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The Tunnel of Love and the Hell of Hot Licks

by Morgan Orion

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1.
Somebody New 02:39
I'm going down down town I'm gonna find somebody new I don't know what they're gonna say I don't know what they're gonna do - I'm going down I found somebody new I don't know what they're gonna say I don't know what they're gonna do I don't know what I'm gonna say I don't know what I'm gonna do I'm going down I found somebody new Somebody new you never knew before today somebody who just can't stay that way Unless you never see her again Bah-bah-bah-bah-bah Bah-bah-bah-bah-bah bah-bah-bah-bah-bah bah-bah-bah-bah-bah She's just a woman you never knew before She's just a woman and now you know her more She's just a woman you never knew before She's just a woman and now you know her more She's just a woman, baby, walking down the street She's just a woman, that you, think you'd like to meet She's just a woman now you met her What you gonna do? You better go out, bud and find somebody new
2.
We met tonight and you gave me the test, you had Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath But over my heart I wear a champion's vest you had Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath I said there's no use livin' less I love you to death with that Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath You put your hand on my face I put my head on your breast with that Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath Well up there in heaven they envy you're hell's guest - with that Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath But down here on earth they just think you're a pest - with that Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath Well oo she la la ooo she la la oo she la la oo Well, you're trippin' your balls off and that's fine with me Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath Caus I've got a pair and a room that's free Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath And I wasn't born yesterday I'm born again tomorrow Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath And I'll be free of my woes and my wanton sorrow -oh Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath And all dog's go to heaven, even if they roll in shit yea Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath And you my canine are crunching on that metal bit - beneath the Smoke in your hair and booze on your breath Oo she la la oo she la la oo she la la oo
3.
Satan 02:17
Satan bring me a muse and I'll sell ya my soul I need a hot hot mama, with a wicked pull With a thousand seamen throwin' me over board Make her legs long as the Tower of Babel To collapse beneath my fiery sword Satan I know you're not prone to negotiatin' but won't you please listen to what I say If this girly inspires could we try our hand at datin If not that's okay long as my art's best of the day - what do ya say? Satan do me a solid and cast an actress for the part who will torture my mind and liven my heart It takes some warm sweet honey in this cold cruel world to resonate a body as a galaxy swirls Oh I know that I just can't do it alone On know this just cannot be There's some beauty out there and it's her duty And Satan you know which one has the key - now hear my plea! Well this is all on the level you devilish thing If you give me the woman, I'll throw down my wing and spend the rest of my days down in hell dirty dancing tell I chafe off both my cheeks That's providing you produce the person with the prose that speaks.
4.
Genevieve 03:12
Can I confess that I cannot conceive of a world which to live in thout my Genevieve and in a thousand years, when they find my bones I hope they're tangled and broken with those of her own Oh, Genevieve, best thing I ever saw Dark as a moonless night, sharp as a raven's claw Oh, I will attest that there's been no reprieve of my wanting and wailing for my Genevieve If you had her my boy, you'd want an hour glass Tall as the sky through which your whole lives could pass And I'm just like sand, everyone's fingers I leave When I'm struck with the beauty of my Genevieve Oh Genevieve, best girl I ever seen Just like an actress, up on that silver screen When her light goes away I'll take my match and sieve and scour my mind for the memories of my Genevieve Well, when I was born I came out with ease Knowing of my lifetime ahead with my Genevieve She walked like the moonlight on my childhood eaves Now her hair scatters cross my face with the autumn leave Oh Genevieve, oh my Genevieve will you walk into winter with me passed the barren trees? If you require a sweater, I will weave the sleeves of a lifetime of loving you, my Genevieve of a lifetime of loving you, my Genevieve.
5.
Yes I've been beaten, but I'm not depressed I've been blessed with this festering ambition I guess After all of love's admissions have been carved in my chest by the knives of the nights with a fair maiden's breast I'm not gettin' rest oh-oh-oh I'm wide awake oh-oh-oh I guess that's cause I know what's at stake I was driven to madness now I'm driving back In a red minivan with a bass in the back there's many things I have, though you I still lack I crack jokes to myself about it and grab another song from my stack and I Blow my blues away hey-ay-ay I blow my blues away hey hey I blow some of my blues your way hey
6.
Brother 05:27
She has come to take your thoughts and ambition and leave you lyin' in a puddle of glee Don't let her get you in such a condition Stay strong brother, and take it from me I don't say this with too much contention I just thought I should mention that I been there before I know when a heart's in line for a lynchin' and she's burning her cross by your front door And I know brother you don't want to hear a god damn thing when her skin is wrapped around you, like a wedding ring But a fool could tell, this isn't news that I now bring and you know well already the truth in these words that I now sing Well, she has come to do your dirty wishin' and take it from me her mission ain't havin' fun And it'll take more than an act of contrition she'll have your Jesus in pieces when her damage is done And I know brother, you don't wanna hear a god damn word when her arms are wrapped around ya you feel lighter than a bird But I've seen others just like this one they'll take you up to Heave just to drop you in the sun So take heed, Brother take heed So take heed, brother take heed.
7.
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
8.
Oh, you - son of a bitch I want you and you understand this You coughed up blood on our lover's tryst and hailed a cab back into night's abyss Oh, my - greatest regret still wants to wear a leash, oh she wants to be a pet Well you haven't found the right man yet Oh, my - greatest regret Oh, how - sad it can be pickin up appled underneath the apple tree It's been hard year and it's easy to see you're barren as a desert felicity Oh, you - son of a bitch I need you to put the burn on my bliss So, throw me to the fire and put your hands on my wrist don't flinch if I twitch, you, son of a bitch Oh, what - has become of the hero's instrumental stories unsung? They're living in the back of a car while some dick struck it rich and you're marryin him you - son of a bitch and you're marryin him you - son of a bitch
9.
When your eyes are wet your underpants are dry and the moon is as cold as a firefly There's a light that burns and a kind that sighs like the friend that could have been, but decided to die And it's kind of important and it's kind of inane like the computer they turned into the human brain Like the loneliness creepin' up your wired insides There's a smooth entry to this bumpy ride And all you pudgy short men with your funny quips You sultry hot mamas with your curvy hips You skinny geeks and ya macho dicks we're all prone to get boned or shot in the sticks, so, Carry your bricks, put on your old kicks I'm gonna mortar my heart somewhere down in the mix I'm gonna border my county with thorns in betwixt The tunnel of love and the hell of hot licks.

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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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