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Richard Thompson with Danny Thompson

Sweeney Convention Center

Santa Fe, NM

September 14th 1994

Remasterd soundboard.

Hope this one sounds ok.

Slightly drunk when I did it and only listened bits since.

During the third run through Vincent Black Lightning

while reworking the audio I suddenly stopped being 'remasterer'

and started crying.

Gotta love that song.

...to carry me home!

Oh, says Red Molly to James, "That's a fine motorbike

A girl could feel special on any such like"

Says James to Red Molly, "My hat's off to you

It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952

And I've seen you at the corners and cafés, it seems

Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme"

And he pulled her on behind

And down to Box Hill they did ride

Oh, says James to Red Molly, "Here's a ring for your right hand

But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man

For I've fought with the law since I was seventeen

I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine

Now I'm twenty-one years, I might make twenty-two

And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you

And if fate should break my stride

Then I give you my Vincent to ride"

"Come down, come down, Red Molly," called Sergeant McRae

"For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery

Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside

Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside"

When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left

He was running out of road, he was running out of breath

But he smiled to see her cry

And said, "I give you my Vincent to ride"

Says James, "In my opinion, there's nothing in this world

Beats a '52 Vincent and a red-headed girl

Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do

Ah, they don't have a soul like a Vincent '52"

Oh, he reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys

Said, "I've got no further use for these

I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome

Swooping down from heaven to carry me home"

And he gave her one last kiss and died

And he gave her his Vincent to ride

BTW Richard and Danny are not related.

It's just coincidence they have the same surname.

regards

Titus 

Disc 1

01. Mingus Eyes

02. Easy There, Steady Now

03. Waltzing's for Dreamers

04. I Feel So Good

05. Shoot Out the Lights

06. Don't Sit on My Jimmy Shands/intrumental

07. Al Bowlly's in Heaven

08. Turning of the Tide

09. Taking My Business Elsewhere

Disc 2

01. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

02. Ghosts in the Wind

03. I Can't Wake Up

04. I Misunderstood

05. Wall of Death

06. Two Left Feet

07. Dimming of the Day

08. Don't Roll those Bloodshot Eyes at Me

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