Ken and Chip take a deep dive into the life of Jobriath, The True Fairy of Rock & Roll. This story must be heard to be believed.

Jobriath: The True Fairy of Rock & Roll

Hot teardrops and cold compresses
Fever dream of my baby’s dresses
Thinking of what came before 
Lying here wanting more
Memories that we were making
All the while time is taking
What he needs we’ll only guess
Hot teardrops and cold compresses

I see shouts, I hear flowers
I smell blinding light for hours
All my senses fall away
I’ve got nothing left to say

If I did you wouldn’t hear
I’m so sorry - glad you’re near
Speak to me and hold my hand
Tell me when this ship will land

In hot teardrops and cold compresses
Fever dream of my baby’s dresses
Thinking of what came before 
Lying here wanting more
Memories that we were making
All the while time is taking
What he needs we’ll only guess
Hot teardrops and cold compresses

Socrates and Dave Thoreau
Walden Pond I feel your glow
Zevon said “enjoy each sandwich”
Now I get it, I can manage

Preacher chase me as I climb
Your wisdom ain’t worth a dime
Soon I’ll be across that line
Gonna burn one with John Prine

And hot teardrops and cold compresses
Fever dream of my baby’s dresses
Thinking of what came before 
Lying here wanting more
Memories that we were making
All the while time is taking
What he needs we’ll only guess
Hot teardrops and cold compresses

So everybody’s got their time
And when the Lord decides it’s mine
Don’t grieve over a song unsung
Here it is - my will’s been done

Now I hear shouts
I smell flowers
I feel blinding love it’s ours
And as I pass I’ll hold your hand
Finally this ship will land

In hot teardrops and cold compresses
Fever dream of my baby’s dresses
Thinking of what came before 
Lying here wanting more
Memories that we were making
All the while time is taking
What he needs we’ll only guess
Hot teardrops and cold compresses

© 2021 Eric Harrison (BMI)

Hot Teardrops and Cold Compresses

sun is setting starts to go 
back behind the clouds that blow
quickly coming from the east
tell me now what do you make believe them to be
or do you notice at all 
the sun just rises and falls for you, all for you

i can see a past life
where things weren’t so impossible  
in a half empty state of mind 
just pour it and the glass is full

if i could take the earth like a cherry in my hand
i would take the water and i’d mix it with the land
drown out every present all our futures and the past
maybe we should live like every day could be the last

moon its rising in its phase 
i stare on my lonely days 
and the water starts to rise
often now i feel i'm like the tide ever changing i hate it
i'm a flower in spring but what does winter bring for them, mmm for them  

i can see a past life
where things weren’t so impossible  
in a half empty state of mind 
just pour it and the glass is full

if i could take the earth like a cherry in my hand
i would take the water and i’d mix it with the land
drown out every present all our futures and the past
maybe we should live like every day could be the last
 
and if i could then i would gladly 
get up and leave 
but so it goes that in a memory 
theres only what you've seen

if i could take the earth like a cherry in my hand
i would take the water and i’d mix it with the land
drown out every present all our futures and the past
maybe we should live like every day could be the last

Cherry in My Hand

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Verse:
She told me she bad for me
Too bad
I got high expectations for ya
I’m too tired of waiting for ya
Look what I’m creating for ya
Did you really think this
Would be the track that I depend
For you to show your friends
How this movie ends
Let the audience pretend we make amends
And tie up the loose ends
And remain good friends
Shady silhouettes
Of emotional debts
And empty regrets
To keep us in check, yeah
Hope you don’t forget
How we used to connect
Hope you don’t (regret it all)

Chorus:
Forget don’t make it better
Let’s tie this shit together
Loose ends
Vignettes and torn up letters
(How) the hell did we became such
Loose friends

Verse:
Caught me in a moment of desperation
Be patient with me, I’m the mental patient
Bare with me a couple minutes longer
Projecting yourself onto things I utter
The situation’s overblown
Two-faced behavior, shady undertones
Now that I’m left here alone
I’m barely composed
Reject all the highs
And dwell on the lows
I know…
I know that I need you
A little more than you need me right now
Oh, but you come close

Chorus:
Forget don’t make it better
Let’s tie this shit together
Loose ends
Vignettes and torn up letters
(How) the hell did we became such
Loose friends

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Hot Teardrops and Cold Compresses

Eric Harrison

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