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Parlor One

by John Burnette

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1.
Real Slow 04:03
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I've been tryin' just to get myself together a long time, too long I suppose My mind is looking like an agent undercover committing crimes, just to keep from being exposed What's my line again? Did I stay too long? It's never enough, I know I'm a searchin' for a something that'll help me comb through it all, yeah I'll try it all, yes I'll try Been recommended I start bending over backwards and raking sand, with my hands placed shoulders apart I'm sayin' words a little wrong because I read 'em, but right away I'm a garden in its own graveyard I've been breathin' hard, but I'm grateful for it before it comes along I'm a wonderin' if it's once, twice, twenty? How many times til this all starts working? Hey, I can figure it out real slow Hey, let me figure it out real slow Hey, I can figure it out real slow I'll be good to me To be good to you Maybe I is we What you going through? Ayurveda elevator didn't let me off on the ground floor. Am I misinformed or sanguine? I'm thinking surely there's something more, but if there's no good and evil where's the movie where the guru wins? Am I doing it right? Cuz I'm drowsy-eyed. Stayed awake but I could sleep all day I'm fighting hard to let it ride and leave it all alone, that's okay. Yeah it's all alright cuz Hey, I can figure it out real slow Hey, let me figure it out real slow Hey, I can figure it out real slow I'll be good to me To be good to you Maybe I is we What you going through? I'll be good to me To be good to you Maybe I is we What you going through? Hey, I can figure it out real slow Hey, let me figure it out real slow Hey, I can figure it out real slow
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Rio Hondo 03:48
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I took a walk by the people on the porches just a swingin' in the rhythm of the wind, thinking about We both had another lover not a year ago Your papa was a song, the hymn hangs above you just enough to keep you clapping out of time Singing "Oh my my, say bye before we start something up" You've come a long way from Rio Hondo, baby Your daddy ain't drunk and you ain't poor no more Why you gotta act this way? I think I better say something Cuz I'm crawling 'round blind and tryin' to find my glasses on the floor You stole my heart and you helped me look for it just enough to keep me coming around Like a candle turning shadows into picture shows Lonely little girl looking out for her brother with her mother's apron dragging on the ground You say you love me but your face can't decide whether it wants to start swingin' or just pick up and run You've come a long way from Rio Hondo, baby Your daddy ain't drunk and you ain't poor no more Why you gotta act this way? I think I better say something Cuz I'm crawling 'round blind and trying to find my glasses on the floor Say the word and I'll be gone, gone, gone, my dear I won't interfere You've come a long way from Rio Hondo, baby Your daddy ain't drunk and you ain't poor no more Why you gotta act this way? I think I better say something Cuz I'm crawling 'round blind and trying to find my glasses on the floor You've come a long way from Rio Hondo, baby Your daddy ain't drunk and you ain't poor no more Why you gotta act this way? I think I better say something You got me crawling 'round blind and trying to find my glasses on the floor Yeah I'm crawling 'round blind and trying to find my glasses on the floor
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Mercy Mercy 03:16
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Oh Caroline, I never knew I loved you until the day you let your daddy die You strung him out on pain pills and you hung him up by piano wire And only your momma knew the reasons why Mercy, mercy looks like noone's home But noone's someone that I used to know How happy I would be if you would murder me With a song like your mamma's singin' Mercy Mercy me You know she laughed the hardest when they pulled the throttle down And smiled as she kissed her love goodbye She wore her dress from white to black, a proper wedding gown Then hummed a hymn and slapped his ass and sent him off to fly Mercy, mercy looks like noone's home But noone's someone that I used to know How happy I would be if you would murder me With a song like your mamma's singin' Mercy Mercy me Well I've seen you with no make-up on, I've seen you in the books I've seen you when your thoughts drift out to see But that day I saw myself taking second looks, when I heard you softly singing your own melody Mercy, mercy looks like noone's home But noone's someone that I used to know How happy I would be if you would murder me With a song like your mamma's singin' Mercy, mercy looks like noone's home But noone's someone that I used to know How happy I would be if you would murder me With a song like your mamma's singin' Mercy Mercy me
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Belle and The Ring 03:41
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Does your new girl know about me? Do you mention to someone you see About the Belle and the ring that burned your finger? Does your new girl know about me? Does your new girl have nothing to hide? Not a lover or the tears that she's cried? On my good days I'm sorry, on the bad I'm justified Does your new girl have nothing to hide? Do you talk about all of your plans? Feel ok with things you don't understand? While I'm homesick for your arms with my head down in my hands Do you talk about all of your plans? Ohhhh Ohhhh Oooooooooohhhhhhh Oooohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh Ohh Ohoh La'mmmm La'mmmm Does your new girl know about me? Do you mention to someone you see About the Belle and the ring that burned your finger? Does your new girl know about me?
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NYC Babe 02:56
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New York City are you doing alright? Do you take your pills? Do you get some sleep at night? Can your mind stay still? I know you've gotta feel two ways, like a window in the cold I'm sorry that I laughed so hard, when you said we're getting old Where'd you go when you arrived? And was I at the bar? Do you let your demons drive? Did my dog catch the car? I know we haven't spoken much, or at least said things out loud It's been easy staying sober since, because I wanna make you mad and proud Was it ever all that bad? Or maybe just not good? Did we do things well, not wise? Because we could, not should? He lost her in a lucid spell he was trying to preserve Now they're standing on the salt flats, babe, disappearing at the edge of the earth And into the view View And into the view View New York City are you doing alright? Do you take your pills?
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You Won't Be Happy Here 03:47
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You won't be happy here Even though I know you love me Even though you know, In my mind They hung the stars for you I'm not saying you should stay where You feel a part of you has faded Where our heartstrings come unbraided Or you're afraid to be sincere Wander far beyond the window where you're waiting Straight through the barriers of sound and speed and fear Wake me gently with a morning medititation Cuz if you ain't happy in Hoboken, you won't be happy here I've tried the same before Ran away to a new region Started again another season And found next to nothing there I guess I should say I'm sorry For not offering an answer But the best part of love and dancing Is the strolling up the stairs Wander far beyond the window where you're waiting Straight through the barriers of sound and speed and fear Wake me gently with a morning medititation Cuz if you ain't happy in Hoboken, you won't be happy here If you ain't happy in Hoboken, you won't be happy here If you ain't happy in Hoboken, you won't be happy here
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All's Enough 04:33
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Wheel away til the sculpture gets relief And the lighwaves don the veil of grief All's enough Leave a lamp on, feet up in the chair While the night comes sneaking down the stairs All's enough Not a moment too shy, Ado All of love's enough of love Loud enough so you lean in close to talk Share a secret, getting by on getting caught All's enough Shimmer sits above a drink Quote calliope, you're such a silly minx All's enough Not a moment too shy, Ado All of love's enough of love Working backwards to reach the final form Cuz my rapture's red dogs dreaming on the floor All of love's enough of love Love Of Love Mmmmmm Mmm
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It's All Over 03:57
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I got a handle, I got a hold on it all I got a handle to hold when I start to recall All the brown paper bags, and closets full of clothes with security tags It's all over, over all I had a love that shined out like the knives of the sun I had a love that she liked while we had all our fun It was clouds and balloons, sneaking dogs into hotel rooms It's all over, done and done She's decaf coffee and a spray of some dry shampoo She's decaf coffee and the sleeve on a bad tattoo When the thrill's gone too far, she's running red lights in a funeral car It's all over, naked and new I know you've got a heavy heart, I played a part in breaking Tell me what where you taking that took you so far away from here now I got a handle, I got a hold on it all I got a handle to hold when I start to recall All the clouds and balloons, sneaking dogs into hotel rooms It's all over, over all It's all over, over all

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released May 20, 2019

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