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LYRICS

PictureHere I am at 18 with my first guitar. My cousin Jessica and I are having some fun co-writing some lyrics.

I started writing music when I received my first guitar for my 18th birthday. I remember locking myself in my room for hours, marveling at the works of other singer-songwriters I had so dearly looked up to. Some of my favorites were Jewel, Michelle Branch, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple and Lisa Loeb. The list is actually pretty endless, but these were the poetic women who really shaped my love for writing in the lyrical style. Most of my songs, I played around the NJ Acoustic Open Mic circuit, and I was even fortunate enough to have been able to record a few songs  or “excerpts” of this life of mine. I hope you enjoy reading through these, as much as I did creating them.

Emerald

5/24/2018

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ABOUT THE SONG
This song was written sometime in 2007 or 2008. It is basically about wanting what you don’t have, and being jealous of others who have what you want, and the frustration you feel because of that. Why do things come so easily for others who don’t really deserve it , but so hard for people who work really hard? It’s just life, so I wrote this song to vent that frustration. A lot of the analogies I used in this song were inspired by The Wizard of Oz and Snow White, and many other fairy tales and fables that have that element of “lesson learned”.  I’m pretty sure that is apparent.
 
Words and Music
by Justina Carubia
Scratch Demos ©2007 


Verse 1:
Your sea is green with envy
On the inside your kid is spoiled
Rotten, like an apple that’s gone bad
Welcome to the city of fortune
The gates are golden and open wide
Your horse of different colors
And your minions
Have arrived

Chorus:
We all want what we can’t have
We all shatter at the thought of sinking
In the deep green sea of luxury
Baby your face is green with envy
And you're so damn Emerald to me

Verse 2:
Another win I gain
Sums up the total of your losses babe
Don’t try to take it all away
Don’t try to take it all away

Chorus:
We all want what we can’t have
We all shatter at the thought of sinking
In the deep green sea of luxury
Baby your face is green with envy
And you're so damn Emerald to me

Bridge:
Me, me , baby
Reality don’t that easy
Hey , hey
You’re living in a fantasy

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 

Chorus:
We all want what we can’t have
We all shatter at the thought of sinking
In the deep green sea of luxury
Baby your face is green with envy
And you're so damn Emerald to me...
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    LYRICS LIST

    All
    All Downhill From Here
    Am I The Only One?
    Anger Management
    Another Way
    Anymore
    Believe
    Break Of Day
    Distantly Loving You
    Don't Call Me Beautiful
    Dreamchasin'
    Dreamworld
    Emerald
    Formula
    Game For Two
    Goodbye
    Green Eyed Boy Blues
    Helping Hand
    I Get So Lonely
    Indian Giver
    I Wanna Get To Know You
    Jersey Devil Jam
    Jersey Girls
    Ladder To The Moon
    Lonely Summer
    Lucid Dream
    Mine For A Week
    My Last Goodbye
    Never Better
    Never Gonna Let You Go
    Oblivion Boy
    Oxygen
    Perfect World
    Strawberry Incense
    The Frenzy
    The Way You Were Before
    The Winner Can Lose The Prize
    Timekiller
    Timeless
    Too Much Is Not Enough
    Trainwreck
    Ungrateful
    When It's Time
    Worst Case Scenario
    Write Me A Song
    Young And Pretty
    You're So Full Of Shit

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