Gray Beard

Dang. I wanted Quindarius Thagard to make the team. That’s a much better name than L. T. Walton.

They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally Well, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star Might win an Oscar, you can never tell The movies gonna make me a big star 'Cause I can play the part so well Well, I hope you come and see me in the movies Then I know that you will plainly see The biggest fool that ever hit the big time And all I gotta do is act naturally

When I go to a humane society web site and look at the available dogs, almost all of them look like they are some sort of pit bull. This tells me that people are getting them, realizing they are too hard to handle, then getting rid of them.

Wake up, little Susie, wake up Wake up, little Susie, wake up We've both been sound asleep, wake up, little Susie, and weep The movie's over, it's four o'clock, and we're in trouble deep Wake up little Susie Wake up little Susie, well Whatta we gonna tell your mama Whatta we gonna tell your pa Whatta we gonna tell our friends when they say “ooh-la-la” Wake up little Susie Wake up little Susie, well I told your mama that you'd be in by ten Well Susie baby looks like we goofed again Wake up little Susie Wake up little Susie, we gotta go home

I keep hearin' you're concerned about my happiness But all that thought you're givin' me is conscience I guess If I was walkin' in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none While you 'n' your friends are worried about me I'm havin' lots of fun Countin' flowers on the wall That don't bother me at all Playin' solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo Now don't tell me I've nothin' to do Last night I dressed in tails, pretended I was on the town As long as I can dream it's hard to slow this swinger down So please don't give a thought to me, I'm really doin' fine You can always find me here, I'm havin' quite a time

This is a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue Two young lovers with nothin' better to do Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube And here is what happened when they decided to cut loose They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso That's where they ran into a great big hassle Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle Bobbie Sue took the money and run

Monday mornin' feels so bad Ev'rybody seems to nag me Comin' Tuesday I feel better Even my old man looks good Wed'sday just don't go Thursday goes too slow I've got Friday on my mind Gonna have fun in the city Be with my girl, she's so pretty She looks fine tonight She is out of sight to me Tonight I'll spend my bread, tonight I'll lose my head, tonight I've got to get to night Monday I'll have Friday on my mind

There she stood in the street Smiling from her head to her feet I said hey, what is this Now baby, maybe she's in need of a kiss I said hey, what's your name baby Maybe we can see things the same Now don't you wait or hesitate Let's move before they raise the parking rate All right now baby, it's all right now All right now baby, it's all right now

You keep saying you got something for me Something you call love but confess You've been a'messin' where you shouldn't 've been a'messin' And now someone else is getting all your best These boots are made for walking And that's just what they'll do One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin' You keep losing when you oughta not bet You keep samin' when you oughta be a'changin' Now what's right is right but you ain't been right yet

And when I see the sign that points one way The lot we used to pass by every day Just walk away Renee You won't see me follow you back home The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same You're not to blame From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide Just walk away Renee You won't see me follow you back home Now as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes For me it cries

I’m confused. The boy rejected her initial advances, but later he agreed to hang out and watch tv at her house. What was he expecting? I’m not convinced he was the innocent victim to the extent that he is being portrayed.

Who wants to buy this diamond ring? She took it off her finger, now it doesn't mean a thing This diamond ring doesn't shine for me anymore And this diamond ring doesn't mean what it meant before So if you've got someone whose love is true Let it shine for you This stone is genuine like love should be And if your baby's truer than my baby was to me This diamond ring can mean something beautiful And this diamond ring can mean dreams that are coming true And then your heart won't have to break like mine did If there's love behind it

Well, I went home with the waitress You know the way I always do Well how was I to know She was with the Russians, too I was gambling in Havana You know I took a little risk Send lawyers, guns and money Daddy, won't you get me out of this I'm an innocent bystander Somehow I got stuck Between a rock and a hard place And I'm down on my luck Oh yea, I'm down on my luck Oh yea, I'm down on my luck Oh baby, I'm down on my luck I'm so far down, I don't think I'll ever get up If it weren't for bad luck Oh if it weren't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all

The old saying is that you stay away from the Adirondacks until the Fourth of July because of black flies.

Oh, a storm is threat'ning My very life today If I don't get some shelter Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Ooh, see the fire is sweepin' Our very street today Burns like a red coal carpet Mad bull lost its way

Heartbreaker You mean misery maker Miss Evil You know you done me wrong Heartbreaker You professional faker Mistreater I'm telling you so long H-E-A-R-T breaker look what you done You broke my heart and away you did run But now I'm high and dry and out of the rain So don't come back and try to wet me again

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy All around in my home town They're trying to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the killing of a deputy For the life of a deputy, but I say I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense Sheriff John Brown always hated me For what I don't know Every time that I plant a seed He said, "Kill it before it grows" He said, "Kill it before it grows", I say

Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there I wish I had you to talk to If a man ever needed dyin', he did No one had the right to say what he said about you And it's so cold and lonely here without you Out there the law's a comin' I'm gettin' so tired of runnin' Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there I wish I had you to talk to

I met her on the mountain, there I took her life Met her on the mountain, stabbed her with my knife Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die This time tomorrow reckon where I'll be Hadn't-a been for Grayson, I'd-a been in Tennessee

There'll be no strings to bind your hands Not if my love can't bind your heart And there's no need to take a stand For it was I who chose to start I see no need to take me home I'm old enough to face the dawn Just call me angel of the morning, (angel) Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby Just call me angel of the morning, (angel) Then slowly turn away from me

Tequila

Show me the way To the next whisky bar Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why For if we don't find The next whisky bar I tell you we must die I tell you we must die I tell you, I tell you I tell you we must die o Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey, oh, you know why

Maybe we are the same person. Georgie Girl was a hit that I remember from the Seekers. It turns out they have several songs and several covers that are worth listening to, in my humble opinion.