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43 No Other Love

45 In the Red Again

43 No Other Love

Give me one love

Give me one love that's true

Give me the love 

That comes from you


No other love will do


Boy there's just too much 

In this world goin wrong

We just got to get over

And keep our love strong

Friends through the years

So many disappear, but


You and I go on


People choosin' sides now

To the left or the right

I'm stayin' in the middle

With you here tonight

Sun brings on the day

The years slip away, but


You and I go on


On and on and on

You and I have got to be strong

When right becomes wrong

We'll find a way

On and on and on

You and I have got to be strong

When right becomes wrong

We'll find a way through


No other love will do


In a time and place

That keeps on spinning' around

I hear your voice 

And there's no sweeter sound

We can make mistakes

But that doesn't change our fate, cuz


You and I go on


Outside things are changin'

But not here in my heart

Let it be the center

The place where we start

You got me for eternity, cuz


You and I go on


On and on and on

You and I have got to be strong

When right becomes wrong

We'll find a way

On and on and on

You and I have got to be strong

When right becomes wrong

We'll find a way through


No other love will do


44 One in All

45 In the Red Again

43 No Other Love

Fighting off the sense

I'm gonna slip away

Trying to pretend

I won't disappear one day

But it's getting harder every day

Every day, every day


What good is a contract made

On another plane?

But it's the only way of thinking

That has kept me sane

But maybe I believed in vain

Believed in vain, believed in vain

So now, what remains...


Of falling leaves, late afternoon

Springtime mist, the rising moon

My childhood home

My old bedroom, gone by

So who am I?


Am I made up of all the things

That I have known?

Who can own a moment

Or know every single stone?

In this life I feel so alone

So alone, so alone


My father's childhood home was razed

But he didn't cry

My mother's father left them

But she never questioned why

So many tiny sorrows have me asking why

Asking why, asking why

I hope there's peace after we die


Will we remember snowball fights?

First romances, summer nights?

Pushing through with all our might

But did that really make things right?


A moth emerges, small and wet

And easy thing to forget

A leaf detaches from its stem

A new beginning from an end


First we stand, then we fall

All are one, and one is all

I must believe



45 In the Red Again

45 In the Red Again

45 In the Red Again

It's just a drop in the bucket

So you know that I'll say fuck it

Gonna buy myself another drink

I'm feeling the despair

Of always going nowhere

I need one less reason to think

I've got a bed where I sleep

A roof over my head

But here I go again - I'm back in the red


I'm in the red again

Hangin' my head again

Down to my last dime

For the umpteenth time

I'm in the red


I've got friends who care about me

And I know they'd never doubt me

But these folks can only get me so far

I've got bills to pay

And at the end of the day

Their love won't put no gas in my car

The way things stand

I'd rather lie down instead

Cuz man oh man - I'm back in the red


I'm in the red again

Wish I was dead again

If I knew what I should do

I'd do it, wouldn't you? 

I'm in the red


I'm gonna keep complainin'

Cuz my time on earth is wanin'

And I don't know how I'm gonna get by

I don't believe it's tragic

Still I need a little magic

If I didn't laugh at all this I'd cry

Am I talkin' to the wall

Or did you hear what I said?

Believe me, sister - I'm back in the red


I'm in the red again

Over my head again

I'd accept a nickel

Can't afford to be too fickle

In the red


Things might be OK

By the end of the day

But I'm not convinced that is a fact

The fight is always goin'

Though I keep my fear from showin'

Gonna finish out this race on the track

After all of these years

Just look at where this has led

I'm runnin' outta options 

And I'm back in the red


I'm in the red again

I'm outta bread again

I can't make a batch 

Cuz I'm all outta scratch

I'm in the red


At a time in my life

When my peers are sittin' pretty

Waiting on the day they retire

I'm a hustlin' on the streets

Always movin' my feet

Searchin' out positions for hire

It don't feel fair it's so hard to get fed

I feel so blue

Cuz I'm back in the red


I'm in the red again

Hangin' my head again

Baby can you spare a penny?

Cuz you know I haven't any

Man I'd holler for a dollar

I'd thrill to see a bill

I am telling you friend

I am so close to the end

I'm in the red


Outta bread




46 Wait Today

48 Master of the Con

45 In the Red Again

The dishes can wait today

I'm gonna be late today

Won't get much of anything done

But I guess that's ok

I feel a song comin' on

And I just know that it's true

Tho it won't pay the rent

Not a single cent

I've got to see this story through


I know I've got something here

And it speaks to me loud and clear

Not sure yet what it's about

Until I figure it out


I'm starting to see the end

Saying goodbye to friend after friend

We'll be moving on together

In the universal trend

The losses and the wins

One thing ends, one begins

It's what we must know inside our hearts

To keep the hope within


I know I've got something here

And it speaks to me loud and clear

Not sure yet what it's about

Until I figure it out


I may as well sit back

Cut myself a little slack

I know this space in time

Is never coming back


The moon will always rise

And pull the ocean tides

The world don't care if you were there

To tell your lies

The truth comes out in time

Each day will meet its prime

You gotta know that it's all ebb and flow

And that's just fine


I know I've got something here

And it speaks to me loud and clear

Not sure yet what it's about

Until I figure it out


The dishes can wait today

I'm gonna be late today

Won't get much of anything done

But I guess that's ok

I feel a song comin' on

And I just know that it's true

Tho it won't pay the rent

Not a single cent

I've got to see this story through


The dishes can wait today....








47 Aqua and Teal

48 Master of the Con

48 Master of the Con

Before I die I want to go somewhere

So far from here

I've been wanting and waiting to go there

Year after year

It may as well be 'cross the galaxy

I can't get there

I'm struggling where I am right now

Just to get enough air


The blue of the water unreal

Aqua and teal


For all of my life I have lived

With the ice and the snow

My spirit's grown weary

And now I am longing to go

That glorious beach seems so out of reach

I just sigh

Will I ever see it myself 

Before I die?


The blue of the water unreal

Aqua and teal


I know it's a first-world lament

I know all my life was well-spent

Still I want to know how it might feel...


Aqua and teal


I'll keep the dream living inside me 

Until I die

Visions of tall white clouds

All ringing the sky

Palms gently bending

Horizon undending

There am I 


The blue of the water unreal

Aqua and teal

The blue of the water unreal

Aqua and teal

The blue of the water unreal


48 Master of the Con

48 Master of the Con

48 Master of the Con

You're insane but you've made it plain

You've got the world by the balls

Tearing down our nation now

With your executive calls

Public service ain't your thing

You're out to prove to the boys

How much power that you hold

You're out to make some noise


Never touched that Bible

When you took the oath

You say that you're a Christian

You can't lay claim to both

Contradictions left and right

Pulling lies out of the air

Everyone has got to know

You don't really care


You're too loud, you're way too proud

Stirring up your Nazi crowd

World War III ends in a cloud of smoke

This time it's no joke


Give a child a hammer

He's gonna swing it left and right

Break a lotta shit and throw a hissy fit

You won't get no sleep at night

Baby, you are swingin' it

Leaving chaos in your wake

Trade wars, closed doors, broken lives

I mourn for our mistake


You're too loud, you're way too proud

Stirring up your Nazi crowd

World War III ends in a cloud of smoke

This time it's no joke


Lemmings to the cliff

Pawns inside your scheme

I keep sayin' to myself

This has got to be a dream....


Did your mother never love you?

Is that what spurs you on?

You gotta throw your weight

To prove your worth

You're the master of the con


You're too loud, you're way too proud

Stirring up your Nazi crowd

World War III ends in a cloud...

You're too loud, you're way too proud

Stirring up your Nazi crowd

World War III ends in a cloud of smoke

This time it's no joke


This time it's no joke





49 Ballad of '27

51 Tomorrow Becomes Today

49 Ballad of '27

The great recession of '26

That was something to see

You'd never think it could happen

In the land of the free


But free isn't what it used to be

No free isn't what it used to be


In '25 we were shaking our heads

Saying "How bad can this get?"

In spite of universal animosity

We might still win the bet


We didn't understand it all quite yet

We didn't understand it all quite yet


Why do we humans

Make the same mistakes over again?

With so many in need

We're still pulled on by greed

Giving all of our power away

To a few privileged men


In '24 we lost our chance

To see the world expand

Voting in a criminal

To the highest office in the land


His whims now became our command

His whims now became our command


In '27 I've come to learn

Any empire can dive

Prosperity is fleeting

True peace will not arrive


It's only in the moment, here and now

Where we can truly thrive

It's only in the moment, here and now

Where we can truly thrive


Why do we humans

Make the same mistakes over again?

With so many in need

We're still pulled on by greed

Giving all of our power away

To a few privileged men


You will lose your vision 

If you stare into the sun

The golden age is over now

The grand experiment done


Too much of a good thing

Proved too much for everyone

Too much of a good thing

Proved too much for everyone


Why do we humans

Make the same mistakes over again?

With so many in need

We're still pulled on by greed

Giving all of our power away

To a few privileged men



Giving all of our power away








50 Sing For Me

51 Tomorrow Becomes Today

49 Ballad of '27

Could I please sing for you?

I asked, as I stood beside the door

She nodded "yes" and so I took a chair

And slid it 'cross the floor


The morning light of a winter day

Filled the room with white and gray

As she entreated me to stay

Eyes closed


I sang for her awhile and then

I paused to let the silence in

Her hand it lifted from the bed

She opened up her eyes

And then she said


Sing for me, sing for me

Please sing for me


She told me of her summers

In the orchard on the farm

Climbing in the branches

The smell of hay

The sun so warm


My friend, Claudette, my cousin's wife

She has no memory of her life

But when they sing Amazing Grace

You see the smile returning to her face, so


Sing for me, sing for me

Please sing for me


I am grateful I remember

All the stories of my past

Almost 100 years now

And yet it's all gone by so fast


My heart is full of love

From all the life that I have lived

My head is filled with all I know

And now I know

I've nothing left to give, so


Sing for me, sing for me

Please sing for me

Sing for me, sing for me

Please sing for me


In memory of Gloria








51 Tomorrow Becomes Today

51 Tomorrow Becomes Today

51 Tomorrow Becomes Today

If you woke up today

Feeling relatively good

Safe inside your bedroom

In that same old neighborhood

The water ran, the lights came on

You had something there to eat

Rest easy now in knowing this:

Your life is pretty sweet


Now I know that you've got things to do

Your role in life to fill

Whether chasing down that dream

Or paying down that bill

There's always one more task at hand

That's something we all know

But you simply can't do everything

Sometimes something has to do


Like a Sunday in December

Or a Tuesday in July

The days themselves become routine

And the years pass on by

The hours are long but the years are short

Isn't that what they say?

To help us understand how fast

Tomorrow becomes today


All those dreams you've held on to

Those things that you were gonna do

Plans you made and thought about

But never quite came true

They never saw the light of day

I know that bothers you

Better just to let some go

Cuz not every dream comes true


When I see you again my friend

All that's lost just fades away

Only love remains at the end

Of the cosmic day


You can't be everywhere at once

Sometimes you gotta pick and choose

Life will let you win sometimes

But you're also gonna lose

Be glad for your successes

And those lucky cards you've drawn

Savor what you have right now

Soon enough the whole thing's gone


Like a Sunday in December

Or a Tuesday in July

The days themselves become routine

As the years pass on by

The hours are long but the years are short

Isn't that what they say?

To help us understand how fast

Our lives slip away


To help us understand how fast

Tomorrow becomes today

To help us understand how fast

Tomorrow becomes today

52 Never Know

52 Never Know

51 Tomorrow Becomes Today

It came as a surprise to me

I always had to guess

Which rules made sense to follow

Choosing to say no or to say yes


I went away to school

I was told that's what you did

The world a tangled mystery

When I was a kid


I met a man and fell in love

We had a son and then

The whole thing fell apart somehow

I found myself alone again


You think you got a plan

The situation well in hand

But you never know

No you never know

You think you got it figured out

Beyond a shadow of a doubt

But you never know

No you never know


I moved us to the country

On a hillside in the woods

With chickens in the garden

Once again life was good

Raising up my boy

Was my reason to live

I built a home for the two of us

With everything I had to give


Nature unbounded, freedom and space

Our hearts were full

There was magic in that place


My son went off to school

As I had years ago

A million dreams behind his eyes

A million different places he could go

Starting his adventure

Altogether yet unknown

Standing at the doorway of his life

My son was now grown


Thunder rolling in, a cool reprieve

Mountains, sky and trees

Can this really be a place

That someone ever leaves?


You think you got a plan

The situation well in hand

But you never know

No you never know

You think you got it figured out

Beyond a shadow of a doubt

But you never know

No you never know


We are finally at that place

I never thought we'd be

The one I love the best departs

My life's greatest irony


Thunder rolling in, a cool reprieve

Mountains, sky and trees

Can this really be place

That someone ever leaves?


The secret of life, I want to know

The secret of life, I think I know

The secret of life - is to let go








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