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All Of Our Time
04:53
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ALL OF OUR TIME
All of our Time
V1 - Time will come and time will go,
where it goes we do not know
when it goes what can we show, for all our time.
Hours pass into a year,
as we wait for a time thats near,
time grows slim time grows dear,
where's all our time ?
CHORUS: All of our time, all of our time, is this all of our time?
V2 - Turn your car into the drive,
reality slaps you alive,
you're getting tired of nine to five, in all your time.
Catch a show on VCR,
you watch but your mind has gone afar,
thinking how life is so bizzare, in all your time.
CHORUS: All of our time, all of our time, is this all of our time?
V3 - Politics the adults game,
I'm guilty too I share the shame,
some don't care there hearts are lame, in all there time.
Time will come and time will go,
where it goes we do not know,
when it goes what will we show, for all our time.
CHORUS: All of our time, all of our time, is this all of our time?
JUNE 1985 (CANTON, MS)
c 1989
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Moan Alisa
02:55
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MOAN ALISA
V1: When I first saw you standing there
our lives flashed through my mind
you had to be my kind
the one that I would find
Then you walked away to me unknown
I was left with just a dream
part of my unfinished scheme
And she was just another..... Moan Alisa.
V2: Woke up this morning just to find
that I had lost my smile
I looked around a while
thought that I might find it.
Then a sudden thought came in my mind
I wasn't being me
I was society
I had become another..... Moan Alisa.
JUNE 1985 (CANTON, MS)
copyright 1989
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Over And Over
02:38
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OVER AND OVER
V1 - Trying to be different, actually we're all the same.
Like everyone around us, playing that little human game.
CHORUS: Over and over over and over
V2 - Searching for identity and turning outside in
clawing for acknowledgement and going where we've been
CHORUS: Over and Over over and over
V3 - Are we living for a reason and is that reason ruled by society?
Are we being what we want to be or what our ego's want to see?
CHORUS: Over and over over and over
copyright 1989 Frazier Riddell
JUNE 1985 (CANTON, MS)
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I'll Come Running To You
04:29
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I'LL COME RUNNING TO YOU
VERSE 1 - There's someone out there who wants your life
he'll give you anything in exchange for your very soul
Don't you know he's a liar,
he'll set your heart on fire and then he'll let you down,
I'm not talking flesh and blood,
I'm talking things unseen, things you might not even know;
don't listen to him or me, listen to the voice from Calvery
CHORUS - I want you to have a happy life
I want you to be set free from all your strife and misery
I want you to be my child,
run away from z the things that are wild,
all you got to do is call My name,
I'll take away all your shame,
I'll come running to you
VERSE 2 - You might be walking but you don't know where to go
I don't have your answer but I know someone who does
don't let your peers get in your way
there's a lot of folks saying "this is The Game" and
"your not cool if you don't play"
don't listen to them or me, listen to the voice from Calvery (CHORUS)
VERSE 3 - If you're tired of throwing your freedom away
listen now to The King of Hearts
and hear the words that He has to say (CHORUS)
APRIL 1989 (307 N. 16TH)
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Don't Box Me In
02:34
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DON'T BOX ME IN
V1 - Don't sing sweet songs to me when I have a heavy heart
it don't help me one bit when I have a heavy heart
CHORUS: I've heard those words before, I know there's good in store
I hurt to much right now, don't box me in!
V2 - Don't tell me what to do when I have a heavy heart
it don't help me one bit when I have a heavy heart
(CHORUS) (V 1) (CHORUS)
JULY 1985 (CANTON, MS)
c 1989
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Urgency
02:17
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URGENCY
Crying never was a game for me
But I’m learning how to play since you went away.
I hear say that nothing’s free
So don’t be surprised when you have to pay.
Looks like I’m headed for a fall
Looks like I’m headed for a fall
Urgency, can you see my urgency,
Maybe it’s your urgency.
You cry out in the night
But there’s nowhere to go when you feel the pain.
Mary Jane and her overcoat
Won’t keep you out of the pouring rain.
Looks like you’re headed for a fall
Looks like you’re headed for a fall
Urgency, I can see your urgency,
Maybe it’s my urgency.
1985 CANTON Mississippi
©1989 F. Riddell
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Not My Kind Of Girl
02:42
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NOT MY KIND OF GIRL
I saw her out just the other night
Her hair was dark and her look just right.
I knew I had to know her name.
It was my only claim to fame.
But she’s not my kind of girl (no she’s not my kind of girl)
She’s not my kind of girl (no she’s not) we’re not the same.
I followed thru just the same.
Another move in an age old game.
I found her out with a ten cent dime*, my passion working overtime.
But she’s not my kind of girl (no she’s not my kind of girl)
She’s not my kind of girl (no she’s not) we’re not the same.
1985 CANTON Mississippi
©1989 F. Riddell
*ten cent dime, does this date me or what? It's in reference to making a phone call from a pay phone which at that time was 10 cents.
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Someone To Understand
04:09
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SOMEONE TO UNDERSTAND
Have a friend tired of where his life has been,
said he's tired of messing round with his oxygen.
Said he wants to be right with the Man Upstairs.
Sometimes life don't seem fair, well alright.
He told me bout a woman who had recked his life.
Well, she didn't mean to do it, but her prints on the knife.
As he spoke her name he had a distant glare.
Sometime life don't seem fair, well alright.
He's getting by just as well as he can.
You got to understand he's just a natural man.
I listen very close, as close as I can.
You know all he really needs, is someone to understand.
He told me bout the dope, and the alcohol,
how in the past they had been his fall.
But I know it's much more than a joint or a beer,
so I read between the lines and saw his fear.
( so many things are trying to drag him down)
I told me bout his daddy, how his daddy lied,
and how his ears were filled with the wax of pride.
He grew up talking to an old fence post.
Sometimes we're hurt by the one's who love us most.
He's getting by just as well as he can.
You got to understand he's just a natural man.
I listen very close, as close as I can.
You know all he really needs, is someone to understand.
Well we kept on talking till the break of day.
And we came to the conclusion that the world's screwed up,
but for those who believe, everything would be alright.
We're getting by just as well as we can.
You got to understand we're just a natural man.
We listen very close, as close as we can.
You know all we really need, is someone to understand.
© circa 1986 or so. From the Moan Alisa Project cut originally on Fostex 4 track.
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Frazier Riddell (demos & archives) Canton, Mississippi
MY MUSICAL VENTURES, from childhood, to high school, to college, to Dollywood, to Nashville, beyond and back to Mississippi, have been quite a journey. Here, I'll simply say I hope you enjoy the songs I post and will support my continuing venture in music. MORE INFO at my web site www.smalltownmusic.com / Peace be with you. Frazier ... more
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