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A Life I Never Had: Lyrics Somewhere Elseward Blown Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP I had a friend named Jack, wore his life on his back And where the road did jag, something else went in his bag He walked right out of sight, I lost him in the night And I wonder if he'll ever wander back into my life Chorus: Old friends I've lost along the way I wish it wasn't so, but sometimes that's how it goes Sometimes the rope just slips away And that someone that I've known becomes somewhere elseward blown I had a friend named Jess who slanted to her left Her angle to the ground didn't match others around One day she slanted off and I lost her in the toss I still think about her angle, that's a cute friend that I lost Chorus My aunt just passed away and I ain't too proud to say That her death wasn't the start of our slow drifting apart And when her death came on, I was many miles gone And it's hard to fight the feeling that there's something I did wrong Chorus My friend Jack went away and I miss him every day His memory's all I got, but even memories get forgot Life's a big typhoon, people come and go too soon They appear just like the moon, then they're gone like Brigadoon Chorus back to the top The Bottom of a River Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP Chorus: The bottom of a river sounds pretty good to me The bottom of a river sounds pretty good to me That's one way to leave this life of misery The bottom of a river sounds pretty good to me The deeper in the water, the less there is to see And seeing you leaving just kills me more painfully At the bottom of a river there's nothing much to hear The voices saying that you're leaving wouldn't come through so clear There'd be nothing but bubbles and waves ringing in my ears Chorus The bottom of a river is bound to be more soft Than the bed that we've been sharing for the love life that we lost A river's bound to be calmer than the troubled seas we've crossed Chorus The bottom of a river really don't sound that bad The bottom of a river really don't sound that bad I could lie there at the bottom and think back on the love we had back to the top My Blue Eyed Jane By Jimmie Rodgers and Lulu Belle White, Peer International, Adapted by A. Moock The sweetest girl in the world Is my blue eyed Jane We fell in love like turtle doves While the moon was shining down I asked her then, I asked her when The wedding bells would ring She said, Oh dear, it seems so queer That this could be happening here You are my little pal I never met a sweeter gal My little blue eyed Jane I love you well And when the sun goes down And the shadows are creeping all over town Just meet me in the lane My blue eyed Jane Janie dear, listen here I've come to say farewell The world is drear without you, dear But I cannot linger here I'm going away this very day Oh, please come and go with me I'll be sad and blue and missing you Longing all the long day through You are my blue eyed Jane I never met a sweeter thing I know you'll never change My blue eyed Jane And when the sun goes down And the shadows are creeping all over town I'll be back again My blue eyed Jane You are my little pal I never met a sweeter gal My little blue eyed Jane I love you well And when the sun goes down And the shadows are creeping all over town Just meet me in the lane My blue eyed Jane back to the top Never Left the Road Behind Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP I've traveled 'round this country, up and down both coasts The view from out my car window's the view I like the most New York or San Francisco, anywhere I go's just fine Miami or Mount Kisco, anywhere I go's just fine I've left a thousand towns, but I've never left the road behind I've traveled on the highways and I've traveled on the streets I've traveled on the back roads through the fields and county seats The back roads are my favorite though, I like the way they wind But whatever path I've followed, I've never left the road behind I've gone Boston to Tuscon and back around again I've gone it on my own and I've gone it with a friend A companion can be nice if they're not talking all the time Companionship is fine if they're not yakking you blind But friends will come and go, I've never left the road behind Life can get confusing, you look up and find you're lost I always find I'm burning bridges I still haven't crossed With driving it's so easy, every mile there's a sign I just watch the dotted lines and I've never left the road behind People say it's running to be traveling all the time They say if you don't settle you can't find your peace of mind But I'm settled in my traveling and my head's just feeling fine Yes, I've traveled in all settings and my head's just feeling fine My peace is in my car seat and I've never left the road behind And that's the reason why I've never left the road behind back to the top Smoke and Flowers Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP There's nothing in this world for me without you I'm just swimming in an unknown sea And the sky doesn't seem so blue When I'm seeing it without you Chorus: That's true For me Without you There's nothing in this world to do When I'm doing it without you And there's nothing in this world to be If you can't be with me Chorus Time just drags along And the days seem much too long Without you There's nothing for a guy like me In the other fishes in the sea I can't even cast my line When you've left me behind Chorus There's nothing in this world for me without you I'm just swimming in an unknown sea And the sky doesn't seem so blue When I'm seeing it without you That's true For me For me, it's true Without you back to the top Pastures of Plenty By Woody Guthrie, Ludlow Music, Adapted by A. Moock It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed My poor feet have traveled a hot dusty road It's out of your dust bowl and westward we rolled Your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold I've worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes And I've slept on the ground by the light of the moon On the edge of your city you will see us and then We come with the dust and we're gone with the wind California, Arizona, I've made all your crops Then it's north up to Oregon to harvest your hops Dig the beets from your ground, pick the grapes from your vine To set on your table your light, sparkling wine It's green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down Every state in this union, us migrants have been We'll work in your fight and we'll fight 'til we win It's always we ramble, that river and I All along your green valley I will work 'til I die And this land I'll defend with my life if it be 'Cuz my pastures of plenty must always be free back to the top Paradise By John Prine, Walden Music, Adapted by A. Moock When I was a child my parents would travel Down to Western Kentucky, where my parents were born There's a backwards old town there that's often remembered So many times that my memories are worn Chorus: And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenburg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away And sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison up by Adree Hill Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill Chorus Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel They tortured the timber and they stripped all the land They dug for their coal 'til the land was forsaken And they wrote it all down as the progress of man Chorus When I die let my ashes float down the Green River Let my soul float on up to the Rochester Dam I'll be half way to heaven with Paradise waiting Just a half mile away from wherever I am Chorus back to the top The Word I Said (or The Slut Poem) Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP I called her a slut yesterday When she wasn't there Because it was so quiet in the carpool after Hebrew class. I heard David use the word during lunchtime at school on Monday And it sounded grown-up Like mixed drinks or blow job. So I said it. I liked the way it rolled on my tongue on the way out And then rang in my ears -- Sllllllllutt. I thought it meant someone who wears too much makeup But it must mean something worse because I've been ratted on And now here comes this girl, fast and angry looking. She reaches me at the basketball hoop And she roars, I heard you called me a slut, You little shit. Well, this quiets the whole playground. And standing in the hushed morning wind, Surrounded by the piercing quiet of 10,000 smirking mouths I respond the only way I know how, You are a double slut. This is a big mistake. Now she has me by the throat and she's tossing me around the three-point line. As my head pounds into the tarmac, It occurs to me That I am no longer in control of this situation. No, I am definitely not in control. In fact, I am being beaten down to my essential elements And every kid in the universe is watching. What a disgrace. I'll never be allowed to laugh With the boys again. I'll never be allowed to kiss Any of those girls' mouths when I'm older. I'll grow to be an old man In an old chair Without ever finding happiness. back to the top Put Your Foot in Your Mouth Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP Don't hold back what you say If it comes to mind just let yourself obey And don't hold back what you think Just loosen up and have yourself another drink I never thought I'd ever hear those words come out of you And from the look on your face, I guess you didn't too But you can't take it back, you might as well just accept that fact Stick your front leg out and put your foot in your mouth Don't be smart and well-behaved Every party needs someone who's brave And don't be quiet and reserved Just shout on out any thought that might have just occurred Those little things you swore you'd never tell anyone you do Are now the common knowledge of everyone you ever knew But don't be dignified, just open up real wide Stick your front leg out and put your foot in your mouth Don't keep secrets to yourself Solitude is dangerous to your health Share your secrets with your friends Your meaning well will justify the ends Those longings that you feel are probably best laid out to air Despite the fact the person that you're longing for is standing right there Just open up the drain, share your pleasure and your pain Stick your front leg out and put your foot in your mouth back to the top The Best Thing I'll Ever Know Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP There's times in this life when I'm hungry And there's times in this life when I'm sad But my time with you is the very Best times that I've ever had You talk in your sleep, that's the truth And there's times when you're miles away But the feeling I have in my heart Is more than the words I can say Chorus: Friends come and go And the cold winds will always blow But whatever it is that you do to me Is the best thing I'll ever know When I was a kid I was lonely Like only kids know how to be And I dreamed of meeting a woman Like the ones I saw on TV With blond hair down to her waist And short skirts up to her thighs But I never dreamed I could love Like I do when I look in your eyes Chorus There's times in this life when I'm jumping And there's times when I just sit and moan But these last six years that I've spent with you Are the best six years I've known back to the top John Lee Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP I miss you, Boom Boom John Lee I miss you, Boom Boom John Lee I miss you and your beat and the stomping of your feet I miss you, Boom Boom John Lee I miss you, Mississippi John Hurt I miss you, Mississippi John Hurt I missed you cast your spell when you played that Creolle Belle I miss you, Mississippi John Hurt I miss you, Ms. Elizabeth C. I miss you, Ms. Elizabeth C. Your Freight Train set me free, but I can't shake sugaree I miss you, Ms. Elizabeth C. I miss you, Woody Wilson Guthrie I miss you, Woody Wilson Guthrie I miss the way you write and the way you fought your fight I miss you, Woody I never heard that Singing Brakeman sing I never heard that Singing Brakeman sing Now cowboy songs are dead, we got TNN instead And I never heard that Singing Brakeman sing History is slipping through the cracks History is slipping through the cracks The heroes of the past are dying way too fast History is slipping through the cracks Soon they will have all passed on Soon they will have all passed on Soon they will be gone and all we'll have is tribute songs Soon they will have all passed on I miss you, Boom Boom John Lee I miss you, Boom Boom John Lee I miss you and your beat and the stomping of your feet I miss you, Boom Boom John Lee back to the top Nothing in This World Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP Chorus: There's nothing in this world to be afraid of now There's nothing in this world to be afraid of now Ever since I found you, there's nothing that can keep me down When you're on your own, the world is such a lonely place When you're on your own, the world is such a lonely place When you've got someone, you can always keep a smile on your face Chorus Long before I met you, I was shaking in my boots Long before I met you, I was shaking in my boots Now that we're together, we're dancing in our birthday suits Chorus I hope that I can be as good a friend to you I hope that I can be as good a friend to you I'd lie down in the tracks, kiss a monkey if you want me to Chorus back to the top A Life I Never Had Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music, ASCAP Chorus: Thank you, thank you, lord, for this life you've given me I wouldn't call it perfect, but it's not all misery And even if it was, well, it wouldn't be that bad At least I'll never look back on a life I never had Thank you, thank you, lord, for this world in which we live I couldn't call it perfect, but these things are relative There's beauty in the mountains and there's beauty in the sea And there's beauty out my window when I turn off my TV Chorus Thank you, thank you, lord, that I might live one more day 'Cuz I'd give two to one tomorrow's better than today And even if it's not, I'd still like to stick around 'Cuz I think I like it here more than I would under the ground Chorus Thank you, thank you, lord, for blessing my soul I haven't been perfect, but I'm improving as I go Thank you for this life that I see with second sight And thank you for the darkness that led me to that light Chorus back to the top back to the music page |
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