Name: Whatcha Doin' Here
Duration: P00H03M24S
Description: Welcome to Paris, no elevator, 127 steps to my front door, then one more flight of stairs up to apt. but oh that view.

Whatcha Doin' Here

from Black Sheep Blues by Kelley Looney

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Welcome to Paris, no elevator, 127 steps to my front door, then one more flight of stairs up to apt. but oh that view.

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I went to Paris to get lost in the crowd of other Americans talking out loud
'bout themselves, themselves, just themselves
I had a whiskey the room became loud so I had another to drown' em all out
I acknowledged the girl on the stool with the knowing smile
I tipped my glass and got lost for a while
in the ring of another noisy cheer
When someone said whatcha doin' here?

I fell out the door I crawled up the stairs that destroy all ambition of any who dare
to entertain thoughts of escape some way out of there
I fell on the sofa, a dream fell on me a voice from another room called out to me
You remember when we had a reason to be?
It was good for a while now you're nothing to me
When I woke she spoke can I get you something dear?
But all I heard were the words whatcha doin' here?

I went to the station it was past time to go in any direction leaving no note
I'd been gone such a long time in spirit I fear it had died from the cold
I went searching for pieces of me I'd misplaced in the rubble of all of those misspent days
Whispering ghosts leave the faintest trace
I know all these streets but I can't name a face
Amsterdam ain't the town to drown your fears
or run like hell from yourself what you doin' here?

I met a girl I'm sure she's the one but she's so full of dreams she runs and she runs
She went away 'til another day I pray soon will come
Now she's got her a man in some faraway town but she's so full of spirit he can't keep her down
I'd never break her if she'd let me take her I would
Just when you're thinking she's gone for good
there's a sound so mysteriously clear
And she's standing there what you doin' here?

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from Black Sheep Blues, released June 1, 2014
WHATCHA DOIN’ HERE
Kelley Looney | vocals, bass, acoustic guitar and tambourine
Eric "Roscoe" Ambel | keyboards and electric guitar
Phil Cimino | drums

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