Lock My Heart
“Masse’s voice…is relaxed as opium and honey, yet is as exacting as a mathematical equation.”
— C. Michael Bailey
A new album documenting a session by brilliant young singer and songwriter Heather Masse (1/3 of the famed Wailin’ Jennys) and jazz piano great Dick Hyman. Meeting on a 2011 radio show in New York, the two quickly discovered their sensibilities clicked and dove into this project. Most of the tracks are gems from Tin Pan Alley, including a beautiful pairing of Kurt Weill classics and Heather adds two great originals of her own.
Dick’s 60 year history as a pianist and composer is without parallel: countless acclaimed recordings and performances, Broadway shows, classic film scores, and works for ballet and orchestra. Heather, a graduate of the New England Conservatory in Jazz, has toured world wide and recorded acclaimed albums both solo and with her group the hugely popular Wailin’ Jennys.
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Lyrics
Morning Drinker
Some people say I’m romantic
Waking up with the moon
But they don’t know how her lonely smile
Sings the brightest of tunes.
The daylight makes us so tired
The night so magic and cool
I don’t wake when the sun comes up
Cause the sun comes up too soon.
So darling even though it’s sweet
Please keep quiet at dawn
You can drink yourself a cup
But don’t offer till daylight is gone
Cause baby I’m not a morning drinker
I like whisky and all kinds of liquor
Coffee and tea baby they aint for me
The morning’s for sleeping
Baby I know you’re being kind
Your hoping I be yours alone and you’ll be mine
You bring me breakfast in bed cause that’s what they said was romantic
You bring me coffee and eggs but baby my head’s on the pillow so let me sleep instead
When the moon comes out I’ll wake with a smile
Then you’ll crawl in and we’ll stay for a while
You’ll learn to love the magic of evening
Sipping whatever is pleasing
Cause baby I’m not a morning drinker
I like whisky and all kinds of liquor
Coffee and tea baby they aint for me
The morning’s for sleeping
Don’t let the sunlit start to creep in
Pull the shades down and then sneak in
Cause baby the morning’s for sleeping
If I Called You
If I called you, would you answer
Would you remember my name
If I saw you would you see me
Would you still need me the same
If I loved you, would you love me
Would stars above me fall down like rain
If I kissed you, could we be one
Could we be what we have become