CRAYONS
(Burgundy/Sony BMG, 2008)

 

STAMP YOUR FEET
(Donna Summer, Greg Kurstin, Danielle Brisebois)
Produced by Greg Kurstin for SK1 Productions
 
MR. MUSIC
(Donna Summer, Jonatham Rotem, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Meredith Wilson)
Produced by J.R. Rotem
 
CRAYONS (Featuring Ziggy Marley)
(Donna Summer, Greg Kurstin, Danielle Brisebois, Ziggy Marley)
Produced by Greg Kurstin for SK1 Productions
 
THE QUEEN IS BACK
(Donna Summer, Jonatham Rotem, Evan "Kidd" Bogart)
Produced by J.R. Rotem
 
FAME (THE GAME)
(Donna Summer, Toby Gad)
Produced by Toby Gad
 
SAND ON MY FEET
(Donna Summer, Toby Gad)
Produced by Toby Gad
 
DRIVIN' DOWN BRAZIL
(Donna Summer, Greg Kurstin, Danielle Brisebois)
Produced by Greg Kurstin for SK1 Productions
 
I'M A FIRE
(Donna Summer, Sebastian Arocha Morton, Al Kasha)
Produced by Sebastian Arocha Morton for ROCAsound
 
SLIDE OVER BACKWARDS
(Donna Summer, Nathan DiGesare, Jakob Petren)
Produced by Nathan DiGesare
 
SCIENCE OF LOVE
(Donna Summer, Toby Gad)
Produced by Toby Gad
 
BE MYSELF AGAIN
(Donna Summer, Lester Mendez, Wayne Hector)
Produced by Lester Mendez
 
BRING DOWN THE REIGN
(Donna Summer, Jamie Houston, Fred Kron)
Produced by Jamie Houston
 
IT'S ONLY LOVE (Bonus Track)
(Donna Summer, Sebastian Arocha Morton, Al Kasha)
Produced by Sebastian Arocha Morton for ROCASound)
 

 

 

 

 The Antecedents
 

 

NEW YORK, February 26 2008 -- Legendary singer songwriter, Donna Summer, is hard at work on her first studio album of all new material in 17 years! CRAYONS is set to release on May 20, 2008 on Sony BMG Music Entertainment's Burgundy Records.

In the thirty plus years that Donna Summer has been making music she has never confined her artistry to just one genre. Although Donna is, and will always be, "The Queen Of Disco" to many fans, her hits have spanned multiple musical genres from Rock to R&B to Inspirational and of course, Dance.

Summer helped to define the 70's pop music generation and CRAYONS will have all the characteristics that made Donna an icon. Containing a potent mix of the up-tempo tunes and ballads, the new album showcases incredible new material that is written by Donna (who wrote or co-wrote the majority of her hits of the 70's and 80's). Working with Donna are renowned writers and producers including: Greg Kurstin (Lilly Allen, Pink), Danielle Brisebois (Natasha Bedingfield, New Radicals), JR Rotem (Sean Kingston, Rihanna), Evan Bogart (co-writer of Rihanna's smash "SOS" and the son of legendary record executive, Casablanca Records founder and Donna's mentor, Neil Bogart), and Lester Mendez (Shakira, Santana).

Donna describes the background of the title CRAYONS and the aesthetic of the album as "a menagerie of colors and styles, with hints of different ethnic traditions and sounds. My dream is that when people hear the music it will remind them of their youth, their childhood and the joy and wonderment they felt exploring their first pack of crayons."

Donna's long list of musical accomplishments include: 14 #1 Billboard singles, 12 Gold and Platinum singles, 5 Grammy Awards, 6 American Music Awards, 2 Double Platinum albums, 1 Platinum album, 8 Gold albums. Her song LAST DANCE won both Oscar and Golden Globe awards.

Burgundy/Sony BMG

 

 

The Approach
 

 

My life has been extremely heavy at times and I'm telling you there've been songs that just snapped me out of it. So I feel like it's my own responsibility to give that back to people... in a way that elevates who they are and helps them to, you know, maybe to overcome but in a happy kind of way, not in a heavy way. So that's the way I approached the album. After someone meets me or listens to the record I want their next moments to be better than they were before they heard the record. So if I can do that, I'm doing a good job.

Donna Summer

 

 

The First Listen
 

 

She's back. As talented as always, more chameleon-like than ever. One, five, a dozen voices in the same unmatchable diva. Call her "queen of disco", if you want to,  just remember she's the queen of every kind of popular music. Dance, pop, R&B, samba, funky, rock, ballads: CRAYONS contains them all, with a freshness, a fierceness and a style her younger colleagues can only dream about. Donna's ability to sound current and filled with enthusiasm after all these years is nothing short of amazing.
To the fans, this new album is a milestone. But all those who love good music - the music that moves you and makes you dream and dance - should celebrate. If there is one voice that can really touch your heart (and feet) it's Donna Summer's.

Highlights include: STAMP YOUR FEET, THE QUEEN IS BACK, FAME (THE GAME), SAND ON MY FEET, I'M A FIRE, SLIDE OVER BACKWARDS, BE MYSELF AGAIN, BRING DOWN THE REIGN.

Sebastiano Lionti

 

 

The Conversation
Featuring Toby Gad
 

 

Toby Gad, one of today's most successful and gifted music makers, has produced three tracks for Donna's new album. And though he's busy and constantly in demand, he was kind enough to share his thoughts on CRAYONS with all the friends of Donna Summer Time. Great music doesn't lie: he's a great guy.

Sebastiano: Toby, I understand you were a Donna fan long before you met her. What did you think when you knew you were going to work with her?

Toby: I was thrilled... I always loved her hits like SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY, LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY, etc. It was an honor and a great challenge at the same time.


S: Some reviewers are complaining that Donna sounds like a different singer almost on each song of CRAYONS. I just don't get this. The album's incredible variety is a choice, not an accident...


T: She co-wrote each song and I would see the music more as a medium to carry the lyric. The lyric is consistently Donna and thus the diversity of her record feels homogenous to me, considering how much she has to say about life and her experiences.

S: What do you think you've learned from working with such a living legend? And what do you think she may have learned from you?


T: We had a great time together. I was surprised that she is one of the few who can capture the essence of a vocal in the very first take. I guess that's what you had to do to be good 20 years ago. These days there are few artists who can deliver such a dead-on first-take performance. That's a challenge as a producer. You gotta capture every little piece she sings because it may be the best one.

Not sure what she learned from me, but I can definitely say we've made friends and I'm sure I'll see her again. Well perhaps she learned through me how times have changed, since I'm one of the trailblazer producers who travel with a mac book pro and logic and do records in beach houses and hotel rooms rather than conventional studios. You can check out some film clips on my site in the section "behind the scenes" which document how I work on laptops. Also in three of my videoblogs you can see Donna in NYC and in Miami with me.

S: Donna stated that if the album makes the listeners feel better, then she's done a good job. As CRAYONS has such a distinctive "feel good" quality about it, I would say she's done a great job...

T: Absolutely!

Now the songs you worked on: FAME (THE GAME):

S: Listening to this song made me think: "the Superstar of Rock & Roll is back!". The vocals and the arrangement are adventurous, electrifying; the words seem to be coming straight from Donna's soul and maybe from some past wounds too.

T: She told me many details about how Fame affected her life and I helped put that into the lyric of the song. The song went fast. She had started the hook to a different track and I loved the idea, so I wrote the verses in 2 hours and recorded her on it. 2 weeks later the label called me from the mastering room and said, we can't use the track, can you write new music to it. So I had half a day to produce a new track to it and sent it straight to the mastering studio.

S: What about RUN WITH IT? Was that the "other track" Donna had started the hook to, or is it a completely different song?

T: It's a different song, not sure if Donna wants to release it at a later time.

SAND ON MY FEET:

S: Donna sounds so sweet and relaxed on this one...

T: I spent four days at her amazing beach house and one day we were just looking out the window at the ocean, I jammed on the guitar and she sang whatever she saw and felt about the beach and about the love to her wonderful husband. Then she got hungry and went to the kitchen to cook. I followed her with the guitar in the kitchen and said, "Donna, I know you're hungry but we need to finish this song idea...", so we continued writing the song while she was cooking for us. Even when some of her friends came over for dinner, I was still working on the song and interrupting the dinner. A week later I met her at the Hit Factory in Miami and we gave the song a few final touches.

SCIENCE OF LOVE:

T: It's the first song we wrote. I had a track idea and we jammed to it. The verses came first. It's about what love can do to you, how it can also defy gravity and do crazy things that don't make sense at first glance.

S: Will SCIENCE OF LOVE be released as a single? I hope so.

T: Up to the label.

S: Are there any songs on CRAYONS you would have loved to produce?

T: I think the other producers did a great job.

S: The unavoidable question: do you have a favourite color?

T: Blue.

S: Thank you so much, Toby, for your kindness, your time and for making Donna's comeback even more special.

T: My pleasure.


Review & interview © 2008 Sebastiano Lionti
Not to be reproduced or redistributed in any form.
All rights reserved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STAMP YOUR FEET

(Put your foot down)
S-T-A-M-P Stampin' on the ground
S-T-A-M-P Stampin' on the ground
S-T-A-M-P Stampin' on the ground
S-T-A-M-P Stampin' on the ground
Woah, yeah....
I've been round so many times before
Broke my back, been split open sore
Tried to make it to the finish line
Been knocked down, get up every single time
They're up in your face, they don't think you belong
Man, you got it, you got it goin' on
What breaks the weak just makes you strong
You got game, baby bring it on, bring it on
(And) I say: Stamp your feet on the ground
Make it really loud, make a big ass sound
You ain't goin'...
Stamp your feet on the ground
Make it really loud
You ain't going, you ain't goin' down
Stamp your feet on the ground
Make it really loud, make a big ass sound
You ain't goin'...
Stamp your feet on the ground
Make it really loud
You ain't goin', you ain't goin' down
Rain comes in every player's life
Gotta stay in the game, not on the sidelines
Gotta throw down, you gotta stand and fight
Keep your eye on the prize, don't get caught up in strife
Go, go for the shot boy, make that play just right
Braggin' about your swag won't get you through the night
S-T-A-M-P You got game
S-T-A-M-P You got fame
S-T-A-M-P You got name
S-T-A-M-P Do that thang
We ain't going down, oh no!
Make me proud... Stand up and fight!
Stamp your feet, stamp your feet
Stamp your feet, stamp your feet
S-T-A-M-P! No, no, no, we ain't goin' down
S-T-A-M-P! No, no, no, we ain't goin' down
Right till the ending, we'll make it through life
Better stamp your feet on the...
Stamp your feet on the ground!

 

MR. MUSIC

Hooked up my iPod, shaking my body
You got my going, so naughty naughty

Hey Mr. Music, keep my focused

Keep me moving, like you promised

Take me back to another time

Play that track, come on press rewind

Hey Mr. Music come on and rock me

You're so explosive, you really shock me

In my soul, under my skin

When it's done, play it over again

I love music (I love it, I love it)

I love music (I love it, I love it)

I love music (I love it, I love it)

I love music (I love it, I love it)

Hey Mr. Music, you get me through it

You play it for me, know how to choose it

You make me happy, make me cry

You're always there in every part of my life
Hey Mr. Music come on and take me

You got me dreamin', shake me wake me

Never stop, always in my mind

All day all night, Mr. Overtime
I love music (I love it, I love it)...

I, need your help, get me through 'nother day

Friday's been draggin' on, now ours

Time to play

Belly up belly up to the bar boy, let the money be seen

Belly up belly up to the bar boy, like a party machine

Belly up belly up to the bar boy, let the money be seen

Belly up belly up to the bar boy, like a party machine

I love music (I love it, I love it)

(Music is my baby... Music never leaves me)

I love music

 

CRAYONS

Hey hey hey hey oh oh
(Donna what's going on?)
1, 2, 3
We're like crayons melting in the sunshine
Take a big eraser and wipe out the line
Oh, oh what's up tell me what's a-happening
Say you want love but why ain't you sacrificing?
We're like crayons melting in the sunshine
I'll colour your world if you colour mine
Oh, oh what's up tell me what's a-happening
Say you want love but why ain't you sacrificing?
Come on over you sleepy head
It's time to colour my dress in red
It don't matter if it's day or night
We'll play in colour not in black in white
Come on let's colour the world in green
Let's make a difference in the way we dream
We're gonna colour a smiling face
On the people of the human race
1, 2, 3, hey
I'll take a walk on the wild side
Don't be afraid you can be mine
In and out, in and out, in and out of the dotted line
Take a walk on the wild side
Don't be afraid you could be mine
In and out of the dotted line, in and out
In and out of the dotted line
(Everybody dreaming)
If we mixed up some pink and blue
We get a beating heart, purple hue
Mellow yellow when the day is done
Becomes the orange of the setting sun
1, 2, 3 come on!
I'll take a walk on the wild side
Don't be afraid you can be mine
In and out, in and out, in and out of the dotted line
Take a walk on the wild side
Don't be afraid you could be mine
In and out of the dotted line, in and out, in and out of the dotted line
Red is the colour of the blood in our veins, oh
Like the rainbow we are one the same (just one, yeah)
(Everybody dreaming)
Yellow is the colour of the sun we share, oh
The green grass is everywhere
(Everybody dreaming)

 

THE QUEEN IS BACK

She walks into the room
And everybody knows
It's not a day too soon
She stands and strikes her pose
Yeah whohoa
She's back
Keep on saying that you wanna see her
(She's back)
Look in the mirror and you wanna be her
(She's back)
From the beginning it's a long career
(She's back)
Guess who's back, guess who's back
She's back...
Keep on screaming that you want your diva
I've always told you that I'd never leave you
From the beginning it's a long career
Guess who's back, guess who's back
I'm your friend, I'm your lover
I'm your sister, my dear brother
I'm your dear fairy godmother
Now you know your queen is back
Call the dj, call the station
Dancing all across the nation
Here for every generation
Now you know your queen is back
So many years ago, on the radio
She crept into your soul
And loved to love you, oh oh
She's back...
Keep on saying that you wanna see her
Look in the mirror and you wanna be her
From the beginning it's a long career
Guess who's back, guess who's back
She's back...
Keep on screaming that you want your diva
I've always told you that I'd never leave you
From the beginning it's a long career
Guess who's back, guess who's back
I'm your friend, I'm your lover
I'm your sister, my dear brother
I'm your dear fairy godmother
Now you know your queen is back
Call the dj, call the station
Dancing all across the nation
Here for every generation
Now you know your queen is back
The queen is back
Keep on saying that you want me when you're all alone
Keep on saying that I make you feel like you belong
Keep on saying that you want your diva one on one
I keep on saying baby baby baby here I come!
She's back...

 

FAME (THE GAME)

(You're fabulous! Fantastic!)
(Now we have on the red carpet...)
Fame makes a fool out of anyone
Fame takes you back to the golden childhood
Fame makes you think that you're having fun
Fame the game
Turn your mobile on
Get off into the limousine
To the early morning show
Everyday routine
Make up, fake up, get a manicure
Five minute autographs, grab a picture, yes or no
All the same answers to the same questions
Create a scandal with your reaction
What's that you say
Take it or leave it
Paparazzi wanna see you bleeding
Fame...
Late suit days, hair extensions
Botox faux, false interventions
Nude job, boob job, belle nouveau
It ain't what, but who you know
Uncalled perjury, cosmetic surgery
Dirty secrets frame your glory
It'll get the cover story
Fame...
Everybody wanna be a star
It's all about who they think you are
Pulling up in a crazy car
The front door is your garage
Everywhere en entourage
Play like you've been living large
Someone got your credit cards
Lend me your blah blah blah
Be careful
Be careful what you wish for
Since I was a child of three
I'd watch old movies on the silver screen
Kate, Bette and Marilyn were the reigning queens
(Do you wanna be a star?)
I know if I can make it out
Out of this sleepy town then I could go real far
I could I'd really work so hard
And I could do it and do it and do it 'til I become a star
Fame...
Miami, London, Paris in a week
Lying in private, catching up sleep
Celebrity parties, politic profits
Rock & roll bullyboys walk the red carpet
Getting in VIP through the velvet rope
Shake hands, photograph and you gotta go
Little black book pools with the CEO
Smile and tell'em what they wanna know
And tell'em what they wanna know
Be careful
Be careful what you wish for
Fame...
Everybody wanna be a star
It's all about who they think you are
Pulling up in a crazy car
The front door is your garage
Everywhere an entourage
Play like you've been living large
Someone got your credit cards
Lend me your blah blah blah
You're fabulous! Fantastic!

 

SAND ON MY FEET

Wakin' up this morning
Saw the sun come through my blinds
And I looked up on the porch
And found an owl shrieking by
But never could I have imagined
Such a place like this
And you're lyin' next to me
I wanna wake you with a kiss
And all the crazy things about you
That I so adore
Are the little things that keep me
Coming back for more
And it feels like love, and it feels so good
I wanna feel like the roarin' thunder
Wanna be the heaven that your sky is under
Oh, I say, you say, oh (it's like love)
All that I need, baby it's true
The sand on my feet and you
I will go wherever you go
Take me where you lead
Lead me where you want
My heart doesn't know
Anything but what you say
You're the one for me
You make me feel complete
Like a silent breeze your whisper
And my lips still feel your touch
And I'm oh so glad to be here
Oh so glad to be here
And it feels like love...
But you and I have walked the oceans
Miles along the shore
And a thousand seagulls called on me
So we came right back for more
And I love to feel the water
It makes me feel so free
Underneath the purple sky
Every time you look at me
I reach up to forever
With the promises you keep
They fill me with such happiness
It makes my heart believe
Anf it feels like love...
How many lovers
Have walked along the shore before
Before you and I
How many said goodbye

 

DRIVIN' DOWN BRAZIL

Tudo bem, tudo bem, tudo bom bom
Heat grows in his mind, hits the steering wheel to drive Turn the radio out loud
He heard Jobim say, and his heart began to sway
He didn't think of anything but his baby
He was drivin' keep on drivin' he kept drivin' down Brazil
He feels batucada he dances the samba
If only in his head
He was drivin' down Brazil
All pimped up and dressed to kill
A thousand single dollar bills
In his low ride Bonneville
He was drivin' down Brazil
He was drivin' down Brazil
And he gave the girls a thrill
In his low ride Bonneville
He's the king king of the hill
He was drivin' down brazil
Shhh shut up and get your baby
Please comma comma get your baby
Please comma comma get your baby, she's waiting
He cruises up to the light, she jumps in by his side
They kiss and wave goodbye oh
They had so much to say, but the groove began to play
He couldn't think of anything but his baby
He was drivin', so kept on drivin', he was drivin' down Brazil
He dreams of Amanda while he sips guarana, in his mind she's dressed in red
If anything

Comma comma comma get your baby
Tudo bem, tudo bem, tudo bom bom
He feels batucada he dances the samba
If only in his head
Makes me crazy
Just have to comma get your baby
Just have to comma get your baby
Just have to comma get your baby
She's waiting

 

I'M A FIRE

Oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh
I am a fire
Can't you feel the heat?
I am a furnace
Come burn in me
You are, you are, you are
The thing that makes me hotter
I need, I need your love
To make me warmer
I'm burning
I'm burning
Just like the sun reveals the sky
Just like a torch becomes you guide
I'm a fire
I'm a fire
And I'm burning so bright
Just like the moon
Heats up the night
Just like the star bursts into sight
I'm a fire
I'm a fire
And I'm burning so bright
I am a fire
Can you feel the heat?
I am desire
A girl in need (Come feel the beat)
You are, you are, you are
The thing that makes me hotter
I need, I need your love
It makes me warmer
I'm burning
I'm burning
Just like the sun reveals the sky
Just like a torch becomes your guide
I'm a fire
I'm a fire
And I'm burning so bright
Just like the moon
Heats up the night
Just like the stars bursts into sight
I'm a fire
I'm a fire
And I'm burning so bright
You gave me everything I am
Came into my heart and tore it around
How could I know
You'd be the one?
Honestly I am so taken
Believe in me and I in you
You're like water on my chocolate
You're like... ooo baby
Can you feel it?
Do I need to say it?
Can't you just feel it?
Take your time
Let me feel it
Ooo babe, ooo baby
Come on now
Ooo ya ya ya ya
Ooo ya ya ya ya
Que sera
Esta vida
Oh yo te quiero, yo te quiero, yo te quiero
Esta manana...
Just like the sun reveals the sky
Just like the torch becomes your guide
I'm a fire
I'm a fire
Just like the moon
Heats up the night
Just like the star bursts into sight
I'm a fire
I'm a fire
And I'm burning so bright
I'm burning and I need you
I'm burning and I need you
I'm burning and I need you

 

SLIDE OVER BACKWARDS

Oh Lord
Ride over backwards
Ride over backwards
Ride over backwards
Ride over backwards, ha ha!
I was just a little girl
A-making my own way
16 years or more I had
Nothing left to say
I raised myself up almost
Lived on po'boys too
New Orleans ain't a place to live
If you never been to school
And I said
Ride over backwards
Slide over backwards
Ride over backwards
Let me ride
People gotta tell ya
Slide over backwards
Slide over backwards
Ride over backwards
Let me ride, ha ha!
Daddy was a working man
He worked since he was 5
He dropped his wings on my train one day
And never learned to fly
I wonder what it takes to be
Someone who knows why
The earth ain't round
Unless you can
Teach yourself to fly
And I said
Ride over backwards, ooh yeah
Slide over backwards, ooh Lord
Ride over backwards
Let me ride
People gotta tell ya
Slide over backwards
Slide over backwards
(Sometimes you gotta be mean)
Rlide over backward
Let me ride
Some days in a lifetime you gotta be strong
Some days in lifetime you gotta be brave
Dig it on your knees sometimes
And sometimes you even gotta pray
Lord knows what it is, what is is
Sometimes I feel like I'm going down, going down
Going down for the very last time
Oh don't know what it is, don't know what it is
Sometimes, sometimes I feel like going down
Deep in my heart I pray
Ride over backwards...

 

SCIENCE OF LOVE

(Chemistry look what you've done to me)
(Chemistry brought me near gravity)
(Chemistry look what you've done to me)
You call me up
My heart is pounding
I can barely breath
Just got over you
What do you want
You're like a broken record
Spinnin' in my head
Why can't you let me be?
I don't understand
What it is about you
The more you reject me
The more I want from you
You're always on my mind
Always have been, always will be
I think about you all the time
I don't want to, you're a habit
And I'm running and running and
Running and running away from you
Every time when you call
I come undone can't escape from you
It's the science of love
It's the science of love
It's the science of love
It's the science of love
I'm thinking to fight it
To get away from you
Something always pulls me
Right back to you
I don't understand
What it is about you
The more you reject me
The more I want from you
You're always on my mind
Always have been, always will be
I think about you all the time
I don't want to, you're a habit
And I'm running and running
And running and running away from you
Every time when you call
I come undone can't escape from you
It's the science of love
It's
the science of love, ooh
I wanna be with you but I'm so afraid
My heart's not ready cause I'm still in pain
I'm feeling my love is out of control
I wanna give up but I can't let go
Always on my mind
Always have been, always will be
I think about you all the time
I don't want to, you're a habit
And I'm running and running and running
And running away from you
Every time when you call, I come undone
Can't escape from you
It's the science of love
It's
the science of love
It's the science of love
It's the science of love
Love is science

 

BE MYSELF AGAIN

Let me introduce myself
I'm a woman that you've never seen
You might know me from somewhere else
As someone that I've never been
I gave everything to play the game
My soul fell apart at the seams
I fell down like a house of cards
When somebody pulled the queen
Cos you could spend your life
Looking for your own reflection
Time can blur the lines
Between what's real and what's projected
Had I known what I lost
What I'd gained
What it cost
I'd still give what remains
To be myself again
You must believe me when I say
Don't live someone else's desire
Turn it around like a photograph
The writing's been there all the time
Now you can have all these hopes and dreams
The ones I can't use anymore
I don't know what it is you lost
But I hope you got what you came for
Cos you could spend your life
Looking for your own reflection
Time can blur the lines
Between what's real and what's projected
Had I known what I lost
What I'd gained
What it cost
I'd still give what remains
To be myself again
Sometimes I wanna leave right now
Sometimes I wanna cry out loud
I wanna let it all hang out
But I don't wanna let you down
Sometimes I wanna just lie here
Sometimes I wanna disappear
I wanna show you all my fear
But I don't wanna let you down
Cos you could spend your life
Looking for your own reflection
Time can blur the lines
Between what's real and what's projected
Had I known what I lost,

What I'd gained
What it cost
I'd still give what remains
To be myself again
To be myself again...

 

BRING DOWN THE REIGN

Voice of wood crying
Angel of joy, angel of joy
Angel of light
(Oo la ba ba ye ye, oo la ba ba ye ye)
Tears were holy water
Crying for us all
Every son and every daughter
Rise up before we fall
Darfur, Darfur
The grace of God be with you
Waiting for arms of mercy
To surround us all
Voice of wood crying
Angel of joy, angel of joy
Angel of light
Open the doors, Heaven
Bring down the reign
Bring down the reign
Bring down the reign
Let me feel the wind again
One voice like a choir
Singing sacred words
Break through all our resistance
Till it bends the Universe
Darfur, Darfur
The grace of God be with you
Waiting for arms of mercy
To surround us all
Voice of wood crying
Angel of joy, angel of joy
Angel of light
Open the doors heaven
Bring down the reign
Bring down the reign
Bring down the reign
Let me feel the wind again
Oh let me feel the wind again...
To the broken heart
Of a wounded child
Covered with scars
Crying out loud
What will it take
To open your heart
Before his last breath
Before he departs
Bring down the reign
Bring down the reign
Bring down the reign
I said
Bring down the reign
Bring down the reign
Bring down the reign
Everybody

 

IT'S ONLY LOVE

Ooo hey, ooo hey
It's only love 
It's only love

It's only love 
That makes me whole

Take me on a journey
To the bottom of your soul
Take me on a journey
While we're on the dance floor
I don't mind
You see I don't care
You've got a thousand chances
While we're out of here
Take me to the land
Of a million dances
Come on and
Let me, love me, love me
Come on and
Love me, love me, Love me
Come on and
Let me Love me, Love me
Move, move, move, move
Till you can't see
Close you eyes
Till you're swept up in the mystery
I don't need nothing but you and music
Take me, take me, take me
It's only love...
Come on and love me, love me, love me
Come on and love me, love me, love me
Come on and love me, love me, love me
Come on and love me, love me, love me
Take me down to land of the thousand dances
Take me down to the land of the thousand dreams
Take me down to the land of the thousand dances
Make me, make me dream
Let me be me
Let me be free

Let me be free
Let me be me
Da da da da da dee da
Dancin' and dancin'

Dancin' and dancin' all night long
Dancin' and dancin'
It's only love that makes me whole

 

 

 

  • 5th Anniversary Celebration! On 31 January 2009 FAME (THE GAME), Donna Summer's third single from CRAYONS, reached N. 1 on Billboard's dance charts. Remixers included Dave Audé, Dan Chase and Ralphi Rosario.