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When my brain goes on vacation
I admit that the sensation
Isn’t all that bad
Erasing for a moment
The memories of a breakup
That’ll make me sad
And though I think the world of her
and even pinned a moon for her
It was never enough
To make her want to love me
Like she loves me
When my brain goes on vacation
Why does this happen?
I’ll never know
When does this happen?
It comes and goes
Grabs me like some sentimental song
And then she’s gone, gone, gone
Solo
When my brain goes on vacation
That feeling of elation’s
Like the 4th of July
For a spinnin’ like I wanna spin it
It’s my world with her in it
Kind of guy
It’s quite the contradiction
To focus on the fiction
That somehow it will be enough
To make her want to love me
Like she loves me
When my brain goes on vacation
Why does this happen?
I’ll never know
When does this happen?
It comes and goes
Grabs me like some sentimental song
And then she’s gone, gone, gone
When my brain goes on vacation
I admit that the sensation
Isn’t all that bad
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Seventy Two
03:29
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I’m not here to criticize
But I’ve lived life beyond your eyes
We’re all doin’ what we gotta do
To make it through another day
Punch a clock, draw some pay
Here’s the deal I’m ‘bout to lay on you
When you say I need to wait
Stand in line, don’t be late
Pau my dues like any other fool
I did my time, ran the race
so I’m gonna get up in your face
buddy you can’t tell me what to do
‘cuz I’m 72
That is not a number you should mess with
Not about to toe the line no more
Show me some respect
Or you can stick it in your ear
Won’t stand in line – at 72
Bide my time – that won’t do
Save my dough – oh, now
Couple puffs – I’m good to go
SOLO
I was you when I was young
Too much work, not enough fun
Saving pennies for a rainy day
Now I’m cruisin’ ‘cross the nation
Blowing steam of my creation
Loving what I love along the way
I am not a number you should mess with
Not about to toe no line no more
Show me some respect or you can stick it in your ear
Won’t stand in line – at 72
Bide my time – that won’t do
Save my dough – oh, now
Couple puffs – I’m good to go
Senior discount - now you’re talkin’
Yoga mats – lots of walkin’
Makin’ music - with my friends
Chillin’ out – until the end
So buddy, you can’t tell me what to do…‘cuz I’m 72
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Little White House
02:24
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I grew up in a little white house
in a North Country town
Built me a Rocky Mountain cabin
right up from the ground
Spent some time in Ohio
folks were good to me
I love everywhere I’ve been
and now I want to be
In Tennessee
Home is where I lay my head
My heart always follows
I’ll be smiling in my bed
When I wake up tomorrow
In Tennessee, Tennessee
Greenest state in the land of the free
Good enough for Davey Crockett
Is good enough for me
Are you looking for a little place to call your own?
Maybe you got some roots already
And your kids are grown
Home is where you lay your head
Your heart’s bound to follow
You’d be smiling in your bed
If you woke up tomorrow
In Tennessee, Tennessee
Greenest state in the land of the free
Good enough for Dolly Parton’s
Good enough for me
Tennessee, Tennessee
Goin’ to Graceland, you and me
Nowhere now that I’d rather be
Then back in Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
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Rockin' Them Yoga Pants
02:01
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She’s rockin, the girl’s rockin’
A little wiggle in the checkout line
Showin’ everybody that it’s workin’ just fine
15 to 80, it don’t matter
makin’ our hearts beat a little bit faster
When you got a good thing an you know how to use it
Work it real slow and you don’t abuse it
Not near enough to get a reputation
But the girl can’t help it if they cause a sensation
She’s rockin’ them yoga pants
The boys don’t stand a chance
“Lord, have mercy” from the very first glance
She’s rockin, the girl’s rockin’
SOLO
Grandma’s day they were pedal pushers
Mama wore white Capris
It don’t matter what you call ‘em Son
They all do the same darn thing
When she’s rockin’ them yoga pants
The boys don’t stand a chance
Lord have mercy from the very first glance
When she’s rockin’ them yoga pants
She’s rockin’, the girl’s rockin’
It’s a Liberation
Sensation
Stimulation
Celebration
It’s a miracle excitation
Anatomical recalibration
She’s rockin’ them yoga pants
Nobody stands a chance
Sisters rockin’ all across the land
She’s rockin’, the girl’s rockin’
She’s rockin’, the girl’s rockin’
She’s rockin’
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Tracers Cross the Sky
02:46
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Tracers ‘cross the sky
Busy people going places
Better them than I
Cuz I’d see you in all their faces
Lookin’ down and staring at the ground
No one else but me to be around
In time this shall pass
It won’t last, my longing for
A way back to a time
(when) days were so sublime
And you and I were
Burning tracers cross the sky
You and I were
Burning tracers cross the sky
Brighter than a constellation
Shooting without hesitation
Never mind the destination
Solo
I know that you tried
To hang on to our rocket ride
As far as it could go
Never let it show
Until the end, I loved your more
Than any heart I’d held before
(But) it took some time to se
That comets, they burn out
Eventually
Burning tracers cross the sky
You and I
Were burning tracers cross the sky
A pair of roman candles
We did fly
You and I
Across the sky
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Big Tent Freedom
02:53
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There’s two kinds of freedom ‘far as I can see
The one you’re pushin’ – the other’s for me
Yours got you lookin’ – out for number 1
Mine is a Big Tent under the sun
Well you’re walkin’ like a vigilante, grown man talking with a gun
Shoving your deal right in my face
Makin’ mothers and the children run
In my kind of Big Tent Freedom, everybody welcome ‘round here
No matter where you come from, no matter what you look like
I see you in my mirror
Blue steel law and order, never gonna keep no peace
Self-appointed soldier, you ain’t what we need
SOLO
Well we’re floatin’ in the same blue ocean, rise and fall with the tides
So stand down for a minute, man – loosen up your pride
LET’S TALK ABOUT IT – you’re spoilin’ for a fight
LET’S TALK ABOUT IT – That ain’t never gonna make it right
TALK ABOUT FREEDOM – different points of view
TALK ABOUT FREEDOM – better be careful what we choose
Cuz if you get yours, and I lose mine, that ain’t freedom Son
Raisin’ your fist in a camo line is liberty undone
BIG TENT FREEDOOM – leave your guns at home
BIG TENT FREEDOOM – leave your guns at home
BIG TENT FREEDOOM
BIG TENT FREEDOOM
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Stop the Wheel
03:13
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Another blue-sky sunny day
Picture perfect, I would say
For sippin’ on a cold one in the shade
Dustin’ off your favorite song
That makes you wanna sing along
‘least when no one’s listening, anyway
It’s ok to stop the wheel from turning
Forget about the bridges burning
Down-a-round-your
Way too many bills to pay
Diggin’ deeper every day
Squeeze another dollar out of that stone
But you can’t take it with you
When you go
Just like domin o o o oes
When that sky is fallin’ round
And your pack-o-trouble weighs you down
Stop the wheel from turnin’ round and round
Let them bridges tumble to the ground
Solo
Tomorrow is another day
Another round, another play
Ain’t gonna trade tomorrow, not for today
Gonna take a big bite outta somethin’
It don’t matter what, ‘cuz
It’s ok to stop the wheel from turnin’
Forget about the bridges burnin’ down a round your
Stop the wheel from turnin’ round and round
Let them bridges tumble to the ground
Stop the wheel from turnin’ round n round n round
This town
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Gristle and Bone
03:01
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When the hand you’re dealt is all gristle and bone
Wolf at the door won’t leave you alone
Try as you will, try as you might
When every other breath is a knockdown fight
You’re not alone, with the gristle and bone
It looks like that tonight, but it’ll be all right
The words we say ain’t chiseled in stone
We can take ‘em back, ‘n nobody will know
Shake ‘em loose, leave ‘em alone
Pull up ‘yer boots and shuffle on home
Nobody’s alone, with the gristle and bone
Lay them demons down
And come back home
Come back home
Cuz the gristle and bone won’t leave you alone
Solo
Tables turned, it used to be me
Banged and battered and blue as can be
Without your lovin, I’d be RIP
Giving you girl what you givin’ to me
givin’ to me
We’re not alone with the gristle and bone
Might look like that tonight, but it’ll be all right
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All Kinda Messed Up
03:26
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I thought the only crazy I knew was livin’ in my head
Barkin up a neon tree, and even in my… bed
then I met a guy from Boston, or maybe it was Austin
Shoulda’ heard what that damn fool said
Dude was all dressed up, 10 kindsa messed up
Take if from a guy who know
Some folks is lazy, but we’re all kinda crazy
I guess it just goes to show
Every one I know - is all kinda messed up
From the word go – its time to fess up
that we’re all crazy, livin’ in a messed up world
there’s religion, politics - body image, hypocrites
yes to sex or no sex – success (makin’ it) whatever that is
take a walk, take a nap
smoke a bowl, swim a lap
do what you gotta do
say you’re sorry, take it back
Every one I know - is all kinda messed up
From the word go – its time to fess up
that we’re all crazy, livin’ in a messed up world
Every one I know - is all kinda messed up
From the word go – its time to fess up
that we’re all crazy, livin’ in a messed up world
Every one I know – spinnin’ like a yo-yo
anything goes – in our own private Idaho-o
We’re livin’ in a messed up world
Livin’ in a messed up, Livin’ in a messed up world
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10. |
Funk Trunk
04:06
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It's all about the groove.
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Tommy Wiggins Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville’s Tommy Wiggins began writing songs by kerosene lamp in a Rocky Mountain cabin. He’s been writing, recording and performing his own funky blend of folky, bluesy, country-funk ever since. Tommy recently bought a camper van and is writing songs along the road. New album in 2022 - "When My Brain Goes On Vacation." When your brain goes on vactation, where do YOU go? ... more
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