The Lost Album

by Donny Brazile

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These recordings were originally slated to be the follow-to "Dance Like No One's Watching," but the effort, and the band, got lost along the way. Thus, when I dusted off the masters that John Thompson: John Thompson so brilliantly recorded, and handed them to my favorite little bald engineer on Earth, Shawn Anfinson, that I aptly named the collection, "The Lost Album." Tom "Superholic" Garman offered to help finish it up, and I accepted, but he never did follow through. I haven't given it ten years, so maybe he would have, and maybe I'm the sexiest man alive. The band was simply the best group of musicians a lowly picker like me could hope for, namely John Baskerville (bass), Philip Sterk (drums), Jeff Petersen (guitars and lap steel), John Thompson (John Thompson), Jack Ritzman (overdub guitars), and me (vocals, guitars). Seriously, these guys rock. I can't begin to tell you how much I love them all, including T-Snake. But you can hear it in these tracks.

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released 04 July 2004
Produced by John Thompson & engineered by Shawn Anfinson

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tags: americana country rock roots singer-songwriter Nashville

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Track Name: You Don't Know Me
YOU DON’T KNOW ME

I was headed for California back in 1973
My VW bus broke down outside Nashville Tennessee
But I had myself my guitar and a couple songs up my sleeve
I was only passin’ through I just sorta never did leave

Now you know my songs on the radio (on the radio)
But you don’t know me

I try to think about Elvis and Memphis and the creature from the black lagoon too
And I think it’s Beatle-esque Stones-ish and Buck-a-roo
When I heard about what mattered most to a girl from Baton Rouge
Sometimes what you don’t know really can hurt you

You might find me out sometime at the end of some sunny day
At the Exit-In or the Bluebird Café

So get your pen and paper your guitar now it’s alright
Make a million dollars overnight

Purple was the color of the dress she wore to the prom
All the kids laughed and she ran home into the arms of her mom
But she grew up oh so beautiful and you should hear her song
I swore she wore purple from that moment on

© 2003 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Ain't Got Time (To Cry)
AIN’T GOT TIME

Well I loved you
On the day we met
And yours is a face that I know
I’ll never forget
Well you had me at hello
Now here I am drink in my hand
Where in the hell did you go

There’s times I wanna die
But I ain’t got time
Ain’t got time to cry

The alarm clock
Rings at 6am
And I know I got to get up tomorrow
And do it again
It’s a bitch now
For an honest working man
And I’m under the gun but I know
I done the best that I can

I know
You don’t mean to sound cold
But we had what we had when we had it
A long time ago
She’s gone now
And I guess life goes on
And I’m home all alone with nothing to show but this song

© 2003 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Bad Drunk
BAD DRUNK

Don’t hit the bars anymore
They don't do what they done before
I found a little more that's worth livin' for
Instead of pickin' myself up off of the floor
From a bad drunk
I’m not a bad drunk
Anymore

Don’t treat the girls like I used to
They don't say hey what did I do to
To deserve this to feel like a fool
Well I would fall from grace and then my bar stool
Like a bad drunk
I’m not a bad drunk
Anymore

I’m not the man I used to be
Looks like time has taken its toll on me
And this misery loves company
So come and have a drink on me

Don’t hit the bars anymore
I found a little more worth livin' for
Instead of pickin’ my ass up off the floor
From a bad drunk
I was a bad drunk
I been a bad drunk
I’m not a bad drunk
Anymore

I’m a good drunk

© 1995 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Easy
EASY

How are ya baby how ya been
Do you think that we could try it again
With you
It all came so easy
Easy and free
That’s they way I always thought it should be

Easy

Hola mi cielo wouldn’t you know
I never shoulda let you go
With you
It all was so easy
As easy as a summer breeze
That’s why I never wanted you to leave

Life is hard enough for two
It oughta be easy between me and you

Bye bye baby I hate to say
It doesn’t have to be this a-way
With you
It could be so easy
Simple and free
Don’t you think that’s the way it oughta be

© 2003 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Everything's Gonna Be Alright
EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT

People come and people go
I try hard not to make it so
But what can I do
That’s just the way people are

Daddy leaves and Mama just can’t stay
Pack your things son we’re moving away
Forget what you knew
But this I promise you

Things go wrong but baby that’s alright
Long as I got you in my arm tonight
I’ll keep you safe and dry until the mornin’ light
Hush a bye my baby everything’s gonna be alright

You can look but you can’t touch
I guess I never wanted it as much
But what can I do
Men cheat and women they lie
Neither one ever understand why
And it’s sad but it’s true
There’s nothin’ you can do ‘cept

Take my hand and baby hold on tight
There’s no need to argue baby fuss or fight
I’ll rock you pretty steady till the sky come a-light
So hush a bye my honey everything’s gonna be alright

Say hello say good bye
Men they cheat and women they lie

© 2003 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Isn't That the Way
ISN’T THAT THE WAY

Well I gave you my heart but you took it for granted
The way you treat me these days babe I can’t hardly stand it
I gave you all I had but you wanted more
I thank you very kindly show yourself to the door

Isn’t that just the way some people are

Well I bent down turn around to pick up your slack
You put a knife smack dab in my back
After all this time I thought I knew you
It just shows to go there’s not a lot you can do

Well I had a little faith but that’s all gone
How many more times can you do me wrong
Good friends are good friends when the good times roll
When the times get tough out the door they go

Isn’t that just the way some people are

© 2003 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Stella Rae
STELLA RAE

Stella Rae—she’s a beauty
Stella Rae—she’s a queen
Stella Rae—she’s a cutie
With a laugh like I never seen
Stella Rae—she’s so groovy
Stella Rae—she’s supreme
Stella Rae—she could star in a movie
Stella Rae—she’s a dream

God knows I been through some changes
God knows trouble don’t trouble me
And if I never get to heaven
God bless Stella Rae for me

Stella Rae—can get moody
Stella Rae—she can get mean
But Stella Rae—she’s a beauty
And she means everything

God knows I been through some changes
God knows trouble don’t trouble me
And if I never get to heaven
God bless Stella Rae for me

Stella Rae—she’s so beautiful
Stella Rae—she’s half-Greek
Stella Rae—she’s so wonderful
When I kiss her cheek
Stella Rae—she’s my baby
Stella Rae—she’s my girl
Stella Rae—such a little lady
Stella Rae—she’s my world

© 2000 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Sweet By and By
SWEET BY AND BY (103)

She listened to Kris Kristofferson
And her spaghetti strap fell down
She tapped her finger on the steering wheel
As we drove into town
We had some pablanos
And a couple rounds of brew
How could we bring ourselves to what neither one of us could do

But in the sweet by and by
You can’t say I didn’t try

We drove on back to her place
She said her man’d be home soon
I tried to sing her my soliloquy
And fly her to the moon
So she lay down on the floor
And said honey lock the door
I just stood there helpless

But in the sweet by and by
You can’t say I didn’t try

Lord it was hot—103
And so was the way she looked at me
She wasn’t perfect no on can be
But Christ almighty—she was perfect for me

So I headed on back home
My woman said don’t you lie
Pick your head off of the ground
And look me in the eye
I said baby sweet baby
The highway’s my alibi
You know I’d rather do anything
Than to let our love die

But in the sweet by and by
You can’t say I didn’t try

© 2000 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Them Days
THEM DAYS

Superman and Batman Elvis Presley and the president
Anything seemed possible with possible exception of disappointment
Mama always told me I can do what I set my mind to
Now mama doesn’t lie but I don’t know why she never told me the truth

I guess I had my fun
I had to let it end
Them days are gone
Never find ‘em again

Dreamin’ of the day and schemin’ up a way I could try to make a dime
So I broke up the band and loaded up the van and headed out for the state line
Now the livin’ is grand in California land with a guitar in my hand
But I’ll be damned and I can’t understand why it didn’t turn out like I planned

Indian summer and the leaves on the trees
Orange and red and they fall to the ground
Every time I see that ol’ house on your street
My ol’ heart starts to pound

Well I never really thought about givin’ it up but I’m a-thinkin’ about it now
25 years gone by and I still haven’t figured it out
Did I invest too much or not ingest enough will I ever shut-up me and my big mouth
Now I’m beggin’ for forgiveness for too much monkey business and I can’t get off of the couch

Them days

© 2001 Donny Brazile
Track Name: Woebegone
WOEBEGONE

We barely knew each other but that didn’t stop the fall
From the first time I saw her ‘til the last time we talked
She was a beauty barely 21
Now I’m out on the highway wonderin’ what I done

I drove a thousand miles
Just to get away from her
Although I don’t know
What I’m gettin’ away fer

By the time I get to Memphis
The thought of her will be all but gone
By the time I get to Memphis
My thoughts’ll turn to San Antone

Now I’m at the Florabama rememberin’ a girl from Utah
When I asked her was she from heaven she said no Arkansas
Now somethin’ happens to a man when he’s in a bar and two states at the same time
And I’m here with Oysters McClellan tryin’ to think of a suitable rhyme

I drove all night and day
Just to see how far I’d get
Now I’m in Louisiana
Feelin’ no regret

Well I begged you baby for an answer
When I knocked upon your door
Said baby baby please
Don’t leave me anymore

She was everything I ever dreamed of
She was my life my light my one true love
Now the car’s gassed and loaded and I’m out on I-10
Wonderin’ if I’ll ever ever see her again

I drove all god damn night
Just to find myself closer to it
Now I’m in Austin Texas
And I’m feelin’ like shit

But by the time I get to Kansas
The thought of her will be all but gone
By the time I get to Kansas
My thoughts’ll turn to comin’ home

Woebegone
I’m comin’ home

© 2000 Donny Brazile