I'm in a zone,
How I got here - oh well I...
I looked at you,
You looked at me and we walked on through.

Now we're both scared,
Of what it is that we might do and,
Oh little girl, I just want to hold you and...

(Chorus)
Kiss your face,
Kiss your lips,
Hold you tight - day and night...

Hey little girl,
Well you turned a light on, and...
I never knew - no never knew,
That I had a switch there, and...

I got you bad - little girl,
Oh but it feels so good here, but...
We can't stay around too long,
Cos' I just want to hold you and...

(Chorus)
Kiss your face,
Kiss your lips,
Hold you tight - day and night...
Well there's a place - in my heart,
That you own girl - well we're in a zone...

We're in a zone,
How we got here - oh well I...
I looked at you,
You looked at me and we walked on through.

I'm in a zone,
We're in a zone,
I'm in a zone,
There's a place in my heat that you own.


Words and Music - Gary O'Dea 2007.

The more I see, well the less I believe - so the saying goes my friend,
And the older I get, you know the more I feel that my feelings show my friend,
And a bitter taste - leaves a cynical view,
Oh boy it's gone and left its mark on you,
In a land of plenty - well there's so much greed,
Oh it's what money don't buy that we really need...

(Chorus)
Well there's too many walls, and not enough bridges,
We're doing all the taking, they're doing all the giving it out,
But this time, oh this time...
Can't we build it like a rock?
Like a rock my friend,
And throw it through their windows yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh make them stop my friend.

It's late at night on hostile street - oh let's get out of the heat my friend,
We'll make a rush, for the late night bus, and put the world to rights my friend,
We'll storm the palace, make parliament bleed,
Scrape the shit off my shoes from the garbage they feed,
Will they ever listen - oh will we ever learn,
Well what can a poor boy do as this world keeps turning...

(Chorus)
Well there's too many walls, and not enough bridges,
We're doing all the taking, they're doing all the giving it out,
But this time, oh this time...
Can't we build it like a rock?
Like a rock my friend,
And throw it through their windows yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh make them stop my friend.

Well they fight for interests - while we fight for rights,
We're drowned in disillusionment - we need to re-adjust our sights,
Let down on the left - ripped off on the right,
And we're stuck in the middle - dealing with their lies,
Dealing with their lies, while they look us in the eyes my friends...

Build it like a rock,
Like a rock my friends oh yeah,
And throw it through the windows yeah, yeah, yeah,
Make them stop my friends,

Like a rock, like a rock my friends,
Like a rock, like a rock yeah, yeah,
And throw it through their windows yeah, windows yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh make them stop my friends oh yeah...oh yeah...oh yeah.


Words and music - Gary O'Dea 2007.

There I stumble, there I fall, and watch as other's put their true colours on,
I see there's nothing really there at all, at all,
I imagined would be.

See the Fat Man yeah - as he breaks into a sweat,
Then falls asleep down at his desk,
It's a pity he don’t mix - he's too busy scheming tricks.

(Chorus)
Well I'll be careful what I wish for - I'll be careful that it's real,
Be careful of the merits of the ones with which I deal,
Be careful of those parasites that are feeding at my plate,
They're really waiting for the chance to take my thoughts...take my thoughts away,
This time...

There's a writer on a hill, swallowing his righteous pills,
Appreciative so he said - or so he said,
But he's full of shit just like the rest.

His shallowness well it deflates me,
His accusations really grate with me,
Their apologies are little use - they mix with all their other puce.

(Repeat Chorus) - then into...

I'll be careful what I wish for - I'll be careful who I wish it to,
I'll be careful what I want it for - and be careful who I give it to,
I'll be careful what I wish for - I'll be careful who I wish it to,
I'll be careful what I want it for - and I'll be careful who - I give it to.

And I'll give to you - I'll give it to you this time,
This time - oh yeah,
This time - this time - oh yeah.

(Chorus) - then...

I'll be careful what I wish for - I'll be careful who I wish it to,
I'll be careful what I want it for - and be careful who I give it to,
I'll be careful what I wish for - I'll be careful who I wish it to,
I'll be careful what I want it for - and be careful who I give it to.

This time...this time - oh yeah,
This time...this time - oh yeah.

Careful what I wish for - careful who I wish it to,
Careful what I want it for and I'll be careful who I give it to this time.

Word and Music - Gary O'Dea 2006

Take the money and run my dear,
Discover way's to hide your fears - and,
Play the part of Bonnie and Clyde,
Go swing your hips from side to side,
Hit your volley hard and true - like,
Tony Brown he used to do - well,
You can shout and cuss' and bawl,
Well you can curtsey, you can fall my dear.

Are we just a hopeless case now,
Or will they find a place now,
Or shall we line the walls, and wait until the Captains call,
Well hears to dancing I raise my glass,
And to those that listen I'll tip my hat,
Now Joe and Gina's gonna' have a ball,
They're gonna' hold on tight and grab it all my dear,

(Change)
Well ring the changes and call for truth,
Talk to elders - hear the youth,
We put our trust in God and Love,
And then we ask "is that enough?"
Politicians giving spin,
Hoping that we take it in,
Can we hope to give and take, can we call the plays and still eat cake - my dear.

(Repeat 1st verse)

(Change)
Then you run - so wild,
Yes - you run - so free,
Oh you run - so wild,
The fool - in me...in me yeh' - well I just gotta' ask you now...

(Repeat 2nd verse)

Take the money and run my dear,

Take the money and run my dear, my dear.

WORDS: Gary O'Dea MUSIC: Gary O'Dea / Garry Oliver (Jan 2006).

They say you never miss - what you've never had,
If ya' belly full - and ya' feelin' glad,
Well love and pain - they hurt the same,
And I've had my fill of being sad...

(Chorus)
Well - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville,
Yeh - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville...
Cos' I'm feelin' ill - I can't sit still...gonna' be much better - in Betterville.

Well your depression - becomes obsession,
And there's no messing - when you're upsetting,
Come Find Yourself - be a Natural Mystic,
A Harry Smith - or a Hallelujah!

(Chorus)
Well - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville,
Yeh - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville,
Yeh - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville,
Yeh - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville...
Cos' I'm feelin' ill - I can't sit still...gonna' be much better - in Betterville

(Slide Guitar)

You're intellectually perfect - chemically secure,
Ambitiously unflinching - stylistically so pure,
You're as strong willed as an outlaw - and devoted as a Nun,
Well Sergio Leone - won't you load me up a gun and...

(Chorus)
Well - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville,
Yeh - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville,
Yeh - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville,
Yeh - get me on a bus - get me on a bus to Betterville...
Cos' I'm feelin' ill - I can't sit still...gonna' be much better - in Betterville.

I've had my fill of the combat zone - wrap me up and send me home,
I've had my fill of the combat zone - wrap me up and send me home,
I've had my fill of the combat zone - wrap me up and send me home,
I've had my fill of the combat zone - wrap me up and send me home,

Get me on a bus - get me on a bus to...
Get me on a bus - get me on a bus to...
Get me on a bus - get me on a bus to...
Get me on a bus - get me on a bus to...Betterville...(I'm feeling ill).


Words and Music: Gary O'Dea - Jan 2006

Louie been travellin' alone at night,
He said "it's the best way to see the city so clear",
He knows so much for one so young,
He's gonna' make his move, gonna' get out of town this year,
Yeah cos' he's seen the push and the shove,
He's seen em' grab at it all,
He knows that sooner or later he'll feel the fear.

Well Marcel and Dixie you know they want it all,
Well they're gonna' have their freedom gonna' make their cake then eat it,
Well they're good at giving you what you need,
What ever your hunger well they know how to feed it,
Cos' they got the grain and the seed,
They got the pill that cures,
And they know that sooner or later you'll be at their door.

Well ain't it hard on the scene,
You play the cards that your dealt and find a way of tapping right into the seam.

HARMONICA

GUITAR

To live were the streets are paved with gold..."it's no disgrace to be poor it's just a little unhandy for me" (John Lee Hooker),
We got the fast lane teeming, they were dropping like flys,
And if you dance while you hustle,
You'll make yourself a killing tonight,
Get in on the push and the shove,
Get in on the dollar and yen,
Cos' when tomorrow comes calling it'll all start over again,
Yeah when tomorrow comes calling it all starts over again.

J-A-Z-Z. J-A-Z-Z.
Oh don't push us when we're HOT.
Al Capone's guns don't argue with me,
Al Capone's guns don't argue with me.


Words and Music. Gary O'Dea. 1998.

Gotta' do some fixing up, when I can find the time,
Been doing nothing for a while,
No occupation I just drift around the day,
The morning sun is a good friend of mine,
I'm collecting lazy days,
I store them in a pile,
My collections building up now,
It's been my source of pride,
Now I'm taking - Time Out - easy listening now, now,
'Sweet Heart of The Rodeo' is mighty pleasing,
Just taking - Time Out, (repeat)

I kinda' like the easy life, I guess it suits my style,
Times my own to do with what I like,
Hanging with a crowd can sometimes make you yearn for space,
Space to spend some time,
I'm collecting lazy days,
I store them in a pile,
My collections building up now,
It's been my source of pride,
Now I'm taking - Time Out - easy listening now, now,
'Sweet Heart of The Rodeo' is mighty pleasing,
Taking - Time Out (repeat by 4)

(Up beat tempo)

Well I'm a lazy bones sitting in the sun,
Me and Hoagy takin' time out - trying to get our day's work done,
Time Out - take your time,
I'm collecting lazy days,
I store them in a pile,
My collections building up now,
It's been my source of pride,
Well I’m taking - Time Out - easy listening now, now,
'Sweet Heart of The Rodeo' you know, it's mighty pleasing,
Taking - Time Out (repeat by 4)

Well I'm a lazy bones sitting in the sun,
Me and Hoagy takin' time out - trying to get our days work done.


Words and Music: Gary O'Dea 1998.

Abdul Haq was a freedom fighter - through the Russian campaign,
Hailed by the west as a kinda' - Mujahadeen John Wayne,
He need's support for his uprising - to rid Afghanistan,
Of oppression hate & war - known as the Taliban...
Well please, is this how the west was won?
Tell me please, is this how the west was won?

See the CIA can't see no further than their nose,
The Bush fire it starts burning - outa' control,
The dollar Bill (Clinton) had fed the fire,
And the flames of madness just got higher and higher,
Well it's just a - another example of something going on in my name - but not with my blessing,
It's just another example of something going on in my name - but not with my blessing.

Tell me please, is this how the west was won?
Tell me please, is this how the west was won?

GUITAR

Abdul fought for freedom not to - wear a collar of the...
The Stars & Stripes bought with Uncle Sam's dollar,
The (George) Bush fire rages - and GI Joe grabs his gun,
His message blurred (Blaired) and the deed was done,
It's just another example of something going on in my name - but not with my blessing,
It's just another example of something going on in my name - but not with my blessing.


Abdul fought for - JUSTICE & RIGHTS
For his war torn - PEOPLE IN FLIGHT
The CIA AIN'T GOT NO HONOUR, they're...
BUYING THEIR DEMANDS WITH UNCLE SAM'S DOLLAR...
(repeat all X 2)

...(Dollar) Bill - You're making me ill, with your dollar bill - yeh you're making me ill,
And the blurred (Blaired) baloney, from the mouth of Tony - yeh, we're getting blurred baloney, from the mouth of Tony yeh, well it's just a...

Another example of something going on in my name, but not with my blessing,
Well it's just another example of something going on in my name, but not with my blessing,
So stop your messing - you ain't got my blessing,
Stop your messing - you ain't got my blessing.

Tell me please, is this how the west was won?
Tell me please, is this how the west was won?
(ad lib to end)

Words and Music. Gary O'Dea - Sept 2004

A distant friend of mine said he'd seen you on the train,
Your coming back for more and more, he said you'd smiled but looked away,

I don't believe in love or the hold it's got on me,
I don't believe in what you say now,
And now we both break down and cry.

Both break down now, both break down and cry,
Both break down now, both break down and -

Well I try to take it in my stride, look all casual and cool,
But you hit me like a left hook girl, I need my corner and my stool, well what a fool - what a fool.

I don't believe in love or the hold it's got on me,
And I don't believe in what you say now,
Now we both break down and -

Cry for help and happiness and the things that we got wrong,
You cry out 'it's my fault' and you slam the door - (get out the door),
Well I thought you needed help girl oh and then you helped yourself to me,
Well you chewed me up and spit me out and I stumbled to the floor,
And now we both break down and cry.

Both break down now, both break down and cry,
Both break down now, both break down and cry -

Yeah we cry

(Guitar)

I love the way you walk and the way you talk,
I love the way you laugh and the way you cry now,
The way you walk and the way you talk, I love the way you laugh and the way you cry now,
The way you walk and the way you talk, I love the way you laugh and the way you cry now,
The way you walk and the way you talk, I love the way you laugh and the way you cry now.



Words and Music. Gary O'Dea 1998.