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Beware Of Trains

by Paul J Bolger

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1.
She’s been ducking she’s been diving You won’t see her on no shelf She’s been trying to keep on flying Down low by herself She’s been riding a storm That’s taken her far from home But she don’t care as long as she can get along Walking talking swinging like she means it All by herself Singing laughing you should see her dancing All by herself When they see her coming They start to running and cry for help What do they think she’s doing What do they think she’s brewing Do they think she’s someone else She’s not hurting nobody just walking that road alone Just wants to sit down here and rest her weary bones Walking talking swinging like she means it All by herself Singing laughing you should see her dancing All by herself All by herself she keeps on running All by herself she keeps on turning All by herself she keeps on burning up Like no one else She’s been ducking she’s been diving Been trying to keep flying She’s been riding a storm That’s taken her far from home And she don’t care as long As she can get along Walking talking swinging like she means it All by herself Singing laughing you should see her dancing All by herself Walking talking now you see her swinging All by herself Hear her singing Hear her laughing © 2023 Paul J Bolger Used with permission
2.
Breathless 03:25
BREATHLESS Shining bright in my old blue jeans You walk through the door I guess we know what that means I sing this song to let the world know You’re a living dream Who can do no wrong You are to me as sun is to dawn Every time I see red You make it alright and leave me Breathless (breathless) With you there is no darkness Breathless (breathless) You drive away the sadness Like a wildfire love burns in your eyes There is only so much A poor soul can take Say or do before their heart breaks Falls apart like a broken bone Shattered stone For the wrong lover’s sake But you have found the one Who lights up your night Every time you do wrong I make it all right and leave you Breathless (breathless) With us there is no darkness Breathless (breathless) With us there is no sadness Like a wildfire love burns in your eyes You’re not the sentimental kind but I’ve seen you cry And I fall in love again and I know why I call you my best friend Breathless Breathless You leave me Breathless Breathless Like a wildfire love burns in our eyes You’re not the sentimental kind and that’s all right © 2023 Paul J Bolger Used with permission
3.
FAR FROM HERE You saved him from that rope But now he’s lying To himself and losing hope Who’s to say he won’t try again Save him from this town You know it’s heartless Never gave him time To get a head-start, yes Won’t you take him Far from here Back to where The water is clear Far from here Far from here Show him the right road You know he’s driving Looking for a way out Sick of just surviving Help him carry his load He’s not asking for much now Some worse than him Never reap what they sow They tell him to get over it How he needs to find closure In other words bull shit About as much use as a Bishop’s crozier Far from here Far from here Far from here Far from here He came here trying as a young man And stayed here dying as an old man Now he’s on his knees having never learned Life is short, not always sweet and boy can it burn Won’t you take him far from here Back to where the water is clear Far from here Far from here Far from here Far from here © 2023 Paul J Bolger Used with permission
4.
CHAINS OF JEALOUSY Funny feeling as I’m walking I don’t miss you now you’re gone Take it easy when you’re talking Telling people what went wrong I never sang you a love song Because you killed the voice in me Remember now that i’m gone I had no time for jealousy I had to break free from your chains Chains of jealousy Only real love is worth sharing n this brave new world of mine No matter what I do or where I go I keep on searching for a sign I never sang you a love song Because you killed the voice in me Remember now that i’m gone I had no time for jealousy I had to break free from your chains Chains of jealousy Funny feeling I’m still walking I got no place I call home I take it easy when I’m talking I put my words into my song I’m singing now to someone Who has found the voice in me She understands why I’m numb And has no time for jealousy She set me free from those chains Chains of jealousy © Paul J Bolger Used with permission
5.
Heather Road 04:47
HEATHER ROAD When I was a young man I walked alone Down a rocky road far from where I call home My heart was breaking like a stick under stone So I set off somewhere I should have never gone Recollection takes me back To where I come from Reminiscing hurts my heart When I recall walking down Heather Road Heather Road A terrace house on a top road Three minutes from my school was all I’d ever known But I was a wild child who never played ball For no teachers I never heeded their call To do what I was told Or respect fools cause they’re old They couldn’t wait to see The back of me walking down Heather Road Heather Road Heather Road is where I come from My connections there long gone Friends and family in the ground Such is life when you live too long Now I’m an old man and I live alone Near a rocky road far from where I belong Never listen to preachers politicians or fools Still don’t do what I’m told I never play by their rules Recollection takes me back To where I come from Reminiscing hurts my heart When I recall walking down Heather Road Heather Road Heather Road © 2023 Paul J Bolger Used with permission
6.
DANCE TO WHERE YOU STAND On a bridge now I’m standing Green river calls out my name Memories come back crawling Like sewer rats in the rain But that’s OK, yea that’s all right I’m getting so used to this game And those white stallions ride their lightning Will never dance upon my pain Like a dead man walking I glance to where you stand Like a dead man walking I dance to where you stand But that’s OK, yea that’s all right I’m getting so used to this game And those white stallions ride their lightning Their thunder crashes on my shame Like a dead man walking I glance to where you stand Like a dead man walking I dance to where you stand On a bridge now I’m standing Green river calls out my name Memories come back crawling Like sewer rats in the rain © 1995/2023 Paul J Bolger & Connor Flynn Used with permission
7.
WHAT WE DID WRONG Try as we might love breaks down When trust and truth fall from the tips of our crowns Tips of our crowns Like gold dust in the air your kiss caught the light When our love was long like a summer night Summer night Oh I feel it coming on strong Memories hurt of love long gone Try my best not to sing a heartbreak song Then I recall what we did wrong We did wrong What we did wrong Nothing to say much less to do About how we felt when our love fell through Love fell through because of you Oh I feel it coming on strong Memories hurt of love long gone Try my best not to sing a heartbreak song Then I recall what we did wrong We did wrong What we did wrong All that’s left now are those old songs About what was said what was done Trying our best to overcome What I did wrong singing heartbreak songs Heartbreak songs Heartbreak songs Try as we might love breaks down When trust and truth fall from the tips of our crowns Tips of our crowns All that’s left now are those old songs About what was said what was done Trying our best to overcome What I did wrong singing heartbreak songs Heartbreak songs Heartbreak songs © 2023 Paul J Bolger Used with permission
8.
WATERING HOLE Take me down to The Watering Hole I’ll drink my sins away Take me down to The Watering Hole I’m the one they love to hate Big Jim’s on the door tonight Cracking heads and shaping fate Take me down to The Watering Hole Driver it’s getting late I don’t want to be locked out Don’t want to get thrown out Don’t want to drink at Heaven’s Gate Take me down to The Watering Hole My girl is on her way Take me down to The Watering Hole Where we can swing and sway The Broken Hearts are in tonight Singing songs of love and hate Take me down to The Watering Hole Driver it’s getting late I don’t want to be locked out Don’t want to get thrown out Don’t want to drink at Heaven’s Gate Feeling low is not a good way to be in this town Drink is cheap, love is free, guitars they rarely weep Fists fly fast when glass is thrown You might wish you stayed at home Take me down to The Watering Hole My girl is on her way Take me down to The Watering Hole Where we can swing and sway The Broken Hearts will hold the fort Big Jim still shaping fate Take me down to The Watering Hole Driver it’s getting late I don’t want to be locked out Don’t want to get thrown out Don’t want to drink at Heaven’s Gate © 2023 Paul J Bolger Used with permission

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Co-produced by Steve Dawson and PJB.
Recorded & Mixed by Steve Dawson at Henhouse Studios, Nashville.
Additional Recording in Orchard Studios, Enniscorthy, Ireland and The Old Post Office Studio, Wolfe Island, Canada.
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at TurtleTone Studios, Utah.

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released September 1, 2023

PJB - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar
Steve Dawson - Guitars / Pedal Steel
Dave Jacques - Bass
Jamie Dick - Drums / Percussion
Siobhan Maher Kennedy - Vocals
Hugh Christopher Brown - Keyboards/Organ
Alex Soikans - Lead guitar on "Breathless"
Colin Shanahan - Lead guitar on "Heather Road"
Sarah McDermott - Backing Vocals on "Dance To Where you Stand"

All songs written by PJB except -

"Breathless" (PJB & Alex Soikans)
"Dance To Where You Stand" (PJB & Connor Flynn)

Co-Produced by Steve Dawson & PJB
Recorded by Steve Dawson at Henhouse Studio, Nashville, TN
Assistant Engineer Gus Barnett

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