TOGETHER ALONE
Released: 1999


AMAZING GRACE
(Traditional spiritual by John Newton (1725-1807))

Donnie Iris: Vocals
Mark Avsec: Programming, Synthesizers
Rick Witkowski: Dobro
Tommy Rich: Drums
Jim DeSpirito: Assorted Percussion
Paul Goll: Bass
Scott Blasey: Vocals
B.E. Taylor: Vocals
Sasha: Vocals
Michael Stanley: Vocals

Amazing Grace!
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail
And mortal life shall cease
I shall posess within the veil
A life of joy and peace

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun



THE PROMISE
(Hoenes)

Donnie Iris: Vocals
Joe Grushecky: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin
Paul Goll: Bass
Rick Witkowski: Synthesizers

When you work you work
Even 'til the morning light
In the comfort of the night
When you work you work

And when you try, you try
Even when the road is long
Find your courage in a song
When you try, you try

The promise is still waiting for you there
Past the endless hours of heartache that you share
Past the endless souls who could not reach
And those who would not dare...
Oh, the promise is still waiting for you there

Now when you love, you love
Even if it makes you cry
Even if your heart is shy
'Cause when you love, you love

And when you run, you run
Even though it's hard to do
When your heart is calling you
Then you run, you run

The promise is still waiting for you there
Past the endless hours of heartache that you share
Past the endless souls who could reach
And those who would not dare
Oh, the promise is still waiting for you there



LAY WITH ME
(Avsec)

Donnie Iris: Vocals
Mark Avsec: Kurzwell Piano, Strings
Paul Goll: Bass and Cello

Lay with me
Please darlin' lay with me (Baby, please)
Won't you please just stay the night
You can leave at first light
But tonight, baby, please
Lay with me

Stay with me
Darlin' stay with me (won't you please)
Until the night goes away
Won't you please just stay
Please, baby, please just
Lay with me

You look good dressed in candlelight
Dancin' 'cross your thighs
And I look good dress in blue and grey
Those are the colors of my reflection
When I'm drowning in your eyes

So lay with me
Please darlin' lay with me (Baby, please)
Won't you please just stay the night
You can leave at first light
But tonight, baby, please
Lay with me

Won't you please just stay the night
You can leave at first light
But tonight, baby, please
Lay with me



TOGETHER ALONE
(Avsec)

Donnie Iris: Vocals
Kelsey Barber: Vocals
Billy Sullivan: Acoustic Guitar
Marty Lee Hoenes: Acoustic and Electric Guitars Paul Goll: Bass
Rodney Cajka: Congas and Percussion Mark Avsec: Hammond B3 Organ

Because of our ties
We can't show each other how we feel tonight
So we'll go home
We'll each pour a glass of white
And we'll face the night

Together alone
Together alone
All we can be is
Together alone
Together alone
Together alone
We'll face the night
Together alone

There's a bright star out tonight
And I hope you see it too
From your bedroom window
If you do, look upon it and think of me
And I will think of you
And we'll drift off to sleep, baby
Together alone

Girl, do you believe in destiny?
I do believe that we're meant to be together
Oh girl, don't you see
That we will never be
Take a good look at me, baby
And these chains holding me

Together alone
We'll get through the night

We'll each pour a glass of white
And try to face the night
Together alone



YOU'RE HOLDING MY HEART IN YOUR HANDS
(Avsec)

Donnie Iris: Vocals
Mark Avsec: Yamaha Grand Piano

You're holding my heart in your hands
And my heart's begun to dance
So I pray your feelings are true
For there is much that I could lose
I must go on soul control
Close my eyes and trust this road
But where it's going I do not understand
You're holding my heart in your hands

I am afraid of it
I am trembling
I never heard it beating
I wish you'd fly with it
I know you're able
Take me on a rocket flight tonight

With my heart in your hands
I'm on fire, I'm hot as ash
For you I'll take this chance
You're holding my heart in your hands

I sometimes lay
In the twilight
Aching for your touch
Now I don't mean to
But I need you
And baby, I'm missing you so much

You're holding my heart in your hands
And my heart's begun to dance
So I pray your feelings are true
For there is much that I could lose
I must go on soul control
Close my eyes and trust this road
But where it's going I do not understand
You're holding my heart in your hands



FADE AWAY
(Avsec)

Donnie Iris: Vocals
Mark Avsec: Programming, Synthesizers, Acoustic Guitar, Sample Voices
Paul Goll: Bass
Marty Lee Hoenes: Electric Guitar
Vocal samples courtesy of
Spectrasonics' Symphony of Voices
Drum loop couresty of
Spectrasonics' Liquid Grooves

Last night I woke up dreaming
I dreamed you were on a boat
You were sailing down the Cuyahoga River
And the guard pulled up the moat

Baby, come back to me
Baby, come back to me
Baby, come back to me
Don't fade away

And the sharks they fill the water
Yeah, they really the like the mud
They keep me at a distance
And really smell the blood

CHORUS
Nothing I can say
Nothing
You won't believe me anyway
But I hope one day will come
When you're older
When you're older

The truth is veiled and fuzzy
And the water's thick with fog
I was drowning in a sea of isolation
I was reaching for the log
And log became a branch
And the branch became a tree
And the true became a crucifix
It's where you all have hung me

CHORUS


AH! LEAH! (Acoustic Version)
(Avsec, Ierace)

Donnie Iris: Vocals
Billy Sullivan: Accoustic Guitar
Marty Lee Hoenes: Acoustic and Electric Guitars Mark Avsec: Synthesizers

Leah it's been a long long time
You're such a site you're
Looking better than a body has a right to
Dontcha know we're playing with the fire
But we can't stop this burning desire Leah

I see your lips and I wonder who's been kissing them
I never knew how badly I was missing them
We both know we're never gonna make it
But when we touch we never have to fake it Leah Leah Leah

Baby it's no good
We're just asking for trouble
I can touch you but I don't know how to love you
It ain't no use we're headed for disaster
Our minds said no but our hearts were talking faster Leah Leah Leah



I'D RATHER GO BLIND
(Avsec)

Donnie Iris: Vocals
Mark Avsec: Kurzwell Piano
Billy Sullivan: Electric Guitar, Bass

Than see you with another man
I'd rather go blind
Than see you with him
Lie in his bed and take him inside
I'd rather go blind

I'd rather go deaf
Than hear you call his name
When you make love to him
Hear you moan like you moan for me
I'd rather go deaf

Now I want you to be happy
So don't think I'm unkind
But if it's got to be with someone else
I'd rather go blind

I'd rather not speak
Than tell you a lie
Rather say nothing
Than compromise

Baby, I love you
I want you to be all mine
Anything less, I'd rather be blind
I want to posess you
I want you to be all mine
See you with another man
I'd rather go blind



HOLY LOVE
(Avsec)

Donnie Iris: Vocals
Mark Avsec: Steinway Grand Piano, Hammond B3 Organ, Voices
Paul Goll: Bass
Marty Lee Hoenes: Electric Guitar
Sasha: Vocals Vocal samples courtesy of
Spectrasonics' Symphony of Voices

Now I can breathe
I close my eyes
I give myself to the night
I'm dead, been crucified
Resurrected and baptized
My love
We heard the angels sing
We heard the church bells ring
If I never feel again
Still I was saved by your holy love

You are divine
I was your priest
You are the demon
Posessing me
I pray to you
I kiss your mouth
Your bed's my altar
My church your house
My love
I heard the angels sing
I heard the church bells sing
Holy love
I may never feel again
But I was blessed by your holy love

I believe in
Believe in something
I believe in
Believe in you
Holy love
Holy love
I heard the angles sing
I heard the church bells ring
Holy love
I heard the angels sing
I hard the church bells ring
Holy love
I was baptized by your touch
And I was changed by your holy love