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Benjamin Adair Murphy presents: "12 Bars of Blues"

by Benjamin Adair Murphy

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1.
No Time to Leave 03:13
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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
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Breathing When I'm Speaking 03:11
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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
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Trouble Came 02:41
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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
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Lucas and Ada's California Wedding Song 02:41
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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
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Jonah's Ride 03:00
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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
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Only So Many Ways This Can End 03:09
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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
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Wrong for That 02:36
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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
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12 Bars of Blues 03:29
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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
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Try to be Gentle 02:45
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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
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Not Yet 03:58
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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
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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
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Frail Thing 03:33
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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
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My Blackened Name (Il mio nome infangato) 02:40
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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

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Recorded and mixed by Francesco Conte
Mastered by Daniele Sinigallia
Drums recorded at Il Cubo Rosso Recording
Music and lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy ASCAP (464341364) Watery Grave Music ASCAP (396517127)

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released June 16, 2018

Benjamin Adair Murphy – vocals, guitar
Francesco Conte – lead guitars, bass
Allison Langerak– vocals
Andrea Freda –drums, percussion
Susanna Slamic – backing vocals
Andrew Mecoli - bass, backing vocals

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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

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