Bridge Over Troubled Water (cover)

Hard-driving original blues song demo. 

Lyrics:

Tried and true they always say
I found otherwise
I been through in my own way
Seen with my own two eyes

Felt your pressure
On my mind
Higher and higher
All the time

Your teacher's senseless words
Just held your train up

I been searching long long time
Trying to find my way
People tell me change my line
Then they go astray

Felt your pressure
On my mind
Higher and higher
All the time

Your teacher's senseless words
Just held your train up

Held Your Train Up (original song, demo)

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Heavenly Glory (demo)

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Lyrics:

When you hide your hair
From those with prying eyes
When you hide your lives
From those who’d court your pride

Undercover conquest
Inquire within

Monk Life Punk Life
Monk Life Punk Life

When you’re on your way
To climb the slopes of love
When you’re all or nothing
Before the Lord above

Undercover conquest
Inquire within

Monk Life Punk Life
Monk Life Punk Life

When you wear the habit
All your days and nights
When you tell yourself
You’ve got to do it right

Undercover conquest
Inquire within

Monk Life Punk Life
Monk Life Punk Life

Monk Life Punk Life — ThePearlclutchers.com

Lyrics:

She followed me into a silent space
Unknown to any man
She offered me a string of roses
That never left her hand

Now crown me daily, she said
I thought it had to be a dream
Do happy penance, she said
And become a soldier of the queen


With armor gentle and magnificent
Her champions are adorned
She teaches men to fight with roses
Drawing honey from their thorns

For me  you’ll suffer, she said
Your pain sets many captives free
Conquer through mercy, she said
And become a soldier of the queen


Since then she always brings me closer
To the Lord that all the ancients knew
When your time is up she’ll bring you over
You want her on your side
She will sweeten all your trials
If you want to live forever
You better never once forget her

  
As decades passed toward my eternity
And close my ending drew
I bared my soul to all who accused it
Thought a fool by all I knew

They passed a sentence on me
Having no idea what it means
I’ll die and be forgotten
Worthy of a soldier of the queen

Soldier Of The Queen

Lyrics: 

Place your bets
Stakes are high
Leave it rolling  
Let it ride

Hit on ten
Double down
Moves you make
Are indeed profound

PASCAL'S WAGER LOOMS ABOVE
RESERVED FOR WINNERS WHO'VE LOST ENOUGH
A LINE IS DRAWN IN THE SAND
IT'S TOO LATE NOW, YOU'RE ALL IN
NOW SHOW YOUR HAND

Roll the dice
Spin the wheel
Clean up every broken
Dirty deal

Every soul’s a
Betting man
Time to fold or 
Time to stand

PASCAL'S WAGER LOOMS ABOVE
RESERVED FOR WINNERS WHO'VE LOST ENOUGH
A LINE IS DRAWN IN THE SAND
IT'S TOO LATE NOW, YOU'RE ALL IN
NOW SHOW YOUR HAND

Pick your horsie
Choose your odds
Raise your banner
Drop your guard

Evil holds a
Bluffing hand
Faceless cards and
Empty men

PASCAL'S WAGER LOOMS ABOVE
RESERVED FOR WINNERS WHO'VE LOST ENOUGH
A LINE IS DRAWN IN THE SAND
IT'S TOO LATE NOW, YOU'RE ALL IN
NOW SHOW YOUR HAND

Pascal's Wager

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This is the story of my Uncle Alex, who introduced me to rock music as a teenager and tragically died of an overnight heart attack in 2010 at the age of 63. He was beloved by our entire family.

Lyrics:

The legend of Uncle Alex
Begins with a simple tale
Raised on a chicken farm by Auschwitz grads
He had a heart that was not for sale

Was not a man of money
Was not a man of faith
He was a man of rock and roll vices
But he made the guitar my grace

He made a run at Hollywood
Landed in the Las Vegas strip
Sold jumpsuits to Elvis
And took a few too many trips

Was not a man of money
Was not a man of faith
He was a man of rock and roll vices
But he made the guitar my grace

When his father died he turned dutiful
Taking care of his Hungarian mama
She didn’t speak much English but she made a mean chicken and 
Had him by her side till the end

Was not a man of money
Was not a man of faith
He was a man of rock and roll vices
But he made the guitar my grace

SOLO

He was a man of rock and roll vices
And the Lord took him by surprise
So say a prayer and brother pay his price
So I can see him on the other side

Have mercy on my Rock and Roll Uncle
Bring him home and receive his vow
If it weren’t for my rock and roll uncle
I would not be who I am right now

Uncle Alex Requiem — ThePearlclutchers.com

https://thepearlclutchers.com

LYRICS: 

She learned how to ride, trained by an angel
She loved her country, loved her Lord
The angel told her to lead the king’s army
And she’d put an end to the Hundred Years war

She found the king, delivered her message
Somehow he knew it would all be okay
He gave her his army and followed her eastward
Letting her blaze his trail all the way

With love and danger
The lord hath her arrayed
A lone teenager
A martyr and a maid 

With only heaven
A banner and a blade
She turned back a century
In 49 days

She freed whole cities, to all amazement
As she rode by, the people bowed down
And that old cathedral swung right open
And the king she delivered     received his crown

With love and danger
The lord hath her arrayed
A lone teenager
A martyr and a maid 

With only heaven
A banner and a blade
She turned back a century
In 49 days

The king betrayed her, allowed her capture
He Wouldn’t ransom her back for a dime
And all the learned doctors of Europe 
Tried to accuse her but found no crime

She couldn’t read but she signed what they read her
That’s how they tricked her, a bait and a switch
Confession of falsehoods and sins uncommitted
And now they could burn her and call her a witch

49 Days (St Joan of Arc) — ThePearlclutchers.com

A one-take iPhone recording of an unknown guitar legend, being mixed in real-time on a tape recorder once owned by Ray Charles. Not making this up.

Terry's Swampy Jig

Lead songwriter of The Pearlclutchers (https://thepearlclutchers.com)

Mike Elias

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