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A MISTY DAY IN ISTANBUL
Midtempo, moody ballad about the breakup of an affair in a city rife with images of the dustbin of history.
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AN ORDINARY DAY
Thoughtful piece on the commonplace miracles that stitch together what we take for granted as ordinary days.
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BLESS OUR HOME AT HANUKKAH Words by Bob Levy
A new Hanukkah song written in a traditional style, hymn-like and serious in tone, it honors the custom of lighting the candles of the menorah in memory of an ancient war that preserved Jewish freedom.
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BROOKLINE WASSAIL
Four-part harmony holiday piece, with lyrics geared to charity fund-raising events.
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DANGEROUS WOMEN Words by Bob Levy & Dennis Livingston Music by Bob Levy
The song is a rumba with a tango chorus that slyly celebrates those irresistibly seductive, perilous tempters found in pop culture, literature or real life whose allure may beckon for a time until you get singed. Besides the recording heard at Play This Song, two additional takes – a ballad and a playful midtempo kinda reggae – may be heard at the separate page for this song (click on the title).
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EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU, I FALL IN LOVE AGAIN
Up tempo love song about what makes a relationship really work.
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GET OUT ON YOUR OWN
Hard-driving comic piece that reveals what a 21st century Fairy Godmother might tell Cinderella.
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IF I COULD TELL YOU
A mid-tempo song that uses varied musical styles in a setting of W.H. Auden’s poem about the power of Time to take away all that we cherish.
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I WANT IT ALL BACK Words by Trent Walker
A soulful, blues number with a moderate swing tempo about the longing to restore a relationship that’s ended.
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I WISH I COULD WRITE A SIMPLE SONG
Driving jazz comic number on how to write a song.
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I'M SEEING MY CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS
Midtempo story-song about a divorced parent at Christmas time.
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IT'S TIME FOR ROSES
Romantic ballad about finally making a commitment.
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MY LUCKY DAY
Upbeat jazz comic song on how lucky you have to be to meet someone special.
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MY NEVER ENDING DREAM Words by Bob Levy
A sentimental ballad with a theme that is at once traditional and contemporary.
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PANTHALASSA
Contemplative art song about life in the prehistoric world-ocean.
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PUTTIN' ON SOME FEATHERS
An upbeat, secular gospel song suitable as a solo or choral piece about the need to make your life anew when challenged by a world of rapid & often devastating change.
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SOONER THAN SOMEDAY Words by Bob Levy, Music by Dennis Livingston
This danceable rumba provides the backdrop for the frustrated musings of someone impatient for a friendship to become something more.
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SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 191
Midtempo Civil War tale about a series of chance events in 1862 whose consequences played a large role in the North's victory over the South.
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SPRINGTIME IN BOSTON
Uptempo Latin number about why it’s worth enduring winter for the short, but glorious spring in the beautiful city by the Charles.
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SUCH A CURIOUS FEELING
A romantic, uptempo comic song set to a bossa beat that asks: is love just a matter of brain chemistry?
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THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE CAT
Very offbeat gospel number about a dead cat, our place in the universe and a parent's prayer.
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON
A marching/bossa nova bedtime story about the strange adventures of three cats.
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THE PATH TO MY KINGDOM
Words placed on a mid-19th century Shaker “spirit” drawing by Polly Ann Reed are set to a lilting, original melody in versions for either voice with piano accompaniment or a capella.
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THE STORIES IN MY MIND
Mid tempo story-song about a kid whose love of reading sets him apart from most of his peers.
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THE STORYTELLER
Midtempo art song about Lewis Carroll and his young muse, the real Alice.
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THE WEAVERS' SONG
A midtempo duet with the air of a folk tale in which a couple prepares to set up shop for a new day of weaving and selling goods.
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TOO MANY BOOKS!
An uptempo, jazz comic number about the perils of collecting too many books for shelving in a city apartment that’s too small to hold them.
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WE’RE JUST BETTER OFF APART
A classic blues number that applies a contemporary bite to dealing with an affair that’s reached a dead end.
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WHAT DO I KNOW? Words by Bob Levy
An uptempo swing-jazz number about a clueless person who has no idea why the one he loves has gone away. Besides the recording heard at Play This Song, an alternative version with a Latin beat may be heard at the separate page for this song (click on the title).
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WHEN YOU SMILE AT ME Words by Bob Levy
In this sweet and simple rumba, one partner, in effect, proposes marriage to the other over the course of the song.
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WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD FROM YOU? Words by Bob Levy
In this midtempo tango, a person wonders why the object of his affection is not responding to his communications via every gadget available.
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