These Wicked Things Beat Circus Murieta’s Last Ride (B. Carpenter/R. Sofer) Brian Carpenter - piano, turntables, voice, jaw harp, tubular bells Andrew Stern - baritone guitar / Abigale Reisman - violin Emily Bookwalter - viola / Alec Spiegelman - bass clarinet
Brad Balliett - bassoon / Paul Dilley - double bass
Gavin McCarthy - drums These Wicked Things (B. Carpenter) You rode in from the desert and a lonesome cold wind blew Your hair the black of ravens, your skin the white of snow Along the slow and rolling dunes you came to me And the wind it whipped and lashed my face and cut across me deep I looked to the horizon and a vision barely seen She took my hand and whispered would you care to ride with me I heard a thousand sirens all calling your name As you wrapped yourself around me and we rode into the flames Over mountains over valleys screamed the mad and roaring winds And at night the lovers sing their diabolical sins You’re the eye of my tornado and it funnels inside you And you’re always in my dreams when all these wicked things come true The lightning crashed around me and the rain dripped down my face The storm a white inferno set ablaze around the place The moon was gently weeping as I knelt down at your feet And I got caught in the undertow and drowned into the deep Your eyes alight with fire as you wrapped around me tight Your lips apart and shining in the pale moonlight We sank into the quicksand the air was thin down there In a hundred thousand times we never once came up for air Over mountains over valleys screamed the mad and roaring winds And at night the lovers sing their diabolical sins You’re the eye of my tornado and it funnels inside you And you’re always in my dreams when all these wicked things come true Over mountains over valleys screamed the mad and roaring winds And at night the lovers sing their diabolical sins You’re the eye of my tornado and it funnels inside you And you’re always in my dreams when all these wicked things come true Brian Carpenter - vocals Andrew Stern - guitar Abigale Reisman - violin Emily Bookwalter - viola Dana Colley - bass saxophone Paul Dilley - double bass Gavin McCarthy - drums Bad Motel (B. Carpenter) She was found on the floor In the house where she lived I wonder who she was involved with Heard the husband shot her Cause he got home at four What will they say about her? Find a bad motel By the side of the road If you need some help It’s the last place to go They had curious neighbors On their way out west What did they say about her? She was seen in his car In the back parking lot I wonder what she was involved in Find a bad motel By the side of the road If you need some help It’s the last place to go Brian Carpenter - vocals Andrew Stern - guitar Paul Dilley - electric bass Gavin McCarthy - drums Dana Colley - bass saxophone Just A Lost, Lost Dream (B. Carpenter) You woke me up Too suddenly I was in the middle Of a beautiful dream I swear I’ve seen that girl before she walked out of the light I know it’s not forever, but I just don’t care tonight In my dream She’s mine, mine, all mine I hear her there She’s a ghost on the highway And I say a little prayer Lord, to please make her stay My mind is in the gutter and my heart is in her hand I dive into the water just to meet her when I can But she’s gone, now she’s gone It was such a lovely thing but now it’s just a lost, lost dream I saw the light Heard the angels sound When I’m up all night I can’t get down I call out in the darkness but she never knows I’m there If I ever close my eyes again I’ll look for her trail Cause she’s gone, yeah she’s gone It was such a lovely thing but now it’s just a lost, lost dream I’m burning now This road is on fire I hope it’s not too late Cause I’m a man on your wire She took the heart of her loving man, she killed me in my sleep The only thing she left behind was a sad and broken dream Cause she’s gone, now she’s gone It was such a lovely thing but now it’s just a lost, lost dream It was such a lovely thing but now it’s just a lost, lost dream It was such a lovely thing but now it’s just a lost, lost dream Brian Carpenter - vocals / Andrew Stern - guitar Paul Dilley - electric bass / Gavin McCarthy - drums Emily Bookwalter, Jen Kenneally - backing vocals Georgia Young - backing vocals Crow Killer (B. Carpenter) Brian Carpenter - tubular bells / Andrew Stern - guitar Catherine Bent - cello / Brad Balliett - bassoon Paul Dilley - double bass / Gavin McCarthy - drums Gone, Gone, Gone (B. Carpenter) By sundown the road had been deserted, black and shimmering hot. The sun painted a final red streak across the western sky. He trudged along slowly, searching for any sign of life. The hallucinations had returned when he noticed a small dot appear on the horizon. Far off against the yellow glare, the moving speck lurched toward him. He watched it slowly metamorphose into the form of a white pickup truck. It zipped past him. Little clouds of dust swirled up. He turned, blinked and squinted again. It was gone, gone, gone. One hundred miles of asphalt burning up the road White angels pass him by in giant clouds of smoke He is alone in this world Gone, gone, gone Through desert towns he wanders searching for the one Hear lovers cry out from their palace in the sun He is alone in this world Gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone Brian Carpenter - vocals Rafi Sofer - short-wave radio Andrew Stern - guitar Abigale Reisman - violin, backing vocals Emily Bookwalter - viola, backing vocals Jane Scarpantoni - cello Tomas Cruz - backing vocals Paul Dilley - double bass Gavin McCarthy - drums Alec Spiegelman - tenor saxophone The Girl From The West Country (B. Carpenter) Brian Carpenter - vocals, jaw harp / Andrew Stern - electric guitar Tomas Cruz - vocals / Abigale Reisman - violin Emily Bookwalter - viola / Jane Scarpantoni - cello Paul Dilley - double bass / Gavin McCarthy - drums Adam Sachs - triangle, shaker Rosita (tango) (B. Carpenter) Brian Carpenter - whistling, trumpet Andrew Stern - baritone guitar Abigale Reisman - violin Emily Bookwalter - viola Alec Spiegelman - flute / Paul Dilley - double bass Gavin McCarthy - drums / Quinn Carson - trombone Jacob Valenzuela - trumpet The Key (B. Carpenter) I used to take long desert drives in the evenings With no navigation, no one to lead I always got lost and broke down in the same place So how could that turn out to be you and me But it’s two in the morning On the side of the road Looks like we’re not moving I’ll take the wheel if you’ll turn the key The radio’s out and we’re stuck in a ghost town And I hear a train whistle blowing our way Just stay here with me and look up at the sky now A night full of stars and we’ve nothing to say It’s two in the morning On the side of the road Looks like we’re not moving I’ll take the wheel if you’ll turn the key Looks like we’re not moving I’ll take the wheel if you’ll turn the key Looks like we’re not moving I’ll take the wheel if you’ll turn the key Brian Carpenter - vocals Andrew Stern - guitars Abigale Reisman - violin Emily Bookwalter - viola, backing vocals Tomas Cruz - backing vocals Paul Dilley - bass Gavin McCarthy - drums All The Pretty Horses (B. Carpenter/P. Dilley/ G. McCarthy/A. Stern) Andrew Stern - electric guitar Paul Dilley - double bass Gavin McCarthy - drums Rosita (huapango) (B. Carpenter) Rosita Angel of the desert sun Remember Taken from our arms so long Rosita Whisper us a gentle prayer Remember On the night of our despair Somewhere in a world beyond here She is softly waiting for us As we cry a song of sorrow Underneath a blackened sky Rosita Traveled from the highest peak Remember On the night we dare not speak Rosita Drowning in a sea of tears Remember As we sing so breathlessly Somewhere in a world beyond here She is softly waiting for us As we cry a song of sorrow Underneath a blackened sky Yo soy el hombre Que es de Sonora La venganza es dulce, tomaré su sangre Te rue el día Rosita Remember Rosita Remember Rosita Brian Carpenter - verse vocals Tomas Cruz - voice of Murieta Andrew Stern - guitars Jacob Valenzuela - mariachi trumpets Quinn Carson - trombone Abigale Reisman - violin Emily Bookwalter - viola Alec Spiegelman - flute Paul Dilley - double bass Gavin McCarthy - drums Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came (B. Carpenter) Alec Spiegelman - flute Brad Balliett - bassoon Ron Caswell - tuba Gita Drummond - voice The Evening Redness in the West (B. Carpenter) Brian Carpenter - tubular bells Abigale Reisman, Paran Amirinazari - violin Emily Bookwalter - viola / Catherine Bent - cello Bill Cole - Chinese suona / Quinn Carson - trombone Ron Caswell - tuba / Alec Spiegelman - tenor saxophone Andrew Stern - electric guitar / Paul Dilley - double bass Gavin McCarthy - drums The Last Man (Is Anybody Out There?) (B. Carpenter) Brian Carpenter - vocals / Andrew Stern - electric guitar Stephen Ulrich - lap steel / Alec Spiegelman - tenor saxophone Quinn Carson - trombone / Ron Caswell - tuba Abigale Reisman - backing vocals / Emily Bookwalter - viola, backing vocals Jen Kenneally - backing vocals / Georgia Young - backing vocals Catherine Bent - cello / Paul Dilley - double bass / Gavin McCarthy - drums Long Way Home (B. Carpenter/A. Stern) Andrew Stern - electric guitar / Abigale Reisman - violin Emily Bookwalter - viola / Jane Scarpantoni - cello Paul Dilley - double bass [Photo of the band] L-R: Gavin McCarthy, Abigale Reisman, Brian Carpenter, Paul Dilley, Alec Spiegelman, Andrew Stern Photo by Liz Linder Produced by Brian Carpenter All music and lyrics by Brian Carpenter except where noted Recorded by Rafi Sofer at Q Division Studios, Somerville MA in May 2016 Vocals and strings recorded by Bryce Goggin at Trout Recording, Brooklyn NY May 2016 Jacob Valenzuela and Stephen Ulrich recorded by Chris Schultz at Wavelab Studios, Tucson AZ April 2017 All other instruments recorded by Rafi Sofer at Q Division Studios, Somerville MA 2017-18 Songs mixed by Craig Schumacher with assistance from Chris Schultz at Wavelab Studios, Tucson AZ January-April 2017 Tracks 1, 3, 12, and 13 recorded and mixed by Rafi Sofer at Q Division Studios Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering, Ventura CA Artwork by Daniel Zezelj. Lettering, design and layout by Maricor/Maricar Love and thanks to Caroline and Alex Carpenter, Rafi Sofer, Craig Schumacher, Chris Schultz, Karen Lustig, Danijel Zezelj, Bryce Goggin, Adam Sachs, Tomas Cruz, Serena Eades, Rob Reich, Amnesia in San Francisco, and the chefs, bartenders, and wait staff at Cup Cafe in Tucson, Arizona. Special thanks to Madeleine Oldham and Dominic Orlando who developed the stage play The Barbary Coast at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in Summer 2014 and helped bring many of the characters behind these songs to fruition. Innova Director: Philip Blackburn. Operations Director: Chris Campbell. Publicist: Tim Igel Innova is supported by an endowment from the McKnight Foundation. [back cover of gatefold] 1. Murieta’s Last Ride 2:58 2. These Wicked Things 3:43 3. Bad Motel 2:25 4. Just A Lost, Lost Dream 3:05 5. Crow Killer 2:34 6. Gone, Gone, Gone 3:26 7. The Girl From The West Country 2:16 8. Rosita (tango) 2:16 9. The Key 3:25 10. All The Pretty Horses 2:30 11. Rosita (huapango) 4:18 12. Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came 1:38 13. The Evening Redness In The West 2:16 14. The Last Man (Is Anybody Out There?) 6:53 15. Long Way Home 2:21 Produced by Brian Carpenter © BRIAN CARPENTER / ELECTRIC SHEEP MUSIC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, 2019. INNOVA® RECORDINGS IS THE LABEL OF THE AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM. WWW.INNOVA.MU