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Street Poet
03:30
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As the day begins to fade, and the horns begin to sound
Street Poet makes her station on the busy sidewalk ground
She composes rhyming couplets on her typewriter with ease
The phrases seem to fly to her like birds between the trees
She writes of dreams, summer lust, new love in the spring
It’s a dollar for a stanza but she’ll trade most anything
A tourist takes the torn sheet, puts the paper in her purse
That night upon the airplane, she recounts the poet’s words
Saying love is like a ghost, you can’t see it but it’s there
One day unexpected you might get an awful scare
Don’t get misdirected if someone phones you up tonight
Happiness reflects itself. Let love into your life.
It might not be eternity, but let’s see what we can see
A way to grow, a way to heal. Let me show you how I feel.
Valley low, mountain high. You’re the apple of my eye
We won’t know unless
The poet types intently, her long hair tumbles down
Toes tapping to the polytonal tamber of her town
Some say she’s got a knack for seeing the unseen
She puts it in to poetry the fabric of your dream
I sit beside the poet, she stares into my soul
I said tell me poet tell me are there stories left untold
It’s all upon the page, the ribbon prints no lies
The wisdom of the ages: let love into your life.
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Love Changes
03:18
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People are allowed to change their minds
You changed yours. I changed mine
But don’t forget to be kind
When it’s time time to say goodbye
Once we were in love
Once we were together
We walked hand in hand
Braving stormy weather
Sometimes fools rush in
They don’t know no better
Once we were in love
Once we were in love
But love changes
Love Changes
I’m not gonna hate you.
I’m not gonna berate you.
But I’ve just got to stay true
We both know that we’re through
Sometimes it hurts alot
I get mad and want to blow up your spot
But I check myself, I stop
And I remember
Once we were in love
Once we were together
We walked hand in hand
Braving stormy weather
Sometimes fools rush in
They don’t know no better
Once we were in love
Once we were in love
But love changes
Love Changes
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We could linger though the raindrops fall
I’ve got nowhere to be at all
Her fingers in my hand
I’m a happy man
We could linger though the raindrops fall
I know you can’t invite me in
So let’s stroll down the street again
I hear a pitter pat
Tapping rhythm on my hat
We could linger though the raindrops fall
Let's take it slow
That way we know
What were feeling isn’t false
Then if we do
Share a kiss or two
We’ll know that our stars aren’t crossed
I could gaze upon you all night long
I could fall asleep on your front lawn
Thought we’ve recently just met
And our clothes are getting wet
We could linger though the raindrops fall
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High Heel Blues
03:04
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Wake up in the morning, look into my bed
Where is that high class girl who rests her head
I know I’m a dreamer. I like to pretend.
Maybe one day there'll be the real thing instead.
City girls like rich guys and upscale spots
Everything that they need is something I ain’t got
I try to act high class, they see through my ruse
They walk away I get the high heel blues
Every day on my way to work
A fine looking phillie in a high cut skirt
I want to make a move, I don’t know what to say
I just sit and watch her as she walks off the train
Saturday, I sat there all alone
I didn’t hear a single peep out of my telephone
I fall asleep in front of the screen
There’s a well dressed mama waiting in a dream
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Be Bad to Me Baby
02:52
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Being Sweet Is Neat
Nice that’s alright
But what I really want is a bad girl tonight
Be bad to me baby
So bad to me baby
Be Bad to me baby
Dirty, nasty and mean
I used to go for girls
Who would only hug and kiss
Now I like to date a girl
Who cracks the whip
Be bad to me baby
So bad to me baby
Be Bad to me baby
Dirty, nasty and mean
I used to go for girls
Sweet as apple pie
Treat me like a prince
With a sparkle in their eye
Now I like a girl
Who’s got an evil streak
When the light goes
She turns into a freak
Be bad to me baby
So bad to me baby
Be Bad to me baby
Dirty, nasty and mean
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What Love Used to Be
04:12
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If love could be what it used to be
When we were young and our hearts were free
We used to fall so easily
When love could be what it used to be
When love was an ocean and I jumped right in
I didn’t care if I would sink or swim
Now safe from the shore I watch the gulls on the wind
Thinkin’ how I used to jump right in
Our lows were low, our highs they were high
With each broken heart, I felt like I would die
Tell me little baby, is that the reason why
We’re afraid to fall in love again
If a new branch grows from a fallen tree
If a blind dog wags his tail at me
If two old folks dance cheek to cheek
Maybe love could be what it used to be
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Things We Shouldn’t Do
04:22
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I see you looking at me and I know what’s on your mind.
We’ve been friends for a while, always thought you were fine.
Should we hold back and follow all the rules
Or should we do the things that we shouldn’t do
Take my hand, look in my eyes
I’m gonna keep on drinking and it’s no surprise
That I want to lose myself and fall into you
I want to do the things that we shouldn’t do
It’s a small town baby
Everybody’s gonna talk tomorrow night
They all call me crazy
What I want to do isn’t right
Lead me to your apartment. Let me crawl through the door.
I know things won’t be like they was before
The sun is coming up. The radio moans a tune
While we do the things that we shouldn’t do
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Lower Decatur Blues
03:08
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Across the Neutral Ground, passed the B.M.C
A busker bucket drumming at a quarter to three
Keep your head down, but don't stare at your feet
Somebody got stabbed last night
The Queen of the Quarter presides over court
The Duke of the Dark tries his hand at the sword
She eats him up just the like meat on her fork
He didn't even put up a fight
Follow the river down to the side of town where the night people go to meet
Down on Decatur where late gets later and the sidewalk sticks to your feet
Drugs in your hand, a one night stand, you got a reason to stay awake
Ain't no heart that likes to play in the dark that doesn't know how to break
Sunglasses, eyelashes, dye in her hair
She doesn't own a single set of underwear
Says it’s gonna me a dollar to stare
I put my money down
Whiskey and Water, Bourbon and Coke
Drinkin’ all my money till I'm good and broke.
Playing chicken with my liver trying not to choke
Don’t turn this car around
Rattle them bones, Rattle that can
Shake what you got to an old jug band
Nickel Quarter Dollar, better pay the man
If you want to get your thrills
Blood on the carpet, Blood on the walls
Blood on the seat of the bathroom stall
Looking at your phone for somebody to call
But you forgot to pay the bill
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Times Like These
04:44
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Old woman standing on the cold hard ground
Waiting for some good luck to come around
Sleeping bag ruined from the pouring rain
Hands so cold she can't hold no change
A young boy hurting with no one to call
Who never knew for certain if he's loved at all
On a one way trip to an early grave
Times like this, they need to change
Times like these, they need to change
Break open the locks and let the rivers rage
People of the world, rise up and say
Times like these, they need to change
I've seen people in the streets with blood on their face
A punk in the heat laid his body to waste
A mother making groceries on a roll of dimes
Wonder how she's gonna pay the bills this time
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Refrain
All Night All Night All Right All Right
All Right All Right All Night All Night
V1
I was walking down the street yall
When I heard a funky beat fall
I really started feeling fine
When she dropped into a second line
Got my body moving
Got my body grooving
Now you got me struttin
Won’t stop for nothin
Bridge
Feel good music makes me want to dance all night long
Good vibrations all until the break of dawn
V2
Then I saw her dancing
She really had a trance thing
Hypnotic motion
Waves on the ocean
She knew how to get down
Said show me how you step now
First you got to pop it
Then you got to drop it
V3
Sweat was a drippin
Nobody Trippin
Positive Energy
Fear no enemy
Bass was thumpin
Guitar was a strummin
The drummers in the pocket
And the saxophone rocked it
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Jeremy Joyce New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans couldn’t offer a more appropriate musical backdrop for Jeremy Joyce, whose genre-defying songs are born out of Jeremy’s macro-level interest in music history and his micro-level interest in what makes songs tick.
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