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I've Been Around
03:27
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I've Been Around
Words and music: Michael Waid
I ain’t looking for some fashion beauty
That’s fine for fantasy but not in real life
I want a women who won’t crumble apart
Not just a girl for a whirl on a Saturday night
chorus:
I’ve been around
And I don’t mind if you rock the boat
You don’t have to sugar coat
And it’ O.K. ‘bout those soar notes
I’ve been around
I’ve played the lover and I’ve played the fool
I’ve learned a thing or two from the hard knock school
You tell your story when you show your cards
Well, I’ve got scars on my hands
Scars on my heart
chorus:
I’ve been around
And I don’t mind if you rock the boat
You don’t have to sugar coat
And it’ O.K. ‘bout those soar notes
I’ve been around
bridge:
I can deal with rough edges
I can handle the truth
I am looking love
I think life is like a circus arcade
You toss the rings just like some choices you’ve made
Darling, you don’t have to hide where you’ve been
I have fallen for love and fallen for sin
chorus:
I’ve been around
And I don’t mind if you rock the boat
You don’t have to sugar coat
And it’ O.K. ‘bout those soar notes
I’ve been around
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2. |
I'm Not Your Jailer
03:05
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I'm Not Your Jailer
Words and music: Michael Waid and Dana Waid
So you say you miss you freedom
Well, don’t blame that on me
If for you this love’s a prison
Then use your own damn key
chorus:
I’m not your jailer
You can stay or go free
I’m not your jailer and I don’t want to be
You treat me like a warden
Someone to set you free
You’re begging me for a pardon
It can’t come from me
chorus:
I’m not your jailer
You can stay or go free
I’m not your jailer and I don’t want to be
If you to love me
Do it
Who’s stopping you
If for you this love’s a prison
You better leave I’m warning you
chorus:
I’m not your jailer
You can stay or go free
I’m not your jailer and I don’t want to be
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3. |
Better On The Third Time
02:53
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Better On The Third Time
Words and music: Michael Waid
I had nothing better to do today
then to sit and write this song
Well, I rewrote it once and toss it twice
but it was better by the third time
chorus:
Well, I tried it once
And I tried it twice
Well, I tried it three times and you know what
It was better on the third time
Ah, Delores was a heart breaker
And Donna she was too
Well, I found a sweet girl
and you know what
It’s better on the third time
chorus:
Well, I tried it once
And I tried it twice
Well, I tried it three times and you know what
It was better on the third time
bridge:
Somethings come easy and some things don’t
Take time to make mistakes
Practice makes perfect and you will find
It’ll all fall in place
Dance lessons on a Friday night
The whole world is looking on
Well, I lost the beat once or twice
but I was stepping by the third time
chorus:
Well, I tried it once
And I tried it twice
Well, I tried it three times and you know what
It was better on the third time
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4. |
Cookie Cravin' Blues
02:36
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Cookie Cravin' Blues
Words and music: Michael Waid
I got this monkey on my back and I don’t know what to do
I got this cookie madness and it could easily happen to you
Chocolate chip, vanilla fudge or Fig Newton too
I got the once in the morning, twice in the eve cookie cravin’ blues
Bless my soul-Lord, don’t you know I love them Oreos
I’d sell my car and hock everything to get them lemon cremes
Chocolate chip, vanilla fudge or Fig Newton too
I got the once in the morning, twice in the eve cookie cravin’ blues
Once in the morning, twice in the eve cookie cravin’ blues
Well, I get the shakes if I don’t get ‘em soon
I need a hit for my sweet tooth
I said oh, my Lord I’d sell my Ford and hock everything
I got the once in the morning, twice in the eve cookie cravin’ blues
Get me an eight once glass of milk and I’ll dunk the rascals in
Fingers an all-I’m having a ball committing oral sin
Chocolate chip, vanilla fudge or Fig Newton too
I got the once in the morning, twice in the eve cookie cravin’ blues
I go the once in the morning
Twice in the eve
Cookie
Cravin’
Blues
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One More Reason To Stay Gone
Words and music: Michael Waid
I got phone call from an old girl friend of mine
She said “I’d like to see you if you wouldn’t mind”
But like the water under the bridge
You can go back but you might drown in it
That’s just one more reason to stay gone
It took a year or more for me to sort me all out
Why would I get back in it just to eliminate your doubts?
There was a time that I loved you
You cut me down and then I shoved you
That’s just one more reason to stay gone
Think about it
Think about all of the pleasure
Think about all of the pain
Think of the lessons learned and throw the past away
They say old memories sometimes linger on
Some are pleasant
Some are deadly and strong
But like a bird in a whirl wind
You can fly but you can’t stop turning
That’s just one more reason to stay gone
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6. |
This Broken Heart
03:16
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This Broken Heart
Words and music: Michael Waid
I can fix the lights
I can fix the car
I can fix most anything
but I haven’t got that far with this broken heart
This broken heart
You took away the nights
You took away the light of your eyes
You took away a love so pure
and you took away the cure for this broken heart
This broken heart
“All in all I’m doing fine”
I tell my friends with a smile
But deep inside the hurtin’ grows
and I wonder will it die or will I
It’s hard to go to work
It’s hard to go back home
It’s hard to spend this time alone
and even harder to fill this hole in this broken heart
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7. |
When Is Enough Enough
03:30
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When Is Enough Enough?
Words and music: Michael Waid
You got a beautiful wife that loves you so
but your messing around wherever you go
“If one is sublime...two is divine.”
but where do you draw the final line
chorus:
When is enough enough?
When is enough enough?
When are you ever gonna be satisfied?
Great big house with plenty of room
but you buy more stuff and that changes soon
You nee a bigger house to get more room
but you’ll buy more stuff and then you need more room
chorus:
When is enough enough?
When is enough enough?
When are you ever gonna be satisfied?
You been lazin’ around on milk and honey
Stocks and bonds, inheritance money
Limousine-mezzanine
Give me that dough-give me mo-mo-mo
chorus:
When is enough enough?
When is enough enough?
When are you ever gonna be satisfied?
Well, the basic nature of the human kind
is to push the limit and cross the line
If the grass is greener on the other side
When are we ever satisfied?
chorus:
When is enough enough?
When is enough enough?
When are you ever gonna be satisfied?
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I Ain't Gonna Do It Today
Words and music: Michael Waid
The lawn needs doin’
The boards are bare
The floor needs sweeping
and the neighbors stare
The list is endless of chores and repairs
but I ain’t gonna do it today
I said I ain’t
I ain’t gonna do it today
The bills have all come in
but they’ll have to wait
The boss keeps phonin’
“Will you be in today”
My head is aching from too much wine
So I ain’t gonna do it today
I said I ain’t
I ain’t gonna do it today
What am I gonna do without you?
My life is such a mess
Is it any wonder I feel so damn depressed
The stove ain’t workin’
The faucet leaks
This pile of garbage has been sittin’ here for a week
The lawyers are callin’ me to sign you away
But I ain’t gonna do it today
I said I ain’t
I ain’t gonna do it today
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9. |
Tell Us
03:13
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Tell Us
Words and music: Michael Waid
chorus:
Tell us all all about it
Tell us all all about it
Tell us all all about it
Tell us all about the story
I know a woman
Call her example “A”
Her sole ambition
Spending her husband’s pay
The stress of the bills causes a heart attack
Now she’s all alone with her things and bored with that
chorus:
Tell us all all about it
Tell us all all about it
Tell us all all about it
Tell us all about the story
I know a man caught in a traffic jam
To wait in line is more than he can stand
He noticed a break
but that was a big mistake
Now his car is crashed and he sits and has to wait
Life is a lesson-Life is a lesson
Life is a lesson-Life is a lesson
I know a couple who argue, fuss and fight
And they will do it
Morning, noon and night
The sound of the screams
The knock of the cop on the door
Crying once again “We won’t do it anymore”
chorus:
Tell us all all about it
Tell us all all about it
Tell us all all about it
Tell us all about the story
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Holding Out For A Goodbye
Words and music: Michael Waid
Sittin’ in a parking lot drinkin’ gin
Tryin’ to think of a pleasant way to end things
Split things
And tryin’ to figure out what went wrong
Love is not a game but it’s become one
It’s undone
We keep holding out for a goodbye
Holding out for a goodbye
If I had a window to see the past
I’d polish up the glass and draw the drapes back
I’d turn time back
But there’s too much water under the bridge
No more hope and no desire to go on
It’s all gone
We keep holding out for a goodbye
Holding out for a goodbye
I don’t know where our love went
I don’t know how to get it back
It’s gone and we can’t find it
It’s over and we can’t face it
There is no easy way to go
I’m laying beside her it’s 11:10
I’m feeling her warmth and knowing she don’t want me
“Don’t touch me”
And our little girl down the hall
Hears our fights and shouldn’t have to choose sides
She’s just five
We keep holding out for a goodbye
Holding out for a goodbye
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11. |
This Is My Heart
03:19
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This Broken Heart
Words and music: Michael Waid
What did you think that I was meaning?
Did you think I just said the words?
I seem to misinterpret
what it is you really feel
chorus:
This is my heart that you are playing with
This is my heart that you are playing with
I thought you felt what I felt you felt
At least that’s what showed in your eyes
Maybe it was the wine or the candlelight
Or maybe the way you made love
chorus:
This is my heart that you are playing with
This is my heart that you are playing with
I’m playing Mr. Understanding
While you play Miss Must Decide
It’s getting oh so complicated
Come on just open your eyes-open ‘em up
chorus:
This is my heart that you are playing with
This is my heart that you are playing with
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12. |
Lover's Prayer
02:54
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Lover's Prayer
Words and music: Michael Waid
I can’t stop living in the past
That old pain is just to vast a place to crawl from
And the memories live on
And then that girl walks in my life
and makes me think of all the times I’ve held love
Then love just slipped away
chorus:
Lord, give me the strength to try again
Face the fear and doubt within
I don’t know if my heart can withstand it
Lord, give me the strength to try again
Open my heart, let love in
Won’t you please hear my lover’s prayer
It’s funny ‘bout the human heart
It longs for love and then starts the spark
that draws you closer
Closer heart to heart
But the mind is another kind of thing
It brings you down and makes you think of scars
and lost dreams
And of throwing love away
chorus:
Lord, give me the strength to try again
Face the fear and doubt within
I don’t know if my heart can withstand it
Lord, give me the strength to try again
Open my heart, let love in
Won’t you please hear my lover’s prayer
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