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The Ballad of the Bad Luck Boy

by Cellophane Jane

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1.
Waited for you my son You’ve come all this way to be what you ought to be It never crossed my mind Passages of time would fade Go up And so they say it’s written on the graves of people who have lost their way But you, my friend are with me till the end No matter what those people have to say And on we ride abandoned suicide long before I knew what I could say It’s with this life that I put down the knife and put away those silly games we played Well you know how it goes, the story’s old there’s no more to be told You might just be god almighty busting down my door I was never meant for all this feeling Memories are lost in the revealing And in the light of that moonlit night I never thought I’d end up this way How easily it falls away from me and slips through my fingers Well you know how it goes, the story’s old there’s no more to be told You might just be god almighty busting down my door I was never meant for all this feeling Memories are lost in the revealing I can’t see it You don’t believe it Everything I knew before It doesn’t matter anymore Broken bruised and battered now You’re only seventeen Car crash queen you should’ve been A legend on the screen I was never meant for all this feeling Memories are lost in the revealing I was never meant for all this feeling Memories are lost in the revealing
2.
Serpentine at seventeen Smooth moves landed you on the hard grooves she was the knife and I the slice pulled apart rolled the dice They pick you up put you back on solid ground Watch your head hit that cold hard concrete ground it was the knife, and I the slice Pulled apart rolled the dice Hold till they fold their cards just right Play it safe, say goodnight Seventeen at twenty-t Shuffling fool out on E.C. avenue Just one more thing before I call it all off Let me be the one to shoot first in the stand off Hold till they fold their cards just right In just three days let it fall down and make things right Play it safe say goodnight let it be to all the ones who caused you strife Let me be the one to take it on home on the third night You hold you fold they call your bluff You hold you fold they call your name Hold till they fold their cards just right In just three days let it fall down, repay all who caused you strife Play it safe say goodnight Let it be to all the ones who caused you strife Let me be the one to take it on home on the third night You grew older older older older older old
3.
If I take another step I think I just might slip into the bramble Tripping on a memory, you were just a dream it seems Those little hands that bind you don’t mean a thing like I do You’re just as blind as I knew Tripping on a memory, you were just a dream it seems Beneath the sunny skies you lie The breath of morning’s just a sigh And so we take another step into the sunrise The dawn is calling out I’m Tripping on a memory, you were just a dream it seems And as I turn into the sky The thunderclouds just pass me by In a dream I believe Two hands guide me out into the echoing dawn In a dream Open your heart and let love in Surrender yourself to the one that you love The One And if I take another step I think I just might slip into the bramble neath the roaring sky I’m Tripping on a memory, you were just a dream it seems Furthest from my everything, you were just a memory
4.
Silver morning, light adorning The giver and taker hold the line Still you heed the warning Make up your mind you’ve said it this time be what you want to be Never a thought in his head unless the heart go to bed Never forget what honest said Silver Morning Slowly to pull on the thread unravel it till you’re dead It comes in waves It comes in waves It’s bound to take your soul away And bring you back to better days When you were feeling the sundown Don’t go away When you were feeling the let down So far away When you were feeling the sundown Don’t go away Don’t go away Silver Morning Light Adorning It comes in waves It comes in waves It’s bound to take your soul away It comes in waves It comes in waves it comes it comes it comes
5.
Graduation 02:36
Too much money to spend on anybody I’m bleeding it out in the money-go-round Where does it all go, nobody ever knows But still the bills it spills blood on my paper Never in my life I said Would I get to be so red Until I got out alive I’ve been waiting for this moment all of my life Little girl with your bushy blonde hair Walking around like you’re so debonaire You’ll never see them take the piss out of you And now you’re broke so what’ll you do Never gonna get a decent bed Never gonna get to spend your bread Never gonna see you for what you were supposed to be In the light oh so bright I shook the hand of some man Apparently he decides if I should leave or I thrive Or I thrive Yeah Now back to you Never gonna be the one at nineteen Never gonna be the one the college grad Never gonna be the one at nineteen Never gonna be the one yeah
6.
Sick sick so very sick so sick of being ill One hand’s too many hands but two just won’t do I’ll see you in the morning, what becomes of you now Leaving the left better off left alone Two wrongs don’t make a right write right again How right you are, you’ll never be a star You don’t know what I wouldn’t do for just two more phalangese man Faking hard hard to fake just keep on reciting the claims that you stake I’ll love you forever until you’re feeling better I don’t need your sympathy Too bad I can’t pretend it doesn’t bother me at all This sickness is killing me I don’t wanna die I want to get out And do better, better it’s true I did my time, you just wait and see I suggest you keep your distance It feels like a dream to me Don’t give up So let me begin, start it over again I did my time and now I’m alive and i’m better better it’s true I did my time and this is how it goes You’re feeling better now you’re worse You’re feeling better now you’re very worse Leave me alone I need some rest You’re feeling better now you’re worse You’re feeling better now you’re very worse Leave me alone I need some rest You’re feeling better now you’re worse You’re feeling better now you’re very worse Leave me alone I need some rest So let me begin start it over again I did my time And now I’m alive
7.
Bury me piece by piece Underneath the juniper tree It’s where i belong singing my song Sitting still for everyone Shining on the seventh day like the Rays out of the setting sun Won’t you bring me someone to Make my heart flutter and sway Without love what do you live for Seasons change the reason why And with a Judas kiss you give me this Euphoria and bliss its true How rude it’s out of the blue Feels like yesterday Weeping willow reap what you sow A whisper in the wind of your name If i gave you everything I had And I traded everything i own It wouldn’t be enough and it wouldn’t satisfy you The summer breeze is here today The clouds have all been washed away And finally i see what I’ve been missing Without love what do you live for Seasons change the reason why And with a Judas kiss you give me this Euphoria and bliss it’s true How rude it’s out of the blue Feels like yesterday Weeping willow reap what you sow I’ll see you in the afterglow How rude its out of the blue Feels like yesterday Weeping willow reap what you sow A whisper in the wind of your name Weeping willow reap what you sow A whisper in the wind of your name
8.
Turning 02:50
It seems we all decide to run and hide from this our living end but still we’re reaching out for more we know the tide is at the shore Early morning in the moonlight underneath the star shine Spell a secret to the shadows whisper in the dark light If we get along will we be so strong that we see it through? never have I ever felt like this a moment slips and your still turning every time we kiss Early morning in the moonlight underneath the star shine Spell a secret to the shadows whisper in the dark light If we get along will we be so strong that we say i do Could love be so wrong If we get along will we be so strong that we will carry on? If we get along will we be so strong that we see it through? Could love be so wrong If we get along will we be so strong that we will carry on? Yeah
9.
Come on come in let the show begin The air is electric the room is on fire Under the spotlight the feeling expires The lights are low Enjoy the show You know the reason you’re depressed I don’t want to be the great pretender Why should I be anyone but me? It’s up to your heart to be open from the start Come on come in let the show begin The people are talking they’re looking for more There’s no denying you’ll settle the score The lights are low Enjoy the show I don’t want to be the great pretender Why should I be anyone but me? I said I don’t want to be I don’t want to see the great pretender Why should I be, why should I see anyone but me? I don’t want to be the great pretender Why should I be anyone but me Yeah I don’t want to be the great pretender Why should I be anyone but me Yeah I don’t want to be the great pretender Why should I be anyone but me
10.
I’ve been thinking of another time before time began I’ve been dreaming of another life before life begin Seems like yesterday can’t be this way No matter how I try to hold on it fades Take on step outside the door Can’t look back not anymore One more step closing the door Can’t look back not anymore Let it all go Leave it behind It’s not you now You don’t need to hide Dreaming of times we loved Never knowing what we’re after In the end it’s all that matters Even though it seems like yesterday can’t be this way No matter how I try to hold on it fades Dreaming of times we loved Never knowing what we’re after In the end it’s all that matters Dreaming of times we loved In the shadow of hereafter On and on we turn the chapter I believe it happened for a reason I believe the changing of the season I’m just a long lost toy This is the Ballad of the Bad Luck Boy And I know I’m gonna change it yes I know I’m gonna change it I believe the ending is just the start of a brand new beginning When I was younger I used to believe in the palm of my hand Lost in the wonder of the lines and the plans Seems like yesterday can’t be this way No matter how I try to hold on it fades When I was younger When I was younger Take on step outside the door Can’t look back not anymore One more step, closing the door It comes in waves It comes in waves It’s bound to take your soul away It comes in waves It comes in waves It’s bound to take your soul away It comes in waves It comes in waves It’s bound to take your soul away And bring you back to better days

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Cellophane Jane ♡ The Ballad of the Bad Luck Boy

The Revealing
Fortune Teller
Fly in the Bush
Silver Morning
Graduation
Dancing with De Quervain's
Out of the Blue
Turning
The Great Pretender
The Ballad of the Bad Luck Boy

“This record was delayed for 3 years!” The type of story everyone is a familiar with at this point. Except this story takes place 10 years ago on a rainy night September 2011. Ten years ago this month, I was involved in a car accident that robbed me of my memory, temporarily disabled my hands so I couldn't even play music(!), and left me with a brain injury that triggered an autoimmune disease. The chronicling of this journey resulted in the recording of The Ballad of the Bad Luck Boy. Each track a testament of ten years. Ten long years riddled with denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance.

The Ballad of the Bad Luck Boy is a freak whirlwind of rock opera ecstasy. Billowing out with reckless abandon, guitars snarling at full tilt, pained wails declaring the highs and woes of the yearly recount, Cellophane Jane takes no prisoners on this journey through the pages of time. In with a whisper and out with a bang, Ballad will take you on an electric joyride through the final swings of summer, straight through the windshield of your dad’s Oldsmobile, and lead you deeper into the unfolding labyrinth of mental madness! From cheeky jabs at the collegial money pit in “Graduation,” to the album’s jaunty pièce de resistance, “Dancing with De Quervain’s,” Ballad aims to wow at every corner with wit and woe wrapped up wildly in electric mayhem. The vulnerability of topics like amnesia, debilitating diseases, and the all-consuming questioning of self confidence are laid bare like a gallery of scars; some may last a lifetime while others slowly fade. It’s through the passage of time that these songs stand as a testament to the trials and triumphs of recovery.

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released September 23, 2022

Lexi Moda Vallis - Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Percussion

Nathan Taylor – Drums

Mike Abbadini – Keys

Connor Peterson – Bass (5 Intro)

Recorded, Mixed, & Mastered at

Moda Co. Recording, Cleveland, Ohio October 2019 - April2 2022

© ℗ 2022 Moda Co. Music

FVR0010 2022 Fashion Valley Records

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Dedicated to Denny Massari: Through whom the impossible was always achievable with a nod & a wink.

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