lyrics and pieces of lyrics by drew Roberts Feb 10 Copyright 2010, drew Roberts Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License This is the month of the RPM Challenge ---------- RPM Blues Well I done burned out from the weekend Things sure fell apart at work RPM has started Will I find me any words Got to get my heart together Got to tap that juicy flow Can you help me with some music I really want to know ---------- You can call me honey You can call me baby You can call me anything But don't call me maybe Call me for sure Any time you can You can call me anything I'm your loving man ---------- Come on boys! It's time to Packet In! It's time to make some music With some music friends You may have never met some But the music, it won't mind So tune 'er up and belt it out Don't be left behind Listen boys! Join up with Packet In! Make some noise, feel the joys Of music freely shared You may be tired or out of sorts You stream may be bone dry But join right in and have a go Don't be left behind ---------- One (very punk & raw envisioned) One uno un ein One uno un ein One uno un ein One uno un ein This is the first song baby This is the first song baby This is the first song baby Guaranteed to blow your mind This is the first song baby This is the first song baby This is the first song baby Guaranteed to blow your mind One uno un ein One uno un ein One uno un ein One uno un ein This is the first song baby This is the first song baby This is the first song baby Guaranteed to blow your mind This is the first song baby This is the first song baby This is the first song baby Guaranteed to blow your mind One uno un ein One uno un ein One uno un ein One uno un ein Ein un uno one Ein un uno one Ein un uno one Ein un uno one This is the first song baby This is the first song baby This is the first song baby Guaranteed to blow your mind This is the first song baby This is the first song baby This is the first song baby Guaranteed to blow your mind ---------- I know that you love me girl But you're messing with my dreams I think I could love you too But it's much more than it seems When the nights are cooling down And you're wearing hot blue dreams Stars are falling to the ground And you wonder what it means Dig deep to another world Where yellow stands for greens On the dance floor where hearts pound And your sweat just beads and sheens ---------- She said, I said She said She needed someone To hold her till dawn And she hoped that I might I said I'm going down town Gonna buy me a ticket And dance through the night She said I tried to be strong I tried to hold on But it didn't go right I said I had a good time You would have been fine With me through the night ---------- Half Empty (working title) Copyright 2010, drew Roberts Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License I was running half empty baby Till that day at the beach When I saw you You swam out to My dusky boat You climbed up skin Gold and glistening You told me that I was the one You needed to Make your dreams come true I smiled at you Looked in your eyes Saw things I could Never hope to dream We headed to Rose for the day What happened there Just blew me away I was running half empty baby Till that day at the beach When I saw you I was running half empty baby Till that day at the beach When I saw you I was living half empty baby Till that day at the beach You saw me too I was living half empty baby Till that day at the beach You saw me too I never thought Love at first sight Was ever true You proved me right We've been in love Longer it seems It must have grown In all our dreams Next day at school What a surprise See the new girl Fall into green eyes All through our maths Biology I couldn't wait For afternoon chemistry I was running half empty baby Till that day at the beach When I saw you I was running half empty baby Till that day at the beach When I saw you I was living half empty baby Till that day at the beach You saw me too I was living half empty baby Till that day at the beach You saw me too Then came a day There on the beach Friends gathered round Some made a speach I looked at you You smiled at me Rings passed between Heaven in reach Down through the years Right next to me You've been my joy My ecstasy When our days end You next to me With all my heart Can't you to see I was running half empty baby Till that day at the beach When I saw you I was running half empty baby Till that day at the beach When I saw you I was living half empty baby Till that day at the beach You saw me too I was living half empty baby Till that day at the beach You saw me too I was running half empty baby Till that day at the beach When I saw you I was running half empty baby Till that day at the beach When I saw you I was living half empty baby Till that day at the beach You saw me too Now I'm running on empty baby But I've been happy to burn it All for you! ---------- Burning it up I'm burning it up Burning it up I'm burning it up It's never enough No never enough It's never enough No never enough Building her up I'm building her up Building her up I'm building her up It's never enough No never enough It's never enough No never enough Running me down She's running me down Running me down She's running me down I'm never enough No never enough I'm never enough No never enough Tearing it down I'm tearing it down Tearing it down I'm tearing it down Enough is enough Yeah enough is enough Enough is enough Yeah enough is enough ---------- I was born on the wild side Of the wrong side of town I went roaming to the far side Climbing up heading down ---------- She was stuck in the middle With a rainbow on her right Though I don't know what that thing was Standing by her left hand Well I think I saw it once A long time ago In the middle of a nightmare I had as a boy It stood in the shadows With the bright sunshine upon it Red eyes glowing brightly From that cold, misty dark She reminded me of Texas Across the street from Joske's Where something famous happened A long time ago I opened my mouth But the words that left were silent And I felt her breath upon my mind And those eyes upon my heart I turned my back upon her And headed for the levee I knew I needed water To cool my burning head I heard the sound of footsteps Drawing ever closer I could not escape them No matter how I ran Now I'm floating to the ocean Looking at the blue sky Never to remember What it is that I forgot ---------- Rock Traffic Blues (I intend to do this as a spoken word piece but if anyone can think of a tune for it, I will gladly entertain a song version) Go ahead! Let them all out I have nowhere to go And nothing to do at work Why not stop a while and talk To your friend beside the road This road is all yours For miles in every way Hey try turning left from the right lane It's a whole lot of fun You wouldn't want to miss out before your time is up Go ahead and stick your nose out In my lane while I'm not waiting I could use the excitement To stir my morning up Why not turn right from the left lane It's a whole lot more fun Than left from the right Would I steer you wrong? Could you stand a little longer In my lane as I'm driving I want to see what happens Your butt's got the bumpers not my car Wow! I love that tune. Could you double the volume to 22 Oh and boost the bass a bit Let's see Green means go Yellow means caution slow down Red means stop So flashing red and yellow means stop carefully Flashing green and yellow means go carefully But flashing red and green What stop AND go Hey bro Walk a little slower Your theory that a car isn't there and therefor can't hit you If you are not looking at it Has been scientifically proven You are totally safe Hey No problem Looking down and texting While walking across a busy street Has been proven to be safe Man I'm glad to see you finally digging up this read It has been smooth for much too long now hasn't it Do me a favour though Next time don't be so slack and leave it smooth so long (more to come) ---------- V0 Get dressed in black leather Crank it up to 9 The parties on So let the night Cover you in rhymes You can't win by losing So make your move on time Don't jump the gun Don't wait too late That woman's much too fine Chorus Breathing in the water And dancing with the daughter Of a man who left this place such a long time ago What did he know Finally got to meet her With the help of old greeter And you don't know why your pressing gas you just want it slow Does it all show V1 She's got expectations And diamonds on her toes So pop the top Give her a taste Of roses for her nose Other boys don't see it They're chasing other girls But she's the one For you my friend So let your heart unfurl V2 Set sail for the islands Of sultry love tonight A little kiss A gentle touch And things could work out right Love can't last forever You've always been told But take a chance On this romance Or you may never know ---------- I been running forever Now I'm falling apart Now it seems My tangerine dreams Are keeping me up in the dark Get outside in the open Look right up to the sky See the moon Longing for June See the man starting to cry I don't know where I'm going Can't recall where I've been Some folks say I shouldn't have tried Some just say it's a sin I gotta keep myself moving Can't afford to look back I don't have All that much anymore Lost my one memory sack -- I been running forever Now I'm falling apart I been buying you things Like blue diamond rings Now I sit alone in the dark I don't know what I've been doing Since you left me in June I sit there alone One the porch every night Maybe I should howl at the moon If it would make me feel better I'd howl through evey night And I'd track you down Baby all over town If only things would work out allright But I know that aint happening baby And I know I don't stand a chance But if I only could Then I surely would Relight this dying romance ---------- A Girl Named Sue Listen while I tell you bout a girl named Sue She stole my heart and she left me blue She chewed it up and then she spit it out Left me a mess there aint any doubt My heart's broke My mind's unglued Listen now She'll do the same to you Next I wanna tell you bout Mary Ann Long and lean with a golden tan Hair jet black and eyes of blue Lit my fire then away she flew My heart's broke My mind's unglued Listen now She'll do the same to you I probly ought to tell you bout Caroline She had me going for quite some time Made me think that her heart was true Then she snuck on out man I'm tellin you My heart's broke My mind's unglued Listen now She'll do the same to you Now the moral of my story should be plain to you I thought I knew it but I got no clue I keep making the same mistakes every time Now I'm down to my last thin dime (Got to change while I'm still in my prime) (I aint fooling it's a major crime) My heart's broke My mind's unglued Listen now She'll do the same to you ---------- I forgot To remember What love was And I forgot To remember My dreams I spent the night All alone On an island Washed up Like all my Best dreams I forgot To remember What love was And I forgot To remember My dreams I spent the night All alone With a woman Who wasn't there Cause she was one of My dreams I forgot To remember What love was And I forgot To remember My dreams I sat alone On a beach As the tide left Like my plans Like my loves Like my dreams I forgot To remember What love was And I forgot To remember My dreams ---------- You got ideas and commitments But they been sung about before You got ideas but intermittent You got windows and open doors You got dreams and aspirations But you need your daily bread So you lock up your desires And you go to work instead Hey take another shot at your future Take another run at your goals The time is now so get up and do it Don't wait till you're growing cold You got sunshine you got shadows But they're playing in the sand You got women pretty women So you're trying to be a man You got evening you got morning You got darkness you got light You got women pretty women So you're trying to get it right So take another shot at your future Take another run at your goals The time is now so get up and do it Don't wait till you're growing cold ---------- Going upstairs to the bowling alley Gonna roll myself some lines Bring your big hooks or your Brooklyns baby Bring your nickles and your dimes Stick em in the old style pinballs baby Play a couple games of pool Then roll yourself a few more lines now baby In your stinky rental shoes I got my auntie's old pink polka dot ball And the thing is just right in style But if it gets me just one more strike well baby It's better than a country mile ---------- I was living on a downtown train With not enough love and too much rain Flooding into my life but I didn't complain ---------- First you came along Acting like a queen Acting like you knew Just how to live between And the days would last forever At least those in my dreams And I've got to tell you baby Forever's longer than it seems When you're sitting all alone On a dock beside a bay Trying to make somebody love you In some tired old fashioned way ---------- Sometimes I wonder Just what I'm doing here And I sit and watch the moonlight In the waves and in your hair I smile a little smile But I'm holding back my tears Sometimes I wonder Just what I'm doing here ---------- It's four in the morning The michelob maniacs Are gunning for you You can't get your mojo back You tried real hard But your money's leaking from the sack It's four in the morning The michelob maniacs ---------- Possiblte lyrics for this track: http://kompoz.com/t/73766 Somewhere deep within a midnight You cried for a better man Somewhere deep within a heartache I lost all I ever loved I lost you Kept on drinking water till the well ran dry Kept on drinking water till the well ran dry Kept on drinking water till the well ran dry Kept on drinking water till the well ran dry or She took me to the water but the well was dry etc. Then one night before the moon rose You left on the falling tide Closed my only door One upon another I then piled All my dreams upon the cold floor Burned them to the bitter ground Lonely me Aching, my heart is aching Breaking, my heart is breaking Taken, why have you taken it all from me Hey girl, why did you leave me No way girl, I don't believe you Please stay girl, you mean the whole world to me Please stay ---------- I don't need you in the morning Cause you'll leave me feeling blue And I don't need you in the moonlight Cause there's only room for two I got plans and I got angles Yeah you got curves but not enough I'm just a sometime simple man I don't do your fancy stuff ---------- ... He rolled with the stars But he didn't care about their reputations About their money or cars Cause he had skies as blue as the rich boys And his heart beat just as hard No he didn't care about their reputations About their money or cars Cause he had a woman who loved him better Said "Boy I love you just as you are!" ---------- You were young and beautiful Now you're old and miserable What happened to you girl Down through the years I remember sitting out On wooden benches after school Talking teenage foolishness Thinking we were cool I knew I could kiss your friend If I only asked her to But your lips were on my mind And I was too afraid Then came graduation day And my poor heart was blown away When I saw you with that boy From another school I found a job on a fishin boat And tried to make a simple life You moved away for college and You never came back home I searched for love for years and years But it never worked out right So I sometimes thought of you Late in my quite nights I heard that you had settled down To a quiet life of rock and roll With the front man for a band That made it big I'm told Now I see you sitting here A face that's painted with despair My heart wants to comfort you But I don't know how ----------