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MONA LISA SMILE

by Billy O'Dwyer Bob

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KATIE ANNE 03:36
Chorus Katie Anne, Katie Anne, what'd you do with your man? He's gone and he's left you alone. Katie Anne, Katie Anne, what'd you do with your man? He's gone and he ain't coming home. Katie Anne, she was young, so the story begun Met a man and she fell in love Over Big Mac and fries, she saw love in his eyes As they sat 'neath the stars up above. Now Bobby, for sure, he was young, he was poor But he had big ideals, folks would say He was handsome and strong, didn't take none too long Katie Anne married Bobby one day. Chorus Her mama, they said, would as soon see him dead And with mama, you just could not win And sure everyone knows, and at times it sure shows She didn't like his dark colour of skin. Her daddy, all told, he could not be consoled In the winter of his living years How would dare such a man take his sweet baby's hand He foretold how t'would all end in tears. Chorus Now the pendulum swung and Katie Anne, she was hung Between Bobby and those she loved dear But blood, it runs deep and loose talk can be cheap For she acted, they say, out of fear. Now the years have passed by and sometimes Katie cries And her folks, they have long passed away And life, it now seems full of regrets and dreams Of how Bobby might come back some day. Chorus
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He squints up his eyes at the sun like an old worn bandido He sits with a drink in his hand when his day is done He tells of a love he once knew, of a young señorita And he talks of the battles he fought and the wars that he won. The veins in his hands show the strain of the years of hard labour The lines on his face show the depth of his sorrow and pain He's tired of his life but sometimes there's moments he savours He remembers the good times and recalls these old memories again. Chorus He knows that there's nothing in life lasts forever He remembers the first time he saw her and they fell in love She's been gone for awhile but someday they will be back together And he'll hold her once more and they'll dance in the heavens above. He sits on his porch and he welcomes the end of an evening He thinks of a time way back when he had it all He says a short prayer for small mercies and the things he believes in For it's better to have loved and lost than know no love at all. Chorus He lays in his bed and he wakes and he curses the morning For those who would care he will smile and try to go on He fears what the day it might bring, the loneliness dawning For his eyes show his heart has been broke and his spirit is gone. Chorus x2
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Born in Missouri 'neath the southern sky He had grit in his belly and a look in his eye And any man who crossed him, he was destined to die At the hands of Jesse James. A wanted man with a price on his head And those who came to collect often turned up dead He was quick with the gun, so legend said Was the outlaw, Jesse James. Now some say Jesse, he was just no good Some called him a latter-day Robin Hood But he done for the poor as best he could The outlaw, Jesse James. For robbing banks and trains, he was a hunted man For murder in the first he was gonna hang Wanted dead or alive with the Younger Gang Was Frank and Jesse James. Chorus Oh Jesse James, Jesse James The unsung hero of the open plains He's got rebel blood flows through the veins Of the outlaw Jesse James. Oh Jesse James, Jesse James Bet your ma never knew what a legend she named Of all the cowboys riding on the open range There's never been an outlaw like Jesse James. Well he hung up his guns and he took him a wife He had him some kids and he settled in life But the lack of adventure cut him through like a knife The outlaw Jesse James. For nobody knows how a man's possessed But robbing banks and trains was what Jesse knew best He returned to his ways and brought the wild to the west The outlaw Jesse James. Chorus Well, a dirty hand took the devil's reward By a traitor and a snake they called Bob Ford For he cocked his gun and he summoned the Lord To the outlaw, Jesse James. Now the story goes, and I've heard it said He was shot from behind in the back of the head And the coward crowed as he laid him dead 'I shot Jesse James!' Chorus So listen up people, hear me, one and all Where the buffaloes roam and the coyotes call No man never rode nor walked as tall As the outlaw Jesse James. For his name, it traveled the whole world wide It carried on the wind and drifted on the tide And the story is told at every campfire side Of the outlaw Jesse James. Chorus
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The picture hangs upon the wall In mansions framed with marble halls And there with care and tenderness Not a shade nor shadow missed The artist's hand has said it all. And there you sit now, all alone So much about you never known And those who chance to pass you by Wonder who you were and why Mona Lisa, did you smile. And there you greet them everyday A lifeless soul long passed away And there they gaze and look upon Such beauty of the days long gone Who you were, I hear them say. And lovers holding hand in hand, For reasons they don't understand In silent tears they sit and cry With their eyes they question why Mona Lisa, did you smile. Chorus Mona Lisa did you ever know Way back all those many years ago That fabled tales and myths and legends grow Mona Lisa, if the truth be told. Mona Lisa when all's said and done The question on the tip of every tongue The answer searched and sought by everyone Why, Mona Lisa, did you smile. And there you sit without a word Your story told and widely heard All draped with mystery and fame With reverence they speak your name Like secrets of an ancient world. People come from everywhere The legions of the ones who care And those who seek the grail so dear, Like pilgrims, journey just to hear Why, Mona Lisa, did you smile. Chorus
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Chorus Gonna take your soul, gonna take your soul And if you done danced with the devil, Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul. One day while I was walking, a-strolling on my way I heard this old man talking, and to me he did say 'The end of day's a-coming, the good book, it foretold And if you done danced with the devil Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul'. Well, he looked at me, I tell you, like a man was sure possessed He had fire and hell damnation tattooed across his chest He cried out, 'Heathen sinners, the wrath of God behold And if you done danced with the devil, Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul'. Chorus Well, he raised his hands to heaven, like a man was crucified He hailed and summoned Jesus,'Please help them Lord,' he cried Then falling to his bended knees, his voice grew dark and cold He said, 'If you done danced with the devil Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul'. Chorus Well, he simply stood there smiling Through his yellow, smoked-stained teeth He said, 'Son, you think you got it good down here on easy street But judgement day's a-coming and all sinners must atone And if you done danced with the devil, Lord, the devil's gonna take your soul'. Chorus
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Chorus Heaven took you for an angel Gave you wings and left you fly Took off on the breeze a-blowing Like a bird up in the sky. Now this life just seems so lonely As the hands of time go slowly by Heaven took you for an angel And all that I could do was cry. Funny how the way things happen Feels like only yesterday We laughed and talked about the good times Things we'd do together, come what may. But days would turn into tomorrows Weeks go by and years roll on Then heard one day that you were leaving You closed your eyes and you were gone. Chorus Now I sit alone and wonder Never can quite work it out Where life goes and what's out yonder And what this crazy world's about. And it's hard to face tomorrow You get up and you struggle on Now everyday just seems much longer Every moment that you've gone. Chorus
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Well, pedal to the metal and you're burning up the road Your mind is doing eighty and you're wired to explode You see it all so clearly like a vision in your head You read between the lines of every silly thing she said. She told you how she loved you from the bottom of her heart How horses in the wild couldn't pull you all apart Heading down the highway, running out of luck Sixty-seven dollars and a pickup truck. Well, your baby up and left you, guess you never had a chance She met a handsome cowboy at a local country dance She up and done a runner in the middle of the night She said it wasn't working, how she couldn't make it right. She wrote it in a letter, said someday you'd understand You gambled with the devil and you played the losing hand Heading down the highway, running out of luck Sixty-seven dollars and a pickup truck. Chorus You've got a head on your shoulders like a big bull buck Whiskey on your breath and you're all jacked up Thinking makes you mad, drinking makes you mean Sitting riding shotgun, there's old Jimmy Beam. Trying to come to terms with the voices in your head Things you never done, that you wish you never said Heading down the highway, running out of luck Sixty-seven dollars and a pickup truck. Well, ripping up the rubber and you're leaning on the gas Yonder comes a copper in a cruiser hauling ass Should'a learned a lesson, should'a listened to your ma Never pitch a play to the hands of Johnny Law 'Cause he'll hunt you like a dog and he always gets his man You stand before the judge and he'll slap you in the can Heading down the highway, running out of luck Sixty-seven dollars and a pickup truck. Chorus x2
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FINAL TEARS 03:42
Chorus I've cried my final tears this lifetime over you Those memories we used to share, the happiness we knew We built our dreams, and life, it seems, we lived when love was new Yes, I've cried my final tears this lifetime over you. I tried so hard to show you what you could never see Now happiness is but a dream and love's a memory We made a wish upon a star that never did come true Yes, I've cried my final tears this lifetime over you. Chorus They say that life is but a stage, and you play the leading role But the eyes are windows to the heart that sees the mortal's soul And when the final curtain falls, we kiss and say adieu Yes, I've cried my final tears this lifetime over you. Chorus
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PEGGY'S SONG 04:08
She walks along the lonely street With her worn out shoes on her tired old feet And her tattered coat keeps out the rain. She heads down to the local store And she sits inside the big glass door And there, for hours, she will remain. Folks who know her, they would say She comes around most every day The days have slowly turned to years. And the lost expression on her face Says she's trapped in time in another place And her sad old eyes seen many tears. Chorus And there she sits to watch the world go by Like a fallen bird without wings to fly Lost and scared and all alone Then she slowly wanders home. Evening comes and the sun goes down She slowly makes her way uptown The cold north wind begins to blow. And the little kids, they play silly games They jest and jeer and they call her names And if she's mad, she doesn't show. Chorus She wakes up with the early dawn She's fed and dressed and she's up and gone Like yesterday and the years before. With her worn out shoes on her tired old feet In her tattered coat, she walks the street And heads down to the local store. Chorus
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LONELY CITY 03:39
In a bar room in a place called Lonely City She sits there drinking wine and cheap champagne And she gets so drunk sometimes, well, she ain't pretty And another drink sure helps to hide the pain. She's been sitting there, they say, for much too long now Folks who work there know the girl by name And they swear somewhere, somebody hurt her somehow And another drink sure helps to hide the pain. Chorus Yeah, she sits there all alone in Lonely City And she plays the good times through her mind again Then she cries a tear and smiles for her self-pity And another drink sure helps to hide the pain. As the lights go down at night in Lonely City She sits there, brokenhearted and alone Then the barman calls last drinks 'cause he ain't busy Then she heads off to an empty place called home. Chorus
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Chorus Hair of gold, eyes of blue Prettiest girl I ever knew Skin as white as precious pearl She was my Tipperary Girl. She just chanced to pass me by Pretty as a peach on a pumpkin pie Fresh as a flower in full bloom Sweet as a sunny summer's afternoon. I was smitten, got me good Never thought that Cupid could Speared me down into my soul Spun me 'round like a battened bowl. Chorus I was courting, pure romance Asked her if she'd like to dance Smiled at me as she took my hand Swung me 'til I couldn't stand. Now she could dance and she could swing Like a newborn lamb in spring Up and down and to and fro Round and round and round we go. Chorus I fell heads and over heels Heart was jumping, jigs and reels Twitched and twittered, ill at ease Like a hound-dog scratching fleas. Now young and foolish, old and wise Enter love with opened eyes Treat her right or from the start That Tipperary Girl, she'll break your heart. Chorus x2

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All songs written, recorded and published by Billy O'Dwyer Bob
All album Music & Lyrics © Billy O'Dwyer Bob 2014 All rights reserved
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released July 20, 2014

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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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