Love Without Measure
lyrics-Toney Wright and Jim Rogers
music-Toney Wright
Drums-Craig Scott
acoustic guiars-Jason Roller
piano-John Jarvis
bass guitar and vocals-Toney Wright

It's in the eyes of a child
the wagging tail of a pup
it's a hand reaching out
to help some poor soul up
it's a visit from an old friend
when you're down and alone
It's a family waiting for
their soldier coming home

I can feel it in the air
over here, over there
here's to those who wear
their hearts upon their sleeves
for there is no greater treasure
than love without measure
such a blessing and a pleasure
to give and receive

It was the smell of mother's kitchen
how I loved the holidays
It's how my father worshipped her
'til the day he passed away
so take it all in, toss it around
it's abundant and it's free
I'll throw all my love at you
you can throw yours back at me

repeat chorus

As life goes on
as the years roll by
and the seasons change
in the blink of an eye
love will be there
like it's always been
so, when love comes a knocking
open up and let it in

repeat chorus

Love Without Measure

Lonesome Pine

Banjo- Joe Kuras
acoustic guitars- Jason Roller
Congas- Craig Scott
songwriter, Bass guitar, and vocals- Toney Wright

Whiskey bottles empty
I been drunk since yesterday
lord I'm going crazy
since my woman went astray
lord I just don't know
what I'm gonna do
ain't never felt so sad oh lord
ain't never felt so blue

The howling of my ol' hound dog
that's the music I listen to
ol' dog, he won't run no rabbit
but, he sure can bark the blues
the wind joins in calling her name
through that lonesome pine
ain't never felt so blue oh lord
can't drink that woman off my mind

That lonesome pine seems like it's crying
as the morning brings the rain
and there ain't no use denying
that I'm the one to blame
lord, I just don't know
what's a broken man to do
ain't never felt so sad oh lord
ain't never felt so blue

Lonesome Pine (Feat. Banjo Joe)

Black Sheep in the Night
songwriter- Toney Wright
drums-Brian Fullen
acoustic guitar- Tony King
electric rhythm guitar- Darin Favorite
Bass guitar and vocals Toney Wright
slide guitar-Steve Hinson
piano=John Jarvis


Up in smoke, gone with the wind
once again, I'm on the losing end
when will this ol' fool ever learn
ramblin' down a lost highway
running away from yesterday
always taking the wrong turn

I'm just an ol' black sheep in the night
living on the wrong side of right
I've only me to blame, I suppose
this path I'm on is the path I chose
I'm just an ol' black sheep in the night

I spent two years on the lam
for some con I pulled down in Birmingham
they got me in a shot house in Arkansas
I was letting 'em win 'till they took the bait
when the stakes were raised, I drew an inside straight
shots rang out, in came the law

I'm just an ol' black sheep in the night
living on the wrong side of right
I've only me to blame, I suppose
this path I'm on is the path I chose
I'm just an ol' black sheep in the night

now here I am, old and gray
doing five to eight for my low-down ways
and now I've finally come to terms
If I knew then what I know now
I'd still fuck it all up some way some how`
seems this ol' fool never learned 

I'm just an ol' black sheep in the night
I never did do a damn thing right
has this always been my destiny
or is it Karma getting back at me
I'm just an ol' black sheep in the night

Black Sheep in the Night

Dark Eyed Charmer

Songwriter, Bass guitar and vocals-Toney Wright
Drums-Shannon Forrest
piano-John Jarvis
Guitars- Jack Pearson

I found out the hard way
how love can be so mean
I got my heart broke the first time
at the tender age of sixteen
a little dark eyed charmer
lawd the finest thing I ever seen

She said I was her boyfriend 
and there would never be another
she said she was my girlfriend
I took her home to meet my mother
when I went to the bathroom
she took off with my big brother

I found out the hard way
how love can be so unkind
I guess it's true what they say
love can sure be blind
that little dark eyed charmer
lawd she messin' with my mind

her mother, she's a looker
drove her daddy insane
she got an auntie, she's a player
she loves to play head games
she got two lovely sisters
they call them Misery and Pain

If you got a dark eyed woman friend
you best not do her wrong
you better walk the straight and narrow
bring all your money home
she will sneak up behind you
put a hitch in your get along

I found out the hard way
I found out the hard way
I found out the hard way
how love can be so mean
that little dark eyed charmer
lawd, the finest thin I ever seen

Dark Eyed Charmer

Old Man's Dream

Piano- Blair Masters
Drums- Brian Fullen
guitar Dan Favorite
slide guitar- Steve Hinson
songwriter, bass guitar and vocals-Toney Wright

I don't ask for much
just love and harmony
in a blissful serenity
with you there
I don't ask for much
just for some you and me
your loving company
shows me how you care

I don't ask for much
just for you to see
how much you mean to me
you're my sunbeam
now I don't ask for much
please try to understand
I'm still a young man
in an old man's dream

When the rain's coming down
and the skies are all gray
I'll play my ukulele
while you sing those blues away
and just like that
lo and behold
we're dancing in the puddles
like we're eighteen years old
we're dancing in the puddles
like we're eighteen years old
I don't ask for much

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Old Man's Dream

My Old Truck
Drums-Craig Scott
acoustic guitar-Tony King
Piano- John Jarvis
Resonator guitar-Jack Pearson
songwriter, bass guitar and vocals-Toney Wright

I drive her over the mountain
I drive her into town
she don't look like much
but she never let me down
my old truck
runs on prayer and luck
she's my old truck

She got three on the column
she got two-sixty air
a little rusty in the bed
but I don't care
my old truck
runs on prayer and luck
she's my old truck

I load her up with firewood
'til her rear's on the ground
it's a struggle up the hills
it's a breeze going down
my old truck
runs on prayer and luck
she's my old truck

I drove her through the woods
through the ice and snow
she took me through places
 where a rabbit couldn't go
the day will surely come
I know it ain't no doubt
I'll have to put her out to pasture
but I'll never part her out
'cause she's my old truck
talking 'bout my old truck
she's my old truck
and I love her

My Old Truck

The Weight of Hate
written by Toney Wright and Pat feely
Drums-Craig Scott
acoustic guitar-Jason Roller
lead guitar-Jack Pearson
piano-John Jarvis
bass guitar and vocals-Toney Wright

The weight of hate lies
heavy on your shoulders
occupies your mind
as your heart grows colder
it eats at your gut
creeps inside your soul
you will never have no peace
until you let it go

hate is a mighty
heavy burden to bear
you can't pretend
that it ain't there
the weight will drag
you down eventually
until you let it go
you will never be free
until you let it go
you can never

break free
you gotta break free
break free
you gotta break free

the weight of hate lay
heavy on my shoulders
it occupied my mind
made my heart grow colder
it ate at my gut
crept inside my soul
I never could find peace
until I let it go
I never had no peace
until I let it go

break free
you gotta break free
break free
you gotta break free
break free
set yourself free

The Weight of Hate

Gypsy Tailwind

piano-John Jarvis
drums-Brian Fullen-Jim McGillveray
acoustic guitar-Tony King
tenor ukelele-Pat Mcgrath
lead guitar-John Herrington
song writer. bass and vocal-Toney Wright

it's getting kind of cold in Colorado
I think I'll head down to New Orléans
I've been from Key West to Juneau
a thousand points in-between
chorus-1
just give me a gypsy tailwind
a long stretch of highway and blue skies
someday I'll be coming back this way again
just to say hello and then goodbye

I worked the docks in Corpus Christie
I drove a hack in Louisville
I've got that ramblin' fever deep inside of me
I've got to see what lies beyond that hill
repeat C-1
Now, I'll be leaving in the morning
just as soon as my feet hits the floor
I can't say just where I'm going
it'll be someplace I've never been before
C-2
The time will come for my passing
but my journeys, they will never end
I'll be blowing down that eternal highway
like a gypsy tailwind

Gypsy Tailwind

That Leaf Ain't New
Drums- Craig Scott
piano-John Jarvis
rhythm guitar-Tony King
lead guitar- Jack Pearson
songwriter, bass and vocals-Toney Wright

You say you're so sorry
for the way you done me wrong
you ask my forgiveness
you want me to come home
now you tell me you changed
please don't say no more
you know that leaf ain't new
you turned it over before

how many times 
have I cut you slack
how many times
have you stabbed me in the back
now you say that you changed
please don't say no more
you know that leaf ain't new
you turned it over before

second chance, third
fourth chance, fifth
I do believe
I've run out of fucks to give
now say that you changed
please don't say no more
you Know that leaf ain't new
you turned it over before

no that leaf ain't new honey
you still the same ol' _ _ _ _ _!

That Leaf Ain't New

The Way I Love You

songwriter, bass guitar and vocals-Toney Wright
backing track by Band in a Box musicians
Jason Roller and Toney King-acoustic guitars
Brian Fullen-Drums
John Jarvis-piano and Dave Cleveland-lead guitar

I love you like the sunshine
I love you like a harvest moon
I love you, yes I do like the springtime
when the honeysuckles are in bloom

I love you like a cool breeze
I love you like the autumn leaves
I love you, yes I do like the sunset
when the whippoorwill sings
bridge
darling, you know I don't talk that much
it never was my style
II gotta say how I love you so much
oh baby, you make me smile
please stay with me awhile
I love you like a summer rain
I love you like a freight train
that's the way I love you

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The Way I Love You

Living in Forever

We humans are slaves to
 the measure of time
our calendrers, clocks and
 schedules leave no doubt
sometimes I wish I could
 be that ol' dog of mine
she ain't worrying 'bout
time running out

then I'd be like

goodbye Monday. goodbye Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday too
so long Saturday, get lost Sunday
I have no need for you
adios all you weeks, months and years
you make me no never mind
when you're living in forever 
you're never running outta time

Gonna take the clocks down off the walls
I wont need them anymore
gonna shut down this smart ass phone
and sling it in a  drawer
no appointments, no agendas
I never liked them anyhow
When you're living in forever
the only time is right now

Living in Forever

Bessemer Blues

I start my shift at six o'clock
moving freight on and off the dock
when the whistle blows at half past two
everybody hollers Yabba Dabba Do

rolling steel all day long
come home tired to the bone
before Friday comes the money's gone
gotta go get a pay day loan

they cut out all the overtime 
laid off half the assembly line
prices gone up at the grocery store
bringing home less and paying out more
when I get my pay, the money's spent
this is all on You Mr.  President

Bessemer Blues

Battle Scars

when he was a young lad
he'd wish upon the stars
but all his hopes and dreams
were stolen by a war
these days when he's able
he's in a hole in the wall bar
alone at a corner table
drowning his battle scars

He's got shrapnel in his shoulder
night mares in his head
he sweeps and mops the floors
for a bottle and a bed
people pass him on the streets
and look away as they go by
another forgotten hero
left hung out to dry

his life once had promise
but now he don't give a damn
he lost his ambition 
to a bomb in Afghanistan
late in the evening
he returns to his room
seeking comfort from his demons
with a needle and a spoon

When he was a young lad
he'd wish upon the stars

Battle Scars

You Leave me Blue

Toney Wright-songwriter,  vocals and bass guitar
Band in a box musicians- 
Jason Roller and Toney King- acoustic guitars
Craig Scott-drums and Andy Leftwich-fiddle

The sun is slowly peeping through the curtain
sweat is beading on my brow
last night I drank away my hurtin'
it's all coming back to me now

I fell in love with you before I got to know you
I guess it's true that love is blind
but I kept thinking maybe that I could change you
the only thing I changed was my mind

and I've been lonely for so long
I'll try again with you 
knowing that it's wrong
it's so untrue
you lead me on
you leave me blue

Now here I am standing outside your door
you break my heart and I come back for more
after all the heartache you've put me through
I'm still in love with you

and I've been lonely for so long
I'll try again with you
knowing that it's wrong
it's so untrue
you lead me on
you leave me blue





You Leave me Blue

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acoustic guitars-Tony King and Jason Roller
Bass Guitar, Percussion, and vocals Toney Wright
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