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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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