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