Very nice Journey - loved the variations.

Honey Babe (blues)has been done in many genres over the years.  It and its variants likely date back a couple hundred years.  We opted for a reggae version :)

HONEY BABE
GOOD LOOKIN’ MAN, NOW YOU SAY YOU AIN’T A FRIEND OF MINE
I’VE DONE ALL I CAN DO, I’VE SAID ALL I CAN SAY
OH LORDY ME, OH, LORDY MY
COME BACK HOME ’N I’LL GIVE YOU ALL MY LOVIN’ ANYWAY

GUESS YOU NEVER LOVED ME ANYHOW
HAVE I WASTED ALL THESE YEARS UP TO NOW
PLEASE WON’T YOU STAY, CAN’T WE EVEN TRY
OH, HOW I NEED YOU, MY HONEY BABE

OH, I AIN’T OLD ENOUGH FOR THAT ROCKING CHAIR
I AIN’T GOT NO HONEY BABY NOW
WHO’LL ROCK MY CRADLE, WHO’LL SING ME A SONG
WHO’LL ROCK MY CRADLE WHEN YOU’RE GONE

I’LL SEE YOU WHEN YOUR TROUBLES ARE LIKE MINE
WHEN YOU AIN’T GOT A NICKEL OR A DIME
WELL, IT’S OH ME, AND OH, MY, MY
I AIN’T GOT NO HONEY BABY NOW

© 2021 Trad Arr Bud Merritt, Janice Merritt & Peter Fulham

Honey Babe

A song about the here and now with a tiny bit of Ska influence.

Lyrics
A River
(c) HWBerkhout, july 2021

There is a river of feelings
knocking on my door
It looks like an overkill,
But I simply ignore

Don't want a river of emotions
rushing through my veins
I need to feel happy
Much better for my brains

There is a river of troubles
peeping through a crack
It looks like an overkill
But I turned my back

I embrace today and tomorrow
Not yesterday
'cause I live in the present you see
The past doesn't bother me

I have friends around here, somewhere (2x)
Don't want a river of emotions
rushing through my veins
And I need to feel happy
Much better for my brains

=Solo=
Bridge
Something happened
It aches my heart
Maybe the past is more important,
And I didn't act smart...

Now there is a river of emotions
rushing through my head
Nothing stays in place
I fear it turns me mad

Now there is a river of emotions
rushing through my veins
And I feel happy
I finally used my brains

There is a river
rushing through me

A River

Just another tune from the category "weird love songs" ...

 Honey

It was a hot summer day, last week of July,
looked outta my window, watched those girls walk by.
a-wiggling and a-giggling, having a good time,
Shaking their tail feathers in the warm suin’s shine

Watched some young boys, too, who were blatantly unhinged,
biting theit lips that looked already fringed
Their eyes were popping, their ears were twitching,
Their jaws were grinding and their teeth were itching.

In my younger days the sight of those butts,
would have driven me, too, completely nuts.
’cause I was a real bad boy, I confess.
But then I met my baby and found out that she’s as sweet as...

Honey, right out of the hive,
Honey, you’re the sweetest creature alive.
Of all the honeys that I’ve tasted you’re by far the sweetest,
So sweet my doctor warned me that you might cause diabetes.

Sugar, you’re as sweet like a cane,
Sugar, your sweetness really drives me insane.
You’re sweeter than nougat or any kind of berries,
So sweet my dentist warned me that you might cause caries.

Passing that big news stand in the center of our town,
with hundreds of magazines, and if I don’t look down,
in that very minute it takes to pass it by,
I’ve seen morer naked women than my Dad in his whole life.

But their beauty’s only paper-thin, they got no sex appeal,
‘cause everything is photoshopped and nothing’s really real.
And with all that silicone that they’re carrying around,
No doubt it won’t take long and they’ll be backache bound.

But my baby’s beauty can be found in every cell,
years just don’t matter, she’s always looking swell.
She don’t need no silicone, no Botox and no wig. 
She’s just sweet by nature and that’s her only trick.

Choclate, you’re sweeter than cream
Chocolate, the sweetest thing that I’ve ever seen.
Whenever you’re smiling you show those sweet dimples,
So sweet my dermatologist warned me you might cause pimples.

Candy, sweet as jelly beans,
Candy, it must be in your genes.
You’re as sweet as ice-cream, no you’re tasting even better,
with all that candy it’s no wonder that I’m getting fatter.

Honey

COWGIRL CINDERELLA

she slipped a note in the pocket of my levis
she slipped away before i even turned around
i caught a glimpse of her  slipping out that bar door
by the time i hit the parking lot she was nowhere to be found

"call me" in lipstick on a seagrams bar coaster
no name no number three x's and an o
like alice's rabbit deep into a dark hole
who is that girl, where the hell did she go
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cowgirl cinderella
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;captured my heart then vanished in the night
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i keep lookin', gotta find her, i gotta tell her
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i'm under her spell no cure in sight
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cowgirl cinderella
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cowgirl cinderella

asked everyone i know and a few strangers just in case
facebook snapchat tik-tok twitter not a trace 
searching for an angel with the devil in her eye
no reflection in a mirror, don't it make you wonder why
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cowgirl cinderella...

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;captured my heart then vanished in the night
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i'm under her spell no cure in sight
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cowgirl cinderella
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cowgirl cinderella
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cowgirl cinderella

Cowgirl Cinderella

Route 3 Drag-o-way

When I was a boy

When I was a boy, I’d listen to the radio
One more song, just one more song
Just a little longer, mama, I’ll keep it low
Before I go to sleep, want to hear my favourite one

It would make me feel so good
It would make me feel so good inside
It would make me feel like everything was alright
It would make me feel so good

When I was a boy, I’d climb my favourite tree
I knew those branches like my ABC 
Let my imagination run away with me
Swinging through the branches of my favourite tree

It would make me feel so good
It would make me feel so good inside
It would make me feel like everything was alright
It would make me feel so good

Verse
When I was a boy, I’d roam from morn till night
Without a care to cloud my heart
My young companions meant the world to me
Never did I dream that we would part
Chorus
It would make me feel so good
It would make me feel so good inside
It would make me feel like everything was alright
It would make me feel so good
Verse
When I was a boy, I’d listen to the radio
One more song, just one more song
Just a little longer, mama, I’ll keep it low
Before I go to sleep, want to hear my favourite one
Chorus
It would make me feel so good
It would make me feel so good inside
It would make me feel like everything was alright
It would make me feel so good

When I Was A Boy

A song about a "we" being born.  Dave Bell of Blue Attitude played guitar and Shigeki Adachi of Animal Records provided the string arrangement.  I played bass and sang.

Born Today

Every time I think of you my mind begins to smile.  
I know you're on your way.  You're coming home to me.  
I'm counting every mile. This time I know you'll stay.

We were born today in every way, and we'll pass the test of time.
You may be out of your mind, some say, but you're never out of mine

We were born as "we" today, and and now we make it last.  
Our life as one grows strong.
We've made mistakes, but every test we clearly passed.   
So now we sail along.

We were born today from Love's true way.  
Our life now tastes so sweet.
We know this feeling will always stay.  Together we're complete.

BR:  Never would I dream we'd become this perfect team.  
Will I wake up soon to find it's not true?
Would there've ever been such joy in this joyous little boy?  
Oh, no, never in my life without you.

Born Today

None Of Us Are Getting Out Alive 050523

With my unfinished song I came to my friend Čestmír Pipek more than 10 years ago, who helped me a lot with melody and harmony and started singing it and finished the song with our common friend Zdeněk Hradecký. This month I did remix and remastering with Petr Kakaxa Flessig (3bees). Petr was more involved than I was.

Svítání KX 04 -Daybreak

A song sung by a better singer than me.
"A fairy tale from the vineyard". I also made a better arrangement and sound, and at least it seems to me. Petr Kakaxa Fleissig helped me with the sound, but Coronavir 19 divided us, so I somehow finished it.

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