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Looking for You
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With Jason Kapel on bass and
Michael Loonan on keyboard
If I didnt have your love at the center of my heart, I know exactly what Id do
Dont know where Id end, but I do know where Id start: Id begin by
looking for you
Id look for a woman who loves to go travelin, especially close to the sea
With the sound of the surf and the smile on her face
Telling me thats where she wants to be
Id
look for a woman whos witty and clever, who reads and keeps up with the news
She wouldnt be afraid to tell me how she feels I believe that shed be just
like you
If I didnt have your love at the center of my heart, I
know exactly what Id do
Dont know where Id end, but I do know where Id start: Id begin by
looking for you
Like you, shed be a woman whose long, silky hair
Has a touch of copper color glowing warmly in the light
And skin soft and smooth as she presses against me
While we caress each other in the night
If I didnt have your love at the center of my heart, I
know exactly what Id do
Dont know where Id end, but I do know where Id start: Id begin by
looking for you
Dont know where Id end, but I do know where Id start: Id begin by
looking
Spend my time looking, search the whole world looking for you
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Eye to Eye
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A duet with singer/songwriter Rebekka Fisher, Michael Loonan on Fender
Rhodes and Jason Kapel on bass
HE: Sometimes I wonder if well ever agree
SHE: When theres two ways to do things theres one for you and
one for me
HE: I like the movies
SHE: I like to read
HE: I like to dance
SHE: But honey, I dont like the way you lead
He&She: Even though we dont see eye to eye, baby Im gonna
love you till I die
SHE: When it comes to money, you havent a clue
HE: But you always know just what to do
HE: I say lets save it, cause thats a good bet
SHE: But I think its better to eradicate our debt
He&She: Even though we dont see eye to eye, baby Im gonna love you
till I die
HE: A man finds a woman, hes sure shell never
change
SHE: But she does (oh yes she does)
SHE: And a woman finds a man, she thinks that boy will change
HE: But eighty-five years later that old man is still the same!
He&She: Oh yeah!
SHE: Folks say come visit, we say well try
HE: You wanna drive, Id rather fly
SHE: Youd like to go, but I wanna stay
HE: You wanna relax, but honey Id much prefer to play
He&She: Even though we dont see eye to eye, baby Im gonna
love you till I die
SHE: You think its good, Im not so sure
HE: You think its tainted, but to me it looks pure
SHE: I'm so frustrated, dont know what to do
HE: I feel the same, honey, sittin here & watchin you
He&She: Even though we dont see eye to eye, babe Im gonna
love you till I die
HE: Even though we dont see eye to eye,
baby Im gonna love you till I die
SHE: Even though we dont see eye to eye, babe Im gonna love you
till I die
He&She: Even though we dont see eye to eye, baby Im still gonna
love you till I die
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I Wonder If
Shes Mine
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With Michael Loonan on bass and
keyboard
We had once been lovers not so long ago but I heard that youd found another man
So when we ran into each other outside the corner store
I was surprised when you laughed and shook my hand
Then I saw your child in the stroller looking up with your smile
When you said it was her birthday I counted back the time
I thought of us and this little girl and I asked myself all the while
Can it be? I wonder if shes mine
I suppose Ill never know, but I wonder if shes
mine?
Theres so much of her that could have come from me
I couldnt ask the question; so I guess Ill never see
But I often stop and wonder if shes mine
Then your daughter reached up, held my finger, squeezed it tight
When I tickled her she giggled and I met her twinkling eyes
We talked a few more moments, then you walked off out out sight
I watched you go and wondered if shes mine
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Generations
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With Jason Kapel on bass
The older generation once organized themselves
They were young then, and devised a better world
But lifes a vicious cycle and rebellion it still swells
As the flag of younger minds is now unfurled
This
once-young generation has become the old elite
Theyre called the names that they once shouted loud
They are looking at the placards and the costumes in the streets
And the faces that are scowling from the crowd
There will come a mornin when the youth will not be
young
And the times of which they dreamed will stare at them
For the young will always warn the world that a new age has begun
And as they get older they will bring it in
The youth of yesterday are in control; they make the law
As they once wished & hoped that it would be
But like the ones before them cant make the changes they foresaw
For a little at a time is all men see
Yes a little at a time is all we see
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Return to Love
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Featuring Erik Brandt of the Urban Hillbilly Quartet
on accordian, Jay Tracy on mandolin and Jason Kapel on bass
Your eyes do not sparkle as they look at me; they look like they dont like what they
see
You seem unhappy wearing that frown; cant help but believe your loves falling
down
You still speak the words, Id
rather be shown;
Thats the best way to make your love known
It is what you do, its not what you say that tells me your love is turning away
Our love will survive if you do as you say and show me you
love me thats the best way
Return to the way we loved at the start; rekindle the flame thats died in your heart
Id give anything if you smiled again; return to the
way you loved me back then
Show me you love me as you say you do; and then let me show how much I love you
Youll shine in my eyes for my love is deep; Ill
hold and caress you as you fall asleep
Ill take your hand to show that I care; whenever you need me I will be there
Our love will survive if you do as you say and show me you
love me thats the best way
Return to the way we loved at the start rekindle the flame thats died in your heart
It is what you do, its not what you say that tells me
your love is turning away
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Pappys Pithy
Phrases
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Featuring Frank Wing of east-Tennessee Celtic
band Sigean on banjo and Jason Kapel on bass
(Frank's performance recorded & engineered by Dwight Bishop, Woodhouse Recording, in
Dungannon, VA)
My Pappy was a man of few words, but when he spoke it was colorful
He had a phrase for just about every situation
And his words made clear the point of his communicationHed say Im happy as if I had good sense, happy as a dog with two
tails
And though Im feeling like I been rode hard and
put away wet
Im all man and a yard wide and when they passed out the brains
I took all that I could get
Yknow Hell was one of the places my Pappy spoke of
often
He used that word so much he made people stare
But what other people thought, my Pappy didnt really care
When a man drove his car Hell bent for leather
Pappyd say, Go on, fool, Hell aint half full yet.
But when that man kept speedin like a bat out of Hell
Hed say If brains were water that fool's couldnt make sand wet
My Pappy was a man of few words...
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The Time (Co-Authored with Harry Rhett)
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Featuring Michael Loonan on mellow
guitar and Jason Kapel on bass
The time has come to leave you my love, time to leave for awhile
The time has come to leave you my love, time to walk my own mile
I told you that one day Id go my own way, that one day youd tell me goodbye
Something inside me says I cannot stay, dont ask me I cant tell you why
The times that we spent with each other were good; remember the love that is
past
All of those moments Id save if I could, the good times that went by too fast
But now I must leave those good times behind; Ill think of the love that we had
Remembering us in a love that was kind, remembring we rarely were sad
My thoughts as a man you may not understand, but I feel
Ive got to be free
To try and be everything I know I can, the man I once thought I could be
I told you that one day Id go my own way, that one day youd tell me goodbye
Something inside me says I cannot stay; dont ask me I cant tell you why
Dont ask me I cant tell you why
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Qualified
Reciprocation Blues
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Featuring Michael Loonan
on guitar and keyboard and Jason Kapel on bass
You know Im crazy bout you baby; want your heart, your soul, your brain
But you need to know more about me, so I just talk to you again
Im havin big trouble baby; Id like to put you in my shoes
Then youd know just how it feels these qualified reciprocation blues
When I look at you it moves me; I just love your lovely face
And you say you like me too, but you just gotta have your space
Im havin big trouble baby; Id
like to put you in my shoes
Then youd know just how it feels these qualified reciprocation blues
I respect your need for caution; You been hurt by other men
But Id like to get them out yo head; this is now, hey, this aint then
You got to take it slow; you aint under nobodys gun
Just dont let it take forever, baby, cause were missin a lot of
fun!
And when you let me love you, it just makes me feel so fine
But the way you feel is not so clear, you say its gonna take some time
Im havin big trouble baby; Id
like to put you in my shoes
Then youd know just how it feels these qualified reciprocation blues
Then youd know just how it feels these qualified
reciprocation blues
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Cookie Lovers
Ramble
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With Jason Kapel on bass
Well Im sittin here eatin a cookie; got a thousand things demandin
my time
But Im sittin here eatin a cookie; and that natcherly brought you to
mind
Seems no matter what I got pullin at me, eatin cookies makes me think about
you
And thats beginnin to pose me some problems, so Im wondrin what
Im gonna do
Cause cookies is an
object of affection that we both love each day
And eatin cookies makes me think about you baby when youre away
But substitutin cookies for your lovin honey that aint my scene
Cause my derrieres enlargin and Im gettin fat, yknow
what I mean?
So we need to spend some more time together and I hope that
we can work somethin out
Cause as much as I love eatin cookies, I love you much more theres no
doubt
Please save me from the likes of Weight Gateguard,
And that nutri-stuff that dont taste so fine
Dont want Skinny Gregg or that Super Trim-Blast, all I needs a little more of
your time
Cause cookies is an object of affection that we both love each day
And eatin cookies makes me think about you baby when youre away
But substitutin cookies for your lovin honey that aint my scene
Cause my derrieres enlargin and Im gettin fat, yknow
what I mean?
Im here to tell you my derrieres enlargin Im gettin fat,
yknow what I mean?
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Lullabye
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Featuring John Simmer on flute and Jason Kapel on bass
Sleepy, You/Me sun fell into the sea and stars are peeping through
Star gleam, light stream eyes heavy lead to dream a thought, a smile for you.
When day is over night will wrap around us; Im not afraid when you are close to me
The sandman works his magic when hes found us, and carries us away, the world to
see.
Sleep world, toes curled dream stories
have unfurled And paint us pleasant scenes.
Lines fade, sounds played we drift into the shade to see through gauze-white screens.
Breathe deep, thoughts keep well have the sweetest sleep
And when our dreamings done, soft kiss, dont miss a chance to share in this:
The rising of the sun.
When day is over night will wrap around us; Im not
afraid when you are close to me
The sandman works his magic when hes found us, and carries us away, the world to
see.
Our hearts and souls take flight as were set free.
And dreaming feels so right when youre with me.
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The Wooden Floor
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Featuring Mary Henderson on vocal harmony, Tim Reese of Pig's Eye
Landing on fiddle, Geoff Shannon on banjo, and
Jason Kapel on bass
On the plains of Nebraska back in eighteen twenty three
By the banks of the Platte Bill fell in love with sweet Marie
By the time they were married, hed prepared her a surprise
As they approached their brand-new house, he covered up her eyes
He turned the knob to open up the roughly finished door
When he removed his hand she saw the planks that made the floorChorus:
The first house in the county that could boast a floor of wood
And starting out they wanted nothing more
They built their lives upon that base with all the love they could
They built their lives upon that wooden floor
The neighbors came from miles around to marvel at the sight
Their floors of clay to them no longer seemed to be quite right
Bill helped them from his blacksmith shop as they built up the town
Marie raised seven children and had friends from all around
Though people came from far and wide of this you can be sure
The love they saw impressed them more than any wooden floor
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The floor was rough and kind of bumpy when Bill laid it there
But through the years it smoothed out fine with all their loving care
From time to time someone would trip and fall or stub a toe
They had some little problems but no one wanted to go
For in their hearts they knew there was no other place as good
They smoothed out problems in their lives just like that bumpy wood
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For more than fifty years they lived together happily
With birthdays, weddings, celebrations, friends and family
And when they died they left their home not thirty days apart
They left behind the feeling that they lived with just one heart
It started when Bill swept Marie right through that big front door
And she was so amazed to see those planks that made the floor
The first house in the county that could boast a floor of
wood
And starting out they wanted nothing more
They built their lives upon that base with all the love they could
They built their lives upon that wooden floor
They built their lives upon that base with all the love they could
They built their lives upon that wooden floor
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