Album Credits
Recorded at: Arabica Studio and Mosquito Shoals
Engineered by: Lonnie Knight and Dakota Dave Hull
Mastered by: Chopper Black
Graphics & Layout: Lonnie Knight
Photography: Lonnie Knight and Rebecca Lee
Produced by: Lonnie Knight and Dakota Dave Hull
Music Credits
Lonnie Knight: Acoustic, electric guitars, vocals
©2006 Lonnie Knight Productions
NOTE: Below are lyrics for Lonnie’s original songs along with any available session charts.
Lyrics
What’s that in the atmosphere
What’s that subtle buzz
What is that what threatens who you is and what you does
You think you hold your fortune in the palm of your hand
Look out kid you’re dancin’ on a patch of shiftin’ sand
Just when dawn’s about to break
Nightmares can come true
The angel headed hipsters wanna spend some time with you
They’re often hard to follow
Sometimes they’re hard to see
They whisper of a major truth
In a minor key
Just beneath the surface of the things you think you know
Somethin’s tunin’ up this town’s about to blow
You can build a wall go run and hide
It don’t matter what you do
The angel headed hipsters wanna spend some time with you
Lace up your big ol’ shoes grab a cuppa Joe
Sit down with your voodoo doll
And poke him in the nose
You’re a victim of bad influence
Watch that hoop snake roll
You don’t get a back stage pass so settle for the show
We got a sacred mantra it goes oooh be do be do
And the angel headed hipsters wanna spend some time with you
Look under your bed Sugar
Look behind the door
They’ll show you all you wanna see
‘Til you can see no more
You’re gonna need some brand new eyeballs
In your pretty face
You’re gonna need some brand new ears
To help you find the place
The chances of you getting out are far between a few
Because the angel headed hipsters wanna spend some time with you
Time will play the trickster lady luck will sing the blues
And the angel headed hipsters wanna spend some time with you
©2005 Lonnie Knight Songs
This train runs to Chicago this highway's headed west
There's coffee 'cross the street, we better get some for the ride
Tell me 'bout the weather darlin' hold me to your breast
‘Cause I can't look too deep at what's inside
It's funny how a little thing like 30 years can simply disappear
I look into your eyes and I know why I live and breathe
If I could hold you here forever there would be no room for fear
But the coffee's gettin' cold my car's warmed up
And your train's about to leave
Some folks only get one chance so far we've had two
But time and tide are funny things
No one can tell what they will do
Summer left and winter called across the miles and through it all
One thing just one thing rings true
I've loved you like no other they can say that on my stone
I may never love another you're always in that part of me
That wonders at a starry night and prays up to the moon
When I don't know the answers to this mystery
So many doors have opened so many doors have closed
But you and I we travel on down paths we never chose
The pundits always tell us
Things happen for a reason and a purpose
Well I suppose
I saw you just the other day on a street not far from home
With a smile upon your lips and a teardrop in your eye
If you wonder why I didn't stop to say hello
It hurts too much to have to say goodbye
©2005 Lonnie Knight Songs
She got all the good that was ever in me
She took everything that this man could be
She left me here drowning in the middle of the sea
With all the other sailors just laughin' at me
And that's why
I ain't lookin' for no alibi
For sinkin' so low livin' so high
I'm just too damn blue to die
She didn't take my money she didn't keep my name
She didn't even tell me why she left me all the blame
Puttin' on her angry hat and fannin' up the flames
Pointin' her finger cryin' shame shame shame
And that's why
I ain't lookin' for no alibi
For chewin’ up the scenery and beatin’ up the sky
I'm just too damn blue to die
I'm knockin' on the door won't somebody let me in
I'm livin' on the edge and the edge is gettin' thin
If I could I'd take 'em back each and every little sin
But there ain't no excuse for the shape I'm in
And that's why that’s why
I ain't lookin' for no alibi
For standin' here laughin' when I really need to cry
I'm just too damn blue to die
And that's why that’s why
I ain't lookin' for no alibi
For sinkin’ so low livin’ so high
I'm too damn blue to die
©2005 Lonnie Knight Songs
Puttin’ up the coffee closin’ up the doors
I don’t want this house to sing old lovers
Older wars sweepin’ up the petals
From the flowers that fell still livin’ on the floor
And there is no more
Nothin’ but days on the pages and dust on the brows
Of the few who remain
This old house won’t stand another rain
I tried to love you open
Through the changin’ of the seasons
And I tried to love you clean when you and I
Could find no reason
Then we tried to love in life
When souls turned black like fighters eyes
And lips that cried all love is treason
Every loving touch is blackmail
Every day we forged the chains
And every night we drove the nails
And this house absorbed the pain
Like a proud and ancient tree
Absorbed the thunder
And stood the gale
There’s no more laughin’ songs
No more gypsy dreams
Gone with the last taste of summer
Born on a wild bird’s wings
Gone with the hard breath of winter
Gone like a thousand things
And there is no more
Nothing but old men and women
And time-yellowed photos
And cracked picture frames
But this old house won’t stand another rain
This day goes by like other days
With wings into the evening
And this stone cast in the river
Sends no ripples back to me
As I go walking in the dark
To ask the dying moon to leave my memories of years
When we were strong and young and free
When tomorrow was a dream
That only children’s hearts can see
Today the walls will crumble
In the rain that falls like fire
And wash our future to the sea
And there is no more
Nothing but echoes of footsteps and shadows of voices
And this cloudy refrain
This old house won’t stand another rain
This old house won’t stand another rain
This old house won’t stand another rain
©2005 Lonnie Knight Songs
Starin' out on a rainy evening
All the poets in the big hotel
Empty hands over silent paper
Still waiting for the starting bell
A Pontiac cruises 'round the corner
Faces hidden from the ones inside
All the poets shake their heads and wonder
Was something born has something died
All the words that used to be so hard to say
I always thought I’d find the chance to say them all one day
I can tell you that I still love you
I can show you if you still want me to
This one's for you
Stained glass in a dim cathedral
Stained hearts on a downhill ride
We dance to a still piano
And all the poets take a step and slide
All the drinks have turned to water
All the cars have turned for home
The Pontiac cruises 'round the corner
Steel echoes on rusty chrome
All the words that used to be so hard to say
I always thought I’d find the chance to say them all one day
I can tell you that I still love you
I can show you if you still want me to
This one's for you
I meant to tell you on a rainy evening
I meant to tell you on a sunny day
I meant to show you there's a love that guides us
And I meant to tell you before you went away
There's a poet in a bell jar crying
Over lovers who have gone astray
A Pontiac cruises 'round the corner
All the words that used to be so hard to say
I always thought I’d find the chance to say them all one day
I can tell you that I still love you
I can show you if you still want me to
This one's for you
©2005 Lonnie Knight Songs
Mama told me boy you’ll get your hands burned
Digging in the hot bed looking for a fast turn
Stay away from shotgun lovers
Stay out of the shadows tonight
You don’t believe the sky is cold dark and lonely
You think the stars shine down for only you
Why do you look so hard
Ain’t nothin’ shakin’ in your own back yard
If that’s wrong then maybe I don’t wanna be right
Because I am lookin’ for a good time I’m walking in a straight line
I’m starin’ down the bad signs looking for a good time
I’m lookin’ for a good time I’m walking in a straight line
I’m starin’ down the bad signs looking for a good time
Mama mama now the streets are so pretty
‘Neath the fine tuned half moon lights of the city
It’s reeling out like a James Dean movie
On an endless Saturday night
Ooooh mama were you right did you know
Was I the victim of the late late show
I got to carry on I got to keep it up til dawn
Punch my ticket step right into the light and I will be
Lookin’ for a good time I’m walking in a straight line
Starin’ down the bad signs I’m looking for a good time
I’m lookin’ for a good time I am walking in a straight line
I am starin’ down the bad signs I am looking for a good time
I am lookin’ for a good time I am walking in a straight line
I am starin’ down the bad signs looking for a good time
©2005 Lonnie Knight Songs
I’m not too holy I have a soul
But I can be wild as the devil inside of me
But you can soothe me you can move me
You can lead me to see
I can’t go on without you
Won’t you care for me
I know sometimes you suffer
Sometimes you wonder if I’m the man
That you dreamed that I would be
But if I take you for granted hold out your hand
And lead me on lead me on to ecstasy
I can’t go on without you
Care for me
This is no confession I’m just a man
And men can only try and men can only fall
But if you stand by me stand by me
When I’m lost in the lonely night
You can hear my call
And steer me take the fire in my soul
And turn it around for the love that was meant to be
‘Cause I ain’t no good without you
Won’t you care for me
This is no confession baby I’m just a man
And men can only try and men can only fall
But if you stand by me darlin’ stand by me
When I’m lost in the lonely night
You can hear me and steer me baby
Take the fire in my soul
And turn it around for the love that is
And love that was meant to be
‘Cause I ain’t no good without you
Won’t you care for me
I can’t go on without you
Care for me
You know I can’t go on without you
Care for me
©2005 Lonnie Knight Songs
Someone's playing piano in the front room
Johnnie Ray is crying on the record machine
I keep missing the trash bag with my beer cans
All this noise is keeping me from getting mean
The traffic's loud but I keep the windows open
‘Cause it drowns out the wind that softly calls your name
Denise just walked in looking
For something that mixes well with brandy
Somehow it all ties in and keeps me sane
Flies are in the cupboard and my face is on the floor
Some crazy fool is out front and he's knocking on my door
I said put it where you want it don’t bother me no more
Well the minute I came here I felt like I'd been here before
Frank is throwing knives around the corner
He says it's in the wrists and I believe that he's right
Crazy Terry's dealing blackjack with his eyes like loaded shotguns
But he just asked my Saint Bernard to step outside and fight
You're still on my mind I just can’t help it
I ain‘t drunk and all the whiskey does is bite
Lady Edna from Virginia is phoning from the tavern
Well she said she just got better and she'd love to spend the night
Flies are in the cupboard and my face is on the floor
Some crazy fool is out front he's still knocking on my door
I said put it where you want it just don't bother me no more
Well you know that the minute I came here I felt like I'd been here before
Now they're stringing bells and lights around the bathroom
Men in tights and girls in dungarees
The Salvation Army marching band is coming through the window
And the biggest bug I’ve ever saw is nipping at my knees
And as I write these words I know you won’t believe them
But I'll testify that every one is true
Now they're making up my bed for Edna's sometimes trained gorilla
And as the sun sinks down I'm still in love with you
©2005 Lonnie Knight Songs
Through an old lover’s eyes
I saw the Sunday morning skies
I felt the world about to rain
In an old book of poems I saw the sun
Through a steaming window pane
I came here of my own accord
I got my own reward
And I lost along the way
She showed me who I used to be
She looked it up for me
She said these were better days
With an old friend of mine
I swept away the webs of time
We took the years down from the shelf
We turned them over in the light
Held them close and felt their bite
Just another fool in search of self
I know sometimes I’m easy
Greener pastures please me
But green can turn to gray
I know sometimes I’m hard
You can feel the scars
Of a search for better days
Through an old lover’s eyes
I see I’ve changed but not like I thought
Not like I’ve taught myself
I’ve bought and sold myself
Too many times to know
The truth from lies the jive from reason
A man for any season
Me can you see me now it’s me
Wash away the years and there’s still me
Somewhere and somehow me
Through an old lover’s eyes
I stripped away my old disguise
I crawled my bloody mile
Now standing in my own shoes
I can sing my own blues and I can walk away
I see through my own heart and this is where I start
To find better days
To find better days
To find better days
©2005 Lonnie Knight Songs