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Pompous Circumstance

by The Peter Kern Band

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1.
Body Baggage Blues 04:29
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Body Baggage Blues by Peter Kern My arms hurt me My legs hurt me My hands hurt me My teeth hurt me My shoulders hurt me My toes hurt me My fingers hurt me My knees hurt me Whoa What am I gonna do What am I gonna do Feel like the reaper's standing outside my door My feet hurt me My nose hurts me My heart hurts me My ass hurts me My elbows hurt me My ears hurt me My ankles hurt me My lungs hurt me Whoa What am I gonna do What am I gonna do Putrefied from every pore Musical Break Feel like a prisoner in my own body Just like a passenger of the brain Like a broken down old jalopy Skidding recklessly through the rain I need to call a conference For my enemies to attend For each and every body part They used to be my friends My wrists hurt me My neck hurts me My hips hurt me My bones hurt me My eyes hurt me My thighs hurt me My belly hurts me My back hurts me Whoa What am I gonna do What am I gonna do Like a tin man's petrified wood Musical Break These accusers are saying I'm guilty That I ignored them all for too many years Well then send bouquets of calla lilies They'll make some deathly souvenirs We got to some urgent steps Try and rise up from the depths. Together we can win This internal war you whore Spoken: That's what we gonna be Do it like you done it before It's gonna feel so good when were all strong and healthy again I'll take you all out to a giant dinner...No?
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You Don't Know How To Love Me 03:18
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You Don't Know How to Love Me By Peter & Rachel Kern Man: Baby, you been saying some things, and none of them true Why you being this way, you know I love you Come on over here for a minute, I want to kiss your sweet little cheek......pretty mama Woman: You, you don't know how to love me I said you; you don't know how to love me I tell you time and again You don't treat me right. Man: I've been your man doing all I can for 15 years I thought we had a plan You’re my woman. For you I’d lay down and die. How can you say what you're saying? Please clarify Woman: You brought me to tears about the 15 years I got news for you Hun you aren’t fooling anyone Was it part of your plan to put a drink in my hand? When you're out there on the road, I think I'm gonna explode Man: I just can't conceive, it's so hard to believe The empty look in your eyes, how could you despise A loving man like me, you must be out of your mind Maybe you should pour another drink baby and try to unwind Woman: When you started your band, and you weren't in demand We didn't have no money, but you never had to worry I put food on our table, because you were unable Now you're big shot in your prime, well what happened to mine? Woman: You, you don't know how to love me I said you; you don't know how to love me I tell you time and again You don't treat me right. Both: You, you don't know how to love me I said you; you don't know how to love me Man: From now on you’ll see a change I'm gonna treat you so right Woman: Well at least for tonight you love me right
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Pompous Circumstance 05:37
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Pompous Circumstance By Peter Kern Verse 1 This is my story Not proud to tell Brightest of stars, I reside inside a cell The child life I led I didn’t pursue So many mills I have crawled through Verse 2 Was never determined How my mother died Awoke one morn she lay dead by my side I thought she was asleep, and kissed her on the cheek It was the only love I ever knew Bridge: Through pompous circumstance My father saw his chance Hiding me away I never went to school He made me dance and sing Kept away from everything Each note and every step was nothing short of brutal Verse 3 Was consumed By what he taught Buttons pressed I was his robot The music from our island; he stole every song he could “Mesmer-Lied” the world but good Chorus 1 Fascinated people –I sang the songs and danced Got inside the people – my name became their chant Seemed like overnight, reached the highest of the heights They said the talent of the son was nurtured by the father With everything we had; I still couldn’t read or write, Despicably successful life only got harder Verse 4 Island smoke Engulfed my head Demonic voices I did what they said A loaded parcel, no return address killed my father, this I must confess Watched the vultures do what the vultures do Chorus 2 Worshipped by the people – soon be done Killing of the teacher – the stolen songs The press and all its might, kindled hatred to ignite Inferno of the father extinguished by the son Death sentenced for my crime I know after I die I shall wake up at my mother’s side She’ll open up her eyes And she will smile
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Come On Back To Me Baby 03:15
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Come On Back to Me Baby By Peter Kern Chorus: Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Bridge: I was head over heels in love with you right from the very start It’s grown deep, deeper and deeper in the time we’ve been apart Chorus: Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Your folks were less than happy, I wasn't worthy they were right Still your proclamation of eternal love, made me shudder with delight Exquisite, fine, and glamorous, I put you on parade To show the gang that this old boy really had it made Bridge: Then a smorgasbord of failures, schemes and ventures I devised Put a strain on our relationship I never meant to compromise Chorus: Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby On the trip down to Las Vegas we had planned to tie the knot I chickened out, got wasted, she loves me yes, she loves me not. The day after you left me, when the sense of loss set in Your smile, your touch, your love was gone as if it had never been. Bridge: What hurts the worst is imagining that soon some other man Will get to feel his putty inside those sweet soft gentle hands Chorus: Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Gone through a case of bourbon haven’t bathed in seven days Smoked twenty packs of cigarettes, four hundred butts in one ash tray The only girl on God’s good earth who cared a damn for me Down on my knees I’m praying to Jesus for your return to me Bridge: Love is an emotion of strong affection and desire. It’s said to be a virtue representing human kind Chorus: Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby Come on back to me baby
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Innerself 03:52
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Innerself Lyrics by Peter Kern Music by Filmscorz As my fears take over me The voice inside my head starts wailing My inner strife hides way deep and down Too many years of constant failing Awful thoughts drums beating on my brain Prevail upon the good things happening So abstract and difficult to explain The outer shell is slowly........ c r a c k i n g Trapped inside the wreckage of my dreams The loves I've lost, they still pursue me Voices faces movement so obscene Miles of time can't erect a memory Massive music wafting through the air Punchy rhythms pinpoint expertise Approach my ears, no time to prepare Like the catcher on trapeze As I inhale the smoke inside my cage I feel like I have found my peace Fat mushroom cloud reveals a separate rage A different plane it will not cease Interlude Tears of joy come rolling down my face For the moment, satisfied with me In this time there's nothing left to chase Innerself combustibility
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A Bluesman's Blues 03:24
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A Bluesman's Blues By Peter Kern Why'd he send you 'round to tell me? He don't wanna see my face no more Don't be looking on the ground while you talkin' That ain't no way to say it Get my shit and get out the door I ain't good enough no more for this venue, He can kiss my big fat ass and lick my balls My blood and guts is what I gave him I played some nights with a bad jones, that's my problem Lot's of times I saved him I tended bar while the prick was out back getting blown This gig is done, so what, I'll get another It’s way too early to pick out my headstone I've been a player for years, played through tears, and fears, and lots of cheers I know how to work a crowd, get 'em loud, get ‘em mean and get 'em plowed I'm getting older, but I'm getting better I'll show that mutha fucka I'm just now hitting my stride and I still got my pride Don't think I ain't had no other offers; I'm just a loyal man that’s what I am Sure my fingers are a little stiff, but I can still riff I can't believe what he's doing to me Let me call him I'll fix it all up... I'll make it right I'll make it right...
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The Ball Within the Gag 03:55
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The Ball Within The Gag By Peter Kern and Stephen Motroni So you come to us insulted Wounded, abused and torn Portray yourself as victim Teary eyed and scorned Defending your own honor And that of all the rest So happy that you’ve chose this time To get it off your chest The imaginary hero Sir Galahad in drag Making sure our ears are pure The ball within the gag Charismatic, urbane, sophisticate Narcissistic, scintillating, slime Backbend underhanded dealings “Devilishously” plotted crimes Like the fair maid of Anomar An innocent flower was she Despicable untruths you bespoke on her That so filled your soul with glee And the operatic Italian A butcher so well received Mournfully regretful Yet painfully deceived A green thumb for the arts Undeniably well endowed Pitiful hypocrisy Shall dissipate your crowds The clock now ticks for tack The stand still shows the band The stab will strike you back The brand you wear is banned
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When You Sing With Me 04:11
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When You Sing With Me By Peter Kern When you sing with me My locomotives a moving When you sing with me A mighty bluesman ‘a grooving When you sing with me Steady my mercury will rise When you sing with me You make my soul galvanize Got a thing for me You put my brain in a daze When you sing with me It puts my heart out of faze The lyrics leap from your tongue and lips just like flames When you sing with me Everything’s hard I can’t constrain I got to know what I mean to you Is it the tunes or you just passing through? What do you feel for me darling When you sing with me When you sing with me I melt like fudge on a sundae Baby swing for me Your golden tones are my foreplay When you sing with me Your smile lights up the room When you move for me It’s stimulation to swoon I got to know what you’re all about My dreams of love are all I think about It’s so real to me When you sing with me MUSICAL BREAK When you sing with me The microphone is our reed Your voice undresses me They’re be no saddle for my steed When you sing with me Harmony blends our souls Secret recipe Intoxicates …no control Just a glance of your entrancing mouth Cause stormy rains deep down in the south When you sing with me When you sing with me When you sing with me My demons' fire needs embrace Baby give to me Your hot release in my space Lava melts on my tongue and it craves Your sweetest juice intoxicating taste Overflowing me As you sing for me Baby sing with me When you sing for me You're so much more than I bargained for I need your touch I cannot ask for more
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Valentine 05:08
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Valentine By Peter Kern My eyes started burning as their words jumped from the page All the love I had been feelin, was now consumed by hate I was a fool this time.... Valentine She was the reason all my friends abandoned me So charmingly appealin', she was a hotbed of intrigue Casting pearls before swine...Valentine We had a rocky beginning; there were rumors that I heard It took a lot of convincing, and I remember her every word We had a helluva time...Valentine Late night conversations, feathered whispers on her hair Tingling sweet sensations, there was music in the air Come rain or shine...Valentine Break She had the key to my apartment, and would come and go as she pleased We planned a fancy future custom tailored to our needs I thanked the lord she was mine...Valentine I entertain in nightclubs, and she never missed my show My girl looked like a movie star, decked out from head to toe Turned every head every time...Valentine Each time he phoned her I wondered, why her father would make her cry He'd talk to her for hours, and she would sob when they said goodbye Could I have lost my mind....Valentine So my eyes continue burning, simple things are hard to see I was their fool in the letter but they haven't heard the last of me Too many lies told too many times...Valentine
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Nothing Is My Middle Name 04:47
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Nothing Is My Middle Name Peter Kern & Stan Loh Verse 1 One thing in my life that I know for sure, There’s a massive gap between the filthy rich and poor, The poor pound their pulpits, Til their hands start to bleed, For the rich are not concerned About the common man's needs Guitar Interlude Verse 2 From the holy light inside my mama's womb, To a tin cup scarce of pennies wearing a dead man’s shoes, This albatross I carry, My whole existence feels flawed Wasn’t I was created In the image of God Chorus: Oh “Nothing” is my middle name, Walking the line between insane and sane. The elusive game behind the game I'm a prisoner in a viscous chain, Go round in despair, exposed and bare, acid is the rain Guitar Interlude Verse 3 Chasing for the high but always wind up low Been knocked around the system, long enough to know. Dodging filth and darkness, Eluding hunger and cold Even contemplating a painless way to go Guitar Interlude Verse 4 I think about my mother, her life too short to see The gap between two classes, erased her legacy That albatross has crushed me, It just wasn't her plan God lived inside her soul, I was her image of man Chorus: Oh “Nothing” is my middle name, Walking the line between insane and sane. The elusive game behind the game I'm a prisoner in a viscous chain, Go round in despair, exposed and bare, acid is the rain
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Peter Kern - In Lou of Flowers 02:46
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In Lou of Flowers By Peter Kern In Lou of Flowers was a friend that stood erect Volcanic in his spirit, flatulating with respect The proctor and his doctor stroke the candles as they grieve Horse apples from the range, noses wiped across the sleeve In Lou of Flowers Cubans flocked to ride his griddle Not a bartender alive who doesn’t steal at least a little When slandered by a critic who fell ill from Lou’s chow mein He spread his other cheek and simply changed the restaurant’s name In Lou of Flowers, like a brother though a cad My sisters all delivered the same day, same month, same dad The rumors flew through Flowers, like a striped barber pole Hazy crazy days of summer, naked knights with Nat “King” Cole In Lou of Flowers, strode an angel in a suit Transvestic golden showers fueled his quest of ill repute His bucket now is kicked; his twig now lay at rest His stain ingrained like acid rain immaculately dressed Now I stand before you, Lou laid out in front of me A horrid stench permeates this land of buy one get one free In Lou of Flowers, Kentucky toasts its wayward son A glass is good, a lass is good forever in the bum In Lou of Flo----wers
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I Know What You're Thinking About Me 06:18
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I Know What You’re Thinking about Me By Peter Kern Chorus: You see me with a smile And a scowl forms on your face When the children hug me tight, I see you cringe I'm hoping for the best, but prepared to face the worst My love for you is unchanged but I know what you are thinking I know what you’re thinking about me Verse 1: You glare at me dressing in the morning You question where I go, though I can’t say In the dead of night I feel your gaze upon me When you finally fall asleep I hit my knees and pray. Verse 2: I told you from the start, my path was different I urged you to be smart and break from me But you brushed my words aside, and went against the tide Made a home and started our own family Verse 3: My hustle was not meant to be your problem The risk was mine that was always understood I’m a creature of the street, what I have is all I need I’ve never been to prison and I suppose that’s pretty good Repeat Chorus: Verse 4: What I do I have to do to make a living Outside the law is just the place I work The skills that I possess can have awful side effects It's a legacy I choose to not pass on Verse 5: "I told you so" you'll never hear me utter Reflective introspection had its way To live inside regret brings diminished self respect Just because your eyes were open didn’t mean you were awake Repeat Chorus: Verse 6: I share my cup of coffee with swirling memories Like puzzle pieces scattered in a storm Sincere sorrow I concede, but innocence I plead Despite what you are thinking, my heart is sadly sinking But my pride and I survive; you did what you had to do
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The Pressure of a Peer 04:11
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The Pressure of a Peer By Peter Kern Verse 1: There’s a reason why you or I can go astray Social settings from early ages create our fate The common need in all of us is to congregate Acceptance buys the power to which we instigate Chorus: The pressure of a peer The pressure of a peer Can lead to anything Persuasive is the fear The pressure of a peer can lead to anything Verse 2: Social scenes like movie screens inspire dreams Good is bad, happy sad, self esteem is just a pipe dream With whom you hang, who leads the gang Means more than what you know Repeat Chorus: Verse 3: New in town, feeling down, would kill for just one friend Isolation reaps desperation tends one to co-depend The stain of shame inflames the pain the soul is done Wars waged alone un-chaperoned, are never won Chorus: The pressure of a peer The pressure of a peer Can lead to anything Persuasive is the fear The approval of a peer can lead to anything Verse 4: Looking back from where I sit in my life today I often wonder if I’d been stronger back in my day But what could have been is not a healthy place to go Mistakes peer through though they have transformed into hope Chorus: The pressure of a peer The pressure of a peer The pressure of a peer Can lead to anything
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Never Too Late (to become what you thought that you could have been) 06:10
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Never Too Late (to become what you thought that you could have been) By Peter Kern @CPPK2013 Chorus: It’s never too late to become what you thought you could have been Look at the mirror and state the mission clear Get up on yourself re-route the path to what should have been Energize now and see where you are in a year Verse: Maybe mommy and dad made you feel kind of bad in formative times Or somebody somewhere bullied you right into the ground Siblings and teachers are all negative preachers perpetrating crimes As low as the blows were you still have the strength to rebound Guitar Solo Verse: Fatal attractions are chain reactions of low self esteem Grim shadows of burden systematically erode the soul Hate disguised in love may sound as sweet as a mandolin Subliminal phantom assassins are on their patrol Guitar Solo Verse: Treat every day in a significant way for a better tomorrow. Slowly but surely positively beats standing still Insist on yourself; persist on yourself charismatic traits will follow The power of God can works wonders if you just have the will. Repeat Chorus:
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Horse-Fly 03:02
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Horse-fly By Peter Kern VERSE 1 Horse-fly came to stay with us for a temporary time Trouble seeking loud pariah, to our place she was assigned With guarded toleration we prayed the time would go by quick That was supposed to be the plan, but the plan became a trick VERSE 2 Female horse flies feed on blood and live in rotting logs Painful bites from knife like jaws can slice the flesh apart Their agility to avoid the swat makes them think they’re hot to trot When the itch becomes a ***** the insect must be stopped VERSE 3 Horse-fly alone and bone dry perfumigated snuggy skirt Disruptive and corruptive, the cackle feeds the flirt Then the day arrived Horse-fly would fly away to our delight But she didn’t make that flight so depraved she felt it was her right To sink her teeth in the neck of an angel That innocent benevolent angel Was sacrificed but would soar to greater heights And in the end stay loyal to your friends and keep an eye out for the Horse-fly
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Walking Papers 04:59
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Walking Papers By Peter Kern Verse: I held my breath Anticipation mixed with tension As she arrived home from her job Came through the door with not a glance in my direction She walked into our bedroom and sobbed Right away I scurried to the kitchen This had become a routine I poured some wine Her very favorite kind I tried my best to ease her way I stroked her hair but she quickly jerked away Her glass of wine, spilled on the bed She cursed at me then reached for her nightstand And handed me an envelope and fled And it said Chorus: She gave me She gave me my walking papers Slip of pink pierced through my heart? Signed and sealed I’ve got my walking papers Kissing her ass blew out our spark Bridge: Blinded by my loyalty I'm the last of a dying breed. I don't deserve the plight I'm in Did she love me, did she ever care My mind has turned into a questionnaire Who was this woman I thought I knew All I can think of is what could have been, All I can think of is what should have been, Her silly grin, her silky skin....her every whim Verse: The car is packed I have no destination Just need to drive away the pain Stuck between sorrow and humiliation Will I be strong enough to stay away? Of seven years, five with torrid passion Two with residual heat So what went wrong? I’m tired of them askin'. Love never comes with guarantees It's clear to me… Final Chorus: She gave me She gave me my walking papers Slip of pink pierced through my soul? Signed and sealed I’ve got my walking papers Our fire burned out long ago.
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Save Me from Myself 05:05
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Save Me from Myself By Peter Kern Intro Save me Save me from myself Save me Save me from myself Win or lose I choose to lose these blues Win or lose I choose to lose these blues Stopped chasing the glory a long time ago Stopped chasing the glory a long time ago I could almost touch it if I stood on my tippy toes I could almost touch it if I stood on my tippy toes Interlude Love tied its blindfold around my eyes, nose, and ears Tapped out was my billfold strangled by a corpse of a career Side jobs for the shylocks, kept my belly filled with beer Conspiring yet endearing but never insincere Save me Save me from myself Save me Save me from myself Win or lose I choose to lose these blues Win or lose I choose to lose these blues Interlude I was groomed by the Excess Almighty to be his protégé As a student of the Sultan one never dared to disobey The code of the bulge divulged is, “Just Live for Today” The code of the bulge divulged is, “Just Live for Today” Save me Save me from myself Save me Save me from myself Win or lose I choose to lose these blues Save me Save me from myself Save me Save me from myself Win or lose I choose to lose these blues
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Sara's Pride 05:25
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released November 8, 2012

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The Peter Kern Band is based in Tampa Bay, Florida. They play a fusion of blues/rock/country/alternative delivered in a magical format that represents the musicians as eclectic and intelligent artists.
The Peter Kern Band is with A & R Select in Sherman Oaks, Ca. for licensing, a record deal, publishing and/or placement opportunities. They can be reached at:

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