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The Blue Eighty Eights

by The Blue Eighty Eights

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I shouldn't call you anymore 03:39
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I’ve spent too long with my head down I’ve spent too long staring at the floor I shouldn’t call you anymore I’m in someone else’s place I’ve just been keeping his seat warm I shouldn’t call you anymore. I know I’m calling and it’s much too late But I just wanna make sure that you’re safe I’ve spent too long with my head down I’ve spent too long staring at the floor I shouldn’t call you anymore
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'Scuse me for livin' 03:50
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Well if you make it down to Tennessee Can you kiss a pretty girl for me She said she’d meet me by the side of the river Wearing nothing but what God give her Well she made me a hat of straw I wore it all the way through Arkansas But it fell apart in Carolina Then it was out of sight and out of mind yeah Well I’ve looked good and I’ve looked hard I’ve been a man and I’ve been a dog Been all those thirsty things So ‘scuse me for livin’ Well I made fast work getting out of that rut Cause even your alarm clock hated my guts And I made it out of there before I met the business end of a 2x4 But sometimes I miss you baby Sometimes I miss you on nights like this Sometimes I miss you wishing On all the stars of West Texas Well I’ve looked good and I’ve looked hard I’ve been a man and I’ve been a dog Been all those lucky things So ‘scuse me for livin’ Have you heard about rain clouds baby? Well they move in from off the coast I know all about rain clouds baby And I look like I’ve just seen a ghost So if you make it down to Tennessee Can you kiss that pretty girl for me? And if you make to the end of the block Well buddy you’ll be standing in my spot
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Try to be gentle 03:20
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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 So come on now and hold me dear I want to be your girlfriend not your boss 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 Boy it makes me sick to think about the things I went and did to you Where I come from they call that crazy Boy 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 So 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 So come on now and hold me dear I want to be your girlfriend not your boss 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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Organ donor (give your heart to Jesus) 02:49
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Each day you get out of bed You get in a car accident so just Give your heart to Jesus Every day that you wake up You smash into a truck so baby just Give your heart to Jesus Baby don’t be loner get yourself onto that list Baby don’t be a loner you can be an organ donor and just give your heart to Jesus It don’t matter if you drive slow or fast You’re getting into a crash so baby just Give your heart to Jesus Baby don’t be loner get yourself onto that list Baby don’t be a loner you can be an organ donor and just give your heart to Jesus Come on people now Let’s all sign up together Rain or shine, snow or sleet We’re driving though some pretty nasty weather
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Good drying day 03:56
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Come into the water come in with me pet We’ll stay till our clothing is all soaking wet Come into the water come into the waves Tomorrow will be a good drying day We got drunk at noontime and stayed drunk till dawn There was plenty of laughing but all of it’s done You cried to me baby I can’t keep on this way And I hope I that tomorrow’s a good drying day A good drying day and we’ll hang this all up A good drying day and the wind it will rush Cause you can’t get your clothes clean and lord knows we’ve tried With this kind of weather outside There are clouds rolling over looks like it might pour There are leaves in the drainpipe we’ve been here before It looks like my baby we’ll just have to wait Cause this doesn’t look like a good drying day
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Tired Bones 02:09
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I’m gonna leave my baby in the snow I’m gonna leave her there all alone She’s got some tired bones She’s got some tired bones She’s got some tired, tired bones I’m gonna leave my baby in the snow I’m gonna leave her there where you won’t ever know She’s got some tired bones She’s got some tired bones She’s got some tired, tired bones She’s got some tired bones She’s got some tired bones She’s got some tired, tired bones And she’s walking a long long mile You know she needs to sit down for a while I’m gonna leave my baby in the snow Gonna leave her there all alone I’m gonna leave her then go back home She’s got some tired bones She’s got some tired bones She’s got some tired, tired bones
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Let's go get the girls 02:56
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Let’s go get the girls, boys Let’s go get the girls You know the beach is about to close, boys So let’s go get the girls You know they told us they needed a ride back to Houston Well the dark clouds are forming and the white caps are rolling in Let’s go get the girls The life guard’s stereo has dead batteries Let’s go get the girls Because no one wants to be caught in the rain Let’s go get the girls, boys Let’s go get the girls You know the beach is about to close, boys So let’s go get the girls They told us they needed a ride back to Houston Well the last time we saw them they were on the sand They were getting some food from the refreshment stand They got some French fries with ketchup it was all over their fingers They were licking it off and tasting all the sand I was only in there for a real quick dip They couldn’t have given us the slip Let’s go get the girls, boys Let’s go get the girls You know the beach is about to close, boys So let’s go get the girls They told us they needed a ride back to Houston Knee deep in the Gulf of Mexico say yeah Knee deep in the Gulf of Mexico say hell yeah Well how they getting home they’re so young It’s a long drive from Galveston Well how they getting home they’re so young It’s a long drive from Galveston Let’s go get the girls, boys Let’s go get the girls You know the beach is about to close, boys So let’s go get the girls They told us they needed a ride back to Houston
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Yesterday's Blues 04:07
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Rain is falling it’s Saturday night Birds are looking for shelter with all their might And you and I are laughing about yesterday’s fight You hold my hand and you sip your beer The music’s soft and we sit so near You and I are laughing about yesterday’s tears Funny how a sudden rain Doesn’t seem to ever change a thing Funny how those sweet clouds keep on rolling Funny how tonight it feels so right And yesterday the whole world was exploding You kiss my neck and you whisper my name You light two cigarettes with the same flame And you and I we’re just laughing about yesterday’s pain I’ve got nowhere to be in the morning it’s true Except for in bed with my arm around you And I’ll hold you so tight I’ll hold you so close You and I will be laughing about yesterday’s woes Funny how a sudden rain Doesn’t seem to ever change a thing Funny how those sweet clouds keep on rolling Funny how tonight it feels so right And yesterday the whole world was exploding You and I are such a strange organism We feed on suffering and maybe that’s the reason We make each other so mad But right now wouldn’t feel so good if then hadn’t felt so bad Funny how a sudden rain Doesn’t seem to ever change a thing Funny how those sweet clouds keep on rolling Funny how tonight it feels so right And yesterday the whole world was exploding
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Throw those thoughts away 02:22
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Boy you must be crazy If you think that I don’t love you like I say I do ( like I say I do ) When the night comes through my window You’re the only one I wanna lay next to (wanna lay next to) Well we might have to feed it with a spoon But I swear our love it is not doomed I swear our love is not doomed Boy you must believe me When I say that I will be there when I say I will (when I say I will) When the light comes through my window You’re the only one I wanna see there still (wanna see there still) Well it might be breathing through a tube But I swear our love it is not doomed I swear our love is not doomed So stop saying you cannot stay So go and throw those thoughts away Well it might be staying off solid food But I swear our love it is not doomed I swear our love is not doomed
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All the change 03:25
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Go buy a quart of milk and bring back your mamma all the change Go buy a quart of milk and bring back your mamma all the change But I like those shoes and I like that hat And I wanna dress my baby up in something like that Go buy a dozen eggs and bring back your mamma all the change Go buy a dozen eggs and bring back your mamma all the change But I wanna take my baby out tonight And I wanna dress her up all expensive like When robins build their nests They build their nests with colored plastic And with bright, bright colored string When robins build their nests They build their nests with anything Well there’s a jar full of pennies that I keep under my bed So I’ll go buy a loaf of bread and won’t stop along the way And I’ll bring back my mamma all the change
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Whole day through 03:30
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My daddy was my mother’s fool And he would buy her anything she asked for Chocolate bars and shiny things The children all found it quite disgusting How he’d throw everything into her hands But when he died he died a happy man Well now my mother was a sight to see You should have seen the way she’d flirt at soirees But my father would just smile as he watched her dance But when he died he died a happy man When he died he died a happy man That’s why I wanna throw away the sum of my experience I’d rather live in ignorance the whole day through I wanna through away the sum of my experience I’d rather live in ignorance with you The owl is a wise old bird His lonely eyes they tell no secrets My daddy was my mother’s puppet And everyone is this town knew it But she missed him so when he went away And when she died she died a lonely maid When she died she died a lonely maid That’s why I wanna throw away the sum of my experience I’d rather live in ignorance the whole day through I wanna through away the sum of my experience I’d rather live in ignorance with you
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No real pleasure 03:00
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The lord made a pretty man when he made me The lord made a pretty man when he made me He gave me eyes like the silver clouds And a mug to make any mother proud And any father say son you’re our greatest treasure But I gotta tell you daddy that there ain’t no real pleasure The lord made a pretty man oh yes he did The lord made a pretty man when he made this kid He gave me soul like the ocean deep And a voice to make any woman weep And a kiss by which all others must be measured But I gotta tell you baby that there ain’t no real pleasure I’m crawling out on my hands and knees I’m crawling out baby can you help me please He gave me soul like the ocean deep And a voice to make any woman weep And a kiss by which all others must be measured But I gotta tell you baby that there ain’t no real pleasure

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The Blue Eighty Eights was Benjamin Adair Murphy on guitar/ vocals, Roy Gurel on lead guitar, Derek Nievergelt on bass, Allison Langerak on lead vocals/ harmonica, Tzafrir Lichtenstein on drums, and Aaron Thurston on drums. These twelve songs were recorded in Brooklyn around 2002 and 2003. Some of them were recorded at Vibromonk Studios by Dan Shatzky and Tamir Muskat. Others were recorded at Headgear Studios and by Yuval Ziegler at his apartment on Wythe Ave.

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released January 1, 2003

Benjamin Adair Murphy- guitar/ vocals
Derek Nievergelt - bass
Allison Langerak- lead vocals
Roy Gurel - lead guitar
Tzafrir Lichtenstein – drums
Aaron Thurston - drums

Music and lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy ASCAP (464341364) Watery Grave Music ASCAP (396517127)

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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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