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Rock On!
02:22
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ROCK ON
words by Peter James Webster
music by Peter James Webster and Jack Flinn
It feels like every cigar's come back on me,
yeah my health's in a bit of a slump,
and the things that I been eating...
gonna need me a stomach pump!
If I listen to my doctor,
well I ain't that far from gone,
but as long as I keep breathing , yeah
I'll still be rocking on and on!
CHO Rock on! Rock on!
Gonna keep rockin' til I"m gone
Rock on! yeah Rock on!
Gonna keep rockin' on!
Some days I do not wake up well
it's hard gettinb' out of the bed
with those aches and shakes and stammers
driving me out of my head.
But I wake up just to spite myself
with the breakin' of the dawn
and as long as I keep wakin' up
I'll still be rockin' on and on!
CHO:
So when you feel like givin' up
just because you're feelin' old,
remember there is more to life-
get up, get out and be bold!
Find yourself some country music
and someone to kiss 'til dawn
'cos as long as you are makin' love
you'll still be rockin' on and on!
CHO
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WHEN ELVIS DROVE HIS CADILLAC words and music by Peter James Webster
Used to be the worst that we did
leastways back when I was a kid
was cherry bombing toilets in our school,
maybe light a bag of shit on fire
ring a 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 don't think that's how those folks would act,
back 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,
sure wish that we could just go bac,
to when Elvis drove his Cadillac,
Drove his Cadillac.
No more drive in movie,
No more feelin' groovy
I say no more no more, anymore!
These days we still have a chance
time for us to get up and dance,
I think we can bring those feelings back
like when Elvis drove his Cadillac,
Drove his Cadillac.
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There You Were
04:16
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THERE YOU WERE
words & music by Peter James Webster
Once I was so downhearted
felt very insecure
then you came, my blues departed
I found love now I want more and more.
CHO "Cos there you were
right outside my window.
There you were
standing 'cross from my back door
there you were
making my life wonderful
here I am now, holding every card.
No longer do I have fears of doubt or pain,
no longer am i in diispair,
With you around I have nothing but love to gain...
all because you were there.
CHO
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4. |
Saloon Blues
02:50
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SALOON BLUES
words & music by Peter James Webster
Another round here if you please,
I wanna feel weak in the knees,
wanna watch that bourbon flow
wanna dance and just let go
'til I don't care no more.
Another round here my good friend,
I got an elbow left to bend,
wanna crawl into a glass
then fall down on my ass,
get up and do it all again.
CHO Cos I been hurting way too long,
I need something neat and strong
so I don’t feel the pain no more
from when love walked out of my door.
Another round here for the road
then I’ll be off to my abode,
yeah, I’ll be back here real soon
back here at the Saloon
so I can lighten up my load.
CHO
repeat first verse
La La La
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JAH LOVE (Jah's Peace Be Unto You)
words & music by Peter James Webster
Now is the time of great disparity
Now is the time of do or die.
Dig a new well of sincerity
Because the old well has gone dry.
CHO: Talkin’ ‘bout Jah Love,
Jah’s peace be unto you!
Talkin’ ‘bout Jah Love,
Jah’s peace be unto you!
Talkin’ ‘bout Jah Love,
Jah’s peace be unto you,
Jah’s peace be unto you,
Jah’s peace be unto you!
These are the days of great decision,
These are the days of right and wrong.
Hatred is not the only vision,
A different path can make us strong.
CHO: Talkin’ ‘bout Jah Love,
Jah’s peace be unto you!
Talkin’ ‘bout Jah Love,
Jah’s peace be unto you!
Talkin’ ‘bout Jah Love,
Jah’s peace be unto you,
Jah’s peace be unto you,
Jah’s peace be unto you!
Now is the time of great momentum,
Now is the time to take the call.
Send those ghosts back to those who sent them,
Let’s read the writing on the wall.
CHO: Talkin’ ‘bout Jah Love,
Jah’s peace be unto you!
Talkin’ ‘bout Jah Love,
Jah’s peace be unto you!
Talkin’ ‘bout Jah Love,
Jah’s peace be unto you,
Jah’s peace be unto you,
Jah’s peace be unto you!
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When There's No Light
02:07
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WHEN THERE'S NO LIGHT
words by Peter James Webster
music by Peter James Webster and Jack Flinn
Sometimes in life you just gotta stand up
'cos standing's all that you can do.
These days are hard, but there's a lesson
and there's a way to see things through.
CHO: When there's no light believe in breathing
and when there's no sound, believe in the wind
and when the end seems ever nearer
believe in beginning again.
Not every journey ends in sunshine
not every dreams gonna be fulfilled
and unlike most Hollywood movies
sometimes that hero's gonna get killed.
CHO
REFRAIN: Energy changes when you apply this
simple attitudinal shift
it helps to turn a sour bit of karma
into a brand new gift.
CHO
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Transman Blues
02:40
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Bull Dyke or Drag King
tell me what's your thing?
Are you a Bender,
What is your gender?
Oh shit! What's the point of it?
Why can't they all see
I'm here to be me,
don't analyze what's
between my thighs,
It's true! What could it mean to you?
Crankin' up the ignition
I don't need no permission
Don't care if I frighten or confuse....
I got the Transman Blues.
In a collision
with people's vision
of how the world spins
and what are called sins...
Too bad! There are some visions I"ve had!
I ain't your sister
please call me Mister,
don't be so brutal
that point is futile,
No change, I guess I"ll always be strange!
Crankin' up the ignition
I don't need no permission
Don't care if I frighten or confuse....
I got the Transman Blues.
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There is an herb
it's medicine,
been here for centuries
since God knows when,
"Give us our garden!"
cries Nature's herald,
Let's all go smoke a joint right now
and change the world
Now is the time
take future's hand,
we've got to set aside our fears
and take command,
raise up the banner
of Liberty unfurled,
let's all go smoke a joint right now
and change the world.
Plant seeds for hemp
plant seeds for smoke
help the environment
and take a toke,
roll up a fattie
and keep the lip end curled
let's all go smoke a joint right now
and change the world.
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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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