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Pretty Houses in Heaven

from Desert Dreams by Rick Jones and Valerie Neale

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    The tracks on this album were completed the morning that Rick passed away. He literally stayed alive to see the project completed and to see the artwork, by our dear friend Charlotte Gibb. The album was then printed and released on November 19, 2021.

    The album is signed by Valerie Neale.

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lyrics

Let me tell you a story – about trust and devotion –
About crossing life’s ocean – about music and love;
Miraculous skyscapes – true hearts in commotion,
The language of liars, the hawk and the dove.

Here we have Laura caught up in a love-trap,
Whipped by emotion – climbing alone.
Here we have children – torn between parents
Sides have been taken – the rules set in stone.

How does it happen? Pretty houses in heaven,
Families at table – laughter and joy,
Suddenly broken, suddenly silent
Limbs all akimbo like a castaway toy?

She was shining and happy – sure of tomorrow,
Raising his young ones – mother and child
He was her hero – riding tall in the saddle;
Strong and protective – handsome and wild.

Where do they come from? The girls with agendas
That scent of an angel – those come-again eyes?
Sent from perdition to test the most steadfast,
Then to tear out your heartstrings and say their goodbyes?

How does it happen? Sure hearts and sweet music,
Voices in concord – raised in sweet song
Suddenly broken, suddenly silent.
You pick through the ruins to find out what went wrong.


Let me tell you a story – about fate and connection,
About a heart’s misdirection – for reasons unknown.
Harmonious circles and the songs of a madman
Echo down through the redwoods – and strike to the bone.

Will the circle be mended? – will the lovers remember
The path through the forest – to that place in the heart?
Will there be justice - in the eyes of the goddess?
Will she show him the target? Will she hand him the dart?

How does it happen? - pretty houses in heaven
Songs of reunion – peace in our time –
Pray for the morning – pray for sunlight and music
Pray for the lovers – the tune and the rhyme!


Pretty houses in heaven, pretty houses in heaven
Pretty houses in heaven…….. that used to be mine.

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from Desert Dreams, released November 19, 2021
© Rick Jones
Vocals and Piano: Rick Jones
Acoustic guitar and harmonies : Valerie Neale

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Rick Jones and Valerie Neale Patagonia, Arizona

Husband & Wife. Mutual Muses. Rick Jones and Valerie Neale proved time and time again that some marriages are just plain music in the making.

They released their first cd "Life Drawing" in 2009 and continued to play together without recording another album. Only in 2021, when Rick was diagnosed with cancer, did they realize that they needed to record these songs.

Rick Jones 1937-Oct 7, 2021 ... more

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