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"Borrowed Blue"

by J "Jay" Joseph Sharp

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Lonesome Roads (free) 03:23
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you counted the days when slavery was tame and set them off into the sun and your remains and a poor man are the same : superstitious little rats I belong to the sun, I'll be lonesome when I'm gone Everything I do is wrong because i belong to the sun I grew up and listened to Warhol I grew up watching Lou I never knew who I was until the day that I met you everything is broken everything has gone to hell I shot mother off in a cannon ball over the cliff that I swore I would I know nothing is sacred I know nothing is sound You'll be lonely when you realize you lost your mind when you were found some people said that my heart isn't resting until the day I died the suicide note always made me laugh the wedding always made me cry my numbers' 911 but my emergence isn't new I'll be you'd think you's knew it all along I'll take you there and I'll blow your minds with your laundry rooms and old bloated Gods the ones who always shook you off in the cold into the sun to the sun whoa oh I'll be lonesome when I'm gone I'll be lonesome when I'm gone I'll be lonesome when I'm gone Oh you'll be lonesome when I'm gone
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Angel in my Arms 03:02
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Atlantic Pity (free) 08:00
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Revivalist Blues looks like you've pinned me in the corner I think you'd say I liked it there your cousins have my favorite sneakers but I think they're all afraid to tell and you borrowed stuff and never gave it back I just really miss my belt If I still had my running shoes I'd run my ass right out of here Coz it's time to search for a new passion and have some kids along the way I'm losing both my mind and best friend I'm losing what was left up there but I'm scared I'm clean out of new options I'm scared I'm gonna interfere Looks like we're in for stormy weather I could sure use those revivalists now I'd sit them right down under my bed and lead them in a midnight prayer and all the things you said you used to say and all the things you said you could and all the things you said you wouldn't and all the things you probably should looks like you've pinned me in the corner I think you've tried to stick me here your cousins have my favorite sneakers I think they're all a bunch of queers and you borrowed stuff and never gave it back I just really miss inside If I had my running shoes on I'd run my ass right out of here I'd fall in love with a new girlfriend and have nine months of baby-care But I'm losing all of of my best friends I'm losing what was left in here I used to think I had something to say I used to think you'd wanna hear I used to think people would react I used to think they'd interfere but no one moves a bone and not one finger taps chalk up another severed head that fell upon my lap I'm feeling like a cold stone border I'm feeling like a string of pearls Looks like were in for nasty weather because we all just prayed for rain I'm never going back there again looks like my times come to an end if only you could keep my chin up I could punch a couple holes if only you could keep my chin up I could punch a couple holes
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Hardly A Party (free) 05:40
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HARDLY A PARTY you left me there at the altar that day you left me there at the altar: my place you know what every one is talking about you know what every one is talking about PART II you said to me that i look funny you weren't trying to hurt my feelings you just call it like you see it you just call em like you see em and that's fine with me PART III the songs they just pour they pour right out of me I have nothing that I want to see anymore but you- at my front door you said i looked funny you said i looked funny PART IV you thought that i was dangerous nobody since has thought i was dangerous sometimes these songs they just pour out of me i can't find something I'd rather see you at my doorstep PART V it's Wednesday night 449 and I'm trying to claim what's mine: (I don't think I will) You. PARTY ON
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Sway the Leaves (free) 02:52
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say you won't leave me... I'm so afraid but don't try to deceive me, I can see through it
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(You're Looking Like) the Stunt Double for Louis Braille 03:44
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clocking in tipping the scales this humidity craze has hot honey bun glaze twisting writhing loathing entrails spill on this laundry pile sitting Indian style if you believe you can be king just for a week waking up just to sleep what's the standard what's the use- anymore? there seems to be/ much polluting inside are you still looking for the worst of times pull over a rock chair and hit rewind show me the scene painted blue / painted red and blue by blinds tell me a story if you mind if you don't mind to be kind I don't know I don't know you're looking like the stunt double for for Louis Braille
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Fractured 01:22
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Too High 02:28
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Memories of Dyker Heights (free) 03:53
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And I don't that god would get in our way still i think she'd have to ask and I don't think God would get in our way but still I'd think she'd have to ask when you were younger I told you about all the things you didn't know and now I'm winding down my path time to reflect on all I know extra-ordinary lives we led but I don't think they're meant to elope we act as mirrors to see one another i see you young you see me old there was a time when we fell in love and I just know it's over now there was a place where you were beautiful still I think you shouldn't know and I don't think that God would mind anyway and we would have to ask her first and I don't think that God would mind anyway but still we'd have to ask her first.
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Hallelujah (free) 04:39
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Hesitate 03:15
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I once knew a girl so cold and insecure I tried to befriend this crazy cat but she wouldn't understand no she couldn't comprehend we woke up from sleep one morning and we realized that it could never be the same again all the evil in the world all the evil in a girl all the evil in the world all the evil in a girl we've almost gone and expired this time denied all these words spoken a bit too lately we turned our backs hesitate
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With Whom to Dance? (free) 02:23
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Moons in June I've given up on that stuff Arms have charms but I've no hope of falling in love The rest of life pales in significance I'm looking for somebody with whom to dance With whom to dance? With whom to dance? I'm looking for somebody with whom to dance. Rings and strings What use have I for these things? Bells and carousels I'd just be fooling myself. And you You look like heaven An angel who stepped from a dream 777 times lovelier than anything I've ever seen. The rest of life pales in significance I'm looking for somebody with whom to dance With whom to dance? With whom to dance? I'm looking for somebody with whom to dance.

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I made up a few of these compilations of songs I recorded between 1999 and 2009 and mailed them to friends around the Holiday Season when I was in South Hadley, MA. It's intended to be a yearly demo series.

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released December 22, 2009

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J "Jay" Joseph Sharp New York, New York

J Sharp began adapting his award-winning poetry into songwriting: marrying ambient soundscapes & the spoken word at the turn of the century. The Stereolites and countless other bands were soon to follow. A Known radio personality, producer and 3-time VEDA contributor. He has lent his talents to philanthropy as well including the Gay expo@Jacob Javitz & producing multiple AIDSwalk benefit shows. ... more

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