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At The Mayflower Motel

by Rick Jerram

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1.
Slowville 04:44
SLOWVILLE Put me on the train to Slowville I long to go and I know the reason why No, I'm not living in the past But this world of yours it spins too fast And I always seem to come in last Except in Slowville Won't you meet with me in Slowville We'll have some conversation, you and I We'll sit and watch the river run Take things slow and one by one And get all we need to done When we're in Slowville Don't drive so fast: you'll miss the turn to Slowville See, you've left your spirit way behind Driven by the things we lack We'll have to stop and face some facts We're going to have a long walk back To get to Slowville. The day may come we all must live in Slowville When the gas is gone and the oceans on the rise Can we show we truly care About this earth that we all share Or shall we leave it picked quite bare This side of Slowville? So come listen for the train to Slowville Let's try to cultivate that state of mind If we can learn to live aligned With reverent hearts but open minds And patience too, we may just find Ourselves in Slowville So I'm listening for the train for Slowville I'm trying to cultivate that state of mind The train to Slowville is coming down the line The train to Slowville will be here by and by
2.
SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART He played her like a soft guitar, he swore ‘We’ll never part’ He'd plucked the sweetest apple from the School of the Sacred Heart As a peacock strutted silently in the garden down below. She stared beyond the cypress trees as dawn spread across the town His touch was like the warm wind moving her nightgown But he’s gone, He’s long gone -She saw him go Some pray for her body now, some pray for her soul She kisses the dice for their advice every time she rolls And she tosses her loose change to the losers down below All I know, says Mother Superior, is she was the quietest child But ever since those summer nights she’s been running wild And she’s gone, She’s long gone -We saw her go Everyone is searching for something, As if there's something we should know The sky is full of aeroplanes, and I don't know where they go All I know is when she was with me, she swore we’d never part 'Til she passed along the lesson learnt back at the Sacred Heart For all the while a taxi stood in the street below I saw the sway of a woman's hips. I saw a little girl’s wave: That memory's all she left to me and I'll take it to my grave Now she’s gone, She’s long gone -I saw her go She’s gone, She’s long gone -I saw her go I saw her go
3.
FADED TO BLUE I work on this song sometimes Write a few lines Cross out one or two I’m not too sure any more Just who it is for Or if what I am saying is true So easy to be mistaken So hard to read the signs And I get caught up in rhymes too While this photo of you Faded to blue I had this dream you were leaving And the very next day you were gone I had no inclination for grieving But grieving is all that I’ve done Till my photo of you Faded to blue I could not quite trust enough To make do with love The sky is never stays blue All of it mine for a day Till I threw it away And I'm left still reaching for you Once we walked in the scent of magnolias It all comes back to me now And your face so clear somehow too While this photo of you Faded to blue Oh who can restore the colors Of a love that's faded away -Gone like the dew at midday? But I still try anyway They said not to wait at the crossing But I had to look back at the train Now my wallet is weighed down with my losses And all it contains are some names And a photo of you Faded to blue
4.
CARELESS RIDER Come to Kentucky, The race is as good as won. Come to Kentucky, The race is as good as won. I can’t get to Louisville, my horse won’t walk or run. Careless rider, the reins slipped from his hand. Careless rider, the reins slipped from his hand. He’ll lose her love, he just don’t understand. His horse has bolted, must have got the itch His horse has bolted, must have got the itch He’s come a long way, but he’s the same distance from the ditch. Your careless rider, he’s heading for a fall Your careless rider, he’s heading for a fall He’s riding blind, he can’t hear the children call. She’s ridden to the river. The river is so wide. She’s ridden to the river. The river is so wide. Unborn children calling from the other side. Come to Kentucky, The race is as good as won. Come to Kentucky, The race is as good as won. I can’t get to Louisville, my horse won’t walk or run I'm a careless rider, the reins slipped from my hand. I'm a careless rider, the reins slipped from my hand. -How I could lose your love, I just don’t understand.
5.
SO EASY WITH YOU (Duet) Verse 1. HER:- Oh the landing stage is white in this stormy light. Wind ruffles the water and here comes rain. We're good friends alone together, Caught by a change in the weather. The pines are so private and the far shore has grown dim, And if it wasn't for him, I'd say something to you I'd say something about the way that you- I'd say something about the way that- But I'm not going to say that -not here, not now, not to you- Oh it's easy to fall, and if falling were all It would all be so easy, so easy with you. Verse 2. HIM:- The lilies lie so white, open and so white. Wind ruffles your hair now and who could blame Two good friends alone together, Caught by a change in the weather? The wind it is rising and the pines begin to stir, And if it wasn't for her, I'd say something to you I'd say something about the way that you- I'd say something about the way that- But I'm not going to say that -not here, not now, not to you- Oh it's easy to fall, and if falling were all It would all be so easy, so easy with you. Bridge.TOGETHER:- Oh it's easy to fall, But I know most of all What I love about you Is the way that you are true HER: True to her HIM:- True to him Final Chorus TOGETHER:- And if it wasn't for them, I'd say something to you I'd say something about the way that you- I'd say something about the way that- But I'm not going to say that -not here, not now, not to you- Oh it's easy to fall, and if falling were all It would all be so easy, so easy with you.
6.
SOMETIME SOON You're invited up to see the banker He leans right across his desk Shakes your hand with a smile on his face And hands you a big fat check CHORUS: Must happen sometime soon, now As the cow jumps over the moon Must happen sometime soon The President's signed the order 'Put the iron back into the mine Put the coal back in so we can dig it again And everything will be fine' (CHORUS) King Canute takes a walk down Main Street The water's lapping the land 'The sea can't rise, it's all a pack of lies I'll wave it back with my hand' (CHORUS) I had something important to tell you What it was I seem to forget I got me tune. The words must come soon. It just hasn't happened yet (CHORUS) I'm sorry for all of you sinners But I've got God on my side When theRapture comes I'll be the one To fly off into the sky (Bye bye) (CHORUS) Some folks write songs for money But I wrote this song for my friends I wrote it for them so they could all join in Now they're wondering just when it will end FINAL CHORUS: Must happen sometime soon, now As the cow jumps over the moon Must happen sometime soon, now Must happen sometime soon
7.
AT THE MAYFLOWER MOTEL You and I, we share this cheap apartment Apart we are, together just in name. They say there’s something better round the corner But the TV’s on, and on the TV it’s all the same. CHORUS: But not too much is wrong, as far as I can tell Here out back of the Mayflower Motel As we live out back of the Mayflower Motel. Yours and mine, our fathers came for peace and plenty I recall that Grandpa kept an open door They thought this land was fragrant and empty Now it’s full of noise and fear and thoughts of war (CHORUS) They all say, At least the Governor’s got some answers The governor’s making war on the trees The bad news from abroad has all been cancelled The baddies are beaten and I’m beaten to my knees (CHORUS) They say there’s places people live for freedom They say there’s places people try There they are, purposeful and happy But it’s not like that for You and I as we share this cheap apartment Apart we are, together just in name. They say there’s something better round the corner But the TV’s on, and on the TV it’s all the same. CHORUS: But not too much is wrong, as far as I can tell Here out back of the Mayflower Motel As we live out back of the Mayflower Motel As we live out back of the Mayflower Motel.
8.
GIRL FROM FRESNO I've got little to say, got so little to say I've got nothing to say except to say I never knew how much I loved you Till I saw that highway sign Outside of Sacremento: Fresno 99 -and I was crying It was long ago i­n London, Under a snow-filled sky That I met the girl from Fresno, She was free as the 4th of July Such grace in her face, but where was I? CHORUS: -I was always waiting For the right time to a- For the right time to a- For the right time to Arrive Oh I was just a convenience, Someone to show her London Town I could have cried with Elvis “'Please don't drag that string around' You know that my heart is being torn apart all the time” (CHORUS) Can we stop in Sacremento, Park in the shade of those trees And I'll tell how the girl from Fresno Almost brought me to my knees Oh the words unsaid, the tears unshed -for half my life (CHORUS) And I never knew how much I loved you Till I saw that highway sign Just outside of Sacremento: Fresno 99, Fresno 99, Fresno 99- -and I was crying
9.
Center City 02:40
CENTER CITY If I understand correctly, there's nothing I can do But I'm going to Center City to look for you -To look for you It's so far from where I'm living to where you may be found But I'm going to Center City -that's where I'm bound That's where I'm bound Yes, I'm bound to you Like the day is bound to night I'm fumbling in my pockets, searching for the key But I can't find me And nothing is right 'Cause River Road is empty, the river is in flood You in Center City, I'm wading through mud I'm wading through mud. If I understand correctly, there's nothing I can do But I'm going to Center City to look for you -To look for you Yes I'm going to Center City To look for you
10.
TWO RIDERS IN THE RAIN Last night I had that dream again: Two riders in the rain, And the long line of men and guns Moving through the Wilderness. And what it meant I can but guess: Could you and I one day be On the wrong side of history Like Jackson & Lee, Two riders in the rain? But I never dream of 12-hour days In sweatshops far away Or distant fields where our food is grown, -Coffee rice and sugarcane, So could I too be much the same And all our freedoms only be At the price of another's slavery Like Jackson & Lee, Two riders in the rain? Comrades in fate, They saw their purpose so great But were blindfolded straight Defending, when all is said and done, The right to do wrong. Last night I saw them once again. It's every night the same: The endless line of men and guns, The voice unheard in the wilderness. And how shall we pass the test When all we were or failed to be Is written down in history With Jackson & Lee, Two riders in the rain?
11.
BAD WEATHER NEAR BUENA VISTA, CO. The view looks good from where we are You could almost believe in a world without war Open valley, open hearts But suddenly we look up to see A whole new future Just like that Bad weather near Buena Vista Coming from the mountains 'cross the Arkansas River. Heading down to Santa Fe Why does the world have such a lack of faith? It's gone astray with too much hate As suddenly we look up to see A whole new future Just like some Bad weather near Buena Vista Coming from the mountains 'cross the Arkansas River Bad weather -we did not choose it But you and I gonna have to ride right through it That's all there is to it. No one said it'll be an easy time Rain's gonna fall and the road's gonna slide Now's the time to open our eyes Or all at once we'll lose the chance Of a decent future Just like that Bad weather near Buena Vista Coming from the mountains 'cross the Arkansas River Bad weather -we did not choose it But you and I gonna have to ride right through it That's all there is to it. Thirty miles to the Great Divide Divide and rule is what they'll try Bringing out the same old lies About Black and White To make them fight right out of sight in endless night While those who have have all the rights -But not if we unite Reach out to each other And ride a little closer together Ride a little closer together And if we're as one the day will come We'll rise up singing Right through that Bad weather near Buena Vista Coming from the mountains 'cross the Arkansas River Bad weather -we did not choose it But you and I gonna have to ride right through it That's all there is to it.
12.
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Above the broad river a grave you may see -A cross in the earth, a heart carved in a tree- Of the sweetest young lady that ever once rode In a wagon from Maryland by the National Road With her wedding-dress carefully stowed. CHORUS: She was the flower of Prince George's County Shown only love in her home, Fed on God's bounty, And now she is gone. It grieved her to leave her family behind To marry a rich cousin -she hoped he'd be kind- But saw at once she'd be nothing more Than one more possession in his Zanesville store So she ran right out of that door (CHORUS) Young Jamie the wagoner offered her new life He took her to Indiana and took her to wife He settled to work on his father's new farm With the love in his heart and the strength in his arm He swore to keep her from harm (CHORUS) Children she gave him, one two and three There they could live most happily But then she got sick, eaten inside It was like an eclipse when birds wheel and cry 'Cause something's gone wrong with the sky (CHORUS) "Come closer my darling, it's dark in my eyes When you look for another, may your choice be wise Take care of the children, fear not where I'm going Tell them to look for me in the spring In the green shoots all a-growing" (CHORUS) And in far Indiana a grave you may see -A cross in the ground, a heart carved in a tree- Of the sweetest young lady that ever once rode In a wagon from Maryland by the National Road With her wedding-dress carefully stowed. CHORUS: She was the flower of Prince George's County Shown only love in her home, Fed on God's bounty, And now she is gone.

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From tomorrow to the 1830s -through California, Colorado & Kentucky; and all through Maryland, Pennsylvania & Indiana- it has been a long drive. And there's no rest from America, from the past or the future, from the personal or the political, and little rest to be found At The Mayflower Motel.

Rick Jerram's first offering of songs, AT THE MAYFLOWER MOTEL, is to be released on July 2 2021. It comprises 12 songs loosely gathered round an Americana them.

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released July 2, 2021

Produced by Rick Jerram & Ty Ford.
Recorded by Ty Ford.
With Rick Sambuco, Alan Oresky, Tom Alonso, & Claire Jerram.

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Rick Jerram Baltimore, Maryland

Rick was born in London, UK, and has been writing songs since 1996. He worked for twenty-five years in architecture before leaving in order to dance -and later teach- the spiritual movement practice of Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms. In 2008 he moved to the USA. After four years in Philadelphia, he now lives in Baltimore. ... more

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