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    The Words: Lyrics 1970-2020
    The Words: Lyrics 1970-2020
    The Words: Lyrics 1970-2020
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    The Words: Lyrics 1970-2020

    By Nick Holmes

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    The Words, by troubadour Nick Holmes, is a book of one page noir stories. The book is 132 song lyrics from Nick. Also included is Nick's short epic poem The Popular Legend of Faust, inspired by the 1926 silent movie by Mernau. Nick is a powerful songwriter with a dark vision, and a beautiful sense of humor. These lyrics are four minute vignettes of pulp fiction in a soft cover.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJul 1, 2019
    ISBN9781543973143
    The Words: Lyrics 1970-2020
    Author

    Nick Holmes

    Nick Holmes studied history at Cambridge, where he was awarded a travel grant to follow the route of the First Crusade across Greece and Turkey. He has written a fictional novel, set in eleventh-century Byzantium, called Trebizond. He works in international finance and lives in Surrey with his family.

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      Book preview

      The Words - Nick Holmes

      120 Lyrics from the master story teller.

      All words © Nick Holmes, Pantry Music, 2019, NYC

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Print ISBN: 978-1-54397-313-6

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-54397-314-3

      Nicholas Imre Holmes (1945—) is one of the masters of the deep and sweet popular song lyric. He was born on Manhattan, to Scotch-Irish American parents who were in the business of publishing pulp fiction. His first ten years were spent on Long Island. After schooling in up-state New York, he returned to the city in 1964 and decided to be a musician. Two years of playing cafes and bars in the city led to two more years of playing cafes and bars, in Florida. Then in 1969 he was hired by the popular TV and concert folk music act, The Serendipity Singers. He moved back to New York, to live on East 9th Street with his wife Shirley, and two children, Michelle and Christian. Four years later he joined, and recorded with, the big jazz band, White Elephant. During that time he lived on East 22nd Street and in the Chelsea Hotel. His songs were covered by Diane Keaton; Carly Simon; Art Garfunkel; Jerry Jeff Walker and Bette Middler. Then, after owning and operating a project studio in Chelsea for 25 years, Nick moved to the Bahamas and built a small house and recording studio there. He is still living there. 5/19.

      Song Credits

      All lyrics by Nick Holmes, except

      Captured by Gene Schaerer and Nick Holmes

      Barcelona by Brian Cullman and Nick Holmes

      Meet Me At The Stardust by Diane Keaton and Nick Holmes

      Chocolate by Chrysa Parkenson and Nick Holmes

      All ©Pantry Music, 2019, New York

      Photo Credits

      All photos, except where noted, are ©Pantry Music, 2019, New York. Other credits are on the photos. We have tried to contact all photographers and were not always successful. Please refer any discrepancies to Pantry Music, 2805 E. Oakland Park Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33306. Where there is no credit, Nick took the photo.

      Dedicated to Chuck Berry, Hank Williams, and Cole Porter for showing me the way of the lyric. And, to Donald MacDonald who showed me the voice of Jack Teagarden.

      Contents

      Ain’t No Crime

      All Souls’ Night

      Am I Missing You

      Ancient History

      Arebela

      As Always, There’s A Haze

      Barcelona

      Battle Royal

      Bedford Street

      Blind Blind Blind

      Books

      By And By

      By The Sea

      Call On Me

      Can’t Just Say Goodby

      Can’t Read Your Mind Anymore

      Captured

      Chocolate

      Circle Of Light

      Code

      COME TO ME

      Conquering Love

      Cosmopolitan

      De Rigueur

      Devil May Care

      Didn’t Put A Scratch In You

      Diggin’ In The Ashes

      Do It Again

      Don’t Say You Love Me

      Each To His Own

      Earth Is Bleeding

      Fire In The Hole

      Fleur De Lys

      Forever I Am

      Freedom Slave

      Fuck Me!

      Good Morning New York

      Goodnight Theodore

      Grind It Out

      Gunfighter

      Here For You

      Hero And Princess

      Hurricane Alley

      I Wake Up Laughing

      The Invisible Man

      Island People

      Just Like In The Movies

      Kamala Say

      Little Bit

      Long Chain On

      Love Conspiracy

      Love Is On Your Side

      Love Will Find A Way

      Luna Puella

      Lutra Galz

      Manhattan Manhattan

      Me And Aphrodite

      Meet Me At The Stardust

      Modern Girls

      More Than Friends

      More To Love

      Never Divulge Your Sources

      Never Really Know

      No Mood Tonight

      Nothing Like That

      Nothing To Fear

      Oh Picasso

      Old Man

      Only A Human

      Pass The Time Away

      Pineapple Jam

      Planet Limbo

      Prenup For Evangeline

      Ramblin’ Hearts

      Random Ann

      Right Back

      Sadness For The Sea

      Sandman

      Serious Girls

      Shakespear

      So Long California

      Sparks Fly

      Spider

      Stranded In Chelsea

      Strangers

      Sunday Never Comes

      Swinging Doors

      Take Your Time

      That’s All

      The Liberty Waltz

      The March Of The Machines

      The Promise

      The Real You

      The Tune Of Gold

      The Wall

      They All Come Out At Night

      Time Takes Time

      Tropical Depression Genevieve

      Trouble Of My Own

      Trying Too Hard

      Use Me

      Vine Of Virtue

      Wasting Eternal Youth

      Wasting Time

      Welcome Home

      Welcome To Paradise

      What Will We Say To The Child

      When In Rome

      Where Freedom Rings

      Yearning

      You Ain’t Ready

      You Can’t Always Be An Angel

      Faust: The Popular Legend

      The Recordings:

      White Elephant

      Right Back

      Battle Royal

      Gunfighter

      More To Love

      Soulful Crooner

      Only A Human

      Oh Picasso

      Grind It Out

      Trying Too Hard

      Never Really Know

      Little Bit

      Strangers

      Take Your Time

      The Promise

      Vine Of Virtue

      The King Of 26th Street

      Goodnight Theodore

      Ancient History

      My Little Secret

      Spider

      Nothing To Fear

      Yearning

      Call On Me

      Stranded In Chelsea

      Digging In The Ashes

      Conquering Love

      Freedom Slave

      Random Anne

      Freedom Slave

      Circle Of Light

      Swinging Doors

      More Than Friends

      Meet Me At The Stardust

      Here For You

      Sandman

      Books

      My New York

      All Come Out

      Can’t Just Say Goodby

      The Tune Of Gold

      Good Morning New York

      The Liberty Waltz

      Manhattan Manhattan

      Never Divulge Your Sources

      No Mood Tonight

      When In Rome

      Shakespeare

      Sunday Never Comes

      The Wall

      Low Ball

      Didn’t Put A Scratch In You

      Do It Again

      I Wake Up Laughing

      Come To Me

      Cosmopolitan

      Chocolate

      So Long California

      Forever I Am

      By And By

      Bedford Street

      Devil May Care

      Ain’t No Crime

      Wasting Eternal Youth

      You Can’t Always Be An Angel

      Seaweed

      Modern Girls

      Island People

      Fire In The Hole

      Pineapple Jam

      Sonar

      Blind Blind Blind

      Earth Is Bleeding

      Time Takes Time

      Trouble Of My Own

      Don’t Say You Love Me

      Long Chain On

      Invisable Man

      Pass The Time Away

      Hero And Princess

      Blue Of Blue

      Each To His Own

      Hurricane Alley

      Love Is On You Side

      Hurricane Alley

      Tropical Depression Genevieve

      Haitian Way

      Arabella

      Lutra Galz

      Freedom Rings Rings

      Kamala Say

      You Ain’t Ready

      Care Again

      Welcome To Paradise

      Me And Aphrodite

      Welcome To ParadisE

      Can’t Read Your Mind Anymore

      That’s All

      Code

      Sparks Fly

      Love Conspiracy

      De Rigueur

      The Real You

      Planet Limbo

      Sawgrass

      Serious Girls

      Fleur De Lys

      March Of The Machines

      Nothing Like That

      All Souls Night

      By The Sea

      Sadness For The Sea

      Love Will Find A Way

      Prenup For Evangeline

      The Neurosturgeons

      As Always, There’s A Haze

      Luna Puella

      Unrecorded

      Old Man

      Use Me

      Broken Flowers

      Worlds Apart

      Welcome Home

      Am I Missing You

      Ramblin’ Hearts

      What Will We Say To The Child

      Fuck Me

      Faust: The Popular Legend

      Drawing by K. White

      Ain’t No Crime

      It ain’t no crime, to be in love with you

      I’m innocent, ‘cause that’s all that I can do

      And if you don’t want me, that’s all you got to say

      But until I hear it, in love I’m gonna stay

      I want you by my side, knowing my aim is true

      I’ve got nothing to hide, it ain’t no crime

      To be in love with you

      It ain’t no crime to buy a diamond ring

      A pretty girl should have lots of pretty things

      There’ll be no conviction, it ain’t no mystery

      Old slow and steady gonna see you go with me

      You’ll know just how I feel, seeing my love is true

      Talking what is real, it ain’t no crime

      To be in love with you

      It ain’t no crime if a man predict the rain

      Or by the stars can tell many other things

      I see the future coming in so clear

      No hard feeling, but soon love will appear

      Deep inside you heart, you find yourself confused

      You won’t know where to start, it ain’t no crime

      To be a little shy, for an honest man to try

      It ain’t no crime

      This lyric came as a

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