A good cowboy story written by me.
Here are the lyrics . . .

DADDY WAS AN OUTLAW – Written 1985 by Tom G. Peterson

Twenty years ago my daddy told me son
You’ve got to take good care of your mom and sister ‘cause I’m on the run 
The laws been chasing me boy, they’ve been looking high and low
So it’s time for me to pack my bags and go

CORUS

I’m a criminal, I shot a man in the back
I’m an outlaw and I’m never coming back
I’m a wanted man, I’ve really got to go
I’m gonna follow the sun when it’s sinking low

Ten years went by and we never saw daddy again
We often wondered where he was and where he’d been
Well, it finally happened, we heard a knocking at the door
So I opened it up and daddy dropped to the floor

CORUS

The sheriff saw him and shot him in the back
Now daddy’s gone and he’s never coming back
Daddy was an outlaw and he shot a man one day
But now daddy’s dead and that’s the price he had to pay

Thirty years ago my daddy told me son
You’ve got to take good care of your mom and sister ‘cause I’m on the run 
The laws been chasing me boy, they’ve been looking high and low
So it’s time for me to pack my bags and go


Daddy Was an Outlaw

JACK THE RIPPER

In the middle of the night, comes a fate much worse than fright
You can feel it in the air, then he comes from out of nowhere

CORUS

It’s Jack The Ripper, he has a knife
It’s Jack The Ripper, he’ll take your life
It’s Jack The Ripper, of the night
You’d better leave if you know what’s right

With every stab he makes, another life he takes
There’s blood on his knife, I guess he took another life

CORUS

It’s Jack The Ripper, he has a knife
It’s Jack The Ripper, he’ll take your life
It’s Jack The Ripper, of the night
You’d better leave if you know what’s right


it's Jack The Ripper

It was 1984 and we were working on the film "Time Warped 2" a bunch of ghouls were coming through a time portal but Alabama Jones was going to take care of them and not in a good way.

Dead Men Livin’ it up – Written and recorded 1984

LYRICS;

I don’t know what I’m gonna do
but look out ghouls I’m gonna get you

I’m a mean old dog and I ain’t no pup 
and you’re Dead Men Livin’ it up

CORUS

Dead Men Livin’ it up x4

Look out Arthur ‘cause here I come
You see this fist?, I’m gonna give you some

I’m a mean old dog and I ain’t no pup 
and you’re Dead Men Livin’ it up

CORUS

Dead Men Livin’ it up x4

Watch it Sam you Cincinnati man
I’m gonna cut you up and fry you in a pan

I’m a mean old dog and I ain’t no pup 
and you’re Dead Men Livin’ it up

CORUS

Dead Men Livin’ it up x4

Hi there Merlin my old friend
I gotcha then and I’ll get you again

I’m a mean old dog and I ain’t no pup 
and you’re Dead Men Livin’ it up

CORUS

Dead Men Livin’ it up


Dead Men Llvin' it Up

I recorded this in '85 and used a cello bow in the background along side the backing guitar.
instead of a Corus, there are ghosts haunting the song. This is light duty metal.

GhostShip – Recorded in 1985 

They're coming for you, they're coming for me

Dead men on a ghost-ship, sailing the sea

Take a look around, it may be your last

As far as they're concerned, your life has passed

They're coming closer, I feel it in the air

If they're not here, they must be there

I don't want to live with ghosts forevermore

I just want to be like you walking on the shore



GhostShip

Music that was inspired by George Thorogood in that era. The lyrics are clearly from my demented mind.

He's Still Alright – Written and recorded in 1985

Well I told you about this dude with a peanut for a brain. Well there's one thing I left out, he's just a little insane
He lives outside of town just south of Porterville Ridge and he sleeps in an old truck tire down beneath the bridge

CORUS

Well his cloths they always stink and his shoes are full of mold and his nose it always runs cause' he can't get over a cold
He eats beetles and slugs and garbage out of a can. I hope he lives through the night cause' he's an alright man

Oh yeah, he's still alright, he's still alright, ahh, Oh yeah, still alright

He used to walk up to my house about every day at noon, so I moved far away from that goon
He made my life so miserable, couldn't stand it anymore, so one day he left at one o'clock and I was gone at four

CORUS

Well his brain is real small, sometimes it doesn't work at all. You know his body's old and worn and his clothes are really torn
His left eye's made of glass and it looks just like the right. I hope he sticks around cause' I still think he's alright

Oh yeah, he's still alright, he's still alright, ahh, ahh, he's still alright, he's still alright, he's still alright, come on
Ahh, ahh, ahh, he's still alright


He's Still Alright

This always reminded me of sports broadcast music, going for the win music. I was fortunate to have access to a decent synth at the time.

ZAPPED

Phantom X

A Gallon of Whiskey Written and recorded in 1985 

I took a look in the cupboard and I was out of booze
So I went to the liquor store and it was hard to choose

CORUS
I guess I’ll find bar and drink till I drop
Just give me a gallon of whiskey and I’ll never stop 
Just give me a gallon of whiskey and I’ll never stop, whiskey

Just another shot of whiskey and I’ll be gone
Or I could leave right now and bring the bottle along
It’s real hard for me to put the bottle down
You know I can’t stop drinking whenever whiskey’s around, Whiskey, whiskey

CORUS
I guess I’ll find a bar and drink till I drop
Just give me a gallon of whiskey and I’ll never stop, I’ll never stop
Whiskey, whiskey


A Gallon of Whiskey

This is dedicated to Jackson, our beloved Golden Retriever, rest in peace Jack, we love you!

The Old Dog - written and recorded 1985

Well the old dog's in the dog house, and the new dog's right outside
The new dog likes to play all day, and the old dog sleeps his life away
But the old dog, he's my friend
We've both been around for a hundred years and we'll make it another ten

Well the old dog's in the dog house, and the old dog's in the ground
We both tried to make it another ten but the old dog couldn't stick around
But the new dog, he's my friend
He hasn't been around for a hundred years and i'll bet he makes it another ten
Ooh but the old dog

The Old Dog

Rockin' Roll - written and recorded 1984

Rock n roll. That’s the way I like it, jamming on electric guitars
I don’t know any other way to play it, sure hope it makes me a star
This is how I play it . . .
Here I go, I’ll play it one more time like I did in the start
I like to play dirty rock n roll on electric guitars
I’ll play it one more time
That’s how I like to play it


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