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Live at the Royal Room

by Julia Francis

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1.
Cinderella 03:45
Getting intimate in my mind Till my face is turning blue Getting intimate in my mind I fit perfectly in that shoe Getting intimate in my mind Which of these voices is true Getting intimate in my mind I forget what I’m here to do Getting intimate in my mind But I know I’ve got something to prove Getting intimate in my mind All I wanna do is screw Oh I wish I could fall fast asleep I am trying so hard to keep From thinking of you Push at me and pick on me And spit on me and laugh at me And lie to me and never be the one Who sees me through and listens to What’s really true when I am blue and Please let me keep that shoe Size eight and a half And while you're at it Help me laugh Again and Again
2.
Devil You Do 05:28
It’s better the devil you do Than the one you don’t I’ve been waiting for years and years But I’m still lost at home That’ll do he says That’ll do It’s better the devil you do I try and I try to do something good Because I feel like it not because somebody said I should That won’t do, he says That won’t do It’s better the devil you do Oh…. It takes one poor soul Worse off than you To make you feel better To make you not feel so blue Give me my due he says And you can have yours too It’s better the devil you do Oh…. Do it, do it Why not do it I’m gonna do it But I shouldn’t do it I’m gonna do it anyway No you can't stop me I gonna do it Do it
3.
California 03:46
Minerva look over and let down your hair Athena tell us the name of the bear Where did you come from before you were here and made this state of stars With your hills of gold and your trees so red Where all of the good people fled To leave behind everything that was dead And I’ve just come and I don’t know where I’ve been But I look and I taste and I smell of the sin And I’m trying to get back to the place where the thing did begin Do you remember the day we met And how you told me to play the coquette I shut my mouth i didn’t say a thing about the big brass ring that would change everything, everything…. I wouldn’t go back to anything close to that No I wouldn’t go back to anything possibly close to that No, I just let it go, yeah I let it go Yeah you should too, you should just let it go It feels so good Let it go go go go go I'm gonna let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go Minerva look over and let down your hair Athena tell us the name of the bear Where did you come from before you were here and made this state of stars
4.
Left Alone 05:47
Where's the love that's made to fill my heart? Where's the one from whom I'll never part? First they hurt me, then desert me I'm left alone, all alone There's no house that I can call my home There's no place from which I'll never roam Town or city, it's a pity I'm left alone, all alone Seek and find they always say But up to now it's not that way Maybe fate has let him pass me by Or perhaps we'll meet before I die Hearts will open, but until then I'm left alone, all alone
5.
Metropolitan 05:00
I want to pose for you want to lie on your bed Holding ripe fruit In my hand Don’t I look pretty Don’t I look fine Don’t you wish You were mine My flesh lights the room Vitamin D skin My eyes are blue And they’re looking At you……… These lips can’t be Held in a frame So baby kiss me again Let’s have more in ecstasy In a tapestry, in a stroke Or two……… I loved you once and Again I will try While we wait For the paint to dry Don’t I look pretty Don’t I look fine Don’t you wish You were mine Don’t I look pretty Don’t I look fine Don’t you wish You were mine
6.
The Morrigan 04:22
It came down to the washer at the ford She said it was death we were all moving toward So l lay down I laid it all down for you The crow she is trying to find a trick To help us get out of all of this quick But she won’t come down She’s still wearing that crown for you So we just sit and wait Anticipate When we’ll be flying up to the moon We might get there by June So get back people, go on, get back Use your head so you can head off the attack Of the thing that won’t stop coming Til everything and everyone stops humming
7.
Roots go down All the way down This is not how I thought it’d be I thought everyone was just like me I thought everybody was free Why wouldn’t I All the things in the lost and found Came from the souls who were gagged and bound Then buried deep beneath the ground Can you say their names Apples don’t fall far from the tree Everybody down on your knees Serve and protect people just like me The truth is hard but so plain to see We’re drowning in mass bigotry From sea to shining sea La la la la la la When times are hard We fight or flee But we gotta comes to terms With what we’ve come to be Apples don’t fall far from the tree Everybody down on your knees I said apples don’t fall far from the tree Everybody down on your knees I thank this song that come through me My eyes are white to this history Put an end to this legacy Why wouldn’t I When the roots go down All the way down Go down
8.
Drive-In 03:47
I shoulda told you That I could only eat One piece of toast in one day I wanted to eat up All that you could cook me But my belly it can’t work that way You’re a real good man And I’m a little girl who's going astray I’ll get dressed up And meet you for dinner And walk in like some femme fatale I’ll impress you with stories Of men who’ve left me Including that mean one named Al And while you’re eating I might Ask for a bite when I know that’s not right Won’t you please feed me something semi-sweet Won’t you strip off my knee-hi socks and sugarcoat my feet Take a peek at my thighs and say ‘Baby, I don’t see no cellulite’ Oh can’t we fog up the windows And do something really discreet And won’t you leave me as breathless And spent as a triathlete If I take off my mask Then you will know That I am no superhero Do you promise not to turn me in Cuz I am looking for a boy With a big back seat at the Drive-In And he plays a mean violin At the Drive-In
9.
I did not do what you told me to You never felt the way that I do You are not who I thought you’d be I don’t remember me I don’t remember me Do you remember all your friends And all your enemies, all around you Whisperin in your ear, I know, I know what’s right for you And I know you can do things that nobody else can do But do you believe in you Do you remember you Follow directions, follow advice Follow the rules, and be sure you look real nice Do you remember what it was you did That sent you to the corner of the room Where nobody’s looking at you Nobody’s listening to you How can you believe in you Do you remember you

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Just like listening to literal thunder and lightning, to hear to the new live album from Seattle’s Julia Francis, Live at the Royal Room, is to understand a study of dualism. On its face, the raucous record is two halves. The LP’s first five songs come from a session in February 2020 and are played live in front of an audience pre-pandemic. It came in a time when no one really yet knew the words “Corona Virus.” The sonic electricity surges throughout the room. But the LP’s final four songs were recorded on the same stage in September 2020, six months after everyone knew what COVID-19 meant. Francis summons spells to fill the room again.

Francis, whose voice is like the butterfly effect of a howling midnight wind from the globe’s other side, fronts the project and she’s backed by the versatile lead guitarist Darren Loucas, the bassist supreme Evan Flory-Barnes, twinkling keyboardist Mark Lutwak and bashing drummer Mike Peterson. The five-piece is a swirling portal to the days when rainbow-colored sunglasses and VW busses made for the best of friends. Mixed by veteran producer Steve Fisk and mastered by the acclaimed Rachel Field, the record shrieks and swoons. It’s both sold out show and unique personalized programing.

Eight of the nine pulsing songs are originals, written by Francis. The other is “Left Alone,” written by Billie Holiday and Mal Waldron. That cover laments the loss of real love. Little does it know how acutely a sense of disconnection would soon permeate the walls merely weeks later. For the Seattle-based Francis, rock ‘n’ roll is both a lifestyle and a way to a larger sense of spirituality. But that road again forks, it prongs into dual paths of self-investigation and outward curiosity. There is always both ways to go. That’s the freedom Francis allows in her thunderous record, in each flashing note.
-Jake Uitti

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released September 24, 2021

Written and sung by Julia Francis, featuring Darren Loucas on guitar, Evan Flory-Barnes on bass, Mark Lutwak on keys and Mike Peterson on drums, recorded by Brad Rouda, mixed by Steve Fisk and mastered by Rachel Field.
Album cover photo by Becki Thorley
Copyright 2021 Julia Francis Music

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Julia Francis Seattle, Washington

Julia Francis is a Seattle-based singer-songwriter. Her music is deeply rooted in the blues legacies of women like Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and Billie Holiday among others. KBCS describes her voice as “howling, blistering…like Bessie Smith and Sister Rosetta Tharpe colliding with Slick, Joplin and Tedeschi.” ... more

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