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Beth Hart

℗ 2018 Provogue Records PRD 7554

Beth Hart • 2018 • Front and Center

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Let's Get Together

(Beth Hart — Rune Westberg)

I've been cooped up all alone
Barely breathing by the phone
Open up, open up, open up your mind
Let's get together
You and I

Oh oh oh come on
Oh oh oh there's something
Oh oh oh come on now
Oh oh oh we got something
I believe this is part of the start of something good
Let's get together
You and I

I know I been a bad girl
But deep inside I am a pearl
I believe, I believe that the good is on the rise
Let's get together
You and I

Oh oh oh come on
Oh oh oh there's something
Oh oh oh come on now
Oh oh oh we got something
I believe this is part of the start of something good
Let's get together
You and I

Come on boy
Let's get together again
You know, I've been missing you so
I know I let ya down
When I went out with your little brother danny
Last saturday night
But I was thinkin' about ya all the time
After all you are the one

Oh oh oh come on
Oh oh oh this is something
Oh oh oh come on now
Oh oh oh we got something
I believe this is part of the start of something good
Let's get together
You and I

I believe this is part of the start of something good
Let's get together now
You and I
You and I

Baddest Blues

(Beth Hart)

My love has come along
My dreams become air so
My days have arrived, yea sunny
Funny why all so blue

The man is like a drug
In the late night when I can’t get enough
Love in all its splendor
Surrender its every blow

Where is the blues that I know?

This is love, what was I thinking?
This is love, what the hell am I, am I gonna do?
And that man, he got me sinking
To the bottom of the blue

It’s what I choose
Love is the baddest blues

The joy versus the kind
No, my joy, it ain’t the same
So I put it plain and simple
Just like front page news

Love is the baddest blues
Love is the baddest blues
This is love, what was I thinking?
This is love, what the hell am I, am I gonna do?
And that man, he got me sinking
To the bottom of the blue

Guess that I, I’ll lose
Love is the baddest blues

Jazz Man

(Beth Hart)

One, two, three
He plays so sexy to me
Three, four, five, six
Kit's got some brand new licks
Six, seven, eight
Down by the snake at the lake
There's this joint that's ready to blow

Every hound in the band's gotta sound
Howling away it must be judgment day
They run it down like a cat in a hole
That's the way they do it
That's the way they roll

They call it jazz, man
The bass pocket is point
They call it jazz, man
The trumpet's jumpin' the joint
They shake it down, down, down
Like voodoo from a crow
That's the way they do it
That's the way they roll

Checkers and dice
Rule the back of the room
Cisco on ice
Always a reasonable price
Women in heels, heels, heels
In any every color she feels
This joint's gonna blow your mind

The drums be breaking a sweat
The man is as hot as a high roller's bet
The sticks click like time on a clock
When you think it's over
They're just beginning to rock!

They call it jazz, man
The bass pocket is tight
They call it jazz, man
The trumpet's blinding the light
They shake it down, down, down
Like fire in a hole
That's the way they do it
That's the way they roll

Delicious Surprise

(Beth Hart — Glen Burtnik)

If I won me the lottery
I'd dance naked in the street
With a top hat full of money
And you'd wanna get to know me
If I won me the lottery

And if I was a movie star
I'd sip honey from a pickle jar
In the back of my limousine
And they'd call me an icon
And I'd be looking back at you
From the cover of the People magazine

I guess it's all for the taking
I guess it's all yours and mine
My sister says I got to see it and believe it
And I believe I believe it

But I'm just an outsider
Livin' in a trailer with my black and white TV set
If only I was President
You know I'd paint the White House pink
And never have to pay the rent
If only I was President

I guess it's all there for the taking
I think it's all yours and mine
My preacher says I got to see it to believe it
And I believe
Won't sleep till I've had enough
I believe won't sip my wine from no paper cup
I believe won't sleep till I've had enough
Delicious Surprise
Now I do believe
No fear in my eyes
Now I can see

Heaven's inside inside inside
I knew it all the time
Got me something to believe in
But all I really want now is
A handful of salvation

Broken and Ugly

(Beth Hart)

Me and my dog, we really get along
Yeah she don't howl, when I'm screamin' my songs
I cuss, I drink, I lie, I spit
Guess I don't really give a shit

Broken and ugly, yes I am
Still I look good divin' in
And mama, I'm runnin' again — Odelay

Yeah, down in Alabama, where I'm wanted in jail
I'm a little nervous, in the Bible belt
I'm broke, I smoked, and passed out on the bar
Then I took all the money, and your grandma's car

Broken and ugly, yes I am
And still I look good divin' in
And mama, I'm runnin' again — Odelay

Do what you do, say what you say
Don't waste no time, on yesterdays
Cash in your ticket to ride
Don't let them talk you into walking
Into no one else's shoes
Don't be no sucker in line

Broken and ugly, yes I am
And still I look good divin' in
And mama, I'm runnin' again
Mama, I'm runnin' again
Mama, I did it again — Odelay… Odelay… Odelay… Odelay

St. Teresa

(Beth Hart)

St. Teresa, I heard you’re coming to town
Your little foot steps made the sweetest sound
You’ve come to put me down, come to put me down
Down down down

Mother, is it ok if I call you ma?
Owen walked away and broke the law
Standin’ on the bridge, feeling like falling
Would you pray for me, mommy

St. Teresa, have mercy on my soul
The good must die young
That’s why I’m getting so old
Then come to put me down, come to put me down

Mother, is it ok if I call you ma?
Owen walked away and broke the law
Standin’ on the bridge, feeling like falling
Would you pray for me, mommy

I was never good at confession
Never really that good and I spanned it all
Cause they don’t want me hanging around the mission
Singing hallelujah, singing hallelujah-jah-jah
St. Theresa, could I kiss your skin?
Come a little closer to this hell I’m living in
And when they put me down, when they put me down

Mother, is it ok if I call you ma?
Owen walked away and broke the law
Standin’ on the bridge, feeling like falling
Would you pray for me, mommy

Isolation

(Beth Hart — Jimmy Khoury — Tal Herzberg)

So you think I'm crazy
Want to take me away
Inject me with electric shock
I'm not going nowhere
Hear what I say loud and clear
Reveal your sly intentions
And free my isolation

A second longer say it's alright
A second longer say it's alright
A second longer I'll be insane
The second I become you
And what you say

Run your wires through me
Fry electricity
Gas me till I pass on out
You will not control me
With your failed philosophies
Weep to ease the tension
And free my isolation

A second longer say it's alright
A second longer say it's alright
A second longer I'll be insane
The second I become you
And what you say

Lost my mind today
It was my desire
I told them what was wrong but they
Called me a liar
Yeah, they called me a liar
I am not afraid
Why should I care what they say
I told them they were wrong still
They called me a liar
So I set 'em on fire

A second longer say it's alright
What your gonna say

Tell Her You Belong to Me

(Beth Hart)

Tell her you're mine
That you have been blind
Tell her it's over
And you belong to me
Tell me to come
And like hell I will run
Back into your arms
Cause you belong to me

There's a river on my skin
There's a dragon in the dark
But nothing scares me more
Than the silence of your heart

If you wanna hold me
If you wanna know me again
If you wanna love me
Then take me home
I've been at the bottom
The deep end of the ocean
Barely surviving by the dark side of her street
Tell her you belong to me

She'll never kiss you
The way that I miss you
What kind of lies does she tell you
Inside of the dark
She'll never win
Cause I'm not giving in
You are my man
You belong to me

If you wanna hold me
If you wanna know me again
If you wanna love me then take me home
I've been at the bottom
The deep end of the ocean
Barely surviving by the dark side of her street
Tell her you belong you me

No she'll never win
Cause I'm not giving in
No matter how long
I'll still be holding on
This kind of love
I'm not giving up
So tell her, tell her
Tell her you were fooling!

If you wanna hold me
If you wanna know me again
If you wanna love me
Then take me home
I've been at the bottom
The deep end of the ocean
Barely surviving by the dark side of her street
Tell her you belong to me
Tell her you belong to me
You belong to me
You belong to me

Fat Man

(Beth Hart — Glen Burtnik)

Punch drunk street punk
Playing with a speed bump
Laughing at the dice in the box

Big-wheeled high heeled
Banging on a ball field
Chewing on a bag of rocks

Slingshot cold cocked
Landing on a roof top
Waiting for the turkey parade

Lockjaw jigsaw
Betting on an outlaw
Picking at a purple vein
Picking at a purple vein

He's like a fat man in a little coat
Suckin' red vines and rum and coke
Singing I like ya jesus but I loves the dope
I think it's workin'
I think it's workin' yeah
It keeps me hummin'
Hummin' hummin' yeah

Double dip back flip
Everybody's brainsick
I mighty itty bitty maw
Low ground dog town
Wallow in a thorn crown
Choking on a power saw

Freeway DJ
Swimming in the kool-aid
Wetting up his appetite

Pickled sweet pig feet
Cooking on the concrete
Pimping bits of paradise
Pimping bits of paradise

He's like a fat man in a little coat
Suckin' red vines and rum and coke
Singing I like ya jesus but I loves the dope
Yes sir
I think it's workin'
I think it's workin' yeah
It keeps me hummin'
Hummin' hummin' yeah

For sunny yeah life is but a dream
For sunny it's a ball
For sunny yeah life is but a dream
I mighty itty bitty maw

Dry sober butt smoker
Can't keep your composure
Locomotor pull over
Bi polar roller coaster
Seven women seven hounds
Lucky number going down
Take a hit chew spit
There ya go enjoy the show

Fat man in a little coat
Sucking red vines and rum and coke
Singin' I like ya jesus but I loves the dope
Keeps me hummin'
Hummin' hummin' yeah
I think it's workin'
I think it's workin' yeah
It keeps me hummin'
A hummin' hummin' hummin' yeah
I think it's workin'
I think it's workin'
Yeah

Love Gangster

(Beth Hart)

I'm looking for a love gangster
Someone to be my master
I'm looking for a grave maker
A lady killer soul shaker

It's not that I wanna die
Dying's a slow way to live
Just wanna choke on his tie
One sip away from the give

Ain't nobody's gonna love you like I do
Ain't nobody gonna ever love you
Like I do

I want him bad as they come
Easy is easier for some
I'm in the mood for some fun
Until the damage is done

I want him hard as he came
Wearing a bone for a cane
Nobody dares to complain
He owns your soul and your name

Ain't nobody gonna love you like I do
Ain't nobody gonna ever love you
Ain't nobody gonna love you like I do
Like I do

Make him criminal
Evil beautiful
I can hear disaster calling
Innocence with fall
Mother's broken doll
I can hear disaster calling baby
I can hear you master calling me tonight

Love gangster

Ain't nobody gonna love you like I do
Ain't nobody gonna ever love you
Ain't nobody gonna love you like I do
Like I do

Leave the Light On

(Beth Hart — Oliver Leiber)

I seen myself with a dirty face
I cut my luck with a dirty ace
I leave the light on
I leave that light on
I went from zero to minus ten
I drank your wine then
I stole your man
I leave the light on
I leave that light on

Daddy ain't that bad he just plays rough
I ain't that scarred when I'm covered up
I leave the light on, I leave that light on
Little girl hiding underneath the bed
Was it something I did
Must be something I said
I leave the light on, better leave the light on

I wanna love
I wanna live
I don't know much about it
I never did

17 and I'm all messed up inside
I cut myself just to feel alive
I leave the light on
I leave that light on
21 on the run,on the run,on the run
From myself, from myself and everyone
I leave the light on
Better leave the light on

Cause I wanna love
And I wanna live
I don't know much about it
And I never did
I don't know what to do, can the damage be undone
I swore to God that I'd never be what I've become

Lucky stars and fairy tales
I'm gonna bathe myself in a wishin' well
Pretty scars from cigarettes
I…never will forget, I…never will forget

I'm still afraid to be alone
Wish that moon would follow me home
I leave the light on
I leave that light on
I ain't that bad I'm just messed up
I ain't that sad but I'm sad enough

Cause I wanna love
And I wanna live
I don't know much about it
And I never did
I don't know what to do, can the damage be undone
I swore to God that I'd never be what I've become
Na na na na na na na na
I leave that light, I leave that light, I leave that light on

God bless the child with the dirty face, who cuts her luck with a dirty ace
She leaves the light on
I leave that light on

As Long as I Have a Song

(Beth Hart)

Walk into the bar
And shake off my coat
Pull up a chair
And light up a smoke

Where did all those summers go?
Guess I'll never know
So barkeep let's give it a go

Pour me a dream
And play me a tune
And I'll get along
Just as long
As I have a song

Sit by the church
And hear children sing
I like to pretend they're
Singing for me

Memories of melodies
And words that made me cry
They have all abandoned me
Sit back and watch me die

Pour me a dream
And play me a tune
And I'll get along
Just as long
As I have a song

The river is wide
And the ocean's so deep
The harder I try
The faster I sink into the rich of the dark
The cheapest of tricks
I've lost the fire
Still I'm sharpening my wick
But it's just Smoke
And that's all

So pour me a tune
As blue as the moon
And I'll get along
Just as long
As I have a song
I'll hum along
And that is how I'll
Get along

Can't Let Go

(Randy Weeks)

You told me baby one more time
Won’t make me sit on the lonely ride
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

I’m like a fish out of water stuck in the tree
You don’t even wanna talk to me
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

He won’t take me back when I come around
Says he’s sorry then he puts me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I’m broken down like a train wreck
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

Said I got a candle that burns so bright
In my way up every night
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

You don’t like a seaman standing around
Feel like I’ve been shot back and down
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

He won’t take me back when I come around
Says he’s sorry then he puts me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I’m broken down like a train wreck
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

Turn off the trouble like you turn off a light
Went off and let me, it just ain’t right
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

I ran at the corner, there is something to see
Brings it out round back where I used to be
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

He won’t take me back when I come around
Says he’s sorry then he puts me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I’m broken down like a train wreck
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

He won’t take me back when I come around
Says he’s sorry then he puts me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I’m broken down like a train wreck
Well it’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go

Can’t let go
Can’t let go
It’s over
I know I thought I can’t let go
Can’t let go
Can’t let go

For My Friends

(Bill Withers)

One of us has to say he's sorry, yeah
Or we will never be friends again
Let's have a drink and talk it over
I wanna keep you for my date

We're here today and gone tomorrow, oh
None of us knows when life will end
I said some things that caused you sorrow
I wanna keep you for my friend

A-ha, oh ha
A-ha, oh ho
Yeah
Oh ho

One of us has to say he's sorry
Or we will never be friends again
Let's have a little drink and talk it over, oh
I wanna keep you for my friend

We're here today and gone tomorrow, oh
None of us knows when life will end
I said some nasty things that caused you sorrow
But I wanna keep you for my friend, hey

Aha, oh ho
Aha, oh ho
Oh
Oh ho

No Place Like Home

(Beth Hart)

It's been a long time on the road
Without a soul to call my own
I'm tired of talking to the cards
I miss the flowers in the yard

There's no place like home
No place like home
There's no place I'd rather be than home

I'm gonna move out of the street
Stack some stones maybe grow some wheat
Build a fire for a little heat
Have someone curl up at my feet

There's no place like home
No place like home
There's no place I'd rather be than home

I wanna hang up some pretty things
From my suitcase full of dreams
Maybe a letter or an old post card
Or that paper star stole from a jar

There's no place like home
No place like home
There's no place I'd rather be than home

The sweetest words I ever heard
Is welcome home
It's been a long and dusty road

There's a place that's meant for us
Full of faith, hope, love and trust
I'll keep trudging up the road
But someday I'll be going home

There's no place like home
No place like home
There's no place I'd rather be than home
Home, home, home