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Beautifully Mad - Live at the Basement

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1.
When We're Old 04:42
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WHEN WE'RE OLD © Tony King 1993 How many miles can an eagle fly ... Measure the joy in a child's eye.... How many prayers in a rosary bead... How many roses in a seed... Can you feel the power of an angry sea... How many questions on your knees... How many years till the sun goes cold? The more you learn the less you know... I wish that you could imagine how much I will love you when we're old.. How many wishes in the sky ..... How many skeptics wondering why... Are there any horseshoes in your dreams Anything random in a mountain stream? How many golden leaves will fall... what is the greatest gift of all? I remember the day your name was told.. I begged the future to unfold... I wish that you could imagine how much I will love you when we're old.. How many poets watched a bird …and never wrote a single word .... Who was given the eyes to see… the meaning of the mystery? How many paintings come to life… In the vision of a wife How many signs on a rocky road... How many teardrops turn to gold?... I wish that you could imagine how much I will love you when we're old
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Is that Jazz 04:34
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Is that Jazz © Tony King 1993 Sounds like there’s a werewolf living in your throat A little brown bag of something in your coat you wanna sing along but the melody’s absurd Zooobe doodoo do do Did you forget the words Is that Jazz Is that Jazz Is that Jazz You can turn up on time but the notes aren’t on the beat There’s a little cellar door down the laneway ’cross the street He smokes four packs a day but his saxophone smokes five It’s only curiosity that’s keeping him alive Is that Jazz Is that Jazz Is that Jazz They’re sleeping in chairs Living in beds A used needle playing Billy in their heads ‘round and ‘round the mulberry bush trying to find a park You hear more black notes on a piano after dark Is that the banjo players Ferrari? I believe it’s his manager’s The sun goes down but it’s time to get up And measure some more pleasure into a coffee cup People breath in but they forget to breath out Is their a Count or a Duke or a Doctor in the House Is that Jazz Is that Jazz Is that Jazz That’s what they tell me that’s Jazz Soo oh oh they tell me that’s Jazz
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Sheep Story 01:15
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Gypsy's Kiss 04:12
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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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Just For Two 06:56
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JUST FOR TWO © Kris Ralph & 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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Intro To Third Side Of The War 00:22
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Third Side Of The War 05:50
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THIRD SIDE OF THE WAR © Tony King 1993 It’s crowded and its easy and it’s peaceful in the place Mussolini and the Pope are at the bar Churchill looks a picture in his caftan by the door At the Hotel called The Third Side of the War Hitler and Assisi have teamed up for the darts But neither of them really wants to win Ghengis Khan is crotcheting some pillows for the poor At the Hotel called The Third Side of the War If you really feel the need to study war some more If you really feel you’ve got to study war some more You can do it At the Hotel calle …d The Third Side of the War Bodicea’s busy putting money on a horse Joan of Arc is juggling some bombs But the detonator’s are hanging in a horse-shoe by the door At the Hotel called The Third Side of the War David and Goliath are asleep against the wall Napoleon is joking about his size there’s no need for Commandments and there’s no need for the law At the Hotel called The Third Side of the War If you really feel the need to study war some more If you really feel you’ve got to study war some more You can do it At the Hotel called The Third Side of the War There’s a white flag in the garden and a Peace sign in the pool Caesar’s doing Tai Chi on the lawn Joni Mitchell’s coming out the speaker by the door At the Hotel called The Third Side of the War If you really feel the need to study war some more If you really feel you’ve got to study war some more You can do it At the Hotel called The Third Side of the War
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Diamonds 06:04
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Until I've Shown You Paris 05:10
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UNTIL I'VE SHOWN YOU PARIS © Tony King 1993 Well we can't stay in this place forever I can see that it's making you blue... It's not 'cause you’re poor that you want something more And your spirit is telling you too... We can't put it off any longer 'Cause the right time might never be here ...I'll take you somewhere you'll never forget This is as close as a dream ever gets And you'll feel like you're part of a painting still wet... Is there anybody there who can answer my prayer?... Don't blow up the world until I've shown you Paris .. Don't blow up the world until I've taken you there... There's a life that we live in frustration And a life that we live in our minds.. And you know if we stay we will both dearly pay... 'Cause the blind are leading the blind ... If you're not killed It must make you stronger... But before you get too strong to feel... I'll show you something you've known from afar The sleeper will wake and you'll be who you are Where greed is the peasant and love is the Tzar.... Is there anybody there..who can answer my prayer?... Don't blow up the world until I've shown you Paris.... Don't blow up the world until I've taken you there... We'll roast in the chestnuts of winter .. And roll in the flowers of Spring And put it back just as we found it…. It’ll stay with you, it’ll stay with you, it’ll stay with you, it’ll stay…… If we don’t blow up the world until I’ve shown you Paris .. Don't blow up the world until I've taken you there...
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Mandarin Sky 04:26
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Rubber Bones 09:02
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Intro To Reason To Shine 01:10
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Reason To Shine 07:04
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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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Intro To Papa Mau Mau 00:22
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Papa Mau Mau 07:10
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Papa Papa Mau Mau © G.Smith & T.King August 1995 The devil eats the angel cake Gabriel eats there too the only thing they agree on is Papa Mau Mau’s stew There’s a fire in the Gumbo... Only size you get is a Jumbo... Your life ain’t worth livin’...’less you eat what you’re given at Papa Mau Mau’s Kitchen. Papa Papa Mau Mau Papa Papa Mau Mau oh oh oh oh oh .. Papa Mau Mau’s Kitchen oh oh oh oh oh .. Papa Mau Mau’s Kitchen A skinny guy came in for afternoon tea six months thereabout.... And now he’s in a fat man ..Trying his best to get out! In the kitchen there’s a big ol’ Rat and a health inspector eatin’ Throughout Louisianna.. his Gumbo can’t be beaten. Papa Papa Mau Mau Papa Papa Mau Mau oh oh oh oh oh .. Papa Mau Mau’s Kitchen oh oh oh oh oh .. Papa Mau Mau’s Kitchen The band never do no singing.. The doorbell’s always ringing You can fire a gun ..it won’t scare anyone ..they’ll just keep right on eating Yeah yeah yeah yeah Preachers come out gambling Gamblers come out cured People follow the smell of his cooking.. right around the world If you don’t eat meat heÕll give you beans the flavour will have you jumpin’ out your jeans They all pack in like a can of sardines...at Papa Mau Mau/s Kitchen. Papa Papa Mau Mau Papa Papa Mau Mau oh oh oh oh oh .. Papa Mau Mau’s Kitchen Papa Papa Mau Mau Papa Papa Mau Mau oh oh oh oh oh .. Papa Mau Mau’s Kitchen
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The Tide Will Come In 06:24
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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 laid 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…

credits

released January 6, 2005

We cannot thank this wonderful band enough for the beautiful and sublime performances

Justin Brady - Mandolin/Violin and Harmonica
Fabian Hevia - Percussion
Gary Holgate - Double Bass
Nina Vox - Lead vocals
Tony King - Lead vocals/acoustic guitar
Leyla Nassif - Backing vocals
Louise Perryman - Backing vocals
Bill Risby - Piano
Hamish Stuart - Drums
Craig Walters - Saxophone/Flute

Recorded live at the Basement, Sydney by Chris Mysinsky 6th December 2004
Mixed and mastered by Tony King - Moonlight Cactus Studios 2005

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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

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