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V1
Get on up, get on down
Feel the color, see the sound
It don't matter which way you turn
All I want, is for you to burn...and just
Chorus
Move it any way you can x 4
V2
We're in this place, 'bout to ball all night
Face to face, gonna see who bites
Lay your troubles down, just put 'em right there
You know what's goin' on
The smell is in the air
Chorus
Bridge
We all go 'round in this one big game
Find somebody to hold to, don't even need to know their name
Push it, pull it, drop it, pop it, now put it in the same lane
It don't matter what you move, just move it any way you can
Chorus
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Crazy's Contagious - © 2018 Kim Yarson and Richard Dance
V1
Insane thoughts fly from your lips
Like chicken pox they spread they itch
Now I got what you got
And it ain't what I want
Somedays I'm not strong enough
To fight off all your mucky stuff
It may sound outrageous
But crazy's contagious
V2
Now you feel better, I feel worse
My good mood now needs a nurse
I've got chills and fever
And I don't want either
You sucked me in like a vacuum
I just want to flee the room
Cause you're dangerous
And crazy's contagious
Yeah crazy's contagious
Bridge
I try to stay calm and collected
I try to breathe ten times but I'm infected
I'm a carrier on the run
And I've totally come undone...yeah
V3
I left your house but I ain't free
This road rage took over me
I lost my cool , now I feel like a fool
I'm carryin' round your disease
The F word flies with such great ease
And I've lost my patience
Cause crazy's contagious x 4
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You used to be there all of the time
You were so close to me
Your touch always made me feel so fine..
It was so easy to see
Pre Chorus:
Why I leaned on you, to lead me through
To guide me through the maze
But now I’m through and you are too
And /boy now it’s time for a change..
CHORUS
I don’t regret it..
Leaving you behind
I won’t forget you, still glad I met you..
But I had to leave you behind..
V 2
In the beginning it was such a thrill
Like a roller coaster ride
But your fire has started to chill
The water in the well has run dry
Pre Chorus:
But I still wanted you , to lead me through
To guide me through the haze
But now I’m through and you are too
And I know it’s time for a change..
Chorus
I don’t regret it..
Leaving you behind
I won’t forget you, still glad I met yo.
But I had to leave you behind, had to leave you behind
You’re fading away -
Quick and far - like a shooting star
Now your lights have dimmed
You’re just flicker of what you were
Chorus
But I don’t regret it..
Leaving you behind
I won’t forget you, still glad I met you
But I had to leave you behind,
Repeat Chorus:
I don’t regret it..
Leaving you behind
I won’t forget you, still glad I met you
But I had to leave you behind,
Had to leave you behind oh yeah
Leave you behind, yeah yeah
Had to leave you behind oh yeah
Leave you behind
Had to leave you behind
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The Fire You Feed - words & music by Richard Dance © 2013
V1
You looked so fine, last night at the club
Player made his move but you gave him the snub
Then you turned my way, I knew what I had to do
Gonna feed this fire, this fire for you
Chorus
The fire you feed, is the one that burns
The fire you feed, is the one that burns
The fire you feed, is the one that burns child
The fire that burns…ow ow ow
V2
I don’t play no games, ain’t here to take up space
You can push me away, wag your finger in my face
But the fire is burnin’ between us two
You know, you know what we got to do child
Chorus
Breakdown
Gonna feed this fire!
Instrumental Bridge
Chorus 3
The fire you feed, is the one that burns
The fire you feed, is the one that burns
The fire you feed, is the one that burns child
The fire that burns
Outro
The fire you feed
The fire you feed
The fire you feed
Gonna burn
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Intro
Doo Doop Doo-doo-doo
V1
I hear a rumble, shakin’ my foundation
I am about to stumble, on the crack in my floor
Ain’t no sense in talkin’, just look how she’s walkin’
I can’t take it anymore, somethin’s got to give
Chorus
I’m on the fault line (somethin’s got to give)
She got me on the fault line (this ain’t no way to live)
I’m on the fault line (somethin’s got to give)
She got me on the fault line (this ain’t no way to live), yeah
Re-Intro
V2
She has got me, in a hard situation
My head, it starts spinnin’, the walls, they start shakin’
Ain’t no sense in talkin’, just look how she’s walkin’
I can’t take it anymore, somethin’s got to give
Chorus
Re-Intro
Chorus out
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Mister Wizard. . .words and music by Richard Dance
V1
Been out there for awhile
But still I'm a young woman
There's a wise curve in your smile
I must say, it's got me yearnin'
V2
The peo-ple gonna stare
You got so many years on me
But do we really care
Cuz time is all we need
Chorus
I wanna move, I wanna know
What makes the world tick like it does, tell me more
I wanna ride, I wanna go
So hey Mr. Wizard, pull back the curtain, let’s start the show
V3
We found our way here together
I'm in your temple, you're in mine
Let's take this magic potion
Let's get on your magic carpet and ri-hi-hide
Chorus
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Verse 1
I used to buy my beer by the case
Hide it inda garage, over in the corner space
But my woman, she was nosin’ around
The jig was up, so I had to get on down
Down to the liquor store, find a more efficient lift
Liquor store man said, you better take a fifth
Chorus
I’ll take a fifth, stash it in my crib
I’ll take a fifth, then my woman won't gimme no more lip
I’ll take a fifth, hide it way down low
I’ll take a fifth, I’m good to go
I swear
Verse 2
Police man pulled me over, couldn’t get me to blow
A point 0 eight, or a point one 0
Couldn’t find no bottles or cans, I walked the line just fine
Had a fifth tucked under the seat all the time
Chorus 2
I’ll take a fifth, sho' easy to hide
I’ll take a fifth, keep it up under the seat in my ride
I’ll take a fifth, tuck it way down low
I’ll take a fifth, I’m good to go
Instrumental Bridge
Verse 3
Standin’ in front of the judge on a DUI
Judge in the big black robe looked me straight in the eye
Said the state is about to win the case, got plenty of evidence
What do you have to say son, in your defense
Chorus 3
I’ll take the fifth, it’s easy to hide
I’ll take the fifth, ain’t got no foolish pride
I’ll take the fifth, keep it on the down low
I’ll take the fifth, I’m good to go
I'm rollin'
(maybe to jail)
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Chorus 1
Na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na
Na na na na na na na
V1
I’m 38, you’re 22
I surely hope that combination will do
I got 16 long years on you
But years mean nothin’ when I’m turnin’ blue
A side of me was dead for so long
Crazy Dick, I thought he was long gone
You came along, reminded me
I still got it, Wee JT
Ch 2
V2
She’s hangin’ out all the time with the stars
They all want to get next to her in the bar
But I just want for her to ride in my car
But I must remember her boyfriend’s not too far
She’s part knock-out and part cartoon
One of her looks can fly me to the moon
If she wanted what I got it would not be too soon
But in the meantime I’m just stuck here in this tune
Instrumental Bridge
V3
She’s bodacious. Lord, she is fine
I really dig her Daffy Duck mind
I’m just a-hopin’ that one day she will find,
A clever little way to swing from my vine
All the boys in the band will agree
She is pure personality
She’s bringin’ back my funk-shanality
That little brickhouse, Wee JT
That little brick shithouse Wee JT
Ch 3
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V1
Well they was talkin’ bout us men back in the ‘90’s,
Said we need to take a feminine look
I’ve always been a friend to pretty women,
I don’t need to read that stuff in no damn book
Well I never liked to hang out with the jock boys,
But I could still kick their butts on the field
I found my own way to woo the ladies,
They always knew my deal was real
CHORUS
You oughta get in touch with my male side,
I’ll go at any pace you wanna go
What will it take to get you on this ride,
If you don’t show me will never know
V2
Now a woman is not so complicated,
She go by feel, don’t care about my rules
But when I stick my foot across that thin line,
It’s time for me to go back to school
Now sometimes you girls will confuse me.
Say you don’t want to but maybe you do
I don’t play no games with that stuff baby.
My love is big enough to see us through
CHORUS
Instrumental Bridge
V3
Well nature made us different for a reason,
Sometimes we will just not understand
Well sugar let’s focus on the pleasing,
Be my woman, you’ll be glad that I’m your man
You know that I’ll go easy with you baby,
I know exactly what to do
Come on let’s take this thing to the next,
All I need is one clear sign from you
CHORUS
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V1
When I look at my brother. . . I just see me
When I listen at my sister. . . It’s just me talkin’ to me
I try so hard. . . Don't wanna be a suit offa the rack
But all my peoples are mirrors. . . They just bounce the pictures right back
Pre-Chorus
What is this thing. . .That I think is a separate me
I’m just a link in real long chain…That goes rollin' cross the sea
Chorus
I can’t get away. . . From my DNA
I can’t get away. . . From my DNA
At the end of the day . . . Still got this DNA
I gotta gotta gotta get away from it somehow
Turn me loose
V2
My momma’s a drunk. . . Always talkin’ other people down
My poppa he's afraid. . . of this world that's goin’ round
If I watch myself. . . Maybe I can rise above
Stop this swimmin' upstream. . . Turn and flow with the love.
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Instrumental Bridge
Chorus
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Honey, baby, I been told
You know how, shake the butter bowl
I got to see for myself
If you got any butter left
Breakdown to the left, Breakdown to the right
Breakdown to the one, Gonna love you tonight
Do the breakdown, children, Break on down
Do the breakdown, children, Break on down
You got it going, my, my, my
Just look around and grab your guy
Stop where you are, let your big hip rock
Show him how your love can drop
Breakdown for me, Breakdown for you
Breakdown to the one, Gonna give it to
Do the breakdown, children, Break on down
Do the breakdown, children, Break on down,
Come on children, look at me
I'm showing you how it's supposed to be
Do it in the evening, late at night
I'm gonna show you, breakdown is alright
Do the breakdown, children, Break on down
Do the breakdown, children, Break on down
It's the brand new dance that's going around
It ain't the 'Funky Chicken', it's called 'The Breakdown'
It's the brand new dance that's going around
It ain't 'Push and Pull', it's called 'The Breakdown'
Breakdown, children, Break on down
Breakdown, children, Break on down
Mama can do it, Papa too
Grandma, Grandpa, they's doing it too
Mama, Mama, just look at Sis
She's in the backyard breaking down like this
Breakdown, children, Break on down
Breakdown, children, Break on down
Breakdown, children
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V1
Way down on the steam-laden coastline,
Raised up in an ice-hardened shell.
Rarely caressed in his infancy,
No recall of having been held.
Conceiver did stay by his bedside,
Proved by the dim orange glow.
Stiff actions supplanted the lack of sweet words
From his master who helped form the floe.
Pre-Chorus
Removed he became, and self-centered,
Just playing his own little game
He damn sure had no clue of the Law,
Chorus
The way up and down is the same.
V2
Still there came constant reminders
Of what turns the little blue globe.
Some lasted only a night, two or three,
Others stayed long on the road.
Each added a few more degrees,
To the flame that was always within.
But as each one respectively left him,
He knew it must now fall to him . . .
Pre-Chorus 2
To find Beauty in she who is here now,
Who opens her soul to his stream.
She is helping to make him aware of the law,
Chorus
Instrumental Bridge
V3
No longer a slave to the ego,
No steppin’ on so many hands
No more talkin’ the talk y’all,
Sleepwalking in land after land
Now he is learning about the way up,
Where desire becomes mystery.
Content to know not what he loves,
Content to just let her be . . .
Pre-Chorus 3
The glass into which he can now peer,
And with her unravel the game
Well phrased by the ancient Obscure One,
Chorus
Repeat Pre-Chorus 3 and Chorus
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V1
I don’t mean to be nice
You’re like fire and ice
Sure know how to roam
Baby won’t you come on home
V2
Your ecstasy
Brings out my jealousy
You turn up that juice
Baby ‘bout to bust me loose
Pre-Chorus
Lets continue the conversation
Say yes to the conflagration
No need for retaliation
All we need is the full sensation
Chorus
You know that it’s true
Got no red flags on you
My little daydream came true
No red flags on you
Instrumental bridge
V3
Day by day
We’re gonna get connected
Got to learn to expect
The unexpected
V4
Your eyes are bright
Your body’s just right
Gonna give up the fight
Go cryin’ into the night…when I see the Light
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
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Classic Funk and R&B.
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Tempe, Arizona
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