Mike & Olga McNulty
The Songs Of “Grandson Of An Irishman” August 2017
Grandson Of An Irishman
This is two stories. The verses are the story of my grandparents
coming to America in the early 20th century.
The chorus is my observation of St. Patrick's Day in America
and a little reaction to snobby “Irish Sessions” with all their
rules and exclusions.
I'd Rather Be Normal Instead
This is a humorous comment on mental illness,
namely OCD, Anxiety and Bi Polar, from which I and friends have
suffered greatly over the years.
Home To Montana
Redneck song about living in Montana. Based on myself
and people I've known.
Strokes Of The Brush
Can't see the forest for the trees becomes can't see the painting
for the strokes of the brush. The minutia of life can keep one from
seeing the greater picture in life. Guilty as charged!
My Songs
Fun little ditty about songwriting and songwriters.
No One's As Perfect As Me
Inspired by a single friend of mine who tried to explain why he could
not find someone. Enough said!
Getting Old Ain't For Pussies
Something my best friend said to me on the telephone. Sheer profundity!
Montana Spring
Written in March 2017 when I was starving for spring.
Spring became my missing lover.
My Daughter's Wedding Song
Written and recorded the day before my daughter's wedding.
My wife was in critcal condition after an auto wreck and I could not attend.
My wedding gift to both my beautiful daughters.
Highwood To Helena
The seed was planted at an Irish Session when a colleague talked about a double gig
in Helena and Highwood Montana on the same night. I said that we should write a songcalled “Highwood To Helena”, and I did.
Not Enough Time Not Enough Smoke
The Sperm Donor's song. Enough said.
The River
Election time fall 2016. America so divided.
These Old Smokey Walls
An Ode to the places where I have always loved to play my music.
Grandson Of An Irishman Album Lyrics
The Grandson of An Irishman
I'm the grandson of an Irishman
He of County Claire
And the grandson of an Irish lass
From the Emerald Isle oh so fair
Me grandmother was a singer
She sailed alone to far New York
Brave journey for a colleen so young
So far from County Cork
Chorus
Saint Patty's Day
Everyone's an Irishman
Sing rebel songs and drink their whiskey neat
Leprechauns. Green beer and phony brogues
Becoming Irish is fait complete
How I wish it were that simple
Though I really do not mind
Though I grew up with the Irishmen
Still their essence I could not find
In the summer of 1911
James sailed to Boston Bay
Forever free of the Black and Tans
To me that's all he'd ever say
1918 Boston Police Strike
He lost his job and all he had
Became a railroad dick in Manhattan New York
Still likely Irish lad
Chorus
In New York James met his Bridie
A cold water flat they made their home
They raised up two fine Irish lads
No better life to them was known
And the Army took my father
There he met his prairie bride
I was born the first of 5 children
And they raised us all with loving pride
Chorus
Though I grew up with the Irishmen
Still their essence I could not find
Cannot find
Copyright 2015 Michael J McNulty
I'd Rather Be Normal Instead
I'm up and I'm down
I bounce all around
Nothing good lasts too long
I''m to and I'm fro
A bit crazy you know
Can't seem to find out just what's wrong
I'll break out in song
Then the feeling is gone
Snatched away by some aberrant thought
For hours on end
I go off the deep end
Creating more problems than not
Chorus
Some say get a grip
Take a pharmacy trip
Get control of your head
Though I do really care
I'm pulling out all my hair
I'd rather be normal instead
My mind is made up
I'm shit out of luck
I think that I'm losing my mind
And I'd just like to say
That I'll soon be OK
I'm crazy but sure I'm not blind
I wallow in guilt
Behind walls that I've built
Where no one can see me at play
I punish myself
Put my life on the shelf
Just another long Bi Polar day
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Home To Montana
I think I'll buy me a pickup
And a cow herding dog
Get me a guitar
Move away from the smog
Some shit kicking boots
And some shit to step in
Lost my place in the big rat race
There's just no way to win
Chorus
I'm going home to Montana
Where the living is best
Gonna buy me a place
In the heart of the West
Got my crusty old friends
And a woman who really shines
The last best place
Is the first last place
I'm never gonna find
I'll get me a horse
The damn things make me sneeze
And live upwind
In that warm Chinook breeze
And I'll wear a bandana
Just like that song says
Drink local beer
Pee off my porch
Buy my fireworks on the rez
I'll need me a rifle
Shotgun, pistol too
Muzzleloader, compound bow
Any fishing pole will do
Maybe an old camper
A car topper boat
Cause I quit my chew
Need something to do
Any proof that hope still floats
Chorus
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Strokes of the Brush
Getting older
But no wiser
Killing time is killing me
Neither living
Nor Budweiser
Has much effect on changing me
Chorus
Still I'm feeling
So damned alone
Same as when I was young
And the only place
That I feel at home
I s the place
Where my hat is hung
Got a pretty wife
Two grown up kids
A grand daughter coming up
And the knowing that I'm loved
You'd think for me
Would be enough
Chorus
I've always known
Since I was small
That I think way too much
Can't see the beauty
Of the painting
For the strokes of the brush
Chorus
Getting older
But not wiser
Killing time is killing me
And the knowing that I'm loved
Yes you'd think
Would set me free
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
My Songs
All I ever wanted to do
Was write and play my songs
Other things have come and gone
Never did last too long
There's a need deep
Inside of me
To play my homemade tunes
To communicate with a world apart
Alone in a crowded room
Chorus
My thoughts
My mind
No one else tells me what to say
My words
My rhyme
Only melodies hold sway
Some kinds of people like myself
Find life a daily trial
We sometimes can't get in step
With a world onsessed with style
Don't give a damn
What others say
Yet in secret we still care
We hide away our deepest fears
While songs lay pur souls bare
Chorus
So when you hear a brand new song
Take time and lend an ear
Probably comes from some faceless soul
Never to appear
Take a chance
Engage your mind
Experience the vibe
It's only when you listen well
We truly feel alive
Chorus
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
No One's As Perfect As Me
I'm always searching for that special one
To meet me, complete me and hurt me none
Every time that I think that my searching is done
I find that it's just not to be
Chorus
I've searched high and low
And searched far and wide
Searched coast to coast
And searched the world wide
Still I've nothing to show
And no blushing bride
Cause no one's as perfect as me
We all have our match or so they say
One who journeys through life in much the same way
A lover who's sexy and a friend who will stay
Just someone who's my cup of tea
Chorus
I've courted beauties of great intellect
Sought out the one's others seem to neglect
Friends point out spinsters for me to inspect
Finding fault where others can't see
Chorus
She must be pretty and possessed of a brain
Be good in bed and act mostly sane
Embrace all my vanities and take all the blame
And want to be perfect for me
Chorus
There's just no one as perfect as me
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Getting Old Ain't For Pussies
Chorus
Getting old ain't for pussies
Life can be so hard
The longer you last
The older you are
There's no way to win
But you can still be a star
Drink life to the fullest
And belly up to the bar
Some just give up living
Nothing left round the bend
They act sad and helpless
As though life's through with them
They bitch and they moan
To all kith and kin
Youth's wasted on the young
Start living again
Take life as it comes
What choice have you got
Reach out your hand
And grab you a spot
Greet every day
Get your ass out of bed
Once more to the breach
You can sleep when you're dead
Being happy and free
Is just state of mind
Open your heart
Seek and ye shall find
Life should be savored
And lived till the end
Grab life by the bollocks
Sing Carpe Diem
Chorus
Getting old ain't for pussies
Life can be so hard
The longer you last
The older you are
But you're still in the game
Always playing to win
Grab life by the bollocks
Sing Carpe Diem
Grab life by the bollocks
Sing Carpe Diem
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Montana Spring
Oh how I yearn for you
Like a lover long lost
The warmth of your touch
The retreat of the frost
The caress of your breeze
Makes my heart sing
Oh how I love you
Montana Spring
Days grow longer
Life stirs anew
The frost loses sway
And yields to the dew
The feeling of youth
Despite all our years
Gives hope to us all
And calm to our fears
Chorus
Montana Spring
You enliven my soul
With the unbridled wonder
Of a newly born foal
Montana Spring
If you only could know
My blood runs hot for you
In the late winter snow
New life is born
And old life renews
There's so much to see
And so much to do
I welcome the sunday
The days growing long
I bask in your warmth
As I write you this song
Chorus
Montana Spring
You enliven my soul
With the unbridled wonder
Of a newly born foal
Montana Spring
If you only could know
My blood runs hot for you
In the late winter snow
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
My Daughter's Wedding Song
My daughter's all grown up
It's time to let her go
A woman in all her glory
With wants and needs I know
It's every father's duty
To step aside for the man she chose
To leave behind my baby girl
Is the hardest thing I've ever known
Chorus
So hush G
Your Daddy's here
To hold your hand and calm your fear
And I'll walk you down the aisle
On your wedding day
On your wedding day
I wish you all the joy
That true love can only bring
And I give you to this man you love
Who has given you his ring
May you both be blessed
In this sacred bond
Start your life together
As I sing your wedding song
Chorus
So hush G
Your Daddy's here A D
To hold your hand and calm your fear
And I'll walk you down the aisle G
On your wedding day
On your wedding day
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
From Highwood To Helena
She came to me in Montana
From her home so far away
She gambled everything she had
She knew she'd come to stay
A city girl fromm far far east
Much farther than you know
Never seen the antelope run
Nor felt the Chinook blow
Chorus
From Highwood to Helena
I see you in my mind
Your voice is in the wind
Just searching for a rhyme
Been an unsung lonely run
For this old songwriting man
I'll write youa love songwriting
Be your one man band
True love she knew so little of
But she made me understand
I only hope I can be good enough
To be her only man
She came to me in Montana
From her home so far away
She gambled everything she had
And I knew she'd come to sta
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Not Enough Time
Not Enough Smoke
There's not enough time
Not enough smoke
Tell your troubles goodbye
With just one tok
It's living that's hard
It's time you awoke
Cause there's not enough time
And not enough smoke
Love was so hard
It made you choke
Just playing your card
Kept dodging the rope
Couldn't see no future
Couldn't feel no hope
Not enough time
Not enough smoke
Chorus
You think your life's been so damn tough
And still you've got nothing left to say
Cause when the seas get too rough
You always come about and sail away
And now you've had a chance to shine
Thought perhaps you just might stay
But for you there'll never be enough time
For all the smoke to just blow away
And turnabout is just fair play
There's not enough highs
And too many lows
Not enough whys
With nothing to show
Never lived your dreams
You say they're all broke
Just not enough time
Not enough smoke
Chorus
Break
Not enough time
Not enough smoke
Not enough time
Not enough smoke
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
The River
Took myself down to the river
Just to see what I could see
River's flowing
Oh so high
Hope it don't run away with me
Clouds are hovering dark and angry
Horizon seems so very close
Maybe lightening
Will soon have me
Bring on what we fear the most
Chorus
So let's not forget what really matters
That which made our country great
Remember how we felt on 9/11
Do it now
Before it's too late
We are angry and divided
And afraid we'll lose our way
In division
We need be united
To live through another day
It's the power and the money
That lurks behind those righteous calls
Urging all
To battle one another
A house divided can only fall
Chorus
Took myself on down to the river
Just to see what I could see
River's flowing
Oh so high
Flowing to a place I cannot see
Flowing to a place I cannot see
Flowing to a place don't want to be
Copyright 2016 Michael J McNulty
These Old Smokey Walls
These Old Smokey walls
And the stories they hold
Stale beer and cigrette smoke
Memories turned to gold
People laughing people crying
All the good and all the bad
Singing Honkey Tonk Music
Some songs happy some songs sad
Chorus
And I've always played my songs there
From Montana to Alaska way
I've seen right and I've seen wrong there
So many places in my day
I've offered comfort and found hope there
When I've been in an awful state
I've known love and seen hate's stare
Drowned my sorrows and toasted fate
There's been blood on the floor
Long barreled Ruger .44s
And there were times when I swore
I wouldn't do it anymore
Played my songs to empty tables
When I sang just for myself
Still I've played to rowdy happy folks
Who put their problems on the shelf
Chorus
What I guess I'm trying to say
Is that people need a place
Somewhere to get away
From the problems that they face
A sometimes getaway
From that day to day life
That would sweep us all away
And bury us in strife
Chorus
And I've always played my songs there
From Montana to Alaska way
I've seen right and I've seen wrong there
So many places in my day
I've offered comfort and found hope there
When I've been in an awful state
I've known love and seen hate's stare
Drowned my sorrows and toasted fate
I've known love and seen hate's stare
Drowned my sorrows and toasted fate
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Lyrics For Lucky Girl
Buffalo Roy 12/21/2017
G C G D G
Buffalo Roy was a good ol' boy
He crowed to the world
Of his power and his joy
His world was his kingdom
All the girls were his toys
Buffalo Roy was a good ol' boy
Buffalo Roy was king of the flock
He took what he could
He was cock o' the walk
He preened and he strutted
Had his life in a lock
Buffalo Roy was king of the flock
Chorus Em D Am Em G D Am C G
Buffalo Roy
You better take care
Buffalo Roy
You better beware
Buffalo Roy
If you don't stop
Your future may lie
In a farm woman's pot
Break
Buffalo Roy he lived by the gun
He worked very hard
For his day in the sun
He threatened and he lied
Till there's nowhere to run
Buffalo Roy he lived by the gun
Buffalo Roy your day will come
When the party's all over
And the end has begun
Who will remember
When all's said and done
Buffalo Roy all the world they will shun
Chorus
Break
Buffalo Roy was a good ol' boy
He crowed to the world
Of his power and his joy
His world was his kingdom
All the girls were his toys
Buffalo Roy was a good ol' boy
Buffalo Roy was a good ol' boy
Buffalo Roy was a good ol boy
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Going Home To You
1/7/2018
C F G C
I wonder that I'm going home
Going home
I'm going home
I wonder that I'm going home
Going home to you
I wonder that my life's complete
No goals to meet
No odds to beat
I wonder that my life's so sweet
Now that I have you
Chorus 3x F C G Am F C G C
True love is something rare
Left for those who truly dare
To put it all out on the line
All pretention left behind
But it's never been hard loving you
Easiest thing I'll ever do
You're the music I'm the ryhme
Never trouble keeping time
I wonder that you've chosen me
How could this be
What did you see
I wonder that you set me free
So I could be with you
I wonder at the love you've shown
When we're all alone
And how we've grown
I wonder that I've such a home
Living life with you
Chorus
I wonder that I'm going home
Going home
I'm going home
I wonder that I'm going home
Going home to you
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Be Not Afraid 1/7/2018
DG
Give me a place Lord
Where I'm not afraid
A time and a space Lord
To greet every day
Life can be daunting
The piper be paid
Give me a place Lord
Where I'm not afraid
Chorus 3x Bm A G Bm A D
Be not afraid
Let it fade all away
Be not afraid
Just all fade away
So take me home now
Where I'm not afraid
Shine your light Lord
On the problems we've made
Life is so fragile
Like the plans we have laid
Oh let me go Lord
Where I'm not afraid
Chorus
Let me wake up
No longer afraid
To see all my worries
Beginning to fade
Life is too short Lord
To sit in the shade
Oh take me home now
Let me be not afraid
Oh take me home now
Let me be not afraid
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Lucky Girl
1/22/2018
Intro
D F#7 Bm D7 G F#7 Bm Em A D
She's such a lucky girl
She does not realize
Her life seems so unfruitful
Will she ever win the prize
And now she sits and ponders all the hows and whys
Can life be any different
For one who really tries
She has her hopes and dreams
Like everybody does
Certain expectations
When it comes to push and shove
Seldom life seems to go her own way
Still hoping some good fortune
Will carry her the day
Chorus G D A Bm
So dream on Lucky girl
Lost in an unlucky world
It's something gained, it's something lost
To be a lucky girl
G D A D
So dream on Lucky girl
Make your own lucky world
Don't forget there's always a cost
To be a lucky girl
Piano Break D F#7 Bm D7 G F#7 Bm Em A D
It's best to count one's blessings
See the glass half full
Optimism's better
When pushing comes to pull
If you cannot feel the warmth for the itching of the wool
You'll go crashing through your life
Like some China shop bull
Is life's just what you make it
Or the other way around
Nature vs nurture
Or something more profound
Is it destiny or fate that leads us where we're bound
Lifting ourselves up
After life has knocked us down
Chorus G D A Bm
So dream on Lucky girl
Lost in an unlucky world
It's something gained, it's something lost
To be a lucky girl
G D A D
So dream on Lucky girl
Make your own lucky world
Don't forget there's always a cost
3x To be a lucky girl
Copyright 2018 Michael J McNulty and Olga McNulty
Milk River Valley Days
1/23/2018
G C G C D C G capo1 Key of Ab Piano Tabs Db Ab Db Ab Eb Db Ab
Got something I need to say
Before its time to go
All the dues I've had to pay
Not much of nothing left to show
Know where I should be going
Great Northern take me home
My mama told me son
Get out of Ohio
Ain't no moment like the present
Times a wasting don't you know
Get yourself up to the Hi-Line
Before it's too damn late for you to go
Chorus
C G Em D C Em D G Piano Tabs Db Ab Fm Eb Db Fm Eb Ab
Take me back to the Milk River Valley
Where some people there might still know my name
Gone too long and I know it
Adopted son of the high Montana plains
Harmonica Break G C D C G
She come from tough Norwegian stock
Living hard on the Montana plains
Endured the Great Depression
Milk River Valley Days
With her Hi-Line blood
Knew I'd make it my own way
Cold Canadian winter wind
Breathes a living moaning sound
Brutal summer sun won't set
Till it burns you straight down to the ground
No country for fainthearted
Fools who'll never last another round
Chorus
So bury me very deep
In the Milk River Valley
Lay my weary body down
Closer to my kin
May not know where I'm going
But I damn sure know just where I been
Chorus
Copyright 2018 Michael J McNulty
Happy Face With a Hitler Mustache
1/15/2018
Chorus G Em C D C G D G CAPO 1 Key of Ab Piano Tabs
Little Adolf was progressive Ab Eb Fm Cm Db Eb
A vegetarian he'd seen the light Ab Eb Fm Cm Db Ab
His buddy Heinrich was macrobiotic Db A Eb Eb
Standing tall for animal rights Db Ab Eb Fm
Under the guise of National Socialism D Ab Eb Ab
Sought to put their country right
Trust in them they'll build for you
A Thousand Year Old Reich
C G D Em C G D
You can argue political correctness
But not for very long
When state becomes religion
Where the righteous do no wrong
C G D Em C G D G
The Fourth Estate is bankrupt
Sold out to hipster cool
Freedoms left undefended
Drown in seas of righteous fools
G Em C D
Chorus/Harmonica Break
C G D Em C G D
Trading liberty for imagined safety
Gains neither you will learn
Yieldng reason to raw emotion
Sit and watch your country burn
C G D Em C G D G
They'll tell you what to think and say
Benign neglect and simple fear
Bread and circus for the Romans
Lasted them a thousand years
G Em C D
Chorus/Harmonica Break
C G D Piano Tabs
They ask you put your trust in them Db Ab Eb Eb
Bare your back to their righteous lash Ab C Fm Cm Db Db C Bb Ab
G Em C D
As they'll raise up that old familiar flag
A Happy Face with a Hitler mustache
They'll raise up that old familiar flag
Happy Face with a Hitler mustache
Copyright 2018 Michael J McNulty
Lost Out Here In Cyberspace Alexander Graham Bell 1/12/2018
C F C G Am F C Am F C G Am G Am
Nearly everybody's got one
Ubiquitous so they are
Those glowing little plastic slabs
Simple tools they've come so far
They manage both our time and space
21st century nicotine
Telling us just where to go
Not a clue to where we've been
F C G Am F C Am F C G Am G Am
They're our sage and they're our sirens
Guide to what we're all about
The oracle of daily life
We cannot do without
And if we should lose our way
Guiding light they will provide
Expediting quick return
To the safety of the hive
Chorus F C G Am F C Am F C G Am G Am
So look me up on Facebook
Or ring me on my cell
Post it all on Twitter
Or text me just as well
I'm really very busy
When I'll answer time will tell
Lost out here in cyberspace
Alexander Graham Bell
Connected yet so far apart
Dearth of common courtesy
Not having to look in someone's eyes
Rudeness comes so easily
Using words we'd never dare
To someone face to face
Safely insulated
Secure in cyberspace
Nearly everybody's got one
Ubiquitous so they are
Those glowing little plastic slabs
Simple tools they've come so far
Never such community
Yet so many still alone
Will you answer when I call you up
Or just hang up the phone
Chorus
Copyright 2018 Michael J McNulty
Home
1/4/2018
D C G
I've thought of home
As a place not yet finalized
Something shown
But never realized
And for some that's all home will ever be
The price you pay
For living life too free
Live for today
It's youth's greatest gift
Tomorrow comes
And fortunes will surely shift
Find your home when the stars are all aligned
In a young man's view
There will always be time
Chorus D C G
They say home is where your heart is
Your heart is in your home
Something to take everywhere
No matter how far you roam
It's people you should love
More than houses, gold or land
Its somewhere deep inside yourself
A final place to make your stand
The coming of age
Brings a longing for hearth and home
Friends say it's strange
This living of life on loan
Now life's debt is coming payment due
Set your sights
To thine own heart be true
There's no more time
For an old man's regret
The game's not over
And you ain't quite dead yet
Sail away on a different tack
Set your course
Never looking back
Chorus
I've thought of home
As a place not yet finalized
Something shown
But never realized
And for some that's all home will ever be
The price you pay
For living life too free
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
My Heroes Turned Out To Be Assholes
12/21/2017
D G D Em A
My heroes turned out to be different
From the people I thought that they were
We put them on pedestals where no one can live
Never having to look in the mirror
It's only as I got older
Came to see them for who they really are
While still trying not to judge them
Think it's time that I raised up the bar
Chorus G D Bm G D A D
So my heroes turned out to be assholes
Showing us all how to live
Playing their roles
And selling their souls
While they took all the love we could give
My heroes turned out to be something
That I didn't want them to be
Faults and problems all their own
With little relation to me
And heroes can be so fragile
We use them so vicariously
Perhaps their behavior only reflects
What we truly ourselves want to be
Chorus
So my heroes turned out to be assholes
Teaching us all how to live
Playing their roles
And selling their souls
While they took all the love we could give
When our heroes are found to be wanting
We maybe should all share the blame
For letting them think they were special
And giving them fortune and fame
And so I thank you all my old heroes
I'm sorry that I could not see
That heroes are really just human
Trying to be what we want them to be
Chorus
So my heroes turned out to be assholes
Teaching us all how to live
Playing their roles
And selling their souls
While they took all the love we could give
Yes my heroes turned out to be assholes
Telling us all how to live
2x Playing their roles
And selling their souls
While they took all the love we could give
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Out Walking InThe Rain
1/23/2018
A D F# Bm E A E A
I've been walking in the rain
Washing my blues all away
Nothing ever seems the same
Out walking in the rain
Who needs fortune and fame
On such a beautiful day
There's so much to be gained
Out walking in the rain
Chorus E A D A E A
There's nothing like a warm summer rain
Little lost but everything to gain
So let your inner child out to play
Listen what he might have to say
Nothing ever feels the same
Out walking in the rain
Moisture dripping from the trees
Strolling along a country lane
Raindrops nuturing the earth
Out walking in the rain
Woodland smelling of rebirth
Something I may yet attain
Chorus
There's nothing like a warm summer rain
Little lost but everything to gain
So let your inner child out to play
Listen what he might have to say
Piano break
Chorus
I'm out walking in the rain
A warm and breezy summer day
All my worries lie restrained
Softly carry me away
I've been walking in the rain
Washing my blues all away
Only have yourself to blame
If you're not out walking in the rain
Copyright 2018
Michael J McNulty and Olga McNulty
Blue Moon Land
1/29/2018
G D
Blue moon rising just before dawn
Don't talk to me til the night has gone
Brand new morning come what may
Hell of a time to go siezing the day
Chorus C G D
Morning's come and my time's at hand
C G D Em
Working hard to beat the band
C G D G
Seems I'm still so much in demand
G D G
When morning's come to Blue Moon land
Tried a poke and the wife kicked me clean out of bed
The faster you move the better less said
Morning dew just ain't my style
If you don't like me now maybe wait for awhile
Chorus
Oughta shoot that rooster bring him down a peg
Feed them chickens and fetch some eggs
Fresh brewed coffee frying bacon in the pan
No time for sleeping gotta get with the plan
Chorus
Blue moon's arising just before dawn
Mornings acoming and the night's almost gone
Can't think of a place where I'd rather be
Where time waits for no one least of all me
Chorus C G D Harmonica Break G C G D G C G D Chorus
Morning's come and my time's at hand
C G D Em
Working hard to beat the band
C G D G
Seems I'm still so much in demand
G D G
When morning's come to Blue Moon land
G D G
When morning's come to Blue Moon land
Copyright 2017 Michael J McNulty
Love Binds You
2/12/2018
G C Capo 2 Key of A
Chorus
Love finds you
Love reminds you
Of your place in life
Love binds you
Stays behind you
Gets you through the night
Em C G D
May your journey be rewarding
May love be your sacred bond
May your friends still hold your interest
May you always carry on
Harmonica Break G C
Know that it is not selfish
Save some love just for yourself
Too often we're our own worst critics
Put self forgiveness on the shelf
Chorus
May we aspire to be patient
In the face of things we can't abide
May we strive for the wisdom
Of knowing we're not always right
Harmonica Break G C
And when the day is over
Look yourself right in the eye
Find the pleasure of the knowing
You gave it one hell of a try
Copyright 2018 Michael J McNulty