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As a child I loved the summer and all of it's sounds and beauty. I wrote this as my "Ode to Summer".

lyrics

SUMMERTIME CICADAS SING
SWALLOWTAILS SET FREE TAKE WING
EVERYDAY THE BEAUTYGROWS
MOTHER NATURE STEALS THE SHOW

DARKENED SKIES I SMELL THE RAIN
BLOOMING FLOWERS WON’T COMPLAIN
BETWEEN THE DROPS THAT THEY RUN AFTER
SPLASHING CHILDREN SCREAM WITH LAUGHTER

B
MEMORIES THAT NEVER FADE
OF PAST SUMMER’S SWEET PARADE
THOUGH THE YEARS I STILL REMEMBER
HOW I’D ALWAYS DREAD
SEPTEMBER

AS THE SUN SETS ALL GOES QUIET
AIR SO SWEET WITH SUMMER TWILIGHT
ONCE AGAIN CICADAS SING
WITH THEIR SONG MY HEART TAKES WING
B
IF I COULD BE THERE AGAIN
NOT AWARE OF WORLDLY SIN
UNIMPORTANT THINGS TO PONDER
SEEING THRU THE EYES OF WONDER

WHEN THE SUN SET ALL WENT QUIET
MAGIC OF THE SUMMER TWILIGHT
EVERYTIME MY HEART TOOK WING
LISTENING TO CICADAS SING

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from Love and Other Difficulties, released June 19, 2021
Written and sung by Carmela Rappazzo with Oscar Rossignoli piano, Martin Masakowski bass, Doug Belote drums. Recorded in New Orleans, mixed by Pete Snell, mastered by Robby Hunter

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Carmela Rappazzo New Orleans, Louisiana

Carmela has lived and performed in New York City, Los Angeles and internationally. She has recorded and released three standard jazz cover albums and five original composition albums receiving critical praise for all.
“Whispering’, her newest , contains all original songs and covers.
Described as  "A storyteller of picturesque tales" Carmela continues to write and perform in New Orleans.
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