I’m leaving this party
I’m out of this town
I’m not your play thing
I’m not your friend
Being true to me first
Means I’ll love again
This story of mine waits for me
To create the middle and the happy end
Since you took the beginning
there’s one thing I control
that’s this journey,
and what I see around that bend
I dance and cry
Does that make sense
No it doesn’t!
One moment I’m spent
The next I’m beginning again
The tango of my life
The tears of my song
Bring me along this journey
a million miles
so long, so long, so long
to this world of wrong
Driving a million miles away from you
Makes me true
True to me, And what’s ahead
Yesterday I fell, I cried, I lied,
Today
I drive, I drive, I drive
Away from you
Where I know I’ll find me,
I’m sad
I’m scared
I’m lonely
And you know
I’m anxious to know where
This road leads
With the dust behind me,
And the sun above,
I’m ready,
I’m moving on
Don’t cry
Cause I’ve stopped
And what use to be tears
are sunshine spots
little specks of hope
all dried up
they’ve taught me to cope
to push on, to see around the corner
to dream of what’s ahead
to leave my past behind…
enough said!!!
it’s time to drive, a country mile,
a long country mile,
time to look ahead
time to say one more thing…
see ya bye, the end!
By Barbara Tremblay Cipak
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(VERSE ONE)
Parked at Lover’s Lane
holding Billy’s hand
his eyes connected deeply to mine
he was looking lookin’ to be my man
that radio was playin’ “kiss me all the way songs”
we felt our bodies melting and lock
and I was ready to go along
’til the DJ woke us up
and out blared “Jailhouse Rock”
his lips backed off of mine, and
Yes! our mood changed on a dime!
(CHORUS)
It could’a ‘bin
Babies & Bottles
before my time
It could’a ‘bin tears and stolen years
It could’a ‘bin a memory I wished to forget
It could’a ‘bin my longest good night
and yet,
that’s right,
Elvis saved my life that night
(VERSE 2)
The summer of ’62
he took me to dinner
and spent a lot’a money too
It was seafood, smiles and footsie’s under our table
It was champagne and a toast to us
He stood tall like such a man
asked me to dance
we were hand in hand
spinning me into his grasp
he said “guess you know I’m not usually a big spender”
and with a nod towards the band they started to play
“Love Me Tender”
“Marry Me” spoke his lips as they melted into mine
and Yes! you guessed it,
Our mood changed on a dime!
(CHORUS)
It could’a ‘bin
Babies and Bottles
before our time
It coulda’ bin
tears and stolen years
instead of a memory we’ll never forget
It was our longest kiss goodnight
and Yes!
that’s Right!
Elvis saved my life that night
(VERSE 3)
He was sixteen, she was twenty-one
Billy and I deeply in love
with both our daughter and our son
She was off to college
and we were worried
cause that night our boy was taking his girl
to that kissin’ spot up on that hill
so we took a drive to our favorite place in the meadow
when the radio started to play the saddest song
we ever heard
about a mother and the ghetto
and we knew then
he’d be just fine
as we shared the greatest gift of all
our smiles and peace of mind
and Yes! our mood changed on a dime
(FINAL CHORUS)
It was Babies and Bottles
when it was time
it was love and laughter
through all our years
It was memories we never forget
our life goes on
and we’re reminded by song
that it’s all right
Yes, all is right,
and it was Elvis who saved our life those nights
By Barbara Tremblay Cipak
Song Lyrics: Song lyrics about a life’s journey and the influence of Elvis Presley music.
(VERSE)
In 1950 grandpa whined at the price of our new house
“for $8450 dollars I’m sure I could by all of California and
can’t believe they want 18 cents for a gallon of gas”
when he coughed up $1500 for that Old Chevy
he kneeled down to me and said,
“little girl, it never used to be like this, a man
could get ahead, don’t you be lazy girl, cause the world’s
half gone crazy girl”
(CHORUS)
Grandpa would spit
he might do more than spit
if he knew gas costs $4 bucks a gallon
Grandpa might take that car salesman out back
who asked for 20 Grand
and the bank taking back houses and repossessing land
would send Gramps out lookin’ for some necks to ring
and I know he would wanna go back to a time
when Crazy was King,
(VERSE)
That first apartment in the city
momma helped me pick furniture out
“ridiculous rent, she mumbled shocked and scratched her head”
you’re living high on the hog for someone starting out
then she turned to me and said,
“young lady, it never used to be like this, a person
could get ahead, don’t you be lazy girl, cause the world’s
half gone crazy girl”
(CHORUS)
Mamma would spit
heck she might do more than spit
if she knew apartments can rent now for $1500 Bucks
Crap that’s what grandpa’s Chevy cost!
and she never saw $4 Bucks a gallon
and the bank taking back houses and repossessing land
would send Momma lookin’ for more necks to ring
I know she’d wanna go back
to when Crazy was King,
(VERSE)
Went shopping with my son for his $50 dollar sneakers
I said boy, you really need a good job, cause this is
some mighty expensive rubber you’re puttin’ on your feet,
and you don’t like things cheap, and turned to him and said,
“young man, it never used to be like this, a person could get
ahead, don’t you be lazy boy, cause the world’s half gone crazy boy,
(CHORUS)
He said, “Momma you would spit
these are the cheapest shoes
not the expensive brand!”
and you see that strip mall over there,
someday I’m gonna buy that piece of land
and that’s no joke,
and yes Momma the price would make you choke!
Can someone take me back
to when grandpa bought that house
I wanna drive in that Chevy
swim for nothing in that Levy
cause I want to be queen again
When Crazy was King!
By Barbara Tremblay Cipak
Song Lyrics about inflation, and the changing generations
