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BABY, THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
Well I woke up late one morning
'Twas early afternoon
The radio was playing some godforsaken tune
I'm staring out the window
And the wind and rain sure blows
Well everybody knows
Baby, that's the way life goes.
I feel so worn out tired
I could rest another hour
My body says 'go back to sleep'
My mind says 'take a shower'
And as I lay daydreaming
'Til the sandman softly shows
Well everybody knows, baby
That's the way life goes.
CHORUS
Baby, that's the way life goes
Baby, that's the way life goes
Wen you're feeling lost and lonely
And you've slipped so out of tune
Your everything's so upside down
You don't know what you're doing
You know you're just not living
But you live the life you chose
Well baby, that's the way life goes.
I walk into the kitchen for to make a cup of tea
The reflection in the window shows
Someone who looks like me
And as I stare in silence
At the shadows, my eyes close
Well everybody knows, baby, that's the way life goes.
CHORUS
I want to chase a rainbow
To run and laugh and scream
To make a wish upon a star
And follow all my dreams
I want to know I'm living
From my head down to my toes
Well everybody knows, baby, that's the way life goes.
CHORUS
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COLD LONELY WALLS
05:02
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COLD LONLEY WALLS
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
She came down from out of the mountains
Like a snowflake fell from a cloud
And everyone thought her so pretty
And everyone thought her so proud
Then somebody told me her sweetheart
Had met with his maker above
And she, like a star in the night skies
Can't shine without his tender love.
She reads all his old worn love letters
Each night as she lays in bed
Then, placing them under her pillow
When each tender word's carefully read
Then smiling and sleeping and dreaming
Of happier days she recalls
Now she sits in her house on the mountain
And she stares at the cold lonely walls.
Chorus
She's so long in life without loving
You can see by the look in her eyes
She's lost and she's lonely, she's hurting
And it's breaking her up deep inside
And it's so hard for her to keep living
When she cries, it's his name she calls
Now she sits in her house on the mountain
And she stares at the cold lonely walls.
Now some say she's doing much better
And some say she's looking so well
But those who know her will tell you
That sometimes she's going through hell
'Cause life for her ain't all roses
'Cause roses like snowflakes will fall
Now she sits in her house on the mountain
And she stares at the cold lonely walls.
Chorus x 2
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THE BALLAD OF ALAN BANNISTER
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
His name was Alan Bannister
He was thirty-eight years old
I listened very carefully to the story that he told
He spoke of his conviction
For those who weren't aware
He kindly thanked the people
Who took the time to care.
Chorus
Thanks for everything you've done
We went so far we almost won
How can people be so blind?
Hey Mr. Governor, won't you change your mind?
To all good Christian people
I know this won't make sense
I took the life of another man
But that was self-defense
Condemned by righteous people
Who call themselves my peers
They sentenced me to death row
I've been here for fifteen years.
Chorus
'Twas early Wednesday morning
At six o'clock our time
They gave him an injection
And slowly watched him dying
Just to ease their conscience
They called his death humane
Now you can hide your feelings
But you can't hide your shame.
Chorus
Hey, Mr. Governor, how can you justify
Premeditated murder? You let this poor man die
When the voice of many nations fell upon deaf ears
To murder Alan Bannister, it took you fifteen years.
Chorus x 2
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THE BUMBLEBEE
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THE BUMBLEBEE
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
Well I've made up my mind today
There ain't nothing gonna get in my way
We'll be doing just fine, drinking red wine
On the Champs 'Elyssea'
I'm gonna kick back and throw up the shoes
I'm gonna smile when I'm singing the blues
And we'll shade 'neath the trees
In the warm summer breeze
'Cause, honey, I've paid my dues.
Chorus
Hey diddle-diddle, hey diddle-dee
I'm as happy as a big old bumblebee
Today's my day
There ain't nothing gonna get me down.
Hey diddle diddle, cockadoodle-doo
There's colours in the rainbow other than blue
Just open your eyes
And let the sun come shining through.
Well I don't got a worry or care
Kinda feels like I'm walking on air
And at the end of the day, if you're going my way
Well maybe I'll see you there
'Cause I don't got no clue where I'm going
Kinda heading which way the wind's blowing
Gonna laugh, gonna sing, gonna do my own thing
Destination never known.
Chorus
Well, life is just a sequence of dreams
You're like a rabbit lost and dazed in high beams
And at the end of the day, if you go the wrong way
It's never quite as bad as it seems
'Cause worry is a prayer for doom
And if you don't grow, you never can bloom
Yeah, life can be tough
But you'll be dead long enough
So, honey, I'd change my tune.
Chorus
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THE CRY
06:01
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THE CRY
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
The first time I seen your father cry
Was when he looked at you to say goodbye
I know it's not easy to let go
Only a father will ever know.
Chorus
This house will never be the same
It's hard on everyone to hear your name,
Although it's on the tip of every tongue.
Your father cried as the chapel bells were rung.
You were always very close, you could always talk
Hunt the fields together, for miles ye'd walk
Work away together, side by side
As we carried you away, your father cried.
Chorus
They say that time alone can heal
But time alone can't help the way we feel
Then came that dreaded moment all families fear
As we lowered you down, your father was in tears.
Chorus
A life lost so young, oh what a waste
In your hour of need, you used such haste
And the reason why your father had to cry
He never had the chance to say goodbye.
Chorus x 2
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IT'S JUST YOU
05:08
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IT'S JUST YOU
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
Come listen, everybody
Come hear me when I tell you
That the train to hell won't stop
'Til it takes you to the bottom.
And if you go astray
And you're on that train someday
Well, there's something that you've lost
Or totally forgotten.
Chorus
But I never ever want to hear you say
That it was just your life you thrown away
Your dignity and pride were out there too
And when you stand before your maker
It's just you.
I am the lone ranger, and I have come to save you
And you can take or leave it, if you please
Now you can kiss and tell, or you can burn in hell
Or pray to God and get down on your knees.
Chorus, plus:
When you stand before your maker, it's just you
When you kneel before your maker, it's just you
When you cry out to your maker, it's just you.
I am your voice of reason
And I am your voice of conscience
But I can talk until my face turns blue
For if you're on that train
Then you've lost all sense of shame
Forgive you, God, you know not what you do.
Chorus, plus:
When you stand before your maker, it's just you
When you kneel before your maker, it's just you
When you cry out to your maker, it's just you.
And when he looks down on you, it's just you
And when he tells you that he loves you, it's just you
And when he tells you he forgives you, it's just you
It's just you, it's just you. It's just you, it's just you.
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FUNNY
04:43
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FUNNY
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
Funny, when you're looking for no reason
You're searching for someone you used to be
You're looking at yourself much too hard now
With eyes that are not blind but cannot see
Scared by your reflection in the mirror
With visions of the soul you have denied
And it's only when you try to hide your feelings
A little more creeps up from deep inside.
Chorus
And it's funny when you pick up all the pieces
And it's funny when you learn to carry on
And it's funny how your life can have a reason
Funny how it helps to move along.
Funny how your life has got so lonely
How once upon a time 'twas like a dream
Now everything's so different and it scares you
And no one seems to hear you 'til you scream
How everyone just seems to walk right by you
So busy that you're only in their way
And no one seems to want to stop and listen
They seem to think you've nothing much to say.
Chorus
Funny when you wake up in the morning
You realise you're living one big lie
And the only one you're fooling is yourself now
You sat and watched your life just pass you by
And the anguish that you're feeling is just sadness
An emptiness that fills your very soul
And bitterness can be no compensation
It's time to seize your life and take control.
Chorus
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YOU DON'T OWN MY MIND
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
Once upon a time ago when I was just a lad
An old man told old stories
Of times when things were bad
He cried himself to sleep at night
And called some dead man's name
Now you don't know no reason
But you can feel his pain.
He spoke of times when he was young
Of things I never knew
How war-like men had bitten off
Much more that they could chew
How, without choice, you had no voice
How many died in vain
Now you don't know no reason
But you can feel their pain.
Chorus
You don't own my mind, and you don't own my soul
And this picture that you're painting
Is quickly growing old
And no matter what you want to do
No matter how you try
You don't own my reason
Or my right to question why.
Now mothers, warn your children
Or kiss them all goodbye
It's a crazy game, this thing called war
And those who play will die
And when they lay in no-man's land
And call their mother's name
Now you don't know no reason
But you can feel her pain.
Chorus
Now you can scare me, boodie-man
And you can make me cry
But there's things in life you should not do
And people you can't buy
And though, in war, you justify
The innocent you maim
Now you don't know no reason
'Cause you don't feel their pain.
Chorus
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I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT IN MY DREAMS
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
When bad times don't show you no reason
When good times been gone for awhile
When sometimes it's hard to be happy
When a man can forget how to smile
When dark clouds show no silver lining
When everything's black and you're blue
I'll just close my eyes and you'll be there
I'll be in my dreams with you.
Chorus
'Cause life ain't no sweet bed of roses
But I'm not no one to complain
'Cause everyone's got their own troubles
And besides, I'd have nothing to gain
But sometimes a mind shows no mercy
When the voice in your head starts to scream
I'll just close my eyes, and you'll be there
Then nothing's as bad as is seems.
Oh, I'll see you tonight in my dreams.
Now sometimes when life gets so lonely
When sometimes it's hard to be brave
When sometimes it feels like you're only
Alive with one foot in the grave
When nothing goes right like it used to
It's hard, but you try to make do
I'll just close my eyes, and you'll be there
I'll be in my dreams with you.
Chorus plus:
Yes, I'll see you tonight in my dreams
Yes, I'll see you tonight and everything will be alright
Yes, I'll see you tonight in my dreams.
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THE PRAYER
03:55
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THE PRAYER
©Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2002
Oh Lord, won't you hear my prayer
I feel sad, are you out there?
I feel lost and all alone
Destination never known
All my life, I've been destined to fail
Now I lie in this stinking jail
In this stinking jail.
When I was young, I heard them say
That my daddy ran away
Just sixteen when mamma died
The padre prayed as he closed her eyes
And as I lie in my prison bed
The padre's words running through my head
Son, you're mamma's dead.
Well I grew up fast and I grew up mean
The craziest son you've ever seen
And in a fight that I began
I took the life of another man
Now I've been in this cell so long
I've realised what I done was wrong
What I done was wrong.
Well, now I know, the story's told
Of men who live their lives for gold
But when you're down, there's nothing worse
Than to sell your soul for the devil's purse
So Lord, if you're out there
Oh Lord, won't you hear my prayer
Won't you hear my prayer?
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Billy O'Dwyer Bob South Tipperary, Ireland
'Billy O'Dwyer is from the Emerald Isle and possesses a pronounced Irish brogue that is wholly absorbing. He has written all
the material and proves to be a good storyteller...' -Country Music People
'The voice is mellow, the arrangements, beautifully simple and the lyrics are excellent. Billy is another one of those treasures of the music scene...a talent to watch out for.' -Irish Music Magazine
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