Clean Fun (1981)

Dark Secrets

Clean Fun

Love is Like the Rain

Blue Ribbon Girl

I'm in Love Again

Cranberries

Company Fool

The Other Side of Me

Goodbye Candy

Selfish Desire

All Because of You

Soon



Dark Secrets (Play)
Dark secrets
What would your father say
Will they be nice and safe
Taking them to your grave
Those dark secrets

Do they infest your mind
Like dandelion
Do you protect them
Like insecticide
Those dark secrets

Dark secrets
How can you sleep at night
Do they pull on your reigns
Even control your dreams
Those dark secrets

Are you afraid to choose
'Tween win and lose
'Tween right and wrong
Or confessions
And dark secrets

© 1980 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Clean Fun (Play)
I used to hang out with the guys
We used to pull the wings off of flies
We would do all of those things
That respectable people deny

But now I've changed my style
I'm going straight for a while
If I can only convince my left hand
To agree with my right

See, I'm okay, I'm not really mean
Dropping these coins into machines
I can be happy without squeezing kittens
And making them scream

Because I've changed my life
I've made a sacrifice
If I can only convince my left hand
To agree with my right

I'm having clean fun
I'm having clean fun
I'm having clean fun
I'm having clean fun

© 1980 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Love is Like the Rain
Liberty had John
And Billy, Marie
Barbara had Tony
And Kathy had me

But in the end they found out
Love is not so fun
What was once
Now is all undone

Everlasting promises
Gone with the wind
Nothing left to do
But start over again

Love is like the sunshine
On a crystal water day
But when it's gone
Love is like the rain

Once upon a lifetime
Is what it should be
But for some it takes
A lifetime to see

That love is like a river
Breathing life into the land
But when it's gone
Love is like the sand

Liberty had John
And Billy, Marie
Barbara had Tony
And Kathy had me

But in the end they found out
Love is not so fun
What was once
Now is all undone

© 1980 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Blue Ribbon Girl
Blue ribbon eyes
And gold medal kisses
She'll give you anything
You want for Christmas
The girl's a prize
That special kind
Is hard to find

You leave her home
When you can't take her with you
She'll stay alone
And promise to miss you
She spends her time
Passing time
Counting time

Let's give a hand
To the blue ribbon winner
Judged on the genuine
Goodness within her
The girl's a prize
That special kind
Is hard to find

© 1980 Brad Rosaschi

 

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I'm in Love Again
I'm in love again
Can't you tell by this silly grin
Yes, I'm in love with you
And I can't keep away

We're a winning team
Just like blue skies and tangerines
Like gooseberries and cream
You must know what I mean

I'm in love again
Can't you tell by the shape I'm in
Lost in a daze
Like a mouse in a maze

We were meant to be
Just like good times and memories
You were born for me
And I know you agree

© 1980 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Cranberries (Play)
Winter's coming early
Snow is on the way
And the birds are on the run
One thing's for certain
The changing of the season is more than just fun

Ma's in the kitchen
Serving up cranberry pie
Kids are at the table
Savoring every bite

Ooo cranberries
Ooo cranberries

Ride through the forest
And maybe we'll bring back an evergreen
Decorate with promises,
Christmas tales, and cranberries

Run to the shed
Let's haul in some holiday logs
Warm by the fire
We'll all sing holiday songs

Ooo cranberries
Ooo candy canes

© 1980 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Company Fool (Play)
You better watch out for the company's slippery ways
They'll pull you right in like the ocean's innocent waves
They say the harder you try, the higher you'll go
And if you're good you'll go far, but I don't know

They'll fool you into believing
You're in the master plan
That when they're through you'll be
A company man

In time you're working holidays, Sundays, and more
In fact, you're doing everything but running the store
They say you better work faster, you're falling behind
'Cause you can be replaced by someone waiting in line

But by and by you'll make it
You've followed every rule
Guaranteed you'll be
A company fool

By and by you'll make it
You've followed every rule
Guaranteed you'll be
A company fool

When they say jump, you jump like a dog on a chain
When they say crawl, you crawl like a worm and never complain
They've got a certain someone in the palm of their hand
Who can't afford to leave...well, that's part of the plan

But by and by you'll make it
You've followed every rule
Guaranteed you'll be
A company fool
Company fool

© 1981 Brad Rosaschi

 

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The Other Side of Me
I could see this coming
I could feel it in my bones
And that feeling's never wrong

You're just what I needed
You're the answer to my prayers
I've been waiting for so long

There is no other who could take your place
There is nobody in this human race
There is no doubt that you were meant to be
The other side of me

Sitting by the fire
With a pencil in your hand
Sketching pictures of an old man

Dreaming of the future
With music in your heart
Like an angel with a good plan

Barbara, if you only knew
The feelings that I have for you
Grow stronger every time you smile

Let this be a promise
We will be as one together
For longer than a long while

There is no other who could take your place
There is nobody in this human race
There is no doubt that you were meant to be
The other side of me

© 1979 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Goodbye Candy
It's gonna take a miracle
To take you off my mind
But I'm gonna put you right out of my life

Whether you walk away
Or whether you beg to stay
I'm gonna turn you out into the night

It's true
We're through
Oh, Candy

It's true, ya
We're through, ya
Oh, Candy

It would take a firing squad
To make me go back to you
After the terrible things that you've done

Now when I close my eyes
I can see tarts and pies
I can taste taffy and cinnamon gum

Help me, I'm missing my sugar
Help me, sugar
Sugar, I'm needing my sugar

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© 1981 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Selfish Desire (Play)
Selfish desire
How can I be such a fool
Some think I'm crazy
All I can think of is you

Wish it would happen
Wish you were calling for me
Living without you
Is living in agony

You are my wishing well
You color my dreams
You are my selfish desire
My fantasy

Selfish desire
Burning a hole in my life
What in the world
Am I doing without you tonight

How could you do this
How could you tease me this way
You're out of my reach
So near, yet so far away

You are my wishing well
You color my dreams
You are my selfish desire
My fantasy

© 1981 John Sheridan / Brad Rosaschi

 

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All Because of You (Play)
I've been here for hours staring through the wall
Trying to think of reasons I should call

The door is open and the flies are getting in
And it's all because of you

Heaven knows I haven't eaten for a week
Since you said good bye and kissed me on the cheek

My clothes are dirty and my beard is getting long
And it's all because of you

There's a clean spot where your picture used to be
There's a lot of space and it all belongs to me

I'm slowly dying like a flower in the sun
And it's all because of you

I'm slowly dying like a flower in the sun
And I hope you're having fun

© 1982 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Soon
We won't be sleeping here tomorrow
And may not ever see this room
Don't know just how to say it
There's going to be a change soon

Without a course or destination
We'll know exactly what to do
There'll be an expedition
Led by Mr. Intuition soon

It's coming on
It's coming on
Like the quiet of the dawn
I feel it coming on soon

Through the corridors of mystery
We'll be the embryonic light
Together we'll be making history
And it will be

Soon
Soon
Soon

There's something special in the making
Lord knows we're game for something new
Hold your breath and close your eyes
Here comes a good surprise soon

We won't be sleeping in tomorrow
We've got a thousand things to do
Let's get started right away
There's going to be a change soon

{CHORUS}

 

© 1981 Brad Rosaschi

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All songs written by Brad Rosaschi.
Execpt "Selfish Desire", written by John Sheridan & Brad Rosaschi
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