Six Gun Jury - Warm Eyes

Track 11 from Six Gun Jury's 1989 debut album "Res Ipsa Loquitur". Music & Lyrics Copyright © 1989 Raymond G. McLaughlin/Mark Urbano Six Gun Jury were: Mark Urbano - guitar Ray McLaughlin - vocals Jim Perry - drums Buddy B. - bass Lyrics: WARM EYES Your brother's best friend's sister died That is, she passed away And you passed by the funeral home today You couldn't fake the sympathy inside yourself And so you drove away You went 50 by the hitcher with the kinky hair But stopped to ride the white man in the vest He took all your money With the pistol he had strapped against his chest Warm eyes You had them once But now it's just a vacant stare You only wish you had the nerve to care Warm eyes Where did they go? It used to be that human kind Was something more than bodies with a mind There you stand, screaming at her She breaks down, clinging to you You hate every word you're saying But your soul has gone away Every ounce of energy is wasted On the vicious things you say There're children in the parlor And they're singing Christmas songs Your daughter doesn't understand your tears Every ounce of innocence may hide itself But never disappears Warm eyes There in her smile Welcome brother, come inside We all know that Jesus died for us Warm eyes You're caught up in that callous storm But we're here to keep you warm tonight Warm eyes Throw away that acting cold That bitter bit is getting old, you know Warm eyes Now 'til the end Six Gun Jury - "Res Ipsa Loquitur": Re-discovered...for the first time by the world. "Six Gun Jury deserves a shot at the majors." ~ John Hayes, Rockflash, August 1989 After 30 years, here is the world-wide release of "Res Ipsa Loquitur", the 1989 debut album of Pittsburgh alternative guitar rockers Six Gun Jury (1986-1990). The album that battled for top of the Pittsburgh alternative record charts during the summer of 1989, alongside such heavyweights as Pixies, The Lemonheads and 10,000 Maniacs, finally says its proper hello to the rest of the United States and the world. "This guitar-based four-piece has quietly become a very tight and powerful group-to-be-reckoned-with." ~ John Young, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 1989 "Res Ipsa Loquitur", which earned 2 nominations at the 1989 In Pittsburgh Music Awards (Album of the Year, Best New Band), features the "soaring vocals and emotional lyrics" of Ray McLaughlin (Orange Velvet Chairs, Chancellorpink) and the "Euro-style guitar work" of Mark Urbano (Mace, Una de Luna, Chupacabra). Here are the original 14 songs (and one bonus track), including the 1988 WXXP regular rotation commercial radio hit "Climb the Scene", as well as 2 songs ("All Alone in Rock 'n Roll" and "Chancellor Pink") which both finished in WPTS radio's Top 50 songs of 1987. "McLaughlin enunciates a lot better than vintage Michael Stipe, and he belts the vocals with more of a rough, masculine, dramatic feel." ~ Peter B. King, Pittsburgh Press, September 1989 "Res Ipsa Loquitur", which features the impressive rhythm section of Buddy B. (Prague, Chupacabra) on bass and Jim Perry (White Wreckage, Between the Waters) on drums, also includes the air-tight ass kickers "Anthem" and "Everything You Are", along with "My Baby Cries", a song In Pittsburgh called "one of the most infectious songs done by one of our locals, ever." The album was expertly produced by Mike Michalski (The Heretics, The Cynics, The Kelly Affair) and Six Gun Jury, and it was engineered by Gregg Vizza at Audiomation Studios, during in the summers of 1987 and 1988. Cover artwork and design by Kurt Shaw, who is now the Art Critic for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Simply put, Six Gun Jury's "Res Ipsa Loquitur" is one of the hidden gems of 80s college alternative rock.