Fuel. Gruel. Drool.

Celebrate, salivate, liberate.

Time to eat.

The Lyrics. The Liner Notes & Today’s Specials

Welcome to the BETTY Buffet

THE MENU

01. Together (3:43)

02. Make A Difference (3:43)

03. Soundproof (3:43)

04. Flow (3:43)

05. Big Size Love (3:43)

06. Gangway (3:43)

07. I Do (3:43)

08. Milky Way (3:43)

09. Saylor (3:43)

10. What the World Needs Now is Love (3:43)

11. Pride (2:42)

The album “Eat” was completed with the generous support of the beloved BETTY Ruler Kickstarters; the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment; the NYC Women’s Fun and the tireless and greatly appreciated work of the New York Foundation of the Arts.

THE SERVERS

BETTY is Elizabeth Ziff (guitar, vocals, programming), Alyson Palmer (bass, guitar, vocals), & Amy Ziff (cello, vocals)

Jason Carmer (producer, composer, mixer)

Human Fader (programmer, composer)

Lu Garibay (engineer, programmer)

Felipe Ceballos (drums, percussion)

Tony Salvatore (guitar)

Alex Nolan (guitar)

Aly Palmer (art direction and back cover photo)

Alfredo Genovese (front cover artist)

Lake Salvatore Palmer (back cover chalk art)

Gene Reed (BETTY photo)

Miguel Mohamed (food truck sweetheart)

Kris Crawford (tech, web king)

Jess Rosenthal (social media strategist)

Seth Arnold (desperate help)

Ruby Salvatore Palmer (music videos)

THE LYRICS

01 TOGETHER

(A. Palmer & BETTY, J. Carmer, Human Fader)

Do your dreams fade in the night

Keep believing it’s alright it’s alright its alright

 

We are in this together we are in this together

Money’s tight everywhere overworked I don’t care

As long as we are in this together

 

Do your dreams fade in the night

Keep believing it’s alright it’s alright its alright

 

We are in this together we are in this together

Danger whirls in the air overwhelmed I don’t care

As long as we are in this together

 

If change is worth a fight

Keep believing it’s alright

 

Hold hold hold on Through the dusk til dawn

Side by side by side by side by side

Carry on

 

We are in this together we are in this together

 

We are in this we are in this

We are - we are in this together

We are in (in this together)

 

Do your dreams fade in the night

Oh keep believing it’s alright it’s alright it’s alright

02 MAKE A DIFFERENCE

if i say nothing

do nothing

close my eyes pretend to see

nothing

nothing’s gonna change

nothing’s gonna break

nothing’s gonna give

nothing’s gonna make

a difference

nothing’s gonna make a difference

nothing’s gonna make a difference

if i help no one

hear no one

close my eyes pretend to hurt 

no one

no one’s gonna change (change)

no one’s gonna break (break)

no one’s gonna give (give)

no one’s gonna make (make)

a difference

no one’s gonna make a difference

no one’s gonna make a difference

no one’s gonna make a difference

no one’s gonna make a difference

caring ah ah ah ah

sharing ah ah ah ah

thinking ah ah ah ah

dreaming ah ah ah ah

making the money

giving the money

sharing the money

 making the time

giving the time

sharing the time

 giving a damn

giving a damn

giving a damn

 

if i wait too long

to sing my song

close my eyes pretend that it's not

all wrong

everything i had

everyone i know

all of it is gone

 

and i should have made a difference

(someone’s gotta make a difference)

i could have made a difference

(someone’s gotta make a difference)

should have made a difference

(someone’s gotta make a difference)

i could have made a difference

and I should have made a difference

I could have made a difference

did I make a difference

03 SOUNDPROOF

Just because I needed you

Didn’t give you reason to

Take apart the last of what I dreamed

Endless nights of microphones

And turning off my telephone

Now all I wanna do is just go home

 

The time I wasted

Thinkin this could be the right way

Thinkin you could get the best of me.

How did I let it get this bad, let it go so long

Why did we let it get this bad, let it go so wrong

I was under your thunder

Now I’m soundproof

 

Didn’t have to put me down

To get yourself the platinum crown

Just the same old dance and same old song

Sitting in an empty room

And in my head I’m hearin you

Sounded so much better when we were new

 

The time I wasted

Thinkin this could be the right way

Thinkin you could get the best of me.

How did I let it get this bad, let it go so long

Why did we let it get this bad, let it go so wrong

I was under your thunder

Now I’m soundproof

 

I’m older but not wiser, I still compromise to satisfy

I don’t know why I did it, did it and I don’t know why

The lesson I’ve been learnin, learned so many times before

Should’ve quit you sooner, still believe in wanting more

 

How did I let it get this bad

Let it go so wrong

04 FLOW

Flow, flow,  flow flow flow flow

get movin, get groovin, get movin in the flow

Flow, flow,  flow flow flow flow

get movin, get groovin, get movin in the flow

get into the flow

 

Let’s move together baby

We’ve been stuck here for too long

Can’t get a better feelin

This time we’re comin back strong

Get happy and warm, yeah yeah

Made it through and we’re dancing up a storm

 

Flow, flow,  flow flow flow flow

get movin, get groovin, get movin in the flow

Flow, flow, flow flow flow flow

get movin, get groovin, get movin in the flow

get into the flow

 

I saw you in your window

Waving, wantin you by my side

Hello hello I love you

Will you share my ride

I don’t know your name

But let’s get insane

 

Come out come out wherever you are

Come out come out wherever you are

Come out come out wherever you are

If you’re near , if you’re far,

Come out come out wherever you are

Be the party

Get into the flow

 

Flow, flow,  flow flow flow flow

get movin, get groovin, get movin in the flow

Flow, flow,  flow flow flow flow

get movin, get groovin, get movin in the flow

Flow, flow,  flow flow flow flow

get movin, get groovin, get movin in the flow

Flow, flow,  flow flow flow flow

get movin, get groovin, get movin in the flow

get into the flow

Todo el mundo a la fiesta

get into the flow

 

05 BIG SIZE LOVE

Don’t be judgy I’m still chubby

I never lost my baby fat

Soft and squishy so delishy

Close your eyes now picture that

How much more of me can you love

When there’s more of me?

 

Don’t be a meanie I’m not skinny

Showing off my thicker bits

Hold on tightly enjoy the ride or

Find yourself somewhere else to sit

How much more of me can you love

When there’s more of me?

How much more of me can you love

 

Are you tired yet?

Working hard I’ll bet

Come and get your big size fun

Big size love has just begun

Are you tired yet?

Working hard I’ll bet

Come and get your big size fun

Big size love has just begun

Come and get your big size love

I’ll tell you when you’re done

 

Skip the scale diets fail

If you wanna hold me

Arms out wide for the juicy side

Lose the stress let out the dress

If you wanna hold me

Arms out wide for the juicy side

How much more of me can you love

When there’s more of me?

How much more of me can you love

Are you tired yet?

Working hard I’ll bet

Come and get your big size fun

Big size love has just begun

Are you tired yet?

Working hard I’ll bet

Come and get your big size fun

Big size love has just begun

Are you tired yet?

Working hard I’ll bet

Come and get your big size fun

Big size love has just begun

Come and get your big size love

I’ll tell you when you’re done

 

1X 2X 3XL good and plenty

1X 2X 3XL plenty good

1X 2X 3XL bit o’ honey

Under my plus size spell

 

Come and get              (come and get big size fun

Big size love                 big size love has just begun)                          

 

Come and get              (come and get big size fun

Big size love                 big size love has just begun)                          

All of me

 

Come and get              (come and get big size fun

Big size love                 big size love has just begun)                          

 

Come and get              (come and get big size fun

Big size                        big size love has just begun)                          

Love

06 GANGWAY

(A. Palmer & BETTY, J. Carmer, Human Fader)

Dja stride through the square in tri-colored rags

Fist in the air hair your flag

Didja now didja - didja now did you now

Dja rise in the street facing the crowd

March to the beat did your faith make you proud

 

Is it time now to take cover

Is it time now to draw the blinds

Or is it time now for bread and water

too late no sweet cakes no wine

Gangway gangway gangway gangway

Grab your gang for the revolution

Take a stand for the revolution

When the people demand

Gangway

 

Pauline and Claire drove a king from his lair

Dja think that your dreams could rip holes in the air

Didja now didja - didja now did you now

Dja wait for a sign hate to delay

Pray for a sign like Charlotte Corday

 

Glory glory hallelujia praise the fact

Outrageous rebellions start with every day acts

On a bridge on a bus or under attack

Stronger together we will never never never

go back

 

When women demand

Gangway

07 I DO

I don’t know why I want you back (want you back)

You gave me such a heart attack (want you back)

And that what was when you did what you did to me

I couldn’t see you for a while (want you back)

I scraped myself back to a smile (want you back)

Then I saw you in the door

Felt the things I felt before

 

You walked to me and I’m back in it

I forgive you in a hot minute

I wasn’t ready yet to quit it

I Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, don’t’know

I don’t why, I don’t know, I don’t know why, I don’t know

But I do.

 

I’m such a sucker for your sexy (want you back)

I can’t believe how much you messed me (want you back)

And here we do the same new same old thing we do,  Yes we do.

My friends are telling me no no (no no no)

My body’s telling me go go (go go go)

If I did the same to you, you’d think we’re through

It’s true

You walked to me and I’m back in it

I forgive you in a hot minute

I wasn’t ready yet to quit it

I Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, don’t’know

You walked to me and I’m back in it

I forgive you in a hot minute

I wasn’t ready yet to quit it

I Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, don’t’know

I don’t why, I don’t know, I don’t know why, I don’t know

But I do.

 

Crazy, crazy

I can’t stop I can’t stop this

Crazy, crazy

I can’t stop I can’t stop I can’t stop I can’t stop

 

You walked to me and I’m back in it

I forgive you in a hot minute

I wasn’t ready yet to quit it

I Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, don’t’know

You walked to me and I’m back in it

I forgive you in a hot minute

I wasn’t ready yet to quit it

I don’t why, I don’t know, I don’t know why, I don’t know

But I 

I

I do.

08 MILKY WAY

If I could be clairvoyant maybe I’d see

How much more buoyant I’m bound to be

While I wasn’t watching I shot past mars

I found I’m lost in the stars

 

Moving through the Milky Way

10,000 degrees centigrade

Every dawn a new year’s day

Floating in the star parade

To music that these spheres have made

Face to face through space we sway

 

Ruby round and round a mystery

Astounding how new boundaries become wonderlands

Amazing my baby and me moongazing then suddenly starblazing

No map no course no plan

And when she’s gone I’m aching far beyond what I have known before

Oh baby soar soar soar

 

Before I knew her I found her in a dream

Alone in a garden mid-galaxy

Still as a statue until she smiled

Patiently waiting shimmering child

You waited a long long while

 

Moving through the milky way

10,000 light years from today

Gaining all I give away

Shining flying saucer eyes abducting me drinking me dry

Breathless and in thrall am i

09 SAYLOR

Saylor and I went down to the creek

And I made a promise I just couldn’t keep

That I would live forever

That I could live forever

So I picked her up with her hand in mine

Made a wish one last time

That I could hold her forever

that I would hold her forever

 

what will you do with all my love little girl

save it spend it

what will you do with all my love little girl

save it and remember me

maybe

maybe

 

a drop of blood fell from the sky

I saw a hummingbird almost fly

I wondered if I could fly

Enough for time to pass me by

forever

forever

 

what will you do with all my love little girl

save it spend it

what will you do with all my love little girl

save it and remember me

maybe

maybe

 

Saylor and I went down to the creek

And I made a promise

10 WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE

(Bacharach/David)

What the world needs now

What the world needs now

What the world needs now

 

What the world needs now is love sweet love

It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of

What the world needs now is love sweet love

No not just for some but for everyone

 

Lord we don’t need another mountain

There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb

There are oceans and rivers enough to cross

Enough to last

‘Til the end of time

 

What the world needs now is love sweet love

It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of

What the world needs now is love sweet love

No not just for some but for everyone

 

Lord we don’t need another meadow

There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow

There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine

Enough to last you know

Know

Love sweet love

 

What the world needs now is love sweet love

What the world needs now is love sweet love

What the world needs now

Is love

 

11 PRIDE

(A. Palmer, A. Ziff, E. Ziff, J. Carmer, Human Fader)

Happy Pride from BETTY

Happy Pride

If they try to stop us time to rise

time to rise time to rise

 

Who’s proud today

I’m proud today

You’re proud today

Let’s love all the way

 

Clap your hands

way up high

Shout it out:

Happy Pride

Clap your hands

way up high

Shout it out

Love all the way love all the way

 

Ah hoo hoo

Happy Pride!

BETTY art @LegoJqhn [John Quattrociocchi]

LINER NOTES

ALYSON

38 years together as a band.

11th album. 

Besties most of the time but vicious hostiles when egos enter the rehearsal studio. 

So. What to call the new album? 

Just like when Amy Elizabeth and I got together at my audition callback 1000 years ago and stayed laughing giddily late into the night already cemented as musical soulmates gushing torrents, rivers and waterfalls of possible names. At one point this year, my Notes app held 58 possible names. Each of us trying to persuade the other two was like Caesar’s Senate with alliances forming and dissolving, calm rhetoric, dramatic pronouncements and hidden knives. Yet, no single name emerged that said everything each of us wanted to say, needed to say, about our personal journey, this moment in time, our rapidly shifting world, high hopes, deep disillusion, the joy, the panic. 

On an artist’s date with myself, I roamed the Whitney Museum timeless temple for rejuvenation. In the gift shop, someone had knocked a pile of round postcards onto stacked scarves below.

I do enjoy tidying, so I reached out to stack the postcards back and froze. There on a red scarf was a black and white reproduction of Robert Indiana’s 1964 art piece for the World’s Fair, “EAT.” 

Simple. 

Quotidian. 

Often a mindless part of our daily lives but the act of life itself. 

I called Elizabeth and Amy immediately, screaming. Of course! 

When all else fails, eat.

Highest praise for what you’re doing, ooh eat.

The most personal request, mmm eat.

And now for you Darlin, on this long odyssey, an invitation.

xoxAly

ELIZABETH
Back in the day when BETTY started out in DC, there was an amazing underground of music. All of us supported each other. There was the HarDCore scene, the GoGo scene, The Art rock scene, and the burgeoning New Wave scene. It was a great time to be in music in DC. Reagan was the president and we all agreed that he was the worst thing in the world. Protests, Fundraisers, Slam poetry….all of it circling around the OG 9:30 club with owner Dody Bowers. BETTY fit in everywhere and nowhere. Jason Carmer was in a band called 9353 and was a cool dude and very hot. We were friends and he really “got” us. We were a little of everything, Punk, New Wave, Electronica, Spoken work, Acapella, Humor and Activist.

Fast forward to 2023…Jason is a very accomplished record producer. We’re ready to make a new record. He’s relocated to Mexico City and has a studio down there. We have a studio in NYC. One conversation with him and we decided to make the album together. Friends for over 30 years, he knew exactly how to mold our music into a true BETTY album. It was a fast beautiful recording and the team was amazing. Especially Human Fader, who brought a lot to the table. We all fell back in love with each other and Amy, Alyson and I fell in love with Mexico City. I feel that all the stars aligned to make this our best album yet. Everything we were in the 80’s meeting everything that we have become. The journey continues.


AMY

Somehow, the world seems even crazier now than when we first started out. 

Thankfully, during our 38 years as a band, we’ve learned something to say 

to help us 

change, celebrate, lament, agonize, laugh, question, understand, challenge, create, undo, and sing together.

Ok, let’s take a break and grab something to

EAT. 

We serve up these new songs, on a beautiful platter, surrounded by love and gratitude.

Thanks for supporting us through the ups and downs, and all the in betweens.

Now,

take a break and grab something to

EAT. 

Happy Listening.

Love,

Amy






THANK YOU

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