Pedro Gordo, by Ghostown

Pedro Gordo

by Ghostown

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1.	Out Again 01:54	lyrics	buy track
I know someone you’ve been dying to meet Waited to long she died on her feet Had to get down and drown my grief Blowing my nose in my handkerchief Don’t get fresh now, don’t shake hands Lord is engaged in a merry dance Never been lucky, never had a chance Wanted to go out but they said I can’t Needed butter but they’s all run out No paper left to wipe ‘em out Had to get someone to bail me out Now I got stock and I won’t go out Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again Seems like we don’t got much days to go I heard about it on the radio Up shit creek, not paid to row Think I’m gonna have to raid a store Can’t be doing no standing in line Don’t want no famine of mine An honest man don’t do no crime So you can stick it where the un don't shine So you can tell my former friends I respect social distancing I order in if I got the ends Only problem where to put my bins Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again Never going out, never go out again
2.	Get Up and Go 02:36	lyrics	buy track
I pickled your livers, grew sick of them I took home your worries and tickled them I’m spitting in riddles, belittle them I played back your books and I fiddled them You’ve seen me before and you wonder where? A lingering smell like my underwear She bared too much it’s too much to bear Taking your crutch gotta cross to bear Crossing the ocean, ash scattering No skip and my ship took a battering Just trying to find out what the matter is Sane or insane, can’t say the mad hatter is No get up and go Been set up and sold You folded, you rolled No silver no gold No get up and go Been set up and sold You folded, you rolled No silver no gold My mind is an island, a puddle I gather my thoughts in a muddle They floated away in a bubble Been trying to cut down but I doubled I tried to hold back but I mustn’t They said I was wack but I wasn’t All I know is I’m not really fussing I think about sex half a dozen Just an unhealthy environment A one where the wealthy retiring in A one where you find no asylum in Take em out, bring em in, send em off, buy em in No get up and go Been set up and sold You folded, you rolled No silver no gold No get up and go Been set up and sold You folded, you rolled No silver no gold
3.	Closed Shutters 03:16	lyrics	buy track
Eyes on me, every time I step out Eyes on the front, on the back, all about Eyes on me, from behind closed shutters Spying on me from the sewers and the gutters Eyes on me, every time I step out Eyes on the front, on the back, all about Eyes on me, from behind closed shutters Spying on me from the sewers and the gutters I can’t hide, they track my hide They track my ride, from every side They’re watching me, I can feel their gaze I can count the days, from behind my shades Got night vision scopes and binoculars Not innocuous, they’re stalking us Out in the dark, in the lot where I park They’ve got poison darts that don’t leave a mark Try to glean some intel, listening in They listen to me, they listen to him They follow my flow on a track device They cracked my phone and they hacked it twice They know about every move I make About the booze I take, about the bread I bake Took out my lightbulbs looking for bugs Even emptied the fridge and looked under the rugs Eyes on me, every time I step out Eyes on the front, on the back, all about Eyes on me, from behind closed shutters Spying on me from the sewers and the gutters Eyes on me, every time I step out Eyes on the front, on the back, all about Eyes on me, from behind closed shutters Spying on me from the sewers and the gutters Try to hide, they look, they seek They tend to whisper when they speak I saw a faint movement at the curtain rail Took a left at the lights, now I’m certain I’m tailed Now I can’t see how to end the fight Cos they just might send drones at night Got dots on the spots in infrared And I’m starting to hear voices in my head I just can’t trust the water I drink And of course they record everything I think So here I go again, but I’d better duck fast And I don’t really know how much longer I’m‘a last Try to jam out their frequencies See everything’s cloaked in secrecy So unfeasible, but they tease us so No reason though, only Jesus knows Eyes on me, every time I step out Eyes on the front, on the back, all about Eyes on me, from behind closed shutters Spying on me from the sewers and the gutters Eyes on me, every time I step out Eyes on the front, on the back, all about Eyes on me, from behind closed shutters Spying on me from the sewers and the gutters I’m doing the controlling And I don’t even need shown in I just simply send my drone in And I zoom out, zoom in, zone in, yeah I’m doing the controlling And I don’t even need shown in I just simply send my drone in And I zoom out, zoom in, zone inn yeah I’m doing the controlling And I don’t even need shown in I just simply send my drone in And I zoom out, zoom in, zone in, yeah
4.	Was it the record player? (Interlude) 00:41	info	buy track
5.	Talking Turkey 03:06	lyrics	buy track
Stop your shenanigans, models mad mannequins Time to be a man again, the debt that you ran up in Battering, ram ‘em in, dam it what’s happening The flat where I’m sat up in, the neighbours dog shat again The rich gonna rule again, the poor will be fooled again Line ‘em up, roll ‘em in, six billion souls within Dollop up a dolloping, eat your soup and wallow in The misery you’re following, the money’s up, the dollar’s in The shallow and the deep, got your own arrow to keep See the shadows of your feet and the barrels that you reap So steep like the slopes, go to seek out your hopes Gotta teach from the ropes, don’t sleep on the hoax As he chokes on the last word, folk song he has heard Joke’s on the bastard, tokes on the lab turd Furthermore forever and whatever you endeavour Get slapped by the leather, helm back by the weather Get the cheese, get the cheddar, and wherever and whenever Catch, trapped in a cellar, the almighty make it better Check featherweight, bait, change state, but I’d better wait Just let ‘em bake, better day, get a getaway Check mate, stale mate, stale bread, rat bait Dangle on a hook, mad to gamble on a book And the angle undertook, overtake, shake, shook And the scandal broke out, broken in, spoken out Like a spanner in the works, claw hammer go berserk Just drag you in the dirt, with a dagger in your girth What’s worse? Pit of rattlesnakes Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, ready when the battle breaks Time to make the tackle mate Pass on the message, got another can of worms Stand when the weather turns, see another feather burn But the mother never learns, mind your biz it don’t concern And the hand you shake firm is a hand full or germs Handling things with these mandolin strings And the fiddle violin that the wild wind brings Step, swept overseas by the oceans of yesteryear My fossilised remains just wonder what I fester here My birthday suit, tailor made, head shaved, razor blades Youth just fade away, how’s it gonna play today? Thinking how wrong you are, can’t sleep insomnia No matter how strong you are, the song outshone you all
6.	Empty Fridge 02:58	lyrics	buy track
I know why the chicken crossed the road I don’t know but I guess it’s so I feel better when I’ve less info Feel the wind like a blessing blow Getting closer, not pressing though I’d get up, but I just feel silly Not a Puff Daddy, just feel a Big Willy Said I’d drive home, they were like “will you really?” I guess a cone on it’s own won’t kill me I’d given up but lo and behold I’m pushing up now I’m counting the gold Now listen up, don’t be doubting the bold The evidence I keep out and withhold Get rid of that hat, look really wack Don’t pity that cat, he’s a city rat He’s they type no crack, no piggy back Don’t fight back, lack that sissy slap A bleak day staring at an empty fridge You said you gonna get some, but you never did The door keeps knocking non stop so I hid The bass keeps dropping and I’m rocking ad lib Sending signals is anybody there? I see UFO’s often in the air I got lost and forgot God’s prayer We all thought but nobody dared I stopped watching, now where did he go? Upped my step with a rare bit of blow Have to admit that a fair bit he knows Where he came from well nobody knows You can’t work out really how I figure Times running out the doubts getting bigger Need a catalyst and you need a trigger Getting late best be heading up river You got some doubt son well what you on about What you wanna do is get out get all about Stop stressing and your hair stop falling out This is the deal, stick to it, no bailing out Still hungry staring at an empty cupboard Looks like they came, they conquered, they plundered I know you don’t, but have you ever wondered What would you do if you had enough hunger? Hear the radio, it all sounds the same Not playing no Gordo what a shame That’s how it is so I had to up my game Had to focus, had to get in frame Feeling old but it’s all in your mind Who knows when they’re gonna call your time I saw the past fast forward in rewind I just stare from my chair and recline
7.	510 02:31	lyrics	buy track
Feed it with your seeds and then repeat it Leave it, got to beat it, also bleed it Kneed it till you read it, do you need it Weed it till your fears are all defeated Didn’t really like what I penned but I send and it could’ve been Better if I had a better set up and I let up, it would’ve been Sweet If I had new teeth, head chief, and I set about Need to get ready, earn a penny, be steady and I think about Going on a runner, but I dunno and I’m running like a hooligan Dumber getting dumber, I don’t wanna have a slumber in a loony bin No easy money, fill your tummy, get your honey, not funny So Sonny point your gunny, stay sunny, everybody needs a mummy Listen you don’t know what is your missing This is not a cause of superstition Wish you’d get a move on, yeah I wish you Get into the part, don’t skirt the issue Had to get your boost, loosen the rhythm Did you get the post? I guess you didn’t Have to throw your dough to flee your prison Even though it’s so open your vision Really what you thinking of the rhythm, if you sit in, if you fit in If you didn’t, if you kidding, get your bid in, bed ridden and your hidden So flow H20 and I glow and I go with a right hook Row to the show, UFO stay low and I might look Static and erratic, and emphatic, don’t panic, stay low down Running like a rabbit in a dead end and you had it and you know now Gotta go ahead and send a demo but you know they never write back So I’m gonna make another song and make it stronger and I strike back Feed it with your seeds and then repeat it Leave it, got to beat it, also bleed it Kneed it till you read it, do you need it Weed it till your fears are all defeated Listen you don’t know what is your missing This is not a cause of superstition Wish you’d get a move on, yeah I wish you Get into the part, don’t skirt the issue
8.	Butterfly 03:37	lyrics	buy track
Quit your crawling hear the calling of the butterfly Should be gliding but you’re stalling and you wonder why Give it your best shot, fail well never mind Sigh when you cry but you try and you can’t deny Don’t stop going keep sowing and you will reap Swimming in a sewer no allure up hip deep Sketch out the stretch and fetch and you will reach White sand, yes I can, make a stand, draw your beach Dream shatter, don’t worry don’t let it matter Numbers don’t add up, don’t hurry, don’t treat the data Little feet in my memory go pitter patter Didn’t get it, don’t sweat it, just let it, keep your hat on Do what you believe is true, know that you believe in you Living like heathens do, thanks to who conceived of you Have you even mapped out everything that you can even do While others slept, take a step, believe it’s true Eager will, eager do, take a peak, peak-a-boo Don’t think, seek and do, no grim reaper ghoul Your boat like the Titanic, take a leak or two Won’t sink bounce back up like a kangaroo Quit your crawling hear the calling of the butterfly Should be gliding but you’re stalling and you wonder why Give it your best shot, fail well never mind Sigh when you cry but you try and you can’t deny Don’t stop going keep sowing and you will reap Swimming in a sewer no allure up hip deep Sketch out the stretch and fetch and you will reach White sand, yes I can, make a stand, draw your beach Woke up shooting up like a skyscraper Life sweet, need a treat so I might bake a Flatbread, what’s said, need a life shake up Juicy fruit, looking cute with no eye make up Sum of one, onion with many layers Full back, wing attack with many players Be you a coward, or a thief or a dragon slayer No chief, want peace so here my prayer Bright beams bear down Fight teams stare down Light dreams fairground Pipe dreams tear down Quite clean bare ground High steam rare sound Lockdown wear down Night queen wear crown Quit your crawling hear the calling of the butterfly Should be gliding but you’re stalling and you wonder why Give it your best shot, fail well never mind Sigh when you cry but you try and you can’t deny Don’t stop going keep sowing and you will reap Swimming in a sewer no allure up hip deep Sketch out the stretch and fetch and you will reach White sand, yes I can, make a stand, draw your beach Old style can smile like a juvenile Let it be like a senile in denial Sharp teeth like a crocodile in the Nile Fille me in, catch me up cos it’s been a while It depends on your fate, if you bend or you break Or you lend or you take, every piece of the cake It depends on your state, are you friends with the state? If you’re steady if you shake, if you’re ready if you’re late It depends on your fate, if you bend or you break Or you lend or you take, every piece of the cake It depends on your state, are you friends with the state? If you’re steady if you shake, if you’re ready if you’re late
9.	Pelican 02:50	lyrics	buy track
A rare old bird is the pelican I’m gonna give you a little problem to test your powers of logical thinking Paid your due, due to go Staring at a faded glow Under roofs stay below Stable not able though Table desk stare alone No guests scary home Well I guess I’ll carry on With the stuff I barely own Hairy dome bare bones Tearing down the terra-dome Shed a tear, shredded Rome Where has everybody gone Barrier baritone Carrier carry home Hot desert Arizone Mapping out the genome Reasons that resonate No season to celebrate Heathens at heavens gate Pleading to vaccinate Captions that captivate Captured take the bait Don’t talk procrastinate Fashions that fascinate A rare old bird is the pelican His bill holds more than his belly can He can take in his beak enough food for a week I’m dammed if I know how the hell he can I’m gonna give you a little problem to test your powers of logical thinking Shooting from the balcony Alcoholic alchemy Barking down a rabid tree Havoc turn to harmony Free my pen from slavery He resides where ravens be Hope in a faint melody Fellow fellows follow he Broadcasters telling me Freedom’s now a felony Your well being will be Monitored incessantly Never cease war peace Take a piece famine feast Hungry beast say the least Say your piece call a priest Lead you on a merry dance Handled with a heavy hand Candle lit but no romance Travel with the ferryman Destination unknown Knowing how the bombs blown Evacuate trombone Faded light sun glow A rare old bird is the pelican His bill holds more than his belly can He can take in his beak enough food for a week I’m dammed if I know how the hell he can I’m gonna give you a little problem to test your powers of logical thinking
10.	Have you got the Peach? (Interlude) 00:57	info	buy track
11.	YAK YAK YAK 03:02	lyrics	buy track
Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Must be the pheromones, get back back back Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Leave me the hell alone, get back back back Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Must be the pheromones, get back back back Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Leave me the hell alone, get back back back A drop in the ocean Stopped in motion Locked in commotion Got no notion Rock and a hard place Rotten, a car case Caught in a car chase Brought in the dark days This guy is confessing The sky is oppressing High and depressing Why are you messing Fess up you arsed up Yousef the last sup Trumped by the daft duck Who gave the last fuck Low class the cast stuck Bar fight the glass cut Trapped in a fast buck Upper mid the grass cut Stop the bus last stop Looking like a ras cloth Mass stock a mascot Cash out the cash stopped Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Must be the pheromones, get back back back Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Leave me the hell alone, get back back back Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Must be the pheromones, get back back back Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Leave me the hell alone, get back back back No vision no outlook An outback an old crook Outfought and out-cooked No clarity the doubt stood Misheard misunderstood Underground underwood Unknown in the neighbourhood One clown slay they should Over-mark overbear Lost my mark lost my bear A missed dart stop your staring Filled with fear no more dare Bank clerk stamped reject A loan shark might accept A lone spark start the fire Undercover on the wire Under blubber abstract Who discover odds stacked Here’s Johnny, Bob’s back No idea brains racked Rack your brain no idea Staying sane stem the fear Friends close enemies near Not knowing how to steer Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Must be the pheromones, get back back back Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Leave me the hell alone, get back back back Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Must be the pheromones, get back back back Talking on the telephone like Yak Yak Yak Leave me the hell alone, get back back back
12.	Dark Moth 04:14	lyrics	buy track
Quit your crawling hear the calling of the butterfly Should be gliding but you’re stalling and you wonder why Give it your best shot, fail well never mind Sigh when you cry but you try and you can’t deny Don’t stop going keep sowing and you will reap Swimming in a sewer no allure up hip deep Sketch out the stretch and fetch and you will reach White sand, yes I can, make a stand, draw your beach Dream shatter, don’t worry don’t let it matter Numbers don’t add up, don’t hurry, don’t treat the data Little feet in my memory go pitter patter Didn’t get it, don’t sweat it, just let it, keep your hat on Do what you believe is true, know that you believe in you Living like heathens do, thanks to who conceived of you Have you even mapped out everything that you can even do While others slept, take a step, believe it’s true Woke up shooting up like a sky scraper Life sweet, need a treat so I might bake a Flat bread, what’s said, need a life shake up Juicy fruit, looking cute with no eye make up Woke up shooting up like a sky scraper Life sweet, need a treat so I might bake a Flat bread, what’s said, need a life shake up Juicy fruit, looking cute with no eye make up Eager will, eager do, take a peak, peak-a-boo Don’t think, seek and do, no grim reaper ghoul Your boat like the Titanic, take a leak or two Won’t sink bounce back up like a kangaroo Sum of one, onion with many layers Full back, wing attack with many players Be you a coward, or a thief or a dragon slayer No chief, want peace so here my prayer Bright beams bear down Fight teams stare down Light dreams fairground Pipe dreams tear down Quite clean bare ground High steam rare sound Lockdown wear down Night queen wear crown Woke up shooting up like a sky scraper Life sweet, need a treat so I might bake a Flat bread, what’s said, need a life shake up Juicy fruit, looking cute with no eye make up Woke up shooting up like a sky scraper Life sweet, need a treat so I might bake a Flat bread, what’s said, need a life shake up Juicy fruit, looking cute with no eye make up
13.	Low Tension 02:39	lyrics	buy track
No vision no outlook An outback an old crook Outfought and out-cooked No clarity the doubt stood Misheard misunderstood Underground underwood Unknown in the neighbourhood One clown slay they should Over-mark overbearing Lost my mark lost my bearing A missed dart stop your staring Filled with fear no more daring A Bank clerk stamped reject A loan shark might accept A lone spark start the fire Undercover on the wire Under blubber abstract Who discover odds stacked Here’s Johnny, Bob’s back No idea brains racked Rack your brain no idea Staying sane stem the fear Friends close your enemies near Not knowing how to steer A drop in the ocean Stopped in motion Locked in commotion Got no notion Between a rock and a hard place Rotten, a car case Caught in a car chase Brought in the dark days This guy is confessing The sky is oppressing So high and depressing So why are you messing Fess up you arsed up Youssef the last sup Trumped by the daft duck Who gave the last fuck Low class the cast stuck Bar fight the glass cut Trapped in a fast buck Upper mid the grass cut Stop the bus last stop Looking like a ras cloth Mass stock a mascot Cash out the cash stopped

about

Working with the UK musician “Pedro Gordo” on nearly every track of this album, Pedro’s dark discordant guitar riffs combine wonderfully with the Ghostown vibe taking us on a weird journey through underground disused tube networks, flickering lights and suspicious shadows loom in the background as we tread dubiously towards our unknown destination.

Out Again chants the merits of joyously staying at home and never needing to see anyone again (A very 2020 album!) the mysteriously southern drawl is spat over one of the weirdest hip hop beats I’ve ever heard, the guitars chap jaggedly in a somewhat Waitsy jazz while a detuned spaceship laser and mellotron flute compete for space. Get Up and Go sets out to batter out the cheer of your soul while you try to escape from the asylum. Closed Shutters takes us into the depths of the blacked out living room of paranoia, it opens with the incisive scratching of DJ Kirsa who is present throughout the album. 510 is interesting due to its unorthodox 5/4 beat which many people don’t notice (so I’m telling you!) Yak is absolutely crazy, a demented lament partly inspired from my time working the phones at a company. Pelican is a rather old school (school of 95) type jazz hip hop, and Butterfly brings a bit of smoothness to an otherwise dark, rough and ready album

Very proud to present "Pedro Gordo" officially the 6th album and the third in 3 years, bringing together the zany wacky guitar riffs of Pedro Gordo and Ghostown's distinctive sound.
The album oscillates between zany humorous tracks like "Out again" and "Empty Fridge" and darker intenser songs like "Get up and go" or "closed shutters", it also features some serious hip hop tracks like "Talking turkey" between cypress and wu tang, "Pelican" 90's jazz rap a la Lords of the underground
Lastly two of the smoothest tracks are "Butterfly" and "Dark Moth" the later being essentially a remix of the former, the lyrics and general mood of these tracks or on a more positive note than usual and bring an uplifting note to the album
The rap styles and voices go in many directions and flows, the track 510 is in 5/4 time which brings an interesting groove
The album is peppered with scratch, DJ KIRSA who has been present since Reflections made a big contribution to this album

Video Talking Turkey here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnjMMNFAfO0

credits

released October 3, 2020

Music by Rael Powell and Pedro Gordo
Vocals by Rael Powell
Scratch by DJ Kirsa
Artwork, photos and videos by Rael Powell

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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