Monthly Archives: March 2006

She couldn’t keep from cheatin’ — she never did stop lying [Baby Was a Friend of Mine]

Baby was a friend of mine...

previous AYoS version

Baby Was a Friend of Mine

the first time I saw her
I knew it was too late
a shadow fell across my soul
I asked her for a date

Baby was a pistol
way too hot to hold
baby was a big mistake
some things you cant be told

but baby
was a friend of mine
baby was a friend of mine
she couldn’t keep from cheating
she never did stop lying
but baby was a friend of mine

Now, Baby drove me crazy
for almost seven years
then she drove away one day
with a repo-man from Sears

I found her in a Motel Six
out in San Berdoo
she was watching Lucy re-runs
and sniffing airplane glue

but baby
was a friend of mine…

Now the last time I saw her
she said that it was fate
I thought for sure you’d save me
(she) said as she turned away

I thought i saw a tear
slide across her face
I thought I saw forever
just as it slipped away

but baby
was a friend of mine
baby was a friend of mine
she couldn’t keep from cheating
she never did stop lying
but baby was a friend of mine

(C)1992, TK Major

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A betrayal of Biblical proportions [Burning and Bitter]

Burning and bitter

It’s all in the backstory, babe.

You’d think this song was about a betrayal of Biblical proportions, a temptress so demonic, yet so enticing as to destroy any fool with the temerity to cast a glance her way.

But as I pointed out when I posted a much different (and essentially somewhat silly) version back on December 4th, the young woman I had recently broken up with when I wrote this song was a sweet and level-headed mother of two young girls who simply wanted me to decide what I wanted. When I wouldn’t — or couldn’t — give her an answer, she moved on.

But I was a dumb ass kid, a few years younger than her, a crummy job but big dreams of adventure. The last thing on earth I thought I wanted was responsibility.

Story of my life.

previous AYoS version (Dec 4)

Burning and Bitter

Burning and bitter
are my thoughts tonight
I can taste the poison
of the lies I heard tonight
I have seen my soul
like the falcon
you gunned down in flight
You’re a sorceress
you’re a temptress
but you’re oh
so sweet in the night

(C)1975 TK Major

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I gave up forever… I gave up tomorrow for good [Scrapin’ the Bottom of Yesterday’s Bucket Again]

Scrapin' the Bottom of Yesterday's Barrel, Again

 

 

I gave up forever
I gave up tomorrow for good
I gave up thinkin’ I could
pull it together
I never could

previous AYoS version [Jan 4]

Scrapin’ the Bottom of Yesterday’s Bucket Again

Well I’m scraping the bottom
of yesterday’s bucket again
I wore out my memories
and then I just played them to shreds
I’ll spend my tomorrows
my head bent in sorrow
my heart torn with pain and regret
And all the same
it’s my same old refrain:
I swear I won’t
begin again

and everyone says
just put it to bed
it all worked out for the best
but how could they know
that I love you so
and I won’t stop til I’m dead

I gave up forever
I gave up tomorrow for good
I gave up thinkin’ I could
pull it together
I never could

I gave up on new love
I gave up on hope
I gave up on faith
but never on ghosts
And I gave up thinkin’
I could ever begin again
I won’t begin again

(C)2000, TK Major

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Nothing means nothing anymore… except those kids [JoZynn]

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3 little babies down on the floor
2 scared 2 cry
1 thing for sure
Nothing means nothing anymore
except those kids

My use of the phrase “Nothing means nothing anymore” is a tribute to the great early LA punk songwriter Randy Stodola, of the Alleycats.

previous AYoS version [Dec 8]

Jozynn Jozynn

Jozynn Jozynn
Jozynn Jozynn
look at the mess that you’re leaving me in
Jozynn Jozynn

Jozynn Jozynn
all is forgiven
come back again

3 little babies down on the floor
2 scared 2 cry
1 thing for sure
Nothing means nothing anymore
except those kids
Jozynn Jozynn

Jozynn Jozynn…

All this time you been away
it’s nothing to me
it’s just be a day
if you just come back again
Jozynn

Jozynn Jozynn…

3 lonely kids
1 angry man
2 hurt 2 cry
for God’s sake woman there’s
a million things
you’ll never understand
Jozynn Jozynn

Jozynn Jozynn
Jozynn Jozynn
look at the mess that you’re leaving me in
Jozynn Jozynn

(C)1996, TK Major

 

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