Doppelganger Songs, by The Jack Rubies

Doppelganger Songs

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1.	Be With You (Alternative Version) 03:31	lyrics	buy track
To be hung, drawn and quartered Would be uncomfortable and awkward But a fate I would endure To be with you You see my idea of torture Is not a beating of the harshest order But the day when I’ll no longer Be with you And I hope the hour never comes When you leave the table And I pick up the crumbs And I hope I never see the day When you leave the table And I put your plate away To be drowned in murky water Would of course make my life shorter But I would gladly sink below To be with you You see my idea of torture Is not a beating of the harshest order But the day when I’ll no longer Be with you And I hope the hour never comes When you leave the table And I pick up the crumbs And I hope I never see the day When you leave the table And I put your plate away To be hung, drawn and quartered Would be uncomfortable and awkward But a fate I would endure To be with you
2.	Vegas Throat Stomp (Original Strut) 02:44	lyrics	buy track
The King lies upon the bathroom floor He ain’t gonna sing for you no more The King lies upon the bathroom floor He ain’t gonna sing for you no more Here lie the bones of King Creole Dinner’s on the table, it’s getting cold Open wide, here comes Vegas Throat He’s never gonna sing another note People can pray and people can hope But they’ll never hear the voice of Vegas Throat.. again Oh no, never again My bloody wine is red (Elvis Presley’s head) My body is my bread (Elvis Presley’s head) repeat Old Shep he has gone where the good doggies go Old Shep he has gone where the good doggies go Never hear him howl again Never howl again
3.	Wrecker of Engines (Buskers Version) 03:00	lyrics	buy track
I.. I.. I.. zigzagged across your burning desert I.. I.. I.. cut clean across just as the net descended Well I’m a sandman and I’m a soldier I’m a wrecker of engines And I’m a glad man when I hold you I’m a wrecker of engines I.. I.. I.. stretched right across your grand canyon I.. I.. I.. got lost inside your mansion Well I’m a stone age man and I still live in the wild A wrecker of engines I’m a grown man but I have the heart of a child A wrecker of engines I.. I.. I.. have seen the color of your landscape in the fall I.. I.. I.. have been reeling and writhing on your forest floor Well I’m a woodsman and I’ll be your cabin boy I’m a wrecker of engines I’m a good man - I’m such a wicked boy A wrecker of engines I’m a wrecker of engines (repeat)
4.	Fascinatin' Vacation (Live on the Radio) 05:09	lyrics	buy track
I.. I got nothing to hide I.. I got no tears to cry Still I get down upon my knees Heaven, can’t you help me please? You know the devil got his hooks in me You know the devil built his home in me Now I do not know, what will become of me Hyaenas giggle and holler I got a feeling of death beneath my collar Put on my gun belt and my killing hat My lips are curled and my teeth are black Going far away to put one foot in my own grave Fascinatin' vacation I.. took a lonely ride to the very last station Going far away to put one foot in my own grave Fascinatin' vacation I.. took a lonely ride to the very last station To the very last station (repeat)
5.	Dallas Blues (Live on the Radio) 06:38	lyrics	buy track
Well I’m Jack I’m gonna shoot you in the back I go bang bang, bang bang! This ain’t the story of John and Lee Harvey This one’s for me and the ghost of Jack Ruby You take an eye for an eye, two wrongs for a right You wear an alligator skin like the fugitive kind This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin He goes bang bang, bang bang! Bang bang, bang bang! Jack he got mad, spoiling for a fight Eye for an eye, two wrongs for a right He’s got his finger on the trigger, gonna settle this score So beware of old Jack if you broken the law This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin You know this boy does not believe that to kill is a sin This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin Well I’m Jack Gonna shoot you in the back I go bang bang, bang bang! (repeat) I’m gonna shoot you in the back Sometimes I feel like Jackie Onassis Walking around in a pair of sunglasses Sometimes I feel like JFK Someone shot most of his head away You know sometimes I feel like St. Francis of Assisi He was kind to the birds and the animals and the trees Sometimes I feel like Mother Theresa Sometimes I feel like a babe in the manger I got the Dallas Blues (repeat) I got so confused Got so confused I go bang, bang, bang, bang, bang Bang, bang, bang gonna shoot you in the back (repeat, ad lib) This ain’t the story of John and Lee Harvey This one’s for me and the ghost of Jack Ruby

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released January 28, 2022

Ian Wright - lead vocals, guitar
SD Ineson - guitar, vocals
Steve Brockway - bass
Lawrence Giltnane - percussion
Peter Maxted - drums

Emma Peters - violin, tracks 4 & 5
Trudi Holt - piano, track 1
Andrew Fryer - piano, track 3

Produced by
Paul Gomersall - tracks 1 & 2
Andrew Fryer - track 3
Paul Pink - tracks 4 & 5
Remastered by Martin Nichols

All songs by Ian Wright
Played and arranged by The Jack Rubies
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The Jack Rubies Brooklyn, New York

Big Stir Records is proud to announce the return of English post-punk specialists, The Jack Rubies.
Having relaunched themselves with a pair of indie singles (found here, along with selections from their '80s catalog), the band now joins the label's roster. For all three full-length albums, including the brand-new "CLOCKS ARE OUT OF TIME", please go to the Big Stir Records Bandcamp link below. ... more

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