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There is something that I’ve been missing in my life
A certain someone to change my wrongs into rights
I’m gonna tell her tonight
I’m gonna tell her tonight
I’m gonna tell her tonight
Tonight
Careful focus, affection studies her face
Position hopeless, no way to paint the past away
I’m gonna tell her tonight
I’m gonna tell her tonight
I’m gonna tell her tonight
Tonight
Real feelings from faraway places
Love traveled away from the faces we once knew
I feel us wanting each other
Memories of you and no other are coming true
Trusting instincts, I feel my timing is right
With passion flaming the lonely darkness to light
I’m gonna tell her tonight
I’m gonna tell her tonight
I’m gonna tell her tonight
Tonight
Tell Her Tonite!
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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Shy Girls
03:09
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She glances at the other boys with notions in her head
But all it takes is a look from her to put me on the edge
I’m never the hero, she’ll never be bold
But I want to be with her (some day)
My efforts are fragile, her eyes are so cold
I’ll never be near her (no way)
But shy guys smile at shy girls every once in a while
Shy guys smile at shy girls.
Exercising all my will, invention in my schemes
Of fantasies across the room to visions in my dreams
The look of enchantment that I’ll never find
I’ll change her direction (someday)
Protection my passion takes all my time
Avoiding detection (no way)
But shy guys smile at shy girls every once in a while
Shy guys smile at shy girls.
BRIDGE:
She makes me feel weird – Shy Girls
I want to whisper in her ear – Shy Girls
She’s so fine – Shy Girls
I think about her all the time – Shy Girls
She’s messing with my mind!
She glances at the other boys with notions in her head
But all it takes is a look from her to put me on the edge
I’m never the hero, she’ll never be bold
But I want to be with her (some day)
My efforts are fragile, her eyes are so cold (no way)
But shy guys smile at shy girls every once in a while
Shy guys smile at shy girls.
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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Little By Little
03:47
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I used to deal with my one-way reflection of you
You tried to put up a wall that I couldn’t see through
But not it’s gone and nothing’s wrong.
Little By Little it keeps getting better.
I still remember the times you bothered me
You were always tied down and I had to be free
You walked away. That made my day.
Little By Little it keeps getting better.
Bridge
Your image dancing away
Too many visions of other days
But you won’t stop it anyway
You can't stop yourself!
I hung up on your calls right from the start
Severing connections in the dark
And now it’s true. No more me and you.
Little By Little it keeps getting better.
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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The Wall of Poison
04:14
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I’m reaching in to pull them out
The feelings that I keep
I watch as the bloody tide runs deep
Choosing words, familiar verbs
Emotion seems to part
You control the matters of the heart
But when the walls of poison tumble down
I’ll be standing on the ground
Alone you’ll be inside your room
Hiding from your day of doom
Cut the throat that sings the notes
But you won’t silence me
Sell your arms and doomsday charms
But keep the money clean
‘Cause when … (Chorus)
Doubting Thomases, broken promises
It makes no difference to your creed
Lying to my face, words you can’t erase
The end will justify the means
(lead)
You can give a bleak response to pictures you conceive
Anything is effortless as long as you believe
Choosing words, familiar verbs
Emotion seems to part
You control the matters of the heart
‘Cause when … (Chorus)
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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Labels
03:31
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Try to enhance all the thoughts that you dream
You’re moving around on the magic scene
Well, I wear the things that I like to wear
And I do the same thing with my hair
Labels – Just a transformation tease
Labels – Don’t do anything for me
Fill up my eyes with the latest clothes
Tempt me with all of your fashion throes
And make me take in every vendor’s dream
Watch me give in to some shoes I don’t need
Labels – Just a transformation tease
Labels – Don’t do anything for me
Pseudo baby looks
Temporary satisfaction
Ready money pocketbook
Catching everyone’s reaction
Labels – Just a transformation tease
Labels – Don’t do anything for me
Shopping for shirts that will suit you swell
Run up the bill and then charge the sale
Imagine your car as you fasten your belt
Pull on some shades and you’re somewhere else
Labels – Just a transformation tease
Labels – Don’t do anything for me
Pseudo baby looks
Temporary satisfaction
Ready money pocketbook
Catching everyone’s reaction.
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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It's Not Like Mine
03:33
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You paint a life that’s tossed and turned
Amusing me with what you will never learn
There’s nothing we can talk about
When we try we only have it out
You live in a different world, it’s not like mine, like mine
Your touch is the hurting kind, it’s not like mine, mine
We fight the battle everyday
The nasty echoes of your changing ways
I watch you shake your fist at me
It gives my mind analogy
You live in a different world, it’s not like mine, like mine
Your touch is the hurting kind, it’s not like mine, mine
I know why you left me tonight
Unguarded moments slipped into light
Am I right?
I watch your shadow pierce the haze
Prepared to strike upon your naked prey
You run to shield yourself from harm
But you’ve turned in a false alarm
You live in a different world, it’s not like mine, like mine
Your touch is the hurting kind, it’s not like mine, mine
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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A Very Dull Girl
03:33
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She was such an easy subject to talk about
Her mind was always playing tricks on me
Her critical tongue flew out in all directions
Like a spider dancing on a web of mystery
But all this work and no play makes her a very dull girl
Painting pictures, licking whiskers in her own small world
She could cast her eyes like a fuel that feeds a fire
With a radar touch that had its fix on me
She could show her heart in a way of passion desire
Saying all those things I never could believe
But all this work and no play makes her a very dull girl
Painting pictures, licking whiskers in her own small world
How do you know what’s going on anymore?
What will it take for you to even the score?
She was such an easy subject to talk about
Her mind was always playing tricks on me
Her critical tongue flew out in all directions
Like a spider dancing on a web of mystery
But all this work and no play makes her a very dull girl
Painting pictures licking whiskers in her own small world
But all this work and no play makes her, no play makes her a very dull girl
Painting pictures, licking whiskers in her own small world
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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Turn Away
03:43
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You’re on the trail again
A devoted fan of things absurd
There’s no way you can win
You’re a moving target for cloudy words
And when you undertake so much
So many people feel your touch
Turn away.
You face life with a glance
Never looking where you’re going to
And everything’s a chance
There’s no other way of getting through
The point of reason gests behind
Affecting changes in your mind
Turn away.
No more friendly voices
No pretty music to hear
Taking my life out of context
A sermon for no one to hear
You’re sliding towards the end
Every indication it’s getting worse
There’s no way to pretend
You’re a million miles from planet Earth
From playing instincts as your means
To waking up in lonely dreams
Turn away.
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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A man of the modern age
Is clenching his fists in rage
He lives his life in a cage
The thoughts that belong to me
Reflect my philosophy
To trust in things that I believe
But I, I can’t hurt for the world anymore
No I, I can’t bleed for the pain
The concepts that I define
Of life in these hard-pressed times
Makes all the world a birthday cake
You’re putting yourself on trial
And I never see you smile
You feel the trap, there’s no escape
But I, I can’t hurt for the world anymore
No I, I can’t bleed for the pain
So, move to one side now, clear the way now
Move to one side now, clear the way now,
Move to one side now, clear the way now
Move to one side now, clear the way now
I’ll say it in black and white
And say to myself at night
Is anybody really listening?
But I, I can’t hurt for the world anymore
No I, I can’t bleed for the pain
So, move to one side now, clear the way now
Move to one side now, clear the way now …
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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Keep It Together
03:05
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Looking at your face increasing the life load
Trying to find a way of leaving the hard road
Timeless little pictures that burn within your mind
Sometimes it takes a lot to keep it together
There can be no more excuses, don’t let the time go
If it makes you feel so useless, just let the wind blow
Trying to keep a handle on what you think is real
Sometimes it takes a lot to keep it together
Sometimes it takes a lot to keep it together
Secret admissions, no understanding.
Our inhibitions have trouble dancing.
Investigations found deep inside you.
No reservation, don’t look behind you.
Hold on to your dreams, there’s nothing better
If it’s harder than it seems, don’t mind the weather
Keep it in perspective and what you seek you’ll reap
Sometimes it takes a lot to keep it together
Sometimes it takes a lot to keep it together
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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One By One
03:08
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We have to take our chances daily to survive
There are no supermen among us in this life
We must keep moving forward
To find our way onward
One By One
Sometimes we break the rules that measure everyone
But as we see ourselves then so do we become
Concealing desperation
Emotional replacement
One By One
I see myself, you see yourself, you and I
People as we try to live our lives
I see my face, you see your face, you and I
Reaching for the answers to survive
We have to try to leave our emptiness behind
We can be strong with good intentions in our minds
And when my life gets caught up
I think of all of us
One By One
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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Creepy People
03:48
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They will say anything to you
Even when they know that it’s not true
They will try to trick your mind
Leaving reason far behind
Creepy people hang you up
Creepy people can’t get enough
Creepy people wanna make you cuss
Creepy people what’s the fuss?
Always putting you down (down, down)
They just love to spin around
They will want to make you see
The stupid things that they believe
Creepy people hang you up
Creepy people can’t get enough
Creepy people wanna make you cuss
Creepy people what’s the fuss?
Refrain – Creepy people - Intro
They will say anything to you
Even when they know that it’s not true
They will try to trick your mind
Leaving reason far behind
Creepy people hang you up
Creepy people can’t get enough
Creepy people wanna make you cuss
Creepy people what’s the fuss?
Refrain – Creepy people
Creepy people watching you
Creepy people don’t ever move
Creepy people up in your face
Creepy people all over the place
Creepy people
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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Houdini
04:36
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You waltzed into this century with your act as tight as it could be
Just waiting for someone to share the plans you’d made
You met the sweetheart of your life, she married you, became your wife
Oh, Harry! You knew you both were on your way.
Oh, Harry! You could do anything!
They said that you were an illusionist but all the while you confused us
You just took us on a trip of your own
And now you’ve left us thinking all alone
You played the towns where no one cared
But still the watched with wonderous stares
Plain magic would never have left them so amazed
A brave young man with daring feats, you had them lined up on the streets
Oh, Harry! You knew you’d really made the grade.
So you traveled on throughout land, the legend spreading ever grand
A hero the people could call their very own
The papers said your goals were high but even when your hands were tied
Oh, Harry! You showed them you weren’t a novice after all.
Oh, Harry! You could do anything!
They said that you were an illusionist but all the while you confused us
You just took us on a trip of your own
And now you’ve left us thinking all alone
The years would go and they’d all tried to reach you Harry
But your words were left unfound
But then one night came the message so clear it said
“Believe, Bessie! Believe!”
Though times you gave us are behind
When magic strikes you’re on our minds
Those memories you gave us will always make us smile
You entertained tried and true and still we all remember you
Oh, Harry! You knew your dreams could never die.
Oh, Harry! You could do anything!
They said that you were an illusionist but all the while you confused us
You just took us on a trip of your own
And now you’ve left us thinking all alone
© Bruce Moody/ASCAP
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Bruce Moody Fort Mill, South Carolina
Others have called it Power Pop Plus! To me, they're just songs. I love interesting themes & melodies, along with lyrics that tell good stories. I also like altering conventional sounding instruments to create something that sounds completely different; like playing a guitar line and then doubling that line note for note with a melodica, or even a kazoo! Fun and interesting harmonies are a must! ... more
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