Deborah Gee’s debut CD is an intimate collection of songs featuring the singer-songwriter’s distinctive vocals and contributions from luminaries Alan Myers (Devo),Mike Clink (Guns & Roses), C.J. De Villar (Gilby Clarke), Michael Woodrum (Eric Clapton), Jon Ingoldsby (Elton John, Madonna) and others. Features Pearl, from the soundtrack of The Smokers.
A delicate haze hung over me, as I woke from another dream.
Every nerve in my body felt like a strained harp string.
And the message I got was to have the courage to change.
Veiled ghosts hurried past me, can I put them to rest?
Saying things we wish we hadn't, truth is like an avalanche.
Say what you mean, mean what you say,
but don't say it mean, don't be afraid
Say what you mean, mean what you say,
what do you need, what do you mean?
I don't want to read between the lines, I stand guard at my mind I know I'll survive.
Such torments of grief we endure over a tongue without cure.
The sealed walls that surround you, you think for protection.
The tangled tongue that twists into such, such destruction.
Say what you mean, mean what you say,
don't say it mean, don't be afraid.
Say what you mean, mean what you say.
Say what you mean, mean what you say,
don't say it mean, don't be afraid.
Say what you mean, mean what you say.
What do you need, what do you mean?
Say what you mean, mean what you say,
don't say it mean, don't be afraid.
Say what you mean, say what you mean.
What do you need, what do you mean?
credits
from Portal,
released August 22, 2000
Written by Deborah Gee & Thomas Gallagher
Produced by Deborah Gee & CJ DeVillar
Vocals - Deborah Gee
Electric Guitar - Dave Judy
Additional Electric Guitars/Bass/Keyboards/Drum Programming & Recording - CJ DeVillar
Tabla - Alan Myers
Engineers - CJ DeVillar, Dave Judy, Tal Herzberg
Recorded at Dave Judy's Studio
Mastered at DNA Mastering, Studio City, CA
Raised in Mineral Wells, Texas, Deborah Gee moved to Los Angeles and began performing in the mid-1990s at local music spots
including The Troubadour, Molly Malone’s and Genghis Cohen. Gee signed a demo deal with A&M Records and released her album PORTAL in 2000.
Gee is working on her second solo release, GEEOLOGY....more
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