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Show Time
04:25
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"Show Time"
Dana Miller © 2014
I got a girl, she treats me rough
I got a job, it don’t pay enough
I have a dream, wakes me up at night
I got a love for this world, it don’t do me right
Need lots of money, I need it now
We’ve got a problem, let me tell you how
There’s no time, it’s show time
For me to make my move
There’s no time, it’s show time
For me to make my move
I may need a professional,
To get away from these blues
Feelin’ pretty loose, feelin’ pretty high
We all got our crutches,
To make through these hard times
While you’re on your way, to your eternity
Maybe the one life, you may ever lead
Need lots of money, need it boy and how
We’ve got a problem, Shall I tell you now
There’s no time, it’s show time
For you to make your move
You may have to become more professional,
To get away from these blues
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2. |
As If
03:04
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"As If"
Dana Miller © 2014
They can't predict the weather
They don't know if it's gonna rain
Or the sun's gonna shine
They don't know if it's cloudy or bright
As If they could take
The sun from the sky
The Mona Lisa's smilin'
You could say the same for her eyes
In that wonderful light
You could wonder what makes it alright
As if he could paint
All of her life
I went out to the wedding
On a day when the sun sure did shine
And what a beautiful bride
The ceremony's alright
Though you heard it a hundred times
As If they could trade
The stars for the rice
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3. |
Livin'
03:34
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"Livin’"
Dana Miller © 2014
Hit on a heavy hussy who’s here hurtin’ from a huge
humdrum
Couldn’t a counted the cats cruisin’ cousins comin’
cause they can’t kick cans
Lovin’ lucky losers lookin’ looped and loose from
liquor lit lips
Walkin’ with the witches was a wicked way to wash your wheels
But now that your on the wagon you been whinin’ and
weepin’ and whalin’ and wanderin’
Better break the bummer to your beggar buddy before
he blows the bag
And it ain’t no go, the wheels in your mind are movin’
too slow
And it ain’t no good, your people ain’t treatin’ you
like they should
And it ain’t no jive, this livin’ and lovin’ and lyin’ about it
Believin’ the best had bought you beggin’ brothers bent
and bothered belly up
Trippin’ the tiger tumblin’ tryin’ to toss and turn the total time trial
Rock ‘n roll riders rippin’ retro rebels recognized as real
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4. |
Maybe Time
04:48
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"Maybe time"
Dana Miller© 2014
Maybe time up and tell me
Maybe time could have told
What you were trying to sell me
Maybe time's been sold
Maybe love could have saved me
Maybe some long while ago
What laid in wait did slay me
There's no way I could've known
What's the matter my love
You're not the only one who's takin' it
What's the matter my love
You're not the only one who's fakin' it
And when I dreamed of wood and bone
I woke to find myself alone
With my head, and my heart
Made of stone
And in my chariot of peace
I find I can get no release
And my mind, wants to change
My beliefs
Maybe time up and tell me
Maybe time truth will tell
What was it made your heart lie
Made your heart lie to yourself
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5. |
Of Course I Couldn't
02:05
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"Of Course I Couldn't"
Dana Miller © 2014
Well I tried, yeah baby I Tried
To make sense of it all
Of course I couldn't
Oh, I hope, Oh, I hope
I don't end it all
Of course I couldn't
Cause time and tides
Drift me away
I can't face tomorrow today
I'm all shook up, and down
So I slept, yeah baby I slept
To dream of it all
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6. |
Your Eyes
03:24
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"Your Eyes"
Dana Miller © 2014
I know you baby, you're from the sky
They can see heaven when they look in your eyes
Your eyes
You gotta let your lovers know
They can't see you anymore
It's time for them to cry
It's time to say bye bye
You're walkin' out that door, you're coming with me
Cause I love you baby, you can see why
I can feel heaven when I hold you tight
I know you baby, you're from the skies
The kiss of an angel, the look in your eyes
Your eyes
You gotta put your hand in mine
And come through this space and time
We're gonna roll the river's run
We'll be holdin' close as one
whirl the stars around, we are so free
Baby we're free....
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7. |
Samantha
06:28
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"Samantha"
Dana Miller © 2014
If I see her every day,
It's cause I want it that way
Well, I must have loved her up
But there’s still honey in her cup
I could never love this earth,
the way I love what she’s worth
Yeah, Samantha is her name
Yeah, with her there is no shame
I could never tell you exactly what she means to me
She’s got the warmest body I ever did feel
I love to meet her just before the night time comes
I love to see her face in the mornin’ sun
When you see us on the street,
can you tell we love to meet, each other now
Well, she must have loved me up
But there’s still honey in my cup
Yeah, Samantha is her name
Yeah, with her there is no shame
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8. |
Wondering What's Right
05:04
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"Wondering What's Right"
Dana Miller © 2014
There’s cats in the day and dogs in the night
There’s guns with the meek and flowers with the might
There’s war in the lovers, peace in the dynamite
Wondrin’ what’s right, wondrin’ what’s right
In the middle of the night, wondrin’ what’s right
There’s frowns in the pleasure and smiles in the fright
There’s men in the darkness and fish in the light
There’s red in the yellow, black in the white
Wondrin’ what’s right, wondrin’ what’s right
In the middle of the night, wondrin’ what’s right
There’s thieves in the treaties and priests in the fight
Is the ending behind us, the beginning in sight
You know that it might, if we just do it right
In the middle of the night, wondrin’ what’s right
There’s cats in the day and dogs in the night
There’s teeth in the kiss and tongue in the bite
There’s small in the tall and height in the sleight
Wondrin’ what’s right, wondrin’ what’s right
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9. |
Wish I Had
04:34
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Wish I Had
Dana Miller © 2014
I kinda wish I had, taken a little more time
Before I changed my head,
Before I changed my mind
And took the plunge, and played with death,
and laid my former self to rest
My heart left home, two years alone,
came back faded, but liberated
I kinda wish I had, used a little more soul
When it was time to choose
The things I wanted in my home
Like second dreams, and sights unseen,
the alterations, the altercations
Your mind may play, what your lips don't say
Just when you're settled in, it's time for leavin'
(Instru)
Your mind may play, what your lips don't say
Just when you're settled in, it's time for leavin'
Now the rooms are bare, and I'm not there
Found another home, it's a pleasure dome
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10. |
Down To Me
03:29
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Down To Me
Dana Miller © 2014
I needed a rest, I needed somewhere to go
I needed the best, feeling that I could feel
You know it's been so long, I've been depending on
Mass media to give me a ride
Now I can see it ain't ever gonna get me
Too high
I heard what I wanted to hear
I saw what I wanted to see
It's down to me, down to me
It's down to me
I needed some time, there ain't enough to fill my days
I needed some kind, of way to keep from goin' insane
(Instru)
You know we don't let it show, but everyone knows
We're walkin' on a very thin line
I can't say I know, we ain't ever gonna blow it all
Sky high
I heard what I wanted to hear
I saw what I wanted to see
It's down to me, down to me
It's down to me
I said what I wanted to say
I believe what I want to believe
It's down to me, down to me
It's down to me
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11. |
Goin' Crazy
02:53
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"Goin" Crazy"
Dana Miller © 2014
Yes, I don’t have no energy
No, there ain’t no place I could be
Well, I tell you what you could do
You, could have some sympathy too
I’m goin’ crazy, it never stops
I’m goin’ crazy, my head is full of rocks
You people make me wild, I don’t know what I’d do
if there wasn’t all of you.
I’m goin’ crazy, day after night
I’m goin’ crazy, the world is such a fright
Every little pleasure, everything you say,
You saw it all at the movies yesterday
I’m goin’ crazy, the world is goin’ too
I’m goin’ crazy, like walkin’ through a zoo
Who’s headed for destruction, loved ones left to cry
Who are these people that won’t even get to try
Why's life got to be such a big pain in the ass?
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12. |
You I Don't Need
03:11
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You I Don’t Need
Dana Miller © 2014
You want me, you want me to be free
How come you won't, you won't let me be
You say it ain't easy, you say it ain't easy
Easy to see, you I don't need
You better pack up your things and go
Your robots are movin’ too slow
Easy to see, you I don’t need
You're talkin' fast, your movin' towards the door
You never last, and it got to be a bore
Who are you foolin’, who are you foolin’
You ain't foolin' me, you I don't need
Don’t bother to draw up the line
I know you’ll leave your troubles behind
Cause you been layin’ in bed for years
Your habits have got pretty weird
Easy to see, you I don’t need
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13. |
Helluva Man
04:03
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Helluva Man
Dana Miller © 2014
I’m a helluva man, I don’t feel anything
I go through the motions of being a human being
How I got on this earth, now what’s that about
I’m trapped in this body, now I can’t get out
I should be up with the sun, floating in space
I got no business here with the human race
I should be inside a dream, part of a tree
a speck on a trade wind, a microcosm on the sea
I’m a helluva man, there’s nothin’ inside
I try to relate, the moments pass me by
(Instru)
I should be up with the sun, floating in space
I got no business here with the human race
I should be inside a dream, part of a tree
a speck on a trade wind, a microcosm on the sea
I’m a helluva man, there’s nothin’ inside
I try to relate, the moments pass me by
How I got on this earth, now what’s that about
I’m trapped in this body, now I can’t get out
I’m a helluva man, I don’t feel anything
I go through the motions of being a human being
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14. |
Maybe Time Medley
11:39
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