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1. |
Yeah, Right
05:02
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Yeah, right…
Words & Music by Joe Guido Welsh ©2018 guidotoons ASCAP
Well I’m down but I’m not out
Full of hope but riddled with doubt
I’m still alive and I still breath
While I am I plan to fight for
The things that I believe
It could get hot in here tonight
We gonna yell then we gonna fight
then we’ll all get together and love one another…
Yeah, right
You can’t fool me not even once
Try it again and I’ll have to throw a punch
And while I can I’ll fight back
With everything I’ve got with everything I have
someone might die in here tonight
I’m tired of talking, man, c’mon… let’s fight
Put em up or shut up then run on home to mother
That’s right
You have your rights and so do I
if you try to dictate mine, man, you’re gonna die
Now, I warned you so now.. we dance
I promise you my friend you’re gonna wet your pants
It could get hot in here tonight
We gonna yell then we gonna fight
then we’ll all get together and love one another…
Yeah, right
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2. |
Pumphead
05:08
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Pumphead
Words & Music by Joe Guido Welsh ©2018 guidotoons ASCAP
and Trey Call Where's Teeny SESAC
someone send me flowers come sit & hold my hand
Try and reassure me as I try to understand
Walk me slowly down the hallway
‘cos I see patterns on the wall
And tell me you’re not in on this make sure that I don’t fall
B Verse 1
‘cos there’s an evil x-ray woman
that’s crashing through the door
Chorus:
meet my new friend Pumphead
As he tries to blow my mind
And if he doesn’t kill me
Well then I’ll be alright
I’d like to make him my friend
But he’s trying to tak my life
Flowers move about the room
The clock says it’s time to breath
Margaret tells me I’m OK As I beg her to leave
She’s surely in on this As she gives me one last kiss
Chorus/Solo
B Verse 2
beware the evil x-ray woman
that works up on this floor
Chorus Out
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3. |
Different POV
03:28
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Different Point Of View
Words & Music by Joe Guido Welsh ©2018 guidotoons ASCAP
He’s a paper billionaire
A liar and a cheat
But he gave me fifty dollars
and I think that’s pretty sweet
I dunno the four-one-one
I am willfully misled
Easily confused
and I have rocks inside my head
Chorus:
but I’m sure that you’re the problem
so I blame it all on you
Because you look so very different
with a different point of view
Snowflake Interlude
I’ll send my son to war
And pat him on the back
Yeah I’ll be so very proud
When he comes home in a sack
He was fighting for big oil
So I gladly gave him up
‘cos I like living in my car
and I love getting’ fucked
yeah, I’m the real American
there is only one damn god
believe in mine or you will die
‘cos I’ll fucking kill you all!
Chorus and another Snowflake Interlude
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4. |
This Happened Here
05:56
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This Happened Here
this was a coup
there was lying there was cheating
a network of fools
with just enough sheep endlessly bleating
this isn’t a sport we’re not on different teams
we have the same hopes we want the same things
Chorus:
This happened here I’m so sorry
This happened here it could happen again
This happened here I’m still so angry
This happened here we’re closer to the edge
money is king
money is power money is everything
compassion & grace decency & dignity
now they don’t mean a thing
Why all the anger you were never in danger
we’re ever changing no one is a stranger
Chorus:
we’re left with chaos
we’re left with heartbreak we’re left with death
there’s no reason for this
how much do some need how much do most get
I’m not joking this is not a drill please drive me home
or to where my home used to be
Chorus Out
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5. |
Where'd MY America Go
04:38
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Where’d My America Go?
Words & Music by Joe Guido Welsh ©2018 guidotoons ASCAP
She was the sole survivor on American Idol
Now she’s just the community chest
We can laugh at her now that her fifteens’ over
change the channel see somebody else’s mess
cut to Dick & Jane watch ‘em struggle every day
For nothing…. Nothing at all
See their kids screwing up… not a problem there’s a pill
then they pack ‘em all off to the mall
Chorus:
Hey, man… where’s my… Where’d My America go?
Where do you get off judging me by a book
That you ain’t never lived by yer own self?
You and yer friends get fatter and all that matters
Is your golden parachute and your personal wealth, well
you shrug it all off, and shake your head, point your finger
pull another rabbit outta’ your hat
if I lied like that my life would consist
of asking you if you’d like to Supersize that…
Chorus:
Bridge:
So where do we go from here?
From the couch… to the fridge… grab a beer
Fix your gaze never leave your chair
‘cos you don’t really to care
Solo/Bridge
What happened to all our wonder and promise
What happened to love? What happened to us?
Well… nothing is real and everything’s cheap
Man, it makes me sad, man, it gives me the creeps
Chorus Out
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6. |
Ain't No Gadda-Da-Vida
03:50
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Ain’t No Gadda Da Vida
Words & Music by Joe Guido Welsh ©2018 guidotoons ASCAP
You might like a little drinky then again you might not
Maybe a jazz cigarette might really hit the spot
Bet you’d like the freedom to do whatever you want
there ain’t no Gadda Da Vida and there never was
might want a little time off if there’s time to take
but when yer workin’ two jobs ain’t no time for the cake
you might want that freedom but that ain’t freedom you got
there ain’t no Gadda Da Vida and there never was
Bridge:
There ain’t no santa claus ain’t no easter bunny
The sun came out today, but it’s not gonna be sunny…
Solo
Bridge Too:
Ain’t no happy ending this ain’t no fairy tail
no matter what you heard none of this ends well
you can check out early leave it all undone
but the people left behind get to clean all that up
Oh, it might sound like freedom to ring that bell and be done
There ain’t no Gadda Da Vida and there never was
so count yer blessings put yer hopes in a jar
Bust it over a rock watch ‘em all catch fire
That’s the smell of freedom burnin’ in your yard
There ain’t no Gadda Da Vida and there never was
Yeah, that’s the bell of freedom ringing in your craw
There ain’t no Gadda Da Vida and there never was
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7. |
U Work 4 Me
03:39
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U Work 4 Me
Words & Music by Joe Guido Welsh ©2018 guidotoons ASCAP
quit jammin’ me up and pissin’ me off
You’re unhinged so you can fuck right off
You’re a goddamn liar a total sleaze
Shut that mouth ‘cos u work 4 me
I was tired of you before I knew your game
with your idiot wind and that stupid hair
you’re a fucking asshole a dumpster fire
s’shut that mouth ‘cos u work 4 me …
bridge:
I wanna testify against you
condemn, disgrace and impeach you
I wanna run you out of town
onto the plank and into the drink
and hope that you sink (2X only)
‘cos u work 4 me
Solo
nobody likes you and no one respects you
nuthin’ but a grifter and we all resist you
you’re a fucking drag in love with yourself
s’shut that mouth ‘cos you work for me
Bridge w/extra line/ Refrain “U Work 4 Me” Out
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8. |
Closing Time
04:31
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Closing Time
Words & Music by Joe Guido Welsh ©2018 guidotoons ASCAP
Get your billfold out
time to settle up
it’s hard to twist & shout
in this goddamn town
they tried to bury you
but you still in the groove
nothing more to prove
wearing comfortable shoes
Chorus:
it’s closing time
One time around is enough
‘cos around closing time
old times are just a bust
you did your twenty years
lent your helpin’ hand
now thru those golden years
you have to make a stand
they spun you every yarn
and filled you full of hope
gave you sweet nothing at all
but this goddamn rope
Chorus:
Bridge
now September’s here
and I’m ready to fall
all my hopes and fears
they mean nothing at all
now I can finally admit it
sometimes I phoned it in
Sure I’d change everything
and do it over again
Chorus:
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9. |
Let Freedom Ring
03:37
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Let Freedom Ring
Words & Music by Joe Guido Welsh & Lennon/McCartney ©2018 guidotoons ASCAP Sony/ATV
We still be fightin’ about guns n’ gays
We still be fightin’ over roe versus wade
We still be fightin’ in perpetual wars
We be fightin’ about all of this and more
I want my country back so everybody sing:
let freedom ring!
what’s gotten into them jesus people
dey hate everybody and hide behind a steeple
dey persecuted but don’t pay no taxes then claim other folks be sittin’ on their asses
I want my country back so everybody sing:
let freedom ring!
Now I can’t live in a country that hates others
based on religion, gender or color
we gotta’ love one another
you don’t trust science and you reject reason and then support a man that routinely commits treason
time to eliminate this nasty infestation
we must all vote in the midtermination
Refrain Out
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Joe Guido Welsh Nashville, Tennessee
Joe 'Guido' Welsh is a composer,
multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer and
an admitted liberal francophile.
He loves baseball, comfortable shoes and people who think.
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