Passion Fruit Blues

from Comfort Food by The Rhythm & the Flavor

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I originally wrote this song years ago as a stripped down, raw, acoustic song for a solo performance piece I’ve done called “Passion Fruit.” Passion Fruit is a blues-based piece about a bisexual love triangle where the protagonist, a blues singer, falls in love with a married woman. Over the years I have performed this song at blues jams wherever I find myself in an open jam session. Last year Mike and I began playing the song together and it quickly became one of our favorite originals to include in our set list. We hope you enjoy it.

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Passion Fruit Blues
From the solo performance piece “Passion Fruit” by Laurelann Porter

I wish I could say my baby ran away with another woman.
I wish I could say my baby ran away with another man.
But my baby, my baby, my baby just plain ran.

I wish I could blame my wanderin’ eyes
I wish I could blame my tears
I wish I had a rival to blame for my feelin’ so queer.
But there ain’t no other nobody or nothin’ to blame, but my own damn fears.

I got me the passion fruit blues. The passion fruit blues. …

I wish you could feel my sorrow. I wish you could feel my pain.
I wish you could feel the quivering heat tat I felt when you came.
But the feelin’ that I’m feelin’ that you’re feelin’ ain’t nothin’ but shame.

I got me the passion fruit blues, …

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from Comfort Food, released September 4, 2020
Music by Laurelann Porter and Mike Anderson
Lyrics by Laurelann Porter

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The Rhythm & the Flavor Mesa, Arizona

Laurelann Porter and Mike Anderson are, collectively, The Rhythm and The Flavor, a musical duo with a bluesy folk pop sound. Stripping songs down to their essentials they combine socially conscious lyrics with sultry vocals.

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