released October 14, 2022

Feel Some Love
Edward O’Connell

All songs by Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI), © ℗ 2022, except “Sad and Lonely,” by Peter Gilstrap, Peter Gilstrap Music (BMI), ©℗ 1985.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Jared Bartlett

Recorded at 38North Studio, Falls Church, Virginia, January – May 2022

Additional recording by Thomas Walsh at Black Mountain Studios (Peter Baldwin, engineer), Upper Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Ireland, May 2022, and by Robert Harrison at Star Apple Kingdom, Dripping Springs, Texas, May 2022

Edward O’Connell: Vocals, acoustic guitar
Jon Carroll: Piano, organ, accordion and other keyboards
Scott McKnight: Bass
Buddy Speir: Electric and acoustic guitars
Chuck Sullivan: Drums, congas and percussion
Parthenon Huxley: Harmony vocals on (1) and (15)
Kennedy Wright: Harmony vocals on (2), (7), (9), (11), (12), (13) and (15)
Thomas Walsh: Harmony vocals on (3) and (8)
Todd Wright: Harmony vocals on (4), (10), (14) and (15)
Laura Tsaggaris: Harmony Vocals on (5) and (15)
Robert Harrison: Harmony vocals on (6)
The Neighbors (Peter Gilstrap, John Moremen, Scott McKnight and Steve Woehrle): Harmony vocals on (13)
Ryan Wright: Harmony vocals on (15)
Chuck Sullivan: Harmony vocals on (15)
Jared Bartlett: Harmony vocals on (15)

Mastered by Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound, Nashville, Tennessee

CD Design and Photography by Seemeen Hashem, Aqueous Studio

Band photograph by Reese Clutter

Thanks: Everyone who played (Chuck, Scott, Jon and Buddy) and sang (Hux, Laura, Thomas, Robert, The Neighbors (John, Peter, Scott and Steve), Kennedy, Todd and Ryan). Special thanks to Buddy, Sarah Marks, Sean Russell and Reese Clutter at 38North, Seemeen Hashem and Jared Bartlett.

Even More Thanks: The Cooperators, The Montgomery Warlocks, The McDuffees, The Crimestoppers, The Flower People, BandHouse Gigs (Ronnie Newmyer, Chuck Sullivan, David Sless, Danny Schwartz and Greg Hardin), Jonathan Mudd, Cal Everett, Chandler Travis, Chris Chamis, Wes Lachot, Chris Blood, David Greenberger, Chris Grainger, Justin Shturtz, Ted Jensen, Mark Williams, Matt Spielman, Karl Straub, Eric Brace, Jody Myers, Buddy Griffin, Mark Stutso, Bruce Moyer, Jason Eig, Tom Helf, Tom Fridrich, Eric Goldberg, Al Schaeffer, Pete Altman, Lenny Stamm, Eric Nelson, Barnaby Bristol, Kevin Johnson, Bill Kalish, Bill Williams, Arch Alcantara, David Kitchen, Jon Babu, Jacob Chmarra, Matt Wise, Mike Bodayle, John Foyle, Tom DeMarchi, Luke Brindley, Daniel Francis Hayden, George Gilbert, Dan and Lauren O’Connell, Rachel O’Connell and Charles Su, Elise and Steve Boccia, Kathy Finucane O’Connell, James O’Connell, and the Jared Bartlett Family (Elizabeth, Jude, Anna Lee and Ramona).

Howdy: Alan Haber, Jim Prell, Paco Pepe Gil, Aaron Kupferberg, Curt Vance, Steve Ferra, Richard Rossi, Dennis Pilon, Holly Hughes, Belinda Rawlins, John Swist, Marq Reynolds, Gary Ritchie, Jerker Emanuelson, Lee Realgone, Bob Brainen, Ray Gianchetti and Bruce Brodeen.

Florida Woman: Susan Lee O’Connell

In memory of Patrick O’Connell

© 2022 Edward O’Connell
℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell
www.edwardoconnell.com
edward.oconnell@gmail.com



If you've gotten this far, . . . well, you should have the lyrics too:


1. GOLDEN LIGHT (Edward O’Connell)
©℗2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

Village green in halcyon days
Childhood’s dream in velvet haze
Fateful companions, no end in sight
I’ll see you in a golden light
I’ll see you in a golden light

From gilded dawn to weary end
Country squires, Irish Fender twins
Standing eight counts for each uphill fight
I’ll see you in a golden light
I’ll see you in a golden light

And at the edge of the horizon
I’m staring beyond the sea
Where you’re laughing free
And the ocean’s not deep enough
To hold the love for you
Inside me

Green fields glistening
With mourning dew
Each love lost still a part of you
Over the rainbow in timeless flight
I’ll see you in a golden light
I’ll see you in a golden light


2. FEEL SOME LOVE (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

Every burden needs someone to bear it
And some bear theirs alone
And every person holds their own kind of heartache
And hurt that would crush a stone

So as the twilight fades
Look back upon your day
And ask what difference you’ve made

Did you feel some love?
Feel some love
Feel some love
For each stranger that you meet on this road

Study the face of every soul you meet
With empathetic eyes
For a trace of incandescent kindness
A blessing in disguise

So as the twilight fades
And darkness shrouds the day
Ask what difference you’ve made

Did you feel some love?
Feel some love
Feel some love
For each stranger that you meet on this road
On this road

So as the twilight fades
Look back upon your day
And ask what difference you’ve made

Did you feel some love?
Feel some love
Feel some love
For each stranger that you meet on this road

Feel some love
Feel some love
Feel some love
For each stranger that you meet on this road

Feel some love
Feel some love
Feel some love
Feel some love


3. BUDDY CROCKER (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

It could be delicious, my Buddy Crocker
It might be nutritious, my Buddy Crocker
Each traybake you make tastes so sweet
As you press dough I’d joyfully knead
For a mixtress so proper
With buttercream frosting you’re complete
My Buddy Crocker

Now don’t be suspicious, my Buddy Crocker
If I’m foolishly ambitious, my Buddy Crocker
But I’d treasure the crumbs that you sweep
And dust flowers from your dancing barefeet
And your sugared chakras
Your love is the one treat I seek, my Buddy Crocker

Creme patisserie surprises, twists and twirls
Every cake and love that rises must converge, once it’s stirred

It might be propitious, my Buddy Crocker
With your touch mousse-ilicious, my Buddy Crocker
Moist cupcakes piped golden and round
Pecan mud pies slide merrily down
Slopes of peppermint powder
In the kitchen bewitching, semisweet
No other bakerette can compete
For my love, it’s bon appetit, my Buddy Crocker


4. I’VE GOT A MILLION OF ‘EM (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

I don’t know why you won’t call me, baby
When you’re dressed in black and feeling blue
You tell me no, but I think y’all mean maybe
So, I’ll stay right here until you do

You’re asking for some human kindness
Could I spare a drop or two
I’ve got a million of ‘em, baby
I’ve got a million for you

It’s been a long time
Since you’re laughing, baby
And the sparkle in your eyes faded, too
Now every joker wants to get in the act
Thinking any inked weak link’ll do

But hold all of those casting calls
If you could bear a smile or two
I’ve got a million of ‘em, baby
I’ve got a million for you

So, goodnight all you misses, gals and lasses who
Wish on every shooting star
And when your heart’s surrounded by assassins
I’ll run to wherever you are

You ask me for some human kindness
And to share a joke or two
I’ve got a million of ‘em, baby
I’ve got a million for you

You know I loved you on the way up, baby
And it hurts to meet you coming down
But when you make just one somebody happy
All that joy comes back around

So, if you could use some happy thoughts
I could dare to dream for two
I’ve got a million of ‘em, baby
I’ve got a million for you


5. YOU WISH (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

Well, I wish I could take it back
Put every problem in a burlap sack
Hoist ‘em o’er a bridge and into the sea
Watch those troubles
Float away from me
Yeah, I wish I could take it back
But I can’t . . . no, I can’t

Yeah, I wish that I had more time
A better way to show you I’m
The person you should be thinking of
If you want somebody who’ll love you
Asking nothing in return
Except to feel that love burn and burn and burn
And burn and burn

Yeah, I wish
Yeah, you wish
Yeah , we wish . . . we could take it back again

Now, some of the things that we’ve both done
And the words we’ve said nobody wants hung
‘Round the nape of a neck or the tip of a tongue
‘Cause we remember feeling young and dumb
Wish we could be this young again
Wish we were young again

Yeah, I wish
Yeah, you wish
Wish we could be this young again
Wish we were young again

Young again
Young again
Young again
Young again


6. ALL MY SINS (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

Well I don’t envy you
For this hardest job you’ve got to do
And you may be heaven-sent
So, for most things, I’ll repent

Cast avarice and greed aside
And I guess you’re gonna’ wound my pride
But, buddy, don’t take away all my sins

Defrocked in ashes with my sackcloth on
You know my wrath would shock a Khan
Being a sloth left me dead tired
But one impulse is hard-wired

Leave vanity’s conceit aside
Though it’s been a constant source of pride
But baby, please, don’t take away all my sins

And I believe in your endless mercy
My eyes have seen your saving grace
Just one reprieve I hope is worthy
And one vice we can keep in place

I’ll leave jealousy aside
Though it’s been a constant source of pride
But baby, don’t take away all my sins

And I believe in your endless mercy
My eyes have seen your saving grace
Just one reprieve I hope is worthy
And one vice we can keep in place

Here’s my undying gratitude
And I don’t mean to be rude
Though you say you’re heaven-sent
I’m not a glutton for punishment

My humble request abide
Though you’re probably gonna wound my pride
Baby, don’t take away all my sins
Baby, don’t take away all my sins


7. FLORIDA MAN (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

Man came here with the best intentions
Of starting with a clean slate
With no apparent fear of apprehension
In the Sunshine State

Florida, Florida

Man met a friend named Mavis
At the greyhound races
Waiting for a rescue
From her life as a theme park cocktail waitress
With a husband she hated . . . to lose
To lose

Florida man
Well, he’s doing the best that he can
But when you read in the press of outlandish excess
You can guess it’s the Florida man

Mavis had a plan, but she needed him
Holding the gun as she took the loot
And when she put it to man, was he blinded by love
Or the tattoo on her birthday suit
“Born Too Loose”

Florida man, he’s trying the best that he can
So much distress, his life is a mess
There’s no rest for the Florida man

Florida, Florida

The bedroom door ajar, husband grabbed a crowbar
Man escaped with a broken nose
We don’t know how man stole that cop car
Or who burned all of his clothes
The legend grows

Florida man, he’s trying the best that he can
So much distress, his life is a mess
Would success spoil the Florida man

When you read in the press of Orlandish excess
You can guess it’s the Florida man

Florida, Florida
Florida . . . Florida . . .
Florida man


8. AS NO ONE ONCE SAID (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

There's nothing I'd change
With a second bite of the apple
Never a moment I’d rather forget

Not a single regret
And nothing I need to be sorry for
Never caused troubles or tears to be shed
As no one once said

I don’t hide what I feel
Got no little secret too deep to reveal
Never been anything other than real

It’s always too late
There's no borrowed time worth the travel
No need to unravel the life that I've led
As no one once said

But give me a sign
Tell me everything that you feel
When words no one says
Hide a love no one can conceal

I don't care about time
And there'll be no end of tomorrows
Far from the scene of the crimes that we’ve fled

I don’t need your love
And I'll never dream about you any more
I won't hear your whispers inside of my head
As no one once said

As no one once said . . . .
As no one once said . . . .
As no one once said . . . .
As no one once said . . . .


9. SOMETHING IS RIGHT (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

I see you shining through the eyes of a child
And the horizon’s in your mile-long smile
Some are lucky like Gehrig, or lucky since birth,
I’m lucky for awhile, luckiest man on the face of this earth

‘Cause something is right in this world
You are the light in this world
With you at my side
Through any dark night
Something is right in this world

Some loves don’t go the way that they should
Fate deals bad hands along with the good
But your love’s a spring running from deep in my soul
In a world of random disasters beyond our control,
Your love is some kind of miracle

Something is right in this world
You are the light in this world
With you at my side
Nothing to fear or hide
Something is right in this world

If I have you
I am complete
Wrapped around you
Three hundred sixty degrees
And if I don’t say it the way you seek
I love you every minute of every
Day of the week

And when I see you in the morning light
I’m remembering the dream we were in last night
I dreamed I was here, I dreamed you were there
Just holding on to each other for dear life
In those rocking chairs

‘Cause something is right in this world
You are the light in this world
With you at my side
I’m loving this ride
Something is right in this world
Something . . . is right . . . in this world


10. A THOUSAND PARDONS (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

They say it’s better to seek forgiveness
Than permission to speak out loud
But it’s never in anyone’s interests
To leave these things in doubt

If your love’s a lost emotion, now it’s found
‘Cause if love were an ocean, you’d be drowned
The hardest part is waiting for you
But if blind devotion tends to bore you
Then I will beg a thousand pardons now

Let me be bold, let me be blunt
Before you stand your ground
Haven’t you noticed that I seem punch drunk
Whenever you’re around

If your love’s a lost emotion, now it’s found
‘Cause if love were an ocean, you’d be drowned
I’ve got this torch with that stubborn sparkin’
On every torn sleeve I’ve worn my heart on
So, I will beg a thousand pardons now

This whole wide world loves to shed a tear
Over a comeback story
So come back to me now, my dear
And we’ll restore our former glory

If your love’s a lost emotion, now it’s found
And if love were an ocean, you’d be drowned
If I haunt your doorstep, waiting for you
If I let it slip I still adore you
Then, I will beg a thousand pardons now


11. THINGS HAVE REALLY CHANGED (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

When the world stood still
And some fools on a hill
Led us apart instead of together
How did you survive
Keep your faith alive
And honor what seemed gone forever

Everything is different and strange
And not as they appear
Things have really changed a lot round here

Who can you trust once
The past goes bust and
The truth you shared is forbidden
In the shadows grinding love into dust
Obey you must, not live and let living

Everything is different and strange
And not as they appear
Things have really changed a lot round here

Long ago, anyone could hide
Now you can’t disappear
Trying to get home to the other side
Give me truth instead of fear
Please tell me what you see, feel and hear

Every day a new set of rules to learn
And they’re minting fresh words by the hour
You’ll be masterfully taught
To banish free thought
And curb your vocabulary power

Everything is different and strange
And not as they appear
Things have really changed a lot round here

Power corrupts and blinds
Tyrants all the down the line
Say these times call for desperate measures
Unless you study the past
And the mistakes built to last
You’ll be making the same ones forever

Everything is different and strange
And not as they appear
Things have really changed a lot round here

Everything is different and strange
Can you tell what’s disappeared?
Things have really changed a lot round here


12. WHO’S WATCHING YOUR BABY? (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

Who’s watching your baby
Wouldn’t want to see her fall
Who’s watching your baby
Is someone waiting in the hall

And when there’s no one left to greet you
At the end of a broken day
You’ll wonder if someone’s watching for her
Or if they’re gonna’ stay

Who’s watching your baby?
She’s trying to walk instead of crawl
When love is abandoned
The hurt flows like a waterfall

And when the sun rises to meet you
At the end of a restless dawn
You‘ll wonder if someone’s watching for her
Or if they’ve come and gone

Who’s watching your baby
Standing by that great sea wall
Who’s watching your baby
Wouldn’t want to see her fall
Wouldn’t want to see her fall
Wouldn’t want to see her fall


13. SAD AND LONELY (Peter Gilstrap)
©℗ 1985 Peter Gilstrap Music (BMI)

Well, I just want to fall in love
And I don’t need no stars above
To tell me what to do
When I’m with you

But for love, I do not care
Of other things, I’m unaware
Hate’s not in my vocabulary

I don’t see how anyone
Could help but agree with me
‘Cause if you’ve ever been sad and lonely
Then you’ll know what I mean

They say life’s an empty book
On which you write
Well, take a look
At what I done with my own ink and pen

And when my time comes to go
If love ain’t found me
This I know
I’ll make them worms so happy in my grave

I don’t see how anyone
Could help but agree with me
‘Cause if you’ve ever been sad and lonely
Then you’ll know what I mean

Ahhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh

I don’t see how anyone
Could help but agree with me
‘Cause if you’ve ever been sad and lonely
Then you’ll know what I mean

Well, I just want to fall in love
And I don’t need no stars above
To tell me what to do
When I’m with you

But for love, I do not care
Of other things, I’m unaware
Hate’s not in my vocabulary

I don’t see how anyone
Could help but agree with me
‘Cause if you’ve ever been sad and lonely
Then you’ll know what I mean

Ahhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh


14. UNTIL NEXT TIME (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

There’ll always be a next time
There’ll be another day
Don’t waste a moment wondering
When we’ll ever get back this way

For one last laugh before we go
One more drink for the road and the show
Don’t forget how this song goes
Until next time

Please give us some kind of sign
And show us your great big smile
And if you can spare the time
Let’s visit for awhile

For one last laugh before we go
Play it by ear, and take it slow
What the future holds, well, we won’t know
Until next time

When we meet again
We’ll remember when
Our dreams would never end
And what I’m feeling right now
Here with you, my friend
Let’s not wait until the next time
Before I see you in this dream again

One last laugh before we go
One more song and make it slow
Let’s make a moment we can hold
Until next time

When we’ll be found in a different world
Who knows what’s coming ‘round the curve
Let’s keep this memory preserved
Until next time
Until next time
Until next time
Until next time
Until next time


15. MFC (Edward O’Connell)
©℗ 2022 Edward O’Connell, Near Occasion of Song (BMI)

Made it to December
And we’re all still here
But we’ve never had
This kind of a year

But every Christmas with you
Is a gift that lasts the whole year through
And the least I could do

Is wish you MFC
MFC
MFC
To us all

We’ll yearn for the loved ones
Who couldn’t be here
And we’ll light a candle and shed a tear
But keep alive in our hearts
The joy this season brings
When sleighbells ring
And snowfall softly starts

So, MFC
MFC
MFC
To us all

Peace and goodwill
In short supply
Hope and trust
Can’t be verified
Look for a child’s love in every soul
And maybe we can find some of our own

And this time next year, if fortune is kind
We’ll be together one more precious time
‘Cause every Christmas with you
Is a gift that lasts a whole lifetime through
And I’ll still love you

So, MFC
MFC
MFC
To us all

MFC
MFC
MFC
To us all