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VIP: Very Interesting Persons

by Findlay Napier

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1.
Hedy Lamarr 03:09
Heddy Lamarr Heddy Lamarr Been here before Can you take anymore? Heddy Lamarr You know your place You’re just another pretty face Too Beautiful… too beautiful Everytime the lights shine down You disappear, disappear Heddy Lamarr What you had in mind Oh but they must have been blind Everytime the lights shine down You disappear, disappear Everytime the lights shine down You disappear, disappear Heddy Lamarr If only they‘d seen Beyond that silver screen Too Beautiful… too beautiful
2.
The Man Who Sold New York George C Parker was the man who sold New York To out of towner millonaires who fell for his sweet talk They’d pay for Lady Liberty they bought his every line He must have sold the Brooklyn Bridge at least a hundred times George C Parker, the man who sold New York A master of persuasion he knew every get rich quick From the Kansas City Shuffle to the crooked three card trick Start with the foundation that’s how you begin Build up to the convincer until you’ve drawn them in He’ll take you in his confidence and leave you in the dark The principle’s the same you only need a mark George C Parker, the man who sold New York For 40 years he rode his luck till there was nothing left to sell Money doesn’t mean a thing inside prison cell But older habit’s die so hard and cannot be denied He tried to cut a deal with god the night before he died He’ll take you into confidence and leave you in the dark The principle is just the same you only need a mark George C Parker, the man who sold New York
3.
An Idol In Decline Poor Mickey Mantle the pride of the Yankees I had a card that you’d signed The end of America’s childhood An idol in decline Poor Mickey Mantle I can still see you ‘56 frozen in time Always your favourite summer We all have to say goodbye Twilight, twilight, twilight Poor Mickey Mantle you made the covers Somehow you slipped out of mind Number 7’s not always so lucky A comet fell out of the sky Twilight, twilight, twilight Poor Mickey Mantle brought to his knees An idol in decline
4.
Eddie Banjo 02:36
Eddie Banjo tramping in the rain Eddie Banjo picking on a biscuit tin Who’s good for a handout Where’s good for a feed Who’s good for a hard luck story Where’s good for a sleep Eddie Banjo Eddie Banjo came back from the war Eddie Banjo not the same man any more Stick along the railings just like machine gun fire All the children laugh out loud When they see him dive Eddie Banjo Eddie Banjo gentleman of the road Eddie Banjo knocks on the back door He knows where all the good folks are There he leaves a sign They only ever heard one song He played it all the time You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You never know, dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away Eddie Banjo Eddie Banjo
5.
What a shame about George Well he skipped class again He’s out on the street Singing songs to get paid But what can we do It’s what he’s here for When you’re given that voice You don’t have the choice What a shame about George What shame about George Did you see him today Under the influence When they led him away Wild eyed and wasted You don’t feel anymore All of that hurt It’s such thirsty work What a shame about George White, white lightning You make my dreams come true White, white lightning I always get lucky with you What a shame about George Well we lost him last night No show Jones This time they’re right White, white lightning You make my dreams come true White, white lightning I always get lucky with you When the singer is gone all that’s left is the song What a shame about George
6.
Rising Sun 03:14
Left behind the rising sun Here until the war is won You said that you’d come back for me Words are falling from the sky I will leave them where they lie You said that you’d come back for me Lost inside the rising sun When he came home his world was gone You said that you’d come back for me
7.
No one else there saw it Just Gabriel as he fell Jimmy’s ghost, the man he killed As the keeper rang the bell Flash back to Las Vegas He promised to make someone pay But what went down in the seventh round Shouldn’t have gone that way The sweet science of bruising Beneath Casino lights Gabriel and Jimmy Touch gloves and start to fight Family round his bedside Jimmy’s out there is no change They’re pleasant on the outside But Gabriel’s to blame It wasn’t even the title They fought way down the bill Gabriel didn’t pull a punch But he didn’t mean to kill The sweet science of bruising Beneath Casino lights Gabriel and Jimmy Touch gloves and start to fight He ignored the premonition Lit a candle, said a prayer He sees in every boxer’s face The ghost of Jimmy’s stare The sweet science of bruising Beneath Casino lights Gabriel and Jimmy Touch gloves and start to fight
8.
Valentina 03:09
Cutting the cloth and pushing in pins Work never ends it just begins Smoke rises slow and the soot it falls Valentina’s high above us all A shooting star will catch the light She’s somewhere up there in the night This world must look so small Valentina’s high above us all Wish I wasn’t so easy to leave behind Out of sight and out of mind Valentina Valentina When she comes home she’ll need a parade She’s seen so much we’ll look homemade Valentina the belle of the ball Valentina high above us all Wish I had what it takes guess I’m scared to go If you don’t say yes you’ll never know Valentina Valentina Cutting the cloth and pushing in pins Work never ends it just begins Her picture hangs on the factory wall Valentina’s high above us all
9.
Put it all on a piebald bow legged mare She just backed off put her tail up in the air I hung my head in shame There’s only one sure thing Gonna lose my queen to the sport of kings There’s only so much gambling you can do Before the ones you love will say it’s through It’s hard to love so blindly when she don’t know where to find me Gonna lose my queen to the sport of kings Won’t be long before she’ll change the locks You can always find love down at the docks There’s nothing you can do When it gets inside of you Gonna lose my queen to the sport of kings I’ve had money and lost it all before I’ve always picked myself up off the floor I don’t let my spirits falter I married a rich man’s daughter Gonna lose my queen to the sport of kings
10.
Angel Falls 03:52
I know you’ve heard this all before I cannot tell a lie Of how I flew with aces high Young men in the war But there is nothing you can do When the bugle calls You don’t feel quite so brave somehow When an angel falls After armistice was signed My barnstorming days I took my wings to where it pays Left Missouri far behind Through Venezuelan skies I flew Condor glides an engine stalls Searching for a river of gold And I found Angel Falls Jimmie Angel, Jimmie Angel From the devil’s house a river fell And they called it Angel Falls You wouldn’t know to look at me And there are scars I hide You are still here by my side Oh, my sweet Marie So today I find myself Flightless within these walls Perhaps it’s a true a soul gets saved When an angel falls Jimmie Angel, Jimmie Angel They scattered him in folded wings High over Angel Falls

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released December 1, 2015

Findlay Napier- Lead vocals, guitar, ukulele
Boo Hewerdine- Guitar, harmonium, ukulele, vocals
Gustaf Ljunggren- Lap steel, mando-guitar, woodwind, piano, percussion, backing vocals
Hamish Napier- Piano, backing vocals
Roy Dods- Percussion, Radiator
Gillian Frame- Backing vocals
Louis Abbott- Backing vocals

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Findlay Napier Glasgow, UK

One of Scotland's finest songwriters. In 2021 he was nominated for Musician of the Year at the Scot’s Trad Music Awards and in 2018 he was the first solo act to be nominated for Live Act of the Year. Described as Micheal Marra meets Elvis Costello, a Caledonian Loudon Wainwright or a Scottish James Taylor this master storyteller's songs are full of earthy humour, hopeless love and biting satire. ... more

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