10-That Night

Special thanks to Dan Simmons of Firesong Music for crafting the stings and piano.
The vid:  https://youtu.be/Rwo5m10iLi0

That Night -070377

There was that one night we talked till dawn, 
then watched the rising Sun.
I knew before three I needed you, and you were the only one.
In the morning light you told me you feel the same way too.  
So that's the night we fell in love.

When we got married we promised love 
and never to forget that night.
We knew that we would live our life as one 
and all would always be alright.
We look back through all our young years,
how love has pulled us through.  
No, nothing can erase that night.

That night in Paris, that night in Spain, 
that cozy night we spent in Rome... 
Now every night we grow with what we found 
that night we started out alone.
Now we wake each day and wonder what would our lives have been 
if we had not have had that night.

That Night

The vid:  https://youtu.be/YwWM_J_qxZM

Loose & Lovely

She's kinda loose, but she loves me 
with the kind of love that's hard to find.
She's a lot to handle but she knows I love her, 
and I know that she is mine.
I never thought I'd be this lucky with such a fireball friend.
She knows the way to live her life.  We'll play hard till the end.

She may be loose but she's lovely, 
and she enjoys life better than most.
A smile on her face and she's never in a race 
'cuz no one else is close.

She loves to laugh.  She's contagious, 
and I caught her bug in my soul.
Every time our eyes meet I melt like butter, 
and soon I lose control.
She's got a look that drives me crazy. and I'm so glad she is mine.
She taught me how to live my life.  She keeps me feeling fine.

She's full of life and liberty.  We'll sing away the blues.  
And every day she brings to me a smile I'll never lose.

(She's loose.  She's loose and lovely.)3x  {with a little "yes, you know she is" in between

Loose & Lovely

The vid:  https://youtu.be/Jm80Wz-OMdc

Early Ages

There was a time way back in early ages 
when stranger things roamed around this Earth.
So now we want to know how could we ever grow. 
And what have we to show to prove our worth?

In early ages we all knew our place.  
We wrote our history pages, and had to keep the pace.
Through all those phases we never called it race. 
Let's wear our early-ages face.

Let's make these times our future's early ages.  
Let's send them our concerns and love with hope.
We'll trim our history tree with truth more selflessly, 
and rid ourselves of greedy misanthropes.

In early ages we all took our place.  
We wrote our history pages, and had to keep the pace.
We seek the praises from some imagined face 
yet bring our early ages disgrace.  

Now is the time to learn from early ages.  
So let's not repeat mistakes we know we made.
Let's not just leave a trace; let's make the grade.

In early ages we all held our place.  
We wrote our history pages, and knew we had the pace.
We hope to keep goin'.  Our history has more space or else we make what's written erased.  How sad.

Early Ages

The vid:  https://youtu.be/OU1fWuTwxi0

Some Songs

Some songs are overdone and some not done enough.
Some songs are full of hate and some so full of love.
But the songs that still excite my soul 
are the ones I sing with you.
Sappy songs with sibilant sounds somehow ring more true.

Memories of the good times we all share 
come alive when we hear some songs.
 
Some songs remind of how our life once used to be.
Some songs will show us signs of what love can foresee.
Padiddle lights on eerie nights, the FM channel's on.
We drive around on country roads still singin' our old song.

Some songs are made for us, and some we make ourselves.
Some songs collect no dust, and some sit on the shelves.
But the songs we sing in harmony 
are the ones we hold most dear.
Songs bring out the best of life 
that mem'ries need to hear.  

Memories of the best times of our lives 
stay alive when we hear some songs.  Some songs.

Some Songs

Dave Bell of Blue Attitude on guitar
The vid:  https://youtu.be/44_iT9uPo_Q

 Can't Afford Your Love

I can't afford your loving any longer.  Emotional reserve strained.
My wallet's runnin' dry as I'm sitting in your corner 
with all my budget drained.
There is somethin' in the way that you're looking at me lately 
that I seem unworthy of.  
I feel I cannot pay the price is costs to play.  
I can't afford your love.

I can't decide if you just want to use me 
to see how much I would pay 
for the priviledge just to be in the presence of your beauty.  
But I've got something to say.
You just keep me in your debt, but I'm charging back the interest, cuz I don't have enough
I feel I cannot pay the price it costs to play.  
I can't afford your love.

I never know what I should say when you do the things you do.
I never want to spend the time.  I won't invest in you.

Can't Afford Your Love

The vid:  https://youtu.be/NWDnmnitkYk

I Didn't Do It

I didn't do it.  I didn't cause that.  I wouldn't lie to you.
No one can prove it.  I'm innocent.  So what's a guy to do?
They'll hang me anyway.  I know the law.  
The judge is gonna say that that's the last straw.
But
I didn't do it.  I don't know how.  I'm not that kind of joe.
She put me to it.  I didn't know how far that she would go.
My hands were tied that day.  She held the cards.  
So I shouldn't pay for what lies in her yard.

She was the one who rented that car.  
She tried to take it way too far.
She didn't say what all would occur.  I cannot lie for her.

I didn't do it.  I hope you know that.  I wouldn't know how to act.
Please don't pursue it.  It's not my fault that opposites attract. 
She didn't tell me that the thing was goin' down.  
It really isn't like it sounds cuz 
I-I didn't do it.

I Didn't Do It

Just another nobody who's not here to be somebody.  I write songs because I can't help it, and it helps me.  If I add them here, I'm less likely to keep mixing them.  Creativity is a stream with many tributaries, and sometimes one runs through us.  The stream is more creative when tributaries meet, and I'm grateful for the collaborative efforts of others.

I Didn't Do It

Marty Straub