On the Red Clay

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Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy (born March 14, 1932) is an American jazz singer based in New York. He is most noted for his definitive and unique vocalese and vocal improvisations with both melody and lyrics. He is the recipient of the 1996, 1997, 2000, and 2001 Down Beat magazine readers jazz poll for Best Male Vocalist of the Year and is also the recipient of six Grammy award nominations for Best Vocal Jazz Performance. He is also famous for his original lyrics to the jazz classics "Stolen Moments" and "Red Clay". From his Meet Mark Murphy (1956) to the current Never Let Me Go (2010), Murphy continues attracting audiences and admirers up to the present day. more »

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Screen Door slappin′ somewhere on a side porch
A sleepy morning way out in the boondocks
Stories are being told on the red clay

Red clays where we came from to begin with
And where will go when time comes for splitting
Sands being dug on the red clay

Moving,
Always groovin
Morning,
Midnight sleep tight

Someone's playing something on the back steps
The happy faces look out of the windows
Always something good on the red clay
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Waiting for the paper in the evening
You watch the roses climb out of their earth bed′s
Lives being lived on the red clay

Smoothing down my baby when she's tired out
I tell her fun things and watch her start smiling
Nobody's even sad on my red clay

Your move,
My move check me
She moves,
They move dig me

Red clay′s just a dirt but it′s a large sum
So what you doing just sitting there goofin'
Always a lot to do on the red clay.

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