1. |
He Got Away With Murder
02:03
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She never had a chance they never saw it coming
He covered their heads with paper sacks
while the children slept and then he left...
One blow to the head and the wife....
and her parents lay dead
The children played alone in the trailer that day
hoping it would all just fade away
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
In the hot afternoon sun
a neighbor made the run
She swept them up and grabbed a gun
and tried to call someone
They put it in the news
but couldn't find the clues
They took him to court and didn't see it coming
He hired the man and stared us down
He picked up his kids and then split town
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
The end ain't no good
because it doesn't end
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He put down the remote and took a boat
or hopped a plane to new terrain
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He got away with murder
He got away....
(c)2010 Jerry Oliver, Peculiar Music, ASCAP
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2. |
Love Over The Radio
03:03
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A lighthouse doesnʼt stop the storm
Like (love over the radio)
Thereʼs static when I dial you in
Yea like (love over the radio)
I can dedicate a song to you
Really try to pull you in
But if your not there on the other end
Itʼs just dead air and make believe
Like (love over the radio
Yea baby like love over the radio
Love over the radio
Iʼve been with you since you were born
Like love over the radio
Like the wind out on the O-hio
Like love over the radio
Planet waves and the curtain torn
Earth plates shift and volcanos blow
Sky high and cities wide
Like (love over the radio)
Maybe you wonʼt talk to me
but if I broadcast it across the sea
over the mountains, on satellite tv
Youʼll know that itʼs true
You can pick it up anywhere
You can turn it off but itʼs still there
Like love over the radio
yea man like love over the radio
love over the radio
like love over the radio
(c)2010 Jerry Oliver, Peculiar Music, ASCAP
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3. |
Where Did You Come From?
03:22
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When did the page get turned?
When did... the chapter change?
When did....you get burned?
When did I...get out of range?
Oh... won’t you please tell me
Where did you come from?
Oh...won’t you please tell me....
When did your world stand still?
When did... the sun go down?
Where were the plans what was the thrill?
When did your ghost leave town?
Oh... won’t you please tell me
Where did you come from?
Oh...won’t you please tell me....
There’s a high speed chase down a long dark road
Been chasing these old demons longer than the stories I’ve told.....
Well I lost you when I dodged the van
You looked like a vapor when you grabbed my hand
The invisible girl I never saw before
It’s in her eyes.......
Oh... won’t you please tell me
Where did you come from?
Oh...won’t you please tell me....
(c)2010 Jerry Oliver, Peculiar Music, ASCAP
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4. |
She Keeps Me Downtown
03:12
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Down...........town, downtown
down...........town, downtown
You were downtown when the lights went out
but your world turned on
She was a shadow in the night
you were feelin' alright
you were downtown
She can take me down first
drive me up her avenue...
she keeps me downtown
Down...........town, downtown
down...........town, downtown
You were on the floor when the beat went down
and you loved the sound
She is the wind and the rain,
the traffic on the street
she’s got you downtown
She can take me down first
drive me up her avenue...
she keeps me downtown
Down...........town, downtown
down...........town, downtown
Red light, green light,
hail a cab, skip a tab
hotel doors, 13 floors,
crying tears for the rest of your years
downtown,
you’ll be downtown
(c)2008, Jerry Oliver Peculiar Music, ASCAP
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5. |
Dark Heart
03:43
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You have no idea
where my dark heart lies
You have no clue
How my tears fell blue
Dark Heart
We’ve been digging long enough
Dark Heart
In the shadows you will die
Dark Heart
You flex and think you’re tough
Dark Heart
I can’t take your...
I can’t take your...
I can’t take your lies!
Now I need moon glow
Music low
Drink mysterious sweet nectar
Straight to the head it goes
(c)2010 Jerry Oliver, Peculiar Music, ASCAP
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6. |
Unbury Me (Get Me High)
04:04
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Computer’s down, all my files have been erased
Phone’s turned off, been kicked out of my place
Car needs repair, my license ain’t no good
Guitar string broke, got more debt than any man should
Do you feel paralyzed?
Are you hypnotized?
Un-bury my soul I’m down here screaming
in a hole...
please
Un-bury my soul
I just want to get higher, but there’s no place left to go
Really need to get wiser, need the babe from long ago
I just want to get higher, dig me out of this hole!
I just want to get higher, I can’t breathe down low
Do you feel paralyzed?
Are you hypnotized?
Un-bury my soul I’m down here choking
in a hole...
please
Un-bury my soul
My baby left me for the postman,
now I can’t get a stamp!
My bills don’t get paid and I’m living like a tramp
Do you feel paralyzed?
Are you hypnotized?
Un-bury my soul I’m down here gasping
in a hole...
please
Un-bury my soul
I can take about anything
but down in a hole I can’t sing
I would do anything you say
but down in a hole I’m wasting away
I could go about anywhere
but down in a hole I can’t get air
I just want to get higher,
but there’s no place left to go
Really need to get wiser,
need the babe from long ago
I just want to get higher,
dig me out of this hole!
I just want to get higher, I can’t breathe down low
Unbury my soul
Yea, unbury me
(c)2009 Jerry Oliver, Peculiar Music, ASCAP
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7. |
Brad Loved The Clash
03:45
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So Joe Strummer died
on the same day as my best friend Brad
You know he had that dream
then he went down pretty fast
Everybody saw it coming
except for me I saw it last
I saw him last!
We danced, we walked, we rocked around the block
Howled at the moon and the stars
Couldn’t stop the clock
Like you can’ stop the snow and the rain
Everybody heard the warning
But for me I heard it last
I heard him last!
Long before the others
His ghost it danced with me
And now I’m seeing colors
To know he’s flying free
Brad loved The Clash,
Brad loved The Clash
When you know a soul from the start
before you meet him and when he’s gone
You don’t try to keep him
You nurse the bird and set him free
His wings they’re beating fast
His wings were beating fast
beating so fast!
Long before the others
His ghost danced with me
And now I’m seeing colors
To know he’s flying free
Brad loved The Clash,
Brad loved The Clash
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c)2008, Jerry Oliver, Peculiar Music, ASCAP
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8. |
Mother Damaged Letter
04:13
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Mother gave me back
But only in a letter
Since I left before she could
She wouldn’t be misunderstood
Was her message on the back of a hand?
Was it written in her eyes?
Did you read it when you wept?
Did you read it when she left?
We’re all damaged
Mother damaged we are
Rock and rollers on drugs
Little boys lost looking for love
We all received the letter
Now we’re crippled forever
The quiver of the bowstrings
the flexing of the bow
I’m wrestling, I’m toiling
I’m fighting all alone
Before I’m weaken and forgotten
my heart will find its home
But today I stand to take the punch
So I can lay down where I roam
We’re all damaged
Mother damaged we are
Rock and rollers on drugs
Little boys lost looking for love
We all received the letter
Now we’re crippled forever
Larry “Wild Man” Fischer is our father
Divine he holds our hand
Refusing to shut up
We sing across the land
We’re all damaged
Mother damaged we are
Rock and rollers on drugs
Little boys lost looking for love
We all received the letter
Now we’re crippled forever
We all received the letter
Now we’re crippled for...ever
(c)2010, Jerry Oliver, Odd Records,ASCAP
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9. |
My Own Kind
05:56
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10. |
Dark Side Of Iceland
03:34
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What is the dark side of Iceland?
The devil’s smile between to horns
What is the bright side of your tattoo?
What are you gonna do when you change your mind?
Dye your hair?
Stow away on a boat to Timbuktu?
Where is the dark side of Iceland?
I think you better run away
I think you better run away
To the dark side of Iceland
Who is the dark side of Iceland?
Dark and cold and far away
Like your heart of stone and my brittle bones
What are you gonna do when it all breaks down?
Dig yourself a hole, make the ground your home?
This is the dark side of Iceland
I think you better run away
I think you better run away
To the dark side of Iceland
Where is the dark side of Iceland?
Behind the mountain
where the sun goes down
In your heart buried deep beneath the beating sound
Where are you gonna go when you can’t find your face?
Dig yourself a hole
make a home in the ground?
Where is the dark side of Iceland?
I think you better run
away
I think you better run
away
to the dark side of Iceland
(c)JerryOliver, Peculiar Music, ASCAP 2008
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Jerry Oliver Nashville, Tennessee
Jerry Oliver aka Jerpoet tells stories and shares his experience through songs, poems and paintings.
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