American Sin (2019)
Single Scoop Single Lady
Brake Lights (on the L.A. freeway)
Brooklyn Twang
Leaving Arizona
American Sin
If I Go Down in Flames
Irene
Queen of the Rodeo
Loving You is Wrong
Walls
Produced by Luba Dvorak
The Band:
Luba Dvorak - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Greg McMullen - pedal Steel
Steve Mayone - electric guitar, baritone, mandolin
Brian Karp - bass
Mark Greenberg - drums
The Guests:
Pete Gordon - piano on “Single Scoop Single Lady”
Robert Rodriguez - accordion on “American Sin”
Sadie Campbell - vocals on “Loving You is Wrong”
Allan rodger - drums, bass, organ on “loving you is wrong”
kevin skrla - pedal steel on “loving you is wrong”
Recorded by Merle Chornuk at Atomic Studios Brooklyn NY
Mixed by Luba Dvorak at Brooklyn Twang Sound Houston TX
Mastered by Seth Von Paulus at Highjack Recording L.a.
Cover photos by Bud Lee / All rights reserved
Additional support by Windtide Music NYC
Lyrics
Single Scoop Single Lady
She moved up to the city
With a sparkle in her eye
Hopes of changing heartache
To dreams that would fly
Caught up in the night life
Servin’ liquid dreams
When she goes to sleep at night
Does she still believe her dream
Single scoop
Single lady
Cold sad eyes and frozen tears
Warm southern heart
Grows so Lonely
Day by day night by night
In the Neon Lights
Country girls they burn out
Under the city lights
She goes through the Barbwire
Too close to the flame each night
She goes out to Nashville
She’s goes out to LA
She’s goes out for something
You can’t find today
Single scoop
Single lady
Cold sad eyes and frozen tears
Warm southern heart
Grows so Lonely
Day by day night by night
In the Neon Lights
Brake Lights (on the L.A. freeway)
If planes could fly a little higher
And if trains could rail a little faster
Then I’d be a little closer
To you on this rainy night
I’m going blind from the brake lights
On this L.A. freeway tonight
Cocaine and porn stars
Ain’t as fun as they sound
There’s a rainbow on sunset
Complete with a dark cloud
and The hearts of the vampires
Set the hills on fire
I’m crying from the smoke
On Ventura Boulevard
If planes could fly a little higher and
and if trains could’ve rail a little faster
then I’d be a little closer
To you on this rainy night
I’m going blind from the brake lights
On this L.A. freeway tonight
Whiskey and rock stars
Washed up like the tide
Hanging dry under the neon
In this strange southern town
And the dirty lies of sinners
Leave a mark on every girl in town
A thousand lonely souls
Searching to be found
If planes could fly a little higher
And if trains could rail a little faster
Then I’d be a little closer
To you on this rainy night
I’m going blind from the break lights
On this L.A. freeway tonight
Brooklyn Twang
Little bit bit of grease little bit of Whiskey
Little bit of weed and your gonna wanna kiss me
Pour it over ice and I’ll break your heart
I like them high waisted jeans and old guitars
Traffic stop at the shop everybody go
Let's get it in the world is full of sin you know
It’s a Bloody Mary Morning just like Willie sang
I like playing that Brooklyn Twang
I’m into kicking ass and taking names
Just like Waylon and Jesse James
I’m not into that Bro Country music
Hank would be rolling in his grave if he heard it
Traffic stop at the shop everybody go
Let's get it in the world is full of sin you know
It’s a Bloody Mary Morning just like Willie sang
I like playing that Brooklyn Twang
Johnny Cash shot a man just to watch him die
He sang it in prison and they payed him for his time
I’m not into killing but I am a loaded pistol
you know where I stand I hope I made it crystal .clear
Traffic stop at the shop everybody go
Let's get it in the world is full of sin you know
It’s a Bloody Mary Morning just like Willie sang
I like playing that Brooklyn Twang
Leaving Arizona
I don’t believe in Arizona
I push on through the desert land
You ever feel like your surrounded
By nothing but your lonely mind
The wine in Napa Valley
Taste’s so sweet on my mind
And the girls in California
Take a back seat to you now
Well the lights of Las Vegas
Burned a hole right through my heart
A cheap hotel out by the airport
I can feel the wheels touch down
The wine in Napa Valley
Taste’s so sweet on my mind
And the girls in California
Take a back seat to you now
How I long for the ocean
Drop to my knees and kiss the sand
Maybe I’ll see you reflection
In the waves crashing in
American Sin
Moon was high the river was low
When we left Guatemala for Mexico
My wife she died in El Salvador
Me and the kid we headed north
Joined the caravan in the middle of the night
They said you’ll never make it across the American line
They’ll take your kid away and send you back to die
It’s a Risk I gotta to take for a better life
Tell me why why why
Are the hearts of men
Black with greed
And blinded by hate
We pulled up to the border our hands held high
My four-year-old cling to his life
They pulled him away I can still hear his cries
Now he sitting somewhere in a cage of lies
Tell me why why why
Are the hearts of men
Black with greed
And blinded by hate
Well I’m just another deportee
A number on my chest and no family
Look in the system you’ll know who I am
Another casualty of American Sin
Another casualty of American Sin
If I Go Down in Flames
City lights are fading
Skyline goes away
Any minute now
The night will break in to day
The cracks in these walls
Get longer like these lines on my face
If I go down in flames
who’s gonna to catch me anyway
I drove by that old bar
Where we used to dance
Before we got married
When we still had a chance
And that bartender that tried to pick you up
And we went down in flames
And ran out of luck
So Bury me
On the banks
Of the river where we met
Don’t leave a headstone baby
It’s best that we forget
My mind is tired and broken
And pulling like the undertow
If I go down in flames
Who will ever know
Irene
Oh Irene
Was it just a dream
Did you climb the stairs to my door
Was it just the storm
Did you telephone
Get a busy tone
I cant talk now I’m not alone
Anymore
but The city’s shutting down
Everybody’s leaving town
It’s a bad scene Irene
Oh Irene
Did you make a scene
You how much I hate to see you cry
I didn’t mean to lie
Every lie you tell
Turns into hell
Put a hole right thru your heart
So don’t even start
but The city’s shutting down
Everybody’s leaving town
It’s a bad scene Irene
Oh Irene
Where have you been
Did you get caught in the storm
Couldn’t make it home
I still feel the pain
When I hear your name
And when our song is playing
On the radio
but The city’s shutting down
Everybody’s leaving town
It’s a bad scene Irene
Queen of the Rodeo
In this town time passes slow
The sunset turns the hills to gold
My daddy never cared too much
Made sure I could ride a horse
Motel rooms and honky-tonks
Cigarette smoke and trailer parks
Left me cold out in the dark
till I found you
Your my queen of the rodeo
Pretty as a desert rose
Eyes as blue as the Arizona sky
Queen of the rodeo
Shufflin around from town to town
A hundred horses pull me around
Moonlit skies and neon lights
Eight seconds to the finish line
Desert dust and pickup trucks
Truck drivers and truck stops
Every song on that jukebox
Reminds me of you
Your my queen of the rodeo
Pretty as a desert rose
Eyes as blue as the Arizona sky
Queen of the rodeo
One of these days the stars are gonna fall down
Gonna have to live on the moon
Drink cosmic beers and Mars whiskey
Learn to live a different lie
Tin huts and electric guitars
Belt buckles the size of stars
Everything will be alright
As long as I got you
Loving You is Wrong
Slip me something easy baby
Put on something slow
No use tryin’ to fight it
We ain't got it anymore
A whole lot of nothing
Is better than nothing at all
Lately us two talking
Was like landing in the dark
No runway lights no nothing
Couldn't even see a spark
You rolled in with the tide
Left me drowning in your wake
So Let’s set it on fire
Burn it all down
Let the ashes blow away
Spinning round my head
Like an old Country song
Honey loving you is wrong
I'm going down in flames
Don't bother catching me
The fire in your eyes is gone
I'm heading back to Tennessee
Somebody somewhere
Told me that love is blind
You got on the wrong train
Baby you could clearly see
Madness of the moment
Didn't matter what the stop would be
A world full of heartache
You're the one that stays with me now
They say lightning don't hit twice
I'm not going to wait for another try
So Let’s set it on fire
Burn it all down
Let the ashes blow away
Spinning round my head
Like an old Country song
Honey loving you is wrong
slip me something easy baby
put on something slow
Walls (Tom Petty)
Some days are diamonds
Some days are rocks
Some doors are open
Some roads are blocked
Sundowns are golden
Then fade away
And if I never do nothing
I'll get you back some day
'Cause you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
And all around your island
There's a barricade
It keeps out the danger
It holds in the pain
Sometimes you're happy
Sometimes you cry
Half of me is ocean
Half of me is sky
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
And some things are over
Some things go on
And part of me you carry
Part of me is gone
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
Baby you got a heart so big
Oh you could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
They fall down