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A Form of Prayer

by Randall Sena

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1.
still (livin in the past) out here in the dark i’m still lookin’ for a friend livin’ in the past that’s prolly never gonna end way off in the distance i hear the ringing of a bell people think they know me but they don’t know me very well well, well, well i still feel a little funny every time i hear yr name i still love you baby i still love you just the same how could i forget you? i don’t even wanna try ever since i met you i look at the world with different eyes aye, yai, yai out here in the dark i’m still lookin’ for a friend livin’ in the past that’s prolly never gonna end waves of weird emotion i don’t completely understand still rising from the ocean turning everything to sand
2.
5.27.81 03:48
5.27.81 i was born this way ask my ma + pa i took one look around i didn't like what i saw   as soon as i could walk i tried to walk away as soon as i could talk i was trying to pray   said: heaven help me now heaven helping hand i really don't know how how much more i can stand   i was born this way with a inside i let it lead my way i let it rise like a tide so heaven help me now heaven helping hand i really don’t know how how much more i can stand
3.
hate the game     all my love is tender / all my love is true you're something like a little dream to me wonder - what am i to you?   i went up to see you but i was not aware that you'd laid out tricks + traps + i walked right into your snare   do you think it's game?   i don't understand it i don't think it's fair to trade my love for little pieces of someone that's barely there   the ears are made to listen the legs are for to walk you know i'll come runnin' to you baby if you ever need to talk   but this isn't a game x 2    all the little devils wreaking havoc in your head they live on miscommunication + yr keeping them well fed   but the ears are made to listen the legs are for to walk + i'll come runnin' to you baby if you ever even need to talk   + this isn't a game x 4   all my love is tender all my love is true you're something like a little dream to me wonder - what am i? what am i to you?
4.
No Sense 04:32
no sense i wrote you a letter, cuz yr never home i hope yr feeling better, hope yr in the zone me - i’m sorta lucky to be where i am the ring means something different on the other hand   my heart don’t make no sense my arms don’t make no sense   ask me a question, make me stop + think a cool glass of water would be nice to drink gonna meet yr little lady at the skating rink then dress yr little baby up in blue + pink blue + pink blue +   my heart don’t make no sense my arms don’t make no sense my g_d i make no sense no charge i make no sense   oh funny feather you’re gonna make me laugh no funny feather - i’m no good at math never been a genius - neither am i dumb if you had a little extra would you lend me some? would you lend me some? gimme, gimme
5.
Cool Heart 04:23
cool heart you’ve got a great mind yr brighter than a gold flame movin’ to your own beat + laughing at the big game   you’ve got a fast mind moving like a coltrane steady like a heartbeat hard to miss it cause it’s so plain   you never sit still that’s cuz yr wild like the oceans yr a pioneer / it’s so clear that you deserve devotion   you’ve got a quick draw left of center but a great aim lucky that i found you + now i’ll never be the same    you could never get fair trial cause they couldn’t find you 12 peers you never lost the vision even through the tears you’ve got a great mind yr brighter than a gold flame movin’ to your own beat call you by a new name   i think i’ll call you cool heart… you’ve got such a cool heart
6.
Kern River 03:13
kern river i’m on my own in the promised land no place like home but i miss your hands i feel you now you understand + i’ll see you soon i’m gonna be your man you bring me joy but i keep it hid the little boy that careless kid he’s still around but he’s old + he’s big but he loves you now + he always did red stars blue moon i almost cried been such a fool i hate my pride got lost + i went wrong shit i almost died but i’m living now + the rivers wide i’m living now + the rivers wid
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crystal clear angels + the devils + they’re never under your command yr never gonna know if you never try to understand blow a lot of smoke but you never really caught a flame get a little burnt + you’ll never really be the same listen to yr heart + you’ll always have a crazy friend buy the world a drink + you’ll never be alone again drive it off the edge gonna end it where it all began yr never gonna know if you never try to understand everybody knows that the poor are gonna have to pay + everybody knows that there ought to be another way take a deep breath make the whole world disappear keep a diamond in yr mind + it all looks crystal clear see the heavens & the earth + the shadow of a might hand Lifting up the skirt of rebel in the holy land you blow a lot of smoke but you never really caught a flame get a little burnt + you’ll never really be the same take a hard look around + you won’t like what you see mamma’s little baby licking blood from the sting of a bee listen to me now put yr kingdoms up for sale i bet you no one ever told you that yr mind is a beautiful jail everybody knows that the rich are gonna get their way everybody knows that the poor are gonna have to pay take a deep breath make the whole world disappear keep a diamond in yr mind + it all looks crystal clear
8.
little puppy dog (for Jo) little puppy dog do you remember me? we been in a fog now i can almost see it's been too long you got away from me well, i'm taking you home now i'm walking you home now love is like a dream some kind of crazy dream you were on my team some kind of crazy team don't know what it means too long i held in steam finally i'm letting it blow now i'm letting it go now like a real faint light that i can only see when i look away that’s what you are to me just a real fine dust you used to cover me finally letting it show now finally letting it show now little puppy dog do you remember me? we been in a fog now i can almost see it's been too long you got away from me well, i'm taking you home now
9.
total mystery life’s a total mystery kiss yourself good night yr lost in ancient history yr higher than a kite falling like a feather buzzing like a bee always + forever you’re a part of me   heaven is a place where no one ever cries such pretty face let me see your eyes very nice to meet you everyone’s the same people here are see through same with different names tie me to your bedpost take me for a ride kiss me underwater nothing here to hide drifting in the darkness still can’t figure out how you’re going to harness all your fears + doubts   turned up to eleven down your dirty path when you get to heaven they’re gonna make you take a bath   life’s a total mystery anyone can see we’re kids repeating history till eternity
10.
big baby (cry anymore) i don’t think i can cry anymore i don’t think i can cry anymore never been this far from the shore i don’t think i can cry anymore hey! look at what’s on your front door love, you don’t really know me hey! look at what’s on your front door love – tell them what you told me you can‘t be so hard on yourself you can’t be so hard on yourself oh you are so right in the core i don’t think i can cry anymore hey! looky what’s on your front door love, you don’t really know me hey! looky what’s on your front door love – i bought you a pony i don’t think i can cry anymore

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Randall Sena's long-awaited debut solo album, A Form of Prayer, is a gentle & contemplative record that moves at it's own measured pace.

Written and recorded entirely at night, this album is intended to be listened to between evening & dawn.

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released May 27, 2015

Produced, Arranged, Composed + Performed by Randall Sena

With the exceptions of the intro section of ‘Still (Livin’ in the Past)’ which was co-written by Chris Lambert + Randall Sena, the chords for the “cuckoo” section of ‘No Sense’ which was donated by Jacob Cole, + one critical chord in ‘Kern River’ which was contributed by Brice Ogan.

Violin by Ben Andrews
“Cuckoo” Vocals on ‘No Sense’ by Josh Magallenes
Female Voice of Reason on ‘Big Baby’ by Allison Milham
Group Vocal on Hate the Game by the Players Choir

Additional Piano by Chris Lambert

Recorded by Randall Sena & Chris Lambert at Certain Sparks, Lompoc, CA Aug / Sept 2014

Mastered by TW Walsh

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Randall Sena Lompoc, California

Randall Sena is a musical maverick
and autodidact from Lompoc, California.

He owns
and operates Certain Sparks Music where he is a music
teacher, recording engineer, mentor, and community leader.

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