The Duke Of Haphazard: 2nd Demo Album

by David A. Harley

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1.	Changes In The Wind 03:45	lyrics	buy track
Something’s changed Could be me, could be you You used to say you loved me Now I wonder was that true? That moving out and moving on look Hangs heavy in your eyes… Something old, something new Something borrowed, something blue Wonder what became of me and you? Changes in the wind There was a time When nothing kept us apart But something’s going down In both our hearts I lie awake half the night when you’re not there Wondering who you’re with and where One more Scotch One more cigarette Drinking alone Remembering too much to forget Missing you even when you’re in the room Knowing you won’t be, soon
2.	Dues To The Blues 05:36	lyrics
Baby stayed out all night long But it's not for me to say what's right or wrong I can't win, nothing too much to lose But I've been up all night, paying my dues to the blues Yonder comes my baby, playing by the book These days she wears that loved-on look She's OK, tells me she's feeling fine But she's with someone else now, never really was mine If my brain is loaded and my eyes are red It still takes more than whisky to smash my head I can't win, wish I had some more to lose Still, I've been up all night, just paying my dues to the blues She's a foxy lady with an easy smile I have to take it slowly every once in a while I can't win, wish I had some more to lose But it feels just right still paying my dues to the blues She knows I can't complain out here on Easy Street But I keep on looking and there's no one to meet I can't win…
3.	Pick My Pocket 02:25	lyrics	buy track
Got no fare For a boat or plane I got shoes to walk But I'm here just the same Buddy, you can pick my pocket Got no greens to lose Just a handful of empty And a head full of blues I keep looking for a highway I can make it down alone With every hobo, sewer rat And rolling stone I keep on thinking Just how nice it might feel To wake up two days older Hypnotized by burning wheels I've got a new way of spelling Ecstasy E is for Exit And the rest is blowing free Buddy, you can pick my pocket Got no greens to lose Just a handful of empty And a head full of blues Just a hat full of empty And a guitar full of blues
4.	Singing In The Street 02:40	lyrics	buy track
I thought I heard you singing in the street You couldn't hold the tune, but the words were sweet I don't know who you were singing for I don't even wish it was me And I remember once I caught you crying I was half-asleep, your body next to mine You wouldn't say what you were crying for I suppose it might have been me And once I heard you singing in the street You couldn't hold the tune, but the words were sweet I heard that song too long ago There's nothing more to say "Of course I love you I told you so" "Yes, I remember But it seems so long ago"
5.	Carpenter Street 02:46	lyrics	buy track
It’s my beat / if I care to shuffle my feet I don’t need saving / from Carpenter Street I think I’ll throw a party / Asking all my friends Turn on the lights and music / I’ll be leaving then Damn you girl / You did your worst for me Then swept away / On a wave of ESP Sometimes I tell myself / You didn’t hurt so much But still that irony / Is such a slender crutch Paper constellations / Still have words to say But really nothing changes / Since you went away I have wings of silver / I have eyes of glass You could have flown with me / All you had to do was ask
6.	Dead Man's Alley 04:00	lyrics	buy track
Up dead man’s alley, going down Main Dead man’s alley, going down Main Dead man’s alley, going down Main Looking for a woman that use cocaine Drop back mama, won’t you let me be Drop back mama, let me be Drop back mama, and let me be Cold turkey got his claws in me Some say the cocaine habit is bad Some folks say cocaine is bad Some say cocaine habit is bad Stone-cold turkey worst I had Never miss your water till the well run dry Never miss your water till the well run dry Never miss your man till he walk on by, walk on, walk on by Coming up State Street, running down Main Coming up State Street, running down Main Coming up State Street, running down Main Looking for the man who sell cocaine
7.	We Never Will Have Paris 03:52	lyrics	buy track
I know that this is going nowhere But a honeymoon in Heartbreak Hotel Yet it seems that all I've done is think about you For longer years than I have words to tell x2 Sometimes I catch myself still hoping Just once more to see you smile In spite of all the harsh words passed between us And all these long and weary miles x2 Perhaps you're on your own tonight Somewhere out there in the rain Caught between the raindrops, still hoping You'll never be this sad again x2 Again and again along the highway We kissed at the turning of the road Till somewhere I forgot to say goodbye Down some sleepy byway on my own x2 I know we never will have Paris No more foggy days in London Town Now I wonder if you ever wonder If going up was worth the coming down x2
8.	Ice To The Flame 03:25	lyrics	buy track
Turn to the morning and trust to the dawn With the sun in your face take the chance to be born Leave all the leavings that time has outgrown Turn to the morning and trust to the dawn Ice to the flame, the sun to the rain I am Life, I am Death, and Love is my name Wind on the water, a blight on the heart The fall of the dice and the turn of the card Axe to the tree, the scythe to the corn Turn to the morning and trust to the dawn Ice to the flame, the sky to the sea All is One and All is in Me Tongue to the bell, an end to the start Trust to time, lend an ear to your heart Wax to the candle and brass to the horn Turn to the morning and trust to the dawn Ice to the flame, the sun to the rain I am Life, I am Death, and Love is my name Rust to the sword, an edge to the blade The Healer, the Scourge, the Price to be Paid Love is the Singer and Love is the Song Turn to the morning and trust to the dawn Ice to the flame, the sky to the sea All is One and All is in Me Blood on the dagger, a fire in the veins The sweet and the bitter, rainbow and rain The Knight and the Jester, the Queen and the Pawn Turn to the morning and trust to the dawn Ice to the flame, the sun to the rain I am Life, I am Death and Love is my name
9.	Accelerated Lady 03:49	lyrics	buy track
Between the bar and the dance floor Thinking that maybe I might just catch up To my accelerated lady Why don't you keep on dancing? Dance on by Watching you at a party Too drunk to see What it might take To make you come and talk to me But you'd better keep on dancing Dance on by What makes you think I should apologise For once drowning In those bedroom eyes Why don't you keep on dancing? Dance on by Lights run hot But the bottle's not yet dry With a little luck and whisky I'll forget even your name by midnight Better keep on dancing Dance on by
10.	Birdlime 02:53	lyrics	buy track
Miles of air is all I need Jab on the starter and pick up speed Stand back lady and watch me feed my heels Got to get you out of my head There’s new juice keeping my motor fed From today I’m the fastest thing on wheels You’re birdlime baby And you should know You’re bad news baby Everywhere you go
11.	Cinders (Home From The Ball) 02:49	lyrics	buy track
Strange landscape of soda lights blank windows city nights The Lord of Revels folded up the streetcorner faces the small hours swallowed whole and Cinders hurries home from the ball Cinders you’re the saddest song I’ve sung barely grown, aching and alone fingers fumbled numbly for the key to fit that Bluebeard’s door and she wondered “is that all?” She lets herself in from the cold into the cold creeps up creaking stairs and hopes that no-one calls and still the war drags on but there was fresh blood spilt tonight
12.	Embers 03:38	lyrics	buy track
Spring flowers may be the sweetest April may bring the brightest blooms September seems so far ahead For looking forward to a harvest moon Sometimes burning love turns to ashes Passions cool and fade in time But the best love songs last forever And the sweetest song of all is yours and mine Between those summer kisses The greenest summer scenery needs rain Sometimes stolen kisses are sweeter The other side of blame and pain There's glory in an autumn sunset Autumn leaves bring colours of their own Less time for risk and adventure More time for the comforts of home Colours fading into winter Still seeking shelter from the storm In the ashes of a summer passion The embers still can keep us warm
13.	Seesaw (Flying Home) 03:39	lyrics	buy track
Landscapes dissolve into flashback With sleep in my eyes I’m on the run From memory’s slo-mo home movie To ride a friendly breeze blowing North Flying home Daubed with the ash of friendships And laughing all the while Once you came to me Still shy of the stranger’s smile Careless of time and changes In the catacombs we spread our tiny wings And from here I can’t see Was that the moon flying high or was it me Flying home? And if you’d never said you loved me We might not have come to harm I might have slept forever Nailed to the cross of your arms Now which end of the seesaw is Susie? Where’s that happy ending now? Lost somewhere between the church and the laundromat A bird with one wing down Flying home
14.	Cut-Rate Rolling Stone 03:13	lyrics	buy track
I never could hold down a job more than a month or so Mostly I'd get itchy feet, and down the road I'd go But I never meant to live the kind of life I've known I guess I was designed to be a cut-rate rolling stone There never was a woman born who could tie me down Some just quit trying, some just wore me down Somehow I always found myself back on the road again With a backpack full of dreams and just a roadmap for a friend I've tried to put down roots in some places that I've been Sometimes I thought that I'd found love but it was all a dream
15.	Singing In The Silence 04:29	lyrics	buy track
It was cold waking up this morning Just like all the lonely nights before But there’s hope in my heart even yet Rising early to meet the road My heart sings in the silence Racing down that old white line A sweet voice whispers in my ear That I’ll maybe get to see you one more time Every time the road gets longer It gets harder to pin down that dream Racing for the scenery Escaping from the scene My heart sings in the silence Racing that same old white line That same voice whispering in my ear That I’ll maybe get to see you one more time

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Or possibly the Archduke of Haphazard... A further collection of tracks that should be re-recorded if and when my health improves. Mostly with a bluesier feel.

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released February 8, 2022

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David A. Harley England, UK

David Harley is a former professional musician, administrator, IT security editor, author and researcher, and former much else that is even less impressive. He now lives in Cornwall. More info at whealalice.com