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High & Mighty

by Angie Atkinson

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1.
Jezebel 04:08
Bloodlettin, wet and sticky summertime I'm sweatin' all over your sheets You better come and get 'er, ooh baby I'm Takin' off so honey gimme that heat Oooo you know it feels so good Kiss me, rock my body, hold me tender like a lover should Oooo you know it feels so nice Giving you my sugar while I'm breathin' in your Old Spice Hey there cowboy, I'm not lookin' for the sunset I'm a Jezebel, painted lady, famous, and I got a lot to do Sadder and wiser but my eyes ain't lost that shine yet I'm still Jezebel, baby, but I'm givin' what I got to you Cool mornin', wakin' up and makin' sweet Love to you 'fore I hit the road I'm torn and worn down and you're the best Rest stop, on top, watchin' you explode Oooo you know we burn so bright Lick my wounded body, tell me everything is alright Oooo you're so damn big and strong Well, disaster never lasts so baby give it to me all night long (repeat chorus) The last time I let someone claim me He tried to tame me, blame me, had the Audacity to cast at me the first of many stones This ain't my first time at the rodeo So rip my dungarees off a little faster but keep them feelings slow 'cause you know I know I'll be walkin' home alone (repeat chorus) -ama 7/2013
2.
Friday Skin 04:31
Friday, skin and breath and laughing Dancing like we were insane, don't Feel the world around us, we are Stars and we are shooting into Saturday, a warm a soothing Sigh, a blanket wrapped until the Fear creeps in and chokes me, holds the Pillow to my face All week long I'm thinking of you Forcing me to be enough for Myself and not want you, to fill Up the empty spaces left by Shit that went down way before you Stumbled tripped into my line of Vision, don't forget yourself girl This is not a race Ooo ooo oh oh, ooo ooo oh oh Leave well enough alone Ooo ooo oh oh, ooo ooo oh oh Turn off your fucking phone And throw that Molatov into the Haunted house inside me, watch it Burn down; from the ashes, I am Rising up to meet this life and Meeting you halfway across a Lifetime of decisions, and not Always searching your blue eyes for Signs that you might leave So kiss my now before I start to Doubt, start disbelieving I'm re- Ceiving the right message, not just Static, interference and my Pressing need to trust again to Violently leap into that vol- Cano, let me smolder; baby Needs this fire to breathe. Ooo ooo oh oh, ooo ooo oh oh Blood and sinew and bone Ooo ooo oh oh, ooo ooo I'm not Made of fucking stone This is a hell of my own creation This is divine fornication This is a sticky situation This is a hell of my own creation (solo) This is a hell of my own creation This is divine fornication She be a sticky situation This is a hell of my own creation Friday, skin and breath and laughing Dancing like we were insane Don't feel the world around us; we are Stars and we are shooting into
3.
The floor’s so cold that I can barely feel my feet And the tears at the back of my throat never tasted so sweet And the shirt that you left in my room smells like a sexed-on sheet And the sound of your steps on the stairs are in time with my heartbeat The wet of your kiss on my lips is getting cold and dry And the teapot whistle has faded from a scream into a sigh And my dreams followed you out the door and kissed your back goodbye Is it the ache in my head or your leavin’ that makes me want to cry? Just when I felt alright again Just when I told myself we were through You made me feel alive again Just by being you The thought of your crooked smile is making my face frown And I’m missin you so deep it’s enough to make me drown And my own sighs are so loud that I can’t hear a sound And the way we were so right is bringin’ me way down The wind’s still blowin’ through the window you left open when you walked away And I can’t seem to take off the clothes that I wore yesterday And a voice in my head is screamin’, baby please stay Is it just my room or my life that lies in disarray? Just when I felt alright again Just when I told myself we were through You made me feel alive again Just by being you And now the tears are in my eyes and they’re rainin’ onto you And no matter what you say next, baby, please let it be true ‘Cause my heart and my head are fightin’ over what I need to do And all I really know is that I need you Just when I felt alright again Just when I told myself we were through You made me feel alive again Just by being Just when I felt alright again Just when I told myself we were through You made me feel alive again Just by being you oh no no
4.
Let's talk about your misspent youth that you say you never had But maybe baby being a good boy man ain’t so bad What exactly did you feel that your life was missing That you thought kissing the prettiest girl in the room was a gonna, gonna help you find? You laugh about your misspent youth, your west side summer nights But aren’t cha such a big grown boy man now, takin’ me in the glow of your root beer lights What exactly did you think would happen when you tapped my keg of secrets Did you think you could drink me down and then spit me out and then leave it all behind? That echo that you’re hearing in that hollow place inside you Is the stomping of my worn bootheels You lost me, you paid the cost for being afraid You said you didn't need the needin but you'll never know how good it feels 'Cause darlin’ I’m the best mistake that you never made Whatcha know about a misspent youth, 'cause honey you can't tell the truth from the lies And I wish that I could wash the sight of my nekkid body right off of your eyes I'm revoking your permission, tearing up your membership card 'Cause honey you ain't nothin but a chicken shit, coward of Queens County, yella-bellied, lily-livered, never even knew for a second how to hold a real woman, and I'd slap ya cross the face just one more time if I didn't know you like it that hard. Ow! You got yer plain Jane, White House, bed & breakfast, and your paycheck bigger than mine Well at least I know who the hell I am and I'll take that over money anytime Don't matter that you're six foot two when it comes down to it honey that don't make you grown And I might be lonely right now but darlin you're the one who's gonna be alone That echo that you’re hearing in that hollow place inside you Is the stomping of my worn bootheels You lost me, you paid the cost for being afraid You said you didn't need the needin but you'll never know how good it feels 'Cause darlin’ I’m the best mistake that you never made Whatcha know about a misspent youth Ah-whatcha know about a misspent youth, awww yeah!
5.
Not That Guy 03:32
I’m crawlin’ in my skin from wantin’ so bad just to touch you And to take back all the crazy things I’ve said I’m fallin’ over with all this pre-adolescent uselessness And dizzy from the noise inside my head This is supposed to be the fun part, but I’m starting to feel like Oh, God I cannot concentrate on anything ‘Cause all I think about it is you, I don’t know what to do And I am starting to have trouble breathing I want you to hold me and look into my eyes And say without a sound what deep down I already realize You won’t make me cry ‘cause you’re just not that guy I’m shakin’ like a leaf, fragile from grievin’ over all the ones Who left my heart sad and broken You said let’s take it slowly somehow knowing that I wanted you To not let me make that mistake again You watched with soft amusement while I stuttered, lost my words And blushed so red each time you said my name But you tread oh, so lightly, I’ll bite my tongue, you take my hand And together we’ll ease back into this game I need you to help me keep my feet on solid ground I want to feel in each touch how much you want me around You won’t make me cry ‘cause you’re just not that guy I’m a master of beginnings; it’s the holdin’ on that breaks me every time And I’m so afraid of winning that I’m losin’ my mind Oh, I need you to let me know now that I haven’t read you wrong Kiss me til I believe what I’ve been hopin’ all along You won’t make me cry ‘cause you’re just not that guy You won’t make me cry ‘cause you’re just not You’re not that guy
6.
I told you that I loved you and you walked right out of the room You said that I was wrong, it was my fault, it was too much too soon You said you wanted space and you had found yourself a place Where all you wanted was to be alone And I wish I could erase the memory of that look on your face And the anger echoing in your tone And now my heart is aching And I just want to howl at the sky Pull my hair and throw myself against the walls Until I know why You had it in your hands, someone who loves and understands But you just turned away ‘Cause you had other plans, this was a chance you couldn’t take You left me standing there with nothin’ to say Lost in the middle of the road is where you left me And I may not have looked before I crossed but I don’t regret it Having said it Even though you told me to forget it Oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh You said that I should learn from my mistakes but baby I don’t know how ‘Cause there is no such thing as maybe someday, all we have is right now Do you really believe that leaving all of this behind is the only remedy Or were you just deceiving me on all those precious evenings When you said that all you wanted was me? Lost in the middle of the road is where you left me And I may not have looked before I crossed but I don’t regret it Having said it Even though you told me to forget it No no no no no, oh, oh, oh Lost in the middle of the road is where you left me And I may not have looked before I crossed but I don’t regret it Having said it And you know I never will forget it
7.
Sittin' in a rainstorm, under your blue umbrella Tellin' stories, laughin' til we cried You bought a yellow cupcake, I think you needed something To do with your hands I guess it just got too real, you said, "Baby, it's been real swell, But I think it's time that we got off this ride" And I stared at the glass cases full of sweets but only tasted bitter Tears…oh shit, well there go all my plans And it's not like I believed in happy ever after But if I did I'd want it to be you And I'd thought we'd ride this rollin' wave just a little more But we crashed and burned and sizzled on the shore The fact that you were so kind, well it only makes it harder But you caught me with my ardor open wide And damn it, I knew better than to let myself fall head first Into fallin' for you You'd told me from the get-go that you just weren't ready But in that moment, you still got misty-eyed So at least I can take with me as I ache for all our yesterdays You might be achin' too I miss our high teas and the low moans you made each time we touched But I'm high and mighty, and gettin' over you So let's just ride this rollin' wave for as long as we can You don't gotta be my lover, but you'll always be my man The parts of me I was afraid to let you see were risin' with the tide And the safer that I felt with you the more that I was feelin' terrified We crested and you said it's best to let it rest, and honey I let you decide When I told you I'd be OK with not holdin' you, I guess I lied This fucked me up way more than I ever could have imagined I didn't mean to feel so much for you But I guess it all comes down to timing in the end And I hope that baby you'll always be my friend I hope you catch that golden train you're chasin' after And I can't wait to see all your dreams come true Til then let's ride this rollin' wave into night One way or another everything'll be alright In a rainstorm….oh, oh Laughin’ til we cried
8.
Just keep living, just keep breathing Keep on folding up your t-shirt Use my hands so I don't lose my mind Just hold on with open palm And know no matter what I'll carry on I've been through so much worse in my time My body is so small in your big hands I'm standing on the edge, the precipice And I'm scared to look down I'm just one tiny step one breath one kiss away From finally saying no I won't be Buried in my wedding gown Buried in my wedding gown, oooh Now I'm tossing and I'm turning As I'm sleeping in your t-shirt Sweating choices I know can't be undone Voices calling, girl you got this Oh I miss your strawberry kisses I may love you but that don't make you the one Can't meet your eyes as I let go of your hands I'm standing tiptoe in a tear storm And I'm scared we're gonna drown So give me one more kiss before I walk away I'm finally saying no I won't be Buried in my wedding gown Buried in my wedding gown Buried in my wedding gown Oh oh oh Buried in my wedding gown Buried in my wedding gown, oh oh hey Lovers on the street, they look just like we did not so long ago Driving drunk on our own heat and living like there was no fucking tomorrow I said I just want my life to happen, you said baby it is happening right now Well I reckon it is, and I reckon I'd stay if there was a one day, a maybe, a somehow So I keep working, keep on healing As I'm peeling off your t-shirt Dirt under my nails from digging through fear Slapped your face, you kissed my palm And though I know that we'll both carry on I wish we hadn't ended up here I thank you for each night spent in your hands This was my best year in a long time Guess I'll see you around No look over my shoulder as I walk away 'Cause you and I both know I won't be No no I won’t be, no I won't be buried in my wedding gown ama 11/11/2013
9.
Red Bandana 05:05
Well it turns out it wasn't a gunshot, just a splinter A tiny little scratch but it's hurtin' all the same And my guns are still blazing but they're only .22s Battered and bruised with only myself to blame I walked right into a trap of my own making And I burned all the bridges that I crossed along the way I laid down my hand but you didn't understand and now it's me who's all confused And I'm comin' up losing no matter how I play Ok so I'm giving up, I'm leaving this town On the first wagon train that I can flag down Pack my red bandana with all my hopes and dreams I'm walkin' away, and I'm letting go Of all the sweet and tender feelings that I'll never know 'Cause my red bandana is burstin' at the seams

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released November 10, 2015

Music and lyrics by Angie Atkinson*
*Friday Skin - music and lyrics by Angie Atkinson and Ryan Murvin
*Just By Being You - music and lyrics by Angie Atkinson and Whitney Tacker
Arrangements by Angie Atkinson, Coyote Anderson, Dan Crowley, Casey Heuler, Max Maples and Ryan Murvin

Produced and engineered by Dan Crowley
The Motel Room Studios, Long Island City, NY
Mastered by Scott WIlson
ScratchStudio, Westchester, NY

©Angie Atkinson 2014 (ASCAP)
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Angie Atkinson Bakersfield, California

Angie grew up in Mississippi and brought that southern realness to NYC when she moved there in 2009.

Combining metro-sophistication with grassroots grit, Angie created her own unique urban cowgirl sound and played all over NYC for many years.

In 2017 she flew the NYC coup and headed to the west coast. Now she tours the seven seas on cruise ships as a rock band singer for major cruise lines!
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