CREDITS
"I Went Electric" (Lloyd) (EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Okay Then) (BMI)
Recorded at The Castle, Franklin,TN, by Byron House.
Overdubs and Mixed by Scott Baggett at 16th Avenue Sound and The Sanctuary in Nashville,TN.
Byron House: acoustic bass guitar
Mike Radovsky: drums
Marshall Crenshaw: acoustic 12-string guitar; electric rhythm guitar; 6-string bass; electric lead (solo); marracas; harmony vocals and the "guest" lead vocal on the bridge
Bill: acoustic guitar; mandolin; electric bass guitar; electric guitars (6 and 12-string); tambourine; the thumb-muted saucepan; and lead vocal
The Clappers: Tom Littlefield, Scott Baggett and Bill
"This is Where I Belong" (Ray Davies) (Hill and Range Songs) (BMI)
Recorded and mixed by Scott Baggett at The Sanctuary.
Brad Jones: bass guitar
Fenner Castner: drums
Mike Grimes: electric guitar
Scott Baggett: Hammond organ
Bill: acoustic guitar; 6 and 12-string electric guitars; percussion; all vocals
"Trampoline" (Bill Lloyd/Greg Trooper) (EMI Blackwood/Okay Then and Songs of Polygram International Inc.-Door Number One Music-Seven Long Days Music) (BMI)
Recorded at Moondog Music Nashville,TN by Tim Coats.
Overdubs and Mixed by Scott Baggett at Moondog.
Garry Tallent: bass guitar
Tommy Wells: drums
Al Kooper: keyboards
Kim Richey: harmony vocal
Tim Coats: jaw harp
Bill: acoustic and electric guitars (6&12); 6-string bass; percussion and vocals
"In the Line of Fire" (Bill Lloyd/David Surface) (Careers Music Inc./Kung-Fu Grip Music-Angel On My Table Music) (BMI)
Recorded by Rick Will.
Overdubs and Mixed by Scott Baggett at 16th Ave.Sound in Nashville, TN.
Byron House: bass
Bob Mummert: drums
Pat Terry: outro vocal harmonies
Bill: all guitars; lead and background vocals; percussion
"I Know What You're Thinkin'" (Lloyd) (EMI-Blackwood/Okay Then) (BMI)
Recorded and mixed by Scott at The Sanctuary.
Byron House: bass
Marc Owens: drums
Scott Baggett: B-3 On the Bridge
Kim Richey and Doug Carman: background vocals (The Aaah's Have It)
Bill: electric guitars; 6-string bass; tambourine and marraccas; lead and bg.vox.
"Forget About Us" (Lloyd) (Careers Music Inc./Kung-Fu Grip Music) (BMI)
Recorded by Rick Will.
Overdubs and Mixed by Scott Baggett at 16th Ave.Sound.
Byron: bass
Bob: drums
Bill: all guitars and percussion; vocals
"Alright" (Lloyd) (Careers Music Inc./Kung-Fu Grip Music) (BMI)
Recorded and mixed by John Hampton at Ardent in Memphis,TN.
Rick Clark: bass
Jody Stephens: drums
Bill: guitars; percussion; all vocals
"The Man Who Knew Too Much" (Lloyd/Marshall Crenshaw) (EMI-Blackwood/Okay Then and Amalgamated Conolidated Music-administered by Bug) (BMI)
Recorded and Mixed by John Hampton at Ardent-Mefiss.
Rick Clark: bass
Jody Stephens: drums
Bill: guitars; vocals; and percussion
"Niagra Falls" (Lloyd/Fred Koller) (EMI-Blackwood/Okay Then and Lucrative Music-administered by Polygram) (BMI)
Recorded and mixed by Scott at The Sanctuary.
Brad Jones: bass
Fenner Castner: drums
Mike Grimes: electric guitar
Pat Simmons, Brad Jones and Bill; background vocals
Bill: even more electric guitars; 6-string bass; percussion and lead vocal
"In a Perfect World" (Lloyd/Cindy Bullens) (EMI-Blackwood/Okay Then and Mommy's Geetar Music) (BMI)
Recorded and mixed by Tim Coats at Moondog in Nashville.
Garry Tallent: bass
Tommy Wells: drums
Al Kooper: Al Kooper organ
Rusty Young: pedal steel guitar
Kim Richey and Bill: vocal harmonies
Bill: acoustic and elctric guitars (6 & 12); mandolin; percussion and lead vocal
"The S.W.A.T. Team of Love" (Lloyd) (EMI-Blackwood/Okay Then) (BMI)
Recorded and mixed by Tim Coats at Moondog.
Garry: bass
Tommy: drums
Al: keyboards
Kim and Bill: vocal harmonies
Bill: acoustic and electric guitars; mandolin; and lead vocal
"A Beautiful Lie" (Lloyd/David Surface) (EMI-Blackwood/Angel On My Table Music) (BMI)
Recorded and mixed by Scott Baggett at The Sanctuary.
Byron House: bass
Marc Owens; drums
Dennis Locorriere: harmony vocals
Bill: guitars; percussion; lead vocals
"Channeling the King" (Lloyd) (Bill Lloyd Music) (BMI)
Recorded and mixed by Scott at The Sanctuary.
Brad: bass
Fenner: drums
Grimey: electric guitar
Bill:acoustic and electric guitars; mandolin; percussion; all vocals
"Out of the Picture" (Lloyd) (Careers Music Inc./Kung-Fu Grip Music) (BMI)
Recorded by Rick Will.
Overdubs and mixed by Scott Baggett at 16th Ave.
Byron: bass
Marc: drums
Bill: acoustic and electric guitars (6 & 12-string); piano; percussion; all vocals
"Anything Less Than Love" (Lloyd) (Careers Music Inc./Kung-Fu Grip Music)
Recorded by Rick Will.
Overdubs and Mixed by Scott Baggett at 16th Ave.
Byron: bass
Marc: drums
Bill: guitar-o-rama;piano; percussion; all vocals
LYRICS
*song fragments
"I Went Electric" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 Nothing seemed to change for days on end
Repetition was my only friend
I was in a coma in the middle of the road
Until you hit me like a lightning bolt
CH I Went Electric when I first laid eyes on you
And you kept turnin' up the juice until my fuses blew
And like a power surge, I felt the kick..
I Went Electric
V2 Love was like a doctor's waiting room
A Muzak version of your favorite tune
Until the real thing finally came along
You flipped my switch and all my lights came on
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR You send a current up and down my spine
I feel a little bit like Frankenstein
It seems to happen every single time we kiss
Electric!
CH (Repeat Chorus)
(EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./Okay Then, BMI)
"This Is Where I Belong" (Ray Davies)
V1 I can't think of a place I'd rather be
The whole wide world don't mean so much to me
CH 'Cos this is where I belong
This Is Where I Belong
V2 Tell me now, do you want me here to stay
It don't matter 'cos I'd stay here anyway
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR I ain't gonna' wander like some boy I used to know
He's a real unlucky fellow and he's got no place to go
V3 I don't need a house upon a hill
Why should I when I'd only miss you still
CH (Repeat Chorus)
(Hill and Range Songs, BMI)
* Tune Up
"Trampoline" (Bill Lloyd/Greg Trooper)
V1 She's either up or down
She's never in-between
She never hits the ground
She's on a Trampoline
She cannot help herself
This woman of extremes
No one can talk her down
Down from her Trampoline
CH Forever bouncing
Bouncing off the walls
You know it's gotta' hurt when she falls
But when she's flyin', it's just like a dream
She ain't crazy
She's got a Trampoline
V2 Her parents always claimed it started at 13
They said,"It's chemical..her and her trampoline"
God bless our daily bread Coffee and Dramamine
God bless our ups and downs
God damn her Trampoline
CH (Repeat Chorus)
(EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./Ikay Then and Songs of Polygram International, Inc./Door Number One mUsic/Seven Long Days Music, BMI)
* "Highway to Pegram" (Instrumental) (Bill Lloyd)
"In The Line Of Fire" (Bill Lloyd/David Surface)
V1 She Like the way I listen
Ignores my indecision
Telling me things I don't wanna' know
He shares his secrets with me
All of those things she can't see
Taking me where I don't wanna' go
CH I'm In the Line of Fire
You're makin' me feel like a liar
Too many tears to dry
I'm in between where the bullets fly
V2 Now I don't wanna' hear it
But I just got too near it
Now all I want is to get away
Remember when this started
I felt so open-hearted
Now I can't make it thru one more day
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR Tonight we're Sitting here Raising Arizona one more time
You're on your best behavior
You know every line
V3 Why don't you move this party
Right back to where it started..
Maybe the house where you're supposed to live
(Careers Music, Inc./Kung-Fu Grip Music and Angel On My Table Music, BMI)
"I Know What You're Thinking" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 It's been awhile, like ancient history
and I don't know you now
but I know what you think of me
I cannot read your mind
but I can read your face
I can see the wheels turning
Behind your eyes like they were
running a race
CH I Know What You're Thinkin' right now
I Know Wha You're Thinkin' about
You don't have to tell me, I can see
I Know What You're Thinkin' when
you're thinkin' 'bout me
V2 We fought our little wars, but it got out of hand
We took it personal, like a private Vietnam
It's a better world, the one I'm livin' in
I've seen that look before and I'm not goin' back again
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR I thought that time would surely heal
the way our memories make us feel
but here we are and it's the same
Yeah, it's the saddest thing that nothin's changed
CH (Repeat Chorus)
(EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./Okay Then, BMI)
* Tune Up
"Forget About Us" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 Well, as much as I try I can't forget about us
And as the years slip by, I can't forget about us
There's still an empty spot here in my heart
There's still something tied deep down inside me
CH and I know I'll regret what I cannot
Forget About Us
V2 Well, as long as it's been..I can't forget about us
You must be under my skin, I can't foget about us
There's something old and real I can still feel
It's a real sweet ache and I just can't shake it
CH and I know I'll regret what I cannot
Forget About Us
BR How can I expect you to feel the same way that
I do after all that we've been through
(solo) (repeat end of V1 and Chorus)
(Careers Music Inc./Kung-Fu Grip Music)(BMI)
*"Don't Ever Change" (Bill Lloyd)
When the groove gets goin' and you're movin' in sync with the wild little notion that it's every little thing that makes you tune into the ticky-tack that's wrackin' you're brain Don't Ever Change You've got a motion of your own Don't Ever Change When the answer is unknown You can feel it with a baseball mitt You're free to stake your claim Don't Ever Change It's written in my yearbook It's written in the stars It's written in my contract and Billy Joel's Christmas cards Don't Ever Change Don't go changin' on me now Don't Ever Change I'm gonna' miss our study hall When you get that groove a' movin' Ain't no time to look away Don't Ever Change Don't Ever Change Don't Ever Change Don't Ever Change..
"Alright"
V1 Love born out of trial and error
Sometimes it just takes forever to see what's right in front of me
Love sure takes alot of practice
So hard and the simple fact is that I don't always know why I try
CH But it came out Alright Alright
It came out Alright this time
Alright Alright It came out alright this time
V2 Love hits and your heart denies it
Sometime you don't recognize it at all
It's like a long distance call
Love quits when you least expect it
Sometimes you get disconnected and then..you get connected again
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR It's a glorious struggle I looked it over held it up to he light
I checked it out and this time it came out Alright
(solo) (Repeat Chorus x 2)
(Careers Music Inc./Kung Fu Grip Music)BMI
"The Man Who Knew Too Much" (Bill Lloyd/Marshall Crenshaw)
V1 You started calling Monday , I let it ring 'til Friday
night I didn't wanna' face it The chance that you
were probably right
CH I was The Man Who Knew Too Much
I was proof nobody wants the truth when it comes to love
I was the Man Who Knew Too Much Everytime
you tried to change my mind My mind was made up
Yeah, I..I was The Man Who Knew Too Much
V2 I never felt this helpless I had the answers for so long
I used to be so fearless
I never dreamed that I was wrong
CH2 I was The Man Who Knew Too Much..so headstrong
'til one day I found you gone, and I ran out of luck
Yeah, I..I was The Man Who Knew Too Much
I was proud, I was beyond a doubt..the man most
out of touch I..I was The Man Who Knew Too Much
(EMI Blackwood Music Inc./ Okay Then and Amalgamated Consolidated Music adm.by Bug) BMI
"Niagra Falls" (Bill Lloyd/Fred Koller)
V1 The preacher ran a gift shop on the U.S. side
and I swear I caught him winkin' at my blushin' bride
Well, we couldn't get a witness but our vows were said
and we rented us a cottage with a heart-shaped bed
CH Niagra Falls Slowly I turn Step by step Inch by inch
Tryin' to put an end to it all... Niagra Falls
V2 We ran outta' money We ran outta' luck
One day we woke up wonderin' how it happened to us
Now my baby's waitin' tables at The Waffle Hut
Wavin' at the tourists as they waddle off the bus
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR You can get out on a highway You can get out on a
plane You can get out on a barrell if your luck don't
wanna' change You could wind up gettin' famous
You could make a big splash You can shuffle off to
Buffalo and never come back
CH (Repeat Chorus)
(EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Okay Then and Lucrative Music adm. by Polygram) BMI
*Tune Up/World Music Claptrap #3
"In a Perfect World" (Bill Lloyd/Cindy Bullens)
V1 In a Perfect World
You never hear a heart break
You get it right the first time 'round, you never need a second take
V2 In a Perfect World
You give yourself without a doubt
When trouble comes, you find a way to work it out
CH I still don't understand it
Why love has to be so cruel
'Cos In a Perfect World
I'd still have you
V3 In a Perfect World
Every shoe's a perfect fit
Eventually you find your spot and stand in it
V4 And when love comes down, like a summer rain
In a Perfect World it washes all the hurt away
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR I guess I'm a fool believin' for so long
but if there's no such thing then I'll just make my own..perfect world
(solo) (repeat chorus)
(EMI Blackwood/Okay Then and Mommy's Geetar Music) BMI
*"A Little Piece of Heaven"
"The S.W.A.T. Team of Love" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 The S.W.A.T. Team of Love are out on my lawn
and I cannot decide who's side that they're on
They're handing out pamphlets in black leather gloves
With God on their side They're
The S.W.A.T. Team of Love
V2 The S.W.A.T. Team of Love on another crusade
To make sure your freedom won't get in their way
They get their orders Direct From Above
With God on their side they're
The S.W.A.T. Team of Love
BR You may want to pass but they won't let you through
They'd rather that they make your mind up for you
They'll get their answer off the collar or cuff
But there's no easy answer for
The S.W.A.T. Team of Love
(solo)
V3 The S.W.A.T.Team of Love use reasonable force
They'll breach you and teach you as a matter of course
They'll promise you heaven
but that's not enough
To make me give into
The S.W.A.T. Team of Love
(EMI Blackwood Music Inc./OkayThen) BMI
"A Beautiful Lie" (Bill Lloyd/David Surface)
V1 You left the door wide open As if you might be
coming home I had no way of knowing where
you had gone
CH But you came runnin' back to me and I never
asked you why Sometimes the truth ain't what
what we need Sometimes we need to hear
A Beautiful Lie
V2 Tell me that you were lonely
Say I'm the only love you've known
Don't say that it's temporary and you've got no better place to go
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR Maybe we just might make it through
If you say the words and think they're true
If you can believe them like I do
(solo over chorus)
V3 I just can't name this feeling
I can't call it love I can't call it hate
It's just your way of stealing all of those years you made me wait
CH (Repeat Chorus)
(EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Okay Then and Angel On My Table Music)
*"HullaGullaHullaWulla"
"Channeling the King" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 I can't tell you why he just talks to me
His voice is in my head when I go to sleep
He's sayin',"Son, it's just a supernatural thing
Now you're Channeling the King"
V2 He doesn't like the way he's remembered now
He used to be a man, not a sacred cow
It's time to take the trash out, bring the truth back in
Now I'm Channeling the King
BR Everybody,everywhere, wants to share
a little moment of our time
They just want to know which way the wind is blowin'
Sometimes the King can't seem to make up his mind
V3 Well,Buddy, I got questions to ask myself
So you can wait in line with everybody else
Just tell 'em they'll all get their turn when I say when..
right now I'm Channeling the King
(Bill Lloyd Music) BMI
"Out of the Picture" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 I want you out of sight.. out of mind
The story never fit the headline
I've been too long in this dark room
Now I'm looking straight into the light
Here's the news
It's flashing in my face You're
CH Out of the Picture Out of the Picture
V2 You'd think that I would feel the difference
You're no longer in my frame of reference
So, I finally got a close-up
Now I see the world in black and white
Does the camera ever lie? You're fading
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR Like a mirage in the heat
You completely disappeared as I got focused
Left me sqirmin' in my seat
screamin' louder than a plague of locusts
So, Buenos Noches
How does it feel?
Sayonara How does it feel to be
CH (Repeat Chorus)
(Careers Music Inc./Kung-Fu Grip Music)BMI
"Anything Less Than Love"
V1 I never wake up in the present tense
I never wake up in my current life
I pull the covers up over my head and I'm back in December 1955
Before the bright lights woke me up
Before the cord got cut into
Before I learned about faith and trust and dreams that don't always make it through
And so we're born into a world that's cold enough to break the warmerst heart and day to day
We simply take it (But)
CH I won't settle for Anything Less Than Love
No, I won't settle for Anything Less Than Love
V2 I'm a sucker for an even break I'm a taker for a piece of truth
I'm a shaker for a beat so pure that no one with a soul would ask for proof
In a different world I might not care
In a different world I might give in
But here's a world in which I'm stuck and giving up might be my greatest sin
When all my cosmic theories turn to cosmic dust
I wanna' find out that there's something I can trust
CH (Repeat Chorus)
BR Anything Less Than Love might be more than I bargained for
V3 If I ever take this road again
If I ever make another run
I guess I'll try to live a better life and make my next life perfect just for fun
Just for fun in a perfect world
I'll set my watch for the perfect time
I'll sit and wait 'til my time is up
And on that night recite the perfect line
Maybe an epitaph
Some words that I can use
So I'll convince myself there's nothing left to lose
(Repeat Chorus)
*"I Went Electric" (Reprise)
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"I Went Electric" (Lloyd)
The title is a fairly obvious play on Bob Dylan going electric in '65, but the song is really about that feeling of falling in love. I guess no one really ever quits writing or singing about that...
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"This is Where I Belong" (Ray Davies)
A Kinks Kover that really spoke to me at that particular time.I had been offered a job away from Nashville where I've lived and worked for a long time (and still do). The job was a great opportunity and hard to turn down but hearing this song one day in my car helped me make the decision. I'd heard it a hundred times but this time it hit deeper and I felt like I should record it.
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"Trampoline" (Bill Lloyd / Greg Trooper)
This one almost wrote itself while Greg and I just jotted down the lines as they came out.. the lyric may be a little dark but it's meant to be both funny and sympathetic.
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"In the Line Of Fire" (Bill Lloyd / David Surface)
This one was co-written with my longtime friend, David. We wanted to talk about that feeling of being caught in the middle of someone else's relationship and how it's usually not a fun place to be.
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"I Know What You're Thinkin'" (Lloyd)
It's a post-fallout song.. so when you finally see each other you know each other too well for comfort.. more uneasy listening...
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"Forget About Us" (Lloyd)
Written in a hotel room in Connecticut around '86 during the first Foster and Lloyd road trip opening for Roy Orbison. Our drummer, Marc Owens and I were rooming together and I remember him sleeping through the writing of it. I've played it a lot since then.. doing those Songwriters in the Round nights. I've since recorded a different version of this more like the way it was written. Oh yeah.. the song.. the song is pretty self expanatory.
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"Alright" (Lloyd)
I got to play on Steve Earle's Copperhead Road album in 1988. I was in Memphis for the first week of tracking where I mostly played acoustic guitar. I overdubbed a couple of twelve-string electric parts too. What's all this have to do with the song? Good question! I wrote it in the hotel that week because I was so thrilled about working at Ardent Studios where Big Star had recorded their records. I was trying to write a Big Star song in a way.. More irony followed when I got to record the song at Ardent in '92 with Big Star's Jody Stephens on drums. I'm not sure what the song is about. Now THAT'S very Big Star....
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"The Man Who Knew Too Much" (Bill Lloyd / Marshall Crenshaw)
Most of this music was Marshall's that I just arranged to fit me a little better. Using the Hitchcock title (Alfred not Robyn) was my idea and I had most of the lyric about the once cocky Mr. Man being humbled by love.
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"Niagara Falls" (Bill Lloyd / Fred Koller)
More music inspired by Foster and Lloyd road trips. The whole band was standing over Niagara Falls having a group photo taken when I started thinking about the Three Stooges bit ... "slowly I turn...". That could be a song! Fred Koller is a great guy and gifted songwriter and wrote some other wonderfully silly stuff that I loved ("Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian" with John Prine). So I took the idea to him and we came up with the honeymoon couple scenario. Nick Lowe has always been a big influence and that shows up here.
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"In A Perfect World" (Bill Lloyd / Cindy Bullens)
Cindy and I sat out on my patio on a warm Spring morning both wearing dark glasses and strumming guitars and talking. We couldn't see each others eyes. This one came out quick and ended up being a real one.. maybe because we were both hiding out behind our shades.
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"The S.W.A.T. Team of Love" (Lloyd)
I was watching too much television and got perturbed. It's a big world.. I just had to say something..
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"A Beautiful Lie" (Bill Lloyd / David Surface)
Another co-write with my longtime friend and collaborator, David Surface. I still play this song alot. It's a "tell me what I want to hear" song..
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"Channeling The King" (Lloyd)
Written in Switzerland. We were supposed to have a day off sightseeing and it was pouring down rain, so I'm glad I did this instead. On that tour we'd been watching a video (thanks Al) of a guy who claimed he was channeling Elvis.
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"Out of the Picture" (Lloyd)
More snide post-breakup music for young lovers everywhere.
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"Anything Less Than Love" (Lloyd)
This had to close the album because it was like a statement of purpose..too much to open with so it had to be the bookend. I like the lyric still ..Having both Marc Owens and Byron House play on this record was perfect since I'd played with them so many years.. they put alot of themselves in the track.