James Power w/ Gringo Motel - Love Affair With A Broadway Star

from A Body At The Bottom Of The Lake by James Power

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LOVE AFFAIR WITH A BROADWAY STAR
(Words & Music by James Power)
Midnight Tears Music ©2011

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MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH A BROADWAY STAR
WAS NOT AS GLAMOROUS AS YOU MIGHT THINK SUCH THINGS ARE
NO DANCING THROUGH TIMES SQUARE, NO HANDJOBS IN THE RAIN
JUST THE SAME OLD SONG & DANCE AS A GIRL FROM JAMAICA PLAIN

MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH A BROADWAY STAR
AS ANTI-CLIMACTIC AS A 19TH CURTAIN CALL
NO BUSBY BERKELEY SCENES OF SILICONE & POLYURETHANE
CAN DIAMOND DANCERS DANCE BEYOND THE MOONLIGHT?

WHEN I’D HAD ENOUGH OF WHERE I'D COME FROM
I PACKED UP MY GUITAR BOUND FOR HIGHWAY NORTH
SET OUT FOR NEW YORK, THE CITY OF LIGHT
SOON I WAS A CREATURE OF THE NIGHT

DISHEVELED I BECAME, PERPLEXED BUT NOT INSANE
I WAS EDDIE CANTOR WITH A PENCHANT FOR REFRAINS
I SANG SONGS OF LOVE, BUT LOVE WAS JUST A RHYME
TILL THROUGH THE SUBWAY STEAM SHE CAUGHT MY EYE

MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH A BROADWAY STAR
DON’T DROP YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU STEP INSIDE HER DOOR
A SHIMMERING ROMANCE LIKE DOGS WHO LEARN TO DANCE
THE FINE STENCH OF CIGARETTES AND CHATEAU LAFLEUR

MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH A BROADWAY STAR
ALONG THE GREAT WHITE WAY WHERE DREAMS ARE A MIRAGE
DOES ANYONE RECALL ZIEGFELD & FANNY BRICE?
CAN’T DIAMOND DANCERS EVER DANCE BEYOND THE FOOTLIGHTS?

MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH A BROADWAY STAR
WAS NOT AS GLAMOROUS AS YOU MIGHT THINK SUCH THINGS ARE
NO HAPPINESS CAN BE FOUND WHEN GOOD AND BAD BECOME UNWOUND
CAN DIAMOND DANCERS EVER DANCE BEYOND THE MOONLIGHT?

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from A Body At The Bottom Of The Lake, released March 14, 2014

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James Power West New York, New Jersey

Writer, musician, composer, lyricist, and singer, JAMES POWER has been creating music & performing for most of his life

ALBUMS:

(2014) BODY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE w/ GRINGO MOTEL
(2010) A COWGIRL'S SUICIDE
(2009) THE MAN IN ROOM 1009 w/ JERRY LAWSON
(2007) REAL, REAL MAN
(2007) SONGS FOR BROKEN HEARTS

DVDs:
(2009) A LESSON IN A CAPPELLA
(2010) LAID OFF ... more

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