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BAD
03:04
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ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU’RE GONNA GET YOURS
ONE OF THESE DAYS I’M GONNA LET YOU HAVE IT
ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU’RE GONNA GET YOURS
‘CAUSE GIRL, I’VE HAD IT
YOU THINK YOUR WAYS ARE SO FINE
WELL BABE I’M GONNA SHOW YOU MY KIND
YOU FEEL YOU’RE TOO GOOD FOR ME
WELL GIRL I’VE HAD ENOUGH MISERY
I’M GONNA BUILD YOU UP AND LET YOU DOWN
I’M GONNA SPREAD YOUR NAME ALL OVER THIS TOWN
I’M GONNA TEAR YOU APART AND FOUL YOUR MIND
I’M GONNA SHOW YOU MY KIND
I’M GONNA END IT ALL ONE DAY
AND I WON’T CARE WHAT YOU SAY
‘CAUSE GIRL YOU’VE HAD YOUR DAY
YOU’LL BE MAD
YOU’LL BE SAD
I WON’T CARE ‘CAUSE YOU’RE BAD
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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NOTHING WILL CHANGE
03:27
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Young girl don’t let me down
Remember that I’ve been loving you too long
Young girl don’t let me down
Tell all the people that you see
I’m free I’m free
Was I a fool in letting her go
Or am I wise in coming here
I can’t decide I just don’t know
I only know that nothing will change
Nothing will change
Someday soon let me watch where you walk
Welcome me home
Every man needs a love
And you know we could be so good together
We’ll drink cherry wine in everyone’s sight
At the end of the night
Pretty woman don’t make it bad
Search your heart and make it better
And tomorrow tell all the people that you see
You showed me I’m free
I’m alive I’m free I’m alive
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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SAD SUNDAY SONG
03:02
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WHAT BECAME OF SUNDAY
IT WAS THE ONE DAY I COULD ENJOY
SUNDAY DISAPPEARED
AS I FEAR IT WOULD ONE DAY
WHAT BECAME OF HER DARK EYES
THEY WERE THE TWO EYES THAT SAW THROUGH ME
HER EYES CAN’T BE SEEN EXCEPT IN MY DREAMS THAT FOREVER BE
NOW I’M LEFT ALL ALONE
SINGING MY SAD SUNDAY SONG
NOW I SEARCH MY MIND HOPING TO FIND WHAT WENT WRONG
NOW I’M WONDERING HOW LONG
I CAN CARRY ON WITHOUT HER
BREAK
WHAT BECAME OF HER SOFT VOICE
IT WAS THE ONE VOICE I COULD HEAR
HER VOICE IS MUTE WHILE MY EARS ARE
DEAF TO ANY MUSIC IN THE AIR
WHAT BECAME OF HER GENTLE TOUCH
IT WAS THE ONE TOUCH THAT REACHED MY DEPTHS
HER TOUCH IS GONE AS I MOVE ON CLIMBING LONELY STEPS
NOW I’M LEFT ALL ALONE
SINGING MY SAD SUNDAY SONG
NOW I SEARCH MY MIND HOPING TO FIND WHAT WENT WRONG
NOW I’M WONDERING HOW LONG
I CAN CARRY ON WITHOUT HER
NOW I’M LEFT ALL ALONE
SINGING MY SAD SUNDAY SONG
MY SAD SUNDAY SONG
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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WOMAN TROUBLE AGAIN
04:12
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SHOTGUN CHARLOTTE LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYE
SHE ASKED ME WHERE I WAS BOUND
I TOLD HER I COULDN’T TELL HER NO LIE
I TOLD HER I WAS HEAVEN BOUND
SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD COME ALONG
SHE SAID SHE’D BE MORE THAN A FRIEND
WHEN I TOLD HER I HAD TO TRAVEL ALONE
I KNEW I’D HAVE WOMAN TROUBLE AGAIN
CHORUS
WOMAN TROUBLE, WOMAN TROUBLE AGAIN, WOMAN TROUBLE
ANASTASIA WAS DROWNING IN HER TEARS
EVERYONE WAS LAUGHING AT HER
SHE ASKED ME TO ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS
I GAVE HER ONE ANSWER
I LAUGHED AT HER FOR BEING A FOOL
SHE SCREAMED AND PICKED UP A SHOVEL
WHEN I SAW HER BREAK INTO A COLD SWEAT
I KNEW I’D HAVE MORE WOMAN TROUBLE
CHORUS - SOLO
EVERY TOOTH HAS A CAVITY, EVERY OX HAS ITS DAY
EVERY CLOUD HAS A PURPLE LINING
EVERYONE HAS TOO MUCH TO SAY
EVERY PERSON KNOWS WHERE HE IS, EVERY ACTOR IS IN A PLAY
EVERY ACTRESS IS A STAR
EVERY WORD EVERYONE SAYS IS A CLICHÉ
SOLO
MOSES ASKED ME WHAT MY PROBLEM WAS
ALTHOUGH HE KNEW BETTER THAN ME
WHEN I TOLD HIM OF THE WOMAN ON MY BACK
HE OFFERED ME THE USE OF HIS CALVARY
GEORGE’S APOSTLE CAME TO MY AID
WHEN HE HEARD OF MY BURSTING BUBBLE
I THANKED HIM AND MOSES FOR HELPING ME OUT
NOT THE THREE OF US HAVE WOMAN TROUBLE
CHORUS
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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JUSTICE AND A FLOWER
07:59
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I have been destroyed by justice and a flower
Justice was that which I needed
A flower was that which I wanted
Now I own neither
I have lost them both to the dark shadow of a friend
I am sorry
I have been abandoned by my friends
Abandoned by images who think of me as an eagle
Which preys upon the lost
Not knowing I am the leader of the lost
I am sorry
I was once imprisoned by the armor of my thoughts
But I escaped
Only to be captured by a new enemy
The walls of my emotions
Justice explored me
A flower ignored
Now I own neither
I have lost them both to a dark shadow of myself
I am sorry
Justice
I believed I had found you and you wished to aid me
But I was wrong and I’m sorry
Forgive me for any harm I have offered you
I am sorry
Believe the words I spoke at our last meeting
I know the truth will come
Believe me I am sorry
Flower
Let me dwell upon you for a moment’s thought
I have loved you before the dawn and at sunset
The sunset on which you granted my first wish
Upon the dandelion
Though I would deny my words and emotions
To your soul and to mine
I cannot deny my truth to your faith
Believe the words I spoke to you and to only you
You are a woman as you told me
Not in the sense of having been loved
But in the person of being
You control the beauty and the innocence of a child
Yet you own the greed of the world
Throughout it all believe the words I spoke only to you
I am sorry and alone
Friends
I have never had you
I felt I had found another friend among you
But I was wrong
How could I find a friend I am lost myself
Throughout my life I had but one friend
We shall remain friends until my ears are deaf
I am alone except for one friend
I shall return to the closet in which I lived
Until you entered my room
I shall again become invisible
Observing yet not participating in your lives
I shall live as I entered this world
And as I shall exit this world
Alone
Alone until I find true justice
Alone until I find a true flower
Or perhaps even another woman
I am alone and I am sorry
Goodbye justice Goodbye flower Goodbye friends
Goodbye to you all from a fool doll (twice)
© 2009 Kenneth Higney
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Please don’t come and visit tonight
Because seeing you with the one you love
Will only break my heart in two
Please don’t come and kiss him tonight
Because seeing you kiss the one you love
Will only break my heart in two
I love you and I always will
I’ll love you for an eternity
Please don’t come and visit tonight
And bring me a heart full of sorrow
I love you so
Please don’t come and love him tonight
Because seeing you love the one you love
Will only tear my heart apart
Please don’t come and visit tonight
With the one you love
I love you and I need you
For what is a mortal without the love of an angel
And you my love are an angel
And I am nothing ‘cause I haven’t got you
Solo
I love you and I need you
For what is a mortal without the love of an angel
And you my love are an angel
And I am nothing because I haven’t got you
Please don’t come and love him tonight
Because seeing you love the one you love
Will only cause me pain
Please don’t come and visit tonight
(C) (2009) Kenneth B. Higney
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BELIEVE IN ME
03:39
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I don’t want you are the words of a fool
I don’t need you is not playing by nature’s rule
I realize that a man can’t live without a woman
Nor a woman without a man
And I know if we try working it out
I know we can
You can’t leave me now
I never felt this way before
I think my love is starting to mature
Yes I think my love is starting to mature
So child don’t say a word you’ll regret
Don’t say a word
Remember the times we said we wouldn’t forget
Come on child let’s forget and forgive
Let’s rekindle the love I want to live
Forgive me and believe in me because I need you
Love me and believe in me because I love you
Believe in me
I believe in you
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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UNENDING YEARS
02:56
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Oh I wake up and I realize it’s night even though the sun is shining bright
My eyes are open I see the light but because of you it’s always night
You’ve gone away you’ve left again and now my nights will never end
Hey hey hey you’ve gone away
I leave my bed I feel the pain and once again my life’s in vain
I see your features they’re very plain but because of you I’m in pain
You’ve gone away you’ve left again and now my pain will never end
Hey hey hey you’ve gone away
Instrumental break
I know I cried I see the tears and once again I’m living fears
I could live unending years but because of you I’ll be in tears
You’ve gone away you’ve left again and now my tears will never end
Hey hey hey you’ve gone away
REPEAT EACH CHORUS ONCE AND OUT
© 2002 Kenneth B. Higney
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JOHN JAY'S SONG
04:06
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He’s an executive on Friday, a paperboy all week long
His calling cards are solid gold
His foreign policy is foreign only to his mind
He signs his letters anonymous
No green grass grows on his lawn
He has no favorite charity
His thoughts often wander to the streets
Where his mind is found
He travels undercover in small town prisons
And searches for some knowledge
He is very fond of murder
And will gladly admit that he has killed himself
His wife never lived and his life has him listed on the critical side
(chorus)
I’m a physicist not a soldier
He cries out every day
Those thirty eight are lucky
They weren’t shot when they disobeyed
My uncle was acquitted when he shot another man
It was in a time of war to regain a rich man’s land
Chorus
His janitor is a hypocrite, a pervert who says very little
He hates noise and loves fresh water
His money belt makes him feel safer
Than the rest of the world
He’ll be the cause of insubordination
For weeks and months and years to come
His pillows are stuffed with paper
And his money belt is fatter than his mattress
His mind has all but forgotten his appointment with the president
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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DON'T ASK ME WHY
03:11
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DON’T ASK ME WHY WE ALL MUST DIE
NO ONE EXPLAINED IT TO ME
BUT IF I CRY YOU’LL KNOW I CARED
SO KEEP ON WATCHING ME
DON’T ASK ME WHEN THE WORLD WILL END
NO ON KNOWS HOW
BUT IF I LAUGH YOU’LL KNOW I CARED
SO KEEP ON WATCHING ME
I KNEW YOU’D BE TOO MUCH FOR ME
AND I KNEW I WOULDN’T THINK CLEARLY
BUT I TRIED
THEY OPPRESED ME FROM MY YOUTH
I NEVER KNEW OR SAW THE TRUTH
BUT I TRIED
DON’T ASK ME WHERE TO HIDE YOIUR FEAR
NO ONE KNOWS HOW
DON’T ASK ME WHO WILL COMFORT YOU
NO ONE KNOWS HOW
BREAK
I KNEW YOU’D BE TOO MUCH FOR ME
AND I KNEW I WOULDN’T THINK CLEARLY
BUT I TRIED
THEY OPRESSED ME FROM MY YOUTH
I NEVER KNEW OR SAW THE TRUTH
BUT I TRIED
DON’T ASK ME WHERE TO HIDE YOIUR FEAR
NO ONE KNOWS HOW
DON’T ASK ME WHO WILL COMFORT YOU
NO ONE KNOWS HOW
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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WAITING FOR A TRAIN
03:24
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All I wanted to do was to say hello
You said you didn’t want me
You said you had to go
All I wanted to do was to make you glad
You said you didn’t like me
You said I made you sad
So I’m sitting here
Waiting for a train
To take me away to
Take away my pain
I’ve got to get away
I’ve got to leave this town
I’ve got to leave today
I have to lose this down that I’ve found
So I’m sitting here
Waiting for a train
To take me away
To take away my pain
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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YESTERDAY'S RAIN
03:16
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Yesterday’s rain brings tomorrow’s pain
I feel like I want to cry
Yesterday’s rain brings tomorrow’s pain
Now my mind is living a lie
I believe you’re still around
When in fact you’ve gone away
You are nowhere to be found
I’ve been searching every day
Yesterday’s rain brings tomorrow’s pain
You’ve gone and left me alone
I don’t know how I do maintain
Living here on my own
I thought you could be with me
But you’ve gone and broke my heart
I didn’t know you had to be free
I thought you could love me from the start
Yesterday’s rain brings tomorrow’s pain
I feel like I wan to cry
Yesterday’s rain brings tomorrow’s pain
Now my mind is living a lie
I believe you’re still around
When in fact you’ve gone away
You are nowhere to be found
I’ve been searching every day
Yesterday’s rain brings tomorrow’s pain
My mind is living a lie
Yesterday’s rain brings on today’s pain
I feel like I want to die
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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SCREAM
03:27
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WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DOWN AND OUT
AND YOU THINK YOU’RE GONNA SHOUT
SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM
TO RELEASE YOUR HOSTILITY
TO SET ALL YOUR HATRED FREE
SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM
SCREAM WHEN YOU’RE FEELING BLUE
SCREAM WHEN SHE’S BEEN UNTRUE
WHEN YOU’RE FEELING VERY UNKIND
WHEN YOU THINK YOU’RE GONNA LOSE YOUR MIND
SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM
SOLO
WHEN YOU FEEL AGAINST THE WORLD
WHEN YOU’VE LOST YOUR VERY BEST GIRL
SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM
SCREAM WHEN YOU WANNA LET THE ANGER GO
SCREAM WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE YOUR FOE
SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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14. |
COMING HOME TO YOU
03:00
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I’VE GOTTEN LOST IN THE CLOUDS
I’VE BEEN SHOCKED BY THE CROWDS
BUT I’M COMING HOME TO YOU
I’VE BEEN BEATEN BY THE CLOWNS
I’VE SEEN SMILES TURN TO FROWNS
BUT I’M COMING HOME TO YOU
I NEEDED THE TIME TO FIND MYSELF
I SEARCHED EVERYWHERE
EVERY WHERE THAT I’VE LOOKED
YOUR FACE WAS ALWAYS THERE
I TOLD YOU I HAD TO GO
I SAID I NEEDED TO TRAVEL SOME ROADS
BUT I’M COMING HOME TO YOU
I TOLD MYSELF TO RUN AWAY
I TOLD MYSELF I COULDN’T STAY
NOW I’M COMING HOME TO YOU
BREAK
I NEEDED THE TIME TO FIND MYSELF
I SEARCHED EVERYWHERE
EVERY WHERE THAT I’VE LOOKED
YOUR FACE WAS ALWAYS THERE
I’VE GOTTEN LOST IN THE CLOUDS
I’VE BEEN SHOCKED BY THE CROWDS
BUT I’M COMING HOME TO YOU
© 2009 Kenneth B. Higney
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