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    All songs written by Dr. Bob and recorded in October of 2014.
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    Mixed, mastered and engineered by Dr Bob in April of 2015.
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1.
18 Wheels 03:17
18 Wheels (for Arlene Boumel) 10/13/11 - FtLd Eighteen Wheels Will never do You can keep you farrieries And your lamborghinies too This hard land Oh lord I do not know It’s so damned cold here I have to find my coat And I’m out here on the highway But I’m looking for a breeze Oh lord won’t you Please return this Sailor to the sea Rolling hillsides never Move like the waves But when I stand still Can you feel me sway And this dirt That stands between my toes Is not as solid As the decks when I’m below So I’m out here on the highway But I’m looking for a breeze Oh lord won’t you Please return this Sailor to the sea verse: D - Em(long) - Bm - G(long) (all 4x) chorus: Em(long) - G(long) Bm - G(long) Em(long) - G(long) D(trill 12) - A7+23 - A7 copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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27 04:04
27 (for Hunter Altschul) 09/01/11 - FtLd Time changes Completely rearranges And I don’t know Where I’ve gone Don’t let go Swept by the breezes Never reaching The road That takes me home Don’t let go And I’ve come So far all alone Don’t let go Looking for answers Clues even chances To show That I have grown Don’t let go But if I’m mistaken Will I be forsaken And left On my own Don’t let go And I’ve come To find my soul Don’t let go Reaching forever Falling but never Getting To rest long Don’t let go But when I see you I only need to Be Myself Don’t let go And I’ve come To take you home Don’t let go Don’t let go intro: Ef73 (G7) - Ef7 (G) (all 4x) verse: Ef73 (G7) Ef3 (G) 23.34.45.55 A7f3 (C7) - A7f3+34 Ef73 (G7) - Ef7 (G) (both 2x) chorus: 35.47.57 49.57.68 - 39.49.57.68 Ef73 (G7) - Ef7 (G) (both 4x) end: 49.57.68 - 35.47.57 A7f3 (C7) - A7f3+34 Ef73 (G7) - Ef7 (G) (both 2x) copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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A Little Shrapnel In My Eye 10/28/11 - FtLd Baby you know I love to be With you every time But when you turn around I’m about to lose my mind You cut me every way And you make me wanna fly You tear me limb from limb Before I even know why And every time you blow up The doctor says I will be fine Yet there still seems to be a little Shrapnel in my eye Loving you has always Been a little more Than I would have thought I would have Had to bargain for You can be so nice And then you can be so cruel You know one day I’m gonna Walk right out on you Cause every time you blow up The doctor says I will be fine Yet there still seems to be a little Shrapnel in my eye (break) And every time you blow up The doctor says I will be fine Yet there still seems to be a little Shrapnel in my eye But baby you know I would like To see you one more time But I’m afraid if I do Then I will surely die Your love can be so tender Until you lose control There’s just too much anger there For me to be inside your soul And every time you blow up The doctor says I will be fine Yet there still seems to be a little Shrapnel in my eye Yeah there still seems to be a little Shrapnel in my eye Oh there still seems to be a little Shrapnel in my eye There still seems to be a little Shrapnel in my eye verse: 49.57.68 - Glong Emlong - A7f3 49.57.68 - Glong Emlong - 27.36.47 C - Glong Emlong - A7f3 C - Glong Emlong - 27.36.47 chorus: 33.42.53 - 32.41.52 Em - C 45.54.65 - 35.44.55 Glong - 47.56.67 end: C - 35.44.55 - Glong - 47.56.67 C - 35.44.55 - Glong - 47.56.67 C - 35.44.55 - Glong copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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All Around 04:14
All Around 05/22/11 - FtLd I’m floating Above another day I’m holding Onto everything you said Words I needed Words I found Words are spoken all around I’m going Through another change I’m trying To find myself again Things I needed Things I found Things are changing all around I’m seeing You for the first time In colors Instead of black and white Pictures I needed Pictures I found Pictures of you are all around Now I’m being What I need to be When I’m breathing Your breath into me Kisses I needed Kisses I found Kissing you all around Kissing you all around verse: 25.36.46 (C#m) - E A - 32.44.54 (F#m) (2x) chorus: Ef7 (B) - Ef5 (A) Af7 (E) - Ef4 (G#) Ef5 (A) - Ef7 (B) E - 23.44.54 (F#m) end: Ef5 (A) - Ef7 (B) - E copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Beautiful Mess 07/16/11 - FtLd Never saw the sign posts I was moving too fast too far Never read the warnings That was never in my cards Couldn’t see the reasons Never wondered why I was flying through my life As time was flying by But don’t forget the seasons And don’t forget that bell And don’t forget to ring it When you need someone to tell All of the secrets That weigh (lay) upon your chest When you finally realize it's all It’s all... a beautiful mess No one knows the reasons No one is to blame Why things turned out the way they have I never could explain So dance a little dance with me As we pass away the time Cause tomorrow there’ll be someone else Waiting here in line But don’t forget the seasons.... And I have come to love you In each and every way Even though I cannot be with you That’s just no how it is But I still take comfort In your memory Cause when I fly away in dreams You’re waiting there for me But don’t forget the seasons.... intro: Am7 - Ef3(G) }all 3x Ef1(F) - 52 verse: A7f3(C7) - Am7f7(Em7long) Ef1(F) - Am7 - E7f3(G7) chorus: Ef1(F) - 17.55.63(Glong) Am7f7(Em7long) - Am7 Ef1(F) - Ef3(G) Am7 - Am7f7(Em7long) Ef1(F) - E7f3(G7) copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Bliss 02:32
Bliss 03/21/11 - FtLd Goin the round-a-round You go around all day Lookin for something That you don’t know what it is And you cannot find the feeling That you’re trying to replace So don’t ever let it slip away Gettin the goin goin Goes a long long way Makin the motion But you’re still in just one place And you really should be speaking To the one you cannot face So don’t ever let it slip away Holding the king of hearts The queen will not obey Saving the aces Lets the joker rule instead And it’s time to count the reasons For the hands you did not play So don’t ever let it slip away Tippin the lights alights A feeling that feels fake Knowing too much is never Worth the price you pay So hold on to your ignorance If bliss is what you crave And don’t ever let it slip away verse: 37.45.57- 32.42 - 52 - 45.54.65 (2x) chorus: 42.53 - 35.44.55 52 - 45.54.65 33.42.53 - 47.56.67 intro/inter: Em - 41.52 - 52 45.54.65 42.53 - 33.42.53 47.56.67 end: C#m copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Blue On Blue 02:52
Blue On Blue 02/05/14 Blue on blue Who could I have ever told About you You were like a dream slowly unfolding In heaven But your were never Someone I knew Blue on blue How could I have ever told You all I felt Longed to say And I wanted to do With you in heaven But you were never Someone I knew Blue on blue Who could I have ever told Your eyes, your face, your lips The things that only I could know Here in heaven But you were never Someone I knew Someone I knew Here in heaven Cause in heaven There’s only you chords: 25.34.46 - 34.46.55 25.36.46 - 36.45.54 33.44.54 - 37.47.59 39.49.57 - 25.34.46 39.49.57 end: 25.34.46 - 33.44.54 37.47.59 - 39.49.57 25.34.46 - 34.46.55 27.36.47 .
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Button 02:50
Button (#326) 10/07/13 - FtLd Whoever says they got it Has gotten it all wrong Whoever says they know it Don’t know how wrong they’ve gone They’re holding on to something That won’t last very long So push another button And play another song Yeah push another button And play another song Whoever says they have it Hasn’t very long Whoever says they own it Really don’t belong Cause if you have what you don’t own Then you can’t tell right from wrong So push another button And play another song Yeah push another button And play another song So if I say I got it And that I know it too And that I own what I have You’ll know that I’m a fool Cause everything is nothing And nothing lasts too long So push another button And play another song Yeah push another button And play another song verse: 34.46.55 - 33.45.54 33.42.53 - 32.41.52 36.46.55 34.46.55 - 33.45.54 33.42.53 - 32.41.52 39.411.511 chorus: 39.411.512 - 39.410.510 38.49.59 - 36.47.57 34.46.56 34.46.55 - 33.45.54 33.42.53 - 32.41.52 39.46.57 (all 2x) end: 37.46.57 or Bar7+46 copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Call For Me 03:38
Call For Me 04/29/12 - FtLd Call the doctor I’m not standing on my feet Call the preacher I am sinking in the sheets And I don’t want the devil Playing for keeps Call for me Call the children Call my banker call my boss Get everything you can Before it all gets lost Cause I don’t care what happens There ain’t nothing that I want Call for me This old world Is like playing hide and seek Cause everything I found I found buried down so deep So I’m getting rid of everything That I don’t need Call it what you want but baby Call for me, call for me (break) Round up the river Take the clouds down from the sky Put the sun away And tell the stars goodbye Cause nothing means nothing When time passes you by Call for me Cash your stocks and bonds And throw your money down Into that hole that you Been digging in the ground Cause what don’t grow on trees Ain’t gonna keep you round Call for me This old life Is like living in deceit It never tells you how or what Or who you gonna be So the only thing, the only thing That I really need Is for you to pick up that phone and baby Call for me, call for me intro: 25.35.45 - 37.46.57 verse: 25.35.45 37.49.57 - 29.37.49 25.35.45 - 37.46.57 bridge: 310.412.512 - 37.49.57 210.39.410 - 25.35.45 310.412.512 - 37.49.57 210.39.410 - 29.37.49 - (37.46.57) end: 37.46.57 - 29.37.49 - 27.36.47 copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Dreamed In A Dream 06/17/12 - FtLd I will whisper In the morning In the evening Whenever I’m free And I’ll listen To the wind blow And the sounds Of the leaves in the trees And I’ll wonder Have you ever Dreamed in a dream And I’ll hold you And I’ll know you And before I’ll set you free I will give you All the glory Of being Simply at ease And I’ll wonder Have you ever Dreamed in a dream In a world Unconnected How can you Possibly see And I wonder Have you ever Dreamed in a dream So I’m giving Up the meaning Cause it’s no longer Important to me And I’m seeing Just the being That you Are trying to be And I wonder Have you ever Dreamed in a dream Yeah I wonder Have you ever Dreamed in a dream intro/bridge: 26.35.43 - 25.35.47 23.34.45.55 - 21.32.43.53 C+63 - G - C+60 - 45.55.63 verse: 23.42 - 23.42.53 - 52.63 - Ef1 (F) 42.53 - 37.46.57 - 35.47.57 - Ef1 (F) chorus: C+63 - G - C+60 - 45.55.63 end: C+63 - G - C+60 - 45.55.63 - 25.45.53 copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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End Of That Road (2) 02/16/12 - FtLd Time’s a keeper Of everything it takes Starts at forever Then slowly starts to break All of the promises We promised to keep And in the end you find No time left to waste And you are standing Right next to me Yet somehow you’re always A million miles away And it’s a long time coming But such a short way to go When you are standing at the End of the road And I somehow never Find solid ground To stand and build upon A life that is my own Cause time keeps pushing us Farther down the road Changing everything The further down we go And the rules are so simple And the rules never change And the rules always guarantee Things remain the same Cause it’s a long time coming But such a short way to go When you are standing at the End of that road (bridge) And everything I’ve taken I have given up again But I just keep holding on To anything I can For reasons I never Really understood Questions no one’s answered Cause no one ever could And time has both seasons To die and to grow And it has so many ways To tell me I don’t know And it’s a long time coming But such a short way to go When you are standing at the End of that road Yeah it’s a long time coming But such a short way to go When you are standing at the End of that road chords: 34.46.57 - 27.37.45 - Amf4 (C#m) - Ef5 (A) Ef7 (B) - 36.47.57 - Amf4 (C#m) - Ef5 (A) 34.46.57 - 27.37.45 - Amf4 (C#m) - Ef5 (A) Ef7 (B) - 36.47.57 - Amf4 (C#m) - 27.35.47 bridge: 34.46.57 - 212.311.410 - 210.311.410 210.38.410 - 38.49.59 end: Ef7 (B) - 27.37.45 27.35.47 - 38.49.59 - 34.46.57 copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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I Was With You 08/20/12 - FtLd I was with you On that long And stormy night And I tried So hard to tell you That things weren’t working out And I remember I don’t know why I remember you in the light I remember I don’t know why How you stood there And cried And I held you As I whispered Everything would be alright But you didn’t Have to tell me Cause I knew you knew I was lying And I remember.... And we argued Oh for hours Never making any point Trying To hold onto Something that wasn’t no more And I remember.... Then the razor Cut so swiftly And the pills they fell so fast As the car If flew so quickly And the trees moved in our path And I remember.... And the lights Were all around us As you lay there in the grass And the people Passed so slowly Saying rest in peace at last And I remember.... I was with you On that last Long and lonely night intro: 47.57.65 - verse2 - verse1 verse1: 26.36.47 - 25.36.45 25.45.57 - 25.45.54 verse2: 210.39.411 - 39.411.510 37.49.58 - 36.47.57 chorus: 210.39.47 - 28.37.45 37.47.59 - 36.47.57 210.39.47 - 28.37.45 37.47.55 - 47.57.65 end: 26.36.47 - 25.36.45 25.45.57 - Ef5 (A) copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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In The Night 03:05
In The Night - 2014 (#336) 01/14/14 - FtLd The daylight is so heavy It weighs me down It tries to bend and break me And it leads me on But everything will seem so light And everything will seem alright When everything is in the night The daylight is so scary It screams and shouts It tries to rip and tear me And it leaves me in doubt But everything will be so quiet And everything will be alright When everything is in the night The daylight’s so unfriendly It chases me around It leaves me feeling empty Without a single sound But everything will be alright Cause everything will settle down When everything is in the... Everything will seem so nice Cause everything will be alright When everything is in the night verse: 37.45.57 - 36.45.57 39.47.59 - 38.47.59 (all 2x) chorus: 47.59.68 44.56.65 37.45.57 - 36.45.57 47.59.68 - 49.59.67 - verse copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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It’s All Right Looking for the answer To a question we never heard Oh baby ain’t it absurd Trying to find something That don’t exist Don’t be surprised if we miss But it’s all right Yeah it’s okay If we get lost Along the way Just hold on To the night Cause the morning’s Round the corner Shining bright - Shining bright Shining bright Who are you Who am I Try to find out Before we die Where you from Oh where you going to If I don’t give a damn How the hell can you But it’s all right Yeah it’s okay If we get lost Along the way Just hold on To the night Cause the morning’s Round the corner Shining bright - Shining bright Shining bright Run around Waste some time Try to be What you’re not When you can’t No one cares If you try Be good Oh be bad Be happy Laugh Cry Be sad Get mad But it’s all right Yeah it’s okay If we get lost Along the way Just hold on To the night Cause the morning’s Round the corner Shining bright - Shining bright Shining bright verse: A - E - D - A - E (2x) chorus: A - E - Bm - D - E (2x) copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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It's So Hard 04:28
It’s So Hard 11/18/13 The giraffe walked down the aisle Took the monkey by the hand Said baby please help me Cause I just don’t understand It’s so hard It’s so hard It’s so hard And the monkey took one look Right in the giraffe’s eyes Said I know just what you mean Cause it just tears me up inside It’s so hard It’s so hard It’s so hard And I been to the mountain The valley and the streams I seen the changing of the seasons And heard the falling of the trees And it all just makes me wonder Why why everything It’s so hard And the owl and the ostrich They were flying overhead They said babies don’t you worry Cause it’s always been this way It’s so hard It’s so hard It’s so hard You can go to the moon And take the stars down from the sky Tell the clouds to go away And the sun that it’s no longer required But baby can you please just tell me Why it’s your tears that make me cry It’s so hard And I will hold your hand Until you say goodbye But don’t you ever tell me no When it says yes right in your eyes Cause baby I need to know you’re there Or you know surely I will die It’s so hard But the monkey kept right on walking While the giraffe just stood and stared Said baby where you going But the monkey never said It’s so hard It’s so hard It’s so hard Cause I been to the mountain The valley and the streams I seen the changing of the seasons And heard the falling of the trees And it all just makes me wonder Why why everything It’s so hard It’s so hard It’s so hard It’s so hard verse: 34.46.57 (E) * - Amf4 (C#m) Af2 (B) - 25.36.47 (A) 34.46.57 (E) * chorus: 210.39.411 (A) - 39.411.512 (Adim) 34.46.57 (E) * - Af2 (B) 25.36.47 (A) - 34.46.57 (E) * end: 38.49.59 - 36.47.57 - 34.46.57 (E) * = alternate 34 with 30 .
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It’s Time To Go 03/18/11 - FtLd Thanks for everything You’ve been so very nice But now it’s time to go And I’m takin your advice So I’m leaving on the next train And I won’t be comin back here no more You were so good to me In each and every way But you can only be so nice For just so many days So I’m leaving on the next train And I won’t be comin back here no more You know your memory Will stay here in my heart But when it comes to you I don’t need the other parts So I’m leaving on the next train And I won’t be comin back here no more So keep that toilet down And the toothpaste cap screwed on You can have it any way you like After I am gone Cause I’m leaving on the next train And I won’t be comin back here no more And if lovin you was easy How come it felt so hard You know you turned from a Barbie doll Into a firing sqaud That’s why I’m leaving on the next train And I won’t be comin back here no more So thanks for everything You’ve been so very nice But now it’s time to go And I’m takin your advice So I’m leaving on the next train And I won’t be comin back here no more And I won’t be darkenin yo door no more chords: G long 32.41.52 Em C G D - G 25.33.44 - 23.35.44 copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Light Up The Moon 03/23/12 - FtLd All the jackasses Running for the shed All the middle men Spinning on their heads And all the elephants They fell down dead Cause they said it was too soon All the dixie daughters Dancing in the street All the daisy dukes Champing at the bit But who’s gonna tell you That the shoe fit When you’re spinning round the room And there’s a time for the engine And a time for the sail A time for the hammer And the time for the nail But you can’t come back If you don’t know how to bail And you’re living in a typhoon And there’s a reason to stay And a reason to go A reason to go fast And a reason to go slow But you better know when To say hell no Or you’re gonna light up the moon Light up the moon And Paul went right And John went left When the magic in the mystery Was put to the test While one flew over The cuckoo’s nest For breaking all the rules And the lion in winter Fell drunk down in the lane When the president’s men All went insane As the titanic sank While the fat lady sang You better turn round you fools And there’s a time for the engine.... (break) And the river’s in the rock And the rock is in the roll And they’re rolling out the rockets For the rocket men to go And they’re going so fast That no one knows If they’re coming back again And they’re digging down the line And they’re digging up the mines And they’re taking down the land To take what they can find But they ain’t leaving Nothing good behind So we better keep moving And there’s a time for the engine.... Tune: EADGBE -> EADGCC Intro: 410.510.68 47.57.65 - 45.55.63 - 43.53.61 - 45.55.67 verse: 42.53.63 - 45.55.63 - 43.53.61 - 47.58.68 - 52.61 42.53.63 - 45.55.63 - 43.53.61 - 410.58.68 - 412.510.610 chorus: 22.32.42 - 45.55.63 - 43.53.61 - 410.58.610 42.53.63 - 45.55.63 - 43.53.61 - 49.510.610 - 410.510.68 break: 314.414.512 - 312.412.510 - 414.510.613 - 412.512. 610 410.58.610 - 312.412.510 - 410.58.610 - 49.510.610 - 410.510.68 end: 47.57.65 - 45.55.63 - 43.53.61 - 45.55.63 47.57.65 - 49.58.67 - 410.58.68 - 410.58.610 - 49.510.610 - 410.510.68 copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Little Boy Blues 01/27/11 - FtLd My daddy-o he loves me so And his little girl know it’s so Because he never does The things he says he’ll do He shouts, he hits and he roars And tells my mamma she’s a whore But he does it all Just to help me know That although he sure likes to yell And makes our lives a living hell Deep down inside He’s always smiling at me Cause everything he does by day Is to make sure that we can stay Together and be happy All the time And every night he comes around To play the games that make no sound That no one else Knows we ever do Oh my daddy-o he loves me so And his little girl knows it’s so Because he never does The things he says he’ll do Now other children like to play Outside by the light of day But I am not Allowed to leave our home Though my mother shouts that I should My daddy vows I never will Until the day That I am fully grown Cause the world is fully run by fools Who are so pitiful and cruel They will hurt you in Each and every way And though deep down I wish I could My daddy yells I never should Play with those who lie And who betray But at night when we’re all alone My daddy makes me cry and moan And promise that I’ll do everything he says Oh my daddy-o he loves me so And his little girl knows it’s so Because he never does The things he likes to say And if others should ever ask I just turn and give them my back To prying eyes that have No right or place Our lives they are our own And I promised and I swore That I’d do anything My loving daddy said So no one should ever know What goes on in our home sweet home Cause they’re too dumb And full of jealousy Yet somehow word gets around And in the end it all comes down To what it is That you want to believe But I’ll never let them see How my daddy played with me And the places where I bruised And where I bleed Oh my daddy-o he loves me so And his little girl knows it’s so Because of all the things He said and did to me Yet now I am all alone Cause bad men came to our home And took my daddy off In tears and shame And although it could be hard I never wanted us to part Cause love is always Full of hurt and pain Now they say I’ll never see My daddy smiling down on me To use me And abuse my like a toy But there’s still just one mystery That somehow got away from me And I need to know To share my daddy’s joy If he said in all the world That I’m his only little girl Why does everyone else say I’m a little boy Oh my daddy-o he loves me so And I know that I’ll see him no more Cause of what my daddy really did to me What was it that he wanted me to be What happens next when I am... Daddy verse: 28.49.57 - 45.54.65 47.56.67 - 28.49.57 (all 2x) chorus: 45.54.65 - 47.56.67 (2x) 28.36.47 - 49.57.68 - 47.56.67 copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Louis On Hold 06/24/12 He gives it all away Without any thought For what he needs Or what he wants to say And no one hears the words That he longs for them to know It’s just Louis on hold It’s just Louis on hold He goes from day to day Trying not to think about The things he wish Would go away Too many people need him now For him to have a say It’s just Louis on hold It’s just Louis on hold But when does the child Get to come out and play Tell me Louis how will you know Dear Louis when to let go He sits and waits For something that will change And come to take away All of his many sufferings Why hold on to these things That cause you oh so much pain For Louis on hold Just Louis on hold But if one day the wind should blow in Warmly from the west To take away the little boy And let the old man rest Would all the years he never had Finally come to pass For Louis on hold Dear Louis on hold But when will the child Ever come out to play Tell me Louis would you want to know Dear Louis it’s snowing don’t you know verse: 23.32 - 23.32.53 23.52 - 23.51 D - 23.32.53 23.52 - 23.51 C(+60) - C+52 - C+51 - G D - A7 - G Amf2 (Bm) - A - G bridge: C(+60) - C+52 - C+51 - G D - A7 - G Amf2(Bm) - A - G copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Magic Eyes 04:11
Magic Eyes 09/02/12 - FtLd I can last the day If the day lets me through I can hold my own Even when I let go too soon I can shine a light When the darkness closes in And I can make a wave That’ll ripple through your skin And it’s the magic in your eyes That makes me wanna live I don’t have no answers Just questions that I keep But I can tell the time Even sometimes in my sleep And I can smell the river Even after its run dry And I can touch the heavens Just being by your side And it’s the magic in your eyes That makes me wanna cry I can be forever Or maybe just a day I can be the one and only Or the one who got away I can take a moment And make it last a year I can hold your hand And take away the fear And it’s the magic in your eyes That makes me want you near I can find a diamond In the lost and the lame I can hear the buddha Singing in the pouring rain And I can feel each breath As it comes and goes away And I can feel you move in me When there’s nothing left to say And it’s the magic in your eyes That makes me wanna stay intro/end: Glong (17.55.63) 212.314.414 - 210.39.47 37.45.57 - 35.45.53 - chorus verse1: 23.42.53 - 42.53.63 33.52.63 - 32.41.52 25.45.53 - 35.45.53 45.55.63 - 47.56.67 verse2: 49.57.68 - 312.412.510 312.414.515 - 312.411.512 212.314.414 - 210.39.47 37.45.57 - 36.45.54 chorus: 23.52.63 - Am7 - C+63 - Glong (17.55.63) copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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No More 02:42
No More 05/02/11 - FtLd Woke up this morning With the bookie in my hand I had the numbers Take me to the promised land But the numbers all ran backwards And I was out ten grand Ain’t gonna play that game no more Went to the casino To spin that wheel around I marked all red And I laid my money down But the numbers all came black Like a cloud over a clown Ain’t gonna play that game no more Went downtown Looking for a job Filled out some forms And then filled out some more They said don’t call us, we’ll call you If it’s your lucky star Ain’t gonna play that game no more Went to the local bar To wipe away my blues Talk with the hookers And have a drink or two But two led to three and four And I threw up on my shoes Ain’t gonna play that game no more Went to see my baby To try and get ahead But she was off with someone else Sleeping in their bed And all she left me was note And you know just what it said Ain’t gonna play that game no more Went to find jesus Cause I needed a friend To see if he could tell me How all of this would end But jesus said all that we got here Is some wine and bread Ain’t gonna play that game no more Then jesus looked at me and said You’d be better off dead Ain’t gonna play that game no more chords: G - 33.42.53 Ef3 (G) - Amf3 (Bm) Em - 32.41.52 - 33.42.53 A7+23 - A7 C - D G - D bridge: 49.57.68 - 47.56.77 28.49.57 - 28.36.47 C - D - G - D copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Old Miller Creek (Smoke & Fire) (#315) 06/26/13 - FtLd Everyone just stood around and prayed When Martha said they come And they took it all away That’s how it comes and goes When nothing goes your way I guess Living up on Old Miller Creek Ain’t the kinda place you want It’s the kinda place you seek When there ain’t nothing left to do And nothing left to keep Or show But one day I surely will know Had a farm Built a cottage and small barn Found a horse that was lame And taught it how to walk again Plowed a field, sowed some rows Grew my meals and so it goes Or so they say But had a past That I thought I left behind And when the sheriff he showed up You know he really didn’t mind That it wasn’t me that he found So he burnt everything To the ground But on day I surely will know If the smoke and fire Helps you grow (break) Martha turned and said It’s really not your fault You can’t keep the world from being What it really oughta not So let’s pick up what we can And find another place To go And as I watched the tears Dry upon her face I knew somehow that we’d get by And make it through another day It’s just a matter of, a matter of Keeping faith But one day I surely will know If the smoke and fire Helps you grow Cause I could never make it On my own verse: 28.30.45.57 - 27.30.45.55 25.30.45.53 - 23.30.45.52 22.30.45.50 - 30.410.510.68 30.45.55.63 chorus: Ef5 - C+63 - 30.45.55.63 alternate pick 2 outer then 2 inner strings copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Penny Picture Frame (#308) 12/31/12 - FtLd Snow on the sidewalk And the moon is on the shelf The night has just begun As the terrors start to yell And it’s a shame It always starts the same So can you hear the mad dogs Howling in the rain As they’re barking in A penny picture frame Loose fit lightening It brings a building down And it tumbles all around you As you ride the merry-go-round And it’s a shame That nothing else remains As the mad dogs howl Standing in the rain So can you hear them barking In a penny picture frame Nine inch nails In a ten penny hat They start to rattle roundly As if to kill the cat And it’s a shame It starts all over again With the mad dogs always Howling in the rain While they’re barking in A penny picture frame And I think that This will be the end chords: Amf4 - Af3 16.55.63 - 36.45.57 Af3 - 16.55.63 49.57.68 - 47.56.67 28.49.57 - 28.36.47 49.57.68 - 49.59.67 - 36.47.57 end: 49.57.68 - 49.59.67 - 45.54.65 36.45.57 - Af3 - 16.55.63 copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Pillow 03:59
Pillow 03/20/14 - for Lou Rawls I could love you in a minute I could love you in a day I could love you when you’re in it Or when you’re far away I could love you at the seaside Or sitting by a well I could love you when you’re here Or when you say farewell But love ain’t nothing special It’s just another reason not to say goodbye So hold onto your pillow And try not to cry I could love you in the moonlight Or running through the rain I could love you just listening To everything you’re saying I could love you in a mansion Or in a shack so far away I could love you every minute Of each and every day But love ain’t nothing special.... verse: 17.37.45 - 19.39.47 39.47.58 - 37.45.57 35.44.55 - 37.46.57 17.37.45 - 37.46.57 chorus: 38.47.58 - 37.46.57 19.39.47 - 39.47.59 35.44.55 - 37.46.57 17.37.45 * - 37.46.57 end: (from *) - 35.44.55 - 38.47.58 37.46.57 - 17.37.45 - 19.39.47 38.47.58 - 37.46.57 - 19.39.47 tune: EADGBE to EADGCC .
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Poor Poor Peter 05/10/11 - Ft Ld Crossed the mississippi A boxcar for a home Lay down in the valley Where so many souls have gone before And poor poor peter The jasmine still blooms in the spring But I’m down here in the station Just listening to the whistles sing Take away the river Take away the sand Leave behind the winter Leave behind the man And pour me a river Of whiskey and champagne For I’m down here in the station Just trying to find a train (break) And if I had some money Yeah if I had some gold I’d buy me a locket To keep me from the cold And the pouring rain Makes the jasmine bloom once again And poor poor peter He’s on that last train verse: Am7 - Ef1 (F) 21.32.61 (Dm) - Ef3 (G) Am7 - Ef1 (F) Amf5 (Dm) - 37.46.57 (E) chorus: Bar8+47 (F) - 37.46.57 (E) 25.36.46 (A) - Ef1 (F) 21.32.61 (Dm) - Glong (17.55.63) Bar5+44 (D) - 37.46.47 (E) end: Am7 - Ef1 (F) 21.32.61 (Dm) - 37.46.57 (E) copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Sail Away 05:01
Sail Away (a retread of Randy Newman's classic) dedicated to the 2011 Occupy movement 10/19/11 - FtLd In America we are raised on dreams Work hard, play fair and you will see Then why did all those companies Do what they did to you and me Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean To the Charleston Bay Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean To the Charleston Bay Go to school then university Work 9 to 5, 5 days a week Until one day you come to see A pink slip change your reality Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean To the Charleston Bay Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean To the Charleston Bay In America everyone is free To fall down into poverty You can work hard all day for a little pay And never have any security Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean To the Charleston Bay Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean To the Charleston Bay So, in America we still have a dream That one day we’ll get back all the things That matter the most of all to us Like justice and equality Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean To the Charleston Bay Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean To the Charleston Bay verse: G - C - G - D (2x) chorus: G - C - G - Bm - D G - C - G - Am - D - G end: G long - Em long - C high - G long copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved. Personal Note: PS - I wrote Sail Away, a retread of the Randy Newman classic, for Occupy Fort LauderdaLe in 2011. I recorded a live album - Towne Crier - for Occupy Fort Lauderdale on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 2011, on the Fort Lauderdale City Hall Plaza in front of the Fort Lauderdale City Hall. Sail Away is on that album, and a free download of the album or its individual tracks are available at: http://occupyfortlauderdale.bandcamp.com/
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Scary Mother Blues (#334) 12/10/13 - FtLd Scary mother hobbles on To get along her way So many folks to scare But just so much time each day And it’s not enough to scare them They gotta want it too That’s why scary mother sings the Scary mother blues Scary mother wonders What’s the reason why She should scare anyone When no one really like To be scared, be in fear But that’s what scary mothers do So scary mother sings the Scary mother blues (break) Scary mother leaves a mark A mark upon your heart Takes away our innocence Then leaves you in the dark You struggle to get out But there ain’t nothing you can do Whenever scary mother sings the Scary mother blues (break then 1st verse and 1st chorus) verse: 38.45.57 chorus: 28.35.47 38.45.57 27.38.49 28.35.47 - 38.45.57 copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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She 03:59
She (#340) 03/13/14 - FtLd She gets her hair done Washed, set and dried But she don’t know why She puts her dress on Perfume, not too much, just right But she don’t know why Drives to the local bar, parks her car Goes inside But she don’t know why Thinks he’s kinda cute And hopes that maybe he’s real nice But she don’t know why Everything is such a mystery In her life It’s all right She lets him buy her drinks Lets him buy her all night But she don’t know why Plays a few games of pool But all she sees are his eyes But she don’t know why Lets him take her out to his car And lay her down inside But she don’t know why Then watches him drive off Without even so much as a goodbye And she don’t know why She breaks down on her knees As she starts to cry It’s all right tune: EADGBE to EADGCC intro: Ef1 - Ef3 - 47.57.65 - Ef3 Ef1 - Ef3 - 47.57.65 - 37.46.57 verse: Ef1 - Ef3 - 31.53 - 22.32.42 - 32.42 chorus: Ef1 - 31.53 - 22.32.42 - 32.42 Ef3 - 42.53.63 - 37.46.57 bridge: Ef1 - Ef3 - 47.57.65 - 49.58.67 410.510.68 - 410.58.610 - 49.58.610 37.46.57 (end) copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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The Dissident Song 05/13/12 - FtLd Where are you running to Who have you become Why are you hiding here What have you done All the policemen Tell the children to sing And everything Remains the same Why did you tell the truth When you knew the lies And now that you let it go How will you get by All the policemen Tell the children to sing And everything Remains unchanged When did you raise you hand To strike a blow Who paid the price for you And who got the gold All the policemen Tell the children to sing And everything Remains in chains So fly to a foreign land Some place far away And try to imagine who Will take your place All the policemen Tell the children to sing And everything Remains the same Everything remains the same verse: 11.21.22.40 (Dm) - 10.23.32.43 Ef6 (A#) - Ef5 (A) chorus: 10.211.310.48 - 210.39.47.50 Amf5 (Dm) - Ef3 (G) Ef6 (A#) - Ef5 (A) end: Ef3 (G) - Ef1 (F) - Ef5 (A) 11.21.22.40 (Dm) - 10.23.32.43 10.211.310.49 - 210.39.48.50 copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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The Martin 03:35
The Martin 01/11/11 - FtLd The Martin was blackened by steel 20,000 tons from top deck to keel Her holds were laden and sealed To take care They left from the port of Nanglay Bound for ten calls in forty-nine days With a crew of fourteen and a cargo For which they would slave They rounded the horn in the junes The storms lifted and spooned Turn round to starboard And breached by the crest of a gail They clamored and clung to the rails The bell tolled out the score The breach measured forty or more On the swail They turned back the screws on the nine Let the block and the tackle go blind Swing out the oars and call time If you dare And the hatches were battened and sealed But the bulwarks gave way to the keel And she lifted and buckled mid-steel On the line And the fires below burn no more And the shovels all lay on the floor As her coal dust washed upon shore Everywhere The Martin was blackened by steel 20,000 tons from top deck to keel It was nineteen-o-ten And her crew has not left her Since then intro: Af7 - 27.38.49 - 25.36.47 A - A7 - A7+23 E - Ef7 - Ef5 (2x) verse: Amf4 - Ef7 - Ef5 (3x then intro) copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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The Sanity Song 09/26/86 - WPB, FL hey what you lookin' for something lost long before there was anyone around to ignore you but do you think you'll find it i think you should never mind it's gone away it's gone away and if it's love who cares and if it's life i dare anyone to hold on for long cause once it's gone it won't return your only chance is to learn no to hold on too strong as days turn into years thoughts they disappear and soon you realize you cannot find it but don't you fear it's still standing there right in front of you it's just that you're blinded so carry on in the search among the corners of your mind that are waiting for their chance to comfort you insanity is not cruel enough for you to fight it but as you turn away remember what i say i am not trying to deny it for one day i too will be questioning my sanity in the hopes that i can find it so hey what you lookin' for something lost long before there was anyone around to ignore you but do you think you'll find it i think you should never mind it's gone away it's gone away for good chords: D D+10 D+10.53 23.52 23.51 Em G D A7+23 A7 copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved. personal note: I wrote this for my grandfather when he got senile dementia from Alzheimer's. I played it for him once. After I was done he looked up and said, "That was nice. Who are you?" I never saw him again.
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We Are The Ones 03/09/11 - for Frank Buckles (02/01/01 to 02/27/11) The Last U.S. Veteran of WWI The war ended in 1918 But no soldier was paid for his deeds So we marched for what we were due In July of 1932 Now we’re building a line From Boston to Key West and beyond We’re the ones But Franklin would never give in So he sent MacArthur, Eisenhower and Patton To march down on Washington DC And kill their own men down there in the streets So we’re building a line From Boston to Key West and beyond We’re the ones Yet Eleanor would not remain She sided with the slain veterans So Flagler worked us in the C.C.C. And sent us down to the Florida Keys Where we’re building a line From Boston to Key West and beyond We’re the ones Then came the hurricane of 1935 The third strongest ever measured alive And Flagler was rescued in time But they left hundreds of us there to die Cause we’re building a line From Boston to Key West and beyond We’re the ones Now you’ve earned your pay when you’re through But the boss man still makes the rules And you’ll never see one single dime Til the boss man tells you that it’s time verse: 23.52 - 23.42 - 42.53 - 25.45.53 28.49.57 - 27.47.55 - 25.45.53 (all 2x) chorus: G+10 - 25.45.53 35.44.55 - 33.42.53 G+10 - 25.45.53 - D inter: 1 verse sequence (no vocals) .
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What If Harry Potter Were A Pothead (#354) 11/28/14 - Ft Ld What if Harry Potter were a pothead Lighting up a doobie with his wand What if Harry Potter were a pothead Maybe he and Voldemort would get along Woud you could you should you read that story Or would you simply say that it was wrong What if Batman and Robin they were potheads Sliding down those poles every night What if Batman and Robin they were potheads With eyes only for each other in those tights Woud you could you should you read that story Or would you run away in dread and fright What if Barbie Doll was a pregnant pothead Sleeping round the toy box every night What if Barbie Doll was a pregnant pothead Was it Woodie or Buz Lightyear she enticed Woud you could you should you read that story Or would you simply say it was not right What if Hillary Clinton was a pothead Running round the White House in the nude What if Hillary Clinton was a pothead Would you vote for her or would you say that’s rude Woud you could you should you read that story Or would you simply say “No way dude!” What if Vladimir Putin was a pothead With his finger on the button night and day What if Vladimir Putin was a pothead Do you think the way he rides that horse is kinda gay Would you could you should you read that story Or would you simply say “No way, Jose!” What if George Bush Jr. was a pothead Oh wait! He is! (break) So what if Harry Potter were a pothead Lighting up a doobie with his wand What if Harry Potter were a pothead Maybe he and Voldemort could share a bong Woud you could you should you read that story Or would you simply say that it was wrong Would you could you should you read that story Or would you could you should you sing along verse: C - G - G - C chorus: F - C - G - C
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When The Circus Comes To Town When the circus comes to town Everybody gather round Don’t you want to go See the fat man and the queen And the bearded lady sing Oh I just don’t know When the circus comes to town Everybody lays it down Says come on with the show See the man who eats the flames And the lady without shame Tattooed head to toe And if you wanna laugh awhile And feel what it’s like to smile We got what you’re looking for But if you think it’s all the same And nobody feels the pain Well that just ain’t so Cause we’ll let you have your fun At our expense Don’t be dumb We don’t cry no more And when you go away It’s just another day Just one more show Just one show more So when the circus comes to town Set it up then tear it down That’s life on the road The wagon wheels they roll the miles With the boxes piled high It’s a heavy load And the cages hold the eyes Of the animals that cry Dear God I’m a slave Hey mister won’t you please Open up this door and let me free Out of this cage And the people stare and stop They throw popcorn, they throw taunts And say oh daddy look there But the lion with a tear Says little girl now don’t be scared I’ll never get out of here But the people cannot see The pain on which they feed Though it’s crystal clear And I am one of those Whose life is but a joke But I still care Yeah I still care So when the circus comes to town clap your hands and jump around Let’s get on with the show Make ‘em laugh and make ‘em scream Let ‘em cry and let ‘em dream And they’ll lay down the dough And if someone says hey freak When I see you I get sick You should be put away I just smile and say hey man Won’t you please come back again Into my world my way Why you think it’s such great fun To look at us then run Back to your world I don’t know You’re happy you’re not one of us Cause we’re the ones who must Be so sad and oh so cold But my friend you know it’s true That I wouldn’t want to be like you Though you think I’m the one Cause it’s the freak who stops and stares And sees a soul but doesn’t care You’ve missed all my love You’ve missed all my love So when the circus comes to town Everybody gather round Don’t you want to go See the man who eats the flames And the lady without shame Tattooed head to toe Yeah when the circus comes to town Everybody lays it down Says come on with the show See the fat man and the queen And the people without dreams Oh I just don’t know No I just don’t know chords: C+23 - G F - G C - G C+23 G - F G - C F - G C - F G - C F - G C - F G - Dm G - C - G copyright 2014 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.
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Why Do I 04:33
Why Do I 07/09/12 - FtLd The dreams I am dreaming Are the ones I dreamed oh so long ago And they call out to me of an untold story And of everything I still need to know And the sea comes to me slowly And the desert leaves me far behind But I want to find the place where I am only Trying not to try Why do I Why do I It seems things have come to only Be the things we thought that they would always be But that means that I have been only Seeing things in ways that only I can see And the sea comes to me slowly.... And all of these feelings that I’m holding Like the leaves that never fall down in the snow Have become reminders of the morning When I wake to find how far I’ve got to go And the sea comes to me slowly.... verse: 38.46.57 - 25.36.46 36.46.54 - 29.39.49 (all 2x) chorus: 29.39.49 - 25.35.45 38.46.57 - 25.36.46 36.46.54 - 34.44.52 Am7 25.34.45.53 27.36.47 end: 29.39.49 copyright 2013 Robert Ben Mitchell, all rights reserved.

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