A Thousand Songs

Some Mornings
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

Some mornings when you wake
and see it all as a mistake
I hear you close the door
I hear footsteps on the stairs
the engine starting up
and the protest from the gravel
Then the tires spinning up
and once again you start to travel

Those mornings I stay down
I don't bother to get up
It is happening again
It never will let up
I go down and make some coffee
See what the day has to offer
I catch up on my reading
any thing to stop from pleading

These days go by so dull
plenty time to look at walls
I have the time to mull
and I wander what I did
I swear it was not me
what ever could it be?
What set you off this time
I know the fault is always mine

[guitar solo]

Those mornings I stay down
I don't bother to get up
It is happening again
It never will let up
I go down and make some coffee
See what the day has to offer
I catch up on my reading
any thing to stop from pleading

These days go by so dull
plenty time to look at walls
I have the time to mull
and I wander what I did
I swear it was not me
what ever could it be?
What set you off this time
I know the fault is always mine

[guitar solo]

Some mornings when you wake
and see it all as a mistake
I hear you close the door
I hear footsteps on the stairs
the engine starting up
and the protest from the gravel
Then the tires spinning up
and once again you start to travel

[outro]

It has been almost a week
I stare and rarely speak
I hear tires spinning by
but the breaks will never squeak

I wake up and I hear sounds
there is someone on the stairs
You walk in with a big smile
and talk about the weather

[outro]

I wake up and I hear sounds
there is someone on the stairs
You walk in with a big smile
and talk about the weather

and talk about the weather


Some Mornings (french stomp)

Come at Night
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

[chorus]
I do not care any more
I now do what I must do
I care about my music
It is all that will do

I only write my songs
and I do it all day long
I do not need to get along
I just need to bang my gong

The new songs that I write
take me well into the night
But then I come around
and I found a great new sound

What I say is sometimes dark
about things that I don't know
I won't walk in the park
I try to hit you where it shows

[instrumental]

[chorus]
I do not care any more
I now do what I must do
I care about my music
It is all that will do

The world goes write on by
and sometimes makes me cry
but I bury it in songs
Nothing else that I will try

I write the things I hear
and some I just make up
But I try to make you feel
and try to bring you near

My world is in my mind
Your world I've left behind
Come see me if you can
Make sure you come at night

[instrumental]

My world is in my mind
With the bathrooms on the right
Come see me if you can
Make sure you come at night

My world is in my mind
It never has been real
Come see me if you feel
And leave your world behind

My world is in my mind
Your world I've left behind
Come see me if you can
Make sure you come at night

Make sure you come at night

Make sure you come at night

Make sure you come at night


[chorus]
I do not care any more
I now do what I must do
I care about my music
It is all that will do




Come at Night

The Busker She Wore Headphones
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[acoustic guitar]

The busker, she wore headphones
Only she could hear the sound
People looked in mild confusion
At this oddity they'd found

At some point when a song ended
Though no one could really tell
She would smile asking for change
All I thought was, "What the hell?"

[bridge]

I tossed some money down
Much more than she expected
I was trying to get noticed
In a way, I felt neglected

I wanted her attention
A lot more than she did mine
I had a thousand questions
and I had a lot of time

I was waiting for a friend
She had said she'd meet me here
But she had not told me when
Not today was my main fear

[acoustic guitar]

The busker, she looked happy
A lot happier than me
She seemed to have a purpose
and I believe it set her free

I did not have any such thing
To this world, nothing to bring
I lived a boring life
and I could not even sing

[electric guitar solo]

The busker, she looked happy
A lot happier than me
She seemed to have a purpose
and I believe it set her free

I did not have any such thing
To this world, nothing to bring
I lived a boring life
and I could not even sing

[electric guitar outro]

The Busker She Wore Headphones (2)

I Will Knit You a Sweater
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[piano solo]

All my thoughts are reaction
I say nothing new
There is no creation
No vision or truth
Whatever I do
What I say comes from you

I need to get out
to move far away
I need to find peace
find a new place to stay
I need to sit in the dark
and someday find my way

Alone with my thoughts
with no one around
I hope to find meaning
not drowned by your sound
I can find what is me
and decide what to be

I may never come back
I may stay in dark
But I hope to find light
and return to your side
I hope to be better
I'll knit you a sweater

[piano solo]

Alone with my thoughts
with no one around
I hope to find meaning
not drowned by your sound
I can find what is me
and decide what to be

I may never come back
I may stay in dark
But I hope to find light
and return to your side
I hope to be better
I'll knit you a sweater

[piano solo]

I will learn how to do it
I will practice forever
I will write you a letter
I will knit you a sweater

[piano solo]

It could not be better
It will be a nice sweater

It could not be better
It will be a nice sweater

I love you in sweaters

[piano solo]

"I love you in sweaters"




I Will Knit You a Sweater

Be Ok, Love Me Too
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

At the time, there was time
When we were, we were not
Long ago, I forgot

At that time, I saw you
You saw me, We would be
All to me, all to you

[instrumental]

I believed, never thought
I just knew, not a glance
Not a chance, never saw

At the time, you were mine
I was there, just for you
We both cared, we both knew

What about, what right now
What went wrong, got along
Why oh why, say goodbye

Walk away, can you stay
Can I say, can we fix
Fix the mix, be ok

be ok

[instrumental]

Look at me, can you see
Look at you, same as me
I love you, love me too

[instrumental]

I believed, never thought
I just knew, not a glance
Not a chance, never saw

At the time, you were mine
I was there, just for you
We both cared, we both knew

What about, what right now
What went wrong, got along
Why oh why, say goodbye

Walk away, can you stay
Can I say, can we fix
Fix the mix, be ok

be ok

[instrumental]

Look at me, can you see
Look at you, same as me
I love you, love me too

[instrumental]

[outro]

Look at me, can you see
Look at you, same as me
I love you, love me too

[instrumental]

 love, love me do

 love, love me do

 love, love me do

 love me too

Be Ok, Love Me Too

A Thousand Songs
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

Once I write a thousand songs
And they have a million plays
I hope that it's enough
I have no more to say

Each day I write some more
But feel that I repeat
I say what I have said
My bones don't have more meat

I look for something new
To say it a new way
A new meaning I can give
Not merely take away

[chorus]
Once I write a thousand songs
And they have a million plays
I hope that it's enough
I have no more to say

A song is not a song
It is not another dance
Another love gone wrong
It offers a new chance

A song can give new hope
A song can help you cope
To write can take all night
In the end it brings the light

[chorus]
Once I write a thousand songs
And they have a million plays
I hope that it's enough
I have no more to say

I get closer with each day
I never feel that I'm done
I always want to play
But no matter, I'll be gone

No matter what I do
I could have done it better
I do it all for you
I hope you liked the sweater

[chorus]
Once I write a thousand songs
And they have a million plays
I hope that it's enough
I have no more to say

Once I write a thousand songs
And they have a million plays
I hope that it's enough
I have no more to say

No matter what I do
I could have done it better
I do it all for you
I hope you liked the sweater

a thousand songs
a million plays

a thousand songs
a million plays

a thousand songs
a million plays

a thousand songs
a million plays

A Thousand Songs (take 3)

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)


[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 (castilian)

Fate Laughs (french)

Caviar Cyanide Part Deux (A)
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

[verse]
Caviar cyanide
and mentholated vodka
I do anything I want
eat anything but goose

[verse]
I get off after midnight
I lay around all day
I do it without guilt
Anything for play

[instrumental]

[verse]
Strychnine in my tea
And a noose around my neck
Do you worry about me
I'm relaxing up on deck

[verse]
My yacht was never mine
I borrow it at night
In the ocean I am free
I sail it out of sight

[instrumental]

[verse]
The symbol of a ram
Don't try to follow me
You don't know who I am
Or who I want to be

[verse]
Caviar cyanide
a garrote in my pants
I do anything I want
I sing Gregorian chants

[verse]
Caviar cyanide
I think it's time to hide
Caviar cyanide
I'll see you back inside

[instrumental]

[verse]
The chlorine in my soup
Wild sex all in a group
I ride the light fantastic
My morals are elastic

[verse]
The ring goes through my nose
It gives me full control
And also one of those
Anything to fill a hole

[verse]
The chlorine in my soup
Wild sex all in a group
I ride the light fantastic
My morals are elastic

[verse]
The ring goes through my nose
It gives me full control
And also one of those
Anything to fill a hole

[verse]
The symbol of a ram
Don't try to follow me
You don't know who I am
Or who I want to be

[verse]
Caviar cyanide
a garrote in my pants
I do anything I want
I sing Gregorian chants

[outro]
Caviar cyanide
I think it's time to hide
Caviar cyanide
I'll see you back inside

Caviar cyanide
I think it's time to hide

Caviar cyanide
I'll see you back inside

[instrumental][whistle]

Caviar Cyanide (doubler)

Watching and Waiting
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[piano]

[verse]
I see the changes on bad days
Bit by bit in little ways
Then she seems completely fine
And we may have a bit more time

[verse]
The things that seem the same
The words that now are rearranged
The vacant look I sometimes see
And the gestures that seem strange

[verse]
I may be looking much too hard
I may be seeing what's not there
I must admit that I get angry
And also know that I am scared

[bridge]

[verse]
I am ashamed of my reaction
I see the fear in her eyes
I correct her, with petty satisfaction
And she looks like she might cry

[instrumental]

[verse]
She realizes things aren't right
And lies awake on many nights
She starts her day already spent
We both wonder where the time went

She looks each day for a solution
Tries to find the magic cure
She wants me to say its there
But she knows that I'm not sure

[verse]
I never know what I should do
Should I pretend that I don't see
It does no good to speak the truth
Much less for her, and not for me

[instrumental]

[outro]
I never know what I should do
Should I pretend that I don't see
It does no good to speak  the truth
Much less for her, and not for me

Much less for her, 

Much less for her, 

and not for me

Much less for her 
Much less for her 


[instrumental]


Watching and Waiting

Watching and Waiting (M1)

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

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 lyrics and offer unwanted opinions. Mr. Suno composes and arranges.  Performed by the lovely Ms. Ai and her crowd.

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