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The Opposite of Goodbye.

by Soul Risin'

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MMMHello 01:08
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Spent 04:47
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Spent I like to move when you move me just like so I like to scuttlebutt to rhythms, set my mind on overflow But it’s a pity that you came around this time I feel I’ve got to let you off I like to work, but you work me way too hard I like to freak out to the rhythms of those motherfuckers jacking my car But it’s a pity that you came around tonight See I’ve got to take this phone call And still she says, “my pretty baby how I want you, want you. Still I’m never gonna push you.” Oh, my little baby, she’s spent And still she says, “No, give me more” How am I to go doing this to ourselves? While in some innocent little way she conveys She’s gonna do it all I like to run, just to coming up nowhere Got to get me little more thinking, feeling four ways Don’t you hear them marching up one by one? Stomping out the sounds of the loudest one’s gun You see, still a pity that you came around at all Because we’re gonna take a fall I still say, “my pretty baby how I want you, want you. Know I’m never gonna push you.” Oh, my little lady, she’s spent And still she says, “No, give me more” How am I to go doing this to ourselves? While in some innocent little way she conveys She’s gonna do it all
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Parade 05:11
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Parade Won’t you light up my fuse So I can set free, the spirit’s in you Explode you out o’er some July parade Let your colors mysteriously fade into crowds They would wonder all about you And how you love me the way that you do, never wrong And it’s all, all about me You seem always okay with some secrets I’d keep But I feel love spilling over now We’ve got to set free our souls somehow She thinks you ought to know by now That it’s not too late to get away, never too late to get away now Oh but you, love of my life I’m gonna turn this round and make you my wife Because you, my blue eyed parade Let my body completely fade into yours I’d get lost, and all about you See I’m always okay with every move that you do But I feel love spilling over now We’ve got to set free our souls somehow She thinks you ought to know for sure That it’s not too late to get away, never too late to get away now You know, it’s never late to break away You, my blue eyed parade, my world It’s not too late to get away, never too late to get away now My world, my love, I’ll give this all up for you Girl, my one, I’d give my whole life to you, girl… My whole world to you, girl…
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Oh High 04:02
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On High I’ve been moving my head too still, through the glitters of These fine mornings and angels’ bliss, just a sampling of That you left me here, with your precious heart It’s been filling my soul From the morning you left me down, I’ve been picking up I’m on high… Got no answers for you, ma belle, just my hands held open Palms to you and my guiding spell, trying to make you come For you set me here, to be pressed with all What’s been filling my world Then that time came you let me down, now I’m picking up I’m on high… How I want you here, for to give me all your love You play it well For I need you here, just to show me all the games You’d draw the line But lately all I give to you is good I’m on high…
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The Long Path Through Life 04:34
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The Long Path Through Life Sister, I’ve got a little secret for you now About what was real, but now it’s long forgot You say you’ve got 40 mouths to feed, but I’ve got just one life to breed upon these days Now you now I’m right I heard hey, Brother, you’ve got a little story for me now Is this the one about the love you’ve been looking for all your life? You see one day you’ll grow old like me, and you’ll find yourself feeling lonely in the night Sit back in your bed and you’ll know I’m right But till then I’ll be looking for love And I won’t fall asleep till she’s in my arms Then I know I’ll be good to go But till then I’ll be cooling off my mind, singing sweet songs in the sunshine On the long path through life Hey, Mother, I’ve got a little something here to tell Are you lost in a mixed translation of a love gone wrong? See these days you’re town in misery, because you’ve got children roaming at your feet And every time they cry Don’t you know I’m right Hey, my Papa, I’ve got here this gift to give to you About the love you’ve been missing out on all your life You see this gift I give to you, because lately mama don’t give it up, she don’t do you right Can’t you see I’m right But till then I’ll be looking for love And I won’t fall asleep till she’s in my arms Then I know I’ll be good to go But till then I’ll be cooling off my mind, singing sweet songs in the sunshine On the long path through life And till then I’ll be looking for love And I won’t fall asleep tonight Then I know I’ll be good to go Till then I’ll be cooling off my mind, singing sweet songs and thinking lullabies On the long path through life
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A Blues Dream 03:06
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A Blues Dream I never wanted you to myself, dear All you’d do is let me down I’d give up everything just to have you once But then you’d go and wear my heart out A measure complicated by true love And sentiments of broken hearts I’d swear I’m feeling you for the first time, love How ‘bout you come and move me now I was your hero once So hot, still so cold to you sometimes I’d give up everything And still you’d let me down I never wanted you to myself, dear All you did was let me down I gave up everything just to hold you once But there you’d go ripping my heart out And when I demonstrate all my true love What was the first thing you let out You’re scared of this and that, but I’m hungry babe It’s time you listen to me now I was your lover once So soft, but so hard for you sometimes I gave up everything And still you let me down
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Tellin' U So 04:33
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Tellin’ U So Oh my lady thinks it’s easier to choose Between the innocence and madness that seems when coming over you Will be the first time, you’d be round, tellin’ me so See my friend it’s always easier to be Every bit of all the evil brewing up from inside me This is the last time I’ll come round, forgiving me so But don’t shoot me down… build me up, build me up Don’t shoot me down… build me up, build me up With love, with love Oh my precious one You’ve got, you’ve got All the good vibes in the world To keep me right outside your jungle there Where I keep dead and done Can’t you see now that I’ve gone Oh my baby, you see the time has come to choose Separate from all the bitterness that’s come spewing out of you Maybe this is the last time I’ll be around, forgiving you so Oh, little lover, little lover of mine see the time has come to be Won’t you open up your arms and let me zip up into thee Be the both of us, tied up into one, and loving you so But don’t shoot me down… build me up, build me up Don’t shoot me down… build me up, build me up With love, with love Oh my precious one You’ve got, you’ve got All the good vibes in the world To keep me right outside your jungle there Where I keep dead and done Can’t you see now that I’ve gone Oh my world, you see this child was born to be Every bit of all the madness multiplying from out of me Make this the last time, I’d come round, tellin’ you so
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Figured It Out 04:45
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Figured It Out I’ll walk you right on in the door To answer all you life what you’ve been waiting for How could a lover like you come to hold me tight Until you figure me out Now don’t wear me down I’ll walk you right on through the night Plans and wishes come to give me fright Oh my baby, hold me tight, one more goodnight Until you figure me out You told my friends we’d ride it out Still we’re never gonna go amount to anything, any way, these days Is what it’s all about So, I wanted you to know, ain’t nobody telling me, got to figure it so So get it right, every body’s right, every body’s figuring, I forgot to shoot on sight Till I figure it out All my friends said ride it out Meanwhile we’re never gonna go amount to anything, any way, these days Is what it’s all about Oh, but if you’d like to move me Oh sweet girl you’ve got to listen closely to me It’s a mercy, mercy time to get this, right? But then you figure me out Now don’t throw me out So I walk you right on out the door You see that all these years you screamed you wanted more One more kiss, one more love, then one more goodnight And then we figure it out All my friends said ride it out While she says I’m never gonna go amount to anything she wants, any way It’s what it’s all about So I wanted you to know, aint nobody telling me, got to figure it so So get it right, every body’s right, every body’s figuring, I forgot to shoot on sight See we’re all wrong, all my brothers wrong, what I’ve been here saying The plight is in the song But now, aint no time but now, got to get to thinking, how’s love and death gone down And then we figure it out All my friends said ride it out She thinks we’re never gonna go amount to anything, any way, these days She says it oh so loud And then she moves Find her coming to you You feel it slip into some mold Then find her running And hear the guns blazing to you You feel it slip into some mold And say, alright What about all these nights you left me here Thinking to myself And what about us, What about all those time you left me here Thinking to myself What about love
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My Angel 05:41
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My Angel Come dance with me Climb on my feet, if need be Together now, our hearts beat Your flow, the world it turns to stare I’ll catch my breath in time, I swear That one kiss, my life’s air But I beg of you this time No way I’d leave your side See this happens to me all the time When it’s love I’ve found Darling don’t you see This day you’ll marry me And be my lover You’re my angel And darling as you sleep Come dream your dreams to me And be my lover You’re my angel So talk your sideways thinking And always leave me eyes wide I can’t take myself off you So describe what it is you melt about I find when nothing’s left for working out We’ll crash down, lightly But I’ll beg of you this time No words or feel describe What happens to me all the time When it’s love I’ve found Darling don’t you see You’ll come away with me And be my lover You’re my angel And darling as you sleep Come dream your dreams to me And be my lover You’re my angel Now as I stand alone in your room I wait, I wait For my sense to overcome my will Yet then This moment lasts ‘till the heart stops You go on thinking that you’ve got too much to give to me You go on living as if love creeps unsuspectingly You slap the love away, you realize you’re not as strong as once before But then, there I find you crawling to my bed again
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The Demise of Mama's Wrath 03:06
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The Demise of Mama’s Wrath Take it from my baby, know she understands Feeling for me, sitting there Go cry into my hands You’ve got to take back your Sundays Lord, it’s gonna set you right And don’t bring it home to mama, You know, she’ll only leave you to die Finally the faster, and more and more you’ve grown You’ll begin to notice all the things that’s she’s done wrong You’ve got to steal back your Sundays Lord, it’s gonna set you right But don’t take that home to mama You know, she’ll only leave you crying Say, “see you later, mama.” Soon she’ll understand When she finds you riding off with some driving man Little bit of lovin’ She claims it’s lack of trust Finding you wielding swords As if she’s caught you in some lust You’ve got to take back them Sundays Lord, it’s gonna do you right And when you bring it home to mama, You know, she’ll only leave you dying Say, “see you later, mama.” She’s got to understand Soon she’ll find you riding off with some driving man Moments made of moments built of when I was like you See me looking back at all the madness I went through Fighting fights of nothing’s right and made up minds unlike Could take this further, but I’d rather not You’ve got to steal back your Sundays Lord, it’s gonna set you right You’ve got to take back your mind to believe in what you think is right You’ve got take back them Sundays Lord, it’s time free your mind But don’t take this home to mama You know, she’ll only leave you crying…
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Living It Too 05:20
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Living It Too It’s been a long road, traveling through my soul till I see you I took the long way around And it’s a fair game, but I’ve been left to blame, look in the mirror See what’s right there for me You see now and again’s when I take my sweet time through each moment But that’s when it crumbles at my feet, you know… Sometimes I’ve gotta get all back to me You’ve left me blind, I’m done, wish I’d seen It was my fault all along, and you should have known You’re living it too, you’re living it My way all the time, and you should have known You’re living it too, you’re living it too Maybe this time, I’d find, the feelings from your eyes they do hurt you You tell me that’s why you cry And I’m finally there, jailed to the floor, I hope to stumble Someday back to your arms Sick of it all, all the games, nasty calls, cold shoulders Leaves me thinking I should know, that… Sometimes I’ve gotta ride it all back to me You’ve left me blind, I’m done, wish I’d seen It was my fault all along, and you should have known You’re living it too, you’re living it My way all the time, and you should have known You’re living it too, you’re living it too And all those dreams I’ve gone ahead and stepped on them twice Find I, most times, won’t even take my own advice Happiness, comes and then, laughing at me, staring in Will you come back to my life It’s been a long while, terrorizing my mind, then I see you Oh the memory’s a bear And if I could say this would be the last time I would taste you I’d bring it all back to me, because it’s been… My fault all along, and you should have known You’re living it too, you’re living it My way all the time, and you should have known You’re living it too, you’re living it too
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Northbound 05:02
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Northbound Cutting ties, colorblind, and I feel fucked up Because the more I think about it, and read between the lines, I’ve pushed you off I’m left alone and sitting on the floor this time, naked and alone When picking through the letters you wrote to me, found a suicide note And I think you could be much more than the eye You’re more than I bargained for Everything’s going so wrong in your life, Everything’s blowing up Fighting fire, fire with fire, we’re burning up You say I’ve fueled you quite too long and now it’s time, we settle up Shouldn’t have left you alone that night, reeling on the floor When I come around to kiss you in the morning, I find a suicide note And I think you could be much more than the eye You’re more than I bargained for Everything’s going so wrong in your life, Everything’s blowing up Got to send them up northbound, because you have gone missing Send them all to me you know it’s that freezing sound Gonna send me up northbound, because you have gone missing Send them all to me you know it’s a breathing sound Of sound conversations, no telling of lies Go open up your battle scars and drain them eyes Border lines come closer than before, we’ll fight the law Of a broken heart’s policing through the rubble of midnight call I find myself naked on the floor and left alone Reading through those letters you wrote to me, sure one’s a suicide note And I think you could be much more than the eye You’re more than I bargained for Everything’s going so wrong in your life, Everything’s blowing up Got to send them up northbound, because you have gone missing Send them all to me you know it’s that freezing sound Gonna send me up northbound, because you have gone missing Send them all to me you know it’s a breathing sound Of sound conversations, no telling of lies Go open up your battle scars and drain them eyes Gonna send me up northbound, because you have gone missing Send them all to me you know it’s that freezing sound Of sound conversations, no telling of lies Go open up your battle scars and drain them eyes And I think you could be much more than the eye, you’re more than I bargained for
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A Long Goodbye 04:12
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A Long Goodbye I talk to myself Yes, I talk about the things That get me by in the back of my mind And I run Each day I could run Closer to the pitfalls between wrongs and rights But it’s times like these when I’ve learned to walk away Like the first time that I saw you Standing there, in your thin clothes I thought I loved you Oh what a game, you’d play That last time I saw you slipping away Was such a long goodbye Fools to me are a different breed Because what’s in sight and what’s make believe It all seems right when past my eyes And by the way, remember that you said A complicated kind of love is the best you had Paint a picture of the story of a lifetime’s nights But it’s times like these when I’ve learned to walk away Like the first time that I saw you Standing there, in your thin clothes I thought I loved you Oh what a game, you’d play That last time I saw you slipping away Was such a long goodbye Like the first time that I saw you Was I knew that I would love you But it’s times like these when I’ve learned to walk away Like the first time that I saw you Standing there, in your thin clothes I thought I loved you Oh what a game, you’d play That last time I saw you slipping away Was such a long goodbye
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Lovers' Row (Bonus Track) 04:35
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Lovers’ Row Tell me, can I ride your coaster? Spin around a big ‘ole loop of you Settle in our lives together, In this little red house for two But isn’t it amazing, how love goes? And isn’t it amazing, how our love could grow like so? Isn’t it amazing, how love goes, And then we find ourselves on lovers’ row When the day breaks early, I’m gonna stare deep into you And what I’d find, I wouldn’t mind taking with me, and if the sun don’t rise upon us Let us sleep it out Because isn’t it amazing, how love goes? And isn’t it amazing, how our love could grow like so? Isn’t it amazing, how love goes, And then we find ourselves on lovers’ row And in that garden where I first kissed you, Comfort flowed about and set our hearts in tune Then two days later when you sought escape, And that dirty story from your mind erased When on the third day we would dance and shout, Celebrate the love that we would soon let out And in the morning when I gazed at you, Your eyes told the stories of me, loving you And this is love… Because isn’t it amazing, how love goes? And isn’t it amazing, how our love could grow like so? Isn’t it amazing, how love goes, And then we find ourselves on lovers’ row

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Soul Risin's second full-length release. If you're ready to absorb some kick-ass music, this smoking-hot, dozen-song gem soars across the cosmos of musical styles, jumping from funk to bluegrass before circling around the sun and floating in some pop and even a ballad - it's a real jam! Oh, but there's two bonus tracks, so you actually get 14.

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released May 11, 2010

Soul Risin’ is:
Bryan Weinsztok – acoustic guitar / vocals
Jeff Pazer – electric guitar
John Capozzolo – drums / percussion
Adam Fisher – bass guitar / backing vocals
Mike D’Ambrosio – organ / piano
Jim Dunham - percussion

All lyrics by Bryan Weinsztok.
All music by Bryan Weinsztok and Soul Risin’, except Living It Too, music by Bryan Weinsztok, Mike D’Ambrosio and Soul Risin’, and Lovers’ Row, music and lyrics by Bryan Weinsztok (Bryan performs solo). John Capozzolo performs backing vocals on MMMHello.

Produced by Soul Risin’. Recorded at More Sound Recording Studio, Syracuse, New York. Recording Engineer: Brett Walts. Mixed and mastered by Jocko at More Sound Recording Studio – www.moresound315.com.
Art Direction: Robyn Jonick.

The Rise would like to thank all of our friends, families and fans who have continued to support this animal we call Soul Risin’ throughout the process of creating The Opposite of Goodbye. It’s been a long time coming, we know, but it’s finally here. While we enjoy creating music for our own self pleasures, we truly do it for you. Without you, we are nothing but a group of guys making noise in an empty room. However, with you at our sides, we will strive to be more, to grow as musicians, and feed off the inspiration you provide each time we set foot, hands to instruments, before you. Also, many thanks to all those “rooms” who have allowed us to enter and do what we love to do. Thanks for trusting your walls to us. To all, we truly look forward to continuing to Rise together for many, many years to come. - SR

Copyright 2010 Bryan Weinsztok & Soul Risin’

No one likes poachers. But then again, no one ever appreciates elephants in rooms. So, where does the alliance fall? Who comes out alive? “Surely this won’t work,” both think. Out of this cube of walls perhaps an amicable energy will develop, and the poacher sees the ivory before him for what it truly represents. He embraces its rarity and magnificence, and finds himself pondering the blood trail he’s now left behind. The elephant is slain. Around one’s neck, far to his west, one sheds a tear for the gift they receive. Whether they cry of joy, not realizing the larger of what’s left behind, or weep for the great beast, the gift is accepted graciously, a spark of dignity towards the soul of the creature, while east another scar forms deep within the poacher’s heart. He was the elephant; we lived as poachers. This is his long goodbye, and now we RISE.

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Soul Risin' is the Syracuse, NY, soulgrass jam band fronted by singer/songwriter Bryan Weinsztok. Thriving off of their live shows, the group brings together an array of musical influences to get any venue grooving. From southern rock to funk, blues, reggae and bluegrass jams, with a touch of genuine soul, they take it to new levels on stage with creative improv & jams leaving fans craving more. ... more

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