SENSIBILITY credits and lyrics

Produced and arranged by Mari Falcone and Bill Cantos

Recorded at The Hideaway, Reseda, CA (Eric Astor, engineer)

GIC Productions, Glendale, CA (Bill Cantos, engineer)

QnQ Studios, Manila, Philippines (Marvin Querido, engineer)

Hussain Jiffry Studios, Tarzana, CA (Hussain Jiffry, engineer)

Mixed by Bill Schnee at Schnee Studios, Nashville, TN

except “I’ve Always Been Here”, mixed by Carlos Gallardo-Candia

Mastered by Sunny Nam at Jacob’s Well Mastering, West Lebanon, NH

Album cover design: Morgan Wehsener

Front cover photo: Rob Lewine

My Story

CREDITS

SENSIBILITY (4:51)

(Bill Cantos)

piano/vocal: Bill Cantos

guitar: Grant Geissman

bass: Kevin Axt

drums: Vinnie Colaiuta

percussion: Walter Rodriguez

THIS CAN’T BE LOVE (2:56)

(Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)

a div. of Rodgers and Hammerstein (ASCAP)

piano/vocal: Bill Cantos

guitar: Grant Geissman

bass: Kevin Axt

BULL IN A CHINA SHOP (5:46)

(music by Burt Bacharach; lyrics by Mari Falcone/Bill Cantos)

piano/all vocals: Bill Cantos

guitar: Grant Geissman

bass: Kevin Axt

additional percussion: Michael Shapiro

I’M A BELIEVER (4:15)

(Neil Diamond)

piano/vocal: Bill Cantos

guitar: Ramon Stagnaro

bass: Hussain Jiffry

drums/percussion: Michael Shapiro

LOVE, TO ME (4:55) featuring Herb Alpert

(music by Johnny Mandel; lyrics by Mari Falcone/Bill Cantos)

piano/keyboards/vocal: Bill Cantos

trumpet: Herb Alpert

keyboards: Mari Falcone

guitar: Grant Geissman

bass: Kevin Axt

drums/percussion: John Ferraro

KISS ON MY LIST (4:16)

(Daryl Hall/Janna Allen)

and BMG Platinum Songs o/b/o Hot Cha Music (BMI)

piano/vocal: Bill Cantos

guitar: Ramon Stagnaro

bass: Hussain Jiffry

drums/percussion: Michael Shapiro

I MAY BE WRONG (5:02) duet with Aubrey Logan

(Henry Sullivan/Harry Ruskin)

piano/vocal: Bill Cantos

trombone/vocal: Aubrey Logan

bass: Kevin Axt

drums/percussion: John Ferraro

THINGS WE SAID TODAY (4:43)

(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)

piano/vocal: Bill Cantos

bass: Hussain Jiffry

drums/percussion: Michael Shapiro

THAT SUNDAY THAT SUMMER (3:09)

(Joe Sherman/George David Weiss)

and Sony/ATV Tunes o/b/o Erasmus Music (ASCAP)

piano/vocal: Bill Cantos

keyboards: Mari Falcone

guitar: Grant Geissman

bass: Kevin Axt

drums: John Ferraro

NO HALFWAY (3:28)

(Mari Falcone/Bill Cantos)

piano/all vocals: Bill Cantos

guitar: Grant Geissman

bass: Kevin Axt

drums/percussion: John Ferraro

FLY ME TO THE MOON (2:55)

(Bart Howard)

organ/vocal: Bill Cantos

guitar: Grant Geissman

bass: Kevin Axt

percussion: stomping, clapping and tapping of instruments by the above three

I’VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE (3:14)

(Bill Cantos)

@2023 Jam Bar Music (ASCAP)

piano/keyboards/vocal: Bill Cantos

guitar: Ramon Stagnaro

bass: Hussain Jiffry

drums: Michael Shapiro

THANKS TO:

The distinguished musicians and engineers who brought this music to life:

it’s a gift to have friends who musically inspire me and I’m so grateful for each one of you.

Everyone who has invited my music into their lives.

If you’re reading this, then this means you.

Herb and Lani Alpert:

your musical trust in me and all the encouragement along the way mean more than I can say.

Meet you at the double coda.

Gary Gillies, Sue Main, Marc Whitmore, Christina Baur,

Vibrato Grill Jazz and Pat Nannarello:

thank you for believing in me…

Mari:

my co-writer, co-producer, co-arranger, co-everything.

This album wouldn’t be what it is without you; your creative stamp is everywhere.

Thank you for your ideas, lyrics, instincts, ears, patience, smile, joy,

honesty, grace, humor, kindness, and devotion to everything good and true.

Promise you’ll always be you.

Father God, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit.

Nothing means anything without You.

Psalm 29:2

for Johnny

Marilyn

Michael

Ramon

Burt

and Mom

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LYRICS

SENSIBILITY

Let me say a word about my favorite subject

And that would be you
Even if you think that I’m exaggerating

Believe me it’s true

If I had to make a list of all the reasons you’ve got me undone,

Certainly I’d get into the triple digits
But let’s start with one—
You’ve got style.
The way you walk into a room makes me smile.

Indisputably unique

And completely at home in your skin,

Which just pulls me in.

Your eye for fashion is excellent

Simple but elegant
You wear it confidently
You understand what it is you’ve got

Who you are and who you’re not

You know who you want to be....

I love your sensibility
You’ve got the best sensibility
Can’t get enough of what you do to me

I really do love, love your sensibility

Turning to another facet of the subject

The person inside
Nothing artificial or aloof about you
A true bonafide

Thoroughly incapable of being phony

Unsmitten with fame
Telling all the emperors to put their clothes on

You don’t play the game
That’s your style.
The way you call it like it is makes me smile.

Always leading with your heart
You don’t compromise what you’re about

Which just knocks me out.

You don’t chase trends, you don’t imitate

Girl you anticipate
Still to thyself you stay true
Timelessly classic and effortless

You kill me in a plain black dress

Promise you’ll always be you

You’re bracing like an autumn wind
Funny and feminine
Whip-smart and nobody’s fool
Straight up and smooth, with the slightest kick

You hit me like a ton of bricks

I’m caught in your warm kind of cool....

I love your sensibility
You’ve got the best sensibility
Can’t get enough of what you do to me

I really do love, love, love your sensibility

music and lyrics: Bill Cantos

BULL IN A CHINA SHOP

I’m always bumpin’ into some kind sumpin’

Like a bull in a china shop

See all the plates go crashin’ when my arms go thrashin’

I’m a bull in a china shop

I’m kinda hard to control, this I have found

So if you own anything that’s lovely and delicate

Don’t ask me around

Cause it’ll bang! Boom! End up on the ground!

It’s just terrible, it’s unrepairable

I wish I could make it stop

I think I only shatter

All the goods that matter

I’m a bull in a china shop

I tend to walk rather fast, don’t move with care

And when I try to avoid what’s here

Well, I run into this way over there

And then it all goes flying everywhere

Don’t know what I’m gonna do…

Cause even when it comes to love

I seem to do exactly the same thing

And here’s the saddest part

I chipped and broke your heart

Didn’t intend it

But somehow it ended this way

I move in to kiss you

But I slip and miss you

Cause I trip over my big feet

And if you really were to know

You give me vertigo

When you look at me so sweet

But then I just fall apart when I should be strong

I’ve got the knack every single time that it’s going all right

I make it wrong

And blow the best thing that ever came along….

(instrumental)

Didn’t intend it

But somehow it ended this way

When I go antique shoppin’ all the clerks go hoppin’

Cause they know I’m a dang’rous case

I go to Bond Street, way across the pond street

They all lock the doors when they see my face

I better learn to behave, I must be wise

I’ve gotta learn how to cherish all the invaluable things

Things that I prize

Or they’ll be all gone right before my eyes

You’d better lock up all your fine Portmeirion

Cause it’s barbarian

The way that I crack and drop

Keep all your Wedgewood hidden

Baby, I’m not kiddin’

I’m a bull in a china shop

I better learn to behave, I must be wise

I’ve gotta learn how to cherish all the invaluable things

Things that I prize

Or they’ll be all gone right before my eyes

Don’t know where, I don’t know when

But I’m the clumsiest of men

Watch out, here I go again…

music: Burt Bacharach

lyrics: Mari Falcone/Bill Cantos

LOVE, TO ME

Love, to me

Was just a fantasy to fill the days

A lyric woven out of old clichés

A silly dream of how I thought I’d feel

But nothing real

Suddenly

My vague imaginings went spinning round

You turned my expectations upside down

So very different but so hard to shake

With you I’m awake and alive

And as we try and learn to fly

You quiet my confusion

True love requires the here and now

Much more than mere illusion

Now I see

It’s not a fairy tale and not a game

Sometimes we falter but we keep the flame

And when I dream about a life with you

I smile at the future I see

Eternally

For you are love to me

music: Johnny Mandel

lyrics: Mari Falcone/Bill Cantos

NO HALFWAY

Don’t pour me Kona coffee unless you fill the whole cup

Don’t play me Ella if you won’t turn it all the way up

What good’s a fast car like a NASCAR, just built for speed

if all you do is cruise around the block - I’d rather walk

Waiter, I’d like a double-cut char-rare Porterhouse steak

Later. I’ll try the devil’s food chocolate four-layer cake

Life is too short to ever resort to mediocrity

Baby, there’s just no halfway with me

Don’t want just a little - won’t stop in the middle

I want a full moon or no moon at all

I tell you-

Too many folks should go for broke, but they hide from the storm

So many chaps, they just collapse, run inside where it’s warm

Me, I do just fine in the rain

I’d rather get wet than whine and complain

So come on, let it pour, open up, give me more

Baby, there’s just no halfway with me

Winston Churchill put it best

When life puts you to the test, he said,

“Never, never, never, never, never give in”

Why set the pace and run the race, then stop short at the end

Just keep in mind the finish line, you’ll be rewarded, my friend

I refuse to whimper and pout

The way to live is simply full-out

You don’t know till you try, spread your wings, time to fly

Never been any halfway in my biography

Baby, there’s just no halfway with me

So fire up the grill and light the fuse, hit me with all of your BTUs

Baby......there’s just no halfway with me

music and lyrics: Mari Falcone/Bill Cantos

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE

You stumble through

And you’re so worn down

Like a frightened child

Unreconciled

Unwilling to see

You wear your despair

Like a proud scornful crown

It’s a chain to the past

And not how it has to be

I know all of your sorrows

The uncertain tomorrows

But there’s no need to live in fear

So trust me, just trust me

I love you

And I’ve always been here

Though the shadows have bound you

And you’ve let them surround you

Don’t surrender, don’t disappear

So give me your cares now

And climb up these stairs now

I’m waiting

And I’ve always been here

music and lyrics: Bill Cantos