Gravey Train & Joe Jack Talcum Gravey Train & Joe Jack Talcum

The Accompanying Zine of Lyrics for the Gravey Train & Joe Jack Talcum Split Cassette released by This & That Tapes in May 2019 Joe Jack Talcum

Joe Jack Talcum is a pseudonym of Joe Genaro, a songwriter and musician from the Philadelphia area. Joe has been recording goofy, offbeat and sometimes serious songs on analog cassette for the past 40 years. He co-founded the band The Dead Milkmen in the early 80s and continues to perform and record with them as their guitarist and sometimes vocalist. He also plays keyboards in the instrumental rock band, I Think Like Midnight. Joe has self-released several home-recorded cassette albums over the years under the monikers Jack Talcum, Jasper Thread, Butterfly Joe Fairweather, among others. Joe also plays occasional solo acoustic shows as Joe Jack Talcum which he started doing in 2004. Joe Jack Talcum “Over the Moon”

Tracklist 1. All Fall Down 2. Anxiety 3. Angelo 4. Moon Beams Dance from Your Eyes into Mine 5. Thunder Moon 6. Over the Moon 7. Strawberry Moon 8. Orbiting the Moon

All instruments by Joe Jack Talcum EXCEPT drums (“Anxiety”, “Angelo”, “Thunder Moon”) and brushes (“Moon Beams Dance From Your Eyes Into Mine”) by Marshall Fischer

All tracks were recorded on a Tascam MF-P01 Portastudio 4-track cassette recorder.

All songs by Joe Jack Talcum ALL FALL DOWN

We all fall down we all fall down (x2) Domino falls running into walls time to stop and pause cannot obey laws

We all fall down...

Turn yourself around get up off the ground ain’t nothing too profound it’s time for a rebound

The gravity of the situation was not considered in the equation Well all fall down… ANXIETY

Anxiety cannot hold us together Anxiety looks like we’re in for nasty weather

Judge me not by the color of my skin or the hair upon my chin Trust me not as a member of society now my skin is wearing thin fighting a war no one can win

Anxiety I have too many obligations Anxiety I cannot meet your expectations

Trust me not to be counted on reliably I don’t know where to begin Judge me not by status in society and that of my next of kin

Judge me not by the color of my hair or the thoughts I will not share Trust me not by my status in society how could anybody care fighting a war no one can bear Anxiety I cannot do what I’m not able Hypocrisy has been no stranger to my table

Judge me not by the color of my skin or the fear I have within Trust me not as a member of society now my skin is wearing thin fighting a war no one can win ANGELO

I heard the fat lady sing the night I met Angelo My Spidey sense was tingling the night I met Angelo

Angelo walking barefoot in the snow Angelo with a love you feel below

We had ten weeks of paradise Just me and Angelo till one day we encountered ICE and they took Angelo

Angelo a love from down below Angelo they said he had to go

I walk the streets at night alone thinking of Angelo His skin of brown and copper tone and sweet smell of cologne

Angelo an angel from below Angelo why did he have to go? MOON BEAMS DANCE FROM YOUR EYES INTO MINE

Moon beams dance from your eyes into mine we’re in love Just the chance that you’re here on this night we’re in love

It is a love that won’t let go It is a love that pulls me down It is a love that won’t let go It is a love that holds me down down

Sea of Tranquility so serene like a dream we’re in love Just the chance that you’re here on this night we’re in the love

It is a love that won’t let go It is a love that pulls me down It is a love that won’t let go It is a love that holds me down down

Moon beams dance from your eyes into mine we’re in love THUNDER MOON

Thunder Moon Goodbye June Summer breeze rustles through the leaves

Fireflies mid July there’s a moon watching over me

I never saw a shooting star until that magic Night I spent alone with you You saw it too

Summer sky Mid July Coyotes cry Summer’s whispering

Thunder Moon half a spoon there’s a moon watching over me

Floating in the Milky Way there is no one I’d rather have by my side for the ride Thunder Moon still lagoon summer breeze rustles through the leaves

Summer sky mid July Locusts cry Summer’s whispering

Up in the I don’t know why there’s a moon watching over me

Thunder Moon OVER THE MOON

You can keep looking at me with your tattoo stare But I’m not gonna bend or pretend I care My time with you is over now I gotta run I’m packing up my bags, babe, I’ll be out before the sun

I’m over the moon, I’m over the moon I’m so over you baby I’m over the moon

So cheer up Weepy Wednesday put your blues up on the shelf Take a ride into the country where you can reach your inner self

Deep into the forest where the sun can barely shine

Where you can get no service, relax turn off your mind

I’m over the moon...

I’m through with all your cronies and your fake news facebook friends and all your college bronies and their parties without end

I’m over the moon... Gravey Train Based out of Philadelphia, Gravey Train creates sweet n’ sad, moon-themed country folk music. Whether singing the graces of Bev’s Diner on the Moon or pining for that Pale Blue Dot, Gravey Train’s songs will have you feeling great about your place in this universe.

Gravey Train features vocals by Joe Carlough (who runs This & That Tapes and the zine press Displaced Snail Publications) and vocals and guitar by Chris Baldys (who records as little stray and plays in Rabbits to Riches). Gravey Train “The Appalachian Moon Man Sings Again”

Tracklist 1. Ain’t No Seasons (On the Moon) 2. Beverly’s Diner (On the Moon) 3. Can’t Grow Black Angus (On the Dark Side of the Moon) 4. Moon With Me 5. Fishing on the Sea of Tranquility 6. Pale Blue Dot 7. Dark Side of the Moon

Guitar & Synth by Chris Baldys Vocals by Joe Carlough & Chris Baldys Kazoo by Joe Carlough

All tracks were recorded on a Sony XXXXXXX

All songs by Gravey Train AIN’T NO SEASONS (ON THE MOON)

I don’t have a fling with spring pollen gets the best of me Summer is a bummer my poor body can’t take the heat I don’t like fall at all I don’t care about those leaves winter makes be whimper puts my body in a deep freeze There’s only one thing in this little old life that really makes me swoon Ain’t no seasons on the moon

Moon pollen’s just a scent finer And I like the moon summer better Fall on the moon is over too soon Sippin’ eggnog in your favorite moon sweater

There’s no storms, no rain, no need to complain, There’s not much in the way of weather

Sittin’ here at the lander, in love with your candor Much better, when we’re sitting together I don’t wanna see thing’s growin’ flowers always makes me sneeze I’m sweatin’ out my body weight And this humidity makes me wheeze Faaaaaaaaaall’s way too short, that crisp air is just a tease Icy roads and shoveling Come on now oh geez There’s only one thing in this little old life that really makes me swoon Ain’t no seasons on the moon

On the moon there’s only one diner And space farming sure is a chore And the ground is grey like Brent Spiner That’s the guy who played Data in Star Trek Next Gen-… nevermind

So keep your charcoal grill and your cross country skis Cause here on the moon we got everything we need

1. A Heuristicly Modulated Core Environmentally Regulated Domicile (Patent Pending) 2. 3D printed micro-meals based on hyper-nutritional fungi and algae. 3. And there ain’t no seasons on the moon BEVERLY’S DINER ON THE MOON

Hello hon, she said, what can I get you? Would you like to hear our specials today? We have rabbit stew, made with space tomatoes Grown in an Earth-simulating biome

Well that sounds great, I said, but can I ask you do you have any real Earth food? she said, space burgers made from grass fed cows raised to graze on meteorites at Beverly’s diner on the moon Beverly’s diner on the moon come in early and don’t leave too soon at Beverly’s diner on the moon how was your food? she said with that smile can i get you some of our famous space desert? would you like, a moon moon pie, or a Buster Keaton? that’s a shot of moonshine and cranberry cider

I’ve been out walkin’ I said, far too long Do you have any non-moon food I’m just a moonshiner, not Galileo That ol’ Grand Duchy of Tuscany at Beverly’s diner on the moon Beverly’s diner on the moon you’ve travelled a long way so don’t leave too soon at Beverly’s diner on the moon if you want pan-fried catfish, and buttery biscuits cornbread puddin’, ramp, and sugar cane molasses pawpaws, pickled beets, pinto beans, groundnut stew, Venison sausages, salted walleye, stack cakes Root vegetables, greasy beans, and cowpeas, well mister you ain’t find none’a that here! at Beverly’s diner on the moon Beverly’s diner on the moon you’ve travelled a long way so don’t leave too soon at Beverly’s diner on the moon x3 You Can’t Grow Black Angus (On the Dark Side of the Moon)

When I was a baby, my mother sang to me You can’t grow black angus on the dark side of the moon And when I was a young boy, my father said to me You can’t grow black angus on the dark side of the moon

O’ the dark side of the moon, You can grow black beans and black eyed peas The dark side of the moon But you can’t grow black angus on the dark side of the moon

When i was a schoolboy, my teachers taught me You can’t grow black angus on the dark side of the moon When I was a PhD candidate, my advisor mentored me You can’t grow black angus on the dark side of the moon

O’ the dark side of the moon You can grow black bass and blackberries The dark side of the moon But you can’t grow black angus on the dark side of the moon

When I had my first job, the fac’try workers scolded me You can’t grow black angus on the dark side of the moon When I became CEO, the board members consulted me, You can’t grow black angus on the dark side of the moon O’ the dark side of the moon You can grow black pepper and black currants The dark side of the moon But you can’t grow black angus on the dark side of the moon

And when I have My first child, a baby boy, I’ll look in his eyes, And I’ll sing, Son, you can do anything, You can grow black angus on the dark side of the moon. Moon with Me

When I look down at the Earth I wonder where you are I think of time’s gone past and the fun that we once had

There’s so much I want to show you so much for you to see if you’d only come on up to the moon with me I’m asking if you’d like to come on up to the moon with me Fishin’ on the Sea of Tranquility

Fishin’ on the Sea of Tranquility My grandpappy, my daddy, my brother and me The only thing we’ll catch is a case of the sleepies Fishin’ on the Sea of Tranquility

We anchored The Eagle to the sea floor Time to set up our fishin’ apparatus Catch something good to bring home to maw Casting lines out on the Mare Tranquillitatis

Floatin’ among the rainbows of the bays Whatever we catch gonna go in maw’s cauldron Pappy’s tellin’ stories of the golden days Tonight we’ll be eatin’ Filet of Aldrin

Fishin’ on the Sea of Tranquility My grandpappy, my daddy, my brother and me The only thing we’ll catch is a case of the sleepies Fishin’ on the Sea of Tranquility

*Banter, banter* Fishin’ on the Sea of Tranquility My grandpappy, my daddy, my brother and me The only thing we’ll catch is a case of the sleepies Fishin’ on the Sea of Tranquility

As much as I love golfin’, and I do I’m stuck in that sandtrap that is mare crisium Over the hill, I’m feelin’ blue Gone Fishin’, is what I’d rather be doin’

I’m finding it hard to relax Worked all my life, in that moon factory Finding my own in Buzz Aldrin’s tracks But fishin’s the only thing that matters to me

Fishin’ on the Sea of Tranquility My grandpappy, my daddy, my brother and me The only thing we’ll catch is a case of the sleepies Fishin’ on the Sea of Tranquility PALE BLUE DOT

Earthrise on the moon Made me think of you Earthset on the moon Never felt so blue

It’s never quite the same Waking up where you’re not As when you’re here with me, My pale blue dot

Saturn’s in the distance And Mercury’s too hot Pluto’s not a planet They don’t have what you’ve got

It’s never quite the same Waking up where you’re not In a lonely solar system My pale blue dot

Pale blue dot Together again I love you and I love that you’ve caught My heart in yours I feel my heart pumping when I think of you Space can be so quiet Space can be so cold Can’t even find a decent meal The moon’s gotten old

It’s never quite the same Waking up where you’re not As when I breathe your warm air, My pale blue dot

Saturn’s in the distance Oh, nevermind... <3 Thanks for Reading, Thanks for the support Hope to run into you soon

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