Saturday, November 27, 2021

Things a Man Oughta Know

 


I can hook a trailer on a two-inch hitch
I can shoot a shotgun, I can catch a fish
I can change a tire on the side of a road
Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know

How to know when it's love
How to stay when it's tough
How to know you're messin' up a good thing
And how to fix it 'fore it's too late
And yeah, I know a boy
Who gave up and got it wrong
If you really love a woman, you don't let her go
Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know

If I can't have it, I can do without
I can hang a picture same as I can take it down
And how to keep it hidden when a heart gets broke
Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know

How to know when it's love
How to stay when it's tough
How to know you're messin' up a good thing
And how to fix it 'fore it's too late
And yeah, I know a boy
Who gave up and got it wrong
If you really love a woman, you don't let her go
Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know

I...

How to know when it's love
How to stay when it's tough
How to chase forever down a driveway
How to never let it get there in the first place
And yeah, I know a boy
Who gave up and got it wrong
If you really love a woman, you don't let her go
Well, I know a few things a man oughta know
Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

If I Didn't Love You

 


I wouldn't mind being alone
I wouldn't keep checking my phone
Wouldn't take the long way home
Just to drive myself crazy
I wouldn't be losing sleep
Remembering everything
Everything you said to me
Like I'm doing lately

You, you wouldn't be all
All that I want
Baby I could let go

If I didn't love you I'd be good by now
I'd be better than barely getting by somehow
Yeah it would be easy not to miss you
Wonder about who's with you
Turn the "want you" off whenever I want to
If I didn't love you
If I didn't love you

I wouldn't still cry sometimes
Wouldn't have to fake a smile
Play it off and tell a lie
When somebody asked how I've been
I'd try to find someone new (Someone new)
It should be something I can do (I could do)
Baby if it weren't for you
I wouldn't be in the state that I'm in

Yeah, you
You wouldn't be all
All that I want
Baby, I could let go

If I didn't love you I'd be good by now
I'd be better than barely getting by somehow
Yeah it would be easy not to miss you
Wonder about who's with you
Turn the "want you" off whenever I want to
If I didn't love you
If I didn't love you
Oh, if I didn't love you

It wouldn't be so hard to see you
Know how much I need you
Wouldn't hate that I still feel like I do
If I didn't love you
Oh, if I didn't love you
If I didn't love you

If I didn't love you I'd be good by now
I'd be better than barely getting by somehow
Yeah it would be easy not to miss you
Wonder about who's with you
Turn the "want you" off whenever I want to
If I didn't love you (Yeah)
If I didn't love you
Oh, if I didn't love you
If I didn't love you
If I didn't love you
If I didn't love you

Friday, August 6, 2021

I Hope You're Happy

 


There will be days when you're falling down
There will be days when you're inside out
There will be days when you fall apart
Someone else will break you heart
They're never gonna hold you back
I'm always gonna have your back
So try to remember that

I hope you're happy
I hope you're good
I hope you get what you wish for
And you're well understood

And now I'm standing here and looking at you
I wonder what the hell you're gonna do
With those Dr. Pepper eyes and you bubble gum hair
Yeah, I'm standing right here
I remember how I held you so right
I remember that Saturday night, do you?

There will be days when you're falling down
There will be days when you're inside out
There will be days when you fall apart
Someone else will break you heart
They're never gonna hold you back
I'm always gonna have your back
So try to remember that

I hope you're happy
I hope you're good
I hope you get what you wish for
And you're well understood
And whatever your progress
I know you'll be fine
Because I hope you're happy
Even if you're not mine

I remember when the world was ours to take
I remember you next to me
I remember you with every breath I take
You'll always have a piece of me
I remember, yeah
Try to remember that

I remember every word that we spoke
You right here next to me
I remember how we tried and we tried
I remember everything
Try to remember that
That I hope you're happy
That I hope you're happy

I hope you're happy
I hope you're good
I hope you get what you wish for
And you're well understood
And whatever your progress
I know you'll be fine
Because I hope you're happy
Even if you're not mine
Try to remember that
I hope you're happy

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Take a Look at Me Now by Phil Collins


So take a look at me now, well there's just an empty space
And there's nothin' left here to remind me, just the memory of your face
Now take a look at me now, 'cos there's just an empty space
But to wait for you, is all I can do and that's what I've got to face
Take a good look at me now, 'cos I'll still be standin' here
And you coming back to me is against all odds
It's the chance I've gotta take

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Knowing You


Knowin' you was a free fall from a hundred thousand feet
When you don't even care where you land
And knowin' you was the kind of rush that you feel
When you finally get to sit in with the band
And knowin' you, you're still a tumbleweed
I only wish that you would tumble back to me

But, God, we were so alive
I was a kid on a carnival ride
Holdin' my breath till the moment
When you were gonna leave me too soon
But I'd do it all over
'Cause, damn, it was good knowin' you

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Two hearts, one beat



Ross:  Are you afraid? 


Demelza: Of course I'm afraid! But we mustn’t be.  

Where is our faith? Where is our gratitude? 

We’re here, we’re alive. We have blood in our veins. 


Ross: And the past is gone, and tomorrow doesn’t exist. 

All that matters  - is now.  


Demelza: And “We”. Two hearts, one beat.  Can’t ask any more than that. There isn’t any more to ask. 



~Winston Graham, Ross Poldark