Read lyrics written and sung by Anji Bee for various musical collaborations.
“Que Quiero” 7 Day Visa Buenos Aires (2010)
Hay tantos
Motivos
Que todo
Hay tantos
Motivos
Que todo
Su risa
Sus ojos
Su risa
Sus ojos
Déjame contarlos otra vez… (todo)
Déjame contarlos otra vez… (todo)
Déjame contarlos otra vez… (todo)
Déjame contarlos otra vez… (todo)
Mi amor, mi amor, mi amor
Mi amor, mi amor, mi amor
Mi amor, mi amor, mi amor
– by Anji Bee (BMI)
NOTE: This is a completely new use of my vocals from “En la Oscuridad” with Moosefrog, recorded in 2007.
“Perfect Boy” Bitstream Dream Connected (2003) + Love Me Leave Me LP (2013)
Angelic in stature
Graceful and thin
Raven black hair
Pale silken skin
Serious brow
Classic strong chin
Twinkling eyes
And a childlike grin
The most perfect boy (x4)
See you in cafes
Out on the street
See you in clubs
In the smoky heat
I get so upset
I look at my feet
I know deep inside
One day we’ll meet
The most perfect boy (x4)
I found out your name
And your number, too
But now that I know
What am I gonna do
Give you a call saying
“Hi guess who
And oh, by the way
I think that I love you”
The most perfect boy (x4)
“There he is now, he’s coming my way.
Oh god, what am I gonna say?“
Angelic in stature
Graceful and thin
Raven black hair
Pale silken skin
Serious brow
Classic strong chin
Twinkling eyes
And a childlike grin
The most perfect boy (x6)
Note: This lyric was originally written in mid-1994, though I don’t recall recording it until the Bitstream Dream song was created in 2000 and released online as a single. A totally different version with a new arrangement of the same vocal files was created by Chukimai in 2001, called the “Plastic Chair Mix.” Bitstream Dream released their version on a short-run CD called “Connected” in 2003. The Chukimai mix was only released in mp3 format. The version that appears on Anji’s ‘Love Me Leave Me’ album is an all-new recording with additional vocal harmonies and new main melodies for some portions.
“Perfect Boy (Plastic Chair Mix)” single (2001)
“Who’s that over there? I think I’ve seen him before…”
Angelic in stature
Graceful and thin
Raven black hair
Pale silken skin
Serious brow
Classic strong chin
Twinkling eyes
And a childlike grin
The most perfect boy (x8)
“Who’s that over there? I think I’ve seen him before.
His face looks familiar somehow…
There he is now, he’s coming my way.
Oh god, what am I gonna say?”
I found out your name
And your number, too
But now that I know
What am I gonna do
Give you a call saying
“Hi guess who
And oh, by the way
I think that I love you”
The most perfect boy (x4)
“Who’s that over there? I think I’ve seen him before…”
The most perfect boy (x8)
“Who’s that over there? I think I’ve seen him before.
His face looks familiar somehow…
There he is now, he’s coming my way.
Oh god…”
“Disillusionment of Language” AKA “True Beauty,” “Words (Lack of Them)”
Various ccMixter producers (2009)
Words continually elude me
And I struggle to express
These feelings bottled up inside
They seem to hold no meaning
Feeling like mere empty shells
How can I vent this passion
Building up in heavy silences
Thoughts still seek release
Words only drain them away
Language is forever failing me
There aren’t enough variables
Vocabulary startlingly small
I need more verbs and adjectives
To describe these frantic impulses
How can we speak, communicate
When there is but one word
And that a shallow cliche
Full of bias and pretext and lies
There must be another word
To do justice to the concept
Forming in my mind and soul
How can I tell it to you
Unless we do not speak at all
But show our thoughts instead
Expressed in silences complete
With minds quieted and the hearts open
Eyes projecting everything
Telling all we seek to share
We must allow ourselves the time
And believe in our ability
To know without a concrete proof
And thus destroy such true beauty
— by Anji Bee
Note: This is an old poem from the early to mid 90’s that I recorded recently and made available on the ccMixter site. Various producers have created songs under different titles using these lyrics.
“Whole Wide World” The Grooveblaster Cities, Streets & Bebop Nights (2008)
I found your picture in a drawer
I hadn’t seen it for 10 years or more
It got me wondering
What ever happened to you?
If I searched the whole wide world
Should I search the whole wide world?
What if I searched the whole wide world?
For you, you
You were my first love years ago
It’s been so long now
That I don’t know
Just where you may be today
Every so often I speak your name
And in my mind’s eye
You look just the same
But I really wonder what do you look like today
But if I searched the whole wide world
Should I search the whole wide world?
What if I searched the whole wide world?
For you, you
I tell our story, but it sounds strange
All the facts are rearranged
How do you feel today
And how should I feel today
What should you mean to me
Is it important, this history?
When I know
We’ll never be together again
There’s a place in my heart for you
I hope you’ve kept one too
Remember when our love was new
I’d search the whole wide world for you
If I searched the whole wide world
Should I search the whole wide world?
Well if I searched the whole wide world?
For you, you, you…
— by Anji Bee (BMI)
Note: These lyrics were originally used for a collaboration with David Martin AKA Diode back in 2000. That version was simply called “Wide World” and was released via digital download only.
“Favor Tweet (with Takeru Ishikawa)” CC Asia Band CABACA (2008)
Watashi no (my)
Aware na (poor)
Kokoro ga (heart)
Itandeiru (is aching)
My poor heart
Oh how it is aching
Can you hear the sound
Of it breaking
Show pity on the one
You’re forsaking
Look at all the love here
Just for the taking
Watashi no (my)
Aware na (poor)
Kokoro ga (heart)
Itandeiru (is aching)
— by Anji Bee (BMI)
Note: An abbreviated version of these lyrics are featured in the Plastic Chair song, “Dispersion“ from 2003. “Favor Tweet” is an instrumental song by Takeru Ishikawa which I added vocals to specifically for the CC Asia Band Creative Commons project. My vocal files were also made available to remixers on the CC Mixter site, so different versions of this lyric have been created by various producers under new titles.
“Summer Days” The Grooveblaster Cities, Streets & Bebop Nights (2008)
Summertime
Flowers blooming
Fruit is ripe
And all is full of life
Aqua skies
Fuchsia foliage
Just look around
The colors are so bright
Just enjoying summer days with
Pleasant sultry summer days with
Just enjoying summer days with you
Ah, with you
Out of doors
Feel the cool breeze
Sit back, relax
Everything alright
Smell of grass
Damp with dewdrops
Ladybugs and butterflies
In flight
La la la la…
Just enjoying summer days with
Pleasant sultry summer days with
Just enjoying summer days with you
Ah, with you
Summertime
Flowers blooming
Fruit is ripe
And all is full of life
Aqua skies
Fuchsia foliage
Just look around
The colors are so bright
La la la la…
Just enjoying summer days
Pleasant lazy summer days
Just enjoying summer days
With you
Ah…
— by Anji Bee (BMI)
“Crossing the Pond” CC Asia Band CABACA (2008) 
Know ye not that this life is deceit?
Know ye not that enjoyment is illusion?
Know ye not the world is a passing show?
Know ye not that happiness is a dream?
Know ye not that praise and blame is insubstantial?
Know yet not that appearance is the mind itself?
Know yet not that the mind itself is Buddhahood?
Know yet not that the Buddhahood is the body of truth?
When ye reflect, all appearances are compacted out of mind
Contemplate the mind by day and night
From contemplation of the mind comes beatific vision
Abide in that beatitude
Know ye not that the body of truth is truth itself? (x2)
When ye meditate upon these things assiduously
Though ye do not succeed in rooting out desire and hatred
Know that whatever appears is your own mind-stuff
And that the mind itself is void
If ye dwell in wisdom inseparably
All the observances of the law, oblations, and the like
Are thus perfectly fulfilled
Note: These lyrics are an adaptation of one of the Songs of Milarepa, a classic Tibetan Buddhist text. “Crossing the Pond” is an instrumental by Snoblind which I added vocals to specifically for the CC Asia Band Creative Commons project. My vocals were made available on the ccMixter site, and as such, many other songs were created using these lyrics by various producers under different names. Benoit Cassar released his mix, entitled “Buddhahood,” on his 2010 compilation, ‘Danai, Vol. 2.’
“Tomorrow” Chandeen Teenage Poetry (2008)
And so tomorrow
He leaves
It was my decision
Still I grieve
Still I grieve
By tomorrow
He’ll be gone
Now our love is dead
What have I done?
What have I done?
Tomorrow
He disappears
Once again
I’ll be alone
For the first time in years
The first time in years
— by Anji Bee (BMI)
Note: This is a hidden track at the very end of a song called “Dreaming A Thousand Dreams.” After a long silence, this song begins.
“En la Oscuridad” Moosefrog Adrift (2007)
Hay tantos
Motivos
Porqué le amo
Cómo puedo decirles todos
Su risa
Sus ojos
Sus brazos
Que me sostiene apretado
Déjame contarlos otra vez…
Mi amor, mi amor, mi amor
Te quiero
— by Anji Bee (BMI)
“New Life” Moosefrog Adrift (2007)
Putting one foot in front of the other
Plodding along like a mule
Keeping my nose to the grindstone
Seems there’s nothing else to do
But I’m glad, oh so glad
That I have you
to help me through
Keep on pushing baby
Keep on reaching higher
Someday you will achieve your goal
Someday comes sooner than you’d ever know
Life shouldn’t be so hard you say
Life is for living, love is for giving
Still we just struggle on
What else can we do
But I’m glad, oh so glad
That I have you
to help me through
— by Anji Bee (BMI)