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Lonesome Town

by Louis King

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    The 8th Album from the Werewolf King Louis King,His 2nd Rockabilly Album following on from 2001's 'Standing in the Sun

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EVER SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN. BEEN TROUBLE ‘TWEEN A WOMAN AND A MAN WHAT I KNOW IS THERE AIN’T NO DOUBT GONNA TELL YOU WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT SHORT SHORT SKIRTS AND THAT PONYTAIL SIMPLE COMBINATION THAT NEVER FAIL MAKE AN OLD MAN WEEP/YOUNG MAN WAIL SHORT SHORT SKIRTS AND THAT PONYTAIL HERE’S A STORY YOU WON’T BELIEVE BOUT ADAM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND EVE GOT IN A MESS WITH A SNAKE IN A TREE AND THE REST WAS HISTORY WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU MEN TODAY ALL GONE CRAZY IN EVERY SINGLE WAY ASK HIM ABOUT THE WORLD ,HE AIN’T GOT A CLUE SEE HIM AT A DANCEHALL SATURDAY NIGHT COMBIN HIS HAIR /TRYIN TO LOOK RIGHT HE CAN’T TALK ,HE CAN’T WAIT TRYIN TO GET HIM A THOUSAND DATES HE CANT WORK / HE CAN’T EAT TOO SHOOK TO TALK / TOO SCARED TO SLEEP HE DON’T CARE ABOUT THE HUMAN RACE JUST A WALKIN’ AROUND / WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE
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Giddy Up! 03:07
GIDDY UP! © LOUIS KING 2020 I MET A LITTLE GAL/ LAST SATURDAY NIGHT SHE’S SO FINE / MAN I GOT A FRIGHT TRIED TO ACT COOL /LIKE I GOT IT ALL TOGETHER ASKED HER FOR A DANCE / SOMETIME LATER TONGUE GOT TIED/ MY FACE WENT RED YOU NEVER GUESS JUST WHAT SHE SAID SHE LOOKED AT ME /MADE A SIGN SAID “GET IN EARLY / OR GET IN LINE” GIDDY UP! IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN’ GIDDY UP! /MY KISSIN’ AND A HUGGIN GIDDY UP! / IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN BABY DON'T MAKE ME WASTE MY TIME SHE SAID IF YOU WANT ME BABY / YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR STEP DON’T WASTE TIME WITH ALL YOUR LINES / YOU KNOW YOU BETTER GET HEP BUT SHE’S SO SWEET/ SWEET AS A GAL COULD BE IT’S GOT ME BEAT /WHY SHE'S WASTIN HER TIME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO SEE ME/CALL ME ON THE TELEPHONE BUT I AINT THE TYPE/ SPEND SATURDAY NIGHT/ SITTIN’ THERE/ ON MY OWN. IF YOU FIND A SWEET LITTLE GAL / IF SHE’S THE ONE FOR YOU IF YOU MAKE YOU FEEL THIS GOOD / /LET ME TELL YOU WHAT YOU GOTTA DO GIDDY UP! IF YOU WANT SOME LOVIN’ GIDDY UP! / KISSIN’ AND A HUGGIN GIDDY UP! / IF YOU SOME MY LOVIN BROTHER YOU DON’T WANNA AND WASTE YOUR TIME GIDDY UP GIDDY UP GIDDY UP!
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BABY BABY BABY © LOUIS KING 2020 BABY BABY BABY BABY / WHY WON'T YOU COME BACK HOME BABY BABY BABY BABY /I BEEN SAD SINCE YOU BEEN GONE WELL I WOKE UP THIS MORNIN/ I GOT A FRIGHT YOU AIN’T BACKHOME/ IT’S GETTIN’ LATE AT NIGHT BABY BABY BABY BABY / WON'T YOU COME BACK HOME SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR /AIN’T NOTHING AS SWEET AS YOU HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY/ I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M GONNA DO MISS YOUR KISSES/ THE SMELL OF YOUR PERFUME HOW MY HEART STARTS A BEATIN’/ WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM BABY BABY BABY BABY/WHY WON'T YOU COME BACK HOME I TOLD A LITTLE LIE / BABY THAT MUCH IS TRUE I MADE A BIG MISTAKE/ NOW MY HEART IS GONNA BREAK I'M LONESOME ,SAD AND BLUE BABY BABY BABY BABY/ YOU BEEN GONE FOR A LONG LONG WHILE HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY/WHY DON'T YOU PICK UP THAT PHONE AND DIAL I WENT CRAZY /YOU GOT MAD BUT YOU’RE THE BEST LITTLE GAL/I EVER HAD BABY BABY BABY BABY/WHY WON'T YOU COME BACK HOME
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HEAVEN © LOUIS KING 2020 HEAVEN /AIN’T UP IN THE SKY HEAVEN / IN A PREACHERS EYE HEAVEN / WELL IT AIN’T THAT FAR ‘COS RIGHT NOW HEAVEN IS WHERE YOU ARE HEAVEN /AIN’T A BIG OLD STEAK HEAVEN / VANILLA SHAKE HEAVEN / AINT A CANDY BAR RIGHT NOW HEAVEN IS WHERE YOU ARE TALKING ON THE PHONE WITH YOU BABY/ IT’S VERY NICE BUT WHEN WE’RE HUGGIN’ AND A KISSIN/ MAN IT’S PARADISE HEAVEN/ AIN'T A HOT ROD CAR HEAVEN/ OR A BIG CIGAR OR SOME STEEL GUITAR RIGHT NOW HEAVEN IS WHERE YOU ARE HEAVEN/ AIN’T MARILYN MONROE HEAVEN / OR BRIGITTE BARDOT HEAVEN /AIN’T A MOVIE STAR RIGHT NOW HEAVEN IS WHERE YOU ARE HEAVEN /SATURDAY NIGHT HEAVEN/ AND I'M FEELIN' ALRIGHT HEAVEN / BY CANDLELIGHT HEAVEN/ OOH IT'S DYNAMITE HEAVEN/ IT'S A MOVIE SHOW HEAVEN/ IN THE VERY BACK ROW HEAVEN/ RIDIN' HOME IN MY CAR RIGHT NOW HEAVEN IS WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW HEAVEN IS WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW HEAVEN IS WHERE YOU ARE
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JUNIORS IN LOVE © LOUIS KING 1996 HEY HEY MAMA /WON'T YOU RUN COME QUICK JUNIOR'S AT THE DOOR / AND HE'S LOOKIN' MIGHTY SICK HE DON'T DO NOTHIN' /JUST STARE INTO SPACE SITTIN' RIGHT THERE / WTH THAT LOOK ON HIS FACE SHORT IN THE BREATH /GLASSY IN THE EYE MAMA YOU DON'T THINK /JUNIORS GONNA DIE ? HE WENT OUT LAST NIGHT /ABOUT HALF PAST 8 DIDN'T SAY WHERE / AND HE CAME HOME LATE HAIR MESSED UP/ AND HIS CLOTHES WAS TORN BODY WAS HOME / BUT HIS MIND IS GONE GRIN ON HIS FACE/ LIKE AN OLD TOMCAT WHADDYA S'POSE/ WOULD DO A THING LIKE THAT SHE SAID HE AIN'T DRUNK/ HE AINT HYPNOTISED GREAT GOSH ALMIGHTY / JUST REALISED JUNIORS IN LOVE/ JUNIORS IN LOVE GREAT GOSH ALMIGHTY/ SWEET LORD ABOVE I'M HERE TO TELL YOU / MY JUNIORS IN LOVE
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Love (is a fickle dame) ©LOUIS KING 2014 LOVE IS A FICKLE DAME LOVE IS A CRYIN SHAME AND EVERY TIME YOU ROLL THE DICE COMES UP BAD COMES UP NICE LOVE IS A FICKLE DAME LOVE /IS A BIG MACHINE LOVE / SHE’S TOUGH AND MEAN YOU RING THE BELL /START THE BOUT SWALLOWS YOU UP/ AND SPIT YOU OUT LOVE IS A BIG MACHINE NOW DON’T LET IT FOOL YOU TELL YOU FROM THE START THAT OLD LOVE/ LEAVE YOU CRYIN’ WITH A BROKEN HEART LOVE/ IS AN OLD GUITAR LOVE /IS A HOT ROD CAR LEAD YOU DOWN/TO RACK AND RUIN NEITHER ONE /GONNA STAY IN TUNE LOVE IS A OLD GUITAR LOVE /IS A WARM DESIRE LOVE /IS A FLAMING FIRE I HAD A BURNIN’ LOVE /THERE WAS NO DOUBT FROZE ME COLD/ WHEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT LOVE IS A FLAMING FIRE LOVE’/ WELL IT'S I YOUR BEST FRIEND LOVE /TILL THE BITTER END FFEL SO BAD / FEEL SO BLUE WHEN YOU LET OLD LOVE MAKE A FOOL OF YOU LOVE’/ WELL IT'S I YOUR BEST FRIEND LOVE IS A FICKLE DAME
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LONESOME TOWN © LOUIS KING 2020 I CAUGHT TO SLOW TRAIN DOWN /TO LONESOME TOWN CALLIN' IN AT HEARTBREAK BY AND BY I'M ON THE SLOW TRAIN /DOWN TO LONESOME TOWN SINCE MY BABY SAID GOODBYE HEAR THAT OLD BELL RING/ AND THE BRAKEMAN WAIL ‘ALL ABOARD” / I HEAR THE CRY I’M ON THAT SLOW TRAIN DOWN /TO LONESOME TOWN SINCE MY BABY SAID GOODBYE I BOUGHT A TICKET/ NOW I’M BOUND TO RIDE PACK ALL MY BAGS AND TOOK MY SEAT INSIDE WHEN THAT TRAIN PULLS OUT /AND THE WHISTLE BLOWS LONESOME’S WHERE I’M GONNA GO I’M ON SLOW TRAIN DOWN /TO LONESOME TOWN WATCHIN’ ALL MY TROUBLES PASS ME BY I’M A SLOW TRAIN DOWN /TO LONESOME TOWN SINCE MY BABY SAID GOODBYE I'M ON THE SLOW TRAIN DOWN /TO LONESOME TOWN LORDY/ I’M WAY TOO TIRED TO CRY I CAUGHT ME A SLOW TRAIN DOWN /TO LONESOME TOWN SINCE MY BABY SAID GOODBYE SINCE MY BABY SAID GOODBYE SINCE MY BABY SAID GOODBYE
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RESTLESS HEART©Louis King 2020 RESTLESS HEART/ AND A RESTLESS MIND I’M SO LONESOME /ALL THE TIME/ I WALK THE FLOOR /ONE MORE TIME WITH A RESTLESS HEART/ AND A RESTLESS MIND RESTLESS HEART/ SAD AND BLUE I’M STRUNG OUT/ STRUNG OVER YOU CAN’T BELIEVE / that I COULD BE SO BLIND WITH A RESTLESS HEART/ AND A RESTLESS MIND I CAN HEAR SOME BAND /IS SOFTLY PLAYIN’ SOME SAD OLD SONG / 'BOUT A SPINNIN’ WHEEL I CAN’T HEAR THE WORDS /THE SINGER’S SAYING BUT I CAN TELL HE KNOWS/ EXACTLY HOW I FEEL RESTLESS HEART/ AND A RESTLESS MIND I WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU HONEY/ FOR A LONG LONG TIME LEAVIN' THIS TOWN / OR GET LEFT BEHIND WITH THIS RESTLESS HEART/ AND THIS RESTLESS MIND RESTLESS HEART/ LOVESICK FOOL TOO LATE TO CHANGE /LIKE A STUBBORN MULE HOW CAN LOVE BE SO UNKIND RESTLESS HEART/ AND A RESTLESS MIND
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Now and Then 04:43
NOW AND THEN © LOUIS KING 2020 NOW AND THEN /A SONG COMES ON MY RADIO AND IT TAKES ME TO A TIME / SOME YEARS BEFORE TO A DAY I CAN’T FORGET/ THE DAY THAT WE FIRST MET IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY /BUT ONLY NOW AND THEN I WONDER BABY / ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? AND I HOPE YOU GOT ALONG/ LIKE ME SOMEHOW THOUGH I TRY TO TURN THE PAGE/THE MEMORY JUST WON’T FADE LIKE A LONG LOST FRIEND/ BUT ONLY NOW AND THEN NOW AND THEN / I FEEL THE TEARS BEGIN FLOWIN AND MY HEART KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE IT’S GOING WHEN THE COLD NORTH WIND IS HOWLING / IN THE STREET AND THE LEAVES LIKE BITTER KISSES / FALL AT MY FEET I THINK I SEE YOU PASS ME BY / WITH THE SUMMER IN YOUR EYES AND HERE IT COMES AGAIN /BUT ONLY NOW AND THEN THOUGH I TRY IN VAIN/ IT’S ONLY NOW AND THEN HAPPENS EVERY DAY /BUT ONLY NOW AND THEN
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WEREWOLF BABY © LOUIS KING 1996 MOON COMES UP /AND THE SUN GOES DOWN SUDDEN HUSH /AND A RUMBLIN' SOUND SMELL OF SMOKE / AND AN EERIE WHINE CRAZY LIGHT / AND THE DEVILS SIGN I COME AWAKE /IN A HOWLIN' SCREAM HOPIN' IT'S ALL A CRAZY DREAM IT'S ALL TOO TRUE /AND I CAN'T FORGET I WAKE UP /IN A COLD COLD SWEAT I USED TO BE A WEREWOLF BABY/ AND I'D GET YOU ANYWHERE/OR ANY HOW I USED TO BE A WEREWOLF BABY BUT BABY/OH BABY I'M ALL RIGHT NOOOOWWW! I DON'T DO NO EVIL/DON'T DO NO GOOD HOWL AT THE MOON/OR EAT DOG FOOD I DON'T KILL NO VIRGINS ANYMORE I FOUND OUT WHAT THEY'RE REALLY FUR I USED TO ROAM THE STREETS AT NIGHT LIKE A LOW DOWN ALLEY CAT I USEWD TO ROAM THE STREETS A T NIGHT AND I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT I USED TO BE A WEREWOLF BABY/ NOW I'M JUST A MONOBROW I USED TO BE A WEREWOLF BABY BUT BABY/OH BABY I'M ALL RIGHT NOOOOWWW!
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PITY ON THE FOOL © LOUIS KING 2015 WE HAD A LOVE /IT WAS SO LONG AGO I STILL REMEMBER /AND I FEEL THE AFTERGLOW BUT I WAS A FOOL /A FOOL IN LOVE WITH YOU I WAS SO YOUNG / I GUESS I WAS AFRAID OF THOSE 3 LITTLE WORDS/ I NEVER SAID 'COS I WAS A FOOL /A FOOL IN LOVE WITH YOU NOW AS I GO I WONDER /HOW COULD A LOVE GO SO WRONG I SEE LOVERS HOLDING HANDS /MAKING ALL THEIR PLANS WHILE I WALK THE STREETS ALONE RAVE SO IF YOUR NEW LOVE SHOULD HURT YOU /MAKE YOU FEEL SAD/ JUST REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES /AND ALL THE FUN WE HAD AND TAKE PITY ON THE FOOL/AND TAKE PITY ON THE FOOL AND TAKE PITY ON THE FOOL/AND TAKE PITY ON THE FOOL IN LOVE
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Brand new Cd from the Werewolf King of The Rockabilly Blues.Big follow up to the iconic 'Standing In The Sun". Louis gets back to Business and Puts down 12 Tracks , Brand new and old songs re-imagined.Enjoy !.

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released March 24, 2020

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Louis King Melbourne, Australia

Louis has been at the top of the Roots music scene in Australia since their first CD was released in 1996 .
His music is a dangerous mix of Blues and Rockabilly songwriting with a stage act that is a mixture of an Outback roadhouse and a Glasgow Pub Dance.
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