THE TANGO BAR - 2020 ALBUM
01 I'll BE YOUR SUNNY DAY
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Guitar, Mandolin, Mandocello)
Sara Watkins (Violin)
Tyler Chester (Piano, Keyboards)
LYRICS
Until the heart
forswears pretending /
love is far, far away /
now this long, dark dream
is ending
I'll be your sunny day
You're gonna leave your mark
where you've been /
but love will survive
and the rest will end /
I want to be there
when the saints come
stumbling in
if I could live my life again
When the heart
forswears pretending /
sorrow is far, far away
now this long, long dream
is ending /
I'll be your sunny day
I'll be your sunny day
I'll be your sunny day
02 LET HIM DREAM
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Tyler Chester (Guitar)
Davíd Garza (Piano, Zither, Harmony Vocal)
Madison Cunningham (Harmony Vocal)
Rob Burger (Accordion)
Jay Bellerose (Drums, Percussion)
LYRICS
About how he came to stay /
about the devil
in the doorway /
a little place to settle in
a Kay bass and something
he can say
Better let him dream /
let him dream
It took a little time /
but he finally
found a someday /
now behold the lucky sod
he heard the very
voice of God
and it sounded just like
East LA.
Better let him dream
Better let him dream
About how he
learned to stay /
about the devil
in the doorway /
a little home to settle in /
a Kay bass and something
new to say
Better let him dream
Better let him dream
Better let him dream
03 SCAN THE BEAST
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Lap Steel)
Val McCallum (Electric Guitar)
Tyler Chester (Piano, Keyboards, Electric Bass)
Anna Butterss (Acoustic Bass)
LYRICS
I want to look away
but I can't quit staring /
simple human kindness
is disappearing /
the caravan
the motorcade
the strobe light picket fences
and the Polaroid fade
Hey
how you been /
you just
scan the beast
and go right in
scan the beast
and go right in
You want to speak the truth / shall we begin /
you get down this far
it don't get great again /
illusions of a living wage
in this big boy, bonafide
worldwide golden age
Hey
how you been /
scan the beast
and go right in
scan the beast
and go right in
No fear, no sorrow
and no bio
it's just a cradle and a crow /
ready or not
here we go /
Shadrach and Meshach
and somebody you
used to know
Hey hey
how you been /
scan the beast
and go right in
scan the beast
and go right in
Hey
how you been /
scan the beast
and go right in
hey
how
you been
scan the beast
and go right in
scan the beast
and go right in
scan the beast
and go right in
04 COLDWATER CANYON
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal, Acoustic Guitar)
Greg Leisz (Electric Guitar)
Tyler Chester (Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Percussion)
LYRICS
If a predatory future
comes looking for you /
I think it's gonna find you
whatever I do /
karaoke t.v. newsman
turned down
Up in Coldwater Canyon
there's a secret town /
right around the corner
there's a secret town
05 LOU REED
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal)
Greg Leisz (Guitar)
Tyler Chester (Keyboards, Bass)
Don Heffington (Drums, Percussion)
LYRICS
Johnny and June
good as it gets /
the New York German boys
and the snow-tipped cigarettes
Out on the highway
best beware /
they got some
good looking bandits
between here and there
Chainsaw chord
cutting his path /
calm as a crime scene
before the aftermath /
sniper's voice /
3-D guitar /
strict and indifferent /
full-blown superstar
a full-blown superstar
06 MISTAKEN FOR DANCING
Band Credits
Caitlin Canty (Vocal)
Val McCallum (Guitar)
Tyler Chester (Piano, Keyboards, Bass)
LYRICS
Where the drive-in has been
a Target went in /
my how the past has grown /
and good fortune came
to Diana and James
for reasons
that were not their own
You can follow the father
you can follow the sons
you can follow
the rolling sea
but how we survive
what we do to our lives
I swear
that's a mystery to me
You with that guitar
tell me
how'd we get here /
a whole lot of
Road Runner bridges
out of nowhere /
mistaken for dancing /
trip wires cover the floor /
sex as a secret defense
and love as a border war
That's the thing about
guardian angels
they never say
what they mean /
so they take us downtown
and let us wander around
in the light
of this two-way dream
Hey you with that guitar
tell me
how'd she get here /
on her own little
Road Runner bridges
out of nowhere /
right where this moment is
the past just ends /
this is the part
where the unbroken piece
of her heart comes in
Hey you with that guitar
tell me
how'd he get here /
a whole lot of
Road Runner bridges
from out of nowhere /
if you thought she'd
have failed him by now
guess again /
this is the part
where the unbroken piece
of his heart comes in
07 BETTER NOW
Band Credits
Caitlin Canty (Vocal, Rhythm Guitar)
Greg Leisz (Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Harmony Vocal)
Tyler Chester (Piano, Keyboards, Bass)
Jay Bellerose (Drums, Percussion)
Greg Copeland (Harmony Vocal)
LYRICS
What did you do there /
a lot of things I'll now
have none of /
where you go from here /
better days than these
were made of /
I believe
in the power of love /
if you're counting I'm one
Hey there
hey I've been a little down
but I'm better now
hey I've been a little down
but I'm better now
Do you miss someone /
Every time I dream a little /
Did you hurt someone /
Every time I breathed a little /
it isn't like we can double back
get it all unfucked up later on
Hey there
hey I've been a little down
but I'm better now
hey I've been a little down
but I'm better now
Hey there
hey I've been a little down
but I'm better now
hey I've been a little down
but I'm better now
08 BEAUMONT TACO BELL
Band Credits
Caitlin Canty (Vocal, Acoustic Guitar)
Greg Leisz (Pedal Steel)
LYRICS
You leave a little by little
nine to five /
a good and tangled
Texas wife /
she's been dying in Beaumont
all her life
Count your blessings
in the stars above /
all that sky
and it's not enough /
God have mercy
on the ones we love
God have mercy
on the ones we love
09 THE TANGO BAR
Band Credits
Greg Copeland (Vocal, Rhythm Guitar)
Tyler Chester (Piano, Keyboards, Guitar, Horn Arrangement)
Stewart Cole (Trumpet, French Horn)
LYRICS
The days of gravity are gone /
Mercury's moment
is come undone /
you are who you are
in the Tango Bar /
always /
not because
I find a perfect light
Vermeer my every teardrop /
I go to sleep at night
I don't know why I wake up /
but I do /
new divided /
uh huh /
something in my heart
has changed /
uh huh
I find a perfect light
Vermeer my every teardrop /
I go to sleep at night
I don't know why I wake up /
but I do /
new divided /
uh huh /
something in my heart
has changed /
uh huh
The days of gravity are gone /
Mercury's moment
is come undone /
you are who you are
in the Tango Bar
always /
not because
