Moon Tans, Lookers, and Happy Feet...

Hello Earthlings,

    Here's Part 2 of many. I'll be digging up songs I've written over the last 15 years and posting them here to preserve them. Some of them are crappy. Some are good. They run the gamut from happy to depressing. From contemplative to retarded. Tiny moments from throughout my life when I happened to have a pencil, a piece of paper, and a guitar laying about at the same time.

Today, we'll do 3 more...

Moon Tan

Verse: C, F, C, G, C, F, C, G, C

You can’t stop the waves, of the sun’s radiant light.

It bounces off objects, and enters the night.

It loses it’s strength, as it cuts through the gloom

And you can’t get a tan from the moon.

And my love is a sunbeam, so pure and so true

But I can’t fall in love, with reflections of you

You stay out all night, tell me what can I do

You can’t get a tan from the moon.

You can set up a funhouse, to confuse and distract me

Dive in a pool, to bend and refract me

But I doubt if I will, be seeing you soon

Cuz you can’t get a tan from the moon

And my love is a sunbeam, so pure and so true

But I can’t fall in love, with reflections of you

You stay out all night, tell me what can I do

You can’t get a tan from the moon.

Even if you had panels, to harness the light

Or turned on a flashlight, to cut through the night

Try as you may, you’ll never light up this room

Cuz you can’t get a tan from the moon.

You can’t stop the waves, of the sun’s radiant light.

It bounces off objects, and enters the night.

It loses it’s strength, as it cuts through the gloom

And you can’t get a tan from the moon.

 The Looker

She grew up to be a looker, pretty as can be,

struttin’ up and down the drag with equal company.

Some friends flew the coop, and went to have their fun, and

Some got into mischief, and they’re still on the run.

But her mind was sharply focused and it soon became her quest

To find herself a rich man and be better than the rest.

So one hot day, she tripped one up, pounced and chewed away

Like a hungry lioness hunkered down to guard her prey.

(CHORUS)

She was looking for the money and a trail into the hills

Now she’s gazing over Austin looking forward to the thrills

As the city lights lay twinkling above the frantic crowds

She smiles and sips her wine in her mansion in the clouds.

A couple years and she’s progressed, she’s learning all the tricks.

Among her peers she’s best dressed, her smile is always fixed.

They marveled at the rags to riches hometown beauty queen. But they’re

Jealousy was never quenched for she was seldom seen.

Husband’s up and off to golf with a few of his good chaps.

Talking bout the stocks they bought and sharing shallow laughs.

While she’s wrapped on the leather couch horny and alone.

As lonely sobs like tennis balls bounce through her spacious home.

(CHORUS)

She was looking for the money and a trail into the hills

Now she’s gazing over Austin and missing all the thrills

She had back when she was wishing to rise above the crowds

in her shabby little loft in the city ‘neath the clouds.

Living up by Red Bud, admiring the view

Tapping on the marble in her thousand dollar shoes

Wishing she could find a dive and have a drink or two

And maybe talk to someone down to earth like me and you.

All the brunches and the formals and the places that they meet

Just don’t seem to satisfy when you’re longing for the street.

To get back all the good times and all the friends she lost,

would mean the world to the pretty girl no matter what the cost.

She was looking for the money and a trail into the hills

Now she’s gazing over Austin and missing all the thrills

She had back when she was wishing to rise above the crowds

in her shabby little loft in the city ‘neath the clouds.

She grew up to be a looker, pretty as can be,

struttin’ up and down the drag with equal company….

Happy Feet

Chords: G, Em, C, D

I see the future and it’s stretching out in front of me

And it’s calling me to be just what I want to be.

My happy feet are used to living like a refugee

My soul is steady looking for a way to set them free.

Now all your quotes and anecdotes they don’t mean shit to me

I tried to give my heart but it don’t travel lightly

That’s ok I treasury of memories

And every song I sing about my life is therapy.

(chorus)

I’m traveling with happy feet

The world is mine, mine to meet

How are you? I’m feeling well.

Hoist the anchor, let’s set...

Now I’m a step into this world and make myself known

Every country that I’ll travel to I’ll call my own

Feeling better every time I cross a time zone

Cuz I’m a king and I’m a keep on looking for my thrown.

I got nothing but myself to live for anyway

It took a while to figure out but baby that’s ok.

I’m feeling like a kid that’s ready to go out and play

In a world of faces and new places to see everyday.

(chorus)

I’m traveling with happy feet

The world is mine, mine to meet

How are you? I’m feeling well.

Hoist the anchor, let’s set...

The politicians on a mission that is ill conceived

The corporations copulating with the war machine

The trepidation of this nation makes me want to leave

So my happy feet are moving I ain’t got the time grieve.

You can stick around and do what you thinks right for you

Make a peachy life and earn a dollar bill or two.

Have some kids and go to work and drop ‘em off at school

And every now and then go see some nature at the zoo.

(chorus)

I’m traveling with happy feet

The world is mine, mine to meet

How are you? I’m feeling well.

Hoist the anchor, let’s set...

I put the offer on the table and it still stands

Our time is slipping like a waterfall through open hands

Anyone without the heart to go I’ll understand

But happy feet is itching for some sand in foreign lands

The time is now so hurry hurry no I can’t be late

To much to do and see and learn and lick up off my plate

The world is turning and I’m burning just to fly away

And grab my luggage with some friends at the arrival gate

I’m steady reaching as I’m teaching myself how to live

My mind is strong I’m on my way and I’m a play to win

I’m standing on a mountain to the world my heart I give

Never expect to get some lovin' in return again

See I been dreamin' every evenin' since my day of birth

To unravel mysteries and travel til I turn to dirt

The past is history and I’ve only found one thing of worth

And that’s the nurturing from my beloved Mother Earth. 

(chorus)

I’m traveling with happy feet

The world is mine, mine to meet

How are you? I’m feeling well.

Hoist the anchor....

Fare thee well....