Archive for the ‘If it sounds country’ Category
November 13, 2016
You think I’ll stand in line
Until it’s my time
To spend all my money
On some wine and dine
You cancelled forty-seven dates
So what’d you expect?
I got a previous commitment
To my self-respect
You went to the restroom
But you never came back
Then I saw you at a club
Making out with Jack
I’d really love to see you
But last time I checked
I got a previous commitment
To my self-respect
You call in the morning
Needing a ride
When you were kicked to the curb
By another guy
I’d really love to help you
But last time I checked
I got a previous commitment
To my self-respect
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:chumps, country music, Country Music Lyrics, losers, lyrics
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November 10, 2016
Can you see them?
See right through them
They have no shield
No secrets to reveal
—Terry Hall, Our Lips Are Sealed
everybody knows
why I broke up with Ted
he’s so good at his job
and so lousy in bed
I probably told you
why I broke up with Ray
that silly mama’s boy
calls her six times a day
I guess you figured out
why I broke up with Bart
that hyperactive bowel
always makin him fart
it sure ain’t no secret
why I dumped Mr. White
his crazy sex fetish
and his sick appetite
I don’t have to tell you
why I kicked out that boozer
could never hold a job
such an adorable loser
the guys I go out with
they certainly suck
I’ll never figure out
my terrible luck
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, losers, lyrics
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November 6, 2016
The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
—William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun
Need to find a new job
A new city
A new wife
Gotta get away
From my dumpster fire life
There’s no new beginning
The past is never gone
There’s no place to hide
From everything you’ve done
Gonna dye my hair
Change the that way I dress
Start talking
With an accent
To escape this mess
There’s nowhere to go
The future isn’t new
It’s built on the past
And everything you do
I need a new name
And a new history
I can be anybody
As long as
It ain’t me
There’s no new beginning
The past is never gone
There’s no place to hide
From everything you’ve done
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, lyrics, Requiem for a Nun, William Faulkner
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October 29, 2016
Things that made me want you
Are driving me insane
When I add up all the lovin’
Minus all the pain
I ain’t the type of gal
Who’s gonna grimace and complain
When I add up all the lovin’
Minus all the pain
Think I’ve had enough of standing
Lonesome in the rain
When I add up all the lovin’
Minus all the pain
I can see my future
Swirlin’ slowly down the drain
When I add up all the lovin’
Minus all the pain
You’re just a big ole puppy
I ain’t never gonna train
Time to add up all the lovin’
Minus all the pain
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, love songs, lyrics, manchild, sad songs
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October 25, 2016
There’s no one here to carry on
If I stay out the whole night long
Or give a tinker’s damn if I don’t call
I’m livin’ like I wanted to
And doin’ things I wanna do
And nothin’ means a thing to me at all
—Kris Kristofferson, From the Bottle to the Bottom
I had a boring, stupid life
I had some kids; I had a wife
I had fuss; I had complain
I had a big ole ball and chain
Now the boys and me
We can all stay out till three
Cuz I’m free to be
The man I wanna be
Can’t be stuck at home at night
I got to roam; I got to fight
I need those dirty city lights
And all those wicked wet delights
Gonna burn the sheets
With every gal I see
Cuz I’m free to be
The man I wanna be
Now I’m stuck in this motel
Guess my plans didn’t go so well
Found lots of hurt and lots of smell
On my one way trip to hell
I got whiskey and tv
In a room that smells like pee
But I’m free to be
The man I wanna be
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:Alcoholism, country music, Country Music Lyrics, From the Bottle to the Bottom, Kris Kristofferson, lyrics, sad songs
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October 15, 2016
The folks who run this country
Knocked it on its ass
To perpetuate their larceny
And liquidate the middle class
The folks who run this country
Make their money selling bombs
They’d kill you for a penny
And sell out their own moms
The folks who run this country
Have us toil and fight their wars
They outlaw creativity
Cuz our kids are their test scores
The folks who run this country
Make our politicians dance
They laugh at our humanity
They’d steal a beggar’s pants
The folks who run this country
Deplore the working man
They’ll bankrupt every family
And plunder all they can
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:greed, looters, los ladrones que mandan
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October 1, 2016
We served
Next to each other
We worked
And we played
We got
A lot done
And we showed up
Every day
I hope you smile
When you think about me
And all the things
That we been through
I hope you smile
When you think about me
I’m smiling when
I think of you
Times change
And people change
Big ole rivers
Roll along
And the people
You get used to
Sometimes they have
To move on
I hope you smile
When you think about me
And all the things
That we been through
I hope you smile
When you think about me
I’m smiling when
I think of you
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, friendship, lyrics
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September 30, 2016
In headaches and in worry
Vaguely life leaks away,
And Time will have his fancy
To-morrow or to-day.
—W.H. Auden, As I Walked Out One Evening
Walking down the street
Going nowhere
Nothing to look forward to
Nobody to care
Big cloud of empty
Hanging in the air
Life is just
A rotten stupid
Maggot-breeding scam
I’m tired and I’m sick
Of everything I am
Can’t stagger through
Another dragging day
None of my plans
Ended up this way
Days bleed into weeks
And life drifts away
Life is just
A rotten stupid
Maggot-breeding scam
I’m tired and I’m sick
Of everything I am
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:As I Walked Out One Evening, country music, Country Music Lyrics, Edward Hopper, lyrics, sad songs, W.H. Auden
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September 18, 2016
Don’t owe the world an explanation
For all the things I’ve done
I won’t assist your calculation
Who to love and who to shun
Don’t owe the world an explanation
I don’t have to pass your test
Not here to seek evaluation
I just wish everyone the best
Don’t owe the world an explanation
I’ve known love and I’ve known pain
And your morality fixation
Lives and dies inside your brain
Don’t owe the world an explanation
You do your thing; I do mine
You can take your allegations
And stick em where the sun don’t shine
Don’t owe the world an explanation
Why I do the things I do
Lord knows my ultimate salvation–
It ain’t really up to you
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, lyrics
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September 17, 2016
Resentment rots your innards
And desiccates your soul
Rooting for destruction
Takes a mighty toll
Take a deep breath
And let it out slow
Think about your anger
And try and let go
Hatred is a monster
That you don’t have to feed
It cuts in both directions
And makes the hater bleed
Take a deep breath
And let it out slow
Think about your anger
And try and let go
Are you feeling jealous?
Is your life incomplete?
Are you searching for a scapegoat
In everyone you meet?
Take a deep breath
And let it out slow
Think about your anger
And try and let go
Resentment is a poison
Like the twelve-steppers say
Resist its lethal logic
And pour it down the drain
Take a deep breath
And let it out slow
Think about your anger
And try and let go
by Richard W. Bray
Tags:country music, Country Music Lyrics, lyrics, resentment, yoga. meditation
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