Monday, August 20, 2012

Well Answered Prayer


Well Answered Prayer

©2012jackderemiah



v

As you look in the mirror, I’m watching your face

And I see the sadness you feel

As you wish for the youth that you could replace

Or to slow down the spin of the wheel



v

You catch me looking and cover your eyes

And ask me to please turn away

But my precious darling, you must realize

That I love you more every day



c

My love………,

I don’t care……..,

About lines, or the grey in your hair

I know………,

Nothing’s fair……..,

But I need you to know,

That it’s not just for show,

And you are my well answered prayer



v

Each quiet morning, as coffee is cooled

And sleepiness hangs in your eyes

I smile from my heart, but you say you’re not fooled

And you wonder if pity brings lies



v

What can I say to you, what will it take

To show what I’m unworthy of

And each time I touched you, was a drop in the lake

That grew to an ocean of love



c

My love………,

I don’t care……..,

We’ve earned every flaw that we wear

You say………,

It’s not fair……..,

But I treasure the grace,

In your beautiful face,

And you are my well answered prayer

You are my well answered prayer

Wednesday, August 15, 2012


I Wrote A Song



v

There are things that I need to say

That I think you need to hear

And they won’t just go away

And my heart won’t disappear

If the devil had his way

I would live with all this fear

But I’m standing hear today

Hoping I can make it clear



v

I cannot make a speech

I will not scream and yell

And it’s just outside my reach

To tell what I must tell

I am not a man to preach

Cause I’ve spent my time in hell

And I can’t pretend to teach

Something I don’t know that well



c

And so……..

I wrote a song

To try to say what I have been

Holding in so long

It’s here……..

Where you belong

And I hope that after you must go

You hear it on the radio

For all I cannot say

I wrote a song



v

Instrumental



v

I’m not a movie star

I’m not a wealthy man

I cannot take you far

But I’d do what I can

My road is rock and tar

My champagne in a can

But we are what we are

And that I understand



c

And so……..

I wrote a song

To try to say what I have been

Holding in so long

It’s here……..

Where you belong

And I hope that after you must go

They play it on the radio

For all I cannot say

I wrote a song

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

All Day Long


All Day Long



©2012 Jack Deremiah





(verse)

A butcher, a baker, I’m a real big faker

and sometimes it makes me laugh,

So divvy up the bottle, I’ve a yen to set my throttle

and at this age I gotta move fast,

I apologize in advance

for my speech and my unsteady stance,

So take your hat and toss it,

heaven knows I’ve lost it,

Come on baby, let’s dance.



(chorus)

I’m a little bit of romance and I’m a little bit of pig,

I ain’t gonna lie to no girl.

I’m a little bit of Elvis Presley, who never got his gig,

And I’ve been waitin’ for you, babe, all day long



(verse)

A tinker, a tailor, I’m a love boat sailor

and I’m happy to be here,

An amorous gorilla from that drop of pure vanilla

that you place behind each ear,

So if you see me swing and sway,

it ain’t the music that takes me away,

Before I get too far gone, someone turn them stars on,

Come on baby, let’s dance



(bridge)

I’m USDA prime,

long as you can catch me well before nine.

I ain’t looking for a mother or a wife,

but I got me eye on my shelf-life,

Come on babe, I’ll take you up in a whirl,

If you got a better offer you should take it, girl.

The night is young and I’m lookin’ to dance









(verse)

A lawyer, a thief, I’m a love tribe chief

with a tee-pee full of flowers.

I’d love to take you home where the buffalo’s roam

You should pencil in a couple of hours.

So if your moccasins are too tight,

kick ‘em off cause it’s gotta feel just right.

We’ll be just like some juvies

in black and white movies,

Come on baby let’s dance.



(chorus)

I’m a little bit of romance and I’m a little bit of pig,

I ain’t gonna lie to no girl.

I’m a little bit of Elvis Presley, who never got his gig,

And I’ve been waiting for you, babe, all day long.

I been waitin’ for you, babe, all day long.

The Sea


On The Sea



©2009Jack Deremiah



v

I can hear the roar of the waves

I can feel the spray in my face

I can feel the roll of the deck below

I can see the stars out in space



v

I can feel the wind in my hair

I can smell the salt in the air

I can feel the shake of each knot we make

As we go as fast as we dare



C

On the open sea when your mind is free

And there’s not a tree for a thousand miles

You can know the Earth from it’s time of birth

And each man has worth on the sea



Bridge

Stuck upon dry land I am just another animal who sleeps all night

Working the same fields, the same way, the same horizons

    It’s just not right

And when your last breath comes,

    it’s all the same old air from your daily plight

and this fate I’ll fight with all my might



v

I can do the work of a man

In the strangest places there are

I can put my hand to what few men can

And return to home by a star



V

I can learn what other men know

I can have some tales when I’m old

I can hear the gulls chasing swaying hulls

I can see night skies made of gold.



C

On the open sea when the winds agree

There are sights to see like you’ve never known

You can feel your heart; every stop and start

When you are a part of the sea

I Had Sex Today (PG-13) sexual suggestion


I Had Sex Today





©2012 Jack Deremiah



Chorus:

Oh, I had sex today,

My smile won’t go away,

Everything is A-OK,

Cause I had sex today



v

It was really good,

I’d repeat it if I could,

I’ll tell the neighborhood,

That I had sex today



Chorus:



v

We did it everywhere,

There’s still stuff in my hair,

So now I want to share,

That I had sex today



Everybody sing!

Chorus:



v

We had out undies down,

And drove to sexy town,

Oh and by the way,

I had sex today



Sing it with me!

Chorus:



Bridge:

And if you did not have sex today, then I feel bad for you,

Remember there is still some time to get out there and…..try.



Chorus:



Now, just the boys!

Chorus:



Now just the girls!

Chorus:



Now only if it’s true!

Chorus:



Everybody – bring it home!

Chorus:

Violet's Vittle Barn


Violet’s Vittle Barn   ©JackDeremiah2012



If you’re ever down near the south state line,

Do yourself a favor and spend some time,

At a little place just west of the Boy Scout camp,

There’s an old red barn with a worn wood floor,

And smoke coming out of the hayloft door,

Just a left and a right when you leave the exit ramp,



You park in the front but the doors in the back,

By the dry split hickory in a head-high stack,

Step into the dark and let your eyes adjust,

First thing that hits you is this heavenly smell,

And you didn’t realize you were hungry as hell,

And there’s a hardwood chair that the biggest man can trust,



Welcome, welcome all my friends,

To Violet’s Vittle Barn,

They got lip smackin’ love that never ends,

At Violet’s Vittle Barn,

Their fryer’s never stoppin’,

And there’s lots of bread for soppin’,

So take the drive and pop in,

To Violet’s Vittle Barn,



There’s chicken and taters and bacon-beans,

Ham loaf, corn bread and collard greens,

White bread stuffing and our special mac and cheese,

Their rare roast beef is cut real thick,

And every place setting gets a butter stick,

And homemade biscuits that will knock you to your knees,









They got both city style and country ham,

Four kinds of gravy and eight kinds of jam,

And the deviled eggs are extra jumbo size,

There’s whole catfish and hushpuppies too,

And every other Monday is rabbit stew,

And leave some room for amazing home made pies,





Pack up the whole fam-damnilly,

To Violet’s Vittle Barn,

Both regular and the good sweet tea,

At Violet’s Vittle Barn,

It’s feedin’ time adventures,

And hunger fire quenchers,

Bring Grandma and her dentures,

To Violet’s Vittle Barn,

It’s Violet’s Vittle Barn,

Violet’s Vittle Barn.

Zombie Cat


Zombie Cat



Now this here’s a story that some folks don’t believe

But I swear it’s true and happened to me just last New Years Eve

I was drinkin’ homemade wine with my next door neighbor Steve

That’s when we first saw that cat



I wasn’t payin’ much attention when that cat walked by

It kind of leaned to the left and only had one eye

And the closer I looked the more I wondered why

That cat looked like it just rose from the dead



Something triggered claxons that I should be on guard

I chucked a rock and yelled at it to get out of my yard

But it didn’t run and it turned to me and stared real one-eyed hard

And I knew then that this cat was a zombie



Chorus:

Zombie Cat, raised up from the grave

It takes just a little voodoo for the dead not to behave

Zombie blood, pumping through kitty veins

Thinking about some kitty chow that tastes just like my brains



Now zombie cat stared straight at me, it’s evil eye was sure

Commenced to drooling through its fangs and twitchin’ matted fur

I knew right then that just one thing I had could make it purr

All the kitty wanted was my brains



So I ran inside and grabbed my rifle down from up the mantle

Aiming to shoot the life out of this cranium content vandal

So I took a bead and pulled the trigger to snuff the bastards’ candle

And the whole damn cat exploded in my yard



Chorus:

Zombie Cat, Satan resurrected

Little kitty cat done had it’s feline soul infected

Zombie puss, licking it’s deadly paws

Hope my final sight in life aint zombie kitty claws





So I was then victorious and weren’t so much as scratched

And you’d think I sleep much better knowing it had been dispatched

But every night I think the zombie cat may have re-hatched

Cause you know the damn thing has 8 lives left



Chorus:

Zombie Cat, hiding in the weeds

Seeking out the moonlight to fulfill it’s zombie needs

Zombie blood, pumping through kitty veins

keep your little jingle balls, cause all they want is brains.



Zombie cats are after your brains.

I Like You


I Like You.



Music and lyrics by Jack Deremiah

©2011 Jack Deremiah



I like you,

you make me smile,

you make the clouds all turn and miss me by a mile.

You’re the best that ever way,

near as I can tell,

A little of your laughter leaves me ringing like a bell,

I like you.



I like you,

you’re pretty great,

to know you’re there tomorrow I can hardly wait.

You’re a shiny copper penny

in the bottom of the pool,

A double dipper sundae on the final day of school,

I like you.



(whistle verse)



You’re the kind of friend I need

to get me through each day,

You’re cool, you’re neat, you’re really sweet

and all I have to say,

Is I like you.



I like you,

you make me laugh,

you’re silly smile is just a giggle and a half,

When you walk into the room

I know the air is fit to breath,

Until you turn to go, you know that I will never leave,

I like you

I like you,

I like you,

I like you.

John's Garage


John’s Garage



Music and lyrics by Jack Deremiah

©2011 Jack Deremiah



v

He works away his days for the Union,

cuttin’ steel like his daddy did before,

Smoked meat is his holy communion,

he don’t understand why some folks ask for more.



v

He ain’t worn a tie since he was twenty,

His Carhart coat goes everywhere he needs.

Two pair of boots turned out to be plenty,

And knuckles that don’t tell him when they bleed.



c

And John’s got his garage the way he likes it,

A swivel chair and a Kenmore full of beer,

Miller High Life on the neon sign,

The stereo plays old Jon Prine,

And if you’re looking you can find him here.



v

Him and Patty raised their kids with manners,

It seems like they have always had some dogs,

But they’re not the kind to march around with banners,

They’d rather sit and watch the cracklin’ logs



v

And they ain’t wrote the jazz that he can sit through,

He likes the ones where the singer plays guitar,

And if you don’t know him yet, you might not get to.

Unless you agree Todd Snyder is a star



c

And John’s got his garage the way he likes it,

A fresh cold beer is just eight steps away,

He’s an aging Peter Pan,

The soul of everyman

All he asks is just a quiet day.

One Shoe


One Shoe

©2010 Jack Deremiah



v

One shoe,

It’s just not right

How’d you end up all alone tonight

Where in the world is your natural mate

How’d you find in a singular state



c

From the day you were created it was meant to be

It’s silly if you think there was a doubt

You’re only half of nature’s synchronicity

And teamwork is what you’re all about



v

Dunb shoe,

How’d you get to be here

You’ll get nowhere without your partner near

You’ll get no bookings as a solo act

You’re one of two, a mathematical fact



c

Didn’t you study your history

And how we work together to go far

From the sandal to the skate it’s not a mystery

There’s no fun with just one bumper car



Short instrumental



c

The present has a way of being hard to judge

The past is just a book already read

The future is a window with a great big smudge

You have to lead or else you will be led



v

One shoe,

You silly thing

A bird would fly in circles with just one wing

But with a little help you can soon bounce back

Let me lend a hand and get you back on track



One shoe.  Dumb shoe.  Poor shoe.


Ten Ways To Texas


This was just an exercise in playing with numbers and colors.





10 Ways To Texas



©2012 Jack Deremiah



I got 1 set of principles

But 2 ways of looking at them

3 bald tires that I ride,

I got 4 personalities

But 5 of them’s crazy,

And 6 empty beer cans by my side



I got 7 or 8 of my 9 lives left

But where ever this country boy may roam,

The closer it gets me,

The more it effects me,

There’s gotta be

10 ways to Texas and home.



We got 2 kinds of girls,

4 kinds of pretty,

6 different seasons in one,

We got 8 kinds of snakes,

10 kinds of skeeters,

And a dozen ways to turn your night to fun,



We got 14 good teams,

and 16 big dreams,

That each man and woman can own,

We got 18 ways to hoot,

Wearing 20 kinds of boots,

There must be,

10 ways to Texas and home.



Bridge:

There’s brick roads out of Oklahoma

Gravel roads Louisiana way,

Arkansas has tar that will cling to your car

But every road will get you where I stay



We got blue water flying

Under a big yellow sun

That makes me all red in half a day,

We got black water churnin’

Green fields turnin’

Chasing my brown funk away,



In my favorite purple pants

I’ll do a short lived violet dance

That’s turning my Mamma’s hair grey

The evening sky is pink,

But the white line is my link,

There must be 10 ways to Texas and home,

10 ways to Texas and home.

Lovely Ice Cream


Lovely Ice Cream



©2012 Jack Deremiah



v

Some might call me crazy

and some might not agree

But I cannot deny the things

That make old me be me

I surely know what I like

What makes me feel supreme

My deepest, darkest, secret love

Is a gallon of Ice Cream



Chorus:

Oh, Ice Cream

Lovely Ice Cream

It’s in the freezer case.

That’s me with the giant scooper

And a smile that’s frozen on my face



v

Don’t ask my favorite flavor

Certain blend or brand

It’s bargain bin or premium plus

Whatever is at hand,

I cover it with Hershey sauce

And whipped cream all the way

And maybe even a tiny flag

Just in case it’s Veteran’s Day



Chorus:

Oh, Ice Cream

Lovely Ice Cream

Morning, night and noon

Hurry up and fix a cup

Do not fret cause I got my own spoon



Bridge

Chocolate, vanilla, pralines and cream,

Black forest sundae, banana supreme,

Cherry, strawberry, pistachio, mint,

Rocky road, horny toad and belly button lint

Frozen, whipped and pasteurized

Nothing can compare,

I’ll be your best friend evermore,

If you got a bowl to spare,



Chorus:

Oh Ice Cream

Lovely Ice Cream

It will be the death of me

But I want to die in a Dairy Queen

Bury me underneath a cherry tree.

Daddy Knows


Daddy Knows



Once upon a time your Dad was young

Seems to me like it was yesterday

So many loves songs waiting to be sung

And great romance seemed so far away



But life is like a diamond in the earth

Only time and pressure make it so

But in the end you see what it was worth

And how each tiny seed you plant can grow



Daddy knows, my son, Daddy knows

Daddy sees every ache in your soul

I wish I could steal every pain you feel

But I must let them heal on their own

Daddy sees, my son, Daddy sees

Sometimes life puts us to our knees

And I hope you see we can make it be

But there’s no guarantee and Daddy knows



You are such a wonderful young man

I’m so proud of you that I could bust

You have got the whole world in your hands

I wish there was a future I could trust



I know at times I’m slow to show my love

So slow sometimes you hardly know it’s there

Like dust you cannot catch a basket of

But over time you’ll find it everywhere



Daddy knows, my son, Daddy knows

Daddy sees every sting as it grows

I would draw you close and chase every ghost

But to help the most I must be still

Daddy cries, my son, Daddy cries

Sometimes all alone in disguise

May you grow to be what I know I see

But there’s no guarantee and Daddy knows

The Only Girl I Love


The Only Girl I Love

©2012 Jack Deremiah





I detect you in the atmosphere

A lingering scent that tells me you where here

And in that breath I see it all so clear

To tell the tale,

I did inhale

You are the only girl I love.



I heard someone laughing just like you,

In that funny little way you do

So I went and told a joke or two

Just to hear

You in my ear

You are the only girl I love.



Each dark night belongs to you,

Just like every cloudless blue

And everything that I do,

Brings back you



(instrumental)



They said a shooting star and I closed my eyes,

Cause I have everything I need

I bid my saved up wishes all goodbye

You are the song

I’ve needed so long

You are the only girl I love.

You are the only girl I love.

Sometimes Love Is Best (when it's gone)


Sometimes Love Is Better (when it’s gone)

©2011 Jack Deremiah



(verse)

I remember all the things we said before

Before we ever started keeping score

And every little outfit that you wore

But it’s been a while since you touched my front door



(chorus)

Some memories are easy to erase

But good ones always seem to carry on

I close my eyes and see your pretty face

Sometimes love is better when it’s gone



(verse)

Pretending’s such an easy thing to do

Like how it might have been with me and you

Reality is something we both knew

And one is just much easier than two



(chorus)

Some things just don’t go as we planned

And offers made seem to be withdrawn

And fires only start when they are fanned

Sometimes love is better when it’s gone



(bridge)

And love, once begun

Fills every song and poem ever done

But love, won’t stop goodbye

It’s the cause of all the tears

Has been for all these years

And once it disappears

We all just cry







(verse)

Memories are all that I can see

Those memories, it turns out, are the key

Cause only all the best ones stay with me

And in my heart I know that you agree



(chorus)

The silence of this room is all I know

As I sit and wait alone for the dawn

I must have been so high to be this low

And sometimes love is better when it’s gone

Sometimes love is better when it’s gone

There's That Moon Again


There’s That Moon Again

©2012 Jack Deremiah





v

Redwing blackbird sittin’ on a fence

His whole life makes perfect sense

Eat when you can, sing when you might

Fly all day; sleep all night

v

Old red truck, runnin down the road

Bent and swayed without no load

Wired on door, colored with rust

Coughin and cryin’ and kicking up dust



c

There’s that moon again

Followed me all the way here

There’s that moon again

Hangin real low

Where ever I go

There’s that moon again



v

Big old moo-cow standing in the grass

Lookin’ at me sayin’ “kiss my ass”

Chewin’ in the sunshine, swishin’ in the shade

Big old moo-cow got it made

v

Used to have a dog, a dog named Ted

Only had one trick, lying in bed

Used to yell at Ted to get out of my way

When old Ted died I cried all day



c

There’s that moon again

Followed me all the way home

There’s that moon again

There’s that moon again

Hangin real low

Where ever I go

There’s that moon again



v

Me and that moon got history

I know him, he knows me

Ain’t no blue cheese, ain’t no air

I know that cause I been there

v

Ain’t much a man can count upon

But that old moon keeps gettin’ along

Ain’t no nova, ain’t no star

Me and that moon are just what we are



c

There’s that moon again

Followed me all the way home

There’s that moon again

There’s that moon again

Shining so bright

Waking up the night

There’s that moon again
Hello friends.

This blog exists soley for posting my song lyrics.  I had to figure out a way to make multiple documents accesible so here I am.  I am going to post each one singly.

People familiar with me - you can skip the next paragraph.

Hello new friends.  My name is Jack and I am from Illinois.  I am a "maturing" man with a large catalog of song lyrics that I hope someone will at least read befored I kick the bucket.  I have several musician friends working on stuff so I needed to find a place so they could see things in one place.

Enjoy if you might.

Jack.