Various - 17 min 34 seconds
8 Fran Sisco Poems & Song Lyrics-Performed At Brazen Giant Ensemble Group-Players Theater-10/26/23

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(1) Topsy Turvy -1981
Topsy Turvy
Copyright 1984 Fran Sisco (lyrics) and Ed DiNaro (music)
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Sun in my nighttime,
stars in my daylight
my life is all confused.
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Trippin' on sidewalks,
dozin' off at work,
I'm so hard to amuse.
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When you said bye
I didn't realize,
just how hard it would be.
Topsy Turvy
ever since you left me.
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Bright colors seemed faded,
Each new day
I hate it.
Don't even like the sun.
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Can't read the morning paper.
Puttin' off things to later.
Don't ever get much done.
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Can't relate to my friends.
Lennon no longer makes sense.
Don't even like TV.
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When you said bye bye
I didn't realize,
just how hard it would be.
Topsy Turvy
ever since you left me.
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Feel hot then cold.
Summer is fall
My ears still ring.
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Please please make one ring
be your phone call
saying you'll come back to me.
Then there'll be sun in my daylight
and stars in my night
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Topsy Turvy
ever since you left me.
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(2) A Walk in The Park - 1971 - Not shown beloe
A Walk in The Park
Copyright 1970 or 1971 Frank Sisco
(spoken in unison on hundreds of occasions with good friend John Franco)

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(3) Full Were His Days of Youth - 1976
Full Were His Days Of Youth
Copyright 1976 Fran Sisco (lyrics), Matina Grammas (music)
Lyrics are at the soundcloud link:
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Info about song "Full Were His Days of Youth"
(1) (audio only) soundcloud link - From the below video.
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(2) Fran Sisco singing "Full Were His Days of Youth" on 8/11/18 at The Artist, City Island, Bronx, NY,
   • Fran Sisco Singing "Full Were His Day...  

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(4) About the Road Not Taken - 2010
About the Road Not Taken
Copyright 2010 Fran Sisco
Difficult to go back over
the road not chosen,
different time,
different people
different me.

How did you try, dear Robert
in later years to stop it,
the relentless lamenting
of what you didn't do,
who you never kissed
stuff left unfinished.

Now, beginning this
identity transition,
am I equipped to listen
to my inner voice
or is it two.
Are you me,
or am I you?
(Note - Taken from an email exchange about this poem with Stanley Barkan, the prolific poetry publisher and owner of Cross-Cultural Communications)
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(5) A Poem For Christmas - 2021
A Poem for Christmas
Copyright 2021 Fran Sisco

They took the time to tell me,
the two women from the church,
Robbin and Karen.
They said that something I did,
something I said
touched them
in such a way,
remembered past the day it happened.

At first I thought,
no, not me,
I am not worthy
of praise,
of being fondly thought of,
especially after the passing of the day.

Then I realized, that it is you,
My Lord, who is the worthy one
for your working through
all of us at our best moments.
Times when we share a bit of our heart
a bit of our soul, and then gracefully
the shared love among us grows and
lifts us all, right down to the center of our being,
namely you My Lord

So in this season, as we celebrate
the miracle of you, we also
are grateful how you inspired us
to share the miracle of all of us.

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(6) An Even Deeper Thanks I'm Giving- 2011
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(7) Become the Woman You Want to Be - 2005
Become The Woman You Want To Be
(also called "Come Little Darling Sit Next To Me")
Copyright 2005 Fran Sisco
(Early 2018 help on chords and singing by Buddy Coughlin)
Lyrics are at the soundcloud link:
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Info about the song - "Become The Woman You Want to Be"-
(1) - Song version played on 1/12/18 with Fran Sisco (vocals) and Buddy Coughlin (guitar) at the "Circle of Friends" at St. John's Episcopal Church in Pleasantville, NY
   • Fran Sisco song -"Become the Woman Yo...  
(2) (audio only) - soundcloud link - Recording on 2/16/18 at the Starving Artis Cafe (now The Artist) - "Become The Woman You Want to Be"- with vocals by Fran Sisco, Buddy Coughlin and Kelly Sisco, with Buddy Coughlin on acoustic guitar, Michael Mangino (drums and percussion), and CJ Harp (harp)
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(8) What Gall to make Mine the World in Front of Me - 2007
What Gall To Make Mine, The World In Front Of Me