Workaholic Country Blues
Music - Jeff Walker
Lyrics - Nancy Cunningham and Nadine De Macedo 

I could tell the boss I'm leaving
Pay me out, we'll be even
Takin' fifty-two weeks vacation every year

I could turn in my time card
Might make my making rent hard
'less I bass fish (more) and hunt for deer

But the hard truth is
I wouldn't know just what to do
I got the Workaholic Country Blues
It's true
They' hard to lose
The Workaholic Country Blues
Got the Workaholic Country Blues

I could take this Job and Shove It
But in some way I must love it
I make just enough to cover bread and beer

I could crack my nest egg
Bingo might pay off big
But more likely I'll keep working right on here

'Cause the hard truth is
I wouldn't know just what to do
Without my Workaholic Country Blues
It's true
It's hard to lose
The Workaholic Country Blues
Got the Workaholic Country Blues

Grandma ploughs past sundown
Grandad drudges in town
That's the life they choose
My whole family's got the Country Workaholic Blues

And the hard truth is
We wouldn't know just what to do
Without our Workaholic Country Blues
It's true
It's hard to lose
The Workaholic Country Blues
Got the Workaholic Country Blues

Workaholic Country Blues

Like God Does
Lyrics: Nancy Cunningham
Music: Jeff Walker

I love you like God does
With his head in his hands
Tryin' to forgive
What we can't understand
I love you like God does
Got his head in his hands

I love you like God does
With all that you do
Not a word you say's true
And we got no clue
But I love you like God does
With all that you do

Does He get this worried?
Does God stay this wrecked?
Does he walk the floors?
Does God get upset?

Well, I love you like God does
Like I've got a choice
Like if you'd come home, 
We'd both rejoice
Like we're straining to hear
the sound of your voice
Cause I love you like God does
Like I've got a choice

And I try to forgive
What we can't understand
Cause I love you like God does
With my heart in his hands

Like God Does

Title: Bring it on
Lyrics: Essa Ahmed
Music: Jeff Walker

V1
The steel is forged, when it dances with flames
And so my core was made, when it knew pain
The blowing wind can scream to the face of earth
But like earth I stay, face their words, prove my worth

Ch
So I say…

Bring it on, bring it on
Here I stand
Pour it on, pour it on
I am in command
Hit me with your paralyzing words
Because I am ready 
Bring it on

V2
They say, speak for your self, you can win if you keep fighting
But I say the ground is silent when the clouds bring their lightning 
They say, don’t show weakness, or they will attack in hordes
But I say so be it, I’m not afraid, kind words are mightier than swords

Ch
So I say…

Bring it on, bring it on
Here I stand
Pour it on, pour it on
I am in command
Hit me with your paralyzing words
Because I am ready 
Bring it on

Break

Repeat Chorus

Bring It On

A Pot of Gold
Words & Music - Jeff Walker

V1                     
On the upper Nantahala
In the summer I turned twenty
She was wading in the river
With a Zebco rod & reel                            
Dragonflies and poplar pollen
Were dancing on the breezes
I admit that I was smitten
And it might’ve been for real
But I’ll never know, I’ll never know

Chorus
Whenever thunder rolled
I should have listened
And should have paid attention
To the rainbows later on    
And now looking back I’ve got a few regrets
I’ve always been a one to hedge my bets…
So I’ll never know…I’ll never know
About a pot of gold 

V2
I was out in California
In a funky little bistro
Where an angel on a barstool 
Played a Santa Cruz guitar
I requested Be My Baby
And when she smiled I nearly melted
Finally heard it playing faintly
As I was heading to my car
Now I’ll never know, I’ll never know

Chorus

Bridge
I guess you get no prizes 
For coming close in love
Horseshoes and hand grenades
Are another game
And if you never take a chance
Lady Luck is not the one to blame

Chorus

Out

Pot Of Gold

Champagne Budget
Lyrics - Vaughan Ray Daniel
Music - Jeff Walker

Keep sending me those credit cards
Man, I'll pay as I go
'cause I've sunk into debt so far
They'll be a few more that I owe
And I may never see the day
This house belongs to me
I've got a champagne budget
On a beer salary

When I see something that I want
I'll whip that plastic out
I've got t.v.s, cameras, tools and guns
And vinyl siding on my house
I go to work each day
In the same old factory
I've got a champagne budget
On a beer salary

bridge:
I may never be rich or famous
But I'm living like a king
Yeah, I'm shamelessly shameless
On the road to bankruptcy
tag: Jeff Beszos got nothin' on me

So keep sending me those credit cards
I can hardly wait
'cause when the payments get too hard
I'll have my lawyer set the date
'til then I'm gonna live in the lap of luxury
I've got a champagne budget
On a beer salary
Tag:
I'm buyin' things that I want
Not things that I need
I've got a champagne budget
On a beer salary

Champagne Budget

By the Christmas Moon
Words & Music - Jeff Walker

That legendary noble Christmas star                  
Every year this time it can be seen
I only shine a little on that day
But now and then I wanna steal the scene

The star gets the attention                            
But this year…I’m in full bloom
Soon everyone will know
The sparkles in the snow
Are sprinkled there by the Christmas moon

I have a special place inside my heart
For the ones the spotlight never seems to find
The older ornaments low on the tree
And toward the back where there’s no chance to shine

The star gets the attention
But this year I’m in full bloom
Soon everyone will know
The sparkles in the snow
Are sprinkled there by the Christmas moon

I don’t mean to brag
Or pound my chest too much
All I really mean to say                                   
Is every dog should have his day

The star gets the attention
But this year I’m in full bloom
Soon everyone will know
The sparkles in the snow
Are sprinkled there by the Christmas moon

By The Christmas Moon

Pot of Gold
Words & Music - Jeff Walker

V1                     
On the upper Nantahala
In the summer I turned twenty
She was wading in the river
With a Zebco rod & reel                            
Dragonflies and poplar pollen
Were dancing on the breezes
I admit that I was smitten
And it might’ve been for real
But I’ll never know, I’ll never know

Chorus
Whenever thunder rolled
I should have listened
And should have paid attention
To the rainbows later on    
And now looking back I’ve got a few regrets
I’ve always been a one to hedge my bets…
So I’ll never know…
About a pot of gold 

V2
I was out in California
In a funky little bistro
Where an angel on a barstool 
Played a Santa Cruz guitar
I requested Be My Baby
And when she smiled I nearly melted
Finally heard it playing faintly
As I was heading to my car
Now I’ll never know, I’ll never know

Chorus

Bridge
I guess you get no prizes 
For coming close in love
Horseshoes and hand grenades
Are another game
And if you never take a chance
Lady Luck is not the one to blame

Chorus

Out

Pot Of Gold (full production)

Who Says That I’m Lonely?
Words & Music - Jeff Walker

There’s a family of squirrels
In my attic and yard
Gotta room full of books
And three decks of cards
You’re packed up and gone
Thinking I’ll die alone
But I’ve got all this good company…

Oh yeah, and I’ve got a big screen TV
Who says that I’m lonely?

I’ve got records and tapes
And an Apple iPhone
I might find me a dog
That needs a new home
And those sports talk shows
On my car radio
I’ll call in and they’ll argue with me…

Oh yeah, and my guitar tells stories
Who says that I’m lonely?

You said that I never talked much
And how that was so unsatisfying
But with you it was hard 
To get a word in edgewise
I guess after a while I quit trying

I speak to the mailman
Every now and again
And those robo-call callers 
Are becoming my friends
I put pillows instead
On your side of the bed
And I’ve just about gotten you
Out of my head
Since you left I’m so damn free…

Oh yeah, Happy Birthday to me
Who says that I’m lonely?

Who Says That I'm Lonely?

Thinking About Last Night (All Day Long)
Lyrics - Daniel/Graham
Music - Jeff Walker

I've had to ask a dozen people 
To repeat what they said
And they all looked at me 
As if I had two heads
To them I seem confused 
But I know what is wrong
I've been thinkin' 'bout last night all day long

Chorus:
Girl, I've been thinkin' 'bout last night
And all the things that we'd done
I'm convinced it's only right 
To say i'm sure you're the one
Who can turn my life around
And fix whatever is wrong 
I've been thinkin' 'bout last night all day long

verse:
I got up with that ol’ sun rising
And wandered round alone
I locked myself outside
Climbed in a window for my phone
keep checkin’ for your call
But I know what is wrong
I’ve been thinkin’ bout last night all day long

repeat chorus:

bridge:
I don’t even have your number…don’t know where you live
But I sure remember those lips and everything we did

repeat chorus:

Thinking About Last Night (All Day Long)

Names On A Wall
Music - Jeff Walker
Lyrics - Patty Lakamp
 
V1
I carry ‘round a bullet from a war long ago
Buried in my leg below the knee
Now and then it rants about the 
ghastliness of man
Other times it doesn’t bother me
 
V2
I want to think it mattered, all the blood that was spilled
That war and the war it caused at home
Every time my leg cries out, it takes me back again
The battlefield embedded in my bones
 
PC

Our war in the jungle
Rotten from the first                               
Feels like the whole damn thing was cursed
 
Ch
Fresh out of high school 
            (Answered the call) 
Sent to da Nang 
            (Into the brawl) 
Drove a Zippo tank
            (A screaming fireball)
So much bloodshed 
             (And then the withdrawal) 
Our national nightmare
             (The hell of it all)
Names on a wall
Names on a wall
 
V3
Our country turned its back and left us sucking the mop
Strangers cursed us out and called us scum
Now we have a wall that lists the names of the dead
From the war that blew us all to kingdom come
 
Ch
Fresh out of high school 
            (Answered the call) 
Sent to da Nang 
            (Into the brawl) 
Drove a Zippo tank
            (A screaming fireball)
So much bloodshed 
           (And then the withdrawal) 
Our national nightmare
           (The hell of it all)
Names on a wall
Names on a wall
 
Br
I touch that black granite and I’m back in ‘Nam                                           
The jungle, the guns and the blood
The battles still raging inside of me          
In my head, my heart and my knee
 
Repeat Chorus

Names On A Wall

Good Examples Of Bad Examples
Music - Jeff Walker
Lyric - Graham/Daniel

They all sang songs we could relate to
About home, faith, love and family
They invented a world we could escape to
Where three chords and the truth could set us free
                 
  And they made big mistakes 
  Once they got off the stage
  But they made 'em where everyone could see

Chorus:
They were good examples
Of bad examples
They did a whole lot more than sing and play   
They were good examples
Of bad examples
Waylon, George, Johnny, Hank & Merle
Warned us…not to live their way

verse 2:
They weren't what some would call good husbands
Most of their time was spent on the road
They had wild parties on their tour buses
And sometimes they'd cancel their own shows
  
  They knew that kind of life
  Was alot more wrong than right
  And they wanted us to know
     
  repeat chorus:

bridge:
They were human, and they were flawed..they loved and they fought
They sang and they played.. but the world around them wouldn't stop

repeat chorus:

Good Examples Of Bad Examples

How I Wish 
Lyrics - Doug Haberman
Music - Jeff Walker

We once looked at the star-filled sky and you pointed out Orion 
You told me of the distances and then I started crying 
You held me in your strong arms to calm me down 
How I wish that you were still around  

You taught me the big difference between a fib and lying 
That forgiving those who’ve wronged you can be so purifying 
That you can hurt someone’s feelings without making a sound 
How I wish that you were still around                    

You showed me more than words could say 
’Cos I learned from watching every day 
You set an example I try to emulate:
Integrity, hard work, and love over hate  

The homeless man you’d bring lunch to – his eyes would always widen 
The gentle care you gave to Gramps the week that he lay dying 
Your loss is still too painful, it’s hard to rebound 
’Cos I wish that you were still around 
How I wish that you were still around

HOW I WISH

She Took Me For Granite
Lyrics - Graham/Daniel
Music - Jeff Walker
 
After giving her almost everything
Expensive clothes and diamond rings
To her I guess I seemed like Superman
I believed all of the time
That she was gonna be all mine
I guess maybe she didn't understand 
 
She thought I'd be able to share her
That's where she made her first error
 
chorus:
She took me for granite 
Made of the strongest stuff
I loved the girl, but damn it
I wasn't quite that tough 
She needed more than me
And thought I'd agree
To give her what she wants
But I just couldn't stand it
She took me for granite
 
verse:
Guess she expected me to be her rock
A man whose love would never stop
But lately I've felt like some stepping stone
Now my heart's gone hard
My love, it's in shards
And she still thinks I'll never go
 
repeat chorus:
 
bridge:
I was still part of her fantasy
But now she'll have to face reality
 
repeat chorus:

She Took Me For Granite

Waitin’ For the Woman
Lyrics - Donna Devine
Music - Jeff Walker

V1
Dingy café near a boarded up school
Step right inside ‘n grab my favourite stool
Near the pecan pie and the old brass till
See her saltin’ fries by the burger grill

Pre-chorus
She smiles ‘Mornin’, hon, now what’ll it be?’
My heart says ‘Mam, your number
And dinner with me’
But I can only mumble, ‘Plain joe’

Chorus
She’s the reason I’m here
But I’m takin’ it slow you see
Just waitin’ for the woman
Who’s waitin’ on me
Been alone so long
Don’t wanna say nothin’ wrong

V2
Movin’ towards me, I hope she don’t stop
Slides a damp cloth along the counter top
Her hard-workin’ hands ‘d have a lot to say
And her voice is soft, I could listen all day

Pre-chorus
She says ‘Evenin’, hon, now what’ll it be?’
My heart says ‘Mam, your number
And dinner with me’
But I can only mumble ‘Plain joe’

Chorus
She’s the reason I’m here
But I’m takin’ it slow you see
Just waitin’ for the woman
Who’s waitin’ on me
Been alone so long
Don’t wanna say nothin’ wrong

Bridge
Fin’lly work up the nerve to speak
When she leans right in, touches my cheek
‘N with twinklin’ eyes
Asks ‘what’ll it be?’
I say ‘Your number, ma’am
And dinner with me’

Chorus
You’re the reason I’m here
I was takin’ it slow you see
Kinda waitin’ for the woman
Who’s waitin’ on me
Been alone so long
Afraid I’d say somethin’ wrong

Outro
Now every night she knows where I’ll be
Happy waitin’ for the woman who waited on me

Waitin' For The Woman

The Estate Sale
Lyrics by Joe Ryan
Music by Jeff Walker
                               
The yard sign read "Estate Sale.... today from 8 till  4"
Exact change please and all sales final posted on the door
Curiosity got the best of me and I had nowhere to go
So I took a stroll through the souvenirs of people I don't know

Bookcases filled with his DVD'S all about World War II
I counted over 200 but I probably missed a few
A garage full of wood shop tools where he made toys for the kids
I imagined the smile he must have had with every one he did

(Ch)
Treasures from their 50 years together
Memories like pictures in a frame
Now on sale for pennies on the dollar
To strangers who will never know their names 

Cast iron pans where she fried Sunday chicken  
Boxes filled with her Llado figurines  
Needle point cushions she made for the grand kids 
20 years of Readers Digest magazines 

The dress that she wore on their 50th anniversary
Elegantly laid across their master bed
Her garden tools for those spring time flowers
Waiting in a bucket for the seasons ahead  

Repeat Chorus

(Bridge)
Maybe 20 years from now
When I'm quite old and frail
My house will fill with strangers
To browse my life on sale
My collection of Hemmingway novels
My fishing rods and reels
"Will you take 20 bucks for this one"?
They always want a better deal

Break

(Out)
Be grateful for the things you have and stop your chase for more
Some day "your" yard sign will read  "Estate Sale today from 8 till 4"
Yeah some day your yard sign will read"Estate sale today..........
From 8 till 4

The Estate Sale

Losing Your Beautiful Face
Lyrics - Essa Ahmed
Music - Jeff Walker
 
(V1) How beautiful,
Your heart How magical,
The path you chose to walk,  Telling us all,
How wonderful this life could be
How different it might be
 
(V2) How inspiring,
Your words How noble,
Your deeds and great work Telling us all,
How we can build our own place
Build our very own place
 
(Ch) Let them say 
You lost your beautiful face 
My dear lady Let them say
You lost what keeps your charm
Long ago
But they can never deny…
You built a fruitful farm…
And made it grow
 
(V3) How generous
Your hands So gracious
How you help your fellow man Showing us all,
How the light can breach the dark
The light will fill the dark
 
BR
Some hearts have a rusty lock
You opened up a few of these
Like rain can even soften rock
Grace and love are the only keys

Short instrumental

(Ch) Let them say
You lost your beautiful face
My dear lady Let them say
You lost what keeps your charm
Long ago But they can never deny
You built a fruitful farm  And made it grow

Losing Your Beautiful Face

Hard Whiskey's Too Easy For Me
Lyrics - Graham/Daniel
Music - Jeff Walker

Maybe it was that whirlwind of a girl
Who broke me and threw me a curve
She didn't like being in my small world
And I tried to hide how much it hurt

chorus:
Hard Whiskey's too easy for me
A bottle at hand's a bottle too much
I lose touch with reality
Forget the lessons of both life and love
When escape is all that I need
Hard whiskeys too easy for me

 My broken heart was healed by good 'ol Jack
That's all it took was the liquid fire
I don't know much but I know that
It made me stop searching for my hearts' desire

repeat chorus:

bridge:
Now I know hurt is the healer.
The bottle is the stealer
It Don't get much realer than that

repeat chorus:

Hard Whiskey's Too Easy For Me

MISSING EVERYTHING
Lyrics - Bill White
Music - Jeff Walker

> 
> VERSE 1 a
> 
> she missed your birthday party
> she went all out and all the way
> you was turning eight years old
> she had her heart set on that day
> 
> VERSE 1 b
> 
> for her that day came just beyond
> the time that she counting on
> and that time of celebration
> became a time of grief
> and time comes like a thief
> 
> CHORUS 1
> 
> every day since then
> you heart has been in a sling
> its not only that you are missing her
> but she is  missing everything
> 
> VERSE 2 a
> 
> you came home with straight As
> on your report card from school
> And you got more than 500 likes
> from your songs on youtube
> 
> Bridge
> 
> you didnt care and one way or another
> because you couldnt show it to your mother
> and with every day that passes
> you see the world through broken glasses
> 
> CHORUS 2
> 
> and you live from day to day
> your  heart is in a sling
> its not only that you are missing her
> but she is missing everything
> 
> Verse 3a
> mama gave you all she had
> and so much more
> she gave you life and the strength
> to make it soar
> 
> Verse 3b
> you still love to go to the places
> she  took you when you were a baby
> it takes you back
> to when you played gaily
> sometimes you wish that you were still a baby
> 
> CHORUS 3
> 
> still it never goes away
> your heart stays  in a sling
> its not only that you  are  missing her
> but she is  missing everything

Missing Everything

I‘VE GOT THE 2:00 AM BLUES

Lyrics - Garrett Kirby
Music - Jeff Walker

Now you know I eat well before I go to bed
Some yogurt with fruit or pumpernickel bread
Don’t watch TV with that silly old news
Low on facts and designed to confuse

Chorus
Should I get up and go for a whiz?
Haven’t slept well since I was a kid
Been in bed so long, still can’t snooze
I’ve got the 2:00am blues

I stay away from wine and beer
I will save it for “ Happy New Year” !
Watching the clock  or counting sheep
Not the recipe for me to go to sleep

Chorus
Should I get up and go for a whiz?
Haven’t slept well since I was a kid
Been in bed so long, still can’t snooze
I’ve got the 2:00am blues

Oh the lack of sleep got me shaken
Maybe tonight I'll catch the dream train and not awaken
It ain’t gonna happen
When you got the 2:00am blues

Chorus
Should I get up and go for a whiz?
Haven’t slept well since I was a kid
Been in bed so long, still can’t snooze
I’ve got the 2:00am blues

I’ve got the 2:00am blues
Yes I’ve got the
2:00am ........blues

Two AM Blues

Your New Clothes 
Lyrics - Axl Hodge
Music - Jeff Walker
 
Oh how I tried to get your attention
Just a smile when you looked my way
My heart was starved and you played me so hard
You were only around 
Every single payday
 
Bought you only the biggest and finest
Early on seeing you soar made my day
But as time goes on my will yea it won’t 
Let me forget how quickly
Your love went away
 
(Chorus)
 
Do your new clothes tell you they love you
Does that new car tell you it cares 
Does that big house up on Sycamore St.
Start to worry when you’re late getting there
Does your phone and your ring
Yea that big shiny bling
Hold you close when you despair
Yea do your new clothes
Tell you they love you
When I did it got me nowhere
 
Verse
 
You treasured my gifts or I thought so
I couldn’t wait to fulfill all your dreams
But when I bought you a ring it seemed only to bring
On a hunger I never 
Could learn out how to feed
 
Those designer clothes and a Lexus
Then the house I’m still working to own
You moved in your stuff, but the going got tough
Now I sleep in the basement 
On a couch all alone
 
Repeat Chorus
 
Bridge
 
So am I the one to blame
Because you only played a game
Getting all you could then leaving me broke
Yes your soul it didn’t care
Who you hurt, what was fair
In the end you laughed 
Like it all was a joke
 
(Repeat chorus)
 
Outro:
 
Do your new clothes tell you 
They love you
 ‘Cause my heart is telling me to let you go
 
Great out of my house 
But go right ahead
and wear those clothes

New Clothes

How Got Can One Man Get?
Lyrics - Graham/Daniel
Music - Jeff Walker
 
 The woman has me trained
Yeah, everything has changed
Since the day I asked to drive her home
Now she's started to
Control everything I do
I have to face the truth 'cause now I know
 
chorus:
Just how got can one man get?
How can I stop what I can't resist?
She has the right credentials 
To top my essentials list
Just how got can one man get?
 
verse:
I could see  it comin'
but I wasn't into runnin'
Lord knows that woman sure could kiss
The kisses led to touch'n
Soon I couldn't get enough'n
It didn't take too long till she was it
 
repeat chorus:
 
bridge:
She got me goin' and got me stopped
She''s got the key and got me locked
But when that sun comes down..
That woman knows I'm the one...
That she's gonna rock....
 
repeat chorus:

How Got Can One Man Get

Hurt Her That Way / Strange To Be Grateful
Lyrics by Yewnorker
Music by Jeff Walker

V
I stuck close to Grandpa when my grandma died
I think it helped to have me by his side
He said I hope someday you'll have what we did
Old love is so different than when you're a kid

V
When I would change jobs she would load up the Ford
We had the same goals we were aiming toward
We buried our parents but then came the joy
Of seeing our daughter welcome home a new boy

CH
Toward the end I would pray God let her go first
It sounds like a strange thing to say
Living without me was the thing she feared worst
I didn't want to hurt her that way

V
Now you and your Becky seem to have what it takes
You gotta good girl that's your lucky break
You'll get through the laughter can you get through the sorrows?
The rest of your life is a lot of tomorrows

CH
Toward the end I would pray God let her go first
It sounds like a strange ghing to say
Living without me was the thing she feared worst
I didn't want to hurt her that way

BR
And though I'm still crying I'm a happy man
The Lord took her first that was part of his plan
The death of a spouse is such pure agony
But God spared her the pain of burying me
It's strange to be grateful but I truly am

CH
Toward the end I would pray God let her go first
It sounds like a strange thing to say
Living without me was the thing she feared worst
I didn't want to hurt her that way

I didn't want to hurt her that way

Hurt Her That Way

Tangled Bolero (Havana Moon)
Music by Russ Kalen & Jeff Walker
Lyrics by Jeff Walker

Impossible as it may seem
I can feel your heartbeat 
Across a crowded room
So take my hand
Dance with me tonight
Beneath the warm Havana moon

Guitars played by trovadores
Make the poincianas sway
Please let me be
Your favorite memory
Of warm nights on your Cuban holiday

So now we stroll along the sand
Won’t you let me hold you
Or maybe it’s too soon
A falling star
And you confess your wish
A kiss beneath the warm Havana moon

The next time you hear the bolero
Smell the butterfly jasmine in bloom
Remember me 
And our midnight dance
Beneath the warm Havana moon

Tangled Bolero (Havana Moon)

River King
Lyrics - Big Happy Jack
Music - Jeff9 and BIAB
 
Which way do I go, I need a minute
What things did I know before I stepped in it
Which way is the best so I can get home
Please point out the water and leave me alone
 
c
It seems like every day I’ve got something to decide
They say a nudge can move a comet flying through the sky
I study all the options and do the wrong thing
It’s in my blood, I’m a river king
 
A long cane pole and a coffee can
And me just waiting to become a man
I’m talking to turtles and baiting a hook
Feeling a world that’s not in a book
 
I sit on a float and go for a ride
A soft current distance, then pull to the side
It’s quiet and cool under big oak and birch
An echoing laugh in my private church
 
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It seems like every day I’ve got something to decide
They say a nudge can move a comet flying through the sky
I study all the options and do the wrong thing
It’s in my blood, I’m a river king
 
It all goes away on the black muddy shore
All troubles and trials don’t matter no more
I award the earth with all I can give her
And spend my days on the banks of the river
 
I study all the options and do the wrong thing
It’s in my blood, I’m a river king

River King

I Can Be Had
Lyrics - Graham/Daniel
Music - Jeff Walker

You seem to be the kind
Who always gets what you want
I've noticed that you have your eyes on me
You're gonna have a hard time
If you think I am the one
Let's find out how determined you can be
Tag: Because you see
 
chorus:
I ain't easy...but I can be had
I ain't needy..don't want it that bad
But If you're willing to work 
My love's the best you'll ever have
I ain't easy...but I can be had

Verse:
You don't have to give up
I just mean what I say
and my mind does the thinking for my heart
So don't turn round and run
A kiss might put it into play
Even forever needs to have some kinda start
tag: So do your part

repeat chorus:

bridge:
I know with your looks you've only had to give a wink
Probably never seen a man like me take time to think

repeat chorus:

I Can Be Had

Girl, Thank Me
Lyrics - Nancy Cunningham
Music - Jeff Walker

If you're still eating steak, thank a farmer
If you're  still reading romance, thank a tree
If you still know what you don't want in a man
Well, Girl, thank me

You liked going out, I took you dancing
You liked diamond rings, I took a knee
You liked to tell me what you don't want in a man
Well, Girl, thank me

See, maybe, you could thank me for a good time
Or at least you could thank me for a laugh
For all those times I let you wear my ball cap
Or for letting you think I ever liked your cat
You could maybe thank me for the way I really loved you
Or thank me now for leaving you alone
You might think I'd thank God if we ever got back together
But thank me, girl, you're on your own

If you're still eating steak, thank a farmer
If you're  still reading romance, thank a tree
And whether you still know what you don't want in a man
Well, Girl, go ahead, thank me

Girl, Thank Me

River King
Lyrics - Big Happy Jack
Music - Jeff Walker
 
Which way do I go, I need a minute
What things did I know before I stepped in it
Which way is the best so I can get home
Please point out the water and leave me alone
 
c
It seems like every day I’ve got something to decide
They say a nudge can move a comet flying through the sky
I study all the options and do the wrong thing
It’s in my blood, I’m a river king
 
A long cane pole and a coffee can
And me just waiting to become a man
I’m talking to turtles and baiting a hook
Feeling a world that’s not in a book
 
I sit on a float and go for a ride
A soft current distance, then pull to the side
It’s quiet and cool under big oak and birch
An echoing laugh in my private church
 
c
It seems like every day I’ve got something to decide
They say a nudge can move a comet flying through the sky
I study all the options and do the wrong thing
It’s in my blood, I’m a river king
 
It all goes away on the black muddy shore
All troubles and trials don’t matter no more
I award the earth with all I can give her
And spend my days on the banks of the river
 
I study all the options and do the wrong thing
It’s in my blood, I’m a river king

River King (Version 2)

Down at the Fu Bar Buffet
Lyrics - Nancy Cunningham
Music - Jeff Walker & BIAB

A new Chinese place opened last week
Seemed a little shady, but I took a peek
Nothing looked good, but it sure came cheap
With my luck lately, it was the place for me
                      
Cause' they got all you can eat at the Fu Bar Buffet
They got all you can drink from the Fire Hose
They got all you can eat at the Fu Bar Buffet…
I get the early bird special 
I get it every day
Oh I keep my plate full
Down at the Fu Bar Buffet

I could take you out to dinner, 'stead of chowing down alone
I would ask you out Honey, if you would pick up your phone
Save you from having to be cooking at home
But it's lookin' like tonight I'm back on my own


I'd get you all you can eat at the Fu Bar Buffet
Then all you can drink from the Fire Hose
They got all you can eat at the Fu Bar Buffet
They got a early bird special 
I get it every day
Oh I keep my plate full
Down at the Fu Bar Buffet

Got laid off, got bills to pay?
Get more helpings…at the Fu Bar Buffet

They got all you can eat at the Fu Bar Buffet
They got all you can drink from the Fire Hose
They got all you can eat at the Fu Bar Buffet
They got a early bird special 
I get it every day
Oh, I keep my plate full  
 down at the Fu Bar Buffet

Yeah, it's all you can eat at the Fu Bar Buffet
I get the early bird special every day
Down at the Fu Bar Buffet

Down At The Fu Bar Buffet

I Feel You (Always)
Music & Lyrics - Jeff Walker

Taste the diamond chill of moonlight
Cool as Thelonius’ Round Midnight
Played softly on a phantom saxophone
But then fading

Silver skates and balalaikas
We would let the music take us
Around the lake with snow piled up against the trees
Like it’s waiting

I feel you
The soft flutter of wings
Always
I hear you
When the iron bells ring
Always

I’m not asleep but dreaming still
Lubyanka prison broke my will
But I feed my soul on memories of you
My angel warrior

I’ve got so little left to live for
No fire to fight some little cold war
They think they got it all but I never gave them you
My dusha moya

I feel you
The soft flutter of wings
Always
I hear you
When the iron bells ring
Always

I Feel You (Always)

Watchtower Redux
Music - BIAB & Jeff Walker
Lyrics - Jeff Walker

V1
The joker and the thief were reminiscing
About that night they watched two riders on the storm
From a castle in the air / they’d built themselves a story there
Concealing it was all a metaphor

V2
The legend’s lingered on throughout the ages
The prophet Jimi said it could be true
That troubadours could know / more than the bible told them so
That four horsemen were maybe only two

Chorus
Every era has its own apocalypse to blame
Howling winds and catamounts 
Like omens of the pain
That masters of war and death will bring

V3
Maybe it’s supposed to be a lesson
And we’re all up on that castle parapet
Or waiting in a room with our eyes glued to the door
Dreading just what hasn’t happened yet

Chorus

Bridge                                        
Now Dylan’s rarely literal with his lyrics
Some mysteries are better left unsolved
And the one about the watchtower he never would explain
But I say he’s both the men up on those walls

Chorus

Watchtower (Redux)

When She Happened To Me
Lyrics - Graham/Daniel
Music - Jeff Walker & BIAB

I was lost and so lonely
Didn't have a friend
Rain clouds were all I could see
No One wanted to know me
I was near the end
When She Happened To Me

chorus:
I had no passion
Until she happened 
Didn't know who I wanted to be
I went from worthless
To having a purpose
When she happened to me

Life became sweet and sunny
Thinking she's the one
didn't know my heart could believe
thought life was being funny
thought it over and done
when she happened to me

repeat chorus:

bridge:
Must've been a prayer on some dark night
That turned all my sadness to joy and light

repeat chorus:

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