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Hot Jerky

by Stoney Joe

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Wake up by the fire, got a message down the wire, c'mon son you got a lot to do. Gotta pay your own way, get up and face the day, Even when you don't want to. So I hold my dreamin' for today. Hold my dreamin' for today. Hold my dreamin' for today. Tomorrow, then I can dream away. I walk out that door, wanna keep on walking more, fill my head with ideas and plans. But my old lady say, your daydreamin' it don't pay, remember you're still working for the man. -Chorus- It's a new rising sun and my time's surely come, to shake off these shackles and chains. Yet my gravest fear, I imagine so clear, is finding that dream start to fade. -Chorus-
2.
Before I wake up, I can dream up a deep blue ocean, a great blue ocean... A seabird crying. Play that song to me. Make it sad and lonesome, with a meaning that's plain and a soft refrain, beneath the stars, the moon and the seas. Before I lay down, the roaring waves roll. a tall ship sailing... The howling wind blows. Play that song to me, make it sad and lonesome, with a weeping phrase and a soft refrain, beneath the stars, the moon and the seas.
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The shadows I cast play with my mind. If I look for the light I always find, the creeping dial doesn't bring the moment nearer. If I close my eyes and walk, the reason's clearer. She says I make her cry, when I step outside the broken line. But our feet will bring us back around, if we close our eyes and walk together now. Walk together now, walk together. Walk together now, walk together. Don't walk alone, walk together. Habitually trying not to see, how far off the beaten track I seem to be. Dead and broke, but we're on common ground. Let's close our eyes and walk together now. -Chorus-
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Mariah 03:42
Storm, rest in peace. Hold down that wild breeze. Ocean, in the full moon light. Welcome home that rolling tide. The wind may blow and lift my soul. The sun can shine through the mountain snow, I'm flying.! A little more wood and a little more fire. A little more time, gonna make you mine Mariah.! Play a western song, of a broken heart and a road that's long. Baby, won't you stay with me. Share your lovin' company. -Chorus-
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Big Rock 02:46
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Cold Morning 02:23
Bring my morning to me. My angel on a grey afternoon. Feel the cold, won't you stay a while, or head on out through the driving rain outside. Give my evening to Joan. Come the daylight, I wake up all alone. The cold morning comes, around about noon and I know that Madeline will be home soon. So take my sunshine away. Joanie knows that there's always a price to pay. The sad night will fall, dragged by the moon and I know that Madeline will be home soon.
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Ringin' Bell 02:52
Ringin' bell, ringin' bell. Ringin' bell, ringin' bell. Always come a ringin', in the dead of the night. Two, four, six... seven, eight, nine. Ringin' bell, ringin' bell... Carillion bell. Clatter train, clatter train. Clatter train, clatter train. Roaring down the line, in the dead of the night. Crash my dreams, I wake in fright. Clatter train, clatter train... Mad train. Baby cry, baby cry. Baby cry, baby cry. Whining and a screaming, in the dead of the night. Steal my slumber... whoah I'm tired. Baby cry, baby cry... Devil cry. -Chorus-
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There's the potential it could happen again and again, again. That Devil is heard, never seen. He's a blight wherever he's been. You look to and fro, but you'll never know, if or when it is just around the bend. There's the potential it could happen again and again, again. Look up, look around. Devil gonna drag you down to the watering hole, where the lawman never go, if or when it is just around the bend Home is where I wanna be... There's the potential it could happen again and again, again. Pack up, move along. Soon be singing his song. Might be raining now, but the storm will blow over somehow, if or when it is just around the bend. If or when death is just around the bend
9.
Lonesome Joe 02:24
Had enough of wasting time, going out to find what's waiting. Searching around and side to side, looking for the right lady. There she is, to see the band. Hey there Joe, come take my hand.’ Won't let go 'til the morning come, won't let go 'til the morning come. Life is love and love is light, holding off the night from falling. We're all alone when we die, never see a new morning. There she is, a shining light. Take her hand and hold on tight. Won't let go 'til the morning come, won't let go 'til the morning come. Warm your toes in the morning sun, on a lazy old verandah. Brave the cold when the darkness comes, happy that I found her. If she's the one you love the most, speak her name, hold her close. Won't let go 'til the morning come, won't let go 'til the morning come.
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Sparrow Song 03:14
Just outside my window, there's a little bird that's singing. His song is short and it aint so pretty, but it makes my room feel like home. He's got a heart, and that heart, it's a beating heart. It's small and hard as a stone. That stone, that stone, is an old stone, but you are young and free. Hey little sparrow do you count the days and know that time is passing by? One more summer then you'll fly away. I wonder where birds go to die. Work is hard and the days are long. There's nothing that you can do. That birdy keeps singing his working song and it makes this old black Friday blue. There's a tree, and that tree, it's a big oak tree with arms that hug the sky. That sky, that sky, is an endless sky that all the world can see. -Chorus-
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Hold on my darlin', I know it's hard changing. Afternoon sun fading, dark grey clouds are forming. Rain falling down now in softly spoken voices. But no one hears your cryin', all my labour wasted. Big blue world will turn its back on the sun again. The brightest day becomes the night time in the end. Big blue world will tumble on through the sky. The darkest night reveals the morning in her eyes. The dark night reveals the sunshine in her eyes.
12.
Well the summer's dry and strong and the winter's cold and long. There aint no sign of springtime, I'll just keep rolling on, with the past close behind, and that rear view mirror light, keeps shining in my eyes. Pretty soon I'll say goodbye. Goodbye friendly faces, goodbye streets I know. I'm heading through the hills at Kalamunda. Hello open road. The open road can be just fine, though you win and lose sometimes. If you get trouble along the way, you can leave it all behind. But it can follow you around, like day follows night. I don't keep still. Pretty soon I'll say goodbye. -Chorus-
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"Take a trip to a new side of alternative country, complete with eclectic instruments, refreshing exuberance, a contemporary groove and the thrill of rustic excitement.

Stoney Joe don't just breath in the magic of unpredictability - they devour it, leaving a warmth and touching satisfaction for any listener. There's an unbelievable amount of experimentation on their Hot Jerky album, and is a stark contrast to the much blander, formulaic country music that is familiar to many people. There are beat loops and SH-101 Synthesizers playing alongside moonshine vocals and fingerpicking guitars. You could class it as an electronic folk album, and there is certainly a great emphasis on songwriting and textures." - Daniel Lugg

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released July 26, 2013

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