Rob Thomas Digital Booklet - Cradle Song

Her diamonds

oh what the hell she saidi just can’t win for losingand she lays back downman there’s so many times i don’t know what i’m doin’Like i don’t know now

By the light of the moonshe rubs her eyessays it’s funny how the nightCan make you blindi can just imagineand i don’t know what i’m supposed to doBut if she feels bad then i do tooso i let her be

and she says ooohi can’t take no moreHer tears like diamonds on the floorand her diamonds bring me down‘Cuz i can’t help her nowshe’s down in itshe tried her best and now she can’t win it’s Hard to see them on the groundHer diamonds falling down

she sits down and stares into the distanceand it takes all nightand i know i could break her concentrationBut it don’t feel right

Mixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

GasoLine

oh well oh welli guess you got it all worked out so farYou adjust your reasonUntil you see the light from where you are

But you can never win You can never loseThat’s the worst partYou can only say that what you wantis where you are

Beautiful girlWon’t you listen to meWell i tried so hard to give you what you needand it burned like gasoline

oh well oh wellit never took a lot to make this hard‘Cuz you were so off balanceand i knew all the words to set you off

But you can never winYou can never loseThat’s the scorned heart

By the light of the moonshe rubs her eyessits down on the bed and starts to cryand there’s something less about herand i don’t know what i’m supposed to doso i sit down and i cry tooand don’t let her see

she shuts out the nightand tries to close her eyesif she can find daylightshe’ll be all rightshe’ll be all rightJust not tonight

Lead Vocals, Keyboards: Rob ThomasDrums: Victor IndrizzoAfrican Drums: Marcus Brown, Soro Gnenemon, Robert Smith, Magatte Sow, Malik Sow, Jose VergaraTaiko Drums: Rev. Shuichi Tom Kurai, Taylor Moyer, Alfred Ortiz, Gary St. GermainBass: Sean HurleyGuitars: Tom Bukovac, Tim PierceAcoustic Guitars, Mandolin: Bryan SuttonHammond B3 organ, Keyboards, Programming: Matt SerleticPercussion: Lenny CastroBackground vocals: Sherree Brown. Robyn Troup Recorded by Mark DobsonAdditional recording by Jess SutcliffePro Tools editing by Mark Dobson and Pat WoodwardAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Bicoastal Music, Ossining, NY, Stratosphere Studios, New York, NY, Germano Studios, New York, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike Leisz, Adam Tilzer, Hal Winer

Then you throw your head backand you laugh at where we are

Lead Vocals, Background vocals: Rob ThomasDrums: Abe Laboriel Jr.Bass: Jack DaleyGuitars: Tom BukovacKeyboards, Programming: Matt SerleticBackground vocals: Sherree Brown, James Grundler, Robyn Troup Recorded by Mark DobsonPro Tools editing by Mark Dobson and Pat WoodwardAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CAAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Mike LeiszMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

GiVe me THe meLTdoWn

Feeling worn downLike a piece of glassdoesn’t take too muchTo get yourself to feed your monkey

Tell some white liesThey can swallow and thenYou don’t see just how you got into this situation

Late at nightLate at night you weepFor something better than the

secrets you keepLay down just lay down here close to meand tell me what you want from me

and i saidHey now Give me the meltdownTake it out on me This time around oh no here we go and nowi can feel the world spinning round and round and roundHey nowGive me the meltdownTake it out on medon’t let me downoh no it ain’t over nowi can feel the world spinning round and round and round

Wide awake nowand your monkey’s deadYou’re so perfect that you never really need nobodyPut your hands downYou’re among your friendsYou just take and take and take and take and take and take and

Late at nightLate at night you weepBut you’re no better than the secrets you keepstay downJust lay down here close to mePretend you’re never leaving me

Tell me what you want childGive me the meltdown

Lead Vocals, Background vocals, Guitars: Rob ThomasDrums: Abe Laboriel Jr.Bass: Jack DaleyGuitars: Rusty Anderson, Tom Bukovac, Tim PierceKeyboards, Programming: Matt SerleticBackground vocals: Sherree Brown, James Grundler, Matt Serletic, Robyn Troup Recorded by: Mark DobsonAdditional recording by: Dejan StanjevicPro Tools Editing by: Mark DobsonAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Stratosphere Studios, New York, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Mike Leisz, Adam Tilzer, Dejan StanjevicMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS, MATT SERLETIC © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP), © 2009 Melusic, Inc., administered by Primary Wave Emblem (ASCAP)

somedaY

You can goYou can start all over againYou can try to find a way to make another day go byYou can hideHold all your feelings insideYou can try to carry on when all you wanna do is cry

maybe somedayWe’ll figure all this out

Try to put an end to all our doubtTry to find a way to make things better nowand maybe somedayWe’ll live our lives out loudWe’ll be better off somehowsomeday

now waitTry to find another mistakeif you throw it all awayThen maybe you can change your mindYou can runand when everything is over and doneYou can shine a little light on everything around youman it’s good to be someone

i don’t wanna waiti just wanna knowi just wanna hear you tell me soGive it to me straightBut tell it to me slow

maybe somedayWe’ll figure all this outWe’ll put an end to all our doubtTry to find a way to just feel better now

sometimes we don’t really noticeJust how good it can getso maybe we shouldstart all overstart all over again

Lead Vocals, Background vocals: Rob ThomasDrums: Abe Laboriel Jr.Bass, Beatbox, Guitars: Tom BukovacKeyboards, Piano, Programming: Matt SerleticBackground vocals: Sherree Brown, James Grundler, Matt Serletic, Robyn Troup, Butch Walker Recorded by Mark DobsonPro Tools editing by Mark DobsonAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Bicoastal Music, Ossining, NY, Germano Studios, New York, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike Leisz, Hal WinerMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS, MATT SERLETIC, SHY CARTER © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP); © 2009 Melusic, Inc., administered by Primary Wave Emblem (ASCAP); © 2009 Primary Wave Brian (Carter Sp. Acct.) (BMI) Emblematic (BMI) You Want How Much of What Publishing (BMI)

moCKinGBird

Here we standsomewhere in between this moment and the endWill we bend or will we open up and take this whole thing in

everybody else is smilingman, their smiles don’t fadeYou don’t even wonder whyYou just don’t think that way

maybe you and meGot lost somewhereWe can’t move on we can’t stay heremaybe we’ve just had enoughWell maybe we ain’t meant for this love

You and me tried everythingBut still that mocking bird won’t singman this life seems hard enoughWell maybe we ain’t meant for this love

Take my handi will lead you through the broken promise landYes i can oh yes i cani can be there when you need iti’ll give it all ‘til you can’t feel it anymore

i don’t wanna love you nowif you’ll just leave some dayi don’t wanna turn aroundif you’ll just walk away

Lead Vocals: Rob ThomasDrums: Abe Laboriel Jr.Bass: Jack DaleyGuitars: Rusty Anderson, Tom Bukovac, Tim PierceAcoustic Guitars, Mandolin: Bryan SuttonKeyboards, Programming: Matt SerleticChamberlain: Patrick WarrenStrings: Stevie BlackeBackground vocals: Sherree Brown, James Grundler, Matt Serletic, Robyn TroupStrings arranged by Patrick Warren Recorded by Mark DobsonPro Tools editing by Mark Dobson and Pat Woodward

Additional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Stratosphere Studios, New York, NY, Germano Studios, New York, NY, Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TNAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike Leisz, Adam TilzerMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

reaL WorLd ‘09

Hey yeahWelcome to the real worldnobody told you it was gonna be hard you saidHey yeahi can’t believe iti barely startednow i’m falling apart

and it’s hardstanding at the crossroadsBut having all the answersnever helped me out, no

Then a boom shakeHelps me awakei need some coffee, yeahand maybe a shave andit’s a pretty bad wayTo start my todayTurn on the radio and what does he say

and the starsThey were shining through the windowYou feel a little moon glowKind of like a rainbowBut then a boom shakenow i’m awakei think it’s over but it’s everyday andit’s a pretty fine mess i’m starting to make i couldn’t tell you i was never afraid

Lead Vocals: Rob ThomasBass: Jack DaleyGuitars: Tom BukovacAcoustic guitars, Mandolin: Bryan SuttonKeyboards, Programming: Matt SerleticBackground vocals: Sherree Brown, James Grundler, Matt Serletic, Robyn Troup Recorded by Mark DobsonPro Tools editing by Mark Dobson Additional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Bicoastal Music, Ossining, NY, Germano Studios, New York, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike Leisz, Hal WinerMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS, MATT SERLETIC, NELLEE HOOPER © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP); © 2009 Melusic, Inc., administered by Primary Wave Emblem (ASCAP)

Fire on THe moUnTain

Fire on the mountainThrough the fieldssave yourselfThere’s evil in the gardenBut you don’t see iti can tell

How do you sleep while the city’s burningWhere do you go when you can’t go homeHow do you drink when there’s blood in the waterWhere do you turn when the world moves onWhen the world moves on

Fire on the mountainYou can feel itagainst your skinYou’re standing by the riverLet the river take you in

i see smoke out on the horizonmama get your babyTake her down to the wateri feel the wind like a promise brokeni see the future but it’s getting farther

Lead Vocals, Toms: Rob ThomasDrums: Michael BlandBass: Jimmie Lee SloasGuitars: Tom Bukovac, Tim PierceKeyboards, Programming: Matt SerleticPump Organ, Chamberlain, Keyboards: Patrick WarrenBackground vocals: James Grundler, Matt Serletic

Recorded by Justin Niebank and Mark DobsonPro Tools editing by Mark DobsonAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA and Germano Studios, New York, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike LeiszMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

Hard on YoU

You’re the best thing i ever knewYou do everything that i can’t dosometimes i get lost in my bluePlease forgive me if i’m hard on youPlease forgive me if i’m hard on you

You and me got so much to proveYou’re the only thing that i can’t loseThe nights are peaceful here in our roomPlease forgive me if i’m hard on youPlease forgive me if i’m hard on you

‘Cuz i didn’t mean to be meanWhen i said

all the things i said to youBut maybe the worst is the best i can doWith youand i never want you to goBut i knowi been moving way too slowand i fall apart ‘cuz it’s all that i know

Where you running now baby bluePlease don’t let it take me far from youi’ve been restless i’ve been a foolPlease forgive me if i’m hard on youPlease forgive me if i’m hard on you

Please forgive me if i’m hard on youPlease forgive me if i’m hard on you

Lead Vocals, Keyboards: Rob ThomasDrums: Victor IndrizzoAfrican Drums: Marcus Brown, Soro Gnenemon, Robert Smith, Magatte Sow, Malik Sow, Jose VergaraBass: Sean HurleyGuitars: Michael LandauAcoustic Guitars, Mandolin: Bryan SuttonHammond B3 organ, programming: Matt SerleticPercussion: Lenny CastroBackground vocals: Sherree Brown. Robyn Troup Recorded by Mark DobsonPro Tools editing by Mark Dobson and Pat WoodwardAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic

Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Bicoastal Music, Ossining, NY, Stratosphere Studios, New York, NY, Germano Studios, New York, NY, Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TNAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike Leisz, Seth Morton, Adam Tilzer, Hal WinerMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

sTiLL ain’T oVer YoU

i should have never let you goalways anotheri need this more than you will knowBut there’s always another

a million byways and highwaysand there’s always anothersomeone else to pay your wayTo try to take your innocence

There’s alwaysHeartbreak

i hold steadyWhile you’re shaking me looseYou keep breaking me downBut i still ain’t over youi been living like there’s nothing to loseand i’m telling you now that istill ain’t over you

i keep your letters by my bedand there’s always another

i hear your voice inside my headand there’s always another

a waste of timeWasted our daysand there’s always anothersomeone else to make you suffermake you think this whole thing over

i’ve been sleeping aroundBut i still ain’t over you

Lead Vocals: Rob ThomasDrums: Michael BlandBass: Tom Bukovac, Jimmie Lee SloasGuitars: Tom Bukovac, Tim PierceKeyboards, Piano, Programming: Matt SerleticBackground vocals: Sharlotte Gibson, James Grundler, Robyn Troup Recorded by Justin Niebank and Mark DobsonAdditional recording by Mike LeiszPro Tools editing by Mark DobsonAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Stratosphere Studios, New York, NY, Germano Studios, New York, NY, Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TNAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike Leisz, Seth Morton, Adam TilzerMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

and when you think it’s overit starts coming around againit’s coming around againand when you think it’s figured outit starts coming around againit’s coming around againit’s coming around again

Lead Vocals, Keyboards: Rob ThomasDrums, Percussion: Victor IndrizzoBass: Sean HurleyGuitars: Tom Bukovac, Michael Landau, Ben Peeler, Tim PierceAcoustic Guitars: Bryan SuttonSteel Guitar: Ben PeelerHammond B3 organ, Keyboards, Programming: Matt SerleticBackground vocals: Sharlotte Gibson, James Grundler, Robyn Troup Recorded by Mark DobsonAdditional Recording by Hal WinerPro Tools editing by Mark Dobson and Pat WoodwardAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Bicoastal Music, Ossining, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike Leisz, Hal WinerMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS, MATT SERLETIC © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP); © 2009 Melusic, Inc., administered by Primary Wave Emblem (ASCAP)

naTUraL

This is not the life i promised you beforei can feel them running chains around our doori’m coming to the end of what i’m forBut i will pull myself together i am sure

i will run for you until i start to dropi will breathe your breath until you tell me stopWe will see the ending of another sunny dayand we’ll wait at home until the next one drops

are we all just sitting hereWaiting on the endLike it’s only naturalit’s only naturalare we filling spaces ‘Til we find ourselves againLike it’s only naturalit’s only natural

This is not the way we wanted this to bei can feel your doubt inside of meWe’re standing on the edge of everything we’ve ever seenand everything we’ll never get to be

snoWBLind

i think we’re snowblindWe’ve had a hard timeand we can’t see where we arespending our whole livesWalking the same linesand it doesn’t seem to stop

This is our lifeit’s all that we getThe days are all numberedand the nights are all spentWe’re losing our focusit’s starting to dragWe’re running in circlesand we start to feel bad

But it don’t mean that this ain’t rightWe just both need a little more time

You stick in my throatYou melt in my handsYou cause me to wonderas much as i cani feel it all overit’s starting to lagWe’re spinning our wheels so muchThat it’s hard to turn back

But when the night falls downon this placei will be the one to hold youWhen the tears run down your face

smile and then they go and break me

Waiti think i feel like hellno i can’t be myselfand i can’t be nobody elseBut if i couldWould you love me thenWould you love me thenWould you love me then

Look at me i’m made of wonderfulit’s terriblei’m all easy come and easy goas far as you knowBut underneath man i’m just killing timeGuess i’m past my primeand now i’m over ratedover dressedand overstated

if i put my hands upPut your hands upif i fall downif i lose my placeand i don’t know justWhere i’m s’posed to goor if you’ll be there when i wakeWould you love me then

Well i come home tiredand i come home lateeverybody wants me

Lead Vocals: Rob ThomasDrums: Kenny AronoffBass: Jack DaleyGuitars: Rusty Anderson, Tom Bukovac, Tim PierceKeyboards, Programming: Matt SerleticPercussion: Lenny CastroBackground vocals: Sherree Brown, James Grundler, Robyn Troup Recorded by Mark Dobson and Jess SutcliffePro Tools editing by Mark Dobson, Pat WoodwardAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Bicoastal Music, Ossining, NY, Germano Studios, New York, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike Leisz, Hal Winer, Pat WoodwardMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

WonderFUL

Look at me i’m made of wonderfulWonderfuli’m all easy breath and steady walksteady walking

But underneathi’m barely moving onit’s like i’m nothingall the ways they have to make me

CradLesonG

everybody’s got a different storyeverybody wanna give their selves awayBut i’m still afraidif we can stay out of their field of visionif we can keep ourselves a half a world awayHoney we’ll be ok

The world can be so cruelBut i will sing for youThis cradlesongall night long

everybody’s got their own opinioneverybody’s got a place where they belongLike a favorite songi don’t wanna be a faded memoryi don’t wanna be the ghost that you can’t shakei wanna be the real thing

no one said that we were victims honeyno one said we have to keep the things we getand there ain’t no regretsand all our friends they moved to HollywoodBut we ain’t that desperate yet

ain’t nothing like the real thing

The world can be so cruelBut let me sing to youThis cradlesong

Lead Vocals: Rob ThomasDrums: Jim Keltner, Abe Laboriel Jr.Bass: Lee SklarElectric Guitars: Rusty Anderson, Tim PierceAcoustic Guitars: Tim Pierce, Bryan SuttonMandolin: Bryan SuttonBouzouki, Oud, Lap Steel, Portugese Guitar: Ben PeelerKeyboards, Hammond B3 organ, Programming: Matt SerleticPercussion: Lenny CastroBackground vocals: Marisol Thomas, Sherree Brown, James Grundler, Robyn Troup Recorded by Mark DobsonAdditional recording by Jess Sutcliffe and Hal WinerPro Tools editing by Mark Dobson and Pat WoodwardAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszCo-arranged by Marisol ThomasVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA and Germano Studios, New York, NY, Bicoastal Music, Ossining, NY, Stratosphere Studios, New York, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike Leisz, Jordan Stilwell, Adam Tilzer and Hal WinerMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

so i give it awayi’m a wanted mani’m a wanted mani’m a wanted mani’m a wanted man

Lead Vocals, Background vocals, Keyboards: Rob ThomasDrums: Michael BlandBass: Jimmie Lee SloasGuitars: Tom Bukovac, Tim PiercePiano, Programming: Matt SerleticPiano: Patrick WarrenPercussion: Mark DobsonAlto, Tenor Sax: Keith FiddmontBari, Bass, Tenor Sax: Kim HutchcroftTenor Sax: Dino SoldoTrumpet: Lee ThornburgHorns arranged by Matt Serletic Recorded by Justin Niebank and Mark DobsonAdditional recording by Hal WinerPro Tools editing by Mark DobsonAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike LeiszVocals arranged by Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA, Bicoastal Music, Ossining, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Mike Leisz, Hal WinerMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

GeTTinG LaTe

This lifeKeeps moving on and we’re going away Before too long

so tell your friends Just how ya feel You better say it loud For the world to hear

‘Cuz it’s getting late Time to goThe paper moon is fading slow But the night Keeps moving on and it takes you in it brings you home

While you’re watching over The moments that make up your life

Well it’s getting late That’s the way it is You can’t deny When it feels like this and it’s strange What it’s bringing out You’re gonna open up ‘Cuz you can’t stop now oh you can’t stop now

Well it’s getting late You don’t know how You’re wide awake

and you’re missing out Get your kicksWhile you can Then you go to work To pay the man

Lead Vocals: Rob ThomasDrums: Michael BlandBass: Tom BukovacGuitars: Tim PierceAcoustic guitars: Tom Bukovac, Tim PierceHammond B3 organ: Patrick WarrenSnaps: Rob Thomas, Michael Bland, Tom Bukovac, Tim Pierce, Matt Serletic, Patrick Warren Recorded by Justin Niebank and Mark DobsonPro Tools editing by Mark DobsonAdditional Pro Tools editing by Alex Arias and Mike Leisz Recorded at Emblem Studios, Calabasas, CA and Germano Studios, New York, NYAssistant engineers: Alex Arias, Jason Dale, Mike LeiszMixed at Mix LA, Tarzana, CAAdditional Pro Tools editing: Andrew Schubert, Brad TownsendAssistant engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen

Written by: ROB THOMAS © 2009 U Rule Music/EMI April Music, Inc (ASCAP)

Lyrics reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

© 2009 aTLanTiC reCordinG CorPoraTion For THe UniTed sTaTes and Wea inTernaTionaL inC. For THe WorLd oUTside oF THe UniTed sTaTes. aLL riGHTs reserVed. PrinTed in U.s.a.

ProdUCed and arranGed BY maTT serLeTiCmixed by Chris Lord-alge

mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway mastering, Portland, meProduction coordination by dean serleticmusician and singer contracting by shari sutcliffe

art concept by rob Thomasillustration by Louise robinsonart direction and design by ria Lewerke and norman moorePhotography by andrew macpherson

management: michael Lippman

THanK YoU

mari – you, most of all, in so many ways, are all over this record. Thank you for your inspiration and your love. mom, maison, Tyler and samy (no amount of time would be enough)

dad and martha, maria and Gil, Jeff and mel, Pete and angie, missy and Tracy, Griffen, nichole and Lacey, adam, Calvin, Fenix, Leo and aida, dejan stanjevic (thanx for your hustle and your flow). Jason Browning (you are my secret weapon. i love you), Brian Brunka (thanx for the ride.), evan Lamberg, randall slavin, sheelah Hyland and Charlie owens, Hal Winer, dr. reed and margaret, stephanie Tseng, Jeff Klotz. Paul, Kyle & Pookie (i couldn’t do this without you. Thank you). matt Beck (you are

too talented. Just stop). Frankie romano, al Carty, abe Fogle & mark Von em (let’s go bitches!!!)

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