1987 Neal
Gladstone
and
Fred Child
Now I’m a guy who’s been a-round the block a time or
two
And I can’t help but notice what you’re wear-ing
Now if you want so-phisti-cated girls to look at you
You’d better try to dress a bit more daring
Now white is al-right and gray is O-K
But if you want those pretty cit-y chicks to swoon
Step out of those blues
Get your-self into some different hues
And slip into some cool ma-roon
Now Mother nature blushed the day that Jack laid eyes
on Jill
“Holy cow!” he said, “This chick’s astounding!”
When he chased her up that hill
He thought he was in for a thrill
And heaven knows his little heart was–pounding
But Jill was not impressed
She didn’t dig the way he dressed
That romance flopped when she popped his balloon
Now Jackie boy struck out
Between you and me there is no doubt
He should have dressed in cool maroon
Bridge
Now when you make your way
Down the Champs Ely-see’
A million gay Parisiennes will a-dore ya
They all under-stand vous etes ameri-cains
When you let your poly-esters do your talkin for
ya
Now the Ruskies and the Yanks
They’ve really had their ups and downs
And everybody wants negotiations
They advertize their missile size
And throw their weight around
Hey that’s no way to smooth out our relations
Why don’t they get hip and drop this crazy ego trip
If you want those Muskovites to change their tune
Chuck those ugly threads
If you want to turn their heads
Negotiate in cool maroon
We’re talking some kind of red
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Cool Maroon
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American Dawg
© 1990 Neal Gladstone
I stand 2 foot 3 I weigh 29 pounds
My teeth are yellow and my eyes are brown
I got a four inch nose stickin’ out of my face
And if you’re lookin’ for trouble, you come to the right
place cause
I’m an American dog: DAWG
I’m man’s best friend so you better not mess with me
I was born in an alley in the freezin cold
My mama left me when I was six weeks old
My daddy was a drifter till he ran outa luck
Had a difference of opinion with a Chevrolet truck
Chorus
The neighborhood ladies they know what I got
My nose may be cold but my blood is hot
Don’t put me on a leash, I don’t like to be confined
Cause I’m the 7th son in a litter of nine
Chorus
You better feed me good, you better treat me right
Or I’ll pee on your rug, and I’ll bark all night
I’m an American dog that’s the way I am
Don’t give me none of that dry food–I like the stuff
in the can
Chorus
See the Discarded
Lyrics for this song -
Cool Maroon
1987 Neal
Gladstone
and
Fred Child
Now I’m a guy who’s been a-round the block a time or
two
And I can’t help but notice what you’re wear-ing
Now if you want so-phisti-cated girls to look at you
You’d better try to dress a bit more daring
Now white is al-right and gray is O-K
But if you want those pretty cit-y chicks to swoon
Step out of those blues
Get your-self into some different hues
And slip into some cool ma-roon
Now Mother nature blushed the day that Jack laid eyes
on Jill
“Holy cow!” he said, “This chick’s astounding!”
When he chased her up that hill
He thought he was in for a thrill
And heaven knows his little heart was–pounding
But Jill was not impressed
She didn’t dig the way he dressed
That romance flopped when she popped his balloon
Now Jackie boy struck out
Between you and me there is no doubt
He should have dressed in cool maroon
Bridge
Now when you make your way
Down the Champs Ely-see’
A million gay Parisiennes will a-dore ya
They all under-stand vous etes ameri-cains
When you let your poly-esters do your talkin for
ya
Now the Ruskies and the Yanks
They’ve really had their ups and downs
And everybody wants negotiations
They advertize their missile size
And throw their weight around
Hey that’s no way to smooth out our relations
Why don’t they get hip and drop this crazy ego trip
If you want those Muskovites to change their tune
Chuck those ugly threads
If you want to turn their heads
Negotiate in cool maroon
We’re talking some kind of red -
Come to America
1988 Neal
GladstoneSometimes when I feel blue, my dreams are pale and few
I drift through my mind, back to a time when summer was fine and new
And your memory comes like a breeze through the roses, warm in the
afternoon
Please come to America I’ll be here waiting for you
Those days still fill my dreams, They flow like summer streams
We soaked in the sun fell in love some and before we’d begun it seems
That those days slipped away like a train from the station bound for
a rendezvous
Please come to America I’ll be here waiting for you
BRIDGE
Happy landing, best of wishes
Foreign dreams, and foreign kisses
Tonight the moon will rise Uniting distant skies
And light from the stars will travel so far
To sparkle in foreign eyes
And I send up a dream maybe magic and moonlight
Can make such a dream come true
Please come to America I’ll be here waiting for you
Happy landing, best of wishes
Foreign dreams, foreign kisses
Different ways and different notions
Summer nights on distant oceans -
Cheatin’ on Me
© 1993 Neal
GladstoneI’m in here drinkin Cause I in here thinkin
Bout you out there cheatin on me
And in this cunundrum I find myself wonderin
How I could have been so naive
My friends gave me warnin but I just ignored em
I wore my poor heart on my sleeve
I guess only cupid could make me so stupid
And blind as a damn fool can be
CHORUS
So hey ho set em up Joe,
And pour me another surprise
And I’ll be contented to sit here fermented
And curse you till the day that I die
Verse 2
Now I’ve had my share of pain and despair
Now I’ve had my portion of pain and misfortune
But I never felt this low before
And in this condition I find myself wishin
I could fall through the cracks in the floor
And when I get sober sometime next October
I might wander back to this bar
And drain the place empty and toast to the memory
Of what a cruel devil you are -
Calm Cool and Collected
©1985 Byron Walls
When heavy decisions come up I don’t have to think twice
I’m so together Ann Landers writes me for advice
When world leaders get in a mess
I’m the expert they always request
For me nothin’s hard and on my business card it says
Calm cool and collected
In a car or a plane at home on the street on the job
Whatever the question, hey, I’ve got the answer, no prob
No matter how bumpy the ride
I can take every chuck hole in stride
What can I say I was born that way
Calm cool and collected
Verbal abuse leaves me mostly just mildly amused
Tell me to jump in the lake I just smile and refuse
I know how to pull out a plane when it pitches and rolls
When he’s in a tight spot Chuck Yeager hands me the controls
He knows when he’s in a jam
To call on the better man
Nothin’s too tough if you’ve got the right stuff and you’re
Calm cool and collected
The first lady says no one’s as charming as me
If I weren’t so modest I guess I’d be forced to agree
With ten seconds left in a game that one basket will win
The crowd has no doubt as to which one the coach will put in
I dribble pivot and set
My impossible shot clears the net
The crowd goes berserk when I go to work so
Calm cool and collected
When Clapton needs needs some cool bars
He asks me to bring my guitar -
By the Sea
© 1979 Neal Gladstone
One fine day we drove away
Over to the ocean
We packed up a lunch
And a snack to munch on the way
The sun was high and so was I
So I put on some lotion
Burnin’ again and
Thankin’ Mama N for this lovely day
Oh we had a wonderful time
The beaches were in perfect condition
Oh the only thing on my mind
Was how to find a comfy position
CHORUS
By the sea, by the beautiful sea
You can see for a hundred miles
Every drop every grain
Splashed around in my brain
As I stand in the sand by the sea
By the beautiful sea
Then we went in, felt our skin
Turn from flesh to frozen
We giggled and flinched
Groaning every inch of the way
Oh we had a wonderful time
Sharing the beach with the seagulls
Oh you know I didn’t even mind
Losing my lunch to a beagle
CHORUS -
Bodyworks
© Neal
GladstoneYou wake up in the morning
You crack a scarlet eye
You drank too much
And went to bed too late
Your health is in the blender
It’s time to make a change
You never will till you appreciate
The way the body works
You go to see a doctor
He’s greedy and obscene
He makes you wait
And then he takes your dough
But when you get pneumonia
Or cancer of the spleen
I tell you, folks,
I’m really glad they know
The way the body works
It suffers scrapes and breaks
And sprains and various abuses
It fixes every one of them
And no excuses
And under certain circumstances
Even reproduces
The body works…
The body works…yeah yeah
Survives Chicago winters
And Los Angeles air
And chews a tuna sandwich on request
It lives on Coca Cola
And does its own repair
I tell you, boys,
I really am impressed
The way the body works -
Blues Dilemma
©2008 Neal Gladstone
Wooooah
I’m a blues singer baby and as you might expect
I tend to be dejected and my love life is a wreck
This unfortunate condition is the price of my success
Cause my fans are only happy as long as I’m depressed
O Baby, you know what I mean
I’m the every-single-song-someone-done-me-wrong queen
Now I get mighty tired of always feelin blue
I wonder what it be like to try out something new
But the game of fame and fortune it keeps me in a jam
In fact the worse I feel the more popular I am
Oh baby, it’s the same routine
I’m the every-single-song-someone-done-me-wrong queen
Now Charlie was a boozer And Michael was a cheat
Leroy took my money And Jake died in his sleep
Buddy was a liar And Clarence was a jerk
Rafael was phobic — He was terrified of work
I went to see a doctor to get me back on track
He said I needed treatment and put me on Prozac
A thousand dollars later I gained a little ground
But as soon as I felt better my record sales went down
Oh baby, where’s my nicotine
I’m the every-single-song-someone-done-me-wrong queen
Now Eddie was a baby And Johnny loved cocaine
Jay was way too kinky And Bobby went insane
Dave was pretty normal But he got hit by a truck
Michael drowned in Puget Sound And Frank ran off with Chuck
Well, I tore up my prescription and drank a couple beers
And wrote a million seller that had everyone in tears
My dreams of love and romance have all gone up in smoke
But I’d rather be in misery than satisfied and broke
Oh baby, call my limosine
I’m the every-single-song-someone-done-me-wrong queen -
Blackberry
©1981 Neal
GladstoneI’ve walked along this dusty road 10,000 miles
A weary stranger looking for a sigh
You marked my way and gave divine direction
Though I hardly realized it at the time
Chorus
Blackberry Blackberry along the path I travel
Mother nature’s pilgrim in a wasteland of concrete
Reclaiming stolen inches from the asphalt and the gravel
Your thorns are sharp and nasty but your fruit is very sweet
And mother nature humors our intention
To fill a need that seems to have no end
We strip her wealth with cool justification
But in the end she takes it back again
Chorus
And when I die please lay me on a hillside
With berry bushes planted all around
And there I’ll lie at peace with all creation
Protected by your fine and thorny bough