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Transfusion Blues

by Konrad Lenz

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Drinking white rum Waiting around Time to move on from this Dirty old town We share the same bottle We share the same girl Together we've travelled Through this whole wide world Waiting forever I guessed that you lied I guessed you felt more than Justified Down at the crossroads Deep in the night I move just a few steps Into the light The girl with the tattoos She's a sweet little thing She's got pinprick eyes Her smile's genuine Some live with anger Some with the pain Some pursue money We're just in it for the fame Some live with anger Some with the pain Some pursue money We're just chase the fame I got a devil's hand You're a son of a bitch Together we'll make it We'll both strike it rich We share the same bottle We share the same girl Together we travel through this Whole wide word Waiting forever I guessed that you lied I guessed you felt more than Justified So far in the distance After all of this time I still see your eyes Looking at mine
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Room 244 04:24
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Death shadowed call it quits There's a hole where nothing fits Buried child in the ground Some are lost some are found Strung along inside out Choose your poison twist and shout Keep your feelings to yourself Keep your promise keep your wealth Hanging man on the rope I guess it's just an empty hope Stripped naked on the cross Break it loose and pay the cost Pious words filthy deeds You got your problems got your needs Death shadowed call it quits There's a hole where nothing fits Call a doctor got it made Made front page made the grade Made a million in the afternoon Learnt to walk with a silver spoon Made a million lost it all Learned to walk and then you learned to crawl Death shadowed call it quits There's a hole where nothing fits Where nothing fits
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Scratch 03:07
Scratch It's the last temptation I'm first off the starting line I've been in this house with pneumonia Drinking coffee and biding my time If I'm good to you Will you be good to me too? If I scratch your back Will you love me like you do? The harder that they come The harder they will fall The taller that the poppy gets The more he feels so small I'm looking for some poppies for to smoke You're looking for some too If I'm good to you tonight Will you be good to me too? Harry gets the dirty jobs The Doctor isn't home And Loretta she just wails all night Like a dog without a bone If I scratch your back Will you love me like you do? I'm so lonesome to the bone I believe every word you say is true Johnny's got his broken neck He's pure rock and roll Jenny keeps a man with her To keep her from the cold If I keep you close to me Will you keep me close to you If I scratch your back Will you love me like you do You can yell at me all morning Come when you hear me call Terry's got his ginger beer Smashes eggs against the wall There's a lot I've forgot about And a lot that I can't forget Bring your ears close to me Understand that you ain't heard nothing yet.
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SWEET PAPA JELLY ROLL In those days I had the habit In those days I had to roam I’m drinking wine now eating rabbit I’m well set up in my stately home Jelly Roll he drew a tiger Held that tiger by the tail Sheep eye caught him taught him rightly Fear of failure means you’ll fail CHORUS: Sweet Papa Jelly Roll He lives fast he’s on the go Sweet Papa Jelly Roll They all love you don’t you know Sit up back straight Don’t you slouch none Bang! Bang! You’re dead. Go away. You got lovin babe cane I have some? Come here honey. You made my day. I’m a straight man. You’re a bent one. You’re my friend and I am yours If ones missing why not rent one Come here honey you made my day CHORUS Playing music making faces In the evenings drinking beer You smile and smile as you remember You got to know her biblically Diamond studs on her fingers And her man is lying dead He don’t need her forgiveness He don’t need her wine and bread CHORUS - Konrad Lenz circa 2OO5
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Blackout 66 03:14
Blackout 66 (words: Konrad Lenz and Tom Woodward, music: Tom Woodward) Sweet Corrina you're so unique You make a soft man hard and a hard man weep You've got Kafka's mouth and Herzog's hands You've got the Judas eyes and the Devil's plans Sweet Corrina took me to the end Where the rivers blaze and the truth will bend The burning wind held us in it's grasp I should have known this would never last I give it to you and you give it to me I give you these chains to set you free Cause I'm on my own You're all alone I gave you all that I could give And I learnt my lessons well I lost everything to you All our dreams can go to Hell Sweet Corrina I sold you out The way you left left me little doubt Sweet Corrina I got you leaving town Took me a while just to drag you down You can scream and cry it makes no difference to me I give you these chains just to set you free Cause I'm on my own And you're all alone I'm on my own I'm on my own
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Seeds 04:14
SEEDS I’ve been scratching at scars and scabs It’s time to move along I’ve broken hearts, I’ve broken lives Can’t fix what I’ve done wrong. I’ve broken down and hurt myself Can’t see much reason why. If you think that I love you baby Well you know I like to lie. It’s time to harvest the seeds that I’ve sown. I need a bridge to walk across All the feelings I have known. The sun it circles high up in the sky. I like to live all alone. Watch him. He’s an opportunist. You can read it on his face. Love and good intentions Could crush the human race. It’s time to harvest the seeds that I’ve sown. Watch and gossip. Move your hand. Keep your distance, you understand. Sure feels good to lose and win. I never get much in-between. Hey, hey baby, I don’t know. Can you see it there, does it really show? Do you think I’ve planted wings just to see you Fly, fly away? I am a shadow. I am a man. I am a spirit. I am a barren land. I have this gift, it’s killing me. I have no time left for what could be. It’s time to harvest the seeds that I’ve sown. Konrad Lenz 26 - Feb - 01.
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Eye to Eye 02:53
Eye to Eye Six o'clock in the evening Out on the Avenue You are one in a million I got my eye on you You look like some homeless orphan Got a million dollar grin I'm giddy in your company Your pale blue eyes make my head spin The sun is going down I tell you a white lie We live just for the music And we see eye to eye We walk down Glebe Point Rd You roll your cigarette You've got your guitar in one hand And your broken clarinet There's a haze out on the horizon The smell of petrol in the air When I'm here by your side I live without a care Somehow we came together I know we'll never part The day we met each other You drove your arrows through my heart Arrows
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Jefferson’s Bible I've got a Jefferson’s Bible And a head that’s full of doubt I've been sitting in the same position Won’t you let me out You are nothing like the sun And I am such a loon I got my eyes glued to you How’s about a spoonful This bus is making funny noises I can’t read in these things I never answer my telephone And yours just rings and rings Tom cat crossing down the road His hair is striped and short You and me we had some fun I hope we don’t get caught You got a boyfriend you can depend upon I never liked his looks I got a temper like a clown I’m like a pressure cooker Won’t you leave him, come with me I know we’ll keep quite close What is it you see in him When you know that I know that you love me the most Time and again I think of you Time and again I wait for you and wait. Time is sometimes circular Sometimes it’s quite straight Life is always cluttered up With love that comes too late For once I won’t get too cut up For once I’m not to blame I have to laugh when looking back Underneath we’re much the same It never happened quite to plan You could say it went off the rails I’ll just keep on chugging on & on If everything else fails I’ll just keep on chugging on If all else fails - Konrad Lenz 2004
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Silver Bullet Shrapnel I got Voodoo eyes Looks that kill Cherry red Cadillac And a licence to thrill I got a girl in the mountains One on the farm One in the city And one on my arm No matter what I say No matter what I do I do it all To get back to you I got a head like iron I eat razor blades I got breath like a snake I'll dig my own grave I'm 100% I say what I mean I eat roadkill Drink gasoline No matter what I say No matter what I do I do it all To get back to you I'll point the bone at you baby Show you my wound It's silver bullet shrapnel I howl up at the moon I'm a Casanova Hoodoo man Bastard son of Jesus I got these scars In my hands No matter what I say No matter what I do I do it all To get back to you
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LIKE PAPILLON You and me we have a friendship We know we can depend upon Like Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman On the screen in Papillon I dreamed we were on Devil’s Island I dreamed of perfect solitude You and me we had each other The outside world could not intrude Girl I’ve got to hand it to you You can really mess things up But it’s no exaggeration When we’re together and we’re down Things are still looking up Walking down there in the city You held me close you loved me then There’s distance now a gulf between us I long to be held in your arms again Drinking whiskey in the Phoenix Talking shit to all my friends It’s only you I’m really me with You were there at the start you’ll be there at the end It’s been a long long time It’s been a long long time - Konrad Lenz 2006
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Black Heart 05:49
Black Heart Crows as black as midnight Eyes as black as coal Black snake lies in waiting There's a blindness in my soul I've seen you in the distance And I've often thought of you Now my time is coming And I know just what I have to do I've been up in Panola County And I've often thought of you I've been listening to the fife and drum Now I know all the lies I've ever told are true I said goodbye to old Stetson Brown I broke both his arms and I shot him down Now I move from town to town I've finally laid my burden down ALl the little girls they'll be dancing And the air will smell so sweet And the liquor will flow like lightening In the rising summer heat Turn the church into a barrelhouse Paint the town as red as blood I'm the father of 14 children And I'll live untill I've drunk enough I rose up through the mud of Hell I'll have your heart and I'll take your soul I can see deep inside your sunken eyes As deep and black as a wishing well The sky's been dark and stormy For a year or two This city's just a desert For the likes of me and you Well it's one down and it's two to go There's nothing in this world to keep My heart it rocks like a stormy sea And the Devil can have my soul to keep I'll take you deep into my domain I'll give you all you need I'll give you everything you want For you my heart it will always bleed Yes, I'll take you down to the pit of Hell I'll treat you fine, I'll treat you well You'll be my queen forevermore And my black heart it will cry for you -Konrad Lenz 07 - Oct - 01
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Sugar Pill 01:46
Sugar Pill (words and music by Konrad Lenz) Chuck Berry sitting in a Coupe De Ville Making out with sweet Diamond Lil He says "you taste just like a sugar pill On Xmas day." Eating turkey with your in laws You give donations to a worthy cause Your daddy he looks just like Santa Claus On Xmas day. Me I'm not the one to worry about the past But this time of year I know our love will never last Mae West says "You live your life so clean You take your clothes off for the magazine And me I wonder what these pictures mean On Xmas day. Onlookers marvel at the superman As he flies from the fire to the frying pan He dreams at night of his Lois Lane On Xmas day. You take me home and you're so sweet to me You make me light up just like a Xmas tree. Me, I don't know what to say or do All night long I just think of you There's fireworks and the moon is blue On Xmas day.

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released December 3, 2009

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Artist, musician and photographer. Born 1973 in Sydney, Australia.

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