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Word on the Street

by Hard Place

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1.
City of Love 04:18
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"There's as many stories in this city as there are streets and there's a lot of streets" Well there's a hard wind blowing through town And there's that bad man again following me around Fall down face first in the city of love Baby I need you One night is never enough Nuh uh I need to repeat you Next stop downtown in the city of love Baby I need you One night is never enough Nuh uh I need to repeat you I met her on a city street That's where I meet the people I meet yeah She pulled up in a limousine It was the size of a nuclear submarine The reflection of the neon glow disappeared from the tinted power window The city scape was replaced by sunglasses on an ice cold face yeah And there's a hard wind blowing through town And there's that bad man again following me around I never caught the drivers name But he drove like a demon whose gone insane! As the stop lights streamed past she said "FASTER" and he floored it and he said "yes master" At her building the elevator starts to rise She takes off her shades and there's hunger in her eyes Penthouse view from the 68th floor She said, "It's nice but we can go one more" And there's a hot wind blowing through town "..and there's that bad man again, looking at me from the other side of the mirror. A man can run from a lot of things but he can't run away from himself. I guess I know that now.." Penthouse view from the 68th floor She said, "It's nice but we can go one more" Fall down face first in the city of love Baby I need you One night is never enough Nuh uh I need to repeat you Next stop downtown in the city of love Baby I need you One night is never enough Nuh uh I need to repeat you
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When The City Burns Down 05:38
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You want to go out to the avenues You're wearing nothing but your dancing shoes You play the fool and then you sang the blues But you can't fool me with the words you choose We were young The drinks were cold And the stories were sung The lies were told Before it begun It was over Hey Sisyphus Go roll your boulder When the city burns down you can go back home Until the job gets done you gotta play your role When the city burns down you can go back home The soldiers have orders to maintain the borders Word on the street it that you know the score You think you're ready for a big reward You want it served up on a silver platter You thought the former but it turns out it's the latter We were stung by the lies we told Mud was flung in the house of gold We found the priest We made him pay To make the whole thing go away When the city burns down you can go back home Until the job gets done you gotta play your role When the city burns down you can go back home The soldiers have orders to maintain the borders And here you are in the cold light of day The night spirits have faded away And now you think you can just go back home Act all surprised but you should have known The devil is due to take your heart It's too late for a brand new start One more thing just so you know you lose the point doesn't stop the show
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Music Is All That You Hear 02:36
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Everywhere you go Everyone you meet Has their own opinions And it doesn't even mean a thing As you dance down the street And music is all that you hear Enchanté through the city And music is all that you hear Just when you think you're sittin' pretty that's when it goes down You're all alone with a locked box of rocks The sun has gone, it looks like you have lost your way You're not home when opportunity knocks Everywhere you go Everyone you meet Has their own opinions And it doesn't even mean a thing As you dance down the street And music is all that you hear As you pirouette through the city And music is all that you hear If there is nothing you can do to rest your weary head Lock the door, cry, go to bed Then wake up, today is a brand new day Listen up, this is what I have to say: All this silence, as if any violence could tame the storms that roll through your heart two by two I promise you we'll make the whole thing new again my friend at least we'll make a start.. As you dance down the street through the city And music is all that you hear And my ear to your heart And music is all that I hear
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I'm Down To Get High On Your Love 02:58
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Sometimes this world just feels a little bit crazy and I don't know what to do (whatcha donna do?) When I walk down the street sometimes I think I might feel just a little blue (why's that?) Then I look around and I see everyone They're smiling at me We can have some fun So I get on my skateboard and I do a trick AND EVERYBODY'S HITTIN' IT Everybody's runnin' around pickin' it up throwing it down Hey party people are running this town and everybody knows that I'm Down to get high on your love (get high on love) You know I'm down to get high on your love (get high on love) Gettin' off work on my way back home Looking at my watch and I don't know what to do So I get on a bus and I go downtown To a house that I know where you might be found Knock on the door and you open it up I say you've got to know that I'm Down to get high on your love (get high on love) That's right I'm down to get high on your love (get high on love) HIGH! High on your love! HIGH! Down to get high on your love (get high on love) You know I'm down to get high on your love (get high on love)
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Love In Your Heart 02:57
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Standing on the limit of the city that you know It's where you live but you wouldn't call it home One more night and one more flight and you made it past the line just in time Love in your heart Make a new start Crossroads have crossed your path again One path starts where another finds its end Fools laugh but wisdom sees the light Brightens up the shadows of the night Pick it up, turn the key now Don't worry 'bout your history now Gotta get going, gotta do it fast Because you're not alone now "so many cold eyes on the street tonight judging up and down who's doing it right turn away from those fools make a brand new start and don't be afraid of the love in your heart" Sometimes you gotta tear your life apart Start over and make a brand new start Now now listen to me now Now now listen to me now Don't be afraid of the love in your heart The limit of the city is where it starts And it might not work and you might get hurt But you're not alone now love in your heart and you're not alone now
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The Forgetter 03:17
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Dawn light Ran through the night Looking in from the outside The Forgetter Ratty shoes Black on blue Hiding in the avenues The Forgetter No time to pay him no mind He's not the one we're looking for The Forgetter Low price to pay for a life But it doesn't matter anymore The Forgetter Nobody has to know How the fight's won Blood on the knife son Nobody has to know How the fight's won Blood on the knife son Neon lights Shine so bright Searching for a fortune Sleeping rough Never enough Love is a torture She's a queen Way beyond her means Down on her knees now Who's that? Play the tape back! Nobody knows her. Nobody has to know How the fight's won Blood on the knife son Nobody has to know How the fight's won Blood on the knife son Life's cheap on the streets For a cop on the beat Dawn light Ran through the night Looking in from the outside The Forgetter Ratty shoes Black on blue Hiding in the avenues The Forgetter No time to pay him no mind He's not the one we're looking for The Forgetter Low price to pay for a life But it doesn't matter anymore Nobody has to know. The Forgetter.
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Old Mississippi 03:15
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The Priest: Children need a list of of things to do, and list of things to don't Good boys and girls will listen but unruly children won't Listen carefully Eyes and ears on me This information will protect you from calamity Adhere to my instructions and directions to a tee This world is full of foul perversions, beasts and travesties Danger. Do beware. It's lurking everywhere. Around the corner In the stairway Floating in the air! The Devil: You didn't want it but you're gonna get it anyway. The sweet taste of sin. You're gonna let me in. The Village Smithy: Old Mississippi knock a man down Life isn't pretty in a hooligan's town If ye ain't been saved and your soul's not found The Ghost: You'll end up in a hole in the ground The Village Smithy: Old Mississippi knock a man down Life isn't pretty in a hooligan's town If ye ain't been saved and your soul's not found The Ghost: You'll end up in a hole in the ground The Devil: You didn't want it but you're gonna get it anyway. The sweet taste of sin. You're gonna let me in. You didn't want it but you're gonna get it anyway. The sweet taste of sin. You're gonna let me in. Let. Me. In. The Village Smithy: Old Mississippi knock a man down Life isn't pretty in a hooligan's town If ye ain't been saved and your soul's not found The Ghost: You'll end up in a hole in the ground
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Because You Were A Girl 02:55
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And because I was a boy I knew I had to prove a thing or two If I was anything like a man And because you a girl You saw the sign in everything You chose the dress The yellow one, the cotton one Oh it was the oldest story told Way down in your heart you knew And because there was no time We drew a line around ourselves An impenetrable ring Keep us in Kept out everything And because we didn't care We burned the bridges to the ground We made an island of ourselves Birds and trees and autumn leaves Oh it was the oldest story told Way down in your heart you knew And because I was a man I built a house and kept you there With walls of stone and roof of air Stars at night in the sky above You dug a well in the ground From there the water you drew And because I was a boy I knew I had to prove a thing or two If I was anything like a man And because you a girl You saw the sign in everything You chose the dress The yellow one, the little cotton one
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I Am The Forgetter 02:52
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"Clues. They're there if you know where to look" (detective) "To the trained eye and the disciplined mind the clues make a map" (connections.. mystery) The Clients: What is this before us? A dark mystery Cold mist is blowing Down on city streets Who can we turn to in this hour of need? Call the Forgetter Let him take the lead The Forgetter: I'm on the case now Remember this face now I gonna see this whole thing through Someone remind me now What were we finding? What is it we were going to do? The Clients: Was it a mistake to hire this man? Out of the fire and into the pan The Forgetter: I'm really sorry about the Ferrari I also seem to have lost my gun Garnish my retainer and I need to explain I need more cash to get the job done Cast: Big big big big big idea. Hey buddy what's the big idea? The Forgetter: Can't pay the rent and I've lost the scent and one more thing: the trail has gone cold I must admit that sometimes in the business sometimes you just have to let the hand fold Cast: Big big big big big idea. Hey buddy what's the big idea? The Forgetter: I think I've found a place They'll never find me Now I am the mystery Sip margaritas on San Bona Leta Sounds like a better job to me. I am The Forgetter!
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Village Smithy 02:20
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Here come the pikes Here come the hooves Here's what you like Here come the moves That proves the Village Smithy's aim is true Here's what you do.. "Wake Up Wake Up!" he said with a gun to my guts and a boot to my head "I AM THE KING" Here come the boots Here come the troops Here comes the loot Here come the root points moot points anything you do points to the truth of my love ..and I was a face in the window in a kindergarten in Indo-China Here comes the Mona Lisa Mona Lisa of sound to greet ya Mona Lisa of sound the teacher Mona Lisa of sound the preacher Here comes the trowel Here comes ole Miss Here comes the street all gold with piss Here comes the man, that private dick Give him your name and he'll forget ...I was a face in the window in a kindergarten in Indo-China Here comes the karma of your life Cuts your skin like a knife There goes the life that you knew Did you count the breaths that you drew? There goes the time you wasted boy by acting boorish and coy Here comes the night Here comes the dark See what it is that you are. ...I was a face in the window "Wake Up Wake Up!" he said with a gun to my guts and a boot to my head "I AM THE KING" Here come the boots Here come the troops Here comes the loot Here come the root points moot points anything you do points to the truth of my love The Village Smithy knew what had to be made He did what he could do He plied his trade But the people of the town let him down and in the end it was too late there were too many at the gate and the city burned
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City of Night 04:15
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When the night comes It's gonna lay you down Look for the signs Listen for the sounds The night will make you crazy The night will make you howl You're gonna dig your own grave with a golden trowel Whatcha gonna do? Where you gonna run? Where you runnin' to son? Do you want the name of the game? Are you lookin' for fame son? Slip into the night Fight the fight Competition is tight son. Gotta know the score something more: They're playing for keeps son. Oh a disease of the soul One more time and you lose control Nobody ever quits the game You just get so sick that you can't maintain SON! Oh a disease of the soul Throw them dice Watch 'em roll Nobody ever quits the game One day you look around and no one wants to play SON! A new dawn in the city of night The reflections on the windows are bright Pouring out of the cars No one cares who they are A new dawn in the city of night Reach a new high Wonder why you still ain't happy son? Always needing more On the floor and the floor is hard son Trapped inside a room It's a tomb that you built for yourself son Oh a disease of the soul One more time and you lose control Nobody ever quits the game You just get so sick that you can't maintain SON! Oh a disease of the soul Throw them dice Watch 'em roll Nobody ever quits the game You just get so sick that you can't maintain SON!

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The reunion album. Tracks recorded in Ferndale, MI by Nathan in 2013 and vocals and guitar added with Freddy in Los Angeles in 2014.

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released January 15, 2015

Freddy Cristy: vocals, guitar
Nathan Lee Shafer: keyboards, bass, guitar, drum programming, vocals

Cover photo by Nathan Lee Shafer

Originally released in 2015 on Storms of the Heart Records on CD

Digital remaster © 2024 Westwood Plaza (WP004)

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Hard Place San Francisco, California

Hard Place were a neo-glam rock band that started in San Francisco in 2000 and released 4 albums between 2003 and 2015.

Members:
Freddy Cristy
Nathan Lee Shafer
Thomas Marzella
Ashley Huizenga
Elisha Drons

Band photo by Tonya Wise ... more

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