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Layers

from Gateway to the South by Big Ray

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Words & music by Ed Wenn.

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Sunshine sits next to Mothballs.
They're wiliting in the Miami heat
They're both wearing dove grey, shirt-weight suits
And wishing they could go take a leak.
It's stake-out time for The Outfit
They're watching Jack Kennedy's back.
Mattress Jack looks good on the box
And he never gets caught in the sack.

There's too many layers.
There's too much crazy fun.
There's too many interests
Underneath the burning sun.
Said, there's too many layers.
Give the crazies bombs and guns.
There's too much at stake here.

It's cocktail time at the Nacional
While bodies pile up on the beach.
The Beard is immune to any threat in the room.
He's always there just out of reach.
Big Bad Jack where's the air support at?
Remember who's watching your back.
You may look good on the box or in bed,
But you're working on a shot in the head.

There's sugarcane burning against a pitch black August sky.
The sun's setting fast on the end of the world,
But state-sponsored terror intensifies.

credits

from Gateway to the South, released February 1, 2014
Ed Wenn
Vocals & guitars

Peter Woodward
Guitars

Marc Maitland
Drums

Rich Matthews
Guitars

Paul Duncan
Bass

Clive Watling
Harmony vocals

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Big Ray has been around in various incarnations since 1991 lurching from 'full time band' to 'state of mind' & all flavours in-between. The personnel shifts & expands, but centres around Ed Wenn & 2 or 3 close friends. The musical starting point has remained constant; a mix of The Who, The Kinks, Big Star, CSNY & Steve Earle layered over a punk rock sensibility & attitude. ... more

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