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1. |
Goin' to New Orleans
02:58
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Goin’ to New Orleans
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
It’s been too damn long since we went away together
Time to ditch the cold and snow and find some sunny weather
Let’s catch our favourite band, let’s hit the music scene
Come on baby let’s go to New Orleans…
Come on baby let’s go to New Orleans
Come on baby let’s go to New Orleans
Pack your bag, grab your coat
Lock the door and leave a note
Tell the folks we’ve gone to New Orleans
When we walk down Bourbon Street we’ll smile at everyone we meet,
Come on baby - let’s go to New Orleans
You can’t help but tap your feet, when you hear that Creole beat
Playin’ in the streets of New Orleans
Come on baby let’s go to New Orleans
Come on baby let’s go to New Orleans
Pack your bag, grab your coat
Lock the door and leave a note
Tell the folks we’ve gone to New Orleans
We’ll go out and get in line for Preservation Hall
Come baby let’s go to New Orleans
Love to hear that southern drawl, love to hear them say y’all
Y’all y’all we gone to New Orleans
Come on baby let’s go to New Orleans
Come on baby let’s go to New Orleans
Pack your bag, grab your coat
Lock the door and leave a note
Tell the folks we’ve gone to New Orleans
Instrumental
When we walk down Bourbon Street, we’ll smile at everyone we meet,
Come on baby let’s go to New Orleans
You can’t help but tap your feet when you hear that Creole beat
Playin’ in the streets of New Orleans
And we’re playin’ in the streets of New Orleans
We’re playin’ in the streets of New Orleans…
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2. |
Down to the River
04:36
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Down To the River
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
Let me take you, down to the river
Lead me gently by the hand...
Hold me tight – cold water rushes over
Filling me with understanding...
I have been a prophet in the desert, I have felt the burning sun
I have walked a million tired footsteps, that took me back where I'd begun
Freezing cold standing in the darkness, starlight blazing in my eyes
I have heard, the choirs of the angels, singing in the star-filled skies,
they sang…
Let me take you, down to the river
Lead me gently by the hand...
Hold me tight – cold water rushes over
Filling me with understanding...
Forty days, and forty lonely night times, with just my hunger as my friend...
I have felt the power of temptation, and I have seen the very ending ... (of my life)
Let me take you, down to the river
Lead me gently by the hand...
Hold me tight – cold water rushes over
Filling me with understanding...
Here I stand, I’m looking at the river, there's a man down by the shore I look up, his eyes lock into mine, my life is changed forever more, when he says Let me take you, down to the river, Lead me gently by the hand... Hold me tight – as the water rushes over
Filling me with understanding...
Filling me with understanding
Filling me….
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3. |
Highway to Nowhere
03:30
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Highway to Nowhere
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
Lord let me ride on a highway to nowhere
Keep my foot on the gas
Put the top down
And race out of town…
Going nowhere fast
The sun in the sky is blinding my eyes,
The sky is a crystal blue
A beautiful day for just slipping away
Just me and you
Lord let me ride on a highway to nowhere
Keep my foot on the gas
Put the top down
And race out of town…
Going nowhere fast
Riding along with the radio on
Listen to the Canoe
Singing along to an old Beatles song
Just me and you…
Lord let me ride on a highway to nowhere
Keep my foot on the gas
Put the top down
And race out of town…
Going nowhere fast
I feel your hand on the back of my neck
With a hot summer breeze blowing through
A wide-open road ahead of us now
Just me and you
Lord let me ride on a highway to nowhere
Keep my foot on the gas
Put the top down
And race out of town…
Going nowhere fast
Going nowhere fast
Going nowhere…
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4. |
Cruisin'
05:11
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Cruisin’
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
Johnny did a thing with a toothpick, he made it twirl like an acrobat
Eddy was riding shotgun in a 63 Pontiac
And me I’m sitting in the backseat – laughing as we pulled from the light
We were looking for fun, we were loaded for bear, we were the kings of Friday night.
And we were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah
There goes Debbie Foreman, she’s coming out of the Appalon
She’s got long red hair and big green eyes and legs that go on and on
And I could swear she smiled me, but maybe it was just the light
It may not be real, but it made me feel like the king of Friday night.
And we were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah
Ah, sweet, sweet summer night and we’re cruising yeah,
Ah. Flashing neon lights and we’re cruising yeah,
Ah. Nothing going on in this one-horse town,
Ah, roll the windows down and we’ll cruise downtown, cruising round…
And we’re cruising…
Johnny leaned back and he looked at me and he’s wearing this great big grin
She’s out of your league, you’re dreaming boy, but I wasn’t listening
Cause anything is possible, on a sweet, sweet summer night
When you’re rolling along with the windows down – with the kings of Friday night.
And we were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah
Ah, sweet, sweet summer night and we’re cruising yeah,
Ah. Flashing neon lights and we’re cruising yeah,
Ah. Nothing going on in this one-horse town,
Ah, roll the windows down and we’ll cruise downtown, cruising round…
And we’re cruising…
And we were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah. We were cruising yeah….(fade out)
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Lifeline (Chopper’s Song)
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
In the night when the demons come, frozen fears, nowhere to run
You always knew just what to do, you were there to see me through
You could chase the fears away, you would wipe the tears away
Can you help me just one more time? Can you throw me a lifeline?
Come and throw me a lifeline – tell me everything will be just fine
Make me smile just one more time, hold me tight till the morning time
All alone and in our bed, crazy pictures running through my head
You know I’m hanging on by a thread, can throw me a lifeline?
It’s a story of teenage love, what a cheerleader’s dreams are made of
Drew your picture a thousand times, hoping I could make you mine
Late at night I tried to sleep, had a dream about you and me
I dreamed I was lost at sea, and you threw me a lifeline
Come and throw me a lifeline – tell me everything will be just fine
Make me smile just one more time, hold me tight till the morning time
All alone and in our bed, crazy pictures running through my head
You know I’m hanging on by a thread, can throw me a lifeline?
All the rest is memory, of the days with you and me
Through the joys and through the pain, and the things I never could explain
I remember that final day, I saw you smile, and I heard you say
You wouldn’t trade a single day. You threw me a lifeline
[Come and throw me a lifeline – tell me everything will be just fine
Make me smile just one more time, hold me tight till the morning time
All alone and in our bed, crazy pictures running through my head
You know I’m hanging on by a thread, hoping… just one more time, you can throw me a lifeline
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6. |
Last Man Standing
04:13
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Last Man Standing
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
He feels like the last man standing, as he steps to the mike on stage
And he plays in this bar, on a Martin guitar, both of them showing their age
The crowd is so loud, they’re not listening at all,
The noise nearly drowns out the songs
But every once in a while, there’s a hit of a smile - and somebody singing along
La la la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
La la la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
There once was a time as a much younger man, when people all said he’d go far
He was all of the rage, as he stepped on the stage annd played that new Martin guitar
Is it choices we make, or the paths that we take
That take us right back where we are?
Tired and lonely and all you’ve got is only - a beat up old Martin guitar
La la la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
La la la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
Instrumental
Now he stands all alone at the end of the night, and he stares at the glass on the bar
He’s lost in his thoughts, and he’s drinking a scotch and he’s thinking he’ll pack up the car
All the others are gone - Stan, Willie and Ron, and all that’s left are the songs
And every once in a while there’s the hint of a smile and somebody singing along
La la la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
La la la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la
La la la, la la la, la….
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Total Eclipse of the Moon
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
Tonight is a night like no other has been
With a cold that can cut like a knife
As I walk down the road, silent, alone
In the beautiful still of the night
My heart is singing, my life’s just beginning
I'm rushing – I'm high as a kite...
A lone wolf calls and darkness falls
And I'm born in the loss of the light
And the shadow creeps over the white shining glow
The darkness will fall on us soon
It’s a cold winter night, and we’re losing the light
In a total eclipse of the moon
There's a billion stars that have all been revealed
And they cover the black velvet sky
There's a light that's so white and as cold as the night
And you feel like it’s piercing your eyes
My mind is reeling, I’m caught in a feeling
The feeling that time has stood still
I can almost believe that my soul has been freed,
I can feel it rise up from that hill
Interlude
Was a long time ago, I stood out in the snow
As a child looking up at the sky
And a sweet mystery, unfolded for me
As the moon bid its silent goodbye
Through all of the years, I'm am still moved to tears
By that moment that touched my heart so
It won't go away, I'm still haunted today
By a music that plays in my soul..
Now the shadow creeps over the white shining glow
The darkness will fall on me soon
It's a cold winter night, and we’re losing the light
In a total eclipse of the moon
It's a cold winter night, and I'm losing the light,
In a total eclipse of the moon
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Secord Street
03:25
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Secord Street
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
There is a house on Secord Street
With an old glass porch where the sun shines in
It overlooks a field,
Where the [F] daisies bloom in the [G] summer breeze
Memories that the breeze blows in,
I think about it now and then
In a house on Secord Street,
With the sweet, summer innocence of youth
We picked daisies in the field
The sun beat down, but the breeze was cool
Crystal clear blue summer skies
We watched the clouds go sailing by
When we’d finally had our fill
We turned around to climb the hill
To the house on Secord Street
With the sweet, summer innocence of youth
You put the daisies in a jar
Brought them to the summer porch
Sunlight caught you in the door
I’d never felt this way before
You kissed my cheek and turned away
And I remember to this day
In a house on Secord Street
With the sweet, summer innocence of youth
Funny after all these years
How a moment reappears
Memories of that first kiss
A moment of sweet innocence
A picture frozen in my mind
From a magic summertime
In a house on Secord Street
With the sweet, summer innocence of youth
The sweet, summer innocence of youth
The sweet, summer innocence of you…
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9. |
Her Ex-Boyfriend's Band
04:09
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Her Ex-Boyfriend’s Band
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
She was walking down the street in Lindsay,
When something caught her eye
A name on the sign, a name that she knew,
But babe it’s been a long, long time
And why she bought a ticket for the show that night,
She really didn’t understand
She just knew that she’d be there to see – her ex-boyfriend’s band.
And if she wondered why he hadn’t called her,
To say he’d come to town,
To be true, she really knew,
How the deal went down.
You see they hadn’t parted as the best of friends,
But they did the best you can
Now the tears are gone, but the show goes on for her – ex-boyfriend’s band
They played some soul, some rock and roll and a little bit of blues
They played some songs she’d heard before and some songs that were knew
And sometimes she’d be lost in thought, sometimes she’d sing along
But when the night was over and they hadn’t played that old love song
Yeah the night is over, and it’s time to go
She stood in the back and she wondered if she’d stop to say hello
And maybe then, they’d talk like friends but they’d both understand
She won’t hear that old love song from her ex-boyfriend’s band.
They’ll play some soul, some rock and roll, and a little bit of blues
They’ll play some songs she’s heard before and some songs that were new
And sometimes she’ll be lost in thought, sometimes she’ll sing along
But when the night was over, and they hadn’t played that old love song
And maybe then, they’d talk like friends but they’d both understand
She won’t hear that old love song from her ex-boyfriend’s band.
No they don’t play that song no more in her ex-boyfriend’s band
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10. |
Two and Two
03:19
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Two and Two
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
Two and two they don’t make four, they don’t do that any more
Don’t you dare believe your eyes, they’re lying
White is black and black is white, night is day and day is night
I want to believe you babe - I’m trying
But I’ve got a feeling, deep inside I think you know I know you lied
What you do, and what you say
Ain’t gonna make it go away
When the sunshine turns to rain, and the pleasure turns to pain,
And there you go, you go again, heart breaking’
I don’t know where it went wrong, we’re living’ in a country song
But all the great ones have been done - they’re taken..
But I’ve got a feeling, deep inside I think you know I know you lied
What you do, and what you say
Ain’t gonna make it go away
In that tangled web we weave when we’re trying to deceive
I keep trying to believe, I’m hoping’
Sadly, though I’ve gotten wise, I’ve become what you despise
I can see it now my eyes - are open
Bridge
Packing up and backing down, staying’ home and going to tow.
I know what’s been going on, I see it
Maybe if I set you free, when you’ve seen the last of me,
You’ll find who you want to be – and be it
But I’ve got a feeling, deep inside I think you know I know you lied
What you do, and what you say
Ain’t gonna make it go away
Two and two they don’t make four, they don’t do that any more
Don’t you dare believe your eyes, they’re lying
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Hat and Boots
03:20
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Hat and Boots
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
Put on my hat and boots and ride,
Ride away from these feelings deep down inside
Cause there’s something in this town,
You know it always finds me then it brings me down
Think it over, she said
While I sat there and wished that I was dead
She said, it takes two to make love – but it only takes one to break love…
Put on my hat and boots and ride
Can’t escape these feelings deep down inside
Yeah, there’s something in this town
You know it always finds me then it brings me dow
She said I just need space
While I looked at my hands and felt so out of place
She said, it takes two to make love – “why’s it only takes one to break love…
Put on my hat and boots and ride
Can’t escape these feelings deep down inside
Cause there’s something in our love
You’re in the air I breathe, you’re what I’m thinking of
Maybe it just takes time,
Find some bar where I can drink you off my mind
Cause if it takes two to make love, and it only takes one to break love.
Then I’m not sure just how much this heart can take love…
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Where my heart wants to go
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
Maybe I’ve been away too long, with far too long to go
Maybe we’ll be talking, late night on the phone
Even though I’m far away, I want you to know
Anywhere you are, is where my heart wants to go
Maybe I’ll be talking, about when I’m coming home
Maybe we’ll go walking, late night in the snow
And when I look into your eyes, I want you to know
Anywhere you are, is where my heart wants to go
It’s my job, it’s a living
The way it is, it’s just a fact
Whatever I do seems to take me away from you
But my heart, keeps bringing me back
Maybe I’ll be packing up, and staring into space
Maybe I’ll look up to see, the sadness in your face
Come and let me hold you tight, cause I want you to know
Anywhere you are, is where my heart wants to go
It’s my job, it’s a living
The way it is, it’s just a fact
Whatever I do seems to take me away from you
But my heart, keeps bringing me back
Maybe I’ve been away too long, with far too long to go
Maybe we’ll be talking, late night on the phone
I just called to hear your voice, cause I want to let you know
Anywhere you are, is where my heart wants to go
Anywhere you are, anywhere you are…
Anywhere you are, is where my heart wants to go
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13. |
Ordinary Man
03:25
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Ordinary Man
Music and Lyrics by Jim Love
He was an ordinary man, with an ordinary life|
With an ordinary job, two kids and a wife
He had an ordinary house, in an ordinary town
And the days went by, and the years rolled around
And the sun came up in the morning, and the moon came out at night,
And he lies in his bed, and he stares at the stars, and he thinks about his life
In an ordinary place, on an ordinary day
He met an ordinary girl, in the ordinary way
And he gave her his ring, in that ordinary town
And the days went by, and the years rolled round
And the sun came up in the morning, and the moon came out at night,
And he lay in their bed, and he heard her softly breathing, and he thought about his life
In an ordinary year, on an ordinary day
He held her by the hand, and he just slipped away
And he looked into her eyes, as she was looking down
He saw the days go by, and the years roll round
And the sun still comes up in the morning, and the moon comes out at night,
And she lies in their bed, and she stares at the wall, and she thinks about a life
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Jim Love Ontario
I wrote my first song when I was about 14 with the line "write me, box nothing, Trans Canada Highway". A few months later,
I ran away to Vancouver. The songs never stopped.
In my 20's a Juno nomination and gold album as a writer for a kid's band. A couple of musicals live and on CBC and a series of songs.
After 40 years I'm back with some of my best songs. Never too late.
... more
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