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  • Can I Buy You One, Katie
  • Chateauneuf du Pape
  • Gone Beyond Magdalena
  • Heavy Heart
  • Broken
  • Not Singing The Blues
  • Mrs. Shelor
  • Never Together
  • Somebody Else
  • Toys
  • Can I Buy You One, Katie – Stuart Guest/Taylor Whitney
      
    So smoky I can barely see
    Her legs entwined around me.
     
    It’s so loud I can hardly hear
    Her long nails taking my money for a beer.
     
    I’m infatuated, I can’t talk
    Or keep my eyes off.
    Her red lips and little sexy walk.
     
    Chorus
    Can I buy you one Katie,
    She smiles and walks away.
    Can I buy you one Katie,
    “Maybe some other day”.
     
    Six nights a week I sit and wait
    Patiently for my lovely Kate.
     
    But every night in that little bar,
    She leaves in another car.
     
    I’m infatuated, I can’t talk
    Or keep my eyes off.
    Her red lips and little sexy walk.
     
    Chorus
    Can I buy you one Katie,
    She smiles and walks away.
    Can I buy you one Katie,
    “Maybe some other day”.
     
    She always wants the other guy.
    I’m too nice and little too shy.
    Katie goes for the stronger kind.
     
    I’m letting go of this fantasy.
    So much angst why can’t she see
    She’s the only one for me
     
    All I wanted was a little kiss,
    Didn’t mean for it to end like this.
     
    So confused and in so much pain
    Katie’s blood in the pouring rain.
     
    I’m infatuated, I can’t talk
    Or keep my mind off.
    Her red lips and little sexy walk.
     
    Chorus
    Can I buy you one Katie,
    She smiles and walks away.
    Can I buy you one Katie,
    “Maybe some other day”.
     
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    Chateauneuf du Pape – Stuart Guest & Scott Goldman
     
     The crest on the bottle.
    The Braille on the label.
    It’s the finest wine they’re pouring at the table.
     
    A Grand Cru for you –
    And one for your lover.
    It’s the one good thing a Frenchman has to offer.
     
    Chorus
    Chateauneuf du Pape.
    Take the cork out – POP!
    There’s no screw-off top
    On a Chateauneuf du Pape.
     
    It tastes kind of earthy.
    And oh so spicy.
    There’s not another wine that can so entice me.
     
    The mark of the Papal –
    I keep a few in storage.
    It comes from a place ‘tween Avignon and Orange.
     
    Chorus
    Chateauneuf du Pape.
    Take the cork out – POP!
    There’s no screw-off top
    On a Chateauneuf du Pape.
     
     
    Chateauneuf du Rap:
     
    Chardonay, Merlot – Always such a no no.
    Barbaresco, Barolo – The noble nebbiolo.
    It’s not Pinot Noir, it’s Grenache, Mourvedre and some counoise.
    It’s not something that you order in a bar.
    It’s not a muscadet with oysters on the bay.

     
    And some wines can be so gay [LIKE A VIOGUIER]
    But not a Grand Cru Beaujolais –
    And don’t need no more Vin De Pay!
     
    Sancerre, Loire – You’re preaching to the choir.
    Champagne the ancient song remains the same.
    Cabernet, Merlot, Franc and Petit Verdot make up a Bordeaux.
    And maybe Malbec – but Argentina you should check.
     
    Chorus
    Chateauneuf du Pape.
    Take the cork out – POP!
    There’s no screw-off top
    On a Chateauneuf du Pape.
     
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    Gone Beyond Magdalena John Apice/Stuart Guest
     
    Magdalena walks the city street dressed in the dark of night.
    She smiles at the patrons of The Slaughtered Lamb,
    And knows each parasite.
    She sips Black Velvets
    Runs her tongue across the rim of her tinted glass.
    Strikes a match with her fingertips, flutters each painted lash.
    But that’s all right.
     
    Chorus
    I’ve gone beyond Magdalena now,
    No need for an armistice.
    I’ve gone beyond Magdalena,
    Where the moon’s a pearl in the black satin sky.
     
    Magdalena thrives in thrift shops on dark and rainy days.
    Ignoring the patrons of The White Horse Tavern,
    As she passes in a negligee’.
    Surrounded by a dozen ruby candles
    Magdalena stares into each flame.
    And watches the sultry fires dance flickering without shame.
    But that’s all right.
     
    Chorus
    I’ve gone beyond Magdalena now,
    No need for an armistice.
    I’ve gone beyond Magdalena,
    Where the moon’s a pearl in the black satin sky.
     
    And I won’t be there to brush her hair
    Pour her Columbian coffee
    And slice her imported pairs…
    But that’s all right – That’s all right.
     
    Chorus
    I’ve gone beyond Magdalena now,
    No need for an armistice.
    I’ve gone beyond Magdalena,
    Where the moon’s a pearl in the black satin sky.
     
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    Heavy Heart Stuart Guest/Taylor Whitney
     
     
    Every day I think of you, on a Sunday with a smile
    On Monday with a tear, each week that passes by.
     
    When I’m awake I think of you, Tuesday is some memory too
    And Wednesday’s some pain, each month that pass by – is driving me insane.
     
    Chorus
    I’ve got a heavy heart.
    When you’re not around.
    Was a real work of art the way  
    You shut me down.
     
    You shut me down, you shut me down, down to the ground
     
     
    Memories of you burden me so it’s time to let you go.
    I know I’ve got to move on, I just can’t believe – you’re really gone.
     
    When I sleep I dream of you, on Thursday it’s with love.
    And Friday’s a nightmare each year that races by – just keeps me standing there.
     
    Chorus
    I’ve got a heavy heart.
    When you’re not around.
    Was a real work of art the way  
    You shut me down.
     
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    Fast Culture David Coburn/Stuart Guest/Keith Farley
     
     
    Slow down people –
    Move over to the side of the road.
    There’s dirt and grass –
    And moments (mountains?) in the distance.
    Can you see them?  They don’t even move at all…
     
    Chorus
    Fast Culture – Culture moves so fast.
    Fast Culture – Built to stay but not to last  [Built for speed but not to last].
    Fast Culture – Moving in the spaces.
    Fast Culture – Look at all the smiling faces…
    Leave behind no human traces.
     
    Cross the river –
    Roll up your pants, take off your shoes.
    Chilly waters –
    You have feet so use them, can you feel them?
    You are standing on…
     
    Chorus
    Fast Culture – Culture moves so fast.
    Fast Culture – Built to stay but not to last  [Built for speed but not to last].
    Fast Culture – Moving in the spaces.
    Fast Culture – Look at all the smiling faces…
    Leave behind no human traces.
     
    Indelible, incredible
    Slow down people.
    Inedible, insatiable
    Slow down people.
     
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    Broken Randy Feuer/Stuart Guest
     
     
    You’re the one that sees when eyes are unopened.
    You’re the one that speaks with words unspoken.
     
    I’m going back one day, a place I leave my shadow behind.
    Another ride in store for me of fantasy.
     
    This time I won’t be broken.
     
    You’re the one that knows when nothing is knowing.
    You’re the one that shows when nothing is showing.
     
    I’m going back one day, a place I leave my shadow behind.
    Another ride in store for me of fantasy.
     
    This time I won’t be broken.
     
    Chorus
    I won’t be broken.
    To find a heart that’s open.
     
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    Not Singing The Blues – Stuart Guest / John Apice
     
    Your life is like a 12-string guitar, little lady.
    No dime store duds hang down your precious arms.
    You paint your face to look like a Renaissance woman.
    You never worked a day on a cattle farm.
     
    But sometimes I see you glance my way.
    Wondering what it’s like in the mud.
    There’s far more to life than a champagne bath.
    When a bad boy gets into your blood.
     
    Chorus
    ‘Cos you’re not sweating in the sun to earn a dollar.
    You’re not burning the candles at both ends.
    You’re not slicing the bread a half-dozen ways.
    Not helping to bury the dead.
    You’re not writing any letters of apologies.
    There are no holes in your Cinderella shoes.
    And your road is paved with no detours
    And you’re not singing the blues.
     
    There’s sweet meat on your collar and a glass of wine.
    A woolen coat with a leather fringe.
    You sweep the men off their feet with our salty tears.
    Then retreat to your spoon and syringe.
     
    Chorus
    ‘Cos you’re not sweating in the sun to earn a dollar.
    You’re not burning the candles at both ends.
    You’re not slicing the bread a half-dozen ways.
    Not helping to bury the dead.
    You’re not writing any letters of apologies.
    There are no holes in your Cinderella shoes.
    And your road is paved with no detours
    And you’re not singing the blues.
     
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    Mrs. Shelor Stuart Guest/John Newcombe
     
     
    She sits alone in her room.
    Staring out of the window
    She doesn’t know which way her mind will wander everyday.
     
    From across the room she’d smile.
    Smiling down at me.
    Though I was just a child, her love I clearly see.
     
    Chorus
    Mrs. Shelor doesn’t live here anymore.
    She’s locked behind the door.
    She’s turned old and she’s grey – tell me why
    Her mind just drifts away.
     
    She used to buy me candy.
    From the candy store.
    Always gave me love and so much more.
     
    From across the room she’d smile.
    Smiling down at me.
    Though I was just child of love I could clearly see.
     
    Chorus
    Mrs. Shelor doesn’t live here anymore.
    She’s locked behind the door.
    She’s turned old and she’s grey – tell me why
    Her mind just drifts away.
     
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    Never TogetherStuart Guest/Bruce Lipson
     
     
    You keep on calling.
    My privacy is falling far away.
    The phone keeps ringing.
    The song I’m singing is a different one today.
     
    Hang up the phone, I hated to be alone,
    Now that’s changed.
    One night together (oh) doesn’t mean forever,
    I’m out of range.
     
    Chorus:
    How can I leave you when we never were together?
    I can’t forget you’re never on my mind.
    How can I leave you when we never were together?
    I can’t forget you’re never on my mind.
     
    You hate rejection
    You say that you have no protection from desire.
    You don’t follow feelings,
    When hurts aren’t healing there’s a burning fire inside.
     
    Chorus:
    How can I leave you when we never were together?
    I can’t forget you’re never on my mind.
    How can I leave you when we never were together?
    I can’t forget you’re never on my mind.
     
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    Somebody Else – Stuart Guest, Scott Goldman, B. Woodman Smith
     
     
    Freedom.  Oh, freedom –
    Do you know what it means?
    It must’ve been midnight, just around midnight
    When I heard her scream
    In her dreams.
     
    When someone’s been cheating, you take the beating,
    And you know what I mean.
    Is it hurting when you’re flirting
    In the heat of the night
    You know it ain’t right…
     
     
    Chorus
    You’ve been sleeping, I heard you been sleeping
    With somebody else.
     know you’ve been sleeping, yeah you’ve sleeping
    I wasn’t the best, change is as good as a rest.
    You’ve been sleeping.  You’ve been sleeping.
     
     
    Cigarette smoking, what brand are you choking on?
    Buy one get one free.
    Shoot for the pin, in like flint,
    I always aim for heart of the green.
     
    You must’ve been joking, what are you toking on?
    Things are not what they seem.
    When your shot lands, fried egg in the sand.
    You got the yips, You chilly dipped.
     
     
    Chorus
    You’ve been sleeping, I heard you been sleeping
    With somebody else.
     know you’ve been sleeping, yeah you’ve sleeping
    I wasn’t the best, change is as good as a rest.
    You’ve been sleeping.  You’ve been sleeping.
     
    I proved you wrong when you left your future far behind you.
    It was a waste of time, a waste of mine.
    Just like this song was written long ago and to remind you,
    And now it’s all gone away.
     
     
    Chorus
    You’ve been sleeping, I heard you been sleeping
    With somebody else.
     know you’ve been sleeping, yeah you’ve sleeping
    I wasn’t the best, change is as good as a rest.
    You’ve been sleeping.  You’ve been sleeping.
     
    You sneak out the back, it’s your very last pack.
    I proved you wrong when you left your future far behind you.
    It was a waste of time, a waste of mine.
    Nobody said that any of this would be easy,
                   
    Chorus
    You’ve been sleeping, I heard you been sleeping
    With somebody else.
     know you’ve been sleeping, yeah you’ve sleeping
    I wasn’t the best, change is as good as a rest.
    You’ve been sleeping.  You’ve been sleeping.
     
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    Toys Stuart Guest/Taylor Whitney
     
     
    Dark and faded memories, what is it I cannot see.
    No fear and no joy, did I ever have toy?
    The question was posed not so long ago,
    For the life of me I’ve never had a toy
    Or so it seems…
     
    Chorus
    Did I ever have a toy,
    Something of my own…
    To enjoy.  Ever get to open something new.
    A doll or a truck, or Winnie the Pooh?
     
    Add a slinky or a fire truck.
    An etch-a-sketch that I can call my own (when I’m down on my luck).
    No toy box or wooden chest for toys to take a rest.
    And if I had my own toy wouldn’t that be shear joy.
     
    Chorus
    Did I ever have a toy,
    Something of my own…
    To enjoy.  Ever get to open something new.
    A doll or a truck, or Winnie the Pooh?
     
    Now I lay me down to sleep.
    Pray my child has toys to keep.
    Candyland, Checkers and Jacks.
    Colonel Mustard with the axe.
    There must be something when I was just a tot.
    The toy that somehow I forgot…
     
    Chorus
    Did I ever have a toy,
    Something of my own…
    To enjoy.  Ever get to open something new.
    A doll or a truck, or Winnie the Pooh?
     
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