A haunting new single and teaser from Nikki & the Phantom Callers upcoming debut album - set to be release Spring 2020.

THEY'VE NEVER WALKED THROUGH SHADOWS

LOVE ME TENDER (LOVE ME BLACK AND BLUE)

Love me tender, love me black and blue
Go away, come back, don’t stay
I’ll be here waiting for you

Love me tender, love me black and blue
Go away, come back, don’t stay
I’ll be here waiting for you

Ooo wee, karma, what’s your game?
Well, I’ve been good, and I’ve been bad
So, everything’s the same

Remember that summer at half past 4:00 when it poured every day?
The rains fell down on the heart of the city, giving us away
It washed our hands, and it slicked our hair, and we drove around so fast
The rains fell down on the dirty little city, exposing us at last

Ooo wee, karma, what’s your game?
Well, I’ve been good, and I’ve been bad
So, everything’s the same
Everything’s the same
Everything’s the same

Ooo wee, karma, what’s your game?
Well, I’ve been good, and I’ve been bad
So, everything’s the same

Love me, tender, black and blue
Go away, come back, don’t stay
Go away, come back, don’t stay
Go away, come back, don’t stay
I’ll be here for you

All lyrics and music by Nikki Speake

Love Me Tender (Love Me Black and Blue)

They've Never Walked Through Shadows

BLUE MOONLIGHT

It’s early in the mornin’ and the sleep set in
It’s been gone for days, but then again, so have you, baby
It’s hard to get out when your legs are lead
You’re waiting on a sign, and the message said, “It’s true, baby”

I-do-lay-o I-de-o-lay-tee I-de-o-lay-tee-o
When it’s early in the mornin’ and the sleep set in

But, you said blue moonlight made me pretty and sweet
I know now, all your words die at your feet
‘Cause it’s early in the mornin’ and the sleep set in

Talking’ to my baby, but his shoulder’s cold
I don’t hear what I want, it sure gets old, and I’m tired, baby
It’s a pain so old, that I call it friend
A hurt sad bad, but in the end it’s just a bittersweet memory

I-do-lay-o I-de-o-lay-tee I-de-o-lay-tee-o
When it’s early in the mornin’ and the sleep set in

But, you said blue moonlight made me pretty and sweet
I know now, all your words die at your feet
‘Cause it’s early in the mornin’ and the sleep set in

Yeah, you said blue moonlight made me pretty and sweet
I know now, all your words die at your feet
‘Cause it’s early in the mornin’ and the sleep set in

Early in the mornin’ and the sleep set in

Early in the mornin’ and the sleep set in

All music and lyrics by Nikki Speake

Blue Moonlight

MOTOR RUN

My heart left me yesterday, in bucket seats of an old Chevrolet
It said, “Girl, you just gotta go after that little GTO”
Oh, make my motor run

So look out boy, in your thrift store jacket
Big blue eyes looking back at me
When I catch up to you, I’m gonna show you off like a new tattoo
‘Cause you make my motor run

So don’t worry honey
I saved all my money
To meet you out on the road

Baby, take a ride to yesterday
And I will not cry ‘cause you cannot stay
Just make my motor run
Yeah, make my motor run

At a truck stop in the pouring rain
My boy jingled his key chain
Singin' , “Make my motor run”
As I sit there in the driver’s seat
I think the ride was long, but he sure is sweet
He makes my motor run

So don’t worry honey
I saved all my money
To meet you out on the road

Baby, take a ride to yesterday
I will not cry ‘cause you cannot stay
Just make my motor run
Yeah, make my motor run

Just make my motor run
Yeah, make my motor run


All music and lyrics by Nikki Speake

Motor Run

MAMAS SHOULD KNOW

We swirl around in an endless space. Just points of light in a beautiful place. 
Into this world we are thrown; without a dream, without a home. 
And if you die before we wake, don’t leave it all up to us to figure it out alone.
Mamas should know what to leave when they go, if they’re not ready to fly. 
What to reap, what to sow, what to leave for the crow. 
Write it down, so we’ll know.

We walk around in an empty daze. Our voices lost, or were they just replaced? 
Into this world we will grow, maybe we’ll find a dream to find it gone.
And if you die before we wake, don’t leave it all up to us to figure it out alone.
Mamas should know what to leave when they go. If they’re not ready to fly. 
What to reap, what to sow, what to leave for the crow. 
How to laugh, how to cry, how to stand tall without too much pride.
Write it down, so we’ll know.

(Hey little mamas, won’t you tell us where to go?
How to love, how to trust, how to take things slow?)
Write it down, so we’ll know.

Music and lyrics by Nikki Speake

Mamas Should Know

NEW YEAR’S DAY
I was drivin’ back to Georgia in this car without a heater
On the coldest day of the year, New Year’s Day
I was thinkin’ about my choices, the loves I’ve lost, how dark my soul is
How I gave it my all, just to give it away

And may old acquaintances be forgotten
That line’ll break my heart every time, and
I wanted to love you, but you wouldn’t let me
I wanted to leave, but I was too afraid to try
And we may grow old, but it won’t be together, no
I gave it a go, but I was too worn out to try

On the shoulder stands an old ghost
A rattlin’ chains from the hopes lost of a weary tired motherless child
And, well, all’s done gone bitter
Colder than it was in December
Here we go again, another New Year’s Day

And may old acquaintances be forgotten
That line’ll break my heart every time, and
I wanted to love you, but you wouldn’t let me
I wanted to leave, but I was too afraid to try
And we may grow old, but it won’t be together, no
We gave it a go, but I was too worn out to try

Roll down the window, feel the frosty air
Find a stranger, take ‘em anywhere
‘Cause old acquaintances be forgotten
That line’ll break my heart every time, and
I wanted to love you, but wouldn’t let me
I wanted to leave, but I was too afraid to try
And we may grow old, but it won’t be together, no
I gave it a go, but I was too worn out to try

I wanted to love you, but you wouldn’t let me
I wanted to leave, but I was too afraid to try
And we may grow old, but it won’t be together, well
We gave it a go, but I was too worn out to try


All music and lyrics by Nikki Speake

New Year's Day

FALLEN ANGEL

I was a lamb of God, so washed in the blood was I
Clean sheets and a weary mind, oh, trouble in the sky
My heart was white as snow, too much did I give away
Cherry red my bones did bleed
Another angel falls

I was a lamb of God, so washed in the blood was I
I was a lonely one
Another angel falls

I am one
I am one
Oh, now I’m one
Another angel falls

I am one
I am one
Oh, now I’m one
Another angel falls

I was a lamb of God
Another angel falls

Music and lyrics by Nikki Speake

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