Songs and Lyrics
By The Side of The Lake
Libbypalooza 8-19-06
By the side of the lake stands a boy with frogs in his mouth
And they look straight at him; and they say, “Read the sign,
Feed the blind, please be kind.”Great swells of news can bring me close to the fire;
It burns like a whirl-pool spinning out of control.
In the back of my mind, I can see her in red
Splits my head, go to bed.Tell me the news of the man who fell from the tree,
And he hit every branch on the way down to me,
Hurt his knee, wants money.
By the side of the lake stands a boy with frogs in his mouth
And they look straight at him; and they say, “Read the sign,
Feed the blind, please be kind.”Great swells of news can bring me close to the fire;
It burns like a whirl-pool spinning out of control.
In the back of my mind, I can see her in red
Splits my head, go to bed.Tell me the news of the man who fell from the tree,
And he hit every branch on the way down to me,
Hurt his knee, wants money.
*Jazzy Jack
Libbypalooza: 8-19-06
Libbypalooza: 8-20-06
Studio album: Instrumental
Libbypalooza: 8-20-06
Studio album: Instrumental
Nick The Tick
Libbypalooza 8-19-06
Libbypalooza 8-20-06
I know this little guy, he’s a lot like a tick:
He waits around for you to let down your guard,
To clean out every cent you didn’t spend.He lives deep down inside the shag,
Little tiny fibers that poke and jag into your toe,
Watch him learn and grow; watch the money flow
Away like sand when the wind starts to blow.Only some people know him as Nick,
For everybody else - we sweat to think of he,
Slimy and free to spread his seed in the east coast breeze.
Libbypalooza 8-20-06
I know this little guy, he’s a lot like a tick:
He waits around for you to let down your guard,
To clean out every cent you didn’t spend.He lives deep down inside the shag,
Little tiny fibers that poke and jag into your toe,
Watch him learn and grow; watch the money flow
Away like sand when the wind starts to blow.Only some people know him as Nick,
For everybody else - we sweat to think of he,
Slimy and free to spread his seed in the east coast breeze.
What Did I Say?
Libbypalooza 8-19-06
What’d I say to Nicky when he hit the street,
How he cried about his eye but not admit defeat,
He went to the hospital looking like a gambler
I said Nicky, “Don’t let them get to you.”
What did I say?Nicky left the clinic and on his way home
Stopped by the banker to pick up a loan
He walked through the door, saw his wife with another
Nicky, “You shouldn’t have loved her.”
What did I say?
Come one come all, get inside
Have a little slice of life
Hey now, did you hear just what I say?
What’d we say to Vinny when he hit the street,
Found a home got back on his feet,
Never told his parents about his run in with the law,
I say, “He can’t keep in from them no more.”
What did I say?Vinny grew up and he married a wife,
Kept her close and loved her all his life
When he asked if he could be young again
I said, “Where you going acting like a crazy man?”
What did I say?Come one come all, get inside
Have a little slice of life
Hey now, did you hear just what I say?
What’d we say to Danny when he hit the street,
Caught flat foot with a snowy treat.
He’s got two years living like a criminal
I say, “Hey Danny, don’t let them get to you.”
What did I say?Danny doesn’t want to go through with it,
He’s got a mind to cheat and take a hit
I say, “Danny you can’t sit here
Get into the kitchen and have another beer.”
What did I say?
What’d I say to Nicky when he hit the street,
How he cried about his eye but not admit defeat,
He went to the hospital looking like a gambler
I said Nicky, “Don’t let them get to you.”
What did I say?Nicky left the clinic and on his way home
Stopped by the banker to pick up a loan
He walked through the door, saw his wife with another
Nicky, “You shouldn’t have loved her.”
What did I say?
Come one come all, get inside
Have a little slice of life
Hey now, did you hear just what I say?
What’d we say to Vinny when he hit the street,
Found a home got back on his feet,
Never told his parents about his run in with the law,
I say, “He can’t keep in from them no more.”
What did I say?Vinny grew up and he married a wife,
Kept her close and loved her all his life
When he asked if he could be young again
I said, “Where you going acting like a crazy man?”
What did I say?Come one come all, get inside
Have a little slice of life
Hey now, did you hear just what I say?
What’d we say to Danny when he hit the street,
Caught flat foot with a snowy treat.
He’s got two years living like a criminal
I say, “Hey Danny, don’t let them get to you.”
What did I say?Danny doesn’t want to go through with it,
He’s got a mind to cheat and take a hit
I say, “Danny you can’t sit here
Get into the kitchen and have another beer.”
What did I say?
Come one come all, get inside
Have a little slice of life
Hey now, did you hear just what I say?
*Easy Feeling
Studio album:
On a dark night on the outskirts of town
A man and his dog were settling down
He’d had a bit to drink and some meat from the bone
He lit a fire of desire.
A desert wind was blowing in
All across his feet
As they felt the cold breeze from underneath.
Alone in the wild, never afraid
Even when coyotes killed his dog.
The buzzards spiraled down early morning fog
And saw him just standing there
Their greedy eyes, greasy beaks, naked skin and raucous din
From above warned him they were moving in.
The loss of his dog was too much to take
He let them eat the stake from his plate
So that he might dream of love and the earth below.That’s just the way life is
Don’t look here anymore
That’s just the way life is
He walked right through the door
That’s just the way life is
The shadow on the floor
That’s just the way life is
Don’t look here anymore
On a dark night on the outskirts of town
A man and his dog were settling down
He’d had a bit to drink and some meat from the bone
He lit a fire of desire.
A desert wind was blowing in
All across his feet
As they felt the cold breeze from underneath.
Alone in the wild, never afraid
Even when coyotes killed his dog.
The buzzards spiraled down early morning fog
And saw him just standing there
Their greedy eyes, greasy beaks, naked skin and raucous din
From above warned him they were moving in.
The loss of his dog was too much to take
He let them eat the stake from his plate
So that he might dream of love and the earth below.That’s just the way life is
Don’t look here anymore
That’s just the way life is
He walked right through the door
That’s just the way life is
The shadow on the floor
That’s just the way life is
Don’t look here anymore
Frimo
Libbypalooza 8-19-06
Someone slow it down,
Someone slow it down,
Someone slow it down,
Someone pick it up,
Someone pick it up,
Someone pick it up
Someone slow it down,
Someone slow it down,
Someone slow it down,
Someone pick it up,
Someone pick it up,
Someone pick it up
*Green Boat
Studio album:
I want to tell you about my little green boat
How we took her down to the riverside
I want to tell you about my little green boat
What it once was is just a spot in time.
Coming down the river in my green boat
I look to my left, I see a harbor sign
Coming down the river in my green boat
What do I smell, but a burger and fries
I want to tell you about my little green boat
How we took her down to the riverside
I want to tell you about my little green boat
What it once was is just a spot in time.
Coming down the river in my green boat
I look to my left, I see a harbor sign
Coming down the river in my green boat
What do I smell, but a burger and fries
*D-String
Studio album:
Lyrics by Matt Kersner
I just don’t know
It makes no sense at all
What if I believe a lie and build on it until I
Lose all I had right from the palm of my hand?
I just don’t know
There’s no ideas at all,
One time, every time
It takes away my life and I
Don’t understand, taken from my hand?I just don’t know
There’s nothing going on at all
I’m stuck in a rut; I’m sick to my gut
I cannot go
Does any one know?
Lyrics by Matt Kersner
I just don’t know
It makes no sense at all
What if I believe a lie and build on it until I
Lose all I had right from the palm of my hand?
I just don’t know
There’s no ideas at all,
One time, every time
It takes away my life and I
Don’t understand, taken from my hand?I just don’t know
There’s nothing going on at all
I’m stuck in a rut; I’m sick to my gut
I cannot go
Does any one know?
Something Cool
Libbypalooza 8-19-06
Lyrics by Matt Kersner
I take my time
I don’t pay for it, no
I cover my tracks, but they sometimes show
The cops come
Try to put me in jail
But I call up my buddies
And they pay my bail.
Every body, has to pay for a time
I won’t take yours if you don’t take mine
Lyrics by Matt Kersner
I take my time
I don’t pay for it, no
I cover my tracks, but they sometimes show
The cops come
Try to put me in jail
But I call up my buddies
And they pay my bail.
Every body, has to pay for a time
I won’t take yours if you don’t take mine
*Silent Green
Studio album
Mississippi Jack, gonna run gonna run
For the covered bridge at dawn, get it done get it done
Fly boy fly, for the alabaster sun
Gonna get it done on the silent green today.
With a feather in his hair from a girl upstairs
Who wears a red veil, it’s the same it’s the same
Wind blowing up through the trees, through the trees
And the Styrofoam girl is on her knees, on her knees
For the silent green today.Ten cent trash and a candle-lit stash on the bedside stand
In her hand, in her hand
Running for the door screaming, “I don’t want no more”
And a five dollar bill for the elevator man
In the silent green today.
Mississippi Jack, gonna run gonna run
For the covered bridge at dawn, get it done get it done
Fly boy fly, for the alabaster sun
Gonna get it done on the silent green today.
With a feather in his hair from a girl upstairs
Who wears a red veil, it’s the same it’s the same
Wind blowing up through the trees, through the trees
And the Styrofoam girl is on her knees, on her knees
For the silent green today.Ten cent trash and a candle-lit stash on the bedside stand
In her hand, in her hand
Running for the door screaming, “I don’t want no more”
And a five dollar bill for the elevator man
In the silent green today.
*The Pharaoh
Studio album
Oh, The Pharaoh was adorned
With many golden beads,
A jacket made of thistle,
He blew an ancient whistle,
Calling the night watchman
Into his kitchen
For a discussion
On the crystal in possession.
They rode down to the sea,
Atop silver steeds,
At six in the evening the ground began breathing;
The sea started boiling
And the crystal dropped in the sand.
As The Pharaoh’s hand reached down
He was stopped by the watchman.
Ooh, ooh, night has come at last.
Moonlight shines along with the stars
Across the sea, so vast.Four days and nights passed without sleep,
Soon the watchman gave into the darkest of the deep
Urges in his mind
And he struck The Pharaoh blind,
And took off with the crystal
Like a bullet from a pistol.
Oh, The Pharaoh was adorned
With many golden beads,
A jacket made of thistle,
He blew an ancient whistle,
Calling the night watchman
Into his kitchen
For a discussion
On the crystal in possession.
They rode down to the sea,
Atop silver steeds,
At six in the evening the ground began breathing;
The sea started boiling
And the crystal dropped in the sand.
As The Pharaoh’s hand reached down
He was stopped by the watchman.
Ooh, ooh, night has come at last.
Moonlight shines along with the stars
Across the sea, so vast.Four days and nights passed without sleep,
Soon the watchman gave into the darkest of the deep
Urges in his mind
And he struck The Pharaoh blind,
And took off with the crystal
Like a bullet from a pistol.
Deaf Dumb and Blind
Libbypalooza 8-19-06
Well The Pharaoh didn’t let him get too far
Before he called to arms a force of might
And sailed out through the blackest night
In the stormy sea to pick a fight.
In two days time he ran aground
To find he’d sailed much too long
And ended up in a desert land
With nothing but this prophetic songOh, Pharaoh
Your soul will live forever if you can stand the weather
Oh, Pharaoh
Take a look inside yourself towards a better mental health
He played all night and all day
In a fight against his mind.
To win he would be set free,
Or left deaf, dumb and blind.
The Pharaoh’s battle let him see,
How many ways there are to be
Alone and sad and not go mad,
Just listen to the rumbling sea.Oh, Pharaoh
Your soul will live forever if you can stand the weather
Oh, Pharaoh
Take a look inside yourself towards a better mental health.The watchman’s wrath, it never ceased
And he burned up all The Pharaoh’s lands
And drowned his armies in the sands
While he held the crystal in his hands.
He never left his tower
And only thought of his mind
He went insane with the crystal’s power
Leaving him deaf dumb and blindOh, Pharaoh
Your will is stronger now, the path is up to you some how
Oh, Pharaoh
Use your mind like a stone and take back your rightful throne
Well The Pharaoh didn’t let him get too far
Before he called to arms a force of might
And sailed out through the blackest night
In the stormy sea to pick a fight.
In two days time he ran aground
To find he’d sailed much too long
And ended up in a desert land
With nothing but this prophetic songOh, Pharaoh
Your soul will live forever if you can stand the weather
Oh, Pharaoh
Take a look inside yourself towards a better mental health
He played all night and all day
In a fight against his mind.
To win he would be set free,
Or left deaf, dumb and blind.
The Pharaoh’s battle let him see,
How many ways there are to be
Alone and sad and not go mad,
Just listen to the rumbling sea.Oh, Pharaoh
Your soul will live forever if you can stand the weather
Oh, Pharaoh
Take a look inside yourself towards a better mental health.The watchman’s wrath, it never ceased
And he burned up all The Pharaoh’s lands
And drowned his armies in the sands
While he held the crystal in his hands.
He never left his tower
And only thought of his mind
He went insane with the crystal’s power
Leaving him deaf dumb and blindOh, Pharaoh
Your will is stronger now, the path is up to you some how
Oh, Pharaoh
Use your mind like a stone and take back your rightful throne
*This Old Light
Studio album
And when I see, you coming down the line
And when I feel, you coming up beside me
I feel fine O, O, I feel fine
And I’m doing time
And when the stage is said and done
And when my boots keep dragging on me
I sing this song O, O, I sing my song
I song it long
And I sing aloneThis light’s been on for days.
This light keeps my blues away
And the sun will shine
And the sun will shine
And when I see, you coming down the line
And when I feel, you coming up beside me
I feel fine O, O, I feel fine
And I’m doing time
And when the stage is said and done
And when my boots keep dragging on me
I sing this song O, O, I sing my song
I song it long
And I sing aloneThis light’s been on for days.
This light keeps my blues away
And the sun will shine
And the sun will shine
My baby please don’t you keep me long
My baby please, I ain’t come and gone away
It’s just you and meAnd we is free
The only way to be
And the sun will shine
And the sun will shine
And the sun will shine
Cool Alligator
Libbypalooza 8-19-06
She came in when I was asleep
She touched my feet and I awoke
Only to find myself in a dream
Playing a heavenly orchestra as she spoke.
With his black gloves and top hat
Gator skin wallet
O’ so fat
He’s a number one cool cat.
Introduce to my left hand side
A stone cold brother who can be denied
He place as a bonified man about town
Never wearing a frown.
With his black gloves and top hat
Gator skin wallet
O’ so fat
He’s a number one cool cat.
A big time player at the ball,
So come on down to the hall.
To be recognized as Paul,
The man whose single hand beat us all.
With his black gloves and top hat
Gator skin wallet
O’ so fat
He’s a number one cool cat.
That big band sound was all around,
Telling me I’m dreaming again and again.
Swimming in the cool blue cream
Of my dream, milky light stream.
With his black gloves and top hat
Gator skin wallet
O’ so fat.
She came in when I was asleep
She touched my feet and I awoke
Only to find myself in a dream
Playing a heavenly orchestra as she spoke.
With his black gloves and top hat
Gator skin wallet
O’ so fat
He’s a number one cool cat.
Introduce to my left hand side
A stone cold brother who can be denied
He place as a bonified man about town
Never wearing a frown.
With his black gloves and top hat
Gator skin wallet
O’ so fat
He’s a number one cool cat.
A big time player at the ball,
So come on down to the hall.
To be recognized as Paul,
The man whose single hand beat us all.
With his black gloves and top hat
Gator skin wallet
O’ so fat
He’s a number one cool cat.
That big band sound was all around,
Telling me I’m dreaming again and again.
Swimming in the cool blue cream
Of my dream, milky light stream.
With his black gloves and top hat
Gator skin wallet
O’ so fat.
Seasonality
Libbypalooza 8-20-06Down, I’m going underground never to be found
Going down, buried in the ground.
Wait for the sun,
Wait for the rain,
You’ll see me again.Queen of despair,
She’s overrated,
She’s under aged,
Queen of despair.Brown leaves are falling down on my face,
I close my eyes and picture your disguise
Because when it’s fate,
Nature never lies
Lies, Lies
Nature never liesQueen of despair,
She’s overrated,
She’s under aged,
Queen of despair.
Going down, buried in the ground.
Wait for the sun,
Wait for the rain,
You’ll see me again.Queen of despair,
She’s overrated,
She’s under aged,
Queen of despair.Brown leaves are falling down on my face,
I close my eyes and picture your disguise
Because when it’s fate,
Nature never lies
Lies, Lies
Nature never liesQueen of despair,
She’s overrated,
She’s under aged,
Queen of despair.
*One Way Station
Studio album
Francisco Studios 5-21-06
Driving around in my El Camino
I take of my hat to feel the wind,
Wake up to drink and stay up all night,
It’s all the same when the price is right. I tip the bottle to the sky
I press the pedal a little more
Praying to God that I won’t die
Betting on luck to even the score
Lay me down on your silk pillows
I feel the ink rush in my veins
Until the pen runs dry tomorrow
It all feelsThere are no more tears left to cry,
My lady has gone to another land
And left a huge debt in the wake
Of her only lonely man.
Francisco Studios 5-21-06
Driving around in my El Camino
I take of my hat to feel the wind,
Wake up to drink and stay up all night,
It’s all the same when the price is right. I tip the bottle to the sky
I press the pedal a little more
Praying to God that I won’t die
Betting on luck to even the score
Lay me down on your silk pillows
I feel the ink rush in my veins
Until the pen runs dry tomorrow
It all feelsThere are no more tears left to cry,
My lady has gone to another land
And left a huge debt in the wake
Of her only lonely man.
Every night I think she’s come home
To sing my drunken ass to sleep
But it’s only the ringing phone
That wakes me from a salty dreamDry my eyes on your silky breath
For every days there comes a time
To eat and drink and live like swine
It all feels
Now I’m doing time in a single cell
Ten to life for one wrong move
But I’d trade it all for another chance
Not to have drunk so much booze
Home alone with my thoughts
Never thought I’d ask for more
Time among forgotten dreams
Hug the wall and kiss the floor
Lay me down in a silk suit
Cover me with a prayer
I’m on the road to reformation
Just gotta leave this one way station
*Island Song
Studio album
I’m in a haze,
I’ve been like this for days
Along the coast of the sea,
Ocean sprays a mist that billows on the coast of the seaI feel the sand beneath my feet
As the waves crash on the coast of the sea
And the gulls shriek, and I can’t catch a break
To pierce the sky of the sea
I watch the sun from my ship slowly sink
Behind the shores of the sea, in Italy
I will find my fate and it will set me free.
I’m in a haze,
I’ve been like this for days
Along the coast of the sea,
Ocean sprays a mist that billows on the coast of the seaI feel the sand beneath my feet
As the waves crash on the coast of the sea
And the gulls shriek, and I can’t catch a break
To pierce the sky of the sea
I watch the sun from my ship slowly sink
Behind the shores of the sea, in Italy
I will find my fate and it will set me free.