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Red Velvet Radio

by Crow Follow

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1.
Leaden slate gray clouds stack up over the the horizon line A thin chalk like line of white smoke Rises from the long black tiparillo shaped chimney Of a Midwestern meth factory Deciding just how far we go Echoes on the Red Velvet Radio Sickle Moon Indiana line Pushing 18 wheels and i'm doing fine 37 tons double yellow line I'm gonna see my baby tonite She said I, well I love you Can you hear me knocking She said I, well I love you Sword swallower, Apocalypse Tarantella on a rail yard switch There's a lonely tree in a cornfield fire Skeleton twisting on one thin wire A red heart burn in those cavernous eyes I'm gonna see my baby tonite She said I, well I love you Can you hear me knocking She said I, well I love you Rust red river runs up your thigh Corn doll baby on a gravel pile Stockyard pond with an icy crust Coyote stands in the blowing dust Broken Chevy turns it will never start My baby cries open up your heart She said I, well I love you Can you hear me knocking She said I, well I love you Can you hear me knock She said I, well I love you Can you hear me knocking She said I, I, I, well I love you Can you hear me knock Broken down barn and a rusty shed Two skeletons lie on a dusty bed Ribcage heart is a burning red My baby's love is a never dead She said I, well I love you knocking She said I, I, I, well I love Can you hear me knocking She said I, well I love you Can you hear me knock She said I, well I love you Can you hear me knocking She said I, I, I, well I love you Can you hear me knock She said I, well I love you Can you hear me knocking She said I, well I love you Can you hear me knock She said I, well I love you Can you hear me you Can you hear me knock That's what I'm talking about
2.
Do you hear the call of the Underground It's a crooked little Finger beckoning Down There's a party going on with purple lights You can come any time you like It's goin' on all night Three times Three times Three times Two A sparkly dress and a hole in your shoe Three times three times three times Two Come on over we're looking for you You can take the train or park and get towed Just a little little little bit past The fork in the road Drop your penny in the rippling pool The Fare is the same for Wizards and Fools Stumble downstairs creak open the Door Fifty four Fifty four Fifty four, Fifty Four Do you hear the call of the Underground Just over that bridge on the Edge of Town There's a Gorgon at the Door with a whiskey glass Pet every serpent on her head If you want to pass Seven Guitar Legends buried under the floor Wailing on the whammy you can hear them roar The Devil herself has come to even the score Rattle every bone in your cup If you want some more Drop your penny in the rippling pool The Fare is the same for Wizards and Fools Stumble downstairs creak open the Door Fifty four Fifty four Fifty four, Fifty Four Nine times Six is Fifty Four Nine times Six is Fifty Four Nine times Six is Fifty Four Nine times Six is Fifty Four Nine times Six Six Six, is Fifty Four Nine times Six is Fifty Four Nine times Six is Fifty Four Nine times Six is Fifty Four Nine times Six is Fifty Four Nine times Six Six Six, is Fifty Four
3.
It's okay, I spilled a bottle of ink A bottle of ink A bottle of ink It's okay, I spilled a bottle of ink And it went all over the table So I went downstairs to the studio sink The studio sink The studio sink I went downstairs to the studio sink And got a rag to clean what I'm able Now my hands are blue My heart is too Try to salvage what you can of your metal Hold it all down with a rivet or two Going forward just try to be gentle Try to be gentle Try to be gentle Going forward just try to be gentle You won't get it all but you may keep a few Keep a few of the copper flowers Copper flowers Copper flowers Keep a few of the copper flowers Dug from the land and sold out in plain view All the things we need The fools we breed Floating out away across the open sea Heavy metals on the water sinking beneath It's so strange that we barely produce We barely produce We barely produce It's so strange that we barely produce In this lush and talented nation All the tools we need The flowers and the weeds Floating out away across the open sea Copper Flowers in the distance, sinking beneath Copper Flowers on the water, lost in the weeds
4.
Big black Cadillac What you got in your other sack Lay it on the table tonight Hope everything Gonna be alright Stagger down To Kingfish Row Knocking on the Thirteenth Door Listen up when the door knock back You jump right into that Cadillac Big boat on the river tonight Lookin over you can see the lights People dancing and the food's so fine Are you ready to cross that line Standing on the bridge at night The whole city was lit up bright When I saw what they had to pay I let that boat just slip away Big black Cadillac What you got in your other sack Lay it on the table tonight Hope everything Gonna be alright
5.
I treat the future like it's grand And still enormous in my hand I have some favorite words I don't know what you've heard But time disintegrates Despite our plans With no exceptions No expansion It's just perception we can Fan like summer's breeze Please join me please Recent construction was a breeze There was a wall that's gone to pieces slowly It's not exactly what we think It's not the clock that changes Just our only mind We're left behind So many things are torn and blind It may be time To sign up for the ride The ride of our lives The ride of our lives The ride of our lives The ride of our lives The ride of our lives The ride of our lives The ride of our lives The ride of our lives
6.
Somebody get a bucket This thing is full of juice We got to get it out Before that shaft comes loose Vibration in the alley Is a rumble at the core No time to throttle back but she won't take much more A Midnight Run Across Iron Bottom Sound Looking for the smoke Is anyone around A Midnight Run Across Iron Bottom Sound Looking for the smoke Is anyone around Anyone around Downstairs at the club You can smell the wet concrete The porcelain is busted Something spatters at your feet You don't come here for the bouquet You don't come here for the rounds You want to hear the Girl who play That Iron Bottom Sound A Midnight Run Across Iron Bottom Sound When you hear that Rumble You know they coming 'round A Midnight Run Across Iron Bottom Sound When you hear that Rumble You know they coming 'round They coming 'round Now Ilene has got the gearshift Shelley grabs the clutch Petra's in the back seat She ain't doing much Until they turn the corner and that Bridge it comes around Then the rim shots ring out across Iron Bottom Sound A Midnight Run Across Iron Bottom Sound When you hear that Rumble You know they coming 'round A Midnight Run Across Iron Bottom Sound When you hear that Rumble You know they coming 'round They coming 'round They don't make it like they used to This ain't the good old days Now they blow the roof off cause everybody plays Come on for that run Across Iron Bottom Sound You going to have some Big Fun when you roll into this Town A Midnight Run Across Iron Bottom Sound You going to have some Big Fun when you roll into this Town A Midnight Run Across Iron Bottom Sound You going to have some Big Fun when you roll into this Town You going to have some Big Fun You going to have some Big Fun You going to have some Big Fun Huh
7.
We didn't see them Coming thru the forest We were glowing green We didn't hear them From their hover raptors They could pin their beam I'm dreaming of a greener time A safer canyon on the other side Pack up the horses, leave nothing behind Let them head for water Cuz it's a long ride We couldn't smell them In their body armor They were like Machines We could tell that There was self-destruction In their very being If you meet them Turn yourself to vapor And just let them pass As you leave them All their sweet precision Will run out of gas I'm dreaming of a greener time A safer harbor on the other side Pack up the horses, leave nothing behind Let them head for water Cuz it's a long ride Come and sit behind me it's a long ride Pray they never blind me on the long ride Your love will remind me it's a long ride One day you will find me
8.
Want the money from the Teller All the chips in the pile Want that skinny Waitress to Give you a Smile But you got the wrong Devil Grab on to that tail You got the wrong Devil Hold on to that tail Want your long lost Brother Busted out of jail Finally wanna see that Fat check in the mail You got the wrong Devil Grab on to that tail You got the wrong Devil Hold on to that tail You got the wrong Devil Even if you say Please Keep dragging him down Til he fall to his knees Push on down the well Til you quenching his Fire Still ain't gonna give you What your heart desire You got the wrong Devil Grab on to that tail You got the wrong Devil Hold on to that tail You got the wrong Devil Grab on to tail You got the wrong Devil hold on to that tail How you gonna let go when they don' wish you well How you gonna let go I wish i could tell You got the wrong Devil Grab on to that tail You got the wrong Devil Hold on to that tail You got the wrong Devil You got the wrong Devil You got the wrong Devil
9.
Step into the Doom Buggy Well the world's on fire are you staying alive The world's on fire don't you just wanna drive Put the Hammer Down, it's the Genuine Article Puffin' up the road I can see you shedding particles Why's it gotta be a hashtag? Now we playing catch up Could have had this in the bag Pull your Lucky mask up Step into the Doom Buggy Well the world's on fire are you staying alive The world's on fire don't you just wanna drive Pull your mask up It's getting kinda Dusty We ride the Skeleton Dune Ain't you gonna trust me Pick up your wrenches There's no heading for the Door As the Gasoline Puddle spreads over the floor Step into the Doom Buggy Come on Black Lives Matter Brother that ain't no Jive The World is Burning, Praying that you survive Lookin' in the sweet rearview There goes your Gravy Twenty twenty Twenty Twenty hindsight baby There was more slack back back in the Day Before the Killers got their ticket Now they come out to play Step into the Doom Buggy The killers got their ticket now they come out to play Don't be calling the cops could be the KKK That Skeleton is yours This one is mine Our blood was red. Now our bones are burning Blackened white Remembering our Mothers in this terrible time I pray to be your Brother when you look me in the eye I gotta step up I pray to be your Brother when you look me in the eye
10.
Brambles 03:32
Well here's your British cigarettes Here's your time and here's your wine Here's your night train running thru The brambles and the brine Well I left you at the station I left you under wraps I left you at the border With your bottles and your caps Now here's your shadow On a mossy garden wall Here's the sound of thunder And here's Here's The cannonball Here's your Bali silhouettes Here's your dime and here's your crime Here's your jet plane piercing thru The golden candy mine Well I left you at the station and I saw you walk away In that certain slant of sunlight comes on At the break of day Now here's your shadow On a mossy garden wall Here's the sound of thunder And here's Here's The cannonball There's your night train running through The brambles and the brine There's your night train running through The brambles and the brine There's your night train running through The brambles and the brine There's your night train running through The brambles and the brine

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'Red Velvet Radio' brings you deep and lift you above the waves by turns.
Each song sparks a movie inside the darkness behind your eyes.

'Red Velvet Radio' combines remixes of singles recorded pre - Covid with newer recordings cranked out when the coast was clear.

You are still alive to hear them all.

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released September 30, 2022

Red Velvet Radio c 2022 Tim Sprague, Judith Sprague and Crow Follow

Credits

Crow Follow:

Tim Sprague Vocals, Guitar, Trumpet
Agent Judy Vocals, Percussion, Guitar
John Keegan Baritone Saxophone
L. Ramona Herboldsheimer Drums & Vocals
Carolyn Jean Corella Bass

Additional Musicians:

Amy Gee Bass & Vocals
Ruby Viens Vocal Counterpunch
Linnea Herzog Guitar & Vocals
Peter Danilchuk Fender Rhodes
Rich Gilbert Hammond Organ


Produced by Tim Sprague & Crow Follow
Recorded & Mixed at New Alliance Studios,
Somerville MA
Engineer: Ethan Dussault
Mastering: Pete Weiss

Cover Art & Design: Agent Judy
Front Cover Photography: Coleman Rogers
Inside cover Photography: Kelly Davidson Studio
Graphic Art & Production: DWJ Creative
Crow Art: Lily Fae Grogan
Star Field: NASA

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Crow Follow Boston, Massachusetts

Crow Follow’s shaman rock and urban cabaret brings glowing brightness to the darkest tunes.
Risen from the vibe of a diverse and energetic music scene in Boston MA, Crow Follow celebrates and transcends it. Their DNA is from the Art Rock, Low Rock, and Post Punk scenes of the late 20th century, filtered through the usual smoldering warehouses and sketchy sugar shacks of the American Hinterland. ... more

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