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Talkin Bout Love
04:40
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TALKIN BOUT LOVE
V1: Say it like you mean it
say it like you know what you're talking about
Say it like you seen it
even though the very things you see sometimes you still doubt
Say it like you can prove it
like anyone could ever prove such a thing as love
Say it like you can move it
move a mountain, or the stars up above
Bridge: If you're looking for medicine - I hear there is no cure
some days you get placebos
- some days the real thing strong and pure
CHORUS: Talking bout love...................... talking bout love
Talking bout love...................... talking about love
V2: One man is an ocean
one man is drowning in his own sea
One man is an island
like Gilligan - the Found won't let him be
I got no trouble
I'm doing fine, don't be handing me no knife
I got no trouble
on the other side of town, a man just lost his life
Bridge 2: I ain't got no evidence - but I do know what is true
U can try and prove Jesus, but take a very deep breadth
your face might be turning blue (unless U prove it with CHORUS)
( lead section over verse & bridge )
Verse 3: Say it like u mean it - say it like u know what you're talking about...
Bridge 3: If you're looking for evidence - nothings really changed
It's in UR faith and in UR works, & in a heart of stone that's been re-arranged
( and broken by.... CHORUS healed by.... drifting into lead )
©F. Riddell 02-2015
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8 Ball
04:07
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8 BALL
V1: This big ole world keeps spinning you round
and you can't see up cause you're so far down
staring down at a deep dark grave
not sure who's the Master but you know you're a slave
looking for a way - out of this bind
looking for a way - out from - behind that 8 ball
V2: Some folks are dying to take there shot - 8 ball
others avoid it with all they got - 8 ball
there's a Hindu priest shooting 6 thru 10
he says "rack'm up boys and we'll shoot'm again"
so many reasons - so many rhymes
so many trying to get out from - behind that 8 ball
Lead
V3: If you want this song to have a happy end - 8 ball
I suggest that you talk to God my friend - bout great fall
wether you burn out in flames or turn to rust
either way that cue ball's - gonna bust
wether you mean - to make it or not
everyone ends up - taking a shot - at the 8 ball
ashes to ashes - dust to dust
careful who you follow careful who you trust
when it comes to the 8 Ball
© 06/18/2016 - Frazier Riddell / revised on the road on the way to Connecticut 6-22-2016
1st Revision 6-25-2016
2nd Revision 6-29-2016
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Love Can't Be Lost
02:58
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Love Can't Be Lost once it's Found
The thunder crashed
But I did not hear a thing
The lightning flashed
But no vision did it bring
The mountains shook
But I did not feel a thing
Then the silence came
And my heart began to sing
And in the silence there was clarity
Like time was standing still
I heard a voice call to me
no one was there but it felt so real
ALLAHs - Love can't be lost once it's found.
ALLAHs - Love can't be lost once it's found.
So I saddled up - trying to make to my new home
but I lost my way - and for forty years I roamed
Marching left and right - climbing valleys high and low
trying to get away - but love would not let go
I saw a star shining in the sky
and let it guide my way
and once again a voice was calling me
and I heard it say
ALLAHs - Love can't be lost once it's found.
ALLAHs - Love can't be lost once it's found.
Finally found my way
one day at a time
Just a closer walk
help me walk the line
©2017 F. Riddell / started 01-21/24-2017
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Liar, Lunatic or Lord
05:20
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LIAR LUNATIC OR LORD
V1: You can't have your Jesus cake
and eat it up for good teachers sake, oh no.
A man of peace, no man of war
and stirring up God's children was his chore, oh what a chore.
Liar, Lunatic or Lord - Liar, Lunatic or Lord
V2: He went to church, and read the book.
He healed on the sabbath, and called them all crooks, oh no.
He made them upset, he made them look silly.
They decided to kill him. They must have been really mad,
pretty darn mad.
Liar, Lunatic or Lord - Liar, Lunatic or Lord
V3: For those left behind, if they faked His rising,
then they and he both, are well worth despising. Oh no.
And of his existence there is no denying
but of his high calling, there's still plenty crying, oh no.
©2017 Frazier Riddell
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The Definition of Love
04:11
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THE DEFINITION of LOVE
V1: A woman wants to be loved
A man wants to love
the only problem - the definition of love
Cupid pulls his bow tight
and shoots with precision and might
and leaves us to fight - the definition of love
Sometimes it's clean - sometimes it's dirty
sometimes it ugly - sometimes it's really purty
the circle was invented so we could go round
and round and round.... the definition of love
V2: A preacher teaches his flock
and reaches for the money they got
as they try to spot - the definition of love
There's a pimp and a priest
they're having quite different feasts
but their paths will meet - at the definition of love
© 2016 Nov. 6th rev. / Frazier Riddell
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Balloons
03:04
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BALLOONS
V1: She's got some really nice balloons
the best balloons I've ever seen
and when she walks into the room
you'll know exactly what I mean
She's got some beautiful balloons
across the floor I watch them glide
and as they slowly float away
I only wish that I could ride
Bridge 1:
I try not to look right at first
but my eyes cannot control there thirst
my attempt at self control has long been cursed
as the child inside - longs to be nursed
Lead Cowbell - Lead Saxophone
Bridge 2:
Red ones, yellow ones, blue ones and green ones
I could never pick my favorite pair
big ones, little ones, I once embraced the Dolly One's
I don't remember how it felt ---- you know that don't seem fair
V: She's got some really nice balloons
the best balloons I've ever seen
and when she walks into the room
you'll know exactly what I mean
© 1-15-2007 Frazier Riddell / revised and played live for the first time ever in 2014
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The End
03:20
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THE END
V1: Such a beautiful disguise - rose colored glasses hide your eyes
but now I know that you weren't out of town for work
how hurtful are your lies.
Since our first speed dating date - I knew that we were meant to be
and though your profile page has strangely disappeared
the songs not finished yet.
CH: Love is just a song - never right and never wrong
on your love I'll place my bet - that the songs not finished yet.
V2: Through the day and through the night
I sought your love with all my might
and now you treat me like a common criminal
restraining orders set.
Through your window now I watch
I'll never let you from my sight
And though I run away whenever I see cops
I'll be back tomorrow night
Chorus 1 + extension
Love is just a song - never right and never wrong
on your love I'll place my bet - that the song's not finished yet
Some people say I'm twisted - but they don't understand true love
I'm your Romeo - you'll be my Juliet
- cause the song's not finished yet ( bang )
- I didn't know you owned a gun ( bang bang )
- I should have listened when you said run .... The End
© 7-02-2010 F. Riddell - rev. 7-14-2016
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8. |
Whoop My Bottom
03:15
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WHOOP MY BOTTOM
V1: Momma, please don't whoop my bottom x2
please don't whoop my bottom and smoke'm if you got'm
V2: Momma, please don't quit your cigarettes x2
please don't whoop my bottom and smoke'm if you got'm
Lead
V3: Momma, please don't quit that nicotine
Momma, you know it only makes you mean
please don't whoop my bottom and smoke'm if you got'm
please don't whoop my bottom and smoke'm if you got'm
Lead again
please don't whoop my bottom and smoke'm if you got'm x3
© 05/25/2016 - Frazier Riddell
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Tamped Down With Love
02:39
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TAMPED DOWN WITH LOVE
V1: Staring at the TV - watching what we call news
it's just biased opinions - and it gives me the blues
I try changing channels - looking for light
but all that I find - is hatred and spite
CH: Lord give us wisdom - Lord give us grace
God give us Mercy - when we meet face to face
Send out Your Spirit - gentle as a dove
God give us judgement - tamped down with Love
V2: Hanging with friends - breaking bread, wine & word
trying to speak answers - that have never been heard
sometimes we disagree - but when we're done it alright
& we encourage each other - to keep fighting the fight
Singing Lord give us wisdom - Lord give us grace
God give us Mercy - when we meet face to face
Send out Your Spirit - gentle as a dove
God give us judgement - tamped down with Love
Started at home on the 4th of DEC.
revision 12-06-2017 © Frazier Riddell
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10. |
Breath in Good
03:53
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BREATH IN GOOD
V1 - There's no need to cry - there's another out there
someone to love you and care - more than me
There's no need to lie - believe me I've been there before
and love will always keep the door - open wide
Breath in good - breath out bad
love as we should - and breath in good
V2
Please don't get me wrong - tears can be a healing thing
I know they can make you sing - straight from the heart
When the tears have dried - time will make it OK
what more can I say - De Ja Vu
© February 18th, 2011 F. Riddell
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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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