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What Gets Me This Way?
02:36
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WHAT GETS ME THIS WAY?
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Each and everyday
I thank the Lord above and pray
That we will stay together forever
And never roam and never stray
But when I look all around me
I wonder when trouble will find me (I wanna know)
Black clouds they start to surround me
What is it that gets me this way?
I've got a roof above my head
I've got some cash to slip through my hands
I'm not alone when I go to bed
My baby loves me, I know where I stand
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2. |
Enjoy It While You Can
04:34
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ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Hey Baby was it yesterday that we were like kids
Back when looking for a good time was all that we did
Making love before the show and maybe after as well
Take a drive across the desert you never can tell
In the night time we would hang out down on 4th Avenue
Playing music for the money that some people threw
In a nutshell I can tell you ‘bout my philosophy
It’s enjoy it while you can
Enjoy it while you can
Hey Baby let’s get married by the saguaro tree
Just you and Mother Nature, the preacher and me
If we hurry we can make it down to Mexico
Or keep driving ‘cross the desert on a big blue toad
Well there’s only one thing that you and I must do
Keep singing for the money, the good times too
In a nutshell I can tell you ‘bout my philosophy
It’s enjoy it while you can
Enjoy it while you can
Enjoy it while you can
No time for making plans
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3. |
The Mark
04:50
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THE MARK
©Ruby Bird / Billy Carl Mancini, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
I stood in line for hours
And a couple of days
To get a bag of caffeine
And two weeks worth of grain
A hundred dollars in my pocket
Ain't worth an old tin can
Can't buy or sell anything
Without The Mark on my right hand
Run--don't look back
Run--they'll get you where you stand
Run--go on now
There's a time to fight
But this ain't no time to be a man
Too many sick and blind
From six months in the dark
Can't get no help from doctor
Not without The Mark
Too much desperation
Government takes a stand
They'll know all about me
From The Mark on my right hand
Run--don't look back
Run--they'll get you where you stand
Run--go on now
There's a time to fight
But this ain't no time to be a man
Not without The Mark
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4. |
Heart and Soul
05:24
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HEART AND SOUL
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Misty moon in the summer sky
Sultry sun gone to bed
Hound dog howls what a lonely cry
Dreams of you fill my head
I wanna be in your control tonight
I wanna be in your heart & soul tonight
And if I run for the midnight train
Watch it roll through the night
And if I gaze out the window pane
Pull me back, hold me tight
I’m walking in circles and it gets me nowhere
Spinning wheels across the tracks
Deep shades of purple are the colors I’ll wear
Until I get your sweet, sweet loving back
I wonder when I will feel at peace
Wondering just aint no good
There’ll come a time if you just believe
I’ll be around here for good
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5. |
Let Go
04:12
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LET GO
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Why's it always dark at your house?
Why's it like a walk in a tomb?
Did somebody do you wrong long ago?
Won't you let me in our lonely room?
This life is too short for hesitation
Jump start it--I get impatient
Baby let go--put your mind at rest
Haven't you been told that what you got is the best?
Look at this big world around you
There's a lot of things to see and do
Many places out there waiting
And I know they're meant for me and you
Tear down the wall of darkness
Turn on the light of love
Let the pain flow out those fingers
Let it roll around upon the floor
'Cause I'm not the one who hurt you then
And I'm never walking out that door
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6. |
Make Time For Love
02:54
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MAKE TIME FOR LOVE
©1996 Skip Howard, Skalakeky Music, ASCAP
Well you spend a lot of time workin' so hard
From the early mornin' til late at night
And when you get home you're feeling
So damn tired
That all you want to do is just hold her tight
All day long you think about her love
You better get down and thank the Lord above
Make time for love
Love is what you really need
Make time for love
Why's that so hard to see?
Make time for love
For the ones that are around you
Make time for love
That's what we really need to do.
We all need time to think things out
We need time to cry or maybe scream and shout
We all need time to get it all straight
You got to do it now, hey before it's too late
'Cause if you don't and you just let it be
I'm sure that you won't like what you will see
Make time for love….
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7. |
Down That Road
03:49
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DOWN THAT ROAD
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
(Instrumental)
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8. |
In My Dreams
07:11
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IN MY DREAMS
©Ruby Bird & Billy Carl Mancini, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
What makes you run away baby
When I give you everything that I got
What makes me want to stay
With a man who won’t give me a lot
Of loving……right away…..
When I need it today, not tomorrow
Makes me wanna drown my sorrows
And I will spend my week’s pay
In my dreams you and I are the way we oughta be
In my dreams you don’t live on the street
In my dreams you are the cherry in my pie
In my dreams you never kiss me goodbye
What crazy kind of love
Makes you fool around the way you do?
Boy, you oughta thank the lord above
That this little girl, she been around for you
With lovin’….right away
When you needed it today, not tomorrow
Makes me want to drown my sorrow
And I will spend my week’s pay
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9. |
Midway Dream Cafe
04:33
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MIDWAY DREAM CAFÉ
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
I met a man
Said he had been to the gathering of the flock
And he lived off the land
And that his mission in this life was just to rock
He was eighteen
Living a dream
Soon to be awoken
In the jungle of the broken hearted
Another night between dreams and reality
Another story I’ll be told, another life to unfold
At the Midway Dream Café
Sally likes to croon
She likes to sing it with the band just for fun
She may not stay in tune
But she has practiced all week for her moment in the sun
She sings her song
Nothing is wrong
Tomorrow will not come
And yesterday is gone
Another night between dreams and reality
Another story I’ll be told, another life to unfold
At the Midway Dream Café
If I see another sad face looking up at me
I may have to leave this sad place, woudn’t you agree?
I can’t look them in the eye as I am floating trough their dream
Another night between dreams and reality
Another story I’ll be told, another life to unfold
At the Midway Dream Café
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10. |
In a Letter
03:13
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IN A LETTER
©Ruby Bird, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
I went to your house but you were out
I called you on the phone Baby--nobody home
I been trying to find ya--where you been hiding?
Been trying to see ya--gotta believe me
I got to explain
I gotta communicate before it's too late
In a letter, in a letter
I can say it all so much better
In a letter, in a letter
I can say it all so much better
There's just one way I know to get through to you
In a letter, in a letter
I can say it all so much better
Went on downtown--hanging around
Looking through the pain--nobody came
I been trying to find ya--where you been hiding?
Been trying to see ya Baby--gotta believe me
I got to explain
I gotta communicate before it's too late
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WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Where were you last night
When I was here alone?
You say I treat you right
So why won't you come home?
Baby, I can't help my jealousy
I know it's wrong
It's a cloud that hangs above my head
Maybe I could end my misery
If I go out
And fill my head with lead
What do I have to prove
And what do I have to say?
What do I have to do
Besides get on my knees and pray?
Baby, why should I always be true?
And Baby
Why should I tie myself down?
Tell me, tell me how would you feel
If I were like you
Always running around?
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12. |
If I Get Old
06:24
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IF I GET OLD
©Billy Carl Mancini (aka Bill Mason), Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Look in my eyes and you will find
Someone afraid to walk the line
Someone who's waiting for a sign
I'd like to float upon a wave
I'd rather go instead of stay
What will I do if I get old?
If we pretend to play the game
Maybe we'll always be the same
Maybe our life will never change
Let's get in the car and drive away
And never stop until we say
What will we do if we get old?
And so the road goes on and on
And so the night will turn to dawn
Give me the strength to move along
As long as you stay by my side
And with The Light to be our guide
I know what I'll do if we get old.
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13. |
I Wanna Be Ready
04:34
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I WANNA BE READY
©Ruby Bird, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Is there pain in your life now
Trouble everywhere?
You say you got trouble?
Well don't despair
'Cause I'm here to tell you
The Lord won't leave you there
You may not believe me
And that's just too bad
Don't like what I'm saying?
Well that's just too bad
'Cause I got love
I believe you've never had
That's why now I go to church
I read and pray
I sing the truth
I wanna be ready for the judgment day
That's why when I go to church
I sing and pray
I wanna be ready
Ready for the judgment day
Say you messed up your life now
Well so did I
But I found a better way
To touch the sky
Come on get happy
And shake that thing good-bye
That's why now I go to church (with my friends)
I read and pray (to the Lord)
I sing the truth (hallelujah)
I wanna be ready for the judgment day
Yeah when I go to church
I sing and pray
I wanna be ready
Ready for the judgment day
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Bird Mancini Boston, Massachusetts
“…a cosmopolitan fusion…pop music in the most adventurous, inclusive sense of the term.” -The Boston
Globe
Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini, better known as BIRD MANCINI, Boston's acclaimed accordion/guitar rock duo/band features eclectic and at times a bit psychedelic rock with lush vocal arrangements, blues-tinged guitar, accordion, harmonica, and a variety of percussion, bells and whistles.
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