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Medication

by Richard Gorman

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    Your essential prescribed dose of musical passion, loss, hate, lust and love.

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1.
Act of Love 03:35
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Act of Love I was hot and you said no I moved fast and you said ‘slow’ That was an act of Love I was cheap and lead astray You held and kissed me anyway That was an act of Love A diamond that outshines the moon A bouquet of the sweetest blooms A Venetian honeymoon The scent of heavenly perfume Can’t beat an act of Love Dead drunk and hell to pay You took the keys away That was an act of Love Brow beaten, down and out You poured the whisky out That was an act of Love Rose gardens, summer dress Down the aisle in your Sunday best Taking more but giving less Meaning no but saying yes Can’t beat an act of Love Birds singing in the trees don’t mean a thing to me Keep all your catwalk chic and give me something deep A down and dirty kiss Telling me how it really is That is an act of Love I try to say I love you in a song But then I go and get the words all mixed up That’s still an act of Love Going down and getting high Naked in the ‘my, oh my!’ Stars dancing in the sky Everything that gold can buy Can’t beat an act of Love A diamond that outshines the moon A bouquet of the sweetest blooms A Venetian honeymoon The scent of heavenly perfume Can’t beat an act of Love
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Dancer 02:07
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Dancer I dream dance with you As I lie here as I rest As we travel rainbows unravel You spin for me My hand on your waist So slowly we turn and two lovers are one Truth is I shuffle And I stumble and stall But desire steps true when I dream dance with you Oh the swish and the swing And the sway of it all Now the curtain descends but our dance never ends
3.
No Word for Blue 03:57
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No Word for Blue She told me it was kosher, she swore that it was true She told me it was a straight up piece of ancient history she knew Before 100 Days of Sodom, way back before the flood Before the Holy Bible, before leeches sucked your blood Before Sappho named the silver moon She said there was no word for blue She was hitting on some loser, she had roped him into bed She took a bite and started sucking just to check his blood was red He didn’t see it coming. He thought he was the one. She left him white and empty, in the morning she was gone She was deadly and invisible, perfectly see though Because there was no word for blue She pinned me in the bedroom when her husband hit the trail They kissed goodbye she said she love him but he looked a little pale She told me she was hungry, she was thirsty for my love Switched my beer glass for her lips and said ‘don’t you think you’ve had enough?’ I said if this colour hadn’t been invented yet they’d have to make it up for you My little baby blue
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River of Days 05:12
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River of Days I’ve got a table for two – I don’t I’ve got a ticket for you – but you won’t I know the hand that I held is cold I know the story I tell’s been told I’ve got your old motor car – but I walk I’ve got this lonely guitar – we talk I left my coat on the rack – it rains I know you’ll never come back again Adrift with the traffic on the river of days White noise and static are all I have to say I ride the 22 bus back home I dream a picture of us as ghosts Pale white and walking with you through walls It doesn’t have to be true at all And I watch them all hurry and I watch them all run And I rise in the morning but I don’t feel the sun Anymore
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Loaded 04:55
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Loaded I just came to swing my axe and roll your Head over the bloody floor, I told you To keep your mouth shut and your fingers to yourself You’re going to blow it, I can tell I’m gonna feed you broken glass and break you Crush the slimy little pieces that make you You had it comin’ so long, stomach tightening I know you’re gonna burn now in god’s own lightning A hundred years or more you’ve been rattling my cage Got your big fat head stuck up right here in my face On my case every time we meet Acting like the Queen herself Acting like the Queen herself should kneel and kiss your feet I’ve had enough my gun is loaded, I’m out to get you I was sick and tired of all your jokes long before I met you Gonna make you bite the bullet and if you’re still not dead I’m gonna suck the smoking barrel and blow you out of my own head You wind me up like you’re on some kind of holy mission What makes you think a friend is just someone you can piss on? What makes you think my face was made for you to sit on? Acting like Jesus Acting like Jesus himself should assume the position I’ve had enough my gun is loaded I’ve had enough my gun is loaded
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Man of Fire and Ice 09:39
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Man of Fire and Ice Tack hard into the teeth of the gale from Stromness to Lancaster Sound Driven and bold, driven and bold For the glory of Science and God, A Hudson Bay Company man Of fire and ice, of fire and ice As fleet as a deer on the snow where sanity loses its hold To the grip of the cold, the grip of the cold We will raise a glass, we will jig and reel when the months of darkness fall We will bed and birl fine Esquimaux girls in Moose Factory Bachelor’s Hall Rifle and Shakespeare in hand, haul yourself over the edge of the map Defying the dark, defying the dark Through mazes of treacherous ice to the strait where the great oceans kiss Pure as the snow, pure as the snow And the Orkney boys, Ojibwa, Scots and Cree, man to man all brothers be Until we hear the pack ice crack and the rapids roar and the wild land call our names Albert One-Eye on the Coppermine beneath the Bloody Falls The rivers of this wilderness can swallow young men whole And its dog eat dog and man eat man for Franklin on the floes The mists around these haunted lands gain another ship of ghosts Long years have I stalked this ice and faced the chill alone Praying to the Lord to sight the ship to bear me home Lady Jane Franklin can poison my name Charles Dickens may slander my Esquimaux friends Against the liars and bigots and the arrogant Lords I will stand tall and true in the presence of God So its carry me home to the Sound of Clestrain To the comfort and love and the arm of my Kate The ice and the wind shall remember my name As fleet as a deer on the snow where sanity loses its hold To the grip of the cold, the grip of the cold Hunter, pioneer, Esquimaux friend, the giant of King William’s Land Bold John Rae, bold John Rae Bold John Rae, bold John Rae
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Stand Tall 02:13
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Stand Tall Push and shove Hate and love Aim straight for the heart Give and take Bend and break Give it your all Climb high Leap, fly Shoot straight for the sun Stand tall
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Hail Mary 02:55
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Hail Mary Well glory hallelu I do believe I’m saved Had my soul stuffed in a bottle Sex and whisky set me free Holy father, hail Mary She’s the girl who rolled my stones Banged my nail, crucified me She done raised me from the dead They grab you by the pussy They grab you by the balls Better mind their own damn business Keep their fingers to themselves Now I’m thinking for myself I’ve had enough of crosses And I’ve had enough of stars Stick your zodiacs and your prophets And your prayer books up your arse
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Medication 05:35
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Medication Drop a pill in the glass, swallow hard Some relief from the pain, knock it back Pop the cork, tip it up, drink it down Legs apart, take me in, push me out Sex is just a stimulant and alcohol sedation When the pushing comes to shove we all use medication Pull it tight, tap a vein, push it deep See a priest, say a prayer for your sins God is a placebo and chemistry’s temptation Whichever way we wear the scars we all need medication All she left me were drops for my eyes Write the words, pluck the string, sing her song We bite and suck like leeches slick with toxic perspiration My love songs aren’t poetry they’re only medication
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Here Comes Red 04:05
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Here Comes Red I try every trick I know to catch your eye Too hot, you leave smoking footsteps everywhere you walk Your hair is a jet trail blazing across the sky Heartbreak, you leave all the little big men just lying there and bleeding in your wake My turn, watching you is like staring at the sun A hundred crazy moths we come dancing round your flame A rocket ship, a comet to the stars Ablaze and untouchable that’s who you are A thunderbolt, a firebird, a spark A firework, an angel lighting up the dark You’re a fire in a forest hot and wild You’re a mountain, you’re a river running nature’s child You’re starting little fires in my head And taming hungry monster underneath my bed Here comes Red This tune is only here to win a kiss from you I play just to watch you dance the night away No-one holds a candle – no-one holds a candle up to you A human torch, an eagle in a storm A white-hot cosmic nebula, a star is born A whip crack and a phoenix on the wing A devil and the reason that the caged bird sings Burning lust and bite marks on my neck Taboo and spectacular x-rated sex I need your kiss to raise me from the dead Lick my wounds and put your fingers where I bled Here comes Red
11.
Home 02:51
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Home bird tree sky gold ship star blue moon I’m a thousand miles away where the air sings But I just want to feel the wind blow me home sweet girl dream wine surf kiss white night I’m half a world away where the sea shines And I just want to ride the waves that guide me home Just a taste on your tongue keeps it magical Drink it all and then it’s gone Just a touch upon your heart keeps the dream real If we don’t make love tonight we lose it all swim dance brown eyes stroke skin deep tide I’m a blackbird in a cage of angels I’m just the footman at the ball I’m walking in my sleep as you take flight Searching for the road to lead me home

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released June 11, 2021

Songs and performances by Richard Gorman
Produced by Stuart Duncan

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