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Livin' Blues
03:05
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LIVIN’ BLUES
I get up in the mornin’
I go to bed at night
and all throughout the day
all I do is work and fight,
but that’s what happens....
we all know the news,
ain’t nothin’ nobody can do but
work through these livin’ blues.
My pockets are always empty
my schedule’s always full
it seems each time I go to push
somebody’s gotta pull,
but that’s what happens
when you’re walkin’ in my shoes,
ain’t nothin’ nobody can do but
work through these livin’ blues.
CHO: It seems I’m goin’ nowhare
just burying myself alive,
but really all I’m tryin’ to do
is survive.
The man on the TV tells me
economy’s on the mend
well come prove it to me, buddy
‘cos I can’t stand pretend.
I go to bed in the evening
lay my poor head down,
I wake up in the mornin’
and fight another round
but that’s what happens,
we all pay our dues.
Ain’t nothin’ nobody can do but
work through these livin’ blues.
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2. |
Fuck It
03:07
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FUCK IT!
CHO: Fuck it and fuck it again
So the days ain’t like they were back when
Sun’s gonna come and burn through the grey
And if it don’t, well fuck it anyway!
I knew somebody with a dreadful life
seems all he had was heartache and strife,
nothin’ he could do with all that bad luck
so all he said was “What the fuck!”
CHO:
I was just walkin’ down the lonely street
listening to the music of my own two feet,
it didn’t matter if I didn’t have a buck,
I just shrugged and said “What the fuck!”
CHO:
So when you’re walkin’ down that lonely road
back bent low by that heavy load
thinkin’ to yourself it just all sucks
just look up and say “What the fuck!”
CHO:
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You Drive
02:57
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YOU DRIVE
I’m not sure what’s going on
usually like to go it alone
but this one really has me seeing red
and the sign post says rough road ahead.
CHO: So you drive this thing
up over the ridge
bring us safe down the other side.
Yeah, you drive
get us back on track
and I’ll stay right here
and enjoy the ride.
Yeah, you drive.
A storm is raging down the road
unsafe conditions for this load.
I many not be very bright
but I know I need more than just me tonight.
CHO:
REF: Faith can move mountains so they say,
well I believe in believing, so unto Thee I pray.
CHO:
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Momma I'm A Boy
02:11
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MOMMA I’M A BOY
Momma I don’t wanna wear a dress
and my room’s an awful mess
but momma I can still be
your pride and joy.
Don’t wanna wear no high heels
don’t wanna know how a tiara feels
‘cos momma can’t you tell
that I’m a boy.
CHO From my insides to my out I ain’t no lady
and lipstick on a goat is still a goat.
Don’t matter how often you launch
that ship called Darling Daughter,
the bottom line’s the god damned (gosh darned) thing won’t float!
Oh, boop-boop-e-doop!
Momma I don’t wanna set my hair
and I wanna wear boys underwear
but I can still be
the apple of your eye.
Don’t need stockings or war paint
I can’t be what it is I ain’t
‘cos momma can’t you tell
that I’m a guy.
REPEAT CHO
Momma I don’t want no brasiers
no tummy tucks, no pushed-up rears,
but momma I can still be
your pride and joy.
Don’t need curlers, girdles or goo,
don’t wanna do what you want me to do
‘cos momma can’t you tell
that I’m a boy.
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Gender Lies
04:31
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GENDER LIES
Soon as you're born they give you a label,
they give you a name and assume you are able
to fulfill the hopes they pinned upon you
even if all that is pinned is untrue.
And as you grow you’re sent off for schooling,
made to an image with careful done tooling
to become the sons and the
daughters they built,
raised on a religion, a religion of guilt.
CHO The gender lies
Oh the gender lies
It’s how they cut the people
down to size.
Control the masses
all freedom dies,
control the people
with the gender lies.
They make wear burkas, they make to wear suits
Girls only high heels, boys only boots
so they can see from a real far off glance
just what it is that you have in your pants.
CHO The gender lies
Oh the gender lies
It’s how they cut the people
down to size.
Control the masses
all freedom dies,
control the people
with the gender lies.
It’s time that we change the things that we teach,
time to stop hiding, time to just reach,
reach for the truth, the truth that defies
hypocrisy and the gender lies.
CHO The gender lies
Oh the gender lies
It’s how they cut the people
down to size.
Control the masses
all freedom dies,
It’s time to stop telling
the gender lies.
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Bound To Get Burned
04:31
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BOUND TO GET BURNED
CHO: Everybody’s talking ‘bout the end of everything
Acting like tomorrow’s gone, no consequence, no sting.
But something always happens when life’s lessons aren’t learned,
When you play around with fire, you’re bound to get burned.
Anger in the streets, picket signs and riot gear,
Both sides have a story, each side sees theirs clear.
Politics and slogans replace the truth in word,
Everybody’s shouting and nobody’s being heard.
CHO:
Ain’t no money nowhere, unless you’re filthy rich.
Some folks got designer jeans, some folks don’t have a stitch.
Promises are made and broken every single day,
Why is it the ones with least are the ones who have to pay?
CHO:
Talking heads keep making noise on the evening news,
Giving their opinions and reporting on their views,
Meanwhile the truth gets buried underneath the rhetoric,
And is replaced by the spin of the Body Politic.
CHO:
You may think I’m crazy, you’re entitled to that thought,
Don’t blame me if you get burned by that bill of goods you bought.
We’re neck deep in the bullshit, getting deeper at each turn....
Sure makes me kinda wonder, when will we ever learn?
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The Pendulum
03:49
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THE PENDULUM
Oh the Pendulum
swings both ways.
Sometimes you see clear,
sometimes there’s a haze.
One thing’s for sure
change gonna come
one of these days,
yes one of these days.
Life can’t be all bad
and no good,
see there’s a balance
here in our neighborhood.
One thing’s for sure
change gonna come
just like it should,
yes just like it should.
CHO: Sometimes life deals you
some really bad blows,
it breaks your heart and
bloodies your nose.
Just stay fightin’ long enough
in that ring,
you can make it through
most anything.
So take those hard times
for what they are,
you’re just in training
to be a superstar.
One thing’s for sure
change gonna come
and you’ll go far,
yes you’ll go far.
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Diane
02:25
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Frantic Romantic
02:55
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FRANTIC ROMANTIC
I want somebody that I can touch
not just a little, maybe way too much.
I want somebody who can dance and spin.
I want somebody who can take me in.
CHO ‘Cos I’m a frantic romantic.
Yeah a frantic romantic.
I’m a frantic romantic
someone put me in the mood.
I want somebody to untie my tie,
undo my vest, make me reach for the sky.
I want somebody to take off my shirt,
make me breathe heavy ‘til my innards hurt.
REF I want somebody
who knows how to mess around,
don’t be lazy, let’s go crazy
‘til we both are heaven bound.
I want somebody who kisses deep
knows how to love me even when I sleep.
I want somebody who can stay up late
so I don’t have to sit and masturbate
I want somebody who can hold me tight
knows how to love me all through the night.
I want somebody I can give my love to,
somebody special, somebody like you.
CHO
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Earn It To Burn It
02:40
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EARN IT TO BURN IT
You gotta earn it to burn it, if you wanna paint the town.
You gotta pay it to play it, if you wanna party down.
It don’t matter what’s on your platter
Don’t matter when it’s said and done, son.
You gotta earn it to burn it
If you wanna have some fun.
You gotta save it, if you crave it,
If you wanna eat the fat,
You gotta stoke it to smoke it,
That’s just the awful fact.
It don’t matter what’s on your platter,
Don’t matter when it’s said and done, son.
You gotta save it, if you crave it,
That’s the way to get it done.
CHO: You know what those old wives tales say,
If you wanna dance, you gotta pay and pay.
You gotta own it to bone it
That’s the lay of the land,
You gotta throw down to go down,
Or you’ll get second hand.
It don’t matter what’s on your platter,
Don’t matter when it’s said and done, son.
You gotta own it to bone it,
Or you’ll never get it done.
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Used to be the worst that we did
leastways back when I was a kid
was cherry bombing toilets at our school,
maybe light a bag of shit on fire
ring the bell and hide behind a tire,
sure it was mischief but it was cool.
These days there’s more of blood than fun
everybody’s got a gun
I sure wish that we could just go back
to when Elvis drove his Cadillac,
drove his Cadillac.
These days folks don’t seem to know
what you reap is what you sew,
turf wars or terrorism, it’s all the same.
Call it mayhem, call it what you will
sure wish we could just go back and chill
on the front porch shouting out a neighbor’s name.
These days lemonade’s been banned,
kids can’t open up a stand,
I don’t think that’s how those folks would act
back when Elvis drove his Cadillac,
drove his Cadillac.
No more drive in movie
no more feelin’ groovy,
I say no more no more anymore!
La La La La etc.
These days we still have a chance,
Time for us to get up and dance,
I say we can bring those feelings back
like when Elvis drove his Cadillac,
drove his Cadillac,
when Elvis drove his Cadillac,
drove his Cadillac.
La La La La etc.
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12. |
If The People Lead
03:03
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IF THE PEOPLE LEAD
If the people lead, the leaders will follow.
We are born all colors and creeds
on different paths but still the same needs
this world is ours to have and to hold
time to take it back into the fold.
If the people lead the leaders will follow.
It’s time to show some strength,
don’t let our prayers ring hollow.
It’s time to rise up strong
above the muddy wallow.
If the people lead, the leaders will follow.
No one will say, but everyone knows
love is a power that grows and grows,
have some faith now, arise and be strong
Smoke to the truth and let it live long.
The judge and jury have all been dismissed
political babies have all been kissed
it’s time to do better, better for sure
hand in hand like never before.
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13. |
Trick Of Time
04:37
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TRICK OF TIME
Woke up this mornin’
that old thunder in my head.
Felt like an earthquake
was shaking so I fled
back to the nursery
with dreams of yesterdays....
before the ruins,
not so caught up in the maze.
CHO Trick of time-
can you remember
how the snow fell
changing the world all around?
Trick of time-
can you remember,
can you see it still?
Become the magic you found.
Maybe it’s nothin’
maybe it’s something that I said.
Felt such a heaviness
in the room, and so I fled
back to days when
laughter rang the walls,
just for a moment,
just enough time to grow some balls.
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Peter James Webster San Francisco, California
Born in Philadelphia 1955 been in California since 1979. San Francisco based singer, songwriter, musician, FTM transgender.
Records at home based Rounded Corner Studio SF CA.
Documentary "A Portrait Of A Human" about my life on Vinmeo at:
vinmeo.com/ondemand/aportraitofahuman/475281533.
In the works: "TransFormed" autobiography.
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