Name: Ricky Come Down
Duration: P00H05M28S
Description: Ricky Come Down, written and performed by Patrick Norton, was recorded in a somewhat unconventional way, initial tracks playing back through loudspeakers, multiplying on top of themselves while new layers were added on the fly, while someone was cooking something up in the kitchen.

Ricky Come Down

from B-sides & Demos Vol. I by Patrick Norton

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Ricky Come Down, written and performed by Patrick Norton, was recorded in a somewhat unconventional way, initial tracks playing back through loudspeakers, multiplying on top of themselves while new layers were added on the fly, while someone was cooking something up in the kitchen.

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Ricky is writing a story
Jim is the one who cares
It's about to get gory
She's stumbling on the stairs

Nobody ever told Jim about the boy from Minnesota
And now that he knows, you'd think that it was over
But nobody really knows him, he's underestimated
And love at first sight he thinks is overrated

He says
Ricky, come down
Meet me in the middle of town
We'll get a hot cup of blood-orange green tea
Ricky...

Jim's got another thing coming
And Ricky's unaware
She says that her mind is at rest
But it's a mess in there

And everybody told Jim that he could rely on them
But he turns around and finds that it is just him
He majors in the minors and high-jacked conversation
He wants it all but it all means nothing to him

Without
Ricky, come down
Meet me in the middle of town
We'll get a hot cup of blood-orange green tea
Ricky...

Nobody really knows him, he's underestimated
And love at first sight he thinks is overrated

He cries
Ricky, come down
Meet me in the middle of town
We'll get a hot cup of blood-orange green tea
Ricky...

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from B-sides & Demos Vol. I, track released November 9, 2010
Produced by Patrick Norton
Written, performed, and recorded by Patrick Norton
© 2011 Patrick Norton Music

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Patrick Norton San Diego, California

I, Patrick Norton, write songs and play them for people in San Diego, CA. Folks say my story-telling tunes are at once nostalgic and relatable. But it feels weird to say that about myself. Who writes their own bio anyway? When not making music happen, I'm usually fooling around with old cameras, record players, rusty typewriters, and dusty books, while drinking coffee or other craft beverages. ... more

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