Every Third Thought  -  Billy Zenn

By And By  -  From the album, Every Third Thought by Billy Zenn.    
Release 01/20/2021

BY AND BY  (c) 2020
Words and Music by Billy Zenn

In the sweet By And By
We will meet on the beautiful shore
In the sweet By and By
We will meet on the beautiful shore

I don't know what I'm saying
I don't know which way to turn
I'm the tune that you whistle
While you watch your bridges burn
I can't tell what's the matter
But it's surely coming down
I've been feeling like a screamer
But I never make a sound

It's so hard to be normal
When you don't know what it means
It is love?
Is it money?
Maybe omething in between
There's somebody wants to save me
There's somebody wants my check
I'm uneasy
I'm uncertain
But I ain't that crazy yet

By And By
Things are gonna work out better
By And By
Things are gonna come tgether
I don't know
I don't know
By And By
Everything'll look much brighter
But you gotta hold on tighter
I don't know
I hope so

Every day gets more deadly
Every night there's more at stake
It's like standing in the open
When a storm's about to break
I keep flipping through the channels
Of a world that's on the blink
I keep slip[ping underwater
On my way to swim or sink

By And By
Things are gonna work out better
By And By
Things are gonna come together
I don't know
I don't know
By And By
Everything'll look much brighter
But you gotta hold on tighter
I don't know
I hope so

I may stumble
I may falter
That's the nature of the beast
Cause these things that I'm craving

By and By

American Boy  -  From the album, Every Third Thought by Billy Zenn   
Release 01/20/2021  

AMERICAN BOY 
words & music by Billy Zenn (c) 2020 All Rights Reserved

I'm never satisfied
I alweays want some more
Gotta think of myself
I don't wanna be poor
I'm an American Boy

I've had the best of it
I've learned to like it fine
Better hold onto yours
Or it's gona be mine
I'm a American Boy
 
Going once, going twice, going fast as I can
Got a car, I'm a star with my future in hand
I get what I want when I want it

I've got a job to do
I've got some place to be
Better start at the top if you'relookng for me
I'm an American Boy

I was born to win
Withthe midas touch
Nothing's over the top, nothing's ever too much
For an America Boy

On the beam, on the team I'm a regular guy
Got no doubt, making out on whatever I try
I get what I want cause I want i

I'm an Anerican Boy
So give it to me
I want it all, I want it now
Just keep it coming
I'm an American Boy
And I ain't used to waiting
Don't you tell me to be patient no more

I've got control of it
I've got it all in line
I can tickle your eyes while I'm robbing you blind
I'm an American Boy

I'll promise anything
I'll tell you any tale
If I can't get it free, I can get it on sale
I'm an American Boy

I'm an American Boy
So give it to me
I want it all I want it now
Just keep it comiing
I'm an American Boy

And I've got to go faster so you'd better give me lots of space
There ain't no stopping me I can't afford to lose my place
Get out the way cause I'm a bona fide American Boy
American Boy

American Boy

The Look  -  From the album, Every Third thought by Billy Zenn.   
Release 01/20/2021

THE LOOK  words & music by Billy Zenn 
(c) 2020 All Rights Reserved

Out on the battlefield
Or in the motorcade
Across the table where the deal is being made
Oh oh they got The Look

The Look that petrifies
The Look that gets its way
The Look that says it when there's nothing left to say
Oh oh they got The Look

After the big parade
After the speech gets made
I still remember that look

All my excuses
And all my abuses
And I can't get over that look

They're telling stories
Bout the way it used to be
Their desperation is the only thing I see
Oh oh they got The Look

The Look that first in line
And never gets enough
The Look that's serious, The Look that's getting tough
Oh oh they got The Look

After the big parade
After the speech gets made
I still remember that look

All my excuses
And all my abuses
And I can't get over that look

That look

The Look

Hook, Line and Sinker  From the album, Every Third Thought by Billy Zenn    Release 01/20/2021

HOOK LINE & SINKER  
Words & Music by Billy Zenn  
(c) 2020 All Rights Reserved

Johnny wasn't too bright
Always up for a fight
There was nothing anybody could tell him
He staggered into the bar
Fresh from crashing his car
And nobody cared enough to expel him

She was a fisher of men
She'd proved it time and again
She could haul'em in like so many walleye
Johnny angled her way
Like a willing filet
Lining up for her little fish fry

Johnny took the bait
He swallowed Hook Line & Sinker
In fact he couldn't wait
He was a doer not a thinker
It took her less than a minute to troll his cards and his cash
Johnny thought it was a party till he couldn't find his stash

Go Johnny go 
You ain't no delicate flower
Go Johnny go
You ain't the man of the hour
Go Johnny go
Always such a go-getter
Go Johny go
The sooner the better

She'd cruised this harbor before
So she sailed out the door
Leaving Johnny in her wake on a barstool
He was dazed and confused
And not the least bit amused
Floundering in his little tidepool

She floated on down the street
As Johnny got to his feet
Knowing there's no way he could catch her
She slipped away with a grin
Leaving Johnny to swim
Round in circles like a fish with a fracture

Johnny took the bait
He swallowed Hook Line & Sinker
In fact he couldn't wait
He was a doer not a thinker
She reeled him like an expert and left him gasping and spent
Propped up in the corner wondering where the money went

Go Johnny go 
You ain't no delicate flower
Go Johnny go
You ain't the man of the hour
Go Johnny go
Always such a go-getter
Go Johny go
The sooner the better

Hook Line and Sinker

Born A River  -  by Ron Freeman (used by permission)  From the album, Every Third Though by Billy Zenn
Release 01/20/2021

Born A River

Play The Fool  -  From the aslbum, Every Third Thought by Billy Zenn
Release 01/20/2021

PLAY THE FOOL  words & music by Billy Zenn 
(c) 2020  All Rights Reserved

I've been tempted and turned out
Berated and burned out
But I won't Play The Fool anymore

I'm not gonna dream anymore
I'm not gonna dream anymore
It's all ashes and air
Let the dreamer beware
I'm not gonna dream anymore

I'm not gonna run anymore
I'm not gonna run anymore
I'm so twited and tired
Bewildered and wired
I'm not gonna run anymore

I'm won't be the clown anymore
Won't get kicked around anymore
I've been tempted and turned out
Berated and burned out
I won't Play The Fool anymore

I'm not gonna lie anymore
I'm not gonna lie anymore
Turned away from my mirror
Fell in love with my fear
I'm not gonna lie anymore

I'm not gonna cry anymore
I'm not gonna cry anymore
If you bottled my tears
They would last you for years
I'm not gonna cry anymore

I'm won't be the clown anymore
Won't get kicked around anymore
I've been tempted and turned out
Berated and burned out
I won't Play The Fool anymore
I won't Play The Fool anymore

Play The Fool

Say Goodbye  -  From the album, Every Third Thought by Billy Zenn
Release 01/20/2021

SAY GOODBYE  Words & Music by Billy Zenn  
(c) 2020 All Rights Reserved

Mommy cleans the attic
Daddy walks the hall
No one mentions sister at all
Everybody's frantic
They won't let it show
Everybody's dying to know

Why she did it
Why she left without a goodbye
She is free of it now
There's no need to ask why
She got tired of waiting
That's all that she said
Found it in a note
That she left on her bed
Guess I saw it coming
It was no surprise
You could tell by the look in her eyes

Mommy blames the TV
Daddy blames the schools
Preacher blames the breakdown of rules
Were we too permissive?
Maybe it was drugs?
Daddy looks at mommy and shrugs

Why'd she do it?
Always at the top of her class
She was always so quiet
We hoped it would last
Didn't take a genius
To see her in pain
No one seemed to notice
And she couldn't explain
Now her room is empty
Now I'm left behind
Wondering what she was hoping to find

Mommy's playing tennis
Daddy's learned to fly
Nothing to say but goodbye

Say Goodbye

Eternal Soldier  -  From the album, Every Third Thought by Billy Zenn
Release 01/20/2021

ETERNAL SOLDIER (c) 2020 Billy Zenn, Doug Edwards, Jim Edwards

Underneath an azure sky
Beside a sea of green
Marching to our destiny
Or somewhere in between
Legions of the chosen ones
Greet us with a cheer
Screaming out to meet the foe
Biting back the tears

We Came, We Saw
We leveled it all
No fortune no fame
Just mopping up the casualties
And marching out to do it all again

Marching to Olympia
Across Elysian Fields
Through the walls of Jerhico
Or carried on our shields

We Came, We Saw
We leveled it all
No fortune no fame
Just mopping up the casualties
And marching oout to do it all again

Constellations siing our praise
And light the darkened skies
Winds of havoc rake the turf
Drowning out the cries

We Came, We Saw
We leveled it all
We stand or we crawl
We vanquish or fall
No wisdom no shame
No fortune no fame
We march till we drop
Peace is an illusion
And our battle cry is never gonna stop

Eternal Soldier

When The Sun Goes Down  -  From the album, Every Third Thought by 
Billy Zenn    Release 01/20/2021

WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN  Words & Music By Billy Zenn  
(c) 2020 All Rights Reserved

When the sun goes down on this little life of mine
I won't curse the heavens I will be just fine
I have lived my life in the way that I've seen fit
When the sun goes down I will welcome it

I've seen some lofty temples brought down in flame
I've seen the rock of ages rent by the rain
Nothing lasts forever, that’s the way it must be
Except, perhaps, for me

When the sun goes down on this little life of mine
I won’t shake my fist I won’t beg or whine
I am not the first and I sure won’t be the last
What’s the use in fighting when your time has passed?

Maybe I’ll haunt a moonlit beach by some forgotten sea
Or be a ghost in someone’s house---that mystery thump?  That’s ME!

I’ve scaled the heights of passion I’ve loved and lost
I've turned the lathe of heaven I've paid the cost
No use complaining when the end is near, there’s one way out of here

When the sun goes down on this little life of mine
I won't curse the heavens I will be just fine
I have lived my life in the way that I've seen fit
When the sun goes down I will welcome it

When the sun goes down….etc.

Sun Goes Down

Goodbye My Friends  -  From the album, Every Third Thought by Billy Zenn    Release 01/20/2021

GOODBYE MY FRIENDS © 2019  Words & Music by Billy Zenn 
(c) 2020  All Rights Reserved

I had a dream
No beginning or end
Somehow i’ve landed back where i came in
Give me your hands
We’ll be fearless and bold
This is our story however it’s told

Goodbye My Friends
We may not meet again
But i’ll carry your love in my heart
The laughter and tears
We’ve shared over the years
Will sustains us when we are apart

I dodged a bullet 
I cashed in my luck
Don’t tempt the lightning you’ll only get struck
Stumbling around
Like a clown on a tear
How did i manage to get anywhere?

Goodbye My Friends…etc.

Oh oh oh oh…
I have no regrets
Nothing to dub
No erasing my steps
Good times and bad times
The right and the wrong
No rearrangiing
This life in a song

Goodbye My Friends…etc. (repeat)