1. (YOU MIGHT NOT BUT) NATALIE WOULD
Words & music by Brad Riesau 1999 Brad Riesau v32unes 2:02

A song about the differences in people...not a bad thing...caution vs. daring and all points in between...

BRAD: ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS
CHRISTIAN: ELECTRIC RHYTHM GUITAR, FARFISA ORGAN, BACKING VOCAL,1ST LEAD GUITAR SOLO
EL TEMPO: DRUMS
KURT: BASS GUITAR, TAMBOURINE
KEITH: ELECTRIC RHYTHM GUITAR, 2nd LEAD GUITAR SOLO
COREY: SHAKER

You might not, but Natalie would...

When things get rotten and you give up the ghost
All you've gotten is just smoldering toast
Your battle's fought and you're makin' the most of it
Ah, you might not, but Natalie would.

When all your troubles slap you in the mug
Burst your bubbles like a drug-crazed thug
You just see double, give yourself a hug
Oh, you might not, but Natalie would.

Ah, Natalie would

INSTRUMENTAL VERSES

Oh, Natalie would

When all your monkeys wear a junky's frown
All your flunkies overrun this town
You take your days, turn 'em upside-down
You might not, but Natalie would.
You might not but Natalie would
You might not………but Natalie would.

2. SHED THIS SKIN
Words & music: Brad Riesau 1999 Brad Riesau v32unes 3:27
(for Kate Frye and Missy and Mark)

Here's one about starting from scratch…

BRAD: ACOUSTIC GUITAR, HIGH-STRUNG ACOUSTIC 12-STRING GUITAR, HARMONICA, TELEPHONE BELL, VOCALS
CHRISTIAN: BASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS, PIANO OUTRO
STEVE: ELECTRIC GUITAR, LEAD GUITAR, MANDOLINS, BACKING VOCALS
EL TEMPO: DRUMS
Chef DIETER MOSSBERG: SIZZLIN' BACON
MARC: SAMPLES

I wanna shed this skin
Change my name and start again
Find out where it all begins
I wanna shed this skin

Shed this skin
Gotta shed this skin I'm in
Shed this skin
Gotta shed this skin

When your dreams turn into dust
All your best intentions rust
When you need a thicker crust
You gotta shed your skin

Shed this skin
I gotta shed this skin I'm in
Shed this skin
Gonna shed this skin

When it seems your cover's blown
You can't stand the ringin' phone
When you wanna be alone
You gotta shed your skin

Shed this skin
I gotta shed this skin I'm in
Shed this skin
Gotta shed this skin

When your gauges overheat
Find yourself out on the street
When all you smell is burnin' meat
You gotta shed your skin

Shed this skin
I gotta shed this skin I'm in
Shed this skin
Gonna shed this skin

3. RAINBOW MAN
Words & music: Brad Riesau 1997 Brad Riesau v32unes 3:03
(for Mac)

BRAD: ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LEAD VOCAL, BACKING VOCALS, "SITAR",
CHRISTIAN: BASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
EL TEMPO: DRUMS
KURT: TRIANGLE, FUCHE, BACKING VOCALS, BAMBLUTOPHONE, CONGAS & DUMBEK (right)
STEVE: ELECTRIC RHYTHM & LEAD GUITAR, SYNTH GUITARS, SLIDE GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
RACHID: CONGAS (left)
MARC: BACKING VOCAL

New York nights
power plants
Paris sites
for romance
Don't disturb
the private dance
Voice unheard
half a chance

CHORUS:
He's a rainbow man
The shadow boy
Doin' all he can
He's a rainbow, rainbow man

Desert bloom
fundamental
Red balloon
oriental
Dark at noon
soft and gentle
Crowded gloom
lonely rental

Cross your heart
cross my eyes
toss a dart
towards the sky
Where to start
what a fry
play a part
do or die

4. FOUR SQUARE
Words & music by Steve Hobson 1994 Steve Hobson 2:17

STEVE: ELECTRIC RHYTHM & LEAD GUITARS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LEAD VOCAL, BACKING VOCAL
BRAD: BACKING VOCALS
CHRISTIAN: BASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCAL
EL TEMPO: DRUMS
KURT: CONGA/DUMBEK, TRIANGLE, SHAKER
JIM WOOD: FIDDLES, MANDOLIN, CELLO, BOUZOUKI

I like the music with the four square
the footer and the header and the do-be-dare
type it on the carbon-less
anytime you think it's there
'cause I like the music with the four square

Don't tippy-toe around the point with me, Jack
Lay it on the table you can take it anywhere
The punch and the paddle and the dribble and the pass
and the way to make it last

Times and places
changing faces
anywhere you go
A single phase
a promise made
to take you back again

Rockin' in the pocket
make a salutory pal a dare
The battle of the bottle
and the need the give the dog a hair
the gushin' and the giggle
of the pretty lookin' fella there
he wants the music with the four square

Don't tippy-toe around the point with me, Jack
Lay it on the table you can take it anywhere
The punch and the paddle and the dribble and the pass
and the way to make it last
the way to make it last
the way to make it last

5. TWO DAYS FROM TOMORROW
Wordsd: Brad Riesau / Music: Brad Riesau & Christian Salcedo 1999 Brad Riesau & Christian Salcedo v32unes 4:47
(for Lynn - Oklahoma 1981)

BRAD: ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LEAD VOCAL, BACKING VOCALS
CHRISTIAN: ELECTRIC RHYTHM GUITAR (right), BACKING VOCALS, HAMMOND ORGAN
EL TEMPO: DRUMS
KURT: BASS GUITAR, CONGA, TRIANGLE, COWBELL, BACKING VOCALS
STEVE: RHYTHM & LEAD LAP STEEL
KEITH: ELECTRIC LEAD & RHYTHM GUITAR (left)

My stomach starts to tingle
I take another drink
My mind roars just like a factory, I can't think
This darkness all around me, it don't offer no relief
Your mem'ry comes back to me in the night, like a thief

Give me three more days of sorrow
and three more nights of pain
then two days from tomorrow I'll be holding you again

My eyes have seen no beauty
since you left my side
The wind tears at my doorway, I can't hide
The dreams and broken watches, they're just clawing at the time
And your mem'ry comes back to me like a voice over the line

Give me three more days of sorrow
three more nights of pain
then two days from tomorrow I'll be holding you again

I feel anticipation
just rushin' and rumblin' through my veins
My heart is beating crazy -- crazy with the strain
And every new arrival, you know, is gonna set my ears to ring'
and two days from tomorrow they won't have to hear me sing...

Just give me three more days of sorrow
and three more nights of pain
then two days from tomorrow I'll be holding you again

6. BLACK & WHITE IN COLOR
Words: Brad Riesau / Music: Keith Moss 1999 v32unes 3:31
(For Allen Woody)

BRAD: LEAD VOCAL, HARMONY VOCALS
CHRISTIAN: BASS GUITAR, PIANO
KURT: HARMONICA, JAW HARPS, TAMBOURINE, COWBELL,
STEVE: NATIONAL STEEL SLIDE GUITAR
KEITH: ACOUSTIC GUITARS
THE FOUR SAKENS: BACKING VOCALS
MARC: "CRICKETS"

Right moves ambush the awful truth
Ball of fire, battle cry
One-eyed jacks the best defense
Against a sordid, liquid sky

No camouflage in which to hide
Black & white in color
Everything was cut & dried
Time forsakes another

Born yesterday the blade delivers
More real estate, aces high
Amphetamine itch in his trigger finger
You know the drill, the drill knows why

Don't mind a little terror now
Black & white in color
The cold and arid winds allow
Time forsakes another

Impending bloom awaits the roar
Hereditary fork and spoon
Scarred ceilings stare up at the floor
Reeling round that tortured room

The Philosopher in Chains, he cries
Black & white in color
While Mercy Buckets spill their lies
and time forsakes another
time forsakes another
time forsakes another

7. THE WHOLE ENCHILADA
Words & music: Brad Riesau 1999 Brad Riesau v32unes 2:01
(inspired by Doug Sahm and dedicated to Teri Harllee & Jackie King for all the laughs)

EL TEMPO: BATTERIA
ESTEBAN: ELECTRIC RHYTHM & LEAD GUITAR
FATHER SQUANTOS VALDEZ: ELECTRIC GUITAR, FARFISA ORGAN
EL GORDO BASS: BASS GUITAR
VICTÒR: ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LEAD & BACKING VOCALS

He wants the whole enchilada
won't settle for less
No half-baked tostada
it's just a big mess
It's all or nada..
He wants the whole enchilada

He doesn't want some tortillas
all covered in sauce,
so muy bonita
he will say, "No mas,
It's all or nada"
He wants the whole enchilada

He doesn't crave just carnitas
he'd like the whole plate,
He likes senoritas
who like to tempt fate
It's all or nada
He wants the whole enchilada

8. (She's Got A) TELL-TALE HEART
Words & music: Brad Riesau 1999 Brad Riesau v32unes 3:23

This tune was originally written and recorded for the film "RAW NERVE" but ultimately not used

BRAD: ELECTRIC GUITAR, LEAD VOCAL
EL TEMPO: DRUMS
STEVE: ELECTRIC GUITAR
KEITH: ELECTRIC LEAD GUITAR
MARC: BASS GUITAR

She's got a tell-tale heart
And I love what it shows
She seems so easy to start
then she goes...
She's got a tell-tale heart

She's got a rock 'n' roll soul
When she gets in the groove
She dances like a angel
Who's got something to prove
She's got a rock 'n' roll soul
(and a tell-tale heart)

She's got a sweet disposition
She's a wild one to boot
I'd love to see her walkin'
In my monkey suit
She's got a sweet disposition
She's got a tell-tale heart

9. FACE OF TIME
Words & music: Brad Riesau 1996 Brad Riesau v32unes 6:28
(Dedicated to the victims of senseless violence everywhere)

BRAD: ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCAL
CHRISTIAN: PIANO
KURT: TRIANGLE, EGG, MANDOLINS, CHIME TREE, PENNYWHISTLE, FLUTE
KEITH: BASS GUITAR

Random shots at the face of time
Random thoughts in need of rhyme
Random shells on random shores
Random hands reach out for more
Random shots at the face of time

Random whistles blowin' shrill
Random road winds up the hill
Random crow at dawn's wide break
Random crack the earth to quake
Random shots at the face of time

Random blood, specific hands
Random woman, random man
Random words on whispered lips
Random trigger finger slips
Random shots at the face of time

Random hearts that meet halfway
Random heroes save the day
Random mattress, bare light bulb
Random villains bought and sold
Random shots at the face of time

Random dreams in nodding heads
Random lives wind up in shreds
Random pledges scorch their breasts
Random fingers in war chests
Random shot at the face of time

Random logic making sense
Random squatter dodging rents
Random promise being made
Random daylight curse the shade
Random shots at the face of time

Random pilgrim on a rock
Random sound, a far-off knock
Random voices sing sad songs
Random children sing along
Random shot at the face of time

10. SY KOHL'S DELI
Words: Brad Riesau / Music: Kurt Chiappardi 1995 Brad Riesau/v32unes Kurt Chiappardi 4:10

mish mosh…mosh mish

KURT: VOCALS, WHISTLING, ACOUSTIC LEAD & RHYTHM GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, FIDDLE
STEVE: GIT-WHISTLE; SYNTH GUITARS
BRAD: EGG & MARACA

"'s a random mop
blue jay eye"
profile pointed
towards the sky
a wishful thinker
strapped to dreams
"colored cream
and Disney slop"

"'s a stolen stance"
deep-dish back
a time bomb bracing
for attack
a fishbowl drinker
trapped by schemes
"papered reams"
a backwards glance

"'s a dream gone blue"
a bout, a mover
a calculated,
cold maneuver
"a hitch pole tinker"
composing themes
"busting seams
all over you"

's a stupid song
nonsense riddle
could use a little
bit of fiddle
"a stench-hole stinker"
choosing teams
"x-ray beams
all night long"

11. BAD MEDICINE (Her Truck Was Bigger Than His So He Gave Her The Boot)
Words & music: Brad Riesau 1999 Brad Riesau v32unes 3:35

a song about holding on to something a wee bit too long...a dream…a feeling...a situation...a ball of cheese...a lung full of bile...

BRAD: ELECTRIC RHYTHM "LESLIE" GUITAR & LEAD GUITAR, LEAD & HARMONY VOCALS
CHRISTIAN: PIANO, BASS GUITAR
EL TEMPO: DRUMS
KURT: FLUTE
STEVE: PEDAL STEEL GUITARS
KEITH: ELECTRIC RHYTHM GUITAR, FIST WALL, SAMPLING/SEQUENCING
MARC: "BELL TREE", "CHIME"

Bad medicine for what fails us
A ghost of a life that we once knew
I wanna rid you of my curse
I hope that you find someone worse
If that's what pleases you

I see your eyes filled with deception
All your words I cannot read
Your face, just like a mirror
I think I'll just sit here
Reflection's all I need

Once, on a beach I stood in a circle and spun
as you slowly walked around me
I watched you stretched out across the braided rug
before your morning run
Your endurance does astound me
If you can't keep up I'll keep turning 'round
to watch you waltz across the twisted shadow that I cast

Do I deserve this kind of karma?
What have I done that's so damn wrong?
I could exist just like a dharma
on just a prayer and just a song
…but, it's so hard to get a long

Bad medicine for what fails us…

12. JAVA
Words: Brad Riesau / Music: Kurt Chiappardi 1995 Brad Riesau/v32unes Kurt Chiappardi 7:45
(for Rick Danko, Juan Valdez and Mrs. Olsen)

KURT: ACOUSTIC GUITARS, BASS GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, TAMBOURINE, CONGA TRIO, HARMONICA
BRAD: KENT ORGAN, VOCAL, BACKING VOCALS, SLEIGH BELLS, MANDOLIN
CHRISTIAN: FENDER RHODES, ELECTRIC GUITAR
EL TEMPO: DRUMS
REVEREND E. BEGEBEES: KRUPPS COFFEE MAKER

Gotta hava java
Java what I need
gotta hava java
plant da java seed

Gotta gitta java
gotta hava cup
gotta gitta java
gitta eyelid up

Gotta hava java
deep 'n dark 'n black
gotta hava java
keep me comin' back

Gotta gitta java
bitta sweet 'n cream
gotta gitta java
gotta gitta bean

BOGUS TRAX:

13. THE PORTABLE JOHN (CAGE) 1:33

14. DAVE JAH VÜ 2:07
(Brad Riesau / Christian Salcedo / Kurt Chiappardi / Steve Hobson 1999 v32unes)
(For Sal & Don)

Track 14: Recorded live by Stacy Slocum at the East End Café, Newark, DE. On Sept. 17, 1999 at the beginning of Set 3…
trying to round up our drummer who was off doing a hat trick

BRAD: VOCAL
CHRISTIAN: VOCAL
KURT: VOCAL
STEVE: VOCAL, ELECTRIC GUITAR
STACY SLOCUM: LIVE FX, LIVE SOUND MIX AND RECORDING
EL TEMPO: EVENTUAL DRUMS

PORCH CHOPS - SALMON CHANTED EVENING rtRECORDS - V32-013-2

PORCH CHOPS
BRAD RIESAU
EL TEMPO
KURT CHIAPPARDI
CHRISTIAN SALCEDO
STEVE HOBSON

PORCHETTA
KEITH MOSS " COREY COTTONE " RACHID KING " MARC MOSS " JIM WOOD

PRODUCED BY BRAD RIESAU AND KEITH "Workin' Stiff" MOSS - Tracks recorded & mixed by: KEITH MOSS
MASTERED BY MARC MOSS
Additional recording by MARC MOSS: 2,4,6,8,11
Post-Production by BRAD & MARC
Asst. Mixdown Engineer: MARC MOSS
"Sy Kohl's Deli" basic tracks PRODUCED & ENGINEERED BY KURT CHIAPPARDI
ASST. ENGINEER ON "Natalie Would" & "Two Days From Tomorrow": DAVE RENZ and on "Bad Medicine": BRAD
RANDOM KNOBBISHNESS: Brad Riesau
ARRANGEMENTS: BRAD RIESAU w/ Keith, Marc & The Porch Chops
NASHVILLE ARRANGEMENT: JIM WOOD

All tracks recorded between 4/3/99-11/14/01 at TARGET RECORDING STUDIOS, 1005 Elk Mills Rd. Elkton, MD. 21921, 410-392-6823 www.targetstudios.com except for 98% of "Face Of Time" which was recorded in 1995 at TARGET STUDIO #1, Newark, DE. and the basics for "Sy Kohl's Deli" which was recorded as a demo by Kurt at home in 1995 in Manyunk, PA.
Fiddles, mandolin, cello, bouzouki on "Four Square" recorded at Pinewood Studios, Nashville, TN, mid-Oct. 2001 by John Furbush

Live Sound: Stacy & Craig
Chanting Salmon illustration: The Simply Marvelous Tim Truman / Art design: v32 for PAST YOUR EYES / Himalayan photo: Marlin Rudolph
CD Duplication & printing: The Crow's Nest, Wilmington, DE and Who Nose Wear

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