Ray Bonneville

2 Great January Festivals!

Ray — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:49:08 +0000

Ray will be performing at two highly acclaimed festivals in Florida this January. The 30a Songwriters Festival in South Walton, FL and the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise aboard the Holland America ms Nieuw Amsterdam which sets sail for St. Kitts from Fort Lauderdale. More info below!

January 18 – 19, 2013
30a Songwriters Festival
All throughout the town of South Walton, FL
www.30asongwritersfestival.com
Features 125 songwriters and over 200 musical performances.

January 20-27, 2013
The Ledgendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise
Leaving from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
www.bluescruise.com
SOLD OUT! JOIN THE WAITLIST

New T-Shirts!

Ray — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:35:23 +0000

Hey we got new “Bad man’s blood” T-shirts folks! I always wanted to offer them again… had em decades ago for the Bonneville Blues Band back in Colorado. We got men’s and women’s sizes made of 100% cotton, so come on get one for yourself or a pal who likes the album!

Ray

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Cool Cool Rain

Ray — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:23:06 +0000

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what you do when you come my way
put the soothe on my worry
put the soothe on my worry
like cool rain on a hot day

cool cool rain
cool cool rain on a hot day

things you do chances you take
It’s always you when my mind strays
the words you choose the things you say
you’re a cool rain on a hot day

cool cool rain
on a hot day

from a strange land far away
clouds gather soft and grey
here they come and I say
a cool rain is on the way

time for me to go but I hear you say
Its a mean road out there stay
take my coat hang it away
for a cool rain on a hot day

cool cool rain
cool cool rain on a hot day

Run Jolee Run

Ray — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:21:59 +0000

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where the tracks cut county nine
a diesel pulls up a long line
slowing up the grade to a crawl
where Jolee waits for an empty car
away from a man
with a cruel tongue and a violent hand
who done told her more than once
I’ll put your six under if you try to run

she walked into the pawn
said how much for that little thirty two
the man at the counter said
are you sure what you gonna do
run Jolee run
Jolee run

Arkansas border Tennesee bound
across muddy water into Memphis town
a walk up room a deadbolt on the door
a street lamp moon a creak on the floor
neon glows until the break of day
where she goes to make money
pouring whiskey pouring gin
don’t tell nobody where you been

the little thirty two in her pocket stays loaded
run Jolee run
Jolee run

the scene plays in her head
over and over again
there’s a movement beneath the street lamp
and the little thirty two gun is in her hand
it barks like a dog two three four
last call in the shadow
now Jolee waits for the morning freight
goin’ where nobody knows her name

run Jolee run
Jolee run

Shy Star

Ray — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:21:34 +0000

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shy star I can hardly see you
in the blue darkness
come on out if your willing to
on this night, yes
I am one of your many friends
waiting for you
to show your brightness
your true self truly

shy star won’t you come out tonight
come on out right now
shy star we are waiting
we are all waiting

you might think that you
have no influence
oh but you do yes its so
I am telling you
do whatever it is you must
to burn through
make it so there can be trust
trust in you

shy star won’t you come out tonight
come on out right now
shy star we are waiting
we are all waiting

me I’m just another speck
in the universe
made out of nothing more than dust
and these few words
won’t you turn up your heat
so all can witness
your beauty, intensity,
and your willingness

shy star won’t you come out tonight
come on out right now
shy star we are waiting
we are all waiting

Goin’ By Feel

Ray — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:21:14 +0000

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young bird flew on new wings
knew what to do instinctively
didn’t ask how wonder why
just went out into the sky

goin’ by feel
goin’ by feel

little river starts out slow
faster and bigger as she goes
every curve shallow and deep
goin’ home to the sea

goin’ by feel
goin’ by feel

I can’t say why but some days
I close my eyes and see your face
I hear your words in my ear
nothing’s for sure
go by feel

goin’ by feel
goin’ by feel

firefly comin’ this way
flickering light as if to say
time ain’t but this long
here tonight tomorrow gone
I can’t say why but someday
I close my eyes and see your face
I hear your words in my ear
nothing’s for sure
go by feel

here it comes from behind the cloud
the big old sun shining down
here it comes without a sound
can you feel it now

goin’ by feel
goin’ by feel

Carry The Fallen

Ray — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:20:49 +0000

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on the fourth day of November
in the year of the storm
she gave her one way ticket to the man
and got on board
on an empty seat next to her a newspaper
headline read
stray round, crowded market
shopkeepers, children

while the men in high office line the pockets of their own
Flag draped coffins carry the fallen home

her money ran low she worked the floor
at the last stop restaurant
where she met a young man just
back from the war front
he told her of the things he’d seen and done
while over there
he said I’ll never be the same except maybe my name
and I live the nightmare

while the men in high office line the pockets of their own
flag draped coffins carry the fallen home

she told him how her father had gone off and
said I’ll be home soon
how she laid awake in the night and prayed
until she got the news
twenty one guns don’t help you none
when your world has been shattered
he was the man such a tender man
tell me what could be sadder

while the men in high office line the pockets of their own
flag draped coffins carry young fallen home

Reckless Feelin’

Ray — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:20:30 +0000

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Where tangled overpasses meet
high above the city street
blink and miss it down below
neon over a smoke glass door
the night’s lost already
the man takes your money
you’ve come to the right place
if what your looking for

is a reckless feelin’
reckless feeling

in the back room the lights are low
the band groves in the candlelight glow
she takes a sip and says I don’t know
if I’ll see you in secret anymore
you told me you’d leave her long ago
I don’t believe you so you know
he tries for a kiss, her weakness
I told you before

reckless feelin’
I got a reckless feelin’

The drummer lays it down smooth
eyes on the bartender and the way she moves
she’s got it bad thinking about last night
and the night ahead
the singer leans into the microphone
eyes searching over by the door
I must be the queen of fools
all the tears I cry for you

reckless feelin’
reckless feelin’

Drop the change into the slot
I know its late but I had to call
if you can’t talk give me a sign
you been on my mind
I’m you know where
can you meet me here
I really gotta see you
can you make it tonight

I got a reckless feelin’
a reckless feelin’

So Long Blues

Ray — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:20:00 +0000

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look at that mountain
do you think its lonesome
its got the wind to talk to
and clouds come calling
it’s a high place to fall from
if you’re not careful
like a love
made of danger and wonder

so long blues
so long blues

two flowers growing
in a dry riverbed
how long
before the rain comes down again
they don’t have no cares
for that time
they got one another
in the middle of the night

so long blues
so long blues

a full grown feeling
out of nowhere
finds a loners heart
and lives in there
for some things
in this world and time
there don’t seem to be
a reason why

so long blues
so long blues
so long blues

I Am The Big Easy

Ray — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:17:14 +0000

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I was born on the edge of the big muddy flow
my daddy was french, my mother creole
I’m slow and heavy underneath the sun
but I’m more than willing when the night time comes
I’m a well known street, I’m a marching drum
I’m a dancer, a preacher, a sophisticated bum
I’m a wild tchapatoula, a dice rolling judge
I’m a barker tryin’ to fool you into a late night club

I am the Big Easy I been hit by a storm
brought to my knees have mercy lord
I got soul I got heart
all alone I’m coming out of the dark
I am the Big Easy

I’m a craw fish boil, a funeral parade
I’m a little boy listenin’ to the music play
I’m an old man dancing to the second line beat
I’m a young girl trying to catch Mardi Gras beads
I’m a shot gun house, an uptown street car
I’m a big wheel steamer by a full loaded barge
I’m a blues band, a politician
a shoeshine man, I’m a famous musician

I am the Big Easy I been hit by a storm
brought to my knees have mercy lord
I got soul, I got heart
all alone, I’m coming out of the dark
I am The Big Easy

when my levees broke and the water came in
I heard a lot of folks call it the end
but you’d be mistaken if you thought me done
I am the Big Easy I’m the only one
all my children and all their kin
they go on living like the always been
no matter what happens don’t you count me out
they call me New Orleans I’m the heart of the south

I am the Big Easy I been hit by a storm
brought to my knees have mercy lord
I got soul, I got heart
all alone, I’m coming out of the dark
I am The Big Easy