all songs (C) 2016 TK Major unless otherwise noted
Kitten, Kitten
I don’t understand
why you go cattin’ ’round
with some other man
scram ma’am jam lamb cram slam tam bam wham sham flam blam ram
[Perry Mason, TCoT Careless Kitten, ~43’50” – cfr my son, “Weavin’ and Wobblin'” – inspired by phrase earlier in the same episode approximately 33 minutes]
(recreate construction of an old song which isn’t in the song database yet and I don’t want to completely lose so here are reconstruction notes I suppose you might say)
I live my life
I fulfill my Dharma
that doesn’t mean my love isn’t true
I don’t mind being stuck in samsara
At least as long
as I’m stuck here with you
Weavin’ and wobblin’
‘tween demons and goblins
Havin’ problems walkin’ the line
Dizzy and fallin’
Up against the wall and
Stallin’ for a little more time
Rolling toward trouble
In a champagne bubble
Swimming through shimmering wine
Standing in the starlight
Dizzy as a bar fight
Spinning on a shiny new dime
Trying to bargain
Choices are stark and
Forever is a mighty long time
But where do you go
When there’s just nothing more
And you can’t tell yourself no more lies?
Ch…
(Heads or tails
How could it not fail
To land on its edge this one time?)
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Title phrase inspired by a line of dialogue in Perry Mason the case of the careless kitten approximately 33 minutes in.
My other song, “Kitten, Kitten, I Don’t Understand,” was also inspired by TCOT Careless Kitten, aprx 43′
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Weavin’ and wobblin’
‘tween the demons and goblins
Havin’ problems walkin’ the line
Dizzy and fallin’
Up against the wall and
Stallin’ for a little more time
Rolling toward trouble
In a champagne bubble
Swimming through shimmering wine
Standing in the starlight
Dizzy as a bar fight
Spinning on a shiny new dime
Trying to bargain
Choices are stark and
Forever is a mighty long time
But where do you go
When there’s just nothing mo’
And you can’t tell yourself no more lies?
Someone
but not Simone
some place where I’ve never been
Someone
but not Simone
some time when I can breathe again
somewhere where I’ve never been
some breeze will carry me away, my friend
some beach where the dream never has to end
someone will help me fall in love again
(Someone
but not Simone
someday I will exist again
Someone
but not Simone)
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Someone
but not Simone
some day I will exist again
some beach where the sand never ends
some dream where the dream never ends
some beach where the dream never ends
[inspired by Ravi Bhatia typo correction on FB of same construction, ie, ‘someone not simone’]
Don’t Ask a Fool (Why He Falls in Love)
Don’t ask the sun
why the sky is blue
Don’t ask the river
where it’s flowing to
don’t ask the stars
why they shine up above
and don’t ask a fool
why he falls in love
Don’t ask me
why I love you
don’t ask your slave
what he wants to do
don’t ask a dead man
what he’s dreaming of
and don’t ask a fool
why he falls in love
ch:
don’t ask tomorrow
when there’s no today
don’t ask forever
if you’ve gone away
don’t ask for more
when there’s never enough
ah — but don’t ask a fool
why he falls in love
Don’t Ask a Fool – TEMP [midi]
From the very first zero
to the very last one
I can see what has happened
I can see what will come
Like a train in a tunnel
like a mole in a hole
like a bullet in a barrel
I know where to go
From the very first day
to the very last night
I’ve been through the darkness
but I’m scared of the light
From the very first zero
to the very last one
I can see what has happened
and I see what must come
From the very first day
to the very last night
I’ve been through the darkness
but I’m scared of the light
(C)2010, 2013, TK Major
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Scared of the Light
From the [6m] very first zero [–]
to the [2m] very last one [–]
I can [5] see what has happened
[4] – I can see what will [6m] come [–]
Like a [6m] train in a tunnel [–]
like a [2m] mole in a hole [–]
like a [5] bullet in a barrel
I [4] know where to [6m] go [–]
From the [7b] very first day
[1] — to the very last [6m] night [–]
[7b] I’ve been through the darkness
[1] — but I’m scared of the [6m] light [–]
[repeat 1st verse]
From the very first zero
to the very last one
I can see what has happened
and I see what must come
From the very first day
to the very last night
I’ve been through the darkness
but I’m scared of the light
(C)2013, TK Major
[each bracketed Nashville number indicates a new chord; dashes indicate repeat from previous bar]
first two quatrains written in 2010, not recorded; chorus written 2-23/24 of 2013 for the 2013 RPM Album Challenge
Sad that it’s so dead in here
sad to see the flocks have fled
sad to say its inevitable
but some things must be said
This scene is dead
the scene is dead
the reasons are many
excuses are few
This scene is dead
the scene is dead
God knows the scene is dead
We were so cool
so beautiful
so free so hip
the people to be
What we had is gone, what we did is done
the songs we sang as good as never sung
This scene is dead
the scene is dead
God knows the scene is dead
Came back to see what had become
of the place where so much was said and done
footprints in the dust
shadows in a mirror
was it yesterday
or a thousand years
This scene is dead
the scene is dead
the reasons are many
excuses are few
This scene is dead
the scene is dead
God knows the scene is dead
this scene is dead
The scene is dead
ooohoooh oohoooh
oohooh oohooh
this scene is dead
the scene is dead
God knows the scene is dead
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[6m] Sad that it’s so [3] dead in here
[37] sad to see the flocks have [6m] fled
[6m] sad to say its inevita-[3]-ble
but [37] some things must be [6m] said
[2m] This scene is dead
[6m] the scene is dead
[37] the reasons are many
[6m] excuses are few
[2m] this scene is dead
[6m] the scene is dead
[47] God knows the [37] scene is [6m] dead
We were so cool
so beautiful
so free so hip
the people to be
What we had is gone, what we did is done
the songs we sang as good as never sung
this scene is dead
the scene is dead
God knows the scene is dead
Came back to see what had become
of the place where so much was said and done
footprints in the dust
shadows in a mirror
was it yesterday
or a thousand years
This scene is dead
the scene is dead
the reasons are many
excuses are few
This scene is dead
the scene is dead
God knows the scene is dead…
new shoes
new hat
new hair
my trophy wife’s on display over there
my humvee’s in the shop
I got a spare
And Testarosas…
I got a matching pair
my villa’s on that hill
over there
and what flows downhill
I don’t care
work and paying taxes
is for squares
I’m far too smart
to sweat or share
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Notes/Memo
I lost my dog
I lost my cow
I lost my tractor
I lost my plow
I lost my combine
I lost my truck
you took them all
and said good luck
ch
I bet the farm
on loving you
and I lost it all
when the divorce went through
I lost the pride
my pa instilled
I lost the land
my grandpa tilled
I lost the deed
the county gives
I lost the will
the will to live
ch
I bet the farm
on loving you
and I lost it all
when the divorce went through
I’d begin again
but where to start
you took my life
you took my heart
you took my friends
and my pastor, too
I lost it all
by loving you
ch
I bet the farm
on loving you
and I lost it all
when the divorce went through…
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I lost my dog
I lost my cow
I lost my tractor
I lost my plow
I lost my combine
I lost my truck
you took them all
and said good luck
ch 1
I bet the farm
on loving you
and I lost it all
when the divorce went through
I lost the pride
my pa instilled
I lost the land
my grandpa tilled
I lost the deed
the county gives
I lost the will
the will to live
I bet the farm
on loving you
and I lost it all
when the divorce went through
I’d begin again
but where to start
you took my life
you took my heart
you took my friends
and my pastor, too
I lost it all
by loving you
ch2
I knew I was lost
when I won you
the game was over
but I played it through
ch 1
I bet the farm
on loving you
and I lost it all
by loving you
—
if I saw you once
I’d fall again
I’d start again
but it’s all so hard
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Notes/Memo
Each Word Was Like a Bullet
Each word was like a bullet
shot into my breast
each look like a dagger
stabbed into my chest
each tear like a river
carry(‘ng) me to the sea
each time I looked back to the shore
she was looking at me
she was looking at me
my sins won’t be forgiven
my crimes can’t be undone
my shame it is forever
peace for me… will never come
betrayal is forever
that instant when right goes wrong
each day I go without her
is a thousand lifetimes long
each night goes on ’til never
and the morning just won’t dawn
each time I think I’ve killed the pain
I remember that she’s gone
[repeat chorus + first verse and out]
2011-04-05 (-06)
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Notes/Memo
[6] Each word was like a [6/1] bullet
[2]shot in-[6/1]-to my [6]breast [-]
each look like a dagger
stabbed into my chest
each tear like a river
carry(‘ng) me to the sea
each time I looked back to the shore
she was looking at me
she was looking at me
[2] my sins won’t be [6] forgiven
[2] my crimes can’t be un-[6]-done
[2] my shame it is for-[6]-ever
[6/1] peace for me… [5/7] will never come
betrayal is forever
that instant when right goes wrong
each day I go without her
is a thousand lifetimes long
each night goes on ’til never
and the morning just won’t dawn
each time I think I’ve killed the pain
I remember that she’s gone
[repeat chorus + first verse and out]
Wrong chords: Each Word Was Like a Bullet CH sheet