Oh what's going on with you tonight?
I can't think, I can't breathe, I can't sleep, I don't dream,
I don't know what's in sight.
Can't you tell me, won't you tell me
What's going on.

When you look into my eyes,
I don't see the man that I idolize.
Won't you tell me, please tell me
What's going on.

A blank stare, you're not there
Half the time - don't you care?
Something tells me you're gone
And you've been all along
But it's not what I want
So I pray that you stay;
Don't know what else to do.
Won't you tell me, please tell me
What's going on.

Has our love gone to hell? 
I don't feel very well,
Feel so low, think I know
What's going on.

What's Goin' On

I see aloneness, as a calmness
That gets me through each week.
You see aloneness, as loneliness
Thereby missing what you seek.

I hear the graceful rustling wind and feel contented having grinned.
I feel the ground beneath my feet without a layer of concrete.
I smell the sweetness of the earth and without question, know my worth, 
And taste the salty ocean air and let it blow on through my hair.

I see quietness as peacefulness
It helps me through the week.
You see quietness as weakness
Thereby missing what you seek.

I drink the water pure and clean and swim in lakes nearly pristine.
I hear the tranquil call of Loon and track the phases of the moon.
I view the stars in space so deep and travel elsewhere in my sleep.
How can a soul improve on this… a life of solitary bliss?!

What You Seek

Timing's Everything
Life dangles on a string
If you don't know who you are
You won't get very far.
Timing's everything, everything, everything.

Timing's Everything

Looking around at the break of day
Old man winter is on his way
Don't know what I'm doing next
No more company, no one's guest... mmm, mmm.
I like it when time stands still.

Looking around got lots to do
Mowin' and rakin' to name a few
Write a song from my point of view
No one telling me what to do.
I'll bake some bread, a loaf or two
Lordy can you smell that stew? Mmm, mmm.
I like it when time stands still. 

Where's my coat, where's my hat?
Have you seen my green backpack?
I can't seem to find my pass.
Where'd I put it? Wait, what's that?

Youngest boy let's out a moan
Sissy is still on the phone
Will some please throw Max a bone?
And help me get back in the zone. Ah, haaaa
I like it when time stands still.

Lookin' around at the break of day,
Old man winter is on his way, 
Don't know what I'm doin' next.
No more company, no one's guest.

Lookin' around at the break of dawn,
Old man winter is on the lawn,
All my visitors are gone.
No more company, no one's pawn... Ah-haaaaa.
I like it when time stands still. 




When Time Stands Still

Summer nights and lazy days
Thoughts of you in the early morning haze
We had a great thing for awhile
Oh, how your love could beguile
Now I don a thin smile 
Without you.

Summer nights and quiet days,
Thoughts of you in the afternoon haze.
Wondering where you are now
And what ever happened to vows
And why did you let them plow 
Over you, over you?

Summer nights and long lonely days
Thoughts of you in the evening haze
What ever happened to us
And why did you get on that bus
And why did I make such a fuss 
Over you, over you,
Over you?


Summer Nights

I divorced a carpenter who's better than you
So finish that fence and when you're through
And then just march straight out that door
And don't come 'round here anymore.

Please, finish my roof before you leave me
The tarp's still flapping in the breeze, in the breeze.
I can't tell if you're friend or foe,
So take your junk when you go, when you go.

Got a big gray squirrel in my kitchen
I don't have much time to listen
Around here you don't know what's ahead
And I really need to get that skunk out of my bed
My bulkhead's missing a few hinges
And you go on your weekly binge
I bet you think I've got a little wealth
But I'm just better off by myself.

Please, finish my roof before you leave me,
The tarp's still flapping in the breeze, in the breeze.
I can't tell if you're friend or foe
So take your junk when you go, when you go.

You called me the day my Daddy died
To tell me that the furnace was fried.
I left the hospital when he was frail,
Got a flat at home from a roofing nail.
In a drunken rage you rutted up my yard
And broke some things for which I worked hard.
You promised me it wouldn't be this way
But things remain unfinished to this day.

Please, finish my roof before you leave me
The tarp's still flapping in the breeze, in the breeze.
I can't tell if you're friend or foe
So take your junk when you go, when you go.

Please Finish My Roof Before You Leave Me

Get home at night, no rest I can find,
Been raining all day, I'm in a bind.
I know that my basement has flooded again;
I'll be up late with a sump-pump to tend.

Oh, I'm singing the basement blues
With water forming in pools.
For help I could ask
Or a pocket of cash
Or a man with all the right tools.

How annoying is this little task
With no sunshine in which to bask.
No break I can take
From this miserable lake
And I'm working without even a flask.

I'd love for once, a dry basement to find.
It makes me crazy, I'm losing my mind.
I'm sick of slogging all around in that crap.
Oh Lord, let me rest, I need a good nap.

I pray hard for troubles to wane
For a permanent fix of that drain.
Won't somebody please,
My misfortune to ease,
Because I can't stop the rain.

Oh, I'm singing the basement blues.
With H2O forming in pools.
For help I could ask
Or a pocket of cash,
Or a man with all the right tools,
Or a man with all the right tools,
Or a man with all the right tools.

Basement Blues

Oh what's going on with you tonight?
I can't think, I can't breathe, I can't sleep, I don't dream
I don't know what's in sight.
Can't you tell me, won't you tell me
What's going on.

     I found me a new love, he said I'm his own
     The love he once was with is gone now, alone
     Now it's so lovely, how could it be wrong.
     What's going on?

When you look into my eyes,
I don't see the man that I idolize.
Won't you tell me, please tell me
What's going on.

     He said that he left her, his heart left long ago
     I try not to think of her, it makes my heart feel low
     But it's so lovely, how could it be wrong.

A blank stare, you're not there
Half the time - don't you care?
Something tells me you're gone
And you've been all along
But it's not what I want
So I pray that you stay
Don't know what else to do.
Won't you tell me, please tell me
What's going on.

     I found me a new love, he said I'm his own
     But when I woke last night, the bed was cold, I'm all alone.
     That makes me wonder, wonder
     What's going on. Where has he gone?

Has our love gone to hell? I don't feel very well.
Feel so low, think I know
What's going on.

     What's going on? I'm doing well
     I've got two lovers, but I can tell
     That I know, yeah, I know
     I've got it going on… yeah!

What's Goin' On (all 3 vocals)

I don't claim to be a musician, nor a singer; I just have a passion for music, lyrics, poetry, and songwriting. I write songs because I love it and it's FUN. I taught myself a little guitar and piano and only recently took some much needed singing lessons (after these songs were recorded) which taught me a great deal. I hope you enjoy my original little ditties. Some songs were written based on the first lines of a lyric, others started with a sound or a chord. Try it both ways, you might surprise yourself! I did.

JeannieFitz