Ray Jone & The Gray Ones

(MSMCD-37, 2024)
Blue Collar (music: Juho Reijonen, lyrics: Ville Haatanen)
Hurricane Squeeze (music: Veijo Airaksinen, lyrics: Ville Haatanen)
Last Call (music: Marko Aho, lyrics: Ville Haatanen)
Ikea Bound (music: Veijo Airaksinen, lyrics: Ville Haatanen)
Faraway Star (music: Veijo Airaksinen, lyrics: Ville Haatanen)

 

Blue Collar

Rusted bicyle lays down the avenue
Door is jammed as there was no revenue
Closed sign hangin and beating the window
Push becomes to shove and you had to go

Parking lot and there’s not a single car
Nobody left to fight this economic war
They took all their bargaining elsewhere
Maybe there’s business booming somewhere

Blue collar ain’t got a collar no more
There’s only blue left and rain will pour
Sure it used be to just a getting by
Now there ain’t even tears left to cry

Up the hill it feels good to be rich and alive
Don’t think too much how poor will dive
Scenery is so nice and troubles far at the bay
and the high gates will keep the trash away

Blue collar ain’t got a collar no more
There’s only blue left and rain will pour
Sure it used to be  just a getting by
Now there ain’t even tears left to cry

 

Hurricane squeeze

There lives a hurricane in my mind
It’s twisting me upside down and blind
I know what I should be a-doing
but the hurricane will mess with my viewing

I need an anchor to keep me on the ground
to keep me of being spellbound
I can see more troubles meeting me
if I don’t get my last and final flee

Oh, someone help me out soon, please, please, please
out of this hurricane squeeze
I’m tumbling down to my weary knees
with this crazy hurricane squeeze

I feel like one goblin and one beast
are fighting in my mind – at least
One is pushing me down to the hole
and the other one is trying to save my soul

Oh, someone help me out soon, please, please, please
out of this hurricane squeeze
I’m tumbling down to my weary knees
with this crazy hurricane squeeze

Please, help me out. Please, help me out…

 

Last Call

These old brick walls
have seen it all
joyful celebrations
and a drunken fall
never-ending party
and the bitter last call

From all walks of life
people walk in, some crawl,
some come to forget
some have a real ball
until the old clock
hits to that very last call

Well, people have changed,
story´s still the same
singing and dancing
that´s why they came
You and me, we know it all
still waiting for the last call

These old brick walls
have seen it all
joyful celebration
and a drunken fall
never-ending party
and the bitter last call

All the jokes are old,
you´ve heard them all,
but the drinks are cold
and no one´s gonna brawl
it´s nice to hang out here
until the very last call

It´s been a long while
since we met by the mall
But I saw your smile
and heard a mating call
So tonite we´ll party
until that very last call

It´s been a long while
since we met by the mall
But I saw your smile
and heard a mating call
So tonite we´ll party
until that very last call

Tonite we´ll party
way past that very last call.

 

Ikea Bound

Today I’m Ikea bound
You can hear me howling around
like a lonesome homeless hound
– oh, yeah – I’m Ikea bound

Sure I’m Ikea bound
got my cash and cards around
using every euro and pound
– oh,yeah – I’m Ikea bound

Gotta to get out of here
I don’t wanna disappear
I’m lost and searching for something,
but that something just can’t be found

You can read it from my face,
see the terror in my eyes
I want to get out of this maze
– oh, yeah – please, give me advice

Gotta to get out of here
I don’t wanna disappear
I’m lost and searching for something,
but that something just can’t be found

You can read it from my face,
see the terror in my eyes
I want to get out of this maze
– oh, yeah – please, give me advice

Gotta to get out of here
I don’t wanna disappear
I’m lost and searching for something,
but that something just can’t be found

We are lost and searching for something,
but that something just can’t be found

 

Faraway Star

There’s a song called ”My Silver Lining”
you gotta have one so bright and so shining
It could be just a small ray of hope
that gets you out of your steepest slope

This world is ready for you my friend
even if you think that this could be the end
You just have to take your first step
to break through from that old tangled web

You need leave tonight,
reach for your own guiding light (guiding light)
Aim just high and far
to the moon and a faraway star (faraway star)
to heal your deepest scars

You may think you’re walking alone
with no place to call your home
I know any place you’ll find
there are hearts that’ll be forever kind

You need leave tonight,
reach for your own guiding light (guiding light)
Aim just high and far
to the moon and a faraway star (faraway star)

You need leave tonight,
reach for your own guiding light (guiding light)
Aim just high and far
to the moon and a faraway star (faraway star)
to heal your deepest scars