“Play Me” – the first single from the musical collective Good Country People.
Vocals: Mary Ann Carr
Backup vocals: Betty Duffy
Music: Bill Wilson
Words: Matthew Lickona
Amazon
Spread the word. You know – if you like it.
“Play Me” – the first single from the musical collective Good Country People.
Vocals: Mary Ann Carr
Backup vocals: Betty Duffy
Music: Bill Wilson
Words: Matthew Lickona
Amazon
Spread the word. You know – if you like it.
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Don’t hide your light under a bushel, this is stunning ….
Play Me
Wasn’t looking for anything but whiskey
When I took my seat at the bar
Just a slow Monday fade
A drink that someone else made
For a change.
“If I died, ain’t nobody who would miss me,”
Sang a boy with a Gibson guitar.
From his place on the stage
Read my heart like a page
Kinda strange.
And then he started in playing a love song
And he made it sing like an angel
And he made it sigh just like a child
And he made it howl
Like a wolf on the prowl
Right before it goes wild
Was a sound that could heal any heartbreak
Or set any prisoner free
I thought, “If you can get that
From an old beat up Gibson
Play me.”
Then a burn came on warmer than the whiskey
As his fingers slid over the strings
And I felt something inside
That I thought had died
Start to hum.
Ain’t no love worth having that ain’t risky
And a singer might not mean what he sings
But my heart couldn’t wait
To be under the weight
Of his thumb.
So when he finished up playing that love song
I said, “You make it sing like an angel
And you make it sigh just like a child
And you make it howl
Like a wolf on the prowl
Right before it goes wild
It’s a sound that could heal any heartbreak
Or set any prisoner free.”
I said, “If you can get that
From an old beat-up Gibson
Play me.”
Now it’s fifteen years since that whiskey
And it’s been three kids since that night
And there’s too many days
That the old Gibson stays
In its case.
But there’s a riff in the way that he’ll kiss me
And there’s a chord when he turns out the light
Swears he still hears the sound
Every time he looks ‘round
For my face.
And then he tells me our life is a love song
And he makes me sing like an angel
And he makes me sigh just like a child
And he makes me howl
Like a wolf on the prowl
Right before it goes wild
He’s the one who could heal all my heartbreak
And whenever he holds me I’m free…
I say, “If you can get that
From an old beat-up Gibson
Play me.”
Vocals: Mary Ann Carr
Music: Bill Wilson
Additional Vocals: Elizabeth Duffy
Words: Matthew Lickona
Copyright 2013 Good Country People Music
Recorded early 2013 at Spring Valley Studios, Spring Valley, CA
I added a link to the lyrics when you click on the image.
Aw, you.
Mary Carr meet Mary Karr.
Now you’re just being mean.
Mary Karr meet Mary Carr.
‘Play’ is my new favorite euphemism.
The little clip from Amazon sounded very enticing as do the lyrics there. I’m going to wait for the entire album before I buy the song. I may go for the whole thing. When does the album come out? And if you make a Youtube video, I’ll post it on my blog. Is the title “Good Country People” taken from Flannary O’Connor’s short story?
Manny,
We’re just poor busy folk – there is enough material for an album, but pulling together the time and talent to lay down the tracks is going to take a long, long time, I fear. Hope to have a YouTube video up asap. And yeah, that’s the source for the name of the group.
That’s spam with malware connected to it. You better get rid of it.
AMDG
Janet, say more? What’s spam? How to get rid?
OK. Then I’ll just buy the single for now. I’ll come back and let you know what I think after I hear the whole song.
After hearing the song through twice, I went and poured myself a whiskey to sip as I heard it a third time. Final verdict: Outstanding! Mary Ann Carr’s vocals are incredible. If she goes from chant to opera to that country twang, she’s got some vocal capability. Kudos to all of you. The song is now on my ipod. 🙂
Good heavens – that’s about the finest thing anyone could have said. Thank you, and so glad you enjoyed. Yeah, I was really lucky to get Mary Ann to come on board. Thanks again.
Do you know Manny? Anyway when I clicked on his name, Chrome said it had malware attached.
AMDG
It looks okay to me. Manny’s name just links to his blog on blogspot.
Okay. Sorry. I was just going by what Chrome told me. Google couldn’t err could it! My, my.
I looked at the website on my Kindle, and it looked more than okay.
AMDG
Wow! I love this! Is there really going to be a whole album? Let me know when everything comes together.=)
Babs, there will be an album someday. But it could be a while. So glad you like it!
Lovely song.
Did Mr. Wilson both write the music and play it?
Thank you! Yes, Mr. Wilson wrote all the music. The song melody was a collaboration, and he took it from there.