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Original musician: ray charles

Hit the road, jack
And don't you come back
No more no more no more no more
Hit the road, jack
And don't you come back
No more

Original musician: them featuring van morrison

Well, i saw her...she was walkin' down the street
She was looking mighty tasty...she was looking so good to me
So i walked up to her with my very best smile on my face
She just kinda laughed and said "are you through?
Can we get on, can we get on down to your place."
She come to my house
She come up my stairs
She tell me she need me
She look like she cares
She make me feel good
She make me feel good all night
She make me feel good
She make me feel all right
I said "baby...what's your name?"
I said "baby...what's your name?"
And she said g...l...o...r...i-i-i-i-i-i-a
G-l-o-r-i-a (gloooria)
G-l-o-r-i-a (gloooria)

You know, i saw her again...the very next day
She was walkin' on that same strip of road
And she was headin' my way
Now, i'll never forget the night before
In fact, i'll never forget that week
But there i sat, motionless, somber, silent, unable to speak
You see, to my sorrow, and to my shame
In all the excitement, i'd forgotten this girl's name
I said "baby...what's your name?"
I said "baby...what's your name?"
And she said g...l...o...r...i-i-i-i-i-i-a
G-l-o-r-i-a (gloooria)
G-l-o-r-i-a (gloooria)

Music & lyrics: john popper

Don't give up, don't allow disaster
Don't give up, don't you let her win
Talking about a forever after
Don't give up, don't you dare give in
Don't give up, don't you dare give in

Please understand and hear what i'm saying
The time is now, and you don't have long
She could be oceans away tomorrow
Soon your chance will have come and gone
So soon your chance will have come and gone

The tightwire's strung and you're out in the middle
All eyes upon you, no net below
Inches to go, and you're almost home free
Feel the wire swaying to and fro
Feel the wire swaying to and fro

The light in her eyes explanation escapes you
Longing to please and not feel alone
She doesn't know it, but really she loves you
Someday soon you will make it home
Someday so soon you will make it home
Someday so soon you will make it home
Someday so soon we'll all make it home

Here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Here's to the fallen empire, and i just don't care

A toast to the mighty buildings
That cluttered up the sky
And i'll drink to all those fine, brave lads
Who gave it their best try
The armies came on charging
But the battle lasted a day
By dawn the conquest halted there
And a handful rode away

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Here's to the fallen empire, and i just don't care

With the general dead and buried
The corporal of resource
Rallied up the small remains
Of once-undefeated force
Their final charge came quickly
Their horses seemed to fly
Each man knew an age had ended
Each man knew he'd die

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Hip hip hooray for the fallen empire, and i just don't care

The defenders made quick work of them
And the war was finally won
An era's culture grew no more
And a new era begun
The defenders, now the conquerors
Grow docile with desire
Their expansion surely justified now
All hail the new empire

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Here's to the fallen empire, and i just can't seem to care

You know, that was many empires ago
Many since have rose and fell
Many more shall rise under god and heaven
And ride off into hell
Their children have our faces
Their children we're among
And as i too dream, my turn draws near
Because i am that young

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Here's to the fallen empire, and i really don't care

I can hear it call to me
Like a wolf howls to the moon
You know, now there is no life up there
We'll colonize it soon
So here's to our falling empire
And all that's fine and fair
Come ride with me for an emperor's crown
I'm young and i just don't care

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the trouble there
Here's to the fallen empire, i'm a young man and i just don't care

Music & lyrics: john popper

Someone's in the kitchen with dinah
Someone's in the kitchen i know
Someone's in the kitchen with dinah
Strumming on the old banjo
Strumming
Fee fie fiddly-eye oh
Fee fie fiddly-eye oh
Fee fie fiddly-eye oh
Strumming on the old banjo
I said strumming on the old banjo
I said strumming on the old
Strumming on the old
Strumming on the old banjo
I said strumming on the old banjo

Original performers: simon & garfunkel

Slow down, don't move too fast
You've got to make the morning last
Kickin' down the cobblestones
Lookin' for fun and feelin' groovy
Feelin' groovy

Hello little folks, what you know
I've come to watch the flowers grow
Now ain't you got no rhyme for me
Doo doo doo feelin' groovy
Feelin' groovy

I've got no deeds to do, no promises to keep
I'm baffled and drowsy and ready for sleep
Like a morning to cast all the petals on me
Life, i love you, all is groovy

Original performer: chuck berry

Way down in louisiana close to new orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy name of johnny b. goode
He never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell

Go go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Johnny b. goode

He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade
Playing to the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by would stop and say
"oh my, but that little country boy can play"

Go go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Johnny b. goode

His mama told him someday he would be a man
And he would be the leader of a big old band
Many people coming from miles around
To hear him play his music til the sun go down
Maybe someday his name would be in lights
Saying johnny b. goode tonight

Go go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Johnny b. goode

Original performer: george thorogood and the destroyers



On the day i was born
The nurses all gathered round
And they gazed in wild wonder
At the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up
Said "leave this one alone."
She could tell right away
I was bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

I broke a thousand hearts
Before i met you
I'll break a thousand more, baby
Before i am through
I wanna be yours, pretty baby
Yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya, woman
That i'm bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

I'll make a rich woman beg
And i'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush
And i'll make a young girl squeal
I wanna tell you pretty baby
What i see i make my own
I'm here to tell you pretty woman
That i'm bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

Now when i walk the streets
Kings and queens step aside
Every woman i meet
They all stay satisfied.
I wanna tell ya, baby
What i see i make my own.
And i'm here to tell ya, pretty woman
That i'm bad to the bone


Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

Original performer: the ventures

There's a man who lives a life of danger
To everyone he meets, he stays a stranger
With every move he makes
Another chance he takes
Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number
And taken away your name

Beware of pretty faces that you find
A pretty face can hide an evil mind
Don't let the wrong word slip
While kissing persuasive lips
Or odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number
And taken away your name

Swinging on the riviera one day
Lying in a bombay alley next day
Be careful what you say
Or you'll give yourself away
Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number
And taken away your name

Original performer: prince

Don't worry, i won't hurt you
I only want you to have some fun

I was dreamin' when i wrote this
Forgive me if it goes astray

But when i woke up this mornin'
Coulda sworn it was judgment day

The sky was all purple
There were people runnin' everywhere

Tryin' to run from the destruction
You know i didn't even care

'cuz they say two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999

I was dreamin' when i wrote this
So sue me if i go too fast

But life is just a party
And parties weren't meant to last

War is all around us
My mind says prepare to fight

So if i gotta die
I'm gonna listen to my body tonight

Yeah, they say two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999
Yeah

Lemme tell ya somethin'
If you didn't come to party
Don't bother knockin' on my door
I got a lion in my pocket
And baby he's ready to roar

Yeah, everybody's got a bomb
We could all die any day
But before i'll let that happen
I'll dance my life away

They say two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
We're runnin' outta time
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999

Say it one more time
Two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
No, no
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999

Alright, it's 1999
You say it, 1999
1999
1999 don't stop, don't stop, say it one more time

Two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
Yeah, yeah
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999

Yeah, 1999
Don'tcha wanna go
Don'tcha wanna go
We could all die any day
I don't wanna die
I'd rather dance my life away
Listen to what i'm tryin' to say

Everybody, everybody say party
C'mon now, you say party
That's right, everybody say
Can't run from the revelation, no
Sing it for your nation y'all
Tell me what you're singin', baby say
Telephone's a-ringin', mama
C'mon, c'mon, you say
Everybody,
Work it down to the ground, say party
Come on, take my body, baby party
That's right, c'mon, sing the song party
That's right party
Got a lion in my pocket mama, say party
Oh, and he's ready to roar party

Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?
Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?

I held you, i said that i loved you
I said that i'd never leave
You said i'm easy, much too easy to hurt
And too easy to believe
So i'm on my own now
I've got myself for a friend
And it gets better every day
And now you wonder, yes you wonder aloud
Why i won't come out and play
What do you want from me?

Some say i'm jaded, disillusioned by
This heart that's turned to stone
Well, that's not true, there's a fire inside me
That won't leave me alone
But you have to ou understand, my fire needs air
The flame must burn free
Do you want control?
Do you want to put the fire out
Or the flame too bright to see?
What do you want?
What do you want?
What do you want from me?
What do you want?

Now i still love you but hold you i won't
Because you're free to what you need
And want you free
From the chain to the dungeon of your greed
Oh, tell me why, why couldn't i just accept and let it be?
Oh tell me what, when i want but for you,
What do you want?
What do you want from me?
What do you want?

Cleopatra's favorite cat
Got his hands on caeser's spats
The heat was on as you could see
So he front 'em to mark antony
Said, "my girlfriend's cat is smarter than me."

Caeser had an eye for clothes
He saw them spats and said, "i like those."
Caeser had not thing to say, except
"jesu christi domine
Et tu, brute
Jesu christi domine
Et tu, brute."

The senate tried to sympathize
It was the cat they should despise
Informant told his whereabouts
Centurions to seek him out

Centurions! there go the centurions

Brutus had to turn his head
When that cat done went and said
"if he's got this thing for shoes
He just might be ambitious, too
They got holidays all in his name
And all a tyrant needs is fame
Those fascists don't play pretty games
Egypt is the place to be
But rome is a democracy
Rome!

Caeser never got them back
Cause they killed his ass in the second act
Brutus spoke, then antony
Said, "my girlfriend's cat is smarter than me
Egypt's biggest rivalry
Cleopatra's cat and me."

I never said that i loved you baby
I never said that i cared
I never said that i'd weep at your passing
I never said i'd be there

So you're down and out and you need a friend
You need somebody to turn to
Keep on looking cause if i'm not there
There's nothing more that i can do

Cause it's outta my hands with the way that you talk
Cause it's outta my hands with the way i listen
Cause it's outta my hands with the way that you treat me
Cause it's outta my hands when it's given

Cause it's outta my hands with the way that you talk
Cause it's outta my hands with the way i listen
Cause it's outta my hands with the way that you treat me
Cause it's outta my hands when it's given

(instrumental)

(note: this song changes with every version...this version is from 5-13-94, when it was brought back after a two-year absence, at the aragon ballroom, in chicago)

Rock and roll!

Well i've been around this world and i'll tell you some things
There ain't no free lunches, you gotta watch for the strings
You stand up for your rights and then you try to hold your ground
But only lady luck determines if you're up or you're down

Oh faith in my friend and faith in my brother
And faith in my life, i don't know no other
You try to stay happy, you try to stay sane
You get a little pleasure and you get a little pain
You grab the brass ring, you know you've gotta try
You keep right on a-grabbing until the day you die
Life's a big gamble, you have to work on yet
It's a big card shuffle, you gave what you could get
You get your joy, you get to have your blows,
And where she stops, nobody knows
And so it goes...and so it goes...

I could tell you scary stories; i could tell you some lies
It'll take much more than that for me to open your eyes
So go anywhere you want to; do whatever you choose
And only lady luck determines if you win or you lose...

Oh faith in my friend and faith in my brother
And faith in my life, i don't know no other
You try to stay happy, you try to stay sane
You get a little pleasure and you get a little pain
You grab the brass ring, you know you've gotta try
You keep right on a-grabbing until the day you die
Life's a big gamble, you have to work on yet
It's a big card shuffle, you gave what you could get
You get your joy, you get to have your blows,
And where she stops, nobody knows
And so it goes...and so it goes...

(spoken)
"do you know what i love about having this microphone in front of my face where i've got this groove going on behind me all solid and smooth? well, i'll tell you. through the miracle of rock and roll, i can say absolutely anything, anything at all that will make some kind of sense in some poetic way to somebody, somehow, somewhere. observe closely...hark! what light through yon window breaks? kids who live in glass houses should learn to draw rakes. them that takes cakes that the parsee man bakes makes dreadful mistakes. and those that think we can't do chicago are big lousy fakes."

"i don't have to explain it; i just gotta make it up...oh, i guess i should play now."

"how is everybody feeling? you know, we're feeling so good, we're gonna hit it for you one time (1 hit). ho! ho! ho! ha! eh! we feel so good, we're gonna hit it for you seven times (7 hits). this isn't something you get every day, this is interdimensional, cross-rip timekeeping. okay...this has never been done before...we're gonna hit it for you 13 times in honor of friday the 13th. (13 hits) that felt pretty good! you know, i'm afraid we're going to have to hit it for you 67 times. (67
Hits)"

"okay...all right now...you guys have been such a wonderful audience...we'd be terribly remiss if we didn't teach you a little something...the incredible masculine and feminine dance of awesome and articulate power...the dance that wowed them in nigeria in the early 1800's...a dance that wowed them in the beaches of the usa in 1965...that's right, i'm talking about the one, the only, wobbling surfer. now, in order to demonstrate this dance of incredible awesome power, you need a lot of people; you need a line, as a matter of fact. this has been a dance that has been banned from most line-dancing establishments, most of your country/western line-dancing establishments have not had this dance in their bar because it causes nudity and profane language. but to demonstrate this dance, we're going to use the world famous blues traveler stage crew. stage crew, please report, in uniform! ladies and gentlemen, the virile and masculine, blues traveler stage crew...this one particularly sca
ry-looking. all right...now wh
At you've got to do is you gotta stand sideways...picture yourself on a surfboard...knees slightly bent...arms out at a comfortable distance from the rest of your body, while your torso remains attached to your head, using the eyebrows to support the lower lumbar signal angle of your forehead, try and imagine yourself on a surfboard, and you're deep, deep, deep in the mediterranean ocean, and there's libyan terrorists on the left of you, sharks on the right of you, and you have to wobble, wobble, wobble your way to a safer, trimmer you. now i'd like to point out that several doctors had to operate on my leg to make it safe for me to do the wobbling surfer. but never before has this been attempted...this jump could very well kill all the people onstage - we don't know because there's petroleum-based alloys in my leg that could possibly explode into a ball of fire! but we're going to try it for you this one time; we're going to try it for you now, we're gonna do it, and we don't know ho
w - ladies and gentlemen,
The wobbling surfer, for you, presented for your viewing pleasure...1, 2, 1, 2, 3, surf! go for the jump!"

Oh faith in my friend and faith in my brother
And faith in my life, i don't know no other
You try to stay happy, you try to stay sane
You get a little pleasure and you get a little pain
You grab the brass ring, you know you've gotta try
You keep right on a-grabbing until the day you die
Life's a big gamble, you have to work on yet
It's a big card shuffle, you gave what you could get
You get your joy, you get to have your blows,
And where she stops, nobody knows
And so it goes...and so it goes...

"if only my aunt sylvia could see me now..."

Original performer: elias mcdaniel

I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire,
I got a cobra snake for a necktie,
I got a brand new house by the road side,
Made out of rattlesnake hide.
I got me a chimney made on top,
Made from a human skull,
Now come on, take a little walk with me,
Now who do you love?
Come on arlene, take me by the hand,
Let me know you understand,
Who do you love? ...
Ride nine times on the midnight train
Through the fire and cold rain,
Who do you love? ...
I've got a tombstone hand in a graveyard mine,
Just twenty-two and i don't mind dying,
Who do you love? ...

Music & lyrics: john popper

Driving around on a monday morning
Got school in four hours, but i blew my last warning
Not much point in going today
They don't need me anyway
Decided i'm tired of looking for the catch
I'm down to my last cigarette
Gonna smoke it down, and try to forget
I know i could make it through the night
If i could only get a light
But as it happens, i don't have a match

I'm in love, i'm in hock
I'm flunking school, don't know why i'm shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can't get a light

Well, i'm always in my bit of debt
I bet i owe someone my last cigarette
In fact, everything i have, i owe
My mind, my soul, my clothes, my dough
I guess someday, i'll pay off my dues
Well, i'm still driving, and heading south
With an unlit cigarette hanging out my mouth
It won't be long before the dawn
Still with all my matches gone
And i'm just awake enough to get the blues

I'm in love, i'm in hock
I'm flunking school, don't know why i'm shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can't get a light
Nothing's coming right

Well, i'm just too tired to think about my baby
Is she a yes, or just another maybe
I wish that i could tell her so
But i'm just too scared to let her know
Just how it is i want things to be
Well, if i could have just one last smoke
Life might seem like just another joke
Tomorrow wouldn't be so bad
I wish it was a match i had
A smoke is quite essential to someone like me

I'm in love, i'm in hock
I'm flunking school, don't know why i'm shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can't get a light

Well, so a brand new day's begun
But i just cannot seem to get this game won
I guess i'm sorta lucky, though
Cause everybody tells me so
Blew my last chance a long time ago, there's nothing left but strife
Well, maybe someday i'll get out from under
And everybody gonna feel my thunder
But i don't think it'll go down that way
If i'm having trouble lasting one more day
Cigarettes and no matches
That's the story of my life
Where's that rusty knife

I'm in love, i'm in hock
I'm flunking school, don't know why i'm shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can't get a light

Mother funker!

If you see her come, you better look away
When she's down for a kill, that bitch is ready to play
If you need some time, she'll hook you for a while
With her jasmine eyes and her granite smile
Her kingdom's one twenty fifth to the lower east side
For the proper fee she'll hook you for that ride
To her bad ass haunts that span all across town
She can speak with a sheik as well as get the funk down

Geronimo!

Chan!

So if you crave brass rings, then son you'd best beware
But if that's the case, then you're already there
She'll spit you out and leave you wanting more
The queen of the night is just a burnt out whore

Original performer: steve miller band



Some people call me the space cowboy
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me maurice
Beause i speak on the pompitice of love
People been talkin about me babe
Say i'm doing you wrong, doing you wrong
Doing you wrong, doing you wrong
But don't you worry, don't you worry
Don't you worry, don't you worry 'bout it baby
Cause i'm right here, right here,
Right here, right here at home

Cause i'm a picker, i'm grinner,
I'm a lover and i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, i'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't wanna hurt noone

You're the cutest thing that i ever did see
I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time
Oh me babe, i could show you good time

Cause i'm a picker, i'm grinner,
I'm a lover and i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, i'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin on the run

You're the cutest thing i ever did see
Really love your peaches, want to shake your tree
People keep talking about me babe
Say i'm doing you wrong, doing you wrong
Doing you wrong, doing you wrong
But don't you worry, don't you worry
Don't you worry, don't you worry 'bout it baby
Cause i'm right here, right here,
Right here, right here at home

Cause i'm a picker, i'm grinner,
I'm a lover and i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, i'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't wanna hurt noone

Lyrics & music: john popper

Maxwellton's braes are bonnie
Where early fa's the dew
And it's there that annie laurie
Gave me her promise true
Gave me her promise true
Which ne'er forgot will be
And for bonnie annie laurie
I'd lay me doon and dee
Her brow, is like the snowdrift
Her neck is like the swan
Her face it is the fairest
That e'er the sun shone on
That e'er the sun shone on
And dark blue is her e'e
And for bonnie annie laurie
I'd lay me down and dee
I'd lay me down and dee

Original performer: the clash

Come on you've got to let me know
Should i stay or should i go?
If i go there will be trouble
And if i stay it will be double
So won't you come on and let me know
Should i stay or should i go?

It's always tease tease tease
You'll have me when i'm on my knees
One day it's fine, the next it's black
So if you want me off your back
Won't you come on and let me know, let me know
Should i cool it or should i blow?

This indecision's bugging me
Please, baby, please, set me free
I don't think i can repel off your attack
So if you want me off your back
Won't you come on and let me know
Should i cool it or should i blow?

Original performer: rolling stones

I've been hanging out too long
Waiting by the phone
Lord i miss you
I've been lying to myself
Sleeping all alone
Wanna kiss you

I've been haunted in my dreams
And then the phone rings
And it isn't you
It's just a friend of mine saying "hey, what's the matter, man, i've got some puerto rican girls just dying to meet you"
Gonna bring a case of wine
Have a good old time
Just like we used to

Oh, everybody waits so long
Oh, you wanna wait so long
Come on
Come on

Oh, everybody waits so long
Oh, you wanna wait so long
Come on
Come on

Original performer: bob seger

I still remember it was autumn and the moon was shining
Our 60 cadillac was roaring through nebraska whining
Doing 120 man the fields was bending over
Heading up for the mountains knowing we was traveling further
All the fires were blazing and the spinning wheels were turning turning
Had my girlfriend beside me, brother, she was burning burning

I walked up back to speak to this southern funky school teacher
She had a lot of somethig heavy but we couldn't reach her
We told her we needed something that would get us going
She pulled out all she had and laid it on the counter showing
All i had to do was lay my money down and pick it up
The cops came busting in and we lit out in a pickup truck

Go! get out of denver, baby, go, go
Get out of denver, baby, go
Get out of denver, baby, go, go
Get out of denver cause you look just like a commie
And you might just be a member
Better get out of denver
Better get out of denver

Well, all red lights were flashing and the sirens were screaming screaming
We had to pinch each other just to see if we were dreaming
Made it to lovely pass in under less than half an hour
Lord, it started drizzling and it turned into a thundershower

The rain was driving but the caddy kept on burning rubber
We kept on driving till we ran into some fog cover
We couldn't see a thing but somehow we just kept on going
We kept on driving all night long and then into the morning
Fog had finally lifted when we looked to see where we was at
We're staring at colorado state policeman trooper cat

Go! get out of denver, baby, go, go
Get out of denver, baby, go
Get out of denver, baby, go, go
Get out of denver cause you look just like a commie
And you might just be a member
Better get out of denver
Better get out of denver

Go! get out of denver, baby, go, go
Get out of denver, baby, go
Get out of denver, baby, go, go
Get out of denver cause you look just like a commie
And you might just be a member
Better get out of denver
Better get out of denver

Music: simon & garfunkel lyrics: john popper

Well, my eyes are tired and my knees are weak
And so's my soul, it's been one hell of a week
Not much else could go wrong
But damn, this could make a great song

Well, she looks into my eyes and sees only a friend
And i'm looking back seeing my world at an end
Cause i'm sure that by now she must know
You know, this ain't s bad as songs go

Well i try not to smile, and i try not to stare
And i try not to meet her eyes cause i know nothing's there
It's getting harder every day
But upon reflection, this song is okay

You see when i'm down with the blues
I try to put it to some good use
And if i could make something to play
Well, then something's come of it anyway
So at least my songs are all right
At least at the end of the tunnel there's some kind of light
And if all they do is give me something to write
As far as i'm concerned, my songs are all right
At least my songs are okay
At least they help make the pain the pain go away
And although i know i'll cry myself to sleep tonight
As far as i'm concerned, my songs are all right
My songs are all right

Well, i've got to realize that love isn't real
And all that stays with you is the pain that you feel
I don't see where i could be wrong
So i might as well finish up this song

Oh, love unrequited, so what else is new
I'm one of the many, not one of the lucky few
I've got lots of lonely friends
I bet they wish that this song would end

You see when i'm down with the blues
I try to put it to some good use
And if i can make something to play
Well something's come of it anyway
So at least my songs are all right
At least at the end of the tunnel there's some kind of light
And if all they do is give me something to write
Well, as far as i'm concerned, my songs are all right
At least my songs are okay
At least they help make the pain go away
And even though i'll cry myself to sleep tonight
Well, rest assured, my songs are all right
My songs are all right

Oh, love unrequited, so what else is new
I'm one of many, not one of the lucky few
I said i'm sick of loving her and i'm sick of telling you
I'm sick of being in pain, and i know what to do
She says we're good friends, but she's no friend of mine
I'm sick of being patient, and i'm sick of being kind
I'd love her in a big way but i know she don't care
And i'm sick of finding out that life just ain't that fair
I'm sick of being patient, and i'm sick of being kind
And i'm sick of these new thing that i'm trying to find
I'm sick of he loves her and i'm sick of she loves him
I'm sick of broken hearts and cold hearted whim
The list of what i'm sick of is so long
And finally
I'm getting sick of this song

Music & lyrics: john popper

I wonder if she cried
I wonder what she said
I wonder if i'll ever know
What was going through her head
Was it a shock
Was it a surprise
What was going on
Behind those princeton eyes

Those beautiful princeton eyes
Those goddamn princeton eyes

Years of isolation
Have finally set you free
Luck and relocation
Showed me how i'm supposed to be
There's something in a memory
Something in disguise
Something i just could not see
Blinded by those princeton eyes

Those beautiful princeton eyes
Those goddamn princeton eyes

Dreams and success
Don't have to be the same
But no need to let your bridges burn
Everything is easy
Just play the silly game
One way or another
What better place to learn

I guess you know i'm leaving
And sadly say good bye
As sad as it may be, though
I'm finding it hard to cry
I almost believed you
Almost bought your pack of lies
I guess i was just taken in
By those beautiful princeton eyes

Those beautiful princeton eyes
Those goddamn princeton eyes

Those goddamn princeton eyes
Those goddamn princeton eyes

Music & lyrics: john popper

I can feel the autumn on the summer's heels
I hate to notice how much colder the night it feels
And you're leaving
Yes, you're leaving
Time to change
Time to change

I can remember a time not too long ago
But now i almost wish i didn't so
These memories wouldn't hurt me so
Wouldn't hurt me so
Afraid of change
Afraid of change

Just take what you learn from your past
Feel your heart and your mind yearning and burning and learning and turning so fast
So damn fast
Freedom of change
Freedom of change

Time for your dreams to be put to test
Time to find out that you're just like the rest
It's so deceiving
So deceiving
A part of change
A part of change

Can you feel the excitement that's about to take place
A bold new adventure with so many dangers you must face
At times you'll hope, but you're all to hold on to
And freedom, and untold possibilities couldn't stop you
Some freedoms make you free to last
Of all the questions you might ask, let this one go
Let this one go
Will i change
Yes you will change

So the road is yours and without end
Remember me always, because i am your friend
I am your friend
And now change
You and i will change
And we'll be all right
Yes we will

(instrumental)

(instrumental)

Original performer: bb king



Rock me baby
Rock me all night long
I said rock me baby
Rock me all night long
I said rock me baby
Rock me all night long
I said roll me baby
Like a wagon wheel
Oh, roll me baby
Like a wagon wheel
I said roll me baby
Just don't know how good you make me feel

I said rock me baby
Rock me all night long
I said rock me baby
Rock me all night long
I said rock me baby
Rock me all night long
Won't you roll me baby
Like a wagon wheel
I said roll me baby
Like a wagon wheel
I said roll me baby
Just don't know how good you make me feel

Spinning, spiraling machine
Tumble and toil in my command
Imagination, be my eye
Bring your vision to my hand

Spinning, spiraling machine
I've a prayer for you to hear
Let not your gear wheels fly away
Bringing cause for me to fear

For in this world of grand illusion
Muscles tear and muscles heal
And muscles have their own perception
And muscles need to know the real

It's a muscle that beats and pumps the blood flow
And hearts, they need a chance to grow
Nourished on a chance to understand them
The progress comes out ever slow

Like a flash of lightning to a blind man
A coat of paint upon the wall
You never let them see my horrible pain
You never let them see the fall

I will not care if points a finger
I will not care if called insane
It's in the storm i will find shelter
If lost and lonely i'll complain

Spinning, spiraling machine
You spin and spiral in my head
Tis up to me if i'm to love you
Tis up to me if i'm to dread
Tis up to me if i'm to love you
Tis up to me if i'm to dread

New york city, shackled and old
Strung out on moonlight, waiting to be sold

When the sun goes down, the city's just shining on
People running around wondering where the time has gone
When the sun goes down...
Anything goes

Waiting on the corner to see what comes around
Just hanging on the corner to see what's coming down

When the sun goes down, the city's just shining on
People running around wondering where the time has gone
When the sun goes down...
Anything goes

I said anything goes
Anything goes
You know anything goes

Waiting for sunday, gonna be a star
Just hanging out for sunday, i think all of us are

When the sun goes down, the city's just shining on
People running around wondering where the time has gone
When the sun goes down...
Anything goes

Music: john popper
Lyrics: john popper/rich vink

Sometimes we try to reach the stars
And sometimes we just try
Sometimes we try to live a little
And sometimes we only die
Sometimes we try to hit new heights
And sometimes we hit the ground
Sometimes when we do, it's a silent night
And sometimes, there's a terrible sound

But ain't that life?
Ain't that life, anyway?
We can hope and we can pray
We can try and make a better day
But when it's over, what's left to say
But ain't that life, anyway?

We wanna teach, we wanna learn
We don't wanna feel alone
We want to say that we're gods on earth
We're really just flesh and bone
We're so damn proud of our intellect
That we try and chase the sun
The war of technology's over
We really don't know who won

But ain't that life?
Ain't that life, anyway?
We can hope and we can pray
We can try and make a better day
But when it's over, what's left to say
But ain't that life, anyway?

Teacher in space, went and died in disgrace
The tv sets saw everybody cry
Take another glance at a good distance
And just a couple of people died
With hope in her eyes, she streaked up through the sky
The wreckage washed up on the beach
I wonder if anybody asked her
"is there anyone up there to teach?"

But ain't that life?
Ain't that life, anyway?
We can hope and we can pray
We can try and make a better day
But when it's over, what's left to say
But ain't that life, anyway?

Somewhere, someone's laughing
Somewhere, someone cries
Somewhere, someone sees the truth
While someone else tells lies
Somewhere, there's a christian
Who's contemplating zen
Somewhere, there's a pervert
Luring children to his den
Somewhere, a girl rides a skateboard
And hopes to be president
And somewhere an aging actor
Decides to give up lent
A realtor takes up smoking
But cannot find a match
A kid nearly dies in his dad's new car
But worries about the scratch
A newborn kitten freezes
While two young lovers part
And maybe here, some sucker
Could be taking this song to heart

It's beautiful, it's oh so beautiful
It's beautiful, it's oh so beautiful

Dreams can live long after we're gone
But what's really in a dream?
Sometimes it's the lies in a gambler's eyes
And sometimes, it's a silent scream
Some people die while others are born
And the circle of life goes on
When you get down to it, we're just visitors here
So you can't really do nothing wrong

But ain't that life?
Ain't that life, anyway?
We can hope and we can pray
We can try and make a better day
But when it's over, what's left to say
But ain't that life, anyway?

When it's over, what's left to say...
But ain't that life, anyway?

Music & lyrics: john popper

Misty misty morning
Coming round for my head
Oh i wish i was dead
So i wouldn't have to get up today
I didn't like the morning light
So the world is bloody red
I should go back to sleep instead
Cause it really don't matter either way

But there's a point that's neither night or day
And she smiles, tells me it's okay
And with her left hand, she starts to play and play
Some wind that moves that'll blow you far away

Well maybe some people have died in there
I've lived there forever
And i wouldn't have to be clever
Because then i'd get to stay
If i die tomorrow it'll be filled with sorrow
Like i really can't say
But at least i want to get out today

I will never leave you alone
No matter what you do or say
Don't care if you're away or at home
I will never go away

I cannot get you out of my mind
It's really kind of making me blue
This [something] is same to find
Can i take a [fill in] of you?

It's not like i'm in love,
Just severe infatuation
Just severe infatuation

I see you when i'm asleep or awake
The image of you and me
Is getting kind of hard to take
With you is where i want to be
I know i got it bad sometimes
For me to get close to you
Wouldn't that be sublime
If that's just what happened to you

It's not like i'm in love,
Just severe infatuation
Just severe infatuation

I will never leave you alone
No matter what you do or say
Don't care if you're away or at home
I will never go away
I know it's gonna take some time
Let me show it to you
But wouldn't it be sublime
I don't know what to

It's not like i'm in love,
Just severe infatuation
Just severe infatuation

Original performer: koko taylor

Tell automatic slim
Tell razor totin' jim
Tell butcher knife totin' annie
Tell fast talkin' fanny
Tonite we're gonna pitch a ball
Down to that union hall
Gonna romp and tromp 'till midnite
We're gonna fuss and fight 'till daylight
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all nite long

Tell poodle i'll tell him here
Tell albert i'll see him near
Tell old pistol pete
Everybody gonna meet
Tonite we need no rest
We're really gonna throw a mess
We're gonna break out all the windows
Gonna kick down all the doors
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all nite long

Tell fats and washboard sam
That everybody's gonna jam
Just shake it boxcar joe
We got sawdust on the floor
Tell chicken head till i die
We're gonna have a time
When the fish head fills the air
Be snuff juice everywhere
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all nite long

Billy roberts

Hey joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
Hey joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
Goin' out to shoot my lady
You know i caught her messin' 'round with another man
Goin' out to shoot my lady
You know i caught her messin' 'round with another man

Hey joe, you know i heard you shot your woman down
Hey joe, you know i heard you shot your woman down
Yes, i did, i shot her, you know i caught her messin' 'round
Yes, i did, i shot her, you know i caught her messin' 'round

Hey joe, where you gonna run to now?
Hey joe, where you gonna run to now?
I'm gonna run, gonna run, gonna run, to the gallows pole
I'm gonna run, gonna run, gonna run, the hangman can't put a rope around me anyhow...

Cast an eye up upon the heavens
There's a new attitude in the air
The elements have realized the obvious
They may be [solid then] they're coming aware
The sun and storm can't believe what they're seeing
To some [the natural] had made up their mind
They're still recovering from this rude reaction
And satisfaction is what they have defined

[chorus]
Strap us in the chair
Because the weather's throwing a rager
They're looking down, each expecting to win
The sun and storm have just come to wager

The storm said to the sun "i've got a better idea"
A different bet with a more challenging role
Those people down there are just so damn intriguing
Let's pick out one and fight it out for his soul
The sun said "great, i'll take them for ...
The storm said "i guess i'll take his deepest desire
Whoever wins shall be the lord over heaven
Best to the winner and the loser retires."

[chorus]

The bet was on and the opponents willing
With no holds barred, the rules were brutally clear
Now all they needed was a deserving victim
One whose direction each could alter and steer
Sure enough they happened on a wandering minstrel
No home to speak of and an ambitious mind
With about ... each would ...
To suit the purpose he was a perfect find

Music & lyrics: john popper

What about the time
When you seemed to need a friend
Not to be your champion
At least i could pretend
And it took so long to know you
For me to finally see
In the midst of my confusion
When i tried to rescue you
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me

I don't think me too conceited
But i didn't think you could
Or maybe just too used to solitude
Do you think anybody would
You welcomed me completely
Smiled at what was inside
When the game of hide and seek was over
And to my sweet surprise
I didn't need to hide
And you rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me

I could tell you how you're beautiful
In every way that i know
Or admit how much i need you
How i need you not to go
But for me these things are difficult
Still battling with my pride
But there is some cause for hoping
Because though the battle isn't over
At least just now i tried
And you rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me

And i ask you to be patient
These things are hard for me to say
And thought it took so long to stay please, don't go away
If only, but if only, my face is turning red
Ah screw it, here goes nothing
I love you, i love you
And if now i'm feeling free
It's only because you rescued me
And you rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me

Original performer: hanson

You have so many
Relationships in this life
Only one or two will last
You're going through all this pain and strife
Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast
And they're gone so fast
So hold on the ones who really care
In the end they'll be the only ones there
When you get old and start losing your hair
Can you tell me who will still care
Can you tell me who will still care

Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du
Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du

Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose
You can plant any one of those
Keep planting to find out which one grows
It's a secret no one knows
It's a secret no one knows

Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du
Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du

In an mmm bop they're gone. in an mmm bop they're not there.
In an mmm bop they're gone. in an mmm bop they're not there.
Until you lose your hair. but you don't care.

Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du
Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du

Can you tell me? you say you can but you don't know.
Can you tell me which flower's going to grow?
Can you tell me if it's going to be a daisy or a rose?
Can you tell me which flower's going to grow?
Can you tell me? you say you can but you don't know.

Take a look out to the east, where the sun will rise
And think of all the possibility it brings
And it's that which makes it seem a hope that life dead lies
With its rationale that enslaves kings

But now i can't escape the fact that it feel wrong to me
And though the sun shines all the same i still feel lost
Because illumination doesn't mean you get to see what matters
Sometimes you buy the fear and know the cost
Sometimes you have to buy the fear to know the cost

And when i come marching home
When i come marching home
When johnny comes marching home again to you
I swear it'll be the last time

I close my eyes and i can see a thousand scenes of happy ending
But i'm relieved to wake up to the darkest sky
The night feels clear, the course unchanged
And a lonely wind gives call
The darkest sky allows the brightest stars to steer your own ship by

But now i can't escape the fact those dreams feel real to me
And though before i've laid my siege and faced attack
In the end, i must admit, i'm just the least bit terrified
For the first time i look for home and i think of starting back
For the first time, i think of starting back

The heart that beats
Is a heart that grows
And through torrid gale
I hold it wheel, because i know
Where you are
Is where i'll be
But it's who you are
That already gives comfort to me

And should the dawn ever decide to set me free
Perhaps in a new way by the light of day
I could learn to face the sunrise
But that still remains for you and i to see
Cause now i'm able to escape that i'm alone in this
And though before i've always taken it that way
And though i'm not used to the exercise
I can offer you my hand
I might even learn to love the light of day
I might even learn to love the light of day

And when i come marching home
When i come marching home
When johnny comes marching home again to you
I swear it'll be the last time

Because this time i want to stay
I won't ever want to go away
And when i come marching home again to you
I swear it'll be the last time

I swear by all that makes me breathe and with a half-closed jasmine eye
I will slam the mighty claw into the ground
And dig up the treasure i've heard tell is around...
For i have come to play, and no one can take that away
And if i burn for what i say, i'll do it, but some other day

(performed as instrumental)

Music & lyrics: john popper

Forgive me this intrusion, please forgive me this cardinal sin
But i have to inform you how lucky you happen to be
There's an army behind you no matter the trouble you're in
And if it isn't an army, well i'm sure that at least you have me

There are times when it seems like
Your dreams have come to an end
They're the times right before you remember
That you've got a friend
A part of me will be with you wherever you go
And i guess this is my cute little way of letting you know
You see i know sometimes it's enough to drive you insane
But no matter the pressure you're under, no matter the pain
With some luck and some laughter we'll get through
Because forever after i am with you
With you
Oh with you
With you

Late night summer sunrise comes to mind whenever i think of you
There's fear in your eyes and a satisfied smile on your face
You're my friend and i love you
I'm entertained and scared by the things you do
A heart full of laughter that none on this earth could replace

There are times when it seems like
Your dreams have come to an end
They're the times right before you remember
That you've got a friend
A part of me will be with you wherever you go
And i guess this is my cute little way of letting you know
You see i know sometimes it's enough to drive you insane
But no matter the pressure you're under, no matter the pain
With some luck and some laughter we'll get throughv because forever after i am with you
With you
Oh with you
With you
In closing all i can say is try not to look for an answer
Life and its logic tend to dance and to always rearrange
I'm sure you'll be fine in every sense you're a hell of a dancer
Besides i'm with you and that's one thing that will never change

There are times when it seems like
Your dreams have come to an end
They're the times right before you remember
That you've got a friend
A part of me will be with you wherever you go
And i guess this is my cute little way of letting you know
You see i know sometimes it's enough to drive you insane
But no matter the pressure you're under, no matter the pain
With some luck and some laughter we'll get through
Because forever after i am with you
With you
Oh with you
With you

Guess i'll be leaving
On the next train
I woke out this morning
And it started to rain
Mean old woman
Gone and left me alone
Where the spirit leads me
Gonna carry me home
Gonna carry me home
Gonna carry me home
Gonna carry me home
Gonna carry

Something's faded
Just one more day
You're gonna have to knock me down
Gonna have to come and drag me away
Good god bad women
Gonna lead me to roam
When that's done, yeah, when that's done
Gonna come carry me home
When that's done, when i'm done
Gonna have to carry me home
Carry me home
Have to carry me home
Carry me
Carry me
Carry me

You know how i tend to feel when nothing's happening
Like some big old bird so fat that he just can't fly
Far be it from me to be overreacting
My body hurts like hell and all i can do is wonder why

Like i'm in prison, my mind is occupied with busting out
When our sleeper has risen
Said what are these walking blues about

Hey peter pan come play with me
Please forget your lessons
The wind is warm outside
The breeze is blowing fast and free
I don't seem to care that much
But now when you're waiting for mama, says she
"right now my mind is wandering up with the wind, just peter pan and me."

Without being artistic, i prefer to trust my heart again
It seems so sadistic, to try to write down
When i'm walking out again

Well, well well well, welcome aboard to the rest of your life
This is it, you're really in it now, good luck and good-bye
And oh look, there goes a youth, watch options fade to mist
That's all right, baby, you'll do fine, baby, it's so hard
Terribly hard, terribly hard, terribly hard...
To exist

You know how i tend to feel when nothing's happening
Like some big old bird so fat that he just can't fly
Far be it for me to be overreacting
My body hurts like hell and all i can do is wonder why

Like i'm in prison, my mind is occupied with busting out
When the sleepers have risen
Said what are these walking blues about

Terribly hard, terribly hard, terribly hard...
So hard

I wanna show you that anything is possible
I wanna show you that your wildest dreams can come true
And i swear someday i'm gonna figure out how to do just that
But until then, i guess trying is all i can do

Maybe i'm wrong thinking you want something better
Maybe i'm wrong thinking you got no problem making it through the night
Maybe i'm wrong about every little thing i'm talking about
Maybe i'm wrong, but just maybe, maybe i'm right

No, it's none of my business but i think i can make you happy
But it really doesn't matter if it's me or it's someone else
All that i know is that i think you're kinda special
And one way or another gonna see that i can treat you well

Maybe i'm wrong thinking you want something better
Maybe i'm wrong thinking you got no problem making it through the night
Maybe i'm wrong about every little thing i'm talking about
Maybe i'm wrong, but just maybe, maybe i'm right

You seem to think that lady luck just doesn't like you
Well, i've been trying to believe that the lady just ain't that dumb
Oh, just give her time to get here
And i'm sure that when she gets here
She'll be really glad to be here when she comes.

Maybe i'm wrong thinking you want something better
Maybe i'm wrong thinking you got no problem making it through the night
Maybe i'm wrong about every little thing i'm talking about
Maybe i'm wrong, but just maybe, maybe i'm right

Maybe i'm wrong thinking you want something better
Maybe i'm wrong thinking you got no problem making it through the night
Maybe i'm wrong about every little thing i'm talking about
Maybe i'm wrong, but just maybe, maybe i'm right

When the sun and the storm refuse to yield
Each celebrating power that they wield
Their stubbornness and strength are revealed
And they combine to grow the crops in every field
And the partnership is sealed

I've come to realize they've grown me too
And there isn't much about it either can do
When dreams that you chase after shower you
While the love that you allow comes shining through
Creates a path of every hue

This path is narrow
Just wide enough to follow
I wonder where it will go
So i shall try, with my sharpest eye
To keep this rainbow in my view

(rapping)
Prepared is the way i see
Before me lies my destiny
It sprawls out to infinity
Should i choose to step upon
Always just believeable
With colors inconceivable
It forces me to see him
For what hope has now become
...what hope has now become

This path is narrow
Just wide enough to follow
I wonder where it will go
So i shall try, with my sharpest eye
To keep this rainbow in my view

So i teeter, so i sway
Eternally almost falling off, i'm on my way
The path so fragile
And the path forgives
But only he who seeks its color truly lives

This path is narrow
Just wide enough to follow
I wonder where it will go
So i shall try, with my sharpest eye
To keep this rainbow in my view

This path is narrow
Just wide enough to follow
I wonder where it will go
So i shall try, with my sharpest eye
To keep this rainbow in my view

The sun on the one hand
And the storm on the other
Only when i stand between
Do i become yet another

Doorway finds a highway and i'm leaving
Wish me well and send me on my way
Goodbyes and sunrise always leave me feeling
That there's no one here to show me how to stay

And some folks never stray from home
Some with business at the other end of town
And some even dream of striking out on their own
But the ones who really do are the ones that never can be found

Yeah
Oh yeah
Yeah

For all its hell and heartache love is something you can never own
Fate will follow you and leave you as soon as it will
Festering and eating like some cancer down to the bone
In my rear-view mirror, it's haunting me still

There are those who never stray from home
Some with business at the other end of town
And some even dream of striking out on their own
But the ones who really do are the ones that never can be found

Doorway finds a highway and the sunrise finds me gone
A hundred towns with a thousand doors like yours
And a million ways to lose the one that you really care about
And i promise i will return again once more

There are those who never stray from home
Some with business at the other end of town
And some even dream of striking out on their own
But the ones who really do are the ones that never can be found

Original performer:violent femmes

When i'm a-walking, i strut my stuff, then i'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite, i just might, stop to check you out

Let me go on, like a blister in the sun
Let me go on, big hands i know you're the one

Body and beats, i stain my sheets, i don't even know why
My girl friend, she's at the end, she is starting to cry

Let me go on, like a blister in the sun
Let me go on, big hands i know you're the one

When i'm a-walking, i strut my stuff, then i'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite, i just might, stop to check you out

When i'm a walking, i strut my stuff, then i'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite, i just might, stop to check you out
Body and beats, i stain my sheets, i don't even know why
My girl friend, she's at the end, she is starting to cry

Let me go on, like a blister in the sun
Let me go on, big hands i know you're the one

To err is human, to forgive can be most divine
You know i found it hard to take it that way once you broke that big heart of mine
Magnanimous in nature, mine was a trusting simple way
Until my platitudes were challenged
And he darkened the world that i threw away

Fire breaks through the cracks of a stone
Seems familiar until it heals in time
Into a new world that has grown

I once worshiped a hero and a friend
Until he turned a chilly back on me
I guess there was no other way
In the end for me to really find and really see
How desperate do you feel and how sad
My hero had become
And that there's pain in this world
Everybody gets some

Fire breaks through the cracks of a stone
Seems familiar until it heals in time
Into a new world that has grown

To err is human, to forgive can be most maligned
You know i found it hard to believe once you broke that big heart of mine
Magnanimous in nature, mine was a trusting simple way
Until my platitudes were challenged
And he darkened the world that i threw away
Fire breaks through the cracks of a stone
Seems familiar until it heals in time
Into a new world that has

R. higgenbotham

Put on your red dress baby
'cause we goin' out tonight
Put on your red dress baby
'cause we goin' out tonight
Gonna have a great time baby
In case some fool wanna fight

Put on your hi-heeled sneakers
And your wig hat on your head
You heard what i said
Put on your hi-heeled sneakers
And your wig hat on your head
You heard what i said
Gonna have a great time baby
I know we really gonna knock 'em dead

Put on your hi-heeled sneakers
'cause we goin' out tonight
That's right
Put on your hi-heeled sneakers
'cause we goin' out tonight
Gonna bring a shotgun baby
In case some fool wanna fight
In case some fool wanna fight

Music & lyrics: john popper

Well she hated the 4th of july
Bombs bursting in air, and she'd never know why
She'd keep me up all night, too terrified to cry
Oh yes, she hated 4th of july

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because i am wide awake
I'm right here, i'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, i'm gonna hold you till the early light

And when the thunder clapped, she'd run to me afraid
She tried to be brave, but she couldn't figure out the terrible sound it made
I was smarter, but she just couldn't see
And when the thunder clapped, she'd always run to me

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because i am wide awake
I'm right here, i'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, i'm gonna hold you till the early light

Oh yes, she loved the world on a crisp, autumn day
The leaves would turn her color, the children were at play
Sit on hilltops with her, she'd smile as if to say
You couldn't touch the world when autumn comes this way

And i don't believe she cared for getting old
The limbs move a little slower, the hearing just goes cold
One day she looked at me through a gray haired eye
And i couldn't believe she was telling me good bye

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because i am wide awake
I'm right here, i'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, i'm gonna hold you till the early light

And i do believe her soul was rich and blue
We taught each other lessons, lessons that we knew
When we kept growing, there was nothing we could do
But i loved her and i know she loved me too

Now you can call me a sentimental fool
But i learned more from her than i ever did in school
I still get apprehensive, i still remember why
When the thunder claps or it's the 4th of july

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because i am wide awake
I'm right here, i'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, i'm gonna hold you till the early light

Oh yes she hated the 4th of july