Name: AWAY TOO LONG by Lucy Lemann
Duration: 3 min 7 s
Description: Written very quicly for a songwriters night on particular topic. Here playing on it is Richard rose, elctric guitar, Sam Lemann rhythm and lead acoustic guitar, Colin Pigram acoustic guitar and backing vocals. Produced like this for a Berklee College Assignment, thnkyou

This is an out-take from our 2021 album The Luau Cowboys Live From The Crypt.

The Luau Cowboys : Bury Me Beneath The Willow

River Of Blue

Pretty sure I forgot to lock the back door
When I left for work today
And then I drove all the way 
And can’t remember how I got here
The same thing happened yesterday
Oh I just can’t concentrate
Someone was talking to me 
And I didn’t hear a word they said
So I just nodded my head 
And said ok I’ll take care of it right away
But that’s not true

I’m thinking of you
And diving into a river of blue

This weekend I might take a trip 
Someplace faraway where I can be alone
And think about the choices that I made 
That put me on this road, twist and turns 
All the lessons that I learned 
Like when to try again and when to just let go
I thought I knew a thing or two 
About how to find my way
What to do and what to say
But that’s not true

I’m thinking of you
And diving into a river of blue

Sun is going down now
Streetlights coming on, looks it’s gonna rain
Gotta get myself back home before the storm
And figure out what I should do
It’s getting late and I’m too tired to 
Keep it all the same or think about a change
And what it takes to start over again
I’m gonna face the facts
I won’t pretend you’re coming back
But that’s not true

I’m thinking of you
And diving into a river of blue

River Of Blue

This song was sung, played, and minimally recorded analog in a laundry room, 1979 in Bremen, Georgia. It is me doing a a song I wrote for friends mentioned in the words. I am not in the habit of showcasing my inadequacies, but the purpose is to show the real me and give evidence to support the reasoning behind my being a dedicated co or team writer. I want you to know that guy, and I haven't come out of hiding before now. It is why I think of myself as primarily a lyricist and why I am grateful to have found the friends I have, folks with total buy in and steady readiness when it comes to being in this thing together!

Lyrics:Calling Cards - Thin Line Medley
It was not the astrologers, and not a band of angels
It was just a few good old friends, who had chanced to happen by
When they told me how their lives had turned
And told me of the things they’d learned
They told me that I’m welcome in the sky.

With the world as my teacher, I have learned to recognize
A brother by the calling cards, he leaves me with his eyes
 Or a sister, who with words so clear
Assures me that I’m drawing near
To all the things I’m searching for, and more.

There’s a thin line, between trying and relying
On your God to pull you through
And it seems I never cross that line
Unless I think I’m out of time
Or when it seems there’s nothing else to do
But that’s not true
There’s more in store for you.

There’s a thin line, between trying and relying
On your God to pull you through
And every time I hear that line, it serves not only to remind
It helps me know, the things I know are true
It leads me back to you,
Leads me back to you.

It was not the magician, or the players in disguise 
It was just a few familiar faces
And as it turns out, they didn’t even try
When they showed me how it works so well
Much better than their words could tell
They told me that I’m welcome in the sky.

Calling Cards Thinline Medley

Written by lucy lemann, Emma Borrie and Nicholas Wagener for an assignment at Berklee. Emma is singing, Sam Lemann is on the instruments. Thankyou

Call it a day

I am back Y'all! I discovered that I had not, in fact, posted the live track, and in an attempt to fix it I lost what I posted completely. If you have visited I apologize. I have the right track up now, and I hope you will try again. What you heard if you stopped and got me earlier was a studio version, so if you've got time and would like to hear the us you seldom get to check out, here we are! No0w I am going to listen to some of you!
Earlier: Mis-post!!
Morning Friday Folks; Here’s a little back story to go with a birthday wish for my wife Carol. It was about the time pictured, what we looked like, when we hit 35 years married, and I gave this girl a pawnshop diamond ring, the song and a real rock! She never asked or really wanted the ring, rather have a fancy meal out and a play date which I gave her too, but loosely the story in this song happened to me and my sweetie and is mostly true. I was in the guitar business with my friend DaddyO and singing in a band with him, and on the day in question I was working a guitar trade deal with my favorite pawn broker, and I had more in value than him. He offered a smallish bright diamond set in white gold to even the trade, and I gave her the ring and the lyric on our night out on the town. The song became the title cut on The DaddyO's Band's first album (Pawn Shop Diamond Ring - 2007) On this weekend, the girl turns 75 (she doesn't mind me saying), and we've been together almost 52 years, more than two thirds on her life and a major slice of mine! She's still " my most precious thing"! Some of the cast on this recording are gone ahead, and some, like me, are holding on. We are John Barry (bass),Phil Mengle (drums), Merritt Smith (guitar), Mark "DaddyO" Agababian (guitar), Howard Williams (harp), Jim Boyd (lyrics and lead vocals). Best I remember this was recorded at a practice session live.
Lyrics: Pawn Shop Diamond Ring 
1.	I bought my pretty baby a pawn shop diamond ring
I got my little lady a pawn shop diamond ring
           A little something semi-precious for my most precious thing.

2.	And I never missed a payment on that 6 month layaway 

No, I never missed one payment on that 6 month layaway

           Yesterday I hit my number, and I paid it off today.

3.	When I slipped it on her finger, her eyes outshined that stone

           When I slipped it on her finger, her eyes outshined that stone
 
           Like a little bitty child with a great big ice cream cone.

4.	I love the way that diamond shines up on your little hand

           Yeah I love the way it sparkles all up on your little hand

           And it tells everybody you’re my woman, and I’m your man.

      (Repeat 1.)

1.	 I bought my pretty baby a pawn shop diamond ring

Yeah I got my little lady a pawn shop diamond ring

A little something semi-precious for my most precious thing

Tag: A little something semi-precious for my most precious thing.

Practice Sessions

Pawnshop Live

Written very quicly for a songwriters night on particular topic. Here playing on it is Richard rose, elctric guitar, Sam Lemann rhythm and lead acoustic guitar, Colin Pigram acoustic guitar and backing vocals. Produced like this for a Berklee College Assignment, thnkyou

AWAY TOO LONG

An original tune - An unsuccessful pitch for an ABC radio show theme!

Riding The Airwaves

On today's program: 
- Over the past few weeks the Aboriginal flag has been at the centre of a national discussion. Following a number of cease and desist notices to a range of organisation in regards to using the flag on clothing, questions were asked about copyright ownership of the flag.
In an exclusive interview with CAAMA Radio creator and copyright owner of the Aboriginal flag Lurtija/Wombai man Harold Thomas explains.

AWAY TOO LONG

Lucy Lemann

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