SWINGIN' (Live Covers​-​1997)

by The Swingin' Doors

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Jenifer McKitrick The Swingin' Doors are great songwriters but this album of live covers is a gem! Favorite track: Dead Flowers/Amazing Grace.
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    Recorded at the. band's farewell performance in 1997 at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.
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1.
I am an antichrist And I am an anarchist Don't know what I want But I know how to get it I want to destroy passerby 'Cause I wanna be anarchy No dogsbody Anarchy for the U.K. It's coming sometime and maybe I give a wrong time, stop a traffic line Your future dream is a shopping scheme 'Cause I, I wanna be anarchy In the city How many ways to get what you want I use the best, I use the rest I use the NME I use anarchy 'Cause I wanna be anarchy It's the only way to be Is this the MPLA? Or is this the UDA? Or is this the IRA? I thought it was the UK Or just another country Another council tenancy I wanna be anarchy And I wanna be anarchy Know what I mean? And I want to be an anarchist I get pissed, destroy
2.
Black Dog 03:17
Hey hey mama said the way you move Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove Ah, ah, child, way you shake that thing Gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting. Hey hey baby when you walk that way Watch your honey drip, can't keep away Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, ah, ah Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, ah, ah. I gotta roll, can't stand still Got a flamin' heart, can't get my fill Eyes that shine, burnin' red Dreams of you all through my head Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ahhh Hey, baby, whoa baby, pretty baby Darlin' makes 'em do me now Hey, baby, oh baby, pretty baby Move me like you're doin' now Didn't take too long 'fore I found out What people mean by down and out Spent my money, took my car Started tellin' her friends she gonna be a star I don't know, but I been told A big-legged woman ain't got no soul Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ah Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ah All I ask for when I pray A steady rollin' woman won't come my way Need a woman gonna hold my hand Tell me no lies, make me a happy man Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ahhh. Ah, yeah!
3.
And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties A hand-me-down dress from who knows where To all tomorrow's parties And where will she go, and what shall she do When midnight comes around She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown and cry behind the door And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns To all tomorrow's parties And what will she do with Thursday's rags When Monday comes around She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown and cry behind the door And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown For whom none will go mourning A blackened shroud A hand-me-down gown Of rags and silks, a costume Fit for one who sits and cries For all tomorrow's parties
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The wind blows, rain into my face The sun glows at the end of the highway Child of the moon, rub your rainy eyes Oh, child of the moon Give me a wide-awake crescent-shaped smile She shivers, by the light she is hidden She flickers like a lamp lady vision Child of the moon, rub your rainy eyes Child of the moon Give me a wide-awake crescent-shaped smile The first car on the foggy road riding The last star for my lady is pining Oh, child of the moon, bid the sun arise Oh, child of the moon Give me a misty day, pearly gray, silver, silky faced Wide-awake crescent-shaped smile
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Think I’ll go out to Alberta, Weather’s good there in the Fall. I got some friends that I can go working for. Still I wish you’d change your mind If I asked you one more time, But we’ve been through this a hundred times or more. Four strong winds that blow lonely, Seven seas that run high, All those things that don’t change, Come what may If the good times are all gone, Then I’m bound for moving on. I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way If I get there before the snow flies, And if things are looking good, You could meet me if I send you down the fare. But by then it would be Winter, Not to much for you to do. And those winds sure can blow cold way out there. Four strong winds that blow lonely. Seven seas that run high. All those things that don’t change , Come what may The good times are all gone, So I’m bound for moving on. I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way. Still I wish you’d change your mind If I askyou one more time, But we’ve been through that a hundred times or more. Four strong winds that blow lonely. Seven seas that run high. All those things that don’t change , Come what may If the good times are all gone, Then I’m bound for moving on. I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way. I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way.
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High and Dry 01:52
High and dry well, I'm up here with no warning High and dry well, I couldn't get a word in High and dry oh, what a way to go She left me standing here just high and dry A minute I was up there standing by her side The next I was down there, well, left out of the ride and High and dry oh, what a way to go She left me standing here just high and dry Anythin' I wished for I only had to ask her (yep) I think she found out it was money I was after High and dry oh, what a weird letdown She left me standing here just high and dry Alright, whoo Well, it's lucky that I didn't have any love towards her Next time I'll make sure that the girl'll be much poorer High and dry oh, what a way to go She left me standing here just high and dry High and dry well, I'm up here with no warnin' Yep High and dry well, I couldn't get a word in High and dry oh, what a way to go She left me standin' here just high and dry Well, she left me standin' here just high and dry Well, she left me standin' here just high and dry, hey
9.
You say I've done you wrong, I've wrecked the happy home. We've tried so many times, we both know when. Let's take another chance, To renew an old romance. And if we love each other, time will tell. Oh, I know, dear, what it means to live without you. These lonely nights are drivin' me insane. But before I'll hurt the one I love so dearly, Well, I know, dear, what it means to live without you. These lonely nights are drivin' me insane. But before I'll hurt the one I love so dearly, When people ask what's wrong, I'll take the blame. Yes, when people ask what's wrong, I'll take the blame
10.
Those memories of you still haunt me Every night when I lay down I'll always love you, little darlin' Until the day they lay me down In dreams of you, my body trembles I wake up and call your name But you're not there, and I'm so lonesome Without your love, I'd go insane Those memories of you still haunt me Every night when I lay down I'll always love you, little darlin' Until the day they lay me down I close my eyes, and you're there with me Your kiss, I feel, your face, I see It's not your lips now that drive me crazy It's just your haunting memory Those memories of you still haunt me Every night when I lay down I'll always love you, my little darlin' Until the day they lay me down Until the day they lay me down
11.
Ever since the days of old Men would search for wealth untold They'd dig for silver and for gold And leave the empty holes And way down south in the Everglades Where the black water rolls and the saw grass waves The eagles fly and the otters play In the land of the Seminole So blow, blow Seminole wind Blow like you're never gonna blow again I'm callin' to you like a long-lost friend But I know who you are And blow, blow from the Okeechobee All the way up to Micanopy Blow across the home of the Seminole The alligator and the gar Progress came and took its toll And in the name of flood control They made their plans and they drained the land Now the Glades are goin' dry And the last time I walked in the swamp I stood up on a cyprus stump I listened close and I heard the ghost Of Oseola cry So blow, blow Seminole wind Blow like you're never gonna blow again I'm callin' to you like a long-lost friend But I know who you are And blow, blow from the Okeechobee All the way up to Micanopy Blow across the home of the Seminole The alligator and the gar
12.
One morning, one morning, one morning in May, I spied a young couple, they were making their way. One was a maiden so bright and so fair and the other was a soldier and a brave volunteer. Good morning, good morning, good morning said he, And where are you going my pretty lady? I'm going out a-walking on the banks of the sea Just to see the water's glide and hear the nightingale sing. Now they had not been standing but a minute or two When out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew And the tune that he played made the valleys all ring, Oh hark, cried the maiden, hear the nightingale sing. Oh maiden, fair maiden, 'tis time to give o'er. Oh no, kind soldier, please play one tune more For I'd rather hear your fiddle at the touch of one string Than to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing. Oh soldier, kind soldier, will you marry me? Oh no, pretty maiden, that never shall be. I've a wife down in London and children twice three, Two wives and the army's too many for me. Well, I'll go back to London and I'll stay there for a year, It's often that I'll think of you, my little dear. And if ever I return it will be in the spring Just to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing. To see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing.
13.
I've been walkin' these streets so long Singin' the same old song I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway Where hustle's the name of the game And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain There's been a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me Like a rhinestone cowboy Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo Like a rhinestone cowboy Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know And offers comin' over the phone Well, I really don't mind the rain And a smile can hide all the pain But you're down when you're ridin' the train That's takin' the long way And I dream of the things I'll do With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe There'll be a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me Like a rhinestone cowboy Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo Rhinestone cowboy Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know And offers comin' over the phone Like a rhinestone cowboy Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo Like a rhinestone cowboy Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know
14.
You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you You'd be like Heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much At long last, love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you Pardon the way that I stare There's nothin' else to compare The sight of you leaves me weak There are no words left to speak But if you feel like I feel Please let me know that it's real You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you I love you, baby And if it's quite alright I need you, baby To warm the lonely night I love you, baby Trust in me when I say Oh, pretty baby Don't bring me down, I pray Oh, pretty baby Now that I've found you, stay And let me love you, baby Let me love you You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you You'd be like Heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much At long last, love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off you I love you, baby And if it's quite alright I need you, baby To warm the lonely night I love you, baby Trust in me when I say Oh, pretty baby Don't bring me down, I pray Oh, pretty baby Now that I've found you, stay Oh, pretty baby Trust in me when I say Oh, pretty baby
15.
Oh Yoko 04:05
In the middle of the night In the middle of the night I call your name Oh, Yoko Oh, Yoko My love will turn you on In the middle of a bath In the middle of a bath I call your name Oh, Yoko Oh, Yoko My love will turn you on My love Will Turn You On In the middle of a shave In the middle of a shave I call your name Oh, Yoko Oh, Yoko My love will turn you on In the middle of a dream In the middle of a dream I call your name Oh, Yoko Oh, Yoko My love will turn you on My love Will Turn You On In the middle of a cloud In the middle of a cloud I call your name Oh, Yoko Oh, Yoko My love will turn you on
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Dreaming 04:43
When I met you in the restaurant You could tell I was no debutante You asked me what's my pleasure A movie or a measure? I'll have a cup of tea and tell you of my Dreaming, dreaming is free Dreaming, dreaming is free I don't want to live on charity Pleasure's real or is it fantasy? Reel to reel is living rarity People stop and stare at me We just walk on by - we just keep on dreaming Feet feet, walking a two mile Meet meet, meet me at the turnstile I never met him, I'll never forget him Dream, dream, even for a little while Dream, dream, filling up an idle hour Fade away, radiate [Verse 3] I sit by and watch the river flow I sit by and watch the traffic go Imagine something of your very own Something you can have and hold I'd build a road in gold just to have some Dreaming, dreaming is free Dreaming, dreaming is free Dreaming, dreaming is free Dreaming, dreaming is free

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All songs recorded January 4, 1997 at the Swingin' Doors farewell performance at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.
The Swingin' Doors want to thank the composers whose songs we covered for their inspiration and influence. And we hope you might enjoy our versions of your songs.

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released November 11, 2021

Jenifer McKitrick:vocals, electric guitar, harmonica
Dwight Been: vocals, acoustic guitar, violin
Stephanie Lee: bass, violin, vocals
Todd Duda: drums
Diana Glaub: drums, vocals

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