MOMMY CAN I COME HOME

INTRO: D A D D A D

VERSE:
D A D
MOMMY CAN I COME HOME
A D
MOMMY CAN I COME HOME
G
DON'T HANG UP BEFORE I HAVE THE CHANCE TO SAY I'M SORRY
D
ARE YOU LISTENING?
G
THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT I SAID TO YOU
D A
YOU PROBABLY DON'T MISS ME


VERSE:
D A D
MOMMY CAN I COME HOME
D A D
I'M TIRED, HUNGRY AND ALONE
G
HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME
D
THEN HE SHOWED ME HOW TO LOVE HIM BEFORE HE BEAT ME
G
TURNED ME OUT AT NIGHT THE CAR SLOWED DOWN
D A
HE PAID THE PRICE WELL IT WAS EASY
D A D
MOMMY THE STREETS ARE COLD
A D
I'M TOO YOUNG TO FEEL SO OLD


BREAK:
G A
BALLERINA WALLPAPER ACROSS MY ROOM
G F G
TEDDY BEARS AND PILLOWS ON MY BED
Bb C
PASSED A WOMAN ON THE STREET WHO LOOKED LIKE YOU
F C G C G Bb G A
I REMEMBER THEN EVERYTHING YOU SAID

VERSE:
MOMMY CAN I COME HOME
I'VE RUN AS FAR AS I CAN GO
WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT IF I STOPPED BY
FOR A MINUTE JUST TO SEE YOU?
HOW ABOUT TONIGHT WHEN DADDY'S HOME?
I REALLY NEED TO SEE YOU

MOMMY CAN I COME HOME
MOMMY CAN I COME HOME
MOMMY CAN I
MOMMY DON'T CRY

MORE THAN ONE WAY HOME


Daddy came around every once in awhile
But momma, she was there all the time
And summertime in Compton
Was not like TV
But we were right there
Where we needed to be
And the Thurmond boys
On peach street
With only their dad
So proud of themselves
And that old Pontiac they had
And miss brooks her bible
And her three little boys
At the double rock
Baptist church
Makin' a joyful noise
(Chorus:)
Well there's more than
One way home
Ain't no right way
Ain't no wrong
And whatever road you
Might be on
You find your own way
'Cause there's more than
One way home
Got me a job at the grocery store
Workin' weekdays after
School from 5 to 9
Tommy, John and Charlie were
The neighborhood stars
With their midsize homes,
And their big fancy cars
And when the eagle flied on Friday
I'd go out and play
Wastin' time with Otis
Out on the dock of the bay
And my ticket to adventure
Was a ride on the bus
Different places,
Different faces
But they were just like us
(Chorus 2x)

MUDDY WATER


If I never get to heaven I don't care
I been down to the crossroads
And there ain't no devil down there
They got the whole town shakin'
Out in L.A.
They got the blues in Mississippi
I'm going back some day
And I ain't gonna fuss and fight
I ain't stayin' up all night
Worryin' 'bout the things that I can't change
Let everybody think I'm a little bit strange
(Chorus:)

ONE FRIEND


People come and
People go
They take and they give
Build you up
Just to let you down
That's just the way it is
All I need is one friend
To get me through the day
One friend
That never goes away
Only one friend
To understand
And never let me down
I've been in love
I've been in pain
I'm a sinner
And a saint
No matter where I am
Or what I do
It's you I appreciate
All I need is one friend
To get me through the day
One friend
That never goes away
Only one friend
To understand
And never let me down
Can't nobody love you
More than you love yourself
And as long as I've got my one good friend
I don't need nobody else
All I need is one friend
To get me through the day
One friend
That never goes away
Only one friend
To understand
And never let me down

PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE


All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Listen, people listen, that's the way it should be
Deep in the valley, people got to be free

You should see, what a lovely, lovely world this could
be
If everyone learned out to live together
But it seems to me such an easy, easy thing this should
be
Why can't you and me learn to love one another

All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
I can't understand it, so simple to me
People everywhere just got to be free

If there's a man who is down and needs a helping hand
All it takes is you to understand and to see him
through.
Well it seems to me, we got to solve it individually
And I'll do unto you what you do to me

There'll be shoutin' from the mountains on out to sea
No two ways about it, people have to be free
Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be
'Natural situation for a man to be free

Oh, what a feelin's just come over me
Love can move a mountain, make a blind man see
Everybody's singin', now let's go see
Deep in the valley, now they ought to be free

All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Listen, people listen, that's the way it should be
Deep in the valley, people got to be free

- - (Call/Response) - -
All the world over, so easy to see
(See that train over there)
People everywhere just wanna be free
(that's the train of freedom)
I can understand it, so simple to me
(It's about to arrive in a minute)
People everywhere, just got to be free
(You know it's long overdue)
- -

(Repeat and Fade)
All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Listen, people listen, that's the way it should be
Deep in the valley, people got to be free

PERPETUAL BLUES MACHINE


Authors: K.Moore, G.Graper

You had style, you had class
you had everything to make a love last
you had grace, you had charm
you had me hanging on your arm
when I found out you were a fake
you rared up and bit me like a snake
and I was ready to let go
and let all my feelings show.

Chorus:
Tell me why you wanna be so cold
why you wanna be so mean
you've gone and let your true colors show
you're a perpetual blues machine.

We could've been just fine
if you'd have only been all mine
'cause I was for real, but you did not know
that you were steppin' on my heart
as you were walking out the door.
But now I know who you are
and it's a damn good thing we didn't get too far
'cause I'm not the one who's right for you.
You need a man to do your rolling
like you want him to do.

Chorus

Now you've gone, and I'm glad
that we didn't let it get too bad
you know I tried to make it go
but there was just no way to tell you so.

Chorus

RAINMAKER


Takin' it easy, moving slow
It's always calm just before the storm, you know
Along she came, with a brand new season
Since we've been together
There's been a change in the weather

(Chorus:)
She's a rainmaker
She makes the rain fall from my eyes
She's a rainmaker
She makes a grown man wanna cry

Well, I never thought
That a tear could fall
From the eyes of a man
Who never even cried at all
Now, I've been happy
I've been blue
For the change in the season

(Chorus)

The lightning flashes, the thunder roars
There's no stoppin' the wind
The tide is washing
Her a path to my door
I've never ever loved like this before

Storm is over, the sun is bright
There's a rainbow in my life
Clouds are gone, the sky is clear
And since we've been together
There's been a change in the weather

(Chorus 2x)

REMAIN SILENT


Don't stand there lyin', straight to my face
You not a lawyer, you got no case
And your alibi, it don't make sense
You're just a criminal, I got all the evidence

And they say the truth will set you free
But the less you say, the better off you'll be
You have the right to remain silent
You know you're guilty, don't even try it
Don't lie, I won't buy it
Just walk away and remain silent

I'm the judge, I'm the jury
Justice will be swift, there'll be no mercy
The punishement will fit the crime
One thing for sure, you're gon' do some time

And they say the truth will set you free
But the less you say, the better off you'll be
You have the right to remain silent
You know you're guilty, don't even try it
Don't lie, I won't buy it
Just walk away and remain silent

Anything you say, can and will be used against you
And you don't need anymore help, incriminatin' yourself

You have the right to remain silent
You know you're guilty, don't even try it
Don't lie, I won't buy it
Just walk away and remain silent

You have the right to remain silent
You know you're guilty, don't even try it
Don't lie, I won't buy it
Just walk away and remain silent

Yes, you got the right to remain silent
You know you're guilty, don't even try it
Don't lie, I won't buy it
Just walk away and remain silentm, silent, silent

SHE JUST WANTS TO DANCE


When the music starts to playin
She slides out on the floor
Dancing without a partner
Swaying on the two and four
There's a rythym in her footsteps
And a flower in her hair
A smile on her face
Cause she's in a place
Where she don't have a care
She ain't looking for no lover
She ain't looking for a romance
She just wants to dance
She just wants to dance
Yeah she just wants to dance
Ooo she just wants to dance
Well she's moving kinda lazy
And it's obvious to me
This little girl ain't crazy
She's as wild as she is free
She can feel it in her fingers
And it moves on down her spine
And when it hits her hips
She parts her lips
And you know she's feeling fine
She ain't looking for no lover
She ain't looking for a romance
She just wants to dance
She just wants to dance
Yeah she just wants to dance
She just wants to dance
Oh go on get it girl
She ain't looking for no lover
She ain't looking for a romance
She just wants to dance
She just wants to dance
Get out the way and let the girl dance
Yeah she just wants to dance
Yeah she just wants to
Slide along the floor
She wanna shuffle her shoes and shake her hips
She wanna wave her hands in the air
She wanna shake that hanky
Yeah
But she don't want no hanky panky
Yeah she just wants to dance
Leave her alone
And let her dance

SLOW DOWN


When I was a young boy
Well they tried to tell me
That I was movin'
Movin' way too fast
And I knew everything
About everything
But I really didn't wanna listen
To a bunch of old folks talkin' trash

So I got out on the highway
Pedal to the floor
Smokin' and drinkin'
And a whole lot more
But when they came to collect me
Out of that jail
They said boy next time
You get no bail

(Chorus:)
You better slow down
You better slow down

Woke up one mornin'
Ooh to a hunger
I moaned
And I began to twitch
Felt the need
For some lovin'
A little sweet somebody
To scratch my itch
Momma said I don't mean to pry
But I'm here to advise you
Seeds like to grow
When you put 'em in fertilizer

(Chorus)

Doin' my own thing
I'm all grown up
Yes I am
Little bit older
But I feel like a young buck
I'm ridin' down the highway
In a brand new mini van
Wife and kids screamin'
Ooh God I'm a family man
I'm outta mind
Losin