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State Of Our ReUnion - Live 2004

by The Long Ryders

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Packed my bags, packed it in Never coming back her again Paid my dues and stayed in line 16 years of serving my time Now what I did I do regret All the days that I had wept Up all night and you can bet I've got a live with that See the lights of downtown It's where I shot that ol' man down Now he's calling me Calls my insanity Now when I walk and people say How can he just away Had a gun, no daughter, no son One life is gone and one begun Now what I did I do regret All the days that I had wept Up all night and you can bet I've got a live with that See the lights of downtown It's where I shot that ol' man down Now he's calling me Calls my insanity I can't run away, I can't hide Its a slow death, for me inside See the lights of downtown It's where I shot that ol' man down Now he's calling me Calls my insanity See the lights of downtown It's where I shot that ol' man down Now he's calling me Calls my insanity See the lights of downtown It's where I shot that ol' man down Now he's calling me Calls my insanity See the lights of downtown It's where I shot that ol' man down Now he's calling me Calls my insanity
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Thread the needle with one eye closed Steady hand like a jeweller do you suppose Save my world with just one poke But don't try to fix it if it ain't broke But a stitch in time is fine if you know what you're doin' Got bombs that whistle You got bombs that sing But they got 'em too Don't mean a goddamn thing Do you believe, the winner in time Will be the one with the most toys at the finish line A stitch in time is fine if you know what you're doin' But I don't understand what you're doin' With that blood on your hands I don't know It's not a case of black or white It's not a case or wrong or right it seems Just one thing that I know is true You're just as damned if you're doin' it too It seems Don't wanna argue Don't wanna place no blame Each generation thought they'd be different Just to end up the same 'Cause that money screams while ideals die But you can't pull the wool over this boy's eyes Yeah a stitch in time is fine if you nkow what you're doin' But I don't understanda what you're doin' With that blood on your hands I don't know I don't know
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Prairie Fire 02:56
There's a prairie fire burning in my mind baby tonight With the coals stoked glowing hot 'til they get bright white So come on you gotta tag along 'til they set things right We're gonna march to Montgomery in the pale moonlight There's a prairie fir burning in my mind baby tonight With some people down on their backs thinking this ain't right So we'll see if the dawn can set us a little more on sight Everybody's riding for free as it's everyone's fight We're gonna go to the ghetto, hit the bordello Everybody come outside We're one big nation, like a UN training station Everybody's showing their pride There's a prairie fire burning in my eyes baby tonight You gotta three minute warning to join or get outta sight To stand aside is to take their side alright So c'mon we're gonna take 'em on as they ain't that bright
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One day I walked out my doorway I was young, younger than today I couldn't believe what was happening before my eyes People running screamin' runnin' and a fire lightin' up the sky Well my daddy rode the train to take him to the factory Where he slaved eatin' shit to save my mama and me Now the sirens kee a-comin' and I heard somebody say 140 people were ridin' that train today Wreck of the 809 I couldn't believe what was happening before my eyes People running screamin' runnin' and a fire lightin' up the sky Well the crowd thinned out several hours later And I asked a policeman about my daddy was he alright Then I saw my mama crying and I heard somebody say 107 people won't be comin' back home today Wreck of the 809
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Well he came into town with His gun on his hips Fortified at night by some little pink slips Silver Smith and Wesson with a Pearl handled butt Cut polished shinin' from his hand to the nut Don't you know he's a gunslinger man 'N' he does the best that he can But you know he's a gunslinger man 'N' he won the West with his hand He used to be feared for the length of his gun Today he's known for the strength of his tongue In Poinsettia Park with Russian immigrants Hard as they work they're never heaven sent Don't you know he's a gunslinger man 'N' he does the best that he can But you know he's a gunslinger man 'N' he won the West with his hand Eight lines or worse, ten maids awaitin' He's thinking so loud that his teeth are grating False idols calling from his dusk to his dawn Got his daddy wonderin' what the hell he is on You'd see it in his eyes, see it in his verse Minute 'n' a half short of a ride in a hearse He needs no badges to identify him He's the owner/operator of original sin Don't you know he's a gunslinger man 'N' he does the best that he can But you know he's a gunslinger man 'N' he won the West with his hand
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Ivory Tower 03:39
My friend lives in an ivory tower She's protected from misery She doesn't worry she's got power She controls all she sees But her blinders work too well She don't listen when you try to tell her It's too late Your ivory tower's falling down She strolls down the rose lined lane With her thoughts up in the air And she never has known pain Yet she still insists she cares But her blinders work too well She don't listen when you try to tell her It's too late Your ivory tower's falling down Still you got to be careful What you say to her Still you got to be careful What you say My friend lives in an ivory tower She's protected from misery She doesn't worry she's got power She controls all she sees Still her blinders work too well She don't listen when you try to tell her It's too late Your ivory tower's falling down It's too late Your ivory tower's falling down It's too late Your ivory tower's falling down
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She sings alone and brings the kinda light to wash your sorrow She waits for many things, including lies What can she do, what can she do She wants to mess so bad She wants to be held and be had She goes to church alone For love on Sunday What will she do, what will she do Roads they cross is wide Comrades in arms St Christopher guides them capturing the flag A-walking in in-line Those they left behind St Tristan for those capturing the flag Now many times she passes Plans so filled with pale tomorrows Soldiers bring back lies, instead of lives What can you do, what can you do Roads they cross is wide Comrades in arms St Christopher guides them capturing the flag A-walking in in-line Those they left behind St Tristan for those capturing the flag She once had a boy She once had a husband too She once had a son She once had a husband too They take them from the ground, shine them a light Pass them in review, tell them that was life What could they do, what could they do Roads they cross is wide Comrades to arms St Christopher guides them capturing the flag A-walking in in-line Those they left behind St Tristan for those capturing the flag
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Tried so hard to explain The way things are and how quick they can change But you never listened you just turned your head Never even heard a single word that he said While it's true now that I'm not a saint I felt pain when you live to hate Said it before and I'll say it again Leave me alone man or treat me like a friend I had a dream last night Everybody's laughing and everything was alright Still some hope in sight, that was last night I had a dream last night Nobody's crying, nobody's frightened Still some hope in sight, that was last night Well if it seems like I sound like the rest We're trying hard not to be too depressed Once they take everything I've left, it's so easy So if you're dreaming I hhope that you do Wish for the best and hope that it comes true Who knows what they'll leave when they're through I had a dream last night Everybody's laughing and everything was alright Still some hope in sight, that was last night I had a dream last night Nobody's crying, nobody's frightened Still some hope in sight, that was last night
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Starting out from Ferraday like a runaway bus Moving north toward Memphis in a cloud of highway dust Rolling to the rhythm of a sound he never hears He's possessed by something which never comes quite clear Although it might be coming from above It always brings him down I'm sorry Mr. Phillips about Presley and the rest But as you know I'm Elmo's boy, I'm different from the rest From Tupelo to Natchez they all answer to my name Their belief in God above is driving them insane And if I die before I wake, there'll be no soul left to take Hellfire is a-callin' like a leper come a-crawlin' Kicking down the doors of your life Yeah, the women and the wine are just gigs you left behind They ain't gigs when they's your life Hellfire is a-bawlin' like some baby come a-crawlin' Kicking down the doors of your life Yeah, the women and the wine are just gigs you left behind They ain't gigs when they's your life
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Well I hope that the friend that you've thrown yourself on Gets drunk and loses her job And every road that you travel on Is dusty rocky and hard I couldn't make you love me You only made me blue So all in all if the curtain should fall Then I hope that it falls on you And I will have sweet Sweet sweet mental revenge I will have sweet Sweet sweet mental revenge Well I hope that the train from Caribou, Maine Runs over your new love affair You'll walk the floor from dawn to dawn And you'll tear out your peroxide hair I never was your woman Cause you were never true So all in all if the curtain should fall Then I hope that it falls on you And I will have sweet Sweet sweet mental revenge I will have sweet Sweet sweet mental revenge I will have sweet Sweet sweet mental revenge I will have sweet Sweet sweet mental revenge
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Written by Sid Griffin and Greg Sowders Walk a little with me, won't you carry a bit of my song I wanna tell a little story 'bout the place where I was born If I start slowin' down 'n' throw in too many "you all's" Won'tcha bear with me buddy as I think I'm feeling the call Let me first off say that I don't know just what you heard But I read a little 'bout it and I don't believe a word So let's stroll to the kitchen where we'll start this meal from scratch I smell something cookin' and I want right in that first batch Corn bread, stock cars minor league baseball too Woods full of grizzlies where the alligators chomp on you Alabama football, man, you gotta try it Did I tell you my old man looks a little bit like Bear Bryant We got candied yams, sunsets in the fall We got a minstrel preacher showman He's a preachin' up a ball We got state fairs, go-karts, crashing round in bumper cars We got drunks getting drunker while the sober get thrown out of the bar Front porch swing where you know you know who you are Hey Dad I can explain 'bout the stains in the back of the car We gave you blues and jazz and country and western too We oughta ask for 'em back after what you put 'em through We got lotsa rivers, lotsa fields and streams Maybe it ain't exactly heaven but it's certainly part of my dreams So you just walk a little with me, won't you carry a bit of my song I wanna tell you a story 'bout the place where I was born If I start slowin' down 'n' throw in too many "you all's" Won't you bear with me honey as I think I'm feeling the call
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I thought I saw some diplomat hawking secret plans in the park I thought I saw my President walking through Harlem late after dark In a world of love where they burn like Nero You write them a check and you then add zero In a world of love where they burn like Nero You write them a check and you then add zero Looking For Lewis And Clark I was standing alone in Mabuhay Gardens (looking for Lewis and Clark!) I was thinking about the late Tim Hardin Well, when Tim get to heaven hope he told Gram About the Long Ryders and just who I am Yeah, no one gave Tim reason to believe So he just packed his bags to leave Looking for Lewis and Clark Looking for Lewis and Clark Looking for Lewis and Clark I thought I saw my government running away with my heart I thought I heard Mubute anthems in Johannesburg after dark You can find them in the yellow pages, baby That's where you get your kickbacks from the Navy Looking for Lewis and Clark Looking for Lewis and Clark Looking for Lewis and Clark I said a Louie-Louie Lou...
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Louisville 03:29
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10-5-60 04:16
At every little party It gets a little hard To get 'em up and dancin' To make 'em walk the yard If the Dancers don't feel it Nobody's gonna move Yet if they just shake it You'll really hear a groove Now every time I'm feel it I always catch a fire Drummer keepin' up the time Sound just like a choir If the band don't feel it Push will come to shove Or on a riff they'll steal it A sound from up above I need ten five sixty times I'm working out my problems as I'm working out my mind I need ten five sixty times I'm working out my problems as I'm working out my mind People comin' through the doors Party goin' on People coming down the street Been here much too long If the cops don't catch us We'll probably go to jail If the cops do nab us We'll never get the bail

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For their first live gigs in seventeen years (!) the Long Ryders knew the pressure was on.

But they kicked ass and took names and you can hear the results on this stellar recording from their London gig. Cut on a hot summer night the sold out venue turned punters away and the result was a classic live album which can be filed next to Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out, Live At The Apollo or Kick Out The Jams.

Featuring the classic lineup of ex-Jayhawk Stephen McCarthy, Indiana state senator Tom Stevens, publishing mogul Greg Sowders and Dylan author Sid Griffin.

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released July 2, 2020

Live 2004: State Of Our Re-Union - The Long Ryders

Produced by President James A. Garfield (1831-1881)
Engineered by Spike
Associated Engineer: Tom Stevens
Mixed at Spike’s Airless Emporium, Oxford, England, Spring 2005

Recorded live in 2004 in the United Kingdom
(Dingwall’s in Camden Town, London on June 30, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in bonnie Glasgow on July 3, The Fleece & Firkin in Bristol on July 8, and the intoxicated stage invader was from The Rescue Rooms in Nottingham July 1)

The Long Ryders -
Tom Stevens: bass guitar, vocals, Hoosier Daddy?
Greg Sowders: drums, percussion, song publishing
Stephen McCarthy: lead guitar, lap steel, vocals
Sid Griffin: 6 & 12 string electric guitars, harmonica, bugle, vocals

Horn section -
Dave Woodhead - trumpet
Kate St. John - saxophone
Caroline Hall - trombone

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The Long Ryders founded alt-country with their 1984 album, Native Sons, and helped codify and popularise Americana throughout their career. Crossing Byrds/Buffalo Springfield electric guitars and harmonies with a Sex Pistols/Ramones rhythm section was their idea and their legacy. Their signature songs Looking For Lewis And Clark and I Had A Dream have never left the airwaves. ... more

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