I wonder if we'll welcome the ships of a distant sun
to a world that knows no illness with food for everyone.

Will the people of the future find spirit in their love
to see all men as equal with no one placed above.

And when will this insanity that's justified as war
become a faded memory we all choose to ignore.

When we sail through life forever on the magic of our youth,
will the God we loved in fear be understood as truth?

Didn't I Love You

Now I must admit there was a bit anxiety,
from thinking you might take me where I should not be.
But then the blush in my eyes ... saw our love crystallize,
laughing there with the music around us.
And nobody found us
until your fancy, then your smile left me for a while
and Didn't I Love You ... Didn't I Love You.

Gliding across my mind I find a different view.
I don't know what got in to me since I got in to you.
This dream we've caught in the air ... leaves me willing to share.
So you can run to the soul of another
who wants to discover
all the joy of being free ... just like you showed to me
and Didn't I Love You ... Didn't I Love You.

(My first attempt at symbolism, 1967. The story about a person's initial encounter with Marijuana.)

Angel Re-earning Her Wings

So she headed for the "Neon Rendezvous"
Where she got out on the floor a time or two.
As her partner bought another round of beer
Lord! he wondered, "what's a nice girl doing here"?

Chorus
She's an Angel re-earning her wings tonight.
She's giving them another chance to fly.
In all of heaven there's no sadder sight
than an angel all alone in the sky.

When she gets home she sits down on her bed.
There's a country song still dancin' in her head.
She'd still like to be true to her man
and she wonders how this craziness began.

Chorus, repeat

Slow It Down

And where are we hurrying to?
What is it we gotta do ...
Better than Love Sweet Love?
Look at the stars up above and Slow It Down, Slow It Down.

chorus
Look at the river with no place to go, no place to go.
Streamin' along ... never worryin' what's around the bend.
And do you think flowers get impatient, try to hurry up Spring?
They just bide their time. They know it will be comin' up soon.
But look at us people ... ( repeat chorus )

Thank Christ For Jesus

Thank Christ for Jesus!
Jesus is the only man who ever changed ... water into wine.
Thank Christ for Jesus! Thank you Lord.

Sure we've got to thank him for the way he gave his life.
Some times he wouldn't eat for forty long days
And he never, ever took himself a wife.
But children it ain't enough to throw a few prayers up in his face.
We all got to love like him for a better human race. So

Thank Christ for Jesus!
Jesus fed the hungry crowd with a loaf of bread ... and two fishes.

Thank Christ for Jesus!
Jesus said, "Flesh will die but the spirit lives on ... Always and forever.
Thank Christ for Jesus! Thank you Lord.

Lagniappe

Momma ... Mom ma ma
Don't give no Lagniappe, give no Lagniappe here.

Now there have been some times when momma took back what she gave.
This happened to some fish who got stuck way down in a cave.
The sun couldn't get in. It was always dark as night.
The fish didn't use their eyes; so momma took away their sight.

Momma ... Mom ma ma
Don't give no Lagniappe, give no Lagniappe here.

So here we are just gettin' by on ten percent of our brain.
How we got the extra stuff you won't hear me explain.
But, I know if we don't use the rest there's gonna come a day ...
When Momma says, "Boy if you don't need it, I gotta take that away".

Momma ... mom ma ma
Don't give no Lagniappe, give no Lagniappe here.

I Like Being Up Here With You

Soft sigh
Hi Fi
Just enough light sneaks through...to make our
Shadows
Love shows
For only us to view.
Oh, I Like being up here with you.
I like being up here with you. With you.

Far from the pull of the earth, our dreams are floating free.
Thanking the rainbow for truth and the clouds for puffs of reality...So

Close door
Encore
The promise before our eyes ... awaits the
Feeling
Revealing
All that we ever knew.
Oh, I like being up here with you.
I like being up here with you. With you.
1968

On The Scene Canteen

And what a friendly vendor, it cares not of your gender,
nor ask that all the forms be properly filled.
The bulbs just glow discreetly, it's motor humming sweetly.
Content to know that you are being thrilled.

So retrieve your little parcel, extract the tempting morsel.
Swallow and get ready for the show.
Your thoughts begin to zip, as from place to place they trip.
You couldn't find a nicer way to go !
1967

One

Anything that you see, you become.

Let Me Love On You

Verse 1
Hey baby, we've been dancin' so close all night long.
Come on let your lips touch mine.
I could kiss you all the time.
Yeah darlin', It could be so right for us tonight.
Come on girl and let me show you,
All the sweet things we can do.

Let me love on you. "Solo" ... for rest of Chorus.

Verse 2
Hey baby, I can see the lovelight in your eyes.
Hold your body next to mine.
Girl I want you all the time.
Yeah darlin', It will be so right for us tonight.
Come on girl and let me show you.
All the sweet things we can do.... "Let Me Love On You." ... Chorus ... etc.

Doctor "K"

I'm lookin' for a better place.
Maybe a Savior and a lamb.
I don't care about saving face.
Cause I don't really give a Damn! Damn! Damn!
Take me away...Doctor "K".
Take me away...I'll leave today.

Bridge:
Punch my ticket.
I'll show you where to stick it.
Here's my epitaph.
Read it.
"I Know My Limit,
But I Always Exceed It!"

Take me away...Doctor "K".
Take me away...I'll leave today.

My Epitaphs

Now I will go on forever ...
Part of life in some sweet way.
Glad to be, I am whatever, whenever, wherever.
Here to stay.

Number Two 1986

I know my limit.
But, I always exceed it!

Tomorrow

Soon this tomorrow will touch me.
But I'll shy from it's good-morning breath.
My lips hold no passion for it's warm sunshine kiss.
Instead, my mind follows this tomorrow's journey ...
Cause over my shoulder, there may come a night
when you and I ... can run ahead of tomorrow.

Restless Heart

(verse)
Now I've got you in my arms, afraid to let you go.
Girl I want this love to last, and I've told you so.
But I see a danger there, hiding in your soul.
Something keeps you out of reach
and just beyond control.

Repeat Chorus

So I'll walk this lonesome road, to a broken heart.
I can't leave your magic touch, don't know how to start.
I know someday that you'll be gone;
Where ever angels fly.
But I'll be waiting your return, to give it one more try.

Repeat Chorus

Luv Ya Blues

We couldn't catch the passes, we didn't hold the line.
Our kicks were goin' wide and the referee was blind ..
Luv Ya Blues ... bad, bad news.
Oh Lord! How we hate to lose. Luv Ya Blues.

The "Tyler Rose" was wilted. Pastorini couldn't pass.
We went to kick the door in, but the Steelers kicked our ass.
Luv Ya Blues ... bad, bad news.
Take a walk in my sad "White Shoes". Luv Ya Blues.

So they fired old Bum Phillips. Said his offense had a flaw.
We'll miss his hat, we'll miss his boots. Lord! There ought to be a law.
Luv Ya Blues ... bad, bad, bad, bad news.
How long must we pay these dues? Luv Ya Blues.

Now we'd give all the cows in Texas, just to reach that Super Bowl.
Take our first round draft picks, Lord! I'd even sell my soul.
Luv Ya Blues ... bad, bad news.
Make us an offer that we can't refuse. Luv Ya Blues.

And now the "Pardees" over. There's a bad "Moon" on the rise.
If I go to see the Oilers, I'll be wearin' a disguise.
Luv Ya Blues ... We hate to lose.
What do ya think of the "Run And Shoot"? Give it the boot!

Now Dallas does a "Double". We've been taken for a ride.
And the highlight of our season: Buddy Ryan hits Gilbride.
Luv Ya Blues ... Bad, bad news.
We wanna win, but we always lose. Luv Ya Blues.

And now we'd like to wish them well, as they head for their new home.
Tell the last one to leave, to "Turn out the lights in the Astrodome"!
Luv Ya Blues. Again we lose.
How long must we pay these dues? Luv Ya Blues.

Mister Bud Adams

Mr. Bud Adams picks up the Oilers and moves them to Tennessee.
How can this be?
Sundays in winter... nothing to do but stay home and watch them on T.V.
Tra a ge dy.

Chorus:
All those loyal fans who sang "The Love Ya Blue"
Lonely Oiler fans--What now are they to do?

Mr. Bud Adams wants a new home cause the Dome is an antiquity.
They're history!
Heading for Nashville. Found them a place where the air and the money are good.
A nice neighborhood.

Chorus:
All those loyal fans who sang "The Love Ya Blue"
Lonely Oiler fans--What now are they to do?

Turkey Day Rap

This Turkey Day Rap is to help you get ready
for some heavy-duty eating that's long and steady.
So don't forget the wine, and don't forget the bird.
Of course you wouldn't, that would be absurd.
Then what's the point of this whole narration?
Yo, just like me, you got this ... fascination
with words, rhyme, clapping your hands
and dancin' in the street to Dixieland bands.
So what I'm finally gettin 'round to say
is have a SuperBad, Get Down Turkey-Lurkey Day.

A Saviour's Born

Life Is Good

Make room for that girl right there.
With pretty eyes and long black hair.
She's feelin' the groove, she's got me in sight.
Hot Damn! I feel lucky tonight.
Life Is Good!

Bridge
I said, "Girl this is as good as it can get."
She said, "Hold on boy, you ain't seen nothin' yet!"

Everywhere there's a party.
We gonna have a hoppin' good time.
A party on the left, a party on the right.
From where I stand with my "MILLER LITE"
Life Is Good!
Life Is Good!