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Beauty Inside Us; Album

by Billy Traynor

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My Spells is the Love My darling, my one, please tell me your story Slowly and clearly so I may bear well You’ve lived so much life, for one whose so youthful I’ve lived too much life for the cards I’ve been dealt My slouch is a duck that’s lasted a lifetime My tick is from trying to get one word in My limp is from kicking my dreams to the sideline My spells is the love that I keep falling in My Spells is the love that I keep falling in I’m dense as a stone, and I don’t really swim If you sink with me I’ll make room in my bed And troubles will be but a brief silhouette My love my love, why do we quarrel There’s room enough for our fortunes to find Not every bad deed deserves a rebuttal Let’s look for a promise that we’ve left behind My hairs falling out from the place where it’s needed I feel weak in the morning when I ain’t had my gin I can’t really tell if this damn thing is working Yet, my spells is the love that I keep fallin’ in My Spells is the love that I keep falling in I’m dense as a stone, and I don’t really swim If you sink with me, I’ll make room in my bed And troubles will be but a brief silhouette X2
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Your Last Loving Touch You said that I’m everything to you But I’m still not enough You said since I left, that you been blue But you sold all my stuff I get Questions from our friends How could I treat you so rough But it’s hard to explain its been years since your last loving touch You said it was time to settle down, That you’d had enough Of all the whiskey and the boys, You needed someone to trust But you were gone every night, You said it lifted you up That’s when I tried to remember the feel of your last loving touch Your last loving touch Do you remember it much Or forgive and regret and move on just like diamonds and rust I hope that these years, don’t trouble you much Should a left a while ago Shoulda got on that bus But I sit alone in my room Wearing memories like dust I get questions from our friends Say ‘You’ve been out of touch.’ It’s hard to explain I’m still missing your last loving touch Your last loving touch Do you remember it much Or forgive and regret and move on just like diamonds and rust I hope that these years, don’t trouble you much Well, I’ll just be moving on, as we have discussed Bring an end to this song, I know we’ll all adjust I saw you talking to my friend, said he was lifting you up I wonder how long til’ he misses your last loving touch Your last loving touch Do you remember it much Or forgive and regret and move on just like diamonds and rust I hope that these tears, don’t trouble you much
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All That Anger DOO DOO DOO DOO DOOT, DOO DOO DOO, DOO DOO, DOO DOO DOO X2 I see you’re trying to be helpful friend But there’s things you can’t comprehend Like that terrifying feeling when You get caught double dealing and There ain’t no use concealin’ things And you got to tell the truth for once But you’re not sure you can take the punch To the carefully crafted image that, You use to conceal the fact that you have… All that Anger, All that anger DOO DOO DOO DOO DOOT DOO DOO DOO X2 I know you’re feeling that its just not right There’s so many new shades of white You love human kind, and you’re color blind But don’t believe that Jesus had this in mind Only so much the government can provide You got nothin’ but God N Country Pride and All That Anger, All that Anger So Sad to live your life so sure that you had the story right eh eh?? Too bad to have so much pride, can’t even so much as be asking why, eh eh? DOO DOO DOO DOO DOOT DOO DOO DOO X2 Keep hearing from friends I thought I knew And they don’t really seem to have a clue And things I-wanna-talk-about are now taboo Unless I spread that holy super glue But there’s more of me than there are of you But there’s more of you when the bills come due and there’s All that Anger, All that Anger All that anger, All that Anger So Sad when you live your life so clear that you got the story right eh eh?? Too bad to have so much pride, can’t even so much as be asking why, eh eh?
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Shallow End 03:10
No Time Like the Present/The Shallow End No time like the present Start turning things around I wish I was, I wish I wasn’t Right back on solid ground Not looking for no trouble But it’s wandering around I wish it would, I wish it wouldn’t Bring it all crashing down There’s a fella down the road whose never looked away from anything that’s trying to stare him down Saw me falling in the shallow end and grabbed me by the scruff-of-the-neck right before I drowned You never know when that moment Is gonna come around I hope it does, I hope it doesn’t Come right in the nick of time Been down this road before so many times I tell myself that this must be the end Then try to think of something sly so I can go on line and make a meme to post for all my friends I’m a sit still for a minute Wait for the day to pass me by I knew I should, I knew I shouldn’t Go and look you in the eye Be back when I’m ready And I’ve put this all aside And once I did or once I didn’t, We’ll see what you decide
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Womp Womp 03:45
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99 Leroy 03:22
99 Leroy Staring off in the day, up walking at night Maybe this is how it ends I slip on the stairs, Hit my head on the floor Go see all my friends And if this is how it ends, What a shame it would be boy I never told you the stories of 99 Leroy I tried to see it in my mind, Those up and down streets The bricks and the far away smiles, But I just couldn’t see So walked damn every inch, of every crooked damn mile Forgave all their sins, Not Everybody wins boy But give everybody points for style It looks small in this light, And that tree in the back, Seem like it died a long time ago And we all flew away , and one of us stayed and this is how it goes If this is how it goes, Lost my keys in the snow All huddled in the wind Calling out to my friends And if this is how it ends, Boy I’ll take a minute to enjoy, Boy The places you got to from 99 Leroy If this is how it ends Take a minute to enjoy, The places you got to from 99 Leroy
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Good Morning and I am thrilled to release my debut album "Beauty Inside Us" YAY! From producer Nick Vandenberg and myself I hope that you enjoy these 14 original tunes. Most of my friends and colleagues know that I've spent my life in community building and fighting for justice and equity in my own community and cities across the country. But in this moment; in the midst of a pandemic and as our country roils around issues of racism and deep disparities in wealth and opportunity...I wanted to offer something a little different .. some simple and plain songs about what happens when, in the course of life, we try to find love, be good humans, take care of each other, to find ways to be useful and known and understood and all the messing up that happens as we stumble along. It feels important right now that we all try to lead with love and acceptance when it comes to others, and with vulnerability and courage when it comes to ourselves. Stay in the game. Lead with love. Let people in. Play Music Loud.

"There's Beauty Inside Us, Its Been There Inside Us Forever!"

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released August 7, 2020

Music and Lyrics By Billy Traynor
Arranged and Produced by Nick Vandenberg
Vocals, acoustic guitar and electric guitar by Billy Traynor
Back up Vocals, drums, bass, cello, guitar and organ by NickVandenberg
Harmonica by Armand Hyatt
Piano by Gary Sidell
Electric Guitar by Nate Hendrie

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Billy Traynor Saxapahaw, North Carolina

Billy is originally from Lawrence MA and now lives in Saxapahaw NC with his partner Frankie and dog Mayzie...and has two great kids and their partners and one stellar grandkid and assorted somehow other related and he loves em all

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