THE TOO MUCH FUN CLUB

The scene starts every night around 5

We all get together like bees on a hive

To see the show you don't need a ticket stub

Just take a seat at the too much fun club

 

There's Shawn and Mike, we got Fannie and Flo

Olin and Jacque, myself and Jaeo

If we call pitch in we can get some grub

Cause everybody eats down at the too much fun club

 

Do whatever you feel everything is fine

Drink coffee, tea, beer or wine

The bush is the can and the rivers our tub

But we're all dirty down at the too much fun club

 

We're all trying our best just to stay ahead

We live off of mustard and cold cuts on bread

We don't waste our money in the local pubs

We got plenty of hooch down at the too much fun club

 

TRICK ON THE BRAIN

I got a million memories that I can't recall

Sometimes they set you up just to see you fall

It's all just some strange trick on the brain

You either survive or you go insane

 

You're either too rich or else you're too poor

You give what you got but they always want more

It's all just some strange trick on the brain

You either survive or you go insane

 

Sometimes your cat barks and your dog starts to hiss

You don't want a woman but you need a kiss

It's all just some strange trick on the brain

You either survive or you go insane

 

I still see her face wherever I go

It haunts me more than you know

It's all just some strange trick on the brain

You either survive or you go insane

 

GYPSY RIVER

There ain't much to livin' but I figure I'll stay for a while

Till I'm tired of walkin' & carrying on that extra mile

Don't know how I'm livin' I just take it day to day

Times are hard everywhere I wouldn't have em any other way

Take me home X3

Gypsy River take me home

 

Don't go spittin' in the wind when you got better things to do

Don't go back on your word

Or it'll come back down twice as hard on you

Take me home X3

Gypsy River take me home

 

It's hard to watch your friends as they turn their backs on you

It's hard to watch yourself doin' the same thing too

On this lonesome raft I shall forever roam

Take me home X3

Gypsy River take me home

 

YE OL' CRAZY FOOL

There are many roads to travel many ways to many ends

Lots of hard men on the trail all of em are my friends

A man is made to sweat and his sweat is borne from work

Never knowin' what's round the corner what cruel fate does lurk

Carry on, carry on ye ol' crazy fool

When the road gets rough the weak get tough

Carry on ye ol' crazy fool

 

It don't get him down in fact it cheers him up a bit

For a man who has no troubles also has no wits

Life is hard and life is grande what a jolly ride it all has been

And I swore I've seen a million sights that no other soul has seen

Carry on, carry on ye ol' crazy fool

When the road gets rough the weak get tough

Carry on ye ol' crazy fool

 

Or maybe he has I just can't say I've never walked in his shoes

But also on the same hand he's never sang my weary blues

To each their own is what they say leave a man to his own device

For one's greatest nightmare can be anothers paradise

Carry on, carry on ye ol' crazy fool

When the road gets rough the weak get tough

Carry on ye ol' crazy fool

REPEAT FIRST VERSE

 

BITTER FRUIT

Let me tell you about a story

You may not believe it to be true

But it happened to my family

& it's gonna happen to you

 

The tractors will roll in

The banks will put you on the run

As you and all yer kin folk

Head for the California sun

 

Cause they're sending out yellow handbills

Saying pickin' is the best

Come and follow your dreams

The fruit is plenty in the west

 

But a couple of migrant workers

Said don't believe everything you've heard

For the way them folks is livin'

God has no words

 

They pay 10 cents a bushel

And charge you 40 cents for meat

Till yer babies are all starvin'

Your standing in defeat

 

But they shared stories from their lives

Passed the food from hand to hand

Still lookin' for labour

In the bitter promised land

 

Seems like things won't change

Till we all gather round

Stand up for our earthly rights

Let their fruit fall to the ground

 

Till wages start to rise let their fruit all rot

We're in this fight together this union's all we got

 

This lil tale I'm spinning it happened long ago

But it's happening again comin' quicker than you know

 

TOAD RIVER

Toad River, Toad River I came to skip stones

I'm livin' free but I'm mighty alone

 

This year is the 4th time that I've come around

Searchin' for flat stones on your rocky ground

 

Toad River, Toad River you're bigger than I

Green are your valleys and blue are your skies

 

I came from the dust bowl a thousand miles east

The weather out there turns good men into beasts

 

But Toad River, Toad River you make me believe

In a better world comin' and I don't wanna leave

 

Toad River, Toad River I came to skip stones

I'm livin' free but I'm mighty alone

 

FANNIE MAE

Fannie Mae oh Fannie Mae

Why you treat my heart this way?

Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae

Oh my sweet french girl Fannie Mae

 

Fannie Mae oh Fannie Mae

I love you more than words can ever say

Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae

Oh my sweet french girl Fannie Mae

 

Fannie Mae oh Fannie Mae

Can your pussycat come out to play

Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae

Oh my sweet french girl Fannie Mae

 

Fannie Mae oh Fannie Mae

Why'd you treat my heart this way?

Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae

Oh my sweet french girl Fannie Mae

 

THE 3 O'CLOCK SPECIAL

(CHORUS)

The fox comes creepin' near me

Every morning around 3

Time just seems to stand still

What a sight to see, what a sight to see

 

His eyes reflect the midnight sun

And I sense his fear

Livin' off campground breadcrumbs

I can only beg him to come near

REPEAT CHORUS

Then I turn my back to him

And throw one last log on the fire

I feel his eyes pierce through me

As I'm filled with primitive desire

REPEAT CHORUS

This dance that's shared between us

Will not last too long

But he'll be there again with me

Every time I sing this song

REPEAT CHORUS

 

WALKIN' THE FLOOR

Early in the evening sun still ain't gone down

I'm lookin' for my good gal but she ain't around

I spend my nights and my days pacin' round her door

There's nothing left to do but go walkin' the floor

 

There's nothing I can say, little you can do

We can't recreate the times we knew

Things will never be the same as they were before

Now there's nothing left to do but walk the floor

 

It's on one moment and off the next

Every time that we talk I never know what she expects

This love that's ours has cut me to the core

I got better things to do than to be walkin' the floor

 

The way she loves is such a sin

I can't explain just see the shape I'm in

When it comes to rocky romance

Brother she can always take a little more

Truth be told there are worse fates in life

Than to go walkin' the floor

 

NEAR TO YOU

Ridin' on the evening train

Boots soaking up the rain

Can't wait till the ride is through

Cause I only wanna be with you X2

That's all I really wanna do

Is be near to you

 

There's only so much one can take

Before they're bound to break

And I might be a fool

But I only wanna be with X2

That's all I really wanna do

Is be near to you

 

The wheels keep spinin' round

As I long to put my feet on solid ground

Back to a love that's true

I only wanna be with you X2

That's all I really wanna do

Is be near to you

 

THE LONESOME TRAVELLER

The things that keep going' round no soul can understand

The trees laugh silently all across the land

They say it's a steep climb to the top if you wanna get rich

And if you ain't got no money life's a bitch

 

I ain't worried what's round the bend I got better sights to see

Got more important things to do than to sit in misery

True love comes and goes sometimes with the kick of a switch

And when nobody seems to know you life's a bitch

 

Troubles all work themselves out anytime I've been in a fix

Been in some tight corners before

Pounded my fists raw on the bricks

One quest for beauty can leave a man dead in a ditch

And when you can't feed yourself brother life's a bitch

 

THE OL' CAMPGROUND

I miss those times when everything made sense

Where we all came together in a dance of broken introductions

All breathing in the same mad rhythm

Dancing in the same circle

Watching the river carry our burdens far away from us

Every single moment changed us all

We slept together

Laughed together

Ate together

Drank together

Each soul learning the meaning

Of that something we were all scared we forgot

And now we know we can never forget

For it will be with us for a lifetime...

And beyond that too

I recall the faces and my heart fills

With bitter tears and everlasting smiles

Well we sang our songs for as long as they would last

And now all that's left is the memory of that fading past

Well the ol campground she ain't what she used to be

Ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be

The ol campground ain't what she used to be

Many long days and nights ago