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Angel Baby


I found a guitar in a fourth street pawn shop
You know that lucky little boulevard
I think I bought it for a friend named Steve
I sent it to him without a card
That was maybe nineteen sixty somethin’
When all the land was a musical flame
When we were young and our hearts were pumping
No one’s ever gonna be the same

Oh angel angel baby
No I can’t talk to you now
Oh angel angel baby
We caught some big desire but I don’t know how

We used to walk along a midnight heaven
With our harmonicas pressed to our lips
There might be six of us or maybe seven
On those summer night suburbian trips
Out to the market and down to the hillside
Out the corner there we’d go
Out to the highway and on to the tunnel
Marching with an echo blowing in our soul

Oh angel angel baby
Tell me what took you so long
Oh angel angel baby
We caught some big desire you can’t say it’s wrong

Me and Terry and her little sister
Were gonna go hear a band
We had to walk listen mister
Cross the moon just holdin’ hands
Still I got lost like I always used to
So I put my hand up to my ear
I traced the sound from me to you
And it’s something I still can hear

Oh angel angel baby
Tell me why you make it so hard
Oh angel angel baby
Cut me with the sound of music leave me lost and scarred

I’m layin’ down staring at the ceiling
My friend said hey man you gotta hear this song
It’s very nice yea it’s most appealing
And another thing I like it’s really long
Jack Elliott singin 912 Greens
We played that record round and round
I wasn’t really sure what it means
But somehow I thought I’d been found

Oh angel angel baby
Tell me what I can do
Oh angel angel baby
We caught some big desire and I know you heard it too

Now I might not even know you any longer
But somehow I know you’re life’s been hard
I think I’m going back feelin’ stronger
Back to that lucky little boulevard
I’ve been thinkin’ bout the time I met you
Ive been thinkin’ bout what you had to say
Could we do the things we thought we had to
Could we hear the music any other way

Oh angel angel baby
Well I guess you know quite well
Oh angel angel baby
Guess you know you’ve got me underneath your spell

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from Shangri​-​La West, released January 1, 2003

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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

"A dynamic tune-fountain"- Billy Collins ... more

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