Days Gone By
Remembered

Cynthia Chitko - vocals, acoustic guitars
Peter Phippen - Fender bass, William Hall & Son boxwood flute, Nashville-tuned acoustic guitar
Randy Sabien - violin, mandolin
Ivar Lunde, Jr. - frame drum, rain FX
Robert Baca - trumpet
Terrence Karn - tabla drums

All songs by Cynthia Chitko ©2015 • Azure Moon Productions. All rights reserved. • All songs licensed by BMI • Produced by Cynthia Chitko, Peter Phippen and Ivar Lunde, Jr. • Recorded at Skyline Studios, Eau Claire, WI • Concept by Cynthia Chitko • Arrangements by Cynthia Chitko, Peter Phippen and Ivar Lunde, Jr. • Photography and design by Denise Zingg • Vintage photos: Mattie Blaylock Earp, Military Man, Mata Hari: public domain

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©2014

(1st Verse)
Ripening tomatoes on the windowsill
A sliver of the sun is shining through
I can see the neighbor glancing
Through the window across the way
As he waves his hand in that old familiar way

(2nd Verse)
I don't seem to get around the way I used to
The days feel so much shorter
There's so much to do
Sometimes I get lost in memories
Floating through my mind
Memories I have safely tucked away

(1st Chorus)
Old friends- they're just old friends
But a good old friend is true
And I find that I so often think of you
You have a way of putting that lost smile
Back on my face
These are days gone by remembered
Here today

(Instrumental Verse)

(3rd Verse)
There is something to be said
For the way you looked at me
I still feel that fire burning deep within
And I can't remember who it was
That said I love you first
All I know is I still love you just the same
All I know is I still love you

(2nd Chorus)
Old friends- they're just old friends
But a good old friend is true
And I find that I so often think of you
You have a way of putting that lost smile
Back on my face
These are days gone by remembered
Days gone by remembered
Days gone by remembered
Here today
These are days gone by remembered
Here today - Hmmmmm

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Randy Sabien - Violin

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©2013

(1st Verse)
Mattie dear Mattie
Where are you now-
Well you’re up by the hillside
Deep in the ground
I carried your picture
For as long as I could-
My memory has faded
Like the stain on the wood

(Chorus)
When they carried you away-
When they carried you to your grave
When they carried you away-
Well they carried me too on that day

(2nd Verse)
I sit by the window
And I look out that way-
Tryin’ to remember
What happened to you on that day
You were crying and calling out
Somebody’s name
If I’d known who it was
I’d have someone to blame

(Repeat Chorus)

(Instrumental Verse)

(Repeat Chorus)

(Repeat 1st Verse)

(Coda)
My memory has faded
Like the stain on the wood
Like the stain on the wood
I sit by the window and I look out that way

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Phippen - Fender Bass
Randy Sabien - Mandolin

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©1995

(1st Verse)
Heads or tails you win or you lose-
It’s time to choose
Toss the coin high in the air
For a moment you could see your life
Flash before your eyes
Heads or tails you win- or you lose

(2nd Verse)
Toss the dice once or twice- it’s not a sin
To ride the wheel of fortune when you’re high
For a moment you could see the light-
A fire in your eyes
Toss the dice- you win- or you lose

(1st Chorus)
You say heads it is- a seven or eleven
I say tails it is-
As we look up to the heavens
Snake eyes

(3rd Verse)
So you take the chance
And you learn to dance
One more time around
Hoping this is love that you’ve found
For a moment you could see a glow-
A love light in your eyes-
As the coin spins around

(Repeat 1st Chorus)

(Bridge)
oo oo oo oo x 4

(Repeat 1st Chorus)

(2nd Chorus)
You say heads it is- a seven or eleven
I say tails it is-
As the coin-
Hits the ground
Tails it is
Tails it is
Tails it is
Snake eyes

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars
Peter Phippen - Fender Bass, William Hall
& Son Boxwood Flute

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©2012

(1st Verse)
You can’t have my body
You can’t have my soul
It’s something I was given
On the day that I was born
When I was a young girl
You came into my bed
You laid yourself upon me
You took my innocence

(2nd Verse)
All my friends are sayin’
Sometimes I seem cold
There’s something deep within me
Something that I hold
They ask me all these questions
They wanna know how I feel
All that I can say to them
Is I hope they never will

(Chorus)
I’ll take it with me when I go
I’ll take it with me when I go
I’ll take it with me
My body and my soul - oh - oh

(Repeat 1st Verse)

(3rd Verse)
Now that you are dyin’
Lyin’ there in your bed
He’s looking down upon you
As you look up and repent
As the darkness falls around you
And the close your eyes for good
Your sins will be forgiven
But never understood

(Repeat Chorus)

(Coda)
You can’t have my body
You can’t have my soul
It’s something I was given
On the day that I was born
You can’t have my body
And you can’t have my soul

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Phippen - Fender Bass
Ivar Lunde, Jr. - Frame Drum

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©2012

(1st Verse)
He gave me his heart with a hole in it
His love pouring out at the table
Drinking his coffee taking his time
Telling his story line by line by line

(Chorus)
I can share with him my passion
He can share with me his word
I can tell him that I’m
An old-fashioned kind of girl
I can give him my word

(2nd Verse)
I gave him my heart with a hole in it
My love pouring out at the table
Drinking my coffee taking my time
Telling my story line by line by line

(Bridge)
Well why ask the questions
When the answers are there
We’ve got it together
And we know we both care
I can’t help but wonder
Is this love in the air?

(Repeat Chorus)

(Coda)
He gave me his heart
I gave him my heart
He gave me his word
I gave him my word

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Phippen - Fender Bass
Randy Sabien - Violin

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©1997

(1st Verse)
I’m reaching out for the comforting words
I’m hoping you can give to me
I’m trying to figure out what life’s all about
And where my life is gonna lead

(Chorus)
And I wanna dry away these tears
And I wanna wash away my fears
And I wanna die -
Whenever I see you

(2nd Verse)
I’m trying to make the most
Of each and every day
It’s like a game I have to play
I fit the pieces of the puzzle in their place
And then I throw it all away

(Bridge)
If I could turn back the hands of time
I’d share with you this precious love
Of mine
I’d change it all if I could only
Find a way
To open your heart so you could
Hear me say that-

(Repeat 1st Verse)

(Repeat Chorus)

(Coda)
Whenever I see you
Whenever I see you
Whenever I see you
Whenever I see you
Whenever I see you
Whenever I see you

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Phippen - Fender Bass

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©2014

(1st Verse)
The flowers are blooming
The birds are singing
The leaves are budding on the trees
The rain is falling
The ground is growing heavy
The wind is blowing through my hair

(Chorus)
It’s a gray rainy day
That’s all right
It’s okay
It’s a gray rainy day
That’s all right
It’s okay

(2nd Verse)
The sun it will shine
The moon it will glow
In the evening once again
And this I know
The rivers will flow
The fish they will bite
The stars will come out again at night

(Repeat Chorus)

(Instrumental Chorus)

(Repeat 2nd Verse)

(Repeat Chorus)

(Coda)
That’s all right
It’s okay

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Phippen - Fender Bass
Randy Sabien - Violin
Ivar Lunde, Jr. - Rain FX

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©2013

(1st Verse)
I collect old photographs
Of people I don’t know
I collect old photographs
Of people that have gone before me

(1st Chorus)
Ooh I think I’m in trouble
They’re starin’ back at me
Oh- ooh I think I’m in trouble
They wanna dance with me in my dreams
The spirits won’t let me be

(2nd Verse)
There’s a photograph on my dresser
Of a military man
He’s got his head tipped to the side
With a cigarette in his hand

(2nd Chorus)
Oh- ooh I think I’m in trouble
He’s starin’ back at me
Oh- ooh I think I’m in trouble
He wants to dance with me
In my dreams
His spirit won’t let me be

(Instrumental Bridge)

Now the girls they don’t look happy
And the stories they can tell
By the way they look right through me
As if they’re under some kind of spell

(Repeat 1st Chorus)

(Coda)
They want to dance with me in my dreams
The spirits won’t let me be
Dance with me in my dreams
The spirits won’t let me be
The spirits won’t let me be

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Phippen - Fender Bass
Robert Baca - Trumpet

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©2013

(1st Verse)
Something’s changed
Something’s different
Something doesn’t feel the same
You are this
Then you are that
Nothing here remains the same

(Chorus)
Why do you do this to me?
Why do you feel so unfree?
Why do you do this to me?
Why do you feel so unfree?

(2nd Verse)
You’re moving in
You’re moving out
Life with you is unpredictable
You’re looking for some kind of truth
Looking for some kind of miracle

(Bridge)
When will you ever learn?
When will these pages turn?
When will you find your way
And stay?
Stay

(Repeat Chorus)

(3rd Verse)
Something’s changed
Something’s different
Something doesn’t feel the same
You are here
Then you are there
I sometimes wonder if you care

(Repeat Chorus)

-Unfree

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Phippen - Fender Bass, Nashville-
tuned Acoustic Guitar

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©1997

(1st Verse)
Last night I had a dream
I was dancing with Mata Hari
And when the morning light shone in on me
I felt her presence her spirit was reaching to me

(Bridge)
Take my hand close your eyes
Come with me fantasize
Step into the air with me
We’ll dance around scantily
Blue skies are all around our shadows dancing
Upon the ground
An old dog barks at me
I do believe, I do believe, I do believe
In dancing free

(Chorus)
Dance with me Mata Hari
Dance with me would you please
Dance with me Mata Hari
Would you dance with me

(Instrumental Break)

(2nd Verse)
Mata Hari holds the key
A magic dancer she moves right through me
I dance in flight most every night
And in her whispering voice she speaks unto me

(Repeat Bridge)

(Repeat Chorus)

(Coda)
Dance with me
Mata Hari, Mata Hari, Mata Hari, Mata Hari

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Phippen - Fender Bass
Terrence Karn - Tabla Drums

Music and Lyrics by Cynthia Chitko ©2014

Angels voices in your head
While you lie sleeping in your bed
You can hear them in your dreams
You can feel the touch of their wings

(Instrumental Break)

You have friends who love you so much
Hang on tightly don’t ever give up
While you are sleeping
While you are dreaming
The Angels are watching over you
While you are sleeping
While you are dreaming
The Angels are watching over you

(Instrumental Break)

While you are sleeping
While you are dreaming
The Angels are watching over you
The Angels are watching
The Angels are watching
The Angels are watching over you

(Instrumental Break)

The Angels are watching over you

Cynthia Chitko - Vocals, Nashville-tuned
Acoustic Guitar

1. Days Gone By Remembered
2. Stain On The Wood
3. Snake Eyes
4. My Innocence
5. Word
6. Whenever I See You
7. Gray Rainy Day
8. The Spirits Won't Let Me Be
9. Unfree
10. Dance With Me Mata Hari
11. Watching Over You

1. Sometimes I Will Cry
2. Save Your Heart
3. Life goes On
4. Knowing Love Is Near
5. When you Love Someone
6. Truth Or Dare
7. Dear Brother
8. And we Sang La Da
9. Dark As Night
10. Me Siento Tan Sola
11. Say You Love Me
12. Sharing This World
13. La Pavane Dans Les Bois

1. The Moon Goddess Suite
    a. The Awakening of the Moon Goddess
    b. The Moon Goddess
    c. Dance of the Moon Goddess
2. You Should Go
3. It's All Good
4. Wandering Night
5. Do You Think About Me
6. Where There's Rain There May Be Thunder
7. One Day
8. Island Dominica