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"Some people kill for passion
Some murder for the love that they lose…"

Heralding the end of summer 2023, ‘Red Jacket & Jeans’ is the new single from the forthcoming album 'Some People Kill for Passion', and is the song which lends its lyrics to the album title

One of two albums in the pipeline by Wily Bo Walker & E D Brayshaw, ‘Some People Kill for Passion’ will be released in 2024

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JIMMY BOUGHT A MERCURY IN NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE
DROVE IT HALF ACROSS AMERICA
JACK KEROUAC STYLE
DROVE IT EAST OF EDEN
DROVE IT WEST OF THE LAW
GONNA BURN OUT LIKE A REBEL
JIMMY BOUGHT A MERCURY IN NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE

JIMMY MET JUDY,
HIS VERY OWN NATALIE WOOD
IT DROVE HIM OVER THE EDGE
WHEN SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS LEAVING FOR GOOD
HE TOOK A LEFT FROM THE FREEWAY
DOWN TO DEAD MAN'S CURVE
WAS GONNA TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT BUT HE…
TOOK A DRIVE DOWN LAKESIDE
JUST TO SEE HER ONE MORE TIME IF HE COULD

AND HE COME ON, COME ON, COME ON
LIKE A NEW JAMES DEAN
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON
RED JACKET AND JEANS

SOME KIDS ARE BORN LUCKY,
SOME KIDS JUST LIVE THE LIFE THAT THEY CHOOSE
BUT JIM WAS BORN WITH NOTHING
JUST A BURNING LIKE A SHORT TIME-FUSE
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
A DREAM CAN TURN INTO A FEVER
SOME PEOPLE KILL FOR PASSION,
SOME MURDER FOR THE LOVE THAT THEY LOSE...

AND SUMMER NEVER FELT QUITE LIKE THIS
YOU COULD KILL SOMEBODY'S SISTER
FOR JUST ONE KISS
THEY SAY THERE'S BEEN A MURDER
SHE WAS SEVENTEEN
BUT THEY'VE GOT A GOOD DESCRIPTION
RED JACKET AND JEANS

JIMMY BOUGHT A MERCURY IN NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE
HE RAN IT STRAIGHT INTO A ROADBLOCK
GONNA TAKE THAT KID IN DEAD OR ALIVE
JIMMY JUMPS OUT
LIKE HE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY
HE PUT HIS HANDS IN THE AIR
BUT THEY BLEW HIM AWAY
IT WAS TWENTY YEARS ON
AND HE WAS BURNED LIKE HE WAS PART OF THE FIRE

AND SUMMER NEVER FELT QUITE LIKE THIS
YOU COULD KILL SOMEBODY'S SISTER
FOR JUST ONE KISS
THEY SAY THERE'S BEEN A MURDER
SHE WAS SEVENTEEN
BUT THEY'VE GOT A GOOD DESCRIPTION
RED JACKET AND JEANS


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from Red Jacket & Jeans, released October 13, 2023
Wily Bo Walker - Lead Vocals, Tambourine and Foley

E D Brayshaw - Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Resonator, Mandolin, Banjo, Lap Steel, Hammond, Cello, Violins, & Backing Vocals

Kareña K - Backing Vocals

Max Saidi - Drums

Tommy Rhodes - Electric Bass

Arrangement by WBW & EDB

Produced by Wily Bo Walker

Mastered at 24 Bit 96khz by Denis Blackham, Skye Mastering

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