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The Blue Room

by Terry Lee Hale

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Blue Room 04:39
Blue Room Bookmark this place remember the Blue Room Thirty meters from the train A drunken revelry every night on the outside All together now on the refrain Take a picture of the Blue Room Third floor, zebra stripe and lace Sun shines on the outside Inside never on her face January loved socials January tried January’s eyes were closed when we loved January lied The wind whistles there as she wanders Through the cracks and the panes Geegaws, lotions and hohum But everything sure had its place Silence there in the Blue Room Some things never change A soft bed blue song with red light But it all gets away someday January was a tumbleweed January was a whore January made my heart sign January is no more Turn your collar to the North wind To the cold and the damp And if you’re going to write your name on the water You sure better know how to laugh January loved sunshine Solitude but not alone January is gone now January is now home (DADGAD capo 2)
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I STILL WANT YOU I DIDN’T SHED A TEAR LAST NIGHT HOW FORTUNATE YOU CALLED AT LAST ARE YOU THROUGH NOW BEING MAD? OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO PASS THE TIME? YOUR SECOND BUNCH OF ROSES CAME YESTERDAY WHILE I WAS AWAY DOES IT MEAN WHAT I THINK YOU’RE TRYING TO SAY OR ARE YOU STILL JUST FUCKING AROUND? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE A LOTTERY AND SOMETIMES I’M LUCKY AND I PLAY FOR FREE BUT I GUESS I KNOW THERE IS AN EQUAL CHANCE I’LL BE GETTING A BILL WITH A PHOTOGRAPH CHORUS: BUT I STILL WANT YOU EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME I STILL WANT YOU TOO TIGHTLY STRETCHED, TOO TIGHTLY WOUND HAPPY SOMETIMES, MEAN WHEN YOU DOWN TWISTED INSIDE JUST A RUSTED OLD SPRING TIME BOMB TICKING, CAN’T SAY A THING DANGER SUCH PASSION, DANGER THIS CAUTION ICE AND THEN FIRE, DANGER NO MATTER CHORUS: BUT I STILL WANT YOU EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME I STILL WANT YOU, I CAN’T HELP MYSELF YOU’RE WHAT I NEED, LIFE IT SEEMS BUT WON’T YOU SAY THE SAME THING? SAY THE SAME THING PLEASE I COULD FALL, START TO COMPLAIN PULL MY HAIR, I’VE GOT A CASE BUT MAYBE FOR ME AND BETTER FOR YOU I KEEP ON THINKING DREAMS COME TRUE SO OK YES, I’M READY TO GO YOU’VE MADE YOUR POINT, WHAT’S ONE MORE? I’M STILL THE ONE WAITING FOR YOU I’M STILL STANDING WHAT MORE CAN I PROVE? CHORUS (DADF#AD)
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WITHERED BOUQUET GIVE US THE SHORT VERSION I’LL NEED A DICTIONARY ANYWAY AIRMAIL LATER DESCRIPTIONS A DETAILED LIST OF YOUR COMPLAINTS STAYING ON IN SUCH A WASTELAND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHORE I’M QUITE ADEPT AT CONTORTIONS BUT MORE IS NOT WORTH STAYING FOR SPARE ME THOSE LONG LASHES I KNOW WHAT’S UNDERNERATH THAT PAINT PREDICTIONS MIGHT BE GOOD FOR THE WEATHER BUT YOUR CURSES NEVER WORKED ANYWAY NOT ONE LITTLE BIT OF INSPIRATION STAYING ON WOULD BE A MISTAKE WELL SOME MIGHT PAY TO COME AND SEE YOU I’M GOING TO BE THE ONE TO PAY TO GET AWAY RED ROSE WITHERED BOUQUET I’M GOING TO BE THE ONE TO QUESTION LOGIC NO MATTER WHAT THE OTHER MEN SAY I KNOW WHAT’S LURKING THERE AND HIDING YOU COULD SAY I LEARNED IT ALL THE HARD WAY BUT THE LESSONS BEST REMEMBERED ARE PERHAPS THE ONES SELF MADE BUT THE ONE WISH I WISH I NEVER EVER WISHED IS THE WISH THAT GOT ME INTO THIS PLACE RED ROSE WITHERED BOUQUET 2X FOLLOW MY NOSE FROM THIS DANGER AND WHAT ONCE WAS USED TO FASCINATE NOTHING LEFT TO HOLD IT TOGETHER NOT ONE LITTLE REASON TO STAY I REMEMBER ONCE WHAT WAS PLEASURE HAS NOW BECOME A BORE I REMEMBER ONCE WHAT LOVE WAS AND NOW IS NO MORE RED ROSE WITHERED BOUQUEST 4X ( D G A# G A# D) CAPO 4
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MICHIGAN WEATHER WITH HER BLUE EYES TWINKLING I FELL RIGHT IN I LEARNED MUCH LATER IT’S JUST A SWITHCH SHE HITS BUT IT SOAKED UP EASY LIKE WATER TO A SPONGE WHEN SHE WRUNG ME OUT LATER IT WASN’T MUCH FUN BLACK AGAINST WHITE, CHECKERBOARD DAYS MY POCKETS EMPTY BUT THE BED WAS ALWAYS MADE AND SHE CAN SAY NOW THAT SHE KNOW ME BACK WHEN I BOUGHT THE WISKEY, SHE PAID FOR THE REST CHORUS: BUT LOCAL IT’S LIKE MICHIGAN WEATHER SOMETIMES LIKE MICHIGAN WEATHER BUT COLDER LIKE MICHIGAN WEATHER DON’T WHINE THERE AIN’T ANY DOUBT I’D SEEN BETTER DAYS AND IT’S A HARD LUCK GROUND KICKING ROCKS THAT WAY BUT TELL ME WHAT’S ENOUGH IF THE CIRCLE RUN DRY TELL ME WHERE TO REACH IF THE OTHER ONE WON’T TRY IT’S EASY TO ROMANTICIZE A PAST THE SHAPE OF HEART, THE RING IN HER LAUGH THE LOOK IN HER EYES WHEN SHE’S LAYING ON HER BACK THE WIDE-OPEN SPACE, GIVING UP TOO FAST CHORUS: REMORSE BECAUSE I LOST HER, REGRET IT DIDN’T WORK SURPRISED AT WHAT IT COST ME, ANGER FOR THE HURT MAD AT MYSELF, RAGE FOR HIM PUZZLEMENT AND WONDER WE TRIED, AIMED AND MISSED PERHAPS I’LL KNOW BETTER, PERHAPS NEXT TIME I’LL BE READY FOR LOVE, BULLET PROOF FROM LIES REMEMBER EVERY LESSON, WISELY CHOOSE MAKE MYSELF OVER, FORGET ABOUT THIS AND YOU CHORUS: ( D A D G A D )
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She Makes Me 04:58
SHE MAKES ME SHE MAKES ME WAIT MAKES ME THINK RESPECT MYSELF I’M DOWN FOR IT KICKS ME RIGHT DIGS ME DEEP FILLS ME UP A SOUL TO KEEP SAY IT NOW ENUNCIATE THAT MUCH IS CLEAR BUT WILL SHE WAIT? WILL SHE WAIT? SHE MAKES ME HEAR CLEAR TO THINK SURPRISED MYSELF TO WORN TO BLINK ANOTHER CROSS TO PUT ASIDE SHE REACHES THERE AND DOES NOT HIDE AND OH SO NEAR NOW I KNOW THAT MUCH IS CLEAR BUT WILL SHE HEAR? WILL SHE HEAR? CHORUS: HOLD ME, ALL WAYS HOLD ME, ALWAYS SHE MAKES ME NOW SHOWS NO FEAR ALL ALONE IMAGINE THIS SHE TIMES IT RIGHT AND HASN’T QUIT SHE HOLDS THE CUP SAYS DRINK OF THIS DRINK OF THIS TAKE ENOUGH AND WHEN YOURE DONE WE CAN, WHEN WE LOVE CHORUS (DGDGA#D) Cmm Harp
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Unmet 03:16
UNMET IN ALL THIS BIGNESS I CAN ONLY THINK OF YOU I’M CROSS-EYED CRAZY, HAVEN’ T A CLUE THERE’S A REASON FOR THIS SHAKING, THIS STUPID GRIN THE RAIN FALLING FROM MY EYES MARKS THE SHAPE I’M IN DONT BOTHER KNOCKING, SHE AIN’T HOME WHERE’D SHE GO? DON’T KNOW IT’S A GRAVESTONE WEIGHT I CAN’T SEEM TO LIFT I KNOW WHAT I NEED AND THIS AIN’T IT WITH A PERMANENT LEAN, IF THE WIND STOPPED I’D FALL I’VE GOT NOTHING TO SHOW, JUST STUMBLE ALONG THERE’S NO MUCH NOW, THAT I CAN SAY THAT’S GOING TO MAKE HER CHANGE HER MIND OR STAY I COULD NEVER BELIEVE THAT WE COULD COME SO FAR AND JUST WALK AWAY, IS THAT WHO WE ARE? BUT THE VOICE OF A STRANGER TOLD ME THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT YOU DID, THE LIE THAT YOU USED DON’T BOTHER CALLING, SHE AIN’T HOME WHERE’D SHE GO? DON’T KNOW ALONE NOW, HEARTACHE, UNCHAINED SILENCE COLD PEACE, ISLANDS, OUR LOVE, UNMET THERE’S NOT MUCH NOW I KNOW THAT I CAN DO I KNOW THAT SHE’S GONE I LOST, WE LOSE (DGDGBD) CAPO2
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Texas Rose 06:11
TEXAS ROSE HAND ME DOWN MY RIDING CAPE HAND ME DOWN MY BOOTS HAND ME DOWN THAT ‘’44” AND A ROPE THAT I CAN USE SADDLE UP THE CHESTNUT MARE CINCH HER DOWN REAL TIGHT ROLL ALL UP MY WINTER GEAR I’M LIVING HERE TONIGHT LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER SON I’LL RETURN WHEN I CAN I THINK YOU’RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW I’M GOING OUT TO FIND AND KILL A MAN I HAVEN’T GOT MUCH TIME HERE BOY SO, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN CLOSE I’VE GOT TO DO THIS WHILE IT’S HOT AND HIS TRAIL IS GETTING COLD YOUR MA’S NOT COMING BACK HERE SON SHE’S LAYING UP THERE ON THE HILL THERE’S GOING TO BE A HOLE NOW IN OUR LIVES THAT TIME WON’T EVER FILL LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER SON THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO I’M NOT ASKING YOUR FORGIVENESS I JUST NEED YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH CHORUS: IT WAS JUST CHANCE I CAME BY LUCK I DON’T KNOW FOR IT WAS THEN I DID DISCOVER ANOTHER MAN WITH MY TEXAS ROSE I WISH I COULD TELL YOU BOY WHY SHE DID WHAT SHE DID FOR HE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A TINKER FULL OF LIES CARELESSLY HID AND I LOVED THAT ROSE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT’S NOT A LIE BUT TO FIND HER IN THE ARMS OF ANOTHER MAN I WOULD NOT SPARE HER LIFE LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER SON I’M COUNTING ON YOU FOR I HAVE MADE MYSELF A PROMISE AND I WILL DO WHAT I SET OUT TO CHORUS: I WILL REMEMBER ALWAYS AND I WILL BURN I SUPPOSE FOR I HAVE KILLED MY OWN TRUE LOVE MY ONE, MY TEXAS ROSE YES, HE KNOWS I’M COMING FOR HIM BUT THERE’S NOWHERE HE CAN HIDE THAT I AM NOT SURE TO FOLLOW THOUGH IT MAY MEAN MY LIFE BUT IF GOD’S WLLLING SON I WILL RETURN BUT I’VE GOT TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT IT WILL BE COLDLY MEASURED JUSTICE AN EYE FOR AN EYE CHORUS : AND SO, I MUST FOLLOW NOW I MUST GO BUT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THE LOVE OF A TEXAS ROSE AND IF I COULD I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT A MAN SHALL REAP WHAT HE SOWS AND SO, HE WILL DISCOVER WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE MY TEXAS ROSE (CGCGCE)
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Postscript 03:50
POSTSCRIPT IT’S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN SHE’S NEVER GOING TO CALL WRITE YOU A LETTER NO NOTHING AT ALL YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO HOLD HER AGAIN IN THE NIGHT HER HEAD ON YOUR SHOULDER THE FIT JUST RIGHT THE SIGH AND A WHISPER AGAIN IN YOUR EAR SIMPLE WORDS ‘’ I LOVE YOU ‘’ YOU NEEDED TO HEAR AND EVEN THOUGH YOU FEEL HER THINKING OF YOU WHAT DOES IT MATTER SHE TOLD YOU SHE WAS THROUGH SHE’S LEAVING I THINK SHE MEANS GOOD-BYE WAVE NOW, TRY TO SMILE SO FRIENDLY I THINK IT’S AWFUL SHE’S LEAVING SHE REALLY MEANS GOODBYE (DADGA#D)

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(From the inside sleeve):
This CD was recorded, mixed and mastered over 8 days in late January 2000.

This new CD is a record of me playing alone, pretty much how I sound live on stage. Chris is the one who really encouraged me in this direction. Hell, I wanted to still add that extra violin track but nooooo....... He kept urging me to keep it simple and that, in the end, is just what we did. Tuckers quiet patience and presence at the mixing board are also an integral part of this CD. Most thanks to both of them!

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released June 1, 2000

TLH - vocals, 6 & 12-string guitars, harmonica
Produced bh Chris Eckman
Recorded by Tucker Martine @ FLORA, Seattle, WA.
Mastered by Barry Corliss at Master Works, Seattle.
Photographs by Franck Betermin
Modeled by Karin Dentec.

All songs by Terry Lee Hale
Tender Loving Hell Music/Bug Publishing/BMI/©2000

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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