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"3 Billion Seconds"

Album & Song Samples on CD Baby and iTunes

1. One Love

2. The Value of Two

3. Three Billion Seconds - See the Music Video
4. The Beat of Life
5. Nighttime Turns to Day

6. Choices
7. The L.A. Rain
8. Whenever I'm With You
9. Change
10. Just Ain't Enough
11. I Don't Know You Anymore
12. From the Soul
13. Is Anybody Out There?
14. Amanecer

Songs written and performed by Henry Iglesias, produced by Henry Iglesias and James Lum.

Reviews

This is a masterpiece! Henry shows all the class and quality that is germane to all the musical greats... Sting, Don Henley, Peter Gabriel...

Watch out! Henry blesses us with some of the most intelligent lyrics, not only showing thought and substance, but also a wonderful sensitivity that can only come from someone who knows, someone who has been there. When I listen to this CD, I feel as if it was written for me. I am sure you will feel the same way.

The biggest problem I have had with writing this review is narrowing down to just two songs for you to listen to. I can honestly say there is a plethora of wonderful music to treat your ears better than they have been treated in a long time, and all on this CD. Henry has incorporated some of the finer players in Los Angeles to make this CD, and everyone involved shines bright enough to put on your shades.

P.S... Three billion seconds is 99 years...

I guarantee this CD personally.

Mark Kastle
SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY

I think I’ve heard the music for the New Millennium; it’s from Henry Iglesias and the Now and it’s the CD “3 Billion Seconds”.

Iglesias and his band have created an innovative synthesis of musical genres, which results in a truly unique, upbeat, and captivating sound. The inspired singing and songwriting of Henry Iglesias is a combination of sophisticated Rock, soulful Ballads, and R & B with Latin variations in which Iglesias truly defines his own style. The album simply makes you want to listen.

Iglesias exudes a real likeability, a truthfulness in his lyrics that burns through your psyche in virtually every song. The CD takes you on an eclectic journey of rhythms and themes unlike any I have heard in quite some time. The brilliant guitar workings of James Lum are reminiscent of Clapton, or Stevie Ray Vaughn. The musical and lyrical mastery of Iglesias left me wanting to hear more from this singer/songwriter. This is music from the heart, music for the conscious, and I truly believe a groundbreaking artist for the new Millennium!

CHRIS DUEL
WOAI RADIO, SAN ANTONIO

Lyrics / Descriptions

1. One Love

There's a cold wind that's blowing on me now
It pushes off at my wandering heart
Well it's nobody’s fault but my own
That we've drifted apart

I was a young man with no satisfaction
I did not want to give anything up
You gave me all of the love that you could
But it was not enough
Now I'm looking for a lover
(looking for a love)
But I can't find another
Who can give me that one kind of love
(I need that one kind of love)

One love, I need your one love
One love, never seemed to be enough
One love, bring back your one love
One love, sorry that I gave it up
Sorry that I gave it up

It's so cold waking up with a stranger
Nobody knows me the way that you do
This is the bed I have made
Now I have to lay in it without you
I'm getting tired of this life without you girl
These empty rooms they just cant be a home
It's either get back to you
Or get to learning how to be alone
I've been looking for a lover
(looking for a love)
But I can't find another
Who can give me that one kind of love
(I need that one kind of love)
I've been looking for a lover
(looking for a love)
But I can't find another
Who can give me that one kind of love
(I need that one kind of love)

One love, I need your one love
One love, never seemed to be enough
One love, bring back your one love
One love, sorry that I gave it up

COPYRIGHT 1997 HENRY IGLESIAS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

2. The Value of Two

I've been searching for someone who knows me,
Who can teach me the value of two....
who can get through the rough
and just never give up......
I've been searching for someone like you.
I've been searching for someone to sing to,
who can feel all the notes in my soul...
who can learn who can bend
who can love like a friend.....
I've been searching for someone I know....
I've been searching for someone like you.

Life is like a journey
Across the sea of time...
And we are ships the currents pull
Ships crossing in the night...
Sail across my life with me
The gentle breeze of truth...
will push us on....and on and on.........

So if you're searching for someone who knows you,
who can teach you the value of two....
who can learn who can bend who can love like a friend,
and is searching for someone like you....
Well I'm searching for someone like you.

Searching's only part of it
It's knowing what's enough...
It's knowing how to recognize
A diamond in the rough...
If you choose to be with me
I might be that one forever love....
......forever love.
So if you're searching for someone who knows you,
Who can teach you the value of two....
Who can learn who can bend who can love like a friend,
and is searching for someone like you.....
Well I'm searching for someone like you.....
..........someone like you.

COPYRIGHT 1997 HENRY IGLESIAS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

3. "3 Billion Seconds"

Everything you know
Must eventually go away
Everything you know
Neither mountain or ocean
can stand in the way...

There must be
3 billion seconds in a lifetime
3 billion tics if your the lucky one, lucky one
3 billion seconds in a lifetime
That's 99 years either crawl or run.
That's 99 years either crawl or run.

When a young man looks at an old old man
He turns to his friends and thinks it's funny
But they're afraid to look at the old mans eyes
They're afraid they might see
what they're gonna be....

There must be
3 billion seconds in a lifetime
3 billion tics if you're the lucky one, lucky one,
3 billion seconds in a lifetime
That's 99 years either crawl or run,
That's 99 years of either night or sun,
That's 99 years to either laugh or cry,
That's 99 years to either sit or fly,
Seize the seconds in your life,
Seize the seconds in your life,

The hands keep turning round and round
And the sands keep falling to the ground
The hands keep turning round and round
And it never does stop
Never does stop
Till the clock
Breaks down.

There must be
3 billion seconds in a lifetime
3 billion tics if your the lucky one, lucky one
3 billion seconds in a lifetime
That's 99 years either crawl or run...tic..tic..tic..tic.

4. The Beat of Life

And the beat goes on as the days go by
But the beat plays on, the beat of life
Sigue el ritmo de la vida
El ritmo marca lo que el tiempo trai
The beat of your heart in the heat of the night
The beat of the passion in your life
There’s a rhythm to the season and a reason to the times
The beat of a day and the beat of a month
And the beat of a year like the beat of song
The beating of your footsteps
As you're running through your life
Yeah, yeah, the beat it must go on
Yeah, yeah, the beat it must go on
And the beat goes on as the days go by
But the beat plays on, the beat of life
Sigue el ritmo de la vida
El ritmo marca lo que el tiempo trai
El tiempo trai
Asi nos vamos de bote en bote cada dia y cada noche
El tiempo rebotandonos desde joven a viejo
Como pajaros volando asi las allas agitando
Las manejillas del reloj no hay quien les diga no
No,no no hay quien les diga no
No,no no hay quien les diga no
And the beat goes on as the days go by
But the beat plays on, the beat of life
Sigue el ritmo de la vida
El ritmo marca lo que el tiempo trai
The beat of life
Yeah, yeah the beat it must go on
Yeah, yeah the beat it must go on
And the beat goes on as the days go by
But the beat plays on, the beat of life
Sigue el ritmo de la vida
El ritmo marca lo que el tiempo trai
The beat of life
The beat of, beat of ,beat of, BEAT OF LIFE.

COPYRIGHT 1997 HENRY IGLESIAS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

5. "Till the Night Time Turns to Day"

Maybe I made love to you
before we ever even touched
And from the start I've been afraid
Of loving you a bit too much
But I've known you 1000 years
I'm not the stranger you should fear
And tonight I want you near
And if you want me I could stay
Until the night time turns to day

I want to hold you in my arms
and lose myself inside your eyes
And feel the rhythm of you heart
And hear the whisper in your sighs
I'll run my fingers through you hair
I will caress you everywhere
And if you need to talk I'm there
And if you need to love I'll stay
Until the night time turns to day

Maybe I made love to you
before we ever even touched
And from the start I've been afraid
Of loving you a bit too much
But I've known you 1000 years
I'm not the stranger you should fear
And tonight I want you near
And if you want me I could stay

Until the night time turns to day
Until the night time turns to day

6. Choices

She went to the East coast I stayed in the West
We followed our dreams and forgot about the rest
Priorities changed, and we both forgot the best
Forgot each other...I guess we made our choices
And we all make our choices,
Yeah we all make our choices sometime,
We all make those choices,

Why, did we have to make it win or lose?
Why, did we have to choose?
So was it the wrong choice, or the right choice
Who really knows
So was it the wrong choice, or the right choice
Who really knows
Either way we made it, and either way it's done

And it goes like it goes when it's gone
Yes it goes like it goes.....when it's gone

And so I tell myself for the sake of my own pride
That we had some kind of good love
But we just could not decide
Whether we could share one place or go our separate ways
So we chose those separate ways
Oh but somewhere, some time, I'm sure that we've both wondered
If the choice we made, was it a blessing, was it a blunder?
But what's done is done and it looks like love went under
So why do I still wonder?
Cause when all our dreams, and our fortunes become real
I don't want to be the prisoner, of the way I really feel

{Chorus}

Life is full of crossroads
Along the way
Tomorrow's always written on
Today

{Chorus}

7. The L.A. Rain

From where I sit well I can see the L.A. rain,
Wash away the smog from my windowpane.
And as it trickles to the ground
I get caught up in the sound.... of the constant pour.
I thought I'd love you less by now....
but I just want you more.


But the L.A. rain, keeps falling down, falling down,
falling down, falling down on me...
I hope that L.A. rain, will just wash away,
wash away, and wash away,
That sweet memory.


Let it rain let it pour, let it rain on me more,
(In my heart, in mind)
Let it rain let it pour, let it rain on me more,
(Let it heal, over time)
Let it rain on my mind, let it rain all the time,
(Let it rain)
I'm gonna wash you right out of my life.


And as I walk beneath that raging storm I knew,
That it might take much more than this old rain,
Just to get past you.
I got a feeling in my heart...that's been
tearing me apart.... Cause I know it's true.
Though you found somebody else....
I’m still wanting you.

L.A. Rain keep fallin on down, fallin on down on me
Hope that rain’ll wash away, wash away you memory.

8. Whenever I'm With You

I've searched my whole life through
For a love that I could hold
In fact for someone just like you

Well I like the way,
yes I like the way that you know my soul
Let’s not question if it's real
Let’s just go with what we feel

Whenever I'm with you
I feel the sun across my face
Whenever I'm with you

My senses come alive

I feel my heart has found its place...
the place is right here by your side

I like the way we talk into the night
Well I like the way, yes I like the way
that you look in red.
I like the things we do without the light
Like a Romeo or Juliet.

Let’s no question if its right
Let’s just go with what’s inside

Repeat Chorus

Let’s not question if it's real
Let’s just go with what we feel

No matter where I go No matter who I see You are the light that shines on me.......

9. Change

Future shock, future void....
caught by the change that we can't avoid,
Swallowed by technology....
We can try to fight but we never get free
Change, change, change, change......

It's a strange new world, it’s a brave new beat...
Generation Xer likes the bittersweet,
Put away, put away the old and bring on the new...
Till the day you wake up and the old is you.

The new moves in.... and the old moves out
Change is cumin coming a coming about
Blink your eyes... and the old is new
Blink them twice.... and your life's half through.....

Well the new moving in and old moving on
Moving unmoving into some cyber dawn...
Change is a coming and it wont wait...
You can try to run, but you never escape.

The new moves in.... and the old moves out
Change is a cumin coming, a coming about
Blink your eyes... and the old is new
Blink them twice... and your life's half through.....

2000 years they've come and gone....
But change it is always the same old song
Take on, take on the change somehow
Go to the future but BE IN THE NOW

The new moves in, the old moves out
Change is a cumin cumin comin, a coming about
The new moves in, the old moves out
Change is a cumin coming, a coming about
Take on, take on the change somehow
Can't stop the future so just live in THE NOW

Take on take on the change somehow
Take on take on the change somehow
Take on take on the change somehow
Can't stop the future so just
be in THE NOW

COPYRIGHT 1997 HENRY IGLESIAS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

10. Just Ain't Enough

My food was good enough for you girl
So was the roof above your head
So were the sheets that kept you warm at night
So was the pillow on my bed
So was the love I gave so honestly
Maybe you want someone who treats you rough
And now your saying that you're leaving me
I find it sad when love just aint enough

Sometimes your very best just aint enough
Sometimes your very best just aint enough
Sometimes you give your very truest love
Only to find out it just aint enough

Sometimes a kiss can seem so tender
It seems like it comes from the soul
But don't count on lips to always tell the truth
That's when you start to lose control
Yes it's a soul mate I am seeking
I only want the truest love
Cause what goods a beauty who can't love me back
It's sad when love just aint enough

Sometimes your very best just aint enough
Sometimes your very best just aint enough
Sometimes you give your very truest love
Only to find out it just aint enough
Sometimes your very best aint good enough
Sometimes your very best aint good enough
Sometimes you give your very truest love
Only to find out it aint good enough

COPYRIGHT 1997 HENRY IGLESIAS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

11. I Don't Know You Anymore

I DON’T KNOW YOU ANYMORE is from 1994. Everyone has had the experience of being with someone that you think you know, until the day you wake up next to a person with the same face, but a strangers heart.

"So who's this stranger standing in front of me
It's not the girl that I once knew
It's not the one that used to draw her poetry
It's not the one who said she loved me too
I'm not ashamed to say I loved you
You were the one I did adore
So go ahead and do your walking girl
Cause I don't know you....anymore."

12. From the Soul

FROM THE SOUL features my friend Richard Hardy on the flute and me on the keys. I remember the day we recorded it, in a run down studio, but the beauty of the craft came through. And it blends into the next song.

13. Is Anybody Out There?

IS ANYBODY OUT THERE? 1995 was the year my father had his life changing stroke. He had an incredible speaking voice that made Roberto Iglesias famous on Spanish radio and television... and then one day had no voice at all, and limited use of his limbs. It breaks your heart to see someone you love become a prisoner of their own bodies. This song is my way to capture and honor his experience.

"It's like being in a castle all alone
The lights are on but noone else is home
the ceiling’s high, my lips are dry,
illuminated by the TV light."

14. Amanecer

EL AMANECER, 1997. This Spanish version of "Night Time Turns to Day" gets requested more by non-Spanish speaking people than anyone. It mystifies me but I guess the underlying romantic theme cuts through like Cupid's switchblade.

"En mi mente te invente, mucho antes de abrasarte
Pero es tan grande mi amor, que me da miedo pensarte
Hace mil anos te ame, y con el tiempo te encontre,
No eres extrana para mi, por eso yo me quedo aqui,
Hasta ver el amanecer."