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Land of Make Believe

from Feels So Good: Live in Half Moon Bay by Sonya Jason

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The CD is packaged in a sleek semi-gloss digipak beautifully designed with images from the live concert performance. Included is the story of Sonya's inspiration for recording this tribute album as well as a dedication to the founder of the uniquely intimate jazz venue where it was recorded, Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society. Autographed CD available upon request.

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lyrics

(instrumental arrangement)

Lyrics from From the 1973 Live Album, Land of Make Believe,
Chuck Mangione Quartet with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra & Esther Satterfield, vocalist:

When you're feeling down and out
Wondering what this world's about
I know a place that has the answer.
It's a place where no one dies.
It's a land where no one cries.
And good vibrations always
Greet you.

How I love when my thoughts run
To the land of make believe.
Where everything is fun
Forever.

Children always gather around
Mother Goose and all her rhyme
They fill the air with sounds
Of laughter.

People dancing
Their hearts are filled
With all the reasons why.
You and I should learn the way
Of the land of make believe
And make this world of ours
Much brighter.

I once asked the Wizard of Oz
For the secret of his land
He said, "Just take a look around here.
Seven dwarfs and Little Boy Blue,
Uncle Remus and Snow White, too.
(Now, just between us,
That's what's known as integration.)

Jack and Jill are hard at work
Helping children dream awhile,
And Snoopy's making smiles
For grown-ups.

All the elves are making toys
They are rich with all the joys
Of seeing happy kids
At Christmas.

We are waiting
To help you find
The dream made just for you.

In a few words let's just say
That in answer to your quiz
Imagination is
The secret."

Hear the music of the band
It was written in our land
For what's a song but someone's
Dream?

In your world there was a King
He once said, "I have a dream,"
Now there's a man who knew
The secret.
Dreams are really
The thoughts that you
Have hidden in your heart.

When you start a brand new day
Let your heart show you the way
And make a dream or two
Come true.

How I love when my thoughts run
To the land of make believe
Where everything is fun
Forever.

credits

from Feels So Good: Live in Half Moon Bay, released September 17, 2017
Cover song licensed through Loudr
Land of Make Believe, Chuck Mangione (Gates Music, Inc.)

Sonya Jason - alto saxophone, percussion
Ken Harrill - electric guitar
Frank Martin - synthesizer
Sam Bevin - electric bass
Tommie Bradford, Jr. - drums

Recorded live in concert at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in Half Moon Bay, California

Arranged and Produced by Sonya Jason
Recorded and Mixed by Adrian Wong of Loose Ears Recordings in San Francisco, California
Mastered by Rainer Gembalczyk of Sienna Digital in Half Moon Bay, California
Cover Art Graphic Design by Sonya Jason
Photography by Martha Bruce

© ℗ 2017 Saja Music

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Sonya Jason Half Moon Bay, California

“This female sax player is all guts and no gimmick. She plays it like she means it."
– Santa Barbara International Jazz Festival.
Sonya is a full-time recording artist, performer, and award- winning composer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her latest release "Feels So Good: Live in Half Moon Bay" is a tribute to the legendary jazz fusion artists who seduced her into the music business. ... more

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