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Monday, 09 October 2006
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Happy birthday, John Lennon!!!
Thursday, 07 September 2006
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"Peaches for Sale" lyrics
Hi everyone. A couple of weeks ago I atteneded WUMB radio's Summer Acoustic Music Week. This was a wonderful week of music, friendship and haute cuisine on the shores of Lake Winnepesauke, New Hampshire.
At the open mic on Thursday night I played and sang my song "Peaches for Sale," ably accompanied by Mr. Scott Ainslie playing his National resonator guitar. Thank you, Scott! For those of you who asked, here are the lyrics:
Peaches for Sale
By Paul Martin BauerCentral California
South side San Joaquin
Highway 99
degrees in the shade, blackhair down to her Levi's
boots up to her knees
white shirt, brown skin
like smooth Spanish leatherAnd I said ...
"Hola, señorita [Hello, miss]
"Me llaman 'Olvidato' [they call me 'forgotten one']
"Are these your daddy's orchards?
"Are these his fine trees?"And she said ...
"No tengo un papa [I don't have a papa]
"No tengo una mama [I don't have a mama]
"No tengo nada [I don't have anything]
"but these peaches for sale""Peaches for sale," she said
"flesh just like candy
"See how they hang
"so free in the air
"Ripe, but still young
"Firm, but forgiving
"Peaches for sale
"Here in the sunshine"Drive through the desert
Walk through a wasteland
Wade muddy waters
Death dry on your tongue
The sand and the sagebrush
Cactus and carrion
Serpents in the shadows
Across No-man's-land
And you find ...Highway 25
Socorro, New Mexico [socorro=succor, help]
motel dice nada [a motel that says nothing]
sweaty sheets and warm beerAnd she said ...
"Olvidado querido [beloved forgotten one]
"I can't go to Mexico
"Tengo California [I have California]
"and my peaches for sale"Peaches for sale
flesh just like candy
see how they hang
so free in the air
Ripe, but still young
Firm, but forgiving
Peaches for sale
Here in the sunshinePeaches for sale
reach up your empty arms
pick 'em right from the orchard
pull 'em straight from the tree
Peaches for sale
fill up your emptiness
peaches for sale
here in the sunshinePeaches for sale
I got peaches for salePeaches for sale
Peaches for sale
© Paul Martin Bauer, 2002. All rights reserved, all wrongs redressed.
Friday, 14 July 2006
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Reading from my novel July 19!
Hi everyone. Many of you have asked when my novel-in-progress was going to be released into the wild. Well, I'm very excited to say that I will be giving a public reading from the manuscript next week. The Teabag Poets' Lounge (www.teabagnyc.com/poetslounge) has invited me to be their "Featured Artist" on Wednesday, July 19. Here are the details:
Wednesday, July 19, 2006, 8:00 PM
Teabag Poets' Lounge
at Silk Road Mocha
30 Mott Street
Chinatown, New York City
$8 cheap (includes first drink: beer, wine, bubble tea or espresso drink)Take the 6/J/M/Z or N/R/Q/W train to Canal Street. Walk eastward along Canal Street (Little Italy will be on your left). Pass Baxter, Walker and Mulberry streets and turn right onto Mott Street. Pass Bayard and Pell streets. Silk Road Mocha will be on the left, opposite the Church of the Transfiguration, just before the intersection with Mosco Street. The Poets' Lounge is toward the rear of the cafe.
For more directions and nearby parking facilities, surf to www.teabagnyc.com/directions.
This will be a historic event in my career, and an opportunity for you to experience this work before the rest of the world. I'm really looking forward to it, and hope you can com
~ Paul
Monday, 29 May 2006
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Many thankees to Kevin So for inviting me to sing a couple at his show this afternoon (www.teabagnyc.com / kevinso.com). Kev plays every Sunday afternoon in the heart of Chinatown, NYC, USA. It's a fun, relaxed atmosphere, with lots of guest artists stopping by and NO cover charge. And there's no such thing as a bad Kevin So show.
Paul
PaulMBauer
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- Name: Paul Martin
- Country: United States
- State: New York
- Metro: New York City
- Gender: Male
- Member Since: 4/15/2004
