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Circus Blues (Remastered)

by Rich Evans Band

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1.
Call Me Lightning 03:51
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Look into the water Gonna see them tombstone eyes Half empty cup of promises Is half full up with lies Took crumbs from rich mens' tables Lost count of all the girls I stole Call me lightning 'cos I make that thunder roll Call me lightning 'cos I make that thunder roll Spanish moss hung outside Of a little tin roof shack Front porch on a dirt road With a share crop out the back Lit out late one evening Delta covered up with fog Said I'm leaving Natchez Where the Southern cross the dog Searching for the silver I was searching for the gold Call me lightning 'cos I make that thunder roll Call me lightning 'cos I make that thunder roll I headed North along A lonesome railroad track Danced the alligator In a little chicken shack Made another juke joint Put a tattoo on my arm Drank a lot of canned heat Busted out from Parchman Farm Went down to the crossroads I was gonna sell my soul Call me lightning 'cos I make that thunder roll Call me lightning 'cos I make that thunder roll
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Last Night I Fell In Love With the Radio 03:22
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You know the town I grew up in Wasn't quite North and it wasn't quite South And it was filled full of nothing And I was the only one trying to get out The only thing that ever brightened it up Was the Ferris wheel and the carnival truck And making bets against Lady Luck Turn the radio on Turn the radio up Everything else moves by so slow Last night I fell in love Fell in love with the radio You know the town I was born in Never was nothing to write home about Looking at the faces on a Monday morning Trying so damn hard to cover up their doubts Work at the factory, don't ask questions son Keep your head down, do like your grandfather done Never have hopes, don't have dreams that's just dumb Turn the radio on Turn the radio up Everything else moves by so slow Last night I fell in love Fell in love with the radio Nothing ever changes round here Unless you turn that dial Drown it all with yet another beer Singing all the while Turn the radio on Turn the radio up Everything else moves by so slow Last night I fell in love Fell in love with the radio
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Slow Down Virginia 05:35
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Roll that bank note, fix that line Pass that codeine, slug that wine Faraway like you're living in a dream Loading up on amphetamine (Won't you) Slow down Virginia Slow down, slow down Sunken cheekbones, junkie's lies Big dark glasses, tombstone eyes Turn another trick then you're turning on a dime Running into trouble then you're running out of time (Won't you) Slow down Virginia Slow down, slow down You wear the headlines in bruises on your face Telling everybody you just fell over some place Figure those photographers are just to blind to see Singing last night the bottle Last night the bottle Last night the bottle set you free And Joe Public, makes believe Ain't no track marks, beneath your sleeve Lit up like a carnival town Shining real bright like a candle burning down (Won't you) Slow down Virginia Slow down, slow down Say just a little hit now, just a little taste Getting wasted while you're laying yourself to waste You're so damn beautiful, you're just too blind to see (Singing) Last night the bottle Last night the bottle Last night the bottle set you free
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Last Thing on My Mind 04:26
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Since you're not here to tell me not to These days I do anything I want to Sit around running up gambling debts With old Jack Daniel's smoking cigarettes Howling at the moon and trying to forget Used to love the way you loved me Since you're not here to tell me not to These days I do anything I want to Running around like I don't give a damn Late at night, turn the radio up Hit some beer joint and try my luck Used to love the way you loved me Gotta get my old tuxedo pressed Gotta dress up in my Sunday best And the weariness of loneliness Is the last thing on my mind... I guess Since you're not here to tell me not to These days I do anything I want to Lie there drinking beer in the bath Hard to crack a smile and it's hard to raise a laugh Still come back to your photographs Used to love the way you loved me Gotta get my old tuxedo pressed Gotta dress up in my Sunday best And the weariness of loneliness Is the last thing on my mind... I guess It never rains but it pours Put my heartaches into hock Stumbling drunk across the floor But I can't turn back the clock Gotta get my old tuxedo pressed Gotta dress up in my Sunday best And the weariness of loneliness Is the last thing on my mind... I guess
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No One Sleeps 03:35
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Well the money rolls in and the money rolls out But I ain't seen that money that they're talking about Well the streets, the streets ain't paved with gold It's only concrete baby and it's centuries old Realise how fragile the world is You can smile and get betrayed by a kiss No one sleeps when they get dreams like this No one sleeps when they get dreams like this No one sleeps I was looking for buried treasure I can't remember where it was When I asked them why it had to be that way they said the answer's just because I fell in love with the radio and the satellite All alone in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night Realise how fragile the world is You can smile and get betrayed by a kiss No one sleeps when they get dreams like this No one sleeps when they get dreams like this No one sleeps
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Sweet Magnolia 04:04
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Hey there Sweet Magnolia Want to say to you I'll do anything that You want me to do Will you stay all night with me Want to stay all night with you Hey there Sweet Magnolia Turn the lamp down low You smile so sweet and One thing you should know Won't to stay all night with me Want to stay all night with you There's some little something about you Makes me know that I love you Makes me realise that there ain't No one else above you Makes me realise you're all I need Sweet Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Blowing in the breeze Hey there Sweet Magnolia Ain't seen nothing finer Sure I ain't the only one that Wants to lay himself beside you Won't to stay all night with me Want to stay all night with you There's some little something about you Makes me know that I love you Makes me realise that there ain't No one else above you Makes me realise you're all I need Sweet Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Blowing in the breeze Guess I never told you Took me by surprise You've got many sunsets in your eyes
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Sun's Gonna Shine on Me 03:48
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Tonight that circus train Blows off like a hurricane I'm going home Pack up them old sideshow screens Carry off them hopes and dreams I'm going home You dance such a pretty dance, like diamonds do If you'd give me half a chance, I'd follow you down a road or two Small town, clowns and sawdust too Sun's gonna shine on me Sun's gonna shine on me One of these days The sun's gonna shine on me High above them try forget I work without a safety net I'm going home Me and you ran away with the circus Thought that no one there could hurt us I'm going home Dark side to paradise , switchblades and crooked dice Mirrors and make-up's all they've got beneath them big top lights Paid my dues tonight
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Take Me To the Witchdoctor 05:14
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Gimme one of them mojo hands Gimme something I can't understand Slip me some little something to soothe me Let me feel how that spirit moves me Gimme one of them whiskey chasers Gimme one of them levee breakers Send me down in a hurricane shelter Take me back home on the Delta Take me to the river Doctor me up Take me to the river Baptise my blood Take me to the witchdoctor Take me to the witchdoctor Let me hear one of them lonesome solos Long gone Daddy on a bottleneck Dobro Snakebite venom and a Cadillac powering Way on down south where the wolf is howling Take me to the river Doctor me up Take me to the river Baptise my blood Take me to the witchdoctor Take me to the witchdoctor
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Circus Blues (part 1) 02:30
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That was me on the carousel Diving down deep in the wishing well Way out somewhere in middle America Painted ladies and vaudeville Counting up counterfeit dollar bills Look quick boy, better do what they're telling you On the high wire, baby I'm a low rider Honey I'm a slip- slider Baby I'm a just-one-nighter Hey Rube, guess I'm bound to lose Carry round these circus blues Circus blues Jugglers and acrobats Shoeshine stand by the laundromat Always had my switchblade handy Ring masters and rope walkers August clowns and straight talkers They ain't clouds, that's cotton candy On the high wire, baby I'm a low rider Honey I'm a slip- slider Baby I'm a just-one-nighter Hey Rube, guess I'm bound to lose Carry round these circus blues Circus blues
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Circus Blues (part 2) 03:46
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Me and you used to rendez- vous Way back somewhere down the line You Icarus me Lazarus Covered the waterfront come summertime Went down New Orleans Acting like we didn't care You might find some hoodoo there You might find some hoodoo there You and me used to dance the old fandango Watched them painted wagons roll We loaded up the elephants (Kept that) locomotive howling burning coal Used to set 'em up Honey we could knock 'em down Circus is leaving town Circus is leaving town Circus is leaving town Circus is leaving town

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released October 1, 2021

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Rich Evans Band London, UK

The Rich Evans Band were a west London 5-piece considering of: Rich Evans (lead vocals and rhythm guitar); Steve Galloway (drums and percussion); Jon Ray (keyboards, vocals and recording production); Mike Pratt (bass) and Bowden Smith (lead guitar and vocals). The band arose from the Surrey delta – the same tiny enclave beside the Thames that spawned a host of 1960s talents. ... more

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