Page 913
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[drums]

[instrumental]

I was hiding in her basement
I had been down there for years
At night I could come out
No one ever saw my tears

Down there I could relax
I could rest, work on my book
I was safe from all attacks
No one cared how I look

She would come sometimes to see me
In the gloom we sat alone
She would read a few more pages
From my ever-growing tome

[bridge]

Every time she would ask me
Will this thing ever be done
I always had a reason, a revision, or a part
I was sure this was the one

I had been all done for years
I was afraid to let her know
I was caught up in my fears
If she knew I'd have to go

She would come sometimes to see me
In the gloom we sat alone
She would read a few more pages
From my ever-growing tome

[instrumental]

I was hiding in her basement
I had been down there for years
At night I could come out
No one ever saw my tears

Down there I could relax
I could rest, work on my book
I was safe from all attacks
No one cared how I look

She would come sometimes to see me
In the gloom we sat alone
She would read a few more pages
From my ever-growing tome

[outro]

I had been all done for years
I was afraid to let her know
I was caught up in my fears
If she knew I'd have to go

I'd have to go
I'd have to go

[instrumental]




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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 could
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 (348)

Enough of Losing
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

Stranded time, yours and mine
We left our lives behind
Now in a trap, no place to go
All our lives, a waste of time

Here we are across the table
Our life a modern fable
Not a thing we thought was true
We played the game, but were not able

[bridge]

We saw a future full of hope
We saw ourselves among the best
We borrowed what we could
And stole all of the rest

[chorus]
I left a life before
It was not my own choosing
I cannot do this thing again
I have enough of losing

[instrumental]

I go around in circles
Too many answers to decide
So much that I might do
The choices, they all hide

You take the house, I take the car
We put the kids inside a jar
This was not what we had planned
The dog won't understand

[bridge]

We saw a future full of hope
We saw ourselves among the best
We borrowed what we could
And stole all of the rest

[chorus]
I left a life before
It was not my own choosing
I cannot do this thing again
I have enough of losing

[instrumental]

Stranded time, yours and mine
We left our lives behind
Now in a trap, no place to go
All our lives, a waste of time

We saw a future full of hope
We saw ourselves among the best
We borrowed what we could
And stole all of the rest

[chorus]
I left a life before
It was not of my own choosing
I cannot do this thing again
I have enough of losing

[instrumental]

[outro]
I left a life before
It was not of my own choosing
I cannot do this thing again
I have enough of losing

I have enough of losing

I have enough of losing

I have enough of losing

[instrumental]


Enough of Losing (tango)

Little Things
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

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?

One last glance around my room
There was nothing I could see
With every corner dark
They were waiting there for me

[instrumental]

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

These things I would forget
These things I'd leave behind
They are part of all I love
Someone gave them to be kind

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]

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?

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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

[instrumental]


Little Things

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)

Please Let Me Know
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

[verse]
You married a good man
and took on a mean lover
You now have all you want
From day one it was all over

[verse]
Off your bed by ten
Have a vodka by the pool
The maid cleans up your room
and you sleep all afternoon

[verse]
You get dressed up by five
and gone when he arrives
He knew that you'd be gone
And forgot at least one phone

ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh

[chorus]
Is this the life you wanted
Is it what you expected
I know that you believe
It's cause you feel neglected

[instrumental]

[verse]
You give him what he wants
He will give you what you ask
He gets to have his way
He knows that he will pay

[verse]
Then you had a child
You thought things would get better
The beast is running wild
Your life has gone to hell

[verse]
The pills are all you have
And the pool guy on the side
And the merc out on the driveway
You can sing "I did it my way"

ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh

[chorus]
Is this the life you wanted
Is it what you expected
I know that you believe
It's cause you feel neglected

[instrumental]

[outro]
Did you get the things you wanted
Is there a way to give them back
Do you see a way to go
If you do, please let me know

If you do, please let me know
Please let me know

Please let me know

Please let me know

[instrumental]

Please Let Me Know (miama)

Equipment
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

[verse]
You had his child and now he's gone
You're are waiting by the phone
Your body ain't the same
You don't know who to blame

[verse]
You are scared and depressed
Your hair is a mess
You don't know how to cope
You have given up all hope

[verse]
You go out on the street
And wonder who you'll meet
A friend you have not seen
He asks "where have you been?"

ooooooohhh  ooooooohhh

[verse]
You need the right equipment
It's all that they look for
You need some tits and ass
Or you wont get past the door

[instrumental]

[verse]
You can feel him look at you
You know what he is thinking
Whatever happened to you
You see your future sinking

[verse]
It was the one thing that you had
You did not look too bad
You could have the man you wanted
His eyes are only sad

[verse]
You should have paid attention
You can't live on looks alone
You had a physical attraction
Time passed and now it's gone

ooooooohhh  ooooooohhh

[verse]
You need the right equipment
It's all that they look for
You need some tits and ass
Or you wont get past the door

[instrumental]

[verse]
You need the pouty lips
You need the wiggly hips
You need the bedroom eyes
You need the sexy thighs

[chorus]
You need the right equipment
It's all that they look for
You need some tits and ass
Or you wont get past the door

ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh

[outro]
you cannot pass
you cannot pass
You need some tits
You need some ass
you cannot pass
you cannot pass

you cannot pass

[instrumental]

Equipment (miama)

Twenty Stories
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

[verse]
You had told them you would do it
You had sworn that you knew how
You never had the answer
What can you tell them now?

[verse]
You thought that you could play
You'd be a wiseguy too one day
In the big leagues was your dream
So, you cooked up this dumb scheme

[pre-chorus]
On a terrace, way up high
Twenty stories, near the sky
There you stand, waiting to fly
No reprieves, they're standing by

[chorus]
You try to make a deal 
You have a reason why
You don't believe it's real
In a minute you will die

[instrumental]

[verse]
She told you that she loved you
You were the only one
If you helped her just a little
The two of you would run

[verse]
You could help her kill her lover
Just one shot and it'd be over
He had millions you could take
It would be a piece of cake

[pre-chorus]
On a terrace, way up high
Twenty stories, near the sky
There you stand, waiting to fly
No reprieves, they're standing by

[chorus]
You try to make a deal 
You have a reason why
You don't believe it's real
In a minute you will die

[instrumental]

[verse]
She always called you honey
But she wanted all the money
She invited a few friends
They were not cops, but would pretend

[verse]
She said you'd have the cash
And it would be quite a stash
She said you had killed her lover
And went by in a flash

[pre-chorus]
On a terrace, way up high
Twenty stories, near the sky
There you stand, waiting to fly
No reprieves, they're standing by

[chorus]
You try to make a deal 
You have a reason why
You don't believe it's real
In a minute you will die

[instrumental]

[outro]
A terrace, way up high
Twenty stories, near the sky
There you stand, waiting to die
As you watch her flying by


A terrace, way up high
Twenty stories, near the sky
There you stand, waiting to die
As you watch her flying by

[instrumental]

Twenty Stories (A)

The Climate
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

Oh, the heat babe, It's so near, dear
And it's staying, Through the night
Just some wind, babe, What we need, dear
It won't matter, By daylight

[bridge]

[verse]
It's the climate, it has changed dear
It is roasting, in the fall
And the rain, dear, it keeps pouring
It is gonna, drown us all

[verse]
Lost the cattle, what a battle
They were dying, where they stood
There's no water, it don't matter
There's no grass, that's no good

[bridge]

[verse]
Got no food babe, it is gone babe
You are gonna, get real small
Those potatoes, and tomatoes
They are dead dear, aren't we all

[instrumental]

[verse]
Billy Gates babe, he took a hit babe
Jeffrey Bezos, lost it all
When the market, it comes down babe
Everybody, takes the fall

[verse]
Peter Thiel dear, lost the deal babe
Good old Zucker, lost the thread
Larry Page babe, showed his age dear
All together, wish they're dead

[verse]
Look at Elon, he's a felon
And his monkey, they are gone
Where they are, dear, we don't know babe
No one's seem them, they don't call

[outro]
We can't blame them, Who would stay, dear
If we catch them, they'll be dead
They're with Putin, They're in hiding
North Korea, that is all

"That is all"

[instrumental]





The Climate (A)

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

Twenty Stories (A)

I and Ai

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