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The songs appearing
here we're recorded at different times over the years and haven't made it to CD (yet).
© 
JP Jones, Vision Company Records, 2010. We'll add more as time goes on. |
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| "All the Abuse"*
was written in 1982 shortly after I was mugged on Clinton Street in Brooklyn, a block from
my apartment. The principle line is a direct quote from an aquaintance who was
responding to my description of the event. The recording was direct to 2-track in a third
story factory loft on Washington Street down by the Navy Yard, with Rob Shepperson on
drums and Jeff
Burk on bass-- the rhythm section for Tirez-Tirez.* "Dreaming of Francesca"* is a direct response to 911, recorded at home on the PARIS DAW--yeah, actually based on a dream as well as "real" life. "The King Is Dead"--solo demo version pre- Life and Death sessions. "What's the Fuss?"--also demo pre- Life and Death sessions, here with MIDI accompaniment, a trial run. "Straight to Your Heart"--the melody was stolen from a traditional celtic song, "The Parting Glass," a drinking song that often ended the night with various participants improvising lines directed one way or another to the assembly. Bob Dylan stole the tune for "Restless Farewell." |
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| *Lyrics for "All the Abuse" and "Dreaming of Francesca" are available in piano/vocal scores as free PDF downloads. Lyrics for "The King is Dead" and "What's the Fuss?" are here. "Straight to Your Heart" goes like this(anyone got a better idea for a title? jp@pjones.net): | |
| Straight to your Heart these days i don't worry much what people think unless i hurt someone in passing if i'm trying too hard or had too much to drink-- i make my amends in my fashion and i'm not afraid if in this passing parade i'm lost in history's dust i don't need to hide or swallow my pride or go out of my way to be mysterious from all of the bitterness i've ever felt for slights, neglect, and stupidity i've slipped beyond all the need to respond for what life did not do or did to me why play a game when fortune and fame have lost all their appeal? i don't need to be shamed or accept any blame for what I've become and the way i feel i have taken my hits and been given some gifts and i'll honor the call as a shaman i don't need to rise up in anyone's eyes a- bove what we all share in common I believe in God's grace that the whole human race is still at its birth but heaven's a place where all remains in its place so the place i belong is, for now, on this earth for those who are caught for whose souls can be bought by allowing their hearts to be deadened i can only pity who's abandoned the city on earth as it might be in heaven for in my own time i've seen gods unwind to reveal what they're made of and have no more doubt that all things come out of and eventually all things return to love grief, fear, and rage are not new to the age and gratitude makes all the difference the wind and the rain and the sun on my face and the laughter of children are sufficient so i'll work and i'll play and i'll live every day and practice my art and i'll know my mind and learn to be kind and I'll sing like i'm talking straight to your heart copyright jpjones 2007 june 6 middletown |
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