Recorded/Mixed & Produced By

Michael McCarty

At ATOMIC FOOT RECORDS

What’s gone is gone…like day & night –
 What’s long is long…& what’s tight is tight –
What’s strong is strong…no matter how hard you fight –
 What’s dark stays dark…’til you turn on the light –
What’s wrong is wrong…
 What’s right is right -
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You can bluff someone…you can steal & cheat -
 You can lay down next to someone…while you feel that
 body heat –
You can lie right to their face…tell ‘em they’re the only one –
 Sooner or later it’s bound to catch up with you…When  
  it does it’s gonna take a bite –
What’s wrong is wrong…
 What’s right is right –
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Don’t bother thinking, if you think you might –
 Just stop your worrying, it’s all inside –
If you analyze everything in sight…
 Pretty soon, you won’t know, what’s wrong or right –
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(REPEAT VERSE 1)

(VERSE 2 BACKWARD GERMAN)

What’s right is right –

Ç 2009

“Your Kind Of Music” ASCAP

(all rights reserved)

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2. WAKE UP (It's Here)

(McCarty)

 

Sometimes I’m asleep –
I can’t always tell you when -
But I know time’s been here,
that will never come again –
Too tired to notice – Too far-gone to care –
Another moment, here and lost,
and I wasn’t even there –

There are angels - there are demons -
and if you don’t stay awake…
it can be hard to tell which advice
to ignore -- or which to take –
There’s a path that leads out of the cities…
the villages and towns –
Far past the things that we collect…
beyond the sacred ground –

Wake up – Shake your head –
Wipe away the tears and fear  -
Wake up – Something’s happening…
It may not be too clear – but,
Before you miss another chance –
Before you disappear –
Wake up, your next moment
    Is here –   

You can bury them, or burn them –
scatter them at sea –
Ashes to ashes -
What will be, will be, will be ---- but
When it’s over, it’s not over –
Not ‘til the lady sings her song –
Sometimes she sings too quickly…
sometimes she takes so long-

Wake up – Shake your head –
Wipe away the tears and fear  -
Wake up – Something’s happening…
It may not be too clear – but,
Before you make another mistake –
Before you disappear –
Wake up, your next moment
Is here –

(Solo)

Before you miss another chance –
Before you disappear –
Wake up, your next moment
Is here -

Ç 2009

YOUR KIND OF MUSIC ASCAP

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3. WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

(McCarty/Watts)

 

I know you’re afraid –
 Close your eyes…
 And do it anyway –

You gotta be brave –
It’s no surprise…
It’s a challenge everyday –
(Chorus)
You gotta be strong –
 Nothing ever lasts that long –
(BG’s) You know it –
 You know it’s time to hold on –
 There’s hope when things go wrong –
You’ll never be free –
If you surrender now…
What you see is what will be -

It’s hard to let go –
Clear your mind…
Right now is all you know –

(Repeat Chorus)
(Bridge)
You gotta be…
 you gotta be strong –
(Solo Over Verse)
Repeat Verse 1
Chorus Out –
 

Ç 2009

YOUR KIND OF MUSIC ASCAP

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4.  Over & Over

(McCarty)

She was smart and I’m a man –
She could talk until I couldn’t understand a word –
She said, “Emotionally I need something more.”
And I said, “In a minute.” Watching TV, lying on the floor –
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(Chorus)
Over & Over, around ‘n round ‘n round ‘n round –
Over & Over, the same old ground –

She knows what she wants, she’s a girl –
She said, “There’s nothing I want more in this world,
than just to be who I am and be OK .”
And I said, “You be you & I’ll be me, unless you know some other way.”

(REPEAT CHORUS)

After all this time, I think you know me well enough,
to know I love you just the way you are.
So if it’s all the same, I’ll acquiesce tonight,
how else could we have ever come this far?

(SOLO)

I was tired and she’s a girl.
Sometimes I like to take a step outside this world,
and she said, ”You know the more you do the more you do.”
And I said, ‘Less is more --- the space between's important too.”

(REPEAT CHORUS)
Over & Over, around ‘n round ‘n round she goes –
Where she stops --- heaven knows - 


(copyright -

Michael McCarty –
YOUR KIND OF MUSIC – A.S.C.A.P.)

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5. OLD FRIEND

Our friend – Our old friend –
You left us here – waiting at the end –
Just when the journey…is about to begin –
You’re leaving us behind…old friend –

Some souls are lucky – they’ll have you now –
What we have lost – they have found –
Life is hard – I hear there’s a plan –
I guess one day, we’ll all understand –

But ‘til that day – you’re with us too –
And we’ll all try and stay…as strong as you –
On that day, we meet again – that lovely day we meet again –
We’ll see your warm loving smile…old friend –
Your beautiful soul…old friend –

Doesn’t matter why – doesn’t matter when –
Can’t matter now – won’t matter then –
Always together…never alone –
When we’re finished here, we’re all going home
And we’ll see you then…old friend –
Yes, we’ll all see you again…old friend -

Ç 2009

6. Hard Enough
(McCarty)

I heard what you’ve been sayin’,
Yeh, I got the call –
And I know who’ve you’ve been seein’,
Now I’ve seen it all –

Nobody cares if you’re lyin’
You’re the one who takes the fall –
You think you fool everybody ---
Baby, you don’t fool anybody at all –

You always get what you want,
You don’t care how.
You want it all when you want it,
And you want it now –

Nobody cares how you get it,
You’re the one who takes the fall –
You think you fool everybody,
Baby, you don’t fool anybody at all –

When it all comes crashin’ down around you,
When you feel you’re all alone –
I’m not the one that made it hard on ya darlin’ –
Life is hard enough on it’s own –

You’re still young, and ya know how to use it –
(It doesn’t mean your dreams come true)
One of these days, I know you don’t believe it ---
You’re gonna find out --- it’s not all about you –

Is this what you’re all about? Looks & wealth?
Who are you ever gonna trust --- when you can’t trust yourself?

Nobody cares if you’re lyin’ –
The universe won’t fall apart –
You think you fool everybody ---
Baby --- you’re not that smart –

When it all comes crashin’ down around you,
When you feel you’re all alone –
I’m not the one that made it hard on ya darlin’ –
Life is hard enough on it’s own –
Life is hard enough ---
(copyright  2009 - Michael McCarty - Your Kind Of Music - A.S.C.A.P.)

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7. ONCE UPON A TIME

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9. WHAT A MESS YOU MADE

(McCarty/Watts)

 

Ooo – baby, what a heart of stone -
You tease ’em & leave ‘em all alone –
You like to think their hearts will never be free –
 And you do it so comfortably –
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You steal a life… you break a heart –
 You like to watch it all fall apart –
Enjoy the drama… you love the game –
Not win or lose, but how you place the blame -
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(Chorus)
Another back, another knife -
 She’ll stab, and stab, ‘til you can’t survive –
Don’t let her fool you, she’ll hide the blade -
 Ooo – baby, what a mess you made -________________________________________________
All those memories of you will fade –
 Walls will fall, where the stones were laid -
You’ll just be one more mistake I made –
 One more party I overstayed  -
(Repeat Chorus w/) She’ll stab & stab ‘til she gets it right -
(Bridge)
It’s not all about you – There’re other people here too –
 It’s a beautiful world –
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You’ve never, ever even had a clue –
 You’re so afraid someone else’ll hurt you –
You can’t really love while you’re afraid –
(Chorus out w/) It’s a beautiful world –
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10. I'M OVER YOU

(McCarty/Watts)

 

I know you’re worried ‘bout the other night –
 I was worried too, but now it’s all right –
You went a little crazy, baby, that’s what you do…
Now I’m Over You –
Don’t think twice about the things you said –
 You impressed everyone… at least in your head –
You’re crazy, that’s OK… I’m crazy too…
 And I’m Over You –

I’d like to have a fairytale romance come true –
 Who wouldn’t love to have somebody love you?
But you can’t have it all and act like you do…
 I’m Over You –

Don’t give another thought to things you’ve done –
 Everybody loves you, you’re always so much fun – Looking for answers and you don’t have a clue…
That I’m Over You –

I know you love to have everybody look at you –
 You crave attention… it’s all a dream come true –
Well, you can’t have it all and act like you do…
I’m Over You –

I’m Over You –

I’m Over You -

c-2009

ASCAP

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