Ms. Ai and the Blues

Hopes and Prayers
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

It will never happen
At least, never to me 
It does not seem real
It is not what I see

These horrors that I hear
These things you say to me
They are not what I fear
They're not my reality

[instrumental]

My life is quite enough
I never get a rest
Every day I must move on
Each day is a new test

I can not stop to think
I can not take the stress
There's rats in the sink
And the yard is a mess

[instrumental]

If I was to die
It would be a relief
There is no need to cry
I have no belief

When you talk about others
When death is far away
You know that I have hopes
Let them know that I will pray

[instrumental]

When you talk about others
When death is far away
You know that I have hopes
Let them know that I will pray

[instrumental]
[loud]
!AAAAAAAAALLL   RIIIIGHT!!!

Don't give a damn about others
Death is never far away
I never had a hope
And, sure as hell, won't pray

Nooo, I won't pray

Nooo, I won't pray


[screeching guitars]
[heavy drums]
[instrumental]
[outro]

Don't give a damn about others
Death is never far away
I never had a hope
And, sure as hell, won't pray

Nooo, I won't pray

[guitar outro]




Hopes and Prayers (for Jim and the boys)

To Give It All Away
(C) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

When the end is on my mind
I want nothing left to lose
What I own but never see
What I have but never use
I don't want to be unkind
But I want it all set free

What I own but never see
I want it all set free

[bridge]

As the days go by and fast,
and so soon it will be years
I do not want to be reminded
I like putting off the tears
There is too much left undone
So many long avoided fears

I like putting off the tears
There is too much left undone
So many long avoided fears

[instrumental]

I am working to be small
and then one day to disappear
No one can say or can recall
Not the day and not for years
I can deal with my own grief
Of other's pain I will not hear

I am working to be small
and then one day to disappear
No one can say or can recall
Not the day and not for years

[instrumental]

My life is growing smaller
my possessions on their way
I will gladly yield my place
on a lovely rainy day

With only dirt upon my face
I will quietly fade away
I will gladly yield my place
on a lovely rainy day

[outro]
My life is growing smaller
my possessions on their way
I will gladly yield my place
on a lovely rainy day

With only dirt upon my face
I will quietly fade away

I will quietly fade away

I will quietly fade away

[instrumental]

To Give It All Away (quite high)

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)

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

[instrumental]

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

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

[bridge]

My baby left me
He 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
He's headin' for the door

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

[bridge]

My baby left me
He 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 his bed
I was keeping it all hid

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

[bridge]

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

[instrumental]

Doin Nothin (ecrb hf)

Doin Nothin (ecrb hm)

This Life I Lead
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

This life I lead
Ohhh, this life I lead
It has lasted way too long
Ohhh, this life I lead
And now I've grown old....

This life I lead
Ohhh, this life I lead
The roads, not made of gold
Ohhh, this life I lead
Not the story I was sold....

[break]

I never signed up for this deal
I never signed the bottom line
I got sent with no appeal
Ohhh, this life I lead
I feel I'm doin' time....

Ohhh, this life I lead

[instrumental]

This life I lead
Ohhh, this life I lead
It keeps me long into the night
Ohhh, this life I lead
I have yet to win a fight....

This life I lead
Ohhh, this life I lead
Everything has now gone wrong
Ohhh, this life I lead
What I have ain't worth a song....

[break]

I did not know what I was doing
I was not the man for this
I go as fast as I can go
Ohhh, this life I lead
And walk away without a kiss....

Ohhh, this life I lead


This Life I Lead

I write the lyrics; Mr. Alfonso Suno composes the music.  Working with the lovely Ms. Ai Ongaku, they create the arrangements.  Ms. Ongaku and her crowd are responsible for the performances.  My part in creating these tracks is very small. Nonetheless, I am to blame.  Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Hopes and Prayers (for Jim and the boys)

I and Ai