ORBO: lead vocals, electric & acoustic guitars INE TUMYR: vocals & percussion
Reidar F. opdal: vocals, hammond b3, rhodes, piano and acoustic guitar
Paul Inge Vikingstad: bass Stian Tumyr: drums
baby rode into a red sunset headed for the plains on the trail west deep into the wide open spaces shuffling her cards hoping for the best baby drove a car like a highway junkie stopping just for coffee and cigarettes long and winding white lined road burning off her wheels with no time to rest she’s a free girl cryin’ she’s a free girl hidin’ she’s a free girl fightin’ Highway Tears baby packed her bags full of nothing left with just a hope for better days
tangled up in nerves and wrapped in paper she went down all those one way streets she’s a free girl cryin’ she’s a free girl hidin’ she’s a free girl fightin’ Highway Tears she’s a free girl cryin’ she’s a free girl hidin’ she’s a free girl fightin’ Highway Tears she’s a free girl cryin’ she’s a free girl hidin’ she’s a free girl fightin’ Highway Tears
I’ve been here since Elvis died bet your ass I’m bona fide whisky rockstars tingeling a bunny scream just ain’t no thing red wine for the lonesome girls sherry for your grandma’s pearls there’s a little bit of gold in that rainbow drink you’re holding
early morning bloody marys late night ice and cocktail cherries I speak real good and listen well to stories that are hard to tell baby I’m on cruise control liquor beer and wine’s my soul
Cocktails Longdrinks & Goodbyes
I see the world a mile away and I’m heading the other way everybody’s far behind still I can’t help but rewind dark and gloomy dreadful eyes out to sell what has no price yeah I know the sun will rise but every now and then I cry
I don’t wear no uniform loved cigars since I was born I detect the whitest lie I can make a grown man cry russian vodka businessmen slap the call girls now and then karaoke japanese never charge their batteries Cocktails Longdrinks & Goodbyes Cocktails Longdrinks & Goodbyes I squeeze the lemons twist the limes and wipe the counter all the time
Cocktails Longdrinks & Goodbyes
Cocktails Longdrinks & Goodbyes Cocktails Longdrinks & Goodbyes Cocktails Longdrinks & Goodbyes I’ve been here since Elvis died bet your ass I’m bona fide
I shoot over fields barely touching the ground I got a nose like a blood hound the sun on my back and my nose in the dirt I picked up your scent and I know you’re hurt yeah I’m a High Grass Dog you won’t see me comin’ you won’t hear me go High Grass Dog and I’m huntin’ alone stealth of the night in the shades of grey I always enjoy surprising my prey I’m hungry for lovin’ and I’m on the prowl there’s no escape when you hear me howl yeah I’m a High Grass Dog you won’t see me comin’
you won’t hear me go High Grass Dog and I’m huntin’ alone
crushing time with hammer hearts beating both our heads looking back and looking ahead
I’ll feast on you baby cause love is cheap and then I’ll rock myself to sleep and when I wake up so will my greed dust will rise as I’m picking up speed
we’ve been feeding off of this long enough I couldn’t see it then but I guess the Magic came to an end
yeah I’m a High Grass Dog you won’t see me comin’ you won’t hear me go High Grass Dog High Grass Dog yeah I’m a High Grass Dog and I’m huntin’ alone I’m a High Grass Dog
I keep my dreams all to myself cause I’m scared I’m watching windows close and doors slam shut behind me while Magic takes my chair we may never touch the blue skies but that’s not where love lies I’ll take care of you from midnight to midnight I set my clock to when you left just to get you back guess I’m kinda sinking in the sand every now and then my pulse runs like a jet there are some things that I can’t forget and I haven’t figured out why yet
baby I’m walking I’m leaving now just one more encore and I’ll take a bow you’re the daybreak of my life I used to be the prince of town king of the hill with queens all around kisses and lipstick babies drowned Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us no more yeah my white falcon and I used to hang them up to die yeah they called me the spanish fly oh the dentist gave in the talk show host had a sexy twin nothing to lose and nothing to win
Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us no more Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us no more - no more
I keep my dreams all to myself cause I’m scared I’m watching windows close and doors slam shut behind me while Magic takes my chair
stallions don’t lock the stable door but they can’t ride me anymore let the dead ringer go to war thrust ahead I’m all yours
I don’t know how much I love you but it’s more than I can handle I guess I finally understand what it means to love someone all you can
Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us no more Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us Nights Don’t Belong To Us no more - no more
crushing time with hammer hearts beating both our heads looking back and looking ahead
yeah I’ve passed through asphalt jungles with the alpha bravo guides I’ve seen the lonely office lights on the midnight skyline
there’s a sound of great misfortune in the echoes of the rats they say it’s close to Paradise only there’s no welcome mat
there’s a clown in every big mac and a joker on tv I’m an anvil in the ocean baby dive and rescue me
yeah I’ve met some oily motors with a thousand online friends I had ways to get back home but I’m sustaining ‘till the end
there’s a huge Hell of success in the white smiles of the drags they say it’s all but pride and glory inside their body bags
I got a drum beat baby I got a loud guitar I got a restless heart with a Neon Scar
I got a drum beat baby I got a loud guitar I got a restless heart with a Neon Scar
I got a drum beat baby I got a loud guitar I got a restless heart with a Neon Scar
yeah I got a drum beat baby I got a loud guitar I got a restless heart with a Neon Scar I got a restless heart with a Neon Scar
baby dropped me to the floor I was rolling like a coin and I thought I’d roll forever but I don’t roll anymore I painted the blue notes bright and red scared off my sore throat with cigarettes and my carnival of friends said someday you’ll love again God Help Me - If I Can’t Love Again God only Help Me - If I Can’t Love Again I don’t know a scarecrow like you or me empty - make believe and I’ve scared myself to death by what I need to feel free
bright as the daylight dark as the night I tried to kiss she tried to bite line of fire and shooting guns just a cat and a dog on the run she was blonde dark blue eyes golden cheats and diamond lies yeah my shadow was casting me with no name on the marquee and now I’m all kinds - All Kinds Of Blue she’d go left and I’d go right put out the fuses she’d ignite and the pain lasted for so long I guess it’s nothing but a big ball of wrong
God Help Me - If I Can’t Love Again God only Help Me - If I Can’t Love Again I’m tuning in on all of my breaths maybe that means I’m a mess but I’ve got my share of heartbeats and my life will be my death God Help Me - If I Can’t Love Again God only Help Me - If I Can’t Love Again yeah I’ve got my share of heartbeats and this life will be my death
northern lights - here comes another winter and the sun set for the last time this year but I’ll be here for as long as there are diamonds in Russia and as long as you will wear my diamond ring if by chance we meet again someday and the white noise comes back alive I’ll be here for as long as there are gold mines in Kenya and as long as you will wear my golden ring there’ll be New Times meanwhile the moon will shine New Times silence froze when the bell tower shattered and the blue rose started to cry I’ll be here for as long as there’s silver in China and as long as you will wear my silver ring
yeah I’m all kinds - all kinds yeah I’m all kinds - All Kinds Of Blue oh baby - all my life I’ve been sliding down this same old knife monkey me - monkey you for teaching me something that I already knew and now I’m all kinds - all kinds yeah I’m all kinds - All Kinds Of Blue All Kinds Of Blue All Kinds Of Blue All Kinds Of Blue
there’ll be New Times meanwhile the moon will shine New Times there’ll be a grey cloud of which I am not so proud and if we don’t cut our life lines there’ll be New Times if I’m not in the right I surely don’t mind being wrong if I’m not in the clear I don’t mind the danger zone time’s of no control - baby I got wheels to roll there’ll be New Times meanwhile the moon will shine New Times there’ll be a grey cloud of which I am not so proud and if we don’t cut our life lines there’ll be New Times said there’ll be New Times New Times
I’m a silent crier baby I’m a deep blue feeler too but you always see things coming if I lie you know what’s true
all mascara and glitter in the world couldn’t cover that up funny how you don’t seem bitter no I don’t need a close up
I’m a contradicter honey I’m a hopeless hoper too and you point in the right directions saying things’ll get better soon
when all the black days of thunder are tearing up your smile and you seem to buckle under bullshit aside - that Black Eye don’t lie
who gave you that Crystal Ball seeing as you see it all who gave you that Crystal Ball Crystal Ball
not all good things lasts forever and it takes forever to shine on all you see from the bottom is light fading out from the top
I’m a dreamer dreaming dreams I’m a wild one loving you and you know when a fight’s worth fighting and when to call a truce
and when the getaway car ain’t working and a blind old dog is your guide when the moon never rises and the sun never sets it just doesn’t slide - that Black Eye don’t lie
who gave you that Crystal Ball seeing as you see it all who gave you that Crystal Ball Crystal Ball who gave you that Crystal Ball seeing as you see it all who gave you that Crystal Ball Crystal Ball
I’ll keep banging my head up against the wall I really don’t know what to say I can only help you so much when all the black days of thunder are tearing up your smile when you seem to buckle under bullshit aside - that Black Eye don’t lie and when the getaway car ain’t working and a blind old dog is your guide when the moon never rises and the sun never sets it just doesn’t slide - that Black Eye don’t lie sister don’t you cry - just try to get by
baby - the Word On The Street is that them hot coals don’t burn your feet and I am fixing to walk them myself baby someday when I’m dust on the shelf I’ve been lying the best that I can and I’ve been crying as hard as a man and I have broken and shattered my heart fallen - with no end or start baby - all the lonely girls caught in this seashell like pearls if you shake it - shake it just a little and hold it to your ear you can hear them all scream and I can’t find no rhythm I’m too blue to be jazzing things up I have broken and shattered my heart fallen - with no end or start baby - all the lonely girls caught in this seashell like pearls if you shake it - shake it just a little and hold it to your ear you can hear them all scream baby - the Word On The Street is that them hot coals don’t burn your feet and I’m fixing to walk them myself baby someday when I’m dust on the shelf
white flag wedding dress flew in carried memories of sin lonesome good hearted hands gave her life and saved her skin
there was no one she could trust in her cloud of dust there’s a ghost in the air with only one dress to wear
dancing in the Prairie Sun barefoot on a smoking gun dancing in the Prairie Sun afraid of no one
prairie winds would come and go made her grey hair grow on the last day of fall there was blood in the snow
dancing in the Prairie Sun barefoot on a smoking gun dancing in the Prairie Sun afraid of no one
and she’s dancin’
dancing in the Prairie Sun barefoot on a smoking gun dancing in the Prairie Sun afraid of no one
dancing in the Prairie Sun dancing in the Prairie Sun dancing in the Prairie Sun dancing in the Prairie Sun
dancing in the Prairie Sun dancing in the Prairie Sun
ORBO & THE LONGSHOTS ORBO: lead vocals, electric & acoustic guitars Ine Tumyr: vocals & percussion Reidar F. Opdal: vocals, hammond b3, rhodes, piano and acoustic guitar Paul Inge Vikingstad: bass Stian Tumyr: drums
ADditional musicians: John Jorgenson: clarinet on “New Times” Mike Henderson: harmonica on “Highway Tears” and “God Help Me (If I Can’t Love Again)” Fats Kaplin: fiddle on “All Kinds Of Blue” and lap steel on “Cocktails Longdrinks & Goodbyes” & “Word On The Street” Erick Jaskowiak: handclaps on “Black Eye” Delbert McClinton: vocals on “Little Queen” (available on iTunes only) The Longshot Longhorns Bendik Brænne, Eivind Solheim & Hans Friis Horns and arrangements on “New Times” & “Little Queen”
Contact: Produced by: ORBO & Erick Jaskowiak
Cover art by: Birgit Cecilie Tarlebø, Picapoint Studio, Os, Norway
All songs written by ORBO except track 3, 6, 8 & 13 written by ORBO and Ine Tumyr.
Photos by: Paul Bernhard (www.paulbernhard.com)
Recorded at: Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, CA Unpainted Huffhines Studio, Nashville, TN, Parachute Studio, Oslo, Norway & Monkey Holler Studio, Nashville, TN Engineered by: Erick Jaskowiak Assistant Engineers: Jordan Cunningham, Wil Jessup, Travis Strain and Maria Martin Mixed by: Erick Jaskowiak and ORBO at Monkey Holler Studio, Nashville, TN Mastered by: Eric Conn and Don Cobb Mastered at: Independent Mastering, Nashville, TN
Management Europe: MK Management, Nils Magne Kristiansen, nmk@orbo.no +47 41506857 Management US & Canada: Steele Management, Brett Steele, brsmgt@tampabay.rr.com +1 (727) 420-1547 Websites: www.orboandthelongshots.com www.facebook.com/orbomusic www.YouTube.com/orbomusic © Grappa Musikkforlag as 2011 P Grappa Musikkforlag as 2011 info@grappa.no - www.grappa.no Blue Mood Records Supported by Fond For Utøvende Kunstnere
Erick Jaskowiak / Helge Westbye / Varde Media / Nils Magne Kristiansen / Brett Steele / Eric Malling / Brent Truitt / Fats KAplin / Angela Primm / Gayle Mayes / Bendik Brænne / Eivind Solheim / Hans Friis / André Viervoll / Michael Feeney / Mooka Rennick / Jeremy French / Eric Conn / Don Cobb / Andrew Mastroni / Jordan Cunningham / Wil Jessup / Travis Strain / Maria Martin / Martin Kent / Gina Aspenes / Benedikte Drange / Birgit Cecilie Tarlebø / Paul Bernhard Lund / Picapoint Studio / FFUK & All of our dear friends, fans and family
RECORDED AT PRAIRIE SUN RECORDING STUDIOS, COTATI, CA UNPAINTED HUFFHINES STUDIO, NASHVILLE, TN, PARACHUTE STUDIO, OSLO, NORWAY & MONKEY HOLLER STUDIO, NASHVILLE, TN
All songs written by ORBO except 3, 6, 8 & 13 written by ORBO & Ine Tumyr Produced by Orbo & Erick Jaskowiak
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