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Five Alarm Fire

from High Mileage by Jim Pharis

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    "No matter what the odometer says, High Mileage runs like a dream"   Elmore Magazine

    "Pharis’ weathered, fraying vocal compares the automotive hulk to his own biological shell. He concludes that both may be battered but they’ll get the job done, an attitude that serves as the theme for this set of originals and country blues and gospel covers.

    Pharis does more than accept human frailties here; he cherishes them with infectious good humor." Acoustic Guitar Magazine November 2018

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5 Alarm Fire

I got myself a little girl
you know she's really fine
she looks a model
and she's so very fine

But she's a little jumpy
like a cat watching a snake
she thinks it's a 5 alarm fire
when it's just candles on a birthday cake

she said we needed a new clock
the old one didn't work any more
so we went down to the new clock store

when they started chiming
she ran out the door
it was just some clocks clanging
but she thought it was the next world war

when we're out driving
down the road in the car
doesn't matter where we're going
doesn't matter how far

you know she's jumpy
pushing a make believe brake
if she's not the driver
it's about more than she can take

Now I'm steady as a rock
like water on a calm lake
but when she gets all wound up
it's hard to take

But I love that girl
she's the world to me
she's just a little jumpy
that's just the way things are gonna be

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from High Mileage, released January 18, 2019

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Jim Pharis Sunset, Louisiana

Jim Pharis is a Louisiana based singer/songwriter and American Primitive Guitarist.

Jim Pharis performs in a variety of music settings in the American South. His most recent release is
2018's critically acclaimed, High Mileage.

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