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Good Luck Stranger

by Brady Harris

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1.
SUNDAY SHINING Sunday shining Was late in arriving But for you I’d go to the edge of the world And take you back home again Sunday shining Was late in arriving But for you I’d go where the north winds blow So cold down the lane Caught in a Galveston rain. We’ll meet again Waves crashing in It’s seven o’clock And you wanna rock You sailed to me On the edge of a breeze Gotta give what you got If you want a lot Say this lie so you’ll be mine You get to me all the time Sunday shining Was late in arriving But for you I’d fly way high in the sky And take you back home again It was Sunday shining Was late in arriving But for you I’d go where the north winds blow So cold down the lane Caught in a Galveston rain. Make no amends Cos we’ll be again Well it’s seven o’clock And you wanna rock You sailed to me On the edge of a breeze You gotta give what you got If you want a lot Say this lie so you’ll be mine You get to me all the time Sunday shining Was late in arriving But for you I’d fly way high in the sky And take you back home again It was Sunday shining Was late in arriving But for you I’d go where the north winds blow So cold down the lane Caught in a Galveston rain.
2.
Koreatown 03:26
KOREATOWN You know that I Was born to cry And the things I do Were never meant to hurt you The sun goes down On Koreatown And I’m on my own With no one to guide me home I was never down too long But I can feel you when I’m gone When the light comes shining Your soul is mine to keep Your soul is mine to keep Your soul is mine Your soul is mine to keep It’s mine to keep You left your mark In MacArthurs Park Kingsley and Third But your voice could not be heard Not be heard I saw you down In Koreatown You were in my room Never thought goodbye was soon I was never down too long But I can feel you when you’re gone When the night comes shining Your soul is mine to keep Your soul is mine to keep Your soul is mine Your soul is mine to keep It’s mine to keep It’s safe to say That I’ll miss you Either way Away The sun goes down On Koreatown And you’re on your own With nowhere to go
3.
Fading 03:24
FADING You’re only fading Eyes dilating So blue You’re watching reruns Of all that you’ve done Been through You’re only waiting Time’s hesitating Without you How you bruise So blue You’re soul relaxing Veins collapsing So blue Your skin is thinning Your eyes are dimming It’s true How you bruise But it’s true It’s only seven o’clock in the morning It’s too late to go to bed It’s only seven o’clock in the morning Could you be your only friend You must be somewhere That’s in-between here and there You don’t care You don’t care It’s only seven o’clock in the morning It’s too late to go to bed It’s only seven o’clock in the morning You can sleep until you’re dead It’s only seven o’clock in the morning Don’t believe a word I said It’s only seven o’clock in the morning You could you be your only friend
4.
Falling Down 04:11
FALLING DOWN I can’t stand up For falling down You broke my trust And there ain’t none now I can’t give up It’s too far down You will help me up When I reach the ground Into your heart The sweetest refrain As close as you are So far we remain You gave me so much It made me cry There’s treasures locked in trunks Buried in your eyes Some have got to go Down so far Before they even know Just how precious we are Into your heart The sweetest refrain As close as you are So far I remain Into your heart The sweetest refrain As close as you are So far we remain So far we remain
5.
ANTHRAX BLUES You can’t run from anthrax Ebola’s got your tail Them Russian doctors got you Like a fish inside a barrel And there’s no use in runnin’ Son you’re really done in It’s true It’s too late for your gas mask You’ve got the anthrax blues Chemicals and acids And gasses that kill If those three don’t get you Well you know the smallpox will And there’s no use in hiding Son there’s no denyin’ Bid adieu Well it’s too late for your gas mask You’ve got the smallpox blues Well it’s too late for your gas mask You’ve got the anthrax blues All this fighting We can’t get along Them germs are spreadin’ From here to kingdom come You can’t run from anthrax Las Vegas got some mail Sent up by militias Get their orders straight from hell Then there’s no use denyin’ Son you’re really dyin’ Bid adieu Well it’s too late for your gas mask You’ve got the anthrax blues
6.
Save yer love for me When you're young and all your life's a dream And everything's exactly as it seems And all the places we went Drunk afternoons spent walking alone Y'know that sometimes I Still wish that somehow time could fly me home Save yer love for me Back in '83 The world was you and me Back to Houston my mind always goes The thick-aired breezes of the Montrose And all the places we went Drunk afternoons spent walking alone You know that sometimes I Still wish that somehow time could fly me home Save yer love for Back in '83 The world was you and me La la la La la la You know that sometimes I Still have to dry and eye when I see home Save yer love for me I'll be what you need Back in '83 The world was you and me Save yer love for me Save yer love for me Save yer love for me
7.
NEEDLE IN THE HAY I got needle in the hay I gotta find who you are Don’t you know Everything must fall I got fading roots I got nothing to prove Every time The lie becomes the truth I got sin on my skin I don’t know where to begin Everything Gets broken down again Fall When I find out what it is you really need from me Everytime you’re exactly what you need me to be What you’re trying to say It always seems to slip away It’s like a needle in the hay You gotta follow your heart All the way Back to where it all starts Starts When I find out what it is you really need from me Everytime you’re exactly what you need me to be What you’re trying to say It always seems to slip away
8.
I'll Miss These Days (from the CD "Good Luck Stranger") I'll miss these days Spent with you time can't erase You'll never know all the ways but I'll miss these days Share a dream You never know what it brings This is the price it seems for us Live and learn Broken hearts always yearn For a past that can't return to them When the feeling leave you dry Seems love's on loan from days gone by Or not yet arrived from the days so far away That always come but don't stay As long as you and I remain That's when I'll wanna say I'll miss these days Spent with you time can't erase You'll never know all the ways But I'll miss these days Share a dream What a lovers kiss may bring The other half of all the things you need But when you wake To the sound your own doubts make You can almost hear hearts break in two When the feelings pass you by Seems love's on loan from days gone by Or not yet arrived from the days so far away That always come but don't stay As long as you and I remain That's when I'll wanna say I'll miss these days
9.
Drunk With You Words & Music by Brady Harris All I wanna do is get drunk with you Cos drinkin’ on my own Don’t do what it used to do I can feel me lose my power I’ve got to get to happy hour I’ve chased these blues all day They come and then they slip away With each sip I take I’ll buy the first round for you, my love I’ll buy the second round, cos 3 ain’t enough I don’t wanna stay out late Baby don’t make me wait When all I wanna do is get next to you Cos bein’ on my own Always leads to darkened moods You take up all my time I might as well make you mine Or you can rest assured My vision’s gonna end up blurred Speech slurred I’ll buy another round for you, my drunk I’ll buy another round, cos 4 ain’t enough Why do you have to always say That love is something I can’t make When all I wanna do is is get next to you Cos being on my own Always leads to self abuse You take up all my time Not in reality but in my mind I’ve chased these blues all day Won’t you help me come and drink ‘em away Say you’ll stay
10.
FEELING STRANGELY FINE I’m feeling strangely fine How low did you think I would have to go Until you believe You said you’ll go You said you’ll go away The evening starts to fall You said you’ll go away Til the evening starts to fall With our backs against the wall Never to get that far The words that you said to me Left me feeling strangely fine How low did you think I would have to go Until you believe Until you believe in me You said you’ll know You said you’ll know the way The evening starts to fall Time goes so slow When you feel low and gray And the blues they start to call With our backs against the wall Never to get that far The words that you said to me Left me feeling strangely fine How low did you think I would have to go Until you believe Until you believe in me
11.
Houston 04:20
HOUSTON Well there’s nobody left in old Houston town Everyone it seems is just leaving town Worked hard all my life Just to get what I need It seems this ol’ Texas town Has buried my dreams Well nobody goes to the ol’ Montrose Not a face that I see is one that I know I spent my youth drunk here Threw up on these streets Westheimer Road is closing in now on me Well there’s no one around the old downtown Ol’ Market Square has just been tore down They put up a parking lot Called it Allright I see my soul disappear on the Houston skyline I sweat my ass off each summertime March til November’s a mighty long time The heatstroke can kill you The roaches they fly, so high Well BJ Thomas lives in Vegas now Ol’ Lightning Hopkins been put in the ground Roky Erickson lives in South Austin now Houston’s musical heroes Just can’t hang around Well ZZ Top’s so boring now They’re the only ones who should’ve left town Clint Black’s records sound so homogenized He sounded so much better When he was just killing time I freeze my ass off each wintertime Tomball to Clear Lake’s a mighty long drive It’s too cold for Yankees And Texans can’t drive, on ice Ol’ Dean Martin sang about Houston town Everyone it seems was putting him down Now they’ve all left For places unknown For 31 years I’ve called this my home For 31 more years I’ll make this my home Ol’ Houston town
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GOOD LUCK STRANGER named TOP 10 ALBUMS of 2000 @ Pop Culture Press and Delusions of Adequacy.

"Roots-rock Americana with the vibrant, crackling pop of Revolver-era Beatles."
-George Zahora, SPLENDID;

"An addictive set of Lennon-shaded country-rock, Harris is a smart, literate songwriter with melodies to make him a dangerous commodity in an increasingly mediocre genre" ---Matt Fink, POP CULTURE PRESS;

"GOOD LUCK STRANGER gets my highest recommendation."---Ron Garmon, MEAN STREET MAGAZINE;

"One of the finest albums I've heard this year...This music is timeless." ---Jon Worley, AIDING & ABETTING;

BIO:

Brady is an L.A. based singer-songwriter who has performed on small stages (and a few large ones) from L.A. to Texas to Boston to Amsterdam. The Texas born, former busker (London & Paris underground) has had his songs placed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, featured in independent films, hand picked by screenwriter Joe Esterhaus (the song "All of You Suck") and chosen by the rock band Collective Soul as "Best Rock Entry" (for the song "Sunday Shining") in the "Born on the WWW" song competition. Brady was critic's pick @ the NXNW Festival '99, then released GOOD LUCK STRANGER and went on to tour Belgium and Holland later in 2000. 2001 saw more gigs in Texas, LA and NYC, and Brady won a $600 SHURE condenser microphone for his roots-grass version of Motorhead's classic "Ace of Spades" (hear at www.bradyharris.com) from SHURE's Musical Roots Contest. 2002 continues w/the recording of the follow-up to Good Luck Stranger. Also, Sunday Shining (from Good Luck Stranger) recently won $5,000 from the Pontiac Vibe Car Commercial Contest.

Official bio from All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com):

Former frontman for the Replacements-inspired Solid Goldsteins, Brady Harris' solo career has diverged from his previous work into a sound altogether more indicative of his Texas roots. Bearing considerable vocal resemblance to John Lennon, Harris crafts moody country-rock with a hard pop edge. Strongly melodic with a confident wit, he combines well-traveled themes with stoic romanticism. Having paid his dues as a starving artist, busking on the streets of Paris and London, Harris found himself in Los Angeles recording one album with his former bandmates before releasing his solo debut in 1997. That album, Next Door to Nowhere, received favorable reviews and was followed by considerable media attention at 1999's NXNW music conference. Good Luck Stranger (2000) was met with near unanimous critical approval, and Harris went on to tour Europe in late 2000. -- Matt Fink

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released January 15, 2000

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