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Beauty Factory

by The Love Markets

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1.
Beauty Factory 03:56
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Step up, miss Here in the factory, the gates are always open Don't resist To be made whole again, you'll first need to be broken Cut you down to size Our team is specialized Haven't you heard? No need to suffer with the wrong face Get it replaced And win the love that you deserve Yeah, you were made for pretty things You'll feel much better When you fit in Now are you ready for the change? Now aren't you tired of being ashamed? Hey little girl, don't you feel lucky you can live in modern times? Hey little girl, just lay your body On the beauty factory line Everybody's gonna want you Everybody's gonna want you A piece of you here, a piece of you there Upon a close inspection We'll need more time Use our installment plan to purge each imperfection Don't you want life easy? Don't you want to be The one your friends envy? Don't try to speak No, you have been through a procedure See you next week A few more surgeries will cure those nonbelievers You're gonna need so much correction You'll feel much better With re-direction Now don't you worry 'bout the pain We're gonna get you rearranged Hey little girl, don't you feel lucky you can live in modern times? Hey little girl, just lay your body On the beauty factory line Everybody's gonna want you Everybody's gonna want you
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Love On The Caravan 05:26
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Fat lady She draws a crowd with vows to straddle the whole world between her thighs Fish baby She paints the scales on to the man who needs no legs to take her high The days are dry by the roadside Spit out the sand - it takes all hands To run this caravan It's low, oh oh - a cheap peep show I'll survive if you just love me so Hey hey hey Maybe we should find a new big top to play The tent flap's gone where the wind has blown it on And there's an old storm rising Late nights You were my big love - now you're giving every roustabout a whirl Rough fights Don't tell me what to do You know I saw you with that pinhead girl You stole my youth with your hot kiss I wasn't born to live like this Who planned this caravan? It's low, oh oh - a cheap peep show You made a freak of me and now I've nowhere else to go Hey hey hey I wanna find a new big top to play The tent flap's gone where the wind has blown it on And there's an old storm rising Rising, rising Then in some town we didn't know A drunken clown from rodeo Crept into Bessie's bed, but Henry's lying low They left the body by the road And in the next town, we let those lovers go Are they still there? Or hitched a better ride to towns where love's a river running wide? Oh yes I swear I saw them dancing on the scene Fish baby king, fat lady queen My days are dry by the roadside I see them dancing in my dreams Fish baby king, fat lady queen Oh, oh - their own big show A place where silver dollars flow And bathe you in a cooling stream Oh hey hey hey I wanna find a new big top to play The tent flap's gone where the wind has blown it on And there's an old storm rising There's an old storm rising...
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Discount Song 04:26
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Hey baby, are you looking for love? Come on in and sit a while Don't play me, cause I ain't got the time I've been packaging my inner child Love me, baby, if that's what you need Your love could be my opportunity I've got a job to do Selling off my mystery Take it from me I can get it for you wholesale Wholesale - I can get it for you I can give it to you half price Whatcha gonna do? You can take it on a cut rate Down on the cheap and low Cause everything has got to go Hey baby, are you feeling used up? The screen says nobody's buying It's pay to play now and you're down on your luck And the neighborhood is gentrifying Cry, cry, baby, if that's what you need But I can turn you on to opportunity You've got a job to do Show a little industry And repeat after me I can get it for you wholesale Wholesale - I can get it for you I can give it to you half price Whatcha gonna do? You can take it on a cut rate A discount as deep as your dreams Be a bargain basement queen Heartbreaker - you're making your art But the junk is piling up in the aisles Keep faking it and baby, take heart Maybe the thing that you are will someday come back in style Pack it all into the back seat Big smile, cover where the cracks meet Move it out before the due date Meanwhile, I hope it isn't too late Everybody wants a new look Young blood - shake it off and talk tough But will they like it on the Facebook? Post now, now, never get enough I can get it for you wholesale Wholesale - I can get it for you I can give it to you half price Whatcha gonna do? You can take it on a cut rate Down on the cheap and low Cause everything has got to go Coupons, groupons Don't be the last to know Tickets to the late night show
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Heaven Song 03:55
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Freedom is a train that's coming / Freedom Freedom is the song you're strumming / Freedom But if you can't plant freedom down in your soul You're gonna find a way to climb right back in the hole Because freedom's just a breeze that's blowing by So rise up (Rise up) Rise up (Rise up) Rise up (Get up, get up) Baby, let's ride Comfort / Living in your golden chamber Comfort / Blood you never took the blame for But it you don't deal with the world that's real You'll be deaf and blind to what your fellows feel Because comfort's just a breeze that's blowing by So rise up (Rise up) From the poisoned ground And join in (Join in) With the lost and found Rise up (Get up, get up) Oh baby let's ride, ride, ride, ride Heaven / You can be retired forever Heaven / You can hoard your time like treasure But the moment's here, and the moment sings Love it now cause the moment could be everything If Heaven's just a breeze that's blowing by Bye bye bye bye bye Yeah, if Heaven's just a breeze that's blowing by So slow down (Slow down) Take a look around And join in (Join in) With the lost and found Rise up (Get up, get up) Oh baby, let's ride, ride, ride, ride Rise up (Rise up) Hey, hey, rise up (Rise up) Rise up (Get up, get up) Baby, let's ride, ride,ride, ride I said Freedom (Rise up) I said Freedom (Rise up) Hey, hey, rise up (Get up, get up) Baby let's ride
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The Bottles Are Blue 05:08
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Hello, bartender - it's been a long wait Is it still happy hour, or am I too late? I never drank whiskey, I never drank rye Is there still time to learn while there's light in the sky? Turn back the clock on the wall And pour me some time before night falls Oh the bottles are blue And the barstools are high And the little lights twinkle - hung out, strung out like stars in the sky So hello, bartender Won't you smile at me like I'm still twenty-two? And pour me a drink Like I matter to you Listen, bartender - first you're a girl they call pretty, or maybe call plain Then you're the housewife who lives down the lane Keeping an eye out for the milk going sour Never learned much about cocktail hour Slow down that clock going by And pour me some wishes that warm me like kisses or sweet little lies Oh bartender show me, love me Just don't tell me I'm through We could be anywhere where the bottles are blue Well I know that it's true - there's a place now where I ought to be Where the work's never through They'll be waiting on me But I never drank whiskey I never drank rye Is there still time to learn With that moon in the sky? Oh the bottles are blue Yeah the bottles are blue Oh the bottles are blue La da da da da...
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Love On Mardi Gras 03:26
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Have you ever been invited to a party? Well, not invited, but you showed up anyway And it sucked you in like a tide of sin All that glitters and all that's gay Oh my true love, oh my true love I loved you, but I didn't catch your name All the feathers, all the masks All the whiskey in my glass And a morning filled with shame Tra la la la And the flame burned higher And wasn't it you I saw? Lying with me in the gutter Your body smeared with butter Wearing just a mustache and a bra? Tra la, tra la And you can call me liar And shame me with my big faux pas Well, it was ashes, ashes, ashes on Wednesday But I swear that it was love on Mardi Gras I made so many friends, I was so popular Who cares about the money that I spent? But now I'm sick as hell And full of funny smells And I've given up my dignity for Lent I feel so blue, I don't know what to do It was everything my mother warned me of But now my heart lies here, so I'll come again next year To find my own true love Tra la la la / And the flame burned higher And wasn't it you I saw? Lying with me in the gutter Your body smeared with butter Wearing just a mustache and a bra? Tra la, tra la / And you can call me liar And shame me with my big faux pas Well, it was ashes, ashes, ashes on Wednesday But I swear that it was love on Mardi Gras And you can call me liar And shame me with my big faux pas Well, it was ashes, ashes It was ashes, ashes Oh it was ashes, ashes - ashes on Wednesday... But love on Mardi Gras Tra la, tra la
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You Could Be Anyone Tonight 04:36
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I'm asleep at my window Suddenly, on the street - did I hear a scream? I'm awake God, it's late Twilight's turned into night Down below There's a shadow I know And it's strange, you looked pale - Must have been the glow of the moon, oh, oh I should be Mixing up your drink, oh, oh, frost the cake Fetch your slippers and pipe But what's blown out the light? And who's that knocking at my window? Who's that shuffling up my stair? Your hat, your hair - but something ain't quite right You could be anyone tonight And there's a black cat staring by the streetlamp As the lock turns slowly to the right Posing in the doorway Growling at the bouquet You could be anyone tonight How was your day, dear? Here's your beer... You don't care? Smash the glass While you howl at the full moon Well, forget that I asked Shall we go for Chinese, dear? There's a glint in your eye Maybe just order Thai Now you're smashing the phone Trying to get me alone My, you smell like a man Is that fur on your hands? And who's that sniffing in my shadows? Who's that scraping 'cross my floor? Your eyes, your teeth, but something ain't quite right You could be anyone tonight And there's a black cat hissing by the streetlamp As the wind blows out the candlelight Where's the man that I know? Where the hell did he go? You could be anyone tonight I never thought you could behave this way And paw me like a hungry teen Twenty years married to a CPA Now you're a freaking wolverine The clock is striking And Mama's liking And there's a black cat laughing by the streetlamp And if the sirens come for me, all right I'm glad you turned the key You're such good company You could be anyone tonight
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You're Not Alone 04:56
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La da da da da da, the nurse says you're having a good day La da da da da da You might even know me by name There's a bench on the grounds in the garden We can wipe off the rain And we'll go anywhere that you take us In the time machine deep in your mind You be captain, I'll try not to fall too far behind And I'll care for you I will care for you I will care for you As you cared for me You're not alone Well it's dark in the forest But I won't let you disappear You can lead through the trees Count on me to protect us From the monsters out there And the starlight may fall on your frail head As you search for a bridge we can cross Like a reel running backwards, we won't even know all the things that we've lost And I'll care for you I will care for you I will care for you As you cared for me I'd cry "Papa, don't let me down Papa, lift me up higher" I'd cry "Papa, there's giants that live in the sky I'm not ready to fly" La da da da da da da, it's time to go back to your room now La da da da da da da, The nurse brings your supper at five La da da, it's another day down in a long time of being alive So let's sit while you tell me a story With the clouds in and out of your eyes And I'll put on the coffee, we won't say goodnight Til it's your turn to fly I will care for you As you cared for me You're not alone You're not alone You're not alone You're not alone
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Mend Your Ways 05:55
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Mend your ways It's not too late to mend your ways I feel the burning - my cold desire I'll spend my days a leaf upon the fire If it's too late It's not too late to mend my ways I dreamed I faced a worn-out hag And woke to find it so The rosy cheek, the supple flesh - My God, where did it go? They used me up, those pretty boys The needle and the yen And if I had a second chance I'd do it all again There was a time God, how green was my valley Then you wind up face down in an alley Think again, love Remember Ruthie and Sally Mend your ways It's not too late To mend my ways I feel the burning - my cold desire I'll spend my days Like a leaf upon the fire If it's too late to mend my ways A sip of wine, a speck of love That never was my way I liked it fast, I liked it rough And I could go for days He'd take me down and show me round I thought that I could fly But now this bird has hit the ground And nothing gets me high There was a time God, how green was my valley Then you wind up face down in an alley Think again, love - remember Ruthie and Sally Mend your ways It's not too late to mend my ways I feel the burning - my cold desire I'll spend my days like a leaf upon the fire If it's too late to mend my ways Our love was not a true love We both had roving eyes And brought a plague on both our houses To punish all our lies And as we waste away, my dear, the spring is here once more Oh put the flowers in my hair Just like you did before There was a time God, how green was my valley Then you wind up face down in an alley Think again, love - remember Ruthie and Sally Mend your ways It's not too late to mend my ways I feel the burning - my cold desire I'll spend my days like a leaf upon the fire If it's too late to mend my ways No, not too late (Too late!) To mend my ways I feel the burning - my cold desire I'll spend my days like a leaf upon the fire No, not too late (It's much too late!) It's not too late (It's far too late!) Embrace the burning I'll spend my days in cold desire Just like a leaf upon the fire If it's too late - Too late to mend my ways!
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By The River Again 03:56
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Sweet child A girl and a boy All the trouble and all of the joy Bye, baby - I'll say I knew you back when Good times - so fast Like the cocktail hour, you didn't last But we'll meet Oh we'll meet by the river again By the river, the river again Oh we'll meet by the river again We'll have blue skies When we meet by the river again I know what we did was wrong You're bad, bad, baby - get out of my song Cry, baby Can I get an Amen? All your wine and powder, all your wigs and pills Still I love you, and I always will And we'll meet Oh we'll meet by the river again By the river, the river again Oh we'll meet by the river again I love you And we'll meet by the river again Shine on, baby Baby, shine on Someday they're gonna find us gone So farewell, hallelujah All the bad times may mean nothing to ya When we meet When we meet by the river The sweet sweet river again By the river, the river again Oh we'll meet by the river again Hallelujah When we meet by the river The sweet sweet river again By the river again - we'll meet by the river Ooh ooh - we'll have blue skies Oh, oh... when I meet you by the river Oh yeah

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released August 13, 2016

All music & lyrics by Angie Louise (ASCAP)
Vocals and keys: Angie Louise
Accordion: Robertson Witmer
Trombone: David Marriott, Jr.
Bass guitar: Dave Pascal
Drums: Chris Monroe

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The Love Markets Seattle, Washington

Weimar Berlin meets New Orleans! The Love Markets bring bite and soul to their modern mashup of bordello brass, funky bass and sultry cabaret rhythm, luring you into alleys haunted by pulp heroines and speakeasies rich with subversion.

"Irresistible.. A deliciously dark carnival."
-Seattle Magazine

"Ruffle-clad ruffians...Angie Louise is a singer- songwriter with fearsome chops."
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