Author: TK Major

A Thousand Lies (Bridge to Nowhere)

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I’ve Got a Thousand Lies
(originally, Bridge to Nowhere)

I’ve got a thousand lies
I can’t wait to tell you
I’ve got a bridge to nowhere
I know I could sell you
I’ve got a real nice dream
as phony as hell
you know it’s all a
part of the game

I know the rules
I’m making them up
anything that works
just to stay on top
I don’t care who
else takes the drop
’cause it’s all a
part of the game

tell a lie often enough
people forget
where the truth leaves off
but usually the truth —
it’s just not enough
besides it’s all a part of the game

I’ve got a reason
for all that I do
life’s got a meaning
I’ll explain it to you
it’s all about me
it’s not about you and
it’s all a part of the game

2008-09-19
©2008, TK Major
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Notes/Memo

Obvious political agitprop, you bet.
A Thousand Lies (Bridge to Nowhere)

I’ve got a thousand lies
I can’t wait to tell you
I’ve got a bridge to nowhere
I know I could sell you
I’ve got a real nice dream
as phony as hell
you know it’s all a
part of the game

I know the rules
I’m making them up
anything that works
just to stay on top
I don’t care who
else takes the drop
’cause it’s all a
part of the game

tell a lie often enough
people forget
where the truth leaves off
but sometimes that truth
can be pretty rough
besides it’s all a part of the game

I’ve got a reason
for all that I do
life’s got a meaning
I’ll explain it to you
it’s all about me
it’s not about you and
it’s all a part of the game

2008-09-19
(C)2008, TK Major

 

Rainy Day on Temple Ave

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I saw her again
and she was smiling in the sun
but I remember when
she was down and almost done

she had herself a man and
he was doing her so wrong
she said I’ll
give you what I can
but I’m not sure that I’m that strong

–CH– And I said Baby, that’s OK
I know I should not stay
I wouldn’t want your tomorrows
to be as sad as our today

There was a time
when I counted the two of us as one
there was a dream
I thought darkness was all gone

Some things have to be and
some things can never last for long
and some time you just see
to try to hang on is just ( so damn) wrong

–CH–

One drink buys the next
until you’re staring at the stars
wondering what went wrong
and wondering where the hell you are

Ten thousand miles ago
but I guess I haven’t come all that far
I’m still wandering through these streets
I’m still lost among those stars

–CH–

2008-09-06
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Notes/Memo

I Wouldn’t Want Your Tomorrows (aka Rainy Day on Temple Ave)

G2 BbMaj7 G2 BbMaj7

G C G C
I saw her again and she was smiling in the sun

G C G C
but I remember when she was down and almost done

G C G C
she had herself a man and he was doing her so wrong

G C G C
she said I’ll give you what I can but I’m not sure that I’m that strong

Am7 G C G
And I said Baby, that’s OK I know I should not stay

Am7 G F Em
I wouldn’t want your tomorrows to be as sad as our today

G C G C
pre-verse

G C G C
There was a time when I counted the two of us as one

G C G C
there was a dream I thought darkness was all gone

G C G C
Some things have to be and some things can never last for long

G C G C
and some time you just see to try to hang on is just ( so damn) wrong

Am7 G C G
And I said Baby, that’s OK I know I should not stay

Am7 G F Em
I wouldn’t want your tomorrows to be as sad as our today
I wouldn’t want you

 

I’m Starting to Really Hate Dreaming

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I’m
[D] Starting to really hate [Am] dreaming
[ditto] can’t stand to see the night fall
if [D] can’t close my [Am] eyes without [D] dreaming all [Am] night
and [D] I’d rather not [Am]close them at [D]all

all my dreams start out happy
we have just fallen in love
day by day it starts slippin away
by the morning, it’s all come undone

[G] Lo-sing you [D] one time
[C] baby that was hard e-[D]nough
[G] losing you [D] (each and) every night
[C] makes me sorry i (ever) dreamed of [D]love

Its better to have lost
than never fall in love
thats what some loser said
I say it’s better — better not to dream
time for dreamin’ when I’m dead

All of my dreams start out happy
in all of my dreams you’re the one
we fall in love every night
by the morning it’s all come undone
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Notes/Memo

OLD:
G] Lo-sing you [D] one time
[C] baby that was hard e-[D]nough
[G] losing you [D] (each and) every night
[C] makes me sorry i (ever) fell in [D]love

Not Enough of Nothin’

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Not Enough of Nothing

Not enough of nothing
and nothing more to say
my heads filled up with everything
that we didn’t do today

Not really nowhere
not that if feels that way
not really never
but certainly not today

Everything that must be will be
and everything that won’t be won’t
If you think you want to tell me the ending
do me a favor — don’t

not enough of maybe
too much yes and no
not enough of in between
not enough I don’t know

Too much is certain
too much is bound to be wrong
too many times you’ve bought your own lies
you’d think you’d realize by now
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Notes/Memo

 

Pretend We’re in Love

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Pretend We’re in Love

I was gonna say
Pretend we’re in love
I was gonna make a joke
I was going to wait for the laughter to come
but I was going to hope against hope

I was going to smile and look far away
I was going to be aloof
I was going to act like it’s all a big game
any pretense but the truth

I was gonna say, Did you ever dream about
running away some where?
Some day you and me maybe we could dream
about running away some where…

I was going to smile and look far away
I was going to be aloof
I was going to act like it’s all a big game
any pretense but the truth

But I just can’t pretend I don’t love you
©2008, TK Major
2008-04-01
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Notes/Memo

 

Broken, Too

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Broken, Too

I want to help you baby
but I just don’t know what to do

I tried to love you baby
but I just couldn’t think for two

I thought I could save you
I thought love might pull us through

I thought I could fix things
but I found out I’m broken too
_

I thought I could fix things
but I found out I’m broken too

I want to help you baby
but I just don’t know what to do

I thought I could fix things
but I found out I’m broken too

I thought I could fix things
but I found out I’m broken too
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Notes/Memo

 

This Song’s About My Baby

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This song’s about my baby

[ch]
[6m] This song’s a-[5]-bout my [1] baby [4]
[6m] This song’s [5] ’bout how I [4] feel [–]
[6m] This song’s [5] not some [1] fairy [4] tale
[6m] This song’s [5] ’bout something [4] real [–]

[v1]
[6m] This song’s a-[1]-bout [6m] three minutes [5] long
[6m] It took twice that [5] long to [4] write [–]
[6m] This song’s [1]pretty much a [6m] waste of [5] time
and that [6m] pretty much [5] sums up [4] tonight [–]
Hell that [6m] pretty much [5] sums up my [4] life [–]

[brdg]
I’ve been [1] writing the [5] same song [bridge]
since [4] you said good [5] bye
and I [6m] wrote it [5] again to-[4]-night [–]

[ch]

[v2]
[6m] This song [1] won’t — [6m] end no [5] wars
[6m] this song [5] won’t save [4] the world [–]
[6m] this song’s [1] just a-[6m]-nother [5] song
[6m] about some [5] guy who [4] lost some [–] girl
[6m] it’s [5] not the [4] end of the [–] world

[ch] …

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[each bracketed Nashville number indicates a new chord; dashes indicate repeat from previous bar]

Notes/Memo

This song came about in response to an informal competition in an online songwriter’s workshop.

Contestants are to submit a newly written song along with a one line description of the subject of the song.

The winner gets his song in rotation in the stereo of the family car of the guy who conceived the competition. This is primarily for the amusement of his children, who like to get one line summaries of what each song they hear is about. (Example per Dad: “Warren Zevon, ‘Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner’- This song is about a soldier who gets killed and comes back without his head.”)

The title of this song, of course, is disingenuous.

This song is actually about… this song.

And, of course, the songwriter. The songwriter in the song. The fictional songwriter.

 

Lyin’ Cheatin’ Baby Daddy Dog Little Boy

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Lyin’ Cheatin’ Baby Daddy Dog Little Boy

Listen to me brother — I
just can’t stay quiet anymore
We all saw it coming
knew you’d be sneakin’ out the door

no matter what she’s done
she’s got feelings
she’s not your trinket toy
You’re just a Lyin’ Cheatin’
Baby Daddy Dog Little Boy

she’s confused, she’s scared
what can you expect
she’s just a kid  now they
say her whole life is wrecked

Everything she thought she knew
everything she heard from you suspect
she’s just a kid and now
her whole life is wrecked

Listen to me brother
you really f—-d up tonight
but you could start tomorrow
start to put things right

no matter what she’s done
she’s got feelings
she’s not your trinket toy
You’re just a Lyin’ Cheatin’
Baby Daddy Dog Little Boy

(C)2008, TK Major
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Notes/Memo

prev:

Lyin’ Cheatin’ Baby Daddy Dog Little Boy

Listen to me brother — I
just can’t stay quiet anymore
We all saw it coming
knew you’d be sneakin’ out the door

no matter what she’s done
she’s got feelings
she’s not your trinket toy
You’re just a Lyin’ Cheatin’
Baby Daddy Dog Little Boy

she’s confused, she’s scared
what can you expect
she’s just a kid and now
her whole life is wrecked

Everything she thought she knew
everything she heard from you suspect
she’s just a kid and now
her whole life is wrecked

Listen to me brother
you really f—-d up tonight
but you could start tomorrow
start to put things right

no matter what she’s done
she’s got feelings
she’s not your trinket toy
You’re just a Lyin’ Cheatin’
Baby Daddy Dog Little Boy

(C)2008, TK Major

 

Too long to have proper punctuation

 

Trainwreck Life

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It’s just one trainwreck after another
it’s just one disaster followin’ the t’other
It’s a wonder I can get back on my feet
to fall again

Some catastrophe
Some calamity
more adversity
more insanity
It’s the way I know, it’s the way that it goes
my friend

Cataclysm and devastation
tragedy and desolation
that’s how plans end
in the world of mice and men

double debacles and treble trouble
cauldron of misfortune set to boil and bubble
I’ve seen the future it’s
more of the same to the end

Waterloo was just a hiccup
Little Big Horn just one big mixup
When everything is ashes
maybe we can all be friends

Suns explode and worlds collide
all us little specks along for the ride
the fabric of time and space
someday willl mend

Cataclysm, devastation…

Suns explode and worlds collide
all us little specks along for the ride
in the end it all — comes down to the end
2007-10-28
(C)2007, TK Major
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Notes/Memo

Trainwreck Life

[1] It’s just one trainwreck [4] after another
[1] it’s just one disaster [4] followin’ the t’other
[1] It’s a wonder I can get back [4] on my [5] feet
to fall [1] again

Some catastrophe
Some calamity
more adversity
more insanity
it’s the way it goes in the world
of mice and men
————————
[5] Cataclysm, [4] devastation
[5] tragedy and [4] desolation
[5] yet I know it’s the [4] way it goes
my [1] friend

double debacles and treble trouble
cauldron of misfortune set to boil and bubble
I’ve seen the future it’s
more of the same to the end
—————————
Waterloo was just a hiccup
Little Big Horn just one big mixup
When everything is ashes
maybe we can all be friends

Suns explode and worlds collide
all us little specks along for the ride
the fabric of time and space
someday willl mend

Cataclysm, devastation…

Suns explode and worlds collide
all us little specks along for the ride
in the end it all — comes down to the end

2007-10-28
(C)2007, TKMajor

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2017-10-20 switched end of second verse to end of first half of chorus and vice/versa

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Trainwreck Life

[G] It’s just one trainwreck [C] after another
[G] it’s just one disaster [C] followin’ the t’other
[G] It’s a wonder I can get back [C] on my [D] feet
to fall [G] again

Some catastrophe
Some calamity
more adversity
more insanity
it’s the way it goes in the world
of mice and men

[D] Cataclysm, [C] devastation
[D] tragedy and [C] desolation
[D] yet I know it’s the [C] way it goes
my [G] friend

double debacles and triple trouble
cauldron of misfortune set to boil and bubble
I’ve seen the future it’s
more of the same to the end

Waterloo was just a hiccup
Little Big Horn just one big mixup
When everything is ashes
maybe we can all be friends

Suns explode and worlds collide
all us little specks along for the ride
the fabric of time and space
someday willl mend

Cataclysm, devastation…

Suns explode and worlds collide
all us little specks along for the ride
in the end it all — comes down to the end

2007-10-28
(C)2007, TKMajor

 

This Used to Be America

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This Used to Be America

This used to be America
This used to be the land of the free
This used to be the United States
but nothin’s like it used to be

we put ourselves in the hands of fools
threw our birthrights away
put the bottom line at the top of our world
let the god of greed hold sway

it takes 200,000 bullets
to kill one enemy
that what the DoD numbers say
if you don’t count peripheral casualties

Americans don’t torture
We don’t kill recklessly
thats what the man in the white house says
that’s how we want it to be
but it’s gettin’ pretty hard to believe

blowback’s a bitch
but how could we know?
though our wise men kept telling us so
we fed the tiger we got by the tail
and now we just can’t bear to let him go

2008 is coming
but it wont mean anything
if you/we don’t stand up for freedom
and take back our democracy

This used to be America
This used to be the land of the free
but I swear it’s not too late
for the United states
we can still be who we know
we should be

(C)2007, TK Major
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Notes/Memo