81 tracks by Gene Eric Mann
IN THIS CELL
Yes, I have my problems
Lord knows I’m not quite right
For I was a tortured child
I seek eternal night
Yes, I have my hang-ups
I have my cause to weep
For I face a future grim
I seek eternal sleep
But what they say…
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JUMPSUIT BLUES
As I slept this morning,
I dreamed of what you said
How you said you loved me,
And from my toes to head
Then I woke to Chow Call,
Prison walls around my bed
‘Morning to you, Jesus!
How did you sleep last night…
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Most Times
Every now and then I think that I should eat.
Every now and then I think that I should sleep.
Every now and then I ponder what to do.
Most times I just think of you.
Most times I just think of you.
Sometimes I will call…
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MY SPIRIT LONGS
My eyes, they thirst to drink you in
I reach to hold your hand in mine
In dreams of memories with your soul
To write within my Book of Time
My arms, they beg to hold you close
I need to keep you by my side
If only…
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Pitchforks glow reflecting torches held in hand by the town’s folk
Eyeballs gleam beneath the balls of flame puffing out the stream of smoke
Rumors grow, they’re telling of the child who was flung in the lake
Gnashing teeth, they scream…
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SOLANA (Sunshine)
Sunshine, you are the morning.
Solana, you bring the light.
I am the evening. I am the darkness.
Whoa, you know, I bring the night.
But in the dusk and in the dawn, we make it right. We make it right.
Sunshine…
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The morning after JP Morgan Chase Bank donated $4.7 million to the NYCPD, police began terrorizing the OWS protesters, beginning with Officer Antonio Bologna macing an innocent woman. This song is about that event:
TONY BOLOGNA
Liberty Park…
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WHAT DEMONS DO
Yes, he pulled your halo down
And clipped away your ivory wings
Now your harp can make no sound
Because he stole your golden strings
He was once an angel too
But demons do what demons do
Dragging angels to this Hell…
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Lyrics by Starry Nightmoth and Gene Eric Mann. Keyboards by Nightmoth. Acoustic bass, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric lead guitar, and vocals by Mann.
YOUR KNOCK (Strings)
Pull me from this cursed abyss
I cannot find connecting strands…
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Psychedelic Folk. Ever meet that special someone in a laundromat? Ever do it on top the dryer? Either way, you’re sure to dig this clean groove. Compilation by Stephen L. Krell and Gene Eric Mann.
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Lyrics by Starry Nightmoth and Gene Eric Mann. Reversed vocals by Starry Nightmoth. Music by Gene Eric Mann. Drums generated by Gene Eric Mann via a Yamaha E313 KB.
Putting sleepy child to bed
Mommy rests her weary head
Sleeping soundly…
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Lyrics by Adrienne Harvey. Music by Gene Eric Mann. Vocals by Harvey. BG acoustic rhythm and acoustic bass guitar by Mann. Remaining guitars by Randy Nixon, Jr.
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Lyrics & music by Greg Connor. Lead and slide guitars by Gene Eric Mann. Copyright © 2012 Greg Connor.
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Blues. Lyrics, vocals, harmonica and harpsichord by Greg Connor. All other instruments by Gene Eric Mann. Arrangement by Greg Connor and Gene Eric Mann.
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Political Folk song featuring Stephen L. Krell on the Chicago-style Blues-harp.
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Lyrics and vocals by Starry Nightmoth. Music by Gene Eric Mann.
FIRE
Firefly --
Who invited you bright bug?
Who said your friends could come?
Who brought down the stars?
Who danced all night long
Around my burning house?
Firebug…
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Lyrics by Adrienne Harvey and Gene Eric Mann. Music by Randy Nixon Jr. and Gene Eric Mann. Vocals by Harvey. BG acoustic rhythm and acoustic bass guitar by Mann. Remaining guitars by Nixon.
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Lyrics, music and male vocals by Gene Eric Mann. Female vocals by Starry Nightmoth.
DUSK AND DAWN
No extreme is where I’m standing
Dusk and dawn twix day and night
Dusk and dawn
Yes, I’m not a Saint Terrisa
All I Have I will not…
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Lyrics by Adrienne Harvey. Music by Randy Nixon, Jr. and Gene Eric Mann. Vocals by Harvey. BG acoustic rhythm and acoustic bass guitar by Mann. Remaining guitars by Nixon.
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Bass by Greg Connor. 1st slide and rhythm guitars by Stephen L. Krell. 2nd slide, rhythm, and electric guitars, lyrics and vocals by Gene Eric Mann. Music by Connor and Krell.
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