Back on My Feet (Patty Keough)
Well I don't know about this gift you are giving
It comes and it goes
One minute it's a steel wall protecting me
Then it's gone just like a smoking ghost.
And I, I'm out here Drifting at sea
I don't if it's wrong I don't know it's right
But right now it is all about me.
Ya I've gotta get back on my feet again
I've gotta get myself back on dry land again I've just
Gotta get back on my feet again
Mmmmmm.
Now my heart and my soul are wide open
But I've bitten off a bit more than I can chew
The sword of Damocles and that pitted pendulum
is hanging over my head too.
And the morning delivery's a nightmare
There are demons in my mailbox.
The imps and enemies of the cause are sending me
Poison correspondence and I've
Gotta get back on my feet again
I've gotta get myself back on dry land again I've just
Gotta get back on my feet again
Mmmmmm.
So if I ask you to pick up an oar my friend
It's only because I can see that you can
It's that I am using you or I am abusing
The sweet priveledge of holding your hand
It's just hard, it's hard to see clearly
When the waters are rising so fast
I'd appreciate it if you can help me and my
Appreciation lasts and lasts and lasts but I've
Gotta get back on my feet again
I've gotta get myself back on dry land again I've just
Gotta get back on my feet again
Then I'll run by your side.
Dear Edith (Patty Keough)
Dear Edith, you know I told you not To go
But you went and now you know
Why I told you not To go
Dear Edith, you know he never cared for you
He only liked the view
And we all worried too
Love, it's not a game For you
So fragile and so innocent
So easily played
No love it's not a brand new pair of shoes
You can't just box it and return it and pretend
You never paid.
Dear Edith there's a whole world of other things
A whole box full of wings
A hole in your plan to mingle
Dear Edith if you need courage to get up there and sing
Or a friend to push your swing
Give me a call, yeah, I'm still single
Love, it's not a game For you
So fragile and so innocent
So easily played
No love it's a permanent tattoo
Nothing is the same again
Once the needle breaks the skin.
You know that some things just don't fade.
(EBDA) (EBDA) (EBDA) (EBDA) (DA) (DA) (DA) (DA)
E B D A
Well I noticed on my way to work this morning
E B D A
They were done laying down the street
E B D A
And a long black virgin ribbon
E B D A
Was running underneath my feet
E B D A
And the summer was just waking up
E B D A
And saying hello
E B D A
And a voice in my head unmistakably said
E B D A
If you're gonna to go girl now’s the time to go. And I wanted to
E B D A
Drive --- Till I reach the state line
E B D A
Drive --- Till I cross the border
E B D A
Somewhere between here and there
E B D A (D A) (D A) {D A}
I’m gonna find the answer
E B D A
Now I’m cruising down 95
E B D A
80 miles an hour or so
E B D A
And I’m buzzing by the countryside
E B D A
And it’s not quite ecological
E B D A
But you’re only gasoline away
E B D A
And numbers on the speedometer
E B D A
I could watch those miles going by all day
E B D A
Yeah hell we’re almost already there
E B D A
Drive --- Till I reach the state line
E B D A
Drive --- Till I cross the border
E B D A
Somewhere between here and there
E B D A (D A) (D A) {D A}
I’m gonna find the answer
E B D A
Now I know that plane is flying faster
E B D A
And I know that Greyhound is running cheaper
E B D A
And the boat and the train are supposed to be more romantic but I
D A E
I love the feel of the wheel in my hand
D A E
I love to pick and choose where I land
D A E
I love to stop and go where I can
D (no chord) A (no chord)
I want I can’t stop, you know my heart understands I’ve got to
E B D A
Drive --- Till I reach the state line
E B D A
Drive --- Till I cross the border
E B D A
Drive --- Till I reach the state line
E B D A
Drive --- Blow away another border and
E B D A
Somewhere between here and there, I’ve got
E B D A
Somewhere between here and there, I’m gonna
E B D A
Somewhere between here and there I’m gonna
E B D A
Drive --- Till I reach the state line
E B D A
Drive --- Until I kiss the border and
E B D A
Somewhere between here and there,
E B D A (D A) (D A) {D A} A
You know I’ll find the answers
Easter Sundae (Patty Keough)
I spent Easter Sunday with my toes in the sand
Thanking Jesus for washing me up on this dry land
I’ve spent 5 years out there lost on that water
Now don’t send your ships for me boys,
I’m a confirmed landlubber (lover)
(Chorus)
Now the voyage holds no promise
The open sea no mystery
I can all but guarantee
My wandering days are through
The city lights of Paris
The storms off Cape Hatteras
The aurora borealis don’t hold a cCandle to you
(Chorus)
So kiss me twice and tell me you love me
Tell me we’ll marry one month from today
How many times I’ve turned you down
The many times you’ve asked me
Ask me one more time my love and
Surely I will stay
(Chorus)
Going Down To Charleston (Patty Keough)
Going down to Charleston, gonna misbehave.
Going down to Charleston, on my list to misbehave.
Oh those southern boys in Charleston
Sure know how that game is played.
(Well they say things like)
“You are so luscious I could drink you like a fine wine”.
“You are so luscious I could drink you like a fine wine”.
I say boy just keep talking and you’ll be a friend of mine.
(break)
Conductor get this train moving, got some sun to catch
Yes get this train moving I got somebody’s son to catch.
Don’t worry mama, when I’m
Done with him I’ll send him back.
Going down to Charleston, gonna misbehave.
Going down to Charleston, it’s on my list to misbehave
Oh those southern boys in Charleston
Sure know how that game is played.
G D
Home, Home
Em C
In your arms I am home
G D
And I am safe and I am warm
G
I am home.
G D
Years upon years like
Em C
Layers of leaves waiting to be cleared
B7 Em A
I have been waiting here
G D G
For you.
Em C G
Surely the angels have heard my plea
D B7
Sympathized with my plight
Em C
For on this cold February night
B7 Em C A
I am wrapped up tight
G D G
And I am home, sweet home.
(Break)
Em C G
Surely the angels have heard my plea
D B7
Sympathized with my plight
Em C
For on this cold February night
B7 Em C A
I am wrapped up tight
G D G
And I am home, sweet home.
I love the boys, I love the men,
I love the silver-haired devils driving their Mercedes-Benz.
I love the geeks, the brains, the jocks and the toys.
I love the boys.
I love the boys, I love the men,
I love the out-of-work musicians with no money to spend.
I love 'em crashing through my window, banging my door,
Of my penthouse in Manhattan or my cottage by the shore,
I love the amens, the oms and the oys,
I love the boys.
Now you can hang your BVDs from my chandelier,
You can smoke your big cigars and have your poker parties here.
You can stay out all night, if you really want to.
But you won't cause I'll give you something to come home and
Slip into.
I love the boys, I love the men,
I love each and every one of them.
I love the pathos and the romance,
The pain and the joys,
I love the boys.
Each and every day if I can help it.
The only thing that's going to kill me is making a choice.
I love the boys.
_____________________
I Know You're Out There. Patty Keough
I know you're out there and I know you're wondering
If I've forgotten all about you with all this crazy stuff that's been happening
Well you've got yourself a point but it couldn't be further from the truth
No matter where you go i'll always be right here for you.
And oh I know the chance I'm taking
I know the road we're on and all the rules we're breaking
And oh how my hands are shaking
This could go so wrong
And when the morning comes I could
Wake up here all alone.
Break
Some things are better left unsaid
Some things are better left alone
I've never been the one to know
When to come on and when to go
I know you're out there and I know you're wondering
If I've forgotten all about you with all this crazy stuff that's been happening
Well you've got yourself a point but it couldn't be further from the truth
No matter what you do
No matter who you turn into
No matter where you go i'll always be right here for you.
Just One More (Patty Keough)
In the cold, gray,
Neon light of the night
It's easy to see
This will never work.
There's no way I
Can justify this,
There's no way this can
Turn out good.
So please love, don't
Set the flame to the candle
Cause I'd rather fall
From Grace here in
The dark.
Maybe that way God
Won't see my failure
Maybe that way I can
Save my heart.
One more time
One more chance
One more heart
Just one more.
No more pain
Victim of
Circumstance,
What would we give
For just one more.
Now I've been so
Baptized by the fire
I'm beginning to believe
I prefer the heat
In the salt and the sweat
Of pure desire,
It's getting hard for this sweet
Heart to compete.
But I'll try and I'll hold tight
To my convictions.
But if you're going to save me
David make it soon.
Because he's grown into a
Glorified temptation.
And resistance has never been
My strongest suit.
One more time
One more chance
One more heart
Just one more.
No more pain
Victim of
Circumstance,
What would we give
For just one more.
What would give
For just one more.
Like I Always Do
He was a fire-haired, corduroy-wearer
Spent the night with him and Anita in his car
A little more Conan O’Brien than Arnold Schwarzenegger
But when he kissed me I fell through the stars and
I fell hard and I fell deep
Like I always do
And he haunts me in my sleep
And still I wait for you
He was devil-may-care man with come hither in his eyes
And a golden ring around his finger
He offered nothing but flattering lies
And I desired him solely for his danger
I fell hard and I fell deep
Like I always do
And he haunts me in my sleep
And still I wait for you
--- break ---
He was a tall blonde-headed Irish boy from Arlington
I immediately decided to give chase
But he was in search of that holy grail of perfection
And I would have laid down and died just to have taken her place
I fell hard and I fell deep
Like I always do
And he haunts me in my sleep
And still I wait for you
Oooo bop bop oooo bop bop oooo bop bop bop bop bop
Oooo bop bop oooo bop bop oooo bop bop bop bop bop
(acapulco) Oooo bop bop oooo bop bop oooo bop bop bop bop bop
Missy's Birthday Song (PattyKeough)
We met an old man last night
So drunk he could hardly stand
Said we should be movie stars
And then he grabbed a cab.
Well we laughed until we cried
And then we went home early
Wishing as we said goodbye
The happiest of birthdays to Missy
And I know that I love you
And I know that you love me
And we’ll always be there for you
And you’ll always be there for me.
Now we love when they are watching us
Wondering just what it is
We always find to discuss
I’ll tell you now it’s just this
We talk about men and then
We talk about men and then
We talk about life and then
We talk about men again.
And I know that I love you
And I know that you love me
And we’ll always be there for you
And you’ll always be there for me.
(mando break through ½ verse)
When two of us start to fight
There’s two of us to stand behind
And make sure everything’s alright
While all of us start to cry
And I know that I love you
And I know that you love me
And we’ll always be there for you
And you’ll always be there for me.
And I know that I love you
And I know that you love me
And we’ll always be there for you
And you’ll always be there for me.
If I’m lucky, you’ll always be there...for me.
oooooo
Bury me in an old pine box
take a pull on the whiskey make the champaigne pop
Set the bar right up thre on top
Get the party started don't let it stop
Sing my songs, tattle my tales then
Hammer me to Heaven with those two penny nails.
Don't invite no squares don't admit no jerks
Don't want no weeping no wailing no waterworks
Just drink til you're drunk, laugh til it hurts
Dance til you lose your pants and your skirts
The good lord said it’s time to go
I said that’s ok with me you know
I’ve had a lot of good times, known a lot of good friends
But every soiree’s got to end
If you say it’s right I won’t say it’s wrong
Cuz life goes onand one and on
So my friends it's time for me to bid adieu
You know what you've gotta do
Catch up on your sleep, stock up on the booze
Take a day off, maybe too
Sing along to the this song
Cuz life is short so party long.
Bury me in an old pine box
take a pull on the whiskey make the Champaign pop
Set the bar right up there on top
Get the party started don't let it stop
Ya mourn me until the break of day
promise me boy you're gonna bury me that way
Ya mourn me until the break of day
Promise me boy you're gonna bury me that way
Ya rock and roll me to the grave
Promise me boy you're gonna bury me that way.
STOP
8 beats
Ramp it back up.
Leads for everyone
Push and Pull
Em C
You make me feel
G
Like the first crisp breath of winter
D
Like those diamond drifts of powder
Em C Em
Like the first sign of snow whispering by my window
Em C
Yeah you make me feel
G
Like I c ould step out on the ledge
D
And I could fly to the horizon
Em
On the mere suggestion of a dream
C
Ya you make me feel
G
D
you make me feel
Em
C
You make feel
G A B
Am C
An iceberg sailing slowly
G
By a lighthouse standing sentry
D
On a rocky coast of Maine
Am C
Slowly slipping into the sea
A B
Cooling and warming our pain, you make me
Em C G D 3x
4th time: Em C A B
(let chords ring)
Em C A B
The full moon tide
B
The rush inside
C# F#m F#m F#m F#m
The push and pull of this world.
Big King Bed
I got a big king bed with no king in it
Poor pitiful me
I got a big king bed with no king in it
I'm lonesome as a girl can be.
I've got that light in my eyes
But nobody to surprise
I've got a big king bed with no king in it
Won't somebody rescue me.
Now I miss that man I have to admit it
Loving every single night
But he was a big bad habit and I had to quit it
Since then I just haven't felt right.
So if you know of a man
Who's got some time on his hands.
I've got a big king bed with no king in it
Send him right on over to me.
Saratoga F
F
I've been thinking bout
Saratoga
Circumstances have brought it
To my mind.
And that small piece of
Life we spent together,
When you were mine
And it sure looks good
On paper
Parchment and gold.
But we weren't too good at
The bright work were we?
The "to have and to hold"
And I know they say
Time heals,
But I can tell you it doesn't,
I miss you more every year.
Now time gets a little crazy
Out here
Yeah time gets a little crazy
Out here, might not
Remember what you bother
Keeping track of it for
Out here living day to day
After the war.
Now I hear you've got a family.
I know you make a good dad.
I hope they help you to
Heal the holes in your heart
That you always had.
Me, I ain't found anybody.
You'd the first to say I'm just too
Crazy to keep them from
Running out that door.
Yeah we both know a whole
Lot about that
We both know a whole about
What that door is for.
Out here living day to day
Out here living day to day
To day to day to day.
Out here just
Getting by
After the war.
Tonight (Patty Keough)
Get in the car, turn on the radio
Just follow that star hanging low
Tell me a story, fill up my ears
Don't ask me any questions I can't hear you.
If you drive a while I'll close my eyes
Look I'm 15 again how time flies
Daddy makes me laugh, Momma always make me cry
But I look in the mirror and how my life shines.
I don't want to think tonight
I don't want to feel my life
I don't want to sleep, tonight.
Keep the wind in my hair, the lights just a blur along the street
I can almost bare it with these horses running under my feet
I've got no destination in mind, I didn't pack the map
I don't care where we land and I don't give a damn
If we ever get back.
Hold me in your arms you'll find no hesitation
My fear of being left broken hearted that now
Seems like a vacation.
Swallow me up whole and lie me down
Inside this spay and leave me as you found me
I'll disappear without a trace.
I don't want to think tonight
I don't want to feel my life
I don't want to sleep, tonight.
Watching the World (Patty Keough)
I know people,
They've done everything right.
They've done everything right all their lives.
They've got big houses, new cars and money in the bank,
And creditors who thank them for their trade.
Well me I'm out here gliding down the river,
Watching the world go by.
You'll find me out here somewhere in the middle,
And my how time does fly.
Now I've had chances,
But I've thrown them all away
And I've got absolutely no idea why.
I've been asked to dance by corporations,
Courted by success,
But I always turn and run away and hide.
Yeah, me I'm out here gliding down the river,
Watching the world go by.
You'll find me out here somewhere in the middle,
And my how time does fly.
Now sometimes I wish someone would throw me an oar.
I get tired of drifting from shore to shore.
Maybe I'm looking for a little bit more.
Now I don't know, if I'm wrong or if I'm right,
Who has the answers to it all.
All I know,
Is that when I lie my head down at night,
I drift gently over the falls.
And it's just like gliding slowing down the river,
Watching the world go by.
Yeah, you'll find me out here somewhere in the middle,
And my how time does fly.
Yeah, you'll find me out here somewhere in the middle,
And my how time does fly.
You Don't Sit at my Table
Phone it sits quiet in the cradle
Know it don’t come to the door
And you don’t sit at my table
No more, no more, no more.
You and I we were brothers
We were sisters too
Always one for the other
You for me and me for you
Now you’ll never know how much I loved you
And I’ll never know just where you’ve gone
But wondering’s the only thing that I can do
Til you decide to come home.
Mando break
Now I know some late, late evening
Probably call it closer to dawn
You will show at my window
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