The Crown & The Crow's Confession

by Maurice Tani

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1.
I Just Dodged A Bullet 03:56
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I Just Dodged a Bullet (Tani) We need to talk –she said I’ve been thinking –a lot I’ve got something I find very hard to say I think your great –go on.. You’re really special –Here it comes It’s just that I don’t think of you and I that way I just dodged a bullet I heard it whizzing by I just dodged a bullet I’m one lucky guy The call was close –but adios Sayonara and then some I just dodged a bullet So where did this blood come from? We’ve had some good times –Yeah And it’s been fun –Yeah? But now that your sober I find that we’ve grown apart Baby, it ain’t you –Not this line… It’s me –that’s the one! I need some space so I can suffer for my art I just dodged a bullet It’s a dangerous locale I just dodged a bullet I’m one lucky gal The call was close –but adios See ya later and then some I just dodged a bullet So where did this blood come from? Bawlin’ brawlin’. Police callin’. Neighbors poundin’ on the wall Hearts breakin’, achin’. Long nights awake I guess I’ll miss you after all I just dodged a bullet Love’s a loaded gun I just dodged a bullet I’m the lucky one The call was close –but adios See ya later and then some I just dodged a bullet So where did this blood come from?
2.
Push Me Away 04:07
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Push Me Away (Tani) Push me away Hold my love at bay Make me lose before I win Push me away then pull me in Crack that window Get some air flow -wing into to this room Oh my skin glows From my head down to my toes -with a rosy bloom Peel those sheets back Try a new tack Take one on the chin Push me away Push me away Push me away -Then pull me in Don’t make this easy I don’t know what I’d do with easy Better to tease me –and lead me astray It’s a secret you should know In the best scenario To pull me in –Push me away
3.
Radio City 03:55
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Radio City (Tani) This really is nowhere There’s a red dirt scratch up the mountainside 8 miles long and one car wide My old Buick at the top In a gravel parking lot There’s a 50-foot trailer and a hundred foot mast A 50 thousand watt clear channel blast Across six western states I’m a voice without a face Graveyard shift –Midnight to six All night drivers and urban hicks I’m pullin’ down the feed But I’m burying the lead Out in the distance I can see the lights Dotting the horizon on the clear nights Are you listening? We’re taking calls This is Radio City Top of the hour –it’s the Lovers Line But no caller’s had a heart as broke as mine I whisper in your ear As if only you can hear I say things I should have CONTACT _Con-3F392AAC428D \c \s \l said I go where I feared to tread But I know that it’s too late To negotiate Out in the distance I can see the lights Dotting the horizon on the clear nights Are you listening? We’re taking calls This is Radio City I was a fool to flee from love Don’t know what I was scared of Look at where I am This really is nowhere A million words won’t win you back A million tears have turned my heart black Still the words leak from my pen And the tears start up again Out in the distance I can see the lights Dotting the horizon on the clear nights I hope you’re listening I wish you’d call This is Radio City
4.
Rain 04:26
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Rain (Tani) I've been out walking in the shadow and light Just like we used to do each Saturday night. I retrace the path -redo the math and wish that we could have a full rewrite I deconstruct the work from preface to end and all the choices we could never defend. all I could get -aid and abet all of the capital I had to spend Chorus Rain -Rain is battering the windows and the room is aglow as you whisper to me on the radio Stuck on the tarmac for the redeye flight Final departure out of Hades tonight The hours pass -The showers last I'm lost in limbo lit by runway lights I check my messages and find some missed calls 2 from one number but no message at all I can see the -Caller ID Says it's the pay phone at The Wailing Wall Chorus The sky cracked open since you've been gone I know it's over -but the storm plays on Still the ashes smolder and the embers flare the ache hangs heavy -heavy in the air Down at The Wailing Wall they're clearing the bar I cruise the parking lot and look for your car I drive til dawn -Maybe you're gone I get the feeling that you've not gone far Chorus Chorus
5.
Get Up! 03:48
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Get Up! (Tani) ----------------------------- When I was young – I found a drug It was stronger than coke or any heroin blush And it was free – what a buzz Nothing could top that adrenaline rush Use a left – use a right There’s a rush with a punch thrown with all of your might A painter paints – A poet writes We all do what we can but a fighter just fights Get up – Or stay down If you can get to your feet, we can go another round It ain’t the belt - or the crown It’s the thrill of putting you back on the ground I met a girl – We fell in love And for the love of that woman, I put down the gloves But there’s a fire – I don’t speak of Something so base, I’ll never rise above Get up – Or stay down If you can get to your feet, we can go another round It ain’t pride - or profound It’s the thrill of putting you back on the ground There’s always one – in every crowd Usually blitzed, obnoxious and loud He wants his shot – Though he’s plowed To be a big man and make his drunken friends proud I look at her – she looks at me and I can see in her eyes, she’s wondren', “What’s it gonna be?”
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Dancing With Devils 04:23
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Dancing with Devils (Tani) Goodbye. Goodbye. I never thought that I Could love enough to feel this much pain We live, we love and push comes to shove The sadness just comes with the terrain Tattered and torn My letters lay stillborn Confessions Now left unconfessed and on -the floor littered with still more Expressions Now left unexpressed The heat rises up from the dry desert floor and swirls the dust to the sky Twisting and turning my sorrow is burning and dancing with devils am I I had -a dream A crow came to me Her feathers as black as the night "Come now", said she Her words a melody We spread our black wings and took flight
7.
Shattered 03:48
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Shattered (Crooks-Tani) ----------------------------- I met a man, needled & inked every other day for a year, Tattooed gods from head to toe he was shattered don’t I know When you’re shattered, there isn’t one place When you’ve shattered and fallen from grace When you’re shattered, there isn’t one place –you won’t go How did this happen? How did he get through? All he had seen and all that he knew unraveled and then he came unfurled Waving to all, he waived off the world He was shattered –don’t I know Chorus The quiet rage, the losing score His buckled knees, and esprit de corps His broken self becomes decor Like mirror shards across the floor Sugar skulls, more fragile than eggs Crack the shells –the question begs When you’re shattered that’s how it goes When you’re shattered, don’t I know When you’re shattered, don’t I know
8.
Fire On The Mountain (revisited) 03:51
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Fire On The Mountain (Revisited) (Tani) ----------------------------- There’s a fire on the mountain And it’ll be here by the break of day There’s a fire on the mountain Grab what you can carry away Grab the baby. Grab the cash. Grab the photos. Grab the stash. Grab the beauty. Grab the grace. Grab the things you can’t replace Chorus Grab the memories. Grab the vision. Grab your illusions. Grab your religion. Grab your history. Grab your past. Grab the things you think will last. Grab the clubs – Grab the diamonds. Grab the Fillmore and the Ryman Grab tradition, superstition, intuition, inhibition Grab the Martin and the Tele to your soft white underbelly Down the back stairs in the night air. Can you hear it comin’ there there there’s a fire…. Grab the here. Grab the now. Grab the know. Grab the how. Grab the sweat. Grab the tears. Grab the things that disappear.
9.
Green Or Brown 04:24
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Green Or Brown (Tani) ----------------------------- Watch out for the broken glass It’s scattered down the hall I guess we took a fall Was it a hit or a miss? Seems like they combed the place And what they couldn’t take Looks like they tried to break What kind of life is this? It’s just the cost of doin’ business But nobody’s dead And it’s just the ink that’s red Green or brown There’s no finer marijuana in this end of town Green or brown And there’s only us and this perfect night, as the sun goes sinking down Joe Friday’s up the street He’s been there every day Watching my doorway With a long black lens In his black sedan Who’s he think he’s gonna fool? We’ll play it cool ‘til his eight hour shift finally ends Jesse hasn’t left But she’s made it clear She won’t be sleepin here In this place from now on And I know I ain’t no prince To live with on some days I better change my ways Before that girl is gone
10.
County Fair 05:29
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County Fair (Springsteen) Every year when summer comes around They stretch a banner 'cross the main street in town You can feel somethin's happenin' in the air Well, from Carol's house up on Telegraph Hill You can see the lights going up out in Soldiers Field Getting ready, for the county fair County fair, county fair, Everybody in town'll be there So come on, hey we're goin' down there (hey) Little girl with the long blond hair Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears Baby, down at the country fair Now you'll be hangin' tight when we hit the top And that rollercoaster's ready to drop And your braggin', how you wasn't even scared Well baby you know I just love the sound Of that pipe organ on the merry-go-round Baby, down at the county fair Chorus At the north end of the field they set up a stand And they got a little rock and roll band People dancin' out in the open air It's James Young and the Immortal Ones Two guitars, (baby) bass and drums Just rockin', down at the county fair Chorus Now it's getting late before we head back to town We let that fortune wheel spin around Come on mister tell me what's waiting out there On our way out we steal a kiss in the dark Hope we can remember where our car's parked Baby, out at the county fair Off down the highway there's the last stream of cars We sit a while in my front yard With the radio playin' soft and low I pull you close to my heart And we lean back and stare up at the stars Oh I wish, I'd never have to let this moment go
11.
The Outside To The In 03:54
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The Outside To The In (Tani) ----------------------------- I thought at some point experience would make this stuff seem clear But the more I get the more points of view I hear Now as far as I can see One thing on which we all agree The opposite sex …is a mystery That knowing nod -–That little wink The subtle cue — the missing link I have no clue on what you’re thinkin’ in there Come on baby, take me from the outside to the in They say two-way communication’s key At least that’s the way they say it’s s’posed to be Now as far as I can see And I’m sure your exes all agree If you’re an open book … you’re a mystery That knowing nod –That little wink The subtle cue — the missing link I have no clue on what you’re thinkin’ in there What lies behind that cryptic smile What truth belies that guiless style Just show your cards –They’re all wild tonight I ain’t no psychic, you’re gonna have to clue me in Come on baby, take me from the outside to the in Let me in on the secret – in on the joke I can find my way through the mirrors and smoke Stumblin’ through the dark on the outside looking in Honey, just let me in
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Cowboy 05:10
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(Instrumental)

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released June 6, 2010

Vocals -Jenn Courtney, Maurice Tani:
Guitars -Maurice Tani;
Basses -Mike Anderson, M.Tani;
Fiddles -Steve Kallai;
Drums -Christopher Fisher, Trey Sabatelli;
Harmony Vocals -Kathy Kennedy, M.Tani, J.Courtney, M.Anderson; Keyboards-Jim Pugh, Randy Craig, Joey Hinson, M.Tani;
Pedal Steels -David Phillips, JB Allison;
Flugelhorn -Steve Stanley;
Percussion -Jeanine Richardson;
Additional Orchestration -Mark Maberley;

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Maurice Tani San Francisco, California

Maurice Tani is a "supercalifornigraphic" singer-songwriter known for his wry/rye-to-romantic songwriting, agile guitar style and expressive singing. His band, Maurice Tani & 77 El Deora has been the source of untold, but exquisite suffering for over 20 years. Tani now has 8 albums to his credit. The latest is “All In!” recorded at Greaseland USA with an all-star cast of Little Village artists. ... more

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