Patrick Sky new album 'Many a Mile'

Subject: Origins: Patrick Sky new album 'Many a Mile'
From: Jason Xion Wang
Date: 26 Apr 23 - 12:59 PM

I just recently noticed that Patrick Sky has a new studio album which came out not long ago on Music Maker Records: Many a Mile by Patrick Sky. I searched on the web but didn't find any information on the album. Do anybody have any idea when it was recorded?

I have heard live versions of "Hannah" and "Fire Truck Blues" before, and I believe they were both written in the 1970s.

Subject: RE: Origins: Patrick Sky new album 'Many a Mile'
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 26 Apr 23 - 03:06 PM

I suggest you look for the Music Maker Website, Head Man there is Tim Duffy.

Subject: RE: Origins: Patrick Sky new album 'Many a Mile'
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 26 Apr 23 - 03:08 PM

Your link to Bandcamp gives a release date of November 2018.

He died in 2021.

Subject: RE: Origins: Patrick Sky new album 'Many a Mile'
From: Jason Xion Wang
Date: 26 Apr 23 - 03:18 PM

Thanks for the info. I went to the Music Maker Website but didn't find any info about the recording, date or session etc. It was released in 2018 but I don't believe it was recorded in 2018.

Subject: Lyr Add: Fire Truck Blues (Patrick Sky)
From: Jason Xion Wang
Date: 27 Apr 23 - 09:31 AM

I'm gonna posting these lyrics here as I find them hilarious anyway..


FIRE TRUCK BLUES (a.k.a. I'm Gonna Leave You Daddy)
(Patrick Sky)

Early this morning, my baby made me so.
Yes, early this morning, my baby made me so.
She said, "I'm gonna leave you, daddy, ain't coming back no more."

Standing on Brooklyn Bridge, ain't but one way to go.
Standing on Brooklyn Bridge, ain't but one way to go.
You know, I jumped out in the air, just as I heard that fire truck blow.

Now you done seen one fire truck, boy, you done seen them all.
You done seen one fire truck, boy, you done seen them all.
Every time you try to jump, they come along and they mess up your fall.

Now the police came along; he busted me in the jaw.
Yes, the police came along, busted me in the jaw.
Took me down to the station, said, "Boy, you know, jumping is against the law."

You know the shrink, he came in, said, "Boy, what's wrong with you?"
The shrink, he came in, said, "Boy, what's wrong with you?"
"I just can't get myself together, doc, no matter what I try to do."

Now life ain't worth living, living ain't worth life.
They nailed me down to a table, gave me a rusty knife.
I said I'm gonna go to Copenhagen, go to Copenhagen town.
I'm gonna find myself a bridge where there ain't no fire trucks 'round.


I've pasted them from my own website, "Patrick Sky Chords and Lyrics Collection".

Subject: Lyr Add: Hannah (Patrick Sky)
From: Jason Xion Wang
Date: 27 Apr 23 - 09:37 AM

HANNAH (a.k.a. Willie Was a Loser)
(Patrick Sky)

Now Hannah was a bad girl, she had a heart as big as gold,
But Willie was a junkie, so the story's told.
Yes, Hannah loved Willie, he was a man,
She gave him everything that a woman can,
But you see, Willie was a loser, living from hand to hand.
Willie was a loser, yeah.

Now Hannah got word that Willie was on the town.
She gonna shoot somebody 'fore the sun goes down.
She ran over to New Jersey, bought her a 38.
She was running up and down the streets looking for her mate.
Yes, poor Willie was a loser, for him it was too late.
Willie was a loser, yeah.

Now Hannah shot Willie, shot him three or four times,
And she got her face on the cover of The Sunday Times.
Now the judge said, "Hannah, we can't let this slide.
You shot your man; you're gonna be justified.
We're gonna stick you in jail as long as you're alive,
Even though he was a loser."

Now some may call it justice, others may call it fate.
Some was born too early, and others was born too late.
Yes, fighting is fighting, fun is fun.
She shot her man for the things he done.
But if you're gonna love somebody, you can't do it with a gun,
Even though he is a loser, yeah.
Makes no difference if he's a loser.


Also pasted from my own website. The chords can be found here.

Subject: RE: Origins: Patrick Sky new album 'Many a Mile'
From: Jason Xion Wang
Date: 27 Apr 23 - 09:59 AM

By the way I believe Fire Truck Blues was based on Blind Blake's Early Morning Blues.