35, 2007

bring on the night

blood on the balcony
blood on the lawn
all down the street
the lights went on

the cops they came
but you gave ’em the slip
took off cryin’
with the gun on your hip

sayin’

aw bring on the night
i still got my ruger and a big buck knife
aw bring on the night
come on and take me down i don’t care if i die

a 12 pack later
you’re in omaha
over council bluffs
you can see the law
with their red lights flashin’
at the water’s edge
you’re standin’ in the truck bed
with the gun to your head

sayin’

(chorus)

baby everybody falls in love
yeah and everything falls apart sometimes
you got to rise above
you got to keep it together when the road gets rough

well the iowa troopers
shoot straight and true
and the omaha locals
want a word with you
"throw down the gun
put your hands up high"
but you got a bullet
with a short way to fly

(chorus)

american rain

i was born in the land of plenty
grew up in the land of dreams
never had to work for nothin’
it was all laid out for me

i had everything i wanted
never wanted nothin’ too much
and my heart would not be broken
no my soul would not be touched

now i walk down these suburban streets alone
as the dark clouds rise before me hey i’m a rock i’m almost grown

in the american rain
in the american rain
give me something to be sure of
a season for my pain
and a reason to remain
in the american rain

well i guess i’ll go to college
ain’t got nothin’ better to do
get me out of this town
at least for a year or two

and there’s a big ol’ world a-waitin’ so they say
but i know that it don’t matter if i leave or if i stay

(chorus)

hold me baby hold me baby
feel like i’m gonna fade away
hold me baby hold me baby
now you’re losin’ me and i feel
like i’m gonna fade
i’m gonna fade away

(solos)

(chorus)

(i’ll still) love you forever

if you leave
if you go
there’s just one thing i want you to know
you’ll be inside me for the rest of my life
i won’t apologize and i won’t think twice baby

i’ll still love you forever
just like i told you i would
i would
i’ll still love you forever
just like i told you
just like i told you i would

i can cry
and i can run
but i can’t change the things that i’ve done
i curse the darkness in this heart that i own
i light a candle just in case you ever wanna come home

chorus

ad lib

chorus

out of the fire

blood and dirt they stain me
i been down a time or two
all my memories still pain me
i just wanna put my trust in you

(can you take me) out of the fire yeah
for just a little while
(can you take me) out of the fire yeah
close your eyes don’t watch me cry
all this hurt i deny
well it’s smoulderin’ tonight
won’t you let me hold on tight
take me out of the fire

hearts and bones been broken
there’s cuts that just won’t heal
from the pain of words unspoken
baby can you show me how to feel?

chorus

left my soul spittin’ blood in the desert
sold my heart down on magazine street
and i know all about redemption baby
i just don’t know about me

and i’m used to bein’ lonely
ain’t it funny how you breathe
now i’m afraid i want you only
ooh but all i know is how to leave

chorus

if you don’t want me no more

i don’t need this conversation
pushin’ it towards a fight then
pullin’ away to cry
i’ve given up on restoration
there ain’t nothin’ we can do this time
so let me leave i’ll let you go
if you don’t want me no more

tried to figure out a reason
oh some kind of way
babe to make you stay
but i guess true love is out of season
yeah we need half the blood and half the blame
you change the lock i’ll close the door
if you don’t want me no more

if you don’t want me no more
if you don’t want me no more
if you don’t want me no more

come apart and disconnected
worn out and uninspired
you’ve got to cut the wires
if only for your own protection
you’ve got to take shelter from this fire
so let’s bring home the wounded from the war
if you don’t want me no more

if you don’t want me no more
if you don’t want me no more
if you don’t want me no more

if you don’t want me no more
if you don’t want me no more
if you don’t want me no more
if you don’t want me no more

sonic girls

hey now baby
where ya goin’ tonight?
when he picks you up everything’s gonna be all right
he’s waitin’ at the drive-in
with a 6 pack of beer
you climb in the car and he squeezes your arm and says
let’s get on out of here

and oh-oh
sonic girls
around the world
everybody knows
sonic girls
all around the world
everybody knows where the summer goes
summer goes

hey now baby
on the passenger side
drive up to memphis yeah just to see the bright lights
and in a motel 6
across the arkansas line
you try out a few things and learn some new things
and live it up for a while

(chorus)

and you try to make it forever
but you settle for just right now
you try to make it forever
but soon it lies in pieces
and you head back home to your little town

hey now baby
ah you’re lyin’ alone
sleep on the porch as another gulf storm blows
and you’re back at the drive-in
for another year
and it’s late september and still you remember
what he whispered in your ear

(chorus)

honey chile

he said...
he was a gentleman in good standing with the law
he said...
he was a dog track millionaire back in omaha
then he looked me in the eye with that old school smile and said

i might could help you honey chile

he said...
he had a suicide lincoln and a coffee black cadillac
he said...
he had some packages of unknown origin up in the back
than he looked me in the eye with his gold tooth shinin’ said

i might could help you honey chile
i might could help you honey chile
i might could help you honey chile

’cause i’m qualified
and i’m bona fide
electrified

he said...
well darlin’ ninety-nine and forty-four one-hundredths percent won’t do
he said...
baby you got to believe in every single thing i say to you
now i can see you wanna fly let me be your fly guy

i might could help you honey chile
i might could help you honey chile
i might could help you honey chile

panhandle wind

my loose and lonely ways have caused me so much pain
i’ve hurt so many others tryna make it right again
but it didn’t do nothin’
weren’t nothin’ gained

my black and faithless heart has driven me away
from ev’ry man who cared enough to try to point the way
to somethin’ better
yeah that brighter day

panhandle wind will still be blowin’
the early snow falls on the ground
and the leaves are fallin’ down

my red and restless eyes have seen the morning sun
too many times with someone lyin’ there who ain’t the one
but it don’t matter
don’t matter none

guitar

chorus

my loose and lonely ways my emptiness to fill
so i’ll walk the streets of this nebraska town until
i find my reasons
i’m searchin’ still

down to the river

well i was stranded
left for dead
on the backside of my dream
kicked down
almost beaten
by the things that i had seen

and i said hey
can you help me
’cause i feel i’m sinkin’ down
and there ain’t no room
for believers
in this fiery faithless town
i got the dirt on my hands now baby
i got their blood on my soul

and i go
down to the river
wash those sins away/tear all their lies away
down to the river
on my knees and i pray

deceit
and betrayal
rips the hunger from your heart
leaves you broken
and deserted
with a hate so black and hard

now if we all want the same thing baby
how come i feel so cold

(chorus)

well it’s the promise
and the pain
and the faith that makes you strong
pay the price
take the blame
face the doubts that dog you all night long

i been trav’lin’ a long time baby
now i’m comin’ home

(chorus)

CREDITS

Produced by Greg Schutte
basic tracks recorded at caveman studios, minneapolis, mn, april-may 2005
engineered by matt hupton
overdubs recorded at hot igloo studios, minneapolis, mn, may 2005-april 2006
engineered by greg schutte
vocals produced by merel bregante
mary’s vocals and cody & willy braun’s vocals recorded at the cribworks digital audio, austin, tx, may and september 2005 engineered by merel bregante
mixed by cris burns at the cribworks digital audio, austin, tx, may 2006
additional mixing by merel bregante and cris burns at the cribworks, august 2006

tracks 4, 7, and 8 produced by dr. fink
and mixed by dr. fink, too, while he was at it
recorded at starvue studios, savage, mn, winter 2003
engineered by steve hall

mastered by jerry tubb at terra nova digital audio, austin, tx, september 2006
mary cutrufello vocals, guitars
Mary Cutrufello uses GHS Strings
all songs written by mary cutrufello cecil’s pride music BMI except:
take ’em as they come by bruce springsteen ASCAP
if you don’t want me no more by mary cutrufello and kevin bowe cecil’s pride music BMI/bashti music inc/desmone music inc BMI
honey chile by mary cutrufello and mark lickteig cecil’s pride music BMI/mark lickteig publishing ASCAP

thanks to
mom, nan + cecil; jasmine, aaron + tae; amy leintz, merel bregante, mike norton, tish hinojosa, anita kozan, greg schutte; duey herron; stu bridge; baz mattie + gerco aerts; rick-o, cbh, + chris gabriel; missy cantrell, gil baldwin and rick anderson for the guitars; tom callins for hotrodding the bassman; all who played + sang; all who ran the big machines.

roll greensleeve roll
2005: howard bjerke, milt brandt, joel hubmer, jill johnson, tom kriescher, ed linke, jary thompson, mary zangl
2006: cheng lee, mark maccallum, lari yang
moreover: rich comben, del mund

bring on the night
mary: guitars, lead vocals
greg schutte: drums, percussion
nick salisbury: bass
brian ziemniac: piano
mark lickteig: bvox
andra suchy: bvox
daryk narum: bari sax
zack lozier: trumpet
peter vircks: tenor sax

take ’em as they come (duet w/willy braun)
mary: guitars, lead vocals
willy braun: lead vocals
cody braun: bvox
(willy and cody appear courtesy sugar hill records)
greg schutte: drums, percussion
nick salisbury: bass

american rain
mary: guitars, lead vocals
greg schutte: drums, percussion
nick salisbury: bass
rami jaffee: b-3
mark lickteig: bvox
andra suchy: bvox

(i’ll still) love you forever
mary: guitars, lead vocals
greg schutte: drums
scott allen: bass
toby marshall: b-3, bvox
dr. fink: piano
mark lickteig: bvox

out of the fire (feat. andra suchy)
mary: guitars, lead vocals
andra suchy: 2nd vocal part
greg schutte: drums, percussion
nick salisbury: bass
rami jaffee: b-3
mark lickteig: bvox

if you don’t want me no more
mary: guitars, lead vocals
greg schutte: drums, percussion, triangle
nick salisbury: bass
rami jaffee: b-3
andra suchy: feline bvox
mark lickteig: catty bvox
daryk narum: bari sax
zack lozier: trumpet
peter vircks: tenor sax

sonic girls
mary: guitars, lead vocals, high bvox
erich hofmeister: drums
scott allen: bass, bvox
toby marshall: b-3, bvox

honey chile
mary: guitars, lead vocals
greg schutte: drums
scott allen: bass
toby marshall: b-3
mark lickteig: pimp-grinch bvox

panhandle wind
(for josh from north platte, nebraska)
mary: guitars, lead vocals
greg schutte: drums, percussion
nick salisbury: bass
rami jaffee: b-3 and other keyboards
mark lickteig: bvox
andra suchy: bvox

down to the river
mary: guitars, lead vocals
greg schutte: drums, percussion
nick salisbury: bass
rami jaffee: b-3
andra suchy: bvox (forget merry clayton)
merel bregante, greg schutte, mary cutrufello: white guy chorus