Manray is: Joey Beach - guitar, vocals, keys, harmonica Alec Snead - bass, vocals, keys Matt Carey - drums, percussion And once… Niko Kordalis - keys on “everything is special” Simon Kingston - slide guitar on “feelin’ alright” Luke Green - backup vocals on “feelin’ alright” and “everything is special” Recorded and mixed by Joey Beach. Produced by Joey Beach. Mastered by Andrew Hamilton at Serif Sound. Art and design by Tommy Cooper. All songs ℗ Manray 2016. LYRICS: "feelin’ alright" Daydream, sweet talking queen Yeah she’s always in my brain and man that’s alright with me I can’t make her stay but I’d lay here all day Yeah I hope and babe I pray because I can’t have my way without it I’d be feelin’ alright, if I only had the time I can feel it alright Shotgun, man on the run Yeah I’m shaking like a leaf and girl I’m nothing but lungs I can’t think straight but it’s better that way Cause when I’m thinking straight I’ve never got nothing to say about it I’d be feelin’ alright, if I only had the time I can feel it alright ∞ "sidewinder blues" Sidewinder blues comin’ in fast and hot Told me she’d always love me with everything she’s got And I believed her Well that’s my fault Everything is peaches but she’s livin’ in a dream Ain’t no feelin’ like a woman treatin’ you so mean And I forgave her And that’s my fault What’s makin’ me crazy? I’m still waitin’ on her call Heatseekin’ sorrow deep inside my brain I don’t know just how it happened but I ain’t been the same And now I need her And that’s my fault Sidewinder blues is comin’ on Sidewinder blues is comin’ on What’s makin’ me crazy? I’m still waitin’ on her call "i wanna be your friend" Give me a reason to smile It’s you I’ve been missin’ for so long now Tell me when should I breathe again? My heart is weighin’ a ton Got enough lovin’ for everyone So please baby won’t you just let me in? Oh I wanna be your friend I feel myself rippin’ my seams It’s not happenin’ so gracefully I know you can sew me right up in a pinch The space in between the stars Is bigger for some than it is for ours I’m brighter with you than I ever been Oh I wanna be your friend Give me a reason to smile It’s you I’ve been missin’ for so long now Tell me when should I breathe again? "goin’ thru the motions" All these creatures run me god they preacher’s son me like they think they’re so above me man I need a release All these hallways lost me embrace me and emboss me or entangle and accost me man I need a release Release, release Release, release Oh release me please so I can get on my way you can call it what you want but I’d just call it a day I got to say, I got to say, I got to say There’s got be a better way Sitting at my day job just trying to keep the weight off while I’m waiting to get laid off man I need a release Doctor’s got me dozing it’s comatose commotion caught me phoning in devotion man I need a release Release, release Release, release Cause I’m (Oo la) just going through the motions (Oo la) just going through the motions (Oo la) just going through the motions yeah Cause I’m (Oo la) just going through the motions (Oo la) just going through the motions (Oo la) just going through the motions yeah Oh release me please so I can get on my way you can call it what you want but I’d just call it a day I got to say, I got to say, I got to say There’s got be a better way "everything is special" Can’t no man say that he loves you Tell ‘em to keep sailin’ on by I got everything I’ll be missin’ someday Just floatin’ back, tied on a line Follow me down to the river We don’t get the problem with time Soakin’ in the rhythm of summer lovers And doin’ just enough to get by And I know everything is special And I like to think that we are, too Cuz I’m a lightning bug glowin’, a current flowin’ Right back home to you General man say that he needs me To go behind the enemy line I know it’s a suicide mission baby But maybe I will make it alright Cuz when I see you down by the water Helpin’ all the critters survive I just want a little bit of your lovin’ And I will always stay by your side And I know everything is special And I like to think that I am, too Cuz all I ever needed was you to believe it And you can be special, too Can’t no man, can’t no man, can’t no man cuz I’m the man Who’s always gonna say that he loves you