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Today's A Musical Day
00:30
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Today's a musical day
Today's a musical day
With days like these
Who needs a breeze
Today's a musical day
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Oh So Broke
02:23
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Oh So Broke
In the heat of summer
I went to buy an ice cream
It only cost a dollar
But I was oh so broke
I went down to the corner
To buy myself a paper
It only cost a quarter
But I was oh so broke
I got no money (oh so broke) [3X]
I am oh so broke
I tried to make a phone call
I call the operator
She tells me "It's a dime, please"
But I was oh so broke
I'm feeling kind of fickle
I think I'll buy a pickle
It only cost a nickel
But I was oh so broke
I got no money (oh so broke) [3X]
I am oh so broke
*
I got no money (oh so broke) [3X]
I am oh so broke
I guess I'll get a gumball
It only cost a penny
I reached inside my pocket
But I was oh so broke
So I walked up to the fountain
To get a drink of water
Cuz water cost me nothing
But the fountain, it was broke
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3. |
Bike
02:32
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Bike
I think I'll ride my bike today
That's what I'd really like to do today
Feel the breeze
Look at the trees
Some lemonade please
I feel so free
That's what I'd really like to do today
Look out for that big dog!
Watch out for that pot hole!!
I risk getting killed and I could take a spill!!!
But it's all worth it, though
That's what I'd really like to do today
I have to pedal harder to make it up this hill
But when I finally make it
I will get the thrill...
...of racing down the other side and coasting all the way
Like a child on a slide I never wanna end this ride
I think I'll ride my bike today
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4. |
Race It Like A Rocket
02:22
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Race It Like A Rocket
Race back to 84
A spark ignited then
RGP RPM
Turbocharged BGN
Zoom over to the track
Countdown the Christmas lights
A blur goes flying down a quarter mile strip
(Yeah) I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
A rocket
Week end garage all year
Night highway test run drives
Blue collar super car
Darth Buick comes alive
A teenage hobbie dream
A realized late life love
You showed us how to move 200 miles an hour
(Yeah) I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
A rocket
[Instrumental ]
(Yeah) I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
I race it like a rocket
A rocket
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There's A Big Giant Thing In My Yard
There's a big giant thing in my yard
And I don't know what it is
If you know, tell me what it is
There's a big giant thing in my yard
There's something wrong with my car
It's been making quite an awful noise
It's been running just a little bit funny
And I think that it's kinda broke
Things just don't seem to be OK nothing ever seems to work out or fit...
I gotta pick up some glue
But I think that the store is closed
I wish I knew the number
I wish I had a phone
If you think that you're gonna starve
Get yourself a bucket of paint
Paint yourself a picture of food
Eat it and you'll be OK
Things just don't seem to be OK nothing ever seems to work out or fit...
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The Adventures Of Little N'deesh
"Ladies and gentlemen... High above the center ring
(of the 2 ring circus... )
May I present to you....
The one, the only.... Little N'deesh!!!!!"
I was 6,7,8 years old
9,10,11 kids at home
Dad lined us all up in a row
To take us out to see a show
It was a circus very small
Two rings it had and that was all
But that was good enough for me
Cuz there were lots of things to see
Then there was Little N'deesh
He was a dwarf and an acrobat
One by one the troup of acrobats would dash across the ring
and vault off a trampoline to make a human pyramid
We thought that this was the best yet
Til all the clowns came screaming from the mini VW Bug
The circus is a place of fun
You shouldn't try this stuff yourself
They all know just how it's done
And they do it very well
Then there was Little N'deesh
He was to be the capstone of the human pyramid
N'deesh jumped up much too high
And flew over the human pyramid !!
[SCREAMS}
Her name was Glennis the hippopotamus
Who yawned from tired trips upon a bus
And swallowed that little dwarf N'deesh
But luckily he went down in one piece
So they had to save him
And to his rescue
They called the sword swallower
And he cut the hippo open
N'deesh the dwarf was still alive!!!
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7. |
Thomas & Gerald
03:54
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Thomas & Gerald
I tried to shoot you down you didn't die
The bullets must have missed and whizzed right by
And then the poison that I gave you didn't take
Or else you didn't eat that cake I baked
The dynamite was hidden in your car
I really didn't think you'd get that far
And then the boulder that I dropped upon your head
Just pushed you in the ground but you're not dead
Some day I'm gonna getcha
Some day you'll be all mine
One day you'll let your guard up
It'll be alright
I took your knife and tried to stab your heart
But there wasn't one for me to rip apart
And so I tried to drug you up to kill your brain
But it didn't do a thing cause you're insane
Some day I'm gonna getcha
Some day you'll be all mine
And one day you'll let your guard up
You better watch out
You better watch out
[Solo]
I thought I hit you hard and cracked your skull
But I guess the ax I used was rather dull
And then I pushed you off the ledge to meet your doom
But xtheeggsblasphemousteazincancientrunesx
Some day I'm gonna getcha
Some day you'll be all mine
One day you'll let your guard up
You better watch out
You better watch out [2X]
Cause one of these days!!
You better watch out
It's so hard to live your life of a cartoon
But then again the cheese is made of moon
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8. |
Blanche
03:13
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Blanche
I've been to New York
I've been to LA
Been down to the south
And Boston, where I stay
And there's one thing in life I've learned on my quest
I like you the best
Now you know I must go
And travel the land
But I'll always come back
Cause you know where I stand
Cause there's one place I've found and put to the test
I like you the best
When I'm away and thinking of you
Tempted I am but no one will do
I used to try but I can't no more
They invite me inside but I can't make it past the door, no
No no no...
Oh Blanche, I'm crazy for you
Oh Blanche, no one else will do and I know that there's
One place to go where I'm always a guest
And you will be there with a smile in your heart
Now I've made a vow
And I'm staying true
Cause I've been all around
And there's no one quite like you
And there's one thing in life that I have confessed
And there's one thing in life known from the east to the west
And there's one thing in life more than the rest
I like you the best
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There's Only So Much I Can Do
I don't know what I can do; I don't know what I can say
I think I'll just disappear; I think I'll just go away
There's Only So Much I Can Do To
Keep My Mind Off Of You
There's Only So Much I Can Do
To Keep My Mind Off Of You
I can try, I can try... but I can't pass you by
I can try, I can try... but I can't pass you by
There's Only So Much I Can Do
To Keep My Mind Off Of You
There's Only So Much I Can Do
To Keep My Mind Off Of You
You can tell me not to cry
You can tell me I'm a fool
But I will tell you it's a lie
I can't get you off my mind
There's Only So Much I Can Do
To Keep My Mind Off Of You
There's Only So Much I Can Do
To Keep My Mind Off Of You
You know there's only so much that I can do
You know there's only so much that I can do
You know there's only so much that I can do
You know there's only so much that I can do...
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I Just Want To Be With You
Oh no you didn't see me holding back my tears
As we were talking on the telephone last night
I passed it off like I was someone who was cool
But it was more like I was gonna lose my mind
I couldn't tell if you were right or I was wrong
I only wish that you and I could move along
Can't figure if I'm a schlemiel or a schlimazel
But luck ain't workin' out for me today, oh no...
I Just Want To Be With You [x2]
~
So I went out; I tried to drink you from my mind
But everywhere I looked I thought I saw your face
Then all the telephones were beggin' me to dial
And then my car, it drove itself right by your place -how strange...
I Just Want To Be With You [x2]
I turn on my radio. I keep hearin' them sad old songs like
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa, and Lonely Teardrops, and
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry... and Cry To Me
There's Only So Much I Can Do To Keep My Mind Off Of You
Oh no you didn't see me holding back my tears
As we were talking by the telephone today
I passed it off like there was somewhere I should be
But it was more like I was hoping you would say to me:
I Just Want To Be With You [x2]
I just want to know how I can hear you say
I Just Want To Be With You
I never know where I stand with you, girl
You keep me guessing again and again
But if I knew, it would not be the same
You move my heart and my soul
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11. |
Go
04:05
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Go
So take my heart and take my soul
'cause I don't need them anymore
You took them both right when you left
and now I know just how you feel 'cause
You have got no heart
and you have got no soul
and someone must have done the same
to you a long time ago
Go.
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12. |
Dear Lisa,
04:18
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Dear Lisa, I have watched as time goes by
You better bet regret can make me cry
I lost my heart; tore us apart
Sincerely sorry both for you and I
I could not stand to say goodbye to you
All through my head, that starry night with you
I thought I lost you; now I have found you
Could not within go on without you
I have died a thousand times
In your eyes again goodbye
Please understand how much I miss you
Crying alone I reminisce you
I've searched my heart; I've searched my soul
God only knows to love, to kiss you.
To kiss you...
I miss you.
Love, Scott
P.S.
Yes, I still love you
Always thinking of you
You are my true love
For eternity...
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When You're Alone On The Street Of Regret
Here lies a heart broken man
So sad; he had it all
He left a hole in her heart
Now his heart's in a hole
You know just where you stand
When You're Alone On The Street Of Regret
You see where you went wrong
When You're Alone On The Street Of Regret
You have nowhere to turn
When You're Alone On The Street Of Regret
Please... look at me... do you see?
My heart is yours
I'm all alone in this sea of people
Save me!! Take me away to that moonlight
Only you can see my true love
[her] You broke my heart. [him] I broke mine, too.
[her] Don't try again. [him] I was a fool.
[her] Just let it go. [him] Que dites vous...
Please... (how can I love when I've got no heart?)
Look at me... (how can feel when I've got no soul?)
Do you see?... (how can I see when my eyes are crying?)
This is no game... (how can I laugh when I've got no smile?)
I've come to you... ( how can I breathe with the air so heavy?)
With my heart wide open... (how can I bleed when my heart is empty?)
Save me... (how can I eat when I hunger for you?)
You're all I have... (how can I sleep when the bed's half empty?)
To look forward to... (how can I move when I can't move on?)
Can't you understand... (how can I think when you're on my mind?)
...my... (how can I live if it's not with you?)
True love...? (how can I die if there's still a chance?)
Here lies a heart broken man.....
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Hey, Rock & Roll
02:25
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Hey, Rock & Roll
My friend Rock & Roll, she came
Crying up to me one day
Wishing we were all still young
Look at us now...
__________________________
Our old pal Country Boy came by
He came by with a plastic tie
When he was young he had my respect
But now... I don't know.
That punk that no one used to like
Is selling sneakers on a bike
Though he was crazy, he had style
Now no one cares
Johnny Blues had soul to spare
Now he walks around in his underwear
'Tighty-whities' I've been told
I didn't look
Uncle R&B once said,
"If I change, just shoot me dead!"
I wish his daughter got to know him
Before he died
___________________________
Hey Rock & Roll
Tell me what happened to your soul
Tell me did your passion end
Oh yeah for you and your friends
Baby maybe we could go
And listen to the radio
But she said all our friends have broke it
And then she cried
I guess it's true 'bout what they say
As time goes by your friends will stray
But we'll stick together and reminisce
Just you and me
Hey Rock & Roll
Tell me what happened to your soul
Tell me did your passion end
Oh yeah for you and your friends
[dying guitar]
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You Get What You Pay For
02:22
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You Get What You Pay For
[Intro]
If you're gonna do it, do it right
If you're gonna screw it, screw it right
When you go to do it, gotta do it right the first time
Don't get the cheapest one, You get what you pay for
You get what you pay for
Here we go...
Friend built a surfboard
Made it out of cardboard
Took it in the ocean
Died
Sally made a casserole
With anything that she could find
Most of it was poisonous
Died.
You get what you pay for
You get what you pay for
Nelson broke his Tee Vee
Didn't want an expert
Tried to fix it on his own
Died
Johnny wanted sandwich
Only for a dollar
Walked into a fast food
Died
[Bridge]
The new king didn't want to pay for education
Threw away the books; then he made it all illegal
A big giant company installed a bunch of box stores
Everyone around the country moved inside a trailer park
You get what you pay for
You get what you pay for
Now wait a minute!
A hundred couple years ago
Some friends made a country place
We all own a little bit
You Get What You Pay For
[Outro]:
Marla wants a laptop
Any kinda laptop
Doubles as a toaster
Show me just the cheapest
Can it be a telephone?
Make it do the flip trick
Insurance? No no no no!
Just get me the cheapest
I don't need a program
Just a dumb computer
Tablet kind of cell phone
Just get me the cheapest
Take it home and press go
Make it play the best games
Where did all my stuff go
Just give me the cheapest
Died
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Art Is The Handmaid Of Human Good
The train rolled in as the day begins
The cotton was stored in the 3rd car
The rising sun sees everyone
The Merrimack river flows by
Through downtown canals thread; The arch bridge overhead
The mills are all American Bond red brick, Yes they are
The smokestacks billow a great gray smoke pillow
Cornucopia formed in the sky
Art is the handmaid of human good
This downtown feels more like a neighborhood
We're standing where Kerouac Jack once stood
This Mill City could be a home
I stayed a while ~ It makes me smile
To sing and play music with my friends
The Moxie flows and the Lincoln Dog knows
A Festival of Folks can't be wrong
I close out the Safe. Open up the cafe
I'm burning the Poorhouse at both ends
Somewhere in the Middle I grab that guit-fiddle
And pick & strum and sing this song
Art is the handmaid of human good
This downtown feels more like a neighborhood
We're standing where Kerouac Jack once stood
This Mill City feels like a home
The train rolled out on its usual rout
But I remained there at the station
I couldn't go 'til I let her know
That I would return here one day
The Mill City Girls are the best in the world
Industrial Revolution Liberation !!
They helped me leave past this textile weave
And waved as I caught the last train
Art is the handmaid of human good
This downtown feels more like a neighborhood
We're standing where Kerouac Jack once stood
Mill City will always be home
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Say Coffee
02:45
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Say Coffee
I never dug a drug or smoked cigarettes
Or walked and talked around as if I had Tourette's
But I loved my whiskey with a splash of 7up
And music kept the time
But I'll tell ya old Italia was the place to be
When a lightning bolt espresso said ciao-ciao to me
Can't live another day without what took a life to find
Changed forever and the search was on
Where we gonna go now? Where we gonna go now?
So I looked around America to find the one
(Going Dunknuts)
But tryna yank a chain 'a caffeine isn't any fun
(High prices Star-sucks)
Then a Mirage appeared before me; helped me get my Fixe
(Mom and pop or bust)
Cuz I found that place to be
Say coffee say coffee
Bring my love to me
It's coffee my coffee
Finally found my cup of tea
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Holy cow, I gotta get it right from the source
Gotta Shack up with some Sugar, stir it 'round of course
Take a break or an elevenses and treat yourself
It's worth it; so follow me
Where we gonna go now? Where we gonna go now?
Say coffee say coffee Bring my love to me
It's coffee my coffee Finally found my cup of tea
...where we gonna get coffee?
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18. |
Drink Some Beers
02:34
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Cheers!!
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19. |
Walkin' Groove (Reprise)
00:39
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M-O-X-I-E-I-O
Broke down truck in Lewiston
A dollar to my name
Made my way to Kennibec's
Ol' Franky looked the same
Gotta drink me something before I
hitch up to the show
Franky took that dollar from me
There's only one way to go (He said,)
Gotta get some Moxie, boy
If you walk in like that
So take this can from my hand and put it in your hat
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I know disheveled suits me
And he could see I could use a lift
He said, "I'll give you a ride and 6-pack to tide ya,
If you will grace me with your gift."
He pointed to my beat-up case
And then my guitar flange
He said, "Sit down and sing that song of yours
For a double can orange."
M-O-X-I-E-I-O
M-O-X-I-E
M-O-X-I-E I'll take my Moxie can to go
~
So my song I sang for him
Sipped his elixir mix
Hit me like a horse on wheels
It began to do its tricks...
Moxie Moxie; Yeah she rocks me
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Good Old R2D2
03:08
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Good Old R2D2
Good old R2D2; liked to mess around
Hangin' w/ C 3PO all over town
Had a single eyeball in the middle of that face
Riding 'round with 3PO in and out of space
Oh R2D2 / C3PO
Sometimes there were 2 legs; Sometimes there were 3
Or flying 'round with thrusters
way Up where you can't see
Hitting up the swampland;
there were Snakes and it was wet
Rolling in the jungle; Never got upset
Oh R2D2 / C3PO / Oh R2D2 / C3PO
Good old R2D2; liked to mess around
Hangin' w/ C 3PO all over town
That big ol' single eyeball; smack-dab in the face
They would get all dirty; all over space
Oh R2D2 / C3PO
Always friends forever; always associate
And now that rolling, balling, orange crazy BB8
Oh R2D2 / C3PO / Oh R2D2 / C3PO
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22. |
Smoke Machine
03:21
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Smoke Machine
You work your whole life
To play the music
Then you get on a stage
To show the world
Up come the lights
The crowd is ready
You hit the first note
But hey what is this!?!?
The lasers and phasers
Take over the stage as you
Concentrate harder to find the way
The strobe light, the black light, the spot in your face light
But that's not the worst as you try to play
Holy smoke machine (Over and over)
Can't see a damn thing (Crazy hazey)
Is it all worth it? (True story)
And you don't even care about the smell?!?
(Inconsiderate inconsiderate)
You work your whole life
Trying to find the right people
To get on the stage
And show the world
Things go all right
The fans are steady
You hit your first tour
But hey what is this?!?
The lasers and phasers
Take over the stage as you
Concentrate harder to find the way
The strobe light, the black light, the spot in your face light
But that's not the worst as you try to play
Holy smoke machine (Over and over)
Can't see a damn thing (Crazy hazey)
Is it all worth it? (True story)
And you don't even care about the smell?!?
(Inconsiderate inconsiderate)
I can't see a thing in front of my face
There's a gray funk haze all about the place
Gotta make a stop before we get to the show
Pray the next club will let it go
Holy smoke machine (Over and over)
Can't see a damn thing (Crazy hazey)
Is it all worth it? (True story)
And you don't even care about the smell?!?
(Inconsiderate inconsiderate)
"But really, what's with the smoke machine...?!?"
"That's a damn good question"
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23. |
Yodel Train
03:24
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Yodel Train
(dedicated to John Robert "J.R." Phelps)
Got a guitar. Played it a bit.
But my punk rock bar chords sounded like shit
Then the Grandad of a buddy of mine
Showed me the way and it blew my mind
I was playing it wrong...
Because it goes like this:
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It seemed pretty simple, but boy was I wrong.
It's not just playing the chords; it's the whole damn song.
You've gotta play the bass line and the melody
Put it all together...
Just like 1,2,3
~
He showed me Hank Williams and Johnny Cash.
But the best vinyl records in his stash
Was the Jimmie Rodgers; the letter T's for me
Cuz for ScoTT MaTThew PiTTman...
It changed history
~
So if you're playing guitar and just strumming about
Take a cue from the past 'cuz you're missing out
Let's not forget tradition; let's really play guitar
You can start with this riff...
Cuz it'll take you far
~
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24. |
I Think I'm Lost...
00:52
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I think I'm lost trying to get to Nicky's lesson.
And I don't know how to get there.
So I wish you'd answer and tell me!!
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25. |
Rock & Roll Smells Funny
03:52
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Rock & Roll Smells Funny
Pick it up, put it in the van . .
Get paid whatever we can . .
20 bucks will get us to the show . .
But will anybody go? (No!!)
I'm sticking to the floor and I'm sticking to the plan
Get everyone in to the back of Cindy's van
No one's got a lighter still it's filling up with smoke
There's a reason that we like to call it dope (Dope.)
Rock & Roll: It smells funny
Rock & Roll sometimes stinks
Rock & Roll sure smells funny
Just get us some more free drinks. (Yeah!!)
There's a couple gettin' kissy in the coat room check
I'll give her my scarf to cover up her neck
Stickers hold the walls up in the co-ed can
But I wish that the hot water ran (Play that guitar again!)
*
The boys all love the singer with the bright pink hair
And the drummer only plays in her underwear
But they vomited the shots they drank on to the stage
And their fans are all underage (Another Coke, please)
Rock & Roll: It smells funny
Rock & Roll sometimes stinks
Rock & Roll sure smells funny
Just get us some more free drinks. (Let's go!)
The 4 in the morning party's starting to fade
The keg is spent; so's all the money we made
And someone peed on the kitchen floor
The pizza's gone so someone ordered more (Get the door)
Rock & Roll: It smells funny
Rock & Roll sometimes stinks
Rock & Roll sure smells funny
Just get us some more free drinks. Again!?
Rock & Roll: It smells funny
Rock & Roll sometimes stinks
Rock & Roll sure smells funny
Just get us some more free drinks. Woooo!!
(Last call!!)
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26. |
Super Heavy Sigh
07:17
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Super Heavy Sigh
I used to stay up all night long
I'd practice a bunch or write me a song
The cool kids were all outside drinking their bongs
I'd be missing it
They would all sport and/or drink til they raged
Or hit all the clubs, their ID's overaged
I'd be there all night long up on the stage
I'd be missing it
Friends all shacked up;
Kids 1,2,3
Mortgages, marriages, master degrees
That train rolled right by; it just wasn't for me
I'd be missing it
Oh well. Super heavy sigh... Super heavy sigh...
Later, the PTA meetings at school
Play dates and watching kids pee in the pool
Yard sales, refinancing, garage full of tools
I'd be missing it
But strangest of all; I guess I just don't know
Christianity, Islam, Hindu, nam myoho renge kyo
It's all nice but I feel.... (super heavy sigh)
*
1.
If you paint me a picture
Or built me a chair
If you write me a song
If you show that you care
2.
If you knit me a blanket
Or draw me a house
If you chisel a stone
If you catch a new mouse
3.
If you grow me a garden
Design the next car
If you cook me an omelette
Mix drinks at the bar
4.
If you scissor me my haircut
Cut me a suit
If you dance like you mean it
Wear cool DJ boots
5.
If you take ones and zeros
Make future appear
If you trick me with magic
If you craft me a beer
6.
If you learn a new instrument
Play from your heart
If you write this long list
Of folks who create art
7.
If you snap me a photograph
In black or white
If a sonnet or poem
or novel you write
8.
If you film me a movie
Right there on your phone
If you know how the nose knows
Perfume or cologne
9.
If you barista coffee
If you weld me a bike
If you graffiti letters
However you like
10.
If your timing with comedy
Makes you a clown
If you teach the world's kids well
They won't let you down
11.
If you write me a letter
If you sing me a song!!
Then obviously you get it
Then hey, come along!! Oh yeah!!
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Scott Matthew Pittman Boston, Massachusetts
While playing drums in bands for 30+ years, I was secretly writing and recording hundreds of songs. I released 94 tracks of them all at once in 2016 with an album called: MUSIC: A 30-Year Retrospective Debut Anthology Greatest Hits Deluxe Compilation Essential Never-Before-Released Complete Discography Musical Memoire. Part 1 ... more
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