Sudden Death

Dedicated to Meatloaf and Steve Popovich for believing in Rock and Roll and Ohio Boys. SUDDEN DEATH, THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE LOVING YOU IS LIKE RIDING IN A SPEEDING CAR THEY’RE FUN TO DRIVE UNTIL YOU DRIVE EM TO FAR SUDDEN DEATH, THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE! THE WAY YOU LOVE ME, MY HEART STARTS TO…

Sweet Vibrations

AIN’T NO SENSE IN CRYING, LORD I’D RATHER SEE YOU SMILE COME DOWN FROM THE CITY LIFE AND STAY WITH ME A WHILE THERE’S SO MUCH THAT NATURE WANTS TO SHARE WITH YOU AND ME PUT YOUR HAND IN MINE AND LET THIS OLD WORLD SET US FREE UP ON THE MOUNTAIN DOWN IN THE…

Spotlight

I CAN’T SEE NOTHING’ BUT SPOTLIGHTS SPOTLIGHTS SEE NOTHING’ BUT ME ALL OF MY MUSIC IS LONELY YEA, ALL OF MY HEARTACHES WERE FREE DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME OR YOUR FLASH BULBS TOO MANY HEROES ARE DEAD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN THE CITY YEA, I LIKE TO LIVE IN MY HEAD SOMEBODY SHOOT OUT…

Seven Mile Bridge

Dedicated to the wife’s of sailors everywhere and to the grandfather who never got to hear my stories and songs. YOU KNOW, AS A CHILD, HE HEARD TELL OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTED ON MARATHON SHORE YES, AND IT WAS THE GATEWAY KEY WEST HIS GRANDPA HAD TOLD HIM TEN TIMES OR MORE.…

Shine It On

By T. Jans and J. Barry SHINE IT ON, MY MAN, FORGET YOUR TROUBLES IF YOU CAN, I’LL HOLD YOU ‘TILL THE DAWN, SHINE IT ON, SHINE IT ON YOU’VE BEEN TOO LONG ON THE ROAD AND YOU’RE READY TO EXPLODE, COME AND LIGHTEN UP YOUR LOAD, SHINE IT ON WE HAD LOVE AND NOT…

San Francisco Mabel Joy

By Mickey Newbury MY DADDY WAS AN HONEST MAN, JUST A REDNECK GEORGIA FARM BOY MY MOMMA SPENT HER SHORT LIFE RAISIN’ KIDS AND BAILING’ HAY AND I WAS JUST FIFTEEN WHEN I ACHED INSIDE TO WONDER SO I HOPED A FREIGHT IN WAYCROSS AND I RODE IT TO L.A. WELL, I MET A GIRL…

Rollin with the Punches

Dedicated to Bob Dylan: I never thought It`d be easy Bob! LORD, I’VE BEEN TALKIN WHEN I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED LISTENING WHEN I SHOULD HAVE SPOKE LIGHTING A MATCH TO OLD MEMORIES SENDING THEM ALL UP IN SMOKE SINGING WITH NO ONE TO HEAR ME FIGHTING MY WAY TO THE TOP ROLLING WITH ALL OF…

Rock And Roll Holiday

WHY DID YOU COME HERE, WHAT DO YOU NEED DON’T LOOK AT ME LIKE YOU WANT ME TO PLEAD MY FRIENDS ARE DYING TO MAKE ROCK AND ROLL STAND WHILE WE’VE BEEN LIVING IN A COUNTRY ROCK BAND WE’VE GOT TO SLOW DOWN – COME DOWN WE GOT TO GET OFF OF THIS MERRY-GO-ROUND WHERE…

Rock An Roll Fever

Oh, Lord, I’ll never change, An’ I can’t understand, How you can give a-your body, To another man. Whoa, it breaks my heart, You been f*ckin’ all of my friends. It’s tearin’ me apart, An’ I guess this is where it ends. [Instrumental break.] You got rock’n’roll fever. An’ you will till the day you…

River

By M. Yonts and David Allan Coe River, you heard my first cry as a baby And, like my Mom, you sang me lullabies You knew my fishing pole When I was eight years old And, river, you never told me lies River, I can see you from my window Your muddy water makes me…