WRITTEN BY KEVIN BACON
You look in the mirror
But you don't like what you see
Whoever it is you think you are today
That's not who you want to be
The grass is looking greener
In that field across the road
You've lifted all that weight today
Time has come to ease your load
Let me ease your load
CHORUS
Tilt your head back Angelina
Close your eyes and drift away
You've done everything that you ca...
WRITTEN BY KEVIN BACON
Sitting in this trailer park tonight
Still basking in the memory of that glorious fight
It hit me when she stepped into the ring
Floating like a butterfly and I still feel the sting
CHORUS
I got it bad for an Arm Wrestling Woman
I'm going mad for an arm wrestling girl
I gotta steel my courage lay it on the line
But I got to make her mine
She gently puts her elbow on the ...
Starin' out the window
from an unmade bed
I got no reason to live
No reason to be dead
Those unnamed blues are with me today
I got no reason to leave
No reason to stay
Sun in the night, dark in the day
In a January thaw, frosted in May
Searching for salvation
in a stranger's eyes
The sooner I sink,
the sooner I'll rise
So honey, don't you try to analyze it
Just tell me why's it that
Babies are...
Written by Michael Bacon
quot;No one asked me, but that's my advice. Thanks to that soul-clapping audience of Yale Rep on 12/8/00.quot; MB
My friend Steve he wears his heart on his sleeve
All the girls seem to leave him lonely
Well, I'm a nice guy with a shoulder to cry on
With one bit of advice only
You gotta inch your way, working every day
Showing her all your love
Lighten her load but keep...
Now you could hear that jukebox pound
But you could barely see inside
Now rumor had it years ago
Is where that girl had died
Now why they caled it a cafe
Well I never understood
Cause there aint no tables on the street
The coffee tastes like mud
But every night at five o'clock
They'd start to come around
We'd begin to set em up
And they would knock em down
Sometime after midnight
With a pocket...
Written by Kevin Bacon
quot;Finally broke down and wrote a road song. Or is it a love song to a Prevost?quot; KB
She comes from Nashville, Tennessee
But she's not too country, not too me
She's got a Janis Joplin heart and Aretha Franklin soul
I love to feel her rock and I love to feel her roll
When I'm standing in the rain she takes me for a ride
She's says you don't need that raincoat baby yo...
Written by Kevin Bacon
quot;Actually, I can, and do, and will continue to.quot; KB
He jack of all trades master of none
Seen down the barrel of a teenagers gun
Puts on his makeup in the a.m., pretends to cry, for that they pay him
And his best friend held his head on the night they thought that he was dead
On the dirty, dirty kitchen floor, but he ain't around much anymore
He can't complain, h...
[verse 1]
i love you
you love me
we're best friends
like friends could be
with a great big hug
and a kiss from me to you
wont you say you love me to
[verse 2]
i love you
you love me
were a happy family
with a great big hug
and a kiss from me to you
wont you say you love me to
WRITTEN BY KEVIN BACON, MICHAEL BACON
You scared me when I met you
The way you sparkled in the dark
I drove around for hours
But you never showed your heart
You took me in your arms
That smelled of oranges and sage
You tempted me with glory
Until I was your slave
Then you took me to the party
You said you loved to watch me dance
But you took home the latest thing
And there was no second chance...
Written by Michael Bacon
quot;Hey man, how great were the 60's?quot; - quot;Well...uh...quot; MB
Overweight 60's rock star, staring from the TV screen
Begging the youth of America, to live a life that's sober and clean
But the kid's 17 in a ganja haze, this summer he's following Phish
Watching the aging rock star, coming through his satellite dish
Don't you do that blow, all around the world
D...
If it's love that you're running from, there's no hiding place. You can't run it, you can't hide it, you can't run itLove has problems I know but there problems, we'll just have to face. Oh yeah, yeah. If you just put your hand in mine, We're gonna leave all our troubles behind. We're gonna walk and don't look back. Don't look back And don't look back. Oh yeah, yeah. And don't look back, baby....
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL BACON
Well you say you'll climb the highest mountain
In the whole damn world
I think you will yes I'm sure you will
But you may need some guy you know
Down at base camp far below
I could help a lot yes and maybe not
Chorus
Don't lose me boy
Now that you've found your way
Leave me some light of day
So these old eyes can see their way
Off you go and out the door
Don't you look...
Been working so hard
I'm punching my card
Eight hours, for what?
Oh, tell me what I got
I've down this feeling
That time's just holdin' me down
I'll hit the ceiling
Or else I'll tear up this town
Tonight I gotta cut
Loose, footloose
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Please, Louise
Pull me off a my knees
Jack, get back
Come on before we crack
Lose your blues
Everybody cut footloose
You're playing so c...
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL BACON
I'm a man who likes to take his time
In the ways of love
Long gone that's where I am
When push comes to shove
But when I first laid eyes on you
My heart began to race
Now this whole things out of control
And I can't take the pace
Chorus
Cause you tell me I don't love you
You say I'll never care
Maybe I don't love you no no
But I'm getting there
Oh girl I'm getting ther...
Written by Kevin Bacon and Michael Bacon
quot;A song about thanksgiving - not the holiday, just the act of giving thanks.quot; KB
Bobby's lyin' round like the wakin' dead
He's got a big black cloud hangin' over his head
I want to get him up, get him out the door
I'd like to get him drunk, but he don't drink no more
He says, quot;Oh, buddy, I really thought she was the one
Tell me what happened...
They were drunk and they were angry
They were big as they could be
They were hell bent and determined
To kick the Yankee out of me
Insulted me they called me names
They would not let me pass
Oh those Redneck boys
They left me no choice
I had to kick some ass
Guess again
Must've been dreamin
Truth is I turned high tail and ran
Guess again
Oh I must've been dreamin
Dreamin I was much more of a m...
Written by Michael Bacon
Water is to glass as is to Heart. a. Blood b. Love c. Taxi d. Happiness MB
As you stare off to one side and appear to be listening
I can see in your eyes, a small tear is glistening
For years we've been drifting on sands ever shifting
'Neath our feet, where we once walked hand in hand
How can I say just how much I need you to stay
When I reach out to touch, why do you ...
Written by Kevin Bacon
quot;We want this to become the 'You're So Vain' of the millennium.quot; KB
There's a line around the block, and it stretches a mile
They're gonna pay good money to see your dazzlin' smile
You got a come-hither look in your babydoll eyes
And you got the kind of body make a man tell lies
And when you're standing next to me, you do the little things you do
I say, I'm so gl...
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL BACON
It's a rocky road down Ida's farm
Past the sticks and stones
And names that harm
They don't like her rooster crowing
Cows and flies and weeds are a growing
It's a rocky road
Down Ida's farm
It's a rocky road
Down Bankie's dune
Made of memories and bits of moon
Here they come with a zillion dollars
Crowds of tourists soon to follow
It's a rocky road
Down Bankie's dune
F...
Got no time for the corner boys
Down in the street makin' all that noise
Don't want no whores on Eighth avenue
Cause tonight I'm gonna be with you
Cause tonight I'm gonna take that ride
Across the river to the Jersey side
Take my baby to the carnival
And I'll take you on all the rides
Down the shore everything's all right
You with your baby on a Saturday night, yeah
Don't you know all my dream...
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL BACON
Sweet July's not welcomed here
Here the trees are green all year
They don't need her summer's glow
In this land of ice and snow
Lakes of steel frozen flat
July comes and changes that
Smashing with her warm sun rays
Tilts the docks and heaves the highways
Chorus
July you're a young girl
July It's an old world
My heart races when I see you nearing
But I know I'll soon be...
Before the kids
Before my wife
Before I bought the farm
and bought into this grown up life
She was there just running on the beach
A wild island baby
A little bit out of reach
With the crazy eyes
and the coal black hair
A look that said just take me home
and I will always be there
I'm not the first man to ever write
a song about K9 Love
Not afraid to stand in front of you
today my friends and ...
Written by Kevin Bacon
quot;It's about having the strength to re-define your life's work. A follow-up to 'Guess Again.'quot; KB
Emma Rae's riding on a north-bound train
Spilling all that pain
On the plains of Dover
Emma Rae's crying from a hot cell phone
She said she never felt so alone
This time the dream is over
Surely this is her darkest hour
I've even heard her talk about a higher power
De...
I'm sure that we've been lower
But I can't remember when
As the chilly winds of discontent
Are blowin once again
Through our lives of icy fire
Sharp as knives
Are your words that I finally believe
But I need some of your time before you leave
Let me memorize you
Every tiny imperfection in that face
I'll always love
Let me memorize you
Knowin it's the last time
That I'll lay these eyes on you
L...
Written by Kevin Bacon
quot;Kind of exploring the role that fear plays in my life. Thanks to Trav for the cool lick.quot; KB
She'll wake you in the morning
As she fills your head at night
She'll drop by, without warning
Just when you thought you were doing all right
You think she's far away in California
But she has never been so near
Mother fear
She was there the day you turned your cheek
She...
WRITTEN BY KEVIN BACON, MICHAEL BACON
He was headlining the Lazy Lounge
And the crowd was growing thin
It was me and two drunk salesman
And a waitress named Corine
He wasn't much to look at
Drum machine and a bad toupee
But he brought out a beat-up Strat
And blew us all away
He was born to do it
He was born to play
Like there was nothing to it
Like he did it every day
Not some well-pierced pre...
She gave me an old guitar
She said teach yourself to play
You've been lookin kind of bored
Maybe this will fill your days
She went out and I stayed in
And I struggled with that Fenn
She went west and I stayed east
And I tried my best to sing
And I sang Sam and Dave
Catch that wave
The Boss and Buddy Holly
And every happy song I sang
Sounded meloncholy
I learned C and G
and D and E
and F and F ...
When I was seventeen
I asked my daddy
What does it take to be a man
He said sit down son
Let's have a little talk
I'll try and make you understand
Then he said years won't do it, tears won't do it
And sittin down to drink a thousand beers won't do it
Tattoos won't do it, and booze won't do it
And puttin little lifts in your shoes won't do it
I'm gonna tell you the thing that can
He said you ge...
Written by Kevin Bacon
Strings written and arranged by Michael Bacon
quot;A guide book for the paranoid.quot; KB
I'm in Paris, won't be here long
But after all it's Paris, guess I'd better write a song
It's so wonderful, so magical, so romantic
Note to self to change that line, it's too pedantic
But it's Paris, I've come so far
I've made it all the way from the bed
To my guitar
You can call me...
Written by Kevin Bacon
quot;It was fun writing a song for piano, but writing it on a guitar. Since I can't play piano, it was a thrill to hear Irwin bang it out for the first time.quot; KB
She says she's from the city
But he knows that's not true
'Cause she came down on angel wings
Out of the blue
She brings him things that he can't buy
Like light and wind, and rain
She brings a child
And he i...
Written by Kevin Bacon
quot;A tune for a real old friend.quot; KB
Sheridan Square, high as a kite
Beer in a bag, toasting the night
And we dreamed as the Manhattan moon, sunk like a stone
Oh but sooner or later
You're gonna have to stand, and walk back home
Your gonna have to stand, and walk back home
You were good with your hands, good with your heart
Good to your friends, that's a good place...
WRITTEN BY KEVIN BACON
Yeah I used to smoke like a house on fire
I couldn't put them down
And I would drink all night till the morning light
They'd find me on the ground
You name it I abused it
Without shame I used it
There is just one thing that I can't let go
When it comes to you I just can't say no
CHORUS
Strung Out on you baby
And I can't clean up my act
You're like a heavenly addiction
Yo...
Written by Kevin Bacon
quot;Written from the perspective of a young man attending Woodstock '99.quot; KB
Me and Joey came a long way, to hear that singer
Play the one that we know so well
He got up there and gave us the finger
Told me and Joey to go straight to hell
Me and Joey in a blacktop garden
A big old burnin' sun above
And the fires will soon be starting
But this ain't no summer of love...
WRITTEN BY KEVIN BACON, MICHAEL BACON
She woke me up late last night
She said something don't feel right
I think it would be best for me
To get this off my chest you see
Way back in eighty-two
Around the time I first met you
He didn't even mean a thing
A silly fling
And she said
I'm not attracted to those muscle-bound guys
And she said I prefer a man who's more your size
And he had a swollen w...
WRITTEN BY KEVIN BACON
Tequila smile and a mango kiss
They've never seen rain quite like this
Give the storm a name watch her blow
She's outside with a sweet surprise
You can't stop her when her waters rise
Open up the door let her flow
CHORUS
Ten Years in Mexico
Watch them come and I watch them go
Where the time went I don't know
Life and death joy and tears
Ten Years In Mexico
I still rememb...
WRITTEN BY KEVIN BACON
And if this morning is our last
How long 'til I will not remember
Will you become my distant past
Before July becomes December
And if I lose your photograph
How long 'til I will lose your face
Find some echo of your laugh
Hiding in some darker place
And if I give you everything you ask
Every word of every song
Will I have nothing left to live for
When you decide you've s...
They say the only sure things in this life are death and taxes
I don't agree I think that different kinds of matches
I once met this old wise man on a hill
He never gave his Uncle Sam a damn dollar bill
I said are you afraid to die
He said son what you talkin
I'll be comin back
In that door your walking
There's only one thing in this world you can count on
There's only one thing you can lay yo...