Silos Cuba TENNESSEE FIRE See you soon, but not like this Afraid I am to think I haven't heard I haven't heard from you in weeks All your letters, photographs So far out of reach Driving by the moonlight Haven't seen a service station in thirty miles or so I'm running out of gasoline High road, low road Rolling on and on Tennessee fire Is it so far Driving by the moonlight Haven't seen a service station in fifty miles or so I sing along I sing along to I sing along to the radio Ohio Leaving you behind © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved SHE LIVES UP THE STREET Cut across the country Your hand takes the lead Shooting stars hide behind the daylight And when night falls they fall They fall So do I She lives up the street Tall, thin and old, but with beautiful manners I'm a man of desire not reason A sleeping demonstration of sensation Self control She lives up the street All these years Switching When the holidays come and pass And they're gone three generations The moments of my past will shrink away On a couch across the room In the house where we were born For the first time she looked old to me So do I She lives up the street Width of the will © 1987 Bob Rupe and Walter Salas-Humara 1987 Floating Fishsongs, BMI and University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved FOR ALWAYS Everyday I see my wife Her words cut through every defense I ask her advice And when she speaks it's from the heart And she knows I'm hers for always 'Cause she holds my love for always Everyday I see my wife Her words break through every defense I ask her opinions And when she speaks it's from the heart And she knows I'm hers for always 'Cause she holds my love for always So come on, say so, for always Come on, let's not talk it over Let's go, let's not wait till later Come on now Side by side © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved MARGARET Margaret goes to bed around eight I go to bed around one Magaret gets up at six I get up at six Four days a week and you're a family Four days a week, fortunes Oh Margaret Margaret is willing to share her food Share her thick brown hair Margaret is willing to share her toys Share her deep brown eyes Sundown and the clouds cover up the stars One down, but before she closes her eyes It all comes out; she speaks all the words she knows Her lungs so small Her breath so warm © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved MARY'S GETTING MARRIED Mary's getting married on March 15th Up in Vermont at her family's house Mary's getting married to her man Jonathan They're gonna stand up there, try and speak with great care Then they'll lift their heads, holler in the air I do, I do Mary's getting married on Saturday afternoon Margaret made the food and Leslie got the flowers All their friends came to hear them holler I do, I do I do for the rest of my life I do Mary's getting married on Saturday afternoon They're gonna spread their love here, there and everywhere Lift their heads, holler in the air I do © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved MEMORIES Have you ever been alone So alone you thought you'd find Memories on your doorstep of a love you left behind In my mind, everything, something that I dreamed of Now you're gone and I'm alone searching for what I might find What I'm looking for Memories left behind Have you ever loved a woman so hard you though you'd die Held her for so long; still she walked away I say it's time to run away, hide in a new place And when my conscience finds me, I will turn my face © 1987 Bob Rupe and John Salton 1987 Floating Fishsongs, BMI All rights reserved JUST THIS MORNING Just This Morning Heard my favorite record on the radio Just This Morning Heard my favorite record on the radio Just This Morning Side A Just This Morning Side B We were driving across the plains Heard that record and it made my day Down around Illinois Thank you dee jay For playing my favorite record on the radio Just This Morning Side A Later this morning Side B © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved GOING ROUND You think he loves you, least he says he does Can it be that simple in a world like ours He means it well And he thinks that he knows how he feels about you You love your parents and your sister too Can it be that selfish to believe in yourself Take a chance And he thinks that he knows how it feels to know you We're going round and round © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved [Image] IT'S ALRIGHT This machine we've made runs fourteen Fourteen hours and that's alright This machine we've made makes twenty-two Unless of course, we change our minds It's Alright Everywhere we go, we hear the same thing That It's Alright We learn from the past; we know the value Of being alright It's Alright; everything's alright We lean on the outside and something Nearly happens everytime © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara and Robert Ray 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved ALL FALLS AWAY I came down here on an airplane Let the promise fade with the city lights behind Come on over, come on look it over Cut across the lawn to my parents house The early morning sun cast my shadow to the West Come on over, come on look it over When I wear his watch and look down at the hands I never, never thought I'd look towards A man whose past is part of me, part only he knows A woman so strong My eldest brother came from far away My middle brother lives nearby Y con Mama hablamos de Cuba y de los tiempos del ano mil Y que te susede es por algo que te tiene que suseder All falls away © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved GET BACK MY NAME I don't need to seek you out, don't need to seek you out I can get my own water; I can get my own water I'm stepping out; I'm stepping out I'm stepping out into the main corridor I can get my own water I saw a way; I'm sorry but I saw a way to Get back my name I don't see no jello, don't see no mashed potatoes I don't see no water All I see is the back kitchen door I made it out into the street, held out my hand A guy stopped in a Chevy I don't need no nurses, don't want no machines I just want you to take me wherever you're going And help me get back my name © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved MAYBE EVERYTHING Open up your eyes and look at him Honesty can get you into trouble Gone a day, a week, don't look for me Gone a day, a year, entirely May have a past, may have a future Maybe just a day, maybe everything Where's the one who speaks so tenderly Silently she tore herself away Hours move from one land to the next Granted love is gone with unseen grace Deborah, I don't want to fight you anymore © 1987 Bob Rupe and Walter Salas-Humara 1987 Floating Fishsongs, BMI and University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved HEAD PARTY Going to a town party all night long Going to a town party all night long Going to a Head Party all night long Going to a Head Party Sticks in the street Say it Going to a Head Party, going to a Head Party Going to a Head Party Sticks in the street all night long © 1987 Walter Salas-Humara 1987 University of France Music, BMI All rights reserved HOOK IN MY LIP Squawking in the barnyard, chicken on the fence Cats are in my bed and I don't ever get no rest My daughter's in the haystack screaming and a shouting My wife's in New York City She's cheating on me; there's no doubting it How'd I get into this mess? I got a hook in my lip Haven't paid the rent, It's almost April the fifteenth Sam's got his index finger pointed straight at me Corn is almost ready, but my tractor's in the shop I'm gonna get out the colt and the rye Take a couple shots How'd I get into this mess? Went to the bank, overdrew my account Took my watch down to Sadie's thrift shop Got my thing's together, got the car all packed Headed down the road; thought I was never coming back But I came back Goddamn those kids! © 1981 Walter Salas-Humara 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI All rights reserved