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Rings Around The Sun

by Vegas With Randolph

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    "Rings Around The Sun" CD with trifold case and 12 page booklet - includes liner notes by Mary E. Donnelley, lyrics, photos etc. Artwork by Nancy Harty and band pics by Sonny Wink. Also includes VWR Sticker, Immediate CD download upon release, and immediate download of the bonus track "Cool Change" upon order.

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1.
YOU SET THE WORLD ON FIRE (Ratts/Kern) thank you mister copernicus it all started out with you dogma surrendered when you gave the sun her due dit doo thank you mister darwin for explaining such a lot the “single greatest idea in the history of thought.” we gotta hand it to you you set the world on fire grabbing truth out of the sky winning hearts and minds with an idea for all time handed over free, so enlightening, what could be finer? a history maker and writer you set the world on fire aristotle and davinci they’re still here with us today as newton and einstein they showed us a better way there’s so much to discover so much left to be divined who’ll be the next great one to be famous for all time? perhaps me, maybe you will set the world on fire grab the truth right from the sky win over hearts and minds with an idea for all time and hand it over free, so enlightening there’s no calling higher than being wisdom’s sire we’ll set the world on fire we’d like to thank you: galileo, louis pasteur, lord rutherford, and thomas edison, madam curie, adam smith, frank bacon, and ben franklin, the wright brothers, neils bohr, brother mendel, and henry ford, and john locke who made men free, and mom and dad who made you and me yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah… they set the world on fire with a union for all time, creating hearts and minds and raising us up right giving so freely, helping us succeed, making our lives better than our predecessor’s and the world is getting better every day, as we aspire to set the world on fire.
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SALT WATER TAFFY (Purol/Kern/Ratts) now is the time to shut the store down drive a little bit over and a little bit south where the shops sell raybans and wings to go and the ladies wear sandals and banana boat 'cause life is sticky sweet: salt water taffy we crash into town with our boards and beer where the outside world can't touch us here gonna buy me a necklace with a shark tooth now and sip on margaritas 'til the sun goes down 'cause life's salty and sweet both smooth and sandy and every girl i see's salt water taffy meet under the shark and then we'll hit the cork and catch the late bus home when it's all said and done we'll be lying in the sun back down to sharky's where the waves are great there's shrimp and bloody marys at the surf 'n spray tell this hectic life that i'm all done i'll be lying in the sun we'll bury our hassles in sand castles then just watch them wash away 'cause life's salty and sweet both hard and happy and every girl i see's salt water taffy drop by for a mai tai on the balcony we'll watch the summer sun setting into a sea of salt water, yeah salt water, yeah salt water taffy.
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Cool Things 03:39
COOL THINGS (Kern/Ratts) i've got two napkins from our meal in bethesda and two ticket stubs from better than ezra i've got some newly emptied picture frames that used to feature us in the everglades i've got one bad disposition from missing too many good times so it's my intuition to get rid of what reminds... i've got a boom box that used to play your tdk's i've got that jacket that you bought me over winter break i've got a shot glass we smuggled back fro mexico and a secret stash of movies that i can't let go well i could box it away with lots of packing tape but i can't archive my love like all of the cool things we used to do do do doot doot doot doot do do do do doot doot doot doot doot do do do doot doot doot doot do do do cool things that we used to do i've got your tape of the 'surfers doing hairway to steven and that great big cup from seven eleven i've got that night stand where you kept remote controls and some other secret things that no one needs to know i've got some pictures in my smart phone and some pictures in my mind i've got your disc of frank sinatra i've got to leave those things behind i've got your lipstick on a card from my last big birthday and that green growing thing you got me for earthday and the turntable where you'd listen to my vinyl and the front door where i knew that it was final i've got an ashtray from a hollywood hotel and your cd stand that never stood so well and the socks we bought that night in shenandoah it's time to pack it up everything must go-ah gonna dump it all in the recycling bin but i can't archive my love... like all of the cool things we used to do when all is done it still is strange what do i use to fill to fill woh woh woh woh these empty picture frames? do do doot doot doot doot do do do do doot doot doot doot doot do do do doot doot doot doot do do do cool things that i'm going to do
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Nikki's Plan 03:05
NIKKI'S PLAN (Ratts/Kern) nikki works nine to five and she keeps her hopes alive listening to the radio from a place that she's gonna go nikki likes to break it down and build things up from the ground it's the only way she knows plant a seed and then let it grow nikki does the best she can little nikki's got a great big plan first she'll walk out of this bar with everything she owns inside her car and a thousand dollars to her name a beat-up honda and a tattered map of maine heading south for new york lights and the promise of a hard won life and she knows success is gonna take some time the world is on her side and maybe no one understands but things are going just as nikki planned well nikki got turned down today but she's anything but phased working on her routine she's gonna be the best they've ever seen and she knows success is gonna take some time the world is on her side and maybe no one understands but things are going just as nikki planned and she's gonna give it everything she's got she's gonna be ready when she gets her shot she's working her way to the top and when she finally takes the stage and a million people scream her name since the day she planned the whole thing out little nikki never had a doubt and she knows success is gonna take some time the world is on her side and maybe no one understands but things are going just as nikki planned yeah, they're going just as nikki planned things are going just as nikki planned
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Broadway 00:40
BROADWAY (Ratts/Kern) my baby's on broadway my baby's on broadway she got the part it broke my heart 'cause i can't compete with roses thrown at her feet the trappings of fame and all that show biz acclaim i'm sorry to say... my baby's on broadway
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Empathia 03:47
EMPATHIA (Kern/Ratts) from the light on the corner down on market and main i must have looked just like i was out of my brain with two bloodshot eyes and a plastic cup of champagne she told me politely "you're a pitiful sight" while she flagged me a taxi and an empathy smile and paid the man a twenty and walked right out of my life from where i lie she was so beautiful its clear from behind blurry eyes empathia it was so nice to meet ya you've got a smile for all the creatures and a hand for your brother and a wink and smile empathia i wish they all could be ya you're making me a believer you've got me thinking maybe everything will be alright (i'm thinking everything is gonna be alright) and now it's five years later and i'm minding my own just calling my old girl up on my cellular phone to say its been ok but now im ready baby to come home she said "you're sweet, but now i'm all about another guy" so i turned around and standing right there in line empathia said "how 'bout i give you a ride?" from where i stand she was so beautiful its clear behind my tired eyes empathia it was really nice to meet ya you've got a smile for all the creatures and a hand for your brother and a wink and smile empathia i wish they all could see ya you're like a radio receiver you've got me thinking everything is gonna be alright (i'm thinking everything is gonna be alright) charity breeds reciprocity now ive got to tell the world about it and i will now i've got to share the way you're making me feel: filled with philanthropy from where i stand she was so beautiful its clear behind tired eyes empathia it was really nice to meet ya you've got a smile for all the creatures and a hand for your brother and a wink and smile empathia i wish they all could see ya you're like a radio receiver you've got me thinking everything is gonna be alright (i'm thinking everything is gonna be alright) c) 2013 Wandering Songs / BMI
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EVERYBODY WANTS AN ATOM BOMB (Ratts/Kern) everybody wants an atom bomb put your weapon in a holster and strap it on don’t slap leather just move along and everybody wants an atom bomb everybody needs their own atoll a nuclear test site to call their own no one wants to drop it no one wants to fight, but deterrence only works if they know you might bikini, bikini want have we done to you? martini, martini have a drink or two liberty, liberty we’ve taken you this far we’re the u.s. of a thank god we are pax americana is running strong american culture is catching on cowboys, and movies, and rock and roll songs and everybody wants an atom bomb bikini, bikini looks very good to me martini, martini i’ll have another please houdini, houdini free at last veni, vidi, vici : what a blast! the atom is the smallest suit around sure it’s passé now but once it was profound. science meets culture in a cold war stare, america split the atom and they did it there bikini, bikini what have we done to you? martini, martini have a drink or two liberty, liberty we’ve taken you this far we’re the u.s. of a thank god we are we’re all here ‘till we’re all gone and everybody wants an atom bomb.
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Julianne 04:13
Julianne (Kern/Ratts) she booked a red-eye flight transferred in vancouver an exit row fit her right leg room to maneuver so there you go again just vapor trails that pass me by but once there was a friend a pacific view an orange sky and you were all i needed back then you were all i needed back then hey julianne i'm writing you a song for those things that were strong and the nights that just went on and on and so now i grill outside and listen to the fountains and you're long out of sight somewhere past the mountains and i'll go through my life and you'll fly through flourescent skies but once we were aligned to summer beats and 4:4 time and you were all i needed back then you were all i needed back then hey julianne i'm writing you a song for those things that were strong and the nights that just went on and on and hey julianne yeah, here's to you tonight those things that we got right are the finest things in life its clear to see in hindsight we flew echelon with afterburners on to share the sunrise now i'm on the ground and you fly free i always wanted to see you happy hey julianne i'm writing you a song for those things that were strong hey julianne yeah, here's to you tonight those things that we got right are the finest things in life its clear to see in hindsight
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Snow Day 03:36
Snow Day (Ratts/Kern) snow's coming down kinda hard melting on the drive but sticking in the yard i see another school closing coming supermarket's full of people man, are they hustling loading up on milk and bread and snacks and people magazine and all the kids yell "yeah!" it's gonna be another snow day no school no work and nowhere that we gotta go everybody knows there's nothing better in the world than a snow day sliding down a hill in a backyard filled with snow waking up early with the radio on i'm not interested in any kind of song just listening for the radio man to talk about the weather 'cause i gotta know the plan the waiting is so hard i think the dj's messing with me and then i hear him say it's gonna be another snow day no work no school and nowhere that we gotta go everybody knows there's nothing better in the world than a snow day sliding down a hill in a backyard filled with snow (radio announcement) please mother mature can you help me? here's my request there's only one thing i need and i won't make you guess: frozen drops of rain are what will get me by small white flakes of heaven falling from the sky one after another 'till they pile up three feet high we all hope and pray we're gonna get another snow day sleeping in, snowmen, and hot chocolate on the couch there can be no doubt there's nothing better in the world than a snow day sliding down a hill in a backyard filled with snow
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Late June 04:09
LATE JUNE (Kern/Ratts) you and me on a rainy night driving around with a dead headlight it was late june and we didn’t have to be nowhere We took a turn down a country road and you were singing with the radio it was late june and we didn’t have to be nowhere i saw the gifts that were given to you: the way you moved and your eyes so blue and all i let you see was the summer side of me and you told me: “i’ve got a thing for you yeah baby I do, yeah baby i do. i’m hung up on your laughter and i get high on your smile i’ve had a thing for you for little while”. that summer burned you in my mind you’d call me up and we’d talk all night it was july and we didn’t have to be nowhere. every night we’d look at the stars ‘till august came and you broke my heart it was autumn and the winds were blowing us elsewhere i dug the gifts that were given to me out by the lake and in my dad’s camry though all i let you see was the summer side of me then i told you “i’ve got a thing for you yeah baby i do yeah baby i do i’m hung up on your laughter and I get high on your smile i’ve got a thing for you for all time well, winter comes don’t a hundred winters come? they leave you feeling older years go by and we’re still alive but cold, somewhat colder except you make me feel new and i’ve got a thing for you yeah baby I do yeah baby still do still hung up on your laughter i still get high on your smile i’ve still got a thing for you after all this time.
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Open Roads 02:52
OPEN ROADS (Kern/Ratts) open roads, take me out of here gotta go, the world is waiting dear girl you know, we can disappear down open roads open roads, life is calling me gotta go and see what I can be you move me so won't you come with me down open roads? and we can have a lovely ride with your lane merging into mine and girl, you know we'll make it if we leave tonight for open roads and we can have a lovely ride if you'll spend your life by my side and girl, you know we'll make it if we leave tonight for open roads open roads, take me out of here gotta go, gotta disappear girl you know the world is waiting down open roads don't you know? the whole world's waiting down open roads.
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MY LOST COLONY (Purol/Kern/Ratts) we sailed into new roanoke in an overloaded u-haul boat set up in a countryside where some just live and others thrive wind filled sails pass highway signs familiar face far behind seeking out a better life where danger lives with promise with hearth and home far behind me will my heart beat in dare county? we wait for our john white and moan of secotans and croatoans london's glow fades from our minds the natives growing restless left my old life like a gypsy one more lost soul in dare county go on, say it: we are here now to stay part of me vanished out there gone like miss virginia dare laid to rest an unlived life where danger lives and promise dies.
13.
RINGS AROUND THE SUN (Ratts/Kern) running rings around the sun you can’t count them when you’re done, always numbering too few still we’re fortunate, it’s true. winners, every one, running rings around the sun the countless days that came before eternity opened her door only to close on what will be won’t you circle around with me? just you and I and everyone and every soul that is to come so catch me if you can try to hold love in your hand and pass it on to everyone so catch me if you can the speed of love is faster than any of us will ever run here on earth around the sun how the universe exists we’ve yet to figure out but why we’re here today? let there be no doubt so catch me if you can try to hold love in your hand and pass it on to everyone so catch me if you can the speed of love is faster than any of us will ever run here on earth around the sun some pretend to something more they claim an ever after is in store and though I would like to believe it never made much sense to me a short time, then we’re done running rings around the sun if, like the stars, the answer ever shines if the truth would ever be so kind to empathize with how we feel and if her secrets were revealed would it matter to us all on our little spinning ball? and my mind is filled with awe to know how fortunate we are. i’m in awe…
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DROPS OF GOLD (Ratts/Kern) she’s cooking in her robe standing at the stove I hear the hotcakes sizzling a new day gets it’s start this one’s a piece of art a perfect play without a line… and we’ve got time we’ve got lots of time I love the morning when we’ve got all day to spend and everything is still to be choices all around like ripe fruit on the ground harvest comes effortlessly… and we’ve got time we’ve got lots of time time to spend endlessly just you and me sharing the minutes as they unfold all we need is an hourglass filled with sand to last every grain a drop of gold and as the day winds down and evening comes around the quiet speaks for all we share the day ends gracefully with you asleep by me the night will bring another day and I can’t wait no, I can’t wait for time to spend endlessly just you and me sharing the minutes as they unfold all we need is an hourglass filled with sand to last every grain a drop of gold drops of gold
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COOL CHANGE (Shorrock) if there's one thing in my life that's missing it's the time that i spend alone sailing on the cool and bright clear water there's lots of those friendly people they're showing me ways to go but i never want to lose their inspiration time for a cool change i know that it's time for a cool change now that my life is so pre-arranged i know that it's time for a cool change well i was born in the sign of water and it's there that i feel my best the albatross and the whales they are my brothers it's kind of a special feeling when you're out on the sea alone staring at the full moon like a lover time for a cool change i know that it's time for a cool change now that my life is so pre-arranged i know that it's time for a cool change i've never been romantic and sometimes i don't care i know it may sound selfish but let me breathe the air if there's one thing in my life that's missing it's the time that i spend alone sailing on the cool and bright clear water it's kind of a special feeling when you're out on the sea alone staring at teh full moon like a lover time for a cool change i know that it's time for a cool change now that my life is so pre-arranged i know that it's time for a cool change c)1979 Wheatley Music Pty. Ltd.

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released September 30, 2013

"Rings Around The Sun" is VWR's THIRD full length CD! "Rings" includes guest musicians David Myhr, Brandon Schott, Andy Reed, Wim Oudijk, Bob Wilson, Michael O'Brien, and Drake Harris. Mastered by Steve Turnidge. All artwork and graphic design by Nancy Harty.

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Vegas With Randolph Washington, D.C.

Vegas With Randolph’s music has been called “ebullient, unabashed power pop”, “thinking man's party music,” and “blissful pop songwriting at its finest” and their music has been compared to Fastball, Sloan, and Fountains of Wayne.

VWR is currently working on tracks for a fifth CD - look for this release in late 2023! VWR includes John Ratts, Eric Kern, Brock Harris, and David Purol.
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