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

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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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Watch the sky go around… [Emily]

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Emily [alternate version]

The version of Emily below borders on punk folk, at least in relation to how I normally play the song. This version is faster, edgier, looser… but it’s still fingerpicked, midtempo. The neofauvist angle is more in the abandon of the vocals (translation: once again I throw aside my first GF’s admonition that Effort is a sign of incomplete mastery.)

EMILY

On a lake
the faded yellow row boat
drifts in lazy circles
while I fall in love with you

Emily Emily
watch the sky go around
Emily Emily
watch the sky

Willows weep
tears melt in cool water
your white cotton dress
you warm brown legs
your deep green eyes
Emily

Emily Emily
watch the sky go around
Emily Emily
watch the sky

(C)1982, TK Major

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War on Alcohol [Another Dead Soldier (in My War on Alcohol)]

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War on Alcohol

 

 

I lay awake at night, baby
but it ain’t because of you
I’m just listening to the plaster crack
and the clock tick in the next guy’s room…

ANOTHER DEAD SOLDIER (IN THE WAR ON ALCOHOL)

Woke up this morning
wondering about last night
kinda think I coulda took some drink
but my memory just don’t serve me right

Now the last thing I remember
You were walking out the door
My hand reached for the bottle
and then there ain’t no more

Just another dead soldier
in the war on alcohol
put him with his brothers
line ’em up against the wall

Just another dead soldier
in my war on alcohol
I won’t be satisfied
til I’ve killed them all

I lay awake at night, baby
but it ain’t because of you
I’m just listening to the plaster crack
and the clock tick in the next guy’s room

You’re just a blue recollection
but that ain’t nothing new
I’m gonna drown than memory
it’ll be the last thing I do

Copyright 1982, T.K. Major

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