LYRICS

Hey, Daisy!

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Hey Daisy, roll on out of bed

Hey daisy, you lazy loggerhead

Hey daisy, you know it’s way past noon 

Hey daisy, rise and meet the moon

My baby likes to rock all night

And likes to sleep all day

Hitting every bar in town 

Until she hits the hay

Morning comes and goes and so does the afternoon

wake up little Daisy, night is coming soon

Chorus

Daisy she’s a lazy gal

She’s always been that way

You’d think she was a vampire 

The way she sleeps all day

I try to shake awake that gal, but she’s got other plans

sawin logs and catchin Zs, deep in Slumberland

Chorus

Now Daisy’s got me jealous

Jealous as can be

I think she loves the sandman

More than she loves me

Even sleeping beauty woke up eventually

So wake up little daisy, come out and rock with me

Chorus

ANGELINA (NO ANSWER)

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Why do I cry for the eyes of Angelina?

Why do I lie to myself, that I’ll never see her?

When every night I see her face

In dreams that time will not erase

And so I cry for the eyes of Angelina

How many times must I tell myself to forget her?

Try as I might, every night is the time I remember

How the lies poured out like wine

When those eyes began to shine

Darkness now is all I find between us

Why should I be so surprised

That I should be so mesmerized by her?

There is no answer

Deep in the heart of us all

are so many questions

Buried so deep in the walls

of our obsessions

Who are we, why are we here?

Are we alone, with no one near?

Or is it clear, our heart is our only possession

So why should I be so surprised

by the emptiness inside of her?

There is no answer 

Words/Music ©2021 Brian Edward Hack/BMI

BEAT IT, CREEP!

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Well I tried to tell my woman

She was doing me wrong

She pointed at the front door, said

"now buddy move along"

She said, beat it, creep

Aw, beat it creep

She said now beat it, creep

and keep yourself away from me

I walked down to the Plaza

To try to find myself a bed

The doorman saw me comin

And he burnt the place instead

CHORUS

I was crossing over Broadway

Got run over by a bus

The driver ran back over me

And said, "Don’t make a fuss"

CHORUS

I've been pounding down the pavement

to try to find myself a job

The foreman took one look at me

And sent an angry mob

CHORUS

I Tried to tell my story

I called up The Daily News

They ran my picture on the front page

Called it “MADMAN ON THE LOOSE"

CHORUS

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NO WAY TO LOVE

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Now fussin and a fightin all night ain’t right, you know it’s true

But every little thing I do

Just seems to bother you;

I never open my mouth, cause it all goes south

And then we’re on the outs--

Nothing but the screams and shouts

Until the cryin starts

Once we knew a love that one could only ever dream about

No, there wasn’t any doubt--

We were in, and never fallin’ out

But now it seems, those dreams

They don’t mean a thing today

I’m only in your way

And way out of your heart

Well, it’s the same old song, love gone wrong

Tempers shorter than the days are long;

We tried, to no avail--

It’s a wonder we’re not both in jail

The water’s deep, no way to keep our heads above

That ain’t no way to live

That ain’t no way to love

No way to live

No way to love

No way to  live without

The kind of love we’re dreamin of

With so much time below, and not enough time above

That ain’t no way to live

That ain’t no way to love

You might think that I drink this way

to keep your memory

So far away from me

That I’d treat you like an enemy;

But I’m here on this stool, cause I’m the biggest fool 

To ever let you go

Darlin, even if I know

You’re not the one for me

Well, it’s the same old song, love gone wrong

Tempers shorter than the days are long;

We tried, to no avail--

It’s a wonder we’re not both in jail

The water’s deep, no way to keep our heads above

That ain’t no way to live

That ain’t no way to love

No way to live

No way to love

No way to  live without The kind of love we’re dreamin of

With so much time below, and not enough time above

That ain’t no way to live

That ain’t no way to love

Words/Music ©2021 Brian Edward Hack/BMI

STOP THAT BOOGIE!

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Well, they tried calypso and they tried The Twist

But nothing beats an old beat like this

Just a coupla old farmhands tillin’ the crops

Burnin’ up the barn with the hillbilly bop

They tried to stop that boogie (stop that boogie)

They tried to shut ‘em down

But that rock and roll music causin’ trouble all over town

Down in Mississippi, up in Tennessee

Up in New Jersey, out in Kankakee

The kids were all jumpin’ down from the balcony

And dancin’ all together as it ought to be

CHORUS

They all tried giving rock and roll the boot

Even put Elvis Presley in an army suit

All that shakin was a-getting’ ‘em stirred

Called it the worst damn racket that you ever heard

CHORUS

Well, they sent in Rydell and Avalon

When they thought rock and roll was too far gone

The A & R men thought a real smart bet

Would be to trade in the swing for a string quartet

CHORUS

Well, the old folks knew what it meant from the start

They knew rock and roll would tear their world apart

LaVern Baker let the whole world know

It would take Jim Dandy to beat Jim Crow

They tried to stop that boogie

They tried to shut ‘em down

But that rock and roll music causin’ trouble all over town (3x) 

Words/Music ©2021 Brian Edward Hack/BMI

Hand Me Down Heart

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Well, I just don’t want your hand me down heart

It belongs to another, for a start

Well, I’m just a bit confused

Cause I see it’s being used

So I don’t need your hand me down heart

It’s not because of jealousy or pride;

But there’s certain things in life I can’t abide

You can’t give something away

that you just gave out yesterday, 

So I just can’t use your hand me down heart

I know that it’s been used and broken

I realize that it comes second hand;

but when it still beats for another

that’s more than I can understand....

You said you gave your heart only to me

And swore it wasn’t out of charity

you say he’s just outgrown your love

But it still fits him like a glove

So I just can’t use your hand me down heart

I know that it’s been used and broken

I realize that it comes second hand;

But when it still beats for another

that's more than I can understand

I’m not too proud to take what’s offered me

But I never want to take what isn’t free

So keep your heart, or pass it on;

but not to me, cause I'll be gone

And I just can’t use your hand me down heart

No,  I’ll never want your hand me down heart

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