All I Gotta Say
(D.J. Godchaux-MacKay) Ooh Hoo Hoo Music (ASCAP)
Chilly Sunday, ringing telephone
You were somewhere, I was not at home
Then a Monday, on the warmer side
Blue and sunny, leaving for a ride
When you took my hand
I didn’t try to understand
How it was gonna be
But honey you became a part of me
Ain’t it funny, all the wasted time
Can’t buy one day with a beggar’s dime
Crazy Monday, stolen getaway
Ain’t it something, all the plans we made
Well, you took my heart
But you never tore it apart
And you know it’s true
Baby I’ve become a part of you
All I gotta say is yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All I gotta say is yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lazy Sunday, rainy afternoon
Hear the thunder, play a simple tune
Nice and easy, sweeter over time
Milk and honey, sugar from the vine
Well you took my heart
But you never tore it apart
And you know it’s true
Baby I’ve become a part of you
All I gotta say is yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All I gotta say is yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
So Hard
(D. Diamond) Boo Mingus Music (BMI)
I’m the one who hears your cry
Every time it’s do or die
Time is running out on you
You keep praying.
The world outside it knocks you down
Falling hard you hit the ground
Get up, get out, get out of your head
And keep trying.
And all the things they said
Do you think they were all true?
Can you honestly believe they were for real?
Another day will come and you can walk away
But you know you shouldn’t really take it
So hard.
Cross your T’s and dot your I’s
It works for you, it gets you by
Never dressing to impress
You keep lying.
Don’t let ‘em get the best of you
Paint a picture that’s untrue
Play the victim or play the fool
You keep denying.
Weight of the World
(D. Diamond) Boo Mingus Music (BMI)
Even with the walls closing in on us,
Can we make the time to learn and discuss
The dirty secrets that we never talk about?
Our history I’m still trying to figure out.
Hegemony is a four-letter word.
To think we own it all is totally absurd.
Even when I’m looking for a simple rhyme
I keep my brothers and my sisters in my mind.
Make the time
To let compassion carry the weight of the world,
To remind
All is not lost to the dogs of war.
Timetables drawn upon the maps of war,
Diplomacy must work so please don’t close the door.
Put all the leaders in one big happy box
Close all the doors and fasten all the locks.
Take all the time and sources that you need,
Maybe kick back and smoke a little weed.
Don’t take your ball and say you’re going home
‘Cause on this globe we all must get along.
Make the time
To let compassion carry the weight of the world
To remind
All is not lost to the dogs of war
What’s yours is mine
It’ll be that way ‘til the end of time
Draw your line
Draw your line in the sand
Shelter
(Godchaux-MacKay/Mattson) Ooh Hoo Hoo Music/Jeff Mattson Music (ASCAP)
I sit amazed at the heat on a cloudless day
Creeping through the roof, burnin’ up the floor
I’m undone for sure
Yesterday – though the winds blew fair
Today – They say people beware
Hasten to a shelter from the storm.
Again - I feel it in my bones
Again -The seeds are being sown
Change is in the earth and in the air
Signs are everywhere.
Ooh-ooh, shelter from the heat
Ooh-ooh, shelter from the cold
Ooh-ooh, shelter from the flood
Ooh-ooh, shelter for the soul
I see the shadows in the streets from a crowded room
Peekin’ through the cracks, listenin’ through a door
I hear the sounds of war
And they say – we are not to blame
Today – Let the anger take aim
Piercing to the heart and to the soul.
In the fray – I hear a baby cry
Today – How many people die
Clinging to a promise from despair
The lies are everywhere.
Ooh ooh – shelter from deceit
Ooh ooh – shelter from control
Ooh ooh – shelter from the fear
Ooh ooh – shelter for the soul
Ah, Such a wonderful world
Ah, Beauty everywhere
Ah, Always changing
Ah, Ain’t she beautiful
Ah, Mmm, yeah
Ooh ooh Shelter from the hate
Ooh ooh Shelter from the greed
Ooh ooh Shelter from the threat
Ooh ooh Shelter from the thief
Me And Kettle Joe
(D.J. Godchaux-MacKay) Ooh Hoo Hoo Music (ASCAP)
I saw the light in the dark eyes of Kettle Joe
Tapping his foot on the floor
Picking away as I walked past the door
Then I heard the strum of an angel through a guitar man
Fooling around with his tone
Stuck in my shoes, I was chilled to my bones
So I- I- I- I- I had to stay
Holding my breath to hear more
Straining my ear as I stood at the door
Then he looked at me across the room, this Kettle Joe
Taking me so by surprise
I heard him say with a grin in his eye
It’s alright now
Gets a little crazy, but it’s alright, yeah
When music’s playing you know it’s alright
Joe motioned to me with a matchbook and a cigarette
Leaning inside to see more
I stumbled in through a magical door
Sounds of a thousand lands flew off the hands of Kettle Joe
Playing a song all his own
I closed my eyes and was still as a stone
Then I- I- I- I- I had to move
Finding my feet on the ground
I took a breath and I slipped through the crowd
Come sing with me some harmony, said Kettle Joe
Taken again by surprise
I took a chance and laid it all on the line
Singing it’s alright now
Gets a little crazy but it’s alright, yeah
The music’s playing, and it’s alright
Yes, I heard the cry of an angel and a guitar man
Sung in a voice all his own
Real as a flaw in a rare and precious stone
I saw the light in the dark eyes of Kettle Joe
Leaving a tale to be told
True as the day I was young and when I’m old