Feb 2022 cabaret guy-with-piano heartache lovelorn one-shot
Arthur put these lyrics up but my reflexes aren't quite what they once were, so @levesinet got in first with his seriously jazz-age dance orchestra version, go and listen!
https://fawm.org/songs/126769/
This piano/cabaret/cocktail piano version was written before hearing the other one and is totally different in feel and presence. Fast one-shot vocal recording and some post-production will be done, post-FAWM (!)
Minor changes and shuffles in Arthur's lyric, as one does...
Privia piano. One shot piano, one shot vox.
ONE-WAY-STREET
Lyrics Copyright © 2022 Arthur Rossi
Music Copyright © 2022 TJ Fatchen APRA-AMCOS
All Rights Reserved
Still addicted to your eyes,
betrayed, wounded by your lies,
every step I do will hurt,
I’m abandoned in this world…
For you, they were not enough,
A few square meters filled with love,
always wanting so much more,
I gave you all, none left in store…
(Pre-Chorus)
Sip on your Chianti,
we woke up Dante,
look at this comedy we’ve been,
Sip on your Chianti,
we woke up Dante,
Look at this nightmare we called a dream…
(Chorus)
Sour, salty, bittersweet…
this love was a one-way-street,
love and hate, and hope and cheat,
this love was a one-way-street,
Sour, salty, bittersweet…
this love was a one-way-street,
this love was a one-way-street,
...one-way-street…
[bridge]
Still addicted to your eyes,
betrayed, wounded by your lies,
every step I do will hurt,
I’m abandoned in this world…
This life now, where might it lead?
the life with you was bittersweet,
sometimes sour, sometimes hot,
now memories are all I've got…
Sip on your Chianti,
we woke up Dante,
look at this comedy we’ve been,
Sip on your Chianti,
we woke up Dante,
look at this nightmare we called a dream…
Sour, salty, bittersweet…
this love was a one-way-street,
love and hate, and hope and cheat,
this love was a one-way-street,
Sour, salty, bittersweet…
spicy, salty, bittersweet…
it was just a one-way-street…
a one-way-street…
@berni1954 Feb 2022
You have done Arthur proud on this one. The parlour ballad style was perfect for this.
@intoyourlight Feb 2022
You captured the lyrics so well with your singing, really felt the words. Also nailed the cabaret feeling. Could be sung at a „Gatsby-like“ dinner party with people in their suits and dresses sipping on their chiantis.
@seemanski Feb 2022
Great lyrics, wonderful piano playing and well sang. Great collab.
@chipwithrow Feb 2022
I've long been a fan of Arthur's lyrics - some nifty wordplay.
And what a delightfully forlorn musical treatment - heartbreak you can snap your fingers to. Some swell piano playing!
@edwardsmusic Feb 2022
I like the bouncy pub piano and expressive vocals. Sad powerful imagery in the lyrics, very relatable topic! Bluesy rhythmic solo in the middle.
Great work you two.
@dh3 Feb 2022
Beautiful melody - I feel like I could be listening to this on a gramophone. And the piano, particularly in the break, is fantastic. Arthurrossi's lyrics are brilliant too - I love "we woke up Dante".
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Great cabaret feel and honest feel heartache in the lyric. Wonderful phrasing and emotion of the vocals with the great piano backing!
@readwrite Feb 2022
Delightful lyrics with some great lines -- "still addicted to your eyes" -- that'll stick with me!
I really liked your musical choices!
@beat Feb 2022
Thank you for the music and the words. I like bouth of your works for quite some FAWMs now and it’s a joy to get more of it every year.
@mikeb Feb 2022
I can hear this sung at a dark wood-paneled speakeasy as people sip their aperitifs and laugh knowingly.
Well-played and crafted music, and the lyrics are very relatable.
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
excellent guys - a real show song. well played Tim a perfect pick up from Arthur. your timing nails this well done.
@seanbrennan Feb 2022
Play it again, Sam!
Slinky, smoky, and everything it should be. Your emotional range, and ability to marry a learned approach with intuition, never cease to amaze, Tim.
Arthur, the lyrics are great. The opening couplet had me hooked, and the wry sarcasm just peppers it with even more emotion.
What a treat!
@sheilerk Feb 2022
A real treat. I love that cabaret piano too, and you've given those great lyrics a very nice bed to lie on, or to dance on, as the case may be!
@sbs2018 Feb 2022
Dazzling me on thr piano and a huge fan of the Cabaret-style! Clever lyrics. Love it!!
@kenmattsson Feb 2022
I was expecting you to have a French accent with this treatment and style. You nailed the cabaret style.
Waiter, I'll have a highball!