YOU ARE HERE
You have arrived. You Are Here. Thank you. Thanks for listening to my music and thanks for coming here to a place where you will feel closer to the music. If you click on the links to each of the songs, you will find the lyrics, as well as pictures and videos that helped the song get to where it is. You'll get to listen to early and raw versions of the songs and then listen to how they evolved to the point that they are on this, my first album: You Are Here.
I hope my music makes you happy, sad, thoughtful, carefree... Most of all, I just hope that it makes you reflect and think.
I sincerely wish you all the very best and look forward to making more music that you may enjoy.
If you have any comments, feedback, questions, please reach out.
With much appreciation and with a massive sense of fulfillment,
Morgan
So many people to thank.
Ameesha Earnshaw - you are so talented and such a supportive friend. You captured the essence of my music in your intricate, thoughtful and extraordinary artwork. You gave this album its name. I am so grateful to you.
Mike Langford - Producer, Engineer and Instrumentalist on Forever Don't Last, Make Me Right, Been Known To & Falling Back. You are unbelievably creative and you wear so many hats (and you wear them well!). Thanks for being an amazing partner in music.
Sean Gugula - Producer, Engineer and Instrumentalist on Go On, Simple Good Intentions & Try. My first Producer, and what a joy that was! Thank you for being a great friend and teacher during the creation of my first EP, Turn. A TIMA for Best Song we share.
Gary Stitt & Brett Killoran - Producer, Engineer & Instrumentalist on Rolling Along, The Place I Started & When Skies are Clear. I'm so grateful for serendipitous moments. You two are a force to be reckoned with.
Bill Bell - Producer, Engineer & Guitar - Perfect. You showed me what living the dream, recording in LA is like. I loved every minute. Thanks for sharing your talent, energy and hilarious stories.
Peter Letros - You are so kind and a pleasure to work with. I know I am technologically useless but I so appreciate your help, patience and for making this album sound brilliant!
Erin and Kieran - Our own version of The Brady Bunch doesn't happen nearly enough. I love making music with you two and I am so proud of everything you have done, everything you are and everything you will become. I love you so much.
Meg Mac - If I had half the wit and creativity you have I would be laughing all the way to the bank. I can't believe the places you have gone to support me - in my music and life in general. Here's to C&B inspiring us in life and song always.
Jim & Shones - Loving parents, formidable individuals. Thank you for the constant laughs and love while you track me down across the country. Here's to adventure - in body but more importantly in mind and spirit! Thank you for my name.
Andrew McCutcheon - My hubby. Finally. Every moment with you is cherished. "Your hands have smoothed out creases that I thought were too deep. Soon I'll be porcelain. When will I too make waters rise and fall for you? I have much to learn".
Annabel & Celia - Two women who inspire me and are in my mind and heart every day.
Whether you know it or not, you're a part of this (alphabetical order): Ali McCutcheon, Anna Dawson, Bruce Sadler, Casey Fisher, Charles McLauchlan, Claudine Saleh, Dan Lavery, Daniel Gillespie, Daniela Oliva, Danny Szpiro, Dave Chester, Dave McNamara, Diarmid McLauchlan, Doug the Dog, Emily Fennell, Eric Owen, Gloria Saccon, Ian McCutcheon, Jamieson Dean, Jeff Gunn, Jerimie Bedard, John Sadler (Jr & Sr), Johnny Roddan, Jonathan Simkin, Karen Daigle, Karoline Lapko, Kathy Newstead, Kerri Regan, Kiel Perchinig, Kristin MacKinnon, Lisa Hendry, Luke Canning, Margaret Roddan, Mark McCutcheon, Mark Rheaume, Mary Anne Burnett, Mary Ruth Roadhouse, Matt Zimbel, Melanie Payne, Mr. Moon, Nick Hodgson, Paige Olmsted, Paul Sadler, Peter Carle, Rachel Cooper, Roderic McLauchlan, Ron Shai, Ryan Grinnell, Veronica McCutcheon
I know as I conclude this that I am forgetting those that are dear and influential in my life and music. Please know who you are and what you have done...I will be adding to this list constantly!
THANK YOUS
ROLLING ALONG
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer/Instrumentals: Gary Stitt & Brett Killoran
Mastering: Peter Letros
People will ask you where you see yourself
Ten years from now, will you thrive or be seeking help?
I will respond with the words I never use,
My answer is clear I have no clue.
But I’ll be
Rolling Along, rolling along
It don’t matter the direction I’ll be singing a song.
You gotta choose, what will soothe
And bring it with you while you roll along and you’ll be rolling smooth,
Smooth, you’ll be rolling smooth, rolling smooth,
I’m walking forward, not stopping where I should.
Don’t want to be remembered for having done no good.
Need to be productive, need to use my time.
I’m supposed to be studying business, instead I’m writing rhymes.
While I’m
CHORUS
Let it all go, let the pressure fly.
Gaze at the horizon, don’t worry about the time.
We all got our gifts and we’ll all get our chance
But you must be moving forward so your steps become your dance….
CHORUS
MAKE ME RIGHT
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer/Instrumentals: Mike Langford
Mastering: Peter Letros
“Make Me Right,” is all he said as he lay his heavy head
On the floor by the makeshift table that held nothing but his watch.
The wood and nails that came together, have purpose as a whole
But he don’t know where he should start and all this starting’s getting old.
As he stares, he sees the moment, hammer high his forearms strong
Swinging down to make something, those days are long gone.
Why’s he have to think this way? It’s simple, he is here:
On the wrong side of the hedge, as he breathes it becomes clear.
He can’t give you a thing except his story
Words last longer than thought that is their glory
So take these and make them yours tonight.
That alone will make me right.
The years between then and now have had their ups and downs
Been heading t’wards the sun as he was told.
Never did he touch it though, what a cruel joke to play,
So he started to start over, which brought him to today.
CHORUS
What’s the point in telling stories? I’m writing this for me.
Though my arms are strong and able, I lack my reason to be.
Never want to give up one thing, so that another grows.
What’s the point in living three lives, if there is nothing to show?
GOOD INTENTIONS
Songwriter/Vocals/Organ: Morgan Sadler
Producer: Sean Gugula
Guitar/Bass: Jeff Gunn
Mastering: Peter Letros
You always look inside of me with eyes that I feel possibly might
Take a picture of a soul, frame it on a wall as an example of gold.
It’s not arrogance that lends itself as my defense
But instead a natural wave, that rolling over us makes us behave.
All we have are simple good intentions,
The ones I’ve mentioned before,
All we can do is try not to slam the door.
These troubled waters swelling ‘round my feet bring me farther from the ground
Stability is peacefully the one quiet thing we all do need.
But in times like these I feel like I’m not moving,
In times like these, there are roots growing from my feet to the earth
But if this were fact then we should relax, for it’s not half bad to return.
CHORUS
FOREVER DON'T LAST
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer/Instrumentals: Mike Langford
Mastering: Peter Letros
I was sitting trying to write a song about love and how it lasts so long
But lately I’ve misunderstood because things aren’t turning out so good.
I look up and I look down, broken hearts are all I’ve found
I should look to the albatross for he’s the only guy who ain’t at a loss.
We all know that forever don’t last these days and I don’t know.
All stumbling round in a dead end maze and I don’t know.
Lost in a foggy haze and I don’t know.
We all know that forever don’t last these days.
So I’m the girl in my own sad story, Sweetie I should preface this with "I’m sorry" but
Devoting one’s life to another is crazy, can’t last forever but you
Got down on your knee looking up so sweetly, you asked me for my hand
But why can’t you understand that I’m not crazy…
CHORUS
There will always be a richer man who will buy me the clothes that I never had
There will always be a smarted guy who challenges my inquisitive mind
There will always be a younger girl with a perfect set of teeth and tight blonde curls so
Why make a vow that won’t last no way no how.
It’s easy to scorn and act skeptical love is just so hectic I’ll
Choose whether it ends or lasts with decisions made when the present’s past so may the
Lovers love and the haters hate, we’ll all just happily go our own way I’ll
See you there on the other side, I kind of hope that I’m not right when I say
CHORUS
PERFECT
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer/Guitar: Bill Bell
Bass: Dan Lavery
Percussion: Pete Maloney
Mastering: Peter Letros
It’s been a long time coming and I’m still asking the questions that will bring you ‘round.
The words are placed in such a way now you are here.
I’ve been wasting plenty of breath and plenty of moves on other stuff I’ve
Been holding out for the perfect time and space.
Then I realize “perfect” is the last thing that I need.
The first is utter loneliness, the second it is greed.
The third’s an empty belly, the fourth an aching heart.
But is it all worth one more beautiful song?
Song.
I’ve been waking to the same day for the last few years.
Running from place to place, shaking hands my smiling face.
Now I’m sitting here in marble walls, the floors are tiled in gold
Eating like a king and drinking like a sailor.
CHORUS
I’m making plenty of dough, for what? I do not know.
I’ll tell you when I’m old and it is gone.
And something tells me deep that I’m awake when I’m asleep
The same thing tells me there’s hope for these hands.
CHORUS
One of my first gigs in Toronto, can't remember the sigificance of Bette Midler in the background...Perfect starts at 4:00
TRY
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer: Sean Gugula
Guitar/Bass: Jeff Gunn
Percussion: Eric Owen
Mastering: Peter Letros
I don’t want to be the line you walk across.
I don’t believe in lines anyway.
I don’t want to feel used by using others.
But the antidote will unfortunately be found in another.
So
Try, try try to care.
Try, try to bare.
Try.
I don’t want to be the skin you’re about to shed.
Nor do I want to wrap myself around you so tight, you might be misled.
I don’t want to journey too far for the truth, no
For I know as soon as I find it, it will still lack proof,
So I will
CHORUS
I’m tired of yearning for food, wine, hands and lips.
Tired of pushing, pulling, wanting, yearning for so much more of this I
Only want to feel what they feel
So that I know that what I’m holding onto will last and is for real
And So I will
CHORUS
GO ON
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer/Percussion: Sean Gugula
Guitar: Jeff Gunn
Mastering: Peter Letros
I’m trying hard to figure out why we’ve been brought here,
Why angels come to darker rooms.
The silence that we find in the corners where they reside, will slowly pull us in.
Go On.
Go On.
We took a day trip long ago, out we went into the beauty ice and mist
A temper roaring within.
Farther down we walked along, suddenly it came on strong:
What have we done? Why did we build distractions of sorrow?
Go On.
Go On.
I’m looking ‘round at all these things, it’s funny how I see
All these objects on my shelves mean nothing.
They’re just a small example of the things I hated and judged but I can still tear down this fill
And throw out what’s useless.
Go On.
Go On.
THE PLACE I STARTED
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer/Instrumentals: Gary Stitt & Brett Killoran
Mastering: Peter Letros
This is the place I started from
It is a place that I’ve become
The motion that pushed me away
Is now the glue that makes me stay.
Another chance I never took
Could it be chance that made me look
Into a soul I never knew
But thought I did and so I flew away.
The night was upon me the moment tragically disappeared.
The starts all surrendered and flew over yonder out of fear.
And now the time’s gone and the window has shut with a heavy thud.
The lock has been latched, the curtain are drawn there’s no going back.
No.
A lover’s tale that never was
The pages left as white as gauze
A dream that left no memory
But left an air of questioning.
You told me that I should give up
You told me I was out of luck
And so I ran in my own way
Fleeing to where I started and where I’ll stay.
CHORUS
BEEN KNOWN TO
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer/Instrumentals: Mike Langford
Mastering: Peter Letros
Part ways, I’ll go my own.
Oh me and the open road.
Left as a stone unturned
I will never be.
Cherish what you will,
I’ve been know to
Cherish the things that stay still
I’ve been known to
Cherish a spot in the shade
I’ve been known to...
Look right and left
From your eyes, from your chest
Take a long stare
You are going that way.
CHORUS
Oh the sun is going down
You, you have made it.
I on the other hand
I will stop here.
CHORUS
FALLING BACK
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer/Instrumentals: Mike Langford
Mastering: Peter Letros
I’m falling back, I’m falling back.
To the place I left, to the place I fled.
I’m falling back, I’m falling back
To the arms I left, I’m falling back.
There is a house I live within.
The floors are damp and the walls are thin.
But there is a light that shines
It swings from the tin
Reflects north, south, east and west
And never dims.
CHORUS
There is a door that leads away
I’ve sat there before and looked both ways.
But I couldn’t tell which was true and which one fake
So I’m falling back, and here I’ll stay.
CHORUS
WHEN SKIES ARE CLEAR
Songwriter/Vocals/Piano: Morgan Sadler
Producer/Instrumentals: Gary Stitt & Brett Killoran
Mastering: Peter Letros
I’ve been around here, I know your path.
I’ve walked this meadow, I smell the grass
But none of it’s right without you here
So find your way back when skies are clear.
There was a moment when we were young
We held the hills up, we mocked the sun.
But age it humbles and strength it wanes
And time moves quickly and takes all blame.
CHORUS
Where trees are spades, we were as one
But we don’t make the calls we just take them as they come.
As we met we parted, by chance not choice
Which makes for a beautiful story I’ll tell you with my voice.
CHORUS
My hair is chopped off
My body’s weak.
My eyesight’s cloudy
My bones creak.
But all I have been I now will be again
You have returned and it begins.
We’ve been around here, we know our path
We walk this meadow
Lie upon the grass.
And now it’s alright for you are here.
You found your way back the skies are clear.