Switchblade Blues

1. Secret Man – Winter 2011- Early 2012

Hey Baby, well, you call me your secret man
Hey Baby, well, you call me your secret man
You know that I love you the way nobody else can

Hey Baby, why don’t you come on down
Hey Baby, why don’t you come on down
You know that I’m the sweetest man that you’ve ever found

Hey Baby, why don’t you go with me
Hey Baby, why don’t you go with me
You know that I’m the sweetest man that you’ve ever seen

Hey Baby, well, you call me your secret man
Hey Baby, well, you call me your secret man
You know that I love you the way nobody else can

 

2. Absinthium – 2009-2010

I know a girl, mystic and mean
She rises out of hazy green
Flies through the clouds with her emerald hair
On wings of passion and a lucid stare

I ask her name and she says to me
I’m La Fée Verte, the Green Faerie
Come with me and I will show you the way
To a brighter enchanted daze

Chorus:
Green Faerie rescue me
I need something to set me free
From the chains of the mundane
Take me to a land with emerald rain

I watch the flames as they flicker and sway
She lights my path and she leads the way
I don’t know where I am going tonight
But green faeries make me feel alright

Chorus: 2x

 

3. Coming Home – June 2012

I feel, I feel
My time coming in, my time coming in
I feel alive

I’m coming home, I’m coming home
For far too long, for far too long
I’ve been gone

I’ve been wondering, been wondering
Mother Earth, Mother Earth
She holds me close

A new sun rise, new sun rise
Onto me, onto me
It sets again

 

4. New Rivers – June 2012

I can’t stay here no more
This place clouds my head
The roof is caving in
Grave is dug before I’m dead

Once wonder now worry
Keeping me up at night
I grew old in a hurry
Too fast to enjoy the light

Chorus:
When I know I’ll be happy
If I learn to see
The beauty all around me
And let go

Why waste your life wanting
A new river to follow
You’ve got to jump right in
Love the water that you know

Chorus: 2x

 

5. Painted Window (Forty-Two Years) – June 2012

Forty-two years in the brick plant I will go
Stack them bricks head high on the floor
When work is done and I head home
The sun don’t shine no more
Forty-two years in the brick plant I will go

Chorus:
So I will paint me a window open wide
I will let my soul fly
Through painted clouds on a painted sky
A painted train rolling by
Through painted hills on cardboard on the wall

Gas line blew and killed two yesterday
They told us shut off valves were on their way
To save a dime they told that lie
Laid fathers in their graves
Well, a gas line blew and killed two yesterday

Chorus: 1x

I sold my body to the company
To try to pay to raise a family
Two burnt out lungs and two bum knees
That’s what they gave to me
I sold my body to the foundry

Chorus: 1x

We left our lives here on the factory floor
They worked us hard ’til we can’t work no more
They used us up then threw us out
Lured new men through the door
We left our lives here on the factory floor.
(Forty-two years here on the factory floor)

Chorus: 2x

 

6. Draft Call – 2007

I got the phone call on a Monday morn you know
I got the phone call on a Monday morn you know
It said the war effort wants you, you know what we’re calling for

Ya got three weeks ‘til we ship you out the door
Ya got three weeks ‘til we ship you off to war
But I say no, I won’t go, I don’t fight no wars

They sent us out to the front line now it’s on
They sent us out to the front line now it’s on
Now the bullets are flying and my friends are dying alone

They say they died for their country and their home
They say they died for their country and their home
But no one will thank them and their names will never be known

And I say no, don’t go, and don’t you fight no wars

The war is over and they ask us the things that we’ve learned
The war is over and they ask us the things that we’ve learned
So we’ll tell them the stories of freedom and glory we’ve earned

Our children will want to follow our footsteps you know
Our children will want to follow our footsteps you know
But I say no, don’t go, and don’t you fight no wars
I say no, don’t go, and don’t you fight no wars

 

7. Switchblade Blues – Summer 2011

Hey, hey, Mama, well I done something wrong
Hey, hey, Mama, well I done something wrong
A drunk man hit me so I ran him through
Now I got the switchblade blues
Hey, hey, Mama, well I done something wrong

Hey, hey, Mama, well the Police are after me
Hey, hey, Mama, well the Police are after me
The Sheriff stopped me so I shot him dead
A .45 slug nestled in his head
Hey, hey, Mama, well the Police are after me

Hey, hey, Mama, well, I stole me a motor bike
Hey, hey, Mama, well, I stole me a motor bike
Open throttle gonna set me free
Until they clocked me going a hundred and three
Hey, hey, Mama, well, I stole me a motor bike

Judge told me, he gonna take my life
Judge told me, he gonna take my life
He gonna take my life
He gonna take my life
He gonna take my life
He gonna take my life

I said no, well, that ain’t true
Cuz I got up and ran him through, too
That dead judge, well, he ain’t gonna take my life

Hey, hey, Mama, well, I don’t mean to worry you
Hey, hey, Mama, well, I don’t mean to worry you
A wanted man now that I got loose
At least I’m free of the switchblade blues
Hey, hey, Mama, well, I don’t mean to worry you

 

8. Jolly Roger – Early 2011

I had it coming, what can I say
I should’a seen it from a mile away
That cut was deep, well, I’ll give ya that
Now man your guns because I’m coming back

Chorus:
Cuz I said now, raise my flag
Let all my colors fly
Sound the horn, cuz this is war
You won’t take me alive

Your torch has lit the fire in my eyes
These cannons on the deck are undisguised
You want a fight, well, I’ll give you that
My Jolly Roger’s hoisted up the mast

Chorus: 1x

Bridge:
Look you here I’ve got you gunning for me
Cuz I’m still standing when I shouldn’t be
I said look you here I’ve got you gunning for me
Cuz I’m still standing when I shouldn’t be
I’ll die on my feet I won’t live on my knees
I’ll die on my feet I won’t live on my knees
I’ll die on my feet I won’t live on my knees
Die on my feet I won’t live on my knees

Chorus clipped: 1x
I said now, raise my flag
Let all my colors fly
Sound the horn, cuz this is war
You won’t take me…

 

9. Cara Neutron – 2008

Oh, what do I do when the bullies all come out
They pick on me and call me names, and always push me around
Won’t someone help me like the Army or a knight
A secret agent or the government, no, those four they just aren’t right

I need someone better who knows just what to do
To save me from these evil bullies, I know a girl and its you-know-who

Chorus:
It’s Cara Neutron Super Hero Girl
There ain’t nothing stopping her now
She’s out to save the world

It’s Cara Neutron Super Hero Lass
If you’re scared just call on her, yeah
She’s out to kick some ass

It’s Cara Neutron Super Hero Girl
Fighting crime to save the day, yeah
She’s the coolest girl in the world

Oh, what do I do when I’m driving on the highway
My tire pops, can’t get to work
She’ll be there to come save my day

Or if I go to Iceland and I’m chased down by the Vikings
She’ll be there to fend them off, yeah
I know she does this a lot

So, who’s the hero who will never lose a fight
She won’t back down or give up no way
She’s cool and you know I’m damn right

Chorus: 1x

Bridge:
One time I saw Cara wrestle twelve alligators
With both her hands tied behind her back

One time I saw Cara save a thousand people from a burning building
All at the same time

Indestructible
Intellectual
Inspirational, Cara Neutron

Chorus: 1x

 

10. Victory Rolls & Combat Boots – Summer 2011

Look out my window, what is this I see
Bleach blonde victory rolls down my street
Combat boots and tattoos, full sleeves
I said damn, pretty baby, you’re just right for me

Ain’t never seen a girl like this
A broad who carries a switchblade and a gun
She said, “tell me tootz what ya doin’ tonight”
She said, “roll with me if that sounds alright”

Chorus:
Won’t you take me around this town
Won’t you shake me up then down
Won’t you show me everything around

Hey Baby what’d we stop here for
First stop she robbed the liquor store
Walked on in with a chrome .45
Now she’s walking on out with twenty to life
Jumped into her ’34 Ford Vic
Lost those coppers lickity split
Burning rubber down Hamilton Ave
I said you’re the type of girl I’ve just got to have

Chorus: 1x

Bridge:
The lost spark to keep the fire alive
The master link to keep my ass in line
The final stroke to keep it all in time
The vintage vixen I need in my life

Chorus: 1x

 

11. Broken Home – 2007

Please just stay right here
This my only fear
That I’d be left alone
Here in a broken home

Get this feeling off my chest
Thoughts of the day you left
Didn’t tell us where you’d go
And when you left we didn’t know

Chorus:
What d’ya think its gonna do
To your son now without you
Where d’ya you were gonna go
That you didn’t think your son should know
I wish you would come on
Please don’t leave me here alone
You know that I need you so
There’s a reason not to go

All the paths that you’ll explore
That you’ll lose your own son for
Just know now that it’s too late
Happiness has locked its gate

Pain is now still fresh in mind
Memories all left behind
Years from now what will we do
I just know I
I just know I
I just know I’ll still miss you

Chorus: 1x

 

12. A Walk In The Meadow – Instrumental

 

13. Miss Lightning – June 2012

She came in like lightning
Now she’s passing by just like a storm
She came in like lightning
Now she’s passing by just like a storm
Gave me the love I needed
My soul is at sea no more

Your eyes set my mind at ease
And your touch does more than that for me
Your eyes set my mind at ease
And your touch does more than that for me
And when I’m lying next to you
My soul done finally found peace

The tides are set on changing
And the winds are blowing low and strong
The tides are set on changing
And the winds are blowing low and strong
Please strike twice, Miss lightning
Light the coast for me while I am gone