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Passion Play

by Katy Carr

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Paper Castle 04:53
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PAPER CASTLE VERSE 1 She’s got a paper castle She’s living in this world If she knew the answers Maybe she would make you swirl Make you swirl Make you swirl Living in her world CHORUS They said they’d build me a Paper Castle They said it’s gonna come easier They said it’s gonna be all right tonight Tonight! They said they’d build me a Paper Castle They said it’s gonna come easier They said it’s gonna be all right tonight VERSE 2 He’s got a Paper Castle and now he’s living life on Mars If he knew the questions Maybe he’d make a start, make a start Make a start living his life on Mars CHORUS They said they’d build me a Paper Castle They said it’s gonna come easier They said it’s gonna be all right tonight Tonight! They said they’d build me a Paper Castle They said it’s gonna come easier They said it’s gonna be all right tonight MIDDLE 8 But the dance is what they want And the life is what they live for They say they know it’s not stupid cause love makes nothing last But the dance is what they want And the life is what they live for They say they know it’s not stupid cause love makes nothing last Love make nothing last VERSE 3 We’ve got a Paper Castle and now we’re living life on Mars Now we know the questions and answers Now we’re making stars, making stars Making stars – living our life on mars Life on Mars Life on Mars living our life on mars CHORUS They said they’d build me a Paper Castle They said it’s gonna come easier They said it’s gonna be all right tonight They said they’d build me a Paper Castle They said it’s gonna come easier They said it’s gonna be all right tonight
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Druggie 04:14
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DRUGGIE it’s good to be a druggie it’s good to be a druggie Oh it’s good to be a druggie when living is this easy la la la la la la la Oh it’s good to be a druggie when living is this easy taking you over the borderline la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la How I love your holy water I must be the devil’s daughter How I love your holy water I must be the devil’s daughter How I love your holy water I must be the devil’s daughter Spectral light dazzling in my eyes Atoms fly like birds cross the universe ‘Jesus I would take you further If I knew you’d stay forever If I knew you’d be my saviour Jesus’ la la la la la la la If I knew you’d stay forever If I knew I’d take you further If I knew you’d be my saviour Jesus’ la la la la la la la Oh it’s good to be a druggie when living is this easy taking you over the borderline Spectral light dazzling in my eyes Atoms fly like birds cross the universe Oh it’s good to be a druggie Oh it’s good to be a druggie Oh it’s good to be a druggie Oh it’s good to be a druggie
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Sharksville 02:59
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SHARKSVILLE VERSE 1 Boy you’re so precious to me Should be my destiny The writing on the wall’s so plain without you Rough storms and weather ahead I’ll send my gentleness Yearning to avow out love’s not over Chorus Is He just a shark after my Heart? He’s just a shark after my heart’ VERSE 2 Look how I’m governed by your gliding havoc and other clairvoyant messages Rough storms and weather ahead I’ll send my gentleness Yearning to avow out love’s not over Chorus Is He just a shark after my Heart? He’s just a shark after my heart’ Oh this love is what I have been waiting for Love and hate is what I feel for you Oh this love is what I have been waiting for Love and hate is what I feel for you Chorus Is He just a shark after my Heart? He’s just a shark after my heart’
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Alsation 04:10
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With an alsation thirst he straddles the bar A thin drink crackling in his clench With a fuzz of knuckle and nape He stops to drink at the sign of the crooked heart The curtains part The moon rides up the lane and stains the air Amber eyes bead their direction From the dark nook of the hungry steps He coughs like a sick hag in a waiting bed of violet He stops to drink at the sign of the crooked heart The curtains part The moon rides up the lane and stains the air Don’t stop drinkin’ my cup Don’t stop the crooked heart
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Spaceboy 02:40
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SPACEBOY Intro Space Boy Space Boy Vs1 Space Boy you’re the best thing that’s happened to me in years feel like my earth’s been moved through your stars Wanna hitch a ride on your celestial sphere The orange lights are blinding my eyes Chorus So Let me catch you smiling Let me make your wires groove Vs2 Space Boy you’re the best thing to magnetise me in years Now my earth has eclipsed through your stars This galaxy is transcending Lover’s light To orbit straight into your heart Chorus So Let me catch you smiling Let me make your wires groove Groove Groove Groove Space Boy Space Boy Space Boy Space Boy Chorus So Let me catch you smiling Let me catch you smiling Let me make your wires groove
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Borderline 03:56
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BORDERLINE verse 1 Demeter walks through the ruined rain clad streets of London Town Excited and dry the man falls You’re gonna bust your brain You’re too ambitious girl You’re gonna bust your brain You’re too ambitious girl Scratching his head Scratching until she says Chorus You’ve got to live your life Like you’re falling over the Borderline You’ve got to live your life Like you’re falling over the Borderline VERSE 2 They have forgotten her when she turns the corner to her plum pie The sweet smell envelopes her body and she can’t cope Excited and dry the man falls You’re gonna bust your brain – you’re too ambitious girl Chorus You’ve got to live your life Like you’re falling over the Borderline You’ve got to live your life Like you’re falling over the Borderline MIDDLE 8 To live To live To live To live Chorus You’ve got to live your life Like you’re falling over the Borderline You’ve got to live your life Like you’re falling over the Borderline instrumental
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Jellybean 04:13
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JELLYBEAN VERSE 1 Jellybean you and me we gotta learn how to fly away So our love won’t get carted away So our love won’t get carted away CHORUS Please calm down Please keep your head on the ground VERSE 2 Jelly bean you and me we gotto learn how to fly away Up in the deep blue sky You and me we’ve gotto fly Up in the deep blue sky You and me we’ve gotto fly Away Away CHORUS Please calm down Please keep your head on the ground Please calm down VERSE 3 Jellybean you and me we gotta learn how to fly away What if we might make it What if we might make away another reason to let go We are miles away I know Another reason to let go! we are miles away I know Or should I stay or should I go? VERSE 4 Jellybean you and me we gotta learn how to fly away I’ll chew your colours till the end of the night Up in the deep blue sky You and me we’ve gotto fly Up in the deep blue sky You and me we’ve gotto fly away Away Away Away Away
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Turpin 04:36
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TURPIN Beautiful man I want you all of the time I couldn’t let you go I couldn’t let you go chorus Travelling to the Spaniards Inn – there I’ll meet Dick Turpin vs 1 Turpin Turpin will you love me enough to stay with me, Will you love me enough to be with me will you love me enough to stay with me, stay always, keep me warm for days stay always, keep me warm for days chorus Travelling to the Spaniards Inn – there I’ll meet Dick Turpin Vs 2 Turpin [John Hegley] Bess Bess Gallop me away – get me to the Inn in the nick of time! x2 Good lady give me your bracelet of gold Don’t have the time going to let you go x2 Chorus Travelling to the Spaniards Inn – there I’ll meet Dick Turpin Travelling to the Spaniards Inn – there I’ll meet Dick Turpin Instr Halleluya for Ra! x2 La la la – John and Katy Halleluya for Ra! x2 Chorus Travelling to the Spaniards Inn – there I’ll meet Dick Turpin Travelling to the Spaniards Inn – there I’ll meet Dick Turpin Verse 3 And he knows his life ain’t a crime, he knows his life ain’t a crime And he knows his life ain’t a crime, he knows his life ain’t a crime Dick Dick Turpin Dick Dick Turpin dick! that is an interesting name Dick Dick Turpin Dick Dick Turpin dick! that is an interesting name Spaniards Inn Dick Turpin Spaniards Inn Dick Turpin Beautiful man I want you all of the time I couldn’t let you go I couldn’t let you go Good lady give me your bracelet of gold Good lady give me your bracelet of gold
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Snakekiss 05:19
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SNAKEKISS Love is a mystery A snakes kiss is so sexy and sweet let me bite your neck my love and draw blood. Vs1 Please take this wish of mine and kiss my lips we’ll make a pledge in 50 years time Lets change the ways and the days of songs that rhyme, songs that chime Love is a mystery I cannot remember when you were mine You said you were always there in time Can I see through it? A snakes kiss is so sexy and sweet let me bite your neck my love and draw blood. Scream halleluya Vs 2 Please play the Romeo two pools of blood commemorate our final lullabies Lets praise love’s sweet haze in songs that rhyme, songs that chime Love is a mystery I cannot remember when you were mine You said you were always there in time Can I see through it? Scream Halleluya Halleluya the bloody red rose sings/ screams [I can now remember when you were mine you said you’d be there till the end of time Can I live through it?]
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Reddle Woman 03:54
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Riddle Woman Vs 1 She’s got these feelings and you don’t know Think Mary bull is made of stone She’s got this coat she’s five foot tall Beware she’s coming down the road… Chorus They say Watch out for the Reddle woman she’s coming faster Watch out for the Reddle Woman with evil laughter Vs 2 She take take takes the horse down the road ionised by her side She’s red and she sure is a devil inside Arrives in town they all come running out to see the iron lady have a nice cup of tea She don’t care she needs some water here and if they say no She’ll cast a spell upon their daughters ‘Av eed seen enough watch your eyes don’t fall off’ They say Watch out for the Reddle woman she’s coming faster Watch out for the Reddle Woman with evil laughter Dorset, my Dorset I feel I am over the moon I feel I am over the moon What do I see a little silhouette a looking at me? Oh I am over the moon

about

Passion Play is a sensuous ten song musing upon the highs and lows of life : namely love, death, drugs, alcohol, sex, ambition and highwaymen. Katy conjures a magical world of cruising sexual predators, interstellar relationships, religious junkies and erotic vampires.
Style wise Passion Play retains he alt-folk mood of debut album ‘Screwing Lies’ whilst introducing electronic elements due to Katy’s growing interest in the dance scene. The work of 4- Hero, A Guy Called Gerald and Micatone (Sonar Kollektiv) have been particularly inspirational.
Outstanding tracks include the Kruder & Dorfmeister influenced ‘Paper Castle’ featuring Olly Parfitt of The Herbaliser, performance poet John Hegley as the infamous highwayman on ‘Turpin’ and ‘Sharkesville’ with Calina De La Mare violinist with the Tindersticks. brass, double bass, cello and violin add depth and light to arrangements. The moog brings a touch of Jean-Jaques perry retro feel to the dance-floor friendly Borderline.
Passion Play is peoples with a menagerie of hot-headed, cold-blooded and starry-eyed characters obsessed with fulfillinf their desires. Not unlike the real world, but with a touch more magic. Katy Carr is committed to bringing trills and folk thrills to the 21st century.

‘Definitely one for the Mercury Music Prize to consider’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Second album from English dance-folk prodigy’ **** UNCUT
‘This is singery-songwritery fare with a difference. Carr writes ribald songs about sex’n’drugs’n’rock’n’roll… but it’s the screwy leftfield arrangements that really grab you’ ****MOJO

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released March 3, 2003

All songs written and arranged by Katy Carr Produced by Katy Carr Co-produced, engineered by Jeremy Vass Drums recorded by Steve Cooper Photography by Savan mogha Make-up and styling by Ida Akesson Recorded at Maple Street StudIos London W1 Musicians Vocal, Piano, wurlitzer, keyboards : Katy Carr Drums, percussion, moog : Jeremy Vass Guitar, male vocal : David Okuniew Wurlitzer, moog : Oliver Parfitt Double bass : Benjamin Nicholls Dick Turpin : John Hegley Tablas, tanpura : Manjit Singh Rasiya French horn : Isabel Schmitt Violin : Calina De La Mare Cello : Dinah Beamish Trombone : Stuart Bates Electric bass: Craig Gogay

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Katy Carr is a British recording artist, singer, performer, songwriter and aviator currently residing in London Town, England. An independent musician, she has released five albums on her label Deluce Recordings, ‘Screwing Lies’ (2001), Passion Play (2003), Coquette (2009 ), Paszport (2012) and ‘Polonia’ (2015). New album to be released in Oct 2020 --- watch out for it ! xxx ... more

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