B i o g r a p h y (by Richard J. Skelly)
Guitarist and singer/songwriter Shannon Curfman burst upon the blues and roots rock scene in 1999 with her major-label debut for Arista Records, Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions. Her exceptionally well-produced, well-sequenced debut album won her rave reviews all over the U.S. and Canada, aside from lots of airplay, even on commercial radio stations in the U.S. Curfman made several U.S. club tours in support of Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions, and garnered huge amounts of publicity, because she was only 14 at the time. Now in her late teens, Curfman may choose to take a break from the rigors of the blues and rock & roll lifestyle to instead attend college, as the young Curfman is as academically bright as she is a multifaceted guitarist and songwriter. Curfman, raised in Fargo, ND, and now based in Minneapolis, says her influences are broad-based: Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, Prince, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Rory Block, Robert Johnson, Dwight Yoakam, John Prine, and Chaka Khan. At the time of her debut in 1999, Curfman said her goal was to be like Sheryl Crow: a person who writes, sings, plays a lot of instruments, and also produces her own records. The home-schooled Curfman co-wrote seven of the 11 songs on Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions, and several of the album's opening tracks were radio-ready, including the bluesy "True Friends" and "No Riders." She was also joined on her debut by fellow Fargo native Jonny Lang, who is four years her elder. Naturally, Curfman could not have made the splash she did without the support of her parents. Her dad is an engineer for the Burlington Northern Railroad and her mom works to oversee Curfman's home schooling and general progress as an up and coming musician. At the time her debut was released in 1999, in the midst of a tour and several television appearances in support of it, the 15-year old said, "This is what I want to do with my life. It's cool being young and knowing what you want in life. I still have time to go to college if I want. I love every part of this — traveling, meeting people, and playing music of course. Just as long as I'm playing music, I'm happy." Curfman, Lang, and several other rising stars are rejecting the teen group model for success these days, and instead are embracing the music of their parents, blues, classic R&B, and blues-rock. This is an encouraging trend and something many fans would like to see more of, because for the blues to survive, it has to continue to evolve. Curfman takes blues and blues-rock in many refreshing, different directions on Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions.
Loud guitars big suspicions - 1999-09-28 - Few and far between No riders True friends If you change your mind Love me like that Playing with fire I don't make promises (I can't break) Hard to make a stand The weight Never enough I'm coming home
Loud guitars big suspicions Few and far between Ever since I met you Mama said I should forget you She said you were a waste of my sweet time I wish I would have listened Because now I'm sitting here wishin' I never did believe in your sweet lies You said you were the king of love And I would be your queen How come the good times are so few and far between? Every night you leave me I'm telling you it ain't been easy Sitting here alone 'til 4 AM If this is love then I don't want it I'm gonna take this ring and pawn it I'm walking out on you fast as I can Ain't you the one who promised me peaches and cream? How come the good times are so few and far between? Few and far between The good times that I've seen when I'm with you Few and far between And baby I do believe It's time to pack up all my bags and hit the street Few and far between I got to find somebody Who knows just how to love me And baby I know for sure that it ain't you You said you were the king of love And I would be your queen How come the good times are so few and far between?
No riders I am just a poor girl Trying to get back home Waiting by the station Barefoot on the stones Seven years from Ponchatoula Not one penny in my hand Please mister help me I come so far I cannot stand He said We don't take no riders No riders on this train Go on ask the brakeman He'll tell you just the same I don't take no riders Don't take no riders on this train Best move on down the line, mama Go on back from where you came I done left my mama When I was but a child Took off with a young man Started running wild Seven years from Ponchatoula Ain't nothin' gone my way Please mister help me Can't you hear a word I say? He said We don't take no riders No riders on this train Go on ask the brakeman He'll tell you just the same I don't take no riders Don't take no riders on this train Best move on down the line, mama Go on back from where you came
True friends Don't have to go out Lookin' for trouble Trouble will find you it's a matter of time That's when you're gonna need someone behind you A true friend isn't easy to find You're gonna find out You're gonna find out You're gonna find out who your true friends are There will come a time Somewhere down the line You're gonna find out who your true friends are Room full of people They start talkin' Talkin' about you when you're not there Who'll be the one who won't play that game? Who's gonna stand up for your good name? You're gonna find out You're gonna find out You're gonna find out who your true friends are There will come a time Somewhere down the line You're gonna find out who your true friends are I'll be the one that That will pull you back When you've taken one step too far That's when you'll know who Who really loves you You're gonna find out who your true friends are Now people say Almost anything There's no way to see inside their hearts But they you'll see who runs away And who's there with you when the trouble starts You're gonna find out You're gonna find out You're gonna find out who your true friends are There will come a time Somewhere down the line You're gonna find out who your true friends are
If you change your mind I smell you on my fingertips I can taste you on my lips I can still hear the echo of our last goodbye You're the love I can't forget I see you everywhere I turn I guess I won't ever learn I always fall for the ones that I can't keep I let myself get in too deep If you change your mind I'll be waiting on you If you need somebody to be your fool I will be there for you If you change your mind Remember down in Baton Rouge When I gave it all up to you? I could tell right then that it was the end There was nothing left but the truth If you change your mind I'll be waiting on you If you need somebody to be your fool I will be there for you If you change your mind All of my life I let the darkness pull me in A flicker of light Gone again If you change your mind I'll be waiting on you If you need somebody to be your fool I will be there for you If you change your mind
Love me like that At the bottom of the ocean If you could hear me call your name Would the changing tides Ever turn you away? At the top of the mountain At the end of the day Would you still have a place in your heart For me to stay? You're the only good thing This little girl ever had Your got to treat me like a good thing You got to give me all the love I give you back If you really want to love me You got to show me that you love me like that Down in the valley Where all the wild things run Would you still be true Would I be the only one? Love is a jungle the hunter is the game If I love you would you love me just the same? You're the only good thing This little girl ever had Your got to treat me like a good thing You got to give me all the love I give you back If you really want to love me You got to show me that you love me like that Out in the country Where the tall grass grows Would you really really love me 'Cause I really need to know Back in the big old city Would you keep me by your side? I've got to know the truth Before I let you come inside You're the only good thing This little girl ever had Your got to treat me like a good thing You got to give me all the love I give you back If you really want to love me You got to show me that you love me like that
Playing with fire Down at the crossroads They say he sold his soul Hell-bent on being King of Blues Deal with the Devil But I swear there's an angel in there Gotta give credit Where credit's due Sittin' in his rockin' chair He put the mojo in the air Yeah, hear the black cat moanin' Twelve bars and a man possessed Separated from all the rest He was playing with fire Six string -- his thing No waking up from that dream Took it -- turned it upside down He rocked Woodstock Jump start -- never could stop Guitar gods all hit the ground Heads up when he hit the stage Sky high in a manic rage Yeah, and the rocket's red glare They say the boy really caused a scene He took a match and he lit that thing He was playin' with fire Who's that creeping Taking ahold of my hand? Who's that moving Through my veins? Must be the spirit Of those who've gone before Got their fingers on my strings Sittin' in my rockin' chair I feel the mojo in the air Yeah, I hear the black cat moanin' Let it roll all over me let it take me 'til I'm free And I'm playin' with fire
I don't make promises Love ain't worth the tears sometimes There's nothing left in this heart of mine I've stayed with you but I don't know why After all you've put me through How can you lie when you know I can't? How can you ask for one last chance? You let it slip right through your hands And now it's caught up with you I don't make promises I can't break Not like before I let you make your last mistake Don't wanna cry no more You never give back what you take You only use things 'til they break How many times must my heart ache All because of you? I don't make promises I can't break Not like before I let you make your last mistake Don't wanna cry no more Love ain't worth the tears this time Don't wanna cry Don't wanna fight I know whats wrong And I know what's right And I know what I have to do I don't make promises I can't break Not like before I let you make your last mistake Don't wanna cry no more
Hard to make a stand Old James Dean Monroe Hands out flowers at the Shop-n-Go Hopes for money But all he gets is fear And the wind blows up his coat And this he scribbles on a purfume note: "If I'm not here, then you're not here." And he says: "Call me Miscreation, I'm a walking celebration." And it's hard to make a stand Hard to make a stand Hard to make a stand Hard to make a stand My friend, oh lawdy Went to take care of her own body She got shot down in the road She looked up before she went Said, "This isn't really what I meant." And the daily news said: "Two with one stone." And I say, "Hey there, Miscreation, Bring a flower, time is wasting." And it's hard to make a stand Hard to make a stand Hard to make a stand Hard to make a stand We got loud guitars and big suspicions Great big guns and small ambitions We still argue over who is God And I say, "Hey there, Miscreation, Bring a flower, time is wasting." I say, "Hey there, Miscreation, We all need a revelation." And it's hard to make a stand Hard to make a stand Hard to make a stand Hard to make a stand
The weight I pulled into Nazareth I was feelin' about half past dead I just need some place Where I can lay my head "Hey, mister, can you tell me Where a girl might find a bed?" He just grinned and shook my hand "No!" was all he said Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off Fanny And (and) (and) put the weight on me I picked up my bag I went lookin' for a place to hide When I saw Carmen and the Devil Walkin' side by side I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown" She said, "I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around" Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off Fanny And (and) (and) put the weight on me Go down, Moses There ain't nothin' for you to say It's just ol' Luke And Luke's waitin' on the Judgment Day "Well, Luke, my friend What about young Anna Lee?" He said, "Do me a favor Stay an' keep Anna Lee company." Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off Fanny And (and) (and) put the weight on me Fetch me a cannon ball Now take me on down the line May bag is sinkin' low And I believe it's about time To get in touch with me You know she's the one He said, "Honey, regards for everyone." Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off Fanny And (and) (and) put the weight on me
Never enough I've seen the people As they walk down the street Smiling and looking so free As I stand on the corner With a tear in my eye Wondering how it would be If I'd never asked for what I could not have Always living for things out of reach Never enough Forever unsatisfied Missing a piece of my soul Never enough Forever unanswered Like a prayer that never gets told Fall away troubles, dreams and desires And let me escape from myself If I'd never asked for what I could not have I could live just like everyone else Never enough Forever unsatisfied Missing a piece of my soul Never enough Forever unanswered Like a prayer that never gets told Fall away troubles, dreams and desires And let me escape from myself
I'm coming home I've been hearing stories Ever since I've been gone Heard all about your women Women, wine and song Did you think I wouldn't find you out? Did you think I wouldn't know? Let's skip the inquisition Consider this your eviction I'm coming home I've been hearing rumors I gave you the benefit of the doubt Ever since the day I took you in I should have kicked you out You've been living off my money And I bet you ain't alone It's been going on too long I better find you gone When I get home I'm comin' home to quit ya So don't let that back door hit ya when ya go I'm heading down the interstate Taking back my real estate I'm coming home I'm coming home When you said you loved me I should of known what you meant I guess you loved me just enough To let me pay the rent Since you've been livin' off me You've been livin' high Now I think it's way past time To leave you high and dry Let's skip the inquisition Consider this your eviction I'm coming home It's been going on too long I better find you gone when I get home I'm coming home I'm coming home
Fast Lane Addiction Fast Lane Addiction Burning out at the speed of sound With the throttle down on a midnight drive Blurring lines, missing all the signs Running out of time, trying to stay alive There's a light ahead and it's turning red Got the cry of death screaming in my head I should take it slow, I should get control But I just can't stop I get high on the danger I get off on the speed But this fast lane addiction I believe that it's killing me It's tearing me down Like some deadly disease This fast lane addiction I believe that it's killing me It's pouring now, feel it coming down Think I'm gonna drown in this life I'm leading Another day try to kill the pain But it's all in vain, can't stop this feeling Better hold on tight, it's a crazy ride If you wanna fly with me tonight Sanity keeps calling me But I just can't stop Driving a hole through my soul Spinning out of control Getting high, passing by all the dreams that I told And I'm dying inside from this lie that I'm living Oh yeah Killing me Killing me
Do me I hate forever, stereo types All american boys and the simple life I'm a sinner, Mother Mary I ain't I hate roses, apologies And the bullshit that happens down on one knee We're all sinners, we're no saints I'm not looking for an angel I don't believe in miracles I don't need to be the queen of all fables I'm just a girl Do me, do me right That's what a girl wants, that's what a girl likes Take it, take it, take it like a man Hold me, hold me tight When we make love, when we fuss and fight Take it, take it, take it like a man Be my weakness, make me strong Take a stand and right me when I'm wrong Hold me but not too tight Shelter me and give me space Put me in the mood and in my place Hold me but let me fly Little Things You kill me softly with suicide eyes Make me lose sight of all my foolish pride I get mad, confused I should leave but I don't want to I miss the way you say my name I miss the way you say my name It's the little things that make me feel like a woman Drive me wild and always keep me comin' Back for more, there's never enough It's the little things that keep me in love with you To tell the truth the way you do the things you do I swear I feel like a queen And I realize now that there's so much more to life than just the finer things Don't ever go away and don't ever change Don't ever go away and don't ever change It's the little things that make me feel like a woman Drive me wild and always keep me comin' Back for more, there's never enough It's the little things that keep me in love with you The way you smile when you turn on the light The way you say you need to see my eyes The way you ask me to tell you all of my dreams That's what I like, that's all I really need It's the little things that make me feel like a woman Drive me wild and always keep me comin' Back for more, there's never enough It's the little things that keep me in love with you
Square In A Circle Lay me down, psycho-rape me and analyze Is there a place for borderlines in your eyes Unzip the past, expose my secrets, climb inside A tragedy you tried to kill that just won't die Sedate the feelings To slow down the pace There's no solution for me There ain't no place Like a square in a circle That don't fit in Like an underdog that's playing the game With no chance to win The world is getting heavy My ice is getting thin I'm like a square in a circle That don't fit in A shallow grave you give me as my space Confined and condemned Write me off as a disgrace But I won't conceal And I won't disguise I just don't see things your way And God knows I've tried Sedate the feelings To slow down the pace There's no solution for me There ain't no place Like a square in a circle That don't fit in Like an underdog that's playing the game With no chance to win The world is getting heavy My ice is getting thin I'm like a square in a circle That don't fit in In the darkness lies the light A conscious mind echoes as I cry, as I cry Diluted truths and coated lies Here I go again Only time fighting time My means to and end Like a square in a circle That don't fit in Like an underdog that's playing the game With no chance to win Like a square in a circle That don't fit in Like an underdog that's playing the game With no chance to win And all my world is getting heavy My ice is getting thin I'm like a square in a circle That don't fit in Can't Let You Go Don't you forget about me now 'Cause my heart is with you And don't you know Can't let you go I keep the phone beside the bed Just in case that you call Won't you watch yourself You know I wish you well And every year, it starts to rain Down by the tree where we carved our names So many things that I wanted to say to you In summer, the air is thick and dry Blows sand in your eyes So glad you're still alive The only one awake at night Will today be the day No place like home Just say goodbye And every year, it starts to rain Down by the tree where we carved our names So many things that I wanted to say to you Wanted to say to you Why, why I can't let you go Why, why I can't let you go And every year, it starts to rain (Now it starts to rain) Down by the tree where we carved our names (Where we carved our names) So many things that I wanted to say to you Wanted to say to you Why It's getting lonely 'round here Days are turning into years The thieves are falling all around Got to get out of this town Oh it's hard, I fear My screams are falling on deaf ears Oh it's dark But the picture's crystal clear I would like to love this world and I try I would like to break these chains and just fly I would like to think that we'll be alright But I can't, why, why I spin your wheels with no regret You take for granted your next breath A place the blame and pass the buck Slit the wrists of the lady luck Oh it's hard, I fear My screams are falling on deaf ears Oh it's dark But the picture's crystal clear, yeah I would like to love this world and I try I would like to break these chains and just fly I would like to think that we'll be alright But I can't, why, why I would like to love this world and I try I would like to break these chains and just fly I would like to think that we'll be alright But I can't, why, why I would like to love this world and I try I would like to break these chains and just fly I would like to think that we'll be alright But I can't, why, why
Tangled These days I'm tired of crying These days I'm tired of trying Can you see the way I'm feeling Can you see I'm tired of healing Oh, no, my ship is sinking Lately, see, I've been thinking You're no good, no good for me Let me let go, set me free I'm tangled, tangled in the web you weave Your poison leaves me bitter but tastes so sweet Your sad eyes make it hard, so hard to leave I'm tangled Let me let go, set me free Spinning wheels and wasted tears Perfect pictures torn and smeared Sun is setting on a field of dreams On the fence and in between Oh, no, my ship is sinking Lately, see, I've been thinking You're no good, no good for me Let me let go, set me free I'm tangled, tangled in the web you weave Your poison leaves me bitter but tastes so sweet Your sad eyes make it hard, so hard to leave I'm tangled Let me let go, set me free
Another Here I am once again Emotions in a sling Everyday is something new But some things never change The damage is done Now my tears fall like rain One more perfect picture Torn and stained With lies and evil ways It's another goodbye Another bad day Another love lost Somewhere along the way Another tear cried Another sad song Another who has gone And done me wrong For another The story is old now It's nothing new Turn the page and close the book On one more fool One more time I say, "Oh well One more who can go to hell" Forever more The player who fell short You climb the walls Search a place to say It's another goodbye Another bad day Another love lost Somewhere along the way Another tear cried Another sad song Another who has gone And done me wrong For another Another lover Nothing you can do Nothing you can say Unfaithful Your first and last mistake It's another goodbye Another bad day Another love lost Somewhere along the way Another tear cried Another sad song Another who has gone And done me wrong It's another goodbye Another bad day Another love lost Somewhere along the way Another tear cried Another sad song Another who has gone And done me wrong For another Another lover
Stone Cold Bitch I'm not the lady in white, not the girl next door I'm a late night fix, I'm a borderline whore I'm not your Sunday school, not your mother's dream I'm the fuel for the fire, I'm the gasoline You think you bring me down You think you make me blue You think you got me good But the joke's on you I'm a stone cold bitch Long gone when the money's all spent I'm a stone cold bitch I'm the girl who came and went I can be anything and whatever you want me to be I can be anything and whatever But when I'm gone I won't be sorry I won't be sorry I'm not forever or after, not your thick and thin I'm the bottom of the bag, I'm the ultimate sin I'm not for better or worse, not the golden rule I'm the cross you bare, I'm the fool in you You think you stole my heart You think that I'm in deep You think you got me good But I refuse to bleed I'm a stone cold bitch Long gone when the money's all spent I'm a stone cold bitch I'm the girl who came and went I can be anything and whatever you want me to be I can be anything and whatever But when I'm gone I won't be sorry I won't be sorry Feel no shame Feel no pain Feel no shame I'm a stone cold bitch Long gone when the money's all spent I'm a stone cold bitch I'm the girl who came and went I can be anything and whatever you want me to be I can be anything and whatever But when I'm gone I won't be sorry I won't be sorry
Sex Type Thing You can't give me everything I need But I like the way you do it when you make my love bleed I start to quiver and get all warm inside Feel no shame, I feel no guilt, feel no need to hide Sex type thing With you and me No love, no hate, somewhere in between Sex type thing All we'll ever be All you want is all I need so I'll tell 'em when they ask me It's a sex type thing Slit restrictions, violate with passion Is all I need, nothing more I'm asking Please always checking me, baby what's going on Taking care of my business, you can mind your own You can use me all you want We're singing the same tune All you want from me baby Is all I want from you Sex type thing With you and me No love, no hate, somewhere in between Sex type thing All we'll ever be All you want is all I need so I'll tell 'em when they ask me It's a sex type thing
I Can’t Wait to Miss You Two steps on the bible but youll never find out You gotta heart fulla sorrow and your head stuck in the clouds Say your still too young to care about what they say Youve always been so quick to turn and run the other way I'm about ready for the change I thought it'd be so hard to see life after today And I, I I can't wait to miss you And I, I I can't wait to miss you You think you got an angel sent from above But shes riding on a pale horse, and if that ain't enough Oh you got it running in circles looking for the tip of your tongue Just don't complain for me, when the damage is done I knew it was just a matter of time But I can't keep up, just walking the line And I, I I can't wait to miss you And I, I I can't wait to miss you The way the smoke smells in your hair Pieces of you everywhere How you never seem to care... oh baby ...my baby And I, I I can't wait to miss you And I, I I can't wait to miss you
WHAT YOU'RE GETTTING INTO What You're Getting Into Rest your heart, take it for what it is Is this right for the moment But don't forget the day you came into this You had your eyes wide open Still you're bearing your soul Blow after blow There's only one way I let you go Out with the old, in with the new Don't you know what you're getting into No fool, no crime, the pleasure's all mine I hope you know what you're getting into Sometimes it's right Stepping outside yourself Even if it's the wrong thing But that won't change The things I don't feel for you Even if it's a good thing Oh still you're bearing your soul Don't let it show There's only one way I let you go Out with the old, in with the new Don't you know what you're getting into No fool, no crime, the pleasure's all mine I hope you know what you're getting into Still you're bearing your soul Blow after blow There's only one way I let you go Out with the old, in with the new Don't you know what you're getting into No fool, no crime, the pleasure's all mine I hope you know what you're getting into Out with the old, in with the new Don't you know what you're getting into No fool, no crime, the pleasure's all mine I hope you know what you're getting into I hope you know what you're getting into Free Your Mind I was born in the backseat In Mississippi, on a dark street Mama said those were hard times But I heard through the grapevine We never spent a day in Jackson Grew up outside of Manhattan So I dropped my southern accent For some self-satisfaction Free your mind, let the music take control of your soul Free your mind, let the music take control of your soul I laid down, feeling lazy Instead of getting drunk, getting hazy Cheap cigars giving me headaches That's all I got till payday So I picked up and moved to L.A. And now I'm living in the fast lane Martini glasses filled with cocaine But something else is taking me away Free your mind, let the music take control of your soul Free your mind, let the music take control of your soul Free your mind, let the music take control of your soul Free your mind, let the music take control of your soul Free your mind, let the music take control of your soul Free your mind, it'll get you right down to the bone Don't be shy, just let it, let it go oh Free your mind, let the music take control of your soul The Core (Eric Clapton cover) Every morning when I wake Feelings soon begin to overtake me Ringing in my ears resounds Through my brain and finally surrounds me There is fire and there is life There is passion, fever and fury There is love and there is hate There is longing, anger andworry Oh I have a flame Feel it touch my heart And down at my core It's the hottest part I can burn without fuel Oh yeah It is burning If it should become too cold I know I can endure the frostbite Oh a blanket then I'll wrap around me I keep myself so close to my side No one then can cause me harm Just as the river runs into the sea 'Cause every day, your fire alarm Is deafening the silence around me Oh I have a flame Feel it touch my heart And down at my core It's the hottest part I can burn without fuel Hey, yeah It is burning You can trust me, we can laugh Together we can share our sorrow I will give you secrets, too And attitude that you may borrow Gypsy woman said to me "There's one thing you must bear in mind You are young and you are free But damned if you're deceased in your own lifetime" Oh I have a flame Feel it touch my heart And down at my core It's the hottest part I can burn without fuel Hey, yeah It is burning Heaven Is In Your Mind (CC Coletti cover) They say the world looks after fools Baby, I'm a fool for you I don't need no looking after Just a little bit of love'll do You're so fine like a mellow wine I wanna take a drink or two Living on love and borrowed time Is all I want to do Everybody wants to go to Heaven But nobody wants to die Take love the way you find it Heaven is in your mind (It's in your mind) Just beyond the far horizon Where there are no border lines No more things about saints and sinners Heaven is in your mind (It's in your mind) First you see me Then you don't, baby Nothing's up my sleeve I know you will So don't say you won't Wе both want to believe That Heaven is no far off place Heaven's right here in your face Let's party now, pay the bill late Close your eyes and meet our fate Everybody wants to go to Heaven But nobody wants to die Take love the way you find it Heaven is in your mind (It's in your mind) Just beyond the far horizon Where there are no border lines No more things about saints and sinners Heaven is in your mind, hey (It's in your mind) Everybody wants to go to Heaven But nobody wants to die Take love the way you find it Heaven is in your mind (It's in your mind) Just beyond the far horizon Where there are no border lines No more things about saints and sinners Heaven is in your mind (It's in your mind) Everybody wants to go to Heaven But nobody wants to die Take love the way you find it Heaven is in your mind (It's in your mind) Just beyond the far horizon Where there are no border lines No more things about saints and sinners Heaven is in your mind (It's in your mind) Everybody wants to go to Heaven But nobody wants to die (wants to die) Take love the way you find it Heaven is in your mind (Heaven is in your mind) Just beyond the far horizon Where there are no border lines (no border lines) No more things about saints and sinners Heaven is in your mind Heaven is in your mind All I Have I get the feeling you could get under my skin Would you know what to do once you got in I get a kick, a kick out of disguise Feel mixed emotions when I look in your eyes Beats a mirror, the confusion I see I find myself, all of myself Ain't the way it's supposed to be I can't hide it, the blind could see One and one and one make me And the three disagree All I have to give you is me All I have to give you is me All I have to give you is me, yeah That being said Do you wanna rescue me Could you live with just one Do you really need three Like a strange puzzle When you start to care Spend all your time just to find All the pieces ain't there If the river seems too full Would you be there for me Yeah, I tell myself We'll need to be free I can't hide it, the blind could see One and one and one make me And the three disagree All I have to give you is me All I have to give you is me All I have to give you is me, yeah All I want is enough to believe By myself is hurt, so she can't see All that you have to give to receive All I have, all I have is me again Like a strange puzzle When you start to care Spend all your time just to find All the pieces ain't there All I have to give you is me All I have to give you is me All I have to give you is me All I have to give you is me All I have to give you is me, yeah Oh yeah Curious What is all this suffering about Grab your misery and let it out I've been beat up, drunken, sucker-punched, bitch-slapped Never met a dollar getting down on my knees I know the definition of love I can't figure it out I get delirious when I take love too serious I'm just curious (I'm just curious) Don't get serious when love makes you delirious Just get curious Everybody got something that they're looking for The yin-yang or the devil behind the door (door) I've been up, down, middle ground You tried to turn my life around I am what I am and that's all that I need If you want the definition of love Don't you count on me, yeah I get delirious when I take love too serious I'm just curious (I'm just curious) Don't get serious when love makes you delirious Just get curious Play that G-string Play that G-string Play that G-string Play that G-string Play that G-string Play that G-string Don't keep thinking small Start thinking large I will be your curious If you'll be my George I get delirious when I take love too serious I'm just curious (I'm just curious) Don't get serious when love makes you delirious Just get curious I get delirious when I take love too serious I'm just curious (I'm just curious) Don't get serious when love makes you delirious Just get curious Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac cover) I can't help about the shape I'm in I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin But don't ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to Now, when I talked to God, I knew he'd understand He said, "Stick by me and I'll be your guiding hand" But don't ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to You want me to Oh well I can't help about the shape I'm in I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin But don't ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to You want me to Oh well Oh well What Would Mama Say She didn't say goodbye She said you know it isn't right To bite the hand that feeds You need to love the blood you bleed She didn't hear a word when I said "I'll never be like her" Somehow everyday I find myself still making her mistakes Now I'm looking all around Can't you see I'm going down What would mama say If she could see the mess I've made Would she come and hold me tight Though she was never that way What would mama say If she were here to see me cry Would she understand all that's left Is to try and make it right What would mama say Out of sight and out of mind Out of lies, I say, "I'm fine" Come all this way But I'm still dragging you behind I wanna cut you loose But I need to know the truth What would mama say If she could see the mess I've made Would she come and hold me tight Though she was never that way What would mama say If she were here to see me cry Would she understand all that's left Is to try and make it right What would mama say I don't wanna forgive, but I'll forget I'll forget Gotta learn how to live with your regrets Your regrets What would mama say If she could see the mess I've made Would she come and hold me tight Though she was never that way What would mama say If she were here to see me cry Would she understand all that's left Is to try and make it right What would mama say What would mama say Oh what would mama say Dragon Attack (Queen cover) Take me to the room where the red's all red Take me out of my head, that's what I said And take me to the room where the green's all green And from what I've seen, it's hot, it's mean Gonna use my stack It's gotta be mack Gonna get me on the track I got a dragon on my back Take me to the room where the beat's all 'round Gonna eat that sound Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And take me to the room where the black's all white And the white's all black Take me back to the shack You don't take no prisoners Gonna give me the business Got a dragon on my back It's a dragon attack (She's low down) She don't take no prisoners (Go down) I'm gonna give me the business (No time) Yeah, chained to the rack (Show time) I got a dragon on my back (Show down) I'll go find another customer (Slow down) I gotta make my way Strange Did you ever wonder Did you ever think You could run a horse to death But you can't make him drink What is the standard Who sets the pace Is there satisfaction just to be in the race Every song is different No two the same But you can still win If you don't know the game Have you ever wondered What made us take the first bite 'Cause there's no use in living If you're dead before you die Strange, the way I feel Strange, 'cause it looks so real Strange, I can't find What's on my mind Strange, the way I feel Strange, 'cause it looks so real Strange, I can't find What's on my mind, yeah Who set the first clock And how'd they know the time Just a simple question But the answer's hard to find Why is the sky blue But do birds fly South Appears to be so clear But still find some doubt I don't mean to scare you But it's just a thought Every soul can be sold Not all can be bought Ask me where I'm going I'll tell you where I've been Suddenly when you feel left out Is when you really fit right Strange, the way I feel Strange, 'cause it looks so real Strange, I can't find What's on my mind Strange, the way I feel Strange, 'cause it looks so real Strange, I can't find What's on my mind, yeah Strange, the way I feel Strange, now it looks so real Strange, I can't find What's on my mind Strange, the way I feel Strange, 'cause it looks so real Strange, I can't find Oh what's on my mind Strange, the way I feel Strange, 'cause it looks so real Strange, I can't find What's on my mind, yeah
Non Albums Tracks
Please Come Home For Christmas (Charles Brown cover / Christmas Calling LP) Bells will be ringing the glad, glad news What a Christmas to have the blues My baby's gone, I have no friends To wish me greetings once again Choirs will be singing "Silent Night" Christmas carols by candlelight Please, come home for Christmas Please, come home If not for Christmas Then by New Year's night Friends and relations, send salutations Sure 'bout as the stars shine above Oh it's Christmas, Christmas, my dear The time of year to be with the one, the one you love Then won't you tell me, you'll never roam Oh Christmas and New Year's will find you home There'll be no more sorrow No more grief, no more pain And I'll be happy, happy once again Yeah Oh no more sorrow No more grief, no more pain And I'll be happy Christmas once again I miss you, darling
Testify (John Mayall feat. Shannon Curfman / Along For The Ride LP) I built this cage by my own hand Only my own hand can break it I'm locked and chained by lies and shame Now there's only one way to escape it Do what you will, save your own skin But you can't save your soul if you sell it You've got to give up and you got to give in The truth won't set you free until you tell it I'm going to testify (testify) I felt like dying Testify (testify) And free my mind Testify (testify) I'm tired of lying About to free my mind Ain't no denying You know I've been to the river, I stood on the shore I've seen it rolling to the sea I won't be forgiven till I let it go When the truth is gonna wash me clean Some people say on reckoning day There'll be mercy for all true believers Well, I know that I'm straight and I don't want to wait Time to stand up and take my freedom I'm going to testify (testify) I felt like dying Testify (testify) And free my mind Testify (testify) I'm tired of lying About to free my mind (free my mind) Ain't no denying I'm going to testify (testify) I felt like dying Testify (testify) And free my mind Testify (testify) I'm tired of lying About to free my mind Ain't no denying Testify (testify) I felt like dying Testify (testify) And free my mind Testify (testify) I'm tired of lying Free my mind (free my mind) Ain't no denying