The Passenger Suite (Parts 1-4) The Passenger, Here, There, Invocation

from The Tao of Time by Jim Roberts

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In 4 parts, The Passenger Suite starts the journey through time and space.
The Passenger (Iggy Pop / Ricky Gardiner BMG Bumblebee, Screen Gems-EMI)
Here, There and Invocation (Jim Roberts - Calling the Kettle Black Music, BMI)

lyrics

Songwriters: Iggy Pop / Ricky Gardiner
The Passenger lyrics

I am a passenger
And I ride and I ride
I ride through the city's backside
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am a passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city's ripped-back sky
And everything looks good tonight
Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Get into the car
We'll be the passenger
We'll ride through the city tonight
See the city's ripped backsides
We'll see the bright and hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine so bright
The sky was made for us tonight
Oh, the passenger
How-how he rides
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see?
He sees the silent hollow sky
He see the stars come out tonight
He sees the city's ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and me
'Cause it just belongs to you and me
So let's take a ride and see what's mine
Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window's eye
He sees the things he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city asleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
Oh, let's ride and ride and ride and ride
Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la

credits

from The Tao of Time, released October 26, 2018
02 THE PASSENGER SUITE (Parts 1-4) The Passenger, Here, There, Invocation

THE PASSENGER (Iggy Pop, Ricky Gardiner)
JIM ROBERTS – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Congas, Maracas, Wah Wah Guitar, Cajon, Background Vocals
MIKE DAVIS – Vocals
LIPBONE REDDING – Vocals, Background Vocals
BEKKA BRAMLETT – Vocals, Background Vocals
JOHN WESTMORELAND – Electric guitar
E SCOTT WARREN – Bass
EMMA DAVIS – Background Vocals
CAIQUE VIDAL – Background Vocals

HERE (Jim Roberts)
JIM ROBERTS – Drums, Congas, Shaker, Shekere, Claves, Balafon, Rainstick
JOHN WESTMORELAND – Electric guitar, arrangement
E SCOTT WARREN – Bass, arrangement
WILL RIDENOUR – Kora

THERE (Jim Roberts)
A Tribute to Harold Jones, Rich Holly and Robert Chappell
JIM ROBERTS - Drums, Congas, Timbales, Repinique, Berimbau, Shekere, Claves, Balafon

INVOCATION (Jim Roberts)
In Memory of Babatunde Olatunji and Nana Vasconcelos
JIM ROBERTS –Berimbau, Seed Pods, Rainstick, Indian Bells, Whistles, Turkey Caller, High Tinkly Stuff, Background Vocals
BEKKA BRAMLET – Background Vocals

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Jim Roberts Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Jim Roberts is a cross-cultural percussionist and producer who welds together American rock/funk/jazz styles with the world music of the African Diaspora and beyond. As an artist his music is diverse, sonically complex, and rich.

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