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Love Returns
ACCD 0606
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Jon Carroll
Many
have enjoyed Jon Carroll's energetic performances as keyboardist and vocalist
with singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter. His long and diverse career
has garnered him recognition from the Washington D.C. area. He is a multiple
Wammie winner (Washington Area Music Association) as a vocalist, player and
songwriter,
He has gained national notoriety as well. He is a multiple Grammy winner with Starland Vocal Band (Afternoon Delight) for his vocal arranging and as Best New Artist.
After recording 5 albums with SVB, he's gone on to work with myriad artists
over the course of many years, and has had his songs recorded by luminaries
such as Linda Ronstadt, Tom Jones and Kenny Rogers. A sought-after session
player, sideman, producer and arranger, he has lent his studio efforts to
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rodney Crowell, Danny Gatton and many, many others.
His discography, performance calendar, and contact info can be found at www.joncarroll.org
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Track 2 3:35
Joined at the Hip
© 2006 Jon Carroll, Ordinary World Publishing, ASCAP
Track 16 3:37
Land That Forgot Time
© 2006 Jon Carroll, Ordinary World Publishing, ASCAP
Lyrics--click
here
Joined at the Hip
Hey, hey, people step aside (do the slide)
Make way for my buddy and his lovely bride
Doing a brand new step
Got the best moves yet
Destined to endure
How you do it ain't no trick at all (Not at all)
Just keep your partner by your side
And you never will fear the fall
'Cause you're altogether whole
Body, heart and soul
So solid, sound and sure
While those witch doctors were dispensing
Those ounces of prevention
They stepped out and got cured
Joined at the hip
Don't give 'em no lip
Been that way
From the moment that they met
Head over heels
They'll have a nice trip
Joined at the hip
All you'll ever need is a little nerve (Got to find your nerve)
To take out a little guardrail on that learning curve
And trust that love within
And let your life begin
Your hearts will lead the way
Right before us stands the honest truth (Got to tell the truth)
Lift your glass to the everlasting here
In in the bloom of youth
'Cause waiting right outside
Is the world's most thrilling ride
And it's taking off today
So let every Divine intervention
Be heaven's best intention
See that they stay
Joined at the hip
Don't give 'em no lip
Been that way
From the moment that they met
Head over heels
They'll have a nice trip
Joined at the hip
Yeah, yeah, yeah
La la la la
So let every Divine intervention
Be heaven's best intention
Make sure that they stay
Joined at the hip
Good lovin' don't quit
Been that way
From the moment that they met
Head over heels
Gonna be a sure enough mighty fine trip
Joined at the hip
(They'll be movin' on up now)
Joined at the hip
(So in love)
Joined at the hip
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Produced, Arranged and Performed by Jon Carroll
Bari & Tenor Saxes: Chris Watling
Trumpet: Brad Clements
Add'l BG Vocals: Meredith Carroll
Land That Forgot Time
I'm an old man eating dinner
Somewhere in Wyoming
Got my false teeth working
On a microwave medallion
Got the headlines lying
Right here beside my coffee
Got the storm clouds gathering
All around my chimney
I'm pushing back my chair
I'm lingering at the stair
And I'll sleep on the sofa more than not
In the land that time forgot
In the morning I'm going driving
Down to St. Francis Chapel
Gonna make it down to the funeral
Of my not-so-old friend Hansel
I'm gonna gaze upon him lying
While I kneel beside that coffin
While the relatives are all gathering
I'm gonna pray, please Lord, forgive me
There ain't no one left down here
Why don't I feel you near?
Later on alone at home I'll have a shot
In the land that time forgot
Well, I never wanted children
And I never took a wife
I ask myself, what are you doing
The rest of your life?
Whatever is honing down my bones
Now cuts me like a knife
I'm an old man in the morning
That rooster keeps on crowing
I'm fumbling into my dungarees
Those weeds gonna keep on growing
I'm gonna make it up to that mailbox
Gonna check to find there's nothing
But a pamphlet advertising
A pizza shop or something
I feel a drop of rain
It's drumming in my brain
And I'm wondering when's it ever gonna stop
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Produced, Arranged and Performed by Jon Carroll
Strings Performed by Kim Miller & Co.
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