1.Let's Kill Saturday Night
(robbie fulks)
A dollar i make is a buck i owe
And a forty-hour week leaves ten to blow
But every game in this town is nickel-and-dime
When the sun goes down it feels like the last time
Down the main drag we ride with our engines roaring
If there's a fire inside, it's the one thing going
I got a mustang loaded
I got a wrong to right
I got a little red bullet
Let's kill saturday night
Knock it out of its misery
Nail that coffin tight
High living, it's history
Let's kill saturday night
The little man's lot is a prince's life
A prince with a lousy job, a prince with a working wife
Something in the big frame moved, it never was so hard
To keep a twenty-inch tube and a fenced in yard
But give me one night with the moon high and the radio pounding
And brother, this town's gonna go down kicking and shouting
Chorus
2.It's A Secret
(paul foglino)
Met a girl last night
She asked if i would stay
I said 'all right'
She just turned and walked away
She didn't say why
Must have thought i knew
I guess she just had better things to do
When i first met you
I was nervous in my haste
You're such a lady
A girl of wealth and taste
And when i kissed you
I thought i had it made
Saw pearly gates and touched a razor blade
Someone's got to tell me about these morbid fascinations
Someone's making love and i'm just making conversation
Sometimes i think i've got it but it always comes and goes
It's just a secret that everybody seems to know
When we're together
We're drinking to your health
And when we're talking
You're talking about yourself
I think about you
Call you on the phone
But when i'm with you i just feel more alone
Someone's got to tell me about these sexual relations
Someone's making love and i'm just making conversation
Sometimes i think i've got it but it always comes and goes
It's just a secret that everybody seems to know
You say you like me
But not like other guys
You tell your friends
You say i'm very nice
It's just a game
And you just want to play
When you break me you can just throw me away
Someone's got to tell me about these morbid fascinations
Someone's making love and i'm just making conversation
Sometimes i think i've got it but it always comes and goes
It's just a secret that everybody seems to know
3.Three Cool Guys
(tom meltzer)
If my life was a movie i'd want to be jackie chan
Cause humor grace and honor are the marks of a man
My fights would all be glorious, my smile would melt girls'
hearts
I'd be the toast of hong kong, my songs would top the charts
But i am what i am and that's all i am
That's all i can stand cause i can't stands no more
If my life was a silent film i'd want to be buster keaton
I'd embrace the blues and in the process i'd defeat them
I'd have no fight with gravity, i'd do just as i please
I'd tumble down each flight of stairs with the greatest of ease
Chorus
If my life was a cartoon i'd want to be the popeye the sailor
I'd have a damsel in distress and i would never fail her
I'd mutter something clever then i'd knock bluto cold
I'd be a one-eyed mumbling crazy thug with a heart of gold
And all my problems would be solved because i eat my greens
My life it would be measured out in well-constructed scenes
I'd have drama without tragedy, anger without pain
Love without loneliness, hey, i would not complain
Chorus
4.My Love For You Has Turned To Hate
(tom meltzer)
We were sweethearts in summer, lovers by fall
But wintertime came and put a chill to it all
Now we cannot forgive what we will not forget
We've both said things that we should regret
Now my love for you has turned to hate
It's a total reversal of emotional states
A sad conclusion i have to relate
My love for you has turned to hate
The bright summer sun left us blinded and sure
That we'd both found a love that was bound to endure
But then the clouds rolled in and as my eyes adjusted
I was staring at someone who just couldn't be trusted
Chorus
I felt the hot summer sun through my cotton shirt
Then i had wine that reminded me of cherries and dirt
But then i caught the smell of fresh fallen leaves
And heard a lonely bird singing in a skeleton tree
Now there's snow on the ground and a chill in my heart
I'm waiting for the thaw and a brand-new start
I know spring follows winter, then it's summer again
But i don't think that we'll ever be friends
Chorus
I'll say it one more time in case you came in late
My love for you has turned to hate
5.Marionette
(neil thomas)
Pull my string
I'm your marionette
And i'll do anything if you let me
If you need a lover here i am
And if you need a fighter i'll do the best i can
Since you left i've been a wreck
Now i'm walking these streets, ain't had no cigarettes
And i'm hungry
I think you know what i mean
These days my love is too few and so far between
Pull my string for some hugging
Pull my string for some kissing
Pull my string make my heart sing
Yeah it's been a long lonely time
Your sweet love i've been missing
And i know it might be old fashioned
But i need you, i need you
Show me some compassion
Pull my string
I'm your marionette
And i'll do anything for your forgiveness
If you let me i will sleep on your floor
And all you've got to do is ask me
I'll sneak out your back door
Pull my string
6.Look At It Rain
(paul foglino)
I found a stray dog, took him in
He ate right from my hand
A dog won't bite you if you treat him right
That's the difference between a dog and a man
Hey, hey, look at it rain
Coming down in great big drops
Hey, hey, look at it rain
Wonder if it'll ever stop
I bought a ring, said i'd be true
Like a fox caught in a trap
I left that ring like a fox's tail
I knew that i would not be coming back
Chorus
I saw a bird
She sang more sweet than speech
I called out 'come down to me'
But she just stayed there out of reach
Chorus
We go walking two by two
And we're proud cause we don't have to run
But we walk because we can't fly
And we walk through this world one by one
Chorus
7.That's What I Would Do
(paul foglino)
If i could take back all the stupid things i've ever said
If thoughts that i've let slip could all be stuffed back in my
head
That's what i would do
If i could get back something i let get away
If i could make things right instead of hoping they'd turn out
okay
That's what i would do
That's what i would do
And i would do it too
That's what i would do
If i could step back from all the times i went too far
Times i broke a window when i was aiming for a star
That's what i would do
If i could make you want me if i could be your other half
If i could make you happy instead of trying to make you laugh
That's what i would do
Chorus
All these lies i've told have turned to promises to keep
And all these miles and miles and miles that i've been walking
in my sleep
And if i could figure out how these woods ever got so deep
That's what i would do
And i would do it too
That's what i would do
8.Product Of Dysfunction
(tom meltzer)
My girl's like a wading pool, she's shallow and full of piss
And i should have left a long time ago but the girl knows how to
kiss
I guess that makes me shallow too
But i can't change, what's the use？
I'm a product of dysfunction and i guess that's my excuse
I used to think i was just a bum searching for eternal slack
Pride, intelligence, motivation： there was nothing that i did
not lack
But then i went to see a doctor and he showed me what was what
He helped me remember a terrible childhood i had plum forgot
Well my daddy used to wear a hockey mask
He chased high school girls at night
My mama used to beat me with a hanger
If the clothes weren't hung up right
If all this sounds familiar you should see my doctor too
I bet he can convince you the same thing happened to you
My baby and i we live on the fly
We take it day by day
We're unemployed and we're all annoyed
Cause our line of work don't pay
But since baby went to see the doctor things have started
looking good
We got an agent, he gets us on all the talk shows
We're moving out to hollywood
Cause her daddy used to make her play russian roulette
He locked her in a bamboo cage
Whenever her mom heard niagra falls
She flew into a rage
If all this sounds familiar you should see my doctor too
I bet he can convince you the same thing happened to you
9.I'm Not Finished Yet
(paul foglino)
This morning i got up too early
After staying out too late last night
Yesterday i thought that i was acting like a fool
Today i found out i was right
When today is spent give me tomorrow
I'll take what i can get
I'm not the man i used to be
I never was the nicest guy you've ever met
But i'm not finished yet
Low road, high road, road less traveled
How long until we're there？
If the road of excess leads to wisdom
I must have missed a turn somewhere
Chorus
I get dizzy moving in this circle
I get tired of climbing up this hill
But i can't walk a straight line anymore
And i get bored of standing still
Chorus
10.Midnight At The Liberty
(tom meltzer)
Midnight at the liberty
Jimi's playing berkeley
But he's playing much too quiet
Hope that it don't start a riot
I guess that's why the cops are here
Looks like they're decked out in riot gear
There ought to be a better way
For folks to make a buck
And we'd complain but we're too stoned
And if we leave we've got to go back home
Our parents might not be asleep
So we're staying at the liberty
Some stupid kid had no fear
He lit a joint somewhere toward the rear
A cop threw him to the ground
We were afraid to turn around
The kid, he started getting mad
He said the mayor was his dad
If the movie had been loud enough
We wouldn't have heard nothing at all
Chorus
The kid must have been no one
Or the mayor didn't like his son
Cause the cops treated him pretty mean
From the theater we could hear him screaming
What strikes me most in retrospect
Is nothing happened that i didn't expect
I hear that movie isn't very good
But i guess i'll never know
Chorus
11.Big Boots
(stephen b. antonakos)
The alarm clock crowed an hour ago
I'm already running behind
If this one-eyed ford doesn't start
I'm never going to make it on time
Show up late just once more
The boss said he'd dock my pay
I head in through the side door
Grab my tools and i'm on my way
I'm going to work
I put my big boots on
I'm going to work
I will be working all day long
Passing the time 'til i get home
When my baby talks real soft
I take my big boots off
Welcome to my steady job
It's not what i would call a career
Pick it up and put it there
Pick it up and put it over here
They hold my raise up to keep costs down
And then they raise the price
The squeaky wheel is spinning around
I'm running like one of those mice
Chorus
Pay day comes once a week
A day that i never miss
Run to the bank, cash my check
Got my money clutched in my fist
One for you, one for me
One for my uncle sam
One for a ticket for the lottery
It's all part of my plan
Chorus
12.Blue Boy
(tom meltzer)
Blue boy, he's a travel agent
Ain't nothing illegal about his work
Police detective, he's getting impatient
Says 'i'm going to bust that irresponsible jerk'
Cause he picked him up in the park the other day
Took him downtown and all he would say was
Look at that train, look at that train, look at that train
Look at that train
Look at that train. look at that train. look at that train
Ooh, its gone
Look at that train, look at that train, look at that train
Look at that train
Look at that train. look at that train. look at that train
Ooh, its gone
One day the blue boy might punch a one-way ticket
So the detective pays a visit to the crime lab
The scientist says, 'this is powerful stuff, you may not lick it
That blue boy's running up one hell of a tab.'
And blue boy he's getting farther out of sight
You know where i saw him？ (where？)
Lost is space last night, singing
Chorus
And all the squares, they don't understand
But blue boy knows he holds the world in the palm of his hand
Blue boy thinks that he's a masterpiece for all
In a museum, that's where he belongs
Police detective says 'he's more like a gopher ball
I mean he's going, going, gone!'
And the kids they watch the blue boy on tv
And they suspect that he's not real and say
'that's the way i want to be,' singing
Chorus
13.I Call My Pain By Your Name
(paul foglino-tom meltzer)
You won't tell me that you love me
I've told you so many times, but you won't
Now i can see if you won't say that you love me
Maybe it's because you don't
Why can't you see how you hurt me？
Is my love in vain？
I call my pain by your name
You say you don't like blowing smoke
You say it's only words, that ain't what love's about
But now i can see if you ain't blowing smoke at me
That's because the fire is out
Chorus
I hear your name, the way it rings
It's come to mean so many things
Like loneliness, tears, and misery
Could it be that you don't care？
Is there really nothing there？
Is there a hole in your heart where love should be？
Chorus
14.I Can See
(paul foglino)
I used to live in the dark
I thought i didn't mind
I could find my way around
Cause i got used to being blind
I didn't bother to put up a fight
Cause i didn't think i would ever get it right
Then i saw the light
I can see
This is the way it's supposed to be
I can see
And i'm looking at you looking back at me
I can see
I used to lie to myself
And i believed every word i said
I took my own advice
I was easily misled
I gave up trying a long time ago
'til you came around like a medicine show
Now i know
Chorus
Let the good times roll
I never thought that i could
Come on and roll with me now
Don't know how long i'm gonna feel this good
I never ever thought i would understand
How it feels to be a happy man
Now i can
Chorus
15.The Boy From New York City, The Girl From Tennessee
(tom meltzer)
Once i had a sweetheart
She meant the world to me
I met her on the road one night when we were in tennessee
I met her in a barroom after we'd done a show
We sat and talked about the louvins 'til the 'tender called time
to go
She wrote her address on a napkin
I wrote mine on my cd
She said, 'it was sure nice talking to you'
I said, 'you'll be hearing from me'
I wrote her a letter the next day
She wrote one in return
The letters we wrote each other could have made the mailbox burn
Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo
I wrote her a long letter and told her that i loved her so
And if she'd come to new york to the altar we would go
I sent it with a dozen roses and i waited for her reply
Til the day the letter came my way that made me want to die
It said, 'i know that you love new york
So wild and fancy free
And i love you, dear,
But i also love my home in tennessee
Now i know that you'd be no more happy here than in the city i
would be
So though i love you dear
I'm gonna stay right here
Home in tennessee'
Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo
And now i know i will never wed
But a bachelor i'll always be
'cause my heart belongs to a pretty girl down in tennessee
Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo
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