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Church of Wasted Souls

from AMERICAN TALES by Johnny Bee

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    Johnny Bee, a New York-born singer/songwriter now living in London, takes a proud look at his American roots with these tales of swamp voodoo, punk New York, brave soldiers, barefoot summers, subway love, no-hope bars, shootin' Redcoats, families at war, a prayer for Dixie and the ever-hazardous pursuit of happiness. Genre: Americana/Alt Country/Blues

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Boom times are great for some. But not everyone.
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1988 America:
Reagan’s men had
picked it clean,
There was champagne
on the coast
But ruin in between.
We were driving
’cross the country
Stopped into a
broken down old bar
Everyone was silent
Wonderin’ who we are

They bowed their
heads in silence
Like a church of
wasted souls
If you want to be left
alone, then you’ve
found a home

A man came in
staggering
He’d split his foot
with an axe
Everyone was silent
watching the blood
on his tracks
He said, I was buried
alive once
It took me ten months
to mend
And I ain’t goin to no
damn hospital again

They bowed their
heads in silence...

We wanted to help
the man
But that was
against the rules
So we got up and left
this ship of fools
I always wondered after
Did he pass out
from the strain
Or is he still in there
drinking and nursing
his pain?
They bowed their heads
in silence....

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from AMERICAN TALES, track released March 15, 2015
Vocals and guitar: Johnny Bee. Recorded by Sean Read at Famous Times Studio, Hackney, London. Photographs: Michael Donald. Design: Johnny Bee. Songs copyright 2015 John Rogers Belknap aka Johnny Bee, PRS, PPL, all rights reserved.

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Johnny Bee London, UK

Johnny Bee is a newspaperman and songwriter. His New York band played at CBGBs in the 1970s, supporting the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads while he worked for the Village Voice. He moved to London, worked on Fleet St, and played with psychobilly band the Highliners at Glastonbury and Endorse-It-In-Dorset. He later formed Johnny and the Bees (also on Bandcamp). This is his first solo album. ... more

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