Mike's Lyrics
House of Dreams
LYRICS FROM "HOUSE OF DREAMS"
Words & music ©2013 Mike (Michael Charles) Quick
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Short On Time
The creek's dried up, the river won't flow,
there's not enough water everyone knows
But never mind now, don't pay it any mind
One more winter in this low rise town,
ice on your soul draggin' you down
Never mind now, don't pay it any mind,
All you ever find out for sure is
You're just a little Short On Time
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Someone's in the window looking back as you look in
A face from long ago and far away
But now his hair is white as gin
Tired of living just in between, hanging in the same old scene
But never mind now, don't pay it any mind
Teach you everything that you need to know,
It's still a ragged world wherever you go
Never mind now, don't pay it any mind.
All you ever find out for sure is
You're just a little Short On Time
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Pawned that life you used to know
It never took you where you meant to go
But never mind now, don't pay it any mind
Paint a door on the wall by the rocking chair,
If they asked where I went say
"He walked right through there."
But never mind now, don't pay it any mind
All you ever find out for sure is,
You're just a little Short On Time
Snake Oil and Sin
Sell me the story, tell me the lie
About what's gonna happen in the sweet by and by
It's like blue sapphire a jigger of gin
Everybody loves a little Snake Oil and Sin
Everybody loves a little Snake Oil and Sin
Spin me the voodoo, that righteous affliction
And it doesn't matter if you're fact or fiction
It's like blue velvet against your skin
Everybody loves a little Snake Oil and Sin
Everybody loves a little Snake Oil and Sin
There are folks who just might try
To rain on your parade
Who are jealous of your sun
And tired of their shade
There are folks who just might try to keep themselves within
And hide out there taking comfort any way they can
I heard your circus is coming to town
Ringmaster in tow with all of the clowns
You're like blue midnight when you take them in
Everybody loves a little Snake Oil and Sin
Everybody loves a little Snake Oil and Sin
The Day That Jesus Comes Home From Sea
I got me a job on a fishing boat
Trying to catch the devil on a long line float
We had no rum we had no girls
We just sailed along on the edge of the world
Till we got to the place where the clouds all part
And the Captain proclaimed with a joyous heart
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The winds will rise up, moondogs will be barking
All you will know for sure is what will be will be
A man writing down names will be standing in your doorway
The day that Jesus Comes Home From Sea
They say that the devil is in the deep blue sea
Waiting for the ships from Galilee
He'll take the sons he'll take the daughters
Salvation is cold, cold, cold way down in the water
When the Flying Dutchman runs up its sails
You better take heed when the watchman wails
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I've fished everywhere man I've fished everywhere
House of Dreams
There's a gecko sitting on a limestone wall
Watching bugs by the waterfall
Sun so hot in the afternoon
But he knows his supper will be here soon.
Rain on the mountain floods the mangrove trees
I'm searching for the dolphins in the sea.
And I'll only be here for awhile
Just long enough to see you smile
Living in the House of Dreams Living in the House of Dreams
Life is more than it might seem Living in the House of Dreams
Eduardo's got tequila out in the kitchen
You oughta hear Lupita man is she bitchin'
But when Yata takes his guitar out and plays
Lupita begins dancing as Eduardo sways.
Dancing in the House of Dreams Dancing in the House of Dreams
Life is more than it might seem Dancing in the House of Dreams
The House of Dreams has a balcony
That looks out on the emerald sea
Where a young man waits watching the water
And the garden gate for a fisherman's daughter
Waiting in the House of Dreams
Take me to the House of Dreams
The King of Rock & Roll
With the bright lights shining in your face, backbeat goin' down
Walking on a razor's edge, you could not hear the sound
Of the lawyers and The Colonel counting out the cash
From the fans who loved The King of Rock & Roll
The blues they brought you riches, fame and legend as a stud
Mississippi guitar man with the fever in his blood
While our Lady of The Shadows waited backstage in the wings
For the last dance with The King of Rock & Roll
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And the gray pinstripe hit man he says "When this deal goes down,
you'll be in a golden Cadillac cruising sacred ground"
Tell me why did all your drivers always wheel out of control
And tell me who it was killed the King of Rock & Roll.
You been up in the lighthouse where all the saviors stayed
You been down in the bottoms where all the lost souls prayed.
$10,000 suits, diamond rings and silver chains
Could not save the King of Rock & Roll
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Fool's Gold
You have lived your life like a man who's not concerned about tomorrow.
So you paid a price it seems there's nothing left to beg or borrow.
Your past has followed you like a fire in the wind,
You been living like a runaway looking for a friend
What will you do when it all comes down on you
You've been wasting time looking for a place to lay your head down
You see it spinning by, your old lovers are all married
They all have their houses outside of town.
When you sit down at the table to tell the story of your life
Will you be someone whose able to hold his head up high.
What will you do when it all comes down on you.
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Fool's Gold, you held it in your hand. Fool's Gold, it made you understand
You were the fool who almost turned his life into sand.
Like a constant star your dreams have led you onward, you can hear them call
But when you answer back your voice is just an echo on the canyon wall
At the well you met the woman who does not break who always bends
You may surely drink her water but you know you'll thirst again
What will you do when it all comes down on you
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Little Buddha Knows
Little Buddha Knows how the summer days pass by so slowly
And how the years fly by so fast
Little Buddha Knows how the first kiss will be the last.
Little Buddha Knows, Little Buddha Knows, Little Buddha Knows
Little Buddha goes down a long road to where nobody knows
He takes his time and gets there soon
And he sleeps tonight in a doorway warmed by the blood red moon.
Little Buddha Knows, Little Buddha Knows, Little Buddha Knows
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Great men are talking in the hallway of important things they've done
And how good life has become
A weary refugee walks on through the night, not far out of sight,
he lives from town to town
And the wheel goes round, and the wheel goes round
The lost homeless ones are a night river passing through this world
And no one knows they're there
But Little Buddha knows, he just keeps walking with his hundred mile stare
Little Buddha Knows, Little Buddha Knows, Little Buddha Knows
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Barbed Wire Rose
There's a school bus outside on the road, winter's creeping in
Looking out you still expect to see them once again
Kids' photos on a cereal box, small faces you don't know
Will the time ever come again when you won't wonder where they go?
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If you ask about the children all anybody knows
Is that a dark angel passed through here last night
And left a Barbed Wire Rose For every child who vanished,
and for the promise we could not keep
The only flower that grows there now
where they lay rocking in their sleep
Is a Barbed Wire Rose
There's voices out there on the wind and a distant steeple bell
Where Jason and the others went nobody's gonna tell
We used to sing them lullabies, bu those songs have all been lost
November wind bites on your skin, then comes the killing frost.
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Polly Klaas, Jared Klein, Brian Young, and Jimmy Rice
Amy Yates, Hannah Mack, David Raines, Jamie Gray
Jesse Keen, Riley Fox, Kelsey Briggs, Sara West
Danielle Franklin, Abby Volpe, Dylan Greene and all the rest
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For every soul there grows a Barbed Wire Rose
Johnny & The Hurricanes
The band pulled up in a black hearse wagon
Tires worn down and the muffler near draggin'
Johnny steps out in red cowboy boots
Slicked back hair and a black leather suit
The band rolls their own while they're hanging around
Johnny and The Hurricanes are comin to town
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Johnny and The Hurricanes are coming to
Johnny and The Hurricanes are coming to town
Johnny and The Hurricanes are coming to town
Mama says "Sister turn your damper on down."
Johnny and The Hurricanes are coming to town.
They got a drummer and a keyboard and a couple of guitars
They play the dance hall circuit and the roadhouse bars
They play the Red River Rock and The Beatnik Fly
Shout out a tune and they'll give it a try
We'll be rockin' all night with the hammer down
When Johnny and The Hurricanes come into town
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A million volts of homesick lightning Rolling cross the Kansas plains
They never got rich, they never got famous,
but I never heard a band could wail like The Hurricanes.
Down at Fournier's Ballroom standing in line
Finally got a ticket 'bout a quarter to nine
Grandpa was out dancin' with a full beer keg
He was twisting so hard he broke his wooden leg
And the band rolled their own when the curtain came down.
Johnny and The Hurricanes are coming to town.
A million volts of homesick lightning Rolling cross the Kansas plains
They never got rich, they never got famous,
but I never heard a band could wail like The Hurricanes
Johnny and The Hurricanes.
Wheels That Roll
Say "Good morning" to the night
Bless the days that give you light
These are the times when you finally know
You were meant to live on Wheels That Roll
Christmas Day of '63 A red bicycle by the tree
The old man said "Son take it slow. But you got wheels, now make em roll."
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There's a road of least resistance
There's a road that will run you right
And if these dirt roads turn to streets of gold, streets of gold
We'll get there on Wheels That Roll
The circles come around again
When you got good wheels you got good friends
You can go anywhere you ever want to go
Traveling on those Wheels That Roll
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Say "Good evening" to the night
Remember days that gave you light
These are the times when you finally know
You were meant to leave on Wheels That Roll
You were meant to leave on Wheels That Roll
Playing Big Jim's Blues
Big Jim had a bad day down at the plant He got ripped at the Union Hall
Stumbled home at supper time and put his fist straight through the wall
He told all of his old friends "I ain't workin there no more.
I lost my center of gravity, I'm headed for the killing floor."
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And when you lay your money down make sure you bet to lost
It's always been the dealer's game when you're playing Big Jim's Blues,
Playing Big Jim's Blues
He started with Four Roses and he'll chase it down with wine
And chug a beer at every bar all the way to the county line
Big Jim is on a mission, he's living anyway he can
Now there's someone in his mirror looks like a alligator man.
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Mama's been making the paycheck lately dancing with a ball and chain
So Jim can get down to the well each night and drive home backwards in the passing lane
She gets 20 for the Birdland Backstroke, 30 for the Ginmill Strut
And 50 from the boys who make all the noise upstairs where the doors lock shut.
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Unconditional Friend
I heard his blues harp wailin' as I was driving into town
Right outside of Boulder just before the dawn
And up there on that mountain I thought a saw a soul fly by
I couldn't sleep at all that night, I didn't even try
Any pace is a good pace, life's more than just a race to the moon
Our Unconditional Friend would tell us life's races are over way too soon.
If you think you're going too slow just keep moving and you're going to get it done
'Cause any pace you choose to take eventually will be the perfect one.
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Old friends are the best friends They will remain when the day ends
But who knows how love sends them here to us Our Unconditional Friends
I had an unconditional friend who never lived his life in vain
His spirit wing has carried him from his trouble and his pain
From the valley of the shadow and the dark eye of the void
Spirit wing has carried him to a place of peace and joy
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So long, so long for now my unconditional friend
I know beyond beyond is where we'll meet again
And we will play the blues together, play every song we ever knew by anyone
And when the last song's over, that's when the music's just begun
Old friends are the best friends They will remain when the days end
And who knows how love sends them here to us
Those unconditional, those unconventional, those unforgettable Friends
Any pace is a good pace
Tell The Native Sons
24 dollars and a bottle of booze
You could say we got a deal
A pile of trinkets and a bottle of booze
On Manhattan they call it a steal
They say the New World has begun with land enough for everyone
Just let me know where the buffalo run and I'll ride out that way
When the New World is all done Go tell the Native Sons
There's a man up yonder with a big bass drum
Singing "Don't be grounded when the rapture comes."
And I said "Buddy, it seems to me. I'm already living in Eternity."
They say the New Age has begun And a light will shine on everyone
I will meet you in the sun When the New Age lights my way
When the New Age is all done Say a prayer for the Native Sons
The trail of tears begins right here And where it ends just isn't clear
When all our crusades are finally through This Earth will own you
There's a flag called Old Glory Say can you see?
The names of the dead each night on your TV screen
They say the last war has begun
And there'll be peace on Earth for everyone
Tell me the last war is won And every soldier's home to stay
And when the last war is all won Go tell the Native Sons
And when the last war is all won Go tell the Native Sons
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