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Junk Male

by Richard Gorman

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    A chirpy gathering of songs of nostalgia, joy, misery, recovery and decrepitude. In whisky connoisseur/auld boozer terms a mysterious, bluesy, picky, twangy, waily concoction with strong rock riff undertones and passing top notes of bluegrass clawhammer. Miserable fun.

    Jewel Case CD with 4 page booklet designed by the inimitable David Mackenzie and featuring, courtesy of Frank's Autos, Dundee; 'Junky' our rusty guitarist sculpture mascot.

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1.
A Candle 04:45
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A Candle Two words, one secret I speak your name Our cross is sacred And so profane We pay our dues and spend our souls Like silver A sacrifice for love This lust a candle Your breath the flame Wax runs like semen We burn again An eggshell cracks, a leaf unfurls First sunlight Salvation from the night
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Hammers and Nails 06:35
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Hammers and Nails Street light shines white and cold Roads bleed cars like open sores And I try to mend it all with hammers and nails The airwaves are thick with hate and sin The airwaves are thick with hate and sin Hate and sin The lipless kiss or none at all That look of yours that traps the fly Like amber pouring from the setting sun To set my heart eternally To set my heart eternally Eternally But you left me here with something better With a spark and a song You left me here with something better Our son Curtains sweep, windows close their eyes With you asleep and the world at rest Poised to stir upon your waking breath Tonight I feel love’s presence past And the beauty that it brings I touch at last I touch at last Thank you goodbye Thank you, goodbye
3.
What Do You Hang On To? 03:09
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What Do You Hang On To? What do you hang on to when everything’s gone When you’re hungry for light a thousand hours ‘til dawn Don’t dis the bottle, don’t dis these hard luck blues The only thing keeping me afloat here tonight is this tune What do you look up to when it’s all fallen down? Pushing one foot in front of the other foot through this god forsaken town Don’t stiff on the whisky, don’t stint on the juice The only thing keeping me afloat here tonight is the booze 3 am in the morning stripping paint with my stare But who can I lean on when her shoulder’s no longer there? Don’t bad mouth this cheap guitar don’t take it out on this song It’s the only thing keeping me afloat here tonight now you’re gone What do you hang on to when everything’s gone A stiff drink and a photograph and a poem that don’t even rhyme? I’ll drink to anything or anyone at all I’ve got no pride and I’ve got no further to fall
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Kirkintilloch 03:33
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Kirkintilloch Sitting by the Forth and Clyde canal Dirty water clouding my reflection I heard your breathing rise and fall Waiting in the dark for my confession Old leaves are stolen by the wind Blown across this broken town they disappear from view Forgive me Father for I have sinned Having found the courage to deny you The Lion Foundry lies still It stands against the sky like some cathedral Should I accept this as your will When in hell at least they make work for the idle She prays Hail Mary full of grace Looks to the virgin for her answers But they’re only teaching her her place With a faith to hide the truth that lies inside her And on a Sunday afternoon The womenfolk all out of doors the men all out of work When they pass the plate to you Will you pay admission to the body of the kirk Sitting by the Forth and Clyde canal Dirty water clouding my reflection I heard your breathing rise and fall Waiting in the dark for my confession Old leaves are stolen by the wind Blown across this broken town they disappear from view Forgive me Father for I have sinned Having found the courage to deny you
5.
Six Days in London 01:51
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Six Days In London I spent six days in London I chased the bright sun South Gambled on a railway ticket For cartoon kisses from your mouth Subway crowds they run like rivers With no direction of their own Go flooding through the inner circle Spin me round I wish I was home The fox lies down on Deptford railway Forages through dark estates Canary Wharf the rich man’s castle Looks down upon SE8 A long lost sister’s surprise Drunken songs through the night The power of suggestion in the casual wink of your eye Your last night and old friends gather Catford in the Dog and Bell Anecdotes and fond embraces Goodbye tears and fond farewells That’s when I knew that I loved you That’s when I understood That home is truly where the heart lies And now I know my heart lies with you
6.
Clestrain Sound 04:55
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Clestrain Sound Watching the clouds slithering by A world away from you The gulls and the waves, the blues and the greys Lovers of the sea Beyond their reach you wait for me Where the tired sun goes down Marram grass binds reluctant sand As breakers hiss on the shore Pebbles recall where footsteps would fall If you were here walking with me Someone tell the sky that spring has come Because there’s winter on the wind Follow stray boats from the harbor town Pulling my heart out to sea The brine in the air and the ocean spray The ocean spray Sleet on the rocks, so sharp and so raw Claws upon my skin The unfettered gale, the absence of trees Still so alien to me So I turn for home and I leave you here To haunt the Clestrain Sound
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I Will Rise 08:51
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I Will Rise I fell into flames, I crawled down in the dust I drowned under ice, I crashed and I burned The pack of wolves who found me, found me all alone And the crows they came flapping and picking at my bones No-one to hear me, no warm body next to mine No sun shining, no hunger, no desire Lost and naked I could not face the day I heard a cruel voice calling get down on your knees and pray But this soul is all I’ve got now and I’m not giving it away Well-meaning strangers mouth condolences at me They won’t come any closer and they’re staring at my feet But I’ve got good friends and they know how it is They talk me straight take my hand And prise open my fist Free my soul and throw it at the sky And like an eagle I will rise
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Elegy 03:17
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Elegy Andy my friend drove us all round the bend Loved sweet little sixteen English Emily Lived for bike thrills and speed loved Nirvana and weed Lust for life and a fire in his belly I never thought I’d be a cripple alone I know only one way to slow down With a gun in my hand in this old caravan One last time watch the sun going down Paul’s magic hands rung out old Steely Dan Oklahoma, Cole Porter and Elvis Chased the small hours away as the night turned to day The life and the soul of the party It’s a thin strip of lights that’s driving me home Bright stars burn like candles above And my weary hands must find one final rest Before I wake with the ones that I love This is the scent of a flower that never bloomed The end to a song that comes too soon Darren wore down the frets said ‘we’ll nail this set yet We’ll tour late licence jazz joints and folk clubs’ Fought our way to the bar jumped to reggae and ska Drunk and high in the old Granite city The night closes in the full moon rules the sky But this river runs silver and free And I feel confusion and pain wash away As she carries me home to the sea This is the scent of a flower which never bloomed The end to a song that comes to soon
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For Distant Lands 06:11
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For Distant Lands Straight and true, with my help you can stand Step on step, I will learn you to run Rise up strong and see Walks to school, hide and seek in the park Fevers and tears and asleep in my arms Now rise up strong and see Set your eyes on a finer place A space where you can grow No need for a backward glance (Just go) Ships and trains, our journey must end We shared the loss, the madness and joy So rise up strong and see New loves and a brighter day Far beyond my reach Spread you wings to catch the storm And fly Blaze your trail, beat and follow the drum Far from me rise up strong and see New loves and a brighter day Without a backward glance Chart your course and set your sail For distant lands
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Black Water 06:56
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Black Water I took myself down to the River Lethe today I took myself down to the River Lethe today I drank black water to make it go away I drank black water to wash my memory away The storm is raging and the winds tear through my mind The storm is raging and the winds tear through my mind Thunder and lightning will come and leave me deaf and blind I ride the tempest to leave this poisoned dream behind There’s a stain on my soul Your bloody stain on my soul Lift the white hot iron and place it my hand Lift the white hot iron and place it my hand Wrap my fingers tight around the burning brand I will grip it and burn this nightmare if I can The shadows come and I am staring at these walls The hours pass and I am staring at these walls Behind my eyes you fall, you stagger and you crawl The light forsakes me and I see nothing else at all I drink black water I drink black water
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Junk Male 04:07
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Junk Male Once upon a time there was a model of a man The hero that I would be if I was given half a chance With lion hearted courage standing taller than a tree The dream of Scottish womanhood was going to be me I partied like a maniac and drank without a care But truth be told that wasn’t gold but silver in my hair Creaking bones and nasal hair were never in the plan But now I’m just another 21st century schizoid man The central belt’s first astronaut the font of teenage lust But this west of Scotland superman became a man of rust Junk male, I’m just junk male Junk male, I am junk male On long nights sat on my own the music keeps me alive Watching you in your sleep the fear can’t lay a finger on me Once upon a time I dreamed of rising to the top A shooting star with lone guitar the music never stopped Now my ticker’s barely tocking it’s last orders for my liver My veins are getting thicker and my hair is growing thinner I’ve got debts and broken dreams and income tax and stress My love life is a dead duck, I have single handed sex Junk male, I’m just junk male Junk male, I am junk male

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released August 13, 2017

Words, Music and Performances by Richard Gorman
Recording by Stuart Duncan

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