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Hot Night
02:37
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HOT NIGHT
it’s a hot night
and I don’t feel like sleepin
I got too much commotion
runnin round my mind
some kind of second sight
I see the meaning of everything
with the fever of the free and easy
in the summertime
ain’t nobody gonna give it to ya
you got to steal it
ain’t nobody gonna live it for ya
so you better feel it now
it’s a hot night
I hear the dogs in the distance
I hear the men comin down the street
pickin up the trash
it sounds like a fist fight
like a squalid existence
but they’re singin in the dawnin day
like nobody asked
ain’t nobody gonna give it to ya
you got to steal it
ain’t nobody gonna live it for ya
so you better feel it now
it’s a hot night
and I don’t feel like sleepin
lying next to my lover
and I can hear his dreams
I feel like rising bread
like a hothouse flower
like I’m drunk on whiskey sour
down the street in New Orleans
it’s a hot night
lying next to my lover
and there’s nowhere tomorrow
that I need to get
so I say not quite
don’t take this night away from me
I don’t feel like sleepin yet
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2. |
Vim & Vigor
03:32
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VIM & VIGOR
I know I got a dirty mind
it’s in the gutter all the time
I don’t believe that it’s a crime
I consider it a service
this ain’t 1954
it ain’t a man’s world anymore
so whatcha wanna tame me for
do I make you nervous?
I roll up all vim and vigor
chompin at the bit got my finger on the trigger
pitchin a fit all lipstick and vinegar
like baby do ya dare me
cuss a blue streak like a drunken doxy
don’t give a fuck if you find me foxy
I do what I want to cus I got moxie
and you don’t scare me
I know I got a lot of nerve
I ought to get what I deserve
a half a dozen men to serve me
it stands to reason
a couple of em feed me sweets
couple more to rub my feets
and one or two between my sheets
if I find it pleasing
I roll up all vim and vigor
chompin at the bit got my finger on the trigger
pitchin a fit all lipstick and vinegar
like baby do ya dare me
cuss a blue streak like a drunken doxy
don’t give a fuck if you find me foxy
I do what I want to cus I got moxie
and you don’t scare me
well I wake up every mornin with somethin to say
music to play and lots of good lovin all day
you wake up every mornin just hatin on me
ain’t it easy to see who it feels better to be?
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3. |
So Ferocious
02:36
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SO FEROCIOUS
walkin through the city feelin so ferocious
I could take anyone
you ain’t gonna see me run from you no way
no way
everything you said to me was so atrocious
you oughtta take it back
if I had a punch to pack I’d make you pay
you pay
I guess your mama didn’t raise you right
and you wanna take it out on me
you’re just a bully lookin for a fight
but you didn’t know that I could be
SO FEROCIOUS!
you wake up every mornin feelin so malicious
mouthful of sour grapes
when you see a smilin face it makes you mad
so mad
everything I ever do is so delicious
I oughtta cut a break
when I really contemplate you I feel sad
so sad
now you think you’re tough
but before long you’ll see that ain’t no way to live
cus the stuff that makes you strong
ain’t what you take - it’s what you give!
I guess your mama didn’t raise you right
and you wanna take it out on me
you’re just a bully lookin for a fight
but you didn’t know that I could be
SO FEROCIOUS!
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4. |
Lovin is Easy
02:43
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LOVIN IS EASY
I’m in love with you
but it’s all right
I fall in love nearly every night
and it fills up my heart
til I can’t keep it in
so I hope you don’t mind if I say it again
I’m in love with you
but it’s okay
I fall in love almost every day
I’m in love with the boys
in the band down my street
and with every good poet I happen to meet
cus lovin is easy as takin a breath
I’ll do it all day til the day of my death
I don’t wanna own you, you don’t have to stay
just as long as I’ve known you I’ve wanted to say
I’m in love with you
is that a sin?
just look at the state that you’ve got me in
when I think of your hands
of your eyes of your tongue
I feel suddenly foolish and humble and young
cus I’m in love with you honey
but don’t be afraid
I fell in love with the love that we made
but it’s none of my business if you could love me
you don’t have to earn it
I’m givin’ it free
cus lovin is easy as takin a breath
I’ll do it all day til the day of my death
I don’t wanna own you, you don’t have to stay
just as long as I’ve known you I’ve wanted to say
I’m in love with you
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Ravenous
02:53
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RAVENOUS
when I was a little kid
I was always curious
what the bigger people did
that made em so delirious
once I got a feel for it
my appetite was cavernous
couldn’t get enough of it
baby I was ravenous
they all said that it was bad
but it felt good!
when I got to high school
had myself a real friend
lordy what we wouldn’t do
just to cop a feelin
everybody wanted us
nobody was havin us
kissin on the school bus
baby we were ravenous
they all said that we were bad
but we felt good!
ever since I was a little girl
they say no no no no no no!
everybody in the whole wide world
they say no no no no no no!
but the good girls get it too
they say no no no no no no!
it’s like it doesn’t matter what we do
they say no no no no no no!
but I just can’t see
what the matter could be
it don’t hurt no one and
it pleases me
so to all the young girls
for the sake of your health
never try to please anybody
but your own self
some of em’ll pitch a fit
some of em’ll love you
ain’t nobody’s business
what another body do
they might tell you that you’re bad
but you’ll feel good!
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6. |
Fat & Happy
02:35
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FAT & HAPPY
when I’m fat and happy
and high on the hog
will you still be moanin like a three legged dog
will you still be lyin like a bump on a log
when I’m fat and happy
and high on the hog
when I’m fat and happy
and rich as a roux
will you know of anything better to do
or will you still be cryin cus you haven’t a clue
why I’m fat and happy
and rich as a roux
I heard lately you been talkin trash
I guess you needed somebody to bash
I say you better try to make amends
cus your words may be bitter when you eat ‘em again
when I’m fat and happy
and hittin it big
will you still be whinin like a suckling pig
or will you be beggin to get on the gig
when I’m fat and happy
and hittin it big
I heard lately you been talkin trash
I guess you needed somebody to bash
I say you better go and drink your gin
cus your words may be bitter when you eat ‘em again
when I’m fat n happy
and famous as fuck
will you still be honkin like a canada duck
or will you be crying cus you’re shit outta luck
while I’m fat and happy
and famous as fuck
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Scoundrel
02:23
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SCOUNDREL
I saw you comin from a mile away
I knew that you were gonna hurt me
I knew the very first thing you’d say
was gonna make me feel dirty
and all my friends say I should run away
your arms are open but you never do a thing you’re told
I’m only hopin you’re a scoundrel with a heart of gold
I heard the music comin out your mouth
I saw you look at me the way you did
you got the swagger of the dirty south
but you’re as tragic as an orphan kid
and all my friends say I should run away
your arms are open but you never do a thing you’re told
I’m only hopin you’re a scoundrel with a heart of gold
just when I thought that I was all cleaned up
and I’d had enough of the likes of you
you got me beggin for the harder stuff
I can’t help myself I’m a scoundrel too!
your arms are open but you never do a thing you’re told
I’m only hopin you’re a scoundrel with a heart of gold
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8. |
To Be Known
04:10
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TO BE KNOWN
all the melancholy on the wind
low as a prayer spoken
you feel it blowing through you
everywhere your heart is broken
haunts you like a shadow when
you’re walking through the city on you own
all the ghosts who holler in the night
will try to make you lonely
and when in desperation
someone says that you’re the only one they want
you’ll go to sleep beside them
but you’ll wake up all alone
isn’t it all you ever wanted to be known?
remember when you thought
somebody else was waiting for you
and all the emptiness would end if only they’d adore you
how you had a child’s way of dreaming
don’t you miss it now you’ve grown
and isn’t it all you ever wanted to be known?
all the melancholy on the wind
you feel it shuffle through ya
how it breaks you open
til you’re singing hallelujah
never know the gravity of grace
until it hits you like a stone
isn’t it all you ever wanted to be known?
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9. |
The Animal I Am
03:08
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THE ANIMAL I AM
the animal I am inside
don’t give a damn about my pride
her smile is a mile wide
cus she don’t give a damn
the animal I have in me
don’t give a shit for dignity
so go ahead and let me be
the animal I am
when I try to reason she just laughs
when she cries it breaks my heart in half
in my younger days I tried
to keep her locked away inside
but there ain’t no use to try and hide
the animal I am
the animal that’s in me yet
she’s got no use for etiquette
heaven knows if you will get
a lion or a lamb
and god forbid you fall for me
though I may treat you tenderly
hang around and you will see
the animal I am
when I try to reason she just laughs
but when she cries it breaks my heart in half
in my younger days I tried
to keep her locked away inside
there ain’t no use to try and hide
the animal I am
well she barks all night
she’s always startin fights
but she’s only actin tough
all she needs is love
in my younger days I tried
to keep her locked away inside
but there ain’t no use to try and hide
the animal I am
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10. |
Fever Dream
03:24
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FEVER DREAM
oh the day was so hot
on st. anthony street
that I slept on my cot
without even a sheet
when I crept to the door
and I cracked it a peek
in the weather did pour
like a pipe sprung a leak
so I slipped on my kicks
and the dress with the scoop
and I did up my lips
and stepped out on the stoop
where the light was so lush
and the air was so sweet
I fell into a hush
in the feverish heat
oh, summer in New Orleans
so sudden and stranger than a
fever dream
so I walk to the west
on the cobbles and bricks
mockingbird in a nest
talks in cackles and clicks
tall magnolia trees
when I turn to the south
press their bliss to the breeze
like a kiss to the mouth
so I sat on a stump
til there passed a parade
where the drummers all thumped
and the trumpets all played
but a thundercloud breaks
with a rumble and crack
and the streets turn to lakes
and the people turn back
oh, summer in new orleans
so sudden and stranger than a
fever dream
now I sit on the deck
with the rain on the roof
and the dog is a wreck
and the cat is aloof
and the city don’t sleep
but she crawls into bed
with a grin in her teeth
and a song in her head
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Carsie Blanton Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Whether alone with her electric guitar or fronting her four-piece “handsome band”, Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. ... more
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