Delta Moon performs "Clear Blue Flame" live at Papa Mojo's Roadhouse, Durham, North Carolina, November 17, 2012. From the 2013 CD "Life's a Song - Live Volume One."

Tom Gray: Vocal, guitar.
Mark Johnson: Slide guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocal.
Darren Stanley: Drums.

Clear Blue Flame (Live)

SPARK IN THE DARK

By Tom Gray
(c)2014 Gray Matter Publishing

The teacher don't teach me and the preacher don't reach me
They never could get through
They ain't talking to me, they're just blowing right through me
Nothing to hold on to
I work every minute, there ain't no future in it
It's about to wear me down
And a night with the boys is a head full of noises
And a room spinning round
Then there's you
The only one who
Lights me up like a spark in the dark
When you do what you do

The people are talking and the radio's squawking
They don't make sense to me
The stuff that they're selling and the story's they're telling
Like one and one makes three
There's women around me, I ain't saying they hound me
But some are looking fine
The air's full of voices and the night's full of choices
Still I walk the line
Because of you
The only one who
Lights me up like a spark in the dark
When you do what you do

Then there's you,
The only one who
Lights me up like a spark in the dark
When you do what you do
Yeah, you
The only one who
Lights me up like a spark in the dark
When you do what you do

From the 2014 vinyl EP, "Across the Tracks."

Tom Gray: Vocal, lap steel.
Mark Johnson: Guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocal.
Marlon Patton: Drums

Across the Tracks

Spark In The Dark

WRONG SIDE OF TOWN

By Tom Gray

Seems like you've been a long time coming
I thought maybe you were gone for good
But if you're broke or you're just slumming
It's good to see you back in the neighborhood
Across the tracks
You like to put it down
Welcome back
To the wrong side of town

You say you're rolling in the money
And now you're dressed to play the part
But you ain't fooling yourself, honey
You're still an alley cat at heart
Across the tracks
You like to put it down
Welcome back
To the wrong side of town

They like to whoop and holler
But don't you get these people wrong
Some will kill you for a dollar
Some will love you for a song
Across the tracks
You like to put it down
Welcome back
To the wrong side of town
Across the tracks
You like to put it down
Welcome back
To the wrong side of town

(c)2014 Gray Matter Publishing

From Delta Moon's 2014 vinyl EP "Across the Tracks."

Tom Gray: Vocal and guitar.
Mark Johnson Guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocal.
Marlon Patton: Drums.

The Wrong Side Of Town

WRONG SIDE OF TOWN

By Tom Gray

Seems like you've been a long time coming
I thought maybe you were gone for good
But if you're broke or you're just slumming
It's good to see you back in the neighborhood
Across the tracks
You like to put it down
Welcome back
To the wrong side of town

You say you're rolling in the money
And now you're dressed to play the part
But you ain't fooling yourself, honey
You're still an alley cat at heart
Across the tracks
You like to put it down
Welcome back
To the wrong side of town

They like to whoop and holler
But don't you get these people wrong
Some will kill you for a dollar
Some will love you for a song
Across the tracks
You like to put it down
Welcome back
To the wrong side of town
Across the tracks
You like to put it down
Welcome back
To the wrong side of town

(c)2014 Gray Matter Publishing

From the album "Low Down", released May 5, 2015.

Low Down

Wrong Side Of Town

NOTHING YOU CAN TELL A FOOL

By Tom Gray

You can tell a woman's crying
From the tears that she has shed
You can tell a man is lying
By the way he turns his head
And no matter how you tell it
No matter what you do
There ain't nothing
There's nothing you can tell a fool

You can tell a story
Stick to it all night long
You can tell a secret
But once you do it's gone
And no matter how you tell it
No matter what you do
There ain't nothing
There's nothing you can tell a fool

A fool will see
Just what he wants to see
I'm telling you
Take it from a fool like me
No matter how you tell it
No matter what you do
There ain't nothing
There's nothing you can tell a fool

(c)2014 Gray Matter Publishing (BMI)

From Delta Moon's album "Low Down", released May 5, 2015

Nothing You Can Tell A Fool

MEAN STREAK

By Tom Gray, Mark Johnson and Franher Joseph

Close shave
I could've been dead
Had denial in my head and a fist down in my gut
Hey, you, down inside
You didn't kill me but you sure tried
And you still ain't giving up

You got a mean streak
Running through and through
I got a mean streak
I'm just as mean as you

So long, killer, see you 'round
You're incinerator bound
Though you take a part of me with you
I'll take the poison, take the knife
Find a way to live my life
'Cause living's what I want to do

I got a mean streak
Running through and through
I got a mean streak
I'm just as mean as you

You live each day like all the rest
Doing what comes easiest
Then one day wake up from your sleep
And feel the gun against your head
You're living like the Misfit said
This time you've got to dig down deep

You got a mean streak
Running through and through
I got a mean streak
And, yeah, you got a mean streak too

(c)2015 Single Coil Music, Ephjay Music

From Delta Moon's album "Low Down", released May 5, 2015.

Mean Streak

LOWDOWN

By Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan

She's a crooked sheriff in a real straight town
She opens the door, shake shake, the lights go down
Clover honey and the jimson weed
Red leather skirt way up above her knees
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

She's a gone, lost dirt road
Ain't no way back, I've been told
She's a story they all tell
She's a rebel, she's a yell
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

White heat in a cold rain
I'm merging here in your merging lane
Jockey Lafitte, Big-Eyed Al
The second-hand moon is shining for my gal

She's a big red flag in a mean bullpen
She'll steal it from you, sell it right back to you again
She's a wild rose, she's not settled
A cold gun of ice blue metal
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

White heat in a cold rain
I'm merging here in your merging lane
Jockey Lafitte, Big-Eyed Al
The second-hand moon is shining for my gal

She's a cheap motel with a burned out sign
She'll take care of you definitely every time
A stolen checkbook and legs up to here
Singing to a hairbrush right in front of the mirror
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

(c) Jalma Music

From Delta Moon's album "Low Down", released May 5, 2015.

Lowdown

DOWN IN THE FLOOD

By Bob Dylan

Crash on the levee, mama
Water's gonna overflow
Swamp's gonna rise and
No boat's gonna row
You can train on down to
Williams Point
You can bust your feet
You can rock this joint
But oh, mama
You're gonna miss your best friend now
You're gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend somehow

Don't try and move me, mama
You're just gonna lose
There's a crash on the levee, mama
You have been refused
Well, it's sugar for sugar
And it's salt for salt
If you go down in the flood
It's gonna be your fault
And oh, mama
You're gonna miss your best friend now
You're gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend somehow

High tide is rising
Mama, don't you let me down
Pack up your suitcase, mama
Don't you make a sound
Now it's king for king
And it's queen for queen
It's gonna be the meanest flood
Anybody's seen
And oh, mama
You're gonna miss your best friend now
You're gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend somehow

(c) Dwarf Music

From Delta Moon's album "Low Down", released May 5, 2015.

Down In The Flood

JELLY ROLL

By Tom Gray

Once I had a girl, I did not treat her right
Did not treat her right
Had a girl and I did not treat her right
She'd work all day
I'd stay out all night

Tell me why why why
Should I cry cry cry
Jelly roll
Jelly roll
Now she's gone and I got my jelly
I got my jelly roll

She handed me her love on a silver tray
On a silver tray
She handed me her love on a silver tray
I was young
And I let it slip away

Tell me why why why
Should I cry cry cry
Jelly roll
Jelly roll
Now she's gone and I got my jelly
Got my jelly roll

Anything I'd want, I only had to ask
Only had to ask
Anything, I only had to ask
Too bad I never asked
To make that last

Tell me why why why
Should I cry cry cry
Jelly roll
Jelly roll
Now she's gone and I got my jelly
Got my jelly roll
Now she's gone and I got my jelly
I got my jelly roll

(c)2002 Gray Matter Publishing

From Delta Moon's album "Low Down", released May 5, 2015 .

Jelly Roll

Delta Moon's version of the Skip James classic, live at Eddie's Attic, Decatur, Georgia, August 12, 2011. Recorded and mixed by Shalom Aberle. (Photo by Vincent Tseng)

Tom Gray: Vocal and steel guitar.
Mark Johnson: Guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass.

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Hard Times Killing Floor Blues (Live)

Delta Moon's "I'm a Witness," recorded live at Eddie's Attic, Decatur, Georgia, August 12, 2011. Recorded and mixed by Shalom Aberle. (Photo by Vincent Tseng)

Tom Gray - vocal, Weissenborn guitar
Mark Johnson - mandoguitar
Franher Joseph - bass
Justin Chesarek - percussion

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I'm a Witness (Live)

OPEN ALL NIGHT

By Tom Gray
(c)2015 Gray Matter Publishing

There's a place that I have found
They don't care when you come around
It's okay
It's all right
They're open all night

Their back wall ain't got no clock
And their front door ain't got no lock
It's okay
It's all right
They're open all night

So if your baby puts no out
Ain't no sense wandering about
It's okay
It's all right
They're open all night
It's okay
It's all right
They're open all night

From Delta Moon's album "Low Down", released May 5, 2015.

Tom Gray: Vocals, harmonica, lap steel guitar.
Mark Johnson: Guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass.
Marlon Patton: Drums

Open All Night

From Delta Moon's album CABBAGETOWN, Jumping Jack Records.
Release date: March 17, 2017.

SING TOGETHER

By Tom Gray, Mark Johnson, Franher Joseph and Marlon Patton
(Single Coil Music, Ephjay Music, Marlon Patton Music, BMI)

Man came out of Africa
Forty-thousand years ago.
Some burned dark in the tropic sun.
Some turned pale in the snow.
They walked every inch of this Earth,
Sailed the world around,
And every time they met they tried
To shoot each other down

Sing together, children.
Feel it in your heart.
Sing together.
That's a place to start.

Now we're running out of world.
It ain't like long ago.
These days you can't turn around
Without stepping on somebody's toe.
I hear the music popping
With the sounds of many lands,
Calling out around the world,
Something we can all understand.

Sing together, children.
Feel it in your heart.
Sing together.
That's a place to start.
Sing together, children.
Feel it in your heart.
Sing together.
That's a place to start.

You can give a chimpanzee a drum.
It'll never play a beat.
Slip an old guitar to any bum,
And you might hear something sweet.
Listen to the song he's singing.
Know that he can hear you too
Voices raised in harmony
Can help each other see it through.
 
Sing together, children.
Feel it in your heart.
Sing together.
That's a place to start.
Sing together, children.
Feel it in your heart.
Let's sing together.
That's a place to start.
Sing together, children.
Sing together, children.
Sing together. Sing together.
That's a place to start.

* * *

Tom Gray: Vocal, guitar
Mark Johnson: Guitar
Franher Joseph: Bass
Marlon Patton: Drums
Kyshona Armstrong: Backing vocals

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Cabbagetown

Sing Together

From Delta Moon's album CABBAGETOWN, on Jumping Jack Records.
Release date: March 17, 2017.

COOLEST FOOLS

By Tom Gray
(Gray Matter Publishing, BMI)

They say our love don't stand a chance.
They say we'll just get hurt.
I don't know about you, but I would rather dance
Than sit still on my butt in the dirt.

Come on, we'll be the coolest fools,
Even falling down.
Come on, we'll be the coolest fools,
The coolest fools in town.

Two birds sitting on a fence,
One of 'em's scared to fly.
The other says, "In my experience,
The way to never fail is to never try."

Come on, we'll be the coolest fools,
Even falling down.
Come on, we'll be the coolest fools,
The coolest fools in town.

And when the silver is in your hair,
You're ninety-two or ninety-one,
D'you wanna sit in your easy chair
And talk about the things you wish you'd done?

Come on, we'll be the coolest fools,
Even falling down.
Come on, we'll be the coolest fools,
The coolest fools in town.

Come on, we'll be the coolest fools,
Even falling down.
Come on, we'll be the coolest fools,
The coolest fools in town.

* * *

Tom Gray: Vocal, lap steel guitar
Mark Johnson: Guitar, backing vocal
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocal
Marlon Patton: Drums
Susannah Masarie: Backing vocals

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Coolest Fools

From Delta Moon's album, CABBAGETOWN, Jumping Jack Records.
Release date: March 17, 2017.

JUST LUCKY I GUESS

By Tom Gray
(Gray Matter Publishing, BMI)

How in the world did I ever end up here?
Nothing to my name but a pair of sunglasses and a beer.
I got no car. My clothes are a mess.
Oh, I'm just lucky I guess.

I had a woman, as sweet as she could be.
She loved the man she was gonna make out of me.
Now she's gone, moved out west.
Oh, I'm just lucky I guess.

Just a lucky so-and-so.
Nowhere to be and nowhere to go.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm just a lucky so-and-so.
Nowhere to be and nowhere to go.

Once I had money. Once I had fame.
Seemed like the more I played the game
The more I learned to like it less.
Oh, I'm just lucky I guess.
Yeah, I'm
Lucky I guess.

* * *

Tom Gray: Vocal, guitar
Mark Johnson: Slide guitar
Franher Joseph: Upright Bass
Marlon Patton: Drums

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Just Lucky I Guess

From Delta Moon's album CABBAGETOWN, on Jumping Jack Records.
Release date: March 17, 2017.

ROCK AND ROLL GIRL

By Tom Gray
(Gray Matter Publishing BMI)

Mom and Dad were both born on the farm.
I was born in the city, but we didn't stay long.
Moving town to town, I was just a kid,
Tried to fit in but I never really did.

So I joined a rock and roll band,
Seen the world through a haze of one-night stands.
And you, my rock and roll girl,
You're the only thing I've done right in this ragged, round world.

I tried working five days a week,
Sit home in the evening and watch TV,
Eating hamburgers from a paper sack.
The time I sold I'll never get back.

So I joined a rock and roll band,
Seen the world through a haze of one-night stands.
And you, my rock and roll girl,
You're the only thing I've done right in this ragged, round world.

It's a ragged, round world. You can't force it straight.
A simple lie will only complicate.
I don't always know the right thing to say,
But I've got a guitar and I know how to play.

So I joined a rock and roll band,
Seen the world through a haze of one-night stands.
And you, my rock and roll girl,
You're the only thing I've done right in this ragged, round world.
Yeah, you, my rock and roll girl,
You're the only thing I've done right in this ragged, round world.

* * *

Tom Gray: Vocal, guitar
Mark Johnson: Lap steel guitar, mandoguitar
Franher Joseph: Bass
Marlon Patton: Drums
Kyshona Armstrong: Backing vocal
Susannah Masarie: Backing vocal

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Rock and Roll Girl

Rock And Roll Girl

Tom Gray's take on the Jerry Byrd instrumental song. This is not the full band of Delta Moon -- just Tom. He plays a 1930s Rickenbacher A-22 frying pan lap steel for the lead and a Moog lap steel on the answering and wailing parts.

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Nighttime

CHRISTMASTIME IN NEW ORLEANS

Written by Mark Johnson
Single Coil Music (BMI)

Riding with my baby
Flying through the evergreens
Riding with my baby
Flying through the evergreens
Going to Louisiana
It's Christmastime in New Orleans

Reveillon dinner
Singing down in Jackson Square
Reveillon dinner
Singing down in Jackson Square
Mr. Bingle in the window
All the children stop and stare

Bonfire on the levee
They light 'em every Christmas Eve
Bonfire on the levee
They light 'em every Christmas Eve
Papa Noel finds his way
At least that's what some believe

Riding with my baby
Flying through the evergreens
Riding with my baby
Flying through the evergreens
Going to Louisiana
It's Christmastime in New Orleans

Tom Gray - lead vocal, lap steel
Mark Johnson - guitar
Franher Joseph - bass, backing vocal
Adam Goodhue - drums

Recorded by Spencer Garn, Diamond Street Studio
Mixed by Jeff Bakos, Bakos Ampworks
Mastered by Chris Griffin, Griffin Mastering

Released November 17, 2017

(c)(p) 2017 Delta Moon
All rights reserved.

Christmas Time in New Orleans

Christmas Time In New Orleans

One Mountain at a Time

Seems like nothing’s going to work out right
But no point giving up the fight
And, mama mama, just look at sis
Standing in the corner trying to do the twist

Just one hill
Just one climb
Let’s scale one mountain at a time

I got no money and my car’s a wreck
Still fighting for some self respect
Come in here, you little hard boiled egg
You best quit twisting before you break a leg

Just one hill
Just one climb
Let’s scale one mountain at a time

I heard the news, I seen the vids
It seems the whole world’s on the skids
But I met some girls at the union hall
Said, come on, honey, let’s have a ball

Just one hill
Just one climb
Let’s scale one mountain at a time

Just one hill
Just one climb
Let’s scale one mountain at a time

Written by Jeff Bakos, Tom Gray, Mark Johnson, and Franher Joseph (Tigray Music, MJJMusic International, Ephjay Music) BMI

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018

Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel guitar.
Mark Johnson: Guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocals.
Vic Stafford: Drums.
Recorded by Vic Stafford and Jeff Bakos.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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Babylon is Falling

ONE MOUNTAIN AT A TIME

SOMEBODY IN MY HOME

Oh, somebody walking, baby
Walking in my home, you know
Is it the one you’re loving, baby?
That’s why you’re doing me wrong

Oh, I’m gonna pack my clothes in the morning
Oh, hit the road, you know
Oh, pack my clothes in the morning
Oh, hit the road, you know
Somebody’s walking
Walking in my home, you know

Oh, is the one you’re loving, baby?
That little bitty boy

Written by Chester Burnett
Arc Music, BMI

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018
Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel guitar and harmonica.
Mark Johnson: Guitar, backing vocals.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocals.
Vic Stafford: Drums.
Recorded by Vic Stafford.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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Somebody in My Home

NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE

Nobody’s fault but mine
Nobody’s fault but mine
If I die and my soul be lost
Nobody’s fault but mine

Mother, she taught me how to read
Mother, she taught me how to read
If I don’t read and my soul be lost
Nobody’s fault but mine

Nobody’s fault but mine
Nobody’s fault but mine
If I die and my soul be lost
Nobody’s fault but mine
Nobody’s fault but mine

I got a Bible in my home
I got a Bible in my home
If I don’t read and my soul be lost
Nobody’s fault but mine

Sister, she taught me how to read
Sister, she taught me how to read
If I don’t read and my soul be lost
Nobody’s fault but mine

Nobody’s fault but mine
Nobody’s fault but mine
If I die and my soul be lost
Nobody’s fault but mine
Nobody’s fault but mine

Father taught me how to think
Father taught me how to think
If I don’t speak, my voice be lost
Nobody’s fault but mine

I know right from wrong
I know right from wrong
If I don’t stand and testify
It’s nobody’s fault but mine

Nobody’s fault but mine
Nobody’s fault but mine
If I die and my soul be lost
Nobody’s fault but mine
Nobody’s fault but mine

(Traditional, arranged by Delta Moon)

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018
Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel and piano.
Mark Johnson: Guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass.
Marlon Patton: Drums.
Recorded by Marlon Patton.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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Nobody's Fault But Mine

LITTLE PINK PISTOL

She’s got a little pink pistol
Keeps it in her purse
Firing at a target
She could have done a lot worse
She’s got a little pink
Little pink
Little pink pistol

All the boys want to hold her
But it’s understood
If she don’t want to love you
She can mess you up good
She’s got a little pink
Little pink
Little pink pistol

This bee has got a stinger
And she keeps her trigger finger
On a little pink pistol

Got the big sunglasses
And a little short skirt
She can make you happy
She can make you hurt

This bee has got a stinger
And she keeps her trigger finger
On a little pink pistol

Little pink pistol
Little pink pistol
Little pink pistol
Back off, back off
She’s got a little pink pistol
Little pink pistol
You better back off
Better back off
Back off, back off
She’s got a little pink pistol

Written by Tom Gray
© 2018 Tigray Music (BMI)

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018
Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel guitar and keyboards.
Mark Johnson: Guitar, backing vocals.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocals.
Adam Goodhue: drums.
Recorded by Spencer Garn at Diamond Street Studio.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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Little Pink Pistol

LOUISIANA RAIN

Well, it was out in California
By the San Diego sea
That was when I was taken in
And it left its mark on me
Yeah, she really drove me crazy
With all those China toys
I know she didn’t mean a thing
To all those sailor boys

Louisiana rain is falling at my feet
I’m noticing the change as I move down the street
Louisiana rain soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge

South Carolina
Put out its arms for me
Right up until everything went back
Somewhere on Lonely Street
And I still can’t quite remember
Who helped me to my feet
Thank God for a love that followed
The angel’s remedy

Louisiana rain falling just like tears
Running down my face, washing out the years
Louisiana rain soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge

Well, I never will get over
This English refugee
Singing to the jukebox
In some all night beanery
Yeah, he was eating pills like candy
Chasing them with tea
You should have seen him lick his lips
That old black muddied beak

Louisiana rain is falling at my feet
I’m noticing the change as I move down the street
Louisiana rain soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge

Louisiana rain falling just like tears
Running down my face, washing out the years
Louisiana rain soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge

I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge

Written by Tom Petty
Alamo Music (ASCAP)

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018

Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel guitar and harmonica.
Mark Johnson: Guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass.
Marlon Patton: Drums.
Recorded by Marlon Patton.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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Louisiana Rain

SKINNY WOMAN

I don’t want
No skinny woman
I don’t want
No skinny woman
The meat don’t shake
The meat don’t shake
The meat don’t shake
The meat don’t shake

Well, she won’t
Cook no breakfast
And she won’t
Wash no clothes
All she’ll do is
Walk up and down
All she’ll do is
Walk up and down

Well, I love
That little woman
And I want her
For myself
She’s a good
Little woman
She’s a good
Little woman

Written by R.L. Burnside
Tradition Music (BMI)

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018

Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel guitar.
Mark Johnson: Guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocals.
Marlon Patton: Drums.
Recorded by Marlon Patton.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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Skinny Woman

MIGHT TAKE A LIFETIME

Might take a lifetime to figure out love
Might take a lifetime to figure out love
Might need to pray to the stars above
Might take a lifetime to figure out love
Does your heart need a push or shove?
Might take a lifetime to figure out love

Might take forever just to see the light
Might take forever just to see the light
Although the moon is shining bright
Might take forever just to see the light
Don’t let your days all turn to night
Might take forever just to see the light

Don’t live your life like a photograph
Don’t live your life like a photograph
What’s in the past is in the past
Don’t live your life like a photograph
You know time is passing much too fast
Don’t live your life like a photograph

Might be the right time to sing about love
Might be the right time to sing about love
Might need to pray to the stars above
Might be the right time to sing about love
Does your heart need a push or shove?
Might be the right time to sing about love

Written By Mark Johnson
MJJ Music International (BMI)

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018

Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel guitar and piano.
Mark Johnson: Guitar, backing vocals.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocals.
Adam Goodhue: Drums.
Recorded by Spencer Garn at Diamond Street Studio.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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Might Take a Lifetime

ONE MORE HEARTACHE

Ah, one more heartache
I can’t take it
My heart is carrying a heavy load
One more ache might break it
Just like a camel with a heavy pack
One last straw was added
They said it broke the camel’s back
I — oh, I —
I can’t take it

One more heartache
It would turn me right around
First you build my hopes up high
Then you let me down
Like a house of toothpicks built upon the kitchen table
One more toothpick tore it down
The foundation was not able
I — oh, I —
I can’t stand it.
Not another heartache, babe.

One more heartache
It would be too much load
I’m fed up with your heartaches
One more and I’ll explode
Like a toy balloon with as much as air as it can take
One more puff of air and that balloon has got to break
I — oh, I —
I can’t take it
Not another heartache, babe

Not another
Not another heartache

Written by William Robinson, Warren Moore, Marvin Tarrlin, Ronald White and Robert Rogers
Jobete Music (ASCAP)

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018

Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel guitar.
Mark Johnson: Guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass.
Adam Goodhue: Drums
Recorded by Spencer Garn at Diamond Street Studio.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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One More Heartache

BABYLON IS FALLING

Babylon
Babylon
Babylon oh Babylon
Falling to rise no more

Have you heard of Babylon
That city paved in gold
Thought they were meant to rule the world
Now their luck’s run cold
I’ve seen the towers of Babylon
Reaching for the skies
All that rises must come down
It comes as no surprise

Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon oh Babylon
Falling to rise no more

Have you heard that Babylon
Ruled a fertile land
All those fields so lush and green
Are now just desert sand
The stars that shone on Babylon
Look down on you and me
Another thousand years from now
What do you think they’ll see?

Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon oh Babylon
Falling to rise no more

Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon oh Babylon
Falling to rise no more

Thought I heard (Babylon)
The angels say (Babylon)
Babylon (Babylon)
Been wiped away (Babylon)
That once great city (Babylon)
That golden town (Babylon)
Babylon (Babylon)
Is falling down (Babylon )
Can’t you hear them moaning? (Babylon)
Can’t you see them running? (Babylon)
Can’t you hear them calling? (Babylon)
It’s falling down (Babylon’s falling)
Falling down (Babylon)
Falling down (Babylon)
Falling down (Babylon)
Falling down (Babylon)
Just like the people (Babylon)
Of Babylon’s time (Babylon)
You and me (Babylon)
Yours and mine (Babylon)
You know we’ve got to (Babylon)
Find a way (Babylon)
To love and help each other (Babylon)
Right here today (Babylon)
Find a new way of walking (Babylon)
Find a new way of talking (Babylon)
A new way of living (Babylon)
Ah, a new way of giving (Babylon)

Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon oh Babylon
Falling to rise no more

Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon oh Babylon
Falling to rise no more

Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon (Babylon’s falling)
Babylon oh Babylon
Falling to rise no more

(Traditional, arranged by Delta Moon)

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018

Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel guitar.
Mark Johnson: Guitar, backing vocals.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocals.
Marlon Patton: Drums
Recorded by Marlon Patton.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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Babylon Is Falling

LONG WAY TO GO

Let me lean on the light pole
Until I catch my breath
Let me lean on the light pole
We’ve still got a long way to go

You can hold on my shoulder
If you miss your step
You can hold on my shoulder
We’ve still got a long way to go

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
We’ve still got a long way to go

Don’t the fields shine like diamonds
In the morning dew
Don’t the fields shine like diamonds
We’ve still got a long way to go

Let me walk in the sunlight
Where the road is plain
Let me walk in the sunlight
We’ve still got a long way to go

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
We’ve still got a long way to go

Don’t the sky turn to purple
In the evening tide
Don’t the sky turn to purple
We’ve still got a long way to go

Let me lean on the light pole
Until I catch my breath
Let me lean on the light pole
We’ve still got a long way to go

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
We’ve still got a long way to go

Written by Tom Gray
Tigray Music (BMI)

from Babylon is Falling, released September 21, 2018

Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel guitar.
Mark Johnson: Guitar, backing vocals.
Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocals.
Marlon Patton: Drums, backing vocals.
Recorded by Marlon Patton.
Mixed by Jeff Bakos at Bakos Amp Works.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering.

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Long Way to Go

Delta Moon performs "Goin' Down South" at Eddie's Attic, Decatur, Georgia, September 22, 2012.

This is a board recording mixed by Jim Hedden.

Tom Gray: Lap steel guitar and vocal.
Mark Johnson: Bottleneck slide guitar.
Franher Joseph: Bass and backing vocal.
Darren Stanley: Drums.

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Goin' Down South (Live)

Delta Moon performs "Shake 'Em On Down" at Papa Mojo's Roadhouse in Durham, North Carolina, November 17, 2012, with Papa Mojo himself, Mel Melton, sitting in on harmonica.

Tom Gray: Lap steel guitar and vocal.
Mark Johnson: Bottleneck slide guitar and backing vocal.
Franher Joseph: Bass and backing vocal.
Darren Stanley: Drums.
Mel Melton: Harmonica.

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Shake 'Em On Down (Live)

DELTA MOON is a roots rock and blues quartet from Atlanta, Georgia, featuring the unique double slide sound of Tom Gray on lap steel and Mark Johnson on bottleneck slide guitar. Lead singer Tom Gray is well known as a superb songwriter (he penned the hit "Money Changes Everything" recorded by Cyndi Lauper). Delta Moon tours regularly in America and Europe. The band's last CD, Low Down, was named one of the Best Albums of 2015 by both DownBeat and Blues Music Magazine. Delta Moon is currently working on a new album, due out in March 2017.
•	Tom Gray: Vocals, lap steel, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
•	Mark Johnson: Guitar, banjo, backing vocals
•	Franher Joseph: Bass, backing vocals
•	Marlon Patton: Drums
“If you’re looking for exquisite playing and fine song craft, you’ll find it on Delta Moon’s Low Down.” – Living Blues
"This oozes class.... All in all a highly recommended album for fans of well written and performed contemporary blues." - Blues Matters (UK) 
"A masterful work of musicianship combined with talented singing and songwriting. The use of the slide guitars is magical." – Roots Music Report
"The band's grooves are catchy and cool, and the setlist of mostly originals showcases fine songwriting. Hot stuff!" – Vintage Guitar

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