master – Songs of TK Major

Don’t Ask a Fool (Why He Falls in Love)

Posted on February 19, 2015February 8, 2019 by TK Major

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]

Scared of the Light

Posted on February 24, 2013March 18, 2022 by TK Major

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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

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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

[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

This Scene Is Dead

Posted on February 5, 2013September 24, 2017 by TK Major

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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…

I Bet the Farm on Loving You

Posted on December 10, 2011December 11, 2017 by TK Major

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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
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…

============================

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

Posted on April 5, 2011February 19, 2019 by TK Major

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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

[repeat chorus + first verse and out]

Wrong chords: Each Word Was Like a Bullet CH sheet

Baby, Don’t Cut Your Hair (Mike Bay w rewrite by TKM)

Posted on March 5, 2011November 6, 2019 by TK Major

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Baby Don’t Cut Your Hair (Michael Bay) TK VERSION!!!!

Well I know you– pretty well too
You’ve taken all you can take
You’re sitting there twisting your hair ’round your fingers
and leaving little tiny braids

Now I know you have been depressed
And you’ve got angst to spare
You might think you need some kind of drastic change
ah but Baby don’t cut your hair

Baby–
Baby dont-
Baby Dont cut your hair

You’ve been hinting — You’ve been threatening
that you have an appointment made
You’ve been blue and not shampooing
and you even have let your inner glow fade

But you could hold your head up high
or you could bow your pretty head in prayer
you could fill that empty bobble with psychobabble
Oh but baby, don’t cut your hair

chorus
break

Baby put those scissors down
baby you got me scared
you can cut my heart up in little tiny pieces
oh but baby–don’t cut your hair

G Em Am C

other

shave your head I’ll still be around

you could cut my stocks my bonds my trust deeds up, but
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Notes/Memo

compare versions to see what I wrote

Baby Don’t Cut Your Hair (Michael Bay) with older TK VERSION inserted in sq brkts

Well I know you– pretty well too
I can see you’re about to snap
You’ve been getting into Egyptian Jazz
and Benedictine monks who rap

Now I know you’ve been depressed
Your emotional cupboard’s bare
You might need some drastic change
but Baby don’t cut your hair
Mike Bay with unauthorized TK in brackets

Baby–
Baby dont-
Baby Dont cut your hair

You’ve been hinting — You’ve been threatening
That you have an appointment made
You’ve been blue and not shampooing
{and you haven’t been getting laid}
[and you have let your sex life fade -tk]

Now you can hold your head up high
or you can bow your head in prayer
or you can fill your head with psychobabble
but baby, don’t cut your hair

chorus

{Now there are waves and bobs and shags
yeah there are weaves and wigs and nets
yeah they’re sprays and moose and jells
there even barbershop quartets)

Baby put those scissors down
[baby ya got me scared -tk]
[you can cut my hear up in little pieces -tk]
{reliquish that can of nair
You can tweezer all you want }
but baby–don’t cut your hair

G Em Am C

other

shave your head I’ll still be around

you could cut my stocks my bonds my trust deeds up, but

Towers of the Rich

Posted on February 16, 2011 by TK Major

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– I woke up this morning VVC
heard a distant rumble
The walls of this city
soon will crumble
-the towers of the rich
will surely tumble
the future my friend be-
longs to the meek and the humble

the palaces you built
on the bones of the poor
with ivory on the walls
and blood on the floor
– every thing you own
is fine and pure
I’m sure we’ll be impressed
when we kick in your door

– I woke up this morning
heard a distant rumble
The walls of this city
soon will crumble
-the towers of the rich
will surely tumble
the future my friend be-
longs to the meek and the humble
– the future my friend be-
longs to the meek and the humble
the future my friend be-
longs to the meek and the humble
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Notes/Memo

Saw My Baby and the Devil

Posted on October 3, 2010 by TK Major

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Saw My Baby and the Devil

Saw my baby and the devil
walkin’ side by side
they looked so good together
couldn’t help but feel a twinge of foolish pride

the devil had his hand in her hip pocket
she had a pretty smile on her face
he grinned as he saw me watching
but my baby looked away

(So) Have a drink on the devil
step right up and shake his hand
and raise a glass to my baby
while your at it
cause it’s all a part of his plan

the devil caught me at a party
cornered me by the bar
he wore armani and versace
he looked just like a rising Nashville star

“so have a drink, on the devil”
he smiled as he said to me:
your heart may belong to baby
but your baby belongs to me”
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Notes/Memo

Never Is the Time [Always Has Always, From Nothing to Nowhere]

Posted on June 12, 2010December 8, 2019 by TK Major

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Never Is the Time

[Formerly ‘Always Has Always,’ ‘From Nothing to Nowhere’ but… Pinback has a song from 2007 with same title]

It’s a long time from nothing to nowhere
but baby i been everywhere in between
I’ve thrown down with paupers and and with princes
I’ve slummed with the sad-eyed surly queen

Always has always escaped me
still you can’t break a promise you never made
but i no longer can evade the hard truth
there is something hard that I have got to say

I never thought that I would hear myself say
the things I thought I knew could not come true
I guess that I was just taking the long way
to get to where I say that I love you

Never is the time when I’ll be able
to settle my restless aching gypsy soul
but I did not want to wander off the world’s edge
unforgiven for the biggest lie I’ve told
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It’s a Long Time from Nothing to Nowehre2b [MIDI]

Notes/Memo

It’s a *long time from nothing to nowhere
but *baby i been every where in between
I’ve *thrown down with paupers and and with princes
I’ve *slummed with the sad-eyed surly queen

*Always has always escaped me
still you *can’t break a promise you never made
but i *no longer can e-vade the hard truth
there is *something hard that I have got to say

CH:
i *never thought that I would hear my-self say
the *things I thought I knew could not come true
I *guess that I was just taking the long way
to *get to where I say that I love you

*Never is the time when I’ll be able
to *settle my restless aching gypsy soul
but *I did not want to wander off the world’s edge
unfor*given for the biggest lie I’ve told