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Another Year or Five (She Can Do This)

This is one interpretation - cowriter Hartt Goldman and I think that several ways of doing this are viable - he is posting another, slower, more roadhouse version - lyrics and tune are the same. Also possible to double the final chorus on this one, which is faster, but I ran out of time!

Long List of Losers
words & music: Hartt Goldman & David Keeble

Yeah, you’ve got a man, but he’s not here.
You came in third again, to poker and beer.
And I’m still listening with a sympathetic ear
But we’ve been talking like this for way too many years.

Cause he’s not the first, and he’s not the worst
One more of these jerks and my heart’ll burst
I can’t say it, but we both know   
This one is done – and what have you got to show?

You got a long list of losers, and one good friend,
I love everything about you – well, not your choice of men
You’re the one that I dream of; can’t you see
You gotta lose that list of losers and be with me?

I remember the cheater, then there was the drunk
The one that stole your paycheque, now this punk
My shoulders are soaking from all your tears,
You know who … has always been here?

Cause he’s not the first, and he’s not the worst
One more of these jerks and I swear I’ll burst
You say, “why can’t he be like you?”
Well, someone is, and here’s a clue:

Chorus

Bridge:

I can see that sparkle in your eye start to dance
We gotta go for it honey, gotta take a chance 
It’s a crying shame we haven’t tried
And yeah it’s a gamble, but I’m dying inside 
 
Chorus

You got a long list of losers, and one good friend,
I love everything about you – well, not your choice of men
I’ve always been there for you; don’t you agree,
You gotta lose that list of losers – crooks, creeps and users, 
lose that list of losers and be with me.




long list of losers

(I'm posting this again since I revised the bridge ...)
words and music David Keeble 2015. 

The Grandmother Oak stood way back in the hills
I believe that she’s standing there still 
But I haven’t been back since the age of thirteen
When my ma cut the mistletoe free 
And gave some to me.

And what happened next, I swore I won’t say,
But it altered my fate to this day,
For my soul went a journey; I saw through your eyes,
And I learned what it is to know pain
Again and again.

For it’s love, not the law, that follows your trail.
that looks for the traces of fear
It sees what you see, feels what you feel,
knows all your hatred and tears
And why men disappear.

I am a man who will not court young girls.
I feel all their secret distress.
Tracking a beast is the least of my skills. 
The truth is that no man can heal  
Their lost loneliness.

I know that it’s right that I follow behind
And that you don’t know who I am. 
The hunt must continue; we are two of one kind
Our loyalty aches for the lamb
When the wolf is a man.

For it’s love, not the law, that follows your trail,
that looks for the traces of fear
It watches your back, and covers your tracks,
knows all your hatred and tears
And why men disappear.

Bridge:
You have a soul that speaks into mine
I love as a brother, unfailing and true,
Though you never see me, I’m blood of your line
I silently I watch over you 

For it’s love, not the law, that follows your trail,
That looks for the traces of fear
It sees what you see, feels what you feel,
Knows all your hatred and tears
And why men disappear.


Love, not the law (rev)

Dancin’ with the Girl Inside		
Words & Music © David Keeble, 2015
Capo VI	bpm  117		

(Intro)		Bbm Fm7s4 Gb2 . (2x)	

I’m watchin’ you dance to your favourite song 
You’ve loved it since you were fifteen
You got all the moves and you’re singing along
Like a make-believe microphone queen
You really don’t care if everyone sees
You’re moving so happy and free
You look so fantastic, all I can say
Is darling, won’t you teach it to me? and I’ll be

Dancing with the girl inside
I can see her in your sparkling eyes 
And she’s takin’ me along on her ride
You’re dancing with the boy & I’m dancing with the girl inside.
		
Lately I've noticed you're trying so hard
To be who you think you should be
You don't seem to get that you already are
Everything a lover could be.
But when your eyes light up with pleasure  
I know you’re the woman for me.
And moments like this are a treasure   
When you show me how it feels to be free, and I’m

(Chorus)

(Bridge)			
Just for tonight, let’s turn down the light
And dance in the dark, like a couple of teens,
The woman and man can wait for their turn
The girl and the boy are who I want to be
	
(Double chorus with some internal repeats ad lib)


David E Keeble