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  Warm up to me and I’ll warm right up to you

  Warm up to me easy, baby

  Warm up to me slow, yeah

  Warm up to me nice and tight

  And I won’t never let go

  Girl you gotta warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up to me and I’ll warm right up to you

  You warm up like a 57 Chevy

  You warm up like a V8 Ford

  You warm up like a Coup De-Ville

  When you warm up to my load

  Girl you gotta warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up to me and I’ll warm right up to you

  I wrote this poem as part of a college paper which was very well received by my professor so I figure it should be included in this collection for sentimental reasons if nothing else.

  WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND

  What’s on your mind?

  What’s on your mind?

  You can tell me?

  You can tell me?

  What’s on your mind?

  Is it the past and the bed of your shadows?

  Or is it today and the road that seems narrow?

  Or is it the day that you’ll fly like a sparrow?

  Too small to be seen on the wings of your dreams, or on the point of an arrow

  What’s on your mind?

  What’s on your mind?

  Can’t you tell me?

  Can’t you tell me?

  What’s on your mind?

  Did you ever have a difficult decision to make that you were convinced would totally chart the course of your life? And even though we are often 99% sure of which direction we are going in, giving up that last one percent of doubt is never very easy.

  ALMOST ON MY WAY

  Woke up this morning

  Almost on my way

  Mixing up my future

  And take it, come what may

  The sun has yet to rise

  The moon has yet to sink

  I wake in the morning

  And I don’t know what to think

  Almost on my way

  I’m almost on my way

  What I find when I get there

  Who on Earth can say?

  I’ve got to make decisions

  The clock is winding down

  The answer’s held within my hands

  My heart begins to pound

  Uncertainty is fact

  Facts are so uncertain

  When I get to where I’m going

  My heart it won’t be hurtin’

  Almost on my way

  I’m almost on my way

  What I find when I get there

  Who on Earth can say?

  I don’t know what I’m saying

  I don’t know what I’m doing

  Almost on my way

  Before my life’s in ruins

  Gotta be on my way my friend

  Before I change my mind

  And when I get to where I’m going

  Who knows what I’ll find?

  Almost on my way

  I’m almost on my way

  What I find when I get there

  Who on Earth can say?

  …and I’m never coming back

  I’m never coming back

  I’m never, ever, ever

  Ever coming back

  Did you ever have someone in your life who hurt you so badly that you almost wanted to die?

  LETHAL INJECTION

  Should have never let you know how much I cared for you

  I tell you that I love you and this is what you do?

  Leave me behind, just when I needed you the most

  Your memory haunts me just like a fuckin’ ghost

  Should have never let you get the upper hand

  Next thing I know, you were in command

  You tortured me with that look in your eyes

  Life in prison when you said goodbye

  Well I don’t know if I committed a crime

  All I know is that I’m doing the time

  And I don’t know if I can take another day

  So listen to me girl, ‘cause this is all I have to say

  Come on and poison me with your lethal injection

  I wanna overdose on your wicked love

  If I gotta die, then I wanna die

  With a smile on my face…and a tear in my eye

  Should have never let you always get your way

  I wouldn’t be in such a mess today

  You locked me up for my own protection

  When all I ever wanted was a little bit of direction

  Should have never let you always get on top

  When you were on the flip, I was on the flop

  I should have seen a warning sign, an early detection

  Every night you left me with a stiff erection

  Well I don’t know if I committed a crime

  All I know is that I’m doing the time

  And I don’t know if I can take another day

  So listen to me girl, ‘cause this is all I have to say

  Come on and poison me with your lethal injection

  I wanna overdose on your wicked love

  If I gotta die, then I wanna die

  With a smile on my face…and a tear in my eye

  This silly little twisted love song almost never saw the light of day, but from the very first time we played it in front of a live audience, it became our most popular song. So I guess the moral of this story is that you just never know what it is going to catch the attention of the viewing public!

  SHE’S MINE

  Well I know she might be a little bit round

  Wears her dress too close to the ground

  But she’s the only girl I ever found

  That didn’t have a few tricks up her sleeve

  She treats me right, that’s all I ask

  Lovin’ my baby’s such an easy task

  She cooks my food, brings it to my bed

  When she walks her walk, drives me out of my head

  Oh she’s mine

  She’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She’s mine, mine, mine, all mine

  Well I know she might be a little but lazy

  I know she might be a little bit crazy

  I know she might be a little bit dumb

  But when I call her name, here she comes

  Here she comes and she’s never late

  Picks up the tab when we’re out on a date

  Drives me home when I can’t see straight

  She’s my Number One Heavyweight

  Oh she’s mine

  She’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She’s mine, mine, mine, all mine

  She got long black hair, eyes that stare

  Pretty little face, leather and lace

  When she wants my love she gives me a wink

  She got everything but the kitchen sink

  Yeah she might be round but she sure is sweet

  Lovin’ my baby is such a treat

  She’s so fine she can’t be beat

  She’s all mine from her head to her feet

  Oh she’s mine

  She’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She’s mine, mine, mine, all mine

  Well I know she ain’t no number ten

  But she always comes back, again and again

  And I know she ain’t no number nine

  But she sends a shiver up and down my spine

  And I know she ain’t no number eight

  But she’s cu
te enough to be jailbait

  She makes me feel like I’m up in Heaven

  She must be a number eleven

  Oh she’s mine

  She’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She’s mine, mine, mine, all mine

  Well I know she might be a little bit tall

  Her head is in the bed, her feets is in the hall

  I know she might be a little bit fat

  But I say fat that’s where it’s at

  She picks me up when I’m down and out

  When she wiggles her ass I jump and shout

  She’s built just like a bump on a log

  But when she starts to shake I yell ooh hot dog

  She’s mine

  Oh She’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She’s mine, mine, mine, all mine

  She got long black hair, eyes that stare

  Pretty little face, leather and lace

  When she wants my love she gives me a wink

  She got everything but the kitchen sink

  Yeah she might be round but she sure is sweet

  Lovin’ my baby is such a treat

  She’s so fine she can’t be beat

  She’s all mine from her head to her feet

  Oh she’s mine

  She’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She ain’t much but I know she’s mine

  She’s mine, mine, mine, all mine

  Whatever “it” is, I say what the hell, let’s do it.

  LET’S DO IT

  Come on girl we got nothing to lose

  It’s the perfect crime we won’t leave no clues

  I’ll be in and out before the morning comes

  Your daddy won’t know because he’s much too dumb

  So let’s do it (let’s do it)

  Let’s do it right now

  Because we might not get a second chance

  You say go and I’ll say when

  If we have the time we’ll do it again

  So put out the lights and we’ll dance by the moon

  Little girl you’re growing up much too soon

  So let’s do it (let’s do it)

  Let’s do it right now

  Because we might not get a second chance

  You work all day and you sleep all night

  You got no time for fun now that ain’t right

  Your idea of having a time

  Ain’t no fun, let me show you mine

  So let’s do it (let’s do it)

  Let’s do it right now

  Because we might not get a second chance

  You study your books and you never come out

  Come on and let me show you what it’s all about

  Don’t act shy ‘cause there ain’t no way

  That look in your eyes gives you right away

  So let’s do it (let’s do it)

  Let’s do it right now

  Because we might not get a second chance

  You say you can’t stand the pressure that you get from your peers

  They’re calling you a saint, they’re calling you a square

  But you got your own mind, you can do what you want

  You got a cute little body that you love to flaunt

  So let’s do it (let’s do it)

  Let’s do it right now

  Because we might not get a second chance

  All the boys whistle, all the boys stare

  But you walk right by with your nose in the air

  You only live once but you always think twice

  If you want the goods you gotta pay the price

  So let’s do it (let’s do it)

  Let’s do it right now

  Because we might not get a second chance

  In many ways I think that we are no better than animals in the wild, and so sometimes you just have to release the beast from within to get what you want.

  LOVE IS LIKE AN ANIMAL

  You act so civilized

  Well who you trying to fool?

  When I get you all alone

  You let your passion rule

  You got the instincts of a predator

  Your eyes they cast a spell

  Add a little bit of love into the mix

  And who can really tell…

  …what goes on behind that bedroom door

  But there’s one thing that I know for sure…

  It’s like the venom of a viper

  Like the stinging of a bee

  Love is like an animal

  Just dying to be free

  You’re as cunning as a fox

  Hunting rabbits in the snow

  How you got so clever

  I will never know

  You got the instincts of a killer

  You’re as dangerous as hell

  Add a little bit of love into the mix

  And who can really tell…

  …what goes on behind that bedroom door

  But there’s one thing that I know for sure…

  It’s like the venom of a viper

  Like the stinging of a bee

  Love is like an animal

  Just dying to be free

  Love is like an animal

  Just dying to be free

  I’m dying…I’m dying…I’m just dying to be…free

  A man in my head said “follow your dreams”.

  LIVING IN A DREAM

  People say I’m crazy, in a world of my own

  My eyes are looking out at some faraway home

  But I know I’m a dreamer and that’s where you’re wrong

  You’re lost in yourself while I’m lost in a song

  I’m just living in a dream

  Night and day

  I’m just living in a dream

  And I’m wasted away

  I make it through the day but I worry every night

  I wake up from this dream and I’m shaking from the fright

  And it gets me to wondering what tomorrow might bring

  But I get a new hope when the morning birds sing

  I’m just living in a dream

  Night and day

  I’m just living in a dream

  And I’m wasting away

  People talk about me all over town

  Everybody and his brother wants to put me down

  But a man in my head said to follow your dreams

  Do it while you can, if you know what I mean

  I’m just living in a dream

  Night and day

  I’m just living in a dream

  And I’m wasted away

  People say I’m crazy, in a world of my own

  My eyes are looking out at some faraway home

  But I know that there’s hope, and that’s where you’re wrong

  I know where we are and where we belong

  I know we can make it if we all stand strong

  We can come together if we all sing along

  I’m just living in a dream

  Night and day

  I’m just living in a dream

  And I’m wasting, I’m wasted, I’m just wasting away

  It’s such a long way down...

  TAILSPIN

  Smoke and booze

  For years on end

  I never broke

  But I always bend

  Pills and powder

  A stranger’s touch

  To me it just don’t matter much

  And I’m going into this tailspin

  Another washed-up has-been

  It’s such a long way down

  When your screams don’t make a sound

  Time slips by

 
Can’t make it stop

  The more you reach

  The more you drop

  When you lose someone you care for

  You lose a part of you

  Been so long, been in a trance

  But what else can you do

  And I’m going into this tailspin

  Another washed-up has-been

  It’s such a long way down

  When your screams don’t make a sound

  Nothing makes it better

  It only makes you high

  And when you finally hit the ground

  It only makes you cry

  You wake up feeling empty

  Your head is in a fog

  I guess you can’t expect much better

  When you treat yourself just like a dog

  And I’m going into this tailspin

  Another washed-up has-been

  It’s such a long way down

  When your screams don’t make a sound

  It might not be drugs, it might not be booze, but one way or another we are all addicted to something.

  TOMORROW’S FIX

  I remember it was just a game

  A sweet sensation running through my veins

  I could feel that tingling in my brain

  Never thought nothing could ease my pain

  Smoking dope and popping pills

  Cocaine curing all my ills

  They say if you do it once, you’ll do it again

  I need you now more than a friend

  ‘Cause there’s a monkey on my back, and it feels like a ton of brinks

  How am I gonna get tomorrow’s fix?

  There’s a weight on my mind and I’m running out of tricks

  How am I gonna get tomorrow’s fix?

  Gimme a mirror or a spoon that I can lick

  How am I gonna get tomorrow’s fix?

  Steady your hand and tighten your grip

  Be careful not to spill a drip

  Gimme a shot and I start to improve

  Like a miracle the pain has been removed