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Nothing But Rust

by Robert J. Hunter

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1.
Mama said, you can only do your best, You won't succeed if you are too stressed, So don’t lose sight of the prize, Got to give it time, Keep slow burning don’t compromise, Reach for the top and hell you might find, Something to keep you in line, But I still haven’t found what I'm looking for, There’s only one thing on my mind, I’m all packed up and out the door to go and find, In the past, I’ve drunk, drugged, pushed myself to the last, Given up hope and hell that’s the best, Method that I have tried, Oh but not this time, It’s so damn close that it’s almost mine, I can feel its touch running down my spine, I’m giving it one last try, But I still haven’t found what I'm looking for, There’s only one thing on my mind, I’m all packed up and out the door to go and find, But I still haven’t found what I'm looking for, There’s only one thing on my mind, I’m all packed up and out the door to go and find.
2.
Good People 03:29
Katie said, Hello are you doing alright? She saw me in the gutter with my head held high, She leant over and gave me a pound, I know it’s not much but I can stick around for a while, There ain’t many like her out on the streets, Everyone’s too busy staring at their feet, Where did all the good people go? They’re all stuck at home, Complaining about the problems in the “real world”, Where did all the good people go? Katie was nice, she was really quite sweet, She gave me a shower and some food to eat at her home, How did this happen, how did you get this way? People just forget your life can easily change, You know I can’t stay but I wish you well, Take this piece of my heart, it may help you out there. Where did all the good people go? They’re all stuck at home, Complaining about the problems in the “real world”, Where did all the good people go? Where did they go? Where did all the good people go? They’re all stuck at home, Complaining about the problems in the “real world”, Where did all the good people go?
3.
Hell I might be tall, But I’m nothing but rust, You can wash me away with a little bit of strength and good luck, Are you sure that you need, To keep me in a safe place, To forget about me, I wear my heart on my sleeve, Wade through the rough, People keep telling me now, That it’s not enough, and I’m begging you please, Please don’t give up, All that I need is a teeny little bit of your love, Pick me up like a book, as you please, So you can tear out the pages and make me read, How you’re wanting me to be, Come along, And put the flame to the candle and make me watch, As you burn, burn, burn, I wear my heart on my sleeve, Wade through the rough, People keep telling me now, That it’s not enough, And I’m begging you please, Please don’t give up, All that I need is a teeny little bit of your love, This feels too good, too good to be mine, It’s more than I thought I would find in a lifetime, But you’ve got to stay to keep the flame alive, I’ve got my own goals and I’ve got my own mind, You are the one that I want by my side, But I’m holding you back and I don’t even try.
4.
Easy Street 03:26
Last time I saw Suzanne was back on Easy Street, She took all of the chances that fell at her feet, I doubt that she expected she would ever see, The day she put the creeps down me, I said now come on why are you at my door? You can’t just come knocking, knocking around this place no more, Come on get some sense, It’s time to stop pretending and realise we’re at the end, Last time I saw Suzanne was back on Easy Street, She had a lot of problems and the world at her feet, She would medicate her mind all of the way to the clink, Never took the time to stop and think, I looked out my window and she was standing there, On the corner of Chrisp Street, she was so unaware, What will she do next and why should I care? Was it me who put her there? I said now come on why are you at my door? You can’t just come knocking, knocking around this place no more, Come on get some sense, It’s time to stop pretending and realise we’re at the end, Last time I saw Suzanne was back on Easy Street, She had a lot of problems and the world at her feet, She would medicate her mind all of the way to the clink, Never took the time to stop and think, Oh Suzanne, oh Suzanne, Oh Suzanne, oh Suzanne, Oh Suzanne, oh Suzanne, Oh Suzanne, oh Suzanne, Last time I saw Suzanne was back on Easy Street, She had a lot of problems and the world at her feet, She would medicate her mind all of the way to the clink, Never took the time to stop and think, Last time I saw Suzanne was back on Easy Street, She had a lot of problems and the world at her feet, She would medicate her mind all of the way to the clink, Never took the time to stop and think.
5.
You wanted wedding bells, But you were by yourself, I was focused on the rain, You wanted something else, I wanted someone else, Because things didn’t feel the same, Yeah and I, Now I wonder, If you’d like to know what it really means, To be tied up in your dreams? Would you like to show me how it feels, To be on the losing side of losing out to me? Then I found myself, Surrounded by an extraordinary wealth of pain, That I had seemed to gain, Then I had to delve, Right back to the deepest shelf, And find the things that I had gone and tried to lock away, Yeah and I, Now I wonder, If you’d like to know what it really means, To be tied up in your dreams? Would you like to show me how it feels, To be on the losing side of losing out to me? Come on get up, get down, Would you like to know what it really means, To be tied up in your dreams? Would you like to show me how it feels, To be on the losing side of losing out to me? Would you like to know what it really means, To be tied up in your dreams? Would you like to show me how it feels, To be on the losing side?
6.
He was staying up late for longer than he ever needed, Drunk when the clock struck four in the afternoon, Felt fairly well until the sun came out but when the night began to fall, The moonlight showed what was really going on, He would stir all night but cough when he began to settle, Thought that a single smoke might pass the time, The beating of the talent drum weighed heavy on his mind, Worried that one day he'd be left behind, He was born to run, Raised to hide, There he was, doing it all his life, He was close enough, But he failed to rise from the flames, So the ashes remained, He would go on down to the water's edge, Try to dip his toes in the passing tide, He was calling out to kingdom come to leave behind a sign, Or a flicker of the moment when he could shine, He was born to run, Raised to hide, There he was, doing it all his life, He was close enough, but he failed to rise from the flames, So the ashes remained, He grew weary, he grew tired, Because he stayed awake all night, Waiting for something that may never come, Waiting for something that may never come, No single person in this world, Could make your dreams come true, Not a single person but you.
7.
Too much time to think You’re at home at night, There are few people that deserve,To be alone in their own mind, I believe you need a kind hearted woman, I don’t know what went wrong, The spark then fades,Things were going so damn well, Now I’m starting all over again, I believe you need a kind hearted woman, Well kind hearted woman he treated you so bad, The best damn woman he could ever have, He took you for granted and left you sad, Now he has no kind hearted woman, No it’s never too late, To find the one for you,But it just takes one mistake, To let love slip out of your view, I believe you need a kind hearted woman, I believe you need a kind hearted woman, I believe you need a kind hearted woman.
8.
Freewheelin' 03:07
You’ve been dealt a rough old hand, But love is not a game, When you go to go and roll the dice, You’ve been acting too restrained, If you play your cards right, You might find yourself on a winning streak, Or spend your days fooling around And falling to your knees, Got to get her, got to get her off your mind, You’re freewheelin’ now,You’re freewheelin’ now, No one’s going to come and pick you up, So that your feet don‘t touch the ground,You’re freewheelin’ now, You can take the longest ride, But someones gotta pay the fare, When you decide you‘re going to settle up, There might not be anyone there, You took your chance and placed your bet, Layed it all on red, Now you can’t find a room to sleep in, And there’s no one in your bed, Got to get her, got to get her off your mind, You’re freewheelin’ now,You’re freewheelin’ now, No one’s going to come and pick you up, So that your feet don‘t touch the ground,You’re freewheelin’ now, You’re freewheelin’ now,You’re freewheelin’ now, No one’s going to come and pick you up, So that your feet don‘t touch the ground,You’re freewheelin’ now.
9.
It’s coming over me,Like a wildfire, Keeps on crawling beneath my skin, Sometimes I feel like I am standing trial, Against everyone I know, Me myself and I, Do we know where we’re going? Do we have a place to be? My anger keeps on showing, But I don’t think that it’s me, We always say we‘re sorry, For the tension and the stress, I hope that we can get better than this, But I keep on groovin’ on the evil blues, It’s like a rolling thunder, The crisp cut of the wind, My bruises keep on showing to mould the shape I’m in, I’ll be shaking in the kitchen, When you pack your bags and leave, There’s no going back from here when I ruin everything, Do we know where we’re going? Do we have a place to be? My anger keeps on showing, But I don’t think that it’s me, We always say we‘re sorry, For the tension and the stress, I hope that we can get better than this, But I keep on groovin’ on the evil blues, Oh why do we still fight, When we’ve shed our skin so many times? Oh why can we not find, When we all deserve a chance to go and try? Do we know where we’re going? Do we have a place to be? My anger keeps on showing, But I don’t think that it’s me, We always say we‘re sorry, For the tension and the stress, I hope that we can get better than this, But I keep on groovin’ on the evil blues.
10.
Torn Down 04:37
Sedated in the morning couldn’t sleep at night, Laying in bed for one more time, It’s 3am, I’m nervous and afraid, They say that your childhood days are where you are made, But it’s where I was broken, where I was caved right in, To be who I didn’t want to be, So I got high, high, high, I didn’t want to come down, High, high, high,Above the ground, So I was torn down, I was torn down, down, Torn down on my knees, Torn down, I was torn down, down, Torn down on my knees, My mother was a painter when she was able and young, She played by the book and left her dreams at home, Now she’s awake in the night, she’s tired and torn, She’ll paint her pictures and I’ll sing my songs, That’s all we’ve got when I’m not home, Here I am, thinking about her, So I got high, high, high, I didn’t want to come down, High, high, high,Above the ground, So I was torn down, I was torn down, down, Torn down on my knees, Torn down, I was torn down, down, Torn down on my knees, I was torn right down, down, down, I was torn right down on my knees, I was torn right down, down, down, I was torn right down on my knees.

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Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all of our fans who have supported us along the way, and to all of those who supported our Crowdfunder to finish this album.

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released July 23, 2021

Produced by The Robert J. Hunter Band.
All songs written by Robert J. Hunter.
All songs arranged and performed by The Robert J. Hunter Band.
Mixed and mastered by Wayne Proctor of House Of Tone at Superfly Studios, UK.
Recorded at Unit 2 Studios, London, UK and engineered by Adie Hardy, except ‘Track 6’ recorded at Cream Studios, Frankfurt, Germany and engineered by Alexander Bruscencev.
Extra instrumentation recorded at Number Seven, Alderney, Channel Islands.
Outer sleeve photo by Christian Richter.
Inner sleeve photo by Mario Drescher.
All design by Robert J. Hunter.

℗© Robert J. Hunter under exclusive license to Spiritual Records 2021.

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Road worn dirty blues, Americana rock n' roll from the depths of Alderney

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