The Devil In Me

Three in the morning sweat on your face
Your blood is boiling your heart starts to race
You say, “there’s a man you gotta see 
Just past downtown you need some relief” 

You say, “honey hold your chin up right
We’ve all got our battles to fight
Don’t you worry about what you can’t see 
Oh it’s just the devil me”

There’s garbage in the street and smog in the sky
We met at 21 no fear in our eyes
A decade’s past I’m losing my will 
You’d break my heart for a dollar bill
You’d break my heart for a dollar bill

You say, “honey hold your chin up right
We’ve all got our battles to fight
Don’t you worry about what you can’t see 
Oh it’s just the devil me"

Now summer’s coming your bag is packed 
“Give me a ride” you say, “I’ll come right back.
Life in this place has lost its thrill" 
You’d break my heart for a dollar bill
You’d break my heart for a dollar bill

You say, “honey hold your chin up right
We’ve all got our battles to fight
Don’t you worry about what you can’t see 
Oh it’s just the devil me"

The Devil In Me

One Man Show

Everybody knows a man in every little town
His curtain rises as the sun goes down 
You’re just the big-top man waiting for your cue
Give the world a laugh that’s all we expect from you 

Everybody knows 
You’re the one-man show
No ticket needed I know 
Gather round for the one-man show 

He’s so quick and fearless they say 
Nothing gets under your skin much these days  
Always have quip or a clever turn of phrase 
Ready on your tongue to lighten the weight 

I came to your side again
Just like the last time you couldn’t hold it in 
Always got the last word in always run the show 
Your eyes as wide as a thief just had to let me go 

Everybody knows 
You’re the one-man show
No ticket needed I know 
Gather round for the one-man show 

Now Houdini’s in the graveyard and the dogs howl at the moon
I hear a flash of lightning I guess that means your passing through
My old friend who had all the lines
We both know living can be the harder life 

Everybody knows 
You’re the one-man show
No ticket needed I know 
Gather round for the one-man show

Everybody knows 
You’re the one-man show
No ticket needed I know 
Gather round for the one-man show

Pony Boy "One Man Show"

Like A Hurricane (Neil Young Cover) INSTRUMENTAL MP3

Pony Boy "Happy Ever After"

Magnolia 

Cashed out in Indy fourth of July
My number on an old receipt
From CVS or some dollar store 
Where the light is antiseptic green

Now it’s lonely in New England I can’t escape the chill
Reliving all the promises you have yet to fill 
I tried to follow you to places I couldn’t see
But the darkness it would not free 
No the darkness it would not free

Oh I know 
You’ve got ways
Oh I know 
Take it easy 

Your sister Jo is calling me
Says I should show my face
But what’s the point of showing up
For a birthday you wont make 

I hear you singing in my mind 
Ohia in the spring
The only band you ever liked 
Magnolia Electric Co.
Magnolia Electric Co.

Oh I know 
You’ve got ways
Oh I know 
Take it easy

I’m living in a better place now
Amidst the smell of pine
Hoping I don’t get that call 
from the hospital tonight 

Oh I know 
You’ve got ways
Oh I know 
Take it easy

Lyrics & Music by Pony Boy (Marchelle Bradanini)

Magnolia

Picture Me Gone (Ariel Pink Cover)

RETURN OF THE HOMETOWN HERO 

Here I find you again 
Codeine in your starry eyes looking for your friends 
Running backwards trying to pretend 
That your former life never ended 

Friday night and twenty two
The crowds are yelling but their words don’t mention you
Can’t outrun what we all become 
It’s a cold lonely truth

Chorus:
For you were supposed to be the one
To make us proud with you namesake in the sun
Shadows creeping in and you barely had your fun 
There you go 
Return of the hometown hero

I hear your car around bend
A cup of spit and a scar under your chin 
They’d understand, could you be a different man?
The parade is passing through again

	Chorus

A busted arm a torn-up shin
Guess that’s the end of you
I guess the wrong side wins
And what you’re looking for don’t live here anymore 
It’s a cold lonely truth 

	Chorus 


Return Of The Hometown Hero (demo)



MARQUEE MAN

These hands weren’t made for shoveling dirt
Don’t bring me no hammer or hoe
They’re diamonds in the hills where you’ll find me
84 with no chance of snow

Don’t ask me to stand in for Brando
This square jaw looks best to the right
Don’t ask me to follow instructions
I keep my chin up in a fight

So find me a gold tuxedo
And line up the studio men
I’m heading out west where the sun sets
Baby, I’m a marquee man

Not gonna croon like Sinatra
Or drink to an early grave
At the Burgundy Room on Cahuenga
Where nobody has a last name

So find me a gold tuxedo
And line up the studio men
I’m heading out west where the sun sets
Baby, I’m a marquee man

So gather you celluloid women.
I’ve come with a foolproof plan
No need for rabbit’s feet or lucky numbers
Baby I’m a marquee man

Lyrics & Music by Pony Boy



Marquee Man (Mastered)

Unreleased   

Consolation Prize (unreleased uptempo)

Pony Boy / Emma Swift release split single covers of Neil Young on COSMIC THUG RECORDS 

Available for pre-order NOW: https://cosmicthugrecords.bandcamp.com/album/neil-young-split-single-by-emma-swift-pony-boy-mellow-my-mind-like-a-hurricane

Nashville label and small press, Cosmic Thug Records, are thrilled to release two reinterpretations of classic Neil Young songs performed by Pony Boy and Emma Swift later this month. The cover versions were recorded to tape in Nashville and produced by Adam Landry and Justin Collins. Pony Boy (Marchelle Bradanini) performs “Like A Hurricane” and Emma Swift performs “Mellow My Mind”. “When Marchelle and I first became friends, we bonded over many shared passions,” says Swift. “We both like country music hair of the 1970s, dead English poets and playing Neil Young at very loud volumes. Though we’ve both flirted with publishing poetry and had more than our fair share of high hair experiences, neither of us had recorded a Neil Young song. This felt like a fun way to collaborate.” According to Bradanini, I’d wanted to record, Like a Hurricane, as long I can remember. It’s always broke my heart . We wanted to capture a different feel with Robbie Crowell playing this incredibly slow-as-molasses, ghostly feel on Rhodes and ended up just doing one take, which is pretty obvious in the vocal. Adam said you’re done and that was that. Emma and I have been musical kindred spirits since we met over a night of several Gin & Tonics at the 5 Spots years ago. The split single will be released digitally on February 28 2018 on Cosmic Thug Records.

Pony Boy - Like A Hurricane (Neil Young cover)

bonus Opioids & Jesus (feat. Cary Cotsionis)

Only A Woman

What Doesn't Kill You

War All The Time

Satisfied Mind (Cover)

Featured in tonight's episode of Nashville on ABC 

TROUBLE

With eyes full of bourbon and a stomach full on sin
I’m looking for my baby in a hundred dollar bill 

Oh well the levees busted open
Can you hear the dogs howl? 
Oh trouble she’s a coming
She’s a coming round 

If I could get a lifeboat 
If I could find my tongue
And like lady Madonna 
You see the damage is done 

Oh when I’m under your spell again 
Where the killing is fast 
Oh trouble she’s a coming
She’s a coming at last 

I got my eyes wide open 
I got a dagger for a hand 
And with a pocket full of nothing 
I’ve come to steak my land 

Oh when you come in the dead of night
I hear the thunder in the leaves 
Oh trouble she’s a coming
She’s a coming for me 


TROUBLE

greatest unknown 

time came on by 
looked us in the eye 
i know you could never mine
so said brother time 

i was driving past riverside on the radio, 1999
and all those records that you played for me
donny hathaway, brenda lee and warren g 

the day is getting tired and I heard you moved
you and wife way down to ol’ St Louis    
but you will always be my greatest unknown
even though we never made the cover of a Rolling Stone

time came on by 
looked us in the eye 
i know you could never mine
so said brother time 

and here am I am still in the same ol’ scene 
you moved on to buy a pair of golden rings 
and why am I still in the bar room gleam? 
the crowd is dancing but I’m still in the in-between 

time came on by 
looked us in the eye 
i know you could never mine
so said brother time 
  
now the music is slowing down
LA without you just a another dead-end town
so take my watch and throw it fire
i’ve got nowhere to be nobody’s waiting for me 
 
time came on by 
looked us in the eye 
i know you could never mine
so said brother time 



GREATEST UNKNOWN

Pony Boy is the moniker for Marchelle Bradanini. 

Her critically acclaimed EP, The Devil In Me and full length, Blue Gold were both tracked live to tape on an 8 track by producers Adam Landry & Justin Collins (Deer Tick, T Hardy Morris).  She co-runs the independent record label & small press, Cosmic Thug Records, based in Nashville, TN. 

www.ponyboymusic.com
www.cosmicthugrecords.com

“A stunning alternative to all of the assembly line drivel floating around calling itself country.” My Old Kentucky Blog 

"Dusty Springfield-worthy pop melodies."  American Songwriter

“As adept as Cat Power at sounding winningly intimate and just the right shade of downcast. “ Noisey 

“Sultry, smoky and soulful vocals ... and songs that explore the myth of the Old West and heartache make for an all-original junkyard country meets southern gothic soul sound.”  Lucky Magazine

Her music is “the sonic version of the toaster Instagram filter–whiskey-soaked and nostalgic, while still feeling completely of-the-moment.” Nylon Magazine

Pony Boy possesses a "smokey croon that could rival Cat Power…channeling the romance of Patsy Cline, the blues of Gram Parsons and the balladry of Tom Waits." Buzz Bands LA

“Her blend of country, blues, and rock might just make her the next big crossover artist, but her incredible laid-back attitude and sense of humor might will absolutely make her the next schoolboy crush for bloggers and music fans alike." VICE Magazine

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