Archive for the ‘If it sounds country’ Category
September 30, 2020
I jumped in the river, but the doggone river was dry
—Hank Williams
we don’t know the difference
between Hitler and Cupid
now we gotta pick
between crazy and stupid
it’s good to know
insanity is just
a frame of mind
when you’re off the rails
and heading toward a cliff
deaf, dumb and blind
anarchy and mayhem
revelation is at hand
after our nap, we’ll stick our head
back in the sand
it’s good to know
insanity is just
a frame of mind
when you’re off the rails
and heading toward a cliff
deaf, dumb and blind
when you’re off the rails
and heading toward a cliff
deaf, dumb and blind
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, Hank Williams, Long Gone Lonesome Blues, lyrics
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September 15, 2020
all day long
I think of you
subsisting on
your residue
too good to be true
too good to be true
too good to be true
warmth and style
and royal blue
all wrapped up
inside of you
too good to be true
too good to be true
too good to be true
your hair, your smile
your ballyhoo
I would pay
to be your shoe
too good to be true
too good to be true
too good to be true
sophistication
through and through
you’ll never play
the ingénue
too good to be true
too good to be true
too good to be true
I live for love
I never knew
the psycho ward
is overdue
too good to be true
too good to be true
too good to be true
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, Jeff Gettis, love in hell, love songs, lyrics, sad songs
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September 2, 2020
I got a friend named Looney Tick
He chewed all day and ate a brick
Washed it down with motor oil
He drinks it fresh before it spoils
I don’t believe in superstition
Minerals are good nutrition
I got a friend named Looney Tick
You never know what clothes he’ll pick
He’s decked out in all his splendor
Cargo shorts and red suspenders
I’m a walking fashion plate
How them haters love to hate
I got a friend named Looney Tick
Sanity is not his schtick
He cleans his table with a mop
He stole a car and called the cops
I don’t need no evidence
I’ll just use my common sense
I had a friend named Looney Tick
He fought a grizzly with a stick
His daddy told him that ain’t wise
But he believed his lying eyes
That bear is big but I’m real quick
Never mess with Looney Tick
That bear is big but I’m real quick…
The last we heard from Looney Tick
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, crazy people, lyrics
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August 2, 2020
the city’s gonna kill me
if I don’t let it go
time to find a valley
where the living is slow
maples in September
mountains in the snow
the bend in the river
where the cottonwoods grow
deliver me from humbug
the never-ending show
time for some authentic
dirt beneath my toes
maples in September
mountains in the snow
the bend in the river
where the cottonwoods grow
time to grab my spirit
and hop upon a crow
that’s the only tonic
for my weary old soul
maples in September
mountains in the snow
the bend in the river
where the cottonwoods grow
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:cottonwood trees, country music, Country Music Lyrics, Kathryn Meyer, lyrics
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July 11, 2020
I had no time to Hate—
Because The Grave would hinder Me—
And life was not so
Ample I
Could finish—Enmity
—Emily Dickinson
bullets bombs and mayhem
centuries of hate
liars on my tv
paid to complicate
swords into plowshares
anger into hope
we only got each other
and there’s nowhere else to go
the man behind the curtain
ain’t who we elect
greedy getting richer
so many lives are wrecked
swords into plowshares
anger into hope
we only got each other
and there’s nowhere else to go
always question Power
resist the exploitation
don’t listen when they tell you
to hate another nation
swords into plowshares
anger into hope
we only got each other
and there’s nowhere else to go
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, Emily Dickinson, hope, I Had No Time for Hate, Isaiah 2:4, Line Between Hope and Despair, lyrics, Stacy, swords into plowshares
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May 24, 2020
To tease em, and thrill em, to torture and kill em,
Is her delight, they say
—Hard Hearted Hannah. Lyrics by Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, and Charles Bates
never said
i was nice
you got some sugar
with your spice
now it’s time
to run along
here’s a dime
to call your mom
never said
i was nice
love isn’t always
paradise
thank your stars
you got to be
with someone
as cool as me
never said
i was nice
please don’t make
me tell you twice
it shouldn’t be hard
to find the door
you don’t amuse
me anymore
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:Bob Bigelo, Celine Artigua, Charles Bates, contry music lyrics, Hard Hearted Hannah, Heartbreaker, Jack Yellen, lyrics, sad songs
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April 12, 2020
The truth hurts
Lies kill
You told everyone to chill
Now the folks are getting ill
The truth hurts
Lies kill
Fake reporters on the shill
Saying shit is daffodils
The truth hurts
Lies kill
When they shut your local mill
Ain’t gonna fix it with a pill
The truth hurts
Lies kill
When our leaders rob the till
Everybody pays the bill
By Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, liars, lyrics
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March 31, 2020
The way you changed my life
No, no they can’t take that away from me
—Ira Gershwin
i could have
loved you better
in a million
different ways
you’ll be in
every moment
till the bygone
of my days
everything
that came before
was leading
up to you
everything
i’m feeling now
is from your
residue
i’m better
cuz of you
in a million
different ways
you’ll be in
every moment
till the bygone
of my days
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, Ira Gershwin, love songs, lyrics, sad songs, They Can't Take That Away From Me
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