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Holly
04:16
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Holly
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
One more day arrives
(Holly eats her breakfast)
Past the school bus lines
(Holly couldn’t care less)
Children pass the time
(Holly in her old dress)
Eating her alive
“Can’t the people see what I see?”
“Why’s everybody looking at me?”
Hair of fire is blowing in the wind
Eyes like daggers pierce into your soul
Something strange about this ruby girl
Holly won’t you open your brown eyes
Open your brown eyes
Open your brown eyes….Holly……
See her walk alone
(Holly’s little planet)
Kicking one lone stone
(Holly understands it)
Bouncing to and fro
(Smiling like a bandit)
Wonder where she goes
“Can’t they hear the sounds that I hear?”
“Why’s everybody living in fear?”
Hair of fire is blowing in the wind
Eyes like daggers pierce into your soul
Something strange about this ruby girl
Holly won’t you open your brown eyes
Open your brown eyes
Open your brown eyes
Humming soft songs to herself…
See her walk alone….Kicking one lone stone….Wonder where she goes
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2. |
A Funny Day To Be Alive
03:38
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A Funny Day To Be Alive
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Everyone keeps talking loudly
I can't seem to tune them out
More than one just seems a crowd to me
Tell me what that's all about
Yesterday I had a million things to do
Things that seemed to matter then
Running here and there will blind you to the truth
I wish I could do it all again
Confusion, Illusion...
It's a funny day to be alive
It's a sunny day, why even try
It's a crazy time to wonder why
Like a dream that's floating in the air
If you blink your eyes it won't be there
It's a funny day to even care
I used to try to make the good times last
And hang on every word you said
But everything kept moving right on past
At least it's all still in my head
Confusion, Illusion...
There were moments when I opened up my eyes
Opened up my mind for all to see
Then I'd remember that it's easier to be shy
Easier for me
It's a funny day to be alive
It's a sunny day, why even try
It's a crazy time to wonder why
Like a dream exploding in the air
If you blink your eyes it's everywhere
It's a funny day to even care
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3. |
Better Man
02:38
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Better Man
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Look at all my friends
Creating their life
Put it on the shelf for a fair price
Spread it on the floor
Get it out the door
There may not be time for too much more
So C’mon C’mon
Be a better man
Yeah, C’mon C’mon
See the bigger plan
So C’mon C’mon – You’re a better man
If your dreams become a burden
You’re at the final curtain
And it’s not fun anymore
You know nothing is for certain
Your pride is only hurting
That I know for sure
Candle’s burning fast
Faces will not last
Death may be the one excuse you have
Burn it at both ends
Feel your heartbeat bend
It’s all gonna come together then
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4. |
The Other Side
02:47
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The Other Side
©Ruby Bird & Billy Carl Mancini, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Baby, babe you know life is pretty short
And a lot goes by the way of pride
But I gotta know, am I gonna see you
See you on the other side?
Oh, we’ve got worries and we’ve got cares
And babe we’ve had our share of good times
But I gotta know when the next one rolls over
Will I see you on the other side?
Will I see you on the other side?
Will I see you on the other side?
Hey we’ve been lucky in a sea of circumstance
Flowing with the incoming tide
But when I go out with the undertow
Will I see you on the other side?
Will I see you on the other side?
Will I see you on the other side?
Watching you floating away
Just left a hole inside my soul
Forever is such a long time
How will I know which way to go…?
Oh, we get wreckless with what we have
When we’re standing in the morning light
But when the sun falls down below the horizon
Will I see you on the other side?
Will I see you on the other side?
Will I see you on the other side?
Will I see you, see you, will I see you,
See you on the other side?
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5. |
Through Your Eyes
03:26
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Through Your Eyes
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Was a time when I would follow you ‘round
Never question what you’d wanna do
Listen to the music that was your sound
Read the things that you would want me to
Now I don’t see the world through your eyes
Just a word to the wise
So you don’t get the wrong impression
And I don’t see the world through your eyes
Now I know not to rely
You can call it intuition
Now that I can offer some resistance
Standing on my own makes me complete
Long ago I needed some assistance
But now I walk the road on my own feet
And I don’t see the world through your eyes
Just a word to the wise
So you don’t get the wrong impression
And I don’t see the world through your eyes
Now I know not to rely
You can call it intuition
I’m walking the path of the free
I’m looking to see what I’ll see
I’m waiting to know what I’ll be
And no one is following me
Now I don’t see the world through your eyes
Just a word to the wise
So you don’t get the wrong impression
And I don’t see the world through your eyes
Now I know not to rely
You can call it intuition….Though your eyes
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6. |
Rest of My Life
05:20
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Rest of My Life
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
It’s becoming hard to see
The way I should be
Have I come this far along
For nothing but a song?
I thought it would be easy
I was wrong.
I thought it would release me
But it won’t and I go on and on and on……
I’m hearing and seeing and feeling the things in my heart
But these things don’t matter to a world that is falling apart
So maybe I’ll sing for myself
For the rest of my life
So far in this life I’ve beat
My head on the wall
Just to find someone to meet
Who’ll give me a call
So why do I continue?
I don’t recall.
My ego is black and blue
But I still go on and on and on and on…..
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7. |
So Cool
04:48
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So Cool
©Ruby Bird, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Living the big life in grays and browns and
Playing for nothing all over town and
In and out hotels and bars and trading up to rusty cars
Everything fits in a frame of angles, holes and your tiny fame
You’re so cool…
Walk a thin line ‘tween friends and foes
And everyone sees the emperor’s clothes
Riding the line like a surfer on a crest to see
Who can be the worst and the best
You’ll never hurt, feel bitter or shame
As long as you feel you’re a part of their game
You’re so cool…we are dead and dying
Green is grass in some other place but a
Forest is staring you right in the face of love, of hope,
A passionate test, check in and out like you’re only a guest
Reap all the bounty, milk it dry,
Then let someone else have their pie in the sky
You’re so cool…
So cool…so cool…so cool…we are dead and dying
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8. |
No Saints Can Say
01:14
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No Saints Can Say (A Cappella)
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
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9. |
Somedays
03:48
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Somedays
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
If I could make you happy
You know I would
If I could change the path we
Must take I would
Sleep tight--the world will turn and fires will burn
Dream like you’ll never to this earth return
Somedays you’ll wonder if you can get through
Somedays will be the kind you want them to….Somedays
Sunlight must turn to darkness
Rivers must flow
I want to be a fortress
And never know
Sleep tight--the world will turn and fires will burn
Dream like you’ll never to this earth return
Somedays you’ll wonder why the road is rough
Someday you’ll know my love will be enough….Somedays
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10. |
Heart of the City
04:55
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Heart of the City
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Out in the streets I see the gray suited clones
Do they have the same names?
Do they have the same homes?
Driving in cars I see the grinding of teeth
It’s the life in the city
In the land of the free
Life in the heart of the city
Aint no heart in the city
If I walk in the park it better be before dark
Don’t want no gun toting teen
To gun me down for a lark
You know that fashion’s the passion
They’ll steal the clothes off your back
So you better dress down
Get out the burlap sack
Life in the heart of the city
Aint no heart in the city
Well I’ve thought about it for a long time
And the answer doesn’t seem very clear
Let’s you and me get together
Pack the car and get the hell out of here
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11. |
Long Road Home
02:18
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Long Road Home
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Walking down a city street
Eyes cast down unto your feet
Don’t look up, might catch a glance
It’s so hard to break this trance
Tell me what is wrong with this
I know what is wrong with this
If you take the long road home
Don’t forget where you are
If you take the long road home
Don’t forget who you are
Maybe if I try to smile
I can walk another mile
People tend to open wide
I will show them, I won’t hide
I know what is wrong with this
You know what is wrong with this
If you take the long road home
Don’t forget where you are
If you take the long road home
Don’t forget who you are
Maybe you should buy a car!
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12. |
Not This Time
04:35
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Not This Time
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
How many times
Will you run away
To your hideaway?
You won’t face your life today
How many times
Do I have to say
That I’m in love with you?
I love all the things that you do
You’re on my mind
Now more than ever baby
But I have cleverly
Slipped past your eyes
You should take time
To think more of me
I’m not fooled easily
Not this time
I’m not sure if I will ever understand you
But then that’s what life is all about
You said you’d love me for the rest of my life
And so I had no reason to doubt
I get the feeling that I’ll never understand you
But I just don’t want to live without
You make the past seem like it never really happened
And today there’s no reason for doubt
Not this time, not this time….
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13. |
Red Geraniums
02:17
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Red Geraniums
©Ruby Bird, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Life did not bring me designer gowns
Nor jewels for my hair
Nor sights of castles and quaint old towns
In far away countries fair
But I can see beyond my lane
A green and friendly hill
And red geraniums in bloom
Upon my window sill.
The tedious cares of every day,
The little humdrum things
Have kept me home, where I would fly,
But still my heart has wings
While red geraniums still bloom
Against my window pane
And low above my grassy hill
The puffy clouds bring rain.
And if my dreams never do come true,
The brightest and the best,
But pass me by my whole life through,
I’ll set my heart at rest.
And I’ll thank God for home, sweet things,
A green and friendly hill,
And red geraniums in bloom
Upon my window sill
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