




The African Queen (Joe Bouchard)
The drums at night Across the river
Deep in the jungle The big picture
Riding on down the river Where crocodiles pose a threat
Swatting the bugs away And drowning in a sinners sweat
In a world you’ve never seen. Shooting down the rapids Oh, oh...
On the African Queen
Torpedo the wicked It’s best for the team
A world in full color And deep in extremes
Riding on down the river Where crocodiles pose a threat
Swatting the bugs away And drowning in a sinners sweat
In a world you’ve never seen. Shooting down the rapids Oh, oh...
On the African Queen.
Drinking like Bogie With a head full of gin
Crazy old man Got soaked to the skin
Riding on down the river Where crocodiles pose a threat
Swatting the bugs away And drowning in a sinners sweat
In a world you’ve never seen. Shooting down the rapids Oh, oh...
On the African Queen On the African Queen
On the African Queen On the African Queen
The African Queen.
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Forget About Love (John Elwood Cook)
I'm sorry for myself, I'm sorry for you
You've got a reason, being sorry too
I'm sorry for myself, at the end of the day
You got no reason, but you hate me anyway
Forget about….
Forget About Love
Forget about...
For.............get about
Forget about Love-uvh.
Forget About Love
I'm sorry for myself I got screwed
You got no reason to be in a mood
I'm sorry for myself, what I gotta pay
You got no reason, but you hate me anyway
Forget about….
Forget About Love
Forget about...
For.............get about
Forget about Love-uvh.
Forget About Love.
I'm sorry for myself what can I say
I'm sorry for everything I let slip away
I'm sorry for myself, I got screwed
You got no reason, to be in a mood.
Forget about….
Forget About Love
Forget about...
For.............get about
Forget about Love-uvh.
Forget About Love.
FORGET ABOUT LOVE!
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Walk of Fame (Joe Bouchard)
Signing autographs. In a gold that glitters
Dressed up real sharp. And posing for pictures
Craving the fame. Playing the game
Craving the fame. Playing the game
Hey Babe. I got my star
Hey Babe. In a shiny sports car
Hey Babe. I played the game
Now I'm enshrined in.
The Walk of Fame. 2x
In the Walk of Fame. 2x
He pissed someone off. They trashed his reputation
Now his shiny star. Is out of circulation
Hey Babe. I got my star
Hey Babe. In a shiny sports car
Hey Babe. I played the game
Now I'm enshrined in.
The Walk of Fame. 2x
In the Walk of Fame. 2x
Someone, someday Might steal your car
Someone, someday. Might trash your star
Just walk Just walk Just walk Just walk
Mr. Humpty and Mr. Dumpty went walking downtown
On the walk they were standing
On your shiny star. That was vandalized.
Again.
That kind of fame You will never see
Cause you aint’t got the dough.
You aint’t got the dough, re, mi
Walk on.
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Hit and Run (John Elwood Cook)
Seems kind of odd when you think you're special
When your flame burns perpetual
Seems kind of odd
You think You're the one
But let's be friends and talk this over
We can be united..in horror
We can Have some fun
We can, We can-Hit and run
We can, We can-Hit and run
My dreams don't have reasons
My demons..my dreams appease them
Lines get blurry Blot the sun
This is the world that gave us Oswald
From the shadow realm I feel compelled
To obliterate And to stun
We can, We can-Hit and run
We can, We can-Hit and run
A bitterly conflicted man
Steps from darkness Gun in hand
Trigger madness Life is done
Life on earth has not been easy
I know God don't need me
I know I'm not his son
We can, We can-Hit and run
We can, We can-Hit and run
We can, We can-Hit and run
We can, We can-Hit and run
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Racing Through the Desert (Joe Bouchard)
(INSTRUMENTAL)
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All Day and All of the Night. (Ray Davies)
I'm not content to be with you in the daytime
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
Oh, come on, Get ‘em hard!
I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night-time
All day and all of the night
GUITAR TUNING:
E,B,E,G,B,E
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She’s A Legend (John Shirley, Joe Bouchard)
I heard the whispers in Robber’s Row--
“She is the dawn when the cock will crow;
she is the night, with the flies that gleam.
She leads you through pleasure
into a bad dream.”
She’s a legend!
a legend…
On first sight I saw a light in her eyes,
two distant candles beneath a black sky;
then the bullet of fate whistled by--
I was fortunate to be allowed to fly.
….She’s a legend!
CHORUS
She’s a legend! She’s a awesome tale
told by shivering men
She’s a legend! a deep dark myth
without end;
She’s a legend! Your life is a small coin
she spends
she’s a legend!
a legend.
The feds found the dead across three states,
seven lonely men with identical fates;
They saw what she’d used to close their mouths:
A nightbird singing when it was daylight out.
….She’s a legend!
CHORUS (sung)
She’s a legend!
SOLO
Yes, the bullet of fate whistled by (Whoop, whoop)-17
She opened her hand, allowed me to fly.
She’s a le-gend an unholy grail
She let me go...that I might tell this tale.
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Once Upon a Time at the Border. (Joe Bouchard)
Kiss me, and say good-bye
There are no more words to say.
Trembling lips and eyes so red
Our time was slipping away
Setting suns shine across the water
Hanging on to yesterday
Records spinning one last time
The songs just faded away
Righteous loves that haunt your soul
Echoes from a distant time
Cool winds
Churn the waters
White caps brush the gray skies
Cool winds
Broken dreams
Hearts abandoned along the way
But it was sweet, my love.
Playing all week in a smokey dive
Daddy's taking time away
All the customers dig the sounds
While we slept away the days
Righteous loves that haunt your soul
Echoes from a distant time
Cool winds
Churn the waters
White caps brush the gray skies
Cool winds
Broken dreams
Hearts abandoned along the way
But it was sweet, my love.
MANDO BRIDGE
Cool winds
Churn the waters
White caps brush the gray skies
Cool winds
Broken dreams
Hearts abandoned along the way
But it was sweet, my love.
Cool winds
Churn the waters
White caps brush the gray skies
Cool winds
Broken dreams
Hearts abandoned along the way
But it was sweet, my love.
But it was sweet, my love.
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Bottom for the Bottomless (John Shirley, Joe Bouchard)
Where do you go when you’re so lost
no one could ever find you?
lost in memory, and in cost
try’n to put it behind you;
it’s always night in that place
where you hoard your grim gems;
the glint of eyes full of fear
is how you know them.
one way out say the owls;
say the bats and crickets:
throw off your cowl, find the way,
out of this endless thicket--
[chorus:]
and dive deep, dive deep,
down the well of sorrow
dive deep, dive deep,
till tonight is tomorrow.
“it’s got no bottom, you fall forever”
that’s the lie they tell
All your friends cynical nihilists
won’t look at the sky
they’re scared of the risk.
They’re unaware of the worlds
where black bleeds color
they don’t know there rare worlds
where you meet the Others…
and dive deep, dive deep,
down the well of sorrow
dive deep, dive deep,
till tonight is tomorrow
and dive deep, dive deep,
down the well of sorrow
dive deep, dive deep,
till tonight is tomorrow
swim the tunnel
no longer blind
all the boundaries
start to unwind--
and there’s no real enemy…
except lost time.
except lost time…
the very strange others….
as strange as you
the very strange others
bringing very strange truths…
and dive deep, dive deep,
down the well of sorrow
dive deep, dive deep,
till tonight is tomorrow
you fly out
and leave behind.
all boundaries unwind
and dive deep, dive deep
all boundaries unwind
dive deep, dive deep
dive deep, dive deep,
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Strangely in Love
When they tell your story
Your stories seem old
When they tell your story
Your stories seem cold
A ride on the river
When the moonlight plays
A ride on the river
Toward the end of the day
And you always knew
the river was in your blood
When you fell
Strangely in love
Insanely in love
Strangely in love
A ride on the river
When the moonlight plays
A ride on the river
Toward the end of the day
Toward the end of the day
And if you let this all go wrong again
And the truth depends on your whim
If you spend your life waiting
To see that shooting star
Separate…Venus and Mars
And you always brought
the worst down from above
When you fell
Strangely in love
Insanely in love
Strangely in love
A ride on the river
When the moonlight plays
A ride on the river
Toward the end of the day
Toward the end of the day
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Winter
Across the frozen river, The eagle flies
Brings you a shiver, When you realize
It’s the winter Of our lives
It’s the winter Of our lives
Across the frozen river, The sky fades to black
many a man before me, falls in a trap
Its a given. It's no surprise.
It’s the winter Of our lives
It’s the winter Of our lives
Its a winter Of our lives
SOLO
Across the frozen river, The moon goes full
And those still living, Here feel it’s pull
In the final hour, The truth will arise
It’s the winter Of our lives
It’s the winter Of our lives
It’s the winter Of our lives
It’s the winter Of our lives
It’s the winter Of our lives
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Lyrics from the album Strange Legends on RockHeart Records. (dist. by Deko/ADA/Warner Bros.)
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