Laying Low In The Highlands

by Perry Serpa

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1.	Out Of Purel 01:59		buy track
2.	Shadow Of The Delacorte 04:26		buy track
3.	I Got A Fever 03:40		buy track
4.	Alone Again (Naturally) 04:10		buy track
5.	Nikola 04:14	lyrics	buy track
How could we forget you, Nikola? The pigs in the troughs And the alleys, look away now Meanwhile Darwin’s spinning In his grave Bearing witness to such evil and decay, now. But it’s right when you kill your heroes And it’s right when you drink their blood Come on! You gotta look on the bright side You swam against the tide, now, Nikola And you grappled with your mind As it fell apart Here we are years later, nothings changed In fact, it’s getting darker with its age But it’s right when you kill your heroes And it’s right when you drink their blood So, come on! What the hell can you deny here? They all go blind for a look at Baby Jesus They all get rich for forgetting what they know Ohhh I see Paris burning with our shame Minneapolis echoes just the same It’s not like the electron, Nikola Everyone expects us to be calm But it’s true to depose your leaders When it’s right for everything So, come on Everybody take the brass ring But it’s right when you kill your heroes And it’s right when you drink their blood Come on! You gotta look on the bright side
6.	Torch The Bridge 04:52		buy track
7.	This Song Kills Facists 03:54		buy track
8.	Now I'm Not So Sure 04:04		buy track
9.	Laying Low In The Highlands 06:30		buy track
10.	We'll Live In The Light 02:52		buy track

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released May 21, 2021

2021 Perry Serpa
All songs by Perry Serpa
Arbor Close Music/ASCAP
Except “Alone Again (Naturally)” by Gilbert O’Sullivan

Serpa plays and sings everything, except for violin and viola, masterfully commandeered by Claudia Chopek wherever you may hear it. And pedal steel guitar on "Shadow Of The Delacorte" and "Laying Low In The Highlands," mandolin on "Alone Again (Naturally)" and electric guitar on “Now I’m Not So Sure” lovingly handled by Ron Raymond.

This album was recorded and mixed by Perry Serpa at Iron Mountain Studios, Warwick, NY.
It was mastered by the great James Pertusi at the Whelping Box.

Photos by Margaret Gaspari.

Album concept by Perry Serpa and Layout by Deb Caponera

Thanks to my great big family. All of you, especially Margaret, Shane, Aidan, Erin and Julian, as you inspire me everyday, in one way or another. Also to Greg Vegas, Deb Caponera, Michelle Caputo, Rob Lawi, Fred Salchli, Steve Martin, River Hooks, Dave Newton, Alan Wolmark, Kurt Wolf Langer, Paul Biedrzycki, Ruth Turoff, Sheryl Zelikson and anyone else who has supported this expression with either kind words or deep tolerance.

This album is dedicated to Geoff Gaspari, who is a superhero.

This album is also dedicated to Eli Musser, Adam Schlesinger and all of those who have suffered through the Covid-19 pandemic. ALL OF YOU.

And to my mother and father, who left this world in quick succession, and in that order because it was impossible for one to live without the other...

May we all find that kind of love in our lives.

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