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Equator Beach Gig

by Joey Maltese

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WORKER BEE MORNING Worker bees begin to hum Cars and trucks start in the dark Coffee by the gallon drum To shake the hive and scratch a mark Worker bee morning Worker bee morning Clouds of carbon fill the air A damaged land turns to the sun Whoever said that life was fair Another worker day begun Worker bee morning Worker bee morning If you need a way to live Live it with love If you got a lot to give Give it with love If you need to get things done Do it with love If you want to be someone Gather up love If you need a change of season Change it with love If you need a better reason Just because love If you want to travel far Go further with love If you want to reach the stars Give them all love Just love Worker bee In orbit over mother earth There is a junk yard in the sky Nothing stops the techno birth The endless itch for one more try Worker bee morning worker bee warning Do you see daylight soon to be twilight Stop this greed that governs all Or this could be nightfall WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE
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ATTRACTION LOVE (STRANGE TURN) He’s a player in a nightclub band Workin’ New York City in the Fall She’s just arrived from London Singin’ loud right across the hall So wake up make up and shake up Just across the hall And she’s the best of all He’s drinkin’ in a SoHo bar She’s still waitin’ for that call Finally he breaks down and presses up Much in common no surprise at all So wake up take up and shake up Now it won’t be long just like the song Love a strange attraction Love when they kiss Contact a celebration comes Love there’s no resisting this So you could call it love Later over dinner they’re so quiet He watches her eyes So expressive in the candlelight Wake up make up and shake up Now it won’t be long just like the song Love a strange attraction Love when they kiss Contact a celebration comes Love there’s no resisting this Love it starts so easy Closer when they come down When the lights go out Contact a celebration comes So you could call it love For lack of a better word Let’s call this love WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE
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YEARLY GONE SONG Riding high over a city skyline Rough shapes that never seem to change Waking up to greet the new kind Every last thing is rearranged Goodbye now this year is ending Goodbye now this year is gone Swept away and lost defending Goodbye now this is a new dawn Sing sang sung ring rang rung Over and done Way across town to see the night lark Knocking knocking at the door Where there once was a light The place has gone dark She won’t be coming back no more Goodbye now this year is ending Goodbye now this year is gone Brave new world was in the future Done and pawned this is a new dawn Sing sang sung Ring rang rung over and done Goodbye now this year is ending Long goodbye to laughter and bitter tears Swept away and lost defending Goodbye to the year that disappeared WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE
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A ONE CENT SONG So you won’t have to worry about what you spent I wrote it for an hour spelled out the words Real tough going then it started to work Now today I’ll give it to you So you can take it home and won’t feel blue So here’s a song for just one cent I can guarantee that it’s a coin well spent Could be a song to make you laugh or cry Not a lament or just an old lullaby You could even say this song is free That’s the way I really would prefer it to be Words and music not just on loan Save it if you want And you could bring it home Binary code was used to make this song Digital or not you can still sing along If you got a penny in your pocket or purse I promise that emotions will be reimbursed So play it for a start Then keep it in your heart WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE
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EQUATOR BEACH GIG You with your toes in the sand The waves kissing the land A spiral shell in your hand Me under a shady palm The azure sea grows calm A breeze ripples the fronds Salt water washes away The rock hard rules of the everyday I say hey sunrise over the sea Picture you and me Equator beach is the key Why did we wait so long Now that we’re here the hesitation is gone For a song See the birds float on the air Waves tipping white everywhere Swim with the fins if we dare Feel so much better today Raising a sail in a sunlit bay I say hey Sunrise over the sea Picture you and me Equator beach is the key Now when the trade winds call Travelers make landfall As long as love comes with all I like your big straw hat Fuchsia bikini and your dark blue tat Where it’s at So can we stay here forever No matter what kind of weather Just so we do this together Trade winds call As long as love comes with all Trade winds call Love comes with all Hear them call ‘quator beach Lo-lo-love We can reach ’quator beach This is equator beach gig WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE
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HOLLY MOUNTAIN LIFE I’ve had enough of New York’s Millionaire blight On to the far beyond start living right No plan to chase a dollar until I drop I got a date with nature way up on top Holly mountain life is the best Holly mountain life for a rest What a perfect place to build a nest Watch the sunset light up the West Now I feel the closeness just you and me Uncover secret things what will we see And is it fate that leads us to this place Will we stay a long time make it home base Holly mountain life is the best Holly mountain life for a rest What a perfect place to build a nest Watch the sunset light up the West And with love In the mirrored twilight sky tinted red The evening echoes back The things we said But when the end is calling We must say goodbye To ripples rings and birds that sing Of holly mountain time Holly mountain life without end There is another life around the bend A better way to write press and send Holly mountain life once again And with love WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE
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ON LIGHTHOUSE KEY A blithe spirit appeared Dark island belle Under Southern skies That’s where I fell Do you remember when it was you and me How we slipped our chains Down on lighthouse key Next she appeared Diplomas all in a row We climbed the ivory tower so high Fell back down with nothing to show Do you remember when it was you and me How we slipped our chains Down on lighthouse key Lighthouse key when it was you and me Finally she appeared And took the stage like a queen She called the steps to the dance but At curtain call She was nowhere to be seen Do you remember when it was you and me How we slipped our chains Down on lighthouse key Always remember when it was you and me WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE
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THE BURRS MAD STRIKE AGAIN Beach island footprints in the sand Two brothers ganja glow in hand Red sunset they’re tuning up the band That’s when the burrs mad strike again Lights on the highway The brothers hit New York Parisian riding shotgun Champagne pop the cork Club pilgrims searching for the stork That’s when the burrs mad strike again Jumbo crushes Brooklyn Studying to pass street science Brothers to the top of the class Next stop on the subway And the movie has a cast That’s when the burrs mad strike again Gone missing off to parts unknown One got married the other far from home But still a live connection Wherever they may roam So now you can guess when The burrs mad strike again With new life to defend The burrs mad strike again Yeah tonight around 10:00 The burrs mad strike again one more time WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE
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FASTER GO FASTER Pounce cheetah quicker You move in double time I can keep your secret Just say it once and you’ll be mine Get your led out the carburetor All the lights are turning green Detonate it yeah You’re the fastest one I’ve seen Now let’s go faster Faster faster let’s go Roadrunner honey Did I take you once around Now don’t smack the feeling Say it again right out loud Tuesday was the first time And Friday was the last Saturday was lonely Don’t you let Monday go past Detonate it yeah You’re the fastest one I’ve seen Detonate it yeah You’re the fastest one I’ve seen Now let’s go faster Faster faster let’s go No slave no master just so We could go faster let’s go Now we’re riding aah huh No more hiding from love WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE
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CROSSHATCH AFFAIR The blur from last night Changes slowly to dawn Crashing fast I’m on the lawn Red tail light trails where she has gone Let this one go the change is on How many nights at the same hotel Our favorite rooms we know so well Bodies entwined with a midnight sheen No one speaks no listening A mirror on the ceiling glasses of wine Don’t know what else we expected to find Love you sleeping love you awake Sadness grows and hearts could break Always remember this crosshatched affair This can’t go on even though we still care One last time wanting so much more But the passion is gone Like the sheen we wore Always remember this crosshatched affair WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT MALTESE

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Joey Maltese is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

He has recorded for several indie labels including Shrapnel Records, CD Singles, Mara Records and Diamond Sutra Records.
Previous Joey Maltese musical projects have received write-ups in Billboard, Variety, Guitar Player Magazine, College Music Journal, Under The Radar Magazine, The Big Takeover Magazine, The Village Voice and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The first single from the album is "Worker Bee Morning".
The song is about the looming environmental crisis. The lyrics are an attempt to alert those who have been unconcerned up until now.

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released April 7, 2023

Joey Maltese: Songs, Music, Vocals, Art

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