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HOW TO WASTE A PERFECTLY GOOD HALF HOUR

by John Soeder

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Attaboy 02:45
ATTABOY John Soeder © 2011 Light in a window Light in your eyes Bright lights big city Well ain’t it a pity When it’s lights out It’s lights out now Come what may You get your freak on Every day Attaboy Attaboy Come what may You get your freak on Every day Attaboy Attaboy Peace in the valley Piece of cake I go to pieces The tension increases Around us All around us now Come what may You get your freak on Every day Attaboy Attaboy Come what may You get your freak on Every day Attaboy Attaboy What they say (huh?) Don’t let ’em take your freak away No way Come what may You get your freak on Every day Attaboy Attaboy
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LONESOME HIGHWAY John Soeder © 2011 One million miles to go Lonesome highway One billion lonely souls Lonesome highway Turn up the radio All night All day Let’s get this show on the road Lonesome highway Mona Lisa It’s nice to meet ya Only you Can make me smile awhile Mona Lisa I won’t tease ya Sure wish I could stay awhile Chewing up the scenery Lonesome highway Point A to Point B Lonesome highway They won’t get the best of me I’m going my way Late for a date with destiny Lonesome highway Mona Lisa It’s nice to meet ya Only you Can make me smile awhile Mona Lisa I won’t tease ya Sure wish I could stay awhile One million miles down the road Lonesome highway One billion miles left to go Lonesome highway Turn up the radio Are you going my way Don’t want to spend the rest of my life On lonesome highway
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Game Face 03:40
GAME FACE John Soeder © 2011 Crushed like a cigarette Trampled underfoot They crush you like a cigarette Trampled underfoot And they don’t even know my name They don’t even know my name Crushed like a cigarette Trampled underfoot Got my game face on Got my game face on Got my game face on Got my game face on Time steals another day Hangs you out to dry Time steals another day Hangs you out to dry And they don’t even know my name They don’t even know my name Time steals another day Hangs you out to dry Game face on Got my game face on Game face on Got my game face on Game face, game on Game face on Game face, game on Got my game face on Game face, game on Game face on Game face, game on Got my game face on Never let them see you sweat A little piece is all they get And they don’t even know my name They don’t even know my name Crushed like a cigarette Trampled underfoot Got my game face on Got my game face on Got my game face on Got my game face on Game face, game on Got my game face on Game face, game on Got my game face on Game face, game on Got my game face on Game face, game on Got my game face on
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LIVING IN DENIAL John Soeder © 2011 Some people live In a cardboard box Watch the world go by Some people live In cookie-cutter houses They crack the windows But they never crack a smile Some people live In a mansion on the hill Do it up in style Not me Not me Ooo not me I’m living in denial Some people live In the past Haunted by memories Some people live For the future Better days are coming For you and me Some people live In the here and now Moment to moment all the while Not me Not me Ooo not me I’m living in denial When the truth comes knocking I slip out the back And go out walking Some people live With a dark secret That slowly eats them alive Not me Not me Ooo not me I’m living in denial Not me Not me I’m happy as can be Living in denial
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DATE WITH AN ANGEL John Soeder © 2011 It’s getting late I can’t wait I got a date With an angel I’m trying To make her mine I’m working every angle This love grows stronger every day It’s getting better In every way Ooo ooo ooooo Somebody better hold me down Before I leave the ground Rise above The push and shove Your love has given me wings It’s getting loud Above the clouds Up where those angels sing My heart beats faster every day It’s getting better In every way Ooo ooo ooooo Somebody better hold me down Before I leave the ground Angel Angel Angel Angel It’s getting late I can’t wait I got a date With an angel I’m trying To make her mine I’m working every angle This love grows stronger every day It’s getting better In every way Ooo ooo ooooo Somebody better hold me down Before I leave the ground Angel Angel Angel Angel Angel Angel Angel Angel
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Dumplins 02:43
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TIED TO THE TRACKS John Soeder © 2011 Down on the corner I tried to warn ya Ain’t nothin’ here to see It should be automatic But all I get is static When I tune into your frequency Where did we go wrong Where did we go wrong, wrong, wrong Tied to the tracks It’s hard to relax When there’s light at the end of the tunnel Up in the sky Something caught my eye Such a fine sight to see Griechischer wine So very fine Here’s looking at you Here’s looking at me too What took so long What took so long, long, long Tied to the tracks It’s hard to relax When there’s light at the end of the tunnel Where do we belong Where do we belong, belong, belong Tied to the tracks It’s hard to relax When there’s light at the end of the tunnel
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THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST’S LAST STAND John Soeder © 2011 I used to go with the flow Wherever I used to go Saw the good in everyone I put up with the bull My glass was always half full Went blind staring at the sun But time takes a toll It wears you down to the bone Try to understand I’m throwing in the towel I’ve had just about enough now The eternal optimist’s last stand I rolled with the punches Bought roses in bunches Stopped to smell ’em when I could I always tried To look on the bright side Believed ’em when they said it’s all good But life grinds you down It flips your smile to a frown C’mon give the boy a hand I’m throwing in the towel I’ve had just about enough now The eternal optimist’s last stand Goodnight and farewell Now you can all go to hell I don’t give a damn I’m throwing in the towel I’ve had just about enough now The eternal optimist’s last stand

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released May 10, 2011

MUSIC & LYRICS BY JOHN SOEDER
except "This Little Light of Mine" (Harry Dixon Loews)
and "Dumplins" (traditional West Indian song)

RECORDED JANUARY-MAY 2011
A STOLEN MOMENTS PRODUCTION

COVER ART:
Rocky Beach, Redwood National Park, California
courtesy of National Park Service

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