La Joie de Vivre, I took a break
To mute the voice of each mistake
You fooled me once, and fooled me twice
I took a breath and rolled the dice
La Joie de Vivre, I stopped and stayed
In spite of the commotion that I made
What you dispense, must I retrieve
Forever on, my darling Joie de Vivre?
La Joie de Vivre, I’d understood:
If it was offered, it was good.
I’d wait in line and take my cue
And yield an untapped point of view
La Joie de Vivre, come hold my hand
And show me what exactly you had planned
Forgive my tone, I am bereaved,
But were you ever truly joie de vivre?
Once I believed I knew the way
And wrote myself a French cliché
With nothing ventured, nothing gained,
And no desire preordained.
I felt the breeze and flew the kite
And slept so peacefully again that night
And when I sleep, what dreams I see
Between who is and who I’m meant to be!
If you would go, I set you free! I’ll only find la joie de vivre in me
credits
from Play the Part,
released December 10, 2021
Produced by Forrest Pettengill and Phil Berman
Arranged by Brandon Wilkins
Engineered by Joel Edinberg at Q Division Studios and Zumix
Mixed by Noah Georgeson
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer Maria Rice
Phil Berman - Music and Lyrics, vocals, guitar
Forrest Pettengill - Upright bass
Sue Buzzard - Violin
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