February 14th, 2014
Easy Way Out
Why do you always take the easy way out, Chloe? You were not born with a silver spoon in your mouth. You know some people who work so hard it seems. They’re rich and poor and everywhere in between, but that’s not you, you get by with as much as you can. But you’ve been lucky you’ve been lucky in love, the kind of love that the world needs more of. You’ve had much more than your share of so fine sublime design, how can I make you mind? It’s time you came about. Don’t always take the easy way out. Why do you always take the long way to school, Chloe? You seem to want to stand by and look on from the sideline. You know some people who work hard all the time, but you don’t have to and it’s not a crime. Just do all that you need for your own peace of mind. You feel the power of a woman in love. It fills you up and it’s much more than enough to keep you going when around you they fall. But can you tell me, why don’t you give it all? (chorus)
Power Of Suggestion
The trouble with true love is it never runs smooth. That swept away feeling is too good to be true. The power of suggestion tends to weigh on my mind. How long how long how long will she really be mine? The power of suggestion can’t be denied. Don’t put those words in my mouth. The power of suggestion, sometimes it lies, and there’s only one way to find out. The trouble with passion is when it’s not shared. In one or the other the feel ing’s not there. The power of sugges tion says that all is not well when love when love when love goes from heaven to hell, (chorus). The trouble with going together is when you break up, so you better be good to each other, know when to keep your big mouth shut. The power of sug gestion might just be hot air. How long how long how long will my new love be there? (chorus)
Swinging Fool
If I could swing with you I’d swing like on a star, cause you are someone who could take me very far. I find myself on high on some extended cool, me myself and I, I’m just a swinging fool. I’ll be a fool for you, I’ve been there before. That door I just came through is a revolving door. But you can’t put me out if you don’t let me in, all I want to do right now is to swing and spin — So is that really you? I can’t believe my eyes. You said that we were through, now we’re back on cloud nine. I nev er could predict a single thing you’d do. For now we’ve got it licked — I’m just a swinging fool, (chorus)
The Curve
Over and over and over again on the merry-go-round. Old becomes new orange and yellow turn blue and the twilight comes on. Over and over and over again love is lost love is found. Know when you pray that there will come a day when the darkness is gone.
In the moment you know she is gone comes the freedom of release from tunnel vision. If you can turn the cor ner if you live that long, find the curve your life is, curve your life is riding on. (chorus) When the feel ings that you meant to say turn out all wrong, and it really doesn’t mat ter when it’s said and done. If you just take the high road you can move along. Find the curve your life is, curve your life is running on. (chorus) Because we’re going around the curve again, going around the curve. Going around the curve my friend, going around the curve.
Pretty Smart Cookie
She’s a pretty smart cookie in a gin gerbread house. She’s a pretty smart cookie looking down in the mouth. She better get ready to do the job on her own. She — you know she already knows about the ozone. The lady isn’t really sure about the sea son. You bring the wine Saint Valentine. The lady isn’t really sure about the reason. Same pal of mine pantomime walk the line all the time entwine. Do the job on her own you know she can do the job on her own pretty smart cookie. — She’s a pretty smart cookie baking late in the night. She’s a pretty smart cookie — a baker’s dozen delight.
Underwater
Beautiful fish on a clear day waves to me from a wave. White is my col or I am brave and the water calls me far away from wondering ’bout my grave. I must be just crazy to breathe this way. Fins and shadows I should swim away underwater. — Just before early I steal away to write down what the sleep people say. All night I dream and then all day fathoms deep in the Caspian Sea and in an Arctic bay. (chorus)
How To Marry A Millionaire
Take a little walk around the city. Don’t forget your bodyguard. You know it’s a pity you don’t have to try very hard. You were just a small town girl when he made you his manager, Duchess to his Duke of Earl and a diamond fancier. Tell me now how to marry a millionaire from lowbrow to highbrow how to marry a millionaire. Somehow you knew how to marry a millionaire and now you thought you would have a love affair — In a whirlwind Riviera it was beyond compare we had the days in the marina we had the nights of a millionaire. Got a lot of mink up in the attic, got the service and the Silver Ghost — You don’t have to tell me who you love the most. But now you know about love in the heart of the underground — So many ways to make love just keep coming around, (chorus)
Insomnia
Do you suffer from insomnia? All you think about is that beautiful sleep that won’t come to your hyper active mind. Do you suffer from insomnia? Counting lovers like sheep as you worship in vain at the altar of some ideal repose. Call me insomniac. You won’t catch me with your surprise attack. I watch the city lights turning on and turning off again. Do you suffer from insomnia? Stupid songs and rhymes run around and around and you want so to shut them out of your mind. Famous people with insomnia -George Washington never slept here not a wink he was much too preoc cupied with a toothache, (chorus) Is this insomnia for keeps? I feel like some machine. What I would give for forty winks would wipe my wallet clean. Is this insomnia my fate for the lovers that I’ve failed? There must be some way to escape before it’s too late. Famous people with insomnia- Neanderthal Man was wide awake at the dawning of civilization. Do you suf fer from insomnia? Or do you take Sominex tonight and sleep safe and restful sleep sleep sleep?
Girl’s In France
Food fight at the market. He said she said please. Tiny shiny monuments of emotion just flapping in the breeze — As she walked down the aisle could that be a secret smile? She’s gone wild. Love the way that child is a honky redeemer taking us to the cleaners talking about the teardown Daddy gonna wear you down. On the Miracle Mile we can feed our crocodiles. She’s stark rav ing mad thought that she’d been had by the head in a wringer. We should have seen the danger, been a little kinder and taken the time to make the change. I hear the thunder of walls as they crash around us in our Jericho. Now it’s too late to be sorry and yearn for the glory that was our Rome. We’d like to make our catastrophe run for the money of everyone. When we get angry and blot out the sun. You stomp your foot and the kingdom goes down. Up in smoke. Like a caterpillar joke like the fail of it ail and it never looked so small as it did in the canyon; canyon belonging to mountains waiting for a companion beneath the sea. Now the girl’s in France cause she got another chance and she’s just out of reach walking down the beach after the disaster. The kid was a martyr and she was faster than she thought she could be. (chorus)
Six Ways To Get Blasted
I took my baby on the shoo-fly-shoo choo-choo from Chattanooga down to Baton Rouge. She said I thank you for the riding crop, But stop this train cause I want to get off .She had him hiding in the Motel Six. The one where you can rent them blue-light flicks. Around the corner I saw more than enough to know my little joy ride was up. Better cut the losses Boys, it was fun while it lasted. Double-crossing crossfire- six ways to get blasted. Don’t you lie to me. Don’t you lie to me. Don’t lie to me don’t lie to me don’t lie to me don’t you lie to me. I asked my uncle lean ing on the fence: is this love worth as much as fifty cents? He said sometimes it’s best you roll with the punch, and maybe not ask questions so much. I see so that’s it now she’s got you too. It’s all I can do not to boo-hoo beaucoup, and if she hadn’t been all paving my way, I might have had a few more choice things to say. Better cut my losses Roy say it was fun while it lasted and etcetera.
Two-Time City
Baby I caught you cheating, you must have thought I was blind. Isn’t that misbehaving of your mind? Caught you in two-time city, thought you were sitting pretty, but now were gonna let the punishment fit the crime, in two-time city. Baby you told me I was your thrill of the week. Laying those kisses on me knocked me right off my feet. Thought we fit like a glove, thought we were falling in love, but who was that stranger sitting in my seat? In two-time city — there was a stranger in my seat. I’ve had a lot of practice falling in and out of love in my dreams, but in real life you know it’s different it seems. The night drags on and on, the clock is ticking so loud, I toss and turn from side to side I want to get out of this city. Baby why don’t you quit it — constantly shifting gears. This back and forth routine has got me laughing through my tears. One day something, next day nothing, but I’m still leading your cheers in two-time city.
Back To The Other Side
Hello Hello — Goodbye Goodbye, just came in, now it’s time to fly back to the other side of this life. W worked the room, we laughed and cried, don’t want to go, used up my time back to the other side of this life. I’m sorry but I really must be going now. We had some fun, had a blast, you can’t go home again to the past, back to the other side of this life.