JC Hopkins :: Bio

Underneath a Brooklyn Moon

01. Here Comes Love
Don’t look now but here comes love
Must have heard my message from up above
Must have had to give some guy a shove
Must have heard what I was thinking of

Don’t look now but love is here
Must have been waiting for me all these years
Must have been hiding behind the fears
Oh, there was some kind of tears

Who forgot and left it there
Who’s going to want it back?
Who would have thought that love would care
To come so close to the back of my chair?

Don’t look now love’s on the floor
Laughing and giggling stepping out the door
Every darn minute he’s asking for more
Don’t look now, don’t look now,
Don’t look now but here comes love.

Music: JC Hopkins
Words: Madeleine Peyroux
©King Arnold Songs, Admin by Bug Music, BMI / Pennywell Publishing, BMI

02. One Never Knows
I’ve heard sweet words so insincere
They had the comic touch
Then you came
It was a tad too much

One never know does
One never knows does one?

I played that game of kiss and tell
It didn’t seem to work
Then you came
Just another jerk

One never know does
One never knows does one?

You took me to a private place
And there revealed your charms
But something changed
When you held me in your arms

One never know does
One never knows does one?

Music: JC Hopkins
Words: JC Hopkins & Norah Jones
©King Arnold Songs, Admin by Bug Music, BMI / Muthajones Music LLC, Admin by EMI Blackwood Music, BMI

03. I’ve Got My Finger on a Star
I’ve got my finger on a star
Take a look at me
Singing a new melody

It doesn’t matter who you are
Anyone can see
Love is there for free

Right away, no more hesitatin’
I’ve wasted too much time
When right around the corner was waitin’
A heavenly state of mind

And now we’re swinging on the moon
Singing a new tune
In stellar harmony

Music: JC Hopkins
Words: Madeleine Peyroux
©King Arnold Songs, Admin by Bug Music, BMI / Pennywell Publishing, BMI

04. Ice Cream Song
(Traditional / Arranged by JC Hopkins Biggish Band)
©King Arnold Songs, Admin. By Bug Music, BMI

05. Underneath a Brooklyn Moon
We go against the tide
It really doesn’t matter
I was under the impression
We didn’t know why
We improvise on the weather
Underneath a Brooklyn moon

We walk hand in hand
By the BQE
It’s making me tremble
Maybe that’s because you’re near
Everything is fine since we’re together
Underneath a Brooklyn moon tonight

Little did we ever think
We’d find ourselves at home
In Brooklyn, in Brooklyn

The cop is on the beat
Ice cream truck going by
It plays the usual song
In bebop rhythm
Coming here was our best decision
Underneath a Brooklyn moon tonight

Words & Music: JC Hopkins
©King Arnold Songs, Admin. By Bug Music, BMI

06. Small Town
Small Town
This ain’t nothin’ but a small town
Small Town
This ain’t nothin’ but a small town
The people may come from miles around
But this ain’t nothin’ but a small town

Small town you
Small town me
You’re a small town beauty in the big city

Small town people walkin’ on the street
Small town talkin’ bout you and me

You’re a small town girl
You’re a small town guy
Come on pretty baby
Let’s touch the sky

Small Town….

07. I Still Believe in Some Kind of Love
It’s all been done before
No new roses on the threshold floor
Whatever you say, I’m not a bore
I still believe in some kind of love

I’m too cynical but what can you do
When nobody’s been good to you
But before you count from one to two
I still believe in some kind of love

I can’t get any wooing
My heart is frail and frayed
But an angel whispered in my ear
Something better is on its way

So it’s all been done before
No new roses on the threshold floor
Whatever you say, I’m not a bore
Because I still believe in some kind of love

08. Someday
Someday, Someway
We’ll make good someday
Somehow, Somehow
We’ll come through someway

Without money we’ll do just fine
We have fun without a dime
Kings and queens never lived so good
I’ll bet they wish that they could

Someday, Someway
We’ll make good someday

Words & Music: JC Hopkins
©King Arnold Songs, Admin. By Bug Music, BMI

09. Show Biz’ness
Show Business takes a toll on you
You best believe what they say
Every cliché in the book is true
What compels a fool to mess with it anyway?
Oh Yeah

Show business turns your mind to rot
Just to lessen the pain
You got so little when you think you got a lot
What compels a fool to mess with it anyway?
Oh Yeah

Show business is a real long ride
The pendulum never ceases to sway
You learn to smile when you really wanna cry
What compels a fool to mess with it anyway?
Oh yeah

Words & Music: JC Hopkins
©King Arnold Songs, Admin. By Bug Music, BMI

10. Settle Down
Some thoughts are old some feelings new
Some days any kind of life will do
Lets let the world have its due
Lets fall in love just me and you
We’ll go to some place new and settle down
We’ll settle down

We’ll take a road that leads nowhere
Any kind of road I just don’t care
Everyone has somewhere to go
There’s a place for us I know
We’ll go to some place new and settle down
We’ll settle down