Honest Sam (1982)

California Love Song

Blackjack

You Pick Me Up

Caught in a Lie

Your Ever-lovin'

She's All Right


California Love Song    (Play)
You started in California
And ended up in love
You caught your prize
And now you're throwin' him away

Everyone tried to warn ya
Don't bend the rules of love
You closed your eyes
Like a child refusing to play

Well what about all those promises made?
For better, for worse, not for sale or for trade
And didn't you say you'd be there?
And didn't you say you'd play fair?
What a parade!

Your side, his side
He's wrong, you're right
It goes on and on
You never get anywhere

He's home, you're gone
You're right and he's wrong
He's tired of trying
And you're too tired to care

Well what about all those promises made?
For better, for worse, not for sale or for trade
And didn't you say you'd be there?
And didn't you say you'd play fair?
What a parade!

You stared in California
And ended up alone

© 1981 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Blackjack   (Play)

 
Well, what the hell
The worst you can do is lose
When you're a gambler
Solving mysteries without clues

Stay up 'til morning
Playing twenty-one
Now this is really living
'Cause winning is so much fun

Don't stop now
We've only just begun
I need another card to make twenty-one

Hit me, hit me (Ooo yeah)
Hit me, hit me (with a club)
Hit me, hit me (with a diamond).
Hit me, hit me (hit me harder, harder)
Hit me, hit me (with a club)

I've had some good times
Winning until dawn
And I've had bad times, too
Losing all night long

When desperation calls me
I see her one and raise her three
'Cause breaking even
Is good enough for me

{chorus}

The girl across the table
Is taking all my money!

{chorus}

© 1982 Brad Rosaschi

 

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You Pick Me Up (Play)
When I'm down on my luck
And there's nothing to laugh about
You pick me up
And amuse me without a doubt

Who can make a joke out of anything
Like you can
And who can keep a mad man smiling
Like you can
You pick me up
You pick me up
You pick me up

When the chips are all gone
And I'm holding a losing hand
You pick me up
And take me to Wonderland

{chorus}

When I can't understand
And I'm trying so hard to see
You pick me up
Like magic in poetry

{chorus}

© 1982 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Caught in a Lie
Hey girl, I've been watching
You turning love into crime
You'll fall sooner or later
It's just a matter of time

Before you get caught in a lie
Before you get caught in a lie

I've seen good men taken
By other girls of your kind
You'll find just like they did
It's just a matter of time

Before you get caught in a lie
Before you get caught in a lie

If love is a game, and gaming is fun
Then play by the rules
Your lovers are blind
Your fish on the line are nothing but fools

You think you're so good looking
Desired by all of the guys
One thing you never thought of
It's just a matter of time

Before you get caught in a lie
Before you get caught in a lie

© 1981 Brad Rosaschi

 

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Your Ever-lovin'
Who
Walks by every evening
Without any meaning
He's lamppost leaning
Honey, it's your ever-lovin'

Who's
Afraid to come knocking
With flowers and toffee
He keeps on walking
Honey, it's your ever-lovin'

Who can it be
Open your eyes and you'll see
It's me

Who dreams about you
When the lights have gone out
And cares if you're sleeping alone
Who makes a game
Out of writing your name
On the cold winter windows at home

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Who
Requires no assistance
Gets no resistance
He loves from a distance
Honey, it's your ever-lovin'

Who's
Afraid to come knocking
With flowers and toffee
He keeps on walking
Honey, it's your ever-lovin'

{chorus}

© 1982 Brad Rosaschi

 

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She's All Right
She is a hard working city girl
With cobwebs on her shoulder
Scars on her memory
From doing what they've told her to do
To survive

She rides with another man
Who doesn't even know her
She cries for a lover-man
Someone who can show her that

She's all right, yes (she's all right)
She's all right, yes (she's all right)
She's all right for you (all right)
She's all right for you (all right)

She's good enough for you She dreams by the light of day
There might be another way
Someone to hold her
Someone who knows that she's all right

Alone in the dead of night
Fighting with all her might
She hates being frustrated

She's all right for you (all right)
She's all right for you (all right)

She is a fine-looking city girl
With cobwebs on her shoulder
Scars on her memory
And acts a little older, but

She's all right, yes (she's all right)
She's all right, yes (she's all right)
She's all right for you

© 1982 Brad Rosaschi

 

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