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Listener's Choice - Best of 2019

by Bill White

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How Do I Get In? 04:41
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how do i get in? wheres the line? whats the price? you all seem so nice how do i get in? youve got the greenest oceans youve got the bluest skies this might be the perfect place for me to live and die how do i get in? do i have to have a record on the charts? do i have to go and break somebodys heart? where do i begin? how do i get in? is it like that woody allen movie? do we just wait for that cannon shiot? with a 100 thousand million other souls each one giving it all they got? how can i survive this crazy wormhole ride? then be the first to break inside when i got no legs not even fins how do i get in? how do i get in? is there a waiting list? do i get a bracelet for my wrist? i want to be my great grand daughters next of kin how do i get in? everybody out here is stuck in limbo wondering where to go and where theyve been should i knock on the door of holiness? should i knock on the door of sin? how do i get in? how do i get in? wheres the line? whats the price? you all seem so nice how do i get in?
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I Am the Leopard 03:45
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they say i eat too much covet my neighbors wife but my neighbor is a lion im not into interspecies copulation i know who i am i know what im doing in this cage full of songs waiting for dante to come me along i am the leopard waiting for dante i am woody waiting for bobby im jerry lee i know im better than presley but i didnt come here for the glory i just came to add another strophe to the story you can follow your bread crumbs but they wont lead you home when you are lost in the dark wood in the quiet of alone i know where i came from i know where im going you think i am standing still but my rivers are flowing i am the leopard sophia mia sapienza leogardos hacienda i am the leopard waiting for dante i am woody waiting for bobby like john the baptist who got things ready for jesus we cleared the roads at night when nobody could see us we are the leopards
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Elusive Angels 03:41
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elusive angels the ones you will remember are not the ones you wrestled into victory elusive angels near misses no hitters you cant forget the thorns where roses withered into history when the dragon eats the sun darkness falls on every one elusive angels they dont answer questions so dont ever mention the sapphires in your eyes elusive angels in compliance they lie in your ruffled duffel bag you threw into yesterdays sky dreams are dissipating even before the waking thet were waiting for the taking but the pickers passed them by elusive angels shimmer, fading from the shadow passing over fervent plateaus we are dangling fom the wings of elusive angels
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My Head Is Out 02:56
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chorus My Head is Out Like a snail No goin back My Head is Out Like a snail No goin back Gotta stop that girl from burning down my shack You can move a mountain But you cant move the sky I tried to buy an egg But the price was too high Caterpillar pickin With his head on fire There is too much sauce In this womens choir She never listened To a thing I said Tried to get it right But my phone is dead Repeat chorus Gettin high iin the sty Pigs are squealin Girls in the line Rockin and reelin 20 billion peole on twitter today Nothin better to do Than havin their say I aint the bossman Stop looking look at me Im closin the gates At quarter to three Repeat chorus Im getting close to the shack I can tell by the smelll The skys gtting black\ Its hotter than hell Girl on fire Fell off the porch Thats what she gets For droppin the torch Im gettin close Now Im standin in the flames My head is out ike a snail And Im takin aim
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Its Only the Wind 02:21
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The road ahead was spinning Like a man at the end of his rope The concrete started spinning Like a shattered gyroscope Falling stars were burning She looked up at me and grinned Its only the wind, my darling Its only the wind We should get off this road, I told her As she shifted to higher gear A tree crashed across the wiindshield She said there was nothing to fear I looked into the sky and saw it And wept as it made its way here Its only the wnid, my darling Its only the wind And when the shaking settled She pulld to the side of the road She leaned over slowly and kissed me With lips both haggard and cold I felt a pain in my chest something inside of me burst Its only the wnd, my darling The wind of a lost universe
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Ask the Babies 02:04
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If I came back as I am now To you as you were then Would we part forever Or fall in love again Ask the babies They still know What we forget As we grow So before we let it go Ask the babies If the universe is moving, What is it moving through? Is it action and only action That animates a point of view? Ask the babies They still know What we forget As we grow So before we let it go Ask the babies Babies ask invisible friends What we were before will we be after the end? Why the old folks ask why and how I dont believe you loved me then Because you dont love me now Oh really? Just ask the babies They will know We forget As we grow So before we let it go Ask the babies
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A Dream of You 02:19
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Go to sleep now Or the world will stop its spinning When you awake You will be someone else Id rather be a ghost Still able to see you Than a newborn baby With no memory I would watch you dance Like cloud on a river As you sail through the years Of a new century Let me fall Into a dream of you Until I wake Beside you again Yesterday we stood in a garden Wet with rain And looked into a sky That will never be the same LIke the sun and the moon Everything keeps moving We are all a part Of that circle game Let me fall Into a dream of you Until we wake In the garden again Let me fall Into a dream of you Until I wake Beside you again
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Summer of Love 03:38
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We used to hit the back of our hands with a comb To watch the blood rise to the surface Thats the way it was when we were young Everythung we did, we did in earnest Chorus Will there ever be another summer of love? Like the one in 1967 Will there ever be another summer of love? When walking down the ave was like beng in heaven When stealing a kiss from a stranger in the street Was as innocent as picking a flower And following a pretty girl on a sunny afternoon Didnt mean you were a stalker The doors used to be open Now they slam in your face But you are the one getting higher In a world that is falling from grace Te holy kiss is now a sin And we shall never see A summer of love again In the summer of love Smoking perumed cigarettes In the golden gardens Listening to the Grateful Dead So many summers have passed since then Will the world ever see a summer of love again Repeat chorus
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Greetings, Deceiving, and Goodbye 03:08
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First she bats her lashes Her eyes are just for you Then she licks her ipper lip Just like striippers do Then she slips a finger Into a crease in your jeans Lighting up the pleasure zone in your brain By simply touching your knee chorus Love is a three stage rocket Pulls us out of our socket Kick yourself wonder why Its always greetings, deceiving, and goodbye Later you receive a phone call Telling you she will be late Saying dont bother to wait up for me You tell her you will wait When she arrives in the morning With her blouse askew You ask where have you been all night She anwers Whats it to you Repeat chorus Six guys are in your apartment Packing up all of her stuff When you get in their way They rough you up They kick you till you are uconscious Then strip the room til it is bare When you get up on your feet again Nothing is left of her there Repeat chorus
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The Man Who Watches The Trains Go By 03:44
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chorus you can find me follow the railroad tracks to the crossroads lit by flashing lights you will see me standing with the cars that pass im the man who watches the trains go by the closer i got the less i saw everything went to blur my eyes were rubbed raw when i saw him with her i walked off my job shaking the slap from my face i danced on the arc of the trestle that led me to this happy place there are hills in california where the rocks are on fire justice in the halls of justice where everybody is a liar some will break a window just to steal a piece of pie whilet the man with the sweaty hands watches the trains go by repeat chorus last night in the yard there was a murder the victim screamed for help but nobody heard her manhunt in the canyon helicoptors flying low old men coughing their guts to the streets they got no place else to go stranger passing through in manacles tortured until he dies while serenity surrounds the man who watches the trains go by
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The Roads I Used to Walk 02:28
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My fingers on the vines As i crawl from the ravine I climb the stairs up to the cliff To a place id never seen I cut through yards and living rooms Chased by snakes and dogs Looking for the roads i used to walk The planets cannot guide me When the clouds in freedom run And the morning star is blotted out By the midnight sun Ive got a map and compass But still keep getting lost As i try to find the roads i used to walk The storefront that was yellow Has since been painted red And the gutter where i kissed her Is a sculpted river bed The triple feature movie house Is a supper club for swanks And the psychedelic circus Is a cashless global bank I almost made it when the bus Took an unexected turn Some people never know What others never learn Theres no one left to tell me As i near a nearby block That ill never find the roads i used to walk
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You Clean Up Real Bad 02:26
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My face has emulsified Like a piece of nitrate film My cheeks are running gelatin My eyes are churning milk Still I bought a diamond ring With the last gold piece I had She just turned up her nose at me Said Boy you clean up real bad I splurged fifty cents on breath mints My identity papers in place Rented a suit for the interview But there was nothing I could do about my face But some gel in my hair but it looked Like someone had vomited into the strands The big boss blew his nose and said Hey kid, you clean up real bad So I got my hair done by the stylist Who used to cut Cobain Then put powder and foundation Up and down my ruptured veins The cop said Dont you know that flannel shirts Are yesterdays laughable fad? Go on and get back into your own good hole You clean up real bad
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Pizza Face 04:49
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Heartbreak Avenue 02:39
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The Secrets in her Eyes 02:24
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You can make em jump You can make em scream You can make em do most anything But all that doing leads to nothing at all You are one jump ahead of a fatal fall Break a window, escape with the prize But you will never penetrate The secrets in her Eyes Sit down at the table Before the last one leaves You can take the pot With the card in your sleeve But your full house is made of sand You will never leave town with a dead mans hand You can pump the moud until shes paralyzed But you will never see The secrets in her eyes The secrets in her eyes Are not for you to know To you, a naked woman Is nothing more than a burlesque show You can have any girl In this pick up bar But nothing you do Will even leave a scar In the final hour When the truth breaks through No one will remember A thing about you Love for you was nothing but an exercise You never bothered to look for The secrets in her eyes
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Back to Whiskey River 03:16
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It was a river of whiskey That brought me to your prison Let whiskey river take me home I was a drunk, I hit stone bottom I killed a man in a bar fight There was a riot n my cell block I was running to save my life I didnt mean to kill that gaurd He had me in a strangle hold It was him or me I told myself So I wrote my own parole It was a river of whiskey That brought me to your prison Let whiskey river take me home Now its time to meet the hangman Its time to pay the price I came in darkness to the world Because of me, two men have died Before you put me in the ground Let me have another round Let me go back to whiskey river One last time before I die Let me go back to whiskey river Where my lonesome memories flow Let m go back to whskey river Where I can face my death alone
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Nobody is Waiting 03:27
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Slipping backwards into life Smashed against forgotten places Try to catch a friendly eye Finding only scornful faces From the town of Tombstone I ride the rails to who knows where Next stop could be my hometown Nobody is waiting for me there Here is the garden where i used to grow And the room where I used to sleep I wonder what ever became of The treasures that I used to keep How many doors must I open To find the dark at the top of the stairs I hear the laughter n the play room Nobody Waiting for me there After they put me in my grave I lost my way between heaven and hell Seeing the wonders Swedenberg saw On that celestial carousel I stand now outside Peters gate My breath is cold, my head is bare You need an invitation to get inside, Peter says And nobody is waiting for you in there

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Thhs is a free compilation of the songs that received the most plays in 2019. They come from the nine solo albums made by Bill White in 2019. This year, Blue Tower Records also released four various artists compilations. three albums of covers by bill white, and eps by the big dig and carmen del estrella. A total of 812 songs on billwhite.bandcamp.com received 4,475 plays this year. Thank you everyone who has listened..

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released December 31, 2019

all songs written and performed by biill white in 2019.

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