From Pillar To Post
by Mike & The Ravens
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Jack Of Diamonds
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Helen Jones
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Triple Dog Dare
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A Real Sad Story
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Trailer Park Girls
02:41
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Greyhound Bus
03:56
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Pretty Polly
03:18
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What I Want To Tell You
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Dog In Me
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The Crosses
02:52
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Bean Town
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Karma Kicker
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about
The third and final album by this band, which formed in 1960. Available via iTunes, amazon etc. as digital download. For a CD of the album, go to www.recordshopx.com/artist/mike_the_ravens/from_pillar_to_post/ or www.stupido.fi/shop/catalog.php?lang=eng&action=search&keywords=Mike+%26+the+Ravens
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released 15 June 2011
Mike & The Ravens are: Mike Brassard, Bo Blodgett, Steve Blodgett, Brian Lyford, Peter Young. Produced by Will Shade.
Mike & The Ravens are: Mike Brassard, Bo Blodgett, Steve Blodgett, Brian Lyford, Peter Young. Produced by Will Shade.
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- Track Name: Jack Of Diamonds
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JACK OF DIAMONDS
traditional, additional lyrics by Will Shade
Jack O' Diamonds, Jack O' Diamonds,
Jack O' Diamonds, it’s a hard card to play
Jack O’ Diamonds beats a club,
beats a spade, beats a heart
Jack O’ Diamonds, it’s a hard card to start
Jack O’ Diamonds, it’s a hard card to play
Jack O’ Diamonds once in time,
he did fool a friend of mine
Jack O’ Diamonds it’s a hard card to play
Jack O’ Diamonds, Jack O’ Diamonds
Jack O’ Diamonds, it’s a hard card to play
It’s the Jack against the Queen
It’ll turn your money green
Jack O’ Diamonds it’s a hard card to play
Jack O’ Diamonds, Jack O’ Diamonds
Jack O’ Diamonds, it’s a hard card to play
Jack O’ Diamonds made me cry
Jack O’ Diamonds till I die
Jack O’ Diamonds it’s a hard card to play
Jack O’ Diamonds, Jack O’ Diamonds - Track Name: Helen Jones
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HELEN JONES
lyrics & music by Steve Blodgett
I got no jones
for twisted love
alcohol
and all that stuff
they don't do a thing
but I think I've got a thing for Helen Jones
she got the long cool look
she got the quiet voice
should you stay or go
you've got no choice
if you've never been to heaven
then you've never been alone with
Helen Jones, Helen Jones
she makes my head spin
you got the Taj Mahal
you got the China Wall
I been there
I've seen them all
I've been all around the world
but I just only got a jones
for that Helen girl
that Helen Jones
she makes me feel like this
I've been all around the world
but I just only got a jones
for that Helen girl
that Helen Jones
Helen Jones, Helen Jones - Track Name: Triple Dog Dare
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TRIPLE DOG DARE
lyrics by Will Shade and Mike Brassard, music by Brian Lyford
if you find yourself upon a roof with no ladder
just look around and ask yourself does it really matter
whether you face north or you face south
when all those words coming outta the king’s mouth
are oh so damn obscene, having to do with the queen
spitting poison as she stirs a stinking pot of schemes
what of those proverbs of the Long Ranger
those worn out knuckleballs conceived in a manger
whispering too hot to hoe, too wet to plow
and those seed you wanna sow
won’t gestate and grow
on the dark side of the mountain
it’s just a triple dog dare
now the Jack of Diamonds found himself in a jam
so he said “Hey, won’t you pass the peanut butter, man”
and they shipped him off in a cardboard box
but you know that Jack he was a sly old fox
so he slinks on home in a bubblegum wrapper
whispering dribbles in the ears
of all the boys that wanna tap her
now I’m not saying that RFK
ever met the devil on the road to LA
and this sure as shit ain’t not stupid metaphor
just a key that won’t open that old green door
that leads down the dark road
to Galilee east of Eden’s hidden path
that winds for you and me
because if you’re destined to drown, my friend,
they can’t hang you
hell, no, they won’t hang you
not on the dark side of the mountain
some night you might wake up surrounded by light
and find yourself sleepwalking through a brutal fistfight
go peel a chicken and listen to the beat, beat, beat
and tell yourself to glisten
and repeat, pete, pete
tight suits, black boots, red eyes and skinny ties
all your backseat dreams and those icky sticky thighs
and watch out, boys, for those groping hands
of sorority girls and one night stands
that make you bay at the moon
and howl like a man
you see a pig without a pedigree, son, is still a pig
on the dark side of the mountain
it’s just a triple dog dare - Track Name: A Real Sad Story
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A REAL SAD STORY
lyrics & music by Steve Blodgett
I'm damaged goods
I'm fragile stuff
everything I gave her
it just ain't good enough
and I can see
she's leaving me
she took me in
she kept me warm
she's tired of making love
in a nurse's uniform
I'm history
she's leaving me
when I told her
Ruby, don't take your love to town
she looked right through me
and she just turned around
she got my joke
she got her coat
I heard the door shut
and, boys, that's all she wrote
she left the key
she's leaving me
when I told her
Ruby, don't take your love to town
she looked right through me
and she just turned around
I'm a wounded bird
still fragile stuff
everything I gave her
it still ain't good enough
I'm history
she's leaving me - Track Name: Trailer Park Girls
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TRAILER PARK GIRLS
music & lyrics by Bryan Harvey and Bruce Terrell
I've got a girl who's always home in bed
girls like that are always underfed
underworld, diamond girl
I don't listen to a single thing she says
I got a girl who always acts insane
girls like that can't never feel no pain
if she could, Hollywood
makes me feel like I'm the one to blame
trailer park girls
trailer park girls
truck stop, auto shop
baby always gets around with me
she's always on the walk at night
girls like that don't talk at night
makes love like a hurricane
makes me feel like I'm to blame
my girl she don't need any other guy
they all start to sweat when she walks by
they get pale, pony tail
everybody knows that she is mine
trailer park girls
trailer park girls
back door, she's no whore
always got room for me - Track Name: Greyhound Bus
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GREYHOUND BUS
lyrics & music by Steve Blodgett
you were running all around
so I knew that I had to leave this town
I was feeling kinda grim
thought I'd leave the driving up to him
I put my toothbrush in a bag
I went a-walking down the street
laid my money on the counter
and I got myself a seat
and I was in the night on a Greyhound bus without you
in the night on a Greyhound bus without you
we were rolling down the road
on my mind I had a very heavy load now
I was blue in Omaha
thought I'd die outside of Witchita
I was smoking cigarettes
I was chewing chewing gum
I was gabbing on the phone
I was twiddling my thumbs
and I was in the night on a Greyhound bus without you
in the night on a Greyhound bus without you
I was deep in sorrow for the love that I left behind
I never contemplated what I'd finally find
I was deep in sorrow for the love that I left behind
yeah, I never contemplated what I'd finally find
I was lonely for awhile
then this girl she came a-walking up the aisle
asked if she could sit by me
so I smiled and said certainly
she was leaning to my left
and I was leaning to the right
I took that little girl's hand
and I held that little girl tight
and I was in the night on a Greyound bus without you
in the night on a Greyhound bus with someone new
in the night on a Greyhound bus I forgot all about you - Track Name: Pretty Polly
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PRETTY POLLY
traditional
he courted Pretty Polly about half of last night
yes, he courted Pretty Polly about half of last night
and he left her next morning before it was light
Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, come take a ride with me
Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, come take a ride with me
before we get married some pleasures to see
well, she jumped up behind him and away they did go
yes, she jumped up behind him and away they did go
over the hills and to the valley below
and they rode a little bit further and what did they spy
yes, they rode a little bit further and what did they spy
but a newly dug grave with a spade lying by
oh, Willy, oh, Willy I'm afraid of your ways
oh, Willy, oh, Willy I'm afraid of your ways
I'm afraid you might lead my body astray
Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, you're thinking about right
Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, you're thinking about right
I've been digging on your grave the best part of last night
well, she threw her arms around him and she trembled with fear
oh, she threw her arms around him and she trembled with fear
but he threw her to the ground and she broke into tears
well, he plunged the knife in her and her heart's blood did flow
Lord, he plunged the knife in her and her heart's blood did flow
and down in the grave Pretty Polly did go
he threw a little dirt over her and started off for home
yes, he threw a little dirt over her and started off for home
leaving nobody there but the wild birds to mourn
and now it's to the devil young Willy must pay
yes, it's now to the devil young Willy must pay
for he’s killed Pretty Polly and then he ran away - Track Name: What I Want To Tell You
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WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU
lyrics & music by Steve Blodgett
what I want to tell you
you won't hear
maybe someday
maybe next year
see me peeking in your hall
see me marching my march
hear me banging on the door
hear me shouting my shout
what I want to tell you
I can't say
maybe next year
maybe someday
you don't own me
you don't own me
is it stay or is it go
are you in or are you out
I don't want to know
there ain't no doubt
see me ripping up your mail
see me losing my mind
hear me kicking in your door
hear me coming down the hall
what I want to tell you
I can't tell
maybe I won't
maybe I will - Track Name: Dog In Me
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DOG IN ME
lyrics by Mike Brassard and Will Shade, music by Bo Blodgett, Steve Blodgett, Brian Lyford, Peter Young and Alex Vettas
sit, heel
ain't no chiuaha
I'm a hound
butts catch my fancy
so I tracked her down
I left her with
a litter of three
don't blame her jiggy bits
it's the dog in me
I'm here to tell ya
the thrill's not gone
still leave deposits
on her lawn
you might think that's naughty
but I say with glee
it's not my fault
it's the dog in me
sugar and spice
everything's nice
snips and snails
puppy dogs tails
puppy dogs tails
puppy dogs tails
I say "how you doin'?"
with my snout
I love to sniff
and check 'em out
lift just one leg
when I pee
I'm making it mine
it's the dog in me
snips and snails and puppy dogs tails
snips and snails and puppy dogs tails
snips and snails and puppy dogs tails
snips and snails and puppy dogs tails
these days I waddle
when I walk
but I still
chase mailmen down the block
I'm wanting
what's in that bag you see
hell, everyday's Christmas
it's the dog in me
Belvedere, come here, boy!
it's the
dog in me
it's the
dog in me - Track Name: The Crosses
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THE CROSSES
lyrics & music by Steve Blodgett
the sun comes up
in a clear blue sky
I pick you up at a quarter to nine
now I'm coming through the desert
I'm rolling through the desert
hi, baby, hi, baby, hi, baby, hi
put your troubles in the backseat and we'll go for a ride
I won't tell you where we're going 'cause it's a surprise
you got those little bitty babies with the big brown eyes
you got those tour busses falling out of the sky
if your heart don't beat like a drum
you're dumb
black is black
and white is white
you've never seen such a beautiful sight
everybody's shaking, everybody's baking
try, baby, try, baby, try, baby, try
you got your troubles in the backseat and we're out for a ride
if I don't tell you where we're going will it be a surprise
you got those little bitty babies with those big brown eyes
you got those old folks driving anything they can drive
if your heart don't beat like a drum
you're dumb
everybody says call before you come
everybody calls but nobody comes
everybody calls but nobody comes
the moon comes down on silver sand
silence falls over the land
now we're sleeping in the desert
we're sleeping in the desert
dream, baby, dream, baby, dream, baby, dream
about the sky and the road and the light in between
about the time gone by do you know what I mean
you got those little bitty babies with those big brown eyes
you got the tour busses falling out of the skies
you got the dead armadillo by the side of the road
you got those little white crosses all in a row
you got Los Cruces, New Mexico
we're so damn dumb - Track Name: Bean Town
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BEAN TOWN
lyrics & music by Mike Brassard
you call Bob and I'll call Red
get that Young fool outta bed
you tell him what the Big Bopper said
we're going to Bean Town, Bean Town
you know what I mean
I'll call John and you call Jack
tell Stan to fill up that Cadillac
well, the girls can come but they ride in back
we're going to Bean Town, Bean Town
all my dreams run on rock and gasoline
when we're down in the Zone
the girls down there they won't leave me alone
turn it up
roll that window down
come on, boys, gonna blow this town
gonna roll it up
gonna tear it down
down in Bean Town
Bean Town
whoooeee
what I'm gonna let those girls do to me
I'm telling you
rock all night
spend my money
they can sit on my lap
and call me honey
and we won't go home
until it gets sunny
down in Bean Town
Bean Town, Bean Town - Track Name: Karma Kicker
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KARMA KICKER
lyrics & music by Steve Blodgett
I got away
just in time
I hit a bad patch of karma
and I spun through
the center line
alright, okay
okay, alright
you never say
what’s on your mind
you hit a bad patch of love
and you won’t give it one more try
alright, okay
okay, alright
you never know
what’s coming down the line
now you can breathe through your nose
and catch your breath for the very first time
alright, okay
talk slow
take it easy
talk to me kind
come on please me
but, hey, alright
you can go to sleep tonight
you win
you win
I lose
I lose
