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Wakin' Up Blues
02:56
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The Wakin' Up Blues
Five O'clock the doorbell rings
Satan takes off his shoes
Seven days later it's the same damn thing
man I got these wakin' up blues
Here I am a daily example
of what one can do to oneself
it's the same ol' line it's my desperation
leaving the world to itself
Lonely is as lonely does
peaceable, yea, for awhile
Wait for the hour, wait for the day
Hey I've been waiting for all of my life
Here I am with the latest expression
one I keep tryin' to sell
it's the same ol' line, it's my desperation
leaving the world to itself
I'll be leaving the world to itself
Oh God, I see, the line ahead
drawn on the paper of life
and as the audience learns to forget
we all go on paying the price
Here we are the bravest of strangers
planning on conquering hell
but it's the same ol' line it's our desperation
leaving the world to itself
we'll be leaving the world to itself
we'll be leaving the world to itself
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2. |
Before the Fall
05:03
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Before The Fall
It was time for the fall
Everyone was so patient
Everyone was enthralled
No bitter pill no remorse
Everybody was so gracious
Everyone stayed the course
In my dreams I moved to Colorado
In my dreams I stood before them all
Once upon a time in New York City
Once upon a time before the fall
Nothing burned, nothing gained
All their lies were mistaken
All their lives were the same
The story told an ancient tome
All the roads were less taken
All the roads led back home
In my dreams I moved to Colorado
In my dreams I stood before them all
Once upon a time in New York City
Once upon a time before the fall
It was late the moon was high
Shining over the mountain
Shining into the night
What the prophet told is now fulfilled
Buried under the hard soil
Buried under the hill
In my dreams I moved to Colorado
In my dreams I stood before them all
Once upon a time in New York City
Once upon a time before the fall
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3. |
Much For Nothin'
02:26
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Much For Nothin'
Well she wasn't much for talking
ah but I loved her anyway
she stole my heart away
and she wasn't much for thinking
ah but I loved her anyway
she stole my heart away
We would lie in the summer sun
warm in the arms of our passion
and if time would allow we would do it all again
Yea she wasn't much to look at
ah but I loved her anyway
she stole my heart away
We would take in the evening air
walking around 'til we found
some dark little secret place where we could lie on the ground
Well she wasn't much for nothin'
ah but I loved her anyway
she stole my heart away
she stole my heart away
she stole my heart away
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4. |
Fall In Love
03:08
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Fall In Love
Why don't you fall in love with me?
Why don't you fall in love with me?
it's so easy, I'm here for you
just come on over and see what I can do
Why don't you fall in love with me?
Why don't you give my love a try?
Why don't you give my love a try?
it's automatic when you know for sure
so come on over, open up my door
Why don't you give my love a try?
If you would be my girl I'd open up your eyes
you'd see a brand new world and then you'd realize
You're gonna go fall in love with me
You're gonna go fall in love with me
it's my promise that I'll never leave
I've got lotsa more promises up my sleeve
You're gonna go fall in love with me
If I could call you mine you'd never walk away
and then the sun would shine, we'd have a brand new day
You're gonna go fall in love with me
You're gonna go fall in love with me
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5. |
Clock
02:36
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Clock
Summer's rays upon my head
summer's here but summer's dead
standing out all soaking wet
see I can't anymore
small man's shoes and big man laugh
two week's I been in the bath
gone to split myself in half
see I can't anymore
andI tried laughing so hard I cried
change the clock on the wall
looking hard and feeling mean
sucking on acetylene
then pretend that I was clean
but I can anymore
wishing well and wishing for
a wishing star upon my door
pick myself up off the floor
but I can't any more
and I tried laughing so hard I cried
change the clock on the wall
change the clock on the wall
fee fie foe fum I smell the blood of everyone
fum foe fie fee someone better get to me
let her out then let her in
leather strap across my chin
I’ll dangle in the blowing wind
'cause I can't anymore
circle 'round or straight to hell
what's the difference I can't tell
time to ring the dinner bell
'cause I can't anymore
and I tried laughing so hard I cried
change the clock on the wall
change the clock on the wall
change the clock on the wall
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6. |
Out of the Rain
04:34
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Out of the Rain
I saw her standing in the middle of the street
Her printed dress was all a mess
She was crying and her hand was holding out a rose to me
I took that rose and brought her in out of the rain
A crowded backseat wasn’t long ago for me
I kept that car a shining light
I drove it everywhere for everyone to see
Look at me, look at me
A busy laundromat was home enough for me
The smell of soap to keep me clean
I used to hang around and watch the colors fade
Just like me, a lot like me
I saw her standing in the middle of the street
Her printed dress was all a mess
She was crying and her hand was holding out a rose to me
I took that rose and brought her in out of the rain
A simple sunset was parade enough for me
I liked to watch the day go down
The early evening meant the night would soon be free
Just like me, just like me
I saw her standing in the middle of the street
Her printed dress was all a mess
She was crying and her hand was holding out a rose to me
I took that rose and brought her in out of the rain
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What’s a Little Rock ‘n’ Roll Between Friends
I went to see my baby on the other side of town
it took me nearly forty minutes to thumb a pickup down
He dropped me off, I knocked on her door
She opened up and shouted, "What are you here for?!"
"Well, you got a car, I got some money,
let's put 'em both together and and we'll lose it honey
what's a little rock 'n' roll between friends?"
We did a little drinkin' up at Maggie's Grill
A buddy of mine asked her if she would dance
she said, "I surely will!!"
He grabbed her hand but then he grabbed her ass
I knocked over the table shoutin', "Not so fast!!"
He looked at my fist, I looked at his face
We had a little laugh and then we trashed the place
Hey what's a little rock 'n' roll between friends.
I woke up Sunday morning under the County seat
The sheriff poked me with a stick and asked me if I wanted to eat
When I opened my eyes and I saw his smile
I figured that I might be sleepin' there for a while
Well the judge and jury gave me half a year
but the boys in lock-up say I've nothin' to fear
I mean now what's a little rock 'n' roll between friends
oh tell me what's a little rock 'n' roll between friends
What's a little rock 'n' roll between friends
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8. |
Circus
03:58
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ircus
The Cyclopes lady, the mechanical man
the boy with the hair on his face
the Siamese twins will dance and spin
with the midgets from outer space
Huddled in fear the woman of tears
will laugh only if no one is around
she fondles her rings as the calliope sings
the circus has come to this town
The former hunchback of Notre Dame
is waiting high up in the tower
the cue to replay for the third time today
his execution begins on the hour
The young and the old have their fortunes retold
as the children run wild on the grounds
When the summer is high as the sun in the sky
the circus returns to this town
The Ferris wheel takes you up over the treetops
as high as the steeples
and lends you a piece of the sky
the boys and the girls on the midway are kissing
a full moon is rising on high
The lions and the tigers the bears and the dog
are waiting for dinner to come
the man with the tattoos is joking with the girl
who juggles with knives and guns
and there's a man all alone on the edge of the world
ready to jump straight down
into a bucket just three feet deep
I hope that he doesn't drown
the circus has come to this town
The Ferris wheel takes you up over the treetops
as high as the steeples
and lends you a piece of the sky
the boys and the girls on the midway are kissing
a full moon is rising on high
There's no place else I'd rather be
than on this merry go round
holding the hand and the heart of you
lost in the sight and the sound
the circus has come to this town
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9. |
Niki's Blue Waltz
03:50
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10. |
My Love For You
02:50
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My Love For You
Where the day begins
is where the nighttime ends
Happy as the day is long
That’s my love for you
When we are alone
And you hold me close
Lasting as the night goes on
That’s my love for you
What a magic world
Wonderful for sure
Each and every moment I’m lost in you girl
Wish upon a dream
Simple as it seems
Shining like the morning star
That’s my love for you
What a magic world
Wonderful for sure
Each and every moment I’m lost in you girl
Wish upon a dream
Simple as it seems
Shining like the morning star
That’s my love for you
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11. |
Lesson In Gray
04:09
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Lesson In Gray
One day the sadness washed over me
Like a sudden autumn rain shower
Left me all wet from the tears that I let
Crying for hours and hours
now I ain’t been the same since that long ago day
Seems the sadder the harder I try
Trying to hold back this river from out of my eyes
Oh help me dear Jesus get a hold of myself
I’m trying to win back my smile
But every day is a lesson in gray
And I’m learning it might be a while
I’m learning it might be a while
Sunday is kept for the prayerful
To ask of the Lord for His grace
And Monday this jerk heads his way back to work
Determined to pick up the pace
Tuesday, the same, Wednesday, no change
Thursday and Friday stand pat
And Saturday’s wasted at home with the kids and the cats
Oh help me dear Jesus get a hold of myself
I’m trying to win back my smile
But every day is a lesson in gray
And I’m learning it might be a while
I’m learning it might be a while
Well maybe I ought to stop thinking
And maybe I ought to slow down
But I’m tied by these strings to a million odd things
Keep me spinning around and around
So I’ll probably cry ‘til the day that I die
And the dirt is thrown over my grave
And all her relatives say, “well it’s time now he finally behaved”
Oh help me dear Jesus get a hold of myself
I’m trying to win back my smile
But every day is a lesson in gray
And I’m learning it might be a while
I’m learning it might be a while
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12. |
Mary's Garden
03:58
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Mary’s Garden
Forest fire, green turns to gold in her hands
touched by her fingers, rises a chorus of sighs
Spring to summer, drinking up rain from the ground
still life in motion, bursting with colors
Come into Mary’s garden
see all her children
come into Mary's garden
open the gate and you're gone
Tall white angels, wind gently sings as they sway
leaving no footprints, reaching their arms to the sky
Small on royal, proudly displaying his cloak
sent down from heaven, never to leave her
Come into Mary’s garden
see all her children
come into Mary's garden
open the gate and you're gone
What are hours, shadows play long on your eyes
sleep but a moment, awake to a new dawn
Come into Mary’s garden
see all her children
come into Mary’s garden
open the gate and you're
into Mary's garden
see all her children
come into Mary's garden
open the gate and you're gone
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13. |
Little Willow
03:58
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14. |
Waiting For Winter
03:44
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Waiting For Winter
Waiting for winter to start
The leaves have all fallen
The trees are all barren and out in the yard
The ground is now ready for snow
Wait for the cold wind to blow
Bundled up tight
The dim light reveals naught but a shadow
Passing the gray shuttered windows
Where everything’s boarded up tight
The chairs and umbrellas are tucked out of sight
The waves play for no one the beaches are empty and stark
Waiting for winter to start
Wait for the snow to begin
Slowly at first a few flakes are picked up by the wind
And blown in the face of a man
Who is walking alone with his thoughts
Failing to notice, the snow falls and covers
The rocks and the trash from the tide by the old porch
Where everything’s boarded up tight
The chairs and umbrellas are tucked out of sight
The waves play for no one the beaches are empty and stark
Waiting for winter to start
Hearing the bark of a stray dog as darkness
Descends on the quiet old town
Pausing a moment to brush off his shoulders
The lights from a car turn the snowflakes to stars falling down
Everything’s boarded up tight
The chairs and umbrellas are tucked out of sight
The waves play for no one, the beaches are empty and
Everything’s boarded up tight
Most everyone fled for the warmth and the light
The waves play for no one the beaches are empty and stark
Waiting for winter to start
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15. |
Wounds
04:40
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There was nothing I could do, nothing I could say
she was so far gone they would have put me away
if they found me there
so I bolted from the front porch and took off in her car
slammed onto the freeway but I hadn't gotten far
when I turned around and started to crawl back
half a mile from midnight it was me who finally cracked
The road became a mirror, the mirror turned to ice
I slid and slipped and fell into a shiny steel device
that had suddenly appeared
the metal turned to plastic, the plastic into flesh
the flesh began to slowly mold into a wire mesh
that held my fear and squeezed it tight
squeezed until a liquid fear dripped out into the night
and then the wounds opened wide, dark birds flew out
sounds of violent laughter, the smell of burning rubber
the sky caved in, a whisper was a shout
I should have thought about all this, I should have made that promise to myself
My scars became a present that was offered to the night
they let me in to see him but his eyes were filled with light
and he could not see
so I broke the bonds of friendship and escaped onto the lawn
the statues held a vigil as I wept into my arm
and I collapsed inside and spent my grief
a friend is still a friend until he's covered with a sheet
and then the wounds opened wide, dark birds flew out
sounds of violent laughter, the smell of burning rubber
the sky caved in, a whisper was a shout
I should have thought about all this, I should have made that promise to myself
See the dawn broke like a young heart and bled up until noon
by nightfall she was lying in the light of gibbous moon
then with her last breath
she cursed the stones of Romans and the fields of amber waves
the rotting pits of Auschwitz and the filthy Eastern ways
then her eyes rolled back her teeth were bared
and with her dying gasp she polluted all the air
and then the wounds opened wide, dark birds flew out
sounds of violent laughter, the smell of burning rubber
the sky caved in, a whisper was a shout
I should have thought about all this, I should have made that promise to myself
The silence of forever is as deafening a word
a meaning lost on everyone, all of you, all of me
all of Them
the pain of understanding like a knife around the neck
hurry call emergency we're running out of luck
we're running out of luck, we're running out of luck
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Steve Gilligan Boston, Massachusetts
Steve Gilligan is best known as bassist of legendary Boston rock 'n' roll band The Stompers. He's released 4 solo CDs; "Jacobs Well", “Winter Rain”, “Dogpatch Garage”, and now "Next Someday", which rocks with a melodic energy found in the best from bands like Tom Petty & XTC. ... more
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