1. |
Coyote
04:33
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Coyote
I kept a dirty dirty secret
In my blue jean pocket
I had another one I hid up my sleeve
And I believed that I could keep it
But karma comes around to every rascal
Every low-down no good fool
And if you think you can keep your secret
Well it's as easy as keeping your cool
A coyote
In grown man's clothing
Forever lonely
Forever free
Down in the valley
Out on the streets
If you push me
I'll show my teeth
When I was living
With caveman junkies
Riff-raff and kings of funky breaks
There was so much
That I was learning
Like how to make
My own mistakes
A coyote
In grown man's clothing
Forever lonely
Forever free
Down in the valley
Out on the streets
If you push me
I'll show my teeth
Well I gave you fair warning
I gave you fair warning
Didn't I?
I gave you fair warning
I gave you fair warning
Didn't I?
A coyote
In grown man's clothing
Forever lonely
Forever free
Down in the valley
Out on the streets
If you push me
I'll show my teeth
If you push me
I'll show my teeth
- lyrics by Shane Forest Cooley (c) 2021
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2. |
Flashbacks
04:14
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Flashbacks
The desperate months
Turn into desperate years
Turn into regrets
I thought I'd never come near
Here I am
Where I've been
Comes back in flashbacks
Here and then
I get flashbacks
When I'm feelin' it
When I'm lucky
The long and lonely roads
That I have chosen
Never quite took the short cuts home
So I roam into the night
Under trees and moonlight
Wishing I could save my own life
I get flashbacks
When I'm feelin' it
I get flashbacks
When I'm feelin' it
We've got a king-sized mattress
For a queen-sized frame
And I can't go back now from whence I came
In the year 2021
Hindsight is the new school fun
In my dreams I'm still a bandit
In a band on the run
I get flashbacks
When I'm feelin' it
I get flashbacks
When I'm feelin' it
When I'm lucky
When I'm lucky
- lyrics by Shane Forest Cooley (c) 2021
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3. |
Honey I'm Home
03:26
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Honey I'm Home
Honey honey honey I'm home
It's been a long day
It's been a long day
Honey honey honey I'm home
I need a new face
I need a new phase
I've got no means of escape
Oh oh
I've got nowhere to go
Mama Mama Mama I'm home
I don't look the same
I don't know who I am anymore
Mama Mama Mama I'm home
My mind's a ruckus
Ready to say __ this
I don't know if I'm still home
I don't know if I'm me anymore
I don't know who I am
I don't know if it's me anymore
Home is where the heart dies
Home is where the heart lies
Home is a place where I don't belong anymore
But home is where I'm bound now
Where I hide out and I freak out
And I've learned to like my camouflage
But I don't wanna go out
I don't wanna go out
I don't wanna go out
I don't wanna honey I'm home
Honey I'm home
Honey I'm home
Honey I'm home
- lyrics by Shane Forest Cooley (c) 2021
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4. |
When It Rains
03:36
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When It Rains
Late night at the park
When the normal folks go home
I don't mind
Being alone
Down off the drag
Ain't so bad on nights like this
Got the shirt on my back
Two shoes that fit
But when it rains
That's when it's worst
When there ain't a dry spot to hang your hat
Or to quench your kind of thirst
With all the raindrops in the sky
That's when I wonder why
The choices that I've made
Are my burdens to bear
They're mine alone
To carry on
No one knows who I was
They barely see who I am
They only judge
The shell of a man
But when it rains
Cats and dogs
All scurry under alleys
And attempt to dry their paws
But a man can't find a square foot that's dry
That's when I wonder why
Why
Why
Why
Why
- lyrics by Shane Forest Cooley (c) 2021
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5. |
Orchid
04:20
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Orchid
Orchid orchid won't you bloom one more time
Showy lady's slippers in the sunlight
Persephone won't you please eat your pomegranate
So much has been taken for granted
Let me be your Hades be your serpent
Let me be your angel of deliverance
Let me be your Hemingway your Clark Gable
Let me be both willing and able
Orchid orchid won't you bloom once more
Once more for me and once for yourself
Orchid orchid in your house of green
What remains unseen
Along with me is yours
Orchid orchid won't you bloom once more
- lyrics by Shane Forest Cooley (c) 2021
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6. |
River Breeze
02:47
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River Breeze
I guess there ain't no room for doubt now
I guess this time you're really gone
It's spring and all the flowers are blooming
But the birds won't sing our song
But in the river breeze
Won't you please remember me
Sometimes
And though I burned it to the ground
I hope you'll still miss the sound of my voice
Dee dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee dee
I guess it's really true
We're never gonna see another Harvest Moon
Your mamma always loved Neil Young
You caught yourself a songbird and set him loose
And in the river breeze
Won't you please remember me
Sometimes
In the place where our rivers meet
I'll hope you'll still listen for my voice
Dee dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee
- lyrics by Shane Forest Cooley (c) 2021
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7. |
Bag of Bones
03:37
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Bag of Bones
I've been waiting
I've been waiting
Ten lifetimes
I've been waiting
I've been waiting
For my mind's eye
To get my mind right
And get away from you
My patience
My patience is a bag of bones
I've been waiting
To catch up with myself
To catch up with me
Who's trying to catch up with you
I've been waiting
For my third eye
To meet my mind's eye
And run it askew
My patience
My patience is a bag of bones
They say the definition of insanity
Is doing the same thing over and over
So I'm moving on
I'm moving on
- lyrics by Shane Forest Cooley (c) 2021
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8. |
Never There
04:52
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Never There
The golden walls of your room
They outshine
They outshine me sometimes
And I believe that I'm leaving soon
Your sweet Apollo
He could barely hang the moon
So help me out
Tell me something I don't already know
'Cause I know that I'm a burnout
Over-zealous boy
Lived in a dreamworld
Where he believed that life was fair
Now he's acting like he just don't care
Never there
Never there
Take a little stroll down memory lane
Remember the good times
When we went dancing downtown
Listen to Louis Armstrong sing
What a Wonderful World
And you'll remember everything
So help me out
Tell me something I don't already know
'Cause I know that I'm a burnout
Over-zealous boy
Lived in a dreamworld
Where he believed that life was fair
Now he's acting like he just don't care
Never there
Never there
Swing low, sing true
Sweet Apollo
Swing low, sing true
The golden walls of your room
Once were doors
That led to gardens I once knew
But now those doors are shut
So is my mind
So is our love
So help me out
Tell me something I don't already know
'Cause I know that I'm a burnout
Over-zealous boy
Lived in a dreamworld
Where he believed that life was fair
Now he's acting like he just don't care
Never there
Never there
Never there
Never there
- lyrics by Shane Forest Cooley (c) 2021
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9. |
Just a Dream
02:57
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Just a Dream
I felt you in a dream
I felt your legs in my lap
And I felt you smiling at me
I felt you in a dream
But it was just a dream
There were men on stilts
It was the zombie apocalypse
And I kissed your lips
And everything was falling away
And I couldn't concentrate
'Cause you were there
All in a dream
I get these weird dreams every morning
Right before I wake up
And I don't know where I am these days
It was just a dream
I felt your feet on my lap
And I thought you were still with me
'Til I awakened
And everything had fallen away
And I had to begin my day
All alone
I could use a little time away
To find my happy place
And start moving on
Start moving on
- lyrics by Shane Forest Cooley (c) 2021
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Shane Cooley Mollusk, Virginia
*photo by Bill Goodman
'He's one hit away from radio stardom...with a hungry confidence that may prove
his hip-shaking ways will soon be making their way to bigger stages.'
- Jeff Miller, Billboard Magazine
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