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There was a bad man Who ran a shipping town He’d send you down the Wishkah Set up to drown I hear he killed a hundred Only two were found Now William’s on the waterfront He drags across the ground Out on the harbor sirens sing Goodnight Irene I’ll see you in my dreams Those found wanting Will be drawn beneath To end up as ghosts Who haunt the streets of Aberdeen There was a singer Who stole the siren’s song And on a bank of the river He sang all winter long But water don’t forgive you Once you’ve done her wrong He came down as rain They found him dead at dawn Out on the harbor sirens sing Goodnight Irene ill see you in my dreams Those found wanting Will be drawn beneath To end up as ghosts Who haunt the streets of Aberdeen If we all die tomorrow Send us out to sea Don’t let a song Come back in harmony And all hollows eve Set the lost souls free Shine a red light On the ones who don’t believe Out on the harbor sirens sing Goodnight Irene I’ll see you in my dreams Those found wanting Will be drawn beneath To end up as ghosts Who haunt the streets of Aberdeen
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Just A Shell 03:02
Dad don’t step up like he used to He stumbled on his way home I nearly cried tears to the tides I guess we're all on our own A man who once was a mountain Is down to a few grains of sand I understand where dad once would stand There’s just a shell of a hell of a man An old friends all strung out and low down Lately he ain’t been all there Old empty eyes all hollowed inside And that empty thousand yard stare A man who ran like the rivers Souls dried up like its been damned I understand where that friend once would stand There’s just a shell of a hell of a man Darlin’ I ain’t what I once was There’s nothing beneath this act No reason or rhyme just old rehearsed lines And I hide behind this mask I thought I once filled some big shoes Now I’m down in the palm of your hand If you help me stand you know I still am More than a shell of a hell of a man
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Bored out of my mind in a one store town Toward nine o’clock they shutter down Still trying to find what’s so profound about No signal no one around I got nowhere to go So nervous no service nothing on the radio I pick her up to take her for a date I know she’s ready she makes me wait We cant talk we cant relate Got nothing to say so anyways What does she need to know So nervous no service and nothing on the radio All through the hills they’re building cell towers Killing your mind with digital powers Every second of every hour Time to take a cold shower I make a call I can’t connect She changed plans last time I checked Xanax to kill this stress Sending off a last text "come and save me" There’s no one else I know So nervous no service nothing on the radio
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Some messed up vets got the post-traumatic stress Head full of ssshhh that he never forgets He found her phone filled with texts from her ex-boyfriend Got a berretta and a bottle and been set on revenge You smell the small township going down going down Small township going down Some small town pig feels real big Kicking round his wife and his two little kids He said he’d never let her leave him alive Last night she got him in the chest with his own .45 You smell the small township going down going down Small township going down Spend your life inside your TV screen A little small town scene You never know what’s going on underneath Between the pills blood money guns methamphetamines You smell the small township going down going down Small township going down
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about

Taking its title from, front man, Leroy Virgil’s initials; “LV” was recorded in the songwriter’s original hometown, and music mecca, Aberdeen, Washington.

Longtime friend, musician, and Aberdeen native, Brian Smith who was tapped to co-produce, record, engineer, and mix the session explains, “I took a 6 year hiatus from recording, but I kept the room and the gear… This was the project that made me want to pull the sheets back and dust it off.”

Smith is no stranger to Virgil, first recording the young singer at age 15. Smith continues, “Even at 15, I could recognize his talent.”

“LV” is an exploration of the legacy and ghosts of Aberdeen’s distant and recent past, including Virgil’s own. Virgil explains, “I grew up in Aberdeen, WA and spent half my time on my stepdad's oyster farm and the other half on those streets. When the song "Streets of Aberdeen" came to me, it opened up a floodgate of memories, emotions, and stories. I knew I had to go back there to capture what it was like for me growing up. These are the most personal recordings I've ever done.”

“LV” Tracklist:
1. Streets of Aberdeen
2. Just a Shell
3. So Nervous, No Service
4. Small Township
5. Goodnight, Irene

“LV” was recorded to analog tape at the Oceanside Recording Studio; overlooking the bank of the Wishkah River.

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released May 13, 2014

Artist: Hellbound Glory
Title: “LV”

1. Streets Of Aberdeen (L. Bowers / Low Down Home Music / ASCAP)
2. Just A Shell (L. Bowers / Low Down Home Music / ASCAP)
3. So Nervous, No Service (L. Bowers / Low Down Home Music / ASCAP)
4. Small Township (L. Bowers / Low Down Home Music / ASCAP)
5. Goodnight, Irene (Huddie Ledbetter)

All songs by Leon Virgil Bowers except “Goodnight, Irene” American Folk Traditional as written and recorded by Huddie Ledbetter

All instruments: Leon Virgil Bowers; except additional electric guitar by “Metal” Marty Chandler and bass by Adam Kowalski on “Small Township” and “So Nervous, No Service” (tracks 3 and 4)

Produced by Leon Virgil Bowers
Recorded, Engineered, Mixed and Co-Produced by Brian Smith at Oceanside Recording, Aberdeen, WA
Mastered by Bill Raymond

“Streets Of Aberdeen” video and footage shot and edited by Ryan Short / King Of Hearts Productions.
Video Stills: Ryan Short / King Of Hearts Productions

“Dedicated to those that have lost their lives working in the fishing and logging industries.” – L.V. Bowers, April 7th 2014

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