Keep Your Mind In Check

A song written in the middle of the summer...

Here are the lyrics:

Little girl you shouldn't 
be following me
You 're so young and i 
like you too much
Little girl you shouldn't 
be looking for me
I'm slow and 
you 're so fast

Little girl you shouldn't
be so damn sweet
I wanna taste 
but i can't even touch
Little girl your figure 
is haunting me
Sometimes i think 
it's all made up in my mind

Little girl you shouldn't 
(be following me)
Little girl you shouldn't 
(be looking for me)
Little girl you shouldn't 

Little girl you shouldn't be 
so alone
when i see it 
it tears me apart 
Please girl come 
a little closer to me
who cares if you really 
love me or not

Little girl you shouldn't be 
so afraid
come my way
and grab my hand
one thing i know
and i promise you
i won't hurt you and
i won't brake your heart

Little girl you shouldn't 
(be following me)
Little girl you shouldn't 
(be looking for me)
Little girl you shouldn't 

Little girl you shouldn't
be so damn sweet
I wanna taste 
but i can't even touch
Little girl your figure 
is haunting me
Sometimes i think 
it's all made up in my mind

Little girl you shouldn't 
(be following me)
Little girl you shouldn't 
(be looking for me)
Little girl you shouldn't 
(be following me)
Little girl you shouldn't 
(be looking for me)
Little girl you shouldn't 

Little Girl

The girl with her eyes so bright
All the boys want to hold her tight
She's got ya smiling from ear to ear
Put your money down you got nothin' to fear

Midnight Marcelle and the party girls
Cruising down the strip gonna rule the world
Midnight Marcelle and the party girls
Breaking Hearts tonight
All around the world
All around the world

Especially when it's 3am
Press your bets double down again
and then you find you're down 10 Geez
You lose control and fall to your knees

The two-step grift stepped on your heart
Cleaned out your pockets and tore you apart
She grabbed you high and hit you low
And made you scream say
"Hey! Where'd you go?"

Midnight Marcelle and the party girls
Cruising down the strip gonna rule the world
Midnight Marcelle and the party girls
Breaking Hearts tonight
All around the world
All around the world

She played the part of a femme fatale in a film noir, yeah
And made you scream, yeah
Like a broken
A broken guitar!
A broken guitar!

Midnight Marcelle and the party girls
Cruising down the strip gonna rule the world
Midnight Marcelle and the party girls
Breaking Hearts tonight all around the world
All around the world
All around the world
The world

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Written by Johnny Punish (ASCAP member since 1996)
Music created by Punish Studios enhanced by A.I.
Official Web Site: www.punishstudios.com

PunishRadio: Country

Midnight Marcelle

Careless Whisper

My brand new car was still in park
When you came to my town
With your short skirt and fancy smile
Spinning round and round

Oh I didn't know what hit me
I was knocked down on the floor
A car crash was no accident
Got me begging you for more

Baby I wasn't ready
I know I stole your heart
No airbag to save you now
I was a bad girl from the start

Every time I think of you
My engine light goes on
Every time I see your face
I know I can't go on

My engine light goes on and on
Searching for your love
Tried every greaser fix in town
Even from the man above

Oh I can't seem to shut it off
so what can one man do?
My engine light keeps flashing strong
Flashing strong for you

Baby I wasn't ready
I know I stole your heart
No airbag to save you now
I was a bad girl from the start

Every time I think of you
My engine light goes on
Every time I see your face
I know I can't go on

With this charade
Thumper's not my name
Get off the street boy
You're gonna burn in flames
Just give me 50
And tell your friends
You're my bad boyfriend

Baby I wasn't ready
I know I stole your heart
No airbag to save you now
I was a bad girl from the start

Whoa every time I think of you
My engine light goes on
Every time I see your face
I know I can't go on

Every time I think of you
I know I can't go on
Every time I see your face
My engine light goes on
I see your face
Your face
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Written by Johnny Punish
Produced by Punish Studios enhanced by A.I.
Official Web Site: www.PunishStudios.com

Engine Light

We don't own a motor car
we use the green autobus.
Simplicity seems to suit us.
We have green bicycles.
And we love to up cycle-
anything old we make new.
We can always make do
with much less than you.

We can always make do
with much less than you
because we dig and we grow
and we mend, we darn and sew.

It helps not having a TV.
We sit. We knit. We talk.
We go for long nature walks
where we forage for freebies.
All the fresh air and exercise
ensures we sleep like babies.

We have a radio receiver
that feeds our needs for music.
We have pets. And oh yes-
we've gotten over being choosy-
believe this is as good as it gets.

We're having a good life
living the good life.
Believe this is as good as it gets.
We're having a good life
living the good life.
Believe this is as good as it gets.

(I see the sunrise every day.
I pick fresh eggs out of the hay.
And we breakfast slowly,
breaking home baked bread-
giving thanks for the beans.
And thanking our lucky stars
that we'll stay as happy as we are.)

We're having a good life
living the good life.
Believe this is as good as it gets.
We're having a good life
living the good life.
Believe this is as good as it gets.
We're having a good life
living the good life.
Believe this is as good as it gets.

A Good Life

A GOOD LIFE

Is This Love

devil on my shoulder

🎸 The High Plains Drifters – “The Soulless Climber” 🎤 Words & Music by Johnny Punish.  A blistering 1970s-style classic rock track that tells the untold story behind the glittering rise of Don Henley — and the shadow he left behind. “The Soulless Climber” is a bold, unapologetic tribute to the legendary Linda Ronstadt, who gave a young drummer from Texas his first big break… only to be cast aside as fame, ego, and cocaine took the wheel.

With haunting guitar licks, driving rhythms, and a vocal delivery soaked in vintage vinyl spirit, this song cuts deep into the myth of the rockstar ascent. It’s not just music — it’s musical justice.

LYRICS

🔥 If you love storytelling rock in the vein of Neil Young, Tom Petty, and Zevon, this one’s for you.
🎧 Turn it up loud. Let history be heard.

#TheSoullessClimber #HighPlainsDrifters #JohnnyPunish #LindaRonstadt #ClassicRock #RealStoriesRockHarder

He walked in the room with a secondhand smile
Just a kid from Texas, stayin' quiet for a while
She heard his beat, gave him a place to play
Put him in the lights, gave him a say

Oh, Linda sang like an angel from a small Tucson town
While he kept time in the shadow just hangin' around
But ambition has teeth and dreams can get mean
Soon he wanted more than just the rhythm in between

The climber who lost his soul chasing fame
Just a drummer in a band when she gave him a break
The climber who lost his soul chasing fame
Rose like a eagle cocaine was his game
The climber the climber oh how high he could climb
Sing Hotel California and do another line

They say every harmony hides a little war
And he traded his heart for a hotel corridor
While she stayed grace, stayed velvet and true
He climbed with the boys, burned bridges he once knew

No thank you, no looking back in time
Just interviews soaked in powder and wine
He said she wasn’t good enough for the sound
But her voice built the stage where he was found

The climber who lost his soul chasing fame
Just a drummer in a band when she gave him a break
The climber who lost his soul chasing fame
Rose like a eagle cocaine was his game
The climber the climber oh how high he could climb
Sing Hotel California and do another line

Spotlights fade, egos crack and bend
But kindness echoes long past the end
And when the needle hits the vinyl groove
You hear the truth no press can remove

The climber who lost his soul chasing fame
Just a drummer in a band when she gave him a break
The climber who lost his soul chasing fame
Rose like a eagle cocaine was his game
The climber the climber oh how high he could climb
Sing Hotel California and do another line
 
Do another line
Another line
Line 

He insulted her talent clear as the day
Now the music remembers what history won’t say

The climber who lost his soul chasing fame
Just a drummer in a band when she gave him a break
The climber who lost his soul chasing fame
Rose like a eagle cocaine was his game
The climber the climber oh how high he could climb
Sing Hotel California and do another line
Do another line
Another line
Line 

Do another line
Do another line
Another line

The Soulless Climber

ECONOMIC TSUNAMI 🌍  A roots reggae cry from the soul, "Economic Tsunami" rages against greed, corruption, and the moral decay of empire. With heavy basslines, haunting melodies, and politically charged lyrics, this track exposes the devastating impact of U.S. economic policies driven by arrogance and contempt.

This is a warning — and a lament.
This is the sound of rebellion.
This is the storm before the reckoning.

🔥 For the people. For the planet. For the truth.

🎧 Listen. Share. Wake up.

La De Dah Dah Dah
Eww Oh Oh Oh
La De Dah Dah Dah
And we walk and we roll

See di leaders in di towers tall
Countin’ dollars while di people fall
Promises like paper burn
But di wicked never learn

Pushin' poison in di name of trade
Backroom deals and plans they made
Sellin' futures like dey sellin’ lies
Underneath Babylon skies

Economic Tsunami Oh Comin’
Runnin’ from di lies but it’s drummin’
Economic Tsunami Oh Comin’
Rivers turnin’ red while dey hummin’

La De Dah Dah Dah
Oh Oh Oh
La De Dah Dah Dah
And it goes

Wall Street wolves with golden teeth
Feastin’ while di poor can't eat
Debt chains tighter every day
Freedom sold and thrown away

Arrogance a heavy price
Contempt will never roll di dice twice
Stars and stripes now soaked in greed
No more room for the people's need

Economic Tsunami Oh Comin’
Truth buried deep but it’s drummin’
Economic Tsunami Oh Comin’
Jah know judgment day start strummin’

La De Dah Dah Dah
Oh Oh Oh
La De Dah Dah Dah
The little people say

Oh say can you see
What dey done in di name of liberty
Freedom a word dey twist and kill
All for power and a paper thrill

A pot of gold for a poisoned land
Now di fire’s slippin’ through dey hands
Di empire crumble slow but sure
Di people cryin’ can't take no more

Children cryin’ from sea to sea
While dem preach ‘bout democracy
But it's hunger and war dem really sell
Sendin’ di world straight to hell

Oh USA what path you take
Turnin’ hearts cold for profit's sake
Remember pride before di fall
And Jah still watchin’ over all

La De Dah Dah Dah
Oh Oh Oh
La De Dah Dah Dah
And so it goes

Economic Tsunami Oh Comin’
Truth buried deep but it’s drummin’
Economic Tsunami Oh Comin’
Babylon soon get what's comin’
Economic Tsunami Oh Comin’
Tsunami Oh Comin’
Oh Comin’
And we all drown

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Written by Johnny Punish
Produced by Punish Studios enhanced by AI

Economic Tsunami

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