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Radio Wasteland

by Rich Whiteley

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1.
Radio Wasteland 04:37
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I’m you’re new best friend & I’m coming to town On 2 million watts of stereo sound Serving up the hits as bought and paid by the 21st century marketing wave Got my left hand down some political pants Got my right hand making the whole world dance To a beat that I think you’ll really love Raining down from a satellite in heaven above Clear the air of variety Clear the air of quality Clear the air of integrity Clear the way for the radio wasteland I got Country, and Urban and soft AC I got the smooth jazz, and the R&B I got DJs that don’t even live in your town And PCs serving the playlists down Don’t talk to me about community Business just ain’t like it used to be Besides, who you going to call but me? The coast is clear for the radio wasteland I’m buying up the sky to homogenize And pasteurize and sterilize your listening pleasure to the nth degree Radio wasteland in the home of the free
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Mama Says 03:49
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Mama says she don’t like the way I’m livin’ Mama says she don’t like the way I’m livin’ Too much wine and whiskey drinking Mind yourself and do some thinking Mama don’t like the way I live at all Mama don’t like the girls that I know Mama don’t like the girls that I know Too much leg showing under that skirt Too much belly under that shirt Mama don’t like the girls I know at all But it’s all right Mama, I love you anyway Stil come round and see you, send you presents on Mothers Day Please don’t think I’ve gone astray Mama don’t like the songs that I sing Mama don’t like the songs that I sing Too much noise & guitars clangin’ Get on the drums and just start bangin’ Mama don’t like the songs that I sing Mama don’t like the company that I keep Mama don’t like the company that I keep Says I hate to bust your bubble, But I ain’t bailing you out of trouble Mama don’t like the company that I keep But it’s all right Mama, I love you anyway Stil come round and see you, send you presents on Mothers Day Please don’t think I’ve gone astray But it’s all right Mama, I love you anyway Stil come round and see you, send you presents on Mothers Day Please don’t think I’ve gone astray
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Stella Please 04:09
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It was winter, maybe springtime I couldn’t really tell My words were weak, my hands were numb My feet had started to swell I was drinking luke-warm buds Wasted without a friend When lightning opened up my eyes And I could see again (Chorus) Stella, please I’m down here all alone Stella please So very far from home On my knees The world was spinning ‘round me In a devil-colored light The wind blew like a typhoon On a Chinese Summer night I wrote my whole life story And hated what I read I called you from an old payphone And this is what I said… (Chorus) (Bridge) To be lost in your sweet here after To live and die with your laughter Nothing else would matter I want to play your Carole King Records once again And talk about how we should be Vegetarians If you still feel anything Will you tell me now? I’ll come crawling back to you I’m sure I still know how (Chorus)
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Guy On a Bench 04:33
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My name’s not Billy it ain’t even Bill gonna catch the next bus gonna ride it to hell Hey there Missy can I borrow your keys, I wanna take a little ride in your automobile She frightened herself so she run away Just keep running all night and day I sat down on the bench again Gonna catch the next bus gonna find me some sin Hey hey what do you say, I’m just a guy on a bench I been there all day I once took a trip to a place so grand Nobody there could understand They must’ve thought I was John Wayne Gonna get me a boat and go back someday I know a river that’s filled with frogs, Some so big they could eat your dog French guy cook ‘em on the grill all day Tastes like chicken, but I don’t like chicken This guy I know, well I don’t really know Found a million dollars buried in a hole He died next week cause a tree branch fell Guess it just shows that you never can tell My name’s not Billy it ain’t even Bill Gonna catch the next bus gonna ride it to hell I’m waiting for the bus gonna find me some sin Gonna ride all day and come back again
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Restless One 06:09
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I’ve always been a restless one Never stayed in one place too long Like bird on the fly or a tear in the eye of the blood red sun I’ve always been a restless one I’ve searched for light in rock & roll Searched down deep inside my soul Throw my hands up high Try to tear the sky Like a desperate son Have mercy on a restless one Oh I won’t ask you what’s to come All is well and all is one I’m on a big ball spinning round the sun And I’m a restless one I’ve felt the heights of ecstasy Then felt it ripped away from me Oh I can’t complain If I feel the pain Cause it’s all or none When you’re living like a restless one I’ve lost my nerve & lost my way Then lived to see a better day It’s all the same No one left to blame If I’m on the run I’ll always be a restless one Oh I won’t ask you what’s to come All is well and all is one I’m on a big ball spinning round the sun And I’m a restless one
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Flypaper 03:39
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Cma7 Dma7 E-7 B Fly paper, whiz-bam, floating in the garbage can B-7 C#-7 C B-7 Polka-dot platypus, holding up the traffic jam Three legged motorcycle, driven by a dutch pope Leather jacket pleasure prophet, trying to find enough rope Give a man an inch of rope, he’ll hang himself a mile I’ll get the popcorn, find it on the dial Bumper car exhaust pipe, pass the jar of paste Vaporize your neighbor’s home, just to see his face High tech garden tools, ergonomic rake If I knew that it was you, I would have baked a pie Godzilla’s kitchen, cooking people stew Take a look inside yourself, just to see the view
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Wolf From the Door 05:37
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Every day when I come home from the field Baby always had us a nice hot meal Been quite some time, since she gone to the store Said she’d only be gone for an hour or four…maybe more… It’s so hard to work, when you’re hungry as me So I stay in bed and watch TV We never said much, but she loved me I’m sure And baby always used to keep the wolf from the door Ch: Baby always used to keep the wolf from the door I used to think she loved me, but now I’m not so sure The dinner bell ain’t rung now for sixteen hungry days What am I gonna do if baby’s gone away? I don’t know why her closet’s so clean She always kept the same routine She left for town with her suitcase packed She probably went to the laundromat Don’t know where she got all the money she saved Don’t know who’s been stealing my aftershave People look at me kind of funny in town Don’t know why those boys were always hanging round Ch: Br: Preacher come round last fifth of July Said the devil makes his playground in an idle mind Baby just laughed, looked him straight in the eye Said come on upstairs and see what you find, in my mind Now I don’t cook and I really don’t clean And learning never occurred to me Baby sure made a nice chicken pot pie I hope she comes home before I die Br: Big Black Buzzards, circling round the clouds Preacher close the lid & put me in the ground Said a few nice words, that he really don’t mean Close the earth and forget about me
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False Advertising 04:53
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Well I come home worn & tired And your voice just hurts my head You found my whiskey bottle I hid it underneath the bed You used to look so sweet and inviting I should have gotten it in writing Well you burn up all the cooking and you don’t keep my house clean You spend up all my money on stuff that I don’t need You used to look so appetizing But you were just false advertising Well your cat’s so mean and spiteful and he scratched my poor dog’s nose You’re always telling me little stories Bout stuff I don’t want to know So you can see it ain’t surprising I feel like a victim of false advertising So I’m sending you back woman Back to where you oughta be Cause you get up looking frightfull Then you sit and watch TV My frustration is rising I feel like a victim of false advertising
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Walkin' at Night 04:03
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Walking at Night I carry my big stick Look over my left shoulder, Look back over my right Walking at night My hand in my pocket Don’t carry no wallet, Don’t smoke no cigarette Night time is the right time To get some true thinking done Ghost write by moonlight I keep my running shoes on Walking at night Just me and my big stick Going where I ain’t s’posed to go Going where there ain’t much light Walking at night Don’t carry no pistol, Don’t carry no flick knife And it all adds to the thrill Night-time is the right time To give yourself a thrill like no other and to take life in your ands Dog fight by starlight I keep myself away in the shadows when I’m walking through these badlands Inst: Walking at night Tap tapping my big stick Got my hat pulled way down low My jacket zipped up real tight Walking at night Just me & my shadow Trying to look cool & mellow And kinda thinking that I just might Repeat 1st Ch:
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Better Day 05:13
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So many black cats have crossed my path Think I’ll stay in bed all day So many dark clouds hanging over me I’m like my own lampshade Ch: But I know that tomorrow’s gonna be a better day And I know the sunshine’s gonna burn all my clouds away, my clouds away Sometimes I feel like I’m all alone Cause I can’t take the easy way But there ain’t no road to travel but your own And sometimes I want to kneel down and pray Ch: That tomorrow’s gonna be a better day And I know, that some little bird gonna sing all my blues away, my blues away Br: Sometimes every molehill is a mountain And the sunshine just hurts my eyes And music just sounds like mirrors breaking Feel like I’m wearing a disguise Rpt Chorus.
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Old Rock-n-Rollers 03:01
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Whatever happens to old rock-n-rollers When nobody wants them to play? Do they reminisce the rhythms And give up hedonism And head out on to the fairways? Ch: Old rock-n-rollers think they’ll never die That they’ll keep getting younger if they keep getting high So crank up that guitar, you funky old geezers And I’ll see you in heaven in that band in the sky Oh whatever happens to old rock-n-rollers Who’re no longer in their heyday? Do they sit around and sob Do they try to get a job What do they put on their resume? Ch: Oh someone please tell me, and please tell me truly Cause I wasn’t born yesterday Whatever happens to Old rock-n-rollers Cause I might just be one someday Ch:

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released June 7, 2003

Rich Whiteley - Guitar, Vocals
John Zias - Lead Guitar
TJ Glowacki - Bass
Dan Degregory - Drums
Steve Connelly - Pedal Steel
Lee Bryant - Keyboards

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As a singer-songwriter-guitarist and bandleader, Rich has been an integral part of the Tampa Bay music community since 1993. He has released 5 full-length albums, and another with improvistational ensemble Earth Bombs Mars. He has also fronted Tampa's longest running houseband- the Grateful Dead tribute Uncle John's Band, with over 1100 Thursday nights at the legendary Skippers Smokehouse. ... more

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