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A PERFECTLY PLEASANT DAY music and lyrics by Michael Hynes
Just a fabulous night
A spring in my step was feeling right
It had been my lucky day
Outside a small café
I heard some music play
Thought I stop a while
To see what was cooking
So glad I did
The perfect cap to such a pleasant day
The band was swingin sweet
Tunes made you tap your feet
Everyone feelin good
Everyone in the mood to
Swing! lucky me
I found the place to cap my perfect day
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TIGHTROPE OF LIFE music and lyrics by Stanley Lake
Have a dance with romance
You'll be taking a chance
On the tightrope of life
How it goes no one knows
Nor will you if you don't just give
Romance a chance
We've been told just be bold
So grab hold you'll get sold
On the rush and the thrill
It will seem like a dream
So serene just believe in the
Roller coaster ride
So wake up each morning
To coffee and cream
Don't let darkness tarry
To long in your dreams
Just reach for the paper
And shout for the draper
To come and let sunhine
Carene
Have a dance with romance
You'll be taking a chance
On the tightrope of life
How it goes no one knows
Nor will you if you don't just give
Romance a chance
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FOLDING TIME music and lyrics by Michael Hynes
Seems it's time to go
I've had a swell stay
But gotta hit the road
Until we meet again
Tho we don't know if nor where nor when
I know it's triste
But for all of the laughs we'll miss
We have such fond memories
Always hard to say
Please cash in my chips
I'm gonna call it a day
But now that time is here
I'll just tip my hat and dissapear
But please don't be sad
Think of good times that we've had
All of those fond memories.
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BIG BAD MOMMA music and lyrics by Stanley Lake
You got money and I've got some wine
Let's get together and have us a time
You're a Big Bad Momma (big bad momma)
You're a Big Bad Momma (big bad momma)
And everytime you laugh
I just wanna cry
Your eyes are blue, your teeth are green
You don't seem to worry 'bout keepin yourself clean
You're a Big Bad Momma...
The other night we got in a fight
You took out your knife and I thought I'd lose my life
You're a Big Bad Momma...
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER music and lyrics by Stanley Lake
It isn't real hard to sing this song
But everytime she sings it it feels so wrong
The lyrics are great the music too
But instead of bein' happy it makes her blue
WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME ?
WHAT’S WRONG WITH HER ?
WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME ?
WHAT’S WRONG WITH HER ?
WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME ?
WHAT’S WRONG WITH HER ?
I've always got the blues
Oh yeh she's always got the blues
She was walkin' outside just the other day
Boys would say Hello but she had nothing to say
The day was sunny, bright and cool
Yet she brought her umbrella, she wouldn't be fooled
WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME ?...
Thoughts inside her head are so brilliant and clear
But when she says them loud they fill us with fear
People seem to want to hear the things she has to say
But everytime she talks people walk away
WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME ?...
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06. 10 Main (m.hynes)
05:06
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10 MAIN music and lyrics by Michael Hynes
I've got something you should hear
Here just softly in your ear, my Dear
Nothing deep, nothing grand,
Just I love you my Dear
And I always will each and every day
It's all that I want to say my Dear
When you're gone just feels wrong
I just love you my Dear
And I always will
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07. Deja Vu (m.hynes)
03:25
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DEJA VUE music and lyrics by Michael Hynes
How funny this moment
A curious feeling of deja vue
You standing near to me
Me happy reliving
That fabulous space
Where I've always been
Or so it seems
Or in some dream
This feelin' is fadin'
I realize now that we've never met
I mean to say
Not yet
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08. Cigarette (s.lake)
02:44
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CIGARETTE music and lyrics by Stanley Lake
Give up that candy coated nicotine gum
Have a cigarette, have a cigarette
Don't even think about suckin' your thumb
Have a cigarette...
You can stop smokin, but you'll just start to overeat
Life may be lousy, but you can make it really sweet
You know you feel like hell, and that ain't swell, that ain't swell
Have a cigarette...
Lalalala...
Put on your sunday hat, and leave your flat
Have a cigarette...
Life's a short run and you need, to have some fun
Have a cigarette...
Getting rid of pleasures, is always kinda dumb
Just have a smoke, and get it done, get it done
You won't ever die, all that stuff is just a lie
Have a cigarette...
Lalalala...
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OH SHE'S DYING music and lyrics by Stanley Lake
Requiem, Requiem
OH SHE’S DYING
IT’S A TERRIBLE SIGHT
IT’S TAKING SO LONG
WHAT’S PROLONGING HER LIFE
WE’RE ALL HERE WATCHING
AS SHE STRUGGLES TO BREATHE
WE’VE STARTED CRYING
THIS IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE
WE’VE CALLED THE DOCTOR
AND HE CAME IN A FLASH
WE HAD ONE QUESTION
WE WERE AFRAID TO ASK
WE ASKED HIM HOW LONG
BEFORE SHE WOULD CRASH
HE SAID HE DIDN’T KNOW
AND THAT HE NEEDED HIS CASH
Requiem, Requiem
OH YES SHE’S DYING
IT’S A TERRIBLE SIGHT
OH YES SHE’S DYING
SHE’S FILLED US WITH FRIGHT
OH YES SHE’S DYING
IT’S HER TIME TO GO
OH YES SHE’S DYING
IT’S GOING SO SLOW
SHE SO DESERVING
OF A BURIAL PLOT
BUT WHEN WE FOUND OUT
THAT THEY ALL COST A LOT
WE’D THOUGHT SHE’D LIKE IT
AND HAVE A LOT MORE FUN
IF WE TOOK HER
TO THE CREMATORIUM
Requiem, Requiem
OH YES SHE’S DYING
IT’S A TERRIBLE SIGHT
OH YES SHE’S DYING
SHE’S FILLED US WITH FRIGHT
OH YES SHE’S DYING
IT’S HER TIME TO GO
OH YES SHE’S DYING
IT’S GOING SO SLOW
SHE’S FILLED US WITH FRIGHT
OH YES SHE’S DYING
IT’S HER TIME TO GO
OH YES SHE’S DYING
IT’S GOING SO SLOW
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A SIMPLE MESSAGE music and lyrics by Michael Hynes
Want to tell you secrets
Hidden away in my heart dear
My heart dear
It's been so long love
So long since I've felt free talking to you
Telling you things that I've locked away for so long
Tell you all my wishes
The hopes and dreams in my soul dear
My soul dear
Telling you things dear
Freedom, I can't believe talking to you
Secrets I share that I've locked away for so long
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11. Mayday (m.hynes)
04:32
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MAYDAY music and lyrics by Michael Hynes
Clear or cloudy, calm his face to me
Clear or cloudy, calm his face to me
Smiling just like, a midday in May
Sky blue blan-ket
Clear or cloudy, calm his face to me
Heart his like June, a pre summer day
Heart his like June, a pre summer day
No clouds of doubt, just light and sweet breeze
His trust no doubt
Heart his like June, a pre summer day
Life and growing, always will be yours
Life and growing, always will be yours
Summer sweet love, healing in its sowing
Sowing sweet love
Live and growing, always will be yours
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TWO IN THREE music and lyrics by Michael Hynes
When we are dancing
Deep in romance,
And we seem to be all alone together
The music takes us away to
Our special world,
In love
So let us keep dancing
Never stop dancing
My love
Lyric and classic
All the nights magic,
With hearts so entwined
When waltzing together,
There is no other thing that we need
My love
And we keep on dancing
Two of us dancing
My love
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IS THIS THE SONG music and lyrics by Stanley Lake
IS THIS THE SONG THAT EVERYBODY SINGS
WHEN THEY ARE HAPPY OR SAD
WELL WELL WELL I DON'T KNOW
WELL WELL WELL I DON'T KNOW
IS THIS THE SONG THAT EVERYBODY PLAYS
WHEN THEY HAVE NOTHIN TO SAY
WELL WELL WELL I DON'T KNOW...
LATE AT NIGHT WHEN I'M FEELIN THE BLUES
I'LL GET OUTTA BED AND PUT ON MY SHOES
SHAKE MY HEAD AND TURN AROUND
I'LL DANCE THE NIGHT A WAY
WELL WELL WELL I DON'T KNOW...
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THIS SONG I’M SINGIN
DON’T REALLY KNOW THIS SONG I’M SINGIN
WELL WELL WELL I DON'T KNOW...
I FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT THE PIANO PLAYERS PLAYIN'
ALL THOSE NOTES GET MY BODY SWAYIN'
WELL WELL WELL I DON'T KNOW...
ALL THESE NOTES MAKE ME FEEL SO LAZY
CAN’T STOP MY BODY FROM GOIN' CRAZY
LOOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW EVERYTHING IS HAZY
DANCE AROUND LIKE NOTHING CAN FAZE ME
I'LL DANCE THE NIGHT A WAY
WELL WELL WELL I DON'T KNOW...
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A NOTE FOR SUNDAY music and lyrics by Michael Hynes
A simple note to tell you Dear
I thought of you today
Of that time we spent
Down Camden way
I still can feel
How our hands were entwined
And your heart beat racing
Just like mine
When we danced, when we drank,
When we kissed, when we sang,
For one night we were new
You and I all we new
So I wonder if
You've found love and its true
On this Sunday morning
Thinking of you.
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ETERNAL SORROWS music and lyrics by Stanley Lake
In the Evening by the window
Light is fading peaceful moments
Then the thunder distant rumblings
Looking inward my heart heavy
Something moving without shadows
Deep within me sorrows hidden
Loss of loved ones not forgotten
Peacefulness is not at hand
All these passings to tomorrows
Windless sunsets always fading
Rain and snow are liquid blankets
Sometimes keeping cold at bay
Heart yearns for your soft caresses
Smiles and laughs and words unspoken
Mem'ries of all things gone by
And mem'ries of eternal passings
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SHE WASN'T MUCH TO LOOK AT music and lyrics by Stanley Lake
She wasn't much to look at
Couldn't see herself past noon
Without her drink of rum and coke
Her world seemed like a sad sad joke
Her brother Bobby Grissom
Was servin' time in prison
Her mom was gone, her babies too
What was there for her to do
The sands were shifting, light was bending
Doors stayed closed, her breath suspending
Hapless Days led to tomorrows
All she felt was dust and sorrows
God she said I'm so abandoned
I'm left alone, I feel upended
My blues paraded in a row
My heart is dead nor will it grow
She wasn't much to look at...
She wasn't much to look at...
Couldn't see herself past noon
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BILLY IS A BAD BOY music and lyrics by Stanley Lake
BILLY IS A BAD BOY
AND EVERYTHING HE DID MADE THE GIRLS SO GLAD
… HAPPY
BILLY IS A BAD BOY
BUT OFTEN WHAT HE DID MADE US OH SO MAD
…BOO HOO
HE’D BE WALKIN' DOWN THE STREET
MOVIN' HIS HIPS AND MOVIN' HIS FEET
THE GIRLS WOULD TRY TO GET IN HIS WAY AND SAY
BILLY, BILLY, BILLY
WON’T YOU COME HOME AND PLAY
WITH ME, WITH ME , WITH ME -NO-NO
WITH ME, WITH ME , WITH US ….AHHHHH
BILLY IS A BAD BOY
AND EVERYTHING HE DID WAS RADICAL
…RADICAL
BILLY IS A BAD BOY
HE’D BE ALWAYS PUTTIN ON A SHOW
...BAD BAD BILLY, BAD BAD BILLY, BAD BAD BILLY
GIRLS WOULD SCREAM AT HIM WITH DELIGHT
WHEN THEY’D SEE HIM OUT AT NIGHT
HE’D JUST WINK AND TOSS THEM A SMILE
TELL THEM THEY’D NEED TO WAIT AWHILE
THEY WERE ALL LINED UP…
...CAUSE HE WAS OH SO BAD
THEY WERE ALL LINED UP
...CAUSE HE WAS OH SO BAD
BILLY IS A BAD BOY
AND EVERYTHING HE DID WAS TRAGICAL
…TRAGICAL
BILLY IS A BAD BOY
BUT OFTEN WHAT HE DID WAS MAGICAL
...MAGICAL
HE’D BE OUT ON THE TOWN LATE AT NIGHT
LOOKIN' TO HIS LEFT AND LOOKIN' TO HIS RIGHT
HE’D LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD AS IF HE HAD NO CARES
BUT EVERYONE ELSE WAS SO AWARE
THAT HIS LIFE WAS SAD
...CAUSE HE WAS OH SO BAD
THAT HIS LIFE WAS SAD
...CAUSE HE WAS OH SO BAD
BILLY IS A BAD BOY !
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