Falling on Deaf Ears

So then, what is the point of recycling basement tapes if actual tapes are not involved? It was long enough ago that I am not sure about the basement, but in addition to some songs from Angelfood, I hope also gradually to post some other songs here as well — these from an album called Falling on Deaf Ears. The attached photo is what we used for the cover art.

This set of songs was sort of an in betweeny thing with Mountain Angel Band on one side and The Jenny Geddes Band on the other.

Here is one cut from that if-you-want-you-can-call-it-an-album — it was on cassette only. This song is called White Falls Down From the Streetlight. The lyrics are below. Sorry for the one part that cuts out near the end.

White Falls Down From the Streetlight

White falls down from the streetlight,
The sidewalk is gray like a bone,
A young man dies in a street fight;
He dies alone.

Red light is over the doorway,
A young girl is standing inside.
I don’t think that her customers
Know how she cries.

And I know that our Lord must be grieving,
And I know that our Lord’s looking down.

Little ones are left in the day care
Old folks are stuck in a home.
No one’s got the time
So they live and die alone.

Doctors are becoming hit men
And their victims are still in the womb.
They want to keep it safe and legal,
An antiseptic tomb.

And I know that our Lord must be grieving,
And I know that our Lord’s looking down.

Break

Oh, Lord the night is coming,
It’ll be the end of the day
But it won’t be the kind of night
That you can dance away.

And I know that our Lord is returning,
And I know that our Lord’s coming down.