Elvis Club

 


TRACK LISTING (CLICK SONG TITLE TO READ LYRICS):

1. “When THe Drugs Kick In”   4:17
2. “Princess” 3:48
3. “Chicks, Man!”   3:47
4. “Flying”  5:15
5. “All of My Life”   5:20
6. “Everyday”   3:23
7. “Me and the Lord Blues”   3:50
8. “Letter (Unmailed)”   4:04
9. “Damaged”  3:52
10.“You Can Make A Mistake One Time”   4:54
11.“Silverlake” 3:52
12.“Southern Pacific” 5:55

SELECT AN ALBUM TO READ LYRICS AND TRACK LISTING:

Frontier Days (1984, EMI America)
Johnny Comes Marching Home (1986, EMI America)
Based On A True Story (1988, Enigma)
Lovers Who Wander (1990, Enigma)
Elvis Club (2013, Lakeside Lounge Records/GB Music)

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WHEN THE DRUGS KICK IN

I was right in the middle of a big idea

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

I forgot everything right then and there

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

for the last year or so  that’s how it’s been

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

I’ve tried and I’ve tried but the drugs always win

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

 

chorus

when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in

when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in

here I go, here I go, here I go again

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

I’m goin’ down I know, but I’m goin’ down slow

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

when the drugs

kick in

 

I had this dream, yeah, I used to dream

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

I’d leave no sound unheard, no sight unseen

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

But I heard lies and deception, saw heartbreak and rejection

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

Just an uncast vote in a fixed election

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

 

chorus

 

I’m a jet plane baby, movin’ coast to coast

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

I’m a part time lover, I’m a full time ghost

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

And the tunnel of love is the tunnel of life

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

And I leave on the lights when I go to sleep at night

(when the drugs kick in, when the drugs kick in)

 

chorus

 

by Scott Kempner

©Prince of the Bronx Music 2012

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PRINCESS

 

I can’t let go

Got a burnin’ desire

I can’t let go

My dreams are on fire

I can’t let go

No intention of doing so

No no no no no

 

I can’t let go

Hangin’ onto a rocket

I can’t let go

Stuff it back into my pocket’

I can’t let go

No intention of doing so

No no no no no

No no no no no

 

I bit the apple

I bit the snake

I bit Eve

Maybe that was my mistake

Cause I’m getting’ kinda old

Still no self-control

No no no no no

 

But if you could be me

And I could be you

You would know that every word

That you heard is true

And maybe I could see

What the Hell is wrong with me

No no no no no

No no no no no

No no no no

 

Whatever you say

Whatever you want

Just don’t expect it from me’

I can’t getting’ up for nobody

I ain’t movin’ for no one

 

Not even you

Not even you

Not even you, Princess

Not even you

 

The big old world is spinnin’ round and round

My little world is bouncin’ up and down

I can’t let go

No intention of doing so

I’m drivin’ down a mountain

My eyes shut tight

One hundred miles an hour

I’m high as a kite

I can’t let go

No intention of doing so

No no no no no

No no no no no

 

By Scott Kempner

Prince of the Bronx Music 2012

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CHICKS, MAN!

First time I saw you, you were half a block away

I felt the ground move, I saw the buildings shake

Heaven stopped crying, She dried her bloodshot eyes

Everybody turned and stared, but, you were not surprised, no!

Chicks, man!

 

Now, everything is nothing, and, nothing ain’t worth shit

I could do the math, too, I figured it’s time to quit

So, I looked in the mirror, but, there was no one there

Division and subtraction, I was cut in half

(or maybe a third – or half)

Chicks, man!

Chicks, man!

 

Hey, I forgot to tell the story. yeah, we fell in love and lust

Blah blah blah, it was great, blah blah

blah it sucked

Then suddenly it was great again, then once again it sucked

Enough was enough was enough was enough.

Chicks, man!

Chicks, man!

 

Then, one day she says to me, you know you never change

I said, ”you know, Boo, I guess that’s true, I’ve always been the same

She said that’s the problem, I said, “I don’t understand.

The same guy you fell in love with, I am still that same man”, hey!

Chicks, man!

Chicks, man!

 

 

I guess tonight I’ll take a walk when the walls start closing in

I’ll head up to the boulevard, and run into a friend

But, something will remind me, maybe something on TV

A whisper that I overhear

A flood of memories

And I begin to drown

And I am almost free

As I’m on my way down

You’ll be the last thing I see, hey!

Chicks, man!

Chicks, man!

 

By Scott Kempner

©Prince of the Bronx Music 2012

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FLYING

 

Everybody loves a winner

Until they win too big

Then everybody is ready to bury

They just get out their shovels and dig

 

I was lonely

Man, I was lonely

I’d pretend I liked it that way

But, I was only a big phony

Till you looked my way

 

CHORUS

I’m the man up on the high wire

Dancin’ blindfolded just above the fire

Ain’t nobody gonna take me down

Cause I am high above this town

I’m flying, a silhouette against the night

Flying, gonna disappear into the night

Into the night, into the night

 

Got a feeling

A good feeling

Got it all the time

It’s like a little bit of Heaven that I’m stealing

When you’re on my mind

 

CHORUS

 

People tell me, “In life

You gotta roll the dice sometimes”

I tell ‘em, “Rollin the dice, well, that’s a way of life,

At least it’s always been mine”

 

CHORUS

 

By Scott Kempner

©Prince of the Bronx Music 2012

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ALL OF MY LIFE

 

All of my life, I’ve been afraid of a love like this

All of my life, I’ve been afraid of that fatal kiss

The one I can’t resist

That will not let me be

Never set me free

Make a goddamn slave of me

 

 

All of my life, with chains around my heart

All of my life, put out that fire before it starts

Cause it don’t take but a spark

Shine a light through the dark

And what I had feared from afar

Here you are, here you are

 

I stared down the Devil Himself

At the Gates of Hell

I walked on the wild side

And lived to tell

All in all the walls of my defenses held

Till brick by brick they fell

And here I am, here I am

 

All of my life, now everything’s brand new

All of my life, baby, now there’s you

Come and take the hand

Of God’s lonely man

A stranger in a stranger land

Here I am, here I am

Here I am, here I am

 

By Scott Kempner

©Prince of The Bronx Music (2012)
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EVERYDAY

 

Everyday I stare down trouble

Heaven knows that’s what I do

Everyday I raise my fist for the struggle

Everyday that I’m with you

 

Everyday I wake up hungry

And I try and get my fill

Anyway it’s a great big country

And I’ve got time to kill

 

We shared a dream together

One dark winter night

And found our dream still burned

In the long summer light

 

Everyday you call upon the angels

They do what you tell them to

And I’m walking just a little south of Heaven

Everyday that I’m with you

 

I’ve crossed mountains, I’ve crossed valleys

I’ve walked the highways sea to sea

Everyday it’s another blind alley

Everyday, just you and me

 

The sun is always shining

Somewhere when you smile

The chimes of freedom ring

And your heart beats in time

 

Everyday you call upon the angels

They do what you tell them to

And I’m walking just a little south of Heaven

Everyday that I’m with you

 

Everyday I get a little closer

Everyday another clue

Everyday I see more and more and more

Everyday that I’m with you

 

We shared a dream together

One dark winter night

And found our dream still burned

In the long summer light

 

Everyday you call upon the angels

They do what you tell them to

And I’m walking just a little south of Heaven

Everyday that I’m with you

 

By Scott Kempner/Dion DiMucci

©Bronx Soul Music/Prince of the Bronx Music 1998

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ME AND THE LORD BLUES

 

I woke up this morning

And I says to God, “I know

You’re gonna hit me if you wanna hit me

But do ya gotta hit so hard?”

 

No food on my table

Too much on my plate

I bust my brains, back and as for nothing

Please tell me, Lord, this is all a mistake

 

Where is my God of Mercy?

Not of Vengeance but of Love

Hey God, I’m livin’ west of Jersey

Push finally came to shove

 

Every night

I get a ticket to ride

Into the light

On the other side

And I hear freedom

I smell justice

I taste sunshine

In my eye
Hey God, this job is killin’ me
Where is the God of my Fathers?

I can’t wait around here all day

Nobody cares, nobody bothers

Help me roll the stone away

 

I get a ticket to ride

Into the light

On the other side

And I hear freedom

I smell justice

I taste sunshine

In my eyes

Hey God, this job is killin’ me

 

Maybe I should just stay here, Lord

Spend the rest of my life in bed

I could probably make it to the end of the year, Lord

Or, am I already dead

 

Every night

I get a ticket to ride

Into the light

On the other side

And I hear freedom

I smell justice

I taste sunshine

In my eyes

Hey God, this job is killin’ me

 

 

By Scott Kempner

(2012) Prince of the Bronx Music

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LETTER (UNMAILED)

I hold you inside me

Like I swallowed the morning sun

And I sleep ‘neath your slipstream

Dream of you when day is done

 

The boys wait at your window

Whisper your name in their secret prayers

They all want something for nothing

Some unguarded moment you’ll see them there

 

I would climb a mountain of sorrow

Never falter or tire

The Devil says true love’s a lie

But, the Devil’s a liar

 

I would swim a raging sea

If you were in some foreign land

And if it’s Heaven you want to see

I know the way, darlin’, take my hand

 

Look in your heart, if you see me

Don’t leave me out on the wire

The Devil says true love’s a lie

But, the Devil’s a liar

 

It’s a cold cold world outside

And these are strange times we’re livin’ in

So, if you are lonesome tonight

Feel like givin’ up, feel like givin’ in

 

When the party is over

And you’re the one left standing there

And the world just won’t listen

Talk to me, I will hear

 

I’ll stand by you  when you’re tall and strong, weak and uninspired

The Devil says true love’s a lie

But, the Devil’s a liar

The Devil says true love’s a lie

I say the Devil’s a liar

 

By Scott Kempner

©Prince of the Bronx Music 2012

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DAMAGED

Hey little girl, what’d your daddy do to you?

You know, I come with my own baggage, too

We’re damaged damaged

Let’s fall in love

 

You step up to the plate already two strikes down

They blindside ya, blindfold ya, spin you around

We’re damaged, damaged

Let’s fall in love

 

CHORUS:

We’re damaged baby, ain’t that just great?

Damaged, by the time we’re born, it’s already too late

Damaged,  pre-set to detonate

And that’s what makes the world go round and round

And around and around

Baby, we’re damaged

Round and around

Baby, we’re damaged

Damaged, damaged

Let’s fall in love

 

We can move into a bubble inside an illusion

Heartbreak City, State of Confusion

We’re damaged, damaged

Let’s fall in love

 

We can get married, settle down, have a kid

And do the same great job our folks did

We’re damaged, damaged

Let’s fall in love

 

CHORUS

 

We breathe our first breath, dream our first dream

The unwelcome stranger in the opening scene

We’re damaged, damaged

Let’s fall in love

 

CHORUS

 

By Scott Kempner

©Prince of the Bronx Music 2012

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YOU CAN MAKE A MISTAKE ONE TIME

You can make a mistake just one time, one time

You can make a mistake just one time, one time

You can make a mistake just one time

Pay for it for the rest of your life

You can make a mistake just one time, one time

 

I bought a one-way ticket on a train to nowhere one time

I bought a one-way ticket on a train to nowhere one time

I bought a one-way ticket on a train to nowhere

Don’t matter where I’m going, she don’t care

I bought a one-way ticket on a train to nowhere one time

 

Got to the station at the wrong time

And, I stood a little too long in the wrong line

But, I found a seat, found a bottle of wine

Don’t know whose it was but now it’s mine

Took a sip, settled in for the long ride

One time

 

Now, I’m free at last, out on my own

Floating out here in The Twilight Zone

But if I look lost, destination unknown

Don’t cast me a line, I know where I’m goin’

Yeah, it feels real good to be on my own

But, I’m heading right back even knowing what I’m knowing

Save me from myself, save me from myself

Save my from myself, Lord, one time, one time

 

She told me my very existence was a sin

Can you imagine a thing like that, well, she did!

I held my breath and slipped away

Didn’t exhale until today

And now I hear that last train comin’ and I’m gonna ride it

 

You can make a mistake just one time, one time

You can make a mistake just one time, one time

You can make a mistake just one time

Pay for it for the rest of your life

You can make a mistake just one time, one time

 

By Scott Kempner/Eric Ambel

©Prince of the Bronx Music/Vibemeister Music 2012
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SILVERLAKE

I wake up tired, I wake up late

It gets dark these days about half past eight

Waited for good fortune to come to me

Waited till I couldn’t stand my own company

My friends said there’s gold in those hills out West

I thought I’d put that old notion to the test

They said, “Be careful, man, the sun don’t rise it sets”

Maybe that’s funny to you

 

It’s just a matter of tryin’

It’s just a matter of cryin’

It’s just a matter of lyin’ to yourself

And, everybody else

 

Now, I’m a stranger where I’ve been many times before

But, nothin’ much scares me anymore

A bullet through the heart of the city of my birth

A target on my back everywhere I go on this earth

I know I will never go home anymore

What I’d find I’m not even sure

An orphan in the storm in the Land of Setting Sun

How can I explain this to you?

 

It’s just a matter of tryin’

It’s just a matter of cryin’

It’s just a matter of lyin’ to yourself

And, everybody else

 

Every night we ride the Mystery Train

Leaving behind the Human Stain

And, yes I carry a few regrets

None of which I will ever forget

But, I love a woman and she loves me right back

My songs are my lantern, my dreams are my map

Another chapter in the Big Book of Me

Who knows how this story ends?

 

It’s just a matter of tryin’

It’s just a matter of cryin’

It’s just a matter of lyin’ to yourself

And, everybody else

 

By Scott Kempner

©Prince of the Bronx Music (2012)

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC