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Vagrant Vista

by Paul Dally

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Jackpot 04:40
I’d love to know what it feels like to hit the jackpot one time To get a chance at a new life, to feel like I got another try Been figured out and foiled again I been the fool turned cruel and then there’s always someone crueler than you There’s always gonna be a deeper blue There’s always gonna be a bit more road Most the good stories travelled are tolled It takes proximity to know what I know I’m bona fide to sell your soul 
 Most of ‘em lied and most of ‘em old, died still wearing all of their gold Gone in a flash, the pistons cold Gone in the flesh, the stories told I’d love to know what it feels like to hit the jackpot before I die Maybe get a chance at a new life Can you live forever, babe? Now, can you afford to try?
 I'd love to know what it feels like I’d love to know what that feels like It feels like... It feel like we he hit the jackpot one time Tell me, baby Hit the jackpot one time I wanna know, I wanna know What it feel like one time to hit the jackpot in my prime Must feel better than losing the thing Must feel better than earning it, baby Now did you ever earn it, baby? Tell me, did you ever burn it up, baby? Did you wish you never, never ever hit the jackpot? Hit the jackpot...
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Girl in a bikini on postcard I just received Postmarked from Florida, said, “Joe, We oughta grab a drink... C4 blew out the jailhouse walls and now I’m free Booked a room at the Cinnamon Heights under Bobby McGee” My game ain’t slow, I’ll take a Mai Tai poolside I got an LA number, a New York license, a bucket of ice Lost looking in Someplace, USA for a true duet Bellyaches still make me long for someone kismet And I could use a little rest and relaxation Survival is in the schoolyard beating up on good vibrations The fares are dropping now on flights out to Grenada My name ain’t Joe, but I don’t know, maybe I’ll meet ya My name ain’t Joe, but I don’t know....maybe I’ll meet ya Palm trees, Sea & Ski, Christmas lights Santo and Johnny paint the sunset like a shrine Fill the pool with stripes; Clarke’s Court Pure White So we can toast to all the misplaced valentines And I could use a little rest and relaxation Throw your Hoover out the window, wail in jubilation Get quick to a place where your credence cannot find you My name ain’t Joe, but I don’t know, maybe I’ll do... My name ain’t Joe, but I don’t know....maybe I’ll meetcha
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Hide 03:30
Never had to teach the girl to sing She was abandoned with her babies in spring Tornado touch down in Tennessee I’ll never love her good as she love me The shades were drawn on the 4th of July She was crying but I didn’t know why She said, “I hear their guns firing outside...” I said, “Babe, that ain’t nothing but colors in the sky... That’s just a fading dream going by and by...” Pretty baby, we ain’t going out tonight You know I know how you love to hide Pretty baby
I’ll be right by your side And everything is gonna be all right tonight 
One day at a time These little tricks gonna get her to love me These little tricks I know they work on a dime This little fix gonna rest my heart rate 
She bound to slip away in time So pretty baby we ain’t going out tonight You know I know how you love to hide Pretty baby
I’ll be right by your side And everything is gonna all right tonight It’s gonna be all right, one day at a time Don’t know about tomorrow but it’s alright tonight
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Skin 03:28
We cut our skin, I let her blood touch mine Now I feel better that we're friends for life "Hey man, whatever gets you through the night…”
 I sleep forever like I'm scared to die Ma’ bought a ticket so I’m headed home Don't know where from there I'll roam Sometimes I think I'm better off alone And then I pick up the telephone All that I can ask of you Is for the love left over from a childhood doom And all that I would ask of you Is for the love left over from a childhood bloom I dreamt I was lost and cold Without a lover, without a home Yet, I was smiling from ear to ear Got nothing to lose and you got nothing to fear "And that’s the problem with you in my life...” 
 See, I’m committed to the flesh of time Sorrow escapes the meaningless And then it drowns you before you're dead All that I could give to you Is the love left over from a childhood doom And all that I would ask of you Is for the love left over from a childhood bloom Oh, it’s all gone, gone...
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Reason 03:20
I ain’t getting out There simply is no way When they built this cell They built a cage and a grave So please don’t ask me If the claims were true You know by now The only reason is you The only reason is you The only reason is you If I ever needed a reason The only reason is you I spend my time between the pages The only freedom I’ve found Read of a love worth dying for Wonder if I’m dead now You bring the painful proof of life back to me Solemn nights feed the aching of what used to be The only reason is you The only reason is you 
 If I ever needed a reason The only reason is you And I would kill for a kiss Even one more time If crazy makes you do loving things Then you’re the reason why If crazy makes you do loving things Then you’re the reason why...
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Roadside crosses stretch out along the highway Faded plastic flowers, hand-painted names And the cars go on for miles And the end you can’t see We’re all tryna get somewhere We’re tryna get what we need Everything is just over the edge Everything is just out of reach Soon as I can cross that line Then I will find you And you will find me And we will finally be free If only... Sometimes the light in a fog Is just love in vain Sometimes the line to be crossed Was drawn with pain Like a desert mirage You appear before me Like the most beautiful sunset Hanging over my last meal Everything is just over the edge Everything is just out of reach Soon as I can cross that line Then I will find you And you will find me And we will finally be free If only it was that easy If only... Roadside crosses... Put up a roadside cross for me, baby
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Kimmy Rolla 05:17
I was drinking drive-thru daiquiris With the girl of your daddy’s dreams She was choppin’ mysteries for your heroes Just as I figured out what I wrecked my body for Tone-deaf Darrow was knockin’ on heaven’s door Sounded best to me lying on the checkered floor 'Cause she’d fallen in and out of love with my shine And I followed suit now, just to be kind It’s a trick to wind, but it keeps the time Crimes ain’t what they used to be Kimmy Rolla and Joy Riding The girls are climbing to the top Said, “We ain’t falling, babe, we’re flying!” Kimmy Rolla You can flip it, you can fry it You know now Kimmy gonna try it ‘Cause Kimmy keep me rolling Puckered our lips and closed our eyes and waited That’s just the way the tangerines tasted Every place is a garden, baby, just as long as opportunities are taken King Kong became a satirist and bought a river casino He throws craps and weeps on his old love notes And I’m praying for the music of his wisdom so he knows now times ain’t what they used To be Kimmy Rolla and Joy Riding The girls are climbing to the top Said, “We ain’t falling, babe, we’re flying!” Kimmy Rolla, she gonna flip, she gon fry it Ya, you know Kim; you gonna try it She keep me rolling Heavy rain broke the heat of the sun Felt like God Bless America on pipe and drum And I thought of Dad and I thought of Mom You know, times ain’t what they used to be...

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released November 13, 2020

PRODUCED BY PAUL DALLY


ALL SONGS WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY PAUL DALLY


ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES, RECORDING & PRODUCTION BY BEN ROTH


SAXOPHONE BY KYLE FORESTER


MIXED BY BEN ROTH


MASTERED BY JOSH BONATI

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