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  1. Mr. Humphrey

From the recording Shadow Puppets And My Little Baboon

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Mr. Humphrey - Plain Jayne played an acoustic show in 1999 to an audience of our family and closest friends. We took our heavy rock material and converted the songs into clever auditory anthems. We always loved how the nuances of this song acoustically played on the ears. Layer upon layers of melodies along with a story that breaks the soul. Ronnie happened to be in town as I was tracking this song and decided to help me record it. What we came up with that day is an incantation that surprised us beyond belief. We had no idea that the original version of the lyrics had more to the story then we thought. We were able to find new life in the song and we were also able to take the song on a musical journey that had previously not been there. Again, magic.

Lyrics

Mr Humphrey By: Howie Askay, Zane Whitmore, Ronnie Gilmore, Ryan Reid

Hey Mr. Humphrey, you sit there with your eyes of shame
Staring down at the world with no one to hold you before you go
Could you ever guess the darkest secrets that lay in his head
Rumors of a broken man who lives staring through his window

No one believes me but I think there’s something more to you
Crowds of people stop and stare, why don’t you just look away
Hey Mr. Humphrey, if I rang would you let me in
Or would you turn your cheek to me or keep me knocking all day

(Chorus) Please go away, I can’t give you anything
I live alone, there’s nothing here for you
My family, why did they all turn away
I wish I pray, that someone could have helped him

Hey Mr. Humphrey there’s some things that I want to say to you
Poor man or rich man, I don’t care it’s all the same
Life has some turns you’ll ride a corner to find a blind end
Pick a bad path one day and then your staring through his window

Dear sir I thank you, but what you said I’ve heard before
Take it from this old man, my life has all but died away
When you see my window, think of my son who fell from it
Now won’t you just let me be I’ve got to watch the children play

(Chorus)

My mind is gone, I can feel numb, I am gone

I seen him fall into the sky, He played with birds right before my eyes had time
I tried to grab his only hand, Now I must face a lifetime of a life I can’t stand

There’s no peace, there’s no shame ——— Please just go away