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Catching Leaves

by Avi Wisnia

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    "Catching Leaves" Avi Wisnia's sophomore full-length studio album release. Click below to "Buy Compact Disc" with album artwork and liner notes. Purchase includes a digital copy of the entire album. (official release Nov 5, 2021)

    track list:
    1. Catching Leaves
    2. Heat Lightning
    3. Come Home To
    4. Harvest Moon
    5. You’re Wrong
    6. Somebody Else’s Fault
    7. Make Me Cry
    8. How To Fight Loneliness
    9. It’s Gonna Rain Today
    10. Simple Words
    11. Just Another Daydream
    12. Dindi
    13. Goodnight
    14. Sky Blue Sky [Bonus Track]

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1.
i spent the afternoon trying to catch leaves before they could fall to the ground couldn’t predict where they’d go in the breeze got tired of chasing them down running in circles for lightning to strike begging the mailman to come tempting you to get that look in your eye when should i give up it’s the way that the world turns without reason why the way that the world turns there’s no need to try the way that the world turns from June to July the way that the world turns there’s no reason why i spent the afternoon trying to catch leaves sat on a bench and one fell on my knee
2.
Here in the attic, where the floorboards creak There’s too much static, I can’t hear you whisper-speak I try to stay clean, but get covered in dust Everything between us, any moment could completely combust There’s another bolt of heat lightning When things get hot, they start igniting Is it worth the fighting? Is it worth the pain? Gotta try to cool down without summer rain Picking through the boxes, now a childhood gone Tug-of-war with memories makes it hard to keep moving on I feel the friction between me and you The storm in the distance, any moment, is about to blow through There’s another bolt of heat lightning When things get hot, they start igniting Is it worth the fighting? Is it worth the pain? Gotta try to cool down in the summer... Every time, I think things are gonna change, but every time it’s more of the same We’ve been going at it for way too long that we can’t even act our age Every time, i think things are gonna change, but we just end up calling names (we) Can’t seem to let go of yesterday We should have never come back, should have never come back There’s another bolt of heat lightning When things get hot, they start igniting Is it worth the fighting? Is it worth the pain? Gotta try to cool down in the summer... try to cool down without summer (rain)
3.
Come Home To 04:13
It takes all my effort just to open up that door in the morning Even as i’m leaving I have visions of the moment when i come walking back in Waiting in the rain on the railroad platform with a hundred other me’s Picturing myself across the tracks where i’ll come back eventually Hey… You’re the only one I want to come home to You’re the one i’m running to see You’re the only one I want to come home to Your little hands reaching out for me Life doesn't give you reasons for the way it never turns out how you plan Even when you reach the summit of the highest peak, the ground can shift where you stand After all these years in a fine career, i thought this is where I’d wanna be But the ground at my feet swirls around and I see, I ain’t doing this for me Hey… You’re the only one I want to come home to You’re the one i’m running to see You’re the only one I want to come home to Your little hands reaching out for me See everybody pretends, but we know not what we do everybody pretends, but we know not what we do and when you learn to speak, i know your first words will be: “where were you?…” But… You’re the only one I want to come home to You’re the one i’m running to see You’re the only one I want to come home to Your little hands reaching out for me
4.
Harvest Moon 05:34
Come a little bit closer Hear what I have to say Just like children sleeping We could dream this night away But there's a full moon risin' Let's go dancing in the light We know where the music's playin' Let's go out and feel the night Because I'm still in love with you I want to see you dance again Because I'm still in love with you On this harvest moon. When we were strangers I watched you from afar When we were lovers I loved you with all my heart But now it's getting late And the moon is climbing high I want to celebrate See it shining in your eye Because I'm still in love with you I want to see you dance again Because I'm still in love with you On this harvest moon
5.
You're Wrong 02:54
I've seen the world turn bad into good I've seen whole lives restarted I've seen it work out the way that it should until we died of boredom but once you settle in, they come and smash your windows in they drag you back down stairs and throw you out on the street, and laugh as they change the locks So tell me everything’s fine, everything's just fine i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong So tell me it'll get better, just give it some time i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong There's always someone to trample upon there's always someone worse off we get ahead by leaving others behind ch-ch-ch-choking on our dust and once you settle in, they come and smash your windows in you turned your back for a year and a half, now all of your shit is gone So tell me everything's fine, everything's just fine i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong So tell me it'll get better, just give it some time i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong just stay on guard just stay on guard just stay on guard So tell me everything's fine, everything's just fine i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong So tell me it'll get better, just give it some time i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong
6.
Don’t want to get out of bed today Cause even when I am awake, I dream It’s warm here, you just don’t move while everything changes It never was meant to be this way But I say to myself, “what could I do” Look at them, they pull the strings and I’m dancing for strangers (when) Everything feels like somebody else’s fault (it) Leaves you believing: you’re better off alone A criminal in shackles, tied down, holed up, Inside another holding cell I wait Blame me for circumstance and forces of nature (when) Everything feels like somebody else’s fault (it) Leaves you believing: you’re better off alone I’ve been released into the wild I have been thrown a thousand miles Why does it always seem that nothing works out, Nothing turns out right, You give what you get
7.
Make Me Cry 04:30
Batter up, would you tell me which way i’m supposed to swing Wrap it up, cause i’m not supposed to say that sort of thing It’s bad enough, i think there’s no one out there like me But times are tough, and i got so much more to say I’m giving up, trying to be the thing i never think i’ll be I’m putting back, everything that’s laid down right in front of me Fair enough, i think that someone out there likes me So curtains up, cause i’m ready to begin for real I know i left you sobbing on the floor You can beg and plead until your knees are sore Baby, life can be so cruel i know and turn you on your head But still i’m moving on, i’m moving out and this time what i say is what i mean I couldn’t have loved any more I wish i’d known this before But i know we can’t take back our trash we’ve thrown it all away baby, it’s your turn to make me cry Now times have changed and i should be singing all apologies My mistake, but making mistakes is my philosophy i know you thought that you knew everything about me Well, me too, but the truth does not stand still my dear i know i left you coming back for more and you can curse at me until your lips are sore Baby, life can be so cruel i know and turn you on your head But still i’m getting gone, i’m getting out and this time what i say is what i mean I couldn’t have loved any more I wish i’d known this before But i know we can’t take back our trash we’ve thrown it all away baby, it’s your turn to make me cry Yes, I know i left you sobbing on the floor and you can ask me what the hell this all was for Baby, life can be so cruel i know and turn you on your head But still i’m turning loose, i’m coming out and this time what i say is what i say and what i say is what i mean I couldn’t have loved any more I wish i’d known this before But i know we can’t take back our trash we’ve thrown it all away baby, it’s your turn to wake me up I’ll let you overtake me baby, it’s your turn to make me cry
8.
How to fight loneliness: smile all the time Shine your teeth till meaningless, and sharpen them with lies And whatever’s going down, will follow you around, That’s how you fight loneliness You laugh at every joke Drag your blanket blindly, and fill your heart with smoke And the first thing that you want, will be the last thing you ever need That’s how you fight it Just smile all the time Just smile all the time Just smile all the time Just smile all the time
9.
You wrapped your car around tree I bet you didn’t feel a thing Over your stone the dark clouds crowd It’s gonna rain today, mmm, it’s gonna rain The teachers’ faces haven’t changed These friends I haven’t seen in years Ashamed I haven’t found the words... We used to laugh I remember we used to sing And now I tell them where I live, and they tell me where they work, maybe there was Never really anything between us, or maybe people just change It’s gonna rain today, mmm, it’s gonna rain It’s been nice talking to you; you’re not even here We’ve likely never talked this long I barely knew you – I’m sorry... It’s gonna rain today, mmm, it’s gonna rain
10.
Simple Words 02:38
These simple words get stuck on my tongue I only say them under the gun We will regret this all when it’s done They’re simple words we say And I’ll never hear you say, I’ll never hear you say them These words I long to say, Words I’ll never hear you say to me Just how much of me left do you have? I bet I’d fill up half of your glass We will regret this all when it’s past They’re simple words we say And I’ll never hear you say, I’ll never hear you say them These words I long to say, Words I’ll never hear you say to me
11.
I’m caught up in the moment It’s happened once before I’m held there for a moment, never more We stroll along together Skipping seashells all along the shore Each moment more momentous than before You’re picking all the flowers I say, whatever for And that old smile turns to face me Flinging daisies overhead… (why bother) I’m caught up in the moment It’s happened once before I hold you for a moment, never more You never seem to notice Just what I’m waiting for For that lone day when you come calling Singing, Baby, take my hand… (oh bother) I’m caught up in a daydream I’ve dreamed it all before (but) I’m frozen in the moment, just staring at the floor I wish that I could tell you, what my heart has in store I’ll need another daydream, what’s one more (just another daydream)
12.
Dindi 06:09
Sky, so vast is the sky, with far away clouds just wandering by Where do they go? Oh I don't know, don't know Wind that speaks to the leaves, telling stories that no one believes Stories of love, belong to you and to me Oh, Dindi, if I only had words I would say all the beautiful things that I see when you're with me, oh my Dindi Oh Dindi, like the song of the wind in the trees, that's how my heart is singing Dindi, happy Dindi, when you're with me I love you more each day, yes I do, I'd let you go away, if you take me with you Don't you know, Dindi, I'd be running and searching for you like a river that can't find the sea, that would be me without you, Dindi
13.
Goodnight 02:56
this is where i say i have to leave you this is when we’ve both run out of time this is how we fake a happy ending so we part our ways and say goodnight yesterday was only ours to borrow you and i would watch the morning rise and when night fell you were still beside me i recall the way you'd say goodnight i’ll be gone and dreaming on the ocean while another’s sure to cross your sight look above, for when the moonlight finds you i hope you can hear me say... goodnight
14.
Lower down the mast, Sailing out to sea The sun is setting fast behind us Silver shades and beer, just like a movie star Side to side, you play your cavaquinho sky blue sky blue sky Everyone we know has come to meet us here Leaving all the world behind us Throwing arms around, swaying with the wind Side to side, you play your cavaquinho sky blue sky blue sky Slowing down the tide, breathing deep the air The sun is rising fast behind us Your voice comes in waves, gentle on the breeze Worlds collide, you play your cavaquinho sky blue sky blue sky

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With Catching Leaves, Avi Wisnia returns with his poignant and long-awaited sophomore release. Produced by acclaimed bassist/conductor Ken Pendergast, the collection is a tender and intimate ode to living in the moment, to surrendering to forces beyond our control and finding peace in growth, change, and acceptance. Wisnia writes with a gentle touch, reflecting on love and loss with a soulful maturity, mixing hints of jazz, roots, and the Great American Songbook together into an organic swell that’s at once beautiful and bittersweet. The result is a moving, intimate album shaped by the power of human connection and community, a riveting collection that calls to mind everyone from Rufus Wainwright and Teddy Thompson to Ron Sexsmith and Gabriel Kahane as it navigates darkness and doubt, faith and family, pain and resilience.

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released November 5, 2021

Produced by Ken Pendergast
Recorded at MorningStar Studios (East Norriton, PA)
Engineered Glenn Barrett and Dave Schonauer
Mixed by Ken Pendergast
Mastered by Glenn Barrett

Associate Producers: Dan Costa, The Schiznias

Avi Wisnia – vocals, piano

Full album credits and musician listing by track: www.aviwisnia.com/music

All rights reserved ©2021 Avi Wisnia
Mo Show Publishing (ASCAP)

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