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Babylon Dodge

by Biker Priests

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Babylon Dodge 01:50
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LYRICS Backseat bruised and broken I'm just a subway token In a Babylon Dodge In a Babylon Dodge The kids hit the locks My love's on blocks The night breeze was Hispanic Police started a panic In a Babylon Dodge In a Babylon Dodge The kids hit the locks My love's on blocks They sent another savior Born, blessed and crucified In a Babylon Dodge In a Babylon Dodge The kids hit the locks My love's on blocks Mmmm Babylon Dodge, Babylon Dodge, Babylon Babylon Dodge, Babylon Dodge, Babylon Babylon Dodge, Babylon Dodge, Babylon Babylon Dodge, Babylon Dodge, Babylon The kids hit the locks My love's on blocks The kids hit the locks My love's on blocks The kids hit the locks My love's on blocks
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Keep Walking 03:49
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LYRICS Sometimes you lose so much now Maybe everything you own And everyone needs a crutch sometimes When your spirit's down to skin and bone There's houses made out of straw now There's houses made out of sticks You could live in a house of stone But you still gotta move to get your kicks Don't turn back 'round x 8 Just keep walking x 4 I see things like riots of wings Blowing stings in my eyes if I hold still It just gets colder as you get older You got to move to stay alive to shake the chill What can you do here and still be true here When all the news you get is just headline blues? Stick your chin in the wind and don't give in Oh the breeze is just a booze And the distance is my shoes Don't turn back 'round x 8 Just keep walking x 4 Just like a locket always in your pocket Like a navy boy that's setting out to sail Go on and test it 'til you get arrested You know your mother blessed it and she's got your bail Just like a blind man just take your dime and Jack-knife your way into the street Kiss all your friends be they thick or thin You might've been licked by the lion but you ain't dead meat Don't turn back 'round x 8 Just keep walking x 4
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Is He Dead Or Is He Steady 01:52
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LYRICS Buying soda pop and the cop called stop Saying someone's gone crazy with a gun Sister told the brother and the Brother told the mother and the Mother dialed 911 ​ Well is he dead or is he steady? Is he dead or is he steady? Is he dead or is he steady? ​ They circled all around it and they had it all surrounded But they stopped before they took it through the door Because nobody was certain was he peeking through the curtain Or just lying in a puddle on the floor Well is he dead or is he steady? Is he dead or is he steady? Is he dead or is he steady? The helicopter hovered and they found a former lover And they televised the magazines that put him on the cover They argued every angle and they shouted at each other But if he was alive or not they never did discover ​ Everybody had a guess but nobody was certain Was he lying in a puddle was he peeking through the curtain Was he trying to be Pacino or already Richard Burton? ​ All the satellites were buzzing when they interviewed his cousin They said "you know him what you think he's gonna do"? And all the nannies in Japan wipe their aprons on their hands And tune in for the latest on the news ​ ​Is he dead or is he steady? Is he dead or is he steady? Is he dead or is he steady? Is he dead or is he steady?
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Busy Being Drowned 04:14
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LYRICS I was letting go a building When somehow the water caught me Found something I never learned In everything they taught me It's quiet and I'm going down And I don't feel like fighting The water feels cold inside I think I could get to like it ​ Can't stop to talk right now I'm busy being drowned Went to the riverside And laid my burden down Can't stop to talk right now I'm busy being drowned Went to the riverside And laid my burden down ​ All my favorite records Sound better 'neath the surface Maybe they were made that way Maybe that's their purpose Make friends with anemones Salve my wounds with ocean It might not be the answer But I'm working on a notion Forever green forever blue I'm falling through the water Forgetting things I thought I knew Some say I'm departed Buy replacement mannequins Get your dog a manicure Maybe you could join me then Unborn again just as you were Can't stop to talk right now I'm busy being drowned Went to the riverside And laid my burden down Can't talk to you right now I'm busy being drowned Went to the riverside And laid my burden down ​Don't let the water out i'm busy being drowned Don't let the water out And laid my burden down
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You Used To Fall In Love 03:34
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LYRICS You used to fall in love Why don't you any more? Are you tired of the stuff? Are you tired of keeping score? Did it take you for a fool? Did it make you out a liar? Did your tears put out the flame Of it's midnight fire? You used to fall in love But it's been a while Did it get too rough Or did it just go out of style? Did it take you for a ride? Abandon you out west? Did it leave you high and dry? Refuse your last request? You used to fall in love You used to fall in love You used to fall in love You used to fall in love Are you tired of the hurt Are you tired of the sorrow it brings? Are you tired of the song This lonesome cupid sings? You used to fall in love But you always got it wrong Now is it someone else's story? Is it someone else's song? You used to fall in love You used to fall in love You used to fall in love You used to fall in love
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Tarantula Blues 05:26
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LYRICS Oh big city do you love me even though I forgot your name? Oh big city do you love me even though I forgot your name? It's a crime nobody feeds you It's a crime you all look the same Black dog hear you barking Are you mad at all you see? Black dog hear you barking Are you mad at all you see? Or is it just a song you're singing To the blue dog inside me? Girl when you kiss me I get a shake down in my knees Girl when you kiss me I get a shake down in my knees Bullets come in sixes Your loving comes in twos and threes Red boots mean I love you A white crown means you make me smile Red boots mean I love you A white crown means you make me smile Brave giver baby Everyone's a stranger after a while Seems like everyone's a spider Just a human in disguise Seems like everyone you meet's a spider Just a human in disguise Seems like everyone's a beggar When you look into their eyes
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The Blues Is Easy 04:07
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LYRICS The blues is easy My baby's lazy Just like the big moon She's driving me crazy Oh loves such a mystery Yeah all throughout history It's just a dream come true The blues is easy Drives like a chevy Howls on the highway It cries when you let it Oh living's so scary Dying's so daring But what can you do Stand up and salute Bow and pay tribute If you got a story Then this you can add to it One sure thing about it You don't have to doubt it The blues is easy Oh little darling There's heaven above you Until you can make it Won't somebody love you How long you been looking How often mistooken Oh say its not true The blues is easy So come and get it As one of the hunted Know that you won't regret it That old paranoia It's gonna destroy ya But what can you do The blues is easy So take back your empties Throw out your junk mail Hang your heart on a nail Oh loves such a mystery Yeah all throughout history It's just a dream come true It ain't nothing new The blues is easy The blues is easy
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Cannonball Blues 03:37
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LYRICS I aint no high roller I stay close to the ground You know I hate to lose But something always brings me down What can I do? I got the cannonball blues Dammit down in my shoes I got the cannonball blues Life's strange under tables Behind halloween faces It's hard to fight God's will You know I get desperate Sometimes it's so wicked I find my knees when it lets me Let the kids all go to school Oh man it just hits me so heavy What can I do? I got the cannonball blues Right down to my shoes I got the cannonball blues I need a dream or a drug or a lover I need a prayer to say over and over You can go through my books You can talk to my mother It aint nothing new What's to say? What can I do? I got the cannonball blues Right down to my shoes I got the cannonball blues It aint nothing I done
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Midnight Devotee 03:40
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LYRICS Are you proud how loud you play? Are you loud how proud you play? Are you proud how loud you play? Are you loud how proud you play? Yeah Midnight devotee Midnight devotee Midnight devotee Are you proud how loud you play? Did your mother tell you lies? Did your father simply sigh? Did you mother tell you lies? Did some other raise you wise? Midnight devotee Midnight devotee Midnight devotee Are you proud how loud you play? Your heart's a preacher, your eyes no liar The night's a creature all the boys admire In stolen clothes you do them better If that's a lie then I'm a leopard Midnight devotee Midnight devotee Midnight devotee Are you proud how loud you play?

about

The mid-90’s. Tough years, if you’re old enough to remember. We got by how we could. In the winter it was apples and coffee. In the summer, it was oranges and popcorn, anything to keep the belly full.

Sometime back then, without any clear path forward, I set up a little studio in the spare bedroom of my upper flat in Hamtramck and started making some recordings. I had some gear of my own, but most of it was borrowed - a Fostex 4-track cassette recorder (with only 3 tracks, really), an Alesis SR-16 drum machine, some sort of ART digital reverb unit, a couple pedals, a boom-box for monitor speakers, a microphone, my guitars and amps.

I shared some of what I made with some friends, but other than that I didn't really know what to do with it all. Time passed. Wars started and ended. Babies came, and older folks passed on. Eventually, Jawbone happened and kept me busy for several more years, and I didn't really think about these at all. Not too long ago though I had another listen and thought they were still worth sharing. I thought the songs were good, and I really liked the sound of that drum machine.

And so Biker Priests were born. Biker Priests is a band, a side project, a money-laundering scheme, a grift, a prayer chapel, an insult, an embarrassment, an audio liquidation, a necessary evil, a last will-and-testament, a fever dream, a skunk beer, a dandelion, a moment in time, a rock and roll dream.

Plans going forward? Dunno. I’ve got a few more songs in the vault if I can get them in good enough shape, but mostly Biker Priests is a way going forward for me to put out anything I want without overly-messing around with what I’m doing with Jawbone. ABBA covers, disco, collaborations, whatever, it’s all on the table.

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released March 10, 2023

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Biker Priests Detroit, Michigan

Biker Priests is a band, a money-laundering scheme, a grift, a prayer blanket, an audio liquidation, a necessary evil, a last will-and-testament, a fever dream, an insult, a skunk beer, a dandelion, a moment in time. It’s a side project of my main musical project Jawbone. It begins as a collection of 4-track cassette demos that I had recorded pre-Jawbone. The future is unwritten. ... more

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