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Morgan Orion - vocals, guitar
Chris Strand - upright bass
Wesley John Johnson - drums
Matt Bell - lap steel guitar
Renee Benson - vocals

Recorded by Aaron McCallister at Earth Analog in Tolono, Illinois on 2" Tape and also by Wesley John Johnson in Urbana, Illinois and by Morgan Orion in New Orleans. Mixed by Stacey Harvey in London, England. Mastered by Dan Meyers in Long Island, New York.

Written by Morgan Orion Reisman in the summer of 2012.

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Well, you're singin' a tune and it's got my heart hummin'
you're so beautiful babe I think Jesus is comin'
Here's a glass for the wine and one to put rum in
I didn't mix him a drink still I think Jesus is comin'

Well there's no need to fear my dear
when I give you the word
That the lord and his sword would be bored out of his gourd
if he was anywhere else, but here

Well love you're a glove to put my fingers and thumb in
and in heaven above someone left the water running
I'm not saying this is the end of everything
just the beginning of something
And when you hold my hand as planned Jesus is coming

It's so wonderful my love how you show me the way
that if there's no tomorrow there is no need for sorrow
If we're happy only today

Your empathy is a symphony composed by the Great George Jacob Gershwin
and you massage my ego, like you're pulling on purse strings
I'd wager your behavior would start a stuffed shirt to mumbling
and when we do the hokey pokey I know Jesus is coming

It's no stranger than when you're near
oh it is just something small
That holiness should appear in neither the front nor the rear
but where we do not expect it at all
That this holiness should appear in neither the front nor the read
but where we do not expect it at all

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from The Tunnel of Love and the Hell of Hot Licks, released February 14, 2016

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Morgan Orion New Orleans, Louisiana

Morgan Orion was born in an overgrown patch of mulberry trees to neo-beatniks and raised on 20th Century pop culture and Grimm's fairy tales. At the age of 16 he dropped out of school to become a songwriter and began touring two years later. Morgan has traveled the world playing, but calls New Orleans his home. In concert he plays a large catalogue of originals with his band, The Afterburners. ... more

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