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AUDIO ONLY. Happy Rhodes - Building The Colossus - 01 - "Hold Me" (1994)

Lyrics:

Hold Me (4:40)

Lifetimes, I wait to be strong
But it's cool with you around
Your hands are just big enough
To keep me off the ground

With all the confidence I have
It seems I could go forever
But forever has no rest-stops
And my endurance sometimes fails

Hold me, hold me, hold me in your arms
Can you tell me how I'm gonna make it

Facades can be tricky things
No matter the mortar
Life has its own abrasives
To wear them down before long

I am so big in my head
It's hard not to feel let down
What to do, what to do now that I know
Oh how really scared I am

Hold me, hold me, hold me in your arms
Can you tell me how I'm gonna make it
Hold me, hold me, hold me in your arms
Can you tell me how I'm gonna make it

Hold me, hold me, hold me in your arms
Can you tell me how I'm gonna make it
Hold me, hold me, hold me in your arms
Can you tell me how I'm gonna make it
Hold me, hold me, hold me in your arms
Can you tell me how I'm gonna make it

Song © 1994 - Happy Rhodes
Music, lyrics, voices, instruments and arrangements - Happy Rhodes
See credits for additional info
ecto.org/lyrics/colossus/colossus_credits.html

Happy Rhodes - Electronic Percussion, Keyboards
Kevin Bartlett - Electronic Percussion, Synth Bass, Wacka-Wacka
David Torn - Electronic Guitar and Loops


Building The Colossus liner notes:

Produced by Happy Rhodes and Kevin Bartlett

All material written, arranged and sung by Happy Rhodes

Recorded at Cathedral Sound Studios in Rensselaer, NY

Engineered by Pat Tessitore

Mixed by George Cowan at Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, NY

Mastering performed by Dr. Toby Mountain at Northeaster Digital Recording

Art Direction: Barkie Sprite Graphics
Inside Photos: Happy Rhodes, Dave Sepowski and Beez
Layout/CompuGrafix: Owen Swenson / The Turning Mill, Palenville, NY
Inside Tray photo: Bill Murphy
Makeup: Lynn Signore


THANK YOU

Tom Lanahan and Kaman Music, Inc., Glenn Kewley and Drome Sound, Drew Milano and Sam Ash,
Mark McKenna, George Cowan, Susanne White, Mitch "Hired Gun" Satalof, Michele Clark
Madeleine Chattah, David Torn, Jerry Marotta, Susanna Rhonner, Nic Harcourt, Abba Roland,
Kelly Bird, Andrea Long

Klaus Kluge, Claudia Spix, Paul Antinov, Dirk Kastens, Michael E. Bravo, Robert Lovejoy,
Vickie Mapes, Jessica Dembski, Suzanne Cerquone, Sharon Nichols, Rusty Bara, Michael Brewer,
Kathleen Glastetter, Matthew Guarnere, Willie Moak, Dane McCauley, and most of all, T-Bone, Barney Parker, Xena and Shorty (even though they can't read)

Special thanks to Dave Sepowski for lending me his supurb talent and for helping me in every way he possibly could.
Thanks to Carmen for his colorful commentary and over-all obnoxiousness.
Thanks in the highest power to Kevin Bartlett for letting his heart be creative on this album, while his head played record company.

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David Torn appears courtesy of CMP Records

© 1994 Happy Rhodes. All songs BMI
All songs published by Hovering Slab Music (BMI)
(P) © 1994 Aural Gratification, Inc.

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