Craig Rael Harris

performing as RunRun Rorsjack

Strange Man

Out of the sky
A strange man coming down
Open your eyes
let the colors fall in

 Say your goodbyes
 No, I'm never returning
 I bought the lies 
 but the ticket costs nothing

Under the moon
under a rock and waiting now
Time will be soon
strange man will be calling

 Say your goodbyes
 No, I'm never returning
 I bought the lies
 But, the ticket cost nothing

  Some people get by on no hope at all
  Some people get by on lies

A promise of peace
as long as your life is over
A sense of release
Well, we never get complaints, never

A wave of the hands
and the gate will open up
got payment plans
You never sold your soul if it was stolen

  Some people got by on no hope at all
  Some people got by on lies

Strange Man

An early track from the band - about Monsieur Dylan. Good old blues tightly confined. Harmonica and semi-snide lyrics.

Dylan 2003

Words, Music, Performance - Craig Rael Harris

Performing as Rael and The Dirty Shadows

Lyrics...

Deep Red Dream

I been dancing if flames in my deep red dreams
She's got a strange way of moving and a skin like cream
I'm Gods On-button but I'm needing a touch
You got plenty to give and I don't need much

Come up on my pony, I got miles to ride
I got these needs on my skin and a hope inside
The sky will turn dark and the ground will groan
I'll find my way around by touch alone

 Maybe - if I was a lonely man
 You could be lonely with me
 And maybe, if we looked around
 We could find somebody to be lonely as three

There's a tunnel of Love and other rides to choose
I'll be your playground baby if you take off your shoes
Mama said be careful of the wolf in the wood
It feels a little bit bad and a whole lot good
- It feels a little bit bad and a whole lot good

 Maybe...


Deep Red Dream

Words, Music, Performance - Craig Rael Harris

Performing as RunRun Rorsjack

Lyrics...

If You Want

If you want to lie down
Let me lie down next to you
If you need to fall apart
Whatever you need to do

I once kept a bird for two weeks
wounds across one wing
I warmed the box, I kept the water
fresh - like a mother madly hoping

So, if you want to lie down
Let me lie down next to you
If you need to play a part
I will falter right on cue

Keep the backdoor open sister
the wind owns everything
If you try and fight the weather
they will think you're madly hoping

So, if you want to lie down
Let me lie down next to you
If you need to fall apart
I'll fall apart with you

The boy is gone.
He was only in love with your reflection.
The boy is gone.
I let you lead me - mistook it for direction.
The boy is gone.
Tell me again how everything good is easy.

So, if you want to lie down
Let me lie down next to you
If you need to fall apart
Whatever you need to do

If You Want

Words, Music, Performance - Craig Rael Harris

Performing as RunRun Rorsjack

Lyrics...

The Pockets

You've not got the pockets
for the money you need
You've not got that edge of courage 
you need to succeed

I never heard you say anything
that would lead a man to love
but you sing just like an angel, baby
and maybe that's enough

You've got a book of poetry 
you've been reading since you were twelve
an unfinished book of prose 
you mailed to yourself

I don't mean to put you out, 
I don't mean to call your bluff
but you sing just like an angel, baby
and maybe that's enough

There seems to be something
you've been meaning to say
but you never really learned how to, girl
and that gets in the way

I don't listen no more, 
oh no, I don't care that much
but you sing just like an angel, baby
and maybe that's enough

Don't do it alone. The shift is not easy.

The Pockets

Words - William Ernest Henley
Vocals, Sounds, Composition - Craig Rael Harris

Performing as RunRun Rorsjack

Lyrics...

Madam Life's a Piece in Bloom

Madam Life's a piece in bloom
Death goes dogging everywhere:
She's the tenant of the room,
He's the ruffian on the stair.

You shall see her as a friend,
You shall bilk him once or twice;
But he'll trap you in the end,
And he'll stick you for her price.

With his kneebones at your chest,
And his knuckles in your throat,
You would reason -- plead -- protest!
Clutching at her petticoat;

But she's heard it all before,
Well she knows you've had your fun,
Gingerly she gains the door,
And your little job is done.
 
William Ernest Henley

Henley

Drums - Duane Williams
Lead Guitar - Ryan Rennie
Rhythm Guitar - Craig Rael Harris
Vocals - Craig Rael Harris
Bass - Michelle Rennie

Performing as Nimbus

Recorded at Sunset Studios, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Lyrics...

Overloaded

Back on the road, overloaded
In dirty clothes, remove my shoes
Head sweats against the melting window
seen better days, better views

 Somebody turn up the radio
 somebody else tries to sleep
 we've sowed these roads from here to everywhere
 when do we get to reap?

Back on the road, overloaded
Most of these roads are lined with flowers
There you are back in my head again
I think about your face for hours

 Somebody...

Unpack the car - give 'em all you've got
Give 'em all your love - and pack it up

Back on the road, overloaded
stretch our legs, refuel the car
I bet this place is busy at better times
like when the world is less full of stars

 Somebody...


Overloaded

Words,Music, Vocals, Rhythm guitar - Craig Rael Harris
Lead guitar - Ryan Rennie
Bass guitar - Michelle Rennie
Drums - Duane Williams

Performing as Nimbus

Lyrics...

Victim of Beauty

Lately she avoids reflections - they'll a little less discrete
she used to walk with confidence when she wondered down the street
It used to be that everyone - would watch her walk on by
now that time has done its crime - the attention has declined

 Such an old lie - beauty never dies
 everything in good time

And she buys her beauty magazines - like she's done now every week
she always struggle with her purpose - fumbling for her fee
But, the queue up to the counter - is less patient than they were
They mumble where they used to smile when mesmerized by her

 Such...

And she struggles and I say 'no hurry' but the queue don't quite agree
and for the first time in twenty years she lifts her head and looks at me.

Victim of Beauty

Words, Music, Rhythm guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Craig Rael Harris
Lead guitar - Ryan Rennie
Bass guitar - Michelle Rennie
Drums - Duane Williams

A song about the South African music industry.

RunRun_CraigRaelHarris