
                              (c) 11.11.2012 time and ink

INTRO

verse 1

i've been watching you from the end of the bar
night after night
you drink so much you can hardly find your car
i paid for your drink a couple of times
i'm sorry now i bought 'em
i wanna be your rock when you hit rock bottom.

verse 2

i've seen you hangin out with every other guy
night after night
your bartab paid by any passerby
you've been a ride so many times
i've heard them call you slalom
i wanna be your rock when you hit rock bottom.

CHORUS:

when you hit rock bottom, i wanna be your rock
i wanna be what you lean (stand) on 
when YOU pause to take stock
you might not take me for granite    
well you're in for quite a shock     
when you hit rock bottom, i wanna be your rock.

verse 3

i've given you a ride a couple of times 
couple of nights
you spilled your soul and then blotted it with wine
DOUBT you remember where you GOT those smokes
or who it is that bought 'em
i wanna be your rock when you hit rock bottom.

CHORUS

--------------------------> SOLO

CHORUS OUT 

END:       
when you hit rock bottom, i wanna be your rock.

when you hit rock bottom

(c) 02.09.2014 time and ink

verse 1

mama told me she's finally leaving-- that she had had enough
i dried my tears onto my sleeve and wiped my nose on my cuff
the happiest day in my thirteen years was the day we left that house
left behind all the screaming and tears and the ever-present rows.

verse 2

for a while there we were on the run, moving from place to place
i'll never forget being under the gun, the constant fear upon her face
she knew what he was capable of and knew he would never forget
what may have started once in love she now feared would end in death.

preCHORUS:

so we moved on with what we could take
yes we moved on for goodness' sake

verse 3

we finally made it out of town to a state we'd never been
no family to call our own, and too nervous to make friends
we always 
feared we'd see him again, and kept looking over our shoulder
the deepest wounds will never mend, even as you get older.

preCHORUS

CHORUS:

for goodness sake, wipe your tears
for goodness sake, swallow your fears
it builds up til there's no more you can take
we gotta get gone  for goodness sake.

----------------->  SOLO

DOUBLE CHORUS OUT, ONE STEP UP:

for goodness sake, wipe your tears
 for goodness sake, swallow your fears
 it builds up til there's no more you can take
 we had to get gone for goodness sake.

yes, we had to move on for goodness sake.

for goodness sake

(C) 02.09.2014 time and ink

 verse 1 SPARE, INTROish

 i don't have the spine to tell you to go
 and i don't have the strength myself to leave
 i never thought that love meant saying no
 so now i just don't know what to believe.

 verse 2 MUSIC ENTERS FULLY

 i could not see a day with us apart
 how could i imagine such a thing?
 but now you are the harden to my heart
 now i know the ___ that ____ brings.

 CHORUS:

 please leave me
 because i can't just go
 please believe me
 it's something you must know... too
 feels like i finally figured it out, 
 but no-one will believe me...
 please leave me.
 please leave me.

 verse 3 (DOUBLE)

 i've got the mind to just tell you to go
 but i have neither the heart nor soul
 there's a part of me saying "i told you so"
 but mostly just a god-shaped hole.

 i had put you up on a pedestal 
 and had proclaimed you would never fall
 turned out that was a load of bull
 i couldn't worship you after all.

 CHORUS:

 so please leave me, please please leave me...
 because i can't let go
 please believe me
 how was i to know? you...
 i should have told you long ago, 
 but i figured you'd never believe me...
 please leave me.

 -------------------------> CLASSICAL GTR SOLO

 CHORUS OUT

 please leave me, please please leave me. please leave me.

please leave me

(C) 02.03.2014 time and ink

 verse 1

 you say she's yours, this you know true, you don't care what i say
 i can see 
 this tour will leave you torn and blue, maybe bruised along the way
 you base your love upon a lie that shoulda been one and done
 believe me-- 
 if she don't text you when she's drunk, you're not the one.

 verse 2

 you claim to know from how you feel inside that she's the one for you
 but you can show neither hair nor hide that this feelin is true
 and i was there that night she was out; she was having lots of fun
 look, if she don't text you when she's drunk, you're not the one.

 CHORUS:

 if she don't text when she's drunk then you're not the one
 you gotta be the one she wishes was there with her having fun
 you'll never replace in her heart 
 what's reserved for speed dial number one
 no, if she don't text you when she's drunk, you're not the one.

 verse 3

 look i was there, please take my word that she's been goin out
 yes 
 i would swear on what i heard comin straight out that girl's mouth
 you're never gonna win her heart; you're not even in the runnin
 coz if she don't text you when she's drunk, you're not the one.

 CHORUS

 -------------------> SOLO

 BRIDGE:

 stop countin your chickens before they hatch
 and eyeing those two in the shrub 
 there's a drawer full of socks ain't got no match
 and you're bout to join the club
 think you know your love's a slam dunk- 
 i got some bad news for you, son--
 if she don't text you when she's drunk, you're not the one.

 CHORUS OUT

if she don't text you when she's drunk (you're not the one)


              (c) 02.11.2015 time and ink

verse 1

you might have heard of judge roy moore
from the ten commandments kerfuffle
seems now he's in the news again
and his feathers sure are ruffled.
they fired him on the court house steps
when he he wouldn't move the statue
but he's chief justice once again
making sure your mate don't match you.

verse 2

see, in talibama the beautiful
they believe in states' rights
like slavery secession and jim crow
and they don't like men in tights.
well, i shouldn't speak for everyone,
but that's what judge roy moore tried
but the federal judge shot him down
and so now i sing, "roll pride!"

CHORUS:

roll pride
it's been coming for a while
roll pride
equality dixie style
he said "never in alabama"
but i guess he lied--
roll pride.

verse 3

well i'm off living in montana now
and i've already got that right
seems everyone above the bible belt 
except the midwest has seen the light.
the arc of history bends toward justice
now we've finally 
              crossed to the other side
from huntsville to opelika, 
                       all together now--
roll pride.

CHORUS

----------------> SOLO 
INTERPOLATING DIXIE AND THE ALABAMA 
             AND AUBURN FIGHT SONGS

DOUBLE CHORUS WITH AD LIB.

ROLL PRIDE!

The Smiths

lyrics:

Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Smiths

Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
When I said I'd like to smash every tooth
In your head
Oh sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking
When I said by rights you should be
Bludgeoned in your bed
And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her roman nose
And her Walkman started to melt
Oh
Bigmouth, la bigmouth, la
Bigmouth strikes again
And I've got no right to take my place
With the Human race
Oh, bigmouth, la bigmouth, la
Bigmouth strikes again
And I've got no right to take my place
With the Human race
And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her roman nose
And her hearing aid started to melt
Bigmouth, la bigmouth, la
Bigmouth strikes again

Bigmouth Strikes Again

this is a live looping track--  drums recorded, then 12 string, bass and vox enter together, but bass is looped and acoustic guitar is added without looping. 12 string is actually on an m-brace stand-- bass and acoustic are taken on and off. i added some spoken word that tells you where loops end and start, but the loop point of the bass is not commented upon over the singing. it is always good to have a chordal instrument in your hands at the end to end the piece on a chord. live looping gets built up into a bang and then ends with the whimper of the last instrument held. 

lyrics:

Robert's got a quick hand.
He'll look around the room,
he wont tell you his plan.
He's got a rolled cigarette
hanging out his mouth.
He's a cowboy kid.

Yeah! He found a six-shooter gun
in his dad's closet, with the box of fun things.
I don't even know what,
but he's coming for you. Yeah, He's coming for you!

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You better run, better run, outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You better run, better run, faster than my bullet.

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You better run, better run, outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You better run, better run, faster than my bullet.

Daddy works a long day.
He be coming home late, and he's coming home late.
And he's bringing me a surprise.
'cause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice

I've waited for a long time.
Yeah the sleight of my hand is now a quick-pull trigger.
I reason with my cigarette,
Then say, "Your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits, yeah?"

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You better run, better run, outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You better run, better run, faster than my bullet.

Pumped Up Kicks

cymbiot

nice melody.  also an earlier piece.  i have always liked the rhythm.

own justice

nothin
                                     (c) 1993 time and ink

v1 

nothin is easy nothin is free
nothin is there just for you and me
nothin is real nothin's so good
nothin ever ends like you thought it would.
nothin to fear least nothin i know
f'you know somethin different please tell me so
(there's) nothin for me--  it's nothin to you
world's crashin down around yes how do you do
nothin for you--  it's nothin to me
the only thing that matters is to be free.

CH:

oh, i don't know exactly where i'm goin--
i said oh.

v2

nothin to claim in this world of ignorance and shame
nothin that i care to call by name
nothin's so good and nothin is real
nothin left to do but sit down and feel.
nothin in this world that i really need
freedom from want's the envy of greed
nothin i could say there's nothin i could do
could compare to the love that's inside of you
nothin in my hand and nothin up my sleeve
but illusion chaos and make-believe.

CH2:

you may know exactly where you're goin
but that doesn't change anything.

INSTRUMENTAL (for solo)


CH3:

you may know exactly where i'm goin
but please don't say anything
please don't say a thing.

nothin and nothin is nothin and
nothin and nothin is nothin.

my corona:world enough and lime

nothin 2020

(c)time and ink 2005

verse 1

comin right through my TV screen/ smilin, jokin, not being mean
repeatin the mantra again and again/ "love the sinner, hate the sin"
with sweet hate.

ev'ry news item seems to fit
              when you're trying to prove the world's going to shit
the thing that's always struck me as odd--
                        why've you gotta hate if you believe in god?
with sweet sweet hate.

CHORUS:

sweet hate--   makes the world go round
sweet hate--   the gospel of the proud
sweet hate--   in the clothes of love---
sweet hate.    we have had enough of
sweet hate.

verse 2 
you've got your party going on
                         and if the man won't bend then you move on
divide the country right or wrong
                                  you buy the candidates for a song
of sweet hate.

redefine the law of the land
                   til it's the god who governs, not the man
still you decide who will get banned
                  so it's a glorious thing that you fit in the plan
of sweet sweet hate.

REPEAT CHORUS.

------------------------------> SOLO

DOUBLE CHORUS OUT

my corona: world enough and lime

sweet hate

(c) 11.10.2012
 
verse 1
 
so it is time for your weekend whine
that's why i'm going out and leaving you behind
for my brothers in arms, doing 12 ounce curls; and you can't red rover it
cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it.
 
verse 2
 
i'm going out, but not on my own | still i am leaving you at home
no secret plot to get you gone; still you uncover it
cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it.
 
CHORUS:
 
cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it.
i just can't drink alone with you one more night
love's like a flame, and you done smothered it;
cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it.
 
------------------------------> SOLO
 
verse 3
 
it's news before i leave the bar--
you're tearin round town, all up in arms.
you'll make me pay; my manhood might just cover it.
hey-- cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it.
 
verse 4 
 
you wonder why you're all alone
you sit and cry and drink at home
no-one can stand to watch you whine; now you've discovered it
so cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it.
 
CHORUS
---------------------------------> SOLO
 
CHORUS OUT

cry a river

(c) 1997

v1  

i know it sounds strange but i truly believe/ 
                                     things are gonna change
gonna release what's been 'side of me/ 40 nights and 40 days
gonna take to the heavens and fly/ 
                            gonna find me some angel's wings
god only knows how hard i've tried/ 
                              to figure out all these things.

---------------> INSTRUMENTAL

v2

gonna get me a ticket to ride/ gonna get me a backstage pass
you know you're life's gonna fly/ 
                          when you're living it way too fast
nothin' more i need out of life/ but to sing this song today
n' if i couldn't, you know right now/ 
                           i'd get down on my knees and pray.

v3

i want to scale the heights/ of the stars i see above
i want to reveal what i hide/ 
                     until there's nothing to show but love
lift me up to the sky/ so i can see how things really are
when i think i finally got somewhere/ 
                    turns out it really wasn't all that far.

---------------> SHORT INSTRUMENTAL

CHORUS:

let me take you higher with me/
                     t'where the wind hears all our prayers
let me feel what it means to believe/ 
                              and to have someone who cares
take me to the river of light/ that flows through everyone
how can i go back to the night/ now that i've seen the sun?

v4

there must be some place for me to be/ 
                               to fit with the Master Plan
and somewhere heaven awaits me/ in a grain of sand  --see
i never really wanted to go/ thought i's already there
seems the only thing in this world/ i have got to share.



REFRAIN:

(heaven is here.  heaven is now.  heaven is here and now.)x2

strange heaven 2020

(c) 1994 time and ink

v1

you say there's trouble in your life | you say that woman 
bring you nothin but strife. | you think you found out
what's going on | well the minute you think that
you know that you are wrong | 'cause i feel good
you can too | dance to the music | it's good for you.

CHORUS:

'cause life is what you make it | no there ain't no doubt
just get on up and shake it | 's'what i'm talkin about bout bout
yes life is what you make it | it's funny that way
so go ahead and take it | 'fore it slips away.

v2

they ain't no questions | in yo mind
drugs got you so crazy | you know you're nearly blind
now you think you know | how it's s'pposed to be
i guess when something owns you | that's all you need
to feel good now | n you could too
stop listenin to what you're sayin | instead listen to you.  

CHORUS

------------------> SOLO

v3

y'say yo feelins | got you tounge-tied
but i been listenin to you | lord and all your lies
you think you fooled me | well think again
i gotta withdraw my help | in order to be yo friend
you know how to feel good | how to feel blue
keep dancing to the music | n get lost in the groove

CHORUS

----------------->MINI-SOLO

CHORUS

life is what you make it

(c)1999 time and ink

verse 1

this old world can't keep me down for long now
i'll probably beat it in the end somehow
got this feeling that i can be strong now
        just gotta put the needle to my dreams.
been screamin' loud again 'sthe wind the whole time
should let it out and it would come back-- if it was mine
'stead i try to make it fit with the rest of my crimes
        don'tcha ever wonder how it ends?

preCH

ah--  how it ends--  no-one knows
and no-one has any idea how it will end.


verse 2

there's no-one in this world to hold me back now
got no ties no kids and no sacred vows
i got this feeling and i can't be wrong now
          i can tell things are changing in my bones.
been waiting here upon this fence for so long
so quiet in my head i hear the angels' song
know i shouldn't rush it--  yes, i've got it all
wrong
          i just want an answer to my prayers.
preCH

ah--  my prayers--  i need answers
and all that i want's an answer to my prayer.

CHORUS:

ooh--  so let the river flow on
          let it sweep me over the edge of the falls.
      yes let the wind blow on now
          let it push me over the edge of the world.




verse 3

been laughin' out here on this limb all alone
need you for shelter when i've no place--  to call my home
please come quickly don't like myself when i'm alone
        should i try and draw the 'raser through my soul?
been caught up in this play, oh my life
been carving out my niche with words as my knife
god wake me soon 'fore i make darkness my wife
        just gotta put the lie to my reverie.

CHORUS:

      so let the river flow on
          let it sweep me over the edge of the falls.
      yes let the wind blow on now
          let it push me over the edge of the world.
      so let the river flow on
          let it sweep me over the edge of the falls.
      yes let the wind blow on now
          let it push me over the edge of the world.

END:

this old world can't keep me down for long now
i'll probably beat it in the end somehow
got this feeling that i can be strong now
        just gotta put the needle to my dreams.

needle to my dreams

(c) 08.10.2016 time and ink

COUNTRY WALTZ 12/8-- ACCENT 4 IN VERSE, 3 IN CHORUS

verse 1

i know i'm a fool-- well, what does that make you?
i suffered for love, and for art a bit, too
think i 
   know what i want, thought i knew what was true
i coulda just been deceived.

verse 2

there's things i am sure of, things that i ain't
i know i'm a sinner, never will be a saint
i can see what i wrote but the meaning is faint
in every tale i weave.

verse 3

i thought of you as the sun does the day
something here with me that'll never go away
something i held close, my fears to allay
but you put the lie in believe.

CHORUS:

you put the lie in believe
tore my heart right off my sleeve
my hope's in a pine box, i wish i could grieve
cause you put the lie in believe.

verse 4

the moon shows in daylight as much as at night
it only comes out when the time is right
you 
cast down my faith from such a terrible height
yes you put the lie in believe.

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

the sun shines at night
the tides turn the moon
and as the frogs take flight
you'll be coming back soon--

oh, these and other lies i believe
cause you put the lie in believe.

----------------------------------->  SOLO

BRIDGE

DOUBLE CHORUS

SECOND TIME:

.........
my hope's in a pine box, i'm starting to grieve
cause you put the lie in believe.

yes, you put the lie in believe.
oh, you put the lie in believe.

you put the lie in believe

(c) 04.21.2020 time and ink

verse 1

i woulda come by
he said 
but i'm trapped here at home
and i can't get gone 
but you know that i only love you.

verse 2

i gotta get by
she said
because i been out
but i ain't been about
'cause i ain't been to work in a while.

verse 3

i gotta get out
she said
'cause now he's here
i live and breathe fear
and there's nowhere that i can go.

CHORUS:

people leading other lives
cheating husbands, abused wives
things that happen between the scenes
now can't because of COVID-19
and quarantine.
other lives.

verse 4

if i coulda got out
he said 
now i don't get to boast
'cause the school was closed
months of planning gone to naught.

CHORUS 2:

people leading other lives
cheating husbands, abused wives
things that happen between the scenes
now didn't because of COVID-19
and quarantine.
other lives, other dreams
some good, some bad, some in between
the lies all cracked along the seams
because of COVID-19
and quarantine.

other lives.

5090 2020

other lives

(c) 11.05.2012 time and inc
 
verse 1 ALT BASS ON VERSES
 
you know it haunts me deep at night, my each and every sin
but darlin i am worried more about where you have been
you say you are no longer mine whatever may have been
but i can't get over you til you get out from under him.
 
CHORUS:  
 
 i used to think you'd be mine again
 thought i was done with drink but   now you're with him,   i
sit and cry alone at night, a tear drop in my gin
'cause i can't get over you til you get out from under him.
 
------------------------>SOLO
 
verse 2
 
there is no way for you to know or care the way i feel
still somewhere deep inside i know our love was real
i know what folks are talkin 'bout; 
                          never cared that much for them
i just can't get over you til you get out from under him.
 
CHORUS 2:
 
it seems to me we were more than friends
ain't this the way the story always ends in

impromptu company and some boozy blend
no i can't get over you til you get out from under him.
 
--------------------------> SOLO 2 
CHORUS 3:
 
how can it be it was all pretend?
i just can't see why you're with him i

close down the bar each night, and each night a new friend
i just can't get over you til you get out from under him.

no i can't get over you til you get out from under him.

can't get over you

(c) 11.19.2012

ALTERNATING BASS FROM HELL--  START A CAPPELLA, OR HAVE BREAKDOWN?

CHORUS: very ALABAMAlike

it'll be the perfect crime-- 
i'll steal your heart, you'll steal mine
we''l get away with it if no-one drops a dime <>
yeah, it'll be the perfect crime.

verse 1-- 2/4 FEEL

i saw you | then i knew--  there was no-one else
i could see | the girl for me; so i told myself
then i saw you dance with him and i got so jealous
it hurt my brain and i felt pain; like nothing i ever felt.
                             (;could think of nothing else.)

verse 2

you saw me | and i believe-- you loved me from the start
i reached in | and with a grin, hope i stole your heart
i aimed my love straight at your )chin(
                             with luck you felt the dart
now if we | together can be then love will play its part.

CHORUS

verse 3

now we'll see | if somehow we can try and work it out
and if we're | together dear,    in love i have no doubt
we will be so happy then we'll make puckers out of pouts
so drink your wine | we'll take our time
                               to find what love's about.





verse 4

come with me | live freely; take a chance on love
just you and me | 'cause i believe, push come to shove
we belong together, dear--  fuck all that other stuff
and if we kill each other, 
                        we'll get a pardon from the gov.

DOUBLE CHORUS OUT

perfect crime

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