What You're Worth EP

by Alex Vass

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1.
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want 02:58
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Lyrics: Good times for a change See the luck I've had Could make a good man Turn bad So please, please, please Let me, let me, let me Let me get what I want This time Get what I want this time Haven't had a dream in a long time See the life I've had could Make a good man turn bad So for once in my life Let me get what I want Lord knows it would be the first time Lord knows it would be the first time So please, please, please Let me, let me, let me Let me get what I want This time So for once in my life Let me get what I want Lord knows it would be the first time Lord knows it would be the first time Lord knows it would be the first time
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The One That Got Away 04:35
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Lyrics: Summer after high school when we first met We make out in my Mustang to Radiohead And on your 18th Birthday We got matching tattoos Used to steal your parents' liquor And climb to the roof Talk about our future Like we had a clue Never planned that one day I'd be losing you But in another life You would be my girl We'd keep all our promises Be us against the world And in another life I would make you stay So I don't have to say You were the one that got away The one that got away You were June and I was your Johnny Cash Never one without the other we made a pact Sometimes when I miss you I put those records on Someone said you had your tattoo removed Saw you downtown singing the Blues It's time to face the music I'm no longer your muse But in another life You would be my girl We'd keep all our promises Be us against the world And in another life I would make you stay So I don't have to say You were the one that got away The one that got away The one, the one. But all this money can't buy me a time machine Can't replace you with a million things I should've told you what you meant to me Cos now I pay the price But in another life You would be my girl We'd keep all our promises Be us against the world And in another life I would make you stay So I don't have to say You were the one that got away The one that got away The one, the one, the one. The one that got away.
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Let Me In 03:30
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Lyrics: She doesn't make your knees weak, She's beautiful and bleak. She has a porcelain face that cracks when she speaks. I go to start a conversation but I get no reply, Instead you stare like a statue as I break down and cry. Your face is like an eagle, but your mind's like a crow. And girl, I know you have opinions, but you don't let them show. You're a shelf of books, without the pages. A wealth of thoughts locked up in cages. Locked up, locked up. And if blood runs through your veins, Don't you suppose it's such a waste? To be composed in such a way. Just let me in. Out, in, out, in, out, in. And you write me letters in a pen with no ink, And you have your own eyes but you don't dare blink. And you speak in words without a sentence, You're the ghost that haunts me without a presence. Without a presence, without a presence. And if blood runs through your veins, Don't you suppose it's such a waste? To be composed in such a way. Just let me in. Out, in, out, in, Just let me in. Let me in. Just let me in.
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Fix You 04:42
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Lyrics: When you try your best, but you don't succeed When you get what you want, but not what you need When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep Stuck in reverse And the tears come streaming down your face When you lose something you can't replace When you love someone, but it goes to waste Could it be worse? Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you And high up above or down below When you're too in love to let it go But if you never try you'll never know Just what you're worth Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you Tears stream down on your face When you lose something you cannot replace Tears stream down on your face And I Tears stream down on your face I promise you I will learn from my mistakes Tears stream down on your face And I Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you
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Who You Are 04:31
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Lyrics: I stare at my reflection in the mirror Why am I doing this to myself? Losing my mind on a tiny error, I nearly left the real me on the shelf. No. Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars. Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing, It's okay not to be okay. Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart. But tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising, Just be true to who you are. Who you are, who you are, who you are. Who you are, who you are. Brushing my hair, do I look perfect? I forgot what to do to fit the mould. The more I try the less it's working, Cos everything inside me screams No, no, no, no, no. Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars. Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing, It's okay not to be okay. Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart. But tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising, Just be true to who you are. Yes, no's, egos, fake shows, like... Just go, and leave me alone. Real talk, real life, good love, goodnight. And with a smile, that's my home. That's my home. Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars. Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing, It's okay not to be okay. Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart. But tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising, There's nothing wrong with who you are. Who you are.
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Rule the World [Bonus Track] 04:02
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Lyrics: You light the skies up above me A star so bright you blind me Don't close your eyes Don't fade away Don't fade away Yeah you and me we can ride on a star If you stay with me girl, we can rule the world Yeah you and me we can light up the sky If you stay by my side, we can rule the world If walls break down, I will comfort you If angels cry, oh I'll be there for you You've saved my soul Don't leave me now Don't leave me now Yeah you and me we can ride on a star If you stay with me girl, we can rule the world Yeah you and me we can light up the sky If you stay by my side, we can rule the world. All the stars are coming out tonight They're lighting up the sky tonight For you For you All the stars are coming out tonight They're lighting up the sky tonight For you For you Yeah you and me we can ride on a star If you stay with me girl, we can rule the world Yeah you and me we can light up the sky If you stay by my side, we can rule the world We can rule the world. We can rule the world. All the stars are coming out tonight They're lighting up the sky tonight For you For you All the stars are coming out tonight They're lighting up the sky tonight For you For you

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This stripped-back EP features 5 covers including Jessie J's 'Who You Are', Coldplay's 'Fix You' and Slow Moving Millie's take on The Smith's 'Please, Please, Please'. Each track includes just a piano with vocals, as a change from my EP of originals, 'Only Words', and other previous recordings, as a test to see what songs would sound like as just the bare bones, which is mostly quite different to the recordings from the original artists.

I also wanted to get a feel in this EP that the songs were recorded live, and so all the piano parts were recorded in one takes and many of the vocals were recorded in two parts; a more limited number of takes than I have allowed myself previously.

I decided earlier this year that I wanted to record a new cover EP, but realised that I had limited time to do it. This is the result of three days recording. Even though this EP is being released in June 2012, it was in fact recorded in March.

I thought I would also add on a cover of Take That's 'Rule the World', which I recorded at the same time. Although it includes a bass with the piano, it fits the style of the other tracks. It was recorded for my sister who got married in the summer of last year, and this is her favourite song.

I'm making this EP free as it seems like an age ago since I recorded it and it would be less fair to buy songs originally by other artists in a more stripped-back style.


This EP was home-produced, and solely recorded and mixed (including piano parts arranged and played) by Alex Vass.

© Alex D Vass 2012

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released June 25, 2012

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Singer/songwriter based in Gloucestershire, UK.

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