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Children Of The Sun
04:42
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CHILDREN OF THE SUN
Cigarettes and candy
And some tattoo art
On a hot June night
Out in Railroad Park
They weren’t talkin
Bout the boredom
They don’t know who they are
They weren’t talkin bout the near
They weren’t talkin bout the far
Looks like everything’s done
And nothin’s begun
For Children of the Sun
Black t shirts and jewelry
Fellin so lovelorn
Neath the big marquee
Eatin popcorn
Did ya see the movie
Explode on screen
It’s the same old story
That we’ve all seen
No never be done
By stories we’ve spun
Children of the Sun
Well I’m sittin on Main Street
In my friends blue car
A mailman walks by
Couldn’t say who you are
Everyone walkin round
And carryin bags
Sunglasses on
And they’re wavein flags
Look out everyone
Can’t see where you come from
Children of the Sun
Heavy metal in the mornin
Folk music at night
Backpacks of wisdom
Nothin wrong or right
Rollin down the sidewalk
On an old two wheel
He gives a thumbs up sign
On a quick drug deal
Look out everyone
They’re on the run
Children of the Sun
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2. |
Shine Your Light
03:07
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3. |
Dreamer's Holiday
04:06
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DREAMER’S HOLIDAY
I’m the dreamer
Lives down on the bay
What the country was
No I could not say
But there’s that house
I’ve known a thousand times
A hundred doors
And they’re all mine
The possibilities amaze me
On a dreamer’s holiday
Well you’re the slow one
But you don’t waste your time
You can move the mountains
That we don’t want to climb
The architects of joy you know
They dream a lot
About what’s real
And about what’s not
They’re gonna set us on our way
On a dreamer’s holiday
Well you’re the dreamer
But they don’t understand
Without you we’d be back
At the dawn of man
And everyone should know
That it ain’t wrong
To dream of a world
Where you belong
Come on and lead us on our way
To a dreamer’s holiday
On a dreamer’s holiday
On a dreamer’s holiday
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4. |
Montgomery St.
06:17
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MONTGOMERY ST.
Fire engines singin
In the backyard light
Oh the backyard light
Oh the lullaby..
Water trickles
From an empty lot
And it’s all we’ve got
Yeah it’s all we’ve got
And iron and stone
And a sad trombone
And your leather shoes
And the ivory comb
All our bags are packed
Like a burglar it’s just
Me and her
Who will lead you
Down the road.
Old Montgomery
Is a quiet street
Such a quiet street
uch a shame to say...
So long Christmas
And the Sunday smell
And the ringin bell
And the sparkilin bay...
And the chilly mornings
And the lit up tower
And the early hour
And the east bay bridge
So long Malvina
And your skyward hill
And I’m sad to say
That pilgrimage.
Oh and Allen Ginsberg
And the tales of men
And the howlin wind
And a howlin dreams.
All Gods’ children make
Some big mistakes yeah
Some big mistakes
But some lovely sounds
And ice cream windows
And the sound of jazz
Yeah the sound of cool
Makes you wanna move
But no ones movin
If you wanna pass
Down in Chinatown.
Chorus:
Come along you friend of mine
Simple words aren’t hard to find
Once the complications burn
We’ll watch the next day turn
And the frozen angels
On the concrete steps
Oh the sailors sleep
Oh the widows wept
And the drums are bangin
While the fireworks fall
Yeah the fireworks fall
And some folks wandered
Through the winter’s night
Oh the winter’s night
Oh the winter’s roll
I found your coat
While I was tumblin out
Of the fireman’s ball
yeah the fireman’s ball
Chorus
Now the leaves are shakin
On the gingko tree
Yeah the gingko tree
For you and me
And a gray light splashes
On the city sky beyond.
And some folks wait
Until the season’s change
And they don’t feel strange
No they don’t feel strange
But I guess that you
And I we’re movin on...
It’s the same old story
It’s our only book
Gonna turn the page
Gonna take a look
Gonna rip it out
Gonna roll it up
Gonna feed those
Flames inside
And the waters tricklin
On an empty lot
And it’s all we got
Yeah it’s all we got
And a fire engine
Singin in a backyard lullaby
Chorus
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5. |
Nightingale
04:11
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NIGHTINGALE
There goes sweet Mary
She’s stepin through the blue
I watched her slip away
Down angel avenue
Come out the blue jay
And the butterfly
When I had to wave
And had to say goodbye
Well listen to that nightingale
Callin everybody with a brand new song
Carry love in a golden pail
Cause everybody one day will be Rainbow gone
There stands the mayor
Standin on the green
Statuesque and sturdy
Through everything he’s seen
Some go forever
And some will quickly pass
But everything comes back
When your laid beneath the grass
Well listen to that nightingale
Callin everybody just to sing along
Carry love in a golden pail
Everybody one day will be Rainbow gone
I knew Miss Violet
She took you in the dark
She made your knees buckle
She made your heart spark
She says “Slim
There’s nothin that you lack
And when you go away
I will be wearin black”
Well listen to that nightingale
She’s had to sing just to get along
She’s got love in a golden pail
And everybody one day will be Rainbow gone
Well here comes the devil
Walkin through the dirt
His eyes are full of anger
And he’s smilein at your hurt
Well you lost your honey
And then you lost your head
You woke up on the sidewalk
And your seein red
Well hail the rain
Yeah the morning rain
Wash away the morning
Till your feelin strong
Carry love in a golden pail
Cause everybody one day will be Rainbow gone
Well here comes my baby
Walkin in the sun
What I wanna know is
What I’ve ever done
I’m more than lucky
With the hand I hold
I’m watchin as she’s fillin up
Her pot of gold.
Well listen to that nightingale
Callin everybody
With a brand new song
She’s got love in a golden pail
And everybody one day will be Rainbow gone
Rainbow gone Rainbow gone
Rainbow gone Yeah Rainbow gone
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6. |
Keep On Walkin'
06:16
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KEEP ON WALKIN
Oh you never know
What can come your way
Oh you never know
Till you say ok
And the doors swing wide
And you step on in
Oh you never know
Neath the mystic moon
Oh you never know
If what they say is true
And the doors swing wide
And you step on in
And you feel the change, begin
Chorus:
Well do you still believe
In a nursery rhyme
Or the lights comin
Over the mountain
Do you still believe
That the hands of time
Can lead you to drink
From the fountain
Well lift up your head now
And close your eyes
Breathe a long cool breath
for me
And keep on walkin
Everything’s alright
Long as you believe
Oh there is no time
Neath the magnolia tree
Gotta get on up
Get on off your knees
And begin again
When you feel the change
When you feel the change
Ah begin
Chorus
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7. |
The Bell
04:47
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THE BELL
Well I know Mr. Lightweight
He knocked my uncle down
One night in Madison gardens
In a title fight for the crown
From the weary rooms of Stockton
To the rainy New York street
He danced inside of every ring
And stayed upon his feet
Oh the radios on windows
The streets they filled with hope
They listened and they shouted
As he hung on to the ropes
And they prayed inside the kitchen
And in the old school yard
Jesus if you let him win
I won’t be such a coward
Chorus:
So when I get knocked down
I get back up
Almost every time
Always by myself
And when I hear the count
I feel set up
Like a victim of a crime
I’m wonderin
where’s the bell
Now I have heard the stories
From my mother and my pa
What finally brought him to his knees
Was a low blow by the law
They found him in possession
And they gave him prison time
A heavy weighted sentence
For a petty lightweight crime
Chorus
Now I’m sitting in that hallway
Where hate is what one loves
I’m sitting with my hands all laced
Inside his golden gloves
And I hate goin back there
Or movin on at all
I hate all of the little things
That make a person fall
Chorus
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8. |
Soul Parade
04:14
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SOUL PARADE
I’m walkin down that dusty road
Wondering what just might unfold
All upon a summers day
Sugar for sugar and salt for salt
If it comes out right it ain’t your fault
Movin through this soul parade
Shake my hand tip my hat
Everybody’s gonna be like that
Ain’t nobody cast away
Brightly colored all around
Arms a waving up and down
Movin’ though this soul parade
Chorus:
I’m livin’ with somethin
I don’t understand
I’m the prince of my own life
Ain’t no way around it
Take the good with the bad
Find the joy with the strife
So I drank some water
From the old man’s stream
He said everybody’s gonna let you dream
Never will you be afraid
Brother boy and sister too
Everybody looks a lot like you
Movin through this soul parade
Chorus
I’m livin’ with somethin
I don’t understand
I’m the prince of my own life
Ain’t no way around it
Take the good with the bad
Find the joy with the strife
Bridge:
There’s a cold wind blowin all round you
Up on cemetery hill
And it’s all right yeah it’s all right
If I don’t know how you feel
I just wash my face
Comb my hair
Step out in the summer’s air
Lookin’ what might come my way
Shake my hand tip my hat
Everybody’s gonna be like that
Movin’ through this soul parade
Yeah we’re movin’ through this soul parade
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9. |
Carry Me
03:18
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CARRY ME
Said she came a ridin out
From old Silverado
And a ghostly white
The people stared
Pretty blues eyes just like
The skies of Colorado
She wore a red camellia
In her hair
Then she came around
The edge of town
Sitting high upon her saddle
Silver bells on her pony’s head
We fought back the tears
In a losing battle
When I remembered
What she once said
Chorus:
“I don’t want to fade away
Not like some little star
I don’t want to fade away
So carry me wherever you are”
Said they saw her late last night
Outside of Millie’s bar
But she left long before it closed
Found a red camellia
With a note layin in the yard
Said “Tell him I’m someone he knows”
Chorus
“And I don’t want to fade away
Not like some little star
I don’t want to fade away
So carry me wherever you are”
Cause there’s trouble on the left
Trouble on the right
Whiskey in your blood
Fever in the night
Things that you can’t do
Things that go undone
And know you made me cry
Like no other one
And know you made me laugh
Know you made me see
I can do for you
What you did for me
No matter where you are
No matter how far
Oh carry me, carry me,
Carry me, carry me
Oh carry me.
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10. |
Baby Joe
04:38
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BABY JOE
Let me put you up on my shoulders
While the wild birds fly over
And inside the cathedral
We will sing La Forza del Destino
On our way home from the grocery
Marching closely behind me
Sing Splendore Solo Mio
While the man takes your photo
Gonna put your name on it
Gonna put a frame on it
Put it in that living room
Gonna stand away from it
Gonna see a change come
And try to take you
Baby Joe
Stay while you’re young and restless
Stay with your feet on the ground
Stay away from the wars a raging
Stay where you still can be found
But gone away so far
Far from ghost of your grandfather
I will call him soldato mio
As the world makes me harden
Gonna put your name on it
Gonna put a flame on it
Put it in that living room
Gonna have an ache for it
Gonna lie awake for it
See what you can do
Baby Joe
Baby Joe
Baby Joe
March on home
Come marching home
Baby Joe
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11. |
Lucinda
03:54
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LUCINDA
Little tin cowboy
With a horse and flag
Ridin through the night
With a doctor’s bag
Go and get the telephone
Call miss Bell
Can’t you see the water
Rushin out the well
Chorus:
I’ve been thinking bout you
We’ve been thinking bout you
I’ve been thinkin bout you
Oh Lucinda
And the red quince blossom
Outside the gate
No one really knows
How long to wait
Time is a tunnel
And love is the light
If you keep yours eyes open
It’ll be alright
Chorus
I’ve been thinking bout you
We’ve been thinking bout you
I’ve been thinkin bout you
Oh Lucinda
Come on skip to my Lu
There’s a place
In the world for you
Come on skip to my Lu
My darling
And the Universe black
And the Earth so brave
Heaven poured
Through the room
Like an ocean wave
And the pretty blue peacock
Up in the tree
Yeah he sang for the dawn
And the new baby
Chorus
I’ve been thinking bout you
We’ve been thinking bout you
I’ve been thinkin bout you
Oh Lucinda
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THE FOLLIES OF DON CALANDRO
It’s late September as you might recall
I wasn’t doin much at all
Not that I didn’t have some escapades
And a close call with the law
I drifted on down to the south of California
I stopped there one night to see my Sofia
She said it’s in my best interest oh to warn ya
You really gonna have to change your ways.
Chorus:
See how we move together
See how there’s nothing to know
See how it goes on forever
The Follies of Don Calandro
I went to London for the rendezvous
With her husband Sir Ferdinand
He had a love for the Queen of Spain
And his own little plan
I climbed into a long dark wooden box
He assured me that everything would be alright.
“You might die once this box has been locked,
But just wave your hands and you’ll come back to life”
Chorus
See how we move together
See how there’s nothing to know
See how it goes on forever
The Follies of Don Calandro
Now some people always do
The stupid thing
And then they don’t know what to say
Well it might be that it’s just meant to be
And it’s only Nature’s way
Tell me wise men what have you learned
The charlatans have stolen the crown
And the jugglers they just can’t be concerned
With anything that might be comin down
Chorus
See how we move together
See how there’s nothing to know
See how it goes on forever
The Follies of Don Calandro
It’s early August in an island town
And I’m eatin fruits and nuts
I got a letter from Sofia
And you know she signed it no ifs ands or buts
The trees are blowin in the evening wind
I stand up on shore and watch as it cools
I’ve been waitin for my ship to come in
Well it might just be that ship of fools
Chorus
See how we move together
See how there’s nothing to know
See how it goes on forever
The Follies of Don Calandro
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Jesse DeNatale California
Jesse DeNatale has released four critically acclaimed records: Shangri-La West (2000), Soul Parade (2006), The Wilderness
(2021) and The Hands of Time (2023). His music has been described as evocative & hopeful, a combination of poetry and storytelling
"A unique and original American voice"- Tom Waits
"The Bard of Tomales Bay"- Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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