Unreleased Songs

The Felice Brothers Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Ambulance Man

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

Here comes the rain
Making my skies cloudy again
There goes the tide
There goes my heart, burning alive

This was an old rodeo
In the long ago
Now it's a burning ring of fire
Turning my bad desires

Here comes the rain
Hounding old coney island again
Here come the sharks
Tearing my good neighbors apart

Where is that old movie screen
That my eyes have seen?
Where are your warm summer winds
Where's my lover been?

Ambulance man
Please let me ride
I'm at the end
Ambulance man
I'm at the end

Here comes the rain
Making my bones quiver again
Here come the freaks
Tearing the children from their seats

That's where the turnstile lives
Where we all find
Now it's a burning wheel of fire
Turning my real desire

Ambulance man
Please let me ride
I'm at the end
Ambulance man
I'm at the end tonight


2.Penn Station

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

Well, I died in Penn station tonight, oh Lord
Well, I died in Penn station tonight, oh Lord
In Penn station tonight

With a toothbrush and a comb
Five dollars and a dead cell phone, oh Lord
No photo I.D
No past to torture me, oh Lord
No past to torture me

Well, I died in Penn station tonight, oh Lord
Well, I died in Penn station tonight, oh Lord
In Penn station tonight

Oh, how sweetly I do sleep
On the bathroom tile where the porters sweep
With a nickel in my hand
Like the star of Bethlehem, oh Lord
Like the star of Bethlehem

And I know on track number seven
There's a train to take me to heaven, Lord
But a faster train's coming near
Got the devil engineers, oh Lord
Got the devil engineers

Well, I died in Penn station tonight, oh Lord
Well, I died in Penn station tonight, oh Lord
In the Penn station tonight

And I know on track number seven
There's a train to take me to heaven, Lord
But a faster train's coming near
Got the devil engineers, oh Lord
Got the devil engineers


3.Katie Dear

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

Katie dear, make me a road map
That leads to old New York
Katie dear, make me a road map
With those brown old eyes I love

And I will sing you a jailbird song
And all our children will sing along
They'll sing, 'Louisiana ain't that bad
When all you've had's Louisiana'

Katie dear, make me a road map
That leads to Valley Forge
Katie dear, make me a road map
With those brown old eyes I love

And I will sing you a jailbird song
And all our children will sing along
They'll sing, 'Louisiana ain't that bad
When all you've had's Louisiana'


4.Buried In Ice

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

Had a dream I was buried in ice
Doesn't that sound nice?
The professors brought me back in time
I was wondering if you'd still be mine

But the passing of days
Have passed you away
Where you will forever stay?

Professor what kind of miracle is it?
You should be careful just what you wish
For it comes at such a price
To be buried in ice

I was walking the streets alone
In a city of metal and snow
Up came a song from the radio towers
'Wee Small Hours'
And then came an army of clarinets
And terrible hiss of cassettes

Professor what kind of miracle is it?
You should be careful just what you wish
For it comes at such a price
To be buried in ice

Now the dream, it does come and go
Why? Nobody knows
And all these doctors, they don't suffice
I'm always buried in ice
I'm always buried in ice


5.The Big Surprise

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

Get the boys, turn on the show
Get the cameras, set to go
Go tell the host, he's on in five
It's the day of the big surprise

Oh, the waves will rise and crash
And they'll pound your ship of glass
And the boy in the crow's nest will cry
It's the day of the big surprise

See how the harbor lights do burn
See the wheel of fortune turn, turn
It'll turn so fast, the gears will bind
On the day of the big surprise

Your jazzy band has lost its swing
Revolution's lost its ring
When all your love has been a lie
It's the day of the big surprise

Got his letters in your purse, don't you?
It's got me wondering which is worse
The day, I fell into your eyes
Or the day of the big surprise

Grab your shovel, let's get to it
There's no one way of how to do it
And there'll be no woes or sad goodbyes
On the day of the big surprise


6.Ruby Mae

Lyricist:Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone Felice

Her name was Ruby Mae
She danced the cabaret
Such a lovely girl was she
That Ruby Mae

In the open window breeze
She pulled her stockings above her knees
Such a lovely girl was she
That Ruby Mae

On a lonely winter night
I followed her under Christmas lights
So low down was I
To Ruby Mae

In the bitter morning air
I hid her body there
In the heart of old Times Square
So she'd not lose her way

Her name was Ruby Mae
She danced the cabaret
Such a lovely girl was she


7.Run Chicken Run

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

I just got in from town
The news is all around
Oh, push has come to shove
Down at Madam Plum's

Oh, the ice's about to break
And the pigs are on the take
And they're marching
To the beat of Madam's drums

Oh, the barber, he's all smiles
He's from the British Isles
But his razor's sharp as hell
And he knows it well

He's driving to the docks
From an office in the Bronx
He could make your life a living hell

Run, chicken, run
Don't you lose your sleep
Oh, the cat got out of the bag
You better keep your sense

Breathe, chicken, breathe
Don't you lose your breath
Chickens don't get no life after death

Well, down on Baker Street
That's where the women get down
They really move their feet
To the line dance, the Cotton Eyed Joe
Virginia Rag and the Zydeco

But the girl that I'm gonna see
She runs down Baker Street
With a pipe bomb in the long
And windy snow

She's a very sensitive lady
She's always at the breaking point
She's always on her guard

She's the fairest of them all
She loves her Adderall
She's kicking out the windows of your car

Run, chicken, run
Don't you lose your step
Oh, the cat got out of the bag
You better keep your sense

Breathe, chicken, breathe
Don't you lose your breath
Chickens don't get no life after death

Now Madeline's mamma is all in a panic
Cause her husband's sad and he's a bad mechanic
And he's always mad and he's manic depressive
And the clothes he wears are torn but

Let the brass band play
Let them soothe your blues away
Let the fiddle serenade you
Find a shady place to lay

Run, chicken, run
Don't you lose your step
Oh the cat got out of the bag
You better keep your sense

Breathe, chicken, breathe
Don't you lose your breath
Chickens don't get no life after death


8.Chicken Wire

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

Very soon I will be in the deep blue sea
Wrapped in chicken wire by my own device

The navy'll come, the sharks will bite
It will be so hard to fight
Wrapped in chicken wire by my own device

Oh mama, don't go
Don't leave me alone, Lord

Wall to wall, the carpet crawls
Up the stairs and down the hall
To the invalid, in his dying bed

Upon the floor, the guests will step
And everyone will leave except
The invalid in his dying bed

Oh mama, don't go
Don't leave him alone

The maid'll call the ambulance
As the children dance to Billie Jean
By the neighbor's fence

The medics'll come, haul him away
And as they leave, they'll sweetly say
I'm sorry, man, but it's for the best

Oh mama, don't go
Don't leave me alone


9.Sailor Song

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

I have seen the endless waves breaking
On my vessel's side
Ten thousand silver whales
Laboring in the shifting tide

Now I near the bottom
Tangled in the mast
Now I meet the crewmen
A thousand ships of glass

See the soldiers' bodies twisted
In the crimson snow
See the farmers' graves positioned
Neatly in their rows

No grave for the swallowed sailor
For fisherman and slaves
No grave for the swallowed whalers
Who whisper in the waves

Down I go, down I go
Down to meet them all


10.Cooperstown

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

The water's wide, it's deep and wide
It's down a long and windy road
And everyone knows that a boy can't swim it

In Narrow's church
The white walled church
They're singing that gospel song
'Bye and bye, I'ma see my King'

The clouds will break
And the pews shake
And the choir softly cries
And it's Georgia in the spring of 1905

Oh, Ty Cobb, you're dead and gone
You had a game like a war machine
And through the great Hall of Fame you wander

In Tigers Field, a girl in heels
She had a face like a magazine
And through the long, metal stands, she wandered

Oh, the ball soared and the crowd roared
And the scoreboard, sweetly hummed
And tomorrow, you'll surely know whose won

Well, I'm on first, and you're on third
And their wolves are all between
And everyone's sure that their game is over

The catcher's hard, he's mean and hard
Then he nips at the batter's heels
And everyone's sure that their game is over

The ball soars and the crowd roars
And the scoreboard, sweetly hums
And tomorrow, you'll surely know whose won

The water's wide, it's deep and wide
It's down a long and windy road
And everyone knows that a boy can't swim it

Oh, the clouds break and the pews shake
And the preacher's feet do pound
As the rain beats the streets of Coopers town


11.Boy From Lawrence County

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

All these pills and powder could not make me stay
Oh, I'm on my merry way in the morning light
Cold New England winters have got me coughing
As the Lincoln turns the corner down Memory Street

Tell me Judge, what's the bounty
On that boy from Lawrence County?
He's a friend of mine
If I had a way to trap him
Would you swear to pay up, captain?
He's a friend of mine

The door swang slowly open
The committee room was dark
The bailiff marked the charts in red
Recalled a boy in orange as he slowly passed
Awkward as a calf with its legs wobbling

Be so kind, tell me warden
Who's in line to die this morning?
Could I see the show?
If he bore his teeth to scare us
Would we see our likeness, sheriff
In the pearly glow?

Roll on old, silver river through the iron range
Past the sleeping trains that wait
Gold and amber peddles in your water wade
Like the band of Jesse James in wait

Rain, it beats the window, makes it hard to see
Who's on a drunken spree in the city lights
Silent are the dying, silent are the young
It's silent where I'm from

Tell me love of your husband
Will we see his headlights coming?
Will he know it's us?
When his tired eyes have lifted
Will he see your bed has shifted?
Is he bad at love?

I got the money that I owe you
Something else to show you
Could you meet me there?
Take the road out, past the station
To the river basin
I'll be waiting there for you

All these pills and powder, could not make me stay
Oh, I'm on my merry way in the morning light
And all these dying matadors in dusty rings
Have killed my will to sing and I'm gone

Tell me, judge, what's the bounty
On that boy from Lawrence County?
He's a friend of mine
If I had a way to trap him
Would you swear to pay up, captain?
He's a friend of mine


12.Rise And Shine

Lyricist:Gregory Alan Farley, Ian Felice, James Paul Felice, Simone
Felice, Josh Rawson

This fever you've known for days might be your end
How quickly you've slipped around the bend
I'll think of you night and day, you'll wish me well
I'll miss you much more than words could tell

But you won't be changed, you'll remain as one
Come rise and shine, old pal of mine
One more day, one more day

I'll sit on your windowsill and watch the snow
I'll tell you the things that past below
A girl in a coat of feathers, in a doorway stands
Holding a rabbit in her hands

But you won't be changed, you'll forever stay
Come rise and shine, old pal of mine
One more day, one more day

The girl who I used to bring has gone away
I messed up bad, it's sad to say
I know she would bring you joy
With her pretty face
I'm sure I'll find one to take her place

But we won't be changed, we'll remain as one
Please rise and shine, old pal of mine
Your day has come, your day has come