Rory Albums

1.Shin Kicker

Well, it's a shin-kick morning
Gotta kickstart the day
Wind up my machine and I'll be on my way.

Well, a burning fever
Woke me up at the dawn
I didn't have a choice, I had to carry on.

Well, my engine's overheating
And I'm running out of gas
I only got two speeds and it's slow and fast.

Well, I got to find a town that's got some action
Got to find a place stays open late
Right away.

Well, I got to find a town that's got more action
Got to find a place stays open late
Right away.

C.C. Mama
Motorcycle queen
I'm gonna catch up with you with my lightning wheels.

It's cold black coffee
Eggs and grease
Stop in at the truckstop, I don't want to sleep.

Well, it's a shin-kick morning
I'm gonna turn up the heat
I'm racing all the truckers and I got them beat

2.Brute Force & Ignorance

Brute Force & Ignorance
Just hit town
looking like survivors
From the lost and found
Brute Force & Ignorance,
have come to play
A one night stand at 8 o'clock
Then they'll be on their way

This old town's exploding
And the mayor's uptight
He'd like to make it to the show
but he knows it's not his night
he's got to be beholding
to his legal spouse
But she's put the thumbscrews on him
and snuck out of the house

There she goes!

The picture on the poster
Raised an eyebrow or two
At 55 to 7
Lord, you should've seen the queue.
City slicks and country hick
They came one and all
The traffic-light girl and the downhome kids
Assembled at the hall.

Brute Force & Ignorance
Yes that's the name,
the young folks gonna miss them,
Now they've gone away.
Well the show got so crazy,
Today they took the billboard down,
I'll never forget the scene last night
When the band was escorted out of town.

This little town's back in slow motion,
i'm sad to say,
After the confusion,
it'll never be the same.
Well,i took a walk down Main Street
Just to pass the time,
And i still could hear that music
Rolling through my mind.

Brute Force & Ignorance,
Well they sure hit town,
And if you want to find them, buddy,
They're down at the Lost and Found.

3.Cruise On Out

Well, the Cat-man will be playin'
you ought to make it there
when that drummer hits a rimshot
and almost busts his snare
you put on your cat clothes
and, I will put on mine
together pretty baby,
we're gonna groove on down the line

Won't you cruise on out with me?
Come on cruise on out with me

Well, the Catman will be playing
come on and get your share
I got transportation
and i can get you there
Well i know your daddy's anxious
that you tow the line
guess he's gonna blow his stack
if you don't get home on time

Won't you cruise on out with me ?
Come on cruise on out with me

Well, this feline band will pick it
just as long as you will stay
the boys in the band would play all night
if they could but have their way
You're gonna dress up to the 'nines'
and look like somethin' else
i'm gonna pull my alligator shoes
out from under the bed

Come on cruise on out with me
won't you cruise on out with me?

When that fat man plays his upright
he'll freeze you at the knees
this man's in full control
Of eight-seven and one half keys
in this full-scale commotion
the pace won't never drop
you 'd better retire gracefully
if you're too pooped to pop

Come on cruise on out with me
won't you cruise on out with me?

Well, that Catman will be playin'
you oughta make it there
when that drummer hits a rim shot
and almost busts the snare
you put on your cat clothes
and i will put on mine
together pretty baby
we're gonna step on down the line

won't you cruise on out with me
come on cruise on out with me
won't you cruise on out,
cruise on out ,
cruise on out with me (3 times)

4.Cloak & Dagger

She's got that cloak and dagger,
Sidewalk swagger,
Silent danger in her style.
An air of mystery,
you know it hit me,
When i saw those flashing lights.

Oh no, don't you run and hide,
Lord,i feel hypnotised.

Use no small-town chatter,
She got the moonlight manner,
Your slight of hand, tricks of the lights.
Ain't no pretender,
She's a real contender,
Snakes and ladders ain't her style.

Oh no, don't you drive me wild,
Well, i'm feeling so mystified.

I got that awkward stammer,
I just sort of stand there,
Some crazy feeling cramps my style.
I should know better,
She's a real upsetter,
But that moonlight manner's got my mind.

Oh Yeah, you know you drive me wild,
And yeah, i feel hypnotised.

5.Overnight Bag

Packed my things in an overnight bag,
Toothbrush, a guitar, got no tail to drag.
Gonna leave, on the next passing breeze.

My heart is heavy, as a sky full of rain,
Mind full of notions, that I just can't explain.
Reasons why, just can't be supplied.

Trapped by a heartache, and framed by my will,
Sentenced to wander, so much time to kill,
Hear me plea, and rescue me.

Packed my sorrows in an overnight bag,
But I'll be gone much longer than that,
Who knows when, we'll meet again.

Too many sleepless nights, put my soul on edge,
And so many restless moods, lay heavy in my head.

Wrote down my thoughts, and I sealed them in hope,
Sent them to you in a blue envelope,
Not received, it seems to me.

I had some things that I wanted to say,
But my chance, well it just flew away,
On the breeze, like some mystery

6.Shadow Play

In the flimsy light, it's midnight,
And stars collide.
Shadows run, in full flight
To run, seek and hide.
I'm still not sure what part I play
In this shadow play, this shadow play.

In the half light, on this mad night
I hear a voice in time.
Well, I look back, see a half-smile
Then it's gone from sight.
Won't you tell me how I can find my way
In this shadow play, this shadow play.
Shadow Play, this shadow play.

Sounds come crashing
Can I hear laughing?
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside
A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.

Sounds come crashing
Can I hear laughing?
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside
A little Dr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.

Thoughts run wild,
free as a child into the night,
Across the screen a thin beam
Of magic light.
Things, they just don't look the same
In this shadow play, this shadow play
Shadow play, shadow play.
I can't run away from this shadow play

7.The Mississippi Sheiks

I saw the Mississippi Sheiks
On the corner of the street,
Or was it just a dream?
Like i've been travelling in a time machine.

So come along with me back to the southern streets.

I saw old Peg-leg Howell
His gang were making quite a sound,
I heard Bo Carter wail
And a git-fiddle combo play.

Come along and see the Mississippi Sheiks.

What you got to lose?
Can't you hear me calling, calling you?
Tell me why should you stall?
You'll never live at all,
Till you've done that Georgia crawl

Well,i hear you, little girl,
You say you've been all round this world,
From Moscow to Abilene
But there's one place you've yet to see

So come along and see the Mississippi Sheiks.

8.Last Of The Independants

I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
In the nick of time
On the seven four seven
We soon were flying high.
Lord, I had no time to lose
Things were getting hot
Only I know where we stashed the loot
The mob wants to know the spot.

They got the muscle in from Cleveland
The fire-power from Detroit
They missed me in New Jersey
Though things got pretty tight.

Caught my scent in Richmond
At the Hotel Savoy
But I got out the laundry shute
And went to Chicago, Illinois.

I'm the Last of the Independants
Yeah, they're searching coast to coast
Only I know where we hid the loot
Eleven years ago.

I caught the Red-Eye at midnight
In the nick of time
On the seven four seven
We soon were high and wide.
The moon was laughing at me
like it did not have a care
But I just smiled right back and said
'You ain't going anywhere'.

Well, I want out of the rackets
And the numbers game
'Cos when you cross the big boss
You only got yourself to blame.
I won't sing like a canary
And I won't go naming names.
I don't need police protection
I'll play it my own way.

I'm the Last of the Independants
Well, I play by my own rules.
Yes, I'm the Last of the Independants
The Syndicate, well, it don't approve.

Well, I'm the Last of the Independants
Well, I got to keep on the move.
Well, I'm the Last of the Independants
Well, I got no time to lose
Time to lose.

9.FUEL TO THE FIRE

Had me a whiskey, and I chased it.
Got me some trouble, gonna face it.
But if I had a trump card, I would place it.
That's for sure.

I had a dream, but I can't trace it.
I call out your name, so you might hear
But it only adds fuel to the fire.
In my soul.

If I could just re-write the pages.
Wake up at peace, with the way it is.
I don't want to live in this world, if you can't grace it.
Anymore. Anymore, yeah.

Friends try to raise my spirits higher.
But there's no dulling this strong desire.
They don't feel the heat of the fire.
In my soul. In my soul.

Had me a whiskey, and I chased it.
Got me some trouble, gonna face it.
But if I had a trump card, I would place it.
At your door.