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The Savage and the Tamed

by BIG Sky 12

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Only You Can Touch Me 04:14
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Only You Can Touch Me ©Jerry Axson It runs up the hill to come tumbling back, picking up steam like a heart attack, it shoots out fire and it spits out sparks, all together beautiful as it falls apart, and I don’t want to touch it, no, I can’t fix this mess, it’s reckless and mindless, a disaster at best, you can call it as you see it, you can take it as it comes, some retro voodoo rhythm, keeps me pounding on these drums, And only you can touch me… only you get through… no matter what I say… no matter what I do… and only you can touch me… you’re so different from the rest… with my back against the wall… and my hand over my chest… It hands me bitter poison, in the shape of candy hearts, as I swallow down your treachery – I’m resolved to play my part, you’ll never see the train – when the light is in your eyes, it comes crashing down on you - while you’re perfectly surprised,
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Two Degrees (That Post Apocalyptic Song) 03:22
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Two Degrees (That Post Apocalyptic Song) ©Jerry Axson I heard you played last night at some local talent show, dressed to impress in button leather shoes, your long hair swept across the face of your Fender Strat, you call it perfect pop but I call it the blues, I left a friend request on your social media page, looking back it was a pretty dumb thing to do, a finite blade cuts between the cyber and the flesh, one hundred million miles between me and you And the world slips off axis by two degrees - everything slides from right to left, but I’m doing my very best… Hey!…out here in the dark… I’m willing to bet they find etchings of you on buried cavern walls - many years from now - long after the blast, your long hair sweeping across the face of some Fender Strat, it never got too old - it just could not last, And the world slips off axis by two degrees - everything slides from the left to the right, I’ll have one last cherry slushy complete with cranial freeze, just give us a kiss and let’s say goodnight… And I will testify - that two degrees - might as well be one hundred million miles -
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Go Tell My Brother 05:37
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Go Tell My Brother ©Jerry Axson Go tell my Brother – what you done went and told me, you’re trading one for the other, and someone has to go free, up and over those mountains - and down by the lonely sea, so go tell my brother – like you done went and told me… you’re killing our Mother, and you just won’t let it be, until this house is divided, down to foundation and debris, Too many secrets – and too many lies – too much confusion – I can tell by your eyes – it’s gonna’ be a long…… I can feel it’s gonna’ be a long and lonely road up ahead… So go tell my Brother – what you done went and told me, you’re trading one for the other, and someone has to go free, up and over those mountains, and down by the cold and lonely sea, so go tell my brother – what you done went and told me… so go tell my brother – what you done went and told me…
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What Would You Have Me To Do 05:06
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What Would You Have Me To Do ©Jerry Axson It’s an open-ended question, to a closed back story line, and it keeps me up all night, plowing through the rows of my mind, breaks down my resistance, until your light shines through – and I am left with no options, what would you have me to do? What would you have me to do? how far should we go? to some point of no return – some dark valley below, I told you that I’m taken – even though I ache for you, so go away and leave me alone girl – what would you have me to do??? We would not be in this place, if we had chosen our lies well, now it’s a foregone conclusion, any good intentions are shot to hell, broke down my resistance – now I can’t even look at you, I am left with no options, what would you have me to do?
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BIG Sky12 - Running Days Gone 04:25
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Running Days Gone ©Jim Morse Misty golden sunlight in your hair, Pleasures I recall, you take me there. Will you stay with me girl, and be mine? ‘Cause I’m gettin’ tired of walkin’ down the line. Just a poor man wanderin’ is but all that I am, Never tried to settle in one town, I’m growin’ weary, and the trail keeps rollin’ on, But you’re here now, and my runnin’ days are gone. Looking back to yesterday I see, Just how lonely one man can be. And I know without you girl, there’s no way, I’m here with you now and here I’ll stay. Free and easy breezes, used to call me to the trail. Guitar close by my side, Never knew what love was, Women came and went my way, Teardrops on my shoulder where they cried. Lyin’ here beside you through the night, Girl I hold you close, it feels so right, Close your eyes and dream softly of the spring, And all the tender freshness it will bring. Just a poor man wanderin’ Is but all that I am, Never tried to settle in one town, I’m growin’ weary, And the trail keeps rollin’ on, But you’re here now, and my runnin’ days are gone.
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Andante (Graceful and Flowing) 02:07
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(Instrumental)
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Save Me For A Rainy Day 05:22
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Save Me For A Rainy Day ©Jerry Axson If I don't look down maybe I won't give up, moving through these shadows takes all I am, this is where the rubber meets the road they say, I'm really just trying hard to understand, why the hand of fate seems to touch a few, yet passes over people like me and you, I would give anything to know the truth, yes - I would give everything... If you break me down and you pack me up - you could save me for a rainy day, some other time when there's love in your heart, maybe we could find another way - to call off the dogs - take a break from the war - no more notes in this suggestion jar - just break me down and save me for a rainy day... break me down and save me for a rainy day... Looks like we took a tumble way down here, everything we had is broken and thrown about, I feel so sorry for the both of us, but if we lay real still they may never find out, about the naked truth and the ugly lies, the weight of sorrow under a dark blue sky, there's so much I want to say to you - but my mouth is stone dry...
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Tank Full Of Gas 05:25
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Tank Full Of Gas ©Jerry Axson Gonna' take a trip in the morning - pack it up and headed down town, too far away aint' far enough baby, when you don't really want to be found, Two broken hearts and a tank full of gas - both hands on the wheel because I'm driving too fast, I’ve got a head full of notion I won't get out alive - drop the pedal to the metal and drive - drive - drive... You were bored before we even got started, I could tell by what fell out of your mouth, it wasn’t hard to see that it wasn’t just me, and you know what I'm talking about, Two broken hearts and a tank full of gas - we got nowhere to go and we’re going there fast, I’ve got this pain in my Hanes creeping up my spine – until it finds that sweet spot in the back of my mind… I been thinkin’ about California – get me some sunshine state, this sap from these pines keeps screwin’ with my mind, dropping sticky stuff all over my fate… Two broken hearts and a tank full of gas - I got no traction in the rear on this Carolina grass, if “that was then” let’s let it rest in the past – two broken hearts and a tank full of gas… Two broken hearts and a tank full of gas… I’m keeping both hands on the wheel because I drive too fast - Two broken hearts and a tank full of gas… I’ve got nowhere to go but I’m gettin’ there fast - Two broken hearts and a tank full of gas… No traction in the rear on this Carolina grass - Two broken hearts and a tank full of gas… That was then why don’t you just let it rest in the past??? in the past – in the past – in the past…
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The Savage and the Tamed 06:10
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The Savage And The Tamed ©Jerry Axson There’s a light on in her window, and the moon came out to play, a million stars explode overhead, before the dawn sweeps them away, and I’m trying to write this story, the savage and the tamed, watching as she pulls down her shade I search for a familiar shape, Oh, Oh – Baby’s crying – tears fall down like rain… Oh, Oh - Baby’s crying – the savage and the tamed… There will be no survivors, from the damage that’s been done, gather up the remains of this day, there is no warmth under the sun, and I’ve got to finish this story, but my heart gets in the way, quickly before it’s all a memory, the savage and the tamed, Oh, Oh – Baby’s crying – tears fall down like rain… Oh, Oh - Baby’s crying – the savage and the tamed… Oh, Oh – Baby’s crying – no, we can’t get back to good… Oh, Oh – Baby’s crying – and even if we could… even if we could… even if we could… even if we could… even if we could… even if I… even if she… even if we… even if we… even – if – we – could… Oh, Oh – Baby’s crying……
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I Can't Find No One 03:55
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I Can't Find No One ©Jerry Axson I’m on the outside – and I’m looking in, I don’t like what I see, I wanna’ get back to where I have been, safe in your loving arms, and up against your warm skin, I’m just a prisoner of my heart, outside looking in – And I can’t find no one – that compares to you, out here in this world, no matter what I do I could search forever - and by the time I’m through – I won’t find no one, that compares to you… I slipped off the chain one night, and out that door I did run, up and down the streets of our hometown – I was your long lost wayward son – no bullet could stop me and not one soul could bring me in – I was a slave to my desires, outside looking in -
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Caesar Spoke 04:13
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Caesar Spoke ©Jerry Axson Forty days wrecked in the canyon bed, I took a wafer for my soul and a stitch to the head, fell in love with a nurse that rescued me, she saved my soul from an eternity of – damned if I do and damned if I don’t, maybe I will and maybe I won’t, wake up in the morning with a crown on my head, all hail Caesar now the other guy’s dead… it’s all so clear to me – it feels so right – as soon as the morning breaks, I will pass through this night, of trials and tribulations, pleasure and pain, untold loss and a - a whole lot to gain… a whole lot to gain… So all Hail Caesar in this big empty hall, I got a fist full of courage but I feel so small, nobody came to see my one neat trick - a snakes tail shaking at the end of a stick, I guess everyone knows and the kings been made, they’re waiting in the shadows with those long blades, started out Hemingway but the way this goes – I’m ending up knee deep in Edgar Allen Poe… it’s all so serious – it’s all so surreal - I’m afraid to turn around, and I don’t know what to feel, about this weight on my shoulders, and my kingdom come – Caesar spoke and the whole, wide, world went numb… it all went numb… And it’s all so serious – it’s all so surreal - I’m afraid to turn around, and I don’t know how I feel, about this weight on my shoulders, and my kingdom come – Caesar spoke and the whole, wide, world went numb… it all went numb…
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Right As Rayne (She Knows) 03:34
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Right As Rayne (She Knows) ©Jerry Axson As it stands I work alone, I’ve always been out here on my own, no circus lights blinking off and on – no lonely heart yearns to belong, I am removed by all that I’ve seen - and everything I’ve been through, it couldn’t get any clearer to me – and then along came you… Right as rayne she falls down, makes an impression when she hits the ground, but the sun comes out and dries it all up, leaves me standing here like she never was… It aint’ the way she talks about, all the things we’ll never do, she’s a dreamer and there is no doubt – that not a damn bit of this will come true I can’t help but think to myself – as I turn this around and around, maybe she don’t need my help – and I’m just hanging around…

about

BIG Sky 12 is a music project developed at Lonesome Dog Studio in Columbia, SC. Not an actively performing band but rather local musicians and friends who worked together in the studio under the guidance and direction of Jerry Axson. The goal was to record some great music showcasing their talents and skills and to have fun doing it and after a year of dedication and hard work the end result is a 12-song offering titled “The Savage And The Tamed”.

The core musicians at the heart of the project are Jerry Axson on vocals, guitar, keyboards, and songwriting, Lisa Brillinger on drums and percussions, and Jim Morse on vocals and bass. Other guest musicians who dropped by to contribute their time and talent were Pamela Dale who supplied 12 string acoustic guitar on the Jim Morse penned “Running Days Gone” and Ashleigh Lane Morse, formerly of the The Ruby Brunettes, who played piano on the same song as well as composing and performing the beautiful instrumental follow up track “Andante (Graceful and Flowing)”.

Using a simple formula Axson would compose and write the songs in the studio then supply a rough mix down to the main players where they would in turn individually work up their signature parts to be recorded as a final take. After all parts were laid down and each player was satisfied with their final performance Axson would create a final mix down for everyone involved until group approval then a final master mix and on to the next song.

With songs ranging from Power Pop to Country Pop there is a broad representation of musical styles to sample from on this release. The success of the project rested solely on the simplicity of the idea behind it. No band, no politics, no apprehensions, and no egos. The structure of the creative process that was present allowed a tremendous amount of breathing room for all the players involved and that made it possible for everyone to relax and bring their best performance to the table.

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released November 23, 2019

Jerry Axson - guitar, keyboard, vocals
Jim Morse - bass, vocals
Lisa Brillinger - drums, percussions
Ashleigh Lane Morse - keyboard (Andante_Graceful and Flowing)
Pamela Dale - acoustic guitar (Running Days Gone)

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To me simplicity is the root of all great thoughts. The secret thrill for me, the architect, is delivering that thought with unobtrusive complexity. Writing songs and composing music satisfy my soul and because of this I know exactly what I am designed to do, it’s just that simple. - Jerry Axson ... more

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