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Micayla
03:53
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MICAYLA
I was running down the avenue
Trying to find my soul
So I bought myself a little car
Things ain’t all that bad down here Micayla
Chorus: Micayla you're my little love
I’m walking on the moon
It's a pretty pretty cold night Micayla
Without you
I was running down the hotel corridor
When I tripped, the sky opened I hit the floor
I was running back to you
But time doesn’t stand still Micayla
Chorus: Micayla you're my little love
I’m walking on the moon Micayla
And it's a pretty pretty cold night Micayla
Without you
(Instrumental interlude)
I was running down the avenue
Trying to get away trying to get away
Things aren't all that bad on St. Clair Avenue
Micayla, blue jean Micayla
Chorus: Micayla you're my little love
And the stars are so close Micayla
It’s a pretty, pretty cold place Micayla
Bridge:
Horn and paino
I was running down the avenue
Micayla, Blue Jean Micayla.
pye
26/07/09
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Da Wack
04:03
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DA WACK
He leaves and I breakdown, I pick me up
Head out of town, booth in the Tunnel Restaurant
Waiting for my ribs & fry, pick up Joey on the side
Think of you when it comes, cold slaw, side order of cold slaw
Chorus:
We walked along the boardwalk, and we were armed like Greta Garbo
And the Townhall clock, always on display, so magnificent
I should have offered him a smack,
Instead I took Da wack, Da wack, Da wack.
Driv’in through the rain, the wipers beat’in double time
They don’t dry my tears, they don’t wipe away my shame
What’s a girl to do, think’in of you with her
It’s raining in my heart and I’m wacked, da wack, da wack
Chorus:
We walked along the boardwalk, and we were armed like Greta Garbo
And the townhall clock, always on display, magnificent
I should have offered him a smack,
Instead I took Da wack, Da wack, Da wack.
Bridge ( vamp on Aus /// Cmaj7th , Asus /// Gmaj7th ///Cmaj7th )
What goes ‘round, comes to pass, guess I’ll top my ‘tini glass
Mr. D comes to play, with my idle time
Wait’in for my ribs & fry, pick up Joey on the side
Think’in of you when it comes, cold slaw, side order of cold slaw.
Chorus:
We walked along the boardwalk, and we were armed like Greta Garbo
And the Town Hall clock, always on display, magnificent
I should have offered him a smack,
Instead I took Da wack, Da wack, Da wack.
pye
28/03/13
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Don’t Give Yourself To Strangers
I’ve been walking & talking
With myself
I’ve been walking & talking to myself
And it’s alright baby now
On your way, twisting turning
Rue the day, the sun woke up
On your own, the currents brutal
Paddling your schifo all alone
Chorus:
I’ve been walking & talking
With myself
I’ve been walking & talking to myself
And it’s alright baby now
(instrumental verse)
Last night, the moon woke us up
Spilling moon beams into dark hair
They brushed your face
Like Mona Lisa
So don’t give up
Don’t give yourself away
Don’t give yourself to strangers
Come home the door is open
Chorus:
I’ve been walking & talking
With myself
I’ve been walking & talking to myself
And it’s alright baby now
(instrumental)
On your way
You’ll get there soon
Rue the day
The sun woke up
pye
13/12/08
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Drunken Piano
03:10
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DRUNKEN PIANO
I’m playing a drunken piano. I’m playing a drunken piano
And I’m already yours bought and sold like a ticket to the Zoo
REFRAIN: The blue notes come first then they dissolve
The black notes are next then they resolve
While I try to play, this drunken piano
I’m playing a drunken cello. I’m playing a drunken cello
And I’m bowing strong, but I lost this song playing a drunken piano
BRIDGE: All the plans we made fell through
Darned if it happened to you
Wouldn’t you be blue too, and playing a drunken piano?
(instrumental turnaround cello)
REFRAIN: The “blue meanies” come first then they dissolve
The blue monkeys on my back, the yard-apes in the yard
And they’re making quite a racket, the yard-apes in the yard
While I’m trying to play, this drunken piano
pye
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Cold Call
04:57
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COLD CALL
I was out in the city, just wandering around
Didn’t know where I was goin’, didn’t give a damn
Walked into a bar, to talk to the Man
I was making a cold call, and I was offered a warm hand
Chorus:
Cold call and I was offered a warm hand
Makin’ a cold call and was offered a warm hand
Cold Call and I was offered a warm hand
It just happens like that, sometimes, sometimes
I was in the middle of the city tryin’ to figure out what to do
Maybe I’d beat my heels to ‘Frisco or play some talkin’ Chicago Blues
Walked up some old stairs to the Monarch Tavern second floor
There at a table playing pool was a Big Star
His name was Tommy Hunter
And he knocked me on my back
I was makin’ a cold call
And Tommy offered me a warm hand
Chorus:
Cold call and I was offered a warm hand
Makin’ a cold call and I was offered a warm hand
Cold Call and I was offered a warm hand
It just happens like that, sometimes
(instrumental)
Told Tommy I used to watch him on T.V. when I was just a kid
"Kid you probably had only one channel”
And I said, “You’re right about that”
I was making a cold call and Tommy offered me a warm hand
Knocked me on my back, that Country Gentleman
Chorus:
Cold call and I was offered a warm hand
Makin’ a cold call and I was offered a warm hand
Cold Call and I was offered a warm hand
It just happens like that, sometimes
(instrumental)
Bridge:
I've tried to stay on the straight and narrow best as I can
Stayed away from cards and thrown the dice away
'Cause it strained my eyes to see that a pair of red fishhooks
Ain’t the best starting hand against any ragged black ace
Everywhere you go, it’s always the same
People treat you right or they stab you in your frame
You got to separate, the wheat from the chaff
It’s just the way things are, it’s a Natural Fact.
Chorus:
Cold call and I was offered a warm hand
Makin’ a cold call and was offered me a warm hand
Cold call and I was offered a warm hand
It just happens like that, sometimes
It just happens like that, sometimes
Sometimes
Pye
16/09/10
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Pete Eastmure Toronto, Ontario
Singer-songwriter Pete Eastmure has been described as “a genuine vintage Americana voice”. Influences Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Stompin' Tom Connors and Hank Williams and The Drifting Cowboys
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