Words and Music
In addition to writing the music and lyrics for his musical, Friday@5, Ed’s a prolific songwriter and jingle writer. Here are three of his songs (I Finally Got Over This Thing, I Miss Romance, and Someone To Be Haunting Me Tonight) performed by singer Valerie V and pianist Chet Chwalik, who are currently recording a CD of Ed’s work.
Words and Music by Ed Goldman
©2000 by Goldman Eclectic Enterprises
I won't cry anymore when i see you
And I'll sleep 'til my clock starts to ring.
It's not easy, I know
To imagine me so
But I finally got over this thing.
I won't break into pieces at sunset.
I won't worry what nightfall will bring.
No regrets, not an ounce
Every time I announce
That I finally got over this thing.
Old songs on the radio
Will finally lose their fickle glow.
Just the thought of dancing slow
Will seem a waste of motion.
You say you meant to leave me cold.
I say you did. You're not consoled.
You'll never understand controlled
Emotion.
No, I won't start to cry when you're near me,
Never dangle or dance on a string.
It's not hard to admit
Things don't matter one bit.
It's so easy to say
Things are better this way.
My heart's not on my sleeve.
You should damn well believe
That I finally got over this thing.
Words and Music by Ed Goldman
© 2012 by Goldman Eclectic Enterprises
I miss romance.
I miss everything about it.
One more slow dance?
Never thought I’d live without it.
When I fell in love with you,
I thought you had fallen, too.
Seems I saw the world not as it was.
I miss romance.
I miss all that talkin’ sexy.
I miss the glance
That makes me feel someone respects me.
When you turn away from me,
What I thought was chemistry
Now feels like a long-abandoned cause.
You learn when love is in the ruins
That time heals only open wounds.
The hidden ones advance.
You live life in a trance.
We met by chance
And chances are, that chance has faded.
I miss romance
And wish that we could re-create it,
Never underestimate it,
Had more time to celebrate it
Now.
Words and Music by Ed Goldman
© 1990-2011 by Goldman Eclectic Enterprises
I’ve lately been rereading books I never really read.
I smoke a bit and think I’ll go to bed.
But all I really want,
Yes, all I really want
Is someone to be haunt-
ing me tonight.
I’ve sat upon the Davenport and made a call or two.
I tell them all, “I’m fine—and how are you?”
But feeling fine’s a front
When all I really want
Is someone to be haunt-
ing me tonight.
Have I seen so few faces in my life?
Did they go by on carousels of light?
Why can’t I conjure up a dream tonight?
I’ve thought of doing dishes and I’ve thought of giving in,
Of things I want to do and things I’ve been.
But thinking’s just a stunt
When all I really want
Is someone to be be haunt-
ing me tonight.
Have I seen so few faces in my life?
Did they go by on carousels of light?
Why can’t I conjure up a dream tonight?
Come sing to me of fantasies and unicorns and elves.
We’ll make believe we made love up ourselves.
Yes, loving is a stunt
When all we really want
Is someone to be be haunt-
ing me tonight.
Yes, loving’s just a stunt
When all I really want
Is someone to be be haunt-
ing me tonight.