Up for a Grammy Nomination in 2013


This unique album of 12 original songs captures a bluesy/jazz sound that is both retro and contemporary, and It rocks. Saxophone orchestrations and solos are a mainstay of the arrangements. It is rich with vocal harmonies, and
clever lyrics.


Track 1 - Precious Eyes


 
Chorus:
Those love eyes
Those precious eyes
Those love eyes
Those precious eyes
Verse 1:
What you got behind those eyes
You can’t talk, you can’t tell lies
I have seen this look before
I never new if I’d see some more
Verse 2:
You’re a looker, that is true
And I can’t stop watching you
You don’t have to say a thing
Just flip a smile or twitch a thing
Verse 3:
What you got behind those eyes
You can’t talk, you can’t tell lies
I just wonder what you see
What you think and what will be
Ending Chorus:
Oh those lovely eyes
Oh those precious eyes
Oh those lovely eyes
Oh those precious eyes
Those love eyes
Those precious eyes
Those love eyes
Those precious eyes


Track 2 - What Am I Gonna Do?


 
Chorus 1:
What am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do?
Will I stare into your face,
or try a warm embrace
What am I gonna do?
Verse 1:
I could plead the fifth amendment
But you know what is true
Ask for mercy from the court
or act like there was nothing new
I could try to tell a lie
But my face would tell the truth
Because it's true
Chorus 2:
What am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do?
When we're close enough to touch
Will all be just too much
What am I gonna do?
Verse 1:
I turned out all the lights
and tried to cry alone
But couldn't drop a tear
Just way that I was born
I'm not bad man
Well, not bad everyday
But what can I do
What can I say
Chorus 3:
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
Time only moves one way
And no matter what I say
It all comes to down to you
What are you gonna do?


Track 3 - Up All Night


 
Verse 1:
I'm telling you, I can do no more
Please don't tell me that this is my reward
I'm telling you, I can do no more
Kick me all you want I got the pedal to the floor
Verse 2:
I've been up, all night long
There's not enough time to go around
Up all night, got to get some rest
All night long, all I do is sweat
Tell me somebody, what I'm doing wrong
Stress is killing me, I can't do this for long
Ending:
How bout  a little help
How bout a little rest
How bout a little relaxation
I'm nowhere near my best
Help, I need a little help
Help, I need a little help
I need a little rest
Help, Help, Hel.............P
I need some help
I need some help
I need some help


Track 4 - Two Will Nicely Do


 
Verse 1:
People don't always stay together
and many times more is better
But if I got you,
then we got two
and I know two will nicely do
Verse 2:
It is true that nothing lasts forever
But I can say  I will never
I'll never leave you
cause we are two
and I know two will nicely do
Bridge:
There comes a time when children must fly free
That’s the way it's always gone and the way it's going to be
We started out with me and you
Together starting something new
 
Verse 3:
People don't always stay together
and many times more is better
But if I got you,
then we got two
and I know two will nicely do
Verse 4:
It is true that nothing lasts forever
But I can say  I will never
I'll never leave you
cause we are two
and I know two will nicely do
Ending:
But, two will nicely do


Track 5 - Come On Man


 
Verse 1:
Come on man
I mean seriously
You must of ate something strange
WTFO?
Verse 2:
Come on man
I mean true dat
I wonder who hurt so bad
What4 y do?
Verse 3:
That’s ridiculous
Shut up talking to me
You’re flipping my bag
Ah what are you thinking
Verse 4:
That comes from the no place
It goes to the nowhere
I don’t understand
Why you want to set fire to your hair
Verse 5:
Come on now
Are you joking me
You been doing too much texting dude
What4 y do
Ending:
Come on man
Come on man
WTFO?

Track 6 - Ain’t Nobody Knows


 
Verse 1:
It ain't like my younger days
It ain't like momma said
It ain't like daddy said
It's all different now
It ain't like my younger days
When I had it figured out
It's changed in many ways
That I never thought about
Bridge:
But that's just how it goes
Yea, that's how it goes
You take your blows
You hold your nose and wipe the blood away
It's not like I thought it would be
But then who can see
How it's gonna go
That's just how it goes
Verse 2:
It's not like my younger days
It's not like those good old days
It's not like any days that I ever thought that I would see
It's not like my momma said
It's not like my daddy said
It just goes to show
Nobody knows
Verse 3:
I wish I would have known
I wish I would have known
That working so hard, working so long
Could have such a bad outcome
In spite of the plans that I made
I got dealt a hand that won't play I'm not saying it's wrong
I just gotta move along
Verse 4:
It's not like my younger days
It's not like those good old days
It's not like any days that I ever thought that I would see
It's not like my momma said
It's not like my daddy said
It just goes to show
Ain't nobody knows



Track 7 - Capable Woman


 
Verse 1:
Somebody opened my eyes
Somebody gave me a key
Now I understand why
Others don’t always see what I see
You are a woman
Of the gentle kind
You are so beautiful
It can slip a mind,
Chorus:
Yea, it’s easy to for-get what a capable woman you are
Verse 2:
I’ve known you a long time
You are kind,    sweet and true
Sometimes even I can be surprised
When I see all things you can do
You are a woman
Not so inclined
To talk about yourself
To know you takes some time, yea it’s
Chorus:
Easy to for-get what a capable woman you are
Bridge:
You’re a wo-man
A pretty wo-man
You’re so sweet and kind
You’re a wo-man
A beautiful wo-man
You’re so sweet and kind, yea  it’s
Chorus:
Easy to for-get what a capable woman you are


Track 8 - Pizza Bones


 
Verse 1:
I feel so bad
(Are you kidding me?)
I feel so bad
(Are you kidding me?)
Every time I look at that box
It's so full of pizza bones
Cause I can't eat the crust
Verse 2:
There starving in China
(Are you kidding me?)
There starving in China
(Are you kidding me?)
That's what Momma used to say
So, eat all your food son
You sin to throw it away
Bridge 1:
But it sure seems like living
Got better in Beijing
I see made in China
On just about everything
But I feel so bad
I still feel so bad
Bridge 2:
I know one thing that could be my cure
I know one thing that that would work for sure
Can't send pizza bone, that's just my trash
I could send money
I could send cash
Verse 2:
I feel so bad
(Are you kidding me?)
I feel so bad
(Are you kidding me?)
Yea, I sent some money and got some piece of mind
But I ate so much pizza
That lord I feel like dying


Track 9 - A Gift For Everyday


 
Verse 1:
You always see the wonder in everything you do
You always say you had the best time, and I believe you do
Those that love, you can feel the joy
Of you just being you
Verse 2:
It’s your smile, it’s your kindness
And the way you look at things
It comes from deep inside you
The air around you is sweet
Those that love you, can feel the joy
Of you just being you
Bridge:
Even strangers, can feel the joy
Of you just being you
Ending:
It’s a gift you give everyday
You have always been like this
You’ve always been this way


Track 10 - Toby Love (the cat)


 
Chorus 1:
I want that love , that he gets
I need that love , that he gets
I want that love , that Toby gets
Verse 1:
He's not good looking
And he's never had a job
He doesn't do a thing all day
And at night he just roams around
But he gets such good loving
It's all mystery
I don't understand it,
I got to get that love for me
Chorus 2:
I want that love, that you give to him
I need that kind of love, that Toby gets
I want that love, that Toby love
Verse 2:
He gets all his meals fed
Anytime he wants
If he turns his head
You just get something else
He has all his freedom 
Goes anywhere he please
I got to know the secret,
I'll beg on bended knees
 Verse 3:
I earn my living
You know I can provide
Treat you like a queen,
I'm mostly a good guy
But you chase him all over
He treats you just like your trash
It's all a game for him
And then you kiss his ….
Chorus 3:
I want that, I want that love, that you give to him
I need that love, that he gets
I want that love, that Toby love


Track 11 - There She Goes


 
Verse 1:
She said she was gone,
Been here too long"
She said she was gone,
She's leaving home"
She said she was gone"
Don't call her phone"
And there she goes
Verse 2:
She didn't take no bags
She didn't take no cash
She didn't take no bags
She just said "I'm gone,
"Don't call my phone"
"I ain't coming home
And there she goes
Verse 3:
No place to live
But under some bridge
No place to live
She won't be alone
She can't charge her phone
She can't call home
But there she goes
 
Verse 4:
She didn't take no bags
She didn't take no cash
She didn't take no bags
It's nothing new
She just took her phone
And when the charge is gone
She'll be coming home


Track 12 - Thunder Comin


 
Verse 1:
Herminie Pa
That's where I was born
Had company houses
Had a company store
They were digging coal
Much as they could do
The mine did so well
They started Hermine 2
Chorus 1:
But there's thunder coming our way
Yea, there's thunder coming our way
Verse 2:
I was just a little boy
When the mine shut down
But most of the miners
They stuck around
It was a quiet little town
Till my teenage years
That's when the muscle cars
Started to appear
Chorus 2:
That's when thunder came our way
That's when thunder came our way
Verse 2:
There's a quarter mile stretch
At the top of Drops Hill
Only two lanes wide
A place that can kill
Saturday past midnight
We were cheatin death
Hoping no cars coming
Just to settle the bets
Chorus 2:
That's when thunder went away
That's when thunder went away