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fran betlyon

by fran betlyon

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1.
Preacher's Daughter Bottle of Wine and a cigarette are two things that I know well I wasn't raised to tempt the devil but I've tasted my share of hell When I wake up in a pool of regret I am shaken to the core My friends shake it off and pour another but I knew I was meant for more Billy Ray was a preacher's son and I'm a preacher's daughter Don't know if I am a chosen one but I am gonna try harder I'm living to please my own father Look to the left of my double bed there's a stranger next to me looks like I went and did it again Hope my daddy doesn't see The way that a man can treat his baby it's a crime on either side Even though I beg forgiveness I am doing my best to hide. Billy Ray was a preacher's son and I'm a preacher's daughter Don't know if I am a chosen one but I am gonna try harder I'm living to please my own father I'll do my best to please him but in the end I'm stuck with me My dad hasn't been a perfect man but he's tried his best to be and in the end it all comes down to lovin and being loved When we both go to meet our father he will smile from above Billy Ray was a preacher's son and I'm a preacher's daughter Don't know if I am a chosen one but I am gonna try harder to surrender And I say Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
2.
Antoinette Savage Antoinette Savage wore a music pin on her dress Her platinum blond curls caught the sunlight right She could always make an entrance Her laugh was like a trumpet tooting rat tat tat tat ... You couldn't help but sing along when Netty was in the room and Netty would say "Don't be sharp, girl. Don't be flat. Just B natural, natural, just like that." She was a jazz cat. She was all that. Antoinette Savage in my backyard. Netty told stories of old blue eyes and how he kissed her hand. Or about how Lady sang the blues till dawn It was just a one night stand Her stories sound like a saxaphone bum bum bum ba da... You couldn't help but sing along when Netty was in the room and Netty would say "Don't be sharp, girl. Don't be flat. Just B natural, natural, just like that." She was a jazz cat. She was all that. Antoinette Savage in my backyard. Her life was like an old jazz tune jwah da doo de da doo... She was a jazz cat She was all that Antoinette Savage in my backyard.
3.
Last Moment on Earth The clock is ticking where has the time gone And I'm still sitting knowing I've done wrong The paint on the wall is dryin and I'm still waiting For that moment of grace to open up and let you back in to be forgiven. I should have listened I should have held you Treasured your secrets I should have loved you And standing there at the moment of truth I should have spoke true But I fell too far and let you down and let the fear in and gave up on love But we only had one shot to be happy And it was the last moment on earth If I had known you loved me I would have walked a million miles but I had to walk away that day. What would you say if I said I'd changed if I said I was ready to love? What would you say if I said I prayed if I said I would stay through the dark through the dark through the dark? Did we only have one shot to be happy? And was it the last moment on earth? If I had known you loved me I would have walked a million miles but I had to walk away that day. But I won't walk away today.
4.
Aphrodite 03:16
Aphrodite Aphrodite personified the picture of perfect womanhood in my eyes she walks on water and speaks in song she glances sideways and men fall in love Not a chance for me in this life to add up to what a goddess is in my eyes I seem to stumble and get things wrong I'm glancing downward and wondering how to be more hey ah ah Like a girl Like a girl Like a girl As a kid my grandma would say, "Hey Suzie Q, let's go have a Shirley Temple Day!" She would spend hours curling my hair She dressed me like a doll and had me sit still I'd be counting the seconds till I could run out and it was playtime in the cornfield I messed my hair up and scraped my knee I liked to skip and laugh feeling free and I'd sing Hey ah ah Like a girl Like a girl Like a girl Aphrodite Aphrodite personifed Ooooh in me.
5.
Kill My Soulmate I'm gonna kill my soulmate I'm gonna stab him in the eye I've got my sharpest sword out That little bastard's gonna die He's been lying and I've been waiting all my life I'm gonna kill my soulmate I'm gonna lure him to a cliff He said "Happily Ever After" I said "Go find it in a ditch. You've been lying and I've been waiting all my life for you to come. I'm gonna kill my soulmate He said one day I'd be free He said he'd pick me up at sunset on a horse and marry me But he was lying and I've been waiting all my life I'm gonna kill my soulmate He said the future is where it's at Well the future never came and I guess I'm fine with that I'm moving on now Cuz I've been waiting all my life for you to come. And I can love now cuz you are dead now. Fare thee well. I'm not waiting anymore for you come.
6.
I've Got a Love (free) 02:27
I've Got a Love I've got a love that I hold dear I've got a love who listens closely I've got a love who makes me smile in the morning I've got a love who takes me by surprise I've got a love who shares things deeply I've got a love who makes me things with his hands No one can tell me what I should do No one can tell me a story No one can tell me it doesn't last Until you've got What I've got And I've got a lot I've got a love who understands I've got a love who lives across the country I've got a love who makes me cry when I'm happy I've got a love who takes his time I've got a love who's thinking very clearly I've got a love and he has me if he wants me No one can tell us we're off the mark No one can tell us we're crazy No one can tell us it doesn't last Until you've got What we've got And we've got a lot We've got a love that stands a chance. <3

about

I'm fran. I wrote these songs within the past year when I moved to Los Angeles from Boston. I packed my life into my car and hoped I could make some music in LA. I did. I hope you like this demo and tell other people about it. I hope you listen to it in YOUR car. And I hope it makes you feel something. Thanks for listening and being awesome.

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released March 19, 2011

all songs by fran betlyon
vocals, uke, guitar - fran
bass, piano - johnny lee schell
guitar on tracks 1 & 3 - john soares
drums on track 2 - charles ruggiero

engineered by johnny lee schell
mastered by mike quinn
album artwork by fran
digital design by richard feliciano
photos by alana fickes
photo setting - enid & edgar vintage in silverlake
brought to you by john betlyon and co.

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