Accordion Crimes, by Ghostown

Accordion Crimes

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1.	The Row 04:16	lyrics	buy track
So welcome to the row Where everybody knows? Everything there is to know We’ll watch you as you go Jake lives at number eight Can’t seem to communicate. He leaves his house all day Tends to get back late Chainsaw strapped to his back Always with a trailer packed In his garden wood is stacked Got four sheds packed back to back Something was out of place No smoke, his chimney graced One day I upped the chase Rang his bell with sloe gin to taste He took the bait, we conversate I couldn’t look him in the face Had to state I said hey Jake You’ve got no stove or fireplace Row (welcome to the) Where everybody knows? Everything there is to know We’ll watch you as you go Ron gets up before the day begins Promptly takes out his daily bins Always tied with sailing string Smelling fishy scaly fins So far so what? But, here’s the thing He never goes out never orders in How do you throw out what you don’t bring in? Ronnie never buys anything Always makes an infernal din In his garden, burning things Mixing chickens and Carnal sins In his freezer alarming things Saw him with a knife out carving things He looked at me with a startled grin I wonder if God needs to pardon him I guess I’ll leave Ron to his gardening Row (welcome to the) Where everybody knows? Everything there is to know We’ll watch you as you go Sheila seemed to be handicapped Never knew the story never knew the facts Her speech was slurred. Her voice was cracked Her motor skills seemed sorely lacked Sheila prays on a crucifix That nothing will go wrong that a gin won’t fix Gets around on walking sticks But she only needs them after six Julie has never been the same Since she moved into the lane She covered herself in cellophane And only speaks through the window pane She likes to bake cake chocolate And watches us through binoculars At first glance, it seemed innocuous But she never stops watching us Row (welcome to the) Where everybody knows? Everything there is to know We’ll watch you as you go So welcome to the row Where everybody knows? Everything there is to know We’ll watch you as you go
2.	Time of the Gypsies 03:10	lyrics	buy track
It's the time of the gypsies Dance if you're tipsy Keep it iron crispy Smoke rise wispy It's the time of the gypsies Dance if you're tipsy Keep it iron crispy Smoke rise wispy So tell Jack the jig's up Go get what we're owed Go Pack up the wag up Get the horses on the road Don't cross thy brother Stay true to the code Do love my abode Though many foes do goad I grew with the best of them Remember the yester when Life was a jester then I was obsessed with them Family blessed with them Gods do pester them Out on a quest with them Memories a chest of them Roll like a bacon bun Crisp under baking sun Keeping at it make it done Making fun smoking gun Two barrels Had to come back with the wheel barrow Feel shallow Slim chances still card tarot Send the arrow to the heart Dig burrow to the start Get your piece of the pie get your part of the tart So sugar and spice curry red beans and rice Another throw of the dice yes I may be enticed It's the time of the gypsies Dance if you're tipsy Keep it iron crispy Smoke rise wispy It's the time of the gypsies Dance if you're tipsy Keep it iron crispy Smoke rise wispy Take spice from the east Play pipes for the feast Cake sliced into piece No Pikes for defeat No likes no thumbs No orange in my rum Dutch courage in my tum Go forage go run City parks city slums Pretty smart pretty dumb Witty art gritty gun Get a grip come along Take part you are young Breathe deep in your lung High start high strung Bless people you're among Do speak many tongues it's the gage of the language Commit many wrongs it's the sign of the bandit You cannot hide from the camera that's candid Soon high tide better cross over sand bridge Sandwiched in between Bandaged keep it clean Damaged need a dream Visible high beam Physical eyes gleam Melt like ice cream Running out of I steam Wonder where have I been It's the time of the gypsies Dance if you're tipsy Keep it iron crispy Smoke rise wispy It's the time of the gypsies Dance if you're tipsy Keep it iron crispy Smoke rise wispy
3.	Dance of Delight 03:01	lyrics	buy track
Get your dose ready Don't get the wrong amount Get your mind steady Can't have a doubt Dizzy giddy high heady That's what it's all about Can leave your heart heavy Don't take the wrong route Get your dose ready Don't get the wrong amount Get your mind steady Can't have a doubt Dizzy giddy high heady That's what it's all about Can leave your heart heavy Don't take the wrong route Any which way that you care to be telling me Don't have a care for the thing that you're selling me Frankly I'd rather be hanging with Melanie Hell of a jealousy bed with the enemy Set up a start up and send up a rocket I'm making an impact like licking a socket The tip of the top I climb up and look off of it I am not usually really that talkative Mark indelible brand unsellable Tank unfillable Hank formidable Hank unkillable cut umbilical Who's is billable? Too many syllables Time is digital get with the regiment Grinding it over and leaving a sediment You gotta feeling but I gotta sentiment Chances are slender and hang by a filament Get your dose ready Don't get the wrong amount Get your mind steady Can't have a doubt Dizzy giddy high heady That's what it's all about Can leave your heart heavy Don't take the wrong route Get your dose ready Don't get the wrong amount Get your mind steady Can't have a doubt Dizzy giddy high heady That's what it's all about Can leave your heart heavy Don't take the wrong route Usually I believe truth is the opposite Of what the papers will publish take stock of it Open their gobs oh dear God put a sock in it Mountains of slander we'll get to the top of it Even if I could go back to the quintessence There will forever be gathering dissidents Switch off the TV the networks I'm sick of them Somebody come and deliver deliverance Uber you got it you get it you getting me? Get into debt and you feckers will threaten me Bet on a weapon the devils do beckon me Deaden me deaded me call in a deputy You can assume the elite will be ruthlessly Taking the riches while you're living frugally Too many lunacy under the scrutiny You break a law and they're beating you brutally Get your dose ready Don't get the wrong amount Get your mind steady Can't have a doubt Dizzy giddy high heady That's what it's all about Can leave your heart heavy Don't take the wrong route Get your dose ready Don't get the wrong amount Get your mind steady Can't have a doubt Dizzy giddy high heady That's what it's all about Can leave your heart heavy Don't take the wrong route
4.	Bipolar Bears 02:52	lyrics	buy track
Oh so happy! Feeling looking so snappy Smelling rose looking at me My foes can’t trap me It pays to be obedient No violate, no deviant Society be lenient Those are my ingredients Do the hours, stay focussed Get the bonus, get the money Get the car, get the house Get the kids, come on Sonny The reason I’ll be itching I’ll be reaching for the solar system I can do it, you can do it Let’s share up all the wisdom Bills do defeat us So I’m turning down the heaters As they beat us into Jesus And the priests do deceive us Not got the keys to be fearless And the fear is the realest As their coming out to steal us And the leaders to deplete us As they easily defeat us Wearing dirty wife beaters Busy giving out visas Sending geezers with diseases Just to to tease us and to seize us Bout as good as ebeneezers Be tracking all my research And their publishing a thesis Oh so joyous! I’m the boy who is the coyest Don’t toy, don’t annoy us The lawyers can’t destroy us So raucous, ferocious Ghosts don’t approach us Locusts get smoked, choked Folk let me focus Do love my job, let’s go, stay motivated I can do a dozen tasks fast Like I’m automated Crack of dawn, cracking on That’s just how I made it Breathing in, moving on Switch, stay elevated Gotten me Now I’m heading straight to the bottom see Rot monotony, pop a slot, hot lobotomy Fingers in the tin again Mother’s on the gin again Mind full of sin again Wanna be a realer man Dark forms shadowing Bloody arrows harrowing Really can’t account for them Forget about how to win Loosen up we’re losing him Usually we’re cruising in Your dos and don’ts are using him Do the blues choose in him? Can’t find the reasoning Life needs seasoning Dark wind breezing in Evil devil teasing him Deep bog easing in Last place wheezing in These knees heaving in Early in the evening Doubt keeps creeping in Afternoon sleeping in Grim Reaper reaping him Getting even deeper in People at the sheeple inn Breaking out the freak in him Be careful how you’re treating him Dark thoughts treacle in Who let the eagle in Feeling rather feeble and Rather at the meagre end Please let the teasing end Here’s another reason then Feasible the season ends No cheer but cheers again How the broken pieces mend?
5.	Busilacchio 03:17	lyrics	buy track
Johnny pressed buttons, Always out never shut in With his box he would butt in On the street out strutting He was always into something He was busy undercutting Somebody must’ve snuck in Wrapped piano wire gutting Johnny turned nutted him Knife got stuck in him Really not bluffing him Knocked out the stuffing and His brain was buffering Feet steady shuffling Left him there suffering Dying and muttering On the street out clucking Out bragging at the schmuck inn The Paddy Wagon snuck in The officer said cuff him Lucks out your lucks in Brought the green box in In a cell locked in Get out the fox den Played that melody Danced so merrily Freedom felony Innocent tellingly Heard about it Read about it Saw what they said about it Many tear I shed about it Twenty year stretch about it Busy Busy Lacchio Busy Busy Lacchio Shiny buttons on the face of the facade Air blowing through the bellows air drag As I read through the reeds of the rags And I need it, and I feed, I’m glad Shiny buttons on the face of the facade Air blowing through the bellows air drag As I read through the reeds of the rags And I need it, and I feed, I’m glad Busy button pressing The box was a blessing Playing on his buttons Never been so refreshing They’re never ever guessing He never was confessing Bout the money he’s possessing And the box where it’s resting The club was the setting He could play when they let him His mother’s up fretting When he’s out money getting But he’s getting into debt’n The rhythm is upsetting He’s definitely sweating And he be regretting Appetite wetting Wanna be jet setting Want goals to be netting Work hard do prepping But he sleeps on decking Many leaks do threaten So he keeps on trekking Make a leap to the checkin All bets off betting Gone far too far to get in The game not resetting Had to use his weapon Heard about it Read about it Saw what they said about it Many tear I shed about it Twenty year stretch about it Busy Busy Lacchio Busy Busy Lacchio
6.	Tempted 02:52	lyrics	buy track
Hole burning pocket out towing my pay Sockets get blown rate frozen today All the latest models I am blown away Got so cheap that they are just thrown away Lemon zest yellow and clover green Midnight blue pink Rosaline I chose a few and my hosts are keen Basket checking out sweet dopamine So sweet bliss so self-assist Mass Chris better add it to my list No you don’t need that phone put your cash back Looks like last year‘s model it’s not a flashback Gotta move past that point get past that Follow that 60s thrifty hashtag All you wanna do is spend that fat wad Put that plastic back in your handbag You’ll be needing it when you’re a grandad Don’t let money weigh you down like sandbags Got you thinking wonder how that tastes That’s how they get you stuck in the rat race Punch that fat cat right in his fat face Show that you will be the one that has faith When you’re in the store with as much as you can take Calm down slow down pull on the handbrake Cards fell down so put on a Band-Aid You will only stop when they put out a mandate Brand new intent you agree on a handshake Cat got your tongue people wonder what the cat ate One minute on, will you win? You’ll never know cos you can’t wait Need the latest model flying fox connect Wi fi seven terra bites have left Hi tech heaven take a slice most def True vision brethren get that live effect Shiny shiny buttons it’s no lamb dressed as mutton Got to feed, I need something It’s the greed it’s the glutton It’s the seed I’ve been shut in Up my sleeve I’ve got stuffing My feet have been shuffling Have to bleed for the suffering I’ll be a rogue like a Kevin And I’ll have to buy all seven Take the checkout up to heaven I’m confessing If it ain't broke don’t fix don’t change it up It don’t do what it says they made it up Paid a few mill just to push those ratings up You don’t need that just keep saving up Why do you think that new is better Put that down don’t waste your cheddar They design it obsolete Piece by piece a sleek defeat Try to endeavour to not be a debtor And sever the meta and press the resetter Go be a go getter and not a forgetter Be better and better and not a regretter Work with the minimal, practical winnable Feeling invincible, reach for the pinnacle Waving the waiver don’t sign the conditional Marketing criminal somewhat predictable Vicious the pictures of whistles and bells This is the business of kisses from hell You cannot get out from under the spell when you yell
7.	Hail Em In 02:32	lyrics	buy track
Bail them out Hail them in See the arc Sailing in See the guard Tailing him Who we are Failing him Klezmer at a ceilidh inn I and I a Raelian Have to show A way to grin Send them out Mail them in Earthlings and aliens Catch a fish Tail or fin Throw them out Haul them in Welcoming Is wearing thin Watch out how Your day begins Separate your Yang from yin Kick the can Can of sin Break them down Make a din There was a man of double deed Who sowed his garden full of seed When the seed began to grow Was like a garden full of snow When the snow began to melt Was like a ship without a belt When the ship began to sail Was like a bird without a tail When the bird began to fly Was like an eagle in the sky When the sky began to roar Was like a lion at my door When my door began to crack Was like a stick across my back When my back began to smart Was like a penknife in my heart And when my heart began to bleed Was death and death and death indeed Bail them out Hail them in See the arc Sailing in See the guard Tailing him Who we are Failing him Klezmer at a ceilidh inn I and I a Raelian Have to show A way to grin Send them out Mail them in Earthlings and aliens Catch a fish Tail or fin Throw them out Haul them in Welcoming Is wearing thin Watch out how Your day begins Separate your Yang from yin Kick the can Can of sin Break them down Make a din
8.	Seagull Trawler 01:40		buy track
9.	Stonybank Murders 03:18	lyrics	buy track
Johnnys in the kitchen counting out his dough Some of the dough is missing and Johnny doesn’t know Feels the rage rising something has gotta blow Is his team uprising who’s got the info Need to talk to Alfie gotta Get him on the blow Something seems fishy better ask him what he knows Alfie sounding awkward picked it up and said hello Alfie gave up nothing said he don’t know him from Joe Behaviour hop Be saying a lot Pay him to talk Saying you’ll walk Happened to lack it all Cough up the capital Whacking an animal Looking to jack it all Johnny’s on the corner now Johnny’s on the road Johnny found Alfie and Johnny did unload Alfie’s on the floor and no longer growing old Johnny’s moving up now, Johnny’s feeling bold Picking up the squeeze box, welcome to the show Your head bops, your knees knock, keep you on your toes Ease up the see saw reaping what he sows Wrapping up in these thoughts, kill the status quo Deal with shady Bribe Old Bailey Dance a ceilidh Plain we’re sailing He’s the master Can play faster Legend laster Ghetto blaster Johnny’s in the zone now, working on a flow Johnny got the hunger now beware all you foes No hashing the assassin make the first blow Hit where it hurts most leaving them KO He’ll be looking out for you, tell you what you need He’ll be right around the corner blowing on a reed You’ve been duly warned now he’s dipping in the greed Appetite is growing, and he might just have to feed Dare to face them He’ll replace them Coppers chasing Close the case and Passing the baton Bomb that he sat on Don’t wanna rat on B proof strapped on Now he’s on the stage right at the top of his game He thought it would be better but if feels just the same Autograph need signing, everybody knows his name Thinks about Alfie and he’s feeling kinda strange How do you move up when you’ve nothing else to gain No more inspiration and his energy was drained All around him bad seeds no honest man to name Suddenly he doubled over writhing in pain Shot was fired Feeling wired Extremely tired Time expired It’s decided You’re invited Say goodbye to Your provider
10.	Feather Weight 01:53	lyrics	buy track
Two steps two blocks, Two cubes ice rocks Keep it smooth no shocks Spreading like small pox Lone wolf tall fox Stone throw launch rocks Heading down On the docks Knife cut Dagger chops Jagged edge on his skin Now the chase will begin Gone past wondering Now it’s time action Friction in his step Fixing mindset Tricked them blind yet Clocked not time yet Third floor position Set up aiming with precision Out of hand his condition Slight of hand the magician Deep breath Envisage death Take his last second left Take him out Leave bereft Disappear Life theft Now they’ll be only one Whoever sold him the gun Has got a reason to run Let’s say his demons have won Too many bees in his bonnet He knows he shouldn’t have done it He will be the iconic Could use a G and a tonic Busy hiding his traces Witnessed several faces Busy finding new places I guess he’s kinda audacious All accusations are baseless Just a smile and a facelift Straight faced and shameless Now it’s Back to the day shift Method copy and pasted Sober others are wasted Evidence he erased it But his own path he traced it On the stage where he graced it Payed in bills that are laced with Base Cocaine tasted Followed home as he hasted
11.	Lechuck's Lament 03:29	lyrics	buy track
Stopping a pirate can be dangerous to your health Stopping a pirate can be dangerous to your health Running running Shunning gunning Grinning winning Binning sailing into Battle battle Dodging arrows Leather saddle Dancing shadows got you Running running Shunning gunning Grinning winning Binning sailing into Battle battle Dodging arrows Leather saddle Dancing shadows Le Chuck whisky tango Lone range Rambo Monkeys and mangoes Strung up like a banjo Look and you can go Cover every angle Wild boar wrangle Cannibal scandal Pirates and vandals Sharp sword handle White beard Gandalf Flip flop sandals Woodwind band blow Light another candle Tree quango wangle Two fingered Django Front carrot dangles Shambolic shambles Lies entangled Wrapped round your ankles Network dismantle Take another gamble Learn by example Shoot no preamble Running running Shunning gunning Grinning winning Binning sailing into Battle battle Dodging arrows Leather saddle Dancing shadows got you Running running Shunning gunning Grinning winning Binning sailing into Battle battle Dodging arrows Leather saddle Dancing shadows Run make a beeline Stop when you see the sign Banquet divine Two beers three wines Stop the daily grind Take a pause unwind Go let's rewind See who's behind Why can't you see blind? Must read between lines Oh what did we find? Heard it through the G vine Be first be primed Take the gold we mined Hold up a He shrine Foxed by the felines Society decline Wide web entwine In a box confine Push back the goal lines Don't trust the headlines Truth is redefined Define Cloud nine Everything is now mine Running running Shunning gunning Grinning winning Binning sailing into Battle battle Dodging arrows Leather saddle Dancing shadows got you Running running Shunning gunning Grinning winning Binning sailing into Battle battle Dodging arrows Leather saddle Dancing shadows Stopping a pirate can be dangerous to your health Stopping a pirate can be dangerous to your health
12.	Anyhow 02:42	lyrics	buy track
Launch like a catapult Riot like a radical Maniac fanatical Seven year sabbatical Scream like a cat call Take the club and bat the ball Instincts animal Can’t say I had a ball Anyway got to save the hay For a rainy day Sail away Just let the blues from your day to day Fade away no sun sky light shade of grey Hate to say third decades in my resume Down to earth so pent up that I’m bound to burst Send a nurse take me away to the house of mirth Found a verse don’t wanna navigate the Metaverse Get to curse get your feet off of my ground turf Outburst let it all out and illuminate Jubilate zooming in and out and rejuvenate Grooves I make now I figured out what I’ll do today Who are they? Don’t try test don’t be rude to me Anyhow, get the oar and row Anyhow, got to get the dough Anyhow, knowing what we know Eenie meany meenie miney moe Move along head down keep your eyes open Sly groping keep it up get your fingers in the pie poking Little rough around the edges just apply coating Fix it up when we arrive on a side note and I’m hoping that you’ll appreciate my token Sly joking so many lies I hope they die choking Dry your eyes soaking Sit by the fire stoking Let the high folk in The mighty high has spoken Dope on wax put the stylus on the turntable Stern and able Many ways to discern a fable Gazing naval Burning bridges as he turned the tables Confirmed Awol Cain land of Nod spurned Abel Made to earn a living Reproduce keep the sperm living Gotta learn to give In Don’t keep the concern hidden Dance a firmer rhythm Got to curve and swerve to winning Serve and be forgiven Time to go when your turn is bidden Anyhow, get the oar and row Anyhow, got to get the dough Anyhow, knowing what we know Eenie meany meenie miney moe Anyhow, get the oar and row Anyhow, got to get the dough Anyhow, knowing what we know Eenie meany meenie miney moe
13.	Ah One Two 03:03	lyrics	buy track
Feeling the freedom I want to Feel every season I want to Have enough reason I want to Waves are appeasing I want to Not care about it I want to Never I doubt it I want to Looking I found it I want to Working around it I want to Life is amazing I want to No naval gazing I want to All high is praising I want to Balance and phasing I want to Freestyle and cruising I want to No win no losing I want to Healing the bruising I want to Taste it I’m drooling I want to Feeling the freedom I want to Feel every season I want to Have enough reason I want to Waves are appeasing I want to Not care about it I want to Never I doubt it I want to Looking I found it I want to Working around it I want to Life is amazing I want to No naval gazing I want to All high is praising I want to Balance and phasing I want to Freestyle and cruising I want to No win no losing I want to Healing the bruising I want to Taste it I’m drooling I want to
14.	Auchendinny 02:16	lyrics	buy track
I’m on the edge of the frontier ledge Made my bed I won’t budge but I dodge You can’t ram I know I’m moving forward Yes I’m moving towards the goal I feel soul I feel soul I feel soul Running and running and running And get your trainers on They’re coming and gunning and coming Get your sails on Get it you get it you got it Got it rolled up Sad it you meant it I’m on it Stand up hold up Many are ready Get steady get very mercenary Pretty confetti get ready Enjoy the ceremony Many are ready Get steady get very mercenary Pretty confetti get ready Enjoy the ceremony Many are ready Get steady get very mercenary Pretty confetti get ready Enjoy the ceremony I’m on the edge of the frontier ledge Made my bed I won’t budge but I dodge You can’t ram I know I’m moving forward Yes I’m moving towards the goal I feel soul I feel soul I feel soul
15.	The End For You 01:21	info	buy track

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An album based around the accordion recording my Mum's playing (Jo Powell of Lunetide and The Beggar Girls)
Ranging from the insanely bouncy to ambient electro with some classic dark introspective hip hop joints

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released September 29, 2023

Accordion by Jo Powell
Guitar by Cliff Ovenden (Cliff Charles)
All other music production, keys vocals etc by Rael

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Ghostown Morecambe, UK

Making wonky hip hop since 98. Musician/Beatmaker/vocalist Rael from the UK expatriated to France where he created Ghostown. Bringing elements of tsigane folk music, electro, dub and trip hop to an unconventional uncompromising alternative hip hop festival which can't be pinned down or categorised. ... more