Get all 15 Benjamin Adair Murphy releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Old Chords, Let's Make a King, Back Pocket Blues, Killarney Glen, Trouble Came, Electro Morocco, Mustard, Turkey Doolin and the Early Eights, and 7 more.
1. |
No Time to Leave
03:13
|
|||
No one even knows
if you could love me or not
But I’ve never been afraid
Of a long shot
And no one even knows
If I could love you back
But now’s not the time
Or the place to dwell on that
So just quit acting shy, Ms. Fancypants
There’s a rumor on the dance floor that it’s time to dance
The radio’s playing old rockabilly
Oh baby, now ain’t no time to leave
These half-drunk Boston boys
Keep on losing their bets
They try to keep up with the music
But just fall out of step
And all the rest of them here
Don’t know which way is up
But you and I got it all figured out
And we might as well have some fun
So just quit acting shy, Ms. Fancypants
There’s a rumor on the dance floor that it’s time to dance
The radio’s playing some old rockabilly
Oh baby, now ain’t no time to leave my side
It’s cold in your car
It’s cold on the backroads under the stars
As you sail home
Dream as you steer
Cause now ain’t no time to leave here
|
||||
2. |
||||
Well I set myself straight
Drove a nail through the wall
I set myself straight
Kept my bills in my wallet
I set my alarm
Woke up to its call
I’d count all the kills
But my heart won’t allow it
But I’m breathing when I’m speaking your name
And all the rest are just hands on my neck
I’m breathing when I’m speaking your name
I heard something outside
So I opened the door
I saw so many crimes
That were treated like jokes
Nobody born breathing wants to fall into line
Or wait in some hallway
With your hands and your hopes
But I’m breathing when I’m speaking your name
And all the rest are just hands on my neck
I’m breathing when I’m speaking your name
I’d speak for myself
But I’m not always sure
I’d speak for my friends
But we’re in different places
We just meet when we can
Then we're back out the door
We meet when we can
Then we're back to the races
But I’m breathing when I’m speaking your name
And all the rest are just hands on my neck
I’m breathing when I’m speaking your name
|
||||
3. |
Trouble Came
02:41
|
|||
Well I was steadfast and I was sane
I was steadfast baby and I was sane
And the words you spoke came ringing
They were ringing through my brains
I was safe and I was careful yet trouble came
Well I was watched over and I was loved
I was watched over and I was loved
And I stayed out of folks’ business
And I stayed out of harm’s way
I was safe and I was carful yet trouble came
Little child with your head in the clouds
You know there ain’t no place to hide
People get petty and people get proud
So just open your arms out wide
Cause there ain’t no door been built that can keep it out
No there ain’t no door been built that can keep it out
And there’s not a wall constructed that will not fall away
I was safe and I was protected yet trouble came
|
||||
4. |
||||
Well I’m gonna take my world to the races
I’m gonna leave these weary eyes at home
I ain’t gonna miss all of these sorry faces
I ain’t gonna miss that chatter going on and on and on and I’ll be out
Driving through a moonlit night
Stars over Laurel Canyon
Gonna turn my lights up bright
I’m gonna find my sweet companion
She’ll be standing all alone in the dark
Her eyes like drops of wine
I’m gonna tell her all the things I’ve been thinking all this time
Well I’m gonna change my cards and clear the table
I’m gonna win it all with something strong
I ain’t gonna need to fight her tooth and nail
I’m just gonna win her over with a song
Driving through a moonlit night
The stars over Laurel Canyon
Gonna turn my lights up bright
I’m gonna find that sweet companion
She’ll be standing all alone in the dark
Her eyes like drops of wine
I’m gonna tell her all the things I’ve been thinking all this time
Well the stars know the curses and wishes of men
Don’t carry the weight we give to them
But if I hold the hand of the one that I love
Maybe they’ll find us above
Maybe they’ll find us
Driving through a moonlit night
Stars over Laurel Canyon
I’m gonna turn my lights up bright
I’m gonna find that sweet companion
She’ll be standing all alone in the dark
Her eyes like drops of wine
I’m gonna tell her all the things that I’ve been thinking
I’m gonna tell her all the dreams I’ve been dreaming
I’m gonna tell her all the secrets I’ve been keeping all this time
|
||||
5. |
Jonah's Ride
03:00
|
|||
Jonah he sailed
hoping God wouldn’t find his sin
Out on a ship built by man
Well he sailed and sailed
but his past it followed him
Out on a ship built by man
The rain it fell
and with it came the wind
It pushed around a ship built by man
Jonah he cried
to the wild and the raging sea
But that ship could not get free
That thirsty whale
swam the seas and back again
That thirsty whale
he kept both his eyes open
For Jonah he sailed
from the tides and trails of man
On a ship built by his own hand
Till at last it was time
and the whale swallowed Jonah whole
Well that ship went down below
Yeah that ship went down below
|
||||
6. |
||||
I’ve been leaving this house every morning
I’ve been leaving this house all my life
I’ve been drowning to death without warning
While my children go under the knife
Sometimes the rain comes up to your middle
Sometimes it comes up to your head
You can cover your chest up with medals
But there’s only so many ways this can end
I’m waiting for something to kick in
I’m sleeping where I take a seat
I’ve been drinking with pigs and with chickens
While someone throws food at my feet
There’s a girl who’s sending me signals
And I think that I could be her friend
But you can’t take your foot off those pedals
And there’s only so many ways that can end
I’m watching what’s crossing the border
I’m looking for something not right
I know that there’s nothing I ordered
There’s nothing I need here tonight
Sometimes the sun gets bright in the morning
And I fall asleep now and again
I can’t do the work of a dozen white shirts
There’s only so many ways this can end
|
||||
7. |
Wrong for That
02:36
|
|||
Baby I only mean good
Baby I only mean right
It may all come down to tonight
So don’t you leave me lying flat
If you don’t let me in you’ll be wrong for that
Keep it there in a jar
Strawberry rhubarb jam
You know I like a little when I can
Breakfast is whenever it’s at
If you don’t let me in you’ll be wrong for that
Last night under a red and a dangerous moon
I cried about you to whomever might listen
Till even the boys back in the kitchen
Knew it was wrong for you to lead me on like you do
Lighting’s got a way of striking
Thunder’s got a way it rolls
Water’s got a way it boils
The earth’s got a way it cracks
If you don’t let me in you’ll be wrong for that
As sure as I know your name
As sure as I know your face
You’re gonna take me to that place
You’re gonna take me to the well and back
If you don’t let me in you’ll be wrong for that
If you don’t let me in
you’ll be wrong for that
|
||||
8. |
12 Bars of Blues
03:29
|
|||
Well I am strapped down to a rock
I’m strapped down to a razor
You’d think I’d have a place to stand after all those things I gave her
But that foot still slips right out of the shoe
I got 12 bars of blues
I feel something coming on it makes it hard to even speak
I feel a tickle in my throat I might be out for the whole next week
But we got all these bills past due
And I got 12 bars of blues
So gimme me that jacket
I wanna dress up like the gentlemen do
Gimme them drumsticks
I’m counting off 12 bars of blues
She’s got rock and roll in English so what the hell else would you need
She’s got two guitars a drum set a base and a live feed
But she’s got no one to help her move
I got 12cbars of blues
Well they’re blowing on the cinders
I’m in a corner with a dunce
I’m wanna dress it up just like it was a dream that I had once
But we’ve got all these rules
I got 12 bars of blues
Gimme that jacket
I wanna dress up like the gentlemen do
Give me them drumsticks
I’m counting off 12 bars of blues
I was late to the party, but you know, to be fair it didn’t really get going till I got there
And I think it’s gonna wrap up soon.
So I’ll leave with these 12 bars of blues
Get me that jacket
The way I’m feeling you know I just can’t lose
Give me them drumsticks
I’m counting off 12 bars of blues
|
||||
9. |
Try to be Gentle
02:45
|
|||
Lately I’ve been thinking
you’re the best thing that I’ve ever come across
And I don’t care what all my friends say
Come on now and hold me dear
I do not want this moment to be lost
And I can’t stand to see you weeping that way
So let me try to be gentle
Let me try to be fair
Don’t say that you don’t care when I know that you do
Let me try to be gentle
Gentle with you
Girl it makes me sick to think
about the things I went and did to you
Where I come from they call that crazy
Girl it makes me weak to think
about the things I went and put you through
My blindness never ceases to amaze me
So let me try to be gentle
Let me try to be fair
Don’t say that you don’t care when I know that you do
Let me try to be gentle
Gentle with you
Far away I know is
Where I’ve been
And I’ll admit that I
Forgotten why
I ever looked for answers in
A foreign place
Answers in a foreign place
Lately I’ve been thinking
you’re the best thing that I’ve ever come across
And I don’t care what all my friends say
Come on now and hold me dear
I do not want this moment to be lost
And I can’t stand to see you weeping that way
So let me try to be gentle
Let me try to be fair
Don’t say that you don’t care when I know that you do
Let me try to be gentle
Gentle with you
|
||||
10. |
Not Yet
03:58
|
|||
Yours is the sand
Yours is the soil
Yours is the wild card that makes the whole hand royal
But I plan to get mine when I’m here is this world
When I’m here in this world
Yours is the dirt
Yours is the clay
Yours is the boot that kicks the dogs out of the way
But I plan to get mine when I’m here in these days
When I’m here in these days
What’s been thrown into the water is washing back again
And the battlefields will all return our dead
And the banks will forgive every form of debt
Just not yet
Yours is the north
Yours is the south
Yours is the tongue that shapes the words in my mouth
But sometimes it seems like the time has all run out
the time has all run out
What’s been thrown into the water is washing back again
And the open hands will all find loaves of bread
And the blind will finally see where they’ve been led
Just not yet
What’s been thrown into the water is washing back again
And the battlefields will all return our dead
And the banks will forgive every form of debt
And the open hands will all find loaves of bread
And the blind will finally see where they’ve been led
And we’ll understand what was written and what we read
And the grace of God will walk with us with every step
Just not yet
|
||||
11. |
Chances
02:43
|
|||
Well the bones can lie back and dry in their graves
While the world trembles above
And the moon tells the tide to roll out of the harbor
And a little girl loses her gloves
And the chains that you link
Fall apart when you think
That Abel and Cain were once brothers
And the wind lets the shoreline know just what it’s thinking
While we’ll just both look at each other
From the fields of green
To the oceans of aquamarine
I’ll carry this hidden light till it’s seen
Well the tears will all stop and they’ll dry in your eyes
While the children all practice their dances
And the money’s on black
And the horses are lined up
The only things to believe in are chances
|
||||
12. |
Frail Thing
03:33
|
|||
Whatever dust might fall over the things that you’ve borrowed
Whatever hearts you fill with madness or sorrow
Whatever corners you search when the rooms around you swing
You might find what you lost, but it just might cost you everything
Because your boat is tied to the rocks with nothing but string
Your boat is tied up with nothing but string
And I hope you don’t think you can stand up
In this wind that can lift up a man like a spring
Whatever lines you sell to the world waiting below
Whatever time you kill for moving too slow
Whatever noise you make while the ears around you ring
You might think that it’s wrong but that’s not the song they want you to sing
Because your boat is tied to the rocks with nothing but string
Your boat is tied up with nothing but string
And I hope you don’t think you can stand up
In this wind that can lift up a man like a spring
You roll it out then and try to roll it back under the rug
But we all know what it was that you were thinking
Now your boat is tied to the rocks with nothing but string
Your boat is tied up with nothing but string
And I hope you don’t think you can stand up
In this wind that can lift up a man like a spring
|
||||
13. |
||||
Please don’t speak my blackened name
Please don’t think that things could stay the same
Well I don’t want to cause any pain
So please don’t speak my blackened name
Please don’t cross that river tonight
You stay on your side and I will stay on mine
Well I don’t want to cause any shame
So please don’t speak my blackened name
My blackened name is known around
All the worst parts of town
My blackened name is on the tip of your tongue
And I don’t want us to do what can’t be undone
The smallest step from here and there
It gets much shorter when I see them things you wear
And I don’t want to take any blame
So please don’t speak my blackened name
Please don’t speak my blackened name
(Italian version)
Ti prego non dire
Il mio nome infangato
Per favore non credere
Che le cose rimarranno uguali
Io non vorrei
Causare dolore
Ti prego non dire
Il mio nome infangato
Ti prego non attraversare
Quel fiume stanotte
Resta sulla tua sponda
e restero' sulla mia
Io non vorrei
Causare dolore (le onta, vergogna)
Ti prego non dire
Il mio nome infangato
Il mio nome infangato
è conosciuto
nei peggiori posti
della città
Il mio nome infangato
è sulla punta della tua lingua
e non voglio che facciamo
ciò che non poi rimarra'
Il più piccolo passo
da qui a lì
diventa molto più piccolo
quando vedo le cose che porti
E non voglio
Prendermi la colpa
Ti prego non dire
Il mio nome infangato
Ti prego non dire
Il mio nome infangato
|
Benjamin Adair Murphy Mexico City, Mexico
www.benjaminadairmurphy.com Benjamin fronted the NYC band the Blue Eighty Eights, and has recorded solo albums in Brooklyn, Rome, and Mexico City. He has written lyrics for Nanuchka, Roiki, Electro Morocco, the Monophonic Shooting Spree, and other artists. ... more
Streaming and Download help
If you like Benjamin Adair Murphy, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp