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Park Bench Sunset
04:57
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“Come on, grab your coat” we’re gonna be late
We’ll be lucky to find a space to park
No, I’ve got the wine. Yes, your hair looks fine
It’s just a sunset before the sky gets dark.
I’ll pay the city’s’ metered bandit don’t need another ticket tonight
find the bench down close to the lake
Just like that night so long ago, I was nervous, but it didn’t show
Your new gold ring sealed the path we would take.
(chorus) Sometimes we fall sometimes we bleed
A park bench sunset is what we need
Purple and reds, days’ end begins
Then puts us back together again
A place where lovers walk, toy boats sail on the lake
Maybe a horse drawn carriage ride
Tonight’s Romeo busks by the fountain, Singing softly
“I’ll remember you” With Dylanesque pride
Let’s carve our names with a corkscrew into that old bench
A true love taggers rendezvous
A crack in the sky, a cloudburst over you and I
Maybe it’s not such a smart thing to do.
On the border wall someone wrote, “I still hate you all”
Spray painted over it was “love you” instead
An anniversary shared, “even better than last year” my lovely said
“let’s pack up and go back home. Let’s unmake the bed.”
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2. |
Break into the Bar
02:49
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Old friends line up the barback
No jukebox, no bands, no phone
No patrons, No neon, No mirrors
Guitar sits on the stage alone.
Me Joel Julie and DJ
We had enough and hatched up a plan
A case of coronas’ 2 bottles of jack
And a crowbar in our hands
(chorus) Were gonna break into the bar
Gonna turn the light switch on
Gonna get up on that stage
And sing song after song
We’ll set those spirits free
One shot glass at a time
And haul our crazy asses home
Before they discover the crime.
It’s like living in a swimming pool
When all it does is rain
From couch to chair, and chair to couch
And bed at the end of the day
How much “on demand” and “Netflix”
Can one man’s eyeballs take
So, we’ll pick out another tavern
And make those glasses shake.
(bridge)
4 roses, Gentleman Jack
and ill sing “I drink alone”
Julie, sing some “drunken angel”
with your beautiful tones
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3. |
Sticky Couch Quarters
02:44
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Sticky couch quarters
all I’ve got to my name
cancelled a bitter-sweet reunion
With an old high school flame
safety net lies in tangles
Stay away from the ledge please
Too many knots to pull
I think I will try one of these!
(chorus) Sticky couch quarters
Nickels and dimes
Better than a pocket full of nothin
In these desperate times
Old mustangs runnin rough
Garage door is on the blink
nowhere to drive to, no one’s open
patience on the brink
added some dimes to the quarters
from under the driver’s seat
down for the dollar value meal
shuttered stores line street.
(bridge) What the hell’s going on?
What is happening in our towns?
It’s a coast to coast circus
With nothing in it but the clowns!
counted what was left
After my gastronomic treat
“not worth a pot to piss in!”
Someone had scrawled upon the street
back to the lonely confines
lay down, kick up my feet
quarter fell out of my pocket
Hidden for now under the dirty sofa seat.
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4. |
Bring What You Can
02:56
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Where were you when it all went down?
It’s time now to decide
cocktails bottled up and ready to blow
Molotov explodes outside
The roll will be called your attention please
It’s time to get up off your bended knees
No savior fairy tales, or pockets full of pixie dust
It’s in each other we now must trust
(chorus) Raise the flag, there is danger at the wall
Bring what you can, bring what you can
Every frightened little child, every angry man
Bring what you can, Bring what you can
When did “take care of your neighbor”?
And “love your fellow man”
Fall so far out of favor
Did we ever have a plan?
Everybody brings a shovel
This hole is way too deep for one
No more sitting on the sidelines
The revolutions has begun.
(bridge)
When did care become a dirty word?
When did respect become a dirty word?
Throw the window up and shout
“throw the mother -fuckers out!”
Poison society, rich and poor
how much you got? How much you got?
Save the top, lets save the top
Remember that’s where the fish starts to rot
Oh yes, we can, oh yes, we will
With voices raised, getting larger still
If you still don’t have a clue?
There’s more of us than there are of you
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5. |
CA 99
03:20
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Lyrics by Michael Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin
I spent all my July in triple digit heat
Driving up and down that deathtrap known as ca 99
Big rigs and ag trucks hugging the divide
Every other asshole driving 85
I did the work I was supposed to do
And a little I wasn’t supposed to do
Earlimart. Pixley and Tipton
those towns count too
Them folks bleed just as red and white
and blue as you do
Bakersfield, Fresno and Tulare
have the strips joints
And the rodeo to overshadow you
You may not believe me, I don’t live in your kind of town
But mothers and fathers here love their children, white black and brown
Damn near as much
As you love your own.
I know your lost and angry and feeling pretty fucked
Can’t pay for this month rent, can’t afford to fix the truck
I don’t agree with your guns and god, even a little fucking bit
But I understand the way you look at me
Driving thru your town like I might be fucking rich
So tonight, I got me some Tullemore dew and I’m too sad to screw
It’s even worse that I can’t talk to you
I’m not being sentimental, just telling it like it is
You get older, life gets harder
You get older you get colder
But there is something I will never miss
Something I will never walk away from
And that’s you yeah that’s you
The devil may screw me, but I will never walk away from you
Yeah that’s my truth……
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6. |
Every Good Thing Matters
04:11
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Click clop, click clop
A pale horse is coming
Click clop, click clop
A pale horse is coming
Never faster, never slower
Steady pace he just keeps a runnin
What you gonna do with your time?
Tic toc, tic toc
The time is a wastin
Tic toc, tic toc
The time is a wastin
Hourglass low, sand almost gone
More time you’ll be chasin
What you gonna leave behind?
Make em see, make em see
That every good thing matters
Make em see, make em see
That every good thing matters
No overtime, no guarantees
Faith may become shattered
Can’t say you didn’t give it your all.
Every day, every day
Becomes the life you make
Every day, every day
Becomes the life you make
You raise the blade, you make the cut
The tree of life to shake
Then you say, you’ve answered the call.
Chorus
Every prayer, every dream, every smile, every tear
Every day, every breath is your prize.
Shadows forming around your feet
The suns’ gone home to bed
Shadows forming around your feet
The suns’ gone home to bed
With a tip of your cap, and a tear in your eye
Waving goodbye to the day
You don’t have anything left to say.
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Early in the morning
Worlds still and asleep
After a long night of praying
My troubled soul to keep
Your spirit hears the echoes
You mind recalls the past
The done can’t be undone
Memories forever to last
Chorus
Shouting down the empty well
What’s coming back up at you?
The past the past the past.
Fists pounding on the pulpit
A lonely beggars ‘cry
The ghosts of all mistake’s past
The tear in a mothers’ eye
Forgotten in the land of plenty
An Uninvited guest is at your door
If we don’t learn from our lessons
Then what were all the sacrifices for?
Bridge
Selfish, stupid, greedy, petty and thoughtless
Didn’t your mama teach you how to care?
To the victor goes the spoils
But there are no winners here
The rest of us, just push thru
The heartbreak, tears and fears
Someday we will all be history
A student’s weekly lesson plan
Let them say “we rose to the occasion”
And hope that they all understand.
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8. |
New Life
03:04
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Lyrics by Julie Hultin.
told me you were leaving
One day you stopped believing
That sent my heart grieving
Here I am all alone
Lives are forever changing
Shuffled round then rearranging
Shared pictures, memories saving
From afar, and on my phone
(chorus)
Life is simply different now
Much quieter than before
A new path ahead somehow
Much lonelier than before
I sometimes lie awake
In the cool and still of the night
Thinking about what it would take
To make my dimming joy shine bright
Parties music and laughter
We were lucky to have so much fun
Goodbye to wonderful times
Memories never to be undone
Deep anxiety and fears
Eyes misty with tears
Both come from love and pain
Building a new life again
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9. |
Moonrise over Moonstone
04:38
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Gazing up at a darkening sky
Laying on the sand flat on our backs
You, me, and a blanket of stars
The incoming tide has covered out tracks
Fog rolls over the boardwalk and Monterey pines
A secret place we call our own
A lover’s kiss dripping with red wine
As the moon rises over moonstone.
(chorus) The moon will rise over moonstone
A nocturnal candle to light the way
The moon will rise over moonstone
Resurrecting a spirit that has become forlorn
The smell of the sea a chill in the air
Noses cold, but our hearts are warm
A lifetime of memories to share
Chorus
Year after year, a sense of calmness and peace
Your troubles, worries and fears are released.
The horizon awakes, the moon takes its cue
Disappearing, but just for awhile
In our driftwood teepee made for two
Good morning my love, What a smile.
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10. |
Sneaky White Smile
03:30
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One dark stormy night
Like the “Grinch” He came to town
Said he’d pick the ripe fruit from the tree
With the finesse of a drunken sailor
Bulldozed the whole thing down
Rotten apples piled up to his knees.
Gallows sits in the town square
Two desperate strangers waiting there
One a scientist and one a priest
“For the good of us all”
The trapdoor did fall
Flat earth society led by the beast
(chorus) Everybody say “OK”
Everybody say,” the truth shall set you free”
Lips are moving, there he goes again.
Everybody say “OK”
Everybody say,” the truth shall set you free”
Lips are moving, he must be lying again.
(bridge)
I got a mask, but I aint gonna use it
Cause it covers my sneaky white smile.
Harness your fears
for underdog is here
Or any other cartoon character or clown
Red-hatted fools line the bank
Ready to tap-dance off the plank
And dive into the river and drown
Come on all good people!
Let’s all Use our heads!
And stop sitting on our magnificent brains
Snake oil kills
none of society’s ills
The condemned man pleads in vain.
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Early in the morning
Worlds still and asleep
After a long night of praying
My troubled soul to keep
Your spirit hears the echoes
You mind recalls the past
The done can’t be undone
Memories forever to last
Chorus
Shouting down the empty well
What’s coming back up at you?
The past the past the past.
Fists pounding on the pulpit
A lonely beggars ‘cry
The ghosts of all mistake’s past
The tear in a mothers’ eye
Forgotten in the land of plenty
An Uninvited guest is at your door
If we don’t learn from our lessons
Then what were all the sacrifices for?
Bridge
Selfish, stupid, greedy, petty and thoughtless
Didn’t your mama teach you how to care?
To the victor goes the spoils
But there are no winners here
The rest of us, just push thru
The heartbreak, tears and fears
Someday we will all be history
A student’s weekly lesson plan
Let them say “we rose to the occasion”
And hope that they all understand.
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Lyrics by Michael Mccaffrey Music by Duane Hultin
Her hair is soft her embrace is warm
as we slide into the booth
she orders white, red for me
so familiar in the absence of our youth
The wrinkles around your eyes a touch of grey in your hair
I knew you long before they were there
you talk about your kids, I talk about my dogs
you worry about the world in which they live
I raise my glass to a marriage on the rocks
As the wedding band played, someone spiked the party punch
you started cryin and we all misbehaved
after all these years it is enough to know
We were lovers once
we laugh about the time passed the years eclipsed by life
we cry over the departed
and celebrate the ghosts of our common past
across the table I glimpse a flame that once flickered
I want to hold and kiss her
tell her everything will be alright, tell her everything will be alright
but time has taught us too well every sunrise ends in night
you say time heals all wounds but scars last forever
we both know I am a better man for the time we spent together
We move to say goodbye you hold me close and tight
no words need to be said
it could be a year, lucky if it is only months
till we speak again
in my wounded heart I know it is enough
that we were lovers once.
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