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The Human Race (LP)

by Nezrok

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    Chris Korzen's new adventures in Intellipop, available on CD.

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The Human Race 03:50
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And when you left your home at such an innocent age The striking difference that made you flee the cage Was it all about money? Was it all about wanderlust? Looking for the answers is like chasing shadows in the rain CHORUS 1: And you can laugh or cry In the end you'll never know why Severing the family ties was the easiest thing to do Now that you've had your fling In the end it won't mean a thing You can't win the human race And when you go back home at such experience age The striking ravages that only time can wage It's just the type of devices that will change in the end Instead of playing on them they will monitor your pain CHORUS 2: And you can laugh or cry In the end you'll never know why Severing the family ties was the hardest thing to do Now that you've had your fling In the end it won't mean a thing You can't win the human race
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Denoument 03:34
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Falling Awake 03:28
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Falling awake Now I’m seeing things through the clarity of past mistakes Whether it’s wisdom that I know, or me just growing old I now see Guided by common sense Voices of reason Like I never had before, coming from above I believe I can see my life unfold There’s joy in growing old Health and happiness are all you need Oh and there’s another thing The joy and love you bring I love you so Give me the love of the common man (again I’m falling awake) Give me the power to understand (again I’m falling awake) Give the peace that passes all understanding Ring-a-round the rosie, A pocket full of Stringfellow, Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down
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It Takes Two to Tango (This is for the Girls) 02:49
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It's true, yes it's true I'm as guilty of the sin as you I lived through it too And as you can see it didn't hurt me You must admit, you helped a bit (It takes two to tango) You know i wasn't alone (It takes two to tango) I remember it still Drink a toast if you will This is for the girls who just couldn't see That my only sin was being me And this one's for the girls and they know who they are It's so long ago and i don't know Now i don't recall all the details of the scene at all But i had a ball And learned all the games, forgot all the names You must admit you learned a bit This is for the girls who couldn't understand What it's like to try to be a man And this one's for the girls and they know who they are It's so long ago and i don't know I don't claim to know at all Who was right and who was wrong I just don't remember all All the things that were said What went on in my head But it's easy to see that i used you and you used me This is for the girls who think i've done wrong Could you really hold a grudge that long And this one's for the girls and they know who they are It's so long ago and i don't know who you are
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Trite 04:05
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You know I’d love to see you All happy like before I’d really love to see you sometime Was no rhyme or reason Why I came into your world Never a better season than with you CHORUS: Well, here’s the thing Whatever life will bring And to some it may seem trite Remember me and know that I will be Forever by your side So fight the waves of sadness Tearing at your soul It’s not a sign of weakness to cry Thank you for the sharing A love to last all time Thank you for the caring when it was my time to die CHORUS BRIDGE I don’t know what you expect of me I was just running and playing free ‘Wise old owl’ that I came to be Was it too much to ask For me to stay always?
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Come Back Baby 03:16
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Now you’re gone And all I have to say is Baby, I want you back My mind’s not at ease But I learned a lot Baby, I want you back CHORUS: Come on come on back baby Yeah, baby Come on come on back baby tonight Want a taste of that honey Wild honey Making everything sunny again You learn a lot about life walking down Main Street You learn a lot about life walking in the woods I never learned about love Until I spent my time on you CHORUS
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St. Valentine's Day Massacre 04:38
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Last Wednesday morning bullets fell like rain I got the terrifying call My baby’s trapped beneath a desk under an overcoat I felt the wall’s begin to fall I don’t remember taking Coral Ridge Drive To meet my wife up at the school I just remember all the yellow tape and the barricades Every emotion screaming out CHORUS I: My heart and my soul are in there My hope and my dream and a prayer I love her so and she needs to know Her daddy’s with her We’ve been through hell and back - what seems like a lifetime That don’t compare to what she saw And now the healing will begin it’s long, long journey back Will there ever be resolve at all? Now every time something happens like this “It’s not the guns, it’s mental health” What will we do about this problem we just talk about? To change the mind behind the gun CHORUS II: My heart and my soul are in there My hope and my dream and a prayer I love her so - it’s time she knows it can never, ever happen again We don’t need no NRA We don’t need no LaPierre We don’t need no machine guns We just need to save our young
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Footnotes 04:08
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Footnotes When I’m gone you can find me in my song Underground In the places where diggers go to find their gold Still there’s more … CHORUS: I work it out through song I feel what’s wrong I pray someone hears And I hope it heals (me)

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The History of The Human Race

I started writing the music which would become some of the songs on The Human Race shortly after the release of the eponymous Nezrok CD in October 2018.

The first was “St Valentine’s Day Massacre” which was written shortly
after the tragedy of the Parkland, FL high school mass shooting that left 17 dead. I had mixed feelings about writing this due to the fact that I didn’t want to be perceived I was adding sensationalism to the event. However knowing some of the parents of kids at this local school, I thought - what if that were my kids? To be honest, I distanced myself a bit from the original lyrics by asking friend and gifted singer/songwriter Steve Minotti to add to the story and make it his own.

Along with Steve on lead vocal, the track reunites Fernando Perdomo and Chris DeAngelis from South Florida’s The Avenging Lawn Mowers of Justice, which was my first introduction to both in the late 90's. It was released as a single in October 2019.

After writing and recording “Come Back Baby” and “Footnotes”, Covid hit.

While I was never a big fan of remote recording, I don’t have nearly the set up for skills for engineering professionally myself (yet). So I recorded the title track and subsequent track "Denoument" to a click with Eddie Perez at TruNoyz Studios and sent the tracks out to Fernando in LA for electric lead guitar and drums.

During this time I lost my Mom was losing my Dad. I made trips to see them and would stay at a hotel that had a park bench at which I wrote wrote most of the lyrics to this LP on.

“Falling Awake” came to me with the clarity of possibly finally growing up amongst all this.

I had egged on Fernando, after the release of Ram On, a 50th anniversary tribute to Paul McCartney’s Ram LP, to do a similar project for the 50th anniversary of Todd Rudgren’s “Something/Anything” album. He went forward with the project and gave me first choice of tunes.

I had already planned on recording “Trite”, an older tune about the loss of Diane E and my fur babies written in their perspective (yes, another theme of death) and enticed Fernando to fly to New Jersey to record with Dennis Diken and Chris Bolger. We also recorded “It Takes Two to Tango” for the Todd project with Kosatdin Kamcev at Mozart Studios.

By the way, all proceeds from individual purchases of "Tango" will go to Todd’s spiritofharmony.org charity. Additionally, you can purchase the S/A? tribute CD at spiritofharmony.org/someone-anyone/

Enjoy - ck

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released March 29, 2022

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Nezrok Boca Raton, Florida

Chris Korzen has seen many trends come and go since his debut 45 RPM single - “Nirvana” b/w “Heart and Mind” back in 1984. Yet, throughout his career, Korzen has maintained his integrity to the craft of pop/rock songwriting.

The self-taught multi-instumentalist has explored various genres of music including pop/rock, lounge, jazz and classical, making each exploration his own. ... more

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