ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY DOUG DUNN
It Is What It Is
It is what it is it was what it was
And that’s just the way it goes because
Things aint always quite the way they seem
That was then and this is now
So Baby wont you tell me how
You woke up one day .. and , stopped loving me
Well it’s a Girl meets Boy, Boy meets girl
Kinda crazy messed up world
You called up and said that you loved me
I told you that’s the easy part
Lets be friends first from the start
Or well wind up with us as history
Well it is what it is it was what it was
And that’s just the way it goes because
Things aint always quite the way they seem
that was then and this is now
baby wont you tell me how
You woke up one day and stopped loving me
We started slow on our first date
baby you just couldn’t wait to let time tell us what we should be
you moved right in into my heart
We had fun at the supermart
And sang some songs while we did laundry
it is what it is it was what it was
And that’s just the way it goes because
Things aint always quite the way they seem
that was then and this is now
baby wont you take a bow you played the part while
You were playing me
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
Well it is what it is it was what it was and
That’s just the way it goes because
Things aint always quite the way they seem
that was then and this is now so baby wont you tell me how you
Woke up and just like that stopped loving me
Well it is what it is (it is what it is)
it was what it was (was what it was)
that was then (that was then)
this is now
Well it is what it is it was what it was and
That just the way it goes because
Things aint always quite the way they seem
But that was then and this is now
So Ill just have to reconcile
That we were never really meant to be
HOW DID YOU KNOW
Remember when I was just a boy
Thinking about the fun and joy
I never stopped to wonder how
Everything just worked out
Each week goin out of town
Summers at Lake Gaston and
Water skiing, fires at night
Everything seemed just right
How did you know
Exactly what to do
No matter what I’d say, I was going through
No worries or doubts
You washed em all away,
You were always there and knew just what to say
how did you know
Remember when I was playin ball
cross the street in the neighbors yard
never saw that piece of fence,
Ive had that scar ever since
I ran home trying not to cry
Saw the love there in your eyes
Then you reached out and said don’t worry none
Youll l be just fine my son
So tell me How did you know
Exactly what to do
No matter what I’d say, I was going through
No worries or doubts
You washed em all away
You were always there and knew just what to say
------- oh how did you know
Now here I sit at 31
My baby girls asleep at home
And I wonder so many things
About what her future brings
And Late at night as I start to pray
Asking GOD to keep her safe
I realize you didn’t know
But you would never let it show
How do you know
Exactly what I feel
In everything you do
You show me what is real
with everything you do
How did you know
PIXIE TATTOO
She came walking from the surf to the beach
I took one look she was oh so sweet
And as she came strutting right by me
I took one look and couldnt help but see
The wings they were tattooed on her rear
She caught me grinning from ear to ear
Then she tossed her long blonde hair on back
and she sashayed, smiled and said "howd you like that?
So I stumbled on over next to her
I was really digging hanging out with this girl
A southern peach chilling up in beantown
and couldnt keep my eyes from sliding on down
to catch a peek of that sexy tattoo
I asked her hunny would you give me a clue
Then she stood up and her bottoms slide down
I saw a Pixie South of Dixie, hottest thing in town
A Bird in the hand beats a needle in the eye
Dont cha know its all demand and supply
She said "Baby I have heard all of your pick up lines
and you wont get my lovin 'till this Pixie starts to fly
So we meet on the beach every single day
I was tryin everything to get my way
Just a strutting and showing off my wits
and couldnt help but admire her......
and when I thought I had hit a home run
she looked at me and said now listen son...
You think that you have got the low down
To get this Pixie South of Dixie, hottest thing in town."
A Bird in the hand beats a needle in the eye
Dont cha know its all demand and supply
She said "Baby I have heard all of your pick up lines
and you wont get my lovin 'till this Pixie starts to fly
THIRTY SOMETHING CRAZY
I lay out on the beach
A long neck in my reach
Singing all the songs that
I loved when I's a young man
Now it feels like the rock of ages
Im just living my life in stages
My friends they all say I should try and behave
But I dont know how
Just Thirty Something Crazy
Some folks call me lazy
For writing songs and sleeping late
But it doesn't matter anyway
You say that I dont have a clue
of Societies point of view
Just Thirty Something Crazy, crazy cause of what I do
See years ago when I
Spent all my days in a coat and tie
Doing all I thought I should but that
was somebody else's dream
Then I felt the calling of the wild
So this man became a child
Now there's sand in my toes and GOD only knows
What tomorrow may bring
Just Thirty Something Crazy
Some folks call me lazy
For writing songs and sleeping late
But it doesn't matter anyway
You say that I dont have a clue
of Societies point of view
Just Thirty Something Crazy, crazy cause of what I do
Just Thirty Something Crazy
I may be dressed down drunk and hazy
But know I sail on these six strings
and the Music fills up all my dreams
I just might have a clue
of societies point of view
Just Thirty Something Crazy
They call me Thirty Something Crazy
I guess I'm Thirty Something Crazy, because
I'm crazy about what I do.
JESUS MAY FORGIVE
Babe I have learned
Through so much pain
Top of a stove
Is no place for my hand
When you say it’s free
The price is high for me
And when you start talking’
I don’t know what to believe
Jesus may forgive
And time may heal all wounds
But I know that your lying’
When your lips begin to move
Truth is perception
A lie is still a lie
You can say what you want
But Ill still say goodbye
Take yourself right out the door
Baby don’t look back
There’s nothing’ left for ya here
So let me help you pack
Jesus may forgive
And time may heal all wounds
But I know that your lying’
When your lips begin to move
I thought that I’d miss you
It’s been so many years
Thinking’ that I’d want too
Just brings me to tears
I have seen so many more
They have seen me too
I almost stopped to wonder
What became of you?
Jesus may forgive
And time may heal all wounds
But I know that your lying’
When your lips begin to move
HELLO STRANGER (Courtney's Theme)
Our little girl was born into a broken home
We both tried, but the love was gone
Then came the night when I left
I crept into her room and gently kissed her head
The tears rolled down my face as I gazed at her
All the dreams I had, began to blur
Hello Stranger
Child of mine
God how I wish I could turn back time
Hello Stranger
One that I love
Gentle as a breeze and peaceful as a dove
The years quickly passed as she began to grow
I watched from a distance and then I’d go
We shared some time every Christmas eve
But all too soon she would leave
I lay there wishing for a Christmas morn
When she would wake up smiling, in my home
Hello Stranger
My how you’ve grown,
I stopped by but you weren’t home
Hello Stranger
The years that have gone
I keep you in my heart
In my songs
It’s been 13 years since she was born
Last December she gave me this poem
I felt my heart break that day
She wrote the words that she could never say
She wrote
Hello Stranger, who I love so much
I think of you each day at school and home
Hello Stranger you’ve been gone so long
Please keep me in your heart, and forever, in your songs.
LONG ROAD TO HEAVEN
Well it’s a long road to Heaven
On the path that your on today
It’s a long road to heaven
So you better change your ways
In his Son he gave you the entrance key
But you just keep on doing whatever you please
He gave you some laws to live your life by
Some very basic rules that we should all abide
Never kill or take from someone else
Keep your lust stored high away upon a shelf
Do unto others as you have them do
Don’t you know that is his Golden Rule?
Well it’s a long road to Heaven
On the path that your on today
It’s a long road to heaven
So you better change your ways
In his Son he gave you the entrance key
But you just keep on doing whatever you please
I know that you think you’ve got it all in control
Saying you’re sorry just to save your soul
Using other people like worn out shoes
Find a mirror baby take a look at you
You may not like all that you will see
Cause I sure know how it terrifies me
Well it’s a long road to Heaven
On the path that your on today
It’s a long road to heaven
So you better change your ways
In his Son he gave you the entrance key
But you just keep on doing whatever you please
(Spoken)
Brothers and Sisters, time for a Baptism
In his Son he gave you the entrance Key but
You just keep on doing whatever you please
RED HEADED STEPCHILD (with dirty blonde hair)
We hooked up in a barroom on a Saturday night
All primped and styled and looking just right
She was hunting for a husband but I didn’t know
Had a line of BS thick as New England snow
Just when she saw that my guard was down
Next thing you know she’s wearing a wedding gown.
She’s a red headed stepchild with dirty blonde hair
Tells you that she loves you when she don’t care
Got ice in her veins and a black widows heart
She knows what she’s doing right from the start
If she gets her hooks in you she’s got you snared
She’s a red headed stepchild with dirty blonde hair.
She got a box full of rings like a jewelry store
But keeps on going cause she just wants more
She’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen
The very definition of a barroom queen
So if you work singing and playing guitar
Sooner or later you’ll end up wearing her scar
She’s a red headed stepchild with dirty blonde hair
Tells you that she loves you when she don’t care
Got ice in her veins and a black widows heart
She knows what she’s doing right from the start
If she gets her hooks in you she’s got you snared
She’s a red headed stepchild with dirty blonde hair
(spoken) got nothing but love for ya baby
Every guitar picker’s met a girl like her
Wearing fake leather while dreaming of fur
A ten year old hair do a purse full of blush and
Her own way of making’ your blood rush
So take it from a man who’s had his ass burned
Some things in life are better left unlearned
She’s a red headed stepchild with dirty blonde hair
Tells you that she loves you when she don’t care
Got ice in her veins and a black widows heart
She knows what she’s doing right from the start
If she gets her hooks in you she’s got you snared
She’s a red headed stepchild with dirty blonde hair.
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