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Better This Way

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by Amber Caparas

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  • Limited Edition EP Packaged Compact Disk

    Produced by Mark Bryan (of Hootie & the Blowfish) & Mikey Costanzo from Chucktown Music Group.

    When you buy the Limited Edition CD you get an immediate download of the digital album for FREE:-)
    Includes professionally manufactured high quality CD complete with full color art packaging, lyrics and liner notes, just like you would find in the store. Signed by me upon request (just drop me a note at Amber@Caparas.com and I'll make sure to sign it for you). Please note that I'll have to unwrap the CD to sign it, but all unsigned CDs will come shrink wrapped. Also includes immediate free download of 6-track album!

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  • Digital Album

    Immediate download of 6-track album. Thank you for buying my songs and please know that I gratefully receive any donations you would want to make to support my music and the message God has given me. I also support several charitable organizations and would love to be able to increase my givings through my music...Spreading the love through music, that is my ultimate mission. I hope you enjoy, and please tell all your friends (if you click anywhere you see the word "Share" you'll even be able to share a certain song or the whole EP on facebook, myspace, and more:-)

    much love,
    Amber

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This is my first EP ever... 19 years in the making, produced by Mark Bryan (of Hootie & the Blowfish)...
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released 30 April 2010
Much love to Mark Bryan (Hootie & the Blowfish) for believing, producing, teaching, collaborating, and rocking with me... and also for your legendary music with Hootie & the Blowfish... you guys played a huge role in inspiring this little girl from Charleston to become a musician & songwriter with stories to tell through rock and roll... thank you... and to Johnny Diamond and the entire Chucktown Music Group, especially Mikey for being so right on and for going the extra-extra mile... and to Gary, Johnny, Gerald, and Charlton for blessing this project with your creative presence and musical gifts... thank you... and to all my friends (especially Chris Holly, Sammi & Greg Ensign, and Steve "Guzer" deGuzman) and my family (especially Nana, Uncle Rally, and my Daddy)…Daddy, thank you for being a REAL man of God and the best father, friend, and artistic mentor a girl could ever ask for... and more than anything, I thank You God, my Christ, my Spirit within. I love you with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind and all my strength. I’m Yours forever.
~ Amber

All songs written and performed by Amber Caparas (and various gentlemen of former ill-repute). Produced by Mark Bryan (tracks 1-3) and Mikey Costanzo (tracks 4-6) courtesy of Chucktown Music Group. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mikey Costanzo at Stone Point, Awendaw, SC, USA. Vocals and guitars by Amber Caparas & Mark Bryan, drums by Gary Greene, upright bass by Johnny Gray, keyboards by Gerald Gregory, horns by Charlton Singleton.
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Track Name: Better This Way
It’s 10 am and I made my peace
With Hollywood, I’m headed east to Charleston
It’s such a long way from here
I don’t know if we’ll meet again
I thank God I ever met you at all
How beautiful we both cried

If you are the one
It’s better this way
You’ll find me again
If you’re not the one, God knows
It’s better this way, much better this way

It’s not like me to let it show
But surely you could see you left me breathless
With every word you said
You sent me a text and I think that’s fine
But I’d rather hear the voice that had me falling
I’m hoping you’ll call me too

If you are the one
It’s better this way
You’ll find me again
If you’re not the one, God knows
It’s better this way, much better this way

I know you’re chasing all the beauty that you see
But I don’t care, that’s what I tell myself when you’re not chasing me

It’s not like me to let it show
But surely you can tell I’m moving on
But I’ll never be too far gone

If you are the one
I know in my heart
It’s better this way
If you’re not the one, God knows
It’s better this way, much better this way
It’s better this way, much better this way
It’s better this way, much better this way
Track Name: Ooh You
Who’d have thought we’d get through it?
I nearly threw away all the life of me that’s worth keeping,
But you love more than you break

And it's you, ooh you, I want for nothing more
It's you, ooh you, no one else will ever do
I want for nothing more.

Here we are, good or better,
Choosing what is right
A subtle sign keeps our faith, our hope alive

And it's you, ooh you, I want for nothing more
And it's you, ooh you, nothing else will ever do
I want for nothing more.

You lifted me up
You gave me strength to start again
So brand new

And it's you, ooh you, I want for nothing more
It's you, ooh you, ooh you, I want for nothing more
It's you, ooh you, you're the one who pulled me through
I want for nothing more
Track Name: Jesus Arms (ft. Mark Bryan)
I could be your mother
You can be my child
And we can hold on to each other
As we lie in Jesus’ arms

As we lie in Jesus’ arms

I could be your sister
There is no shame my brother in breaking down
And our tears will wash away the sadness
As we cry in Jesus’ arms

As we cry in Jesus’ arms
As we cry in Jesus’ arms

I could be your daughter
You can call me child
And we can save the world from darkness
As we shine in Jesus’ arms

As we shine in Jesus’ arms
As we shine in Jesus’ arms
As we shine in Jesus’ arms, in Jesus’ arms
Track Name: All of My Friends
Long ago, my teacher told me
Imperfect people choose their state of mind
Such is life, when being pretty
Is the obsession occupying all our time
Some sigh, it’s only human nature to mind
He said whoa…not my kind, not mine

As for me and all of my friends, love is truly ruling our lives
Even if we lose everything, love is all we need to get by

And he said, gather round all of you people
Let’s get together on a higher ground
No need for strife or building cities
Every possession is a total waste of time
Sometimes, don’t it feel like you’re losing your minds?
He said, whoa…not my kind, not mine

As for me and all of my friends, love is truly ruling our lives
Even if we lose everything, love is all we need to get by
If we really want things to change, maybe we should start with our minds
Won’t you go and tell all your friends, love is all we need to get by?

He said whoa…

As for me and all of my friends, love is truly ruling our lives
Even if we lose everything, love is all we need to get by
If we really want things to change, maybe we should start with our minds
Won’t you go and tell all your friends, love is all we need to get by?
Track Name: Silly Happy
I’m feeling silly happy
Now all I want to do is play
And when my heart starts singing
It makes me happy just to sing...

Outside beneath the sunny skies, with my dogs right by my side
As I lay back on the grass it feels like heaven
And my mind wanders through the trees and the birds are always home
And it always makes me feel this happy

I’m feeling silly happy
Now all I want to do is play
And when my heart starts singing
It makes me happy just to sing...

Of when they play my favorite songs on the radio at night
And my boyfriend’s singing all his silly love songs
Oh yes he’s singing just for me and I always sing along
And it always makes me feel this happy

I’m feeling silly happy
Now all I want to do is play
And when my heart starts singing
It makes me happy just to...

Think about this life and all the wonder, every moment
Oh I believe that laughing works like magic
Why not get high on life for free?

I’m feeling silly happy
Now all I want to do is play
And when my heart starts singing
It makes me happy just to sing

I’m feeling silly happy
Now all I want to do is play
And when my heart starts singing
It makes me silly happy
Track Name: White Dress
Your eyes, how they draw me in
Your smile, your smile says it all
And the sweet sound of the violins
Is guiding my feet down the isle

They say that I’m old fashioned and that’s alright
Cuz the way that I was fashioned feels so right

I’ll be wearing a white dress with God as my witness
I’ll say I do and you may kiss your bride
I’ll be wearing a white dress, we’ll take our first steps
And dance the night away veiled in white

Your hands how they draw me in
Your warm embrace is my reward
And the sweet sound of your gentle voice
Is sweeping my feet off the ground

Ooh feels so right
Ooh I’ve waited all my life

I’ll be wearing a white dress with God as my witness
I’ll say I do and you may kiss your bride
I’ll be wearing a white dress, we’ll take our first steps
And dance the night away veiled in white
We’ll dance the night away feels so right
Dance the night away veiled in white