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Cup Runneth Over

by Jonny Burke

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1.
Until We Sink (free) 05:45
until we sink jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi) for sixteen years i told'em my name small town, fall down, fortune and blame so i split like a lip, i was still just a kid cut to the south like a ball and chain my whole life help me, i been so restless wanted everyday to feel like christmas all i ever got was a crack on my back from my father when he'd drink upon the devil's water ended up in mobile, ended up in low deals hard town, let down, rock cocaine i pled to the county and i pled to the lord bubbled in the gulf on an oil-rig gang back on the land i was taken by the hand in a burned-out cottage out by the airport all i could see was the gold in her teeth when i told her i been waitin for a girl like her bone the muscle, muscle to bone that's the way i'm bound to jane she loves me when my money's all gone but something's got to change jane's been cryin forty-seven days bad dreams, gulf-stream, screamin at the bay the cash makes sounds and the angels sing if i lose my baby will i lose my way? i heard her like a banshee wailin on the hillside i'm hard up here sweatin in the clink but i'll meet her down at the ocean at low tide dance in the sand until we sink dance in the sand until we sink dance in the sand until we sink
2.
Sociopath (free) 03:49
sociopath jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi) first time i saw her in a bar in west la the guy she was with got down on one knee he said 'baby i'll love you for the rest of your life' she said 'yes' right before she poisoned his drink she spots a man walkin on the street so well adjusted for her ya see carves him up just like a piece of meat what's so sad is that guy turned out to be me chorus she's so cold and she's so crass my baby is a sociopath what makes me cry just makes her laugh my baby is a sociopath when she was a little girl it was a pressing matter that she was always first in line her first boyfriend jack, she killed his cat when he forgot to send a valentine if you park to close, she gonna key your car i guess daddy's love just didn't go very far if she don't like the way you look she'll steal your billfold and if she likes the way you look she gonna steal your soul chorus last week her steak was overcooked in a restaurant next day the waitress turned up missing i didn't pick up my phone, she set fire to my home took me to her place and kissed me one of these days i'm gonna quit her for good you know...when she turns her head i'll grab the keys and mad-dash to the door i'm gonna lose this device that she strapped to my leg chorus what makes me cringe just makes her laugh my baby is a sociopath, what ya do now she is a sociopath, she'll get you too pal...
3.
Uh-oh (free) 00:32
4.
El Paso 04:41
el paso jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi) well i'm just a simple loner and i came from arizona just the other night i pulled into town and i stayed awake until it came the morning light then i walked downtown and i got myself some coffee to go had to run from the cops my man i'll tell you when it rains sometimes it snows and this road is getting smaller but i've got five hundred dollars for a wedding ring for a girl in marfa texas, i'll tell ya she's the nicest thing that i've seen but i might blow it on some cocaine and go forget the whole thing like i usually do go get me a big bag and snort it off the table until it is through chorus now i'm holed up in el paso, stuck in this whole fiasco and some faraway place runnin from the cops, my thoughts, my family and the rest of the human race and i might just get to heaven if i could only roll a seven in this motel room where i found this book, gave it a glance, tell's me it's my last chance to keep from doom at a truckstop in new mexico i'd wandered through the ice and snow and saw it there like some mirage i'd seen before floating high above me in the desert air a girl there said my smile was nice and for the right price she'd make it wider she said i'd grin from ear to ear and we could go and get some beer and i could get inside of her chorus
5.
32.50 (free) 04:01
32.50 jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi) mom and dad married twenty-six years, raised my sisters and brothers last year little sister went off to college and mom moved in with another that other turned out to be her best friend suzy, mom got a haircut, daddy's gettin high mom and suzy kissin on the corner...and dad got a dui chorus thirty-two fifty i'll see my mary thirty-two fifty i'll wed my girl thirty-two fifty my eyes get bigger smokin crack on the ohio river mary met dad with outta-state plates and tits so hard that i lost my accent she put it all out there, grab a cold beer, move it on over when he'd say move it over here he said i can't get enough of this dread, can't get enough of this head never had it put on me like miss mary, had to break her wrist though when she tried to save me can't get enough of this sin...keeps gettin under my skin chorus dad's in the rooms now workin on a fourth step, hopin for some foresight, lackin in the hindsight hit by the blindside when he hit the booze when his wife moved in with her best friend suzy mary's down in florida in her mid-forties wearin those hot pants lordy lordy got a new man now can't put the pipe down, he's got the money though in case it all goes down chorus kentucky side of the ohio river smokin crack on the ohio river
6.
Oompah (free) 00:41
7.
Wake Up 04:37
wake up jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi) when you feel the darkness and you're tumbling towards the sea, wake up have you fooled the monsters into falling from the trees? wake up in your evening gown, in all your sins and sensibility when you leave this town i hope you know i want you next to me in the blackened nightfall and the hardships and the schemes, wake up if the fall goes any faster you're a bastard by the spring, wake up when i spun you out there on the dancefloor, monsieur and my cherie you took me down, looking up you're all i can see chorus my love my love i'd give all of my love to you my love my love i'd give all of my love to you my love my love i'd give all of my love to you my love my love i'd give all of my love to you i give it all to you with our hearts all made of alloy put the steel back in the beams, wake up flip the switch on this machine until we all hear freedom ring, wake up turn the sound up loud, ten thousand years and we still can't hear it's the same sad crowd, i try to listen i got cotten all up in my ears chorus i hope you leave the light on to the ones you've never seen and wake up how can we see the beauty if we're livin in a dream? wake up you let me down, i always knew the possibility when you leave this town, i hope you know just what you did to me chorus
8.
Only One 05:01
only one jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi) timmy the tantric went to timbuktu kaw-liga saw it happen, the gypsy saw it through they said 'we'll penetrate the power and be flavor of the hour' they can go and have their fun as long as they don't touch my only one bessie went down to the bulldyke bar bought a bottle of bourbon and a boudin star the lights went down, she tipped the porter poured the danger in the chamber and then shot up the coroner she go on a three day run long as she don't touch my only one let go the sunlight, shed the dark there on the eastside, up in the park the bowery bums, the senioritas the junior miss, the fashionistas everybody's shoutin, everybody's sold it takes a lot to fill up all of these holes sell your soul or serve the sun long as you don't touch my only one
9.
Long Haul 03:25
long haul jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi), chris masterson (mastertone tx music, bmi) that truck stop preacher's raving up ahead underneath the lights i got no time for demonstrations, baby's waitin up for me tonight chorus i'm in it for the long haul i'm in it til the last one falls keep talkin i can't hear at all i'm in it for the long haul you can laugh and you can linger, you can point and you can scorn but watch it when you point that finger at the lady of manor born chorus ain't gonna do it in vain or feel any pain coming through i'll give all i can give, i'd give it all for you chorus when she's talkin i can hear it all i'm in it for the long haul
10.
Back On Top 01:58
back on top jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi) stacy's a big star, can't drive her own car got in some trouble leavin the star bar now she's all better, can't say we blame her does ads for soda, goes to her yoga and i wonder...what's it gonna take? chorus get me back on top with you my love we won't get caught back on top back on top my best friend mikey, we went to high school he met miss stacy grabbing a coffee now he's her lover, also her driver no longer workin, can't say i blame him and i wonder...what's it gonna take? chorus what in the world is gonna save us? what in the world is it gonna take us? what in the world is gonna save us? what in the world is it gonna take? chorus
11.
Travelling Show (free) 03:13
travelling show jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi), gordy quist (victrolacaster music, sesac) back out in the street again among the schools and markets past bars and careless cars with hands deep in our pockets i'd surely linger if i thought that i could stop this chorus here i go in the travelling show here i go in the travelling show it's all i know she was just divorced and i was coming off a bender her touch was soft and safe as any i remember heat the brick and feed the flame before it turns to ember chorus she said to stay a week or maybe even longer in spite of winters chill somehow our love grew stronger then by the spring i said i must be moving on girl chorus on the bridge in brighton beach i stood and read the letter she said she'd wait for me if i'd come back to get her if i write back it only makes it harder to forget her chorus
12.
good moanin #2 jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi) ain't gonna move til the sun goes down ain't gonna move til the sun goes down ain't goin down til my baby tells me ain't goin down til my baby tells me she'll whisper soft in my ear 'come on boy, let's get outta here' ain't goin down til my baby lover tells me ain't gonna move til the sun goes down ain't gonna move til the sun goes down cold sweat, hit the town pin-stripe zoot suit, boots touch ground ain't gonna move til the sun goes down
13.
God in Them (You) (free) 03:47
god in them (you) jonny burke (dedpan music, bmi) my dear sister how you've seen the pain beyond your years questions that go on unanswered only lead to tears a baby that was born unto you then taken away and a man across the world in harms way the faith that's carried you through all these many darkest days is higher than the tallest buildings man has ever raised it's stronger than the mighty armies of any war that's ever raged it matters more than any reason why tonight out here on the highway the moonlight says it's true that one fine mornin you'll wake up with the sun shining through your husbands head upon the pillow, a baby safe in the next room and you'll see god in them and they'll see god in you

about

Jonny Burke is at it again. Only a year after the release of his debut full-length album, he puts forth Cup Runneth Over.
A veritable narrative of a musician's life, Cup Runneth Over projects the insight of an artist who has seen it all; ranging from rootsy, rollicking numbers (Wake Up, Back On Top) to tuned-down, soulful tracks (El Paso, God in Them (You)) peppered with a good dose of humor (Sociopath, 32.50)
As sonically adventerous as it is lyrically ripe, the album seamlessly exhibits a combination of bluesy riffs, synthesized bass and crashing drums, plus songs featuring just Jonny and his guitar, in addition to a couple of minute long sketches acted out by a Montana whitewatwer guide, a former Penthouse Pet, hometown neighbors and a German oompah band (all friends of Jonny's of course).
Though his bread and butter influences such as the Rolling Stones and Townes Van Zandt still clearly shine here, Cup Runneth Over is a clear departure from the classic sounds of 2011's Distance and Fortune. As producer of the bulk of the material- released on his own Dreamcar Records- Burke emits something raw and honest.

credits

released March 13, 2012

jonny burke- vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, kick drum, synth bass, piano, marimba, whistling

daren hess- drums on tracks 2, 7, 9

elijah ford- bass and harmony vox on 2 and 7, piano and wurlitzer on 9, harmony vox on 12

ian mclagan- hammond b-3 on track 9

cody foote- bass on track 9

anthony arvizu- drums on tracks 5, 8, 10

mike malone- vibraphone on track 8

claire mehm- cello on track 8

ronnie johnson- bass on track 12

kory cook- drums on track 12

skip konte- accordian on track 13

marc ford- guitar on track 13

handclaps- jonny, elijah and an anonymous joe pug

produced by jonny burke

tracks 1, 4, 5, 8 10, 12*, 13* recorded at the compound in signall hill, ca- engineered and mixed by Anthony Arvizu
*tracks 12 and 13 produced by marc ford
tracks 2, 7 and 9 recorded at the wire in south austin, tx- engineered and mixed by stuart sullivan
track 11 recorded at orange cat studios in topanga, ca- produced by jonny and gordy quist, engineered and mixed by gordy quist, final mix by anthony arvizu
tracks 3 and 6 recorded by remotely by jonny, engineered and mixed by anthony arvizu

mastered at the compound in signal hill, ca

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