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Living Room (2000)

by Jason Luckett

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1.
Introduction 00:46
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2.
Gray Walls of Fate 02:52
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roll down the pages what's going on? storm clouds over your beachfront song? careless, naive, precious what's going on with you? that gray wall of shame I climbed yesterday that gray wall of pain I scaled and turned the page though those gray walls of hate that I see can I take your hand? and if I'm lucky we'll walk through those gray walls of fate ambiguous love is a rush an angst flavored, sensual crutch I can't stand it I don't like to waste what's going on with you? that gray wall of shame I climbed yesterday that gray wall of pain I scaled and turned the page though those gray walls of hate that I see can I take your hand? and if I'm lucky we'll walk through those gray walls of fate Today I feel limitless and free so I'll do all I can to make you believe together my love we can tear right through them all that gray wall of shame I climbed yesterday that gray wall of pain I scaled and turned the page though those gray walls of hate that I see can I take your hand? and if we're lucky we'll walk through those gray walls of fate Jason Luckett © Lucky Masala Head
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Stir It Up 03:32
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well he thought tonight that he'd go all the way but a little baby thing got in the way he was colored and she had none then they thought about a son that was what they needed to make it freeze it's a cool, cool world, stir it up! we used to boast, but now we fear our melting pot think about tomorrow, stir it up! change is dead if you don't push ahead well he thought tonight and began to cry about the overwhelming facts against his life life should be easy, you've got to capitalize but tell me what's life without sacrifice? it's a cool, cool world, stir it up! we used to boast, but now we fear our melting pot think about tomorrow, stir it up! change is dead if you don't push ahead fight man, even when it seems grave we're all result of this hypocrisy and no move is ever safe give up yourself, think for yourself, you know there's more than today look at those who took the risk and look how many have been saved live hard, live true, don't lay down on your back being trampled underfoot and watching it all pass we can only live to be respected and old if we're not bought or sold on a worthless ideology of ignorance and fear that profits the few and fills our ears intermarriage, intermingle, yellow, black, white, red, mixed and single expand our middle and make it strong i pray you all know that love can't be wrong! Jason Luckett © Lucky Masala Head
4.
Ohio Campground, Late Fall 00:30
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5.
Dreams 02:54
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six o'clock in the morning i like to see my garden gleam sun and moon both up in the sky in golden light i write down my dreams dreams of you dreams of the possibility that dreams come true dreams of you i like to think of your first step and you resting in your mother's arms you'll bring back "the worm" as you wiggle on your back but baby's got to get her groove on or maybe you'll be a boy just like me grow up a little more handsome and strong or write poetry, sweet rhapsodies about the first time you fell out that tree dreams of you dreams of the possibility that dreams come true dreams of you someday you'll think that everything i said was wrong then one day you'll realize i wasn't so bad after all oh, but it could be perfect, there could be peace in our house and out on the streets so i'll help you to grow strong and i'll sing you this song about how sweet and simple it could be dreams of you dreams of the possibility that dreams come true dreams of you Jason Luckett © Lucky Masala Head
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Jackson, Mississippi 04:58
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he sipped a glass of water brushed a dark fist across his forehead they used to live next door, he said I don't see them much anymore inside his son was working on the family business papers he called it Frank Turner's Garden Bouquets his son's son drove by in his yellow school bus and made all the kids wave it's not simple where hate existed, patterns remain the black neighborhood in Jackson the white neighborhood in Brandon no one's crying and few are tryin' they'll sooner forget the struggle than begin to understand Felix lived out in Brandon he looked kind of isolated out there in his house covered with gates and locks but he said, I can make it here in the white part of town the public enemy, for every falsehood you raise questions people talking loud in Jackson people talking loud in Brandon no one's crying and few are tryin' they'll sooner forget the struggle than begin to understand you can talk to yourself--what is the good? you're isolated no walls to cross, no need to cross, we're ok here ok so I finally sat down on the porch next to my grampa and asked him why 30 years after the death of Martin Luther King, blacks and whites didn't talk to each other much? he said, dialogue's not the question we've got a home here, it's not that we fear it is simple no need to move, so why should we? it's a circle in Jackson it's a circle in Brandon the black neighborhood in Jackson the white neighborhood in Brandon no one's crying and few are tryin' they'll sooner forget the struggle at home warm inside with no reason to revise they'll sooner forget the struggle than begin to understand Jason Luckett © Lucky Masala Head
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The Flow 00:07
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8.
River 01:50
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music flows like a river right down through my soul and i want to turn you on all i want to do is wash you clean smooth the stones that harm your feet you won't walk through this life alone we could sing it in satin harmonies or we could make it raw play it sweetly like in 1973 or rock it like your favorite Jimi song it doesn't really matter whichever way you choose i'm going to turn you on sit yourself down and you will see how beautiful harmony can be lift your head up and we'll write a song Jason Luckett © Lucky Masala Head
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Miracle 06:38
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this song was written with poet D-Knowledge. Headline: Another Church Is Burned! Triple K Membership Increased Threefold! Anti-Jewish/Anti-Muslim/Anti-Immigrant/Anti-Everybody Sentiments on the Rise! Another King Is Beaten! Another X is marked! Another Riot Has Occurred! But Stop the stress Or...what do they say Stop the press Let’s turn off the 5 o’clock/6 o’clock/7 o’clock bad news Let’s shred the no-good news newspapers Let’s gag/mute/and shut up the talk/talk/talk (What ya talkin’ about?) Talk shows Let’s stop the stress and the press And tune into the twenty-four-hour miracle network And at the top of our news A rainbow has been reported on the playground That’s right There’s a rainbow of children Runnin’/swingin’/jumpin’/climbin’/and just havin’ fun together And the only race they know Requires them to run And to run fast (Tag, you’re it!) And there’s harmony flowin’ in their games And it’s a beautiful thing And it’s a miracle It’s a miracle And our sources have revealed that Two have climbed in love He’s lavender and she’s turquoise Or he has dots and she has stripes Or she is blue and he’s blue too Or he’s a he And she’s a she And it’s all cool ‘Cause they’re in love Not in fever Not in fashion Two just in love And your eyes may frown But Hey LOVE HAPPENS! And when it does It’s a miracle It’s a miracle And this just in Two old men meet on a young park bench And feed the pigeons And watch kids play But mostly they share each other’s memories And it doesn’t really matter that One is Black and the other’s white Or that thirty years earlier The Black man couldn’t even pick up trash in this park 'Cos there are pigeons to feed And kids to watch And what matters is They’re friends And generations will be inspired By this miracle It’s a miracle And We interrupt this solo to let you know That you are exquisite That you are a rainbow That Love Happens And that life is Quite magically a Waterfall of miracles © 1998 Derrick I.M. Gilbert on the disc Living Room Jason Luckett © Lucky Masala Head
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Blues, Out 00:43
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11.
Crazy Curlyhead (Live in Jackson, MS) 05:34
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well you take the highway to fortification street you've got a houseful of cousins and plenty to eat you may not be where you want to be, but you know you'll find love it's been 16 years since i've seen this man in a straw hat and bermudas so i shook his hand, he showed me to his pickup truck, Louisiana flew by he said, now you know you're way back home and you've got a bed so don't you worry your crazy curly head we argued dissertations about the worth of the blues he said it was ugly, i said it was cool he said he smoked refer, i said, i don't do none of that Aunt Dell was in the kitchen, she said, what's he talkin' 'bout you know you're uncle's crazy, i said, i'm eccentric myself her husband sang a love song to a girl he knew in 1928 i went to a jazz club with my cousin Ramona, the band had broken up, so we talked with the owner he said, how do like the South? i said, i'm just tryin' to find myself. and he laughed at me he said, now you know you're way back home and you've got a bed so don't you worry your crazy curly head southern wind don't fill pretentious sails i forgot to keep my journal, forgot LA was there James brought baby Autumn, she pulled my hair and she smiled bought my ticket for New Orleans, i was heading back to Rome thinkin' about Mel, Angela, and Vincent, and all that we'd done thinkin' how one week could change us, and how quickly one week was gone well, i quit my job in LA for this trek to the unknown now i'm eating lot's of crackers and writing lots of songs on the beach i think about finding work the waves echo those southern words... Jason Luckett © Lucky Masala Head
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Living Room 02:12
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new life I'm looking for a new life I'm searching high and low searching sex and soul she made the sun shine through the trees I tasted life between her knees she took me high I died when she moved on new life I'm looking for a new life I'm searching high I've found someone who'll make me smile she makes me go out and I'm pleased to make her happy as she does me and though our ghosts hover 'round most times we can shoot them down new life I'm starting up a new life I'll keep my soul wide open and here, in my living room our love will rise

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Living Room came after a couple amazing trips across the country playing gigs, house concerts, and hooking up with all sorts of musicians that I might not have met "stoking the star maker machinery" in LA. I recorded it mostly in my living room back home, but also in Jackson, Mississippi, a campground in Ohio, and in George Herbert Moore's trailer in Burgaw, North Carolina. The Septuagenarian blues man taught me so much, that I had to put a little of our jams on here to spice things up. He's truly a joy and I think this album captured a bit of that spirit over a myriad of topics. The most intimate disc I've ever done.

Originally released 1/1/2000

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released October 21, 2022

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Jason Luckett Los Angeles, California

Jason’s performed music and read his work worldwide from the LA Library to the Glastonbury Festival. Joyfully obliterating his own comfort level, he writes, sings, and plays to break down barriers between cultures and genders with compassionate honesty. His new album is Document:Freedom:Spring (Live). ... more

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