MY OWN VERSION OF YOU All through the summers into January I’ve been visiting morgues and monasteries Lookin’ for the necessary body parts Limbs and livers and brains and hearts I’ll bring someone to life - it’s what I'm gonna do I wanna create my own version of you Well it must be the winter of my discontent I wish you’d have taken me with you wherever you went They talk all night and they talk all day Not for a minute do I believe anything they say I’m going to bring someone to life - someone I’ve never seen You know what I mean - you know exactly what I mean I’ll take the Scarface Pacino and the Godfather Brando Mix it up in a tank and get a robot commando If I do it up right and put the head on straight I’ll be saved by the creature that I create I’ll get blood from a cactus - gunpowder from ice I don’t gamble with cards and I don’t shoot no dice Can you look at my face with your sightless eye Can you cross your heart and hope to die I’ll bring someone to life - someone for real Someone who feels the way that I feel I study Sanskrit and Arabic to improve my mind I want to do things for the benefit of all mankind I say to the willow tree - don’t weep for me I’m saying to hell to all things that used to be Well I get into trouble - then I hit the wall No place to run - no place at all I pick a number between a-one and two And I ask myself what would Julius Caesar do I wanna bring someone to life in more ways than one Don’t matter how long it takes - it’ll be done when it’s done I’m gonna make you play the piano like Leon Russell Like Liberace - like St. John the Apostle I’ll play every number that I can play I’ll see you maybe on judgment day After midnight if you still want to meet I’ll be at the Black Horse tavern on Armageddon street Two doors down - not that far to walk I’ll hear your footsteps - you won’t have to knock I’ll bring someone to life - balance the scales I’m not gonna get involved in any insignificant details You can bring it to St Peter - you can bring it to Jerome You can bring it all the way over - bring it all the way home Bring it to the corner where the children play You can bring it to me on a silver tray I’ll bring someone to life - spare no expense Do it with decency and common sense Can you tell me what it means to be or not to be You won’t get away with foolin’ me Can you help me walk that moonlight mile Can you give me the blessings of your smile I’ll bring someone to life - use all of my powers Do it in the dark - in the wee small hours I can see the history of the whole human race It’s all right there - it’s carved into your face Should I break it all down - should I fall on my knees Is there light at the end of the tunnel - can you tell me please Stand over there by the cypress tree Where the Trojan women and children were sold into slavery Long before the first crusade Way back before England or America were made Step right into the burning hell Where some of the best known enemies of mankind dwell Mr Freud with his dreams - Mr Marx with his axe See the rawhide lash rip the skin from their backs Got the right spirit - you can feel it you can hear it You got what they call the immortal spirit You can feel it all night - you can feel it in the morn’ It creeps in your body the day you were born One strike of lightning is all that I need And a blast of electricity that runs at top speed Show me your ribs - I’ll stick in the knife Gonna jump start my creation to life I wanna bring someone to life - turn back the years Do it with laughter and do it with tears
PERFORMANCES 02 November 2021, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 03 November 2021, Chicago, Illinois 05 November 2021, Cleveland, Ohio 06 November 2021, Columbus, Ohio 07 November 2021, Bloomington, Indiana 09 November 2021, Cincinnati, Ohio 10 November 2021, Knoxville, Tennessee 12 November 2021, Louisville, Kentucky 13 November 2021, Charleston, West Virginia 15 November 2021, Moon Township, Pennsylvania 16 November 2021, Hershey, Pennsylvania 19 November 2021, New York City, New York 20 November 2021, New York City, New York 21 November 2021, New York City, New York 23 November 2021, Port Chester, New York 24 November 2021, Port Chester, New York 26 November 2021, Providence, Rhode Island 29 November 2021, Boston, Massachusetts 27 November 2021, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 30November 2021, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 02 December 2021, Washington, D.C. Phoenix, Arizona, March 3, 2022 Tuscon, Arizona, March 4, 2022 Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 6, 2022 Lubbock, Texas, March 8, 2022 Irving, Texas, March 10, 2022 Sugar Land, Texas, March 11, 2022 San Antonio, Texas, March 13, 2022 San Antonio, Texas, March 14, 2022 Austin, Texas, March 16, 2022 Shreveport, Louisiana, March 18, 2022 New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2022 Montgomery, Alabama, March 21, 2022 Nashville, Tennessee, March 23, 2022 Atlanta, Georgia, March 24, 2022 Savannah, Georgia, March 26, 2022 North Charleston, South Carolina, March 27, 2022 Columbia, South Carolina, March 29, 2022 Charlotte, North Carolina, March 30, 2022 Greensboro, North Carolina, April 1, 2022 Asheville, North Carolina, April 2, 2022 Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 4, 2022 Birmingham, Alabama, April 5, 2022 Mobile, Alabama, April 7, 2022 Meridian, Mississippi, April 8, 2022 Memphis, Tennessee, April 9, 2022 Little Rock, Arkansas, April 11, 2022 Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 13, 2022 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 14, 2022 "MY OWN VERSION OF YOU" was released in June 2020 on the album "Rough And Rowdy Ways". The live debut of "MY OWN VERSION OF YOU" was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in November 2021, during the first concert of the fall 2021 US tour. Really powerful versions "MY OWN VERSION OF YOU" were performed also during all 20 of the following shows of the tour. During the US spring tour in March and April of 2022 "MY OWN VERSION OF YOU" continued to be included in all of his 28 concerts. ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN ~ NOVEMBER 02, 2021 ~ [LIVE DEBUT] [soomlos recording] ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ~ NOVEMBER 03, 2021 ~ ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ CLEVELAND, OHIO ~ NOVEMBER 05, 2021 ~ [soomlos recording] ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ COLUMBUS, OHIO ~ NOVEMBER 06, 2021 ~ [soomlos recording] ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA ~ NOVEMBER 07, 2021 ~ ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY ~ NOVEMBER 12, 2021 ~ [soomlos recording] ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA ~ NOVEMBER 13, 2021 ~ [soomlos recording] ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA ~ NOVEMBER 15, 2021 ~ [soomlos recording] ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA ~ NOVEMBER 16, 2021 ~ [soomlos recording] ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK ~ NOVEMBER 19, 2021 ~ ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK ~ NOVEMBER 20, 2021 ~ ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK ~ NOVEMBER 21, 2021 ~ ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND ~ NOVEMBER 26, 2021 ~ ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ~ NOVEMBER 27, 2021 ~ ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. ~ DECEMBER 02, 2021 ~ ~ MP3 ~ MY OWN VERSION OF YOU ~ ~ TULSA, OKLAHOMA ~ APRIL 13, 2022 ~ [soomlos recording]