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"Jump Jump" from the album "Escape Artist"
Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys
JUMP JUMP
Here comes Victor Hugo
He's with me wherever I go
I'm walking Paris streets
Talking cobblestones
Feeling like I'm at home
And here comes Les Miserables
It's one of my favorite novels
But it's so serious
Hope I'm not too rude
But I'm not in the mood
Jump jump
Let's make the great escape
All due respect to art for art's sake
Jump jump
We're gonna have some fun
For you and me and everyone
Jump jump
To the rock 'n' roll Rimbauds
Jump jump
To the poets and verse
Jump jump
To the Venus de Milo
Jump jump
To the ones who came first
Here comes the ghost of V. Van Gogh
He follows me wherever I go
We pass Notre Dame
So much history
So much bigger than me
And here comes another museum
They pass so fast we hardly can see 'em
There goes a Claude Monet
and a Paul Cezanne
And I always been a fan
Jump jump
Let's make the great escape
All due respect to art for art's sake
Jump jump
We're gonna have some fun
For you and me and everyone
Jump jump
To the rock 'n' roll Rimbauds
Jump jump
To the poets and verse
Jump jump
To the Venus de Milo
Jump jump
To the ones who came first
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One of G's fans sent this video in - enjoy!!!
Best Wishes,
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys
"Jump Jump" from the album "Escape Artist"
Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys
JUMP JUMP
Here comes Victor Hugo
He's with me wherever I go
I'm walking Paris streets
Talking cobblestones
Feeling like I'm at home
And here comes Les Miserables
It's one of my favorite novels
But it's so serious
Hope I'm not too rude
But I'm not in the mood
Jump jump
Let's make the great escape
All due respect to art for art's sake
Jump jump
We're gonna have some fun
For you and me and everyone
Jump jump
To the rock 'n' roll Rimbauds
Jump jump
To the poets and verse
Jump jump
To the Venus de Milo
Jump jump
To the ones who came first
Here comes the ghost of V. Van Gogh
He follows me wherever I go
We pass Notre Dame
So much history
So much bigger than me
And here comes another museum
They pass so fast we hardly can see 'em
There goes a Claude Monet
and a Paul Cezanne
And I always been a fan
Jump jump
Let's make the great escape
All due respect to art for art's sake
Jump jump
We're gonna have some fun
For you and me and everyone
Jump jump
To the rock 'n' roll Rimbauds
Jump jump
To the poets and verse
Jump jump
To the Venus de Milo
Jump jump
To the ones who came first
"Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll" from the album "Don't Call Me Buckwheat".
HAIL HAIL ROCK 'N' ROLL
Pockets of hate
Rockets of love
It's never too late
For change in the color of
The color of her
The color of him
It really does matter
What skin you're in
Big yellow taxi cab passed me by
Stop on the next corner to pick up a white guy
The color of you
The color of me
You can't judge a man
By lookin' at the marquee
Hail hail rock 'n' roll
Comes from R & B and soul
Don't leave me standing in the cold
Used to think I'd never grow old
Hail hail rock 'n' roll
Don't leave me standing on the beat
Leave me stranded on the street
I see the light, I feel the heat
Blame it on you
Blame it on me
Now let's the erase the wound
That's in our history
Pain in my heart
Won't let me be
Take it from me
But don't you take away my liberty
Father of coal, mother of pearl
Never too black to blush to pick up a white girl
The color of you
The color of me
You can't judge a man
By lookin' at the marquee
Hail hail rock 'n' roll
Comes from R & B and soul
Don't leave me standing in the cold
I used to think I'd never grow old
Hail hail rock 'n' roll
Don't leave me standing on the beat
Leave me stranded on the street
I see the light, I feel the heat
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley
Fats Domino
Here come Elvis
Gene Vincent
Buddy Holly
And Jerry Lee
Hail hail rock 'n' roll
Comes from R & B and soul
Don't leave me standing in the cold
Used to think I'd never grow old
Hail hail rock 'n' roll
Don't leave me standing on the beat
Leave me stranded on the street
I see the light, I feel the heat
Brinsley Schwarz on Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart on Guitar, Steve Goulding on Drums and Brian Stanley on Bass Guitar. Broadcast on ABC's "Fridays" November 13, 1981.
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R.O.C.K.
From the album "Escape Artist"
Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys
All of the kids where I come from
Tell the same old story
They want to be in a rock 'n' roll band
Get them a piece of the glory
You can feel it in a heartbeat
You can feel it like a soul beat
You can hear it in the bass line
You can feel it in the backbeat
R.O.C.K. rock
It's sweeping across the nation
R.O.C.K. rock
It's coming from my generation
R.O.C.K. rock
It's giving me a great sensation
R.O.C.K. rock
Wanna hear it on the radio station
It rescued me from a fate
That's worse than death
Just like a destiny
It gives me new breath
You can feel it...R.O.C.K. rock...
Turn it up
From the album "Don't Call Me Buckwheat".
Garland Jeffreys: Vocals
Delmar Brown: Keys & vocals
Graham Maby: Bass & vocals
Stephen Goulding: Drums
Andrea Re: Percussion, keys & vocals
Tony Aiello: Keys, sax & vocals
John Booth: Guitar
WELCOME TO THE WORLD
Cross the Brooklyn Bridge
Coney Island on my mind
Brighton Beach is calling me
From another time
Listen to the radio
Bringing waves across the color line
Each and every song is
The color of music
On my way to school
I'm passing one more time
Sheepshead Bay disguised
I'm walkin' color blind
Listen to the radio
Frankie Lymon's no J.D.
Believe in every single word
It's the color of music
Welcome to the world of black and white
Welcome to the world of love and hate
Welcome to the birth of a nation
Of segregate, there's still a separation
Blacker than a 100 midnights
Whiter than white on white
Livin' in a virtual behind the color curtain
Now that ain't right, that ain't right
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world of opposites
Welcome to the world of inequality
Welcome to the world of human rights
Where they're all for you
None for me
Blacker than a 100 midnights
Colder than a soul on ice
Police are kickin' out the livin' daylights
Now that ain't right, that ain't right,
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
In a world of cliché
Where violence is golden
Where the king of glove
Meets the genius of persuasion
Silenced for what you say
Censored if youre old and grey
This thing called love
Is saved for the occasion, yeah
We know you're startin' up
Your reign of bigotry
On every main street
A secret society
You better beware
Louisiana Metairie
You been ku kluxxed
The tactics of a Nazi
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
We want no more Negro bashing
No more black and white clashing
No more white on black crime
No more black on black on white crime
No more guns and roses
No more police and firehoses
No more gutter sniping
No more black and white stereotyping
No more for colored only
No more for whites only
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Welcome to the world
Reggae on Broadway. Along with Ghost Writer, a once in a lifetime recording experience. Winston Grennan on drums and Wia Lindo from the Wailers on organ. Michael Brecker on tenor and James Taylor arranging the vocals.
All the Best,
Garland
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Concert Performance:
Garland Jeffreys: Vocals
Delmar Brown: Keys & vocals
Graham Maby: Bass & vocals
Stephen Goulding: Drums
Andrea Re: Percussion, keys & vocals
Tony Aiello: Keys, sax & vocals
John Booth: Guitar
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Music and Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys. Originally issued on the album "Ghost Writer" (A& M Records, 1977). Reissued on the album "I'm Alive" (Universal International, 2006).
I MAY NOT BE YOUR KIND
I may not be your kind, baby baby
I may not be your kind, no no no no
I may not be your kind, mama mama mama
I may not be your kind
I'm a little boy lost
on the street one night
Looking for a woman
gonna set me right
Show me baby
everything you got
Then I'll show you darlin'
everything I'm not
Oh now I may not be your kind, baby
baby
I may not be your kind, no no no no
I may not be your kind, mama mama mama
I may not be your kind, listen what
your papa say
I see a little white girl on a
downtown street
Searching for a lover man so fine and sweet
Show me baby all those riches you got
A little black boy gonna tell you
thanks a lot
A blast from your past and mine - one of my favorite tracks! Brinsley Schwarz on Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart on Farfisa, Steve Goulding on Drums and Brian Stanley on Bass Guitar.
All the Best,
Garland
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Broadcast on ABC's "Fridays" November 13, 1981.
Words and Music by Rudy Martinez.
Fixated movie star fever with as many names as I could conjure and still make sense. Today I'd include Pacino, De Niro, Duvall, Eastwood, Finney and Streep.
All the Best,
Garland
Broadcast on ABC's "Fridays" November 13, 1981. Garland Jeffreys - Vocals, Brinsley Schwarz - Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart - Guitar, Steve Goulding - Drums, Brian Stanley - Bass Guitar.
Words and Music: Garland Jeffreys. Originally issued on the album "Ghost Writer" (A& M Records, 1977). Reissued on the album "I'm Alive" (Universal International, 2006).
35 MILLIMETER DREAMS
I got 35 Millimeter dreams
And Greta Garbo's here
Queen of the movie queens
She's playin' hard to get
She wants her tea and her toast
She hasn't got none yet
She just flew in from the coast
But she loves Broadway best
I got 35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams
John Garfield cries out loud
And Humphrey Bogart smiles
Bette Davis she weeps
She plays the pure white slave
There goes her Rolls Royce car
Her loyal fans all wave
Here comes a full blown star
But Brando's still the rave
I got 35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams
Bump into Orson Welles
Everybody says he's workin' on his script
They say it's rated X
Mae West will never tell
It's starring Cary Grant
And Valentino's vamps
And Charlie Chaplin's tramps
And Jolie Jolson he chants
I got 35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams
35 Millimeter dreams
From the album "Ghost Writer" (A& M Records, 1977)
"35 Millimeter Dreams" Studio Recording:
GARLAND JEFFREYS Lead and Harmony Vocals
ALAN FREEDMAN Electric Guitar
STEVE GADD Drums
ANTHONY JACKSON Bass
DAVID SPINOZZA Electric Guitar and Piano
Live performance at the Country Club in Reseda, California. Garland Jeffreys - Vocals, Brinsley Schwarz - Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart - Guitar, Steve Goulding - Drums, Brian Stanley - Bass Guitar.
Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys. From the album "Escape Artist".
GRAVEYARD ROCK
They carried him away
In a Cadillac hearse
And what was worse
They showed no mercy
I remember that day
When he had the curse
After chapter and verse
He died an alcoholic
Graveyard rock
That's what they call it in the neighborhood
Graveyard rock
That's what they call it on the block
Graveyard rock
I bet you really never thought he would
Graveyard rock
I hear the ticking of the clock
It was so tragic
Another painful story
And just a-like magic
Out the 21st story
They say the deed was done
A when they sealed that coffin
It happened quite often
In the crash of '80 of '81
Graveyard rock
Mash it up
Now there was no glory
No ceremony
His epitaph told me
He was no phony
They buried that casket
It went six feet under
And rain nor thunder
Can hide nor mask it
There ain't no laughter
No hereafter
There ain't no big fun
In the crash of '80 of '81
Graveyard rock
Live performance at the Country Club in Reseda, California. Garland Jeffreys - Vocals, Brinsley Schwarz - Lead Guitar, Carter Cathcart - Guitar, Steve Goulding - Drums, Brian Stanley - Bass Guitar.
Words and Music: Garland Jeffreys. Originally issued on the album "Ghost Writer" (A& M Records, 1977). Reissued on the album "I'm Alive" (Universal International, 2006).
On Tuesday, September 9, 2008, Hiram Bullock and his music were celebrated in concert at The Cutting Room (19 West 24th Street) in New York. Garland performed "Moonshine in the Cornfield" to open the show, paying respect to this fine musician and friend.
DW, Assistant to Garland Jeffreys
The Sexuality video was directed by Kevin Godley, a founding member of the band 10cc. Giorgio Armani commissioned "Sexuality" for his worldwide fragrance campaign and the track is on Garland's Wildlife Dictionary album.
Don't Call Me Buckwheat from the "Don't Call Me Buckwheat" album released in 1992.
It's time to bury the 'N' word along with all the other racial slurs.
I was inspired to write this song after a very upsetting moment: I was at Shea Stadium watching the Mets vs. Houston, Dwight Gooden vs. Nolan Ryan. I was sitting in foul territory in left field. I got up to get a few franks and soda for the guys, walking and watching the game and going down the steps, all at the same time. I was probably blocking the view of people--and one guy says, "Hey, Buckwheat! Get the f--k out of here, Buckwheat!" I had never heard the word used before like that; I was shocked. I turned around and I was just frozen. I kept walking and I was on line and feeling really uncomfortable. I said, "Don't call me Buckwheat" to myself, and I went home and wrote the song. It just brought back my whole childhood, all the name calling. I grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn in a very mixed-race community: Jews, Irish, Blacks, Italians and Spanish, K--s, M--ks, N-----s, W--s and sp--s. You heard those words a lot. I would cringe when I heard the "n------" word and I still do. The whole usage of it today in rap disturbs me to no end. Kids don't know the real meaning and how it feels to hear it. It got to the point where you knew you'd hear it almost every day from someone.
A blast from your past and mine - one of my favorite tracks! Watch for my World Tour and New Album in 2009!
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Lyrics to 96 Tears (from the "Escape Artist" album by Garland Jeffreys)
Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now
Since you left me
You're always laughin'
Way down at me
Better watch out now
I'm gonna get there
We'll be together
For just a little while
And then I'm gonna put you
Way down here
And you'll start cryin'
Ninety-six tears
Baby cry
Baby cry
And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be right down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
To come up here
But I don't see you
Wavin' now
I'm way down here
Wonderin' how
How I'm gonna get you
But I know now
I'll just cry, cry,
I'll just cry
Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart
To carry on
You're gonna cry ninety-six tears
You're gonna cry ninety-six tears
You're gonna cry, cry, cry, cry, now
You're gonna cry, cry, cry, cry
Ninety-six tears
Lemme see those tears come rolling down your face baby
Ninety-six tears
Cry, cry, cry
In the midnight hour
Cry, cry, cry
All night long
Cry, cry, cry...
Hail Hail Rock'n'roll - the official music video! Watch for my World Tour and New Album in 2009!
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G performs "Rough & I'm Ready" at Solidaze Festival, 2005. Watch for my World Tour and New Album in 2009!
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