It's Nice to Meet You (Again)

My interpretation of Warrant's Cherry Pie...


She's my cherry pie
Cool drink of water such a sweet surprise
Tastes so good makes a grown man cry
Sweet Cherry Pie

Swingin' on the front porch 
Swingin' on the lawn 
Swingin' where we want 
'Cause there ain't nobody home 
Swingin' to the left 
And swingin' to the right 
If I think about baseball
I'll swing all night yea 

Swingin' in the living room 
Swingin' in the kitchen 
Most folks don't 'cause 
They're too busy bitchin' 
Swingin' in there 'cause 
She wanted me to feed her 
So I mixed up the batter 
And she licked the beater 

I scream you scream 
We all scream for her 
Don't even try 'cause 
You can't ignore her 

She's my cherry pie 
Cool drink of water
Such a sweet surprise 
Tastes so good 
Make a grown man cry 
Sweet cherry pie oh yea 
She's my cherry pie 
Put a smile on your face 
Ten miles wide 
Looks so good 
Bring a tear to your eye 
Sweet cherry pie 

Swingin' to the drums 
Swingin' to guitar 
Swingin' to the bass 
In the back of my car 
Ain't got money
Ain't got no gas 
But we'll get where 
We're goin' if we 
Swing real fast 

I scream you scream 
We all scream for her 
Don't even try 'cause 
You can't ignore her 

She's my cherry pie 
Cool drink of water 
Such a sweet surprise 
Tastes so good 
Make a grown man cry 
Sweet cherry pie oh yea 
She's my cherry pie 
Put a smile on your face 
Ten miles wide 
Looks so good 
Bring a tear to your eye 
Sweet cherry pie, yeah, pie

Swing it! All night long, 
Swing it! 
Swingin the bathroom 
Swingin' on the floor 
Swingin' so hard 
We forgot to lock the door 
In walks her daddy 
Standin' six foot four 
He said you ain't gonna swing
With my daughter no more 

She's my cherry pie 
Cool drink of water
Such a sweet surprise 
Tastes so good 
Make a grown man cry 
Sweet cherry pie oh yea 
She's my cherry pie 
Put a smile on your face 
Ten miles wide 
Looks so good 
Bring a tear to your eye 
Sweet cherry pie 
Sweet cherry pie

Cherry Pie (Warrant)

My interpretation of Leonard Cohen's Chelsea Hotel No.2.

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were talking so brave and so sweet
giving me head on the unmade bed
while the limousines wait in the street
Those were the reasons and that was New York
we were running for the money and the flesh
And that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left

Ah but you got away, didn't you babe
you just threw it all to the ground
you got away, I never once heard you say
I need you, I don't need you
I need you, I don't need you
and all of that jiving around

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend
You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music"

And you got away, didn't you babe,
you just turned your back on the crowd
you got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you
I need you, I don't need you
and all of that jiving around

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best
I can't keep track of each fallen robin
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
that's all, I don't even think of you that often

Photo by ASP Photos.

Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Leonard Cohen cover)

Moments covering The Smiths...

Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
Can make a good man
Turn bad
So please please please
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want
This time
Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
Can make a good man bad
So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Lord knows, it would be the first time

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths cover)

My interpretation of Prince's Last Heart -

How many times have U called my number
Wishing I was someone else?
How many times did my heart tumble
Feeling sorry 4 myself?
How many times have I kissed U
And smelled another man's perfume?
How many lonely nights I missed U
Wishing 4 ya body in my lonely room? (lonely room)

Baby, if U break my heart one more time
It'll be the last heart U'll ever break
I've taken all I can take
Baby, this heart wasn't made 2 break

How many times can U hurt me (hurt me)
Before your conscience makes U stop? (stop, stop, oh)
U made it all, why now desert me?
Baby, U know U can never cop (never cop), never cop
A body that'll do U like I do
U got 2 get your thing 2gether sister
I'm tired of being your fool

If U break my heart one more time
It'll be the last heart U'll ever break
Baby, I've taken all I can take
Baby, my heart wasn't made 2 break

Baby, don't U break my heart


If U break my heart one more time
It'll be the last heart U'll ever break
Darlin', I've taken all I can take
Baby, this heart wasn't made 2 break


When U fix your mouth 2 tell a brand new lie
Never ignore the truth, by and by
False words should never be, never be spoken
And baby, my heart should never be, never be broken

Last Heart (Prince Cover)

My interpretation of the Misfit's Halloween.

Halloween (Misfits cover)

Acoustic Madonna moments 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_acHQM10Vlw)

You lost your reputation on a woman 
You didn't understand or care to know 
You get your education from your lovers 
But now there's just no place for you to go 

It doesn't pay 
To be a runaway lover It doesn't pay 
To give away what you lack 
You'll never get your money back 

You're set adrift with no direction 
Just like a ship that's lost at sea 
You don't care where you drop your anchor 
Make sure it doesn't land on me

It doesn't pay 
To be a runaway lover 
It doesn't pay 
To give away what you lack 
You'll never get your money back 

Walking around on a cloud 
'Cause every girl you meet just trips on you 
Saying your name out loud 
I guess you met your match 
Now what will you do 

It doesn't pay 
To be a runaway lover 
It doesn't pay 
To give away what you lack 
You'll never get your money back

runaway lover (madonna cover)

Interpretations of  Walkin After Midnight. 
Vic Ruggiero and lauren.napier

There is even a bit of a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykcVS8jibds

(Photo by Philipp Lindenau)

walkin after midnight (patsy cline cover) - lauren.napier and vic ruggiero

My version of a Carl Smith song... 

Am I the one who'll always hold you 
Until the end of time 
Or will there be another lover 
To steal the love that's mine 
Am I the one you'll always want dear 
When each day is through 
Or will I face each night alone 
With a heart that cries for you 

These things I ask you I've thought about so long 
I've got a feeling I'm losing you 
I hope that feeling's wrong 

I want so much to love you always 
My love burns like the sun 
There is no rest within my heart 
Tell me darling am I the one 

Am I the one who'll walk so proudly 
Down life's road with you 
Or will you find a brighter way 
And forsake my love so true 
Am I the one who'll kiss your lips dear 
When you're feeling blue 
Or will I be just in the past 
With a heart that's broke in two 

These things I ask you I've thought about so long 
I've got a feeling I'm losing you 
I hope that feeling's wrong 
I've tried so hard to show I love you 
And now the time has come 
For you to answer yes or no 
Tell me darling am I the one

Darlin' Am I The One (Carl Smith cover)

My interpretation of Don't Cry....

Talk to me softly
There's something in your eyes
Don't hang your head in sorrow
And please don't cry
I know how you feel inside I've been there before
Somethin's changin' inside you
And don't you know

Don't you cry tonight
I still love you baby
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight

Give me a whisper
And give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you
Tell me goodbye
Don't you take it so hard now
And please don't take it so bad
I'll still be thinkin' of you
And the times we had, baby

And don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight

And please remember
That I never lied
And please remember
How I felt inside now honey
You gotta make it your own way
But you'll be alright 
You'll feel better tomorrow
Come the morning light now baby

And don't you cry tonight
And don't you cry tonight
And don't you cry tonight

Photo by JR Photography - Vienna - http://www.jr-photography.at/

Don't Cry (Guns N Roses cover)

a reading with cello

Counting to three 


Crossing a black sea
Wedged between islands – a vessel filled with humans
A head falling in sleep between the tops of two seats – a vessel filled with thoughts
The last pages of a book turned
Eyes open for just a moment
Fluttering and smiling
Upon the other shore I study the people 
Feel the thoughts
Wondering what the white waves have uncovered
“Blink once for yes”
“And twice for no”
I shall count the triplets of batting eyelashes and

Read between the lines

Featured in The Desert Echoes: https://thisandthattapes.com/releases/laurennapier-with-vic-ruggiero-the-desert-echoes-1

counting to three

A re-imagining of Dylan's Am I Your Stepchild...

Played in various places and incarnations throughout 1978 but never recorded. 

I have chosen my favorite verses and interwoven one or two.

Am I Your Stepchild (Bob Dylan cover)

a cello re-imagining of John Prine's We Are the Lonely...

the last verse is my own, as the original recording fades out and the last lines are up to guess work...

Down the hall, upstairs from me
There's a girl I swear I never seen
I hear the ringing of her phone
She must live up there all alone
She hangs her clothes out on the line
They're hanging there right next to mine
And if the wind should blow just right
She could be beside me tonight

We are the lonely all together
All together we're all alone
We are the lonely all together
All together we're all alone

The cashier at the 'Pump And Pay'
Knows everything's gonna be okay
The all night, all right rent a cop
Is across the street at the donut shop
The waitress waits with whiskey sour
At the single-mingle happy hour
The one man band begins to sing
Accompanied by a drum machine

We are the lonely all together
All together we're all alone
We are the lonely all together
All together we're all alone

White divorced swinging male
Seeks company to no avail
Worthless, ruthless, toothless man
Wants wealthy woman with a plan
Ugly man treats girls like dirt
Wants buttons sewn upon his shirt
DUI at the B A R
Seeks M A N with C A R

We are the lonely all together
All together we're all alone
We are the lonely all together
All together we're all alone

we are the lonely (john prine cover)

A re-imagining of The Clash's Equaliser.

As you get weaker - it will get harder
So don't be like him
Keep your bones of effort and strngth
Don't sell them to him

We don't want no gangboss
We want to equalize
To my fathers fathers fathers father
Work was no joy
When his son had grown of age
You got to work now boy
Never ceasing for many years
Want to follow that boy?

Till half and half is equalized
Put down the tools
See the car see the house
See the fabulous jewels
See the world you have built it with shoulders of iron
See the world but it is not yours say the stealers of Zion

Geneva
Wall Street
Who makes them so fat?
Well well me an' you better think about that
In overdrive whooo

Till humanize is equalize
Put down the tools
Every face on every side
Throw down the tools

Equaliser (the clash cover)

Singer-songwriter. Poet. This also seems to have become the spot for my recorded covers.

lauren.napier

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