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Deeper than The Name of the Rose
Your mouth is on a gradual lift
Suddenly a rocky decline
Your lips have a natural gift
For never making up their mind
There's a smile right under your nose
Aw, you bit yourself keeping it closed
Now, it's swollen like a river
Deeper than The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco, echo, eh?
You know he’s got a lot on his mind
The way your lips look today
Leonardo would have taken his time
There's a twinkle right next to your mole
Call it a beauty mark, if you say so
The shade of red he'd give her
Deeper than The Name of the Rose
I know you must be sick of the guy
Saying, "How's about a little grin?"
Don't you break down and cry
Girl, you gotta hold it in
When you put out your lower lip
Aw, baby that's the way it goes
On a mighty strange trip
Deeper than The Name of the Rose
Your mouth is on a gradual lift
Suddenly that crazy decline
You don't have to get miffed
At the drop of a dime
Then you punch this guy right in the nose
You're watch in' as the red blood flows
Flowin' like a river
Deeper than The Name of the Rose
Well, I put out my lips to kiss her
And she landed a couple more blows
Now I'm swollen like a river
Deeper than The Name of the Rose
1997© John D. Lamb
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Thinking Clear
03:54
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Thinking Clear
You call me up just to say
I need you here
You were wrong, you were wrong
You weren’t thinking clear
But I’ve got to leave, leave today
No use being there
When I’m gone, when I’m gone
That’s when you’re thinking clear
I think I’m in love, oh, and I hurt so
I want to go away from you
Let down your guard my sweet angel
You’re struggling with your pride
It’s when I’m near, when I’m here
That’s when you can’t decide
Whether to love, love this man
This man who might disappear
When I’m gone, when I’m gone
That’s when you’re thinking clear
I think I’m in love, oh, and I hurt so
I want to go away from you
You promise to love, love me madly
Love me when I’m home
Easy to say, you had me
And never would I roam
When I was there, I was there
You had nothing to fear
When I’m gone, when I’m gone
That’s when you’re thinking clear
2004©John D. Lamb
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Say What I Mean
03:42
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Say What I Mean
Scribbling away on the back of a placemat
Getting sentimental – I feel that
If I’m gonna love you, a song is the way
I get to say I love you – say only what I mean to say
It’s ticking you off – making you mad
You’re simply envious, I feel that
You gotta let me sing it to the whole wide world
Believe me baby – you’re the girl to beat all the girls
The ones before you, they got a song
Fifty million fans, well they can’t be wrong
What’s the problem baby? Look me in the eye
Tell me you don’t want one and I’ll cry like I need to cry
‘Cause, if I’m gonna love you
A song is the way I get to say I love you
Say only what I mean to say
Sculpting away – shedding the fat
You get to be symmetrical – feel that
Because I love you, I gave up the meat
Gave up the sugar – eat only what I need to eat
Benching the weights – sweating the mat
Wrestling an Olympian, I feel that
To prove I love you – I need to kick some ass
I got these fists and they’re fast when they need to be fast
‘Cause, if I’m gonna love you
A song is the way I get to say I love you
Say only what I mean to say
Hey, let me finish, it’ll be my last
It’s getting better, yeah I – I feel that
I’m working out so you, you feel this?
When I hold you, well, a kiss won’t be just a kiss
Scribbling away – shedding the fat
Getting sentimentrical – I feel that
If I’m gonna love you, this song is the way
I get to say I love you – say only what I mean
2004 © John D. Lamb
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Look Out for Deer
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Look Out for Deer
I’ll be comin’ round Boyne Mountain when I come
‘Takes three hours from the thumb
Long as I survive I-75
Look out for deer
Up until I hit the north of Grayling
Clear skies, smooth sailing
Then came the clouds, snowplows
Look out for deer
When you’re driving up here
Don’t you brake for me, dear dear
Why do you think I drive a four-wheel drive Mountaineer?
When I got off in Gaylord
The thought occurred; nothin’ ventured
Nothin’ gained, there’s freezing rain
Look out for deer
I’m on my way down 32
131’s then just a few miles from you
Are you on the hill? Are you in the lift line?
Look out for dear
When you’re driving up here
Don’t you brake for me, dear dear
Why do you think I drive this four-wheel drive like Paul Revere?
I’ll be comin’ round Boyne Mountain when I come
And when I find you we will make that run
Someone will ask, “Who’s the man in the mask?”
Look out for dear
She’ll be wearing a red parka’s what she said
Meet me out on Hemlock once I get my family fed
No easy task, ‘make love last
Look out for dear
When you’re driving up here
Don’t you brake for me, dear dear
Why do you think I drive a four-wheel drive…?
2004©John D. Lamb
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This Song Won't Hurt
02:48
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This Song Won’t Hurt
This song won’t hurt
You can hear it without thinking
Who’s he singing about?
Is it me he can’t live without?
This song won’t hurt
You can hear it without wondering
Will I never doubt
One word that comes out of his mouth?
I chose these words at random
This ain’t the blues or Pollyanna
You can give it a rest
No lullaby promises comfort
I can promise you this
This song won’t hurt
You can hear it without crying
‘Bout a love impossible
A broken heart that’s inoperable
A passion so unstoppable
Makes everyone so miserable
I chose these words at random
This ain’t the blues or Pollyanna
You can give it a rest
No lullaby promises comfort
I can promise you this
This song won’t hurt
You can hear it without caring
‘Bout yourself or the singer
Which words reflect the time you’re sharing?
The time you’re not sharing?
I chose these words at random
You can choose not to understand them
There will be no test
No pop quiz on the promises that you heard
I can promise you this
2004 (c) John D. Lamb
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Rather be Miserable
03:53
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Rather Be Miserable
I’d rather be miserable with you
Than simply happy with someone new
What I feel, it must be real
No one can make me so blue
I’d rather be miserable with you
I’d rather be living here with you
And all the stuff that we go through
What I feel here is so familiar
Only your body will do
I’d rather be miserable with you
Even when you’re wearing a frown
And even when you won’t make a sound
You’re still a beauty, you see right through me
No one has got me so down
This is what I’ve found
And when you blow your top
They can hear us up and down the block
Before you knew me there was nothing to me
Now you keep me hard as a rock
And we don’t have to talk
I’d rather be miserable with you
Than starting over with who knows who
When we’re together I’m never better
Not after all we’ve been through
I’d rather be miserable with you
And if you’re miserable, too
Think of us as one of the lucky few
I hope you feel the way I feel
I hope that my body will do
I’d rather be miserable with you
2005 (c) John D. Lamb
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Hold on to Me
03:17
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Hold on to Me
One starlight evening I looked away
A spectral vision, her face
One wicked moment, I tried to pray
‘My salvation, her grace
Alarm and resignation
You try my will
My heart beats with impatience
I could kill
Hold on to me, hold on to me, hold on to me, you
One siren called me, you looked away
With no derision, no trace
Your permissions mean to haunt me
I'm made to look a fool
You have me where you want me
You rule
Hold on to me, hold on to me, hold on to me, you
1999© John D. Lamb
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If This is a Joke
03:36
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If This is a Joke
If this is a joke I don’t want to hear the punch line
Maybe the joke’s on me and it started with the first time
I laid eyes on you, thought I’d make you mine
The night we met underneath the moonlight
That was the night you and me kissed each other for the first time
Now, what you say is true, no more kissing time
Maybe you misspoke, it’s all in the delivery
Maybe you’re cryin’, you had enough of this sweet misery
Now, what you say is true, our love is history
If this is a joke, I don’t want to hear the punch line
Maybe the joke’s on me and it started with the first time
I laid eyes on you, thought I’d make you mine
2003© John D. Lamb
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That Photo of You
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That Photo of You
That photo of you looking over your shoulder
The one that was taken in mid-October
You had that one eyebrow raised
In that photo of you, your face is on fire
It was more like irritation than the heat of desire
A daring display
Hold it right there, now – There’s no time to focus
It’s too hard to bare, now – How do you work this?
The light is good but the brightness fades
That photo of you helps me remember
The love we were making, but then came December
We got so carried away
It won’t be the same now but I’ve got you captured
In the middle of the frame now, in the midst of such rapture
Oh, but the brightness fades
Hold it right there, now – Be still for a moment
Like you never cared how I intended to work this
The light is good but the brightness fades
That photo of you looking over your shoulder
The one that was taken last October
2003©John D. Lamb
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John D. Lamb Detroit, Michigan
Lamb spins a tale of love and woe full of true irony and forlorn humor…Lamb has given us a slice of life in which we find common ground, but is anything but commonplace…
Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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