1. |
Miss Lucy
03:05
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Miss Lucy I'm a losing my shoe
Miss Lucy I'm a losing my shoe
I can't keep up with you
Miss Lucy I'm a losing my shoe
Miss Lucy my life is a mess
I'm a man in deep distress
My boss says I work too slow
That new guy's behind it I know
He's trying to make me look bad
Miss Lucy, it's driving me mad
Don't know what I'm gonna do?
Miss Lucy I'm a losing my shoe
(Chorus)
My sister, she's coming to town
With that new boyfriend that she found
I guess he's off his parole
For that identity that he stole
He wants to stay at my place
It's making me a mental case
His face is all tattooed
Miss Lucy, I'm a losing my shoe
(Chorus)
My neighbor he just bought a dog
A pit bull as big as a hog
He chewed a hole in my fence
The mess he makes is raising a stench
He woke me up this morning at four
He'd chewed through my back door
Did you see my house on the news?
Miss Lucy I'm a losing my shoe
(Chorus)
Miss Lucy, I bought this guitar
From a guy down at Gino's bar
Miss Lucy, it cost me a lot
Now I just found out that it 's hot
Miss Lucy, It's all such a shame
I got nothin' left to my name
Can I borrow a few bucks from you?
Wait! Miss Lucy, I'm a losing my shoe
(Chorus ending with Miss Lucy I'm a Losin' (X2), Miss Lucy I'm a losing my shoe)
My shoelace is broken in two
Miss Lucy I'm a losin' I'm a losin' I'm losin'
Miss Lucy I'm a losing my shoe
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2. |
Blame It On The Moon
04:36
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Baby, baby, baby
As I look in your face
My heart, my heart begins to race
From the thrill of this warm summer night
The tension's high as the pines
And the moon begs the question
Tonight will you be mine?
Baby, baby, baby
I've held you so tight
In daydreams and night dreams
Thousands of times
Now you're waiting for the touch of my hand
Just the way my dreams began
But now that it's real
I wonder how my dreams will end?
Baby, baby, baby
You're drawing so near
You whisper sweet things
Into my ear
Words so enchanting and blue
Your skin looks so soft and so smooth
I see it shining
By the light, the light of the moon
Baby, baby, baby
The next move is mine
You look so sexy
But it's just not right
When day breaks through this night mountain air
Where will we go from there
Will the moon still take the blame
When sunshines on our affair
I can see you can read it in my eyes
You whisper me your goodnight
Then you laugh as you say that it seems
It seems somethings, somethings are better left to dreams
From the thrill of this warm summer night
The tension's high as the pines
And the moon begs the question
Tonight, tonight will you be mine?
Tonight, tonight will you be mine?
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3. |
Did You Say?
03:37
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I have a question that just won't wait
I hope you don't mind I called so late
When I saw you at the party tonight
You looked so fine in that dress so tight
The friend you came with he seemed so nice
I guess that's no surprise
There was a strange look in your eyes
I caught you staring once or twice
As you were leaving at the party's end
You came by and took my hand
But your words I could not understand
As the crowd sang loud with the band
Chorus:
Did you tell me that you love me?
With words I couldn't hear
That loud song filled my ears
Those words I read upon your lips
Touched me like a kiss
I've never felt like this
Did you say that you love me?
The crowd drowned out what you said
I read your lips instead
As you walked away
I fell for you
On the day that we first met
Now I just can't forget
The three words I hope you said
If you don't answer, I'll understand
I'll never mention it again
Look at the time, it's almost three and I've called you with some fantasy
Should I hang up still wondering
What you said to me?
(Chorus)
Did you say that you love me? (X2)
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4. |
Love
04:09
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I spend my time making rhymes
Is this any way to live?
Sometimes by chance those rhymes start making sense
Other days they just don't forgive
Then life becomes no different than a job
Nothing but a problem to be solved
Then suddenly it all fits like a glove
The answer to my riddle must be love
When you find love
It'll find you happiness
Life can be so sweet
Life can be sweet
Where love comes to live
That's the gift love loves to give
That's the gift love loves to give
I spend my days composing music I can play
Trying to turn my rhymes into a song
Tell me how it sounds there can be no middle ground
It's either right or it is wrong
Some days nothing seems to grow
Other days it all begins to flow
It all seems so simple once it's done
The words and the music must make love
(Chorus)
A love songs knows who you are
It'll find you in the dark and knows everything you do
And when a love song speaks it tells the truth
(Chorus)
The gift love loves to give
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5. |
Where There's A Will
03:46
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My blue eyes melt into the sky
High above my bed
How I wish I can fly
Somewhere else instead
Maybe out near the ocean
My troubles will stay behind
I an wash away the emotions
Tangled up in my mind
I'm just trying to find my way
I'm just trying to find my way
They say where there's a will there's a way
My blue eyes melt in the sea
Rolling across the sand
This place is not for me
This life I don't understand
Maybe in Prescott Arizona
I can rekindle my heart
The desert breeze may be blowing
The seeds of a brand-new start
(Chorus)
The bright lights of Las Vegas
The night life of LA
My scenery keeps changing
But I never find a reason to stay
So many roads left to travel
To places I've never been
May my mysteries unravel
Somewhere in the arms of the wind
(Chorus X2)
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6. |
I've Come Home
03:40
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I've come home
I've been away so long
I've come home
All my days of waiting are gone
I arrived at the station
The bus turned in for the night
I arrived at the station
Blinded by the light
Walking down first Street
Windows dressed in red and green
Walking down first Street
Wondering if you'll remember me
(Chorus)
On a path paved with memories
That guides my way tonight
On a path paved with memories
To your porch light burning bright
(Chorus)
Your door slowly opens
Crowd of people waiting there
Many familiar faces
Greet me with warm and happy tears
He's come home
He's been away so long
He's come home
All our days of waiting are gone
I've come home
I've been away so long
I've come home
No more will I be alone
No more will we be alone
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7. |
Long John
04:57
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Long John are you coming home, its Saturday?
Are bad days ahead?
Bed count at the jailhouse was short one
You were long gone Long John
You were long gone Long John
Armored car delivery at the Nashville Bank
It was a Thursday afternoon
Payroll bag was lyin’ by a sleepy guard
It’s the first hot day in June
Cherry bomb lit with a cigarette fuse
Made the banker run when it blew
The guard said, “Mister, please don’t shoot”
As Long John grabbed the loot
Long John grabbed the loot
(Chorus)
Smith and Rockefeller’s Jewelry Store
It was a moonless Friday night
Lock came flyin’ off the back door
As he kicked with all his might
Alarm bell wire had already been cut
At least that’s what old Long John thought
The cops they came they locked him up
The case was open and shut
The case was open and shut
(Chorus)
A gun lays here beside my bed
Sleep has been chased from my head
I remember his eyes when I testified
Now his mother says he wants me dead
His mother says he wants me dead
(Chorus)
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8. |
Luck Is For Losers
04:14
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Luck is for losers
Tears are for lovers
Freedom is the prison of the free
Rules are for fools
Money's for the taking
Life is for dreamers you see
Life is for dreamers you see
I was born a rambling gambler
Taking chances on the fly
The only thing that I was ever good at
Was using people then saying goodbye
I was blessed with cool persuasion
Mannish looks and boyish charm
I know you knew I made up all them stories
And I hope you knew I never meant you any harm
(Chorus)
They say be careful what you wish for
What that meant I guess I never knew
Cause wishes were all that I lived for
Until the day you made that wish come true
I always dreamed about tomorrow
And that new man that I would be instead
Tomorrow finally made it's arrival
But that new man, he never did
(Chorus)
I couldn't face the fact you left me
I wasn't there and I hope you understand
I miss you, but I'm grateful for one thing
You didn't see me blow my second chance
I promised I'd be by to visit
I promised that I would not forget
I planned to be down there tomorrow
But this damned truck ain't runnin' yet
Luck is for losers
Tears are for lovers
Freedom is the prison of the free
Rules are for fools
Money's for the taking
Life is for dreamers you see
Life is just a game to me
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9. |
Pyromaniac
05:08
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The first time I saw your big almond eyes
I felt the sparks beginning to rise
Sweet violins put me in a trance
When you began your hot and feverish dance
That’s when I knew
You are all my dreams come true
My dreams come true
The light of your smile was sunshine aglow
The fire in your charms spread out of control
Heat filled the room your eyes were ablaze
Your raging inferno could not be contained
That’s when I knew
You were all my dreams come true
My dreams come true
It's not for just one night
This spark will stay alive
You are all that I crave
Like a moth drawn to a flame
The color of your lips was fire engine red
Your five alarm kiss made blood rush to my head
Bright burned the stars on that steaming night
You stole my heart and set it alight
That’s when I knew
You were all my dreams come true
My dreams come true
And when the smoke has cleared
I will still be here
When all is said and done
This pyromaniac won't run
You lit the fuse
The one that made my dreams come true
My dreams come true
It's not for just one night
This spark will stay alive
You are all that I crave
Like a moth drawn to a flame
You lit the fuse
The one that made my dreams come true
My dreams come true
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10. |
Sweet Magic
03:22
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The streetlights shine so bright, Tonight
Above the busy city sidewalks
The stars go dancing by, tonight
Everything seems new and different
I can see my smile
Reflecting in her eyes
She touched something in me
Something deep inside
My arm's around her waist
But it's only a taste
Of that sometimes tragic always sweet magic called love
Small pajamaed feet, run by
Through the hallway to the kitchen
Time to say goodnight, sweet dreams
Read a book, dad, something different
In no time at all
They grow so big and tall
You try not to let on
That you worry when they don't call
You risk heartbreak and pain
Cause all's fair in it's game
The sometimes tragic always sweet magic called love
All the summer leaves, turn gold
Above the busy city sidewalks
An early evening breeze, blows cold
But inside it's warm with laughter
We can see our smiles
Reflecting in their eyes
This family's grown and grown
Three generations wide
We started as a pair
Now this full house we can share
Sometimes tragic always sweet magic called love
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11. |
Next Time Around
03:18
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One broken heart
Doomed from the start
Every wildflower in the meadow
Carries the same last petal
She loves me
She loves me not
The table's been turned
The lesson's been learned
This story that began once upon a time
Has ended without reason or rhyme
She loves me
She loves me not
She won't say goodbye, she don't need to
But she'll leave me with one last hope to cling to
“Maybe baby, I'll be seeing you
Next time around”
Friends give advice
“She's loaded dice”
The gamblers dream has more of a chance
Than your costumed masquerade romance
She loves me
She loves me not
Close just one eye
Count up to five
I'm a master at hiding from the truth
If it finds me I'll make up an excuse
She loves me
She loves me not
So I'll pick one more flower from the meadow
Than I'll pull off the very first petal
Maybe it will be settled
Maybe baby
Next time around
She won't say goodbye, she don't need to
But she'll leave me with one last hope to cling to
“Maybe baby I'll be seeing you
Next time around”
“Maybe baby I'll be seeing you
Next time around”
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12. |
The Soundwall
04:13
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Sometimes I think it's made of stone
It hides a world I've never known
If I had a fortune
I'd trade it all
To venture far beyond the great soundwall
Can’t climb it’s too tall
No space beneath to crawl
If I had a fortune
I'd trade it all
To venture far beyond the great soundwall
Wondering but not out loud
Is it there to keep me in or keep me out?
These questions I can't resolve
The answers lie beyond the great soundwall
(Chorus)
Coins in the well
Every wish I've kept to myself
Sometimes I wish I had the gall
To shout them loud beyond the great soundwall
(Chorus)
Words I’ve never said
Rattle around in my head
Thoughts I can’t express
Pound deep, deep within my chest
If I had a fortune
I'd trade it all
To venture far beyond the great soundwall
Far beyond the great soundwall
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13. |
Rainy Holiday
03:41
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She’s my rainy holiday
The semi-sweet icing on my cake
The bubbles in the champagne
That spills out on the tray
Life with her is like a Rainy Holiday
The fingers of her hand
Hold my every wish at her command
Lifting me to heaven
Or sifting me to sand
All with the fingers of her hand
I took her to the carousel
And she set the horses free
But they didn’t know where to go
She filled her house with clocks
And then she turned and said to me
“Some things never grow old”
She’s my rainy holiday
Showing all her cards before the game
But the one that always wins me
Is the one she never plays
Except on Rainy Holidays
She lines her shelves with flowers
Raised in pots of red and green
I tell her, ”My how they’ve grown”
She named them all like children
Then she laughed and said to me
“At least they’ll never leave home”
My rainy holiday
The perfect excuse for sleeping late
The world outside her door begins
To slowly drift away
I love Rainy Holidays
Thise rainy holidays
The semi-sweet icing on my cake
The bubbles in the champagne
That spills out on the tray
Life with her is like a Rainy Holiday (X2)
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14. |
Sign of the Times
05:33
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It was me
I was there
I was one of the team
Working class factory
We built an American dream
Send a man
To the moon
The engineers drew the plans
But the ship he rode
Up to the moon
Was made by our blue collar hands
Chorus:
It was a sign
A sign
A sign, sign of the times
It was a sign, sign of the times
I watched it all
From Billy's Bar
In black and white live
In July on the 20th
Of 1969
Pride built up
In my heart
When I saw that Eagle land
And I recall Billy cried
At that small step for man
(Chorus)
There's no more
Billy's Bar
And no more factory
All of our blue collar jobs
They were lost cross the sea
It's a sign
A sign
A sign, sign of the times
It's a sign, sign of the times
I just read
In the news
They're sending people to Mars
Although they'll fly 500 times as far
It won't be as big a step as ours
Cause
(Chorus X2)
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Drew James San Francisco, California
Award winning songwriter Drew James performs his solo act all over the west coast,
His 2007 release "Way Beyond the Maze"
includes the Great American Song Contest award winner "You Can Cry to Me" and the Billboard World Song Contest award winner “Thicker than Blood.” His 2006 release “The Last Second Chance,” includes the Billboard Song Contest award winner "That Old Friday Night Feeling."
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