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Phil Alvin Knows
02:40
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Too many nuggets and too little gold.
Sleepwalkin’ ain’t easy way out in the cold.
Somebody bad-mouths and lives as such.
Don’t laugh too loud, don’t lie to the judge.
Phil Alvin knows what you’ve got to find out.
Don’t get too grim, don’t laugh too loud.
There’s a Carl Perkins for everyone of us.
You just strum an E chord just like Carl does.
Shoutin’ is good if you’ve got laryngitis.
Don’t get in trouble with Stratocaster Almighty.
It’s easy to see what the fuss is about.
Now, Phil Alvin knows what you’ve got to find out.
(C) M. Kaye, 2018
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Utter Joy
04:34
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The life of Hemingway will bring you utter joy. (2x)
Just lay down beside me, smoke a Viceroy.
We’ve been together for ten years or so. (2x)
You can hear all about it if you turn on the radio.
Everytime it rains, it rains pennies from heaven. (2x)
It rains David Niven movies, too, but his name is Kevin.
And you know, it’s just an old man and the sea. (2x)
If you look for sharks, well, you can look for me.
Everytime a clock strikes, Bill Haley goes to jail. (2x)
Everytime they let him go, Frank Sinatra sings My Way.
You know, the life with me will bring you utter joy. (2x)
Don’t ask too much, ‘cause yes, it’s
all about a boy.
(C) M. Kaye, 2018
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The Unusual Song
03:36
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Unusual fathers all come with whiskeys in hands.
Unusual uncles all kill them with a rope.
Then they go on with their unusual routines.
They hang out with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
And what a day, what an unusual day ...
They say the border lord is swingin’ back.
They say the heat is on but I don’t mind.
I guess I’m going to be troubled just the same.
I just need something ordinary to unwind.
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Matt Kaye Ljubljana, Slovenia
Born in 1975 in Maribor, Slovenia (EU). He holds a master’s degree in comparative literature. He published his first book in 1988 and started combining poetry and music into a singer-songwriter routine in 1992. He's a member of SLO National Writers’ Association, National Literary Translators Association, PEN and MIRA. ... more
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