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Half the City

by St Paul and the Broken Bones

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1.
I'm Torn Up 03:37
Hello Sweetheart How is love going nowadays? Did you find that true love The one that made you stay? And I know you feel so good And I know you feel so right But I just got tell you Oh I know you miss me late at night I’m torn up Is he standing right next to you Listening to this sweet song? Could you please tell him You did him so wrong? But I ain’t doing no harm Sweetheart you got in my lost in my charm I know that you love me But I can’t love you too You just got to step on up You just got to pull it through I’m torn up, you know that I’m torn up Is he standing right there? Let him hear your song
2.
Why did it get so dark I can’t bear it no more I crumble at the foot of love The master of my pain My kingdom has fallen Oh my kingdom has fallen Why did the light fade It hurt so bad These stones I throw Broke this heart of glass My kingdom’s gone And my will won’t be done I can’t come back till the morning sun I’ve been worried I can’t deal with it Oh I can’t deal with
3.
Call Me 02:51
This ain’t the heartache that I thought I knew This ain’t the pardon that I thought we had You got your limit Baby I got mine Six eleven, three three six nine You got to call me baby I said call me now We ain’t the lovers that tear it down We ain’t fortunate that are around town You got your limit Baby I got mine Six eleven, three three six nine You got to call me baby I need you to pick that telephone Dial those numbers heartache I need to hear your sweet voice Let me you again I need you baby Got to be just picking that telephone please oh baby You got your limit baby I got mine Six eleven, three three six nine Please baby pickup that phone
4.
All I need is a little tender touch, it will burn the coal Oh baby I heard what you said and I know we will be alright You are just a tired girl and I am just a tired boy, we ain’t going to let it fall But you can’t, but you can’t let me go, we take it slow Oh I I am just working hard And you You just working too And all of us We just playing cool Your love my love our love Is like a mighty river baby Please lord, can you hear my prayer? Don’t let it fall on deaf ears There ain’t anybody hearing me but I just got to scream She is just a pure girl and I am just a dirty boy, we just trying to work it through But there ain’t, but there ain’t no words that cut to you Oh I I been just working hard And you You been just working too And all of us We just playing cool Your love my love our love Is like a mighty river baby Got to let it flow Got to let it flow Flow I know I know you got let it flow
5.
That Glow 03:03
I’ve lost my senses for that child that went away I’ve carried my sorrow to my resting place Oh how that glow in her eyes it lights up When she gone in some else’s arms How I wish it was me I am lost in all this heartbreak lord set me free There ain’t no man that should carry This burden inside of me Oh how that glow in her eyes it lights up When she gone in some else’s arms How I wish it was me When she is alone I can’t bare no more I wish it was me How I wish it was me
6.
Young love has made me old Worn down just like shoes Winter comes and she goes That I know is true Broken Bones and pocket change Is all she left me with Wreckless love has made me cold Tired, restless and blue Ain’t nobody love me I,ll just stand here alone Broken bones and pocket change is all she left me with I got it bad I got so bad this poor disease and I down on my knees Music died and it let me go said goodbye to my poor soul Melody melody melody why have you forsaken me Broken bones and pocket change is all she left Broken bones oh and pocket change its all she left with Its all she left me with I’m beat down I’m tired and lonely I can’t bare it no more Oh today
7.
Sugar Dyed 02:27
Ain’t nobody going to steal my brand new groove Oh man look at her body, I’m about to lose my cool I will not let you go Everybody told you so You can’t, you can’t, you can’t let me with your crazy arms Oh girl you got me tired I’m about to lose my sleep Love me, love me, love me till the lights come on I will not let you go Everybody told you so You can’t, you can’t, you can’t let me with your crazy arms Ain’t no need for a conversation cause love is all we do Call the pokey and all the cops but they can’t stop what we got I know that you love the lord but he ain’t here right now I need you baby Your crazy arm Gotta to love me
8.
This poor lonely heart, it’s made of pure steel And you can’t let it cry at the poor end of street I’ve populated half the city child But I still can’t find no love Somebody has to heal me from up above There ain’t no way that I could stay here breathing There it goes, her arms that hold me closely, so closely I can’t let it down, this hope I feel Oh this city has made me cry but I still can’t leave her The streets paved with pain of all my past loves Please don’t let it die cause I have had enough There ain’t no way that I could stay here breathing There it goes, her arms that hold me closely, so closely I know that it’s time For this city of mine To just crumble down and let me hold it, just let me hold it All you got to let me do I know, I know this city made for me
9.
How do we always do this Turn ourselves around Remember when those sweet memories used to soothe us Used to make us smile We put on our Sunday best We live our quiet mess, but we’ll never be merry I know I have been cold I just ain’t got no soul I have had those sweet sugar thoughts but they were taken away from me Can’t melt me no more, I will have to be just so unhappy We put on our Sunday best We live our quiet mess, but we’ll never be merry Give me time, give me time You got to give me time Please don’t leave me baby, I can’t have you leaving me That ole grass ain’t greener I know baby cause I have been there I know it ain’t greener Time time oh sweet time Please don’t leave me Time time time oh sweet time Please don’t leave me, I can’t have you leaving me
10.
Let It Be So 03:19
I will love you till the end of time But our love ain’t right Please ole lady let me lay with you I know he ain’t here tonight What we built ain’t for this world We’ll keep going till it dies Let us live inside this ole sweet mystery Let it be so We can’t stop what the lord has made Though the devil may try I ain’t holy but I am whole with you Let’s just dirty up the tide What we built ain’t for this world We’ll keep going till it dies Let us live inside this ole sweet mystery Let it be so
11.
Dixie Rothko 03:32
I told her no you are too young Her heart it said yeah baby I am so strong Sometimes I feel that love you got We know it ain’t right His heart it went yeah I don’t have it wrong His mind uh baby I like it just like that Sometimes I feel that love you got But sometimes it ain’t right When love each other the way we You get past all of it you get past all the mess Their hearts say yeah I think we got it all so bad Their minds went uhhh baby we got a sweet plan I know we going to make child I know we going make it babe I know, I now know
12.
My momma told me son it won’t go away That ole heartache, it won’t stop the rain Please just try boy to find the lord If you can’t hear him say Just sit and pray I’ve been bad I’ve been bad Please just cry now, let it wash away You been lost child but I hope you find your way I know it hurts babe but he’ll heal all your wounds If you can’t hear him say Just sit and pray I’ve been bad I’ve been bad I’ve been bad Oh I need him, I need him

about

St. Paul & the Broken Bones’ debut record, Half the City. It took them all over the world and then landed them on David Letterman. A landmark record.

“St. Paul and the Broken Bones' music doesn't just mimic the sounds its members love; it regenerates the tradition. This is what happens when players are unusually in tune with each other and with the discoveries they're sharing. Half the City is the first major recorded statement from a band already growing into greatness. Get it now, while the sweat's still fresh.” - NPR

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released February 18, 2014

Paul Janeway: Vocals
Jesse Phillips: Bass
Browan Lollar: Guitars, Background Vocals
Andrew Lee: Drums, Percussion
Allen Branstetter: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ben Griner: Trombone, Tuba

Al Gamble: Organ on tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11; Piano on tracks 5 & 9; Wurlitzer on tracks 1 & 8
Ben Tanner: Organ in track 8; Piano on tracks 11 & 12; background vocals on “Half the City”
Daniel Stoddard: Pedal steel on tracks 2 & 8
Jamie Harper: Baritone sax on tracks 1,3,4,6,7,8,9,11
Ron Alexander: Upright bass on tracks 6 & 12

Photography: David McClister
Art direction: Aaron Gresham at Big Communications


Produced, recorded, and mixed by Ben Tanner
(except “Sugar Dyed,” recorded by Les Nuby and Ben Tanner and mixed by Ben Tanner).

Recorded at The Nutthouse in Sheffield, AL
(except “Sugar Dyed” was recorded at Ol’ Elegante Studios by Les Nuby).

Additional overdubs recorded at Up and In Studio
Mixed at FAME Studio A

Mastered by Steven Berson at Total Sonic Media

All songs written by St. Paul and the Broken Bones
except tracks 5,6,7 written by Paul Janeway and Jesse Phillips (BMI)

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