Get all 4 Holfar Blue releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Holfar Blue Live, Heard A Hound Dog Howl, You Need Truth, and Blue Suede Cadillac.
1. |
Where Is It You're Going
04:13
|
|||
|
Where is it You're Going
© Copyright 1969 by Michael Houlberg
The road is long and narrow,
Cars move by unseeing.
A young man, just a stranger
Waiting for a ride.
Alone, but not lonely,
Running, but not fleeing,
No one to oppose him,
No one on his side.
On rides he's had before,
Earlier in the day,
He hasn't had the luck
He knows he should have had.
The drivers cannot take him
More than just part-way.
He really doesn't mind it,
He just seems to be sad.
He's been there long enough,
A car will soon be there.
"Where is it you're going?",
The driver wants to know.
He'll be surprised and look down
And say he's not sure where.
He'll hear, "That doesn't matter,
That's where I want to go."
|
||||
2. |
Turn It Around
04:29
|
|||
|
Turn it Around
© Copyright 2011 by Michael Houlberg
You can turn it around
You can turn it around
You can turn it around
You can turn it around
I can't believe the things that you say
It doesn't make sense to me
I can't believe you'd act this way
That's how you want it to be
But you can turn it around
You can turn it around
You can turn it around
You can turn it around
Come on, turn it around
You know what to do, it's up to you
You know what to do, it's up to you
You know what to do, it's up to you
Make it right for me, make it right for you
Turn it around
You can turn it around
Don't turn it upside down
You can turn it around
Come on, turn it around
You think you're so bright, better turn on your light
You think you're so bright, better turn on your light
You think you're so bright, better turn on your light
You got to stop this fight, you got to make it right
Turn it around
You can turn it around
Don't drive it into the ground
You can turn it around
Come on, turn it around
|
||||
3. |
Fifth Night
04:42
|
|||
|
Fifth Night
© Copyright 2011 by Michael Houlberg
The first night I was worried
When you didn't come on home.
The second night I was crying
When you called me on the phone.
The third night I was broke-down,
I didn't sleep at all.
The fourth night I was angry,
Pound my fists on the wall.
The fifth night I got even
Put your stuff out on the street.
Went down to the nightclub
To see what women I could meet.
Ain't nothing like a new woman
To make you feel all right,
I was feeling so good
On the fifth night.
The fifth night I took action
I restarted my life.
Without your problems
Without your stresses and strife.
Just like a race car
Sheds weight to make it light.
I was running fast and cool
On the fifth night.
|
||||
4. |
That's What She Said
03:16
|
|||
|
That's What She Said
© Copyright 2010 by Michael Houlberg
She told me, "You loved me last night"
"This morning you don't treat me right"
She told me, "That money you gave"
"Don't make me your personal slave"
Things started going south
She opened up her mouth
And that's what she said
She told me, "I'll turn up the heat"
"I'm taking this fight to the street"
"I don't care what neighbors may say"
"I'm packed up and moving away"
"Your dream house is a joke"
"I'll make sure you go broke"
That's what she said
She's busted for ramming some guy
No license and DUII
She called me that Sunday from jail
She thinks I should put up her bail
I said, "You're on your own"
She cussed me on the phone
That's what she said
|
||||
5. |
Unemployed
06:42
|
|||
|
Unemployed
© Copyright 2012 by Michael Houlberg
Well I need a job and I'm willing to start today
Well I need a job and I'm willing to start today
But when you're unemployed, 13 months, you feel your options fade away
You can try me out, let me show what I can do
You can try me out, let me show what I can do
But when you're unemployed, 14 months, they think there's something wrong with you
Can't get an interview from any job I applied
I'm either just too old or overqualified
Now I'm caught in a trap I could not avoid
I've become a part of the chronic unemployed
I'll do anything just to keep my family fed
I'll do anything just to keep my family fed
But when you're unemployed, 15 months, it's hard to even get out of bed
Can't get an interview from any job I applied
I'm either just too old or overqualified
Now I'm caught in a trap I could not avoid
I've become a part of the chronic unemployed
|
||||
6. |
Blue Suede Cadillac
04:44
|
|||
|
Blue Suede Cadillac
© Copyright 2011 by Michael Houlberg
Standing on the corner, starting to get late
Heard the purr of a big V8
Classic Cadillac, custom made
Body covered in smooth blue suede
Long and wide and low to the ground
Convertible top was folded down
Chrome wire wheels and white leather seats
Stereo blasting out Motown beats
I'd never seen
Man, I'd never seen a car like that
I did a double take as I turned back
I was looking at a Blue Suede Cadillac
Even standing still, waiting for the light
Resembling some kind of rocket in flight
Looked at the driver, felt our eyes meet
She motioned me into the shotgun seat
Couldn't resist her smile spread wide
Opened the door and stepped inside
Mini velvet Elvis with a silver tear
Hanging from the middle of the rear view mirror
I'd never seen
Man, I'd never seen a car like that
She took me to the edge of town and then she took me back
Cruising in her Blue Suede Cadillac
We cruised that boulevard, up and down
Everybody's head was turning around
Ended too soon, there's no doubt
Put something in my hand as I got out
Stepped on the curb and spun around
That Caddy had vanished without a sound
I'd swear it was a dream but for this one thing
She gave me the mini velvet portrait of The King
I'd never seen
Man, I'd never seen a car like that
She took me to the edge of town and then she took me back
Cruising in her Blue Suede Cadillac
|
||||
7. |
Long Long Time Ago
03:26
|
|||
|
Long Long Time Ago
© Copyright 2010 by Michael Houlberg
I woke up this morning
Had the strangest dream
You were walking beside me
We were seventeen
I woke up, when you said it was time for you to go
You said never look back, that was a long long time ago
I still got your picture
Hanging on the wall
I look in your face each day
Passing through the hall
Deep in your eyes there's a message I already know
I should never look back, that was a long long time ago
I'm driving my car
Up suicide hill
I remember that night
And I always will
I reach the top, and I take that curve real slow
I should never look back, that was a long long time…
You said never look back, that was a long long time…
But I can't help looking back, to such a long long time ago.
|
||||
8. |
Three AM
04:01
|
|||
|
Three AM
© 2012 by Michael Houlberg
You know it's three AM and I just don't feel like going home
You know it's three AM and I just don't feel like going home
'Cause there's no warm embrace, there's no message waiting on my phone.
Can't stand those empty rooms and the darkness anymore
Can't stand those empty rooms and the darkness anymore
So I'll keep playin' my blues 'till my fingers get too stiff and sore.
I watch the raindrops grow 'till they roll on down the window pane
I watch the raindrops grow 'till they roll on down the window pane
The way my life's been goin' well I feel just like a drop of rain.
|
||||
9. |
San Diego Blues
07:35
|
|||
|
San Diego Blues
© Copyright 2010 by Michael Houlberg
I'm going down to San Diego, gonna meet my brown haired girl
I'm going down to San Diego, gonna meet my brown haired girl
You know the girls in California, are the prettiest in the whole world
Well I hope that she still loves me, like she did some time ago
Well I hope that she still loves me, like she did some time ago
Since my whole world came crashing down, I ain't got no place else to go
Well I used to own a nice house, lived in a fine neighborhood
Well I used to own a nice house, lived in a fine neighborhood
Had a wife, said she'd never leave me, somehow I always knew she would
I got laid off from my job, on our anniversary day
She ran off, the bills piled up faster than I could pay
That's why I'm going to San Diego, try to find that brown haired girl
You know the girls in California, are the prettiest in the whole world
When my roof started leaking, there were puddles on the floor
When my roof started leaking, there were puddles on the floor
I didn't have the money to fix it, and the bank wouldn't loan me any more.
I'm down here by the freeway, 'cuz that's my new address
Got my cardboard sign, "Hungry, Homeless, Anything Helps, God Bless"
I want to go to San Diego, hope I find that brown haired girl
You know the girls in California, are the prettiest in the whole world
|
||||
10. |
You Need Truth
05:39
|
|||
|
You Need Truth
© 2012 by Michael Houlberg
You need truth
To keep me on your side
You need truth
To keep me on your side
Just think of trust when you must decide
Just think of trust when you must decide
You need strength
To hold on to your dreams
You need strength
To hold on to your dreams
A weakness is much stronger than it seems
A weakness is much stronger than it seems
You need love
To fill the empty space
You need love
To fill the empty space
Look up and feel the sunshine on your face
Look up and feel the sunshine on your face
|
||||
11. |
||||
|
Her Hands Were Giving Her Away
© Copyright 2011 by Michael Houlberg
The first time I met her, she was working at the coffee shop.
I liked to watch her hands as she poured my steaming cream on top.
So when I returned at the end of her working day,
She didn't have to say much, her hands were giving her away.
We bought a hand rolled burrito at a downtown taco cart.
We got some fruits and veggies at the local farmer's mart.
Man, the way she fingered those fruits as we put them away,
She didn't have to say much, her hands were giving her away.
She's got slender fingers with painted nails,
Just one touch it never fails,
She's talking to me with her hands,
She don't need words for me to understand.
I had a kink in my neck and it felt like it needed to crack.
She took my head in her hands and she laid me on my back.
Then she twisted my head in a most peculiar way.
She didn't have to say much, her hands were giving her away.
She's got slender fingers with painted nails,
Just one touch it never fails,
She's talking to me with her hands,
She don't need words for me to understand.
|
||||
12. |
The Holfar Shuffle
02:49
|
|||
|
(instrumental)
|
||||
13. |
With A Gun
05:11
|
|||
|
With a Gun
© Copyright 2013 by Michael Houlberg
There's too many tears
There's too many tears
Cried by immediate family members
Who lost somebody dear
Heartbreak and confusion
Trying to make some sense of what was done
But they never find an answer
Just some kind of crazy with a gun
The wounds never heal
The wounds never heal
The family stares at the empty chair
When they sit down to a meal
And each one is connected
To a parent, brother, sister, daughter or son
And every year there's thousands more
Taken down by someone with a gun.
There's too many fools
There's too many fools
Trying to arm everybody
In our shopping malls and schools
Like a 21st century wild west world
Where no one waits for Wyatt Earp to come
With self appointed vigilantes
Just looking for trouble with a gun.
|
||||
14. |
Why Can't I Fly
05:16
|
|||
|
Why Can't I Fly
© Copyright 1969 by Michael Houlberg
I'm watching the birds flying over my head and wonder what they're thinking
I'm watching the birds flying over my head
Why can't I fly
I'm hearing the sounds they incessantly make while soaring through the breezes
I'm hearing the sounds they incessantly make
Why can't I fly
The birds that fly so free
Seem to be mocking me
They call from the sky
And dare me to fly
But here I'm destined to be
I'm asking myself what the world would be like if people could be airborne
I'm asking myself what the world would be like
Why can't I fly
|
||||
15. |
Feels Like Home
03:12
|
|||
|
Feels Like Home
© Copyright 2011 by Michael Houlberg
As we linger in this silent moment,
Night is fading in the dawn's sunshine,
Jigsaw puzzle pieces fit together,
I feel your heartbeat beating next to mine.
Blissful secrets that we whisper sweetly,
We know only we know what we share,
In this home that we have made between us,
There's a comfort that we feel in there.
Sometimes I just can't wait,
When I start to feel alone,
I have to hold you close,
Because for all these years, loving you feels like home.
I don't need a mountain top home,
I don't need a geodesic dome,
I don't need an ocean view,
All I need is to be loving you.
There's a history that we've lived together,
There's a future that we're moving toward,
We take turns at driving down this highway,
We make the journey be it's own reward.
Sometimes I just can't wait,
When I start to feel alone,
I have to hold you close,
Because for all these years, loving you feels like home.
|
||||
Holfar Blue Tualatin, Oregon
Holfar Blue plays original songs blending elements of vintage and modern blues, jazz, R&B, Motown soul, and rock, and artful covers of classic blues and rock rarities. The blues is the tap root for rock music and rock has grown up and fed back onto the blues. Holfar Blue pays homage to the blues, and explores the spaces where blues, jazz, and rock collide. ... more
If you like Holfar Blue, you may also like:
Cerebral palsy curbed his ability to play guitar the conventional way, so Nagoda learned double slide, this is his debut LP.
go to album
Jack Chrome and the Darkness Waltz
by Russell Morris & Rick Springfield
Russell Morris and Rick Springfield pair grave tales with smoldering blues on this Día de los Muertos-inspired collaborative LP.
go to album
The King's Blues Box
by B.B. King
Cleopatra Blues recently unleashed a barrage of reissued essentials from Bo Diddley, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, etc.
go to album
Inspired by their travels in New Orleans, Naples, and the UK, the “Italian-hills country blues” duo pen a global love letter to roots music.
go to album
Trapped By A Thing Called Love
by Denise LaSalle
featured on Bandcamp Radio Dec 14, 2021
go to album
Local Customs: Burned at Boddie
by Various Artists
featured on Bandcamp Radio Feb 14, 2017
go to album
Local Customs: Downriver Revival
by Various Artists
featured on Bandcamp Radio Feb 14, 2017
go to album
