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The Blue Eighty Eights Live at the Stinger (03​.​13​.​03)

by Benjamin Adair Murphy

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Band Introduction by Shafer Hall 01:26
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Our Lady of the Highways (Live at the Stinger) 03:44
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Oh lord don’t you let me die in this swamp I’ve got two good legs and I wanna walk Oh lord don’t you let me die here in this swamp Our Lady of the Highways let me get off of this black top Oh lord don’t let my last breath be this filthy air There’s a girl who’s waiting for me wanna kiss her everywhere Oh lord don’t let my last breath be this filthy air Our Lady of the Highways let me get away from here Our Lady of the Highways Our Lady of the high Our Lady of the Highways Our Lady of the high Shine a light down on me and bless this car I drive Our Lady of the Highways Our Lady of the high Shine a light down on me and bless this car I drive Well things are looking better since I got off of this road I don’t know where I’m going but I’m still on the go I don’t know where I’m going but I’m still on the go Our Lady of the Highways please don’t make the traffic so slow Our Lady of the Highways Our Lady of the high Our Lady of the Highways Our Lady of the high Shine a light down on me and bless this car I drive Our Lady of the Highways Our Lady of the high Shine a light down on me and bless this car I drive Shine a light down on me and bless this car I drive
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Story you already know (Live at the Stinger) 03:25
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Well she’s my little apple blossom I’ve known her since I was just a Poor boy working at a candle shop Picking at the wax when the boss wasn’t watching She’s my sweet little honeydew I've know her since we were just two Fat kids running in our underwear Holding hands when your mom wasn't looking Now I want you back come on dear and hold me close let me tell you a story that you already know She's my sweet little sugarcane I've known her since we were just two Stray dogs looking for a place to sleep Running under cover when the weather got rainy Well she's my sweet little chicken in a biscuit all those boys don't know what they're missing Face is though that I do Me and your mamma make two Now I want you back come on dear and hold me close let me tell you a story that you already know And I'll exaggerate the ending What's a story without a little mending? Now I want you back come on dear and hold me close let me tell you a story that you already know Well she’s my little apple blossom I’ve known her since I was just a Poor boy working at a candle shop Picking at the wax when the boss wasn’t watching
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Yesterday’s Blues (Live at the Stinger) 04:39
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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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Good drying day (Live at the Stinger) 03:21
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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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Try to be Gentle (Live at the Stinger) 03:22
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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 Boy 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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All the change (Live at the Stinger) 03:02
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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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Tired Bones (Live at the Stinger) 02:07
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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 (Live at the Stinger) 03:31
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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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Recorded live at "The Stinker" in Brooklyn on 03.13.03

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released July 2, 2019

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

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

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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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