SONGS I WROTE OR AM WRITING
Little Truth
Friend of Mine
Tuesday
I Love You But You Suck
It Takes Two- the mashup
Can I take a picture
Oh No
It Aint Right
Empty Handed
Imaginary Love
When I Dream
Fresh Prince of Bell Air cover
You Bring Me Down
I Love You, But You Suck
Funny Thing About
The riff of finger rolls
Holly
Life is Strange
Who's That Knocking (It Aint Right)
Oh Osama
Dear John, This is my Revenge
Baby You Know It's True- The President Song
Jesus Made Me Drop the Football
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Tuesday
when you're poor and there's nowhere to go and there's noone that you know that you can talk to
life is hard
it's really hard
when you're poor and bill collectors are knocking at your door making demands
life is hard
it's really hard
It's gonna be till tuesday
till I get paid
I just stare out my window
still it was a pretty good day
when you're poor and you're all alone and there's nothing in your head
but worries
life is hard
it's pretty hard
sometimes I feel so good inside
I don't know why I feel so good
sometimes I feel so good inside
I don't know why I feel so good
and I wanna let you in but I can't.
VERSE
C riff C riff
F riff stop F riff stop
C riff C riff
F riff stop F riff stop.
BRIDGE
Am riff F
C riff G
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I Love You But You Suck
It Takes Two- the mashup
Can I take a picture- Dear John
Oh No
It Aint Right
Empty Handed
Imaginary Love
When I Dream
Fresh Prince of Bell Air cover
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Tuesday
when you're poor and there's nowhere to go and there's noone that you know that you can talk to
life is hard
it's really hard
when you're poor and bill collectors are knocking at your door making demands
life is hard
it's really hard
It's gonna be till tuesday
till I get paid
I just stare out my window
still it was a pretty good day
when you're poor and you're all alone and there's nothing in your head
but worries
life is hard
it's pretty hard
sometimes I feel so good inside
I don't know why I feel so good
sometimes I feel so good inside
I don't know why I feel so good
and I wanna let you in but I can't.
VERSE
C riff C riff
F riff stop F riff stop
C riff C riff
F riff stop F riff stop.
BRIDGE
Am riff F
C riff G
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Funny Thing About
A E B E
well I used to be
walking backwards
well i used to be
wasting my time
well I used to be
someone who could tell a good story
well i used to be
a good friend of mine
I had a girl,
who really loved me
I had a girl
who treated me kind
She was gentle
and tender
and lovely
The trouble was she was
out of her mind
She thought that life had been scripted by Disney
kept looking for angels
watching the skies
She liked to talk about where we would be when we were 80
now I'm 23
ain't this a surprise
Funny thing about love that some people tend to forget
funny thing about love is
someday you come to the end of it
E E E E E E E E E E E C#m B
I went to this graveyard
looking for ghosts
I never found one
but I came pretty close
I stumbled onto this tombstone
I almost fled
I stumbled onto this tombstone
and this is what it read
it read
funny thing about life that some people tend to forget
funny thing about life is
someday you come
Im a musician
play all the time
when I pick up a guitar
all thoughts leave my mind
If i do it right
the people scream and shout
if I play real good
they have something to talk about
funny thing about a song that
some people tend to forget
funny thing aobut a song is
someday you come
to the end of it
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I wish you well
a guy lights up a cigarette
and somebody says
"you shouldn't"
it'll shorten your life seven minutes a smoke
its no good man
that's no joke
have you heard about the stuff they add
chemicals nitrates
aluminum sulfate
save the money for your fix
put it in a jar it will add up quick
the first man takes a look at him and he laughs,
he says
fuck you buddy I didn't ask.
d a eminor
But I wish you well
on your slow road to hell
and you know you never can tell
you never can
Guy pulls into McDonalds
girlfriend is in the car
he pulls up to the speakerphone
just in time to hear to hear his girlfriend groan
I cant believe you like that stuff
don't you know what it's made of
heart disease
clogged arteries
super sized fries at mickey ds
special sauce sure tastes nice
on low grade beef at low low price
boy you better take care of yourself
or I'm gonna find someone else
the boy says sorry you feel that way
get out of my car
have a nice day
8 pm on a tuesday night
man in a three piece suit
is hard at work on his oak topped desk
waiting for the day that he gets to rest
he wonders if his capital gains
will still make money if the interest rates change
he knows a lot about marginal cost
but he'll never know what he lost
a janitor in the same place
works a 12 hour shift with a smile on his face
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The riff of finger rolls
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Holly
G walk Bm Am Dm
I've been trying to get to you
for so long
for so long
and it went so wrong
Well I keep moving on
I keep moving on
I keep moving on
Well now you're here
you're so close
so close
and what happens next
everyone will know
everyone will know
B section
Am Am/G Am/F# x3
Em C D
C section
Arpeggios
And I know
I know
I'm one of the lucky ones
When you're here
it's clear
I'm one of the lucky ones
When you go,
I'll know
I'm one of the lucky ones
I'm one of the lucky ones
G D/F# Em C
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The Laura Song
Well I'm not the kind of guy
who'd fit in well in fairy tales
I'm unambitious unromantic young white male
I like sports on the radio
I like them on tv
I think the designated hitter is a tragedy
I've got hair on my knuckles
my forehead's low and sloped
I think Lady Luck met Mr Right
And both of them eloped
They took a trip to Mexico
With Santa and his elves
And left us here to fend for ourselves
Then you came
into my life
like a dark room
surprised by light
I had everything figured
now I've gotta think twice
I never knew that being wrong
could feel this nice
Write me a love song
sing me a refrain
tell me I'm perfect
swear you'll never change
I can't do that
But this I'll do
Every night when I start to dream
I'll dream of you
I remember that morning
I was nervous and distracted
I got dizzy from your gravity
and quickly reacted.......
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Friend of Mine
You said never go to a supermarket hungry
Never go to a shopping mall
with a pocket full of money
You said honesty gets ugly
so lets not make it ugly
I was a bull locked in a store
full of quiet
pretty things I could not afford
You gave me a look that said
you break it
you buy it
And maybe I did
And maybe I did
I shouldn't have done those things I did
You were so amused
that I was so confused
and I'm still confused
You said that you easily bruise
so I'd better never lie to you
And maybe I did
maybe I did
I shouldn't have done those things I did
But if you see my name
somewhere down the line
I hope you'll say
He was a friend of mine
G Am C D
Bm C
Bm C
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
C walk down
(Attempts at more lyrics)
We wandered the streets
trying to get lost
experience ain't cheap
but it seemed a reasonable cost
verse 5 should start with I said
I said
try to leave your front door open
never teach unless you're asked
you said
if you fall and nothings broken
don't forget to laugh
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Empty Handed
C#m F#
Across a table
over silverware
we converse like a tennis match
I've got an untucked shirt
and a baseball cap
I'm wearing ripped jeans
which I patched
You talk about investments
dividends and real estate
you're ex boyfriend works on the exchange
you won't buy anything
that isn't new and improved
or at least repainted and renamed
Instrumental for a bit
You say that you
want a man
who's handsome and rich
one who knows about the dinner fork
and the salad fork
Never forgets which is which
PRE CHORUS:
E B
I think you should know
Just one thing before I go
you should know
CHORUS: C#m F# B E A
You wont ever
Understand
I'm not ever gonna be
your kind of man
so you're gonna have to go home
empty handed
Verse 2:
You talk for hours on the telephone
sometimes you dream about wild horses
you munch on salad
and I sip upon a beer
Then we change courses
I don't mention my occupation
it's pretty clear you work in sales
then a waiter comes and interrupts the conversation
and you say it never fails
STOPS SECTION
I'm not normal
Imagine that
And I suspect I know what normal thinks of me
I'm not normal. Imagine that.
But you could never be exceptional like me (THIS IS AN AWFUL LYRIC. IT ALIENATES.)
But I think you should know
just one thing before I go
you should know
You wont ever
understand
I aint ever gonna be your kind of man
but you're gonna have to go home
empty handed
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And you awake surprised to find the world
had stopped spinning in its customary way
suddently it seems
that in this dream
you've been playing a villain
sad to say
the crossswalk
seems like a crossfire
and you're facing a firing line
of disappointed faces
a list of past disgraces
you're biting your nails
you're biting your tongue
you're coming unglued
you're coming undone
CHORUS
you believed
that you could do as you pleased
and you expected
to bring the world to its knees
you were wrong
and how
you were wrong
but you can laugh about it now
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HOLLYWOOD
There I go again
staring above me
looking for falling stars
holy ghosts and lost puppies
walking the city
completely unguarded
I used to have an invisible friend
but he departed
I'd like to give up my wallet
my name and my face
at night this city
is such a dark place
I'm looking at street signs
looking for glory
looking for a charming way
to tell this story
They say look but dont stare
they say stare but don't touch
I'm not inclined to care
but I don't expect much
(AFTER THE FIRST OR SECOND VERSE)
Every good program has at least one character
that doesn't give a fuck about what people say
somebody call a casting director and
have him send a couple leading ladies my way
hey hey hey
what can I say
I'm feeling pretty hollywood
inexplicably pretty good
today
california sun
in a smog grey sky
i like my steak barely done
and my martinis dru
I woke up in a strange place
next to a strange woman
with a strange face
and it wasn't you
what's a boy to do?
You have to wear shades when you're staring at the stars
and you can go and see them hanging out in the graveyards
the young and the strange are drinking champagne
waiting for the telephone to ring
they had to give up everything
they have to give up everything
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Life is Strange
I've got a head full of songs
and a heart full of stars
ive got this busy schedule
Ive got these empty arms
Ive got big dreams
and you aint in em
I've got moves
and I've got rhythm
I've got a ticket on a southbound train
life is grand
and life is strange
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Who's that knocking
define terms:
riff 1: aminor7, d7, aminor7
riff 2: c7 d7 c7 d7
it aint right
to treat me like you do (repeated)
I aint right to treat me like you do
but you do
it ain't right
that this keep going on
It aint right
that this keeps going on
It aint right
but I like being wrong
New section:
I ain't trying to sleep
you can stay if you wanna
I ain't trying to sleep
you can play if you wanna
I ain't trying to sleep
you can stay if you wanna
I ain't trying to sleep but I'm really gonna
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FRAGMENTS
Turn the radio up
I want it loud
I've got something that could
gather a crowd
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I saw what I think
and I drink what I like
and I plan to do both on this Friday night
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when I took a look at you I knew you really wanted to dance
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OLD TIME RELIGION
My coffee's tasting weak all've a sudden
the sun is sinking down
the lights are going out by the dozen
people gather round
i must have gotten into some trouble
my head is pounding once again
seems like a good time to tell you a story
about the shape I'm in
cause she's gone
she's gone
she's gone
and I've got to keep moving
Long time ago
in a foreign land
there lived a crazy man
he said he ways the father's son
but was he the only one?
here's the crazy thing
he told the rich to sell their things
and give the money to the poor
that is what they killed him for
now i don't know
if what they say is true
but i know
what I'm gonna do
that's why I'm telling you that
change is gonna come
and lord im going to get me some
change is gonna come
and lord i'm going to get me some
of that
old time religion
old time religion
old time religion
old time religion
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Stay
new verse
Never thought I’d see your face again
I was walking Main Street with my friends
Telling old old stories
If I say
all the things that you want me to say
would you stay
would you stay a little while
If i play
all the things that you want me to play
in the right way
would you stay
would you stay a little while
this aint gonna be one of those songs about the pretty things that you resemble
its dull, to talk about the sun and the sky/ when you're nearby
it's been a long time, but now it seems
that time is inconsequential
its clear
dear
now that your here
I'm feeling so suspenseful
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i once knew a man name of Corey from Campbell
He drank and he cheated he lied and he cursed
I'm not trying to say that this man was a devil
I'm trying to say he was worse
Chorus
Corey was born on the East side of town
in a Catholic orphanage which he burned down
he stole from the sisters
he stole from the father
saying his prayers?
he didn't bother
Chorus
Corey was a dummy and Corey was clumsy
And Corey was known to be famously cheap
If you had a farm he would help you pick apples
Don't leave him alone with your sheep.
Chorus
Bridge
Corey was stupid and yes he was mean
Corey had herpes like I"ve never seen
Corey robbed everyone close to his home
"If you've got a hostage, you're never alone." (Another person pipes in with this one.)
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Friend of Mine
G Am C D
You said never go to a supermarket hungry
never go to a shopping mall
with a pocket full of money
You said honesty gets ugly
so lets not make it ugly
I was a bull locked in a store
full of quiet
pretty things I could not afford
you gave me a look that said
you break it you buy it
And maybe I did
And maybe I did
I shouldn't have done those things I did
and you were so amused
and i was so confused
and I'm still confused
you say that you're easily bruised
so i'd never ever lie to you
and maybe i did
maybe i did
I shouldn't have done those things I did
you said
never sleep with your door open
never speak unless you're asked
you said
if you fall and nothings broken
don't forget to laugh
maybe i did
maybe i did
maybe i did
shouoldn't have done those things i did .
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C F C F repeat
WHEN YOU KNEW ME
YOU SAW RIGHT THROUGH ME
WHICH OFTEN LED TO FIGHTS
MY MIND WAS MADE UP
MY CARDS WERE LAID UP
I WALKED INTO THE NIGHT
G F C x4
IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR MONTHS FOR A KID TO CHEW
IT TAKES ABOUT 12 MORE FOR THEM TO WALK
IT TOOK ME QUITE A WHILE TO APPRECIATE YOU
I"M 40 NOW, AND I JUST LEARNED TO TALK
F G Am x3
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/ E F G
Am
BUT IF I HAVE A DRINK
YOU WONT GET THIRSTY
IF I FIND SOME SHADE
YOU WONT GET BURNED
THE ME YOU KNEW BEFORE
WAS A WORSE ME
BUT
AS IVE LIVED IVE LEARNED
ITS ALL JUST HABIT
THERE YOU HAVE IT
BUT HABITS CAN CHANGE
IM SURE YOU DOUBT ME
SO COME CHECK OUT ME
NOT EVEN STONES CAN STAY THE SAME
IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR MONTHS FOR A KID TO CHEW
IT TAKES ABOUT 12 MORE FOR THEM TO WALK
IT TOOK ME QUITE A WILE TO APPRECIATE YOU
IM FORTY NOW, AND I JUST LEARNED TO TALK
IF I HAVE A DRINK
YOU WONT GET THIRSTY
IF I FIND SOME SHADE
YOU WONT GET BURNED
THE ME YOU KNEW BEFORE
WAS THE WORSE ME
BUT
AS IVE LIVED IVE LEARNED
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WHAT WENT DOWN JUST CAME UP
It was a Semptember morn
forty years since i was born
i took a break from watching porn
and went outside
to ride some rides
it was me and two friends
when it began
we made a plan and then
we started fast
and didn't last
i dont mean to be a boaster
we road seven coasters
in a not so long amount of time (pause)
before we reached the scene of the crime
(instrumental? or first time?)
the weather was sunny
it didn't cost me and my friends any money
what happened next
was kinda funny
you must admit
when you look at it
there was a pretty girl
next to him when he hurled
a shot heard round the world
of our friends
that's the end
WELL I AINT REVEALING HIS REAL NAME
BUT YOU CAN CALL HIM CHUCK
ANY ONE OF YOU WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME
WHAT WENT DOWN JUST CAME UP
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If you don't want my love
you're stuck with it
don't be sad
don't be blue
if you don't want my love
you're stuck with it
I'm stuck with it too.
There is a kind of doubt that is
pessimism
there is a kind of doubt that we should do
the only thing i'm sure about
is i dont know which kind of doubt
it is
when im doubting you
ooooooooooo
welcome to the jungle
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you're welcome to the jungle
oooooooooooooooooooo
welcome to the jungle
we've got games
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Jesus Made Me
Jesus Made Me Drop the Football
On the Final And Crucial Play
Jesus Made me Drop the Football
Don't believe what my teammates say
Friday night
there's no forgetting
Playoff game
my palms are sweating
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