DIANA AND JAMES - 2008 ALBUM
01 MUDDY WATER
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Guitar, Tenor Guitar)
Carla Kihlstedt (Violin, Nyckelharpa)
Phil Parlapiano (Piano, Pump Organ)
Jennifer Condos (Bass)
Jay Bellerose (Drums, Percussion)
LYRICS
There ought to be a law
live and let live /
there ought to be somebody
for what you're born to give /
and there ought to be something
we could cover her with /
more than the muddy water
more than the muddy water
It took time to find out
what she could bear /
it took sticks and sandbars
to braid her hair /
hey what did it take, boys
to carry here there /
more than the muddy water
more than the muddy water
She had a twenty-year watch
around her wrist /
little lariat cowboys
on her dancing dress /
hey what did you see, boys
could have
made her like this /
more than the muddy water
more than the muddy water
There ought to be a law
live and let live /
there ought to be somebody
for what you're born to give /
and there ought to be
something
we could cover her with /
more than the muddy water
more than the muddy water
02 DIANA AND JAMES
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Acoustic Guitar, Baritone Guitar)
Patrick Warren (Keyboards)
Bob Glaub (Bass)
Danny Frankel (Drums)
Heather Waters (Harmony Vocal)
LYRICS
There's nobody else
I want to be /
nobody else I can turn into /
honey baby
where have you been /
what I have to do
isn't what I've
learned to live with /
another reason not to give in
Dear Reader
right about now
we're tearing up our tickets
for your long black train /
Diana and James
What do they want from me /
what did they think
my life would be /
what do I know /
what do I care /
but every now and then
another prayer
returns to sender
another reason not to give in
Dear Reader
right about now
we're tearing up our tickets
for your long black train /
Diana and James
03 THE ONLY WICKED THING
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Lap Steel, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar)
Jennifer Condos (Bass)
Jay Bellerose (Drums, Percussion)
Danny Ott (Harmony Vocal)
LYRICS
All of those
little white roadsigns
say Jesus said
you gotta shake the daylights
out of feeling bad /
and get off the highway
and get one or two
of those whiskey morphines
for the memories
of her and you /
mmm...
the milk of the madhouse /
you say thank you
to the man in the roadhouse
Cadillac wheels
keep me rolling on /
maybe someday
I will get there /
but tonight
we're going to Canton town
driving all night
right through New Year's /
One ring
one vow
you take your love
and you tear it down /
that's the only wicked thing
that's the only wicked thing
You see my
picture in the paper
well that ain't much /
still gotta tip the doorman
with a little touch /
and when love
comes knocking
there's nothing you can do
it's gonna kill you outright
and then
fool around with you /
when it gets all
roots and bare hands
you say thank you
to the man in the roadhouse
04 I’LL FIND SOMEONE
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar)
Carla Kihlstedt (Violin)
Patrick Warren (Keyboards)
Jennifer Condos (Bass)
Jay Bellerose (Drums, Percussion)
LYRICS
I've got my
smoke and wine
and my Ballantine's
to blur my memory /
I sold my wings
and I settled down
but it wasn't meant to be /
and I told her name
to the nightingales
so they could sing to me /
lonely for nothing /
tears will fall /
but I'll find someone
Hey take a little look
down Lover's Lane
heaven help us all /
it's tittie bars
and attitude stars
and strangers come to call /
with their
kisses raw
as battle scars
and voices
through the walls /
lonely for nothing /
tears may fall
05 BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal, Acoustic Guitar)
Greg Leisz (Acoustic Guitar, Mandocello)
Carla Kihlstedt (Violin)
Gabe Witcher (Violin)
LYRICS
King Confusion
can you send me a sign /
send a little postcard
so I can tell where I am /
if we need a reason
there's a long, long line /
it's just me
in my own little Amsterdam /
this is your life
it's not your destination
but it sure was mine /
it's just us
in our own little Palestine
Between two worlds
there's a broken door
King Confusion
can you see me out there /
true love and all that
it's pretty hard to find /
you don't feel lost
and then the road goes everywhere /
true love no
ever crossed my mind /
and then full screen
horse and burning wagon
and then fade to black /
King Cupid
your volunteers
never go back
Between two worlds
there's a broken door /
Between two worlds
06 I AM THE ONE
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Mandola)
Carla Kihlstedt (Violin)
Gabe Witcher (Violin)
David Pitch (Acoustic Bass)
Danny Ott (Harmony Vocal)
LYRICS
Leave your sadness
in the past /
oh precious Lord
by my witness /
do I love her
oh my goodness /
I am the one
I am the one
I am the one
I am the one
Get your things
and go /
sing your hymn
way down low /
and leave your rings
on his pillow /
I am the one
I am the one
I am the one
I am the one
Put your candle
in the window
for the man
in the meadow /
|lanterns in the shadow /
I am the one
I am the one
I am the one
I am the one
Bring your Bible
and bring your joy
bring your babies
and their toys
and bring your dress
the one with the cowboys /
I am the one
I am the one
I am the one
I am the one
07 COUNT THE BODIES ON MY CROWN
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal, Acoustic Guitar)
Greg Leisz (Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Mandola, Weissenborn)
Carla Kihlstedt (Violin, Harmony Vocal)
David Piltch (Acoustic Bass)
Danny Frankel (Percussion)
LYRICS
Moving out
from the valley /
marching into war /
I love to hear that sound /
horses straining in harness haul against the ground
and pull the battle wagon
on and on /
down to the badlands /
count the bodies
on my crown
Can't go home, brothers
til your work is done /
can't come home, sister
God will lead us there /
God is great, brothers
we will not despair
Put your torch
to the counting house /
salt in their fields /
and leave them hanging
in the sun /
and the oils of the badlands
are going to shine
on our shields
when their daughters
come to cut them down /
thus to the badlands /
count the bodies
on my crown
Can't go home, brothers
til your work is done /
can't come home, sister
God will lead us there /
God is great, brothers
we will not despair
Count the stars
over Bethlehem /
count the bodies
on my crown
08 BLUE ROOM, RED SUITCASE
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar)
Gabe Witcher (Violin)
Patrick Warren (Piano)
Jennifer Condos (Bass)
Jay Bellerose (Drums)
Danny Ott (Harmony Vocal)
LYRICS
Across the universe
to this rattled down hotel /
bolt of lightning
trying to wish us well /
if we want love
we better make our own
instead of putting up walls
stone by perfect stone /
so pull the curtains
and shoot that phone /
and don't fake nothing
until you're gone /
blue room
red suitcase on my bed
little country song
on the radio
I keep packing my bag
but I won't leave her /
it's no movie star love
no kingdom come /
little motormouth field
out next to nothing
there's my home, boys
yeah that's my home
Let the dirty wind blow /
let the rain pour down /
that's my stepping stone
scattered on the rocky ground
Blue room
red suitcase on my bed
little country song
on the radio
09 WHO YOU GONNA LOVE
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Acoustic Guitar)
Phil Parlapiano (Piano, Organ)
LYRICS
Who you gonna love
who you gonna do right to
who you gonna love
who you gonna do right to
There's nobody here in this little house
who's gonna keep you warm /
your guardian angels
just sit around
watching you toss and turn
Who you gonna love
who you gonna do right to
who you gonna love
who you gonna do right to
or is something
in that sadness
still being good to you
Maybe we could find about
a hundred thousand
more years
and we could start to
figure this out /
it's gonna be ok
I know
maybe not
Who gonna love
who you gonna do right to
who you gonna love
who you gonna do right to /
maybe we could be happy
that'd be something new
Later in the dark
you take your armor off /
get up off of your knees
and stop that talking tough
Who you gonna love
who you gonna do right to p
who you gonna love
who you gonna do right to /
in that very same darkness
I've been looking too
10 TYPICAL
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Pedal Steel, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Phil Parlapiano (Accordion)
Jennifer Condos (Bass)
Danny Ott (Harmony Vocal)
LYRICS
Typical three-day day
and a three-chord song /
if it wasn't for this
I'd be screaming in tongues /
and the love light shines
sparkling on razor wire /
typical bud-wiser words
typical steel guitar
11 A WOMAN & A MAN
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar)
Carla Kihlstedt (Violin, Nyckelharpa)
Jennifer Condos (Bass)
Danny Frankel (Drums)
Heather Waters (Harmony Vocal)
LYRICS
There it is again /
LA's buzzing
like a busted amp
and I think of you
Yes I'm on the mend /
I've been dreaming /
now I'm coming to /
but I guess the real things
are going to make you
good and blue
Pick up your
Gibson and play /
go fall in love
and don't stop /
you'll be sorry someday /
ok well
so what /
you don't
kiss and make up /
we got this to go through /
so we do what we do
the best we can /
a woman and a man
a woman and a man
I heard it loud and clear /
clear and clean and cold
as a chapel bell /
ok so it was not
the voice of God /
it was more like a headline:
Whole World Catches Hell / the politicians
are pissing in the wishing well
Pick up your
Gibson and play /
go fall in love
and don't stop /
you'll be sorry someday /
ok well so what /
you don't kiss and make up you got this to get through l
so you do what you do
the best you can /
a woman and a man
a woman and a man
a woman and a man
12 PALACE OF LOVE
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Carla Kihlstedt (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar)
Jennifer Condos (Bass)
Jay Bellerose (Drums, Percussion)
Phil Parlapiano (Piano, Pump Organ, Mellophone, Euphonium)
LYRICS
Daylight is gone
cartoon moonlight
is hardly started /
and the grave diggers laugh
out loud
at the broken hearted /
because everybody
wants their chance
for real love
or romance
or make believe
that it's the same
it's the same world
it's the same world
I'm not the only one
who's been masquerading /
you could walk down
Fuck-Up Road
clear to Eden /
and I'd never
tell a lie to you
cause I'm the trouble
in the truth /
I'll be your southern girl
but it's the same
it's the same world
it's the same world
it's the same world
it's the same world
It's a palace of love /
stormy weather /
and it's a home-made jail /
love me tender /
and it's the sunrise
still in the sky
when the freeway
just kind of glides by
and I can't believe
that it's the same
it's the same world
it's the same world
it's the same world
it's the same world
13 ALL THOSE THINGS
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Guitar, Tenor Guitar)
Gabe Witcher (Violin)
Patrick Warren (Pump Organ, Keyboards)
Bob Glaub (Bass)
Don Heffington (Drums)
LYRICS
Yes I confess
I guess
I have seen enough
of this long gaudy fall
out of love
and all those things
I'm thinking of
And I don't know how
but I can see you now
by a light I can hardly find
And I hear I know
how to get a little out of line
and call your name
about a million times
and all those things...
hey never mind
And I don't know how
but I see you now
by a light I can barely find
