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Bourbonitis Blues

by Alejandro Escovedo

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1.
I Was Drunk 04:53
I was drunk I was down I was wanderin' round my bed I was drunk I was down I was wanderin' round my bed I called out your name Called out your name I was bleedin' I was exhausted I was sufferin' from the altitude Picked up your scent and lost it Then I suffered from your attitude I called out your name Called out your name Called out your name Called out your name I was summoned By the angels To be hung beside your picture Not allowed to feel To touch To hold Forever imprisoned at long I called out your name Called out your name Called out your name Called out your name I was drunk I was down I was wanderin' round my bed I was drunk I was down I was wanderin' round my bed I called out your name Called out your name Called out your name Called out your name
2.
Irene Wilde 02:51
When I was just sixteen - I stood waiting for a dream - At barker street bus station every night When I tried to get it on - she just looked at me with scorn - my courage Turned to dust and I took flight For those looks they seemed to say You ain't nuthin' - go away You're just a face in the crowd so I went home and I vowed I'm gonna be somebody - someday Her name was irene wilde - oh such beauty for a child When she started dating boys - I nearly died For I could not barely stand to see someone hold her hand I felt I had to crawl away and hide In my mother's living room I composed so many tunes All the same - just a frame - for her name, and just to say Gonna be somebody - someday Wild as your name I soon left that country town I been around, seen some fame, seen some ups and seen some downs Smile through your shock when you hear your name aloud It's that face in the crowd - didn't dig it - much too proud... When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for a dream A barker street bus station non affair At the time it seemed so sad, but it did not turn out bad If you hadn't messed me up I'd still be there And I think most folks agree, a little put-down makes them see They ain't no chain - just a link and that's why you made me think Gonna be somebody - be somebody - be somebody - someday
3.
Well I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night yeah I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night I'm leaving you mama cause you know you don't treat me right. Let me tell you something mama that you don't know Let me tell you something good gal that you don't know Well I'm a do-right papa and got home everywhere I go yeah. I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here Lawd Lawd I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here I may ride the blinds I ain't got no railroad fare. Listen to me mama while I sing this song Listen to your daddy sing you this so lonesome song You got me worried now but I won't be worried too long. I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here Lawd Lawd I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here I may ride the blinds I ain't got no railroad fare...
4.
Guilty 04:54
Outside the gate there lived a man A man with a forgotten name Who tried to feel most everything But where he ended up was wrapped in shame It's how you shape the day to day Not what you hide behind We are born with this sin he said And with this sin we must surely die And we don't see him anymore He's lost his way now that's for sure She doesn't recognize him But she knew him very well The tattered suit, the leather boots The ringing of the bells She said, "It's what you give" And what you take and what you leave behind That marks the measure of your life She said she knew him very well There was a man who lived outside the gate And guilty was his name He tried to love most everything But where he ended up was wrapped in shame It's who he loved and what he took And who he left behind That marked the measure of his life You know that Guilty was his name
5.
Amsterdam 03:43
Alejandro Escovedo Bourbinitas Blues Amsterdam She’s back from Amsterdam And I think the journey did her well Her face has lost its touch The tell tale signs of loneliness inside And I love her still and need her company Once more come down come down Come down come down once more And I do believe the journey did her well And I do believe the journey did her well She said she fell in love with men who knew the way to treat a lady Her life is settled for the best of things that I couldn’t give her And it’s not her fault she’s not the one to blame Come down come down come down come down once more And I do believe the journey did her well Yes I do believe the journey did her well (x2)
6.
Everybody Loves Me I walk I crawl but I never run Sometimes I fall away like a setting sun While I swim I surf but I never drown Well everybody says they love me but I don't know why I watch you walk like a rhythm trian I love the way you kiss I just can’t stand the pain Well I believe in truth but sometimes I’ve lied Well everybody says they love me but I don't know why Yeah I don't know why Whoo I don’t know why Yeah I don't know why Whoo I don’t know why Well I walk I crawl but I never run Sometimes I fall away like a setting sun Well I believe in truth but sometimes I’ve lied Well everybody says they love me but I don't know why Yeah I don't know why Whoo I don’t know why
7.
Sometimes I feel so happy Sometimes I feel so sad Sometimes I feel so happy But mostly you just make me mad Baby, you just make me mad Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Thought of you as my mountain top Thought of you as my peak A thought of you as everything I've had, but couldn't keep I've had, but couldn't keep Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Skip a life completely Stuff it in a cup They said, money is like us in time It lies, but can't stand up Down for you is up Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes It was good what we did yesterday And I'd do it once again The fact that you are married Only proves you're my best friend But it's truly, truly a sin Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes If I could make the world as pure And strange as what I see I'd put you in a mirror I'd put in front of me I'd put in front of me Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes
8.
The moon is brighter than the sun My shadow is longer at night as I drive your way The trees hang from the branches The moon hangs from the sky Waters lies flat in the gutter While a rose climbs up the staircase And falls upon the landing And falls upon the landing And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome, yeah I could cry She really is breathtaking as she lies there softly sleeping Undisturbed, and I wish And I wish my breath, my voice, my touch Could awaken her Yeah, awaken her again I'm under a spell her name Oh, I spell her name I'm under a spell her name Yeah, I spell her name There really is no reason for the way that I am feeling It could've been the weather Or something less than that I need to shed this old skin for something that's much lighter Maybe different colors Maybe not so tight I'm under a spell her name Yeah, I spell her name I'm under a spell her name Yeah, I spell her name It singes and it burns like a delicate veil The pressure of her kiss Feels like it's all over now I never could jump from high enough I never could jump from high enough A third story jump ain't high enough It's just a mess on Market St I'm under a spell her name Yeah, I spell her name I'm under a spell her name Yeah, I spell her name Palo Alto Hotel at Sacramento & Polk The neighbors spend their days Washing their socks and staring out the windows In a thorazine haze They don't know what to do with their hands They vaguely remember some plans But that was so long That was so long ago I'm under a spell her name Yeah, I spell her name I'm under a spell her name Yeah, I spell her name
9.
Sex Beat 04:08
Johnny's got a light on his eyes and Shirley's got a light on her lips Jakes got a monkeyshine on his head and Debra Ann's got a tiger in her hips They can twist and turn they can move and burn They can throw themselves against the wall But they creep for what they need And they explode to the call and then they move Move (Sex beat) Sex beat, go Stupid like I told ya Stupid like ya saw Stupid as the simple thought Of ever thinking at all And all the mind, all the soul All the body All we know all the things that Should have made us whole All the colorless security Was only so we could go And move, move (Sex beat) Sex beat, drop And yes you do look cool and By the floodlights so blue You make my tropical apartment bed Your sacrificial pool My body in the water And my heart is in your hand So this is the way you choose to send Me to the judgment land So you can't move, move Oohh.. (sex beat) Sex beat, go And every day at three Throw me down by the Christmas tree I watched your lights blink on and off While you start your fun with me I, I know your reasons I, I know your goals We can move and burn forever But you will never get my soul So you can move, move (sex beat) Sex beat, go

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released April 20, 2009

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Alejandro Escovedo Austin, Texas

The 21st century has been a time of widely successful excursion through music that only a few American musicians get to create. Between adventurous solo albums, continuing collaborations with other musicians and an ever-growing sense of boundary-pushing, Alejandro Escovedo has created his own definition of what a modern rock artist can accomplish. ... more

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