LIVE at the PUKA BAR
Live at the Puka Bar, Long Beach, California was recorded in-room at a March 2008 live show and mastered by Albert Lucero of Rainbow Moon Music Productions. Without the Blonde performed solo with a Martin D-15. The seven selected songs on this CD span from the quirky "Sunshine State" with its Harold and Maude reference of the futility of everyday routine to the tender ballad of the "Space Man" floating among the stars thinking maybe he will just stay out there through the hopeful "Wishing You Well", a note to the resilience of the human spirit.
Sunshine State (Live at the Puka Bar)
This is how it always starts
a couple of minor chords
throw in a B7, to feel like home
another melancholy Monday
called in sick to work again
to stay in, and feel blue
Living in a Sunshine State
wasting all my days
working a steady job
I moved out here when I turned 21
to lay around in the sun
now I'm wondering what went wrong
They tell me why don't you write us a happy song
something we can dance and sing along to
why you always be so sad?
you got an apartment by the sea
and a little bit of free time
to make your way
oh but that ain't enough for me
I want to shake this life 'till my dying day
Now I stay up late at night
held still by the TV light
darkening my mind
used to go down to the beach on the weekend
now I couldn't tell you when
I last saw the shore
Oh how the world still dearly loves a cage
isn't that what Maude said?
isn't that what she said!
Living in a Sunshine State
wasting all my days
working a steady job
I moved out here when I turned 21
to laze around in the hot summer sun
Oh tell me
baby please
where did I go wrong
Love You I Do (Live at the Puka Bar)
I didn't always give you a hand to hold
didn't always give you peace of mind
I didn't always give you three days
without an argument, an argument
but love, love, love you I do
I never really gave you absolution
for all the times you made me mad
I never really showed you all of me
all I am, all I have
but love, love, love you I do
I didn't always give you an honest answer
I never really tried to help us get along
I don't know that I could look at you and say that
so I wrote this song, I sing this song
of love, love, love you I do
Nothing to Me (Live at the Puka Bar)
You thought that you could take me down
you thought it'd be so cool to keep me under the ground
you thought that you would be amused
to see me stumble and fall to see me bleeding and bruised
But you were nothing to me you were nothing to me
you were nothing to me and now I set myself free
You thought that you could make me weak
you like me on my knees you like me at your feet
you thought that I would be afraid
when you got in my way when you got in my face
But you were nothing to me you were nothing to me
you were nothing to me and now I set myself free
You think it makes you powerful when you keep everyone around you small
you think it makes you powerful to keep everyone around you small
But you were nothing to me you were nothing to me
you were nothing to me and now I set myself free
Space Man (Live at the Puka Bar)
Everybody
needs
a little tenderness
Everybody
could use
a little tenderness
In a world slowly dying
not even the Space Man wants to come home
There are babies crying
ignored by parents who want to make them strong
comfort your children
their world is cold enough on its own
keep your loved ones close
too soon you, and they, will be gone
in a world slowly dying
not even the Space Man wants to come home
come home
So hold on
to each day that is bright
in this world slowly dying
try
try
try
a little tenderness
Freight Train (Live at the Puka Bar)
My love is like a freight train running you down
you will follow
my love is like a freight train running you down
you will follow
I'll drag you so deep under ground
where you can't breathe
without my help
Then we'll wake up to a sunny day
with blue skies
and gentle breezes on our face
and you will stay
and I will stay
Hunger will rise in you like a lion
in need of a kill
hunger will rise in you like a lion
in need of a kill
and when you drag my bloody body to the ground
I will let you feed most willingly...
Then wake up to a sunny day
with blue blue skies
and gentle breezes on our face
and I will stay, and you will stay
This could be the very last time
this could be the very last time
if you tell me that, I will say it back to you
this could be the very last time
Our love is like a space shuttle launch
we will make it or die trying
our love is a like a space shuttle launch
we will make it or die trying
in a fiery tragedy
or life among the stars, floating aimlessly
Then we'll wake up to a sunny day
with blue blue skies
and gentle breezes on our face
and we will stay, we will stay
Wishing You Well (Live at the Puka Bar)
Jenny moved into the city
they all said she won't survive
but it's surprisingly easy
to modify your life
and they wonder why she never writes
And the quiet dark
in her apartment
was comforting
I am wishing her well
in all that she can find
I am wishing her well
and undaunting peace of mind
I would choose immortality
even in this world of war
where people struggle every hour
trying to live one more
hoping to live one more
Hope has the sweetest sound
I am wishing them well
in whatever they can find
I am wishing them well
and unwavering peace of mind
Disappointment
is a horrible sound
but resolve
has a beautiful sound
I am wishing you well
in all that you can find
I am wishing you well
and unwavering peach of mind
and unyeilding peace of mind
and solid peace of mind
Crazy (Live at the Puka Bar)
You held my heart in your hand
you didn't know what you had
you let it go
you make me crazy
for your love
I've watched your darkened eyes
I've watched you hypnotized
all that you touch I want to be
all that you are I want to know
you make crazy
for your love
should I tell you anything
should I tell you everything
should I tell you
I wish the world would fall away
