Words/Music: Brian Harmer
Vocal/Guitar/Harmonica: Brian Harmer
Production: Brendan Whelan
Keysboards/effects: Brendan Whelan

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Elvis Medley I

Shakin' Medley (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Boom Boom/You Can't Sit Down)

Marinero Medley

The Parting Glass

[Music & Lyrics: Brian Harmer, Additional lyrics: Jennifer McKim]

When I was young I knew everything,
I raced the devil in my 442.
From my daddy's ranch to the borderline,
'Cos in Wyoming, there ain't much to do.
And my 442 was the finest thing thing the devil had ever seen,
So he stole it and left me stranded out on highway 16.

I got a girl living back in Uni,
With a kid and mister he ain't mine.
But I taught him how to shoot on my 12-guage,
And I showed him how to walk that line.
And I showed him how to fight dirty and I told him how to get away clean,
But those things just don't mean much now out on highway 16.

Me and Bonnie drove down to Sweetwater,
On a hot night in our senior year.
I was driving hard into the darkness,
I was trying hard just to disappear.
And I heard a voice call my name as we passed teh ravine,
But I know it wasn't Bonnie, it was highway 16.

I been to Texas and I been to Mexico,
I spent 14 years north of the line.
But when I'm coming home at night from the factory,
I only see one highway sign.
And I know the bad things that I have done and all the things in between,
Will stand up now to face me out on highway 16.

At night I can hear my 442 and I know that it's more than dream,
I know that I'm still stranded out on highway 16.



Highway 16

[Music & Lyrics: Brian Harmer]

Lisa had a baby and she named him Sam,
She said I ain't the daddy but I know I am.
It was on a winter night in our senior year,
In the backseat of my daddy's Chevy Cavalier.

I'm goin' down...
I'm goin' down...
I'm goin' down...
To where it don't matter no more

I was raised in the shadow of the cross,
And inside that shadow's where I got lost.
In between the sinners, the sickness and the saints,
I found out what I am and I found out what I ain't.

{Chorus}

Lisa had a baby and Sam was his name,
We both know I'm the daddy, it's a god-damn shame.
I'm gonna do my best just to see this through,
Sometimes you live your life, sometimes your life lives you.

{Chorus}

I'm Going Down

[Trad. Pirate work song, additional lyrics by B.H]

   Help me, Bob, there's a bully in the alley...
                        Hey-ho there's a bully in the alley
   Help me, Bob, there's a bully in the alley...
                        Bully down in the shin-bone al'

Sally was the girl the I loved dearly...
                        Hey-ho there's a bully in the alley
And she was the one that I married nearly...
                        Bully down in the shin-bone al'
'Cos she's the prettiest in the parish...
                        Hey-ho there's a bully in the alley
Oh, she had my heart set on marriage...
                        Bully down in the shin-bone al'

    Help me, Bob, there's a bully in the alley...
                        Hey-ho there's a bully in the alley
    Help me, Bob, there's a bully in the alley...
                        Bully down in the shin-bone al'

For seven long years, I courted Sally...
                         Hey-ho there's a bully in the alley
But all she ever did was dilly dally...
                         Bully down in the shin-bone al'
So I left her to become a sailor...
                          Hey-ho there's a bully in the alley
Yeah, I left that woman on a big long whaler...
                          Bully down in the shin-bone al'

    {Chorus}

Far from home the wild wind swept me...
                          Hey-ho there's a bully in the alley
But my bonny Sally never left me...
                          Bully down in the shin-bone al'
One of these days, I'll marry Sally...
                          Hey-ho there's a bully in the alley
And have so many kids, we'll count 'em by a tally...
                          Bully down in the shin-bone al'

   {Chorus}
                      


Bully In The Alley

I am a 32 year old Philadelphia singer/songwriter.  People have compared me to Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan, because people are insane.  Although, they are both influences, along with: Elvis Costello, The Clash, Van Morrison, The Ronnettes, Mink DeVille, Sam Cooke, The Pogues, Prince, John Prine, Steve Earle, and many more.  I'm currently leading my own band, featuring Ralph Lanciano on guitar and Valentina Virgilio on drums.

Brian Harmer

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