Dance Like No One's Watching

by Donny Brazile

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My first real CD. The producer guaranteed that I would not look back and be disappointed. I bought that. And for good reason. I learned many lessons during the process. Friends, musicians, money. But mostly I learned how to not make a record. Some great tracks, if I say so myself, and some great inspiration. My pseudo-divorce album. And fantastic musicians, to be sure. But the process should be pure joy, and while the intent of the title is worthy, the album's not bad. As opposed to? Good? Great joke during recording, still apt today. I will say this: supporting the album in the clubs was some of the best music and good times in my life. Thank you Cedar Falls, Iowa, for giving a nondescript average everyday ordinary run-of-the-mill rocker an even break. John Baskerville (bass), Philip Sterk (drums), Rick Oltman (guitars), John Thompson (John Thompson), Dale Thomas (pedal steel), Dan Hummel (percussion, Rubbermaid), Wendy Jans (backing vocals), and me (vocals, guitars).

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released 27 September 2002
Produced and engineered by Donny Brazile and Tom Tatman
Executive producer: Tom Connors

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tags: americana country rock roots singer-songwriter Nashville

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Track Name: Shine Like Gold
SHINE LIKE GOLD (MISSISSIPPI GIRLS)

Moonlight and magnolias
Sweet summer in the air
That southern drawl when they say y’all
And sunbeams in their hair

Hurts a boy to think about
Hurts even worse to live without

Mississippi girls are hard to hold
The blood is hot but the feet are cold
Mississippi girls can’t be told
They’re raised in mud but they shine like gold

Wind in the whippoorwills
Pedestal and all
They can take you oh so high
And laugh when you fall

Biscuits and good gravy baby
Red beans and rice
They sho’ look good they sho’ smell good
They sho’ taste nice

Mississippi girls are never too old
Never too young and they’re never too bold
Mississippi girls can’t be told
They’re raised in mud but they shine like gold

Mississippi girls they don’t need control
Like those high falootin’ girls from Chicago
Mississippi girls they got soul
A 6 pack in their car and rock ‘n’ roll

I love that durty water

© 1998 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Sarah
SARAH

When’s the last time I’ve written you a song
Been so long been so long
And I haven’t seen Sarah
Since she’s been gone

Sarah—plain and tall
It’s Sarah or no one at all
Sarah—I’m tellin’ y’all
It’s Sarah or no one at all

Sarah she had a baby
Sarah ran wild all her life
This little Sarah went whee whee whee
And this little Sarah’s my wife

When’s the last time I seen Sarah smile
Been quite a while quite a while
And Sarah’s got a way with hers
Like a prisoner’s got a way with a file

© 2000 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Wastin' Mine
WASTIN’ MINE

I know what’s goin’ on here
Though the words you say ain’t comin’ in clear
Your love left a long time ago
But you remain and your contempt grows

You’re bidin’ your time and wastin’ mine
Time flies and you’re wastin’ mine

You ought to give it some thought
Look at what you want and look what you got
Things change but people don’t
Why you say you will when you know you won’t

Words—schmords
I can feel it in my bones
Anyday now you’ll be up and gone

I know what’s goin’ on here
And it won’t be long I’ll find my solace in beer
Love only lasts as long as it does
And we can’t go back to the way that it was

Precious precious time
You’re wastin’ mine
Precious precious time
You’re wastin’ mine
Time flies
Time flies
Time flies
And you’re wastin’ mine

© 2000 Donny Brazile
Track Name: But I Do Love Jim
BUT I DO LOVE JIM

So I ain’t exactly the kind of man that makes for a young girl’s fantasy
Although I look pretty good for my age and there’s times I’d like to be
That’s why her freckled face and emerald eyes
Took me for a fool and by complete surprise

Oh baby baby don’t you want me
Don’t you need me more than him
She said I thought about you for a long long time
But I do love Jim

So she had a husband but you couldn’t tell that that night
She left me with a smile and feelin’ allright
But the mornin’ came and I woke alone and my girl wondered where I’d been
All I wanted at that point was to feel that way again

Oh baby baby don’t you want me
Don’t you need me more than him
She said I’ll think about your for a long long time
But I do love Jim

Guilt lays heavy on a young girl’s mind
When she’s searchin’ just to be searchin’
Not knowin’ what she’ll find

She said she planned to move to Texas it was her last weekend in town
She met me in a bar and then she took me down
So I followed her to the river to do the things I could not do
And I cried all the way home just because I had to

Oh baby baby don’t you want me
Don’t you need me more than him
She said I’ll think about you often honey
But I do love Jim

© 2000 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Black Hawk Hotel
BLACK HAWK HOTEL

There’s a wooden Indian at the front door
As somber as somber can be
I could learn a lot from him
Man I act so crazy

And the red velvet walls
And the smoke filled halls
And a lot of people searchin’ just like me
I’m in hell
In my room at the Black Hawk Hotel

I found a place to lay my hat
That I finally could afford
But I sleep with one eye open
And the noise comes from right next door

And the red velvet walls
And the smoke filled halls
And a lot of people lost just like me
I’m in hell
In my room at the Black Hawk Hotel

Now the old polish lady at the Cypress Lounge
Serves me my Bud ice cold
And the young girls from the college in town
Make me feel so old

There’s a Greyhound leavin’ in the mornin’
Dry eyed and dry mouth I’ll be on
Hope is a lot like water
You never miss it ‘til it’s gone

And the red velvet walls
And the smoke filled halls
And a lot of lonely souls just like me
I’m in hell
On the bus outside the Black Hawk Hotel

Hope is a lot like water
You never miss it ‘til it’s gone

© 2000 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Time Marches On (Leap Year)
TIME MARCHES ON (LEAP YEAR)

You ever heard of a has been
Well I never was
And why I haven’t been
Well it’s just because
But I still think about you
Every now and then
And I’d kinda like to someday
See you again

Then I think about the time gone by and how time marches on

I held you in my arms
Like a ghost from the past
Ten years they pile on
Oh so fast
You were my princess
And I was your king
Funny how now that don’t mean a thing

Then I think about the time gone by and all the time that’s yet to come
Then I think about the time gone by and all the crazy things I done
Then I think about the time gone by when I found out you were gone
Then I think about when you were mine and how time marches on

I can’t hold on
I can’t let go

How do I look in your eyes now
Do they look like mine
Come ‘round every four years
Only to find

Then I think about the time I lied and how I done you wrong
About the time you were satisfied but not for long
Then I think about last goodbye and how I held you in my arms
Then I think about that time you smiled and how time marches on

© 2000 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Eat a Bug
EAT A BUG

Well I’d walk through fire for you
There’s not too much that I wouldn’t do
Stand all night in the pourin’ rain
Just to hear you mention my name

I’d eat a bug
I’d skin a cat
I’d do anything
But I can’t do that

I’d do anything to show I care
Brush my teeth I’d even comb my hair
I’d put on my best socks and shoes
And rock away your lovesick blues

I’d dance a jig
I’d eat my hat
I’d do anything
But I can’t do that

You make me feel like I don’t belong
You scream turn it down while I’m a-singin’ this song
You keep your love under lock and key
And that’s askin’ too much of me

Well I’d swallow poison for you
Make Socrates look like a god damn fool
Burn my house down with rocket fuel
Just to hear you say
Everything’s cool

I’d eat a bug—I’d skin a cat
I’d do anything but I can’t do that
I’d give blood—I’d smoke crack
I’d do anything but I can’t do that
You gave it up now you hold it back
I’d do anything but I can’t do that

© 2000 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Santa Fe
SANTA FE

Why does she cry
Herself to sleep at night
When she’s got it all goin’ on
And just can’t get it right

Why does she do
The way she always did
That infinite sadness
That she always hid

Was it somethin’ I said was it somethin’ I did
I didn’t mean to let you down
Could I hold you and then make it all better somehow
And the thing she needed the most I had to lie
And still she cries herself to sleep
And I think I know why
My God give her wings and let her fly

She could have money
But she chose me
She knows damn well true happiness ain’t for sale
The best things in life are free
She could have riches
Beyond compare
A condo in Cleveland or her own desert home
But she’d miss me there

She said so many things she did so many things too
But she did not mean any of them well maybe a few
And the thing I needed the most she had her pride
And still she cries herself to sleep
And I don’t pay no mind
My God what have I done this time

Mornin’ the sun rises
She opens her puffy eyes
Smiles at me tenderly and kisses me goodbye

Now she’s movin’ away
To Santa Fe
And the letter she left on the dresser just says it’s better this way

Was it somethin’ I said was it somethin’ I did
Oh I really need her now
To hold me and then to make it all better somehow
And the thing we needed the most was compromise
And I wonder if she cries herself to sleep at night
And is there a new man in her life

Now she’s movin’ away
To Santa Fe
And the letter she left on the dresser just says it’s better this way

© 2001 Donny Brazile
Track Name: The Cure
THE CURE

She told me of a man who needed his space
I could see her sorrow in the smile on her face
It’s a tired line I know
But it’s true
Any man who’d leave you baby
Well he’s a fool

She’s young and beautiful and smart
She’s the cure for a broken heart

I told her of troubles I had of my own
How a woman can turn a young man’s heart to stone
I could tell by the way she sighed
She agreed
And I thought yeah baby
You’re exactly what I need

You’re young and beautiful and smart
You’re the cure for a broken heart

I thought I’d find a remedy in a bottle at the bar
I thought I’d find a remedy in a little red sports car
I thought I’d find a remedy takin’ on a new point of view
But the only cure I found so far is you

I wondered if we stood a snowballs chance in Havana
I imagine she’d just say no and it’s probably doesn’t matter
But for one stolen moment
When her eyes met mine
She said I was a beautiful man
And I’d be just fine

She was young and beautiful and smart
She was the cure for a broken heart

© 2000 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Sweet Juanita
SWEET JUANITA

I heard she came from Okmulgee
If it weren’t for her there’d be no me
Now all I have is this photograph of
Sweet sweet Juanita
Sweet Juanita

Then that boy from Muskogee
Crossed the county line into Juanita’s arms
Sweet sweet Juanita
Sweet Juanita

A sharecropper’s son she married him young two kids did what come naturally
They had Floyd James and a boy that became my daddy
Sweet sweet Juanita
Sweet Juanita

Then that oil company man moved ‘em to Mobile Alabam
Along come Betty Jo and Barbara Ann
Then she turned 29 she didn’t have much time

They put her on a train back to Okmulgee
They laid her in the ground and sang Amazing Grace
Now all I have is this photograph of
Sweet sweet Juanita
Sweet Juanita

© 2001 Donny Brazile