Fool's Gold

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See the music video for this song, featuring the preschoolers of Montessori of Walnut and Montessori of Rancho Cucamonga: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKbyxYnnEBE

Written by Alfa Garcia (Buttercupjones Publishing/BMI)

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Verse 1:
spent your life
wasting time
believing lies they told you
in the hardest times
you wondered why
all those dreams kept falling through

Chorus:
if you're hoping hard
or waiting for
someone who can tell you what you're worth
ohhh my love
you should know by now
in this big old world of faces you're still standing out
ohhh my love
you should know by now
while they're digging for fool's gold
you're the realest thing around.

Verse 2:
after all this time
you've run and hide
from who it is you're supposed to be
but the thinnest lines
are between truth and lies
and it's never too late to see

Chorus:
that you're beautiful the way you are
and I'll tell you what you're worth
ohhh my love
you should know by now
in this big old world of faces you're still standing out
ohhh my love
you should know by now
while they're digging for fool's gold
you're the realest thing around.

Bridge:
there's a story in your scars
and a lifetime in your skin
but you're perfect in your imperfection

Chorus:
so if you're hoping hard
or waiting for
someone who can tell you what you're worth
ohhh my love
you should know by now
in this big old world of faces you're still standing out
ohhh my love
you should know by now
while they're digging for fool's gold
you're the realest thing around.
yeah they're digging for fool's gold
but you're the realest thing around.

credits

released June 14, 2018
Piano, guitar - Alfa Garcia
Bass - Austin Underhill
Drums, percussion - Carl Thomson
Organ - Ainjel Emme

Band engineered by Alan Sanderson at Pacific Beat Recording, San Diego
Vocals engineered and produced by Ainjel Emme at Block of Joy, Hollywood
Mixed and mastered by Marc Lacuesta at The 609, Nashville, TN
Mastered by Tom Capek at Colorado Sound, Westminster, CO

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Alfa Los Angeles, California

Armed with a voice, an instrument, and a keen sense of crafting a song, Alfa has been hailed as "an artist who has a spectrum of colors in her palette, a songwriter with a knack for tickling a mainstream ear" (Music Connection) Her songs have been heard on E!, MTV, nationally-released films and Spotify Philippines' Viral Top 50 in 2016. Alfa has opened for Sam Smith, Us the Duo, and Howie Day. ... more

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