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Bankruptcy Court No. 9

Posted on December 31, 1987 by TK Major

Takin All the Plastic (Leavin’ All the Bills Behind)

my baby left me
left me sad and cryin (high & dry)
x2
she said I’m takin the plastic
leaving all these bills behind

I got a hearing monday down in
bankruptcy court number nine
2x
My baby won’t be there with me
an neither wil my credit ine

>Oh baby those checks you wrote
to the dress and jewelry stores
You hung so much bad paper
they won’t take my (dough) cash no more
>Telecredits got a file on you
takes ten thousand floppy disks
TRW blew a main frame
just counting your bad checks
>You drove me to the poorhouse
and shoved me thru the door
but first ya picked my pocket
to make sure they was no more

alternate verse 2:

I got a hearing monday down in
bankruptcy court number nine
My baby won’t be there with me
an neither wil my credit ine

I got a hearing monday down in
bankruptcy court number nine
x
x
My baby won’t be there with me
an neither wil my credit ine
x
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Notes/Memo

Daddy’s Rented Cadillac

Posted on December 31, 1986 by TK Major

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DADDY’S CADILLAC

When I left the high school dance A7
in my daddy’s rented Cadillac
I didn’t know what trouble was Dmin
I didn’t know there was no way back A7

The moon was a hole in the night sky Dmin
heaven knows who was looking in A7
The night was a hole in my life Dmin
and I didn’t know I was falling in A7

I made it past dead man’s curve
and the cliff at the top of the hill
I glided deftly through the hairpin turns
past the old graveyard that’s not quite full

I drove up that twisted mountain road
straight up into the night
Now I was totally all alone
drving through a hole in my life

My heart was pounding but my hands were dry
The engine was throbbing and the gears whined
My mind was racing at the speed of light
and my knuckles on the wheels glowed ghostly white

My life was the road and the road was my life
as it twisted and turned into the night
The road was the world and the world was night
as I rounded the bend and drove straight into the light

My eyes were shadows in the back of my brain
My mind was unravelling and my soul was in flames
The car was gone I was cut loose in space
Dogs from heaven laughed in my face

I was spinning I was falling I was going down
fallilng through a world without light or sound
I was watching from a hill from far away
when the Caddy hit the gas truck —

G r e a t B a l l s o f F l a m e !

Notes/Memo

Baby’s On TV

Posted on December 31, 1986November 7, 2015 by TK Major

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Baby’s On TV

Send for the doctor
send for the priest
The End must be coming
’cause Baby’s On TV
She’s talking with her eyes

She couldn’t hold a job
could hardly spell her name
now she’s lunching at the polo lounge
and wintering in spain
(she’s speaking from her heart)
she’s talking with her eyes

I’d been expecting
to be surprised
but when I saw that advert
the sun fell from the sky
she’s talking with her eyes
saying what a fool I’ve been to never realize

just an average girl next door
without an ounce of style
now she’s a jetset darling
soul-kissing me good-bye
shes talking with her eyes

[bridge]

I met her in a cross-dress bar
down in San Antone
She was draped across some gigolo
and most of her clothes were gone

Her eyes were blue her hair was green
and her legs were impossibly long
but most of all it was her blank-eyed stare
that really turned me on

I knew right then
she was the only one
who would ever break my heart
I took her home and we settled down
in the Camelot Trailer Park

But Fate intervened in the mall that day
at the Spokesmodel Try-Out Fair
they loved her look they loved her legs
they loved here blank-eyed stare

[bridge ends]

send for a doctor send for the priest
the End must be coming ’cause Baby’s On TV
Shes talking with her eyes

Shes got clothes She’s got cars
she’s seen with politicians
she’s seen with handsome stars
I’m sitting home watching baby on TV

Babys on TV
Babys on TV

she’s talking with her eyes
saying what a fool I’ve been to never realize
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Notes/Memo

They Own the Judges

Posted on May 1, 1986November 8, 2015 by TK Major

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T H E Y O W N T H E J U D G E S

They own the judges
they own the congress
they own the papers
and the magazines

they own the cops
they own the armies (and)
the think that they own
you and me

They own the doctors
they get rich from our suffering
they own the churches
and the sinners inside

they own the colleges
the print-outs of knowledge
they own and use history
to their own ends

they own the farms
they own the farmers
they own the factories
and the workers lives

they own the gangsters
and they run the wores
they own Vegas
and the gamblers (trapped) inside

they move in the shadows
of presidents and corporations
the means of production
in a handful of hands

you can’t live without money
they enslave us with wages
they pull the strings
that make you and me dance.

1976 (?)
Revision May 1986
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Notes/Memo

1976 (?)
Revision May 1986

The phrase “print-out of knowledge” is from the original song. I was taking computer classes in 1973 and 1980 and was fascinated with technological terminology, sometimes to the detriment of my songwriting.

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World of Lies

Posted on December 31, 1984 by TK Major

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THE WORLD OF LIES

Meet me in the world of lies
meet me in the world of lies
let’s be hypnotized
meet me in the world of lies

You know that love is just a foolish game
Love always fades away
I know that you won’t stay
but at least you’re hear today

Meet me in the world of lies
let’s be hypnotized
Something in me dies
everytime a dream slips by

I know that I’ll always be alone
I know life is just to die
a wise man gives up the world
but I guess I’m just not that wise

Meet me in the world of lies
let’s be hypnotized
Don’t let this dream die
meet me in the world of lies

Summer 1983

Notes/Memo

Someone Said Something

Posted on December 31, 1984August 2, 2018 by TK Major

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Someone said something
or I’d have never known
Someone said something
and I never went home

In the arms of another man
the needle still in your vein
You finally transcended
Now you’re cheating on a higher plane

Someone said something . . .

What are a few bad habits
between old friends
you were a junky and a trollop
but I loved you to the end

Someone said something . .

Policemen and photographers
and a local station’s mini-cam
I’ll keep it on the VCR
and watch it over and over again

Someone said something . . .

Notes/Memo

Someone Said Something

[Am] Someone said [G] something
or I’d have [Am] never known [Am]
[Am] Someone said [G] something
and I [Am] never went home [Am]

[Dm] They found you In the arms of a[Am]nother man
the [Dm] needle still in your [Am] vein
[C] You finally tran[Bb]scended
Now you’re [Am] cheating on a higher [Am] plane

Someone said something . . .

[Dm] What are a few bad [Am] habits
be[Dm]tween old [Am] friends?
You were a [C] junky and a [Bb] trollop
but I [Am] loved you to the end [Am]

Someone said something . .

[Dm] Policemen and pho[Am]tographers
and a [Dm] local station’s mini-[Am]cam
I’ll [C] keep it on the [Bb] VCR
and watch it [Am] over and over a[Am]gain

Someone said something…

S O M E O N E S A I D S O M E T H I N G

Rubber Room Rock

Posted on December 31, 1984 by TK Major

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RUBBER ROOM ROCK
last prev edit 8/2/90 (written 1984?)

used to twist and do the jerk
they don’t let me do that no more
now all I do is do the worm
in my straight jacket down on the floor

but I still rock
I still rrock
I do the Rubber Room Rock
Oh yea I rock
I still rock
I do the Rubber Room Rock

Used to slam and bang my head
ten thousand stage dives or more
dove forty feet from a PA tower
and went three feet into the floor

But I still rock
yeah I rock . . .

None of my friends are no fun no more
they just sit in the dayroom and stare at the floor
they come back from the lab with dark rings round their eyes
“therapy’s too expensive–so we lo-bot-o-mize!”

But they still rock
oh yeah we rock
we do the Rubber Room Rock
Oh sure we rock
unh hunh we rock
we do the Rubber Room Rock

Winter 1986

Notes/Memo

Blue Recollection

Posted on December 31, 1984January 15, 2017 by TK Major

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BLUE RECOLLECTION (I) [original – rewritten incorporating war on alcohol]
Now the last thing I remember
You were walking out the door
Yes the last thing I remember
You were walking walking out that door
My hand reached for the bottle
and then there ain’t no more

you’re just a blue recollection
I swear y’ain’t nothing more

I wake up at nite
but it ain’t because of you
Oh yeah I wake up at nite
but it sure ain’t because of you
I’m just listening to the plaster crack
and the clock tick in the next guy’s room

you’re just a blue recollection
but that ain’t nothing new

Maybe ya gave me a rough time baby
but lya didn’t tear my world apart
I been kicked around by bigger than you baby
Ya didn’t tear my world apart
In fact I knew you’d be trouble
Way back at the Start

You’re just a blue recollection
it ain’t like ya broke my heart

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BLUE RECOLLECTION

Now the last thing I remember
You were walking out the door
My hand reached for the bottle
then there ain’t no more

you’re just a blue recollection
I swear that ain’t nothin’ new
I been having trouble forgetting to remember that I don’t still love you

I wake up at nite
but it ain’t because of you
I’m just listening to the plaster crack
and the clock tick in the next guy’s room

you’re just a blue recollection
I swear that ain’t nothin’ new
I been having trouble forgetting to remember that I don’t still love you

Now the last thing I remember
You were walking out the door
My hand reached for the bottle
then there ain’t no more…
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Notes/Memo

alt/reject:

You’re just a blue recollection
it ain’t like ya broke my heart

This Christmas

Posted on December 24, 1984 by TK Major

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This Christmas (Is Going to Be Different)
by TK Major

Theres rain in the streets, rain in the gutters of this city
Seems like it always rains at Christmastime here
There’s rain in my heart, rain in my shoes and in my soul of souls
and if they have rain in heaven you can bet its raining up there

Now Santa Klaus is all around just like big brother
His twinkling eyes follow you wherever you go
People spending money buying fancy toys for themselves
Then give them to the kids and wonder why they feel so old

[ch] Ah, but this Christmas is going to be different
I’m going to have a happy holiday
This Christmas is going to be different
Cause I dont think I can take another blue Christmas day

Christmastime Nineteen Hundred 81
Driving up the coast with the wife in our beat up SAAB
It was raining all the way, we fought all the time, it was our last chance
we headed for ‘Frisco, we made it to Reno, it was that kind of trip

The earth drifts from the sun, the days get cold, it’s Christmas
if you’re with someone youre warm, but alone is alone, on Christmas
The nights are long, more time for dreaming on Christmas
But when you wake up you find its all just a dream on Christmas

Sitting round the fire, watching the rain on Christmas
i got some brandy in my coffee, trying to crank up some cheer
I got the Pistols on the box, god save the queen, je suis l’anarchie
Well Im trying real hard to make it turn out okay this year.

Notes/Memo

This Christmas (Is Going to Be Different)
by TK Major

Theres rain in the streets, rain in the gutters of this city D Em
Seems like it always rains at Christmastime here
There’s rain in my heart, rain in my shoes and in my soul of souls
and if they have rain in heaven you can bet its raining up there

[ch] Ah, but this Christmas is going to be different G D Em
I’m going to have a happy holiday C D G
This Christmas is going to be different G D Em
Cause I dont think I can take another blue Christmas day C D Em

Have You Embraced the Beast?

Posted on December 31, 1983 by TK Major

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HAVE YOU EMBRACED THE BEAST?

Have you embraced the beast?
I see the mark is on your face
Have you embraced the beast?
Are you a slave of greed and hate?

Have you embraced the beast?
Do you serve the war machine?
Have you embraced the beast?
Did you trade in your soul on (for) the finer thinsg?

Have you embraced the beast?
Do your taxes buy bullets for fascist death squads?
Have you embraced the beast?
They’ll be coming to your hometown before too long . . .

Have you embraced the beast?
I see the mark is on your face
Have you embraced the beast?
Are you a slave of greed and hate?

Have you embraced the beast?

Notes/Memo