Something Real
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

So what you gonna do
Tell me, tell me something real
Tell me who and tell me when
Say right now, don't say then
You tell me how you feel?

[instrumental]

So what you gonna do
Tell me, tell me something real
Tell me who and tell me when
Say right now, don't say then
You tell me how you feel?

I am hearing what you say
But tell me something real
Tell me something you will do
Don't talk the big ideas
Pick a name, tell me who

Don't bury me in words
Don't quote to me from books
Give me something that will breathe
Don't give me knowing looks
Give me something with some teeth


[instrumental] 

If you want me to join up
If you want to have my help
You gotta show you have a plan
You gotta show you have the means
I have to know that you can

I won't sit around and wait
I won't march around and sing
You have to show you have some hate
You tell me what you have to bring
And I'll be with you at the gates

Bring the tools, pick the place
Tell me how and don't tell me why
Give the name a face
Something has to die
For something new to take its place

[bridge] 

Don't bury me in words
Don't quote to me from books
Give me something that will breathe
Don't give me knowing looks
Give me something with some teeth

Tell me when you gonna start
And tell me when its gonna end
No drawings in the sand
Don't talk about pretend

Bring the tools, pick the place
Tell me how and don't tell me why
Give the name a face
Something has to die
For something new to take its place

[3:16]
[horn solo]

Don't bury me in words
Tell me how and don't tell me why
Give the name a face
Something has to die
For something new to take its place

[outro]
Something has to die
For something new to take its place


[deep drums]

For something new 

to take its place



For something new 

to take its place

[deep drums]

Something Real

Stand Up
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

We show up to fight
To face them again
We know we can't win
We expect to feel pain
There is nothing to lose
But so much to gain

If they win they take all
Any justice will fall
Get up from the ground 
We'll go one more round

They own all our leaders
Who think they're patriotic
They own the police
A bunch of psychotics
They own the ground where we stand

[chorus]
We did all that we could
We spent all that we had
Why did we believe we could win?
We need to be bad
We need to feel sad
We need to commit to our sins

We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up
and stand up

[instrumental]

We show up to fight
To face them again
We know we can't win
We expect to feel pain
There is nothing to lose
But so much to gain

If they win they take all
Any justice will fall
Get up from the ground 
We'll go one more round

They own all our leaders
Who think they're patriotic
They own the police
A bunch of psychotics
They own the ground where we stand

[chorus]
We did all that we could
We spent all that we had
Why did we believe we could win?
We need to be bad
We need to feel sad
We need to commit to our sins

We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up
and stand up

[instrumental]

We fight cause it's right
We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up

[chorus]
We did all that we could
We spent all that we had
Why did we believe we could win?
We need to be bad
We need to feel sad
We need to commit to our sins

We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up
and stand up

We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up
and stand up

[heavy drums]
[screeching guitars]
[instrumental]

stand up
stand up!
stand up!!!

!!! STAND UP !!!!


[instrumental]


Stand Up (hard woman)

Stand Up
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

We show up to fight
To face them again
We know we can't win
We expect to feel pain
There is nothing to lose
But so much to gain

If they win they take all
Any justice will fall
Get up from the ground 
We'll go one more round

They own all our leaders
Who say they're patriotic
They own the police
A sad bunch of psychotics
They own the ground where we stand

[chorus]
We did all we could
We spent all we had
Why did we believe we could win?
We need to be bad
We need to feel sad
We need to commit to our sins

We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up
and stand up

stand up

stand up

[instrumental]

We show up to fight
To face them again
We know we can't win
We expect to feel pain
There is nothing to lose
But so much to gain

If they win they take all
Any justice will fall
Get up from the ground 
We'll go one more round

They own all our leaders
Who say they're patriotic
They own the police
A sad bunch of psychotics
They own the ground where we stand

[chorus]
We did all we could
We spent all we had
Why did we believe we could win?
We need to be bad
We need to feel sad
We need to commit to our sins

We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up
and stand up

stand up

stand up

[instrumental]

We fight cause it's right
We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up

[chorus]
We did all we could
We spent all we had
Why did we believe we could win?
We need to be bad
We need to feel sad
We need to commit to our sins

We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up
and stand up

We cannot give up
Get up from the ground 
and stand up
and stand up

[heavy drums]
[screeching guitars]
[instrumental]

stand up
stand up!
stand up!!!

!!! STAND UP !!!!


[instrumental]


Stand Up (B reggae)

Any Day Might be the Day
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

In the den of his small house
Alfred watched the news
He could hear the kids upstairs
His wife was cooking stew

He had been spending too much time
Doing nothing every day
He no longer worked the line
He no longer got the pay

His job no longer needed
His whole life gone to hell
The whole world was getting poorer
Just a few were doing well

[instrumental]

He'd been born here in LA
But his mother further South
He been told back at the plant
To eat beans and shut his mouth

It was clearer day by day
Things were not going to get better
Pretty soon it would be colder
And the maga's getting bolder

[bridge]

He had been an elec-trician
He knew how to make a spark
He was troubled by ideas
And bit by bit he lost his fears

It was time to do his part
It was time to make them pay
He could still get in the plant
Any day might be the day

[instrumental]

He'd been born here in LA
But his mother further South
He been told back at the plant
To eat beans and shut his mouth

It was clearer day by day
Things were not going to get better
Pretty soon it would be colder
And the maga's getting bolder

[bridge]

He'd been an elec-trician
He knew how to make a spark
He was troubled by ideas
And bit by bit he lost his fears

It was time to do his part
It was time to make them pay
He could still get in the plant
Any day might be the day

[instrumental]

He'd been an elec-trician
He knew how to make a spark
He was troubled by ideas
And bit by bit he lost his fears

It was time to do his part
It was time to make them pay
He could still get in the plant
Any day might be the day

[instrumental]

It was time to make them pay
Any day might be the day

It was time to make them pay
Any day might be the day

Any day might be the day

Any Day Might be the Day

Any Day Might be the Day
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

In the den of his small house
Alfredo watched the news
He could hear the kids upstairs
His wife was cooking stew

He had been spending too much time
Doing nothing every day
He no longer worked the line
He no longer got the pay

He was no longer needed
His whole life gone to hell
The whole world was getting poorer
Just a few were doing well

[1][instrumental]

He'd been born here in LA
But his mother further South
He been told back at the plant
To eat beans and shut his mouth

It was clearer day by day
Things were not going to get better
Pretty soon it would be colder
And the maga's getting bolder

[2][bridge]

He had been an elec-trician
He knew how to make a spark
He was troubled by ideas
But his anger drowned his fears

It was time to do his part
It was time to make them pay
He could still get in the plant
Any day might be the day

[3][instrumental]

He'd been born here in LA
But his mother further South
He been told back at the plant
To eat beans and shut his mouth

It was clearer day by day
Things were not going to get better
Pretty soon it would be colder
And the maga's getting bolder

[bridge]

He'd been an elec-trician
He knew how to make a spark
He was troubled by ideas
But his anger drowned his fears

It was time to do his part
It was time to make them pay
He could still get in the plant
Any day might be the day

[4][instrumental]

He'd been an elec-trician
He knew how to make a spark
He was troubled by ideas
But his anger drowned his fears

It was time to do his part
It was time to make them pay
He could still get in the plant
Any day might be the day

[5][instrumental]

He'd been born here in LA
But his mother further South
He been told back at the plant
To eat beans and shut his mouth

It was clearer day by day
Things were not going to get better
Pretty soon it would be colder
And the maga's getting bolder

[bridge]

He'd been an elec-trician
He knew how to make a spark
He was troubled by ideas
But his anger drowned his fears

It was time to do his part
It was time to make them pay
He could still get in the plant
Any day might be the day

[6][instrumental]

It was time to make them pay
Any day might be the day

It was time to make them pay
Any day might be the day

Any day might be the day



Any Day Might be the Day (A2a)

A Storm Right Here Among Us
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

I am standing on our porch
I am looking at the sky
The world does not seem right
There is darkness near by

People 'round me unaware
All living day to day
They act like they don't care
No one believes that they will pay

They don't show what they are feeling
They've learnt to turn it off
Don't want to say they're scared
They've had far more than enough

It is not just one sole thing
It is many all at once
You take your eye from any
You'll never stand a chance

[instrumental]

Go outside and look around
It is not that hard to tell
Just look at people's faces
So many lifes not going well

Look at what they do
On what they spend their time
Everyone wants to escape
Another life not mine

Look at what they value
What they work for, sacrifice
Another shiny thing
That is never worth the price

Pay attention to their heroes
The lives they wish they had
More and more they are all empty
And many are plain bad

[instrumental]

Pay attention to their heroes
The lives they wish they had
More and more they are all empty
And many are plain bad

Pay attention to their heroes
The lives they wish they had
More and more they are all empty
And many are plain bad

[bridge]

Look at the stars at night
Look up into the sky
The world does not seem right
There is darkness near by

The world does not seem right
There is darkness near by

There is darkness near by

A Storm Right Here Among Us (B)


[instrumental]

There is an orange glow at night
It hangs over the horizon
It controls my every thought
What is true and what is not

It is a vision of what's after
It is a warning not ignored
It brings portents of disaster
The loss of all before

[instrumental]

A new world comes our way
A world where all is gold
All is night, there is no day
All souls are bought and sold

In this world we all are pawns
We live to fill our role
The lines have all been drawn
We know where we belong

There is a whole new way to think
You stand with a new stance
You say one thing too many
It may well be your last dance

[instrumental]

I am proud of this new me
I now know what I believe
I know all I'll ever need
His word, I will receive

I am tired of resisting
What he says I want to hear
I can have all that I want
The future is now near

Not a thing ever my fault
Everybody looks like me
My life will be a dream
Like they show it on TV

[instrumental]

[chorus]
The orange glow is all there is
In the orange I believe
For the orange I will dance
The orange won't forgive

[chorus]
The orange glow is all there is
In the orange I believe
For the orange I will dance
The orange won't forgive

[instrumental]



The Orange Glow

Fate Laughs
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

There is health and there is love
there is happiness and life
Not always the same thing
What is it I should bring

You cannot have them all
Sometimes not even one
When in one trap you may fall
From another feel the call

[bridge]

Decisions always decisions
Why cannot life be simple
Why cannot we know how
Why can't it be right now

[instrumental]

When what we want is gone
And we are living all alone
That is the time we first conceive
What we failed to believe

She is gone and I know now
She is gone, I don't know how
I look around, there is no light
Forever it is night

Why did I choose this life
Did I know what I was doing
Was it ever my decision
Fate laughs with wild derision

[instrumental]

You cannot have them all
Sometimes not even one
When in one trap you may fall
From another feel the call

Decisions always decisions
Why cannot life be simple
Why cannot we know how
Why can't it be right now

[instrumental]

Why did I choose this life
Did I know what I was doing
Was it ever my decision
Fate laughs with wild derision

Fate laughs with wild derision

[instrumental]

Fate Laughs (vegas)

Doin' Nothin'
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

It was nothing that I said
It was nothing that I did
We were laying on her bed
I was keeping it all hid

[bridge]

It was nothing that I said
It was nothing that I did
We were laying on her bed
I was keeping it all hid

My baby left me
She did not say why
My baby left me
I think I'm going to die

[instrumental]

It was nothing that I said
Did I say nothing too long
It was nothing that I did
Did I do nothing wrong

Can you say nothing too often
Did I need to say it more
Can you say nothing to slow
I cannot take the blow

Can you do nothing too soon
Did I have to wait till noon
Can you do nothing too fast
I thought that it would last

[instrumental]

My baby left me
She did not say why
My baby left me
I think I'm going to die

[instrumental]

It was nothing that I said
It was nothing that I did
We were laying on her bed
I was keeping it all hid

It was nothing that I said
It was nothing that I did
We were laying on her bed
I was keeping it all hid

My baby left me
She did not say why
My baby left me
I think I'm going to die

[instrumental]

It was nothing that I said
Did I say nothing too long
It was nothing that I did
Did I do nothing wrong

Can you say nothing too often
Did I need to say it more
Can you say nothing to slow
I cannot take the blow

Can you do nothing too soon
Did I have to wait till noon
Can you do nothing too fast
I thought that it would last

[instrumental]

My baby left me
She did not say why
My baby left me
I think I'm going to die

[instrumental]

Doin Nothin

Harry and the Kinks
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental intro]

I think I’ll die today  
Is that something I can say?  
I might as well be dead  
All I’m saying has been said  

[bridge]

There is no purpose and no meaning  
There is no end and no beginning
Everything I ever do, 
Was already done by you  

Or, maybe, it was me  
I really don’t know who

[chorus]
There is no guilt and there’s no shame  
I can’t find the one to blame  
I can’t go on  
I am insane

[instrumental interlude]

There is no cause and there’s no reason  
and, most certainly, no seasons  
Our minds create the past  
That could be why things don’t last  

The future is a fiction  
and life is an addiction  
There is no happiness  
Time itself is under stress

[chorus]
There is no guilt and there’s no shame  
I can’t find the one to blame  
I can’t go on  
I am insane

[instrumental interlude]

I think I’ll die today  
I might as well be dead  
There is no purpose and no meaning  
All I’m saying has been said  

[bridge]

Everything I want to do, 
It takes time that I don't have
I can't do it anyway
You'll just say that I've been bad

What I really want to see
You will think that it is treason
You don't care what will be
You don't want to know the reason

The world is going away
I don't want to stay behind
There's now way that I will stay
You must be out of your mind

[outro]
There is no guilt and there’s no shame  
I can’t find the one to blame  
I can’t go on  
I am insane

[instrumental]

The world is going away
I don't want to stay behind
There's now way that I will stay
You must be out of your mind

[outro]
There is no guilt and there’s no shame  
I can’t find the one to blame  
I can’t go on  
I am insane

[instrumental]


Harry and the Kinks

Forever Stay High
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[piano]

[Verse]
Someone I knew once
alone in my mind
whispers so softly
to leave it behind

Someone I knew once
alone in my mind
whispers so softly
to leave it behind

[guitar]

[Verse]
The beat it grows louder
Her words fill my thoughts
it pounds in my ears
They swim in my tears
Her message comes through
It's now very clear

She tells me so sweetly
there’s nothing to fear
I try not to listen
but now she's too near

[chorus]
Walking slow, slow
never finding the way
Slow, slow
she knows I can't stay

[instrumental interlude]

[Verse]
Brothers and sisters
stare at me with sad eyes
They sing and they laugh
while expecting to fly

When I think about trying to
tell them my name
I know they won’t listen
they don’t want the pain

I have nothing to give them
what I once had is gone
I don't want to forgive them
I am fine all alone

[chorus]
Walking slow, slow
never finding the way
Slow, slow
she knows I can't stay

I can't stay
I can't stay
I can't stay
I can't stay

I can't stay

I can't stay

[instrumental interlude]

[Verse]
I wish I was someone
who knew what to do
I wish that your words
had for once not been true

I wish I was stronger
and willing to try
I wish I was younger
and ready to die

I wish I could float
and get lost in the sky
I’d drift with the wind
and forever stay high

Forever stay high
Forever stay high
Forever stay high


[instrumental interlude]


Forever Stay High (5)

Lost in the Sky
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[piano]

[Verse]
Brothers and sisters
stare at me with sad eyes
They sing and they laugh
while expecting to fly

[bridge]

I wish I was someone
who knew what to do
I wish that your words
had for once not been true

I wish I was stronger
and willing to try
I wish I was younger
and ready to die

I wish I could float
and get lost in the sky
I’d drift with the wind
and forever stay high

[instrumental]

I wish I was someone
who knew what to do
I wish that your words
had for once not been true

I wish I was stronger
and willing to try
I wish I was younger
and ready to die

I wish I could float
and get lost in the sky
I’d drift with the wind
and forever stay high

[instrumental]

Brothers and sisters
stare at me with sad eyes
They sing and they laugh
while expecting to fly

I wish I could float
and get lost in the sky
I’d drift with the wind
and forever stay high

[outro]

Forever stay high
Forever stay high
Forever stay high

[instrumental]


Lost in the Sky

What To Do On Earth
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

What things to do on Earth 
when you are dead?
What thoughts are now crossing
through your head?

Are you beginning to wonder?
Are you starting to doubt?
Are you about to start talking?
Pretty soon you will shout

Are there things that I missed?
Who should I have kissed?
Does it matter this late?
and why did I wait?

Should I call her right now?
Would she care anyhow?

aaah aaaah aaah
aaah aaaah aaah
aaah aaaah aaah

Would she care anyhow?

[instrumental]

What things to do on Earth 
when you are dead?

When you know that it's over
When you have nothing to lose
What would you do?
How would you chose?

What things to do on Earth 
when you are dead?

When you know that it's over
When you have nothing to lose
What would you do?
How would you chose?

[instrumental]

Are there things that I missed?
Who should I have kissed?
Does it matter this late?
and why did I wait?

Should I call her right now?
Would she care anyhow?
Would she care anyhow?

aaah aaaah aaah
aaah aaaah aaah
aaah aaaah aaah

Would you try to save something
Would you say "what the hell"
Would hope for some magic
Would you try cast a spell

Would you ask for forgiveness
be let out of this mess
Would you look in her eyes
Would you crave her 
crave her caress

aaah aaaah aaah
aaah aaaah aaah
aaah aaaah aaah

Would you try to save something
Would you say "what the hell"
Would hope for some magic
Would you try cast a spell

Would you ask for forgiveness
be let out of this mess
Would you look in her eyes
Would you crave her caress

[bridge]

There is no way to know
You can't say in advance
We will all have to stay
And finish the dance

There is no way to know
You can't say in advance
At the end of the show
We will all have to go

At the end of the show
We will all have to go

[instrumental]



What To Do On Earth (2)

Golden Dreams
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

[ jazz guitar and conga drum intro]

[intro]
She looks like she would want to
She looks like she can't stop
You feel used, wasted away
Just one more item in her shop

Moves around from dance to dance
At every stop she takes a chance
This is no way to find romance

pa pa parap pa 
pa pa parap pa 
parap para pa

[bridge]

She lives alone, she's never there
She has her phone, goes everywhere
More calls than she can handle
She says no and does not care

[instrumental]

One step forward, two steps back
One step forward, on a track
Look around, ohhh yeahhh
You got the knack
You got the knack
You got the knack

[break]

Moves around from dance to dance
At every stop she takes a chance
This is no way to find romance

pa pa parap pa 
pa pa parap pa 
parap para pa

[bridge]

She lives alone, she's never there
She has her phone, goes eveywhere
More calls than she can handle
She says no and does not care

*whistling*

[instrumental]

Golden Dreams (4)

Shrug It Off
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

Move past it, shrug it off
You will still be here tomorrow
Don't expect to see a change
Too much hope is only sorrow

Learn to be a bigger man
Learn to handle what you can
What you can't, let it go by
You don't need to make her cry

[bridge]

Nothing to gain by being right
Not much to lose by being wrong
You don't want to win that fight
Try again, just play along

[chorus]
I could live without a home
I could go my way alone
But to leave her by herself
My heart would turn to stone

[instrumental]

This is the life you have
We never know what we are choosing
There may have been a time
But it went by, what's left is losing

What did you see in that expression?
What did she mean with that odd look?
You thought she would be happy
But that glance was all it took

[bridge]

Nothing to gain by being right
Not much to lose by being wrong
You don't want to win that fight
Try again, just play along

[chorus]
I could live without a home
I could go my way alone
But to leave her by herself
My heart would turn to stone

[instrumental]

I could live without a home
I could go my way alone
But to leave her by herself
My heart would turn to stone

My heart would turn to stone

My heart would turn to stone

[instrumental]


Shrug It Off (5 blues disco)

I Wish I Was
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

I'm gonna sleep all through the day
I'm gonna waste my life away
I'd like to be a stronger man
But I don't really think I can

I really wish that I could fly
I thought that I would try
But I will sit down on the ground
The only safe place that I've found

[pre-chorus]
I would get up to the table
But I don't think that I'm able
I don't think I'll ever be
Anything more than plain ol' me

[chorus]
I wish I was
I wish I was
I need a good kick in the ass

[instrumental]

There was a time I would have tried
A time I thought I would
But I guess I must have lied
I am still here where I stood

Things did not go my way
Or maybe much too often
When you don't need to try
In time your will is bound to soften

[pre-chorus]
If I had put in some more effort
If I had done the harder work
If I had gone the way you went
If had turned left at the fork

[chorus]
I wish I was
I wish I was
I need a good kick in the ass

[instrumental]

I am doing what I've done
It has always been enough
Not enough to make a change
But I've never been that tough

Here I am, kicking the can
One more time, passing the buck
One more time, dreaming the day
One more time, waiting for luck

[pre-chorus]
I have a plan, that won't come through
Making plans is all I do
But here I am, here I am
I am not much of a man

[chorus]
I wish I was
I wish I was
I need a good kick in the ass

[instrumental]

[outro]

But here I am
Here I am
I am not much of a man

I wish I was
I wish I was
I need a good kick in the ass


I Wish I Was (271)

Little Things
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

[verse]
Just a few more little things
Don't mean much to you and me
Just a few small silly things
Why not just let them be?

[verse]
One last glance around the room
There was nothing I could see
Little gifts from little hands
Had been missed by you and me

[instrumental]

[verse]
These things so long unwanted
These things that do not matter
They were sitting there alone
They once made this place a home

[verse]
These things I would forget
These things I'd leave behind
They are part of all I love
We have kept them to be kind

[verse]
These drawings and bright rocks
They were precious long ago
But time goes by in ticks and tocks
All is gone before you know

[instrumental]

[verse]
I have no room, and I must go
But I cannot let them know
I must say that I have kept them
If only just for show

[outro]
Just a few more little things
Don't mean much to you and me
Just a few small silly things
Why not just let them be?


"I guess they'll have to go with me"

[instrumental]




new wave, millennial angst, bass guitar



Little Things (plus tard)

Or Maybe 45
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

When you walked into the room
When you cast your spell on me
You were riding on a broom
You were all that I could see

I saw the passion in your eyes
your hips pound out desire
your lips they call me near
but then you disappear

[instrumental]

They said you had a man
He was as mean as he could be
He was holding on to you
And that he knew Kung Foo

I heard you name was Fung
Or maybe it was Choo
I don't care what it was
I'll take care of you know who

[instrumental]

I walked up to the bar
I looked deep into your eyes
He gave me a swift kick
I was staring at the sky

I got up of the floor
He soon gave me one more
There was nothing I could do
I was giving up on you

[instrumental]

There was nothing I could do
I was giving up on you

He came and smiled at me
He gave me a hand up
With a grin he looked at me
He said "just fifty bucks"

With a grin he looked at me
He said "just fifty bucks"

"or maybe 45"

"or maybe 45"

"fifty"
"fifty bucks"
"just fifty bucks"

Or Maybe 45 (1)

I Want to Give My Life
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

To everything you love
You find you gave a knife 
You pray it's never used
But you die if it's refused

In the end it always does
Sometimes it does it slow
Other times it does in secret
And you will never know

It may do it of a sudden
It will catch you unaware
You never see it coming
You are completely unprepared

I don't dread my next love
I know that it will ruin me
All I can do is hope
that it does it beautifully

[instrumental]

Perhaps a song that I will play 
until it no longer makes sense 
Where the rhymes are barely there
and the music only air

or someone with no idea 
what to do with one like me. 
Or a dream so very large, 
it consumes entirely.

With love I'll never be alone
It either withers or engulfs 
If I have to decide
I would rather not survive

So if the next love in my life
is going to stab me with a knife
I hope it does it in a way 
that makes me thankful for the plunge

[outro]

that makes me thankful for the plunge

that makes me thankful for the plunge

!that makes me thankful for the plunge


[instrumental]


======================

modern female voice, new wave  euro-lounge  jazzy blues, modern female voice

modern Latina female voice, new wave, slow samba

sultry dark deep female voice, new wave  euro-lounge  blues

sultry dark deep black female voice, new wave  euro-lounge  blues

I Want to Give My Life

Every Pledge
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey


[intro]

I was never meant to stop here
Not even for a moment
I did not mean to pause here
This is only a plateau

I need a breath between my chapters
A little time to regain strength
This is not the ending that I'm after
That is what I tell myself

Why does this feel so complete
Like I have come right to the edge
Why has the world become so quiet
Have I fulfilled every pledge

[instrumental]

I need a breath between my chapters
A little time to regain strength
This is not the ending that I'm after
That is what I tell myself

Why does this feel so complete
Like I have come right to the edge
Why has the world become so quiet
Have I fulfilled every pledge

[instrumental]

Every Pledge

The Worst Temptation
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey


[intro]

It is fire that brought me here
There is a vision I can taste
I won't forget what I've become
And all the progress that I've made

This new comfort is a trap
I was made for so much more
I cannot have any doubts
Things cannot be like before

Am I really satisfied
Is this the cause for hesitation
Do I feel safe in a small place
Is that the worst temptation

[instrumental]

A lovely view from these new heights
But I'm only half way up
Is this really good enough
Maybe, I should give up

Was not the race the real goal
For once to be allowed
I am not afraid to try
I am going way up high

Am I really satisfied
Is this the cause for hesitation
Do I feel safe in a small place
Is that the worst temptation?

Do I feel safe in a small place
Is that the worst temptation?

Is that the worst temptation?

Is that the worst temptation?

[instrumental]

The Worst Temptation

Your Mother's Song
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey  

[intro]

Time has passed and I'm still here
I never wished to stay so long
I was hoping to be gone 
Long before they played that song

You know the song I'm thinking of
You all think it must be played
You think that it's so sweet
This day without it, incomplete

[bridge]

It's a song your mother liked
But not as much as you all think
She said she liked it once
Somehow it stuck, I don't know why?

[instrumental]

All it does is make me think
As if I did not think enough
I don't have so much to do
I just pretend and try to laugh

It's a song I never liked
I think she played it just to bug 
I would make noises and complain
I knew I'd get a hug

If I don't watch what I am doing
My arms will reach in vain for her
I will stand there looking lost
You'll all turn and look away

[instrumental]

That's why I never want to stay
I want to sneak out the back door
This is never my best day
I don't want it anymore

Let me go, just say goodbye
Don't look, don't see me cry
Let me keep a little pride
I'll go home and try to hide

[outro]
Let me go, just say goodbye
Don't look, don't see me cry
This is never my best day
I don't want it anymore

I don't want it anymore

[instrumental]

Your Mother's Song

Let's Take Our Vows in Hell
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

[verse]
I was walking home alone  
and you were staring at your phone  
You were trying to get a ride  
I was walking at your side

[verse]
That was the total introduction
Instantaneous  attraction
I woke up at daylight
And I thought we'd had a fight

[bridge]

[verse]
But that was just the way you look
You have that mean thing about you
You did not get that look from books
A long hard life is what it took

[pre-chorus]
A match made in heaven  
goes to hell soon enough  
Let the devil read the lines  
We only need a little time

[chorus]
Let's take our vows in hell  
We know it won't go well  
Let's start where it all ends
Since we don't have much to spend

[instrumental]

[verse]
I didn't know where you came from
I didn't know a thing about you
You said you needed money
And the reasons weren't that funny

[verse]
There were some guys looking for you
You were trying to get away
You needed money for a ticket
And a place where you could stay

[verse]
You said you'd make it worth my while
I already knew that you were able
You gave me your best look
And laid me down back on the table

[pre-chorus]
A match made in heaven  
goes to hell soon enough  
Let the devil read the lines  
We only need a little time

[chorus]
Let's take our vows in hell  
We know it won't go well  
Let's start where it all ends
Since we don't have much to spend

[instrumental]

[verse]
I was looking for a victim
I needed someone who would care
I had ideas I could share
With someone who wouldn't scare

[verse]
I said you could be my partner
In the meantime be my lover
I would take you where you wanted
When our little game was over

[verse]
We would pretend that I had killed you
And we would try to frame my wife
She was the one with all the money
You would be set up for life

[pre-chorus]
A match made in heaven  
goes to hell soon enough  
Let the devil read the lines  
We only need a little time

[chorus]
Let's take our vows in hell  
We know it won't go well  
Let's start where it all ends
Since we don't have much to spend

[instrumental]

[verse]
I took you to my house
And had you lay down on the bed
I sliced you with a knife
My wife would find you dead

[verse]
I was sure that it would work
It was really a good plan
My wife always the prime suspect
And I would now be a rich man

[pre-chorus]
A match made in heaven  
goes to hell soon enough  
Let the devil read the lines  
We only need a little time

[chorus]
Let's take our vows in hell  
We know it won't go well  
Let's start where it all ends
Since we don't have much to spend



[instrumental]

Let's Take Our Vows in Hell

These Feelings (E)
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

[verse]
These feelings they come
and stay around till three
What feelings are these
They can't be good for me

[verse]
They don't let me work
I am moving along
Then I'm crying non-stop
Just because of a song

[verse]
They don't let me sleep
I am lying in bed
I will laugh like a hound
Like I'm out of my head

[chorus]
Feelings, nothing more than feelings
A line that's been around
A line I would forget
But takes me to the ground

[instrumental]

[verse]
I want to have connection
To show who I am
But the way that I feel
I don't think that I can

[verse]
These feelings don't care
They don't leave me alone
These feelings I share
and my friends all get scared

[verse]
These feeling should go
I don't want them around
These feelings too deep
They should never be found

[chorus]
Feelings, nothing more than feelings
A line that's been around
A line I would forget
But takes me to the ground

[instrumental]

[Outro]
I have to give them up
These feelings are too much
But I need to hold them close
Feelings I can touch

Feelings, nothing more than feelings
A line that's been around
A line I would forget
But takes me to the ground

[instrumental]


These Feelings

Consultant
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

[verse]
My suit is so much better
My briefcase made of leather
My hair is always perfect
I look great in any weather

[verse]
This is the way it has to be
You need to get what you pay for
If you see me looking better
You know I'll ask for more

[instrumental]

[verse]
I fly in and waste your time
I don't care, you'll pay for mine
I tell you what to do
I will be gone before you're through

[verse]
I really do have a few skills
But they are not what you think,
I come in when there's no hope
And pull you from the brink

[verse]
It does not happen 'cause I know
That part is only just for show
I will ask you what to do
Put it in a box, and sell it back to you

[chorus]
It's all your fault
That much is clear
It's never mine
I was not here

[instrumental]

[verse]
I'll take you out to lunch
You won't find it in my bill
It is buried in the chatter
I do it with such skill

[verse]
I will stay in the best room
Meet you for drinks at eight
I will take important calls
And you will have to wait

[verse]
Your boss told you to do this
You did not have a voice
Be careful what you say
I'll repeat it, it's my choice

[chorus]
It's all your fault
That much is clear
It's never mine
I was not here

[instrumental]

[verse]
I will return this time next year
Though you may not be here
I did not recommend you
It was your fault, I made it clear

It's all your fault
That much is clear
It's never mine
I was not here

[instrumental]












Consultant

Death a Go Go
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

[verse]
I am sure that we are dying
But the question is the when
It is the when and then the how
I need to know these things 
I need to know right now

[verse]
I am sure that we are dying
But will we die while we're still trying
Will we live right to the end
Or hang there for our friends
A death that never ends

[chorus]
Is it coming by surprise
Is death around the bend
Will it offer compromise
Are there wrongs that I can mend

[instrumental]

[verse]
If I knew it was tomorrow
I'd have no time for any sorrow
I would barely need to pack
Just grab a coat 
and take a snack

[verse]
If I knew it was a year
That gives plenty room for fear
Not too far and not too near
It's time to go, 
I'll grab my gear

[bridge]

[verse]
But if it was longer than that
Such things I can ignore
I have lots of time to go
I'll take another nap
And waste a little more

[chorus]
Is it coming by surprise
Is death around the bend
Will it offer compromise
Are there wrongs that I can mend

[instrumental]

[outro]
Since I have no way to know
I can make a bit more dough
I'll take another bow
I don't have to go right now

Since I have no way to know
I'll just get on with the show

I'll just get on with the show

I'll just get on with the show

[instrumental]

Death a Go Go

Season of the Night
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

I am capable of feelings
I am able to feel pain
A few notes can send me reeling
I feel safe out in the rain

The drops will hide my tears
The gloom excuse my fears
In the cold I feel alive
And for a while, I will survive

[bridge]

The wind makes all things better
The howl will mask my wail
A storm is what I need
No one needs to know I failed

[chorus]
It is the season of the night
I will never feel the light
I am doomed to live in darkness
Things will never be alright

[instrumental]

I am capable of feelings
I am able to feel pain
A few notes can send me reeling
I feel safe out in the rain

The drops will hide my tears
The gloom excuse my fears
In the cold I feel alive
And for a while, I will survive

[chorus]
It is the season of the night
I will never feel the light
Forever out of sight
Things will never be alright

[instrumental]

I failed in your eyes
I could not be what you have needed
This is the way that our love died
It did not matter how I pleaded

[outro]
It is the season of the night
I will never feel the light
I am doomed to live in darkness
Things will never be alright


[instrumental]





Season of the Night

Time Is the Issue
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

When in time I find I'm lost
all goes by at such a cost
Every day a stronger dose
just the same or much too close

Each time I verify
once again I find the lie
All of time is passing by
All our dreams are going to die

[bridge]

Just a little bit more time
If I had just one more day
That is all I ever hear
That is all I ever say

[chorus]
Time is life and life is time
that is all there ever is
What do we ever hope to find
It is not eternal bliss

[instrumental]

My dreams are always false
they give me no new hope
They are guesses in disguise
I may never get the prize

Why do it once again?
What do I hope to find?
What do I hope to gain?
when the truth is never kind

[bridge]

Just a little bit more time
If I had just one more day
That is all I ever hear
That is all I ever say

[chorus]
Time is life and life is time
that is all there ever is
What do we ever hope to find
It is not eternal bliss

[instrumental]

time was never on our side
time flies while all else dies
time is laughing at your struggles
feels nothing while you cry

was there any time to gain
could there have been less pain
could our world have been better
did I write it in a letter

[bridge]

Just a little bit more time
If I had just one more day
That is all I ever hear
That is all I ever say

[chorus]
Time is life and life is time
that is all there ever is
What do we ever hope to find
It is not eternal bliss

[instrumental]

[outro]
Just a little bit more time
If I had just one more day
That is all I ever hear
That is all I ever say

That is all I ever say

That is all I ever say

[instrumental]


Time Is the Issue (C1)

Edna Fruhm
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

What have you done, oh Edna Fruhm
What have you done, 
Who do you fancy
What have you done
Did you hurt Nancy
Don't tell me that, don't you say that
If you did that, you must tell Clancy

[bridge]

You know that boy, he won't be happy
Next thing you know, he'll tell his pappy
You know that man, has no control
When morning comes, he'll kill us all

[chorus]
What have you done, oh Edna Fruhm
What have you done
What have you done

[instrumental]

This morning when I left
I thought things were Ok
Nancy would behave,
And you, you would just stay

And now I hear, you did this thing
Why would you do it, you are insane
Why hurt Nancy, she's not to blame
This is all a god damned shame

Oh god, it's just a shame

[chorus]
What have you done, oh Edna Fruhm
What have you done
What have you done

[instrumental]

What have you done, oh Edna Fruhm
What have you done, 
Who do you fancy
What have you done
Did you hurt Nancy
Don't tell me that, don't you say that
If you did that, you must tell Clancy

[bridge]

Clancy's at the door
And Nancy's all he had
I won't be the one to tell him
I'll be gone before his dad

You gotta tell him
It won't be me
It is you that's gotta tell him
May god have mercy on thee

Well goodbye, goodbye for me

goodbye for me

goodbye for me

[instrumental]





Edna Fruhm

Please Let Me Be Myself
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

I am tired of playing the game
My love was not about pretend
I don’t want for us to end
But things cannot stay the same

You are asking me to fake
something that I know is real
You don’t know how much it hurts
and the way it makes me feel

[chorus]
Please let me be myself
Take my love down from the shelf
Please let my life be true
I am always true to you

[guitar]

You are telling me to say
What I am saying anyway
What you want for me to tell
Is what I know so very well

I will tell you that I love you
Without any help from you
I will repeat these words forever
Something you need ask for never

[chorus]
Please let me be myself
Take my love down from the shelf
Please let my life be true
I am always true to you

[guitar]

I need to speak in my own words
Not some lines you may have heard
I need to tell you in the light
Not in some enchanted night

What I tell you is the truth
No need to fake the way I feel
No need to add the flashy lines
My love always has been real

[chorus]
Please let me be myself
Take my love down from the shelf
Please let my life be true
I am always true to you

[guitar]

[verse]
Please let me be myself
Please let my life be true
I am always true to you

Please let me be myself
I am always true to you

[guitar]

Please let me be myself
I am always true to you

[outro]


Please Let Me Be Myself (cry baby)

Nora
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

[piano]

Nora, ever in her mind
Never meaning to be kind
Nora's standing in the rain
Her thoughts are never mine

[instrumental]

Every Sunday with my gran
I walk slowly past her house
Her mother waves at us
Nora's quiet as a mouse

Nora never smiles
Her eyes they dart away
Nora's far away by miles
Lost is how she'll stay

Nora, runs away and cries
Her mother looks at us
She starts to say goodbye
Nora stops, she says "Hi?"

[chorus]
Nora, ever in her mind
Never meaning to be kind
Nora's standing in the rain
Her thoughts are never mine

[instrumental]

I run and say hello
But Nora does not play
Nora has a place
It's where she spends her day

Nora, does not know me
She is always looking down
Anything I do 
She looks away and frowns

Nora's in her garden
Does not care about the world
Nora loves her flowers
She could be there for hours

[chorus]
Nora, ever in her mind
Never meaning to be kind
Nora's standing in the rain
Her thoughts are never mine

[instrumental]

Nora, ever in her mind
Never meaning to be kind
Nora's standing in the rain
Her thoughts are never mine

[chorus]
Nora, ever in her mind
Never meaning to be kind
Nora's standing in the rain
Her thoughts are never mine

[outro]



Nora

Where We Lay (004)
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

I came back when you were gone
I came back to be alone
I could not stand being away
I wanna die right where we lay

[bridge]

I knew you weren't here
Your brother called me late last year
He told me what had happened
You had met all of your fears

He said that he came by
He checked on you every week
He came by on Saturday
You just stared, would not speak

You never had all that much
But bit by bit you had far less
All he found was empty boxes
and your usual filthy mess

[instrumental]

I came back when you were gone
I came back to be alone
I could not stand being away
I wanna die right where we lay

[bridge]

I took care of you a while
I loved you more than I could bear
I spend my days making you smile
I was not getting anywhere

Whatever was eating you inside
That thing you once had tried to hide
It had gained complete control
It chewed up all of your soul

You no longer cared for me
You told me to get out
You no longer cared for you
I guess one day you just flew

[instrumental]

You no longer cared for you
I guess one day you just flew
But I could not stand being away
I wanna die right where we lay

[outro]

Where We Lay

Goodbye Again (disco 1)
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[drums]

[verse]
She walked in with the sly look
She said we had to talk
She was sorry one more time
Her words not worth a dime
I did not say a word
I wished I had not heard

[verse]
She was back on the game
A desire she could not tame
Was our life a short vacation
Was it I who was to blame
Was it all just for the thrill
or a need she could not kill

[bridge]

We said goodbye again
Once again, we are just friends
I smile and I look down
You know I can't pretend

[chorus]
We said goodbye again
Once again, we are just friends
I smile and I look down
You know I can't pretend

[instrumental]

[verse]
It was a life that she knew well
and it soon had cast its spell
It was a natural reaction
No need for introduction
She knew just what to do
She was ready for some action

[verse]
What we had was not enough
She could not stand to be alone
She craved the naked hunger
The stranger's eyes upon her
She was afraid of growing old
She needed to be told

[bridge]

We said goodbye again
Once again, we are just friends
I smile and I look down
You know I can't pretend

[chorus]
We said goodbye again
Once again, we are just friends
I smile and I look down
You know I can't pretend

[instrumental]

[verse]
What we had was not enough
She could not stand to be alone
She craved the naked hunger
The stranger's eyes upon her
She was afraid of growing old
She needed to be told

We said goodbye again
Once again, we are just friends
I smile and I look down
You know I can't pretend

No need for introduction
She knew just what to do
She gave instant satisfaction
She was ready for some action

She knew just what to do
She was ready for some action
She gave instant satisfaction
She was ready for some action

[outro]

male voice, euro-lounge, blues, cynical, despondent

Goodbye Again

It Isn't Really True
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

It isn't really true, 
all that they say, 
about you
They don't see you, 
they don't know you, 
like I do

They need to wipe their eyes, 
to open up their minds
They need to see you're kind, 
they need to see you cry

[instrumental]

They don't know, 
they don't hear you, 
in the dark
They don't remember, 
what you did, 
opened up your heart

They need to wipe their eyes, 
to open up their minds
They need to see you're kind, 
they need to see you cry

[instrumental]

It isn't really true, 
all that they say, 
about you
They never knew, 
never cared,
what had been done to you

They know nothing 'bout your life,
and how you had to fight,
and how you made it through

They need to wipe their eyes, 
to open up their minds
They need to see you're kind, 
they need to hear you cry


[bridge]

It isn't really true, 
all that they say, 
about you
They don't see you, 
they don't know you, 
like I do

They need to wipe their eyes, 
to open up their minds
They need to see you're kind, 
they need to hear you cry

[instrumental]

They need to wipe their eyes, 
to open up their minds
They need to see you're kind, 
they need to hear you cry

[instrumental]

It Isn't Really True

Scratchings on a Wall
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

"Words are mightier than the sword"
Words coined by those who write
They believe this clear delusion
When there are no swords in sight

When you have said it all
And have nothing more in mind
Just a few words on a wall
Is all you've left behind

Words written there for nothing
With no meaning, for no cause
Words that once had seemed unending
Like water from a hose

[instrumental]

Today I wonder about things
Why did I write those words
Did I think the world would change
I have no power and less range

I could have said anything at all
More crap thrown at the wall
A wall inside my mind
A wall that I have stood behind

I thought that words were action
That writing had meant doing
But you can tell by no reaction
I got no satisfaction

[instrumental]

When you have said it all
And have nothing more in mind
Just a few words on a wall
Is all you've left behind

Words written there for nothing
With no meaning, for no cause
Words that once had seemed unending
Like water from a hose

I could have said it all
More crap thrown at the wall
A wall inside my mind
A wall that I have stood behind

I thought that words were action
That writing had meant doing
By you can tell by no reaction
I got no satisfaction

But you can tell by no reaction
I got no satisfaction

[instrumental]


Scratchings on a Wall (neil)

On the Batshit Side
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

More than a bit on the batshit side
That she belonged back on the shelf
She would start fights outside
But could sing like death itself

The woman sang the blues
She could bring you down to hell
She could make you believe it all
and could always cast a spell

I met her at a session
I was cleaning up the room
I was playing air guitar
All I had was a broom

[instrumental]

She walked in like a queen
I tried to run and hide
But I was not quick enough
And she called me to her side

I thought that I had had it
That I had lost my job again
But she asked if I would play
A song about her pain

[instrumental]

What else could I do
I grabbed my broom and pretended
She took it away from me
I thought our chat had ended

She said to come and see her
Wrote down her number on my hand
She worked with me for years
She let me join the band

[bridge]

I will not ever forget her
Or what I was when met her
As I stand here by her grave
All I am is what she gave

[instrumental]

More than a bit on the batshit side
That she belonged back on the shelf
She would start fights outside
But could sing like death itself

I will not ever forget her
Or what I was when met her
As I stand here by her grave
All I am is what she gave

[instrumental]

[outro]

On the Batshit Side (A)

On the Batshit Side
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey


[intro]
[piano]

More than a bit on the batshit side
That's what they said about her
A dark streak she could not hide
But she could sing like death itself

The woman sang the blues
She could bring you down to hell
She could make you believe it all
and could always cast a spell

I met her at a session
I was cleaning up the room
I was playing air guitar
All I had was a broom

[piano]

She walked in like a queen
I tried to run and hide
But I was not quick enough
And she called me to her side

I thought that I had had it
That I had lost my job again
But she asked if I would sing
A song about her pain

[piano]

What else could I do
I grabbed my broom and I pretended
She took it away from me
I thought our chat had ended

She said to come and see her
Wrote down her number on my hand
She worked with me for years
She helped me join the band

[bridge]

I will not ever forget her
Or what I was when I met her
As I stand here by her grave
All I am is what she made

[piano]

[clear singing]
More than a bit on the batshit side
That's what they said about her
A dark streak she could not hide
But she could sing like death itself

[clear singing]
I will not ever forget her
Or the way that I had met her
As I stand here by her grave
All I have is what she gave

[piano]

[outro]

On the Batshit Side (B)

We Play Our Way
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

We are running, running, running
We move fast, our engines humming
We are growing, growing, growing
We are big, and it is showing

We are taking, taking, taking
We need more, things need making
Talking faster, faster, faster
Never thinking 'bout disaster

[bridge]

We have one life, we gotta live it
If there's trouble, we gotta give it
We don't care, who was there
We're there now, might not be fair

[instrumental]

We come flying, from up there
We are above them, in the air
We got guns, we got iphones
We are tough, with big cojones

We will save them, from themselves
We will teach them, the true faith
They will help us take their wealth
We will put them in their place

We will take their riches home
They can't come it's all our own
Our land is just for us
They must stay, back of the bus

[instrumental]

We are Americans, we are the best
We always win, we won the West
We wear shorts, and fanny packs
There is nothing, that we lack

We are Americans, we are the best
We are bigger than the rest
We are taller, and much wider
We are nice, just like a spider

We are Americans, we are the best
What can I say, we came to play
If we can't win the local games
We change the rules, and play our way

We play our way
We play our way

!USA !USA !USA
!USA !USA !USA
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
!USA !USA !USA
We play our way
!USA !USA !USA

[instrumental]

We Play Our Way (F gol)

We Play Our Way
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

We are running, running, running
We move fast, our engines humming
We are growing, growing, growing
We are big, and it is showing

We are taking, taking, taking
We need more, things need making
Talking faster, faster, faster
Never thinking 'bout disaster

[bridge]

We have one life, we gotta live it
If there's trouble, we gotta give it
We don't care, who was there
We're there now, might not be fair

[instrumental]

We come flying, from up there
We are above them, in the air
We got guns, we got iphones
We are tough, with big cojones

We will save them, from themselves
We will teach them, the true faith
They will help us take their wealth
We will put them in their place

We will take their riches home
They can't come it's all our own
Our land is just for us
They must stay, back of the bus

[instrumental]

We are Americans, we are the best
We always win, we won the West
We wear shorts, and fanny packs
There is nothing, that we lack

We are Americans, we are the best
We are bigger than the rest
We are taller, and much wider
We are nice, just like a spider

We are Americans, we are the best
What can I say, we came to play
If we can't win the local games
We change the rules, and play our way

We play our way
We play our way

!USA !USA !USA
!USA !USA !USA

[instrumental]

We Play Our Way (A soul)

The Point of No Return (H)
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

There is no going back
And not much to go back to
We have accepted our demise
There will be no second prize

What we once had is dead
It was always an illusion
We believed and lived a lie
But all lies are born to die

The world we thought we had
The life that we deserved
Always out of reach
Just a story that they teach

The reality was true
Nothing else for it to be
The future never ours
Never meant for you and me

[chorus]
The point of no return
The final destination
We watched our bridges burn
Never paid that much attention

[instrumental]

It might be a silver lining
The truth now plain to see
They have taken off the mask 
Now we see their faces black

They don't bother with pretense
Justice now in the past tense
They take, they do not ask
Some are never coming back

We now know who are our masters
They stand right out in front
While we live with disaster
It is clear that they have won

[chorus]
The point of no return
The final destination
We watched our bridges burn
Never paid that much attention

[instrumental]

The point of no return
We watched our bridges burn
There is no going back
We are on a dismal track

The point of no return
We watched our bridges burn
There is no going back
We are on a dismal track

no going back
no going back
no going back

We are on a dismal track

[instrumental]

[outro]

The Point of No Return (let's get it over with)

The Point of No Return (D)
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

There is no going back
And not much to go back to
We have accepted our demise
There will be no second prize

What we once had is dead
It was always an illusion
We believed and lived a lie
But all lies are born to die

The world we thought we had
The life that we deserved
Always out of reach
Just a story that they teach

The reality was true
Nothing else for it to be
The future never ours
Never meant for you and me

[chorus]
The point of no return
The final destination
We watched our bridges burn
Never paid that much attention

[instrumental]

It might be a silver lining
The truth now plain to see
They have taken off the mask 
Now we see their faces black

They don't bother with pretense
Justice now in the past tense
They take, they do not ask
Some are never coming back

We now know who are our masters
They stand right out in front
While we live with disaster
It is clear that they have won

[chorus]
The point of no return
The final destination
We watched our bridges burn
Never paid that much attention

[instrumental]

The point of no return
We watched our bridges burn
There is no going back
We are on a dismal track

The point of no return
We watched our bridges burn
There is no going back
We are on a dismal track

no going back
no going back
no going back

We are on a dismal track

[instrumental]

[outro]

The Point of No Return (dirge in rock and roll)

The Madman Never Sleeps
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

The madman never sleeps
He is tormented by ideas
Every second a new scheme
They come and go like in a dream

He fears for his life
Everyone is plotting harm
It might even be his wife
One more might be the charm

[bridge]

He believes he's far too clever
They will never get to him
He has ideas to defeat them
They will never know what hit them

He posts stories to enrage them
Truth has never been a problem
He always uses the best words
His genious stable as a bird

He's rejected by world leaders
Wants his picture in great halls
His finger shaky on the trigger
He believes he rules the world

[chorus]
The madman never sleeps
He is tormented by ideas
Every second a new scheme
They come and go like in a dream

[instrumental]

His lips move and he makes sounds
But no meaning can be found
He thinks that what he said
Will turn the world around

The madman is in pain
He is old, his hands are cold
In bad weather he complains
and never stands out in the rain
452
The madman needs our love
He needs to be set free
Please help him on his away
Cut his throat on a nice day

[chorus]
The madman never sleeps
He is tormented by ideas
Every second a new scheme
They come and go like in a dream

[instrumental]

The madman never sleeps
His is tormented by ideas
Every second a new scheme
They come and go like in a dream

[instrumental]

[outro]



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I write lyrics. Alfonso Suno composes and arranges.  Performed by the lovely Ai Ongaku and her crowd.

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