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If Not Now, When?

by Sano Hill

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1.
Oh ... Rachel left her number On the mantlepiece Beside the Sacred heart My mother gave me for Christmas Along with some words from Yeats About walking on her dreams So I sent her letter telling her I know exactly what you mean and I thought Time Out for a while Hey I could be a Rock Star And everything's alright And out on the street I got some money in my pocket Now I'm going out to eat, yeah Time Out for a while Would it be so wrong To dream on Yea but I don't care, If you mind 'cause I'm going And I'm having a good Time Oh yea A good time, yea, yea, yea, yea I got got some breakfast Before heading down for the dole Hoping I'd get some kind of job Before I grew too old Outside on Shop Street An English Wino sang a song About life in the gutter Hey where no one belongs and I thought Time Out for a while Oh I could be a Rock Star And everything's alright And out on the street Oh I got some money in my pocket Now I'm going out to eat, oh Time Out for a while Would it be so wrong To dream on Hey ... Hey and I don't care, If you mind 'cause I'm going And I'm having a good Time Oh yea A good time yea, yea, yea, yea And it's alright, and it's alright And it's alright, and it's alright, alright, oh Ah .... (And I don't care) Oh ... (And I don't care) Oh ... (And I don't care) (If you mind) There is time, there is time, there is time (And I don't care) (And I don't care) There is time, there is time, there is time (And I don't care) (If you mind) There is time (If you mind) There if time (If you mind)
2.
Come for a walk in my imagination The lover she said to the thief Soon we’ll have a love that’s ancient She sighed with a sense of relief What do you mean you’ll never be happy What do you mean you don’t understand Come on, Come on, come with me now Come on, come on, and take my hand And we’ll climb over the hill now Run down into the valley below Get drunk on the wine of inspiration And dance until the embers glow Don’t hurry, don’t rush The lover whispered as the morning blushed Fiery red, the ground groaned beneath And the children ate the dust for meat Sit down, sit down, Just for a while with me now And tell me all your sacred dreams And those who cannot love but hate They’ll be beggars at lovers’ gate And we’ll climb over the hill now And Run down into the valley below Get drunk on the wine of inspiration And drink until the embers glow Oh ….. And we’ll climb over the hill now And Run down into the valley below Get drunk on the wine of inspiration And dance until the embers glow And we’ll climb over the hill now And Run down into the valley below Get drunk on the wine of inspiration And dance until the embers glow
3.
The Light Shone on the far side of the room I heard you breathing Ran my fingers Across your face And you woke up and you smiled Daytime It's time to leave your room again And take the bus across the city And I'm Still thinking about you babe And it's so, oh, so, oh beautiful We met At Gill's on Downer You were writing a story About the weather And I was singing About Romeo and Juliet And songs I wrote To help me forget But 'times it's so hard To let anybody in But you took me hand And helped me begin And it's you showed me what it's all about You opened me eyes And let me look out And it's a river Takes me on and on And it's so, oh, so, oh Beautiful And it's you, And it's you, yea, oh And it's you oh, yea And it's you, And it's you, oh, year And it's you yea, yea, oh So beautiful.
4.
I found a melody And oh it’s so right But writing words It’s like throwing darts When you’re drunk So I drink on But there’s an understanding That goes with being drunk or hungover And it’s nearly worth the grief Oh Lord why must we Get so To see clearly And oh I know I know I’m not a great dancer Hey but when I’m Dancing with you Oh and you turn me on Slow down my love Slowly And oh you turn me on And I’m caught in your Maelstrom And as we move Around this room You’re so, so graceful Slow oh, slow oh Down, down down down And so we slip into an unfamiliar scene Where we kiss Just to breath And oh I know I know I’m not a great dancer Hey but when I’m Dancing with you Oh and you turn me on Slow down my love Slowly Slowly Slowly Slowly Oh …
5.
In the beginning there was fire And it burned us through And just when we couldn't get any higher I fell in love with you And you were beautiful We never laughed so much Never met anyone so different And we fell in love But like every love story It doesn't all come through And if I had a love story It would be with you And you're the one I'm singing for babe But you're not that sure I couldn't find no other way Tried to call tried to message you, hey But you won't answer my email Chapter two now it's no fair-day As you moved away Even though it scares me I've got to say I wish I could have told you God knows I tried Know I should, I should have listened Never should have lied You're the one I'm singing for babe But you're not that sure I couldn't find no other way Tried to call tried to message you, hey But you won't answer my email Da, da, da, da ... I wish I could have told you God knows I tried Know I should, I should have listened Never should have lied you're the one I'm singing for babe But you're not that sure I couldn't find no other way Tried to call tried to message you, hey But you won't answer my email you're the one I'm singing for babe But you're not that sure I couldn't find no other way Tried to call, tried to message you, hey But you won't answer my email Oh you're the one Hey you're the one You're the one Yeh You're the one, oh You're the one
6.
Stop, you're walking around in circles I'm in the middle Trying to understand You tell me 'It's nothing' But that's what I'm hearing And nothing It's making me mad But can you tell me Just one more time Oh, just to see where it leads Oh look me in the eyes, look me in the eyes, And tell me what you see Could we be real It's hard when you don't try to Let me in It's hard when we don't talk anymore I don't know, I don't know Where to begin Because I've heard all the excuses before But can you tell me Oh just one more time Oh lady, just to see where it leads Look me in the eyes, look me in the eyes, And tell me what you see Could we be real you know you can tell me if you want to I don't care You can talk if you want to I don't care You can scream, scream if you want to I don't care walk, if you want to could we be real, real, could we be real, real, real And you can say, say, say what you want to say, say, say, what you need to say, say, say what you want to say, say, say, what you need to say, say, say what you want to say, say, say, what you need to say, say, say what you want to say, say, say, what you need to what you need to what you need to what you need to say, say, say what you want to say, say, say, what you need to say, say, say what you want to say, say, say, what you need to ,...
7.
Lay me down And hold on now And as we slip Beneath each other I feel you opening out And lay me down And close your eyes Just for this moment Can we pretend that It’s just you and I chorus It’s not that kind of love, It’s not that’s kind a It’s not that kind of love, It’s not that kind of Love song. And lay me down And hold on now And what we’ve got It’s just enough to Face the maddening crowd Lay me down On your broken bed I feel your skin slipping through My fingers The final words he said Chorus It’s not that kind of love It’s not that kind of love, It’s not that kind of love It’s not that kind a Oh it’s not that kind of love It’s not that kind of Love song No oh It’s not that kind of love It’s not that kind of love Song It’s not that kind of love It’s not that kind of love Song not that kind of love Song It’s not that kind of love It’s not that kind of love Song It’s not that kind of love It’s not that kind of love Song No oh
8.
Here we are Where to now Nothing new Wait for something What's it to be To be right with you Waiting, For the right word to come Standing still When your body tells you to run But it's too late now To turn back time and To start again Nothing's perfect Nothing ever stays The way it came But as we push, And as we pull away Hold on To the words we want to say, hey There's no Romeo No Juliet Real love doesn't happen On a movie set No poetry, or pirouette Can you step away without regret Let the pieces fall where they may I've heard it all, and it's all the same Can you leave now, will you Leave now, It's,, it's all you say So we sit back down, And hold it in Nothing's said Like a flowing river Full of glass We're swimming in And when you cut You cut deeper every time, you know No words can tell you What you already know Oh no Romeo No Juliet Real love doesn't happen On a movie set No poetry, no pirouette Can you step away without regret Let the pieces fall where they may I've heard it all, and it's all the same Can you leave now, will you Leave now, It's,, it's all you sa No Romeo No Juliet Real love doesn't happen On a movie set No poetry or pirouette Can you step away without regret Let the pieces fall where they may I've heard it all, and it's all the same Can you leave now, will you Leave now, It's,, it's all you say Can you leave now, will you Leave now, It's,, it's all you say, oh Will you leave now, will you, And will you leave now, will you, leave now, it's all you say Will you leave now, it's all you say Leave now, will you. Leave now, it's all you say
9.
Got in my car getting out of town Don’t know how far, or what I’ll find City lights burning in my head It’s over now, That’s all she said But do I care? We took too long to cut the chord Why did we wait ‘til we were bored And now that it’s over and we’re still living Let’s get out there and make a beginning again Chorus We’re out on our own, Starting over And I know we’re right this time we’re on our way It’s better to see When all’s said and done Life is too short Now it’s only just begun We’re on our way It’s never easy Breaking up I know, oh I know This time it’s been tough But there’s no going back To all that went wrong Ah so leave it alone now Don’t phone now And maybe we can get along sometime We took too long to cut the chord Why did we wait ‘til we were bored And now that it’s over and we’re still living Let’s get out there and make a beginning again Chorus We’re out on our own, Starting over And I know we’re right this time we’re on our way It’s better to see When all’s said and done That life is too short Now it’s only just begun We’re on our way On our way On our way On our way On our way Yea Starting Over Yea, Oh Starting Over Yea, Oh Starting Over Yea, yea, oh, oh Starting Over Yea, oh, yea We’re Starting Over Yea, oh, Starting Over Starting Over Starting Over
10.
Can you feel love, in your soul Could it be love, that you behold And as you rise above, all you’ve known And feel love, oh in your soul It’s so right, so so strong And yet so light, so hold on And it’s right here where you belong Let it burn, you let it burn You let it burn Oh let it burn Can you feel love In your soul Could it be love Oh that’s coming home Yea, no place to wander No place to roam, yea Can you feel love, It’s coming home And it’s so right, so so strong And yet so light, so hold on And it’s right here where you belong Let it burn, let it burn Let it burn oh Oh let it burn Oh yea Let it burn Oh yea Oh let it …. And it’s so right, so strong And yet so light, so so hold on And it’s right here where you belong Let it burn, you let it burn Let it burn Oh let it burn Let it burn Let it burn Oh yea Feel Love Oh yea Feel love
11.
You wake up To the sound of music once again The tune was so clear Playing in your head Another day, another chance To make it right To step out from behind the smile Where you hide No more to listen To the voices that say 'no' Can you step outside And can you let go This time And Sing Out Loud now And hold on if you can No need for ATC No rules to understand But you say It's too soon, it's too high, it's too far to go But be here now, be here now, be here now, be here now Can you step on through the wall You spent a life building up And watch it fall away As you finally wake up No more a prisoner Of everything that might be Can you stop making sense And just let it be No more to listen to the voices that say no Can you step outside, and Can you let go This time And Sing Out Loud now And hold on if you can No need for ATC No rules to understand But you say It's too soon, it's too high, it's too far to go But be here now, be here now, be here now, be here now Wait What are you running from Stay Can you be here now What are you running from Can you be here now What are you running from Can you be here now What are you running from be here now What are you running from Yah oh what are you running Running away oh Running away oh What are you running from What are you running from What are you running from And you run, and you run and you run What are you running from And you run and you run and you run What are you running from And you run Can you be here now Can you be here now Can you be here now Can you be here now Can you be here now

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This album has emerged from the various challenges life can present and attempts to make sense of and give some order to experiences, stories, and encounters. On one level it concerns the development of a singer-songwriter, his emerging process and efforts to find his own voice. On another, it is a love story, charting the progress and ups and downs of a relationship. It is also about missed opportunities, insecurities and the importance of realising the potential nonetheless in every moment for joy and connection. And If Not Now, When?

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released November 17, 2023

Words and Music: Sano Hill
Acoustic guitar: Sano Hill
Lead Vocal: Sano Hill
Backing Vocals: Larry Hogan
Bass, electric guitar, keyboard: Larry Hogan
Drums on ‘The Climb’, ‘Starting Over’, ‘CircleWalk’, ‘No Romeo’, and ‘Love Story’: Peter Eades
Organ on ‘Feel Love’: Peter Eades
Production: Larry Hogan / Dublin Studio Hub
Final Mix and Mastering: Braddon Williams / Metrum Entertainment

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Sano Hill is a critically acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter. His songs are inspired by life, love and loss and have been described as defining “a timeless recipe for original guitar music: inventive, humanist lyrics sung from the gut, then embedded in rhythms to barrage or soothe the soul" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). Follow here for updates on Sano Hill ... more

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