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Seasons: A New Musical Song​-​Cycle

by Seasons: A New Musical Song-Cycle

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Genevieve Stefens I love this album because of the variety of songs. Like how a song like Hot and Free is fast, fun, and upbeat, while a song like More Than This is more sad and a bit of a slower song. And also just the people who worked on it. The creative team and the singers are all just so amazing at what they do and all incredibly nice. Favorite track: Six Years.
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Tyler Tafolla, Dillon Klena - Seasons 03:12
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It’s our destiny Our great adventure A journey we must take But is a destiny pre-planned or something that we make? In the cosmos far across the galaxies like the burning light of day Was this single moment formed with nothing in my way? OH OH 
OH So how do you start when changing seasons Can tear things apart without a reason Soon they come and go And before you know Your whole life can rearrange They leave you without an explanation A train that’s about to leave the station Grab on while you can Try to make a plan Even though you find it strange That the seasons have to change It’s our destiny Our great adventure Or just an act of chance? Just a big mistake you ignore without a second glance Do we forge a path on our own accords? Or are we floating in the air? Doing the best with what we’ve got cause no one really cares OH OH 
OH So how do you start when changing seasons Can tear things apart without a reason Soon they come and go And before you know All you’ve known starts passing by They leave you without an explanation A train that’s about to leave the station Grab on while you can Try to make a plan Even though you wonder why Yes you wonder why Why do seasons keep on changing? Cause when it’s said and done You’re only left with what if’s and if only’s Like if I took a risk would it all be different? If I had only jumped If I only jumped So how do you start a brand new story? A fable of fate. An allegory About love and loss And how paths can cross Intertwine and interchange So journey along, and start to follow The stories of fate and new tomorrows Climb aboard and see Tales of you and me And how life can rearrange As we find a reason To why the seasons change
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Matthew Sanderson - Sandy 02:56
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Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Slow walk Try to talk to Sandy Hips sway What to say to Sandy Say something, said nothing Next time you’ll get there guaranteed Say too much, said not enough Just say…Just say anything Keep it under pressure Wait till its your chance Time to find your moment Ask her to the dance champ Time to find the courage Before the bell can ring Trying not to blow it Soon you’re left here singing Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Brown eyes, all the guys like sandy (What i gotta do to get her?) soft rock on the walkman…Sandy (What i gotta do to get her?) Guys loved her. Guys left her They didn’t know just what they had She’s lonely. She needs a friend Could go…Could go good or bad Keep it under pressure Wait till its your chance Time to find your moment Ask her to the dance champ Time to find the courage Before the bell can ring Trying not to blow it Soon you’re left here singing Why am I fallin’ so hard I can’t deny my heart for long With long dark hair Your ears are ringin’ An empty chair Don’t be left singin’ Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Oh Sandy Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Bum ba dum ba Wait I think it’s working Look she likes your song See how she is smiling Boy you have been so wrong Now she’s walking over Now it is your chance Oh Sandy Join me at the dance
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Mariah Rose Faith - Touch The Sky 03:14
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Underneath the flight path is my childhood home Where I’d see the morning jets take flight Taking people places I had never known And I’d watch them as they disappeared from sight I had never ventured out of my hometown Never thought to take off in blink But I’d see those morning jets head out of town I would watch them and it made me start to think Just what distant lands had I yet to explore? And the more I wondered I just kept wanting more What I couldn’t see Was a land that’s free To take a chance, to spread my wings and fly And touch the sky Father was a product of the working class And the work got harder year to year I would see the dreams he had begin to pass Until they’d all-together disappear Mother said that when your dreams don’t go as planned That it must be just an act of fate And to always trust that there’s higher plan To take breath, to hold your tongue and wait I would not have been born with this fire inside If it was only in me to suppress and to hide Cause a fire roars And an eagle soars And a girl like me must spread her wings and fly And touch the sky They say don’t be disappointed If you end up in the heap Cause a wiser man once said that you must look before you leap But I’m looking for adventures that you can’t find in a book And I don’t think that they realize you must leap Before you look So I bought my ticket to a distant land To a far off world I’ve yet to see But I have this extra ticket in my hand And I’m asking you to run away with me Yes I know it’s crazy, but this old hometown It has nothing left to offer you You’ve been treading water trying not to drown And I think that all this time you always knew Now’s our chance to leave all that’s ever been bad Chasing after dreams that my folks never had Cause we have a voice And we’ve got the choice So as for me, at least I gotta try To touch the sky
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Michael Restaino - Hot and Free 03:04
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Hunny, hunny Times are getting funny Like the world is turning upside down Getting older with the world up on your shoulder Ans it’s getting harder not to drown I want a Saturday night with the top down And the motor runnin’ all through the night Gonna take a new direction Time make a new connection tonight We’re gettin’ hot and free Makin’ history Say goodbye to all the guys in the club Who don’t believe in me Raise a glass to the fellas skippin’ class Just to say that they were here tonight Seven thirty and my baby’s gettin’ flirty With her fella on a Saturday night She’s making it harder and harder to resist With her motor running all through the night But you better not be snitchin' Cause her momma’s in the kitchen We’re gettin’ hot and free Makin’ history Say goodbye to all the guys in the club Who don’t believe in me We're gettin' hotter Hot and free We're gettin' hotter oh oh oh oh We're gettin' Hot and free Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha We're gettin' hotter Hot and free We're gettin' hotter oh oh oh oh We're gettin' Hot and free We’re gettin’ hot and free Makin’ history Say goodbye to all the guys in the club Say goodbye to all the guys in the club Say goodbye to all the guys in the club Who don’t believe in me Hot hot hot and free Hot and Free Ohhh Hot hot hot and Free Hot and Free
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Everjohn Feliciano - Snow 04:20
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My old man was a boxer With scars on his forehead From battles he lost Any day, any night He would boast that he’d fight Any guy that he crossed I was only eleven When he said he would teach me How to fight like a man He would say with high hopes That he’d show me the ropes And every morning, we ran In the snow Ohhh In the snow We’d go running, running off into the snow Dad would oft lose his temper He would shout at my mother Punch a hole through the wall And some days it would be Up to little old me To end this old brawl I’d walk into the war zone He’d turned quick with a right hook I’d fall down to the floor And with blood on my mouth he continued to shout So I ran out the door In the snow Ohhh In the snow I’d go running, running off into the snow Just your strength doesn’t make you a hero Try to listen as much as you can You can win all the wars And can slam all the doors But that still doesn’t make you a man Cause a war can be stopped without fighting Without shouting or calling out names Once it’s all said and done And you think have won You’ll be left with the scars and the blame So my friend, please remember What makes you a man is not strength or your pride It’s the love that can grow And the courage to show All you’re feeling inside When you’re out in the big world If you ever have questions I will be here to talk Here to give you a nudge And to not ever judge And to go for a walk In the snow Ohhh In the snow You don’t have to go running, running off Don’t go running off Don't go running, running off into the snow Don't go running, running off into the snow
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Bethany Slomka - Just a Friend 03:08
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I have never had much luck with love and fantasies Never touched by fate or dealt a lucky hand Being always left in the middle Cause relationships are a riddle And they never go exactly as you planned So I'm always left with questions that need answering Like how I ended up in the falling snow Even now it's all a mystery Just what message mother nature's trying to send Cause I'll tell you now, this is no fantasy And Noel Hart is just a friend I did not expect this night to be worth mentioning Thought we'd laugh about this in a year or two But tonight we were laughing together And the night just kept getting better Who'd have thought, that all these years I had no clue Then it soon got dark and right before she walked me home She kissed me in the falling snow In that moment love took hold of me Like a symphony I didn't want to end It became a winter fantasy NO! Noel Hart is just a friend All I've known, I learned the hard way That you'll always be let down in the end But she looks at me And I start to see Something more than before So I find myself both starry-eyed and terrified Because just when I thought that love could not be found I start thinking life could be better If the two of us were together And without a blink she turns the rules around And I may be drunk but somehow I see clearer now As I stand here in the falling snow Even now when she smiles at me I can feel this broken heart begin to mend She is now my winter fantasy Yes Noel Hart is more than just a friend
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Michael Restaino, Adante Carter, Matthew Sanderson, Mariah Rose Faith, Megan Kuramoto-Monroe - New Years Eve 02:52
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On the first of January while we’re dancing on the floor When the clock is striking midnight and champagne’s about to pour This old hum drum year will take its final bow Cause lord knows that we all need some change right now It’s okay to make mistakes tonight in the state we’re living in And it’s easy now to question how all the good times can begin When all hope is disappearing A new future’s in the clearing And we'll get there on New Years Eve You can feel it in the moon lit light You can feel it in the air And if anybody thinks me odd You can tell em i don’t care No other night can hold a candle So we’re flying off the handle Counting down from ten and trying this again This last year was quite the headache And it came with ups and downs Why did I let my friends invite my ex when they knew he was in town? Gotta show him I’m the one who came out on top So my darlings please just let the champagne pop Many new years resolutions fail From just staying in one place And although he is a real swell guy I could use a change of space He says don’t deny emotion So without causing a commotion I will tell him On New Years Eve Break out the drinks And in a flash After twelve winks On the couch I’ll crash Make sure to wake me when we’re toasting Cause you know we’ll all be boasting That within the crowd We’re standing tall and proud No job Flat tire Loud kids Got fired We can’t crash and burn Cause there’s still so much left to learn We put one foot in front of the other Treat a friend like sister or brother Try to be there for one another now We will be there for one another now We know the government is crumbling hard and the world is up in flames So let’s just enjoy what we have left while we’re playing party games Though we don’t know what is coming To the future we are running Time to climb a much higher mountain Coming down from ten we are countin’ How it ends, we’ll have to wait and see how Oh please God let the New Year start right now NOW!
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Gabbie Adner - Selfish 03:21
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There’s a train that goes into the city It’s a train that is leaving today It gets into the station at seven And it’s coming to take me away I need time now to figure some stuff out And to get my adult life on track So i packed up my oversized suitcase And I don’t know when I’m coming back So I’m sorry if you think that’s selfish And I’m sorry if you can’t forgive But for once in my life I am choosing what life I will live So it’s time now for me to be selfish And it’s time now for me to stand tall Cause until I do so I won’t ever know Where my life is going at all Yes of course I would like to find true love Have a kid and a pink house someday Meet the love of my life while in high school And play out that movie cliche But I’m lost and I don’t know the right path And there’s so much I still want to do I’m just not where you are in my life yet And that just isn’t fair to you So its fine now and then to be selfish When it comes to the things that we lack We need time to explore something more is just right around track So it’s time now for me to be selfish Yes its time now for me to stand tall Cause until we’re both free We won’t ever see If this really was true love at all And perhaps this new plan has no cosmic significance Perhaps there’s no preassigned fate I think we both know we need time to grow On our own before it is too late So its time now for me to be selfish I’m sorry but it’s what I must do And this must be a sign Being selfish is fine for you too Yes its time now for you to be selfish Yes its time now for you to stand tall Cause until you do so You won’t ever know where your life is going at all
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Matthew Sanderson, Megan Kuramoto-Monroe - Six Years 02:36
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Six years Six years have come and gone and passed And I have found a place where I belong at last Six friends Six friends have gone their separate ways And I’ll think about those days when I am left alone When I am left alone Bright lights Dark stage Words leaping off the page I write tonight Those words She talks She wants to take a train tonight And I don’t fight New worlds created They’re discovered and explored Awaiting those who search for something Something More Keep it under pressure Maybe it’s just wrong Do you have his number? Haven’t talked in so long Well you really blew it What if he’s the one? Try to keep your head up Soon you’re left here wondering why Why can’t seasons keep repeating Why can’t this stay the same You’re only left with what if’s and if only’s Now that I took a risk Would they even notice If I had only jumped If I only jumped (Overlapping verses) As we find a reason to why the seasons change
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Cassie B - The Long Run 03:16
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Walking circles down a lonely road Still embracing for disaster I am lonely, I’m against all odds Trying hard to get through the night Compromising, looking for a sign Knowing well that you’re disaster Taking chances on a hopeless dream And I toss and turn in the night I just wanna be with you tonight I can’t keep waiting, no more wasting time Waiting for someone to make up their mind I will not go quietly, I will take my time It is easier said than done But I’m in it for the long run The long run Can you hear me? Look me in the eye Please don’t think that you’re above me Where’d your spine go? You just go and hide I just need you to tell me tonight I’ve been waiting For an answered prayer I can’t force you now to love me I’m losing patience tearing down your walls Pacing back and forth through the night I just need you to tell me tonight I can’t keep waiting, no more wasting time waiting for someone to make up their mind I will not go quietly, I will take my time It is easier said than done But I’m in it for the long run Say something Said nothing We could have fixed all that’s been wrong You can’t keep looking for the greener grass When you’re standing on the lawn On the lawn I can’t keep waiting, no more wasting time Waiting for someone to make up their mind I will not go quietly, I will take my time It is easier said than done But I’m in it for the long run The Long Run
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Dillon Klena - Paris 03:10
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When I was young Still twenty one I traveled cross the sea Our port of call Was rather small But bustling and free And though it was raining The air still smelt clean For everything around us was green There’s restaurants And debutantes On every corner street They walk alone On cobblestone Where none of it’s concrete I stood on that front deck My jaw dropped in awe For that was the first time I saw Paris, Paris Shinning and new Brimming with life and so much to do And on that bow I made a vow Once we had sailed away I would get back to Paris someday A girl I knew At twenty two Was soon to be my wife We packed a car And traveled far to start a brand new life We found an apartment In the city by the bay Thought it’d go on forever that way We’d soon agree And start to see That this was bound to end With money tight We’d start to fight Her bags were packed again In an empty apartment With the new scars I’ve earned I dreamt of the day I’d return to Paris, Paris Peaceful and still With jazz music playing from each windowsill And starting now I make a vow That though it’s far away I will get back to Paris someday Sometimes it takes time To learn and to know When’s the right time to stay And the right time to go But now things are changing I see how much I’ve grown And how much I’ve learned on my own So Paris, dear Paris Shinning and new Finally I’m ready to come back to you Just wait for me I’ll never leave I’ll travel just as fast Off I go This I know I’ll be home in Paris At last
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Michael Restaino - Glory Days 02:50
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Kid, welcome to your life. There’s no turning back allowed. Cause now you’ve gotta join the human race And not get lost in the crowd Graduation day they told us that our lives would start today Seems that no one ever really told us it was gonna be this way You always told me that life moves pretty fast Those days of glory were never meant to last The times are changing and it's Hard to find your way When you’re on the road coming face to face With your glory days Now you have reached the age where the past begins to fade And you’re trying hard to not forget the promise that you made Graduation day we promised that this friendship was so strong And we would always stick together no matter what went wrong You always told me that life would stay the same But this small family has gone their separate ways Could someone stop the clock And try to let me stay Just another month or another year in those glory days You never told me That things aren’t meant to last Like days of glory And chasing down the past Nothing last forever but what is left to say When you’re all alone Trying to get back home To those glory days Ahhhh Ahhhh
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Megan Kuramoto-Monroe - More Than This 04:06
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There were times In the summer There were moments I thought He’d change But the seasons come And the seasons go And the seasons rearrange Soon my time Got more busy Full of errands to keep life on track Walk the dog Clean the kitchen Try my best not to keep looking back Though your choice was right Still the days are long Till you’re kicked to the curb Thinking where you went wrong Now I’m trying to find A little piece of mind to stay strong I just thought there’d be more than this There were times In the summer There were moments I knew he’d leave There were signs I was selfish And perhaps a bit too naive Now our friends Have opinions And it feels like they’ve taken a side So wipe the tears Take a deep breath Try your best now to swallow your pride They can say what they want They’re not out out on their own And the one without fault Well they can throw the first stone Now I’m trying to find A little piece of mind while alone I just thought there’d be more than this With all the ups and downs We still somehow Don’t really know what life will bring Still we keep searching for Something more To what it all must mean Now I see your face And I see your smile It is worth all the pain And it’s worth every trial I have started to find A different piece of mind that’s worth while Yes I see your face And I see your smile It is worth all the pain And it’s worth every trial I have started to find A different piece of mind That’s worth while And I’ll never need more than this
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Dillon Klena - Let Me Come Home 04:22
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I told you that night as you held me tight I don’t want this to come an end I wish I could stay, but I’ll write everyday Till I’m safe in your arms once again And although were apart you’re still here in my heart, I’ll be gone but come right away home. Oh please lord let me come home Till then oh lord let me come home Oh my lord let me come home Oh lord let me come home Oh my lord let me come home again Oh think of me when you’re alone Whenever you travel or roam Oh please lord let me come home I’ve been up for six nights but I’m trying to write And I think about all we’ve been through Our future looked bright but they sent me to fight Without thinking about what to do In the fields there you stand with a gun in your hand And you can’t help but dream about home Oh Lord let me go home Till then oh lord let me come home Oh my lord let me come home Oh lord let me come home Oh my lord let me come home again Oh think of me when you’re alone Whenever you travel or roam Oh please lord let me come home No, men weren’t meant to live this life Where your teeth are all clenched Up and down through trenches you race No, men weren’t meant to hide in the mud With another man’s blood on your face God this place I’m sick and I’m cold And the men were just told we might not make it out through to the night I don’t want you to fear I will always be here and I’ll gonna keep doing what’s right If I’m destined to fall I will give it my all And I’ll make sure you’re safe back at home Oh please Lord let me come home Till then oh lord let me come home Oh my lord let me come home Oh lord let me come home Oh my lord let me come home again Oh think of me when you’re alone Whenever you travel or roam Oh please lord let me come home
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Desi Oakley - Gold 02:36
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How many miles will you keep on walking Until you see that you’re still where you begin How many wars will you keep on fighting Until you see that you're never gonna win How many seas will you keep on sailing Until you find where adventure begins How many times will you keep on praying Until you're free from the guilt of your sin How many times can you say you’re happy How many times can you look at me and lie How can you break away from these days of old You take what you’ve got and you turn it into gold How many years will you keep on working Till your skin is torn and there’s nothing but bone How many times will you keep on lookin’ Till you find freedom in a place your own How many people will you keep on lovin’ Till your heart stops hurting and you start to thrive How many people will keep on dying To save the people that you wanna keep alive How long can you keep on crying How long can you keep on lying The answer’s clear how to fix these days of old You take what you’ve got and you turn it into gold When I was young I remember you told me While we were poor and hungry and cold How can you break away from these days of old You take what you’ve got and you turn it into gold
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Adante Carter - One Step Behind 03:42
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We haven’t yet properly met. Or maybe we already did. Perhaps I have known you for all of my life. And you knew me when I was a kid. Well, I’m sorry if that were the case. I had lots of growing to do. And there’s no guarantee there’s not more still to come. But it’s worth it if it brought me to you. So forgive me if I start to shake There is so much I still haven’t said I’m always one step behind but I’m one jump ahead This life has no sure guarantees With its twists and it turns down the road But I’m a team player and once were a team I’ll be with you to lighten the load I don’t know yet the things you have gone through As for me I have gone through it all And I think we deserve something good in our lives Where we’ll never let each other fall I’ll admit I’m not always too smart I can get pretty sick in the head I maybe two steps behind but I’m one jump ahead I wish that I had more to offer Even still, I can promise you this You will have and long life and you won’t go unloved And your mornings will start with a kiss. You’ll have married a hopeless romantic Who loves his city, his family, and home And you don’t have to go through this life Thinking you have to go through it all on your own I still don’t know if you exist Or if it’s a hopeless romance But I don’t want to go through the rest of my life Without having taken that chance I never been much good at patience But in life if you wanting to thrive You have to go through it, the good and the bad That’s just part of being alive I can’t wait till the day that we meet And you’re not just a hope in my head I may be one step behind I may be ten steps behind But for you I’ll take a hundred and nine Jumps ahead
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Matthew Sanderson, Megan Kuramoto-Monroe - Why 03:26
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It had come to the end of the summer It was four years since I’d seen her face She had asked if I wanted to catch up At the park in our old special place She had told me of her life after college And how much she had missed the old gang Bout how they all moved on to new cities And how this town won’t be the same I asked why Why do seasons change Why can’t a moment just stay the same The rearranging of life Is fine for some But one thing remains Things that fell so secure in the past Through the years they don’t tend to last The people that call me their friend All left in the end You start off with hope but your days become long 'Till you’re kicked to the curb thinking where you went wrong So how can you sit there and think I know how to move on She told me I wish that I had all the answers And I wish there was more I could do But you can’t live too much in the past I know that much is true Yes I wish that I had all the answers But this one thing will always be clear Whether we win or we lose we always can choose Just where we will go from here
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Michael Pinning - Where Do I Go From Here? 02:34
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Time goes by and the sun still comes up in the sky The world still turns as we try to learn and the cloud keeps on rolling by The cards that we’re dealt hit under the belt When it comes to our faults and our fears We scratch and we fight but at the end of the night There’s only one question not clear Just where do I go from here Tougher skin It can help when the world starts to spin Times can change, life can rearrange Even before you learn to begin Life throws you a curve for you to observe And to take note of all that you hear When your fears are controlled Life can turn into gold With the morning’s new sun drawing near So where do I go from here I know in my heart That I am apart Of something bigger than what I see here Take a breath close my eyes Time to take wings and fly There’s a new better life drawing near So where do I go from here
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Tyler Tafolla - Credits 00:52
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"Over the span of six years, six friends will go through the milestone moments of their lives, as they find out why seasons must change."

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Seasons: A New Musical Song-Cycle San Diego, California

Tyler Tafolla is a San Diego/LA-based musical theatre writer. He has written the new musical "SCOTT ROBBINS AND THE TRAVELING SHOW" (Rockwell Table and Stage. NY Theatre Festival: Summerfest) and has written & performed a one man show, TYLER TAFOLLA: CATCHING UP! (Rockwell Table and Stage). Tyler is excited to be premiering his new song-cycle "SEASONS." Follow Tyler on Instagram @tatafolla ... more

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