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'On My Way Home' Lyrics/Music by Joe Hurley On my way home, I think I saw you Actually, I'm pretty sure, cause you even said hello In that special voice you reserve for someone you dont know any more On my way home, I saw an old lady lugging her laundry over her shoulder By her side was a child, skippin' and smilin' You know she'd never scold her On My Way Home, On My Way Home On my way home, I saw a barfight How you insulted his girl with a neckbite Now you lost your teeth in a redlight district, Baby you picked it On my way home, I spied a dilettante spouting shitty poetry to a debutante whose mother took a lover at a famous restaurant Baby what you want On My Way Home, On My Way Home On my way home, I heard a young punk Spewing the glories of street junk, But a Burroughs paperback is the closest he'll get to that Baby you're so slack On my way home, I ran into an old friend begging for change and a fag-end Well, here's a buck for your cup, You'll get your luck back, you'll be alright Jack On My Way Home, On my way.. On my way home, I felt a kick From the mean streets where I live From the psychos to the whores Never know just what's in store Never ask...ye shall receive On my way home, I was thinking 'bout closure How no one ever tells me when it's over How I have to guess that I'm a mess And that's why they leave me so quickly On my way home, I heard a siren, A baby cryin', a dealer dying, I found salvation in a stranger's face And that's a starnge place On My Way Home, On My Way Home.. I'm on my way home And I hope you'll be there waiting Waiting for me with a smile.."
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Clear 04:42
'CLEAR' Lyrics & Music By Joe Hurley "Jimmy The Jeweller swore off the booze, but he's not saying why And Cadillac Frank's parked next to the bank, nervously fixing his tie And Lazy-eyed Johnny in the back of a van, wasted without fear Slips a piece into Jimmy's hands, his mother holds back her tears And it's clear, here, were, shooting holes In the sky and the moon and the sun Hey Jimmy, drop your gun, slowly turn around, put your hands down on the ground, dont make a single sound Alone in your cell, you know the sounds well, the footsteps of the screws But all they bring you are kicks in the face, and yesterday's news You dream of the streets, when they called out your name, and you still had jet-black hair And the pills & the dope, well they give you some hope, but most times you really dont care And it's clear, here, were, shooting holes in the sky and the moon and the sun Hey Jimmy, I'm the one, you drank with until 3, down in Margate By the Sea, with our Spanish Duty Free And it's clear, here, were, shooting holes in the sky and the moon and the sun Hey Jimmy, we were young, hangin from the trees, always you and me, with our proud and bloody knees Five years roll by, in a shivering haze, then a letter from your wife She's got a new man, two new kids, a new house, a new life And even if you and Frankie Boy, you broke out tonight Remember the judge's final words, There's no visitation rights And it's clear, here, were, shooting holes in the sky and the moon and the sun Hey, Jimmy, you're the one who never turns around You're such a fuckin' clown And it's clear, here, were, shooting holes in the sky and the moon and the sun"
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'GINO'S SUITCASE' (Hurley/J-F Vergel) Lyrics-Joe Hurley "Gino's got a suicase in a basement in Naples With his red velvet flares and his mohair suit Some pictures of old flames from 1967 Some acid that he saved and his alligator Boots Here's a kiss for you, and a kiss for me Cos a loving touch kills all the misery Let's freeze-frame our cheeks, throw away the key Smack 'em on the wall for posterity Gino is the King, He dont pay for his drinks Says he got stoned with Brian Jones, and the Kinks Gino says hey what's the point of going home When I sleep on a mattress, and I feel so all alone Here's a kiss for you and a kiss for me To remind us all of who we used to be Lets go get some girls for a bit of parlez-vous Then up the old parlour, for a new tatoo Here's a kiss for you, and a kiss for me With cocktail swagger and all the repartee We'll never get arrested, never cop a plea Aaargh, here's a kiss for me Gino says he's coming to New York Town Who needs a suicase that's been battered around, He's always dreamed of living here, and now he thinks he's ready He want to sleep outside the old Max's Kansas City Here's a kiss for you, and a kiss for me A toast to the old suitcase, and all its memories We'll dance at the Apollo, run through Times Square Then cab it downtown and rip it from there Here's a Fifth for you and a Fifth for me Welcome to America, The damned and the free, Wave goodbye to European Suitcase blues Lets go to 14th street, dig new shoes Oh, were Kickin', yeah were laughin' Hey Gino, Arrivederci Baby" LYRICS- @Copyright Joe Hurley Music Ascap
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Not At All (Hurley) She pats the bedsheets, opens the windows wide Her eyes, so simple in the sun, a child's lullaby She takes me by the hand outdoors, to a sweet cafe Why I dont love what she adores, I cant really say She kept her head held high, when I thought she would fall She cant imagine dying, not at all When I first kissed her, we moved under the moon Her eyes, she said were living a Gershwin tune where the lovers never lie Well spend our Sundays in bed, with smokes and old t.v. But baby, inside I feel dead, dont waste your time with me You want to see me burn Get up with the sun You want to help me learn, but I'm not the one She draws the curtains, shivers in bed alone She doesn't want to feel She says yesterday's kisses were so nice But yesterday aint real So take your doubts and your dark clothes Say goodbye and go On a cold December morning, I'm praying for snow I never felt this high How can I watch you fall I'll just make you cry I'm too tired to play Mixing promises with wine I wish that I could stay But not this time -------------- Words & Music-Joe Hurley Copyright Joe Hurley Music Ascap.
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On Your Own 03:45
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"IF I WAS AN ANGEL" Lyrics by Joe Hurley "If I was an angel, I'd hold you real tight Keep you in my arms, bathe you in light With a long winter coat you'd sleep in at night And Sweet Easy Dreams I'd show you the things that made you once care A match in a schoolyard, a night on the tear The Trembling kiss of your first love affair If I was an angel Angel, what was your name How can I recall, the days before the fall I'm lost and I'm alone This living's got me thrown Help me get home, do this for me If I was an angel, I'd save you like Moses From drifting down rivers of pawnshops and poses You'd carry the weight of a hundred dead roses And still carry on If I was an angel, your love she'd be true With a heart like a lion, and only for you Get you crying with laughter on the days when you're blue If I was an angel Angel, watch over me, dont ever set me free, dont ever let me go I'm lost and I'm alone, this living's got me thrown, Help me get home, do this for me, do this for me Angel, what was your name How can I recall, the days before the fall I'm lost and I'm alone This living's got me thrown Help me get home, Do this for me, Do this for me...Do this for me"
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This Town. Lyrics - Joe Hurley As I lay there dreaming of the, days we lay there, dreaming in our bed The kitchen bare and empty, but the Broadway stage, we were gonna paint it red And outside, the station, where Kojak saved this crazy town We took one big step forward, then turned around, turned around This town will burn you out, this town will spin you around This town has no way out, this town will take you down Then the night crept up quickly, the director laughed, said you got something to sell He fed you lines, and i found out, we fell into a private hell This town has burned you out, like dead neon on a wire You'll crack and fade away, just one more body in the fire I want to feel your face again I want to forget the other men I want to trust you one more time I want to swim in holy wine And now the city sleeps, it's skyline doesn't, move me anymore I heard that you found Jesus, in Hell's kitchen, passed out on the floor What happened to my vow, that I would never cling onto the past Maybe I'll just shut the windows, and turn on the gas This town has burned me out, this town has spun me around This town has cut my throat , and left me rivers to drown in Im drowning in this town LYRICS-Copyright JoeHurleyMusic
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'THE BEDSHEETS OF LILI MARLENE' Lyrics-Joe Hurley "You say that you're leaving me now Well I promise you this You wont forget my dark side The Thistle lingers in the kiss Yeah the party in Paris fell through As we crashed on the Champs-Elysees But I'll never hide my tattoo Love's to honour and obey Now the cafes have all seen your face from Rome to Berlin But nothing wil ever prepare you for the Bedsheets of Lili Marlene well, The Bible on the table was lonely Years of neglect and old dust It was Judas who first said If only I could just learn how to trust You loved all those tales in the Scriptures But you never took them to heart Your face wasn't clear in the pictures At the motel where we chose to part Now the cafes have all seen your face From Rome to Berlin But nothing will ever prepare you For the Bedsheets of Lili Marlene I'll get the fire roaring We'll have a drink and a chat Dying alone Christmas morning There's nothing romantic 'bout that Now The Cafes have all seen your face From Rome to Berlin But nothing will ever prepare you For the Bedsheets of Lili Marlene No no, nothing will ever prepare you For the Bedsheets of Lili Marlene. "
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Detour 03:00
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'MADCAP TEARS' Lyrics-Joe Hurley "In the backdrop of your living, there's a girl who's always giving, She'd sell her house to make you well What the hell, he answered brightly Dont take matters of the heart too lightly If you dont mind, I'll never tell Now the fight is on for Leo He sets his sights on Rio He likes a spacious sleeper car He's dreaming of open beaches Banana trees where the girls are peaches He never thought he'd get this far Wiped out at the OTB C'mon son, the drinks are on me We'll paint the city streets tonight I'll kill him fast, I'll kill her so slow In a tenement mill a go-go Hey, soldier boy you wanna fight Now the move is on for Leo Will he ever get to Rio, He doesn't need to hear her cry He's dreaming of open places Where no one know his face Is this the way you wanna die Stumblin' in, he's confessin' He's under pressure, She's under-dressing, Tap City kid, what you wanna hear She trips around so lightly He prays to God almighty, And wipes away his madcap tears Now the dream is dead for Leo He never got to Rio He pawned his ticket half-way there, She trips around so lightly No room for God almighty, No time for tears Now the dream is dead for Leo, He never got to Rio He pawned his ticket half-way there She's hanging in old Nebraska You'd really have to ask her She got no time for Madcap Tears ."

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CD Feat: Radio staples "ON MY WAY HOME", "CLEAR", 'IF I WAS AN ANGEL', 'MADCAP TEARS' (4 years on Capt Morgan's hit TV ad) & 12 more Classics from Joe Hurley & Rogue's March .
CHASER Prod by JIM MASTRO WFUV 'Top 10 CDs of The Year'

ROGUE's MARCH released CHASER at The GUINNESS FLEADH NYC, The Fest Bill included SINEAD, CHIEFTAINS, BILLY BRAGG, WILCO, and drew over 30,000 fans.
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The Band then toured with FLOGGING MOLLY , & with CHASER garnering acclaim & strong airplay, they were signed up to join the blazing heat of THE WARPED TOUR .. .

REVIEWS of CHASER
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"A wildly diverse act that manages to sew threads of punk, country and cabaret into an astonishingly cohesive sound... showcasing a star-powered front man in Joe Hurley".
BILLBOARD

"Hurley is cut from the same cloth as Tom Waits and Leonard Bernstein"
NEW YORK POST

"Joe Hurley is the best singer of vowels in rock since Shane MacGowan and he's got fire behind those puppy eyes"
VILLAGE VOICE

"Unshakeable pop hooks"
NEW YORK TIMES

"Abundantly blessed with the singular Irish trait of mining beauty from dreams blasted apart by bad luck and booze, singer and chief songwriter Joe Hurley puts his coarse, whisky-stained trench coat of a vocal through a strikingly diverse array of story-songs, and somehow succeeds in keeping each tale distinct and vivid.

Heart-renders like "Not At All" & "The Ghost of Her Husband To Be" are the obvious stand-outs, but there's subtle wit in the roadhouse romps, too. CHASER is an ambitious, and quite excellent, disc."

SOUND VIEWS

"Receiving major raves from every paper in the tri-state area, their regular stints at Bowery Ballroom are frequently sold-out affairs. Their albums are colorful, vivid forays into a mixed world of Celtic, punk, country and R&R. But the icing on the cake is always Hurley's voice and lyrics: He puts his heart, soul, and guts into every line he sings "
- AQUARIAN MAGAZINE

"Hurley's voice is pure gold . . . Whether it's the Kurt Weill-influenced "Bedsheets of Lili Marlene," the boozy, countrified "The Ghost of Her Husband to Be," or the grubby punk of "On My Way Home," the colorful characters that spring from Hurley's head are what give Rogue's March songs their sparkle."

THE NEW JERSEY RECORD

“Like Tom Waits with his gravel ‘n’ whiskey intonations, Rogue’s March front man Joe Hurley has mastered the saloon style with a baritone that sounds as ready for the next song as for a whiskey and a beer. Picking just one song out of the dozen-plus here as the best is near impossible, but the gentle passion that's illustrated on 'If I Was an Angel" is the album's most striking composition ".

NEW YORK POST 'CD OF THE WEEK'

"We concur that the rest of the bill is indeed heroic, particularly esteemed rocker Joe Hurley's Rogue's March, a mostly rollicking but sometimes extremely delicate celtic - rock band"
TIMEOUTNY

"You'll hear, soon enough, Hurley's prowess as a songwriter and storyteller: The burnt-out subject of 'This Town", the lost soul in the hushed ballad "If I Was An Angel", the thief sent away in 'Clear' (based on a real-life boyhood friend of Hurley's who wound up on the wrong side of the law)"
NEW HAVEN REGISTER

"Joe Hurley is one of the greatest singer-songwriters to emerge on the New York scene in the last 20 years"
JOHN SWENSON (ROLLING STONE)

SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY
"Combining the energy of early Social Distortion and the poetic destitution of the Pogues, New York's ROGUE'S MARCH travels through red-light districts, jail cells, and one-night stands with the street-savvy swagger of men who have seen it all but still feel it most of the time.; while the band is accompanied on occasion by uillean pipes, lap steel, and accordion, the fact rises more from gritty storytelling than inebriated instrumentation.

Lead rogue JOE HURLEY has an oddly seductive cigarette-thick snarl No doubt he is the kind of tough mug men depend on in a pinch and women worry about in the early morning hours; and that's exactly what you look for in drinking music-a singer who lets you smash chairs and sob about it later.

Rogue's March latest release, CHASER, does all that and more, offering tangos, waltzes, jigs, and laments, amid a parade of New York-flavored rock that is aggressive, direct, and defiant.

While Hurley clearly has the soul of a street side confessor, he doesn't waste time on embellishment and pretensions. If he touches you and you bounce off the walls, so much the better".
SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY
"CD Of The Week"

"With the robust vocal stylings of front man Joe Hurley, the ebullient Rogue's March is one of New York's most entertaining outfits. Their new album CHASER is a showcase of the group's diverse repertoire - from roots-punk to cabaret to western pop-rock".
VILLAGE VOICE


"The characters who inhabit London-Irishman Joe Hurley's songs would be just as at home in an Elmore Leonard novel. Hurley and Rogue's March, recently recorded a CD on ARBAON Records called CHASER that flat out demands major label attention.

Rogue's March smacks around punk, country, torch songs, and even a bossa nova with joyful aplomb. Pay special attention to the rough, poetic imagery of "If I was an Angel" and "Madcap Tears."...
But Rogue's March will always be a punk band at heart. They tear through "Gino' Suitcase" and "This Town" with the swagger and verve of The Ramones."

IRISH AMERICA MAGAZINE


"One listen to CHASER, the second cd from Irish-scene alums Rogue's March, and you'll be struck by the vivid imagery and rough poetic qualities of Joe Hurley's songs.

Rogue's March joyfully mistreats punk, country, bossa nova, Irish-tinged ballads and beery torch songs with equal opportunity-all the while constructing tight sonic settings for the grand misfits who inhabit Hurley's songs.
Indeed, CHASER, sparked by J-F's grungy overdriven guitar that recalls Keith Richards or Johnny Thunders throughout, features a cast of characters that would be equally at home in a Charles Bukowski novel."

IRISH VOICE

"Advance listens to CHASER show it to be worth the wait. Joe Hurley has that voice you know, the six pack/six-pack-a-day one that takes the sentimentality but not the sentiment out of the slow songs while keeping the humor in the rest . . . CHASER is a standout sophomore effort."

NEW YORK PRESS


"The potent mix of rock & roll, country, punk, and pop with a poetic Irish twist served up by the legendary NYC rock band Rogue's March is a delicious cocktail that I've been sipping on for months... Joe Hurley's voice, as heard on the band's brilliant CHASER, is a beautifully ragged instrument that is caked with whisky, nicotine, tar, and rust"

IRISH ECHO

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released January 1, 2000

OFFICIAL Site www.roguesmarch.com (Under Renovation)
CHASER CREDITS
Joe Hurley-Vocals, Guitar.
J-F, Guitars Dobro.
Gary Johannes-Guitar, Piano, Mandolin, Back Vox.
Chris Nappi-Bass, Back Vox.
Kevin McHugh-Drums.

With : Joe Mcginty ( Piano Tk 4 & 6), Amy Rigby (duet on Tk 13),
Dennis Diken( Drums-Tk 9), Erik Dellapenna( Lap Steel Gtr Tk 11, 13)

Chris Byrne (Uileean pipes Tk 2) Ken Margolis (Accordion Tk 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16) Debbie Schwartz (vocals Tk 7) Jenifer Jackson (Vocals Tk 4)

Jane Scarpantoni (Cello TK 4 & 7) Leif Arntzen (Trumpet Tk 4 & 10) Marni Rice (Castanets Tk 9) Boris Kinberg (Percussion Tk 16)

Dan Prater (Bass Tk 16) Andrew Goodsight (gtr Tk 16)

Prod By JAMES MASTRO (except Tk 15 & 16, prod. by Eddy Sperry & Joe Hurley)

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‘Best singer in R&R.’ Village Voice.
Joe Hurley, Johnny Depp, Keith Richards 'Audiobook Of The Year' for ‘LIFE'.
CD w/ Colum McCann 'Let The Great World Spin'- Neil Gaiman Audiobook.
Heralded for the emotional delivery of his vocals , he is “one of NYC's deepest singers, both in his vocal range & in the level of his soulfulness-Mesmerizing"
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