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1. |
Hey Romeo
04:53
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Hey Romeo
What gives you that glow
On the down low
Nowhere to go from here but down
Up, up, up like a fucking clown
You reap what you sow
Hey Romeo
Hey Romeo
Beware the undertow
Of love at first hello
No, don’t let go of the hand you hold
Being cool is just playing at being cold
Love is vertigo
She comes then you go
Hey Romeo
I drop the needle down on the record
I love the crackle before the song begins
Slow dancing with Juliet and I transcend
I lift the arm, go back and play the song again and again
And the song is “Hey, Romeo”, take your solo
Hey Romeo
Theres a fire down below
Sometimes yes means no
Crawl out your window, Juliet
Got a brand new tattoo
Says “I would die for you”
Hey Romeo
I drop the needle down on the record
I love the crackle before the song begins
Slow dancing with Juliet and I transcend
I lift the arm, go back and play the song again and again
She writes on the mirror in lipstick, XO XO
Hey Romeo
What gives you that glow
On the down low
Nowhere to go from here but down
Up, up, up like a fucking clown
You reap what you sow
Hey Romeo
Hey Romeo
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2. |
Faith Healer
03:15
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Check the mic, dim the house lights
Welcome to the greatest show on earth
In this corner fear, and in this corner your self worth
Expect a miracle tonight
Make a believer out of you
Thin line sometimes
Between what is false and what is true
My eyes roll back into my head
I feel the presence of a soul stealer
Allow me to introduce myself,
I’m the Faith Healer
The Faith Healer
Tonight we will change the past
How’s that? no tricks, no sleight of hand
Step one forgive yourself
Step two everyone else,
Put yourself under my command
Your house of cards will soon crumble
Under it’s own weight
Gonna need a whole lot of faith in yourself
Faith in faith
Now comes the laying on of hands
Man, I can really feel her
Her heart beating in time with mine, have mercy
I’m the Faith Healer
The Faith Healer
You say you’re not a believer?
I got no problem with that
Yeah, I got a lot of favors owed me from both sides
Just drop a few bills into my hat
I need this as much as you do, believe me
Let me put out a few feelers
Lotta competition these days, out there
for a Faith Healer
Faith Healer
Dark circles under her eyes,
She might need a little concealer
Been out all night long, with the
Faith Healer
The Faith Healer
Faith Healer
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3. |
Abilene
04:10
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Many hours west of Memphis
In the city of the plains
Lives a girl with wide open spaces
in her eyes, and cold hard rains
No ocean, just the wind in waves
Across the fields of green
After the city of her raising her mother named her
Abilene…
I was young , my girlfriend pregnant
We were scared and she disappeared
I guess I put it out of my memories, all these years
Around the world I have travelled
Many faces I have seen
But one look in her eyes, I knew she was mine
My daughter
Abilene…
I wasn’t there to love her, protect her and guide
Fatherless children have a hard time
Let the sun on her face be the touch of my hand
Faith is evidence of things unseen
Abilene...
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4. |
Muscle Shoals
03:34
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I dreamed last night of Muscle Shoals
I dreamed last night of Muscle Shoals
I married Ophelia down by the river
What'd I know about love, nothing at all
But, oh, what a feeling
I loved her body and soul
Even if love was walking on coals
I dreamed last night of Muscle Shoals
I dreamed last night of Muscle Shoals
We had a shotgun wedding
Her daddy said he'd shoot me if I ran away
I ended up in California
Home to a lot of lost souls
They flooded over the Indian burial grounds
At night you can hear the spirits sing
It's a mournful sound
I woke up this morning
And my front door was shot full of holes
They flooded over the Indian burial grounds
At night you can hear the spirits sing
It's a mournful sound
I dreamed last night of Muscle Shoals
I dreamed last night of Muscle Shoals
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5. |
Black Cadillac
03:52
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Hello I'm Johnny Cash
Flashback
Caddyshack
My doctor’s a quack
I knew what I was taking wasn't no tic tac
Not enuff love in the world for the love I lack
I sold my soul for a black Cadillac
A black Cadillac
I'm the man in black
I'm way off track
Pickup with a gun rack
I want you back
No one gives you nothin’ doesn't want something back
I'll do whatever it takes to win you back
In the backseat of my black Cadillac
My black Cadillac
In my soul, it's like there's two freight trains colliding
About to have a head-on crash
After the show I break into my stash
In the ring of fire, everything turns to ash
I'm cleaning up my act
No Jack Kerouac
Have I lost, I lost my knack
Don't wanna turn into a hack
Still somehow the light slips thru the cracks
LA to Vegas in 4 hours flat
Marry you in a drive through in my black Cadillac
Yeah, my black Cadillac
I need to make amends, amen,
Make it up to you somehow
I wasn't there for you but I loved you then and I love you now
Yeah, my black Cadillac
My black Cadillac
My black Cadillac
My black Cadillac
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6. |
Blackout
03:24
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I blackout, flatline
Without you, 6 is 9
I’m out until the stars align
Throughout the night
We shout, yeah, we fight
You pull out every slight
We fall from a great height
You said, “leap and the net will appear”
I hope so, ‘coz, my landing place isn’t clear
I blackout, flatline
Without you, 6 is 9
My self doubt and red wine
I'm out until the stars align
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7. |
Don't Cross the River
04:11
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Juliet don't cross the river
Nothing good can come from it
Even if your heart's beating like a drum kit
Romeo can't deliver
Juliet don't cross the river
From Canal Street to Algiers
Short ferry ride
Might as well be the dark side of the moon
Yeah the water is wide
Has someone come between us,
Is everything gonna be OK
But you just turn your face away
Juliet don't cross the river
Nothing good can come from it
Even if your heart's beating like a drum kit
Romeo can't deliver
Juliet don't cross the river
Juliet I love you
Haven't I told you
Didn't I hold you close to me
But now someone's come between us
Is everything gonna be OK
You just turn your face away
Oh, yeah
Someone said they saw Romeo and Juliet out walking on the levee
Yeah, my heart is heavy
I'll be in the second line trying to break loose your soul from mine
Juliet don't cross the river
Nothing good can come from it
Even if your heart's beating like a drum kit
Romeo can't deliver
Juliet don't cross the river
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8. |
Cheap Rings
03:54
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There's warrants out on me
Unlawful flight across state lines
I'm on the run from debt collectors
And ex-wives
Here's to new beginnings
To hope the hungry heart clings
All I have now's my memories
And a drawerful of cheap rings
Cheap rings
I sell used cars, don't get all high and mighty on me
It's not your crib, man, it's your ride
I wouldn't sell you a bad car, trust me, I cried when my father died
A lot of glass masquerading as diamonds
Why deny her a little bling
On all ten of her fingers
Cheap Rings
Cheap Rings
I can't exactly call this my hallelujah song
More like a tear down your cheek
nobody noticed
Trying somehow to right a wrong
My girl's got a tattoo on her thigh
Says “abandon hope all who enter here”
She knows she's got something precious
Precious is whatever the heart holds dear
She says “all men are liars”
The truth hurts don't it, yeah, it stings
But it's nothing a kiss can't make better
A kiss and cheap rings
Cheap Rings, yeah
Cheap Rings
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9. |
Watch Your Mouth
04:07
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Watch your mouth
Careful what you say
You just might get your way
My thoughts go south
When I watch your mouth
You lean down
Put your mouth against mine
A kiss is only the beginning
Velvet soft and warm
My head is spinning
Hush now, hold your tongue
Tonight we are young
Watch your mouth
Careful what you say
You just might get your way
My thoughts go south
When I watch your mouth
Put on some records
Old school RnB
Stone me like jelly roll
Whisper in my ear
Confession is good for the soul
Don't talk, hold your tongue
Tonight, we are young
Watch your mouth
Careful what you say
You just might get your way
My thoughts go south
When I watch your mouth
If you kept your mouth closed
You'd get in a lot less trouble
Sparks fly off of you
I'd better be careful what I wish for
Because all I wanna do
Is watch your mouth
Careful what you say
You just might get your way
My thoughts go south
When I watch your mouth
My thoughts go south
When I watch your mouth
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10. |
Night Much Deeper
03:27
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From high up on the bridge
Crossing the Mississippi River
You can see for miles around
Strange wild beautiful city
They bury their dead above the ground
Their souls are free to wander
Birds flew up over an open field
Into a night much deeper
And further than Mobile
Into a night much deeper
And further than Mobile
I met a girl at Mardi Gras
She wore feathers and a mask
I don't think the name she told me
was really hers, but I didn't ask
I make the sign of the cross
As before her I kneel
And she takes me into a night much deeper and further than Mobile
Into a night much deeper
And further than Mobile
Out over Lake Pontchartrain
The moon is big and bright
The sky is full of stars
I feel closer to the light
Just by entering the city of New Orleans
We sign on to the deal
That takes us into a night much deeper and further than Mobile
Yeah, into a night much deeper
And further than Mobile
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11. |
Show's Over
03:05
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Let me start at the beginning, man, 3 a.m.
Beth Israel Emergency Room
What did she take, sir?
Hey, don't look at me
She's the bride but I'm not the groom
What a wedding party it was
My little lower east side super nova
Guess the show’s over
I guess the show’s over
Yeah, the show’s over now
So, what's the point in going home now
Yeah, this will pass or it won't
I care too much, even if I pretend I don't
I watch the sun come up through the windows of a bar called “The Four Leaf Clover"
I guess the show’s over
Yeah, the show’s over
Yeah, the show’s over now
Hey, in her wedding dress her back was bare
Where there once were wings
And if the light was right you could almost see them still fluttering
Oh, fly away home out over The East River
My Irish Rover
Take a bow ‘coz
The show’s over
Yeah, the show’s over
I guess the show’s over now
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McNally Waters Los Angeles, California
Larry John McNally's songs have been recorded by some of the greatest artists of all time, including The Eagles, Aaron
Neville, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, Rod Stewart and more.
Harry Waters has performed with Marianne Faithful, Ozric Tentacles, Tom Jones, Nick Cave, Dean Ween and Roger Waters.
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