Cemeteries & Junkyards -lyrics

This title is available on CD at CD Baby.

songs: Family Tree, Jot, Thats Happening, Crazy Women, Rose Hill, 3:25 (Tick Tock), Ship In The Bottle, Willow                                                                                                                                         

Family Tree Jack took Jill way on up the hill to dip his pail in the water Jill came down wearing a wedding gown Now Jack he is a father Chorus: He didn't want want no family now he's got another leaf on his family tree I knew a girl, her name was Tracy G. Sitting in the living room watching TV She was a sister to a good friend of mine Gave birth to a baby boy now she calls Ryan. (Chorus) If I had a kid right now Well I wouldn't mind a bit. The life I didn't give away won't be the life I miss. So sit right there on that fence boy don't you make a stance. Got to hear some music before you start to dance. Who's to say who's bad and whose heart is made of gold. Will there ever be a darker day when the bell tolls? Why is everybody always looking for an easy way out? I've seen the smile on a child's face and he's livin' on another route. Choice! Now one and one and fun is one and two and one is three. You might get the honey along with the bee. Why's everybody always looking for an easy way out? I've seen the smile on a child's face he's living on another route... (Chorus) -- Thats Happnin Have you ever been rolling down the highway Wondering where you're going Dancin' a long like a leaf on the wind Just a going where it's blowin' Now when I find me in that way And I'm trying to make it to another day. Won't ya throw a little lovin' my way? Baby everything's all right We're doing for each other Lover to lover, I never see the colors, Whoa that's all you got to do You do it for me and I do it for you... Chorus: That's happnin' Little by little it's coming around That's happnin' I'm keeping my feet on solid ground That's happnin' Little by little it's coming around That's happnin', yeah that's happnin' Down in Washington Park today I saw a couple of kids at play They didn't know that they were different I hope they never do And the old man dreams of world peace But he hates the man across the street. He's sinking in some water so deep He ain't never going to touch the bottom We're doing it for each other Brother to brother Why do we see the colors? Whoa! That's all you got to do Now you do it for me and I do it for you... (Chorus) Yeah I know I'm colored blind It's the same old thing time after time So many things just a bringing me down My ears keep hearing the same old sounds But when I'm feeling stone cold blue Your golden humor comes shining through Melts that snow right off my soul and everything's all right We're doing for each other Lover to lover You see my colors for me Whoa! That's all you got to do You do it for me and I do it for you. (Chorus) Crazy Women I knew a little girl not long ago She took a liking to me She opt to take a ride for a while On a horse she thought she could tame So wild and free She always had to have her way Guess she liked it better that way Wanted me to build her a happy home Now she's livin' all alone in Dallas, Texas Chorus: Crazy women That's the only kind I know Crazy women Keep me running for the door Crazy women I guess they're all the same Crazy women Got my foolish heart to blame I knew a little girl not long ago innocent and sweet she seem to be Beauty and grace she wore, so preciously She aimed to please. But a suit of pride could not hide a heart that was full of insecurity A truck load of dreams she missed rolled off in the streets of immaturity (Kickback Jerry) (Chorus) Norvil knew a girl when he was young She was so alive, so high-strung out on crack, qualudes and LSD She had a plan for everything thought she knew what was best for him He got tired of being told what he should be Now he's he and she is she As for happiness there is no lack and Norvil's never looking back (Chorus) She said she was leaving me Walking in my front door yesterday Since she's gone away, I haven't seen My place look quite that way One too many drinks I guess She stuck a pistol in my chest My life's too short to live like that I think it's time I get my hat And my walking shoes (Chorus) Rose Hill Our love is a beautiful thing in a strange way Like a graveyard covered in wild flowers And songbirds that sing in that late hour Slip into the night and let yourself feel All of your dreams can be real... so real... Chorus: Now beauty's in the eyes of the beholder Never growing up, just older Winter's getting warmer not colder I'm feeling the weight upon my shoulders Running down the Harbor Drive two lovers in a play Making love on the dock beside the waterway. Rose Hill, Rose Hill Rose Hill is a beautiful thing in a strange way like a song that you sing for those that have gone Spirits are dancing in the catacombs Slip into the night and let your body feel All of your dreams can be real... so real... 3:25 Well it's 3:25 in the morning, baby you're on my mind. Police knocking at my door cause his watch is bigger than mine Way too tired for sleeping, way too high to fly If you don't find me over here try looking on the other side He said you know what time it is, well I did not have a clue No I calmly said, I should be asking you He said your party's over, I said I'll keep it down He said your party's over or we party downtown... Chorus: No tick tock a tick tick tock your watch is bigger than mine Tick tock a tick tick tock Why should I care about time Tick tock a tick tick tock Your watch is bigger than mine Your watch worth more than my Ramshackle Squat There's mushroom soup on the stove, Steely Dan in the air Everything was looking good everywhere I stared A near perfect evening, was ended way to fast As catfish poured the last drops of wine in his glass That trumpet quit playing and my fiddle hit the floor Said good ride to my friends as Ship in the Bottle Years ago a child's brown eyes stared at the mantlepiece And wondered how the ship got in the bottle When he tried to find the answers nobody would tell him And the ship just sat there in the bottle Yesterday a man's brown eyes stared at the mantlepiece And stared at the ship in the bottle The corners of his eyes teared when at last he realized He was sailing on that ship in the bottle Chorus: I'm sailin' on that ship in the bottle with No salt upon my pitch, or wind in my sails I'm sailing on that ship in the bottle Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead The ship in the bottle never gets to run ashore It sits there on the mantle piece like it sat there years before No cargo in its hull, no silver and gold No leeward winds ahead my skin, no cannons to reload (Chorus) The ship in the bottle is a reflection of me Showin' me all of the things my eyes could never see But still I wish and search for strength to set my spirit free And take that dream on the mantle piece and sail it on the sea (Chorus) Willow A wise one once said to young Willow Take to the earth not the wind Or you'll be lonely when you're older Yourself to blame for the fix you're in Now Willow he could never listen He had to know the reasons why Too far gone to change his thinking Never turned his head when he said good-bye Chorus: Why is Willow weepin' Longing for what he left behind? Does he feel like his life is creeping Or that place he'll never find? For years he danced out on the wind Never once would he lay his head He never called out to his lover What she did not hear, he never said Soon the season started the yearning He dug his roots in Southern clay Too numb to fire to feel that burning I guess he found his resting place (Chorus) Yester years were quite confusing But today is clear as a bell Spend my tme writing the readings That will one day surely tell my tale So lay your head back down on your pillow And take a walk down on Southern clay I'll be there under that Willow Waiting for you baby when you awake (Chorus) Bailes con migo anoche mi amor!