GOT ATTITUDE
YOU'VE GOT ATTTITUDE
AND I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE ME VERY MUCH
WELL YOU PRETEND YOU DO
SAYIN' HOW AR EYOU
BUT I CAN SEE RIGHT THORUGH THAT STUFF

SEE THROUGH YOUR ATTITUDE
YOU'VE GOT ATTITUDE
AND I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE ME VERY MUCH
WELL YOU PRETEND YOU DO
SAYIN' HOW ARE YOU??
BUT I CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT STUFF

NA NA NA NA NA NA….

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ANOTHER WORLD [listen]
Words and music by Sandi Hammond, copyright 2001
Opening poem written by Danny Kairouz, copyright 2004

The opening section of this song is a chanted melodic poem sung in Arabic by Daniel Kairouz. Below in italics is the English translation of this poem Daniel wrote this poem for me at my request specifically for this song, after I explained to him the story behind the song.

My love I am sending to you the birds
To look in on you
As many wars as the kingdom that is my hear seet,
You will always be the king of my heart/sit upon the throne that is my heart.

Some winter’s day
I’ll recall your face
Someone will say your name
And send me to another time and place

To another world, to another world
Back then I was another girl

I am a New England soul
Corn and potatoes served in my bowl
You grew up by the Arabic Sea
Mountain goats and date trees

From another world, from another world,
It seems you really loved this girl

My ancestors killed Indians
Built big houses to hide our treasures in
Your mother taught you how to read
In a village far from another century

Perhaps one day this world we see
Will accept love between you and me
When it does we’ll be truly free
Until then I’ll imagine how it could be…

In another world, in another world
You’ll be truly to free to love this girl

back to top... back to This Summer Night... back to homepage...