Victory Songs
(2000) Gadfly Records
 

Produced by:
Robert Crenshaw & Stewart Simon
unless otherwise indicated

Recorded at:
Audio Madness

Engineered by:
Stewart Simon
unless otherwise indicated

Mastered by:
Al Hurshman at
Alliance Audio and Video Production

Personnel:
All instruments played by Robert Crenshaw
unless otherwise indicated

Guests:
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4. Victory Songs  
10. Tamatha  
11. Shakin Street  
                                 
1.  Missing You More
(Robert Crenshaw)
RAC Music-BMI Administered by BUG Music
 
 
Tonight I find myself all alone
with nothing to do except stay at home
I'm feeling so empty inside
because I don't have you here by my side
And I know it's by nobody's choice
but inside my head I'm hearing your voice
and I'm missing you more than I ever have before
I hear the rustle of the wind through the trees
but it doesn't seem to put me at ease
Somewhere I can hear a whistle blow
but it only makes me miss you more
And I know it's by nobody's choice
but inside my head I'm hearing your voice
and I'm missing you more than I ever have before
I see a picture of your face and hair
I seem to see your face everywhere
I can't help it if I'm a little blue
cause I never loved no one like I love you
and I'm missing you more than I ever have before
I see a picture of your face and hair
I seem to see your face everywhere
I can't help it if I'm a little blue
cause I never loved no one like I love you
and I'm missing you more than I ever have before...
Dan Logan: bass
Gary Sussman: guitars
Stewart Simon: guitars 

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2. Eatin Crow & Drinkin The Blues
(Robert Crenshaw / Jamie Hoover)
RAC Music-BMI Administered by BUG Music
 

Woke up late today
thought I’d sleep my blues away
maybe I'll just , maybe I'll just.............

I was eatin crow and drinking the blues
now I’m tripping on the laces of my shoes
and my steps are out of time
as I get back in line
eatin crow and drinking the blue

And a way back up i just cant find
like a puppet on the string she winds
I keep falling out of line
but she pulls me back in fine

Woke up cold today
thought I’d chill my blues away
eatin crow and drinking the blues

solo

my head is out of tune
I’ve been this way since june
I was kissing on her in some dream
I woke up inside my washing machine
and my head was in a spin
over and again
eatin crow and drinking the blues
Stewart Simon: guitar
Eddie Kohen: bass 

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3. Blue Sometimes
(Robert Crenshaw)
RAC Music-BMI Administered by BUG Music
 

Last night I pictured your face in my mind
I felt love warm like sunshine
I felt love for all time
But Then I noticed there were tears in your eyes
and I said hush my sweet darling,
baby don't you cry we all get blue sometimes

Chorus

Sometimes there sunshine , sometimes there's rain
sometimes there's good love , sometimes the pain
some of the hard times , can really be a shame
 but I’ll make your hard times just a passing thing

VERSE
These days are hard and sometimes I too cry
Brief encounters and long goodbyes
romantic letters and starry eyes
will never fill the space of being with you
But you say hush my sweet darling , baby don't you cry
we all get blue sometimes

Chorus

Bridge
Somehow , Someday
I’m gonna hold you in my arms girl and right there you'll stay
someday the bells are going to ring
and this time we spent a part will be just another passing thin
Produced by: Jamie Hoover
Recorded at: Reflections Charlotte NC & Washateria Clover SC
Engineered by: Mark Williams
Conrad Hunter: piano
Pat Walters: guitars
Graham Maby: bass & vocals
Jamie Hoover: guitars & vocals 

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4. Victory Songs
(Robert Crenshaw)
RAC Music-BMI Administered by BUG Music
 
As I swam against the tide
across the rivers deep and wide
you were always by my side
who would have known
When our hearts were burned
two lost souls sojourn
to each other we turn
together we've grown
There will come a time
we'll be looking back
looking through photographs
when we were green and strong
Snowflakes falling down
against a full moon blowin'
and you and I were crowin'
victory songs

Snowflakes falling down
against a full moon blowin'
and you and I were crowin'
victory songs
Gene White: violin, mandolin
(recorded at Low Fi Studios Burlington VT, engineered by Gus Ziesing)
Rick Borland: bass

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5. Flyin Kites
(Robert Crenshaw / Jamie Hoover)
RAC Music-BMI Administered by BUG Music
 

Cant believe we’re standing here eye to eye
A cold look on my face I begin to realize
That the rain drop on your cheek to me is frightening
Holding hands and flying kites in the lightning

I can feel the rain falling from the sky
and my knees grow weak as I look into your eyes
Unafraid now  I’m wishing for inviting
holding hands and flying kites in  the lighting

Bridge
And I’m in up to my eyes
and I realize I should never let this tie me
dancing in and out of lies
and I know I should just leave this all behind me
solo

Bridge

In the thunder I can hear you laughing
calling me to be at your side again
Sirens crying sound so enticing
holding hands and flying kites in the lightning
Holding hands with you
flying kites in the lightning  In the lightning, in the lightning


Produced by: Jamie Hoover
Recorded & Mixed at: Washeteria Clover SC
Jim Brock: drums
Bryan Shumate: guitars
Jamie Hoover: guitars, vocals, mandolin, love guru
Don Dixon: bass
Patrick Walters: more guitars 

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6. It's Okay To Be Sad
(John Crenshaw / Michael Unger)
AKULT Music ASCAP
 
He combs her hair
she sits and stares
he wonders what became of his life
Remembering the nights they read each others' minds
Remembering the times they stared into each others eyes
A single bed, a lonely night
of dreams that can't or won't fulfill his empty life
Remembering the nights they read each others minds
Remembering the times they stared into each others eyes
It's ok to be sad
ok to feel loneliness
go be depress
the more you love the more you loose
it only shows you care
He wants to go
she'll never know
He runs for the door like the house was on fire
Remembering the nights they read each others minds
Remembering the times they stared into each others eyes
It's ok to be sad
ok to feel loneliness
go be depress
the more you love the more you loose
it only shows you care
John Crenshaw: vocals
Stewart Simon: guitars
Eddie Kohen: bass

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7. Take It To Heart
(Robert Crenshaw)
RAC Music-BMI Administered by BUG Music
 
Trillions of electrons, spinnin' around
I found beauty, in a dirty old town
Seven billion people, it's a goddamned human zoo
What are the chances I'd run into you?
Take it to heart, this was meant to be
I've been lookin' for you, you've been lookin' for me
and whatever happens when things fall apart
I'll always love you
take it to heart
There's a hole in my soul, where the demons stay
And when I get lonely, they want to come out and play
And love is the only thing, that keeps them locked outside
And my love for you, should get the job done tonight
Take it to heart, this was meant to be
I've been lookin' for you, you were lookin' for me
and whatever happens when things fall apart
I'll always love you
take it to heart
Time has blessed us
God's been on our side
And every day I thank her, for an interesting ride
And I look at the sky, and I look at the stars
This is where I'm supposed to be
This is where you are
Take it to heart, this was meant to be
I've been lookin' for you, you've been lookin' for me
and whatever happens when things fall apart
I'll always love you
take it to heart
Marti Jones: vocals
Don Dixon: bass
Martin Tanau: strings
Stewart Simon: guitars 

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8. When I Get The Bomb
(John Crenshaw)
AKULT Music ASCAP
 
(Oh my god there's been a terrible accident!!)
You're tired of me sending you flowers
don't have much more left to say
Perhaps if I became a world power
you'd be able to see things my way
Think of all the noise I could make
and all the neat fires I could start
I may not be able to conquer the world
but maybe I can conquer your heart
when I get the bomb
and I'll get my bomb
Perhaps you wouldn't be so selective
if my weapon was radioactive
Perhaps you'd come over to my place
if I was entered in a nuclear arms race
Think of all the noise I could make
and all the neat fires I could start
I may not be able to conquer the world
but maybe I can conquer your heart
when I get the bomb
and I'll get my bomb
(oh nuke it baby!!)
Think of all the noise I could make
and all the neat fires I could start
I may not be able to conquer the world
but maybe I can conquer your heart
when I get the bomb
and I'll get my bomb
Perhaps maybe I could impress you
maybe then our love could grow
Then baby I could caress you
by the warmth of a nuclear glow
(think about it)
Think of all the noise I could make
and all the neat fires I could start
I may not be able to conquer the world
but maybe I can conquer your heart
when I get the bomb
and I'll get my bomb
John Crenshaw: vocals & wit
Michelle Wardowski: bass
Stewart Simon: guitars & extra loud guitars 

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9. Early In The Morning
(L. Hickman, L. Jordan, D. Bartley)
BMI
 

Early in the  morning and I cant get right
had a little date with my baby last night
now it’s early in the morning
early in the morning . It’s early in the morning
 and I ain't got nothing but the blues

I went to all the places that we used to go
even went to her house but she don't live there no more
now its early  in the morning. Early in the morning
it’s early in the morning and I ain't got nothing but the blues

I went to see her girlfriend but she was out
knocked on her mothers door and she began to shout
get out of here
now its early in the morning . Early in the morning
its early in the morning and I ain't got nothing but the blues

solo

I went to nip and tuck to get something to eat
waitress looked at me and said pops you sure look beat
now its early  in the morning. Early in the morning
it’s early in the morning and I ain't got nothing but the blues

I had a little money when I started out
couldn't find my baby now my moneys run out
now its early  in the morning. Early in the morning
it’s early in the morning and I ain't got nothing but the blues


Performed by: The Troy McClures
Don Jones: sax
Sandy Picard: piano
Rick Borland: bass 

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10. Tamatha
(Robert Crenshaw)
RAC Music-BMI Administered by BUG Music
  
I see the lights of the night
rains' falling down, clouds rolling by
I feel the air moving around, moving the trees
I love that sound
I'll tell you I love you
if you will kiss me goodnight and put me to bed
I'll tell you everything will be alright
Kiss me goodnight
Oh Tamatha without your love
my life would be nothing but empty
How I need you Tamatha
Tamatha
I know sometimes we both get impatient, feel depressed
Like the whole world is just a mess
I loose my faith, I must confess
Cause I know so many lonely lost souls
whose hearts have turned cold
But I know you and I will grow old
from green to gold, to have and to hold
Oh Tamatha without your love
my life would be nothing but empty
How I love you Tamatha
Tamatha
Oh Tamatha without your love
my life would be nothing but empty
How I need you Tamatha
Tamatha...
Rick Borland: bass
Gary Sussman: guitars 

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11. Shakin Street
(MC5)
Motor City Music / Cotillion Music Inc.
  
Little Orphan Annie, Sweet Sue too
they been coming around it gives 'em something to do
their mama's all warn them not to paint the town
they got into the blood now they gotta get down
Shakin' street, it's got that beat
Shakin' street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' street, it's got that sound
Shakin' street, say you gotta get down
Streetlight Sam decided to make the trip
All the way from New Jersey on his girlfriends' tip
They pulled into town and met Skinny Neck Pete
said 'come here boy I heard about the street'
I heard about the place where all the kids go, 
and I'm about to flip, I just got to know about
Shakin' street, it's got that beat
Shakin' street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' street, it's got that sound
Shakin' street, say you gotta get down
Well the kids on Shakin' street never give in
there's all of their lives living in sin
they know that they're bad, they know that they're bad
take for the takin' and they shake for the shakin'
Shakin' street ladies they find it so shockin'
all the kids want to do is just keep on rockin'
they ain't got no time to think about stoppin'
They gotta get down to do a little stompin'
Now Sally Baker wants to shake her shaker
and Bobby C. says he's going to take her to

Shakin' street, it's got that beat
Shakin' street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' street, it's got that sound
Shakin' street, you gotta get down
Produced & Engineered by: Ron Pangborn
Recorded live at: WTVS Studios Detroit MI for Back Stage Pass
Introduced by: Ann Delise
Gary Sussman: percussion and soul
Rick Borland: bass
Dave Jack: drums
Stewart Simon: guitar 

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