MUSIC

Calamity Jane (1/11)

Punchin thru the fog, where the sea meets the sky

Tillered hand till now working sails on the rise

One more gulp of Kingston, for scenarios to change

One more push to Biscayne, on my Calamity Jane

Sometimes you’re dealt a diamond, when you needed a spade

Sometimes a hunter’s bend, when a reefer won’t stay

There’s never some deeper water, when you run her aground

The horror of empty pockets, when the cocaine boats in town

Chorus

The stars are glowing diamonds a sailor’s delight

A trace of island girls form their haloes at night

Well I left my Malindas down by Pelican Cay

One more push to Biscayne, on my Calamity Jane

There’s a certain will that chills your bones deep inside

Old venues were vast in virtues that you left behind

Mariner’s tales are woven through thick and through thin

Jamaca farewells still wailin in the water I’m in

Chorus

Well, I’m passing Mathew town, down to Dead Man’s Cay

One more gulp of Kingston, send this bottle away

With this note of endless love across every wave

Posted Captain Ron to Annie, on my Calimity Jane

Abigale Tempest (2/11)

The Abigale Tempest, a commissioned whaler

With blood and scars from the sea

My mystical skipper, with scars of his own

Handed her over to me

He said there’s too much killin

Of men and our mammals

Never an end of our wars

Just take all the people

Who live for each other

With hopes of each other

With hopes you can even the score

Some peddle potions and liquors from islands

With jewelry from under the sea

Wide-eyed others bearing gifts from their homelands

Etched faces of you and of me

War ladened heroes lost medals of honor

With crutches and canes by their side

Wives and the widows step lightly and lonely

opes of happiness soon to arrive

New moon calling the wind is a whisper

A blanket of blue on the sea

The sound of the silence of wood on the water

Is making its own melody

There’s a light up ahead pointing towards horizons

Of amber waves glistened in gold

The fair hair of a maiden from some other voyage

Bades sailors to stories untold

There’s an unwritten rule, you get what you ask for

But always give back to the sea

There’s only a few who question that logic

You’ll never go sailing with me

The Abigal Tempest will always be sailing

With traces of you and of me

The Abigale Tempest will be leavin for the islands

To give peace an tranquility

Harley Dreams (3/11)

I heard the news this mornin, that I’m headin north again

The road a little lighter when you leave with a friend

I won’t be needing this and have no use for that

I left a tooth brush in the holder, cause I might be comin back

I’m no stranger to the highway, left some sand in Omaha

I’ve been replaced down in Dallas, disgraced by Johnny law

He left me torn and tattered, too tired to hoarse to scream

I’m just another hobo, hanging on to a Harley Dream

Jump a rollin railroad car, when the jingles kinda low

I said goodbye to sweet Lolita and Atlanta long ago

I’m just hanging on to a hurricane of nuts and bolts and gears

Consolidated sleepless nights, going, gone, I’m here

Chorus

This train knows where it’s going, it’ll take you for a ride

If you miss her conversation, jump on the other side

Sunrise in the rolling hills and sunset by the sea

The wanderlust of Jersey girls in the moonlight followed me

I have no use for roamin hands, my fingers play guitar

Emotion snappin silver strings, tell them who you are

Chorus/Break

I’ll head to Pennsylvania, where a family’s always there

I left a trail of broken hearts and bottles everywhere

You know your life’s a changing, when the world leaves you to choose

To pave your road to paradise, slave your road to use

1st Verse

I’m just another hobo hanging on to a Harley dream

Siren Song (4/11)

When the days were young

And the nights were long

I got a little taste, called the siren song

So ship ahoy maties

There’s stew in the pot

Girls on the brain

And the rum hits the spot

Hatchet Jak was a roofer by trade

Jack in the sack tendered the maids

And Jack in the back, lived in the stern

And Captain Jack was sailing to learn

Chorus

And it’s that she blows

And twiddle dee dee

She’s the only crew I’d take to the sea

Well it’s shiver my timbers and twiddle dee dum

I’m sure you can come
If we have enough rum

There’s John at the bar

Who places the bets

And Jeff at the helm

Who owns this old wreck

And Joanne at the bar

Whose heart I betroathed

And Jerry and Bobbie

Who take off their clothes

Chorus

If we run out of rum

We’ll go sailing for more

Jimmy Hardees our skipper when we come ashore

Nothing is sacred when something is said

We’ll put on our haloes and craw into bed

Chorus

This tune started out called the Siren Song

We’d catchem and kissin if the just tag along

We’re sailors for hire and drunkards at best

We’re drunkards for hire

And sailors at rest

Chorus

Steel Dealer (5/11)

Lay down the track, don’t ever look back

That’s the kind of life on the railroad

Lay down your blues, and lace up your shoes

Your time’s not being used for the makin

Ten miles a day of steel to lay

You gotta hope and pray to your healer

29 years, of countless tears

In the eyes of your peers you’re the dealer

Break

Men lost their lives, just laying those ties

For a dollar’s worth of rye on the railroad

There’s not time for slack, don’t you ever look back

Your life’s a single track on the railroad

1st Verse

Dusty Walker (6/11)

He’ll see no happy sunrise

He’ll see no shining day

Or lovely ladies dancing by his window

Dusty Walker is my name

Hustlin gamblers is my game

And you’ll see me on the train goin back to Frisco

Newborn babies to their bottle

Like old sailors to the sea

Jokers in my blood are the finest melody

So let your devil’s answer

With their hands upon the wheel

I let my feeling echo

With the sound of cold grey steel

Chorus

I let my jokers slide

But his queens they came on heavy

And I left his kings lyin

With their faces towards the ground

1st Verse

Why We Shine (7/11)

Let’s celebrate my Christmas

With another killing spree

Let’s leave it up to humans

To screw up sanctity

I feel your hearts are leavin me

When we/ve only just begun

Shove your lonesome politics

And shove your holy guns

I used to be a Pharaoh

A patriot, a thief

I tried to get to know you

Before you even breathed

I’ve taken on a hundred names

But they all remain the same

Jahova, Mohamed and damit

Are all relavent you say

I do as I pleases

I’m on my 56 Jesus

I’ll spread him around

I give you hope and promises

With love and peace and health

Why do we shine a Christmas

When we’re wishing for ourselves

Some men are too tall

Some men are built too fast

Some men never will

And some men never last

How can you trust humanity

When you cannot trust yourself

A little here and a little there

You’d sell your guns to hell

Your souls are problematic

Just waitin for the when

It’s only the beginning

One hour my world will end

I do as I pleases

I’m on my 56 Jesus

I’ll spread him around

Comin Home Tonight (8/11)

Where the gulf waters flow and gulls dance on the sea

Were the clouds get their change, acting out their mysteries

And the wise men all know, if their season is ripe

With the hail of the water, and the whale of the wind

He’ll be comin home tonight

And the sailor’s woman waits, with her shades slightly drawn

While her sea-legged stance tends to sway

With his song about her lover so true, and her seasons lookin bright

With the hail of the water and the whale of the wind

He’ll be comin home tonight

Chorus

Four days out and six days in, only his sails being chased by the wind

Blue skies ahead, while his labor of love keeps an eye out from above

And the sea begins to shout from the bold Northwest

Storms can’t be takin lightly when their souls being to crest

It’s the trust of the sea, like the trust in the Lord

Right All Along (9/11)

Lay down beside me

Take a good look and fall asleep

You’re my lady in waiting

My lady in waking, my lover

So I warm and unique

Chorus

So let’s all of our feelings so strong

And we’ll build us a mountain so high and so long

So no one will find us

With love here to bind us

It makes all the wrong things seem right all along

I’ll be more beholden

And a little more open somehow

I’ve seen my reflection on a lake of intentions

Which seemed pretty clear up to now

Chorus

I let my feelings so strong

And I built me a mountain so high and so long

So no one could find me with a bottle to guide me

It makes all of the wrong things seem right all along

Break/Chorus

Simple Days (10/11)

When the sunlight streaks across the water

And catches golden leaves of fall

When the only thing that matters

The emotions of it all

And you touch the one who loves you

To hold back old winters wall

As if trust and passion can survive cold stays

To simple days

When the forest holds its chill

And makes its waked presence known

When the only thing that matters

Is how you’re feeling so alone

When your lover turns her back

And puts her pillow cold as stone

As a reminder that she yerns her life

Away to simple days

Chorus

If ever was a time

When lovers felt so insecure

And the thought of runnin loose

Or running bout

Keep our eyes on the horizon

And your future on your dreams

Love and warmer weather

Tend to search each other out

Simple days

Break/Chorus

If ever was a safer place

Right here in this canoe

With its silent water gilded

With the hopes of someone new

Just keep this short reminder

When your searching for this clue

Of the only one who will love your life away

To simple days

Of the only one who will love your life away

To simple days

Don’t Wait Too Long (11/11)

Don’t wait too long, to tell me that you love me

Don’t wait too long, my life is all I have

Don’t wait too long fore this goose begins to gander

My time is in your hands and my race is almost run

Actors set the stage, while the scripts still being written

Time is never lost, when it’s someone else’s gain

I must be born a reader, cause my writtings getting rusty

The curtain always closes when you play your last refrain

Don’t wait too long, to tell me that you love me

Don’t wait too long, my life is all I have

Don’t wait too long fore this goose begins to gander

The curtain always closes when you play your last refrain

Well, the curtain always closes when you play your last refrain

Ship Wrecked (1/8)

Sittin in the middle of the ocean

Five hundred feet of women and wine

Oceans such a beautiful mistress

Serves me whiskey, lonely women abide

Martinique, Barbadoes are on our pot of call

My name is Ziggy, with my friend Palermo

We came down here, just to do it all

We came here from cold Chicago

Won this trip at a singles dance

Got drunk with this heavenly barmaid

All I knew is that I had a chance

But now that there’s waitresses everywhere

And drinks and food are free

There’s love on every part of this boat

Even for a nerd like me

A beauty of a beast comes waltzing in

And asks what’s tasty and what I adore

Anything with lingerie that tastes like you

But mostly all I want is more

She only had two teeth, in the front of her mouth

One was pointed north, and the other pointed south

Bonjour my name is precious, want to break my heart

Where do you want me to start?

I slammed a couple of whiskeys, by then I lost all control

She led me by the had to another land, one that I never knowed

I looked into her eyes, and got quite a surprise

They both had a delicate hue

I was lookin at the sea, right in front of me

One eye was green, and the other was blue

Chorus

Sea the Sails and the Blue (2/8)

Sailing across the Atlantic freeway

Not another soul in sight

Wish you were here to explore these waters

Everything here is starting to bite

Skates beginning to fly these aters

Dolphins applauding the morning light

Sear birds soaring above they’re waters

Everything here is starting to bite

Chorus

And thru this all my emotions row

The son of a sailor always knows

It’s not the who or the what or the where

It’s all of the journey of getting there

We came from the soil of a promised land

Set up for the Indians long ago

Too many rocks to enjoy their harvest

Too many mountains of mountain snow

I left for the ocean to sing my tales

Of lovers lost of their wedding bands

I never thought to return to waters

That start at the rivers and head to the sea

And when it all ends to the salt in sea

I know that my sails will accompany me

There was never a love that I even knew

To compare with the sea, and the sails, and the blue

There was never a love that I even knew

To compare with the sea, and the sails, and the blue

Athena (3/8)

State your case ole captain lore

You said you came about swollen seas and swallowed me

And angels began to shout

The cargo hold were frisbees thrown to sullen sikes of stone

The lonesome dove from Wailing Ford visits Davey Jones

We carried ore, we carried grain, we carried contraband

I was OK to sell some girls into illegal hands

We never thought we’d catch the chance to see those girls again

A rainy night, no guiding light, Athena was her name

Chorus

You know I saw these angels

They were flying undisguised

I’ve seen skies through battlers' eyes

across the great divide

And when the sea birds carry me

To another lofty goal

Athena will caress me

Until my eyes are closed

You said the saw the guiding light

You swore you must confess

It’s hard to tell the story

When you're sleeping in your bed

The steward rang the warning bell

To warn you I suppose

The lonesome dove from Wailing Ford visits Davey Jones

You’re charged with rape and murder

And don’t cast your plea

Don’t blame it on the visions

That you tried to peddle me

Another ship has fallen

And there’s others I suppose

The lonesome dove from Walling Ford

Visits Davey Jones

Five Decades to D-Day (4/8)

He was a soldier of fortune

Off for a Sunday

Remembring precisely, five decades of dreams

Pitchers abound us

While the rolling blue ocean

Reminds me of sailing and he

Normandy

Chorus

Let’s pick up that frown put a smile on your face

There’s nothing the sea and the sky can’t replace

I’ve loved women from Norway to women down under

Lost friends to the earth to the sky

To the thunder

I look in his eyes, and I saw my reflection

Remembring precisely three decades of dreams

Lost lovers and children, and moments of wonder

Korea, Vietnam on a Desert Storm

Screen

Chorus

He taught me the meaning of life so it seems

To the bottom of glasses of beers that we weened

Telling the tales of trails that we weaved

Never to trace them again

Another good oath to a friend

Chorus

He taught me the meaning of life so it seemed

The bottom of glasses of beers that we weened

Telling our tales of the trails that we weaved

Never to trace them again

Another good oath to a friend

The lullaby fears, tears started to flow

I gave him a hug, twenty hadn’t shown

I asked what do you want to do most of all

Before the faces of wax

Come to call

He said, I want to find romance on the Great Wall of China

Nothing ventured is sure nothing gained

May all of your prayers, be close right behind you

Your heart and your soul and your stain

Will remain

Fleeting Fowl (5/8)

Grasp my wings and help me try, I need to fly today

The flock is up and passed me by, I feel I’m a head astray

Well they took the flight across the sea

And they never bothered waiting up for me

My father he did learn me well, he done taught me in every way

He told me when I was able to fly, we would hunt the fearsome prey

Well, he took the flight across sea

And he never bothered waiting up for me

Well I’m a headin south on a northern course, with a westerly a quickly blowing

I need the wind and I seek the cold, I’m the loneliest a goose, agoing

Well they took the flight across the sea

And they never bothered waiting up for me

Grasp my wings and help me try, I need to fly today

The flock is up and passed me by, I feel I’m a head astray

Well they took the flight across the sea

And they never bothered waiting up for me

Free Blown Spirit (6/8)

I’m a free-blown spirit with a knack for gettin in trouble

Everybody seemed to know but me I’d never settle down

I had a few close calls with some women till they broke my bubble

Now they treat me like I have a virus when I ride into town

I have a few good friends I feel their love and consolation

Ya know I lost a few when I pick up this guitar

If people want their friends to stay in one location

Just send them a reminder with a picture of a prison guard

Chorus

Oh, let me sail across your waters, prevail in Oden’s artery

Let me see the sear for what it really is

I want to taste its mystic pleasure

Seek its endless treasures

Try to find a place in this universe of his

Break/Chorus

Well, there’s a few small towns, I’d love to change with the seasons

Some I’ll never get there, some you can never tell

I suffered through last resorts, seen their rhyme and reason

I fled their coastal waters just to wind up in hell

My family has a right to worry cause they know my problem

As long as there’s a set of strings on this old guitar

For me it’s an endless road, to them it’s an omen

Cause nothin ever good gotten when you get off the farm

Chorus

Dream of Western Skies (7/8)

I can see a single rose

Pressed in a book upon your shelf

There’s an inch of dirt where the feather duster

Couldn’t make the bend

It’s wedged against the corner

So you’ll never have to answer

If the works inside the binder

Are from a foe or from a friend

It’s the story of a poet

Who lived the words he spoke of

Cascading streams and evergreens

That touched the western skies

Who swore the northern lights

Would mate with the southern hemisphere

Who swore the day would come

You would be his lovely bride

It’s the story of a woman

Who spoke the words she stood for

You never had to question or even ask her why

You could look inside her heart and

Always find the answer

She never knew what hit her

Til they said their last good byes

Chorus

But the story seems to falter

But it springs back into life

The maid becomes a maiden

And the poet takes a wife

Yet he dreams about the day

When he knows upon her door

And he gave a single rose

And a book of poets’ lore

Chorus

But his words begin to falter

But they spring back into life

The sea becomes his altar

And his boat becomes his wife

And her sails are filled with hope

As she skips across the tide

While he dreams of evergreens

That touch the western skies

Bobcat (1/12)

Well, you better get yourself straight, make a little headway

Stop your daily dreaming, about a someday

You’ve only gotta nine lives, you’re staring into old age

You better start your pen a writing a new page

Chorus

Well, who do you think you are

You can peddle what you’re writing only so far

And you can settle for what you lack

You better find yourself a woman with a might strong back

They’re gonna call you bobcat, bobcat

You’re only what you wanna be

When you’re living in the far side

If you press foreplay, make sure you have a rewind

This music scene will eat you up, split you up the inside

Well, it’s a long walk home alone, from a short ride

Chorus

Well, who do you think you are

You can peddle what you’re writing only so far

And you can settle for what you lack

You better find yourself a woman with a might strong back

They’re gonna call you bobcat, bobcat

Well, you’re a complicated schoolboy

With a janitor’s daydream

You could be sleeping on clean linens in a bed of modest means

You better get your head on, or you’ll end up like all the rest

When you’re playing second fiddle, it’s only second best

Chorus

Well, who do you think you are

You can peddle what you’re writing only so far

And you can settle for what you lack

You better find yourself a woman with a might strong back

They’re gonna call you bobcat, bobcat

Repeat Chorus

Dream of Western Skies (2/12)

I can see a single rose pressed in a book upon your shelf

There’s an inch of dust where the feather duster couldn’t make the bend

It’s wedged against the corner, so you’ll never have to answer

If the words inside the binder, are from a poet from a friend

Well, it’s a story of a poet, who lived the words he spoke of

Cascading streams and evergreens that touched the western skies

Swarming northern lights, that made for the southern hemisphere

He swore the day would come, when you would be his lovely bride

It’s the story of a woman, who spoke the words she stood for

I never had to question, or ever ask her why

You could look inside her heart, and always find the answer

She never knew what hit her, till you said your last goodbyes

The story seems to falter, but it springs back into life

A maid becomes a maiden, a boy he takes a wife

And he dreams about the days, when he knocked upon her door

When he gave a single rose, and a book of poet’s lore

His words begin to falter, but spring back into life

The sea becomes his altar, and his boat becomes his wife

And his sails are filled with hope, as she skips across the tide

While he dreams of evergreens that touched the western skies

Yes, he dreams of evergreens that touched the western skies

He dreams of evergreens that touched the western skies

Empty Worlds of Our Own (3/12)

It was hot, it was humid, the third of July

About a hundred and five in the shade

Fifty-eight people, had forsaken their side

As we buried and old friend today

An old friend today, safe for the morrow

An old friend today, a life we must borrow

An old friend today, paper and stone

Empty worlds of our own

Well, there’s a river that flows from northern Vermont

It starts at the borders of Maine

The choices it makes, what direction it takes

The Batten Kill is its name

One way to go, no choices it makes

One way to go, boughs bend or they break

One way to go, no question it stirs

There nothing but answers

It was hot, it was humid, the eighth of July

About a hundred and five in the shade

Eighty-eight people, had forsaken their side

As we buried my one son today

One son today, almost man

One son today, the best that we can

One son today, brother so cold

Till lessons unfold

An old friend today, safe for the morrow

An old friend today, a life we must borrow

An old friend today, paper and stone

Empty worlds of our own

Queen of 95 (4/12)

She left me in a cloud of dust, that still needs time for clearing

But she was heading south, with the northern light, that kept on gleaming

Not knowing what’s around the bend, but the head and heart believing

Like knowing she was coming back, that kept right on a gleaming

There’s times you have stand your ground, when you’re really not that sure

It helps to deal with hurricanes, when they fly by in a blur

And you’re left without your lover’s dream, cause it was the only one

And then you start to look for something, that is only just begun

Only just begun

Chorus

Well, I never thought I could feel this way, haven’t felt this way in years

All the shirts and cameras I misplaced in a timewarp lover’s sphere

I don’t know what’l happened, all I know is I’m alive

With a sailor chick, with Vermont plates, head south on 95

South of 95

Well, there’s the times the seas get restless, and he don’t see shore for days

While your senses have been deadened, by the chill of of your wondering ways

When it changes all direction, and you’re headin straight for home

And your chances of love increases, when your home where you belong

Home where you belong

Well, there’s a ship that sails at sunrise, to a port that’s still unknown

I hailed all of my companions, who held mates that all had flown

Well, you can seize this kodak moment, when the salts still in the air

I need a tender heart, with a broken part, and parts for hearts impaired

Well, I never thought I could feel this way, haven’t felt this way in years

Chorus

Well, I never thought I could feel this way, haven’t felt this way in years

All the shirts and cameras I misplaced in a timewarp lover’s sphere

I don’t know what’l happened, all I know is I’m alive

With a sailor chick, with Vermont plates, head south on 95

South of 95

Treasure Island (5/12)

It’s been more than a decade since I saw you three

And touched you with my hands to wipe your tears

It took your grandpa’s questions to remind me

That I spent another year without you here

I fumbled for the day your mom delivered

I thought how many times the leaves have turned

The promise that you never quite considered

Of images and bridges that were burned

I see your smiles and dreams that always ended

Before I got the chance to see you grow

It’s hard to be forgotten, then befriended

By little kids you never got to know

Chorus

But we’re older now, and nothing stays the same

Questions seem to surface, again and again and again

So, hold your values true, let no man steal your thunder

And let the good Lord carry you, when you feel you’re going under

Chorus

But we’re older now, and nothing stays the same

Questions seem to surface, again and again and again

So, hold your values true, when you feel you’re going under

And let the good Lord carry you, and never steal his thunder

I thought I’d say I love you in these pages

With winter slowly nipping at my chin

But words have kept us warm throughout the ages

To be the dying flame we held within

I’ll keep on looking slowly over my shoulder

In hopes to get a glimpse, a gaze, a clue

Of friends that just might hold that burning ember

The life, the lamp of love, we always knew

Chorus

But we’re older now, and nothing stays the same

Questions seem to surface, again and again and again

So, hold your values true, when you feel you’re going under

And let the good Lord carry you, and never steal his thunder

Chorus

But we’re older now, and nothing stays the same

Questions seem to surface, again and again and again

So, hold your values true, let no man steal your thunder

And let the good Lord carry you, when you feel you’re going under

Dusty Walker (6/11)

He’ll see no happy sunrise

He’ll see no shining day

Or lovely ladies dancing by his window

Dusty Walker is my name

Hustlin gamblers is my game

And you’ll see me on the train goin back to Frisco

Newborn babies to their bottle

Like old sailors to the sea

Jokers in my blood are the finest melody

So let your devil’s answer

With their hands upon the wheel

I let my feeling echo

With the sound of cold grey steel

Chorus

I let my jokers slide

But his queens they came on heavy

And I left his kings lyin

With their faces towards the ground

1st Verse

Lovely Eyes (7/12)

You can fool your friends, keep them hanging on

Break their hearts and you wonder why

But I found out a long time ago

Lovely eyes just never lie

Your Satin smile, and your girlish grin

Makes me think what’s just in store

You’ve taken all that I could give to you

I can’t get by much anymore

Chorus

Stolen dreams and lady’s schemes

Make this man just more the wise

Well, I found out a long time ago

Lovely eyes just never lie

Chorus

Stolen dreams and lady’s schemes

Make this man just more the wise

Well, I found out a long time ago

Lovely eyes will find the skies

You can fool your friends, keep them hanging on

Make em think what’s just in store

You’ve taken all that I could give to you

I can’t get by much anymore

Chorus

Stolen dreams and lady’s schemes

Make this man just more the wise

Well, I found out a long time ago

Lovely eyes just never lie

Well, I found out a long time ago

Lovely eyes just never lie

My Beautiful Bosnian Queen (8/12)

I can see her lying there helpless

In the peace of my easy chair

Bandages, bottles and bravery

Were running everywhere

In the midst of chaotic confusion

From the cameras that clung to the scene

Oh, they never quite caught the emotion

Of my beautiful Bosnian queen

Oh, her eyes are the color of morning

Midnight the hue of her hair

She was pall from her days in the tunnels

That were running everywhere

She was young, she was frail, she was friendless

All the others had gone long before

She was frail, she was calm, she lay breathless

Just another remain of the war

Chorus

She sang, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

I said, whatever, my Bosian queen

She sang, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

I said, will Jesus just save you to sing

Her voice had the ring of an angel

In a land where angels are rare

You’d think Jesus would send his battalions

Of angels in the air

She spoke like a child of wonder

As those children always do

She said she wanted to sing in colors

But all of her words will be blue

Chorus

She sang, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

I said, whatever, my Bosian queen

She sang, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

I said, will Jesus just save you to sing

I can see her lying there helpless

In the peace of my easy chair

Bandages, bottles and bravery

Were running everywhere

She spoke like a child of wonder

As most children always do

She said she wanted to sing in colors

But all of her words would be blue

She said she wanted to sing in colors

But all of her words will be blue

Is Anybody Listening? (9/12)

It’s getting late, bout time to close

My set is only hours old

I was bought, but now I’m sold

Is anybody listening?

The times are hard, I’m getting grey

It’s a senseless price to pay

For things you only lay away

Until tomorrow

Chorus

It’s hard to know, just what you’re after

There’s never that much time in a day

Just fill your cup with joy and laughter

Your memories will never slip away

Chorus

It’s hard to know, just what you’re after

There’s never that much time in a day

Just fill your cup with joy and laughter

Your memories will never slip away

It’s getting late, bout time to close

I was bought but now I’m sold

Oh, that’s the price of growing old

Is anybody listening?

Hey Rosie (10/12)

Hey Rosie, I could of loved you better

Hey Rosie, I didn’t mean to be so blind

Hey Rosie, you’ve been cheating on me daily

I lay up nights and wonder, who you’re meeting on my time

Hey Rosie, I know the lines you gave me

Hey Rosie, I took em all in stride

Hey Rosie, I knew the day I met you

You swept me off my feet, then you took me for a ride

Chorus

Is he tall, is he handsome, does he have a lot that pleases

Is he everything you wanted, even more

Can he be the only question, when you’re looking for the answer

If it’s true I’ll be the first to close the door

Chorus

Is he tall, is he handsome, does he have a lot that pleases

Is he everything you wanted, even more

Can he be the only question, when you’re looking for the answer

If it’s true I’ll be the first to close the door

Hey Rosie, well I know you’re easy pickens

Hey Rosie, you made me see the light

Hey Rosie, you know I really took a licken

The only thing you’re good for is turning out at night

Yea, the only thing you’re good for is turning out the light

Colorado Women (11/12)

I’m leaving by tomorrow

I’m gonna catch the west bound train

I don’t know why I’m leaving

But, I’m surely glad I came

Chorus

See, these Colorado women seem to jumble up my mind

I should be sunning on the beach, sipping California wine

Well, all good things just naturally come in time

But, where’s mine

I lightened my load this morning

Chased those darker clouds away

My lady love forgot me

One more chapter, one more day

Chorus

Don’t slow me down, don’t tighten my reins

I’m a moving much too fast

I’m needles and pins, I’m carpets of fire

I’m a chance that just can’t last

Chorus

I’ll be home by tomorrow

I’m gonna catch the west bound train

I don’t know why I’m leaving

But, I’m surely glad I came

Five Decades to D-Day (12/12)

He was a soldier of fortune

Off for a Sunday

Remembring precisely, five decades of dreams

Pitchers abound us

While the rolling blue ocean

Reminds me of sailing and he

Normandy

Chorus

Let’s pick up that frown put a smile on your face

There’s nothing the sea and the sky can’t replace

I’ve loved women from Norway to women down under

Lost friends to the earth to the sky

To the thunder

I look in his eyes, and I saw my reflection

Remembring precisely three decades of dreams

Lost lovers and children, and moments of wonder

Korea, Vietnam on a Desert Storm

Screen

Chorus

He taught me the meaning of life so it seems

To the bottom of glasses of beers that we weened

Telling the tales of trails that we weaved

Never to trace them again

Another good oath to a friend

Chorus

He taught me the meaning of life so it seemed

The bottom of glasses of beers that we weened

Telling our tales of the trails that we weaved

Never to trace them again

Another good oath to a friend

The lullaby fears, tears started to flow

I gave him a hug, twenty hadn’t shown

I asked what do you want to do most of all

Before the faces of wax

Come to call

He said, I want to find romance on the Great Wall of China

Nothing ventured is sure nothing gained

May all of your prayers, be close right behind you

Your heart and your soul and your stain

Will remain