lunes, 26 de octubre de 2020

JOE BONAMASSA: Royal Tea (2020)

 


1. When One Door Opens
2. Royal Tea
3. Why Does It Take So Long To Say Goodbye
4. Lookout Man!
5. High Class Girl
6. A Conversation With Alice
7. I Didn't Think She Would Do It
8. Beyond The Silence
9. Lonely Boy
10. Savannah
11. Don't You Do Me No Favours
12. Don't Hand Me Your Hangups


WHEN ONE DOOR OPENS
It starts close to the heart
The way waters part
I was straight up to my neck
Heard no warnings of the wreck
Had a shot to top it all
Never feared the fall
A lifetime of gold
Hope it lasts until I'm old
 
Are you a tycoon or a Moses
Do you see what light exposes
Every time one door opens
One closes on me
Are you a time clock or a wrist watch
A minuteman or a door lock
Every time one door opens
One closes on me
 
To be king of the heap
Don't matter if you sleep
I was cool to be steered
Thinked and missed, the abyss is near
Champagne all the ready
My hands never steady
My head's always down
All around I hear the sounds
 
Are you a tycoon or a Moses
Do you see what light exposes
Every time one door opens
One closes on me
Are you a time clock or a wrist watch
A minuteman or a door lock
Every time one door opens
One closes on me
 
Lay me deep in my grave
Lay me down with a silver spade
There's a long road for a man
Long road that has no end
 
Eight white horses in a line
Eight white horses outta time
Gonna lay me down
Lay me deep in that cold ground
 
In all of you I confide
All my demons inside
Execution's been stayed
No decisions have been made

ROYAL TEA
(Royal tea)
Story about my past and future
(Royal tea)
Had to bow to kiss her
I done give you life
All first class
Let you make your own photographs
Chandeliers and crazy cars
Paid in full with my guitars
(Royal tea)
Wake up in your garden
(Royal tea)
Champagne from the fountain
Bring me back, keep me gone
Reel me in and waste my life all the time
Royal tea

(Royal tea)
And check out your future
(Royal tea)
Gettin' away with murder
Breaking hearts 'round this town
Making fools of all you clowns
Razor's edge, my life's a beam
The likes of which you've never seen
(Royal tea)
Wake up in your garden
(Royal tea)
Champagne from the fountain
Bring me back, keep me gone
Reel me in and waste my life all the time
Royal tea

(Royal tea)
Wake up in your garden
(Royal tea)
Champagne from the fountain
Hiding out in your palace
Diamonds dipping from your chalice
Honey's sweet but the bees will sting
At the door of your reckoning
(Royal tea)
Wake up in your garden
(Royal tea)
Champagne from the fountain
Bring me back, keep me gone
Reel me in and waste my life all the time
Royal tea

WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO SAY GOODBYE
Tired of running
I've seen these times before
Desperation
Our candle burns no more
Everything we know
Takes us so far away
Trace your steps back
Don't let 'em guide your way

When I leave
Oh, I leave for good
No coming back
Like you said I would
You’ve crossed the line
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
Every time

I'm just a castaway
Cast out into the sea
Another rainy night
Tears from the endless fights
Oh, I carried you
Carried you on my own
So take the love you've had
And pretend you always know

When I leave
Oh, I leave for good
No coming back
Like you said I would
You’ve crossed the line
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
Every time
Say goodbye
Every time

When I leave
Oh, I leave for good
No coming back
Like you said I would
You've crossed the line
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
Every time
Say goodbye
Every time, yeah

LOOKOUT MAN!
(Look out)
(Look out)
(Look out)

Look out, man, I'm coming down the pike
Look out, man, I'm wearing tiger stripes
Look out, man, I'm coming through your wall
Look out, babe, satisfaction ten feet tall

(Look out)
Look out, man, I'm coming from big scene
Look out, man, steak frites and Burgundy
Look out, people, I'm coming from the sun
Look out, people, it's good for everyone

Oh, berry in the champagne
Messing up my campaign
No shame in the fame game
Cause look out here I come

(Look out)
Look out, man, I'm trying for the set
Look out, man, something you won't regret
Look out, people, I'm a force of nature
Look out, people, hеre come signs of The Rapturе

(Look out)
Look out, man, I'm as quick as I am fast
Look out, man, just ask the Caveman
Look out, people, don't keep me in a cage
Look out, people, the storm's about to rage

Oh, berry in the champagne
Messing up my campaign
No shame in the fame game
Cause look out, here I come

(Look out)
Look out, man, I'm the one who can't be beat
Look out, man, I'm the one who won't repeat
Look out, people, I'm lean, mean, and dazed
Look out, people, I'm the one who won't be fazed

(Look out)
(Look out)
(Look out)
(Look out)

HIGH CLASS GIRL
I took it on the low
I took it in my home
When I found you and another man
Baby, someone's got to go
And you know it ain't me
Cause this house ain't for free
When you choose to lie and you take his side
That's the way it's gonna be
Cause I'm nobody's fool
But you kicked out my stool
From underneath my life you made a mess this time
But do what you got to do
You're pure upper class
You're kicking my ass
You took your time
Twisting the knife once inside my heart that's beating fast

You're a high-class girl
Low-class ways
If I stay any longer and I sit and I ponder
Gonna throw it all away

I'd be in the right
To stand here and fight
So, brеak it down for me like the child you see
For thе wrong reasons you are right
Bring on the motion
But you're weak on your potion
To keep me around after you beat me down
Baby, I revel in your devotion

You're a high-class girl
Low-class ways
If I stay any longer and I sit and I ponder
Gonna throw it all away

I'm a different breed of brother
Don't believe me ask my mother
I'm a stone-crazy roll another girl off my shoulder
As evil as I can be

You're a high-class girl
Low-class ways
If I stay any longer and I sit and I wonder
Gonna throw it all away

You're a high-class girl
With low-class ways
If I stay any longer and I sit and I ponder
Gonna throw it all away

(High-class girl)
Throw it all away
(Low-class ways)
Throw it all away
Throw it all away
Throw it all away
Throw it all
Away

A CONVERSATION WITH ALICE
I'm a victim of absolution
I'm a casualty of life
So bring on a revolution
Couldn't come at a better time
I'm a part of a rise and fall
Mostly fall in current times
Need to make the most of what I got
Need to make the most of mine

I'm tired of being stuck in the middle
I'm tired of being out on my ass
A conversation with Alice
Been from rags to riches so fast
I'm growing old and I'm weary
Sick and tired of tired and sick
My conversation with Alice
Was the best thing I ever did
Was the best thing I ever did

So I'm sticking to my excuses
Founding out who's to blame
All I see is a man in a mirror
All I see is more the same
I'm tired of being stuck in the middle
I'm tired of being out on my ass
A conversation with Alice
I've been from rags to riches so fast
I'm growing old and I'm weary
Sick and tired of tired and sick
My conversation with Alice
Was the best thing I ever did
Was the best thing I ever did

A conversation with Alice
A conversation with Alice
A conversation with Alice
A conversation with Alice
A conversation with Alice
A conversation with Alice
A conversation with Alice
Was the best thing I ever did
Was the best thing I ever did

I DIDN'T THINK SHE WOULD DO IT
I thought we would sail on such a kind sea
I thought we were being what we wanted to be
I had no warning of what was dawning
Shock of the world, so stop your freaking moaning
I didn't think she would do it
I didn't think she would do it
I didn't think she would do it
I didn't think she would do it
But she did it anyway

I thought we were driving such a straight line
What's mine is yours and what's yours is mine
I had no premonition of nuclear fission
My whole world blew up on live television
I didn't think she would do it
I didn't think she would do it
I didn't think she would do it
I didn't think she would do it
But she did it anyway

And sometimes I know it's all my fault
I took her for granted 'til I called it a halt
I had it no idea, I was now in the rear
My dreams are gone and I'm nowhere frеaking near
I didn't think she would do it
I didn't think she would do it
I didn't think she would do it
I didn't think she would do it
But she did it anyway
She did it anyway
Oh, she did it anyway

BEYOND THE SILENCE
You know the truth hurts, it stings like hell
From the deep fires and the ringing bells
I know it's time to end my days
With a shovel and cross I've dug my grave

I know I have my cross to bear
As I sit in silent soulless stare
I recall a smile as I think of you
And out of nowhere I have these blues

Beyond the silence
Beyond the silence in my mind
Beyond the silence
Beyond the silence in my mind
I rise
I rise
When the storm rages

I know it hides in plain sight
I fight it now with all my might
Like a tree in the yard that bears no fruit
I know it's little comfort to you

Beyond the silence
Beyond the silence in my mind
Beyond the silence
Beyond the silence in my mind
I rise
I rise
When the storm rages

Oh, I can't let it fall on me
Oh, all I had to do was breathe
Let me breathe
Let me breathe

I know you're sad to see this day
And I know I'm stuck here in my ways
Your words all fall upon deaf ears
Behind the veil of hidden fears

Beyond the silence
Beyond the silence in my mind
Beyond the silence
Beyond the silence in my mind
I rise
I rise
When the storm rages
When the storm rages
When the storm rages
When the storm rages

LONELY BOY
Oh, I had my mother tell me son
You have brothers but you're only one
She knew what she had to do
All my life reaching out for you
I believe
Lonely boy this time
I'm alone on this matter
Lonely boy kind

Well she strut her stuff down Oxford Street
She looking like she hadn't eat
I tell myself what could go wrong
Another tale of the same old song
I believe
Lonely boy this time
Oh, I'm alone on this matter
Lonely boy kind

Early morning starting school
Soon became the classroom fool
Went to church in my Sunday shoes
People talk about my point of view
I believe
Lonely boy this time
I'm alone on this matter
Lonely boy kind

Well spoonful of white
Just to try to get her black
I know my baby's gone
She makes me blow my stack
I believe
Lonely boy this time
I'm alone on this matter
Lonely boy time
I'm alone on this matter
Lonely boy time

SAVANNAH
Oh, Savannah
Lay my burden down
Spent my life in the same old rust town
Oh, Savannah
Time is moving fast
Living life in the land of the long grass

I'm a man who knows
Which way the river flows
I'm a man of means
But nothing will set me free
Nothing will set me free
Oh, Savannah
Oh, Savannah
You're more than home to me

Oh, Savannah
Pick up your heart and run
I've raised some Cain and I sure did have my fun
Oh, Savannah
Down on wounded knee
When it all comes down it's always you and me

When I found my pride
For digging deep inside
I bared my soul
But this is the way to go
This is the way to grow
Oh, Savannah
Oh, Savannah
Life on the long road

Oh, Savannah
It's good to be the king
You broke me down but again I'm rising
Oh, Savannah
Now that it's all begun
I took the money but forgot to run

When I was running wild
At least I did in style
When I sang my song
I knew this day would come
I knew it all along
Oh, Savannah
Oh, Savannah
Oh, Savannah
Oh, Savannah
You're more than home to me

DON'T YOU DO ME NO FAVOURS
So what’s to say after all these years
It’s been so long, cause so many tears
So long now that I’ve been all alone
Wasted time on my own

Goodbye, my love, it’s over now
A precious time, faded somehow
Long, lonely days and I can’t sleep at night
My peace of mind ain’t worth the fight

Don’t you do me no favours
Or I’ll put that blame on you
Don’t you do me no favours
That’s all I ask for you

It’s a sign of the times, to bring it on home
I’m a desperate man, with a heart of stone
Don’t pity me for what’s on my face
I long for the day in a better place

Don’t you do me no favours
Or I’ll put that blame on you
Don’t you do me no favours
That’s all I ask for you
Don’t you do me no favours
Or I’ll put that blame on you
Don’t you do me no favours
That’s all I ask for you

Don’t you do me no favours
Or I’ll put that blame on you
Don’t you do me no favours
That’s all I ask for you
Don’t you do me no favours
Or I’ll put that blame on you
Don’t you do me no favours
That’s all I ask for you

DON'T HAND ME YOUR HANGUPS
Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free
Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free
I got me a woman who knows how to make me cry
I got me a woman, so petrified
I got me a woman looks good in a wig
I got me a woman who loves to dance that jig

Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free
Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free
I got me a woman who likes to mess around
I got me a woman from the southside of town
I got me a woman who drinks a lot of wine
I got me a woman, hell, she’s drunk all the time

Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free
Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free

I got me a woman with sexy legs
I got me a woman, so damn good in bed
I got me a woman who likes to drain my will
I got me a woman, man, she’s crazy as hell

Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free
Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free
Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free
Don’t hand me your hangups
When I got my own hangups for free

Don’t hand me your hangups
Don’t hand me your hangups
Don’t hand me your hangups

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