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From Pillar To Post

by Mike & The Ravens

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1.
Jack Of Diamonds 03:06
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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
2.
Helen Jones 03:05
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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
3.
Triple Dog Dare 03:18
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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
4.
A Real Sad Story 03:07
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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
5.
Trailer Park Girls 02:41
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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
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Greyhound Bus 03:56
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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
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Pretty Polly 03:18
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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
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What I Want To Tell You 03:01
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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
9.
Dog In Me 03:38
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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
10.
The Crosses 02:52
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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
11.
Bean Town 02:32
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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
12.
Karma Kicker 03:43
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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

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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 June 15, 2011

Mike & The Ravens are: Mike Brassard, Bo Blodgett, Steve Blodgett, Brian Lyford, Peter Young. Produced by Will Shade.

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