Long time, no hear...

[FromTexas]

Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
He only came to town about twice a year
He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
Everybody knew that he made moonshine
Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad
He headed up the holler with everything he had
It's before my time but I've been told
He never came back from Copperhead Road
Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side
Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
Well him and my uncle tore that engine down
I still remember that rumblin' sound
Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road

I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first,'round here anyway
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
And I came home with a brand new plan
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road

Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road

 

[FromTexas]

I LOVE Steve Earle.

I just put him on MP3 player. I swear I could do this for years and still realize musicians I forgot about and haven't put on it yet...

 

[jazz lady]

Nothing like having *slightly* intoxicated friends sing this to you...



Hey where did we go
Days when the rains came
Down in the hollow
Playin' a new game
Laughing and a running hey, hey
Skipping and a jumping
In the misty morning fog with
Our hearts a thumpin' and you
My brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl

Whatever happened
To Tuesday and so slow
Going down the old mind
With a transistor radio
Standing in the sunlight laughing
Hiding behind a rainbow's wall
Slipping and sliding
All along the water fall, with you
My brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing
Shalalalalalaladeeda
Shalalalalalaladeeda
Laadeeda
Shalalalalalaladeeda

So I had to find my way
Now that I'm on my own
Saw you the other day
And my how you have grown
Cast my memory back there lord hey
Now I'm overcome thinking about
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you
My brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl

Shalalalalalaladeeda
Ladeeda
Shalalalalalaladeeda
My brown eyed girl
Shalalalalalaladeeda
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Shalalalalalaladeeda
Shalalalalalaladeeda
Laadeeda
Shalalalalalaladeeda
You're my brown eyed girl

 

[jazz lady]

and then a little Slow-hand...

Bell bottom blues you made me cry
And I don’t want to lose this feeling
And if I could choose a place to die
Oh, it would be in your arms

Do you wanna see me crawl
Across the floor to you?
[Do you wanna?]
And do you wanna hear me
Beg you to take me back?
[Do you wanna?]
I’m beggin’ baby, cause
I don’t want to fade away
Give me one more day, please
I don’t want to fade away
In your arms I wanna stay

It’s all wrong but it’s all right
The way that you do me, baby
'Cause Once I was strong, but I lost the fight
Oh, and you won’t find a better loser

Do you wanna see me crawl
Across the floor to you?
[Do you wanna?]
And do you wanna hear me
Beg you to take me back?
[Do you wanna?]
I’m beggin’ baby, cause
I don’t want to fade away
Give me one more day, please
I don’t want to fade away
In your arms I wanna stay

Bell bottom blues, don’t you say goodbye
Sure we’re gonna meet again
And if we, when you don't
Don’t you be surprised
If you find me with another lover

Do you wanna see me crawl
Across the floor to you?
[Do you wanna?]
And do you wanna hear me
Beg you to take me back?
[Do you wanna?]
I’m beggin’ baby, cause
I don’t want to fade away
Give me one more day, please
I don’t want to fade away
In your arms I wanna stay

I don't want to fade away
Won’t you, won’t you
Give me one more day please
I don't want to fade away

 

[Agee]

One for K-willa

Just because

Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
I got a bad desire
I’m on fire

Tell me now baby is he good to you
Can he do to you the things that I do
I can take you higher
I’m on fire

Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife baby
Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley
Through the middle of my soul

At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the
Middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
I’m on fire

 

[jazz lady]

Ah, the thought of Green Stamps reminded me of this song...

Thrill me with your Green Stamps.
I love your little Green Stamps.
I took collecting Green Stamps.
I love the way they look.
Oh how I love to pick them.
I pick them up, and lick them.
I lick them, then I stick them
In my brown Green Stamp book.

All day and night I'm dreaming.
I'm dreaming of redeeming
My Green Stamps for a toaster,
So gleaming and deluxe.
Oh how it will thrill me,
And please me and fulfill me,
To know my toaster only cost me
Fourteen hundred bucks.

I drive up to the market.
I stop my car and park it.
I buy a lot of strange things
Of which I've never heard.
I buy, though it's not urgent,
Two truckloads of detergent,
Three hundred pounds of bird seed,
Though I don't have a bird.

Some extract of vanilla,
Enough to feed Godzilla.
Then I'll trade all my Green Stamps
For something I can drive.
A car is what I hope for,
What I bought all that soap for.
They promise me the first Studebaker
Made in 1965.

 

[morganj614]

on the radio right now LOL

if only....

Hi - Hi! We're your Weather Girls - Ah-huh -
And have we got news for you - You better listen!
Get ready, all you lonely girls
and leave those umbrellas at home. - Alright! -

Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the street's the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men.

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen!
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Every Specimen!
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean

God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too
She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel to rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Ame---------nnnn!

I feel stormy weather / Moving in about to begin
Hear the thunder / Don't you lose your head
Rip off the roof and stay in bed

God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too
She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel to rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy
It's Raining Men! Yeah!

Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the street's the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men.

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men!

 

[jazz lady]

My stepsister told me this song kind of reminded her of me...

He wondered how she'd take it when he said goodbye.
Thought she might do some cryin': lose some sleep at night.
But he had no idea, when he hit the road,
That without him in her life, she'd let herself go.

Let herself go on a singles cruise,
To Vegas once, then to Honolulu.
Let herself go to New York City:
A week at the Spa; came back knocked-out pretty.
When he said he didn't love her no more,
She let herself go.

Instrumental break.

She poured her heart an' soul into their three-bedroom ranch.
Spent her days raisin' babies, ironin' his pants.
Came home one day from the grocery store and found his note,
And without him there to stop her, she let herself go.

Let herself go on her first blind-date:
Had the time of her life with some friends at the lake.
Let herself go, buy a brand new car,
Drove down to the beach he always said was too far.
Sand sure felt good between her toes:

She let herself go on a singles cruise,
To Vegas once, then to Honolulu.
Let herself go to New York City:
A week at the Spa; came back knocked-out pretty.
When he said he didn't love her no more,
She let herself go.

To Vegas once: Honolulu, New York City.
Came back knocked-out pretty.

 

[jazz lady]

Jazz, It does suit you!

My cousin lives in Vegas. I think I need to go visit her.

 

[jazz lady]

turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round.
turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears.
turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by.
turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes.
turn around, bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apart.
turn around, bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apart.

turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of something wild.
turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying like a child in your arms.
turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've got to get out and cry.
turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified but then I see the look in your eyes.
turn around, bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apart.
turn around, bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apart.

And I need you now tonight and I need you more than ever
and if you only hold me tight we'll be holding on forever.
And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong.
Together we can take it to the end of the line.
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time.
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark.
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks.
I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight,
forever's gonna start tonight.

Once upon a time I was falling in love but now I'm only falling apart.
There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart.
Once upon a time there was light in my life but now there's only love in the dark.
Nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart.

turn around, bright eyes
turn around, bright eyes

turn around
Every now and then I know you'll never be the boy you always wanted to be.
turn around
But every now and then I know you'll always be the only boy who wanted me the way that I am.
turn around
Every now and then I know there's no one in the universe as magical and wondrous as you.
turn around
Every now and then I know there's nothing any better, there's nothing that I just wouldn't do.
turn around, bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apart.
turn around, bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apart.

And I need you now tonight and I need you more than ever
and if you only hold me tight we'll be holding on forever.
And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong.
Together we can take it to the end of the line.
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time.
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark.
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks.
I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight,
forever's gonna start tonight.

Once upon a time I was falling in love but now I'm only falling apart.
There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart.
Once upon a time there was light in my life but now there's only love in the dark.
Nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart.

A total eclipse of the heart, a total eclipse of the heart.
Turn around, bright eyes,
Turn around, bright eyes, turn around.

 

[Agee]

We can never know about the things to come
But we think about them anyway
And I wonder if I'm really with you now
Or just chasing after some finer day.

Anticipation, anticipation
Is making me late
Is keeping me waiting

And I tell you how easy it feels to be with you
How right your arms feel around me
But I, I rehearsed those words just late last night
When I was thinking about how right tonight might be.

Anticipation, anticipation
Is making me late
Is keeping me waiting.

And tomorrow, we might not be together
I'm no prophet, Lord I don't know nature's ways
So I'll try and see into your eyes right now
And stay right here, 'cause these are the good old days
These are the good old days
And stay right here, 'cause these are the good old days
These are the good old days
These are the good old days
These are the good old days
These are the good old days.

 

[Agee]

"Come And Get Your Love"

(As recorded by Redbone)
LOLLY VEGAS

Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love.

Hail (hail) what's the matter with your hair, yeah
Hail (hail) what's the matter with your mind and your sign and a, oh
Hail (hail) nothing the matter with your mind baby, find it, come on and find it
Hail with it baby, 'cause you're fine and you're mine and you
Look so divine

Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love.

Hail (hail) what's the matter with you, feel right, don't you feel right baby
Hail (hail) oh yeah get it from the main vine

All right
I said a find it, find it
Go on and love it
If you like it yeah yeah
Hail (hail) it's your business if you want some take some
Get it together baby

Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love now.

Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love now.

 

[Agee]

"Dancing In The Moonlight"

(As recorded by King Harvest)
SHERMAN KELLY

We get it on most every night
And when that moon gets big and bright
It's supernatural delight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight.

Dancin' in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine 'n' natch-ral sight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight.

Everybody here is outa site
They don't bark and they don't bite
They keep things loose, they keep things light
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight.

Dancin' in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine 'n' natch-ral sight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight.

We like our fun, we never fight
You can't dance 'n' stay uptight
They keep things loose, they keep things light
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight.

Dancin' in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine 'n' natch-ral sight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight.

Dancin' in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine 'n' natch-ral sight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight.

 

[Agee]

"The Family Of Man"

(As recorded by Three Dog Night)
PAUL WILLIAMS
JACK CONRAD

This tired city was somebody's dream
A billboard horizon as black as it seemed
A four-level highway across the land
We're building a home for the family of man.

Prices are rising, the devil's to pay
Moving the mountain that got in the way
Prayer books and meetings to find a plan
Deciding the fate of the family of man.

So hard, whatever are we coming to
Yes it's so hard
With so little time
And so much to do.

Memories replacing the loves that we've lost
Burning our bridges as soon as they're crossed
Factories built where the rivers ran
Time's running out for the family of man.

Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo.

So hard.

So hard
So hard
So hard, family of man
So hard, family of man
So hard, family of man
So hard, family of man
So hard, family of man
So hard, family of man
So hard, family of man
So hard, family of man.

 

[Agee]

K...

So true...

"Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover"

(As recorded by Paul Simon)
PAUL SIMON

"The problem is all inside your head," she said to me
"The answer is easy if you take it logic'lly
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
There must be, fifty ways to leave your lover."

She said, "It's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself, at the risk of being crude
There must be, fifty ways to leave your lover"
Fifty ways to leave your lover.

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free.

Oo slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
You just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free.

She said, "It grieves me now to see you in such pain
I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again"
I said, "I appreciate that, and would you please explain about the fifty ways?"
She said, "Why don't we both just sleep on it tonight?
And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light"
And then she kissed me, and I realized whe probably was right
There must be, fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover.

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Oh you hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free.

Slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to coy, Roy
You just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free.

 

[RoseRed]

Where is the love
You said you'd give to me
soon as you were free
will it ever be
Where is the love?

You told me that you didn't love him,
and you were gonna say goodbye
but if you really didn't mean it,
why did you have to lie?

Where is the love,
you said was mine all mine, till the end of time
was it just a lie
where is the love

If you had had a sudden change of heart
I wish that you would tell me so
don't leave me hangin on the promises
you've got to let me know

Oh how I wish I never met you
I guess it must have been my fate
to fall in love with someone else's love
all I can do is wait
(that's all I can do)
yeah yeah yeah

Where is the love (vamp until end)

 

[Agee]

"Get Ready"

(As recorded by Rare Earth)
W. ROBINSON

I never met a girl that makes me feel the way that you do
(You're all right)
Whenever I'm asked who makes my dreams real I say that you do
(You're out of sight)
So fee fi fo fum
Look out baby 'cause here I come.

And I'm bringing you a love that's true
So get ready, get ready
I'm gonna try to make you love me too
So get ready, get ready
Get ready 'cause here I come.

If you want to play hide an' seek with love let me remind you
(It's all right)
The lovin' you're gonna miss in the time it takes to find you
(It's out of sight)
So fiddley dee fiddley dum
Look out baby 'cause here I come.

And I'm bringing you a love that's true
So get ready, get ready
I'm gonna try to make you love me too
So get ready, get ready
Get ready 'cause here I come.

All my friends want her too, I'll withstand it
(Be all right)
I hope I get to you before they do the way I planned it
(Be out of sight)
So twiddley dee twiddley dum
Look out baby 'cause here I come.

And I'm bringing you a love that's true
So get ready, get ready
I'm gonna try to make you love me too
So get ready, get ready
Get ready 'cause here I come.

 

[Agee]

"Gimme Some Loving"

(As recorded by Traffic)
STEVE WINWOOD
MUFF WINWOOD
SPENCER DAVIS

Well my temperature's rising and my feet left the floor
Crazy people knockin' cause they're wanting some more
Let me in baby, I don't know what you've got
But you'd better take it easy, 'cause this place is so hot, and I'm

So glad we made it, so glad we made it, you got to
Gimme some a-lovin'
Gimme some a-lovin'
Gimme some a-lovin' every day, hey

Well I feel so good, everything is gettin' hot
You'd better take some time off 'cause the place is on fire
Better start baby 'cause I've so much to do
We made it baby and it happened to you, and I'm

So glad we made it, so glad we made it, you got to
Gimme some a-lovin'
Gimme some a-lovin'
Gimme some a-lovin' every day, yeah, hey

Well I feel so good, everything is gettin' hot
You'd better take some time off 'cause the place is on fire
It's been a hard day and nothing went too good
I'm gonna relax now, I think everybody should, and I'm

So glad we made it, so glad we made it, you got to
Gimme some a-lovin'
Gimme some a-lovin'
Gimme some a-lovin' every day

 

[Agee]

"I Just Can't Help Believing"

(As recorded by B.J. Thomas)
CYNTHIA WEIL
BARRY MANN

I just can't help believing when she smiles up soft and gentle
With a trace of misty morning and a promise of tomorrow in her eyes
And I just can't help believing when she's lying close beside me
And my heart beats with the rhythm of her sighs.

This time the girl is gonna stay
This time the girl is gonna stay
For more than just a day.

I just can't help believing when she slips her hand in my hand
And it feels so small and helpless that my fingers fold around it like a glove
And I just can't help believing when she's whispering her magic
And her tears are shining honey sweet with love.

This time the girl is gonna stay
This time the girl is gonna stay
For more than just a day.

For more than just a day
(I just can't help believing)
(I just can't help believing)
(I just can't help believing).

 

[Agee]

"Me And Mrs. Jones"

(As recorded by Billy Paul)
KENNY GAMBLE
LEON HUFF
C. GILBERT

Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing going on
We both know that it's wrong, but it's much too strong
To let it grow now

We meet every day at the same cafe, six-thirty
I know, I know she'll be there
Holding hands, making all kinds of plans
While the jukebox plays our favorite song

Me and Mrs.
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones
We got a thing going on
We both know that it's wrong, but it's much too strong
To let it grow now

We gotta be extra careful
That we don't build our hopes up too high
'Cause she's got her own obligations
And so, and so, do I

Me and Mrs.
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones
We've got a thing going on
We both know that it's wrong, but it's much too strong
To let it grow now

Well it's time for us to be leaving
It hurts so much, it hurts so much inside
Now she'll go her way and I'll go mine
Tomorrow we'll meet the same place, the same time

Me and Mrs.
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones
Got a thing going on

We gotta be extra careful
We can't afford to build, our hopes up too high
I wanna meet and talk with you
At the same place, the same cafe, the same time
And we're gonna hold hands like we used to
We're gonna talk it over, talk it over
We know, they know, and you know and I know that it was wrong
But I think it's strong
We gotta let 'em know now
That we gotta thing goin' on, a thing goin' on