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Shopping cart man
03:44
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Shopping Cart Man (Wake)
I got a broken down dog and shopping cart
two pair of shoes and a deck of cards
a pocket knife and a can of mace
and if I gotta hide I gotta hidin’ place
The dog don’t bark but he knows how to growl
Ain’t no one to bark at anyhow.
Couple months back I even had me a girl
She and I were gonna conquer the world
She took off looking for the secret to life
Sent me a postcard from paradise
She said she was working in a grocery store
Didn’t mention if she found what she was lookin’ for.
Me and the girl were never really gonna hit it off
An earth mother child and an old alcoholic
She was too young to know how brutal life can be
But was smart enough to know that she was smarter than me
Smart enough at any rate to get out of town
Hanging with me was only gonna bring her down
I got a broken down dog and shopping cart
two pair of shoes and a deck of cards
a pocket knife and a can of mace
and if I gotta hide I gotta hidin’ place
The dog don’t bark but he knows how to growl
Ain’t no one to bark at anyhow.
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Back to the coast
05:54
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Back to the Coast (Fransen)
Back to the coast, I’m going back to the coast
I need the sea, the sand and the sun, back to the coast
That’s where I belong, that’s where I came from
That’s where I belong, that’s where I came from
Back to the coast, I’m going back to the coast, yeah
I need the sea, the sand and the sun, back to the coast
I’m gonna get there, don’t you worry ’bout it
I’m gonna get there somehow
I’m gonna get there, don’t you worry ’bout it
I’m gonna get there somehow
Children play by the seaside
Sun slowly sets in the West
Seagulls screech in the distance
I’m gonna get there, don’t you worry ’bout it
I’m gonna get there somehow
I’m gonna get there, don’t you worry ’bout it
I’m gonna get there somehow
I need the sea, the sand and the sun, back to the coast
That’s where I belong, that’s where I came from
That’s where I belong, that’s where I came from
I’m coming home, I’m coming home, I’m coming home, don’t you worry ’bout it
I’m coming home, I’m coming home, I’m coming home, don’t you worry ’bout it
I’m coming home, I’m coming home, I’m coming home, don’t you worry ’bout it
I’m coming home, I’m coming home
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Empty bottles
02:01
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Empty bottles (Kemner)
When I woke up this morning
I found myself alone
I reached to touch her hand but she was
gone she was gone
And there upon my pillow was the
smell of her perfume and a
note that said goodbye to me
goodbye
I’m sure I did the right thing
I thought I had it made
but here I am and she is on the
run on the run and
there upon the table are the
only things she left:
empty bottles and a pack of cigarettes
Whatever she might choose to do
I wish her all the best
She treated me fine
for a while for a while
My house is just as empty
as the bottles left behind
but it’s full of time and shadows and regrets.
and there upon the table are the
only things she left:
empty bottles and a pack of cigarettes
empty bottles and a pack of cigarettes
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4. |
Hangover blues
04:29
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Hangover blues (Wake)
I got a pain in my belly, got a pain in my head
I was feeling no pain when I went to bed
I was feeling nothing, a feeling I confess is nothing new
I got the top-shelf, gold seal, single malt hangover blues
When I woke up this mornin’ my mouth was dry
I was lyin’ on the floor and I didn’t know why
I was feeling nothing, a feeling I confess is nothing new
I got the top-shelf, gold seal, single malt hangover blues
Top shelf hangover blues
top shelf hangover blues
gut-churnin’ heart-burnin’ never gonna learn
Top shelf hangover blues
Top shelf gold seal single malt hangover blues
The last thing I recall before I closed my eyes
was a promise of salvation on the telephone
I was feeling nothing, a feeling I confess is nothing new
I got the top-shelf, gold seal, single malt hangover blues
Now this poundin’ in my head makes it tough to think
But I know I’ll feel better once I get me a drink
Cause I’m feelin’ nothing, a feeling that is nothin’ new
I got the top-shelf, heart felt, gold seal, real deal, single malt, no fault, hung up, hangover blues
Top shelf hangover blues
top shelf hangover blues
gut churnin’ heart burnin’ never gonna learn
Top shelf hangover blues
Top shelf gold seal single malt hangover blues
Top shelf hangover blues
top shelf hangover blues
gut churnin’ heart burnin’ never gonna learn
Top shelf hangover blues
I got the top shelf - heart felt - gold seal - real deal - single malt - no fault - hung-up - hangover blues
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Knock knock knock
03:42
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Knock, Knock, Knock (Fransen)
I had a fine old car and mansion on a hill
a hundred thousand dollars to spend
Living close to the edge and high on the hog
had the world in the palm of my hand
I had it all … and I let it slip away
I had it all... and let it slip away
Knock knock knock is that the dealer at my door
He’s got my money but he still wants more
He’s taken everything I got but he still wants more
He’s gonna slit my throat and leave me bleeding on the floor
While Homo Rapiens were robbin’ the planet
I was zonin’ out in front of my tv
A parade o’ pundits telling nothin’ but lies
But it didn’t matter much to me
Getting’ higher than kite and drunker than a skunk
I had it all …and let it slip away
Knock, knock, knock … the collector’s at my door
He’s got my money but he still wants more
I got nothing left to give but he still wants more
My life’s a ruin I got nothing left to live for
Had a look in the mirror at my blood shot eyes
staring’ back from a face that I didn’t recognize
Prozac, smoking crack, Johnny Walker, Heineken,
heroin and methedrine, any kind of medicine
at all – I let it slip away
I had it all – I let it slip away
Knock, knock, knock … the undertaker’s at my door
he’s got my money but he still wants more
he’s got a hold of me and he won’t let go
He gonna bury me alive even if it’s premature.
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My accomplice
03:48
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My accomplice (Wake)
Ever since we got together
you and me been through a lot together
dreaming up our secret plots together
Even when we’re not together
seems like there’s a knot that tethers me to you.
This sentiment will not expire
I’m overwhelmed by my desire.
The only thing that I require
is your commitment to conspire
with me to depose of the realm of liars, fools and thieves.
My accomplice, my accomplice,
so much for me and you to accomplish.
Coups to arrange and schemes to conceive,
wrongs to right and rogues to deceive.
Residing in the world of the strange and illicit
in every breath a plot implicit
consumed by emotions non-specific,
in everything with you complicit,
possessed by the dream that we’ll commit the perfect crime.
My accomplice, my accomplice,
so much for me and you to accomplish.
Coups to arrange and schemes to conceive,
wrongs to right and rogues to deceive.
My accomplice, my accomplice,
so much for me and you to accomplish.
Coups to arrange and schemes to conceive,
wrongs to right and rogues to deceive.
Ever since we got together
you and me been through a lot together
dreaming up our secret plots together
Even when we’re not together
seems like there’s a knot that tethers me to you.
Seems like there’s a knot that tethers me to you.
Seems like there’s a knot that tethers me to you.
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I got the blues for you
02:45
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I got the blues for you (Kemner)
I can still can feel your velvet hand
cuddlin’ my cheek.
I see your face in the moonlight glow
there’s one thing that I know.
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
that’s right -- I got the blues for you.
The road is rollin’ under us
your seat is next to mine.
We both are starin’ into the night
and drinkin’ lots of wine.
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
that’s right -- I got the blues for you.
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
that’s right -- I got the blues for you.
I can still recall your voice
whisper in my ear.
I’m all twisted up inside
I’ve got the blues for you.
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
that’s right -- I got the blues for you.
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
What you’ve got is what I need
You’re on my mind and in my dreams
that’s right -- I got the blues for you.
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8. |
No fool like an old fool
04:00
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No fool like an old fool (Bebop swing) (Wake)
There are fools who claim to know the secret to life
and others don’t know their name.
Fools for money and fools for love
and fools who are just insane.
There are fools for power and fools for fame.
There’s no fool like an old fool.
You call me a scoundrel, call me a thief,
call whatever you like.
You can’t insult me cause I’m immune –
immune at this stage in.my life.
You can call me crazy but I don’t mind
cause I’m a fool for you.
When it comes to money I’ve had my share
and thrown it all away.
I’ve had my chances to make my mark
but wouldn’t you know – I blew them all.
I’ve been waiting for hours, waiting for days,
waiting since I don’t know when.
It’s now or never, there’ll be no regrets
gonna close my eyes and count to ten.
Gonna bebop doodle op bebop swing before I get to old.
When it comes to money I’ve had my share
and thrown it all away.
I’ve had my chances to make my mark
but wouldn’t you know – I blew them all.
I’ve been waiting for hours, waiting for days,
waiting since I don’t know when.
It’s now or never, there’ll be no regrets
gonna close my eyes and count to ten.
Gonna bebop doodle op bebop swing –
There’s no fool like a, no fool like a
see what I mean about bebop swing singing no fool like an old fool.
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Ride into the sunset
04:12
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When I ride into the sunset (Wake)
When I first left home I didn’t know why but I sure was glad to be gone
I didn’t know yet how trouble feels when you find it on your own
When I came back to my surprise I really didn’t mind it
Now I’ve found trouble lurking where I never thought I’d find it
Got a first rate deal on a second hand life and I make just enough to get by
Got a small time job and big time dreams and lots of time to get high
There’s nothing here to hold me but a girl I hardly know
she loves me more than I deserve but I don’t have the guts to tell her so
When I ride into the sunset
It won’t be like Hollywood
No white hat, no cloud of dust
no one sayin’ he done the best he could
Just classic rock and all news talk
and right wing crazies on the radio
a pile of maps on the passenger seat
to help me figure out where to go.
Every night I go to bed with the girl I hardly know
and wake up in the middle of the night and promise myself to let her go
I want to run away but I can’t get out of bed
When I think about it long enough I break out in a sweat
All the wheeler dealers fled to Vegas, certain they can beat the odds
The old man at the shoe repair says put your faith in God
Frank the tailor tells me I should find a girl and settle down
But I’m scared to death of growin’ old and dyin’ in this town
When I ride into the sunset
It won’t be like Hollywood
No white hat, no cloud of dust
no one sayin’ he done the best he could
Just classic rock and all news talk
and right wing crazies on the radio
a pile of maps on the passenger seat
to help me figure out where to go.
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10. |
Signs
03:39
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Signs (Wake)
I took it as a sign that I better move on
but maybe it was just another storm
Now I’m livin’ in a trailer in Kalamazoo
And I aint goin’ back no more
There was thunder and lightin’ and the sky turned black
but then the storm blew over
Now I miss my woman and my two little girls
But there’s no goin’ back no more
I took it as sign that I better change my ways
But I’ve heard since it happens all the time
So I quit my job - I started goin’ to church
Now I aint got as much a dime
There was a ring around the moon and the air was still
and the dogs all started to bark
Now my soul’s been saved but I feelin’ so hungry
Cause I don’t got as much as a dime
I been seein’ signs since I was young and hearin’ voices too
It’s not for me to judge them when they tell me what to do
I took it as a sign that the world would end
But it was only the Fourth of July
I don’t know what got into me
But I was sure that I would die
The air was cracklin’ and streaked with red
fire lit the night
So I hid myself in fallout shelter
And I lived on crackers and wine
I took it as a sign of things to come
But maybe it was all in my head
So I borrowed some money and I got me a gun
And kept it with me when I went to bed
I started dreaming in black and white
everybody's speaking in tongues
Now I’ll rot in prison for the rest of my life
Cause I shot my little lady dead.
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11. |
Too young to die
04:10
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Too Young to Die (Fransen)
Sneaking up the stairway, knocking on my door
Caught in the act like like I been caught before
I’m guilty as sin – there’s no denyin’
Better make my escape cause it’s better than dyin’
Yeah – I’m living again – oh yeah, I’m loving again
I’m livin’ again cause I’m to young to die
Nasty rumors and an electric buzz
Something tells me that they’re talking ’bout us
I been saving my money for a rainy day
There’s a storm on the horizon so let’s fly away
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12. |
Don't shout
03:23
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Don’t shout (Fransen/Wake)
Might be something that you think is wrong
better shut your mouth or before too long
might just have to hide away
better bite your tongue and play their game
Might be something makes you gasp and groan
beg for more and sigh and moan
might be something makes you want to shout
but you might wake your neighbors if you shout
Oh baby don’t shout so loud
oh baby don’t shout
Oh baby don’t shout so loud
Oh baby don’t shout so loud
oh baby don’t shout
Oh baby don’t shout so loud
Might be something to cause you pain
weighs on your shoulders and burdens your brain
might be something makes you wanna shout
but you might wake your neighbors if you shout
Oh baby don’t shout so loud
oh baby don’t shout
Oh baby don’t shout so loud
Oh baby don’t shout so loud
oh baby don’t shout
Oh baby don’t shout so loud
Jim Wake – lead vocal
Ruud Fransen – bass, backup vocal
Egbert Kemner – guitar, backup vocal
Eelco Flapper - drums
Arnoud van Buuren – organ, backup vocal
The Push-up Brass
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13. |
Factory town
03:42
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Factory town (Wake)
Back when beer was just a quarter and I was barely old enough to drink
I got me a job in a barrel factory clearin’ ninety bucks a week
I stumbled through a summer romance – I was headed for college in a couple month’s time
I punched a clock and joined the union, I worked my ass off but I didn’t mind
Now the coolest thing about that barrel factory was a creek out back that glowed in the dark
It smelled like week-old sausage sandwich but I thought it wouldn’t do no harm.
A year went by and I came home from school and got myself another job
I worked all day and drank all night and dated the daughter of a guy in the mob
The job I had was out in the sticks in place they once called Model City
They dealt in acids and surplus solvents, heavy metals and PCBs
Back in the days of the Manhattan Project, Model City was a dumping site
By the time I got there they’d sent in men with Geiger counters to set things right
Those Geiger counters clicked away and then they hauled out loads of earth
and told us everything was fine. I felt relieved and reassured
I finally finished up my studies although I didn’t have a clue
of how to make a living or of what the fuck I oughta do
I moved back home and got a job in a factory makin’ grease and wax
but I spent my time playing 500 rummy and getting high in a shed out back
Across the street was a factory making chlorine gas and PVCs
It never even crossed my mind that all that poison caused disease
Most of the factories now have closed, headed south or moved offshore
The jobs are gone, the city lifeless, but the air is cleaner than before
For forty years it’s been like that – an unremitting sad decline
But here and there you still can find a sign of what they left behind
Silhouettes of rusty tanks and pipes and cranes along the river
Toxic dumps, abandoned houses and cirrhosis of the liver
Broken dreams and alcoholics but no one prepared to answer
for the poverty and the ruined lives and the elevated rates of cancer.
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You don’t know what my daddy do (Wake)
You don’t know what my daddy do
You don’t know what my daddy do
You don’t know what my daddy do
You don’t know ’n I aint gonna tell you
When he takes me downtown people shake his hand
They look ’m in the eye and say you’re my man
They slap ’m on the back and say see you around
That’s what people do when we go downtown
Cause everybody knows he’s a man about town.
I aint never told ya ’bout my Uncle Joe
I aint never told ya ’bout my Uncle Joe
I aint never told ya ’bout my Uncle Joe
I aint gonna tell you so you’re never gonna know
My Uncle Joe aint nobody’s fool
He’s got a job you don’t learn in school
He’s got a scar on his shoulder and an eagle tattoo
Goes to Vegas in the winter for a month or two
But nobody knows what my Uncle Joe do
I ain’t never told ya bout my Uncle Bill.
I ain’t never told ya bout my Uncle Bill.
I ain’t never told ya bout my Uncle Bill.
I ain’t never told ya ’n I never will
He wears two-tone shoes and a Stetson hat
He’s got a Doberman Pinscher and a Siamese cat
He smokes fat cigars and he can wiggle his ears
He buys a brand new Cadillac every year
’n everybody knows
he’s a man to fear.
He’s a man to fear
He’s a man to fear
He’s a man to fear
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I’m Against it (Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar)
I don’t care what they have to say,
it makes no difference anyway:
whatever it is –
I’m against it!
No matter what it is or who commenced it,
I’m against it.
Your proposition may be good,
but let’s have one thing understood:
whatever it is –
I’m against it!
And even if they change it or condense it,
I’m against it.
I’m opposed to on general principles,
I’m opposed to it!
He’s opposed to it in fact if he say he’s opposed to it.
For months before my son was born
I used to yell from night to morn
“whatever it is –
I’m against it!”
And I’ve kept yelling since I first commence it:
“I’m against it!”
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Jim Wake and Sleepwalker, like the musical traditions in blues, rock ’n’ roll, and rhythm blues from which the band draws inspiration, is an experience defying easy description. It is music that swings, drives, bumps and grinds, moans and groans, screams and shouts, and then steps back and turns introspective, plaintive, or nostalgic. ... more
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