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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.

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lyrics

Sitting in the dark with his heart on fire,
Didn’t know if it was hatred or deep desire.
But whatever it was her face was there
Like a dream on ice her long black was shining.

Back in the bar he could hear the crowd
It was Friday night they were very loud
If he went back in it could all go wrong
Maybe the cost was more than a song unwinding

She left the door ajar a crack
His soul slipped out and he wanted it back
He turned and stumbled back into the bar
Behind him the sound of a starting car
And he wondered.


Still sitting there in the neon dark,
Saturday morning with a charcoal heart,
Maybe it wasn't her old Ford truck
But he knew that ancient gearbox grinding

He'd been through all this crap before
He stared at the beer & grease on the floor
Then the waitress came in and then back out the door
And the Budweiser clock said 10 to 4 and it was blinding


Somebody left the door ajar
His soul flew out and jumped in that car
And it squealed away to the purple hills
Past the Joshua trees and the dead stamp mills
And it thundered.


He can still be seen in the Eagles Drift
Near the pinball machines the sands are shifting
Across the original road to town
A lonely cop with his girlfriend's dog he's minding

Nobody remembers that summer night,
Not even him in this afternoon light
It’s all gone away with the desert wind,
The beer’s still cold and only his sin reminds him
Somebody left the door ajar
His soul flew out and jumped in that car
And it squealed away to the purple hills
Past the Joshua trees and the dead stamp mills
And it thundered

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from Desert Dreams, released November 19, 2021
©Rick Jones
Vocals and keyboards : 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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