1. |
I Was Drunk
04:53
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I was drunk
I was down
I was wanderin' round my bed
I was drunk
I was down
I was wanderin' round my bed
I called out your name
Called out your name
I was bleedin'
I was exhausted
I was sufferin' from the altitude
Picked up your scent and lost it
Then I suffered from your attitude
I called out your name
Called out your name
Called out your name
Called out your name
I was summoned
By the angels
To be hung beside your picture
Not allowed to feel
To touch
To hold
Forever imprisoned at long
I called out your name
Called out your name
Called out your name
Called out your name
I was drunk
I was down
I was wanderin' round my bed
I was drunk
I was down
I was wanderin' round my bed
I called out your name
Called out your name
Called out your name
Called out your name
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2. |
Irene Wilde
02:51
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When I was just sixteen - I stood waiting for a dream -
At barker street bus station every night
When I tried to get it on - she just looked at me with scorn - my courage
Turned to dust and I took flight
For those looks they seemed to say
You ain't nuthin' - go away
You're just a face in the crowd so I went home and I vowed
I'm gonna be somebody - someday
Her name was irene wilde - oh such beauty for a child
When she started dating boys - I nearly died
For I could not barely stand to see someone hold her hand
I felt I had to crawl away and hide
In my mother's living room I composed so many tunes
All the same - just a frame - for her name, and just to say
Gonna be somebody - someday
Wild as your name I soon left that country town
I been around, seen some fame, seen some ups and seen some downs
Smile through your shock when you hear your name aloud
It's that face in the crowd - didn't dig it - much too proud...
When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for a dream
A barker street bus station non affair
At the time it seemed so sad, but it did not turn out bad
If you hadn't messed me up I'd still be there
And I think most folks agree, a little put-down makes them see
They ain't no chain - just a link and that's why you made me think
Gonna be somebody - be somebody - be somebody - someday
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3. |
California Blues
03:20
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Well I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night yeah
I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night
I'm leaving you mama cause you know you don't treat me right.
Let me tell you something mama that you don't know
Let me tell you something good gal that you don't know
Well I'm a do-right papa and got home everywhere I go yeah.
I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here Lawd Lawd
I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
I may ride the blinds I ain't got no railroad fare.
Listen to me mama while I sing this song
Listen to your daddy sing you this so lonesome song
You got me worried now but I won't be worried too long.
I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here Lawd Lawd
I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
I may ride the blinds I ain't got no railroad fare...
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4. |
Guilty
04:54
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Outside the gate there lived a man
A man with a forgotten name
Who tried to feel most everything
But where he ended up was wrapped in shame
It's how you shape the day to day
Not what you hide behind
We are born with this sin he said
And with this sin we must surely die
And we don't see him anymore
He's lost his way now that's for sure
She doesn't recognize him
But she knew him very well
The tattered suit, the leather boots
The ringing of the bells
She said, "It's what you give"
And what you take and what you leave behind
That marks the measure of your life
She said she knew him very well
There was a man who lived outside the gate
And guilty was his name
He tried to love most everything
But where he ended up was wrapped in shame
It's who he loved and what he took
And who he left behind
That marked the measure of his life
You know that Guilty was his name
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5. |
Amsterdam
03:43
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Alejandro Escovedo Bourbinitas Blues
Amsterdam
She’s back from Amsterdam
And I think the journey did her well
Her face has lost its touch
The tell tale signs of loneliness inside
And I love her still and need her company
Once more come down come down
Come down come down once more
And I do believe the journey did her well
And I do believe the journey did her well
She said she fell in love with men who knew the way to treat a lady
Her life is settled for the best of things that I couldn’t give her
And it’s not her fault she’s not the one to blame
Come down come down come down come down once more
And I do believe the journey did her well
Yes I do believe the journey did her well (x2)
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6. |
Everybody Loves Me
03:25
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Everybody Loves Me
I walk I crawl but I never run
Sometimes I fall away like a setting sun
While I swim I surf but I never drown
Well everybody says they love me but I don't know why
I watch you walk like a rhythm trian
I love the way you kiss I just can’t stand the pain
Well I believe in truth but sometimes I’ve lied
Well everybody says they love me but I don't know why
Yeah I don't know why
Whoo I don’t know why
Yeah I don't know why
Whoo I don’t know why
Well I walk I crawl but I never run
Sometimes I fall away like a setting sun
Well I believe in truth but sometimes I’ve lied
Well everybody says they love me but I don't know why
Yeah I don't know why
Whoo I don’t know why
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7. |
Pale Blue Eyes
06:15
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Sometimes I feel so happy
Sometimes I feel so sad
Sometimes I feel so happy
But mostly you just make me mad
Baby, you just make me mad
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Thought of you as my mountain top
Thought of you as my peak
A thought of you as everything
I've had, but couldn't keep
I've had, but couldn't keep
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Skip a life completely
Stuff it in a cup
They said, money is like us in time
It lies, but can't stand up
Down for you is up
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
It was good what we did yesterday
And I'd do it once again
The fact that you are married
Only proves you're my best friend
But it's truly, truly a sin
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
If I could make the world as pure
And strange as what I see
I'd put you in a mirror
I'd put in front of me
I'd put in front of me
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
Linger on your pale blue eyes
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8. |
Sacramento & Polk
04:43
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The moon is brighter than the sun
My shadow is longer at night as I drive your way
The trees hang from the branches
The moon hangs from the sky
Waters lies flat in the gutter
While a rose climbs up the staircase
And falls upon the landing
And falls upon the landing
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome, yeah I could cry
She really is breathtaking as she lies there softly sleeping
Undisturbed, and I wish
And I wish my breath, my voice, my touch
Could awaken her
Yeah, awaken her again
I'm under a spell her name
Oh, I spell her name
I'm under a spell her name
Yeah, I spell her name
There really is no reason for the way that I am feeling
It could've been the weather
Or something less than that
I need to shed this old skin for something that's much lighter
Maybe different colors
Maybe not so tight
I'm under a spell her name
Yeah, I spell her name
I'm under a spell her name
Yeah, I spell her name
It singes and it burns like a delicate veil
The pressure of her kiss
Feels like it's all over now
I never could jump from high enough
I never could jump from high enough
A third story jump ain't high enough
It's just a mess on Market St
I'm under a spell her name
Yeah, I spell her name
I'm under a spell her name
Yeah, I spell her name
Palo Alto Hotel at Sacramento & Polk
The neighbors spend their days
Washing their socks and staring out the windows
In a thorazine haze
They don't know what to do with their hands
They vaguely remember some plans
But that was so long
That was so long ago
I'm under a spell her name
Yeah, I spell her name
I'm under a spell her name
Yeah, I spell her name
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9. |
Sex Beat
04:08
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Johnny's got a light on his eyes and
Shirley's got a light on her lips
Jakes got a monkeyshine on his head and
Debra Ann's got a tiger in her hips
They can twist and turn they can move and burn
They can throw themselves against the wall
But they creep for what they need
And they explode to the call and then they move
Move
(Sex beat)
Sex beat, go
Stupid like I told ya
Stupid like ya saw
Stupid as the simple thought
Of ever thinking at all
And all the mind, all the soul
All the body
All we know all the things that
Should have made us whole
All the colorless security
Was only so we could go
And move, move
(Sex beat)
Sex beat, drop
And yes you do look cool and
By the floodlights so blue
You make my tropical apartment bed
Your sacrificial pool
My body in the water
And my heart is in your hand
So this is the way you choose to send
Me to the judgment land
So you can't move, move
Oohh..
(sex beat)
Sex beat, go
And every day at three
Throw me down by the Christmas tree
I watched your lights blink on and off
While you start your fun with me
I, I know your reasons
I, I know your goals
We can move and burn forever
But you will never get my soul
So you can move, move
(sex beat)
Sex beat, go
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Alejandro Escovedo Austin, Texas
The 21st century has been a time of widely successful excursion through music that only a few American musicians get to create. Between adventurous solo albums, continuing collaborations with other musicians and an ever-growing sense of boundary-pushing, Alejandro Escovedo has created his own definition of what a modern rock artist can accomplish. ... more
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