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ORANGE

by Ed Askew

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Orange 03:13
all and all, little baby swings in the Orange corner pretty Willy sings a song in the tragic traffic light little Baby speaks of his laughing lady in her magic movie Orange is a lover in his morning fantasy where the lights are indigo and the little cargo in the life of traffic thinks it comes of liquid and the plastic acid makes me dreams in stardust.
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bridges to the stars are a penny apiece highways in the wind lets drive on them once we wished on stars.... we were children than now we drive our cars we drive our cars air-o-planes and trains are a dollar apiece rivers to the sea lets sail on them once we dances on stars .... we were children than now we drive to work we drive to work ..once we wished on stars we were children than now we drive our cars we drive our cars skip rope in the yard and a dollar for... icecream read and green icecream read and green once we looked and saw the world was new and strange now we drive to town we drive to town
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Georga Rain 05:44
a rainy day on the veranda is cool on the face in a long hot summer Mama and Jane swing on the hammock swing on the hammock we work all day in the factory but Georgia rain and a Gin-and-Tonic chases away, chases away all that sweat and sorrow all that sweat and sorrow George is hard in a long hot Summer but Georgia rain is like a gospel choir chases away all the sweat and sorrow chases away all the sweat and sorrow
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i'm running out of stories i don't know what to say like an old pot with a leak in it .... a leaky pot. "what were we talking about?" don't look at me that way. music in the morning as i work on a painting i'm painting in a corner a corner of the world i'm crying in the headlines for a lost boy in the New York Times --shadows on rivers snow on a rose winter and summer winter and summer comes out of the ground comes drifting.. down i'm writing a story in the grooves of an LP handstands in a corner a corner of the world the news papers burning the lost boy is laughing --shadows on rivers snow on a rose winter and summer winter and summer comes out of the ground comes drifting ..down
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Black Car 04:56
a child, walks down, a dark streets over a, bridge where, the river roars a child, walks up, to the walls of protection and belief of protection and belief Father, washes, his black car out of, memory and, miles and miles across,the decades, to where we are cris-cross the world and cross my heart criss-cross the world and cross my heart --Mother what is that song you sing don't wake up baby, put him to sleep if i die before i wake Humpty Dumpty will never break walls in the, desert and, aluminum birds Christ in Nevada and, fire works cross the ocean on the forth of July songs on the radio for an American child songs on the radio for an American child --Mother what is that song you sing don't wake up baby, put him to sleep if i die before i wake Humpty Dumpty will never break
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Summertime 02:08
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Eloise and Michel came from the other side of the world looking for a better life who could have foreseen the difficulties the welfare office is not the happiest place the people who work there are impatient and over worked who would believe them we don't want charity welfare to work is capricious the situation is not a good situation get in line, get in line, get in line, get in line the phones don't work,the phones don't work, but who could understand i know what i'm talking about but Eloise and Michel went out to a local bar and danced away the problems and danced away the problems and who could ever guess the strength of dreamers
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Tommy Bold 04:00
Tommy Bold made a hole in my heart. he stood in the kitchen at 11 years old inside was warm outside was cold between the twins in Desolation Row between the twins in Desolation Row we hitched to Mystic at 12 years old and in that Summer so long ago careless freedom was like gold i played new music where the boats were old i played new music where the boats were old i hitched to Portland and the day was cold after the accident at 16 years old i stood in the hospital like a lost sole but there would be another year there would be other years -- broken wings fly over the bay and Tommy's song blows away i got a letter at 35 years old "Dear Ed, I hope you are doing well. I hope to visit. maybe next year." but we lost Tom at 36 years old. we lost tom at 36 years old. -- broken wings fly over the bay and Tommy's song blows away
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-walkin' the dog in the snow...in the snow i try to keep on the road -too many feet will trip you up...trip you up like driving backwards on a one way street. -so i'm writing a song i'll be.. here all night... i'll be here all night br. -i'm watching the snow fall out of the sky...out of the shy but what does it know what does it know -and too many dreams can trip you up...trip you up like loaded dice.. like loaded dice -but angels have wings and Tony knows..Tony knows the hills are old the gates are gold -so i'll have a beer after the show after the show it's such a comfort after a show
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Casa Verde 06:03
...and children played amoung the stones in the old church yard in San Antonio. and i swore by the holy mother.. i would go, i would go to Casa Verde. the sun beat down on me and the men were mending there nets in my mouth was the taste of salt and that sweet face was my only thought and i went down to the Gulf of Mexico.. when the fleet was going out to sea. as i rode i could see the ocean and that place called Casa Verde .. --it was then in the time of harvest / when a beautiful boy riding a palomino said senor can you tell me please / the way Casa Verde. the sun beat down on me and the men were mending there nets in my mouth was the taste of salt and that sweet face was my only thought --it was then in the time of harvest / when a beautiful boy riding a palomino said senior can you tell me please / the way Casa Verde. the sun beat down on me and the men were mending there nets in my mouth was the taste of salt and that hansom face was my only thought so i went down to the Gulf of Mexico.. when the fleet was going out to sea. as i rode i could see the ocean and that place called Casa Verde ..
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PALE, PALE GIRL IN GRAY MORNING SUN THE ROAD IS WET THAT SHE WALKS UPON SHE'S GOING DOWN TO FORT MILLER TOWN THEN FRESNO, DAVIS TOO I WAS SLEEPING ON THE SAND YOU WOKE ME SO SOON WHO IS WITH YOU NOW, MY LOVE? THAT'S THE STANDARD QUESTION LALALALALA THERE'S A BIG ROOM DOWN BY THE SEA THEY LIVE THERE WORKING ON THINGS I THOUGHT I WOULD DRIVE OUT AT DAWN BUT I SLEPT FAR TOO LONG I WAS SLEEPING IN THE S YOU WOKE ME SO SOON WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT, MY LOVE? THAT'S A NORMAL QUESTION LALALALALA Jay Pluck
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Crazy Angels 04:35
it's just water under a bridge a cats cradle and passing ships a lover crossing the street traffic stopped when the light was green where was i going when you found me? you took me with you down a two way street when i left Boston i coulden't see all the crazy angels you gave to me all of the water under the sea and the weather on T V you don't expect it, you can't predict it the hurricane that hit me. so hold me closely for one more dance in my mind, one more dance what i remember are the steps i remember the steps in all this time i wou't forget in all this time i wou't forget it's just water under a bridge a cats cradle and passing ships a lover crossing the street traffic stopped when the light was green where was i going when you found me? you took me with you down a two way street when i left Boston i coulden't see all the crazy angels you gave to me outro
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these are my new songs Mar-Jully 2013.
this album includes two covers, also.
this album only appears on bandcamp.
* check out tinangelrecords.co.uk/edaskew/index.html for my new release on Tin Angel, produced by Jerry DeCicca.

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released July 23, 2013

thanks Georg Gershwin and Jay Pluck

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Ed Askew New York

The singer-songwriter / painter moved to New York for a few months in 1967 where he met Bernard Stollman of ESP-Disk, who offered him a contract. Between 1968 and 1986, Ed lived, mostly, in New Haven; doing occasional shows with his band, and later doing solo shows there. Around 1987, Ed moved to New York City, where he continues to write and record songs, and occasionally perform. ... more

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