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Tales​.​.​. Dreams and Conjured Schemes

by Duane Hultin/The Third Verses

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    This is the first one out of the box. A new spring day needs a re-release of our maiden voyage. Remastered and ready for the old spirits to rise again. For those who have heard already, this is a better version. Took a month or so and reworked ( but no new recording) to come up with tales 2012. Please enjoy, share, download. All free. Thanks to Mike Mccaffrey for writing such great lyrics and getting me to open up and let it rip!!!
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1.
Alright Tonight : Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin It would be alright tonight if i saw you standing at Gypsy's bar if you smiled at me as i caught your eye tossed your hair back as i walked on by laughed out loud at my fishing lines it would be alright tonight It would be alright tonight if you touched my hand that way that women do looked me hard in the eyes laid your back against my chest just to see what i might do it would be alright tonight It's been so long and it's all wrong since i last saw your face so long and wrong since you've been gone since i last felt your grace It would be alright tonight if you let me buy your drink danced with me real slow Put your chin upon my shoulder just to let me know that maybe I could take you home it would be alright tonight It would be alright tonight but i know i'm dreaming broken dreams you're five hundred miles away gone for good nothing bad ever changes so it seems i'm still standing where you once stood leaning hard on old jim beam
2.
Strong I am Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin It's a chemical imbalance a dangerous dance the way i defy gravity on my last chance When i wake up it calls my name from my heart up through my veins and it's never going to change You think i'm a broken man that iv'e taken all i can but i'm still standing that's how strong i am It's just a broken heart a painful dance do you think about me since my last chance when i wake up you call my name from my heart up through my veins and it's not good today and it's never going to change Now your my whiskey, lover that i can't deny you're my lover' whiskey just like the day turns to night
3.
Baby Bette Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin I've done paris I've done rome Gone all around the world Just to stumble back home I've chased the hot wind down highway sixty one but i haven't caught her yet Has anyone out there seen my baby bette? She's had red hair and blonde too stole a cadillac and a sixty six coupe drank gin with the king and ripple with the bums give me ten to one and i'd still bet nobody out there's caught my baby bette! She's got diamond eyes and a rattlesnake walk She wont take directions she's always getting lost Put the spotlight on her the woman just can't stop She's a flesh parade without regrets I'm still searching for my baby bette!
4.
Kryptonite Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin I was your superman your shining knight all i did was break you down just like kryptonite my kisses were your poison my loving your disease every night i held you tight you were dying by degrees Get away from this place runaway fast runaway in fear Get away from this place get away from this place Get away from here i turned my back when you were down on your knees i covered my ears to block out all your screams my touch was the fire that left you scarred my soul was the anvil that made you so hard Like a moth to a flame Like a needle in a vein for every ache and pain baby' i'm to blame Now you're living rough in the darkness somewhere and i am the storm that blew you down there I left you at the altar in a crying mess I'm the bastard who bloodied your pretty white wedding dress
5.
Whiskey and Blood Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin Broken records that we played The secret vows we betrayed Cheap wine and crooked games In the days' we weren't afraid Now i got a black suitcase of cash somehow a shotgun that used to be a plow sixty six minutes are packed in every hour and a stolen fist full of power But i'm missing a friend and a wedding ring i tore my anklet made of mustang string got tattooed by a scorpion sting my voice is cracked and i cant sing And if that's not enough The stuff keeps pouring out of me I thought was whiskey but now i know it's blood We broke kentucky derby speed Grew sunflowers from a demon seed Never kneeled down to believe We spun our nightmares into dreams Now iv'e crossed my fifteen minutes of fame Got my lions and my demons tamed won a gold pass into heaven so i don't need to pray But i'm still dreaming of those smoking trains When you didn't show down in riverside i bent two nickels and i swallowed my pride I did it again to call you twice Right before my last suicide That should have been enough But that stuff that keeps pouring out of me I thought was whiskey Now i know it's blood. red whiskey and blood
6.
London 3am Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin It's london 3am Im crying in my gin again i'm all alone my old friend With no one left to call No one here in this time zone And no place left to call home Friends have gotten married They've all moved away Busy raising kids of their own Now me' i'm still reaping the wild seeds i've sown I'm the last one in this bar tonight when did i grow so old? I wish that i could hear your voice hear you say my name Won't you lie to me once more my distant angel It's london 3am I'm crying in my gin again i cant even pick up the phone There is no one left to call I know you're sleeping but i don't know if your alone It's just a trick of fate that i'm still standing here all the good people have gone home Now that there's nothing left to fear there's no one left to call no one in this time zone
7.
Redemption Rails Lyrics and Music by Duane Hultin Billy's still drunk its the middle of the night He grows tired of riding the rails With the spirits bottle low and the moon rising high he's paying hard for jumping bail I stare out the window past curtains all torn past the broken down ford he left parked on the lawn our dream died that day as the summer slipped away with a shot on a mean august night But we'll both feel the cold and the hard driving rain we'll both sleep hoping for old lives again but he should have been thinkin when he fired that gun now i'm haunting the rail lines and i'm all alone Through town after town the stories stay the same a bloodied pool stick and the sheriff takin names sure i saw him he was just an angry young man flying low through the door with a pistol in his hand The telephone rings and i wake up with a scream the baby starts cryin someone make this all a dream but these scenes are for real and the bills keep piling high why'd you have to pull that trigger? tell me why! tell me why! On some starlit nights when i'm out here all alone with my head pounding hard and my hands freezing cold I pray the end will come soon and redemption comes for me a scared and lonely life thats the way it has to be Billy Jr's graduation twenty years have slipped away and all the tears have gone away too but from the back of my mind i'm thinking is he the same kind? so i keep looking for his father in Billy's eyes
8.
Reminisce 03:28
REMINISCE Lyrics and Music by Duane Hultin From the face in a faded old photograph Those memories flood back to me just a skip on a dusty old phonograph using our hips and our hands to see Swinging low in the dark to that long lost tune our feet were never really in time We danced 'till mom stopped our searches with a flick of the lights leaving us aching for a little more time Go back to when all we needed was a brand new day and life went racing through our hungry eyes Hows the surf today? And what time is the show? Don't forgt the matches were sitting in the second row! So you knock back your drink and you start to laugh That wasn't really so long ago That we were chasin pretty girls out across the lawn stealing secrets off the telephone line Dodging darts at a party way up on the hill french kisses would have been just fine Four walls was knocked down now where we gonna go? It all seemed so important at the time Two am as rosalita blasts across the crowd back for salvation every night ears would ring and hands would ache and our souls went soaring home those perfect moments frozen in my mind out on the deck as the stars come to life across the sky and the revelry down below begins to rise tripping down old memory land cant make the days come back again but we sure had one hell of a time!
9.
Jericho *** 03:57
Jericho Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin I take your hand as you take my money I kiss your cheek and you leave me wondering You hold me too tight in fear or desire Is this our loves baptism or its trial by fire I just need to know Are you playing with fire or playing for keeps? Is this the sound of our love or the horns of Jericho? It's past midnight and your still smokin' I slip of to sleep leaving words unspoken I see you in my kitchen in a shirt i thought was missing Your pour black coffee in my cup I wonder is this love? I watch you get dressed and get made up for work Is this goodbye? And how much will it hurt? I still smell you in my bed but you had to go I feel the ache in my bones from the sex we stole
10.
A STREET NAMED DESIRE Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin I know i'm looking for love in all the wrong places With every expensive smile And each hard face I lay down my cash On the red side of town But in the end She always brings me down I'm driving my car Down a street named desire All the houses have burned down But there's no sign of your fire I'm searching for something That just can't be found It has to be given Like flowers from the ground Loneliness is no excuse for the paths i've taken But there is a truth In the promise i'm breaking You can't depend upon the kindness of strangers You have to listen to your heart And damn the dangers There's a touch so soft out there somewhere And a heart to be held if only you would dare There's only one chance that matters You can blow all the rest When love comes to you you have to rise above the mess I want to find you in my bed Find you in the flesh I want to believe in the church of love I'm blessed
11.
NO HAY ROSAS SIN ESPINAS Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin There is no love without heartbreak No drunkenness without mistake so we build our own prisons and sleep in the bed we make Give me your hand take a leap Don't be afraid and don't be weak i believe in the stars and you Will you believe in us too? No hay rosa sin espinas oh my senorita There are no roses without thorns This is your dream, won't you believe it? This is your dream, won,t you believe it? This is no paradise i've sown but give my love a new chance and you'll see how it grows you are the magic i have always known Do we stay in this dirty town just to let it bring us down you can keep all your secrets buried deep in the ground Just give me your heart and soul We'll make diamonds from this coal From our flesh and our bones we'll build our love a home
12.
BLUE SUNDAY Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin I met a paris girl all dressed in champagne in pearls I took her down to passion town to show her a secret world I know i was mistaken thinking i could break into pandoras box Ever since i played lovers roulette Seems i keep getting lost. Now it's two bottles on a sunday to float me through the week That's the price i have to pay ever since she rode away My heart beats bruised and skips when her shadow passes by If it weren't for my tears this old town would run dry I'm just crying over smoke and a dream that's gone astray It's not the end of the world it's just another blue sunday Somehow i lost my bible and my bookmark made from your hair Now every train station whistle sounds like truth or dare I started showing up at church to pray hard late at night the priest claims he can save me but i can't see the light I don't want you to cry or worry a stitch for me Madame s' crystal ball revealed how deep our fate is sealed I'm running from the hangman's rope drunk on hope and a fool to believe That if i find you once again will torch the church as we will elope I hear them calling me from the travel martyr's choir But your voice is all i heed now that my wanderlust has retired I dream you up in each sunrise but it never seems to last My hopes keep getting swallowed up by the jonah's in my past
13.
The Smile Lyrics and Music by Duane Hultin Thinking back to a time long ago those nights seemed to drag on and on working midnight to eight sleeping through the sunshine I woke up with a feeling that someones out there too someone i was hoping to be true One early spring morning you were there with the smile and you laughed as i walked out with beer my worn heart jumped in my chest as i climbed behind the wheel racing down the open freeway your the vision in my mind i made a promise i would never let you go To be so happy with my arms around you feels like warm sunlight falling from the sky when i see you along the seashore i know you are the angel of my life. Over hills and green fields with our love we did roam We hiked the canyons to the top and gazed down A sparkling ring on your finger and a tear in our eyes The lake was shining down below us the wind blew through your hair We felt like we could dance on air Years roll by and you and i grow older too Think of that warm summer day my hand reached out to you we turned up the aisle and there were joined forevermore two hearts to beat within one soul
14.
GREEN BOOK TRAVELS Music by Duane Hultin, Lyrics based on " The Green Book " Show me the hole that i can crawl up through Show me the beacon for my shipwrecked soul How far have i fallen? these words are like a spell Can i ever make it back? I've got stories to tell Of knives and of loneliness of faith and tears Women fan flames of desire, barmen with no cheer Souls lay drowned on the counter red blood runs through the cracks My plea on a wet window, Can i ever make it back? Within the green book travels hidden carefully The roadmap to a place not everyone can be Hidden high up on the shelf for kindred souls to see Your adventures bursted out of your dreams Old friends and strange voices appear on the scene To banish out your demons that fade away as they scream When angels appear from above don't ask where they're from Don't ask for forgiveness or question their tongues The memories of your friends that float down through the night They slap at your face in the cool morning light A gaze from a girl hidden deep in the trees A Grecian sunset with blue waters swirling down around your knees In bodegas and bordellos the waves and the sand The flickering glow of a movie screen in some foreign land Love letters never sent to chase the dangers away Your demons never disappear so you just keep them at bay In a storm or at peace a smile means the same Given in secret or in daylight the promise remains To the future to our friendship to the ghosts of a precious past To bathing in the sunlight to be truly home at last
15.
CITY LIMITS Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin I'm leaving now Didn't even bother to pack I can't take this town If i can't take you back I'm heading across the city limits Cross the county line I'm leaving this wretched state To get you off my mind I'm leaving now With just the clothes on my back I can't take this town If i can't take you back I'm leaving now Rearview mirror is cracked I can't take this town I'm never looking back I'm leaving now Never coming back Out past the city limits To where the skies are black
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PILGRIMS PRAYER Lyrics by Mike Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin I wish i could fall into your schoolgirl eyes once again And hold you in the flesh my broken hearted friend I wish i could smell your wine breath on my neck And taste your sugared lips I guess i'll just have to pretend It's so cold in Paris at this time of the year But it warms my heart to know you once loved me here Mona's bistro is still open so i'm drinking midnights cheer I see you smoking at the window as these ghosts bring me to tears I'm traveling hard and light These days i travel alone If you can hear this pilgrims prayer Won't you carry me back home Some nights i swear i hear you crying in my dreams And even from this distance the wind sounds like screams I raise you up in my heart like some lazarus scheme I am guilty of all you said and every drop you bleed It's raining down heat in central Singapore I'm lost on Ben Coolen Street even though i've been here before I'm drinking at the E & O with my eyes pinned to the door I'm praying like a sinner that i will see you once more

about

This is the one that started it all. Done in 1999. Julie, Mike Mccaffrey and I hatched a plan on our way home from a Van Gogh exhibit at LACMA.
Mike came up with a group of lyrics detailing a journey to get "one that got away" back. It was called Midnight Prayers. I added 5 songs of my own to the project and this is what we came up with. It was us putting together mike pacillos drumming, Julie s keyboards, and my guitars and bass, to start what would be a decades long love of recording and making music.
From the long nights talking over arrangements, thinking we were Lennon and Mcartney, to the final mixes, This was a labor of love and adventure.
I got to use many different styles, many different voices, and bring life to mikes great lyrics. 14 years later, it still makes me smile from ear to ear!!
( van gogh joke! ) Seriously, This one, I am very proud of. Hope you like it.
I remastered it in 2012 to make the sound better. For those who this is new to, Enjoy. For those who have heard it before, enjoy again. Make sure to check out the cd booklet photo attachments and lyric sheets.

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released March 20, 2014

Duane Hultin: All guitars, Bass, Vocals
Julie Hultin: Keyboards, Organ, Accordion, Backing vocals
Mike Pacillo: All percussion, Shakers, Noises, moods, nuances, djembe
Mike Mccaffrey: Lyrics on all *** Tracks, Co producer and co-conspirator

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