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GADGET DADDY

When your gizmo's on the fritz,
When your whatzit calls it quits,
When your whirlygig won't crank,
When your dohickey needs a yank,
When your gew-gaws get entangled,
When your dingle-bob gets mangled,

(Chorus:)
Bring it round to Gadget Daddy.
Don't let misfortune give you fits.
Put your faith in Gadget Daddy
And his little bag of tricks.

When your mojo blows a gasket,
When your knick knack just can't hack it,
When your dynamo gets lazy,
When your doodlebug goes crazy,
When your shebang's lost its pop,
When your whatnot don't do squat, (Chorus)

Gadget Daddy he's a walking wonder.
He's a cool cucumber, he's a smokin' joe.
Gadget Daddy he's a jack of diamonds.
He's your go-to guru when you've got to go.

When your wizzy wig is jinxed,
When your curlicue gets kinks,
When your ju ju's out of juice,
When your caboodle needs a boost,
When your whatchacallit fizzles,
When your do-dads don't do diddle,

When your baubles needs some polish,
When your trinket's been demolished,
When your thingmajig won't start,
When your humdinger fall apart,
Whatever ails your whatchagot,
You-Know-Who can help a lot. (Chorus)

FOOL WHO WOULD NOT RUSH IN
She got away and I let her go.
I missed my chance. I moved too slow.
I've made worse mistakes,
But I don't know when.
I was a fool who would not rush in.

My heart said hurry. My head said wait.
I hesitated; now it's too late.
Some other guy is where I coulda been.
I was a fool who would not rush in.

So let this be a lesson to all the fools like me
Afraid to lay their hearts out on the line.
Don't go holding back when you're
Reaching for the stars;
You'll end up empty handed every time.

Coulda been my name she calls at night.
Coulda been her arms that hold me tight.
But it does not good to think about
What it coulda been.
I was a fool who would not rush in

MY FATHER'S WILDEST DREAM
My father lived a quiet life
Of ordinary means,
Safe within the soft confines
Of comfortable routines.
As steady as the ticking clock
That measured out his days,
He walked a straight and narrow path
But I went the other way.

(Chorus:)
Cross your fingers.Place your bets.
See what tomorrow brings.
It could be argued I became
My father's wildest dream.

I do not have my father's eyes,
Nor were our views the same.
He gave himself to order
But I would not be tamed.
An unresolved transgression,
His misbegotten child,
A weed among his roses
That flourished in the wild.(Chorus)

I was with him when he died
One late November day,
But there was no exchange of words
Before he slipped away.
Thus it sometimes is between
The father and the son:
Strangers of a common blood
Without a common tongue.(Chorus)

LET THIS MIGHTY RIVER ROLL
(Song For Glen Canyon)

Down among the redwalls
Where the canyon wrens once flew;
In this wilderness of stone
They called The Place That No One Knew,
Through a million years of grace
Before these little schemes of men,
Once there was a river.
Let it be there once again.

(Chorus:)
Let her go.
Give this river back her soul.
Let her waters be released.
Let this mighty river flow.
Let her go.
Restore that glory down below.
Let her waters be set free.
Let this mighty river roll.

There's no music in this water
Washing slack upon the shore,
No joy in this light that cannot
Touch the canyon floor.
There's just an ever-present question
Blowing in the desert wind:
Do we have it in ourselves
To let this river run again? (Chorus)

Do we want to be remembered
As the ones who who not stand,
Who would not raise their many voices,
Or join their many hands?
Or shall history record
That we were there to win the day.
We gathered at the river
And we would not go away.(Chorus)

SOMEONE IS WATCHING OVER YOU
Someone is watching over you.
Someone sees everything you do.
Someong who never sleeps;
Someone who plays for keeps;
Someone is watching over you.

Someone is listening to your thoughts.
Someone has keys to all your locks.
Someone keeps a dossier
That tracks your movements every day.
Someone is watching over you.

Before you go to sleep at night
Do you pray to see the light?
Do you beg forgiveness
For your multitude of sins?
Do you get down on your knees
And mumble your apologies,
And promise to be good
If yoy can just wake up again?
Someone is watching over you.

Someone will come for you someday.
Someone will carry you away.
Someone will pick a time and place
And you'll disappear without a trace.
Someone is watching over you.
Someone is watching over you.

Someong who never sleeps;
Someone who plays for keeps;
Someone is watching over you.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN
I see her face in the motel lobby.
I see her face by the restaurant door.
I see her face in the neon glare
Of the 24-hour convenience store.
I see her face by the truckstop payphones
A thousand miles from her home town.
She's smiling just like nothing happened;
Her eyes are green this time around.

(Chorus:)
Have you seen this woman?
Take a good look at her face.
She stepped out her front door one day
And disappeared without a trace.
Have you seen this woman?
She might be anywhere out there.
Keep a lookout in your travels
And maybe say a little prayer.

It's a town like any other.
It's a day like all the rest.
She gets up and has her coffee,
Puts on her favorite yellow dress.
Later on her next-door neighbor
Sees her driving down the avenue,
Then a hole opens up in the middle of a life
And flesh and blood falls through.(Chorus)

...For Amy Betchell
For Rachel Charles
For Stephanie Condon
For Jennifer Brown

All we know is she went shopping,
After that the picture fades.
The clerk says she came in alone
And left with milk and bread and eggs.
They found her car in the parking lot
The keys in the ignition,
But no one saw or heard a thing
Which might arouse suspicion. (Chorus)

...For Madelyn Clifton
For Kristen Hatfield
For Sandra Keller
For Jessica Cain

Do you ever get the feeling
We've fallen from a state of grace?
You look around your neighborhood
And you don't recognize the place.
Listen to the minutes ticking,
Look into a stranger's eyes,
Ask each other what kind of world
Would eat its tender young alive?

I see her face in the motel lobby.
I see her face by the restaurant door.
I see her face in the neon glare
Of the 24-hour convenience store.
I see her face by the truckstop payphones,
A thousand miles from her home town.
She's smiling just like nothing happened;
Her eyes are green this time around.

Have you seen this woman?
Have you seen this woman?
Have you seen this woman?
Where is Trudy Appleby?
Where is Amber Barker
Where is Amanda Dixon?
Where is Loren Easterling?
Where is Sabrina Eisenberg?
Where is Nicole Hendrix?
Where is Jennifer Hull?
Where is Amanda James?
Where is Morgan Kroos?
Where is Christen Lamb?
Where is Mary Love?
Where is Crystal Marler?
Where is Rachel Mellon?
Where is Deborah Palmer?
Where is Laura Reyes?
Where is Alexia Reale?
Where is Michaela Schafer?
Where is Chere Tomayko?
Where is Deborah Wooten?
Have you seen this woman?
Have you seen this woman?
Have you seen this woman?

IT'S A FUNNY WORLD
Look at all these cars
Flying down the highway,
In a mighty rush
To get from here to over there.
Everybody staring straight ahead
And looking so unhappy.
Don't they know it's a funny world
That we're living in?

Look at all these billboards
Trying to pick our pockets,
Trying to make us want
A lot of stuff that we don't need.
We got so much already,
How come we're never satisfied?
Oh, it's a funny world
That we're living in.

Funny how we all agree
That money can't buy happiness;
Funny how nobody knows
How we got ourselves in such a mess.

Look at all these houses
Jammed so close together,
Like rows and rows of tombstones
From here to kingdom come.
People talk about the good life
And my god I think they mean it.
Oh, it's a funny world
That we're living in.

Funny how the world goes 'round
And leaves us all behind;
Funny how this funny world
an break your heart sometimes.

Look at all this progress
hewing up the scenery,
Paving over everything
That can't get out of the way.
It ain't a pretty picture
But we all see what we want to.
Oh, it's a funny world
That we're living in.
O it's a funny world
That we're living in.

I AIN'T GOT THE BLUES
I Ain't got the blues;
I Ain't got 'em bad.
I think they just might be
The worst I've ever never had.
I Don't walk the floor;
Don't moan and cry;
My life is great,
And you're the reason why.

I used to be
Such a sorry case.
I couldn't find a smile
That would fit my face.
Used to sing the blues
'Til my well ran dry,
But I changed my tune,
And you're the reason why.

(Chorus:)
You're the reason why
The future looks so bright.
You're the reason why
I sleep so good at night.
Ain't a cloud in the sky;
Ain't a tear in my eye;
I ain't got the blues
And you're the reason why

I Ain't got the blues
That leave me cold.
These arms don't ache
For someone to hold.
I ain't feeling like
I'm fixing to die.
I've been reborn,
And you're the reason why. (Chorus)

SOMETHING THAT I ATE
I met someone tonight.
She knocked me off my feet.
We worked up an appetite
Then had a bite to eat.
I got home a while ago
But I can't get to sleep.
There's too much agitation down there
Where my two ends meet.

(Chorus:)
Oh, my! I wonder what it means.
Could it be I just met
The woman of my dreams?
Something in me somewhere
Got bent all out of shape
Either I'm in love
Or it was something that I ate.

My hands are cold and clammy
My eyes won't focus right.
My knees have gotten weak
And my head feels kinda light.
Something very hot
Has set my heart on fire tonight.
Was it those enchiladas
Or just holding her so tight? (Chorus)

Well, it never woulda happened
If I'd gone a little slow,
But my hungers ran away with us
And we just watched them go.
The last thing I remember
Were the kisses and the beer,
Then everything went blank
'Til I ended up back here.

I hope I get relief
With this medicine I took.
I hope my vital organs
Get over being shook.
I hope that by tomorrow
I feel better than I look.
I hope I got her number
And I hope they fire that cook.(Chorus)

LOVE MAKES ME STUPID
I've been investigating
A peculiar situation.
I've read the literature
And listened to the speculation.
I've gone into the field
To study it first hand,
Yet there remains a point or two
I still don't understand.

(Chorus:)
Why does love make me stupid?
How can the heart be so cruel?
Why does that rascal Cupid
Like to see me playing the fool?

I've monkeyed with the numbers
And made lengthy calculations.
I've analyzed the spreadsheets
In search of explanations.
I've looked the contract over
With a most judicious eye,
But I never see the loop-holes
'Til they've hung me out to dry.(Chorus)

I've consulted with my friends
But they don't have a clue.
I've asked the crystal ball,
Please tell me what to do.
I even went to church
To see if God might leave a sign,
But all I got was, Kid, your guess
Is just as good as Mine. (Chorus)

So I'm developing a theory
About the human race
Wherein love is just another
Cream pie in your face,
And I've made a c-commitment
To the moon and stars above
To duck a little faster next time
Someone mentions love. (Chorus)

You know, I think I'm so smart
'Til I get hit by his dart,
Then I end up playing the fool.

NOW THE WORDS COME SO EASY
Years and years have gone
Since I promised you this song;
I don't know why I'm writing it now.
I thought I'd seen the last
Of all those nights I passed
Attempting words my pen
Would not allow.

(Chorus:)
Now the words come so easy.
Where they've been this long
I'll never know.
Now the words come so easy
And in a perfect world
You'd have heard them long ago.

They aren't hard words at all;
Looking back I can't recall
What made them seem
So out of reach back then;
But that's what words will do:
They'll get the best of you
Just by leaving you
With nowhere to begin.(Chorus)

So here they finally lay,
The best that I can say
Set down in the plainest way I know:
Thank you for staying close
When I needed you the most.
And thank you more for knowing
When to let me go. (Chorus)

QUIET HANDS
After all is said and done,
After my time has come and gone,
Let my life have been the scene
Of useful works and graceful things,
And I will rest with quiet hands.
I will rest with quiet hands.