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This album contains eleven songs. Ten original songs written by Jook Bourke and one song written by Patrick Bourke. All performances are by Jook Bourke. This is mainly a blues rock album, but there are flavors of Zydeco, Folk and Acoustic Blues. Recording and mixing sessions in Charlotte NC (referred to here as Piedmont Sessions) resulted in 6 of the songs on this album being revised and released as singles. See the singles section of Jook Bourke Home Page.
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Track 1 – Sam’s Pool Hall

 
Intro:
Sam’s Pool Hall
Verse 1:
Goin out street, to Sam’s Pool Hall
Guys hang out, don’t do much at all
T.C.’s playin pinball, all night on a dime
Dan’s at the table, shooting for the nine.
Chorus:
Sam’s Pool Hall
Verse 1:
Big Bob’s been drinkin, that ain’t a good sign
And Rici’s acting weird, don’t know what’s on his mind
Givin me the evil eye, I’m getting bad vibes
Says he wants to fight, but I’m not so inclined
Chorus:
Sam’s Pool Hall
Verse 2:
Rici’s keeps insistin, I thought he was a friend
I tried not to listen, but we’ll be fighten in the end
I really didn’t know just what was goin on
Went up to the back alley, everybody came along
Chorus:
Sam’s Pool Hall
Bridge:
Everybody made a big old circle around Rici and me
Before I knew it he was throwin punches, so then I started to swing
He caught me on the head, that made me mad
I hit him with a big round house
And Rici went down, and from the ground he said
That’s it, I’ve had enough
And I went back to Sam’s Pool Hall
Chuck Berry Like Guitar Lead:
And I went back to Sam’s Pool Hall
Verse 3:
Shot a game of pool, I was shootin at the nine
I knew I couldn’t make it, but left a good lay behind
But Dan made it, a money player for sure
Poor old Rici didn’t come around no more
Ending:
Sam’s Pool Hall
Sam’s Pool Hall
Sam’s Pool Hall

Track 2 – It’s A Great Morning To Rise

 
Chorus 1:
Yea, it’s a great morning to rise
It’s a great morning to rise
Verse 1:
Bad luck
Bad days
Bad week
But things gonna change
Hang in, don’t give, hold on your gonna live
Chorus 2:
Yea, it’s a great morning to rise
What a great morning to rise
Verse 1:
Look ahead
Not behind
Cause today, don’t you know the sun is gonna shine
Your heart still beats
I feel your breath upon my cheek
Chorus 3:
Great morning to rise
It’s a great morning to rise
Bridge:
You don’t even know what you’ve been through
But your back, and I’m here with you
Chorus 4:
Yea, it’s a great morning to rise
Yea, it’s a great morning to rise

Track 3 – Heartbreaker

 
Verse 1:
Nobody can fix you; you want be left alone
You got a big old mess goin on
You the only one in control
And you won’t open your door
Nobody can fix you; you got to fix yourself
Chorus:
It’s a cryin shame
It’s a cryin shame
You’ve been slidin and slidin so long
It’s a heartbreaker, a heartbreaker
How long can this go on
Verse 2:
Nobody can help you; we’ve tried so long
You got a big old mess goin on
But everywhere you go
You can’t hide cause there you are
Nobody can help you; you got to help yourself
Chorus:
It’s a cryin shame
It’s a cryin shame
You’ve been slidin and slidin so long
It’s a heartbreaker, a heartbreaker
How long can this go on
Ending:
How long can this go on

Track 4 – You’ve Made Me At Home

 
Verse 1:
You’ve, got a smile
Oh, that shines for miles and miles
You’ve got a way
To make worthwhile living everyday
When I’m around you I don’t feel uneasy
When I talk to you it’s nothing but easy
I feel a warmness that relaxes my soul
I feel there’s no time ahead or before
From this time onward, I won’t be alone
Chorus:
You’ve made me at home
You’ve made me at home
You’ve made me at home
Verse 2:
I knew, by your smile
I knew I was welcome and could stay for a while
I knew, by days end
I wasn’t a stranger, I was a friend
When I’m around you I don’t feel uneasy
When I talk to you it’s nothing but easy
I feel a warmness that relaxes my soul
I feel there’s no time ahead or before
From this time onward, I won’t be alone
Chorus:
You’ve made me at home
You’ve made me at home
You’ve made me at home

Track 5 - Greta

 
Verse 1:
Your words, they ring so true
And they’re so amazing when they’re coming from you
I know you wonder why
So many people deny
It’s way past time to wake up
We’re losing precious time
Verse 2:
You’re not too small to make a difference
Your style is so powerful
Your words, they ring so true
Imagine what we could do, together
Chorus:
Greta, Greta
I think Greta you got it right
Verse 3:
I do understand all your fear
And the tipping point is getting so near
I know you wonder why
So many people deny
We’ve known this day was coming
For a very long time
Verse 5:
We’re living like there’s no tomorrow
Wrecking the place that you live
We need to see it through your eyes
Action’s what we need to give
Together
Chorus:
Greta, Greta
I think Greta you got it right
Instrumental Break:
Double Chorus:
Greta, Greta
I think Greta you got it right
Greta, Greta
I think Greta you got it right

Track 6 – This will Never Be A Happy Home

 
Verse 1:
Well, my woman, she come home from boozin’
And she just starts into abusing me
This has never been a happy home
So if you catch me with some woman
And you want to shoot us for what we’re doing, just remember
This has never been a happy home
Chorus:
Airplanes just drive me crazy
Trains and buses, they all annoy me
There ain’t no doubt I need to move along
Pour me a shot of your cheapest liquor
I’m gonna drive all the way to Puerto Rica
This will never been a happy home
Verse 2:
I’ve ruined my life with vices
I’ll die a happy man knowing what nice is
This has never been a happy home
I got fourteen illegal children
Only way I got em, by lovin women
This will never be a happy home
Chorus:
Verse 3:
Well, I’m sittin in church on Sunday
And I’m back in that saloon on Monday
This will never be a happy home
The tax man come to get me
I look at my wife, said I’ll gladly go with ya
This will never be a happy home
Chorus:
Ending:
This will never be a happy home

Track 7 – Don’t Surrender

 
Verse 1:
Don’t give up
Don’t surrender
This fight could be very long
It’s a fight for our children
And the children that are yet to be born
Verse 2:
Don’t give up
Don’t surrender
Changing the world’s a big job
It takes millions of little things
And lots of moving parts to get it done
Bridge:
My mother and father wanted one thing
A better life for us than they had ever known
Now it’s time to fight
And there is no time to be lost
Verse 3:
Don’t give up
Don’t surrender
This fight could be very long
It’s a fight for our children
And the children that are yet to be born
Bridge:
The whole world is in this together
We all need to take on this fight
We breathe the same air
We walk the same earth
We’re together if we like it or not
Verse 3:
Don’t give up
Don’t surrender
Saving the world’s a big job
It takes millions of little things
And lots of moving parts to get it done
Ending:
Don’t surrender
Don’t give up
Don’t surrender
Don’t give up
Don’t surrender

Track 8 – Coastal Joe’s

 
Verse 1:
Let’s go to Coastal Joe’s
See everybody we know
Go up on the top deck
And hit the dancing floor
They got the best bands there
Out in the ocean air
Down at Coastal Joe’s
Verse 2:
Let’s get in the car
You know it’s not that far
We’ll get a couple Mojitos
Out on the top deck bar
They got the best bands there
Out in the ocean air
Down at Coastal Joe’s
Bridge:
We’ll see the night sky twinkle
We’ll feel the warm breeze on our face
There’s no place around here like Coastal Joe’s
Verse 3:
Let’s go to Coastal Joe’s
See everybody we know
Go up on the top deck
And hit the dancing floor
They got the best bands there
Out in the ocean air
Down at Coastal Joe’s
Bridge:
We’ll see the night sky twinkle
We’ll feel the warm breeze on our face
There’s no place around here like Coastal Joe’s
Verse 4:
Parked in the usual place
The band must be on break
Can’t hear the music at all
My leg’s starting to shake
There’s a sign on the door
Coastal Joe’s, is no more
Now where we gonna go?
Bridge:
To see the night sky twinkle
To feel the warm breeze on our face
There’s no place around here like Coastal Joe’s
Ending:
No more Coastal Joe’s

Track 9 – I Don’t Know

 
Chorus:
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
Verse 1:
When you ask me
Where this or that goes
And you’re in another room
I can’t see through that door
So, I don’t know what this or that thing is
The only answer I can give is
I don’t know
Chorus:
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
Verse 2:
You say it’s been raining
For four or five days straight
I know that because
I’m here in the same place
Then when you ask me
What’s that all about?
I don’t know how to answer
So I say I don’t know
Chorus:
So now I just say I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
Chorus:
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know

Track 10 – Railroad Song

 
Verse 1:
Swing on one, swing on two
Be the railroad built, when we is through
Swing that sledge, drive that iron
Look so pretty, got the foreman cryin
Chorus:
Oh lord, hear them sing
Railroad building gonna do me in
Oh lord, hear them cry
Build this here railroad
By and by
Verse 2:
Steam shovel quit, gotta dig it shoulder high
Worked so hard, I thought I’d die
Swung my sledge, swung my pick
Hope this here railroad get done quick, singin
Chorus:
Verse 3:
Couldn’t breakfast, lunch was a curse
Tried to eat supper but I lost my nerve
Coffee’s bad, the water is worse
This work gonna kill me, if I don’t die first
Chorus:
Verse 3:
Saw me the captain, got me a leave
Two days off, is all he’d give
Got me a bottle and a place to sit
Drink this here liquor, call it quits
Chorus:
End

Track 11 – I Can’t Get Out Of Bed

 
Verse 1:
I can’t get out of bed
And the rain keeps comin down
I can’t get out of bed
And the rain keeps comin down
I’ve been feelin so low
Ever since this rain came along
Verse 2:
I can’t get out of bed
Waitin for the sun to come shinin through
Well, I can’t get out of bed
I’m waitin for the sun to come shinin through
I called up the weatherman
He said, there’s nothin I can do
Verse 3:
Getting a bad case of the blues
Since the sun has gone away
Yea, getting a bad case of the blues
Since the sun has gone away
Until it stops rainin
In this bed’s where I’m gonna stay