Gigoloaunts.net - Pacific Ocean Blues

"HELLO"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

Hello, I think it's time to go
I came here to get away
But now I don't want to stay, yeah!
So goodbye, so much of an alibi
But I never felt the juice
It's not much of an excuse, yeah!

Forever looking down in the wrong place
Forever talking to the wrong face
Forever looking for someone who's an awful lot like you were
Someone who's an awful lot like you

So wait, I'm just trying to get this straight
Maybe I try too much
Or maybe I lost my touch, yeah!
Go on, I couldn't quite swallow down
I thought of a word to say
but somehow it slipped away, yeah!

Forever looking down in the wrong place
Forever talking to the wrong face
Forever looking for someone who's an awful lot like you were
Someone who's an awful lot like you, like you

Track info: We start the record off with a little ditty I came up with just after moving to LA. I was having one of those “what have I done with my life?” days. I didn’t think much of the song at first, but Dave saw possibilities. He had a vision, which was crank it out loud and fast! I think Fred heard the song once before laying down the drums. We first jammed on this song with me on guitar and Dave on bass, so Senor Gibbs rocked the bass on the recording. My electric guitar skills didn’t quite make it to the final version, I did get to play a little acoustic on the choruses. We had to put this one first. Where else do you put a song named hello? -Steve Hurley-

"Mr. TOMORROW"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

You draw a deep breath in,
But it comes out a sigh
Always worried about some other someone's how or why
You let the morning in,
But then it slipped away
Are you gonna lose another moment ? not today

Mr. Tomorrow - not today
Mr. Tomorrow - anyway
No need to borrow from tomorrow with today

You catch a subtle breeze,
But stop and fix your hair
Always worried that someone will notice that you care
You take a step for free,
But turn around and pay
Are you gonna walk right past the present ? not today

Mr. Tomorrow - not today
Mr. Tomorrow - anyway
No need to borrow from tomorrow with today

Today is the day when your feet are on the ground
Your heart's in the air and you're spinning all around
Everything has light and space
Everyone has time and place

Just let the evening in,
Before it fades away
Are you gonna waste another moment ? not today

Mr. Tomorrow - not today
Mr. Tomorrow - anyway
Mr. Tomorrow - not today
No need to borrow from tomorrow or the past's triumphs and sorrow
Look around Mr. Tomorrow at today

Track info: This recording comes from our supergroup session with Phil Hurley and Mark Rivers. Chris Joyner added the piano and his feel really gives the track bounce. This was my attempt to write a sort of Zen Buddhist type song, but happily it came out as classic Gigolo sounding pop. Don’t Dave and Phil’s voiced blend nicely? -Steve Hurley-

"EVEN THOUGH (THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST)"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

This is the one before the last
A testament to moving out from under shadows cast
No longer putting down
All the things I thought about you in another song

Even though the cobblestones shuffle in perfect time
I know it's gonna be the one before the last

This is the one that got away
No more time spent painting portraits of yesterday
Well maybe just a sketch
Cause capturing a glimpse of beauty for me you did best

Even though the cobblestones shuffle in perfect time
I know I'm gonna leave behind the past
Even though the brittle leaves rustle another rhyme
I know it's gonna be the one before the last

I've been dreaming for a while
Now I'm waking up to a place Like a line on my face
There will always be a trace

This is the one before the last
A testament to moving out from under shadows cast
I know you won't be coming back
But who can blame a soul for wishing when the night looks black

Even though the cobblestones shuffle in perfect time
I know I'm gonna be behind the past
Even though the brittle leaves rustle another rhyme
I know it's gonna be the one before the last
The one before the last...

Stepping out from shadows cast
Is this the one before the last
I'm wishing when the night gets black
I don't think you'll ever coming back
The one before the last...

Track info: This phrase is a Spanish saying according to our pal Breadface.. He usually says this in reference to having a drink, but we thought it would make a great song title-and a great metaphor for love (and life!). This song also features Mark on drums and Brother Phil’s tasty guitar solo. Sorry about any confusion caused by this song and the “One Before the Last” album of a few years ago. The title was too good to use only once. -Steve Hurley-

"LET GO"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

You keep wearing your heart on your sleeve
You Won't be long until it leaves a stain
You keep hiding out under the eaves
Even though it never looks like rain

So let go, let go of it
Loosen the grip, let it fall to the floor
Let go cause you don't need it anymore

You've been holding the past like a card
So you always have a hand to play
You swallow shattered dreams down shard by shard
And wonder why the ache won't go away

So let go, let go of it
Loosen the grip, let it fall to the floor
Let go cause you don't need it anymore
Let go, let go of it
Open your eyes, let it all fade away
Let go cause you can't feel it not today

Soon you'll find your feet and take a step away
What's the sense in living all for yesterday ?

Maybe it seems romantic at first
But I think I should tell you as a friend
When you decide your living with a curse
You make it very hard to try again

So let go, let go of it
Loosen the grip, let it fall to the floor
Let go cause you don't need it anymore
So let go, let go of it
Loosen the grip, let it all fade away
Let go when you don't need it not today
Let go, let go of it
Loosen the grip, let it fall to the floor
Let go cause you can't feel it anymore
Let go, let go of it
Open your eyes, let it all fade away
Let go cause you don't need it not today
Let go, let go of it

Track info: This song started out as an exercise in using only three chords. By the time we finished it somehow grew a minor key bridge, a horn section, and a rock and roll freak out ending that features vintage Skibic high octave riffing. Chris H played those lovely organ swells. Dave supplied the rocking intro riff, the snaky bass line and the nifty semi distorto vocal. That’s my voice the comes in for the bridge, which is a vocal approach we used on a few other songs (can you guess which ones?) -Steve Hurley-

"PACIFIC OCEAN BLUES"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

Tell me the story of how I was away
When you just woke up and couldn't face the gray of winter

And in the end, will we still be friends?
And is the end just around the bend?

Read me the chapter of how you filled a box
With five years of photographs and kept them under lock beneath you

And in the end, will we still be friends?
And in the end it's just around the bend?

And in the end, will we still be friends?
And in the end it's just around the bend?
Just around the bend?

Track info: This is a tune I started a few years back when Jon showed me this particular fingerpicking pattern on the guitar. Over time it morphed into a song about moving to California and wondering about those left behind. Somehow I twisted that picking pattern into something that none of us could play very well. So, we brought in Mike Lennon, the fingerpicking expert who really nailed the guitar part. After Mr. Gibbs supplied the aching vocal, David Immergluck added the beautiful pedal steel. Part. Then we all went out for Mexican food. -Steve Hurley-

"LAY YOUR WEARY BODY DOWN"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

When everything that once was right is wrong
And every little ray of hope is gone
When you feel a bit more lost than you feel found
Lay your weary body down

When you wake up and you're miles away from home
And you go to sleep a little more alone
Caught between the heavens and the ground
Lay your weary body down...

Next to mine

If you're sick in love and crazy with regret
Can't find enough to drink til you forget
A love you know will never come back 'round
Lay your weary body down,
Lay your weary body down

Track info: started as an acoustic number of Dave’s that we hadn’t planned to put drums and bass on until the moment we tracked it. Listening to it now, I can’t imagine the track being as moving without Fred’s epic drum fills, Dave’s melodic electric guitar arpeggios and the sweeping strings that we so beautifully arranged by Chris H. There’s so much nice feel on this track. -Steve Hurley-

"STAY"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

Anytime at all you can move me
Nod your heart towards the door
Anyway you like you can tell me
But lately it just feels so good here on the floor

Any other day you might find me
Climbing hills very steep
Any other way might define me
But I just want to flirt with the border of sleep

So stay, until tomorrow
Like a stray cooling breeze

Any time your eyes are upon me
What I feel in my bones
And your breath is all around me
Living in your arms I just feel so at home

Stay, until tomorrow
Like a stray cooling breeze
Stay, in this moment
In this place here with me

Every minute, every hour of the day
Just disappears and melts away when you stay

Stay, until tomorrow
Like a stray cooling breeze
Stay, in this moment
In this place here with me
Stay

Track info: I made up the original riff for this song sitting on the edge of my bed thinking about someone special I had just met. By the time the band played through a few times in a makeshift rehearsal in Adam Duritz’ basement, everyone added a little something. Skibbo cranked out those angular riffs. Fred came up with the anticipated breaks. Dave and I wrote the lyrics for the bridge about five minutes before laying down the vocal. Chris H supplied the Hammond organ and our old pal/mentor Alex Vangellow flew all the way out from Potsdam, NY to help supply the “woo hoo hoos.” -Steve Hurley-

"ONLY YOU"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

The reason why when I lie awake alone at night
The moon never seems to shine as bright
'Cause I'm not with you
All the stars in the sky look down it's like they're laughing at me
Can't even buy a bit of sympathy
There's nothing I can do

There's only you
There's only you
There's only you for me

I don't know why I always seem to make the same mistakes
Maybe I just don't have the heart it takes
Maybe you always knew

There's only you
There's only you
There's only you for me

I don't know why I always say the stupid things I say
"I know you're leaving, but I wish you'd stay"
There's nothing I can do
Nothing I can do
Nothing I can do
For me, there's only you

Track info: Dave wrote this one and originally saw it as a total 60’s romp, but it somehow settled into a slightly countrified groove. I really like Dave uncharacteristically low vocal and Jon’s tremolo leads. This one really came together towards the end of the recording. Yes, Pretenders fans, we know about the solo. Consider it a homage. -Steve Hurley-

"ONCE IN A WHILE"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

I pressed my cheek to the cool tabletop
And wished the dance playing down my spine would stop
The moon was hanging there in the window blue

And once in a while I wish that it was true
Once in a while a little bit of broken heart could do

I took a long drink tasting of tin
And swallowed every conversation again
A distant car horn was trying to break through

And once in a while I wish that it was true
Once in a while I wish that it was true
Once in a while a little bit of broken heart could do

But like the rain it's gonna soak you through
Past the skin and the bone
To the flight and the flown
Soaking everything you own

And once in a while I wish that it was true
Once in a while I wish that it was you
Once in a while a little bit of broken heart could do

Track info: This one features my trademark wobbly vocal stylings. Sort of like “Residue” from “Minor Chords,” it is my only lead vocal on the record. Fred and Dave arranged the drum and guitar parts in a rush of inspiration. Chris J. played some great swirly Wurlitzer piano that really sets the mood. Did you ever wish that a failed romance didn’t have to drag you so far down? Why can’t a slightly broken heart be enough? That’s what I was wondering when this song came about. -Steve Hurley-

"MY FAVORITE REGRET"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

Will you be my favorite regret,
Could I be your sweetest mistake?
Trade one step back for two ahead
Just a little time that's all
Don't be afraid to fall
This catch I won't forget,
My favorite regret.

Won't you let me chip away the stone
Are you really better off alone?
Won't you let your guard down one more time
Just like I've done mine
We'll look until we find something neither will forget
My favorite regret

My favorite regret

Will you be my favorite regret?
Cut the strings attached but save the thread
And I know your feelings are probably right
But just this once tonight
As you lay in your bed
Place a little on this bet
My favorite regret

"MAYBE THE CHANGE WILL DO US GOOD"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

Woke up this morning to another sunny day
Felt like the sheets were lined with lead
Tried for a moment just to revisit my dreams
Sat back and thought of you instead

Maybe the change will do us good
Maybe the rain will soak the ground
Maybe the change will do us good
And change is starting to fall down

Went out this afternoon and sat inside my car
And watched the sunlight hit the dash
Rolled down the window just to breath the ocean air
Started to feel better at last

Maybe the change will do us good
Maybe the sun will touch the ground
Maybe the change will do us good
And change is starting to fall down

All the hours spent waiting for a taste of yesterday
All the days refusing to exclaim
We're not the same
You're not the same
I'm not the same

Maybe the change will do us good
Maybe the rain will soak the ground
Maybe the change will do us good
And change is starting to fall down
Down and soak the ground and changes
Starting to fall down, down, down, down
Down and soak the ground and changes
Trying to fall down, down, down, down
Down and soak the ground and changes
Dying to fall down, down, down, down
Down and soak the ground and changes
Trying to fall down, down, down, down
Down and soak the ground and changes
Trying to fall down
Fall down

Track info: I have been playing this guitar riff for years and I finally succeeded in making into a song. I had a fully written version of this song with lyrics that really reflected living in Boston. We decided to revamp the words so they reflect our vague California theme. We build this song up little by little from a drum track that Fred recorded. I put on the bass. Dave played all those rhythm guitars and the distorted riff. Jon came in and nailed the solo in a minimum of attempts. The track really came to life when we got Mark Rivers to come in and help sing the backing vocals. Dave, Mark and I spent a whole day doing all those vocals. We put this song last because it’s about living with change, something we have all done since we left Boston (in so many different ways). -Steve Hurley-

"LAY YOUR WEARY BODY DOWN (REPRISE)"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

Track info: Oh yes, the hidden track! This time we will even discuss it. Chris Joyner played this is one take while learning the chords for the other version of the song. Pretty impressive. I must at first I wasn’t sure about this as an addition to the record, but I must admit it does sit in there nicely after the waves. -Steve Hurley-

"LONG SCATTERED DAYDREAM"
(Gibbs/Hurley)

In a long scattered daydream
Or a short sleepless night
Begin to feel alright

On a cold winter's morning
Or a hot summer's day
Begin to feel okay

Then you find all that you are looking for
When you're looking for all you find
In due time

In the heart of a city
In the hand of a crowd
Begin to feel it loud

Then you find all that you've been looking for
When you're looking for all you find
In due time

Once you let the wind tear at your face
In an embrace of all the doubt, all the doubt
Once you let the warmth pull at your ears
So many fears will work on out, work on out

In a long scattered daydream
Or a short sleepless night
Begin to feel alright
Begin to feel alright