1. |
The September Issue
03:32
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THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE
(Zurkowski/McDonald)
August ends in a summer storm of sad defeat
School begins but he ain't got nothing beat
One of his friends gonna let him have her seat
Here comes the September issue again
Back to school, kiss your kids goodbye if you got 'em
He's a fool, anyone with eyes could spot him
Keepin' cool, wears his clothes like he just bought 'em
Here comes the September issue again
September issue
How's he gonna make another year?
September issue
Wipes away a snotty tear
Down and out, he got everything he needs
See the crowd bash and beat him as he bleeds
Make him run across a carousel of broken steeds
Here comes the September issue again
September issue
How's he gonna make another year?
September issue
Wipes away a snotty tear
August ends in a summer storm of sad defeat
School begins but he ain't got nothing beat
One of his friends gonna let him have her seat
Here comes the September issue again
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2. |
Brand New Car
04:23
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BRAND NEW CAR
(Zurkowski/McDonald)
Bought a brand new car
Said it looks like you
Gonna keep it clean
And always smelling new
I got some fancy boots
Came in pairs of two
Zippers up the sides
So I can run to you
Life's so easy now
Easy now
Life's so easy now
Life's so easy now
Since you went away
Don't know what to do
Except to sleep all day
Think I'll get a job
Maybe one I like
Sell my brand new car
Buy a little bike
Life's so easy now
Easy now
Life's so easy now
It's all working out
It's all working out
It's all working out
Who were you anyway?
To fill me up with doubt
Like you had a say
Life's so easy now
Easy now
Life's so easy now
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3. |
Bad Old World
04:23
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BAD OLD WORLD
(Zurkowski)
Bad old world tried to take my baby
Bad old world wants to get my girl
There's no doubt about it, nor no maybe
Bad old life tried to take my girl
Bad old world tried to take my baby
Bad old world wants to get my girl
There's no doubt about it, nor no maybe
Bad old life tried to take my girl
Light from heaven shinin' down on me
To live or die, so long as we stay free
No compassion anywhere, far as I can see
Light from heaven shining down on me
Bad old world won't get me
Excellent device, this thing called love
Brave new world where we sleep hand in glove
Is it all we need, this thing called love?
Is it all we need, this thing called love?
If you're looking for some final answer
Take you 'cross this space of ground
Go and ask the singer and the dancer
They will tell you what they think they've found
Bad old world want to take my baby
Bad old world try to get my girl
There's no doubt about it, nor no maybe
Bad old life tried to take my girl
Light from heaven shinin' down on me
To live or die, so long as we stay free
No compassion anywhere, far as I can see
Light from heaven shining down on me
If you're looking for some final answer
To take you 'cross this space of ground
Go and ask the singer and the dancer
They will tell you what they think they've found
Come with me into a world called love
Come with me into a world called love
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4. |
She's Not Your Life
03:33
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SHE'S NOT YOUR LIFE
(Zurkowski)
When your heart is not your own anymore
You find that love has gone away without you
She used to laugh and dance across your floor
Now that girl just laughs at everything about you
Maybe someday she'll be somebody's wife
She's not your life
Now you got some time to spend
On some other girl
Don't cry because she was your friend
Just blame the world
She won't pass your way again
That's a million nights ago
All you wanted was an end to loneliness, and so
What if she still cuts you like a knife?
She's not your life
She's not your life
You mustn't look for love anymore
She's not your life
But once a lifetime someone passes through your door
So keep your head about you
Watch everybody else lose theirs
Let the lovers flout you
When they pass you by in pairs
Don't ever think about her eyes
They'll tear your soul apart
Big girls must learn not to cry
She can't have your heart
Show her your the one that will survive
She's not your life
She's not your life
Mustn't look for love anymore
She's not your life
Once a lifetime someone passes through your door
When your heart is not your own anymore
You find that love has gone away without you
She used to laugh and dance across your floor
Now that girl just laughs at everything about you
Maybe someday she'll be somebody's wife
She's not your life
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5. |
Sylvia Strange
03:58
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SYLVIA STRANGE
(Zurkowski/McDonald)
Sylvia Strange sits and smiles in her so sexy way
Devours all lovers and wonders who she'll do today
I'm in her bed, I can't move, I got nothing to say
She'll come for me soon, so she tells me I should stay
Sylvia's dimples are dragons that play on her face
A beautiful girl, it's too bad that her mind is all over the place
I tried to know but I'm glad I crawled out alive
Sylvia left me for dead, I'm just glad I had just enough bread to survive
I'm sorry to see her go
Sorry to see her go
Sorry to see her go
Sorry to see her go
Men have fought wars for girls of her kind
A man may be steel, but a woman is always mink-lined
Little Sylvia insists that you take your time
She'll suck all the life out of you, and your left there with nothing but time
I'm sorry to see her go
Sorry to see her go
Sorry to see her go
Sorry to see her go
I joined the navy to sink in the sea
Sylvia swam through the waves thinking she'd rescue me
But I fought my way free
I'm sorry to see her go
Sorry to see her go
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6. |
Generationless Man
04:11
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GENERATIONLESS MAN
(Zurkowski/McDonald)
He's filthy and he's guilty and you shouldn't talk to him
He's been around a long, long time
He's teary and he's bleary and his chances might be slim
His songs don't always rhyme
He's the guy who always struggles on while others complain
He's the guy who knows that someday he might make it rain
He's a generationless man
The generationless man
Try to understand him, it'll bust your brain
He'll tear your mind apart
Think you're above him but you're down the drain
He can only love his art
He'll take you on a jungle ride right inside your mind
Throw you to the lions for the thousandth time
He's a generationless man
The generationless man
Generationless man trying to find his way
Generationless man got a lot to say
Caught between two times in the human race
Generationless man trying to find his face
Don't get him going ‘cause he'll never quit
His hands are bloody now
Throw a rope around him, try and make him sit
Wipe his worried brow
He's the guy who always struggles on while others complain
He's the guy who knows that someday he might make it rain
He's a generationless man
The generationless man
He's filthy and he's guilty and you shouldn't talk to him
He's been around a long, long time
He's teary and he's bleary and his chances might be slim
His songs don't always rhyme
Generationless man gonna save the day
Generationless man got a lot to say
Caught between two times in the human race
Generationless man trying to find his face
He's a generationless man
The generationless man
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7. |
California
03:42
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CALIFORNIA
(Zurkowski/McDonald)
Never saw a girl so fine with your sunshine eyes
Your mountains and your valleys and your ocean and you’re eight miles high
California
Without your love there'd be no today
Fame has formed you
Your golden gate holds me in its sway
Movie stars, mansions, surfboards and swimming pools
Saw you in your polka-dot bikini, I became your fool
California
Without your love there'd be no today
Men may warn you
No earthquake never gonna come and take you away
California
Know you’re there this morning
Sleeping in your suntan scent
I won't bore you
My beach umbrella wanna open up and pay no rent
To the stars and skies above you
Three thousand miles across the blacktop trail
Thirsty in the desert, baby bring my water pail
Here I come
Just like the old song used to say
My last run
I ain't never gonna go away
Now I'm in California, I can't think what to do
That's okay ‘cause California she can't think too
California
The music in your canyons deep inside my heart
I adore you
My Hollywood dreams always gonna want a brand new start
So keep on California-ing me
Never saw a girl so fine with your sunshine eyes
Your mountains and your valleys and you’re eight miles high
Without your love there'd be no today
California
I ain't never gonna go away
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8. |
Sailing
03:11
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SAILING
(Zurkowski)
It's a good day for sailing
Put on your sailor's shoes
There's fish over your railing
Your gonna catch some blues
It's a good day, but we can't sail with you
It's time for you to go
Time for this day to end
You'll see everyone you know
Your brothers and your friends
It's time to go, but we can't go with you
You've set out on your own before
Maybe never quite this far from shore
In the middle of the sound
With no one else around
It's a good day for sailing
Cast out on the waves
All your shipmate's are a-hailing
They'll help you to be brave
Take your sail, we'll be missing you
You've set out on your own before
Maybe never quite this far from shore
In the middle of the sound
With no one else around
It's a good for sailing
Cast out on the waves
All your shipmate's are a-hailing
They'll help you to be brave
Take your sail, we'll be missing you
Take your sail, we'll be missing you
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9. |
A Girl Called Life
04:35
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A GIRL CALLED LIFE
(Zurkowski/McDonald)
I'm a guy who can never keep his thoughts to himself
I think and sing anything that pops into my head
And my friends have started telling me maybe I should get some help somewhere
Like I really care
My cameraman friend's got a job shooting drugs at the pharmacy
And his woman tells him maybe he should a real job real soon
Well I guess he's fine for now, he likes watching the money roll in and in
So I let him think what he will
After all, who am I to decide how anyone feels?
Life's a girl you ain't never gonna figure out
Except to say that she's there for you any time
Wakes you up every morning, shows you to her day
Brings you dreams at night when you've finished with your work and play
One thing I know for certain, and you know it too
Gotta keep on living 'til your living time gets through
And the thoughts along the way, they ain't never gonna scare so bad
Make you sad
After all, who am I to ever love a girl called life anyway?
Life's a girl you ain't never gonna figure out
Except to say that she's there for you any time
Wakes you up every morning, shows you to her day
Brings you dreams at night when you've finished with your work and play
I'm a guy who can never keep his thoughts to himself
I think and sing anything that pops into my head
And my friends have started telling me maybe I should get some help somewhere
Like I really care
After all, who am I to ever love a girl called life anyway?
Life anyway
Life anyway
Life anyway
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10. |
Old Man
03:47
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OLD MAN
(Zurkowski/McDonald)
Old man nailed up a wall
Lit the wall on fire
Said someday we all will fall
I told him he's a liar
Flung his hammer straight at me
Flew upon the pyre
Keep runnin' down the road
Woman at a stove
Cooking up some food
She tells us it's her love
Makes it taste so good
Hammer slams through kitchen wall
We stand there like we're wood
Keep runnin' down the road
Keep runnin' down the road
Get up on the roof
The flood is rolling in
Water, water, everywhere
Drink the old man's gin
Float your boat with anything
Living ain't no sin
Keep rollin' down the road
Keep rollin' down the road
Dead leaves in the gutters
Water can't get through
I'm worried 'bout the others
I don't know what they'll do
Baby, kiss me one more time
Until this time gets through
Keep runnin' down the road
Keep runnin' down the road
Old man nailed up a wall
Lit the wall on fire
Said someday we all will fall
I told him he's a liar
Swung his hammer straight at me
Flew upon the pyre
Keep runnin' down the road
Keep runnin' down the road
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11. |
Terry and Julie
04:35
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TERRY & JULIE
(Zurkowski/McDonald)
Whatever happened to Terry and Julie
How long has it been?
They were crossing over the river
Last time they were seen
Terry and Julie, we count on you truly
Please give your love one more try
Can we all just see you together
Walking by the river tonight
Can you tell me, are you still kissing
When there's no one around?
It's been years now, since you went missing
Are you still safe and sound?
Terry and Julie, we count on you truly
Please give your love one more try
Can we all just see you together
Walking by the river tonight
I heard that Julie, she cheated on Terry
But I don't believe what they say
‘Cause Julie she promised to love him forever
I know that she does to this day
I know she does because I think I saw Julie
Walking hand in hand
Down by the river, with a guy just like Terry
Or maybe it was some other man
It had to be Terry, we've got to believe that
He would never hurt her
I'm almost sure it was Julie and Terry
They were crossing the river
Terry kissed Julie up on the bridge where
The snow was falling so fast
They looked out at the dirty old river
And all the boats as they passed
Terry decided they'd live forever
But they would never grow old
Terry took Julie into the river
Where they kissed in the cold
Terry and Julie, we count on you truly
Give us a reason to try
Can we all just see you together
Walking by the river tonight?
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12. |
Dementia
03:13
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DEMENTIA
(Zurkowski/McDonald)
Ever since all time began
Child grows into a man
Experience comes, experience goes
Child takes what he needs to know
He don't need to know he won't be here
Maybe not now but not in too many years
Makes him lonely, makes him sad
Makes him wanna go and lose it oh so bad
Dementia
I don't know where I am
I thought I had a plan
I'm crazier than ever
I don't wanna get better
Doctor said it's a normal thing
One way to handle life's arrows and slings
Mood goes up, mood goes down
Medication comes around and round
And then one day we've had enough
Don't feel good when life gets rough
Take off our clothes and run a little mad
Just like grandma and granddad
Dementia
I don't know where I am
I thought I had a plan
I'm crazier than ever
I don't wanna get better
Here come the middle eight
I had some words but I left it too late
Ever since all time began
Child grows into a man
Experience comes, experience goes
Child takes what he needs to know
He don't need to know he won't be here
Maybe not now but not in too many years
Makes him lonely, makes him sad
Makes him wanna go and lose it oh so bad
Dementia
I don't know where I am
I thought I had a plan
I just ate my sweater
I don't wanna get better
Dementia
I'm crazier than ever
Dementia
I don't wanna get better
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A British rock titan and an acclaimed member of New York's acting community walk into a recording studio … multi- instrumentalist Ian McDonald, a founding member of both King Crimson and Foreigner, and guitarist and lead vocalist Ted Zurkowski, co-founder of New York's celebrated Shakespeare ensemble, Frog & Peach, and a long-time member of the world-famous Actors Studio. ... more
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