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Beautifully Mad
03:54
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Beautifully Mad © Tony King 2003
I’ve read the Bible
& the label on a bottle
I’ve tried getting angry and I’ve tried getting sad.
I found a good woman who deserved a lot better
She tried to repair me
Now she’s beautifully mad…
(Chorus)
‘Cause the world is no place for the sane.
But when you’re insane…it isn’t so bad.
It takes away the worst of your pain when you’re beautifully mad…
I tried to be rich
I tried being poor
I tried being peaceful..but it ended in War.
But my mind let me down..it was all that I had.
It’s a fine line between crazy and beautifully mad…
(Bridge)
Like a ship fit’s into a bottle…..How did we fit all that crazy love inside our hearts?
I followed the grass to see if it’s greener
It’s like following cows to see what they eat…
When you won’t be told..until Hades is cold
From the Jaws of victory you will snatch your defeat
(Chorus)
‘Cause the world is no place for the sane.
But when you’re insane…it isn’t so bad.
It takes away the worst of your pain when you’re beautifully mad…
The life that I tore along the perforated line
Was the life I regretted I had…
& the friends I will miss come the tunnel of light
are the ones who were beautifully mad
(Chorus)
‘Cause the world is no place for the sane.
But when you’re insane…it isn’t so bad.
It takes away the worst of your pain when you’re beautifully mad…
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2. |
Hurricane Louise
04:57
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HURRICANE LOUISE © T King 2003
INTRO accapella
Hurricane Louise
Don’t get caught in her eye
Hurricane Louise
You better learn to fly
That Voodoo Queen will have you back in New Orleans
And you won’t know why And you don’t know why
She’ll have you singing in the Bayou
To the Mississipi moon
And the whistle from the Natchez
Will have you coming back soon
You say you won’t stay
But you’lll wake up one day
With a tattoo of her name
Chorus
You may get to Baton Rouge
Or the bridge at Ponchartrain
But she’ll pick you up and spin you
Back to New Orleans again
Like a moth to a flame
Her neon name keeps burning bright… keeps burning bright…
Chorus
Solos
Hurricane Louise does an alligator bite?
You can’t swim against the river
You can’t sleep against the night
Like a moth to a flame
Her neon name keeps burning bright…
Chorus
Chorus
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3. |
Gypsy's Kiss
04:15
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Gypsy’s Kiss © Tony King / Andrew Strong 2001
I thought I knew her forever
She made me feel so real
More than I’ve ever been
Sometimes you can be blind
when you’re in a moment of time
Sometimes words are hard to find
CHORUS All she ever gave me was a gypsy’s kiss
The kind of love that won’t stand stand still
All she ever gave me was a gypsy’s kiss
It’ll crush your heart
tear your memories apart
Things what you like are hard to find
When you find that you can’t let go
Gives you something to live for
They say time will heal all wounds
hope it happens happens real soon
Cause my head’s stuck up in the clouds
even though it’s a sunny day
CHORUS All she ever gave me was a gypsy’s kiss
The kind of love that won’t stand stand still
All she ever gave me was a gypsy’s kiss
It’ll crush your heart
tear your memories apart
The truth is deeper inside
and it’s the hardest pain you can hide
When I try
I just can’t get you out of my heart
CHORUS
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4. |
Just for two
05:11
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JUST FOR TWO Lyrics Nina Vox, Music Tony King
We all like to watch in mesmerised trance
Two lovers entwined in a serpentine dance
A sensual display of infidelity and intent
Where passions run hotter They coil much tighter
Coquettish their lack of consent
Chorus
It’s a lover’s dance of death
Pure flirtation with each breath
It’s a power pirouette
On the switch-blade of a Knife
I watch you dance your Tango
It’s so sexy It drives me crazy
Fully charged with electricity
Sparks are flying around the room
I want to have what she is having
My eyes tell me that it’s you
There’s only one thing I’m forgetting
The Tango’s just for two
Solo
It’s a lover’s dance of death
Pure flirtation with each breath
It’s a power pirouette
On the switch-blade of a Knife
I’m so jealous of your jealousy
Real seduction not just fantasy
Veiled in the shadow of complicity
My lips are moistened in the gloom
I’ll discover all your body
Kiss you on your bleeding wounds
There’s only one thing I’m forgetting
The Tango’s just for two
Sway
We’ll dance her memory away
The Tango’s just for Two
The Tango’s just for Two
The Tango’s just for Two
El Tango es para dos
El Tango es para dos
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5. |
It's a Crime
05:15
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IT'S A CRIME © Tony king 2002
There's just the sound of the rain
down the hazy old window pane
On a slow boat down the Seine in the moonlight.
And there's a candle burning down
To the tender smoky sound
Of our voices going 'round until dawn.
Now I know it's a crime
To cry for lost time
But how was I to know someday I'd need it.
I’m glad we didn’t meet before
Back then we didn’t know what time was for
Oh but nothing cries out for more
Quite like a beating heart
Every thought of mine you heard
Every single silent word
I was shaken but not stirred until now...
Now I know it's a crime
To cry for lost time
But how was I to know someday I'd need it.
(solo one verse only)
Oh there's a deep wounded blue
That Picasso made for you
For your eyes to look through to my soul.
Now I know it's a crime
To cry for lost time
But how was I to know someday I'd need it.
how was I to know someday I'd need it.
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6. |
Reason to Shine
06:09
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Reason To Shine © Tony King 2003
When the sun comes up with a rosy glow
It burns with a love that it’s dying to show
Someone to kiss ‘til the end of the day
the kind of kiss that won’t fade away
From when it touches you face in the morning
Until it has to go home at night
I know what it’s trying to say
I know ‘cause I feel the same way
You give me a reason to shine
You give me a reason to shine
When your eyes look back so full of love
You give me a reason to shine oo oo oo oo / oo oo oo oo
When the moon comes up and the land is still
There’s the loneliness of the night to fill
The moon goes searching through a silver hole
To soothe the aching of the soul
From when it touches your face in the evening
until it watches you dreaming at dawn
I know what it’s trying to say
I know ‘cause I feel the same way
You give me a reason to shine
You give me a reason to shine
When your eyes look back so full of love
You give me a reason to shine oo oo oo oo / oo oo oo oo
When the stars come out one by one
And all the wishing has begun
The stars make wishes of their own
Like us they dream they’re not alone
And they shoot to get your attention
And fall for you just like I did
I know what it’s trying to say
I know ‘cause I feel the same way
You give me a reason to shine
You give me a reason to shine
When your eyes look back so full of love
You give me a reason to shine oo oo oo oo / oo oo oo oo
oo oo oo oo / oo oo oo oo
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7. |
Kings and Queens
04:35
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Kings and Queens © 2001 words and Lyrics Andrew Strong and Tony King
If I asked you to stay a while
You don’t have to embrace me.
If I could brush those tears away
Would you turn and face me
I won’t feed you any Golden Lines
Or fish for memories at the bottom of the Wine
When I talk of love you put your fingers to my lips
Did it scare you when I spoke of it?
When I hear your broken heart
It hurts me ‘cause I broke it
I hope in time it won’t hurt you anymore
I wish I could put it back the way it was before
Forget what’s been or what you wanted from me
Kings and Queens …We were never gonna be
Now I’ve had a taste I don’t want to waste
The rest of my life
What I’ve got , we can have it all tonight
I can’t wait forever
Look inside my eyes and you will see
They will tell you
Words have failed me
‘till the last star goes out tonight
My heart won’t ..I know it won’t.. give up this fight
Teardrops falling
I’ll catch all of them
If you let them fall
Let them fall
I hope in time it won’t hurt you anymore
I wish I could put it back the way it was before
Forget what’s been or what you wanted from me
Kings and Queens …We were never gonna be
Now I’ve had a taste I don’t want to waste
The rest of my life
What I’ve got , we can have it all tonight
I can’t wait forever
If I asked you to stay a while
You don’t have to embrace me.
If I could brush those tears away
Would you turn and face me….
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8. |
Rubber Bones
06:16
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RUBBER BONES
© Lyrics Kris Ralph- Music Kris Ralph & Tony King 2003
I’ve been through this before
So I made myself a map
A pathway for my life
Sidestepping every trap
Music is my only food
The sax is safe, the bass, the flute
It feeds me where money can’t
That’s my truth ...music heals my blues
I try not to attach
To all the worldly things
My caloused fingers catch
on invisible heartstrings
Fragile if they’re strung too tightly
Changing tempo miss a beat
a hard rhythm to keep
That’s my truth ...music heals my blues
I’ve got rubber bones
I can bend where I stand
I’ve got rubber bones
let me bounce where I land
solo
One day I believe
I will wake up blessed
With an angel spinning
On the flip side of my quest
And I’ll know them by their song
A melody to soothe my pain and
nothing to explain
That’s my truth ...music heals my blues
I’ve got rubber bones
I can bend where I stand
I’ve got rubber bones
let me bounce where I land
I’ve got rubber bones
I’ll be safe in any Storm
No Lightning strike
will ever do me harm
That’s my truth ...music heals my blues
That’s my truth ...music heals my blues
music heals my blues
music heals my blues
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9. |
To Do Nothing
04:46
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To Do Nothing
Tony King & Kris Ralph 2003
Are we chained to the wheel rolling down to the sea
Do we have any say over what we will be
And fly in the face of our primitive drive
Is there anything left after staying alive?
If a flag can have any colours
Why do they all end up red?
How can we sleep in this mess we have made for a bed?
All it takes is for people who care to do nothing
Are we scared of the people who wear funny clothes
Do faces have names …dying in droves?
Are your prayers any different at midnight or dawn?
Does your goodness depend on where you were born?
If a flag can have any colours
Why do they all end up red?
How can we sleep in this mess we have made for a bed?
All it takes is for people who care to do nothing
Are we wax in the seal of approval?
On a letter that we’ve never read?
Is our courage our own if convicted
Would our blood be our own if we bled?
If a flag can have any colours
Why do they all end up red?
How can we sleep in this mess we have made for a bed?
All it takes is for people who care to do nothing
What is the point of free will?
If we don’t use it now and again?
You can sharpen the point of a sword
or a point with a pen
It’s the point of being alive
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10. |
The Tide Will Come In
06:58
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THE TIDE WILL COME IN © Tony King 2003
It was low tide,
all the ships on their side
No chance of my boat coming in
I knew how they felt as the seagulls cried
And I did my best not to join in.
When the coal mine closed
And the town was laid off
The ships all layed down and gave up
The shouting went late
With the smashing of plates
No way for a kid to grow up
But the tide will come in
That’s what the old man told me
And the ship will sail again
Sometimes it feels like you’re stuck forever
‘til the tide comes in
Taking his lunch box in the morning
Past the foundered ships he would go
Bringing back handouts that came from the Union
We pretended that we didn’t know
Looking for sympathy wasn’t his way
It was more than a cough in his lung
He borrowed some money to send me away
Said this is no place for the young
But the tide will come in
That’s what the old man told me
And the ship will sail again
Sometimes it feels like you’re stuck forever
‘til the tide comes in
The whole town turned up on his funeral day
As the brass band marched up to their place
The tide came in Took his ashes away
And he went with Amazing Grace
And his tide did come in
And his tide did come in
And his tide did come in…
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Beautifully Mad Sydney, Australia
Breathtaking original music reminiscent of the beauty of James Taylor, some honey from Melody Gardot, a lyrical spice of
Cohen washed down with some Waits-like humour. A musical flame that licks at the heels of Folk and Jazz
More detail of their history at www.beautifullymad.com
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