Jesse Harris
Music For Chameleons

Jesse Harris
Music For Chameleons

1. On My Way Back
2. Forget it Happened This Way
3. I’m Not On Your Mind
4. Anything Was Possible
5. Everybody Thinks You’re A Movie Star
6. Neither Old Nor Young
7. You Can Only Wait So Long
8. Taking My Time
9. Talk To Me
10. A Matter Of Time
11. I Always Thought The World Would Catch Your Fall
12. You Don’t Have To Be Alone
13. Surfside

Jesse Harris: vocals, guitar
Will Graefe: guitar, bass, background vocals
Jeremy Gustin: drums and percussion
Jesse Carmichael: keyboards, guitar, and background vocals
Jason Lader: bass, keyboards and production

Additional players:
Petra Haden: background vocals on “Everybody Thinks You’re a Movie Star” and “A Matter of Time”
Gabriela Lucia: harmony vocal on “Talk To Me”
Maycon Ananias: string arranger
Strings performed by the Opera Orchestra Curytiba String Ensemble

Produced by Jason Lader, Jesse Carmichael, Will Graefe, Jeremy Gustin, and Jesse Harris

All songs by Jesse Harris C2016 (Beanly Songs (BMI)/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC)
except “Taking My Time,” lyrics by Jesse Harris and music by John Zorn (Musical Optics (ASCAP))

Recorded by Dan Burns at The Bank, Los Angeles, assisted by Bill Mims
Additional recording by Marc Urselli at East Side Recording, New York
And at Wellington Marques at Caroçu Studios, Curitiba, Brazil

Cover artwork: CT-14 by Ernesto Caivano

1. ON MY WAY BACK

Now everything is closed
Everything is sold
Or put away
And you know I’m on my way

On my way back
Down a subway track
There’s no going back
But I’m on my, my way back

By now you think I would have learned
Everything that burns
Turns to gray
Even though I’m on my way

On my way back
Down an endless track
There’s no going back
But I’m on my, my way back

On my way back
Down an endless track
There’s no going back
But I’m on my, my way back
My way back
My way back
My way back

2. FORGET IT HAPPENED THIS WAY

I didn’t wanna say
I mean I meant to tell you
Who said you had to pay
I wasn’t trying to sell you something

Forget it happened this way
Forget I said anything
Pretend I just walked away
Forget it happened this way

Up here the air is thin
I find it hard to breathe in
Can we begin again
And join the world as it spins and spins?

Forget it happened this way
Forget I said anything
Pretend I just walked away
Forget it happened this way
Forget it happened this way

You’re nervous all the time
And though you’re never shaking
I see it in your eyes
It’s like you’re always breaking inside

Forget it happened this way
Forget I said anything
Pretend I just walked away
Forget it happened this way
Forget it happened this way
Forget it happened this way

3. I’M NOT ON YOUR MIND

In the night when the lightning came
Lit the ocean like a flame
With a boom broke crashing in
Got me up, looked for signs of you again
And it hurts to know
That I’m not on your mind

I prefer that you curse my name
Put me down so I hang my head in shame
Throw me out like a wilted rose
Trample over my head beneath your soles
Cause it’s worse to know
That I’m not on your mind
I’m not on your mind
I’m not on your mind

Throw me out like a wilted rose
Trample over my head beneath your soles
Like the time you seemed to care
When you scratched at my face and pulled my hair
Now there’s nothing there
Cause I’m not on your mind
I’m not on your mind
I’m not on your mind
I’m not on your mind

4. ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE

When I was lost in the silence
In the darkness on the road
You reached out and you touched me
Where I was walking all alone

With such a gentle pull
You told me not to worry
And though my hands were full
Anything was possible

I wouldn’t say you forgave me
Cause you didn’t know me from before
And I would’t say that you saved me
But you kept me walking through that door

With such a gentle pull
You told me not to worry
And though my hands were full
Anything was possible
Anything was possible
Anything was possible

5. EVERYBODY THINKS YOU’RE A MOVIE STAR (instrumental)

6. NEITHER OLD NOR YOUNG

You keep an open mind
Shining like the sun
Light the sea, light the sky
Neither old nor young

You wanted to be free
Now you’re free to run
Free to live, free to love
Neither old nor young

What if I were bold
And crossed into your light?
Do you think that would be alright?

Out there in the cold
Nothing stands a chance
All I’ve ever known are broken plans

Luck is on your side
But do you know which one
Destiny or design?
Neither old nor young
Neither old nor young
Neither old nor young
Neither old nor young

7. YOU CAN ONLY WAIT SO LONG

There’s a fire that keeps you warm
Since the cold on the day that you were born
There’s a light shining on your face
Coming down from another time and space
There’s a road and it leads away
From the place you’ve been living every day
Each day
Climbing up the hill
I’ll go down if you will

Cause the light is gone
And the night’s come on
You can only wait
You can only wait so long
You can only wait
You can only wait so long

There’s a fire that burns your hand
Didn’t know how much heat that you could stand
There’s a road that appears to bend
Till you follow it turning back again
Again
Climbing up the hill
I’ll go down if you will

Cause the light is gone
And the night’s come on
You can only wait
You can only wait
You can only wait
You can only wait so long

8. TAKING MY TIME

Taking my time
I can’t be happy till you’re off my mind
Taking my time, my my

Hoping to see
Somewhere you and I can both be free
Hoping to see you fly

Over all the walls that keep you inside
Over all the seas of tears that you’ve cried
If that’s when this thread of love unwinds
Till then I’m taking my time

Over all the walls that keep you inside
Over all the seas of tears that you’ve cried
If that’s when this thread of love unwinds
Till then I’m taking my time
Taking my time
Taking my time

9. TALK TO ME

Talk to me
Talk to me
I’ve been trying to look inside your heart
Talk to me
Talk to me
But silence keeps on pushing us apart

I wanna know what you really see
Before it’s too late and you’re far away from me
Talk to me

Talk to me
Talk to me
Your voice is like a song I long to hear
Talk to me
Talk to me
All these days will pass on into years

So if in doubt remember that you’re free
And all I want is for you to talk to me
Talk to me
Talk to me
Talk to me
Talk to me

So if in doubt remember that you’re free
And all I want is for you to talk to me
Talk to me
Talk to me
Talk to me
Talk to me

10. A MATTER OF TIME

I had no way to see your face
I could only dance in place
It was so far away
It was so far away

Though the stars were unaligned
I could paint your picture in my mind
It was just a matter of time

By now I know you’re no one’s fool
But break any unspoken rule
There’d be no guilt to pay
There’d be no guilt to pay

So I walk a narrow line
At the edge of every fleeting crime
It’s just a matter of time
It’s just a matter of time

A matter of time
A matter of time
A matter of time
A matter of time

So I watch the days go by
Till the flying particles collide
It’s just a matter of time
It’s just a matter of time
It’s just a matter of time
It’s just a matter of time

11. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ALONE

You don’t have to be alone
Living out there on your own
In your window every night
Blinking like a broken neon light

You’re never gonna know
If you can’t see
Nobody’s gonna come
And set you free
You’re heart’ll never go
And let you be
And let you be

You don’t have to be afraid
Sleeping in that bed you made
Of the endless passing time
Thinking that you fell behind

You’re never gonna know
If you can’t see
Nobody’s gonna come
And set you free
You’re heart’ll never go
And let you be
And let you be

You’re never gonna know
If you can’t see
Nobody’s gonna come
And set you free
You’re heart’ll never go
And let you be
And let you be
And let you be
And let you be

12. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE WORLD WOULD CATCH YOUR FALL

I always thought the world would catch your fall
Each time you slipped you had no fear at all
No fear at all
And standing tall
No fear at all
And standing tall

I always thought that only I could see
You weren’t sad, just needed something to be
Something to be
But nothing’s free
Something to be
But nothing’s free

You let it go
You had to know
You let it go
You had to know

13. SURFSIDE (instrumental)