1.People Who Read People Magazine
(kinky friedman)
Well, i'm here to say i got turned away from studio 54
Back to neon lights and lonely nights and saw-dust on the floor
And if she ever loved me, she don't love me anymore,
And if anyone should ask me, here's who i'm singing for：
For the people who read people magazine,
For the soap opera lovers, for the home-town bowling team,
For everybody everywhere who's ever lost a dream,
For the people who read people who read people magazine.
Now if you're too new york for texas, too texas for l.a.
You been chasing trends like rainbow ends but you're always just
a song away
And if the white house wouldn't have ya, play in every little
honky-tonk and bar
The good lord made the heavens, ah but he never made a star.
No, its the people who read people magazine,
It's the soap opera lovers, its the home-town bowling team,
It's everybody everywhere who's ever lost a dream,
For the people who read people who read people magazine.
And to tell you the truth this telephone booth gets lonesome in
the rain,
But son, i'm 21 in nashville and i'm 43 in maine.
And when your mama gets home, would you tell her i phoned, it'd
take a life-time to explain
That i'm a country-picker with a bumper-sticker that says： god
bless john wayne§.
And bless the people who read people magazine,
Bless the soap opera lovers, bless the home-town bowling team,
Bless everybody everywhere who's ever lost a dream,
For the people who read people who read people magazine.
Bless the people who read people who read people magazine.
2.Marilyn And Joe
(kinky friedman, sharon howard)
There is a place where you can go
Where marilyn still dances with dimaggio
And juliet with romeo
And the name of the place is love.
They put their hearts into a song
But hit parades and heroes, how they've come and gone.
No one got home but they got on
And the name of the game was love.
There is a star, high in the sky,
There's a little piece of yesterday still in her eye
To show that dreamers never die
For we live in a place called love.
There is a place where you can go
Where marilyn still dances with dimaggio
And juliet with romeo
And the name of the place is love.
3.The Take-it-easy Trailer Park
(kinky friedman, van dyke parks)
An l.a. coke-dealer, a georgia faith-healer
A boy scout and a junked-out joan of arc
And they've all come together through life's stormy weather
To the take-it-easy trailer park.
And head up high in my air-stream my life is a pipe-dream
My neon neighbors find me quite insane.
Like a world-weary sailor i've dry-docked my trailer,
I just call her the ol' battleship maine.
Dear mom and dear dad
Life is happy, life is sad,
Love is easy when you, when you follow your heart.
Oh and that's why i came here,
There's no one to blame here
At the take-it-easy trailer park.
And there's ol' aunt jemima from north carolina,
There's uncle ben and dear ol' uncle sam
And there's one who reminds me of the one i left behind me,
But frankly scarlett, i don't give a damn ...
An l.a. coke-dealer, a georgia faith-healer
A boy scout and a junked-out joan of arc
And they've all come together through life's stormy weather
To the take-it-easy trailer park.
Dear mom and dear dad,
Life is happy, life is sad,
Love is easy when you, when you follow your heart.
See them tears in the skies
See the stars in my eyes
At the take-it-easy, take-it-easy
Take-it-easy trailer park.
4.Skatin' On Thin Ice
(kinky friedman)
They say that even jesus hates a loser
And when you die you go to hockey hell
And when your soul gets sent down,
There'll be the devil skatin' round
And an interview with howard cosell.
Well, some call him a jet-set gladiator,
Some say he's a soldier in a bloody silver war.
But he's one hell of a warrior
He's got a good lawyer
And every time he crosses that line you can hear that garden
roar.
And he keeps on skatin' on thin ice
Just six inches from paradise
Livin' on the ice, lovin' on the run.
He keeps on skatin' on thin ice
Just six inches from paradise,
Written in the stars, meltin' in the sun.
Well, he scored again last night out in vancouver,
You might say that it was on a power play.
He come in close, he shut the light,
Before his teeth came out that night,
In the morning it was hell to break away.
Through northern lights and southern nights there's someone
Who warms your heart as you shiver from the cold.
But every gypsy, every lover, every dreamer must discover
What you win out on the ice, you're gonna lose out out on the
road.
And he keeps on skatin' on thin ice
Just six inches from paradise
Livin' on the ice, lovin' on the run.
He keeps skatin' on thin ice
Just six inches from paradise
Written in the stars, boy, meltin' in the sun.
Written in the stars, boy, meltin' in the sun.
5.The Gospel Accordin' To John
(kinky friedman, roger friedman)
He was just an old-time preacher on the ol' time radio
But they never learn to listen till they lived enough to know.
I used to walk out on that porch when mama'd turn the durn thing
on
To the gospel accordin' to john.
Her mail-order prayer shawl fell across her silver hair,
Her sad eyes saw a better world when john came on the air.
Mama had someone to turn to she was rockin' all night long
To the gospel accordin' to john.
You see, she was a blind believer in john's bible beatin' game.
He'd heal ＆em, wheel ＆em, deal ＆em, bless ＆em in heaven's name.
Onward christian soldiers, just a dollar and a half
Buys a photo of jesus with an autograph.
And jesus was a-watching from the table by the door
When that rockin' chair grew silent and that shawl fell to the
floor.
I walked out on that porch because i couldnt find a prayer
When a kindly voice come a-cracklin' ＆cross the air.
Said, folks, them righteous times are comin, i say, they're
comin' right on back.
You can hop that gospel train,§ he said, from both sides of the
track.
Some people prayin', keep a-listenin', keep a-helpin' out the
show,
＆cause ol' john's with you anywhere you go.§
Now some folks claim the scriptures are the only living truth,
Others swear by peter, paul or matthew, mark or luke,
Ah but there ain't a nicer passage just to sail a dream upon
Than the gospel accordin' to john.
He was just an old-time preacher but he answered mama's call,
His words may never save a soul, but his faith could heal us
all.
＆cause life's a sacred pilgrimage whatever trip you're on
And that's the gospel accordin to john.
Recitation：
God bless you, john you ol' devil ...
6.Hello, Good Mornin'
(kinky friedman, ronee blakley)
Hello good mornin', its suddenly dawnin'
That its been awhile.
Last night i dreamed of a hollywood queen,
She was wearin' your smile.
But yesterday's gone, girl, its only a song, girl,
It's hardly a crime.
Hello, good mornin', its suddenly dawnin'
That you're still on my mind.
Hello, good mornin', its suddenly dawnin'
That i need a friend.
Hope it ain't wrong but i found myself longin'
To call you again.
What indian-giver took back that river
And that warm summer rain ？
Hello, good mornin', its suddenly dawnin'
That i miss you again.
Oh i know its early, we're both in a hurry,
But its already late.
I always loved you, i still dream of you,
But the car pool won't wait.
When i used to hold you, remember i told you
That you'd be someone,
Or was it cinderella tellin' rockefeller
That time is the money of love ？
Hello, good mornin', its suddenly dawnin'
That i need a friend.
Hope it ain't wrong but i found myself longin'
To call you again.
What indian-giver took back that river
And that warm summer rain ？
Hello, good mornin', its suddenly dawnin'
That i miss you again.
7.The Boogie Man
(kinky friedman, panama red)
Well, the boogie man
Gonna get you and
Snatch you up and whip you off to boogie land.
If you don't watch out
He'll make you scream and shout,
He the boogie man.
He the boogie man.
He gonna have them ants
Crawlin' in your pants
With them creatures in your seat you got to leap up to your feet
you know you gotta dance
To the boogie man,
To the boogie man, babe,
He the boogie man.
The boogie man, he's got a little piece of land,
He got a mean ol' lady keeps him gentle as a lamb.
He got a dog named frog and vw van,
The neighbors all think he's an insurance man.
When the moon come out, the kids all shout
hey bring him out, come on, bring him out!§
He picks up his guitar, there's a change inside
From the good dr. jekyll to the bad mr. hyde.
Come on and clap your hands
For the boogie man.
He the wicked master
Of the screamin' telecaster
And the one-night stand
He the boogie man.
He the boogie man, babe,
He the boogie man.
The boogie man's got a little piece of land,
He got a mean ol' lady keeps him gentle as a lamb.
Got a dog named frog and vw van
The neighbors all think he's an insurance man.
But when the moon come out, the kids all shout
hey, bring him out, come on, bring him out!§
He picks up his guitar, there's a change inside
From the good dr. jekyll to the bad mr. hyde.
8.Nashville Casualty And Life
(kinky friedman)
In faded gabardine he used to stand
Down by the union station with that ol' hat in his hand.
A banjo-pickin' devil, a singin' rag-time saint.
The young folks called him beautiful, the old folks called him
quaint.
And the station-master pointed to the sign
And they busted him for loiterin' when he was makin' memories
rhyme.
Out in the falling snow he'd sing his song
To a world too cold to listen and too white to sing along.
Just a nashville casualty and life
Done left him without a dime.
Ever since the good lord took his wife
You'll find him strummin' on the corner all the time.
And most of music city never the saw the world within the song
Of a nashville casualty and life goes on.
In the attic sets a dusty hat and cane
And the kids they found a banjo there all rusted from the rain.
I strummed a little rusty rag-time beat
And i sang for every soul out on the street.
I could almost see him standin' in the rain
His black and blinded face reflectin' all the pain
Of all the years and people passin' by
And all the ringin' memories that can make a banjo cry.
Just a nashville casualty and life
It's a riff that's hell to play.
You sings for your livin' in the street
And you sleeps in the back of some caf？And most of music city
never sees the world within the song
Of a nashville casualty and life goes on.
9.Twirl
(kinky friedman)
Just a small-town girl
Till you learned to twirl
Then you set the world on fire
Like a drive-in cinderella
In a chevy named desire
So leave your teddy-bear
At the county fair,
Honey, hollywood's on the phone,
For a small-town girl
From a small-town world
You're a long, long way from home.
They say that dreams come true in indiana
That momma loves you up in abilene,
And if you wish upon a star in texarkana
Some day you may be a twirling queen.
Just a small-town girl
Till you learned to twirl
Then you set the world on fire
Like a drive-in cinderella
In a chevy named desire
So leave your teddy-bear
At the county fair,
Honey, hollywood's on the phone,
For a small-town girl
From a small-town world
You're a long, long way from home.
Then you turned around and yesterday was over,
Childhood's like some long lost lullabye
Way back when all the pearls were in the ocean,
Way back when all the stars were in the sky.
Just a small-town girl
Till you learned to twirl
Then you set the world on fire
Like a drive-in cinderella
In a chevy named desire
So leave your teddy-bear
At the county fair,
Honey, hollywood's on the phone,
For a small-town girl
From a small-town world
You're a long, long way from home.
Just a small-town girl
Till you learned to twirl
Then you set the world on fire
Like a drive-in cinderella
In a chevy named desire
So leave your teddy-bear
At the county fair,
Honey, hollywood's on the phone,
For a small-town girl
From a small-town world
You're a long, long way from home.
For a small-town girl
From a small-town world
You're a long, long way from home.
10.Keep On The Sunnyside
(alvin pleasant carter, gary garett)
There's a dark and a troubled side of life
There's a bright and a sunnyside, too.
Though we meet with the darkness and strife
The sunnyside we also may view.
Keep on the sunnyside
Always on the sunnyside
Keep on the sunnyside of life.
It will help us every day
It will brighten all our way
If we keep on the sunnyside of life.
The storm and its fury rage today
Crushing hope that we cherished so dear.
Storm and clouds will in time pass away,
The sun again will shine bright and clear.
Keep on the sunnyside
Always on the sunnyside
Keep on the sunnyside of life.
It will help us every day
It will brighten all our way
If we keep on the sunnyside of life.
May the street with the song of hope be paved
Though the moment be cloudy or fair.
May we trust in the good lord always
To keep us everyone in his care.
Keep on the sunnyside
Always on the sunnyside
Keep on the sunnyside of life.
It will help us every day
It will brighten all our way
If we keep on the sunnyside of life.
Keep on the sunnyside
Always on the sunnyside
Keep on the sunnyside of life.
It will help us every day
It will brighten all our way
If we keep on ...
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