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St. Julie of Iowa

from Let's Be Brave by Rain Perry

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Featuring Chuck Prophet on all guitars, this is a tribute to
an artist everyone ought to know: Julie Christensen, backup singer for Leonard Cohen, member of Divine Horsemen and mainstay of the LA punk scene, whom Chuck refers to as “rock and roll royalty.”

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St. Julie of Iowa
Words and Music by Rain Perry
© 2019 Precipitous Music/BMI

There’s a song that everyone sings
And they sing it wrong
It’s Randy Newman’s
“You Can Leave Your Hat On”
They always sing it sultry when they oughta be singing with
Pure delight
I know how it’s done
‘cause I heard Julie sing it one night

She tilted her head back and beamed at the crowd
Like: this much fun should not be allowed
Grinned and told us that she’d take our shoes
And all I could think was “yes ma’am, please do”

Chorus:
Julie knows how to sing that song
She’s been there and back and she’s still standing strong
She’s a line down the middle of rock and roll
St. Julie of Iowa, come save my soul
Sing it, Julie
Sing it, Julie
Sing it, Julie – oh yeah

I didn’t get “Vincent Black Lightning”
I admit I thought “What’s not to like?
It’s a sad song about a bad
Motorbike.”
‘Til I hear Julie sing it
And wring out the grief and the joy
Of a tale that begins at the end
With the death of the boy

It’s the story of the redheaded girls who survives
And the terrible freedom of staying alive
To carry the weight of the gift she’s been given
By putting down stakes in the land of the living

[chorus]

credits

from Let's Be Brave, released April 26, 2019
Rain Perry: vocals, garageband guitar
Mark Hallman: drums, bass, Hammond organ, harmony
Chuck Prophet: acoustic and electric guitars

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Rain Perry Ojai, California

Rain Perry’s “Beautiful Tree” was the theme for the CW Network’s Life Unexpected, on which she also had the surreal pleasure of appearing as herself. She has released four albums on her own Precipitous Records, as well as writing and touring a solo play about her childhood. In 2016 she completed The Shopkeeper, her first film. She teaches a series of classes called Songwriting for Civilians. ... more

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