In a last-ditch effort to make it, two aging musicians hire a charismatic teen to front for them in a bogus music video. But when the video goes viral, all three are in way too deep with a sinister music mogul.
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SONG DEMOS
(Songs would be performed by established artists or selected newcomers.)
(c) 2017 Ira Marlowe/Slow Reveal Music (BMI)
(510) 898-1979
BROTHER TIME
(vocal: Tommy Banks)
Brother time
won't you slow down?
won't you slow down?
and give me a minute
to get back in it
catch my breath
I'm still goin'
but I could use a little rest
Brother time
you know you used to be my friend
a big blue sky
that went on without end
a slow-rolling boxcar
on a steady uphill climb
I could see where I was going
I could hop off any time
But now
everything's changed
Now
You got yourself an aeroplane
and you fly, you fly, you fly
Brother time
Brother time
Brother time
Now, I'm not asking
for some machine
to take me back
take me back
I'm still strong
I'm strong and I'm ready
And I'll take on this world
if this world'll just hold steady
But now
everything's changed
Now
it's not the same
you fly, you fly, you fly
Brother time
won't you slow down
slow down
and give me a minute
give me a minute
to catch my breath
I'll be fine
you go ahead
Brother time
Brother time
Brother time
SIXTEEN DOLLARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS
(vocal: Tommy Banks)
Audition and work-montage sequences
Want no trouble but it comes my way
fifth of each month like judgement day
scrapin' by is how you play
try to make do, try to make my way
I keep up with the day's events
but each day leaves me in suspense
in spite of all my good intents...
Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents
I got sixteen dollars and fifteen cents
Not like I don't know the deal
keep my shoulder to the wheel
pushing harder everyday
All it does is roll away
I can say in my defense
I can't live at no expense
look at all the evidence
Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents
I got sixteen dollars and fifteen cents
But there's a place somewhere
Where it aint what you got, it ain't what you got
but what you share
So if you need it
you can have it
it's all there
I paid my bills, I paid my rent
Here it is: what I ain't spent
(Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents)
Bangin' 'round here collecting dents
(Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents)
Here it was and there it went
(Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents)
Can't live without those dead presidents
(Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents)
American dream got a 'lectrified fence
(Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents)
WHEN THE DEVIL CALLS YOUR NAME
Armani Exchange montage
When the devil calls your name
he always call you "Slim"
When the devil calls your name
he always calls you "Slim"
He's nothing like his pictures
but you always know it's him
When the devil calls your name
He's talkin' 'bout deal
He's spittin' threats, epithets
what a loser wants, what a sucker gets
and somethin' 'bout a deal
All those things you hear about
Well, some of them are real
You got yourself into this
Can you get yourself out?
You got yourself into this
Can you get yourself out?
Just sit back and don't say jack
Just sit back and don't say jack
Just sit back and don't say jack
SOLO
You found yourself a game
One you thought would pay
the sentimental favorite
to kiss it all away
Lips as cold as anything
you ever thought you'd say
CHORUS
When the devil calls your name
you hardly hear a thing
When the devil calls your name
you hardly hear a thing
Just a tickle in your bones
and that old familar jingling
CHORUS
JUST WHEN YOU THINK IT'S OVER
Sam's work-in-progress, later heard in its
finished form
There are no magic spells
Only tales you tell
Tell yourself to get you through your day
But if you tell 'em right
and you hold on tight
You're gonna find to your susprise
you've found a way
Just when you think it's over
the whole thing starts again
Just when you think it's over
the whole thing starts again
and you better be ready
you better be ready
You try to keep your grip
All ten fingertips
And when you slip
That's when you just dig in
'Cause when it's upside-down
It's gonna turn around
It's only just a matter of when
CHORUS
you better be ready...
for the stars to shine so bright from time to time
you'll say, "I was so blind to never see"
for the world to open up so proud
and shout out loud
there's always been a place for me
CHORUS
SHOW ME SOMETHING TRUE
"Sonny Stone cover", heard at festival
I won't stand to be the victim of a cruel joke
While you hang around and dangle all your false hope
Smile that smile
Move that way you do
Take it on home
or show me something true
I won't take another puff on that pipe dream
Telling me things are all they seem
Let me down
it's all they seem to do
But you could still surprise me
and show me something true
So tonight
I'll dream myself to sleep
Even if it's all
skin deep
I won't stand to be the victim of a cruel joke
And you ain't gonna fix it if it ain't broke
No, I suppose
I suppose it works for you
And it's too much work
To show me something true
Still tonight
I'll dream myself to sleep
Cause you could still surprise me
Yeah, you could still surprise me
And show me something true
Something true
Something true
BROTHER TIME
(vocal: Tommy Banks)
Brother time
won't you slow down?
won't you slow down?
and give me a minute
to get back in it
catch my breath
I'm still goin'
but I could use a little rest
Brother time
you know you used to be my friend
a big blue sky
that went on without end
a slow-rolling boxcar
on a steady uphill climb
I could see where I was going
I could hop off any time
But now
everything's changed
Now
You got yourself an aeroplane
and you fly, you fly, you fly
Brother time
Brother time
Brother time
Now, I'm not asking
for some machine
to take me back
take me back
I'm still strong
I'm strong and I'm ready
And I'll take on this world
if this world'll just hold steady
But now
everything's changed
Now
it's not the same
you fly, you fly, you fly
Brother time
won't you slow down
slow down
and give me a minute
give me a minute
to catch my breath
I'll be fine
you go ahead
Brother time
Brother time
Brother time
FOREVER
Sam's stolen song, heard on the street...
I hope your dreams come true
at least a chosen few
the ones
you wanted after all
I hope your head is high
no matter how they try
to make you feel
so small
I hope you dance each day
in some peculiar way
past the others
marching single file
And I hope
you live forever
for awhile
I hope the river flows
the way you want to go
I hope
the wind blows from behind
and all the mighty trees
are waving in the breeze
to say a sweet hello
as you go by
I hope the sky can see
the majesty
of everything beneath it
running wild
And I hope
you live forever
for awhile
I hope you will be kind
and there I know you’ll find
your answer
whatever it should be
I hope your dreams come true
you know, I really do
and when they do
I hope you see
And maybe time will teach us
not to hurry
but know each step
of every mile
And I hope
we live forever
for awhile
Yeah, I hope we live forever
for awhile
Song demos for
"ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN" and "BURN"
coming soon!
BURN!
Big Boy's smash opening number
(AUDIO COMING SOON)
Trouble's like a dog
Run, he's only gonna chase you
I just turn around
look him up and down
say I dare you
That old paper devil
Had me so long
Strike a match he's gone
Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh
Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh
BURN
BURN
(rap:)
And they thought they could do it again
they try to kick another brother to the bottom of the pigpen they overestimate how long a man can wait
make him listen to the noise and the hate and the--
Monster in my head
Took so long, took so long to shake it
Sticks and stones to break my bones
Tellin' me
I ain't gonna make it
Liar, liar, just FUEL FOR THE FIRE
Strike a match, you're gone
Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh
Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh
BURN
BURN
BURN
BURN
BURN