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Messenger

by JoDee Purkeypile

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Undergroundhero You know, it's quite a shame when certain artists aren't more well known outside of their regional area.

Unfortunately, this just happens to be the same fate that befalls excellent artists like JoDee Purkeypile. On one hand, JoDee is well known in Austin, Texas, but absolutely barely known elsewhere. He not only possesses a wonderful talented gift for writing good songs, but he also has an excellent voice to boot.

There is NO excuse why he isn't heard by a larger audience!

-Undergroundhero
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1.
There is some kindness in your eyes But with each breath innocence dies I was so high Please don't ever be blue it's not hard at all how you trick me into These cruel movements you use of any poor soul why am I who you choose? No matter how you wreck my heart I've had it coming from the start So I just don't mind Please don't ever be blue it's not hard at all how you trick me into These cruel movements you use of any poor soul why am I who you choose? Are you older now? I am older now. Do you see me crying? Yes I wanna break down
2.
Sick skin and bones; old man banker won't you leave me alone? I'm at the foot of your throne. Summer kids stay stoned in lower heaven where the cellos groan Beethoven in drone. I don't know how I should feel; my teenage vision collapsed. It's like a mummy unwrapped. I think it's alright. I'll stick around with you, I'll be a clown for you. I think it's alright. It's just the hate in my brain that makes me go insane. I think it's alright. I'm having fun with you, stay on the run with you. I think it's alright. Don't ask why. I heard someone say the stuck out nail must be pounded down. I've got a few in my crown. So, I hang my head down sidewalks cracked of colored chalk. I let my body talk. I think it's alright. I'll stick around with you, I'll be a clown for you. I think it's alright. It's just the hate in my brain that makes me go insane. I think it's alright. I'm having fun with you, stay on the run with you. I think it's alright. Don't ask why.
3.
My Inner Me 04:14
Oh boy what a joy within grip, there's a bottle and a barrel there My my, all the good things I'll miss if I follow visions of despair Hey hey, can't hear you on the phone, both my eardrums ring and rattle raw headphones keep my brain in my skull, I just get vibrations if you call Oh oh, feeling so excited Yes yes, teenage me delighted Ooo, if only theres a soul to save Ha ha, my inner me laughing Oh great, I'm still aging with rage, though I've nothing to be mad about within there are demons to cage, but it's easier to let them out soul mate, don't leave me in the grey with the smell of sulk enclosing me ta ta, motivations of hate, here I find myself alone again Old black boots worn out with blues flat dead broke from paying dues bring this lonely man good news Oh oh, feeling so excited Yes yes, teenage me delighted Ooo, if only theres a soul to save Ha ha, my inner me laughing
4.
Wired Wrong 02:56
Let me lay my head down on these ashy sheets of black. There are many others under covers trying to make it back Deported from my dreams, on sleeping pills and nicotine There must be some others under covers trying to make it back That only I can see We never sleep I let go your hand and fell beneath your high heeled feet I awaken shaken trying to make it to the other side Teach me how to swim and I'll part transatlantic seas There are many lovers trying to make it to the other side That only I can see little darling We never sleep Is there anything wired wrong in me? It's going wrong again in me
5.
When I was a kid on my first new bike my brakes went out downhill I broke my head on a wall. I walked home and I never cried. If you think you've got bad luck... She can ride a bike, I can too when I have to. She can ride a bike on the morning after. She can ride a bike through the hooligan laughter. Darling you can ride it all you like The 4th of July 2009, I dove in the deep end though I never learned how to swim. I bust my eardrum, I almost died. If you think you've got bad luck... She can ride a bike, I can too when I have to. She can ride a bike on the morning after. She can ride a bike through the hooligan laughter. Darling you can ride it all you like
6.
The city lights are stale and pale, the busy streets are numb I'm wondering where I'll go when the ruin in view comes You can keep your useless news, I'll see all as is I'll have all I need while all you have is hers and his I'm feeling down but tonight is gonna be the best I've had because of the sound I've found now Trees are broken bows of brown that never know they're green Jog on up the parking lot and seize those magazines I wish that you could have been the lone boat in my bay but you've got a mind to drift so go on and float away I'm feeling down but tonight is gonna be the best I've had because of the sound I've found now To the other mother there is much you never show if it sounds good out there on the floor then shake to let them know We can hear the same train rumbling down the track the difference is that you're the one without a bag to pack I'm feeling down but tonight is gonna be the best I've had because of the sound I've found now
7.
Floating down the underground a sunken city sleeps up above the crows and doves ring water from their wings You and all of your girls mermaids in pearls drunk on the reef Can you see me through the storm on the sea of you and me? Floating by a rusting island where we used to meet Fog as strong as a gypsy's dog hiding sirens in the street You and all of your girls mermaids in pearls drunk on the reef Why oh why are we divided by these lonely leagues Tired tears are falling hear me calling through the storm on the sea of you and me You and all of your girls mermaids in pearls drunk on the reef Can you see me through the storm on the sea of you and me?
8.
Fools like us only turn to dust. Just like wise men said, only flesh is dead. See the hollow moon, see it sinking soon. I thought all this time it was yours and mine. Strange things await on the road, fascinating situations never grow old. You've gotta be free, yeah. Strange things await on the road, fascinating situations never grow old. You've gotta be free, yeah. There's not too much to tell you, but oh, we need not tell too much.
9.
Hangman 04:23
I saw a mother who had smothered all of her young I saw a man who had a poison heart shun his son I'm just a person who is hurting in every way What is real, oh what is real to me I can't say You've got to weigh that all I don't really know what you will find if you wanna crawl inside my mind I don't really know what you will find Nobody wants to wait on the hangman I saw a pair of sisters splitting ends going grey I've seen a gang of brothers meet as friends on holiday I'm just a person who is hurting in every way What is real, oh what is real to me I can't say You've got to weigh that all I don't really know what you will find if you wanna crawl inside my mind I don't really know what you will find Nobody wants to wait on the hangman Tomorrow haunts today we are wasting You and I have got a weirder way we can take we see each other through another frame every day we're only persons who are hurting in every way what is real or what is going to be I can't say I don't really know what you will find if you wanna crawl inside my mind I don't really know what you will find Nobody wants to wait on the hangman
10.
Messenger 03:42
It's all a guessing game there where you silently lay I ought not here remain, oh but most likely I may I'm just the messenger to you to see how the sunk emerge anew but you can't even hear the words I say you can't even feel the touch I brave The pendulum just hangs now in your eyes I look strange No mirror proof of fangs contently sucking on veins I'm just the messenger to you to see how the sunk emerge anew but you can't even hear the words I say you can't even feel the touch I brave

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released February 19, 2013

Produced by Matt Smith and JoDee Purkeypile
Executive Producers: Dee Purkeypile and Brendan Rogers
Recorded August 2012 at Hot Tracks Studio, Bastrop, Texas.
Engineered and Mixed by Matt Smith
Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Digital Audio, Inc. Austin, Texas
Photography by Esther Garcia
Design by Lisa Davies
All songs by JoDee Purkeypile © 2013 Emerald Wood Music, ASCAP

JoDee Purkeypile: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion, and Mellotron
Brendan Rogers: Piano, Rhodes, Organ, and Mellotron
Esther Garcia: Violins on "Messenger"
Sean Crooks: Bass on "I Think It's Alright", "My Inner Me", and "Messenger"
Jason Borkowski: Drums on "Messenger"

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