Elegy from NoteSpeak 12 by Lisa Marie Simmons, Marco Cremaschini

Tracklist

10.	Elegy	3:11

Lyrics

Here we are again 
welcoming Lothario
in all his fierce and tawdry glory

He’ll tell his lies
whispered low and sweet
insistently incessantly

Now is not the time to raise your head
shhh now come on back to bed

Serve you on a platter black and white
leave it to me
 it’s there each succulent bite
 I’ll bring you peace

with you he lies, his brow smooth
slipping the pipe to your lips 
high on morals 
ground in truth

Now is not the time to raise your head
shhh now come on back to bed

Yet we don’t need him anymore
If we ever did
 Here’s a chance we can’t ignore

Now is the time to raise your head
Come on now,
let’s get outta bed

Credits

from NoteSpeak 12, released February 24, 2023
Lisa Marie Simmons - Lead Vocal, Lyrics, Composer (All Tracks)
Marco Cremaschini - Keyboards, Arrangements, Composer (All Tracks), Percussion 12
Marco Cocconi - Electric and Acoustic Bass - (All Tracks)
Federico Negri - Drums (All Tracks), Composer 5
Manuel Caliumi - Alto Saxophone (All Tracks), Composer 5
Laura Masotto - Violin 2, 8
Denise Dimè - Vocals, Lyrics 4
Dionne Draper - Vocals 9
Ernest Ikwanga - Guitars 2, 4, 11
Mauro Negri - Tenor Saxophone 1, 6, 10, 11
Federico Pierantoni - Trombone 1, 6 , 10, 11
Fulvio Sigurtà - Trumpet, Flugelhorn 1, 6, 10, 11
Donata Greco - Flute 1
Weedie Braimah - Percussion 8, 11
Maurizio Giannone - Percussion 4

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Digitube Studio, sound engineer Carlo Cantini

Executive Producer Louis Marks

Producers:
Isell Denson
Rosey Bloch
Natalia Semler
Jeff Bloch
Anna Perrino

Painting/Cover Art Elena Crisanti
Photography by Peter Abraham and Giacomo Pini
Graphics Monica Polato

For Isell Denson, Shirley Kellum, and Tony Allen

Much gratitude to James Morehead for essential feedback, webmaster extraordinaire Scott Williams from Cotts, inc. Digital Marketing, and Chris M. Slawecki, Senior Editor at All About Jazz. Your unwavering support since this was but a twinkle in our eyes has been invaluable.

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