Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river With a big red beacon, and a flag, and a man on the rail I think you'd better call John, 'Cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail And it's less than a mile away I hope they didn't come to stay It's got numbers on the side and a gun And it's makin' big waves.
Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou So the powers that be left me here to do the thinkin' And I just turned twenty-two I was wonderin' what to do And the closer they got, The more those feelings grew.
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin' He told me, Red means run, son, numbers add up to nothin' But when the first shot hit the docks I saw it comin' Raised my rifle to my eye Never stopped to wonder why. Then I saw black, And my face splashed in the sky.
Shelter me from the powder and the finger Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger Think of me as one you'd never figured Would fade away so young With so much left undone Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her.
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire
Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on
He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar In all affairs of state he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze For the queen he was no wheeler dealer Though she'd heard the things he'd done She believed he was a holy healer Who would heal her son
Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger for power became known to more and more people, the demands to do something about this outrageous man became louder and louder.
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
"This man's just got to go," declared his enemies But the ladies begged, "Don't you try to do it, please" No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms Then one night some men of higher standing Set a trap, they're not to blame "Come to visit us," they kept demanding And he really came
Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen They put some poison into his wine Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine He drank it all and said "I feel fine"
Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen They didn't quit, they wanted his head Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine And so they shot him till he was dead
So much blood I'm starting to drown Runs from cold to colder Time to time the sky's come down To help me lose my way Tears and lies for answers You and open veins, God knows I'm gone Girl I just want you to Come on down Lord it's a storm and I'm heading to fall These sins are mine and I've done wrong, oh babe Come on down
Long Gone Day Mmmm, who ever said We wash away with the rain
See you all from time to time Isn't it so strange How far away we all are now Am I the only one who remembers that summer Oh, I remember Everyday each time the place was saved The music that we made The wind has carried all of that away
Long gone day Mmmm, who ever said We wash away with the rain
So many tears I'm starting to drown The rain in heaven's all come down Silver spoons affix the crown The luckless ones are broken Fears and lies for answers You and open flames God knows I'm gone And I just want you to Come on down, hmmm
Lord it's a storm and I'm heading to fall These sins are mine and I've done wrong I want you to, oh, I just want you to Come on down
I fear again, like then, I've lost my way And shout to God to bring my sunny day
Drága Barátom, Isten Veled, találkozunk még biztosan.
Em D Where’s your man C Em He’s lost and gone again Em D What is your name? C Em The name behind the shame Em D Where’s the cup? C Em It was filled, now broken up Em D Where’s your man C Em He’s lost and gone again
Chorus:
Am D C As I get behind the wheel again Am D C Pray to live a million years Am D C You know I lied but if it makes you glad Am D C I’ll tell you what you want to hear
Standing by my window, breathing summer breeze
Saw a figure floating, 'neath the willow tree
Asked us if we were happy, we said we didn't know
Took us by the hands and up we go
We followed the dreamer through the purple hazy clouds
He could control our sense of time
We thought we were lost but no matter how we tried
Everyone was in peace of mind
We felt the sensations drift inside our frames
Finding complete contentment there
And all the tensions that hurt us in the past
Just seemed to vanish in thin air
He said in the cosmos is a single sonic sound
That is vibrating constantly
And if we could grip and hold on to the note
We would see our minds were free...oh they're free
We are lost above
Floating way up high
If you think you can find a way
You can surely try
Deceiver
Solar winds are blowing
Neutron star controlling
All is lost, doomed and tossed, at what cost forever
Meteors fly around me
Comets die, and then they
And then they, you wanna see how they try to surround me
I can say, here today, we shall stay forever
If you want to find us in a hurry
Oh let me tell you don't you worry
I can't say, here today, we shall stay forever
Hush now, don't you cry
Wipe away the teardrop from your eye
You're lying safe in bed
It was all a bad dream
Spinning in your head
Your mind tricked you to feel the pain
Of someone close to you leaving the game of life
So here it is, another chance
Wide awake you face the day
Your dream is over.... or has it just begun?
There's a place I like to hide
A doorway that I run through in the night
Relax child, you were there
But only didn't realize it and you were scared
It's a place where you will learn
To face your fears, retrace the years
And ride the whims of your mind
Commanding in another world
Suddenly you hear and see
This magic new dimension
I- will be watching over you
I- am gonna help you see it through
I- will protect you in the night
I- am smiling next to you, in Silent Lucidity
If you open your mind for me
You won't rely on open eyes to see
The walls you built within
Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin
Living twice at once you learn
You're safe from the pain in the dream domain
A soul set free to fly
A round trip journey in your head
Master of illusion, can you realize
Your dream's alive, you can be the guide but...
I- will be watching over you
I- am gonna help to see it through
I- will protect you in the night
I- am smiling next to you.........
"The Ballad Of Nora Lee" is the third album from Helldorado.
After receiving astonishing reviews for the two previous albums, "Lost Highway" and "Director´s Cut", Helldorado now proudly presents stories from their latest visit to the land of sin, anxiety and regrets.
After planning this album for months, Helldorado started the recording-process in mid. may 2005, and after two months in Out Of Tune(s) studio, outside Stavanger, the band dipped their soar fingers in old malt whiskey and nodded imperceptible with pride to each other. Some may even go as far as saying they smiled.
On "The Ballad Of Nora Lee" Dag Vagle has dug as deep as ever within his uneasy mind to bring to light these songs from the land beyond.
To take part in these stories, which no one leaves without a marked soul, you can buy "The Ballad Of Nora Lee" here:
04.09 Cementen Stavanger NO
06.09 Mono Oslo NO
08.09 Promenaden Risřr NO
09.09 Charlies Bar Kristiansand NO
10.09 Tarebua Lista NO
16.09 Byscenen Haugesund NO
17.09 Kvarteret Bergen NO
21.09 3B Trondheim NO
22.09 BlĺRock Tromsř NO
23.09 Redrum Hammerfest NO
24.09 Rock Bottom Oslo NO
07.10 Folken Stavanger NO
09.10 Knust Hamburg DE
10.10 Clubkeller Frankfurt DE
11.10 Ziegel Zurich CH
12.10 PMK Bögen Innsbruck AU
13.10 ISC Bern CH
14.10 Radio 3 Luzern CH
15.10 Kapilio Langenau DE
16.10 Abraxas Augsburg DE
18.10 Rockpalast Bonn DE
If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be travelling on, now, ’cause there’s too many places I’ve got to see. But, if I stayed here with you, girl, Things just couldn’t be the same. ’cause I’m as free as a bird now, And this bird you can not change. Lord knows, I can’t change.
Bye, bye, it’s been a sweet love. Though this feeling I can’t change. But please don’t take it badly, ’cause lord knows I’m to blame. But, if I stayed here with you girl, Things just couldn’t be the same. Cause I’m as free as a bird now, And this bird you’ll never change. And this bird you can not change. Lord knows, I can’t change. Lord help me, I can’t change.
I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride With sword and pistol by my side Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five But I am still alive.
I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide And with the sea I did abide. I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed But I am living still.
I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide Where steel and water did collide A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound But I am still around..I'll always be around..and around and around and around and around
I fly a starship across the Universe divide And when I reach the other side I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again Or I may simply be a single drop of rain But I will remain And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again..
Beth I hear you callin' But I can't come home right now Me and the boys are playin' And we just can't find the sound
Just a few more hours And I'll be right home to you I think I hear them callin' Oh Beth what can I do Beth what can I do
You say you feel so empty That our house just ain't our home I'm always somewhere else And you're always there alone
Just a few more hours And I'll be right home to you I think I hear them callin' Oh Beth what can I do Beth what can I do
Beth, I know you're lonely And I hope you'll be alright 'Cos me and the boys will be playin' all night
you ever heard the story, of mister faded glory say he who rides the pony must someday fall i been talkin to my alter it says life is what you make it and if you make it death well rest your soul away, away, away it's a broken kinda feelin, should have to tie me to the ceiling a bad moons-a-comin better say your prayers i wanna tell her that i love her but does it really matter i just can't stand to see you dragging down again, again, again this is my kinda love it's the kind that moves on it's unkind and leaves me alone repeat i used to treat you like a lady, now you're a substitute teacher this bottles not a pretty, not a pretty sight to see i owe the man some money so i'm turning over honey you see mister faded glory is once again doin time repeat chorus repeat chorus like a crown of thorns, its all who you know so don't burn your bridges woman cause someday
i want to show you something, like joy inside my heart
seems I been living in the temple of the dog
where would i live if I were a man of golden words
or would I live at all
words and music - my only tools
communication
so on her arrival I will set free the birds
its a pretty time of year, the mountains sing aloud
tell me Mr golden words hows bout the world
tell me, can you tell me at all
words and music - my only tools
communication
lets fall in love with music
the driving force in our living
the only international language
divine glory, the expression
the knees bow the tongue
confesses
the lord of lords, the king of kings
words and music - my only tools
communication
all along the river of misery and woe
i’m ridin’ through the darkness and i’m feelin’ low
all along the highway of trouble and strife
the highway i have travelled most of my life
where will it end
this journey of trials
tell me my friend
where will it end
way over yonder i will lay me down
and sleep forever sleep
boots of coal black leather with silver spurs so bright
i’m ridin’ through the badlands in the dead of the night
ridin’ through the desert, ridin’ through the sand
but will i ever reach the promised land
where do they end, these days of depression
tell me, my friend, where do they end
way over yonder, i will lay me down
and sleep forever sleep
one of these mornings dreary and cold
i’m going to the mountain where i can rest my soul
no longer will i suffer no longer be a slave
my soul belongs to Heaven
my body to my grave
i’m going where there ain’t no depression and no more trials
i’m going there
way over yonder i will lay me downand sleep forever sleep
Lucy and Mary come to my shack
the moment was sacred
the night it was black
they lit a fire
engulfed us all in flames
they took me higher
they took meg further in
my secret treasures
i called them by their names
they gave me pleasure
and sufferin’ sin
Lucy and Mary will never return
their bodies i’ll bury
forever they’ll burn
i see the fire
i see the naked flame
my dark desire
well, it’s a God damn shame
i see what i’ve done
i see what i’ve done wrong
forgive me Father
don’t let me suffer long
i drink whisky all through the night
strung like a wire
too scared to fight
I wanna be buried next to Jesse James
I wanna be buried next to Jesse James
He was a family man
He made his living robbing trains
Frank and Jesse James
Jesse was a soldier
So was brother Frank
From the cup of humiliation
Both brothers drank
Frank and Jesse James
When I die give me no words of praise
Just say I was an outlaw
And I rode with Jesse James
Frank and Jesse James
I turned my back to Jesse
Like Judas did to Christ
He was my best friend
But I had a passion for his wife
Frank and Jesse James
A jealous hearted man will do most anything
For the death of Jesse, I am to blame
Frank and Jesse James
Give me no funeral
No words of sympathy
Give me no funeral
No words of sympathy
Just bury me next to Jesse
Underneath the tall oak tree
Frank and Jesse James
Frank and Jesse James
Frank and Jesse James
C B7(Open E) Em | C B7 Em E:--x-- E:--2-- B:--x-- B:--x-- G:--2-- G:--2-- D:--1-- D:--1-- A:--2-- A:--2-- E:--x-- E:--x-- * Alternate the B7(Open E) and the B7 in the verse** When playing Em in the bridge, you can alternate the chord by holding Bstring (3rd Fret) and HIgh E string (3rd fret)back and forth*** I am well aware the last line of the bridge has a variance on the C to D. Ifound this the easiest way to play it however. Verse Em C B7 Em Forward yesterday makes me want to stayWhat they said was real, makes me want to stealLiving under house, yes I'm living I'm a mouseAll I got is time, got no meaning just a rhyme BridgeG Am Em Take time with a wounded hand, cause It likes to healTake time with a wounded hand, guess I like to stealG Am C DTake time with a wounded hand, cause it likes to heal, I like to steal*** Chorus (See Chorus Guitar Riff)I'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey)Well I'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey)Well I'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey)Well I'm half the man I used to be, Half the man I used to be VerseEm C B7 Em Feeling Uninspired, think I'll start a fireEverybody run, Bobby's got a gunThink you're kind'a neat, then she tells me I'm a creepFriends don't mean a thing, guess I'll leave it up to me BridgeG Am Em Take time with a wounded hand, cause It likes to healTake time with a wounded hand, guess I like to stealG Am C DTake time with a wounded hand, cause it likes to heal, I like to steal Chorus I'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey)Well I'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey)Well I'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey)Well I'm half the man I used to be, Half the man I used to be Break /// /// /// ///Em Em Em Em(Hold) (There is some small fingering/pluckin parts amongst theEm's,figure em out yourself) Yeeaahh BridgeG Am Em Take time with a wounded hand, cause It likes to healTake time with a wounded hand, guess I like to stealG Am C DTake time with a wounded hand, cause it likes to heal, I like to steal End ChorusI'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey)Well I'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey)Well I'm half the man I used to be (yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey)Well I'm half the man I used to be, Half the man I used to be(fading) Half the man I used to be Chorus Guitar Riff(a) (b) **** I'm half the man I used to be yes I feel as the dawn it fades to grey E|--------------------------------|------------------------------| B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| G|------0-------0-------0---------|------0-------0-------0-------| D|----2-------2-------0---------2-|----2-------2-------0---------| A|--2-------0-------2-----0-1-2---|--2-------0-------2-----0-1-2-| E|0-------2-------3---------------|0-------2-------3-------------|
I was born in Ft. Worth Texas 47 years ago
I spent 27 years as a free man
I spent 20 on death row
20 on death row
I shot and killed my girlfriend
Then I sat and watched her die
Then I turned the gun against myself
But my aim was a little high
My aim was a little high
I think about her all the night
I dream about her all day
There’s not a higher price
For a man like me to pay
For a man like me to pay
I won’t ask god for forgiveness
There’s still too many people I hate
But she was not one of them
And I realized that too late
I realized that too late
I won’t say that I’m lonely
Cause there’s too many voices in my head
The one I hear most frequently
Says the girl you loved is dead
The girl you loved is dead
Well, I’m gonna die tomorrow
Of course, I’m terrified
I just wish that both of us
On that faithful day I die
On that faithful day I die
Well, I was born in Ft. Worth Texas
I’m gonna die down in Tennessee
You’ll put me in a pauper’s grave
And then you’ll be rid of me
And then you’ll be rid of me
the ballad of johnny guitar
I spent my high school years in Oklahoma
I left as soon as I could drive
It’s one thing to die slowly
It’s another to be buried alive
I spent my life seeking pleasure
They called me a disreputable man
I never worked a day for a livin’
I just lived off the wages of sin
I knew a pretty woman
But I guess that’s over now
It doesn’t really matter
To me she never loved me anyhow
But now I’m on my death bed
I’m gonna die here all alone
The farmer bringing in his harvest
Of all the wild seeds he has sowed
Of all the wild seeds he has sowed
My mama was Christian
She tried to raise me right
But by nature I was evil
And I was drawn to neon lights
I lived my life a drunkard
I didn’t give a good god damn
I started out to be a preacher
But I ended up a guitar man
I never trusted anybody
I treated my loved ones like a joke
And my soul is headed for hellfire
And my body’s going up in smoke
The glory train is leaving
And so my boat will be shot
The wages of sin are guilty pleasures
But salvation can’t be bought
Salvation can’t be bought
Play some guitar Johnny
Play it for me
I Don't Exist
I just don’t exist
When I’m gone
I won’t be missed
Like an astronaut
Lost in space
I will quickly be replaced
Since you filed for a divorce
My ship is permanently off course
Now I’m just killing time
Loving you was my only crime
… And to your dead and bloated nation of sleepwalkers, so content to drown in your own rancid apathy that your own minds and the minds of your children are being bought and sold on the auction block by swarthy old hogs – oh, set a place for the auctioneer, he’ll be coming to dinner tonight.No need to bother, honey, he’ll be coming live via satellite direct, right through our brand new motherfuckin’ super-mega-screen Home Monitor System…
the day had been too hot to love too hot to say goodbye
i kissed my kids and hugged my wife and wished them a safe ride
i cursed the sky i felt alone and shed a tear
i’d waited for this day i couldn’t face another year
it hadn’t helped to pray, no way, no way
i walked upstairs with the keys that would make my life unfold
and opened up the rifle chest the barrel was ice cold, ice cold
i found my silver bullet i warmed it in my hand
i looked around i shut the door my heart was pounding like a hunted boar
i crossed the driveway, walked to the shed
this time tomorrow they would find me dead
find me with a bullet in my head
i lit my last cigarette but didn’t have the strength to inhale
i was relieved i’d come this far my alternative to jail
an alternative to jail, i’d lived my life on bail
i couldn’t bare the thought of them leaving her daddy’s farm
so my misfortune i would bury with my tense and shanking arm
a tense and shaking arm, a tense and shaking arm
i knew my life would end like this i’d waited for this day
i knew that i was bound to fail i knew how i would payi’d waited for this day, i’d waited for this day
there’s been a murder on the highway tonight
i tell you one thing, it was not a pretty sight
the body was found in a creek by the old motel
i saw her face, a face we know damn well
there’s a killer on the highway, diesel in his veins
a killer on the highway, blowin’ out brains
there’s been a murder on the highway tonight
i caught a glimpse of the body it was pale and white
i wonder what went down in the killer’ws head
when he picked up his gun and filled that girl with lead
there’s a killer on the highway, diesel in his veins
a killer on the highway, blowin’ out brains
just take a look around, tehere’s so much blood and gore
i’m pretty sure that the weapon was your old 44
well, she really got you down, she made you feel so blue
well, man i’ve crossed your path, i guess my time is through
your’re a killer on the highway, diesel in your veinsa killer on the highway, blowin’out brains
i rode down to the river, as tehe evening shadows fell
i met up with a lady whose name i cannot tell
her hair was black as night, her lips like ruby wine
her skin was pale and white and how her eyes did shine, her eyes did shine
she said: sir, won’t you come along? won’t you come along with me?
to a place by the river, where a pleasure waits for thee
we rode into the woods till we came upon a shack
then we stopped and she said:
there’s no way back, there’s no way back
she took me by the hand’n pulled me inside
she told me i was gonna be her man and to her i should abide
she started pullin’ off her dress, her pleasures to reveal
she untied her garter belt, she had nothin’ to conceal
i kissed her once and i kissed her twice
then she whispered in my ear: all i want is a little blood
and it filled my heart with fear
i felt her canine teeth cutting through my skin
i felt my own blood running down her chin, down her chin
i picked up a wooden stick and drove the stake through the heart
when i saw her eyes roll back i knew she’d played her part
i threw her body int he river, but that was not the end of the songcoz’ on my way back to town i felt my teeth grow sharp and long
Papa, Oh Papa
It’s plain to see
You was hoping’ for a daughter
Instead of a son like me
Someone who would sew your shirts
Someone who would bake your pies
Someone to look into your face
With sweet adoring eyes
I was a disappointment
Right from the start
‘Cause you could recognize in me
Your own cold heart
Papa, Oh Papa
It’s like old times
You gettin’ drunk on whiskey
Me getting’ stoned on wine
David slew Goliath
To right a terrible wrong
Gonna beat you with my fist
I’m gonna kill you with this song
Kill you with this song
Kill you with this song
Kill you with this song
I’m gonna kill you with my song
Kill you
Kill you
Papa, oh papa
Kill you
Came into town all dressed in black Stetson hat and a gold tooth guitar slung across his back Walked into the pawn shop and he stuck out his hand Said hey Mr. Pawnbroker what’ll you give me for this wedding band
A fair price I’ll give you not a penny less But I’m curious about you I must confess What is your story won’t you tell it to me What makes you think you deserve my sympathy
Hey Mr. Pawnbroker he replied do you have a wife Do you think she thinks about you every minute of your life Is her name Coretta does she have a rose tattoo Do you know who she was married to before she was married to you
Now I must be leaving to catch a train out west Maybe you’ll think twice before asking someone to confess I’m a holiness preacher I been born anew Look for me on Sundays I’ll be somewhere preaching the blues
True love is a blessing, true love is a curse Loneliness or hell fire, who knows which is worse
I loved her with a vengeance, I gave her all I had I never really knew her or why she looked so sad I tried to understand her, gave her all I could Rumors began to circulate all over the neighborhood I tried to ignore them, called them vicious lies I knew that if I believed them, one of us must die
True love, true love
Passion breeds suspicion, envy, jealousy I raised my hand against her, she pulled a gun on me Twice she pulled the trigger, twice I called her name I hit the floor a bleeding, foolish pride was to blame She’s down in Oklahoma, I’m buried in Tennessee Flowers she puts on my grave on our wedding anniversary
True love, true love (three times)
