Author: TK Major

So, How Does It Look from the Stars?

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I’ve been up to your penthouse but
I ay ay ay
I was a-fraid to look down

I been all around the world but I’m
only at home on my
own side of town

I’ve been up all night
tryin’ to fi-ind
the ri-ight way to come down

I been inside out
and I know all about
the emptiness all around

everything happens for reasons
but we never get to find out what they are
from way down here it all looks pretty big
so how does it look from the stars

you laid it all out
and I wanted so much
to just pick up
what you put down

I can taste it right now
but still somehow
i’ve finally found the power to shine on

everything happens for reasons
but we never get to find out what they are
from way down here it all looks pretty big
so how does it look from the stars

(C) 2001 TK Major
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Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

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Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

I’ve known Lorraine since we were kids
and I’ve always been amazed
Every time she went too damn far I thought
Who’ll stop Lorraine?
I saw her hunt down that family man
he was doomed from that first day
I saw her rip his heart into little tiny shreds and I thought,
Who’ll stop Lorraine?

From the hotel bar to the airport lounge
Everyone knows her name
Over and over I ask myself,
Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

Finally one day I’d had enough
I sat her down looked her in the eye
Lorraine I love you, girl, but straighten up,
’cause, Lorraine, you’re wreckin’ people’s lives

From the hotel bar to the airport lounge
Everyone knows your name
Over and over they ask themselves,
Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

I never thought Id see a tear in her eye
I never thought I’d see into her soul
but since that day she’s come so damn far
God I’ve come to love that girl so

[last ch]  From the hotel bar to the airport lounge
Everyone knows her name
Over and over they ask themselves,
Whatever became of Lorraine?
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Notes/Memo

[when’s the prequel, I Can’t Stand Lorraine? coming out?]

[Something tells me this can’t be released in its present form
because it might suggest bad behavior to unstable individuals.]

Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

C G F G
I’ve known Lorraine since we were kids
C G F F
and I’ve always been amazed
C G F G
Every time she went too damn far I thought
C G F
Who’ll stop Lorraine?

I saw her hunt down Billy Jim
he was doomed from that first day
I saw her rip his heart into little tiny pieces and I thought
C G F
Who’ll stop Lorraine?
F G C
Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

CH
F G Am C
From the hotel bar to the airport lounge
F G C
Everyone knows her name
F G AM F
Over and over I ask myself
F G C
Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

Finally one day I’d had enough
I sat her down looked her in the eye
Lorraine I love you, girl, but straighten up,
’cause, Lorraine, you’re wreckin’ people’s lives

I never thought I’d see a tear in her eye
I never thought I’d see into her soul
but since that day she’s come so far
and God I’ve come to love her so

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previously on Lorraine…

Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

I’ve known Lorraine since we were kids
and I’ve always been amazed
Every time she went too damn far I thought
Who’ll stop Lorraine?
I saw her hunt down Billy Jim
he was doomed from that first day
I saw her rip his heart into little tiny shreds and I thought,
Who’ll stop Lorraine?

From the hotel bar to the airport lounge
Everyone knows her name
Over and over I ask myself,
Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

Finally one day I’d had enough
I sat her down looked her in the eye
Lorraine I love you, girl, but straighten up,
’cause, Lorraine, you’re wreckin’ people’s lives
From the hotel bar to the airport lounge
Everyone knows your name
Over and over they ask themselves,
Who’ll Stop Lorraine?

I never thought Id see a tear in her eye
I never thought I’d see into her soul
but since that day she’s come so far
and God I’ve come to love her so

From the hotel bar to the airport lounge
Everyone knows her name
Over and over they ask themselves,
Whatever became of Lorraine?

Enslaved by an Angel

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Enslaved by an Angel
[bm d g g / bm a g g / bm d g g / bm a g g]
Enslaved by an angel
I never knew a thing
I strode across continents
Now I cower beneath her wing

© 2001, TK Major
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Notes/Memo

Enslaved by an Angel (‘old’ wrong chords listed below)
[bm d g g / bm a g g / bm d g g / bm g a a]
Enslaved by an angel
I never knew a thing
I strode across continents
Now I cower beneath her wing

rejects:

[d bm c a x2]
When I saw you
I knew it was over
I just surrendered
I knew it was better

[We lie there together
I’ll break the spell never
I’ll look into your eyes
[un]til the last bit of forever
(until the last in’stant of forever)]

your eyes go forever
I’ll break the spell never
til the 31st of Never
we’ll lie here together

verse 2?
what do you do
when you know your love is true
I never thought I’d do
the things you make me do

 

I Slept with Your Sister

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Am C G G
I slept with your sister
cause I couldn’t have you
She was younger she was prettier
and she wanted me, too

F C G G
we rolled and we tumbled
all night long
and when the phone rang
just before dawn
F C F C
It was you on the line
from the phone downstairs
maybe you were lonely
maybe you were scared
F C G G
and maybe I’ll never know
why you were there

I slept with your sister
’cause I couldnt have you
she was younger she was prettier
but it didn’t ring true

we rolled and we tumbled
all night long
and when the phone rang
just before dawn

It was you on the line
from the phone downstairs
maybe you were lonely
maybe you were scared
and maybe I’ll never know
why you were there
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Download Cheater’s Blues

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PfP Download Cheetah Blues

Spent all night on the DSL
downloading music straight to hell
I got the PfP
Download cheater’s blues

I’ll download your page you stream mine
Neither one listen that’ll be just fine
I got the PfP
Download cheater’s blues

I used to play music now I just swap downloads
cause sharpenin’ my chops is too darn slow
I got the PfP
Download cheater’s blues
I use to play music now download swappin’s all I do

Didn’t I see you
on the bulletin board
You were waving your T1
and lookin’ to score
You had the PfP
Download cheater’s blues

Y’ offered two whole pages
for just one song
you seemed kind of desperate
seemed like something was wrong
You had the PFP
Download cheater’s blues

You said I.S. was on your trail
they were sniffin your packets
like a hound after quail
You got the PfP
Download cheater’s blues
And you thought chart position
was the only thing that you had to lose.

[bridge]
I used to write songs I don’t do that no more
Now I spend all my time on the bulletin boards
With crazy vampires, psychos and more
just swappin those downloads and bumpin the score
I used to love music and I listened all day
Now I ripped out my speakers and threw them away
Cause there’s swappin to do and there’s stations to play
I got 5000 songs to download to day

Spent all night on the DSL
downloadin music straight to hell
I got the PfP
Download cheater’s blues
I’ll download your page you stream mine
Neither one listen that’ll be just fine
I got the PfP
Download cheater’s blues

(C)2000, TK Major
The Disintegrators
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Scrapin’ the Bottom of Yesterday’s Bucket Again

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Well I’m scraping the bottom of yesterday’s bucket again
I wore out my memories and then I just played them to shreds
I’ll spend my tomorrows my head bent in sorrow
my heart torn with pain and regret
And all the same it’s my same old refrain:
I swear I won’t be-gin again

and everyone says
just put it to bed
it all worked out for the best
but how could they know
that I love you so
and I won’t stop til I’m dead

I gave up forever I gave up tomorrow
for good
I gave up thinkin’ I could pull it together
I never could
I gave up on new love
I gave up on hope I gave up on faith
but never on ghosts
And I gave up thinkin’
I could ever begin again
— I won’t begin again…

(C)2000, TK Major
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Notes/Memo

Well I’m scraping the bottom of yesterday’s bucket again
I wore out my memories and then I just played them to shreds
I’ll spend my tomorrows my head bent in sorrow
my heart torn with pain and regret
And all the same it’s my same old refrain:
I swear I won’t be-gin again
I IV I I
I IV I I
IV iii IV V
I iii IV – V I
and everyone says
just put it to bed
it all worked out for the best
but how could they know
that I love you so
and I won’t stop til I’m dead
IV – V I -vi IV – V I
IV – V I -vi IV – V vi
I gave up forever I gave up tomorrow
for good
I gave up thinkin’ I could pull it together
I never could
I gave up on new love
I gave up on hope I gave up on faith
but never on ghosts
And I gave up thinkin’
I could ever begin again
— I won’t begin again…

(C)2000, TK Major

 

Beta Girls Go

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Beta Girls Go

“version creep” is all she said
as she stared at her feet on the edge of the bed

“data drift” as she stood in the door
“we just don’t vector anymore.”
–
counting the holes in the ceiling tile
analyze the sex, index and file

measure the angle of the afternoon sun
measure the darkness when it is done

beta girls come and beta girls go
leave not a mark upon his soul
beta girls beta girls beta girls beta girls go

pools of light and soul-black night
17 at first daylight

silent complex cleaning crew
wait to shave until they’re through
–
she gets to work just by noon
takes her laptop to the old break room

he trys not to look when he has to walk by
but as he closes the door he hears her cry

(C)2000 TK Major (2000-01-24)
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All I Need Is the Sun

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All I Need Is the Sun

looking for my place in the sun
ah but everything is pretty much gone
a bottle in a bag and a bun
now all I need is the sun

– caviar and champagne are fun
limos and callgirls the run
but those cocaine days are done
now all I need is the sun

kingdoms and palaces galore
yachts and planes for sure
diamonds and oilfields and mines
yet I traded them all for this wine

(I’ve spent a) million times what you’ll ever own
(I had) 40 people answerin’ my phone
You– you’d never get through… yet now
here I am drinkin with you

©1999, TK Major
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13th Bar Blues

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Thirteenth Bar Blues
Sept 1, 1991 (C) 1991 TK MAJOR

It was the thirteenth day
of the thirteenth month
The clock on the wall
had just struck 13 o’clock
It was the thirteenth bar
on the thirteenth block
I had me twelve beers
and ordered one more for luck

13th bar blues x 4

Thirtteen nightsticks
and thirteen cops
thirteen minutes
of gettin beat up
13 bones broke
in 13 ways
the judge said
Son, I’ll give you 13 hundred Dollars
or 13 days…
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Mountains Come, Mountains Go

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Mountains come and mountains go

Mountains come and mountains go
but a love like ours will surely show
the stars themselves to be a fling
I’ve seen the End of Time
It’s no big thing

The ocean deep is just a pond
I throw my coat for you to walk upon
The waves are tears that mist my eyes
The mighty wind is
just your sleepy sigh

When I sing to you the angels sing along
and yet I know theres something wrong
The sky above is in your eyes
and I know that means
you’re lying on the ground

The sirens freeze my blood is cold
suddenly the world’s just too damn old
the future fading in your eyes
time and space collapse
in one last sigh

© 1999 TK Major

1999 08-01
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Notes/Memo