EVERYONE LOVES A RELIC
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1. No Nukes |
No Nukes
2000
JBR
(I tell you...)
Visit the house on
the slope. It's the one on Upton Ave.
They’ll put
you on the end of your rope, and take you for all that you have.
Old Harriet has a
mansion, and the mansion has a mind.
to wear your
love like heaven. Do you got an axe that you gotta grind.
If ya listen to
the wind blow baby. If you listen you can hear it wail.
Betcha never
been afraid of the darkness. Now straight into the darkness you must
sail.
So don't you ever
let her, don't you let her get under your skin.
Cause it's
only bad luck and trouble from the day that you begin.
Take me down to
the seven seas, and bury me with a ruby ring.
Say how did
you feel on Easter Sunday day?
Well let me
ask ya, did you blow my haze away?
Get out of that
high house woman. Get out of that high house now.
Get out of
that high house woman. And I'll make it up to you somehow.
Return of the
nukes ah yeah!
Return of the
nukes!
Touched by the
timely coming,
Roused from
the keeper's sleep,
Release the
grip, throw down the key.
Held now within
the knowing,
Rest now
within the peace.
Take of the
fruit, but guard the seed.
When winter comes
a racin'
When summer
comes a rollin'
(Repeat and
fade...)
Blue Jay
1998, 2001
Jack Brian Riedel
Sittin at a table
starting war.
Never met the
ones I'm dyin for,
and everyone
does it their way.
Deal a card of
death he born to win
Up and down
the river he been drinking gin
Can ya break
the wing of Blue Jay?
Hey Blue Jay,
Cold stingin
ya like a driftin ray.
Under the
house of cards ya made. To black ya fade.
Kicked a little
sand on the beach fire.
The moon fell
off the piece of wire.
And it’s
darker than a tractor tire, but I’m all right.
A new day is
rising with power.
Hope to help
you find the way back home.
Don’t crush the
garden’s one electric flower.
Take your
chance with me, or take your chance alone.
Looking out a
window in the back,
Of a
locomotive on a track.
Ride into the
sunset they say.
Quicker than a man
who knew the game.
Made it to the
drifter's hall of fame.
See, I broke
the wing of Blue Jay?
Hey Blue Jay,
Do ya dig in
the depths of yesterday?
Sleepin inside
the bed ya made. To black ya fade.
Kicked a little
sand on the beach fire.
The moon fell
off the piece of wire.
And it’s
darker than a tractor tire, but I’m all right.
A new day is
rising with power.
Hope to help
you find the way back home.
Don’t crush the
garden’s one electric flower.
Take your
chance with me, or take your chance alone.
Soul Street
2001
JBR
Hey you!
Pick your soul up off of the street
Don't ya let
it lie on cold concrete
So get on with
the show, ya got a front row seat
Catch a ride
Or just hike
it
But get on
down to Soul Street
Get on down to
Soul Street yeah!
Say you!
Grab another breath, have no fear
Cuz any
trouble in the mind gonna disappear
And all the
ladies in the place sing loud and clear
Catch a ride
Or just hike
it
Just get
yourself down here
Get on down to
Soul Street yeah!
1 for the treble,
2 for the bass
3 to get ready
to be took in the foot race
Try to catch
me, ya ain't even close
The rock and
roll doctor deliverin a dose
Ain't nuttin
you can do when I produce an illustration
JB in heavy
rotation
Kick it, like
a kick from a kick drum
Wanna make
noise? Come on and get some
Care takers
back from the dead
With studio
tricks that's good for ya head
Shoot for the
mind with dope rhymes and riffs
The groove is
a drug ya just got ta sniff
Black Star 2001
2001
JBR
Blue is the color
of the swirling sea in your eyes
And red is the
rose that knows the mirror lies
It’s been a
long, long time and things are strange
I know you are
a friend of mine but your face has changed.
Black Star wind
and rain I hear the tap tap at the windowpane
Black Star
wind and rain again
Now everyone loves
a relic priceless with a two inch crack around the rim
If I see
another brim ace deuce you’ll see me trade
Ten years gone
that was sport but now I'm paid
The fist, the
stance, the uppercuttin' punches
Left jab,
right cross, riffs I throw in bunches
And girl
somewhere I got to draw the line
So from now on
just get your money where you spend your time
Blue is the color…
Black Star…
Now every little
notion up in smoke as the black man played
The brass
screamed and the people swayed.
But tonight
was like a new invention
Gave me the
news but you didn’t even mention this
Ugh come on,
come on, time to get wreck and kick it so on and so on
Take word, I
don't fantasize
So hit the
lights Black Star's on the rise
Blue is the color…
Black Star…
Nickel bag 'o funk
for the road that I hike on
The
underground sound is the drum that I strike on time
As I continue
to rhyme (ha) my heart pumps to it you’ll be saying you knew it
Before the
last note of my funky hip hop song
Fillin your
room like smoke from a bong
Jimi, Janis,
Kurtis, and Jim
Forever 27 and
ya just can't win...
Blue is the color…
Black star…
Raging Bloom
2000
JBR
Oo oo oo oo oo ah
ah ah ah
Jenny gets her
Valium then she hands out her pictures very well
Says I hope
you remembered your shears, my flowers are in raging bloom
Na na na na na Hey
you it’s all right
Oo oo oo oo oo
ah ah ah ah
Have you gone
inside the song and wiped your feet on rock ‘n roll
Best to keep a
blade in the boot the road to the stage got a crook on the toll
Na na na na na Hey
you it’s all right
Oo oo oo oo oo
ah ah ah ah
Your words about
as deep as a vanity plate oh no ho ho
She spent her
time on a sunken ship
She was
hanging on for her life
Na na na na na Hey
you it’s all right
Oo oo oo oo oo
ah ah ah ah
The moral of this
story is that some bells do ring out of tune
And you can
find on any old day there may be shit on a silver spoon.
Na na na na na Hey
you it’s all right
Oo oo oo oo oo
ah ah ah ah
Jenny gets her
Valium then she hands out her pictures very well
Says I hope
you remembered your shears, my flowers are in raging bloom
Na na na na na Hey
you it’s all right
Oo oo oo oo oo
ah ah ah ah
Your words about
as deep as a vanity plate oh no ho ho
She spent her
time on a sunken ship
She was
hanging on for her life
Na na na na na Hey
you it’s all right
Oo oo oo oo oo
ah ah ah ah
German Drinking
Song
2001
JBR
Pulled into a bar
in a German town
Music was
playing, sun was going down
Her eyes on me
And I mean
eyes like a black-eyed crow
Dark cloud on
its way, son, take a good look around
Walk into a bar in
Victoria town
music was
playing patterns on the ground
Draft in my
hand
And I mean a
draft like a hurricane
A storm is on
its way son, take a good look around
Step onto the
stage in Pinetop, AZ
Music was
playing, and they remember me
Blonde at the
bar
And I mean a
blonde like ya never seen
Don't they know
that I am dyin, why ain't nobody cryin for me
Lazy Jane
1995
Jack Brian
Riedel/Aaron Martin
Glory days right
here
In my
institution girl
You need some
time to get away
Some time to
think
About your
obligations girl
Hell, all your
obligations girl
Somewhere over
the rainbow
The faces are
so damn cold
They ask me
where did Jane go
I guess she
couldn’t take this shit no more
Lazy Jane oh yeah
She waits for
it to rain
So she don’t
have to drink from the fountain
Oh no I never
knew love that strange
Oh no I never
knew love that strange
Somewhere over
the rainbow
The faces are
so damn slow
They ask me
where did Jane go
I guess she
couldn’t take this shit no more
Glory days right
here
In my
institution girl
You need some
time to get away
Some time to
think
About your
obligations girl
Hell, all your
obligations girl
Somewhere over
the rainbow
The faces are
so damn cold
They ask me
where did Jane go
I guess she
couldn’t take this shit no more
Easy Ramblin'
Sermon
2001
JBR
Didn't want to
write a song about a mountain
Didn't want to
write a song about the deep blue sea (no)
Didn't want to
write a song about the way my true love's gone because
There' enough
of those for you and me
Didn't want to
write a song about an oak tree
Didn't want to
write a song about a desert rose (no)
Didn't want to
write a song about the vices up in Vegas because
Everybody's
had enough of those
Didn't want to
write a song about a fat man
Didn't want to
write a song about the night time sky (no)
Didn't want to
write a song about the turning of a satellite
I'd rather
chew a piece of custard pie
How Many Times
A Fool?
2001
JBR
Are you feelin' my
love for you?
Pick up the
money and run
Are you
feelin' the same way too?
I been down and
for days abused
wishin' you
might reach me
Leavin' me
might confused
If I had one more
chance, girl, it would have to be
How many times
a fool!
Legends and tales
you've heard before
Fall into the
western sky
Where man and
star collide
Unknown, at least
I hope we stay that way
Never is a
name revealed
Like the smell
of gasoline
If I had one more
chance, girl, it would have to be
How many times
a fool!
If I had one more
chance, girl, it would have to be
How many times
a fool!
Fire In The
Hills
2001
JBR, JDK
C.S.P. assembled
out in the junkyard
To blaze a
piece of Eden like changing of the guard
He's
underneath that engine; inside a hemisphere
Do you know he
gonna tear up the country side?
Smoke, fire
and disappear
Could be it's for
the benefit of her majesty
To caress her
ear with the sound of words
Could be what
they call a turn of a friendly card
There's a fire
in the hills to tend to
Awoke the early
morning
A woman next
to me
Business card
in my pocket said Memphis Tennessee
Could it be
right, could it be wrong, then again who's right 'til anybody's wrong
Turned the
girl to stone
And I keep her
in this song
Could be it's for
the benefit of her majesty
To caress her
ear with the sound of words
Could be what
they call a turn of a friendly card
There's a fire
in the hills to tend to
There's a fire
in the hills to tend to