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About to Cry (Tim Gartland)
Verse One
I’m About to Cry, and if you
asked me why, I guess I’ll try,try to explain
Verse Two
The reason why, was cause she said goodbye, I ain’t gonna lie, I’m the one to blame
Pre-Chorus
She offered love, and I turned her down
I acted part fool, part circus clown
Chorus
So I’m about to cry, cry, cry, cry
I’m about to cry, cry, cry, cry
Verse Three
I jus’ tried to win her back, She’d have none of that, Her pride was in tact, As I watched, her taillights fade
Verse Four
So after my tears dry, And I clear my eyes, I give tomorrow a try
But that’s seems far away
Pre-Chorus
She was mine to love, and I blew my chance
Now it’s too late, for our romance
Chorus
So I’m about to cry, cry, cry, cry
I’m about to cry, cry, cry, cry ​
Waste A Worry (Tim Gartland)
Verse One
Thank you, my friend, for making this call
You heard trouble left me two foot tall
My women has left me cause I lost my job
Once again my backs against the wall
Pre-Chorus
But don’t waste, waste a worry on me
I’ll be my old self eventually
I’m going to take the time I need
So don’t waste a worry on me
Chorus
Don’t waste, waste a worry, don’t waste a
worry on me (repeat)
Verse Two
I got enough funds for my rainy day
I can stretch my bills until I find my way
My work was like a prison, so now I’m free
My woman dug the dollar more than me she dug me
Pre-Chorus
But don’t waste, waste a worry on me
I’ll be my old self eventually
I’m going to take the time I need
So don’t waste a worry on me
Chorus
Don’t waste, waste a worry, don’t waste a
worry on me (Repeat)
Verse 3
There’s just one thing that, you could do
Grab your guitar and let’s play some blues
When I’m blowing my harp and singing those lines
It eases my heart, my soul, my mind
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
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Walk Away (Gartland/Leipziger)
Verse One
I know it’s late and evening brings the shadows
Thoughts of you rerunning like a worn-out show
Did I see what I wanted? Was any of it real?
You’re not who I thought you were, that’s how it feel
Chorus
No need to say goodbye
We’ve said all there is to say
Empty words and promises
Well, its time, to walk away
Verse Two
The whole attraction, Was just a distraction
Dreams of the future now a Ghost of passion
I gotta a hole where my heart was, Love’ is what we lacked
You came in the front door, you left out the back
Chorus
No need to say goodbye
We’ve said all there is to say
Empty words and promises
Well, its time, to walk away
Bridge
No more falling for your come back kiss
That held me all those years
That last impression’s the lasting one
I’m all done with those double-edged tears
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Chorus
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A Better Life (Gartland/Leipziger)
Verse 1:
Another cursed crop, a final failed season
Surrounded by hunger, in need of salvation
So he boarded a ship, on the sea of unknown
Looking to a new land, a new life of his own
Chorus:
He/She/They left home, all he’d ever known
With little more than a pocketful of dreams
A chance at a better life
A promise of what could be
Verse 2
She was 14 years old, When the warning came down
Of vigilantes set, to burn her town to the ground
She took to the hills, crossing borders unknown
Looking to a new land, A new life of her own
Chorus
He/She/They left home, all he’d ever known
With little more than a pocketful of dreams
A chance at a better life
A promise of what could be
Verse 3
They were caught in the cross hairs, of a political storm
A family chasing freedom and safer shores
They crossed the desert, to the river unknown
Looking to a new land a new life of their own
Chorus
Stop Working Me (Tim Gartland)
Verse One
If you want something from me
Don’t treat me like a clown
Ask me straight away
Cause the circus has left town
Mister Man if you please stop working me
Please, please, please, Stop working me, Stop Working Me
Verse Two
I’ve been in the tussle
Most my grown man days
I can spot a hustle
From a mile away
Mister Man if you please, please stop working me
Please, please, please, Stop working me, Stop Working Me
Verse Three
Like the wise old owl
Sitting high up in the tree
I see everything
So why you mess with to me
Mister Man if you please, Please stop working me
Please, Please, Please
Stop Working, Stop Working me
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Right Amount of Funky (Gartland)
Verse One
What’s funky enough, is up to you ya see, what’s funky for you, might not work for me
The groove, that feels true, and makes you move, is the one to use
You know this funk right here, is the right amount of funky for me
Verse Two
Some like a little, some like a lot, some folks take a sip, some folks take the shot.
Let it flow, let it go, until you know, until you know for sho’
But this funk right here, is the right amount of funky for me
Verse Three
Let yourself be free, let it be, let it be, what’ll be will be jus’ do it naturally
Birds and bees, fish in the sea. monkeys in a tree, all do it funky
You know this funk right here, is the right amount of funky for me.
If This Ain’t Heaven (Gartland)
Verse One
I admit I was lost, but baby now I’m found
Your sweet love has lifted me, clear off the ground
How in the world could a devil like me, end up with an angel like you
Chorus
If this ain’t, this ain’t heaven
If this ain’t heaven, It’ll do, so nuf will do
Verse Two
Your love, it guides me, like a light house from shore
It keeps me from drifting, drifting, like I did before
With both feet firmly on solid ground, I am on a path that’s true
Chorus
If this ain’t, his ain’t heaven
If this ain’t heaven, It’ll do, so nuf will do
Bridge
Wherever we roam, feels like, paradise
Cooling breeze, for the, rest of our lives
Chorus
If this ain’t, his ain’t heaven
If this ain’t heaven, it’ll do, so nuf will do
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Alone Times (Gartland)
Chorus
After all the highlights, in my rearview
nothing beat alone times with you
Me and You, just us two
nothing beat alone times with you
Verse One
Holding hands the first time, kissing ‘neath the
strawberry moon, nothing beat alone times with you
Choosing up the right wine, in bed way past noon
Nothing beat alone times with you
Bridge
Not even Mardi Gras in the Quarter, Whiskey with BB King,
Graceland and the jungle room
Chorus
Bridge
Not Time Square on New Year’s, or kicking around the blues,
Da’ were nothing like hanging with you
Breakfast after midnight, clearly overserved
Nothing beats alone times with you
Verse
Laughing in the darkness, navigating’ dangerous cures
Nothing beats alone times with you
Chorus
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