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CALIFORNIA GOLD
music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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IT’S WHEN YOU STOP BELIEVING

IS WHEN YOU GOTTA FIND IT FOR YOURSELF

EVERYTHING IS FLEETING

THEY COME AND PUT YOU RIGHT BACK ON THE SHELF

OUT OF TOUCH AND OUT OF SIGHT

OUT OF THE SAME OLD ALIBIS

SEEKING TRUTH, DON’T SPREAD NO LIES

IT SETS YOU WANDERING

 

OUT THERE ON THE ROAD

CHASING CALIFORNIA GOLD

CARRYING A HEAVY DOSE OF SPECULATION
OUT THERE ON THE RUN

CHASING THE CALIFORNIA SUN

OUT THERE ON THE ROAD TO MAKE IT

 

EVERYONE IS LEAVING

SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO ONE LEFT AROUND

THE VIBE THAT YOUR RECEIVING

IT’S LIKE NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY THIS TOWN

OUT OF TOUCH AND OUT OF SIGHT

READING THE SAME OLD CLASSIFIEDS

SEEKING TRUTH, DON’T TELL NO LIES

IT SETS YOU WANDERING AND WANDERING

 

OUT THERE ON THE ROAD

CHASING CALIFORNIA GOLD

CARRYING A MIX OF JOY AND DESPERATION
OUT THERE ON THE RUN

CHASING THE CALIFORNIA SUN
OUT THERE ON THE ROAD TO SHAKE MY SOUL

 

OUT OF TOUCH AND OUT OF SIGHT

OUT OF THE SAME OLD ALIBIS

SEEKING TRUTH, DON’T TELL NO LIES

IT SETS YOU WANDERING 3X

OUT THERE ON THE ROAD

CHASING CALIFORNIA GOLD

CARRYING A HEAVY DOSE OF SPECULATION

OUT THERE ON THE RUN

CHASING THE CALIFORNIA SUN

OUT TO PURGE OUR SINS

IN THOSE SANTA ANA WINDS
OUT THERE ON THE ROAD TO SHAKE MY SOUL

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JUST LIKE YOU

music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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I MET A GIRL OUT ON THE TOWN TONIGHT

WE TALKED FOR DAYS UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT

WE SHARED OUR DREAMS AND WE SHARED OUR PAIN

WALKING HOME IN THE RAIN

 

SHE CAME FROM A LOVING FAMILY, 

SHARED THEIR FAITH AND CURIOSITY 

THE HOLIDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES 

BRING US ALL BACK AGAIN

 

SHES JUST LIKE YOU, SHE’S KIND AND SWEET,

EVERY MAMA WANTS HER BOY TO MEET

SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU SHE KNOCKED ME OFF MY FEET

SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU SHE’S SMART AND STRONG

THE ONE YOU HOPED WOULD ALWAYS COME ALONG

I MET A GIRL AND SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU (3X on last chorus)

 

AND AS THE YEARS PAST AND WE MADE OUR WAY

STARTED OUR OWN LOVING FAMILY

IT TAKES ME BACK TO YESTERDAY

BRINGS US ALL BACK AGAIN

 

SHES JUST LIKE YOU, SHE’S KIND AND SWEET,

EVERY MAMA WANTS HER BOY TO MEET

SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU SHE KNOCKED ME OFF MY FEET

SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU SHE’S SMART AND STRONG

THE ONE YOU HOPED WOULD ALWAYS COME ALONG

I MET A GIRL AND SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU

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I MET A GIRL OUT ON THE TOWN TONIGHT

WE TALKED FOR DAYS UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT

WE SHARED OUR DREAMS AND WE SHARED OUR PAIN

WALKING HOME IN THE RAIN

 

SHES JUST LIKE YOU, SHE’S KIND AND SWEET,

EVERY MAMA WANTS HER BOY TO MEET

SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU SHE KNOCKED ME OFF MY FEET

SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU SHE’S SMART AND STRONG

THE ONE YOU HOPED WOULD ALWAYS COME ALONG

I MET A GIRL AND SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU

I MET A GIRL AND SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU

I MET A GIRL AND SHE’S JUST LIKE YOU

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IF IT"S OVER

music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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I caught you at the station

Changing reservations

Never had a chance to say goodbye

Doing my best to 

Avoid a confrontation 

Never had a chance to ask you why

 

If it’s over now

If it’s over now

We lose the thing we found

And it ain’t coming back around 

 

I met you on the dance floor

At the celebration

Never had a chance to close my eyes

Seems like we were meant to

Share in this occasion

Never had a chance to run and hide

 

If it’s over now

If it’s over now

We lose the thing we found

And it ain’t coming back around

 

I caught you at the station 

Had a revelation

Never made the time to testify

Your love is the foundation

And the key to my salvation

Never shalI I be satisfied

 

If it’s over now

If it’s over now

If it’s over now

If it’s over now 

We lose the thing we found

And it ain’t coming back around

And it ain’t coming back around

And it ain’t coming back around

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THESE FRIENDS OF MINE 11209

music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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I BARELY MADE IT HOME FROM YESTERDAY 

A WELCOME SIGHT TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY

IT’S HARD TO THINK IN THE STATE I’M IN

THESE FRIENDS I’M RUNNING WITH WILL SURELY DO ME IN

 

NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME

FAR AWAY FROM THESE FRIENDS OF MINE

 

GOT TO CHANGE MY LUCK

BARELY FEELING LIKE A HUNDRED BUCKS TODAY

A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE RENT I SENT

IT KEEPS BOUNCING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN....AND AGAIN

 

NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME

FAR AWAY FROM THESE FRIENDS OF MINE

 

ITS HARD TO STOP A TRAIN WHEN IT GETS ROLLING

HARD TO STOP A RIVER ...SO I’M TOLD

BOTH ENDS OF THE CANDLE BURNING FAST

NOT SURE LAWD, NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS CAN LAST

 

3-LEAVE A STORY EVERYWHERE THEY’VE BEEN

NO CONTROL AND SURELY NO DISCIPLINE

THE BEST INTENTIONS NEVER LAST

YOU'RE JUST CONDEMNED TO REPEAT THE PAST

 

NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME

FAR AWAY FROM THESE FRIENDS OF MINE

NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME

FAR AWAY FROM THESE FRIENDS OF MINE

NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME

FAR AWAY FROM THESE FRIENDS OF MI

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THINK I'M FALLIN' IN LOVE AGAIN

music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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HAD MY HEART BROKE WAS ON THE MEND

WENT OUT TO PARTY WITH MY OLD FRIENDS

I SAW HER SITTING DOWN AT THE END

I DIDN'T NEED NO ENCOURAGING

HER HAIR WAS MESSY AND HER EYES WERE BLUE

THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO

AND I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME

 

I THINK I’M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN

SHOULD NEVER LISTEN TO MY OLD FRIENDS 

IT’S NOT SOMETHING I’D RECOMMEND 

I THINK I’M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN

I THINK I’M FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU

AND THERE’S NOTHING THAT I CAN DO

AND I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME

 

ALL I KNOW, I KNOW FOR SURE AND I SURE DO KNOW THIS TIME

SHE COULD LOVE ME BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHER ONES COMBINED

I TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME JUST TO SEE HER SMILE

UNDER THE EVENING STARS THAT NIGHT

THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

 

ALL I KNOW, I KNOW FOR SURE AND I SURE DO KNOW THIS TIME

SHE COULD LOVE ME BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHER ONES COMBINED

I TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME JUST TO SEE HER SMILE

UNDER THE EVENING STARS THAT NIGHT

THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

 

I THINK I’M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN

SHOULD NEVER LISTEN TO MY OLD FRIENDS 

THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

AND I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME

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TAKE ME BACK

music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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IF YOU COULD HAVE EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED

AND EVERYONE WAS ON THEIR BENDED KNEE

AND ALL THE RICHES THAT THEY FLAUNTED

PERFECT LOVE COMPLETES THE FANTASY

COULD YOU HAVE SUCH LUCK

AND WOULD IT BE ENOUGH

 

IF YOU COULD RISE ABOVE THE CLOUDS OF SUSPICION

OF EVERY STRANGER THAT YOU EVER MET

AND THE BOLD ENTITLED SONS OF AMBITION

GIVE YOU THEIR LAST CIGARETTE

SHOULD YOU HAVE SUCH LUCK

AND WOULD IT BE ENOUGH

 

TAKE ME BACK, TO ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE

TAKE ME BACK, TO ANOTHER.... FAMILIAR FACE

TAKE ME BACK, TO ANOTHER... WARM EMBRACE

AND SO IT’LL BE IN THE END

IT’S BEEN SO NICE TO SEE YOU..... AGAIN

 

IF YOU COULD BE ANYTHING YOU EVER WANTED

AND EVERYONE WOULD SPUR YOUR LEGACY

AND ALL THE JUDGES WOULD BE TAUNTED

BOUND BY ROPE AND CIVILITY

SHOULD YOU HAVE SUCH LUCK

AND WOULD IT BE ENOUGH

 

TAKE ME BACK, TO ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE

TAKE ME BACK, TO ANOTHER.... FAMILIAR FACE

TAKE ME BACK, TO ANOTHER... WARM EMBRACE

AND SO IT’LL BE IN THE END

IT’S BEEN SO NICE TO SEE YOU..... AGAIN...MY FRIEND

 

TAKE ME BACK, TO ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE

TAKE ME BACK, TO ANOTHER.... FAMILIAR FACE

TAKE ME BACK, TO ANOTHER... WARM EMBRACE

AND SO IT’LL BE IN THE END

IT’S BEEN SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN

SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN

MY FRIEND

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LONG RIDE HOME

music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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ALL THE WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN, THE SEEDS HAVE BEEN SEWN

IF IT AIN’T BROKEN THEN LEAVE IT ALONE 

BUT IF YOU ARE BROKEN UP DEEP DOWN INSIDE

BELIEVE IT AND TRUST IT AND SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE

OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND INTO THE LIGHT

FEAR AND TEMPTATION NOWHERE IN SIGHT

YOU’RE OUT ON YOUR  OWN WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE

WITH HOPE AND REDEMPTION ALONG FOR THE RIDE

 

IT’S HARD TO KEEP SANE WHEN YOUR OUT ON YOUR OWN

THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD JUST WON’T LEAVE YOU ALONE

YOUR FAVORITE DEMONS KEEP CALLING YOUR NAME

AND THE MIDNIGHT DIVERSIONS WILL DRIVE YOU INSANE 

OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND INTO THE LIGHT

FEAR AND TEMPTATION NOWHERE IN SIGHT

YOU’RE OUT ON YOUR OWN WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE

HOPE AND REDEMPTION ALONG FOR THE RIDE..........

 

YEAH YOU’VE GOT TO BE GOOD TO YOURSELF

....ON THAT LONG RIDE HOME

 

3-IT’S HARD TO ABSTAIN WHEN YOU’VE BEEN OVERTHROWN

THE SINS OF THE PAST AIN’T WRITTEN IN STONE

THE QUESTION REMAINING IS WHO YOU’LL BECOME

AS YOU TRY TO SURVIVE ON THE GREAT PENDULUM 

OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND INTO THE LIGHT

FEAR AND TEMPTATION NOWHERE IN SIGHT

YOUR OUT ON YOUR OWN WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE

HOPE AND REDEMPTION ALONG FOR THE RIDE………..

 

OH YOU CAN’T DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF, ON THAT LONG RIDE HOME

 

ALL THE WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN, THE SEEDS HAVE BEEN SEWN

IF IT AIN’T BROKEN THEN LEAVE IT ALONE............

 

OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND INTO THE LIGHT

FEAR AND TEMPTATION NOWHERE IN SIGHT

YOU’RE OUT ON YOUR  OWN WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE

HOPE AND REDEMPTION ALONG FOR THE RIDE

 

OH YOU’VE GOT TO TO STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF

YEAH I KNOW THAT FEELING MYSELF

ON THAT LONG RIDE 

ON THAT LONG RIDE

ON THAT LONG RIDE HOME

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NOTHING FROM NOTHING

music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR ME TO FALL DOWN

I WON’T LET YOU DOWN

IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR ME TO, TO DROWNED

I WON’T TAKE YOU DOWN

 

I HAVE BEEN FORSAKEN

HEARD THE SILENCE BREAKING

AS WE WATCH THE SUNRISE

SEE THE WORLD AWAKEN

 

NOTHING GROWS FROM NOTHING

NOTHING BUT DESPAIR

FAITH IS ALL YOU'RE LEFT WITH  

WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A PRAYER

SOMETHING GROWS FROM SOMETHING

WITH SOMETHING TO SPARE

HOPE IS ALL YOU’RE LEFT WITH 

WHEN THE FEARS ALL DISAPPEAR

 

IF YOU’RE WAITING FOR ME TO, BE FOUND

I WON’T MAKE A SOUND

IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR ME TO, STAY DOWN 

I WON’T LET YOU DOWN

 

I HAVE BEEN FORSAKEN

HEARD THE SILENCE BREAKING

AS WE WATCH THE SUNRISE

SEE THE THE WORLD AWAKEN

 

NOTHING GROWS FROM NOTHING

NOTHING BUT DESPAIR

FAITH IS ALL YOU'RE LEFT WITH  

WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A PRAYER

SOMETHING GROWS FROM SOMETHING

WITH SOMETHING TO SPARE

HOPE IS WHAT YOU’RE LEFT WITH 

WHEN THE FEARS ALL DISAPPEAR 

 

IF YOU ARE WAITING FOR ME TO FALL DOWN

I WON’T LET YOU DOWN

IF YOU ARE WAITING FOR ME TO, TO DROWNED

I WON’T TAKE YOU DOWN

 

NOTHING GROWS FROM NOTHING

WITH NOTHING TO SPARE

FAITH IS ALL YOU'RE LEFT WITH  

WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A PRAYER

SOMETHING GROWS FROM SOMETHING

WITH SOMETHING TO SPARE

HOPE IS WHAT YOU’RE LEFT WITH 

WHEN THE FEARS ALL DISAPPEAR 

THE FEARS ALL DISAPPEAR 

THE FEARS ALL DISAPPEAR 

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REST OF MY LIFE

music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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I’VE WASTED SO MUCH TIME

BEEN BOUNCING ROUND FOR A MILLION YEARS

EVERY TIME I LOOK YOU’VE DISAPPEARED....AGAIN

IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A CRIME

 

WELL YOU USED TO BE THE BEST

YOU REALLY PUT ME TO THE TEST

WAVING HELLO TO EVERYONE YOU MEET

ON THE STREET, WITH SO MUCH TENDERNESS 

 

WAITING FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

FOR SOMEONE WHO WOULD NEVER THINK TWICE

WADING THROUGH THE REST OF MY DAYS

GONNA HANG MY HAT, HOPE THAT SHE WILL COME AROUND

 

WELL THERE’S NOT MUCH LEFT TO SEE

A PATCH OF HEAVEN WHERE SHE USED TO BE

AND WHEN I’M JUST ABOUT TO GET DOWN ON MY KNEES

SHE STIRS THE MYSTERY

 

I TRIED TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND

AND EVERY SUMMER I’D TRY TO BE YOUR MAN

BUT LIKE A DRUMMER IN A ONE MAN BAND 

YOU MADE MY HEART SKIP A BEAT

 

WAITING FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

FOR SOMEONE WHO WOULD NEVER  LOOK TWICE

WADING THROUGH THE REST OF MY DAYS

GONNA HANG AROUND AND HOPE THAT SHE WILL STAY...YEAH

 

 I’VE WASTED SO MUCH TIME

BEEN BOUNCING ROUND FOR A MILLION YEARS

EVERY TIME I THINK YOU’VE DISAPPEARED...AGAIN

YOU SHOW UP BACK IN TOWN

 

WAITING FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

FOR SOMEONE WHO WOULD NEVER THINK

WADING THROUGH THE REST OF MY DAYS

FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD COUNT ME THE WAYS

WAITING FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

FOR SOMEONE WHO WOULD NEVER LOOK TWICE

WADING THROUGH THE REST OF MY DAYS

GONNA HANG MY HAT, HOPE THAT SHE WILL COME AROUND, YEAH SHE WILL COME AROUND, SHE WILL COME AROUND, YEAH SHE WILL COME AROUND.

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RICOCHET

music & lyrics by Mike McLaughlin

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NEVER BEEN ONE FOR SURPRISES

YOU WERE BOUND TO SHAKE THAT TREE

WHEN YOU SAW THE CURRENT RISIN’

LET ME DRIFT RIGHT OUT TO SEA

 

EITHER WAY THERE’S NO DISGUISING

WE CAN SURELY FIND A WAY

WITH THE FULL MOON RIDING SHOTGUN

HIT ME WITH YOUR RICOCHET

 

HEARD THE MUSIC WAY PAST MIDNIGHT

COMING THROUGH YOUR SCREEN DOOR

BY THE TIME YOU KILLED THE PORCH LIGHT

BODIES STREWN ACROSS THE FLOOR

 

EITHER WAY THERE’S NO DISGUISING

LOVE WILL SURELY FIND A WAY

WITH THE FULL MOON RIDING SHOTGUN

PICKED OFF BY YOUR RICOCHET 

 

WHEN YOU FIRED IN MY DIRECTION

IT WAS MUCH TOO DARK TO SEE

HIT ME WITH YOUR LOVE & AFFECTION

WAS IT ONLY MEANT FOR ME

 

I KNOW THINGS CAN GET CONFUSING

WHEN YOU SHARE A HISTORY

AND I KNOW IT AIN’T SO AMUSING

SPENDING TIME WITH THE LIKES OF ME

 

EITHER WAY THERE’S NO DISGUISING

WE CAN SURELY FIND A WAY

WITH THE FULL MOON RIDING SHOTGUN

HIT ME WITH YOUR RICOCHET 

HIT ME WITH YOUR RICOCHET

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