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Peter Mayer writes from Jimmy Buffett rehearsals in Austin!
Posted: May 26, 2012 3:56 pm
by LittleFlockDistr
Breaking news! Peter Mayer's May edition of
The Morning Star has just been published! Peter writes from Austin, TX, where he is rehearsing with Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band for the new "Lounging at the Lagoon" tour! Check it out on his website and sign up to get a copy delivered to your email box!
http://www.petermayer.com/newsletters/t ... r-may-2012
Re: Peter Mayer writes from Jimmy Buffett rehearsals in Austin!
Posted: May 27, 2012 9:19 am
by dnw
Re: Peter Mayer writes from Jimmy Buffett rehearsals in Austin!
Posted: May 27, 2012 12:09 pm
by conched
I had to go back and listen to the most excellent Spare Tire Orchestra a couple times.
Re: Peter Mayer writes from Jimmy Buffett rehearsals in Austin!
Posted: May 27, 2012 12:56 pm
by conched
From somewhere on the net:
SPARE TIRE ORCHESTRA ALBUM
SPARE TIRE ORCHESTRA
HAIR OF THE DOG
INDIA
THE REMAINS
TRUE LIFE ADVENTURE
THE BALLAD OF JOHN STEELE
MOONLIGHT OVER PARIS
YOU CHILD
SPARE TIRE ORCHESTRA
(Peter Mayer)
Pack a suitcase and an old guitar
Throw in a drum and a saxaphone
We traveled westward through the midwestern towns
And the amber waves of the radio
I fed the dog, did you switch off the lights back home
I Swear I left something behind
But trouble’s got a way of showing up when
Right now’s the last thing on your mind
I’m a wall clock, my hands are stuck, but twice a day I’m right
I’m a three legged dog but I can wag my tail alright
We’re broken down on the highway not a town in sight
Got my spare tire orchestra playing right here tonight
We work so hard to be sure and sheltered
Keep those plates a spinnin’ left and right
But sometimes its just a smile that makes your day and
Sometimes a song can save your life
I’m a wall clock, my hands are stuck, but twice a day I’m right
I’m a three legged dog but I can wag my tail alright
It's not the pretty love songs that keep your live alive
But a spare tire orchestra playing right here tonight
I’m a wall clock, my hands are stuck, but twice a day I’m right
I’m a three legged dog but I can wag my tail alright
It’s not the pretty love songs that keep your love alive
But a spare tire orchestra now get back in and drive
Na Na Na Na
HAIR OF THE
(Peter Mayer / Jay Oliver)
I kicked the bad habits yeah I broke ‘em in two
With nothing left for me but misery babe,
I had to grow up and go to school
I’ve let go of everything that I could let go
But there’s one thing that can make me sing honey and I want more
I felt the sting of Cupid’s arrow…I felt the fever too
Some doctor said it was all in my head better stick to chicken soup
You’re the tear in my eye you’re the joy in my heart
But I need a degree in chemistry baby to comprehend the lovers art
Still I come back to love, by the hair of the dog
Just one little cup baby of your sweet talk
I come back to love and I feel fine
Heavens above just one more time
I come back to you by the hair of the dog
The first kiss is heaven…then you get your wings
But no one told me ‘bout these thunder clouds baby
Or how I’m gonna fly this thing
I’ve run for the money and I’ve lived for the show
But I die every time you say goodbye sing it loud? and it’s back I go
Day by day little by little
You get to know your friend
Just when you think you’re rid of
the riddle
You have to go and kiss me again
Oh baby...
Gotta come back to love back to love..
I come back to you by the hair of the dog
Still I come back to love, by the hair of the dog
Just one little cup baby of your sweet talk
I come back to love and I feel fine
Heavens above just one more time
I come back to you by the hair of the dog
Repeat...
INDIA
(Roger Guth / Peter Mayer / Jim Mayer / Graham Nash)
Little girl take my hand
Before the ways of the world make their demands
Airplane in the sky
Day will come you’re gonna learn to say, “goodbye”
Awww little, little one, Tell me what you see
Fairy tales and wishing wells, dragons in the sea, Oh
India, you’re my timeless child
Won’t you sing for me your lullabye
India, your eyes hold a dream
Take good care of what tomorrow brings
Tho the Sky is blue, Sun is red
Does the monster lay beneath your wooden bed?
Storms come in thru the night
It will change the way you see the morning light
Whoa, little, little one, Time will come to pass
Dreams so real, shadow like a falling glass
India, you’re my timeless child
Won’t you sing for me your lullabye
India, your eyes hold a dream
Take good care of what tomorrow brings
Oh my lady?...
Oh, little, little one, windows open wide
Days is gonna come when you will learn to say, “goodbye”
India, you’re my timeless child
Won’t you sing for me your lullabye
India, your eyes hold a dream
Take good care of what tomorrow brings
My baby?
India
India
India
Teach your children well
Their father’s hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The ones they pick the ones you’ll know by
Don’t you ever ask them why if they told you you would cry
So just look at them and sigh And know they love you
And know they love you
And know they love you
THE REMAINS
(Peter Mayer)
Your lips are moving but I don’t understand
Your eyes go right through me off to some holy land
We stand on the islands both in command oh
And I can’t remember when I lost hold of your hand
You say you got to hold on to what you believe
And so we hold on tight till we’re completely incomplete
You don’t want to give out but you won’t give in oh
When it’s all stripped away only the love will remain
Moonlight and lovesongs lay deep within your dreams
But true life’s got no manners takes a hammer to your peace of mind
But it’s only you it’s only me yeah
Trying to bring the best of the rest of our love back alive
After the moonshine has got me high
After the words have all been twisted and turned into lies
When you and the bad guy are one and the same oh
When there’s no one to blame, only the love will remain
But it’s only you it’s only me
Tryin’ to bring the best of the rest of our love back alive
Come lay your head down there’s no game to win
Our dreams will find faces and us will be them
Free as forgiveness a rainbow to rain oh
When it’s all washed away, only the love will remain it's all stripped only the love only the love ..only the love
TRUE LIFE ADVENTURE
(Roger Guth / Peter Mayer / Jim Mayer)
Last night I saw my life before my eyes
Lovers friends and fools drifted by
Every one of them I’ve been from time to time
With just a pocketful of miracles to get by
Lovers and madmen angels and badmen
Trying to live their lives
Telling the stories living the glories
It’s a true life adventure
This is a true life
Some say the clouds bring sorrow ‘round the bend
Farmer calls them fair weather friend
We all look up and wonder is it a Lion or a Lamb
But before you know they’ve changed on you again
Lovers and madmen angels and badmen
Trying to live their lives
Telling the stories living the glories
this is a true life adventure
It's is a true life
If the number of my days was only one
Would I understand the things I’ve done
Whether life is broken hearts or battles won
Or just the rise and falling of the sun
Lovers and madmen angels and badmen
Trying to live their lives
Telling the stories living the glories
This is a true life adventure
It's a true life
Ooh yeah yeah yeah...
Lovers and madmen angels and bagmen
THE BALLAD OF JOHN STEELE
(Peter Mayer)
I fell from the sky June 1945
To fight the good fight was my mission
A hero I’m gonna be oh Lord have mercy on me
A dead or alive one is the question
Down to the fields of France into enemy hands
Quite a hopeless proposition
But I never hit the ground I got caught on a steeple like a circus clown
Another unjustified crucifixion
I miss my baby back home
Caught in the crossfire I’m so alone
I keep holding on tryin’ to be strong
Let me down let me down
Put my feet back on the ground
I’m danglin’ dancin’ clown let me down
Let me go let me go
I’m caught between heaven and earth below
Take my life or let me know let me go
All the Jacks and Joan of Arcs gave their sweat then they gave their hearts
took their place in history
So was it just my luck to be the most famous sitting duck
It’s a mystery to me
I miss my baby back home
caught in the crossfire I’m so alone
I keep holding on tryin’ to be strong
Let me down let me down
Put my feet back on the ground
I’m danglin’ dancin’ clown let me down
Let me go let me go
I’m caught between heaven and earth below
Take my life or let me know let me go
I say na na na Na Na na………..
You do your best to prepare
you study hard you comb you hair
Get ready for your glorious debut
Then the cosmic comedian comes and turns her trick again
you find the punchline is you
I say na na na na Na Na yeah.....
MOONLIGHT OVER PARIS
(Roger Guth / Peter Mayer / Jim Mayer)
You say you've been overseas
I say over where?
You say just a holiday
My Alsatian heir
I say I've been working late, working overtime
Haven't seen the sun since sixty-nine
Does the moonlight shine on Paris
After the sun goes down?
If the London bridge is falling
Will anybody hear a sound?
If you follow the sunset will it ever end?
Does the moonlight shine on Paris?
Do do do do do do....
Oh and how can you just walk away
Is it something that I said?
I see only Black and White
You see Green and Red
You believe in the miracles, water into wine
I'll believe when it makes the New York Times
Does the moonlight shine on Paris
After the sun goes down?
If the London bridge is falling
Will anybody hear a sound?
If you follow the sunset will it ever end?
Does the moonlight shine on Paris?
Will it ever end?
(great bass solo)
Repeat twice
Do do do do do
Will it ever end?
YOU CHILD (Peter Mayer)
You child everything seems brand new
Nothing can get me through like you child
Some days I wake up and find you gone
Beat of my heart says how long will it be child
Slipped in through my window pane rested on my shoulder
Off you fly and my whole world grows colder
Stay a while won’t you child……….
Some days I wake up and find you gone
Beat of my heart says how long will it be child
Slipped in through my window pane rested on my shoulder
Off you fly and my whole world grows colder
Stay a while won’t you Child
CREDITS
Musicians: Peter Mayer - Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Foot stomps
Jim Mayer - Electric and Acoustic Bass, Psaltery Chest slaps
Vince Varvel - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Hand Drum
Scott Bryan - Percussion, Guitar, Vocals, Accordion
Audrey and Daisy - Barkup vocals
Produced by: Jim Mayer and Peter Mayer