WORLD GONE CRAZY

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control/Arone Songs 2001

My world done gone crazy

since I last seen my friends

The whole world’s gone crazy

Too many lost good friends

Well there ain’t no rhyme nor reason

for the pain that comes around

It only takes a moment

for your world to break down

Don’t say tomorrow

what you can today

Don’t do tomorrow

what you can today

Well there ain’t no commitment

beyond the here and now

We can dream of the future

but we gotta live today somehow

World done gone crazy

since I last seen my friends

The whole world’s gone crazy

Too many lost good friends

Well there ain’t no rhyme nor reason

For the pain that comes around

It only takes a moment

For your world to break down

We can dream of the future

but we gotta live today somehow

Don’t do tomorrow

what you can today

It Takes The Blues To See

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control/Arone Songs 2000

(You’re) gonna ride on a bus going nowhere

But always some place you’ve been

Gonna sleep in a bed by you lonesome

Phone your kids, cheap calls, weekends

Gonna eat just what you are given

And always be right on time to leave

Cause this here’s a bus going nowhere

Least ways no place you ain’t been

So why ride it in the first place?

Ain’t no penitentiary

I guess the music is the reason – and the key – for me

It takes the blues to see.

Gonna work wherever they send you

And be glad whenever they call

Gonna ride this bus going nowhere

‘cause to me it’s the place with it all

So why ride it in the first place?

Ain’t no penitentiary

I guess the music is the reason – and the key – for me

It takes the blues to see

So why ride it .... etc

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control/Arone Songs 2003

I know it’s a lie but it feels okay

I wanna believe what I hear today

I got faith in the guys up top

Though I know the truth gets lost

I wanna believe in right and wrong

I wanna believe the weak get strong

I don’t wanna hear no told you so

I just wanna try and move my own small world along

There’s nothing left that you can say

I saw him here just the other day

I heard you’re playing with your back door man

Better find me a brand new plan

I wanna believe in right and wrong

I wanna believe the weak get strong

I don’t wanna hear no told you so

I just wanna try and move my own small world along

Just a guy on the street trying to make ends meet

I know it ain’t right but I still can sleep

In the wider world or at my back door

I can’t change much - that’s for sure

I wanna get involved but there ain’t no time

A lie is a lie, and that’s the crime

I wanna believe in right and wrong

I wanna believe the weak get strong

I don’t wanna hear no told you so

I just wanna try and move my own small world along

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control/Arone Songs 2001

Sure I need your money

But I’d like to talk to you

Yeh I can use your money

But I wanna talk to you

You throw me a coin

As you rush past

Your life is a blur

That moves so fast

I live in my place

In the world at your feet

Like to tell you how it is

The other side of the street

I’ll give you some money

But I can’t talk to you

You can have my money

Though I can’t talk to you

I’ll do what I can

But I’m real short of time

Telephone is ringing

Two calls on the line

Places to go

And people to meet

Too busy to breathe

The other side of the street

We don’t understand how the other half live

Yet the other half have so much to give

We all travel to the place where we’re all going to meet

Yet we never seem to make the other side of the street

BRAND NEW START

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control/Arone Songs January 2001

The candle’s still a-burning but the flame is low

Been some time a coming we’re about to blow

There’s some stuff written up on the wall

Though I don’t wanna read it, no not at all

A lot of people living in harmony

But you’re kinda screaming out our melody

Well I’m getting kinda tired of those high pitched notes

I could use a little peace but there ain’t much hope

I’d really like to stay the one you want around

But the fussing and the fighting is getting me down

Guess it came in the box with your wild young heart

That’s a long time ago, need a brand new start

By Gary Fletcher

Copyright Chloe Songs Ltd 1980

Well I ain’t got much money & I ain’t got much time

But I sure got some trouble with this life of mine

Behind with my payments, got the heat on my tail

Police don’t believe me, put me in jail

Could've used a little green stuff

Could’ve used a little help

Could’ve used a little green stuff

Could’ve used a little wealth

Could’ve used a little green stuff

just to help myself

Could’ve used a little green stuff

just to mind my health

Well whisky & women sure done me some harm

A little juice & I’m wasted, fall easy to charm

A ring on her finger, my name on the line

She knows I’m just stupid and I wonder why

Could’ve used a little green stuff

Could’ve used a little help

Could’ve used a little green stuff

Could’ve used a little wealth

Could’ve used a little green stuff

just to help myself

Could’ve used a little green stuff

just to mind my wealth

Now my money & my woman long gone out the door

Got to get down to the track, got to pick up some more

Place a few bets, use the last of my cash

My horse is still runnin’, they’re gonna turn me to trash

Could’ve used a little green stuff ..... etc

SO LONELY

by Fletcher/Gurl/Fletcher

Copyright Mann Music 1981

I walk the streets in the dead of night

You know I’m so nervous in the broad daylight

I don’t understand what my problem is

I said somebody tell me now, what gives?

My lady loves me, tells me all the time

Well I’m so glad that she is mine

I tell you, I got money, fine house & a car

I need help, I need a drink, I need that all-night bar

I get so lonely I could cry

I get so lonely I could cry

I get so lonely I could cry

Don’t ever leave me, don’t ever say goodbye

I’ve been around, been coast to coast

Well I’ve seen it all, yeah, more than most

You bet I’ve been a fool ‘cos I ain’t so smart

I need help, I need a drink, I need that all-night bar

I get so lonely I could cry

I get so lonely I could cry

I get so lonely I could cry

Don’t ever leave me, don’t ever say goodbye

Well I’m a modern man, I’m a sign of the times

Well I’ve got it all and that ain’t no crime

But then you don’t have to be poor to be blue

I need help, I need a drink and baby, I need you

I get so lonely I could cry

I get so lonely I could cry

I get so lonely I could cry

Don’t ever leave me, don’t ever say goodbye

I get so lonely I could cry

I get so lonely I could cry

I get so lonely I could cry

Don’t ever leave me, don’t ever say goodbye

Don’t ever leave me, don’t ever say goodbye

Don’t ever leave me, don’t ever say goodbye

HELP ME

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright  BMG 1991

I’ve been waiting for the good times to come on in & roll

I’ve been waiting for the good times that the future might hold

I’ve been holding on to what we’ve got

Sometimes I think that ain’t a lot

I’m so scared it’s as good as it gets

I guess I’m alone, just don’t know it yet

I’ve been praying that the bad times are way behind me now

I’ve been saying those old bad times can’t hurt me no how

Thinking like that well it sometimes helps

I’m just trying to make some sense

I’ve tried so hard to give you your space

Well I guess we live together in a separate place

Help me, give me your hand

Hold me, can you understand

that I need you & I’ll do what I can

to keep us together

and make some sense of what is meant by love

I’ve been hanging onto old times when you & I were young

I’ve been hiding in the old days, together we were fun

I realise how much we’ve changed

It’s taken time and so much pain

There’s things that hurt me, I know they hurt you too

But we’re too long together now, there’s too much to lose

Help me, give me your hand

Hold me, can you understand

that I need you & I’ll do what I can

to keep us together

WATCH MY LIPS

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control 1991

Times had changed, things had gone good

We were working more than any band should

Needed help – you came along

Taking care of business was you’re kind of song

So who did we turn to? We turned to you

Who did we trust in? We trusted you

Where did you run to? Where did you go?

Was it just money now? We’ll never know

Watch my lips and don’t take no jive

Men in suits sell only lies

Watch my lips, take my advice

Ain’t no-one nowhere gonna take good care of you

But yourself

You didn’t need no West End address

But you knew better, just had to impress

Didn’t know that we paid all the bills

Until we needed cash and looked in the till

So who did we turn to? We turned to you

Who did we trust in? We trusted you

Where did you run to? Where did you go?

Was it just money now? We’ll never know

Watch my lips and don’t take no jive

Men in suits sell only lies

Watch my lips, take my advice

Ain’t no-one nowhere gonna take good care of you

But yourself

So anyone listening who’s starting on out

Believe in yourself and don’t bide no doubt

Stay in control ‘cause you’re where it’s at

Ain’t no-one else who’ll take the rap

So who did we turn to?  ....... etc

YOU'VE GOT TO CHOOSE

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control 1991

You’re standing at the junction, there’s only left or right

You’ve kept it all together, now things are getting tight

You’ve kept us from each other, even though we’ve known

You’ve been two-timing both of us but now your cover’s blown

So many questions, how many lies?

One woman living two separate lives

Who d’ya think you’re kidding?

Ain’t no one that’s fooled

Soon you’ll be discovered

Gonna have to pay some dues

You’ve got to, you’ve got to choose

Can’t keep from breaking the rules

You’ve got to, you’ve got to choose

Your life’s so complicated, you have to move so fast

From one place to another, your future’s in the past

Don’t you think I know when you’ve been out to play?

‘Cause in you sleep you call me Paul, you know my name is Dave

So many questions, how many lies?

One woman living two separate lives

Who d’ya think you’re kidding?

Ain’t no one that’s fooled

Soon you’ll be discovered

Gonna have to pay some dues

You’ve got to, you’ve got to choose

Can’t keep from breaking the rules

You’ve got to, you’ve got to choose

You are a visitor to two different worlds

But you told me that you weren’t that kind of girl

Home is where the heart is it is often said

But you’ve got two homes, and how many beds?

I thought that I could take it, I thought that I could share

You gave me no alternative, no choice that seemed too clear

Now I know his name, I can see his face

I see you two together, I see him in my space

So many questions, how many lies?

One woman living two separate lives

Who d’ya think you’re kidding?

Ain’t no one that’s fooled

Soon you’ll be discovered

Gonna have to pay some dues

You’ve got to, you’ve got to choose

Can’t keep from breaking the rules

You’ve got to, you’ve got to choose

STOP MESSING WITH MY LIFE

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control/Arone Songs 2003

You look me up – then you put me down

Don’t know why you come back around

You seem to think you can come and go

Why oh why d’ya think I’d want to know?

Stop messing with my life

Stop messing with my life

I try to keep forgetting

But my stupid heart ain’t letting you go

You know exactly what to push

To make me open right up to you

It ain’t no help to shut you out

I still seem to jump just whenever you shout

Stop messing with my life

Stop messing with my life

I try to keep forgetting

But my stupid heart ain’t letting you go

I never wanted to see you go

But you were heading off to someone else

You said we’re over – we’re in your past

Now I’ve got used to being myself

I guess it ain’t got nothing to do with my luck

Which got a little better just after y’gave me up

I kept on buying the ticket – you thought was so absurd

Seems I am a winner – but how could you have heard?

Stop messing with my life

Stop messing with my life

Stop messing with my life

I try to keep forgetting - but it seems I can’t say no

I try to keep forgetting - by now you’d think I know

I try to keep forgetting

But my stupid heart …….. ain’t letting you go

COMMUTER BLUES

by Gary Fletcher/Hilary Fletcher

Copyright Arone Records 1997

Standing at the station tired of waiting, & wishing I’d driven

I’m a statue of myself, a blank form, the image of oblivion

Rooted to the ground, looking down the line for answers

I need a sign, a little more than the 8.04, what are my chances?

There’s got to be something out there

Send it soon while I still care

There’s got to be something out there

Something that’ll take me somewhere

Can you tell me when my train is gonna come?

Can you tell me if it’s ever gonna come?

Am I just a figure in a lifesize Hornby Doublo here?

Why does everything around me seem as if it’s got stuck in a low gear?

If it’s God at the controls can’t he help this toy on its way?

Or are the powerlines overhead not working today?

There’s got to be something out there

Send it soon while I still care

There’s got to be something out there

Something that’ll take me somewhere

Can you tell me when my train is gonna come?

Can you tell me if it’s ever gonna come?

Look at us all, we’re on hold, just like this life of mine

No wonder they call it the Misery Line

Weekends & evenings remind me that I’m halfway to being alive

Where do I go between nine & five?

There’s got to be something out there

Send it soon while I still care

There’s got to be something out there

Something that’ll take me somewhere

Can you tell me when my train is gonna come?

Can you tell me if it’s ever gonna come?

Hey mister, I need some assistance

Is that my life in the distance?

STEPPING OUT ON MAIN STREET

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control/Arone Songs 2001

I’m stepping out on Main Street

Been a long time gone

Yes I’m stepping out on Main Street

I’ve been a long time gone

Well I stood as judge and jury

I threw away the key

I didn’t give no hearing

Didn’t want to hear from me

I was standing as defendant

Pleading guilty to the charge

I called for prosecution

No punishment too harsh

But I’m back -

on the downtown Main Street track

Well I’m walking down the Main Street

Been a long time gone

Yes I’m walking down the Main Street

I’ve been a long time gone

I’d been living in the fast lane

Pushing way too hard

Burning up at both ends

My head before my heart

Something’s gotta give

when you empty out your tank

Nothing in reserve

No credit in the bank

But I’m back –

on the downtown Main Street track

Well I’m running down the Main Street

Been a long time gone

Yes I’m running down the Main Street

I’ve been a long time gone

Well I heard my soul a-calling

We all got that voice within

Finally started listening

to some sense, meant I began

to understand the need

for my friends, my family

Guess it took the dark

to see the light in front of me

But I’m back –

On the downtown Main Street track ……repeat

TOLD NO LIES

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Paternoster Music Ltd 1994

She told me she loved me

Heard her say I do

‘Til death do us part

I thought it was true

Well we had some hard times

We had it real tough

Together we struggled

And that was enough

And I told no lies

And I heard no lies

And we both had faith

Yes we both had faith

First we were three

And then became four

We were real happy

And we were real sure

But something was changing

Deep in her heart

The feeling was gone

But we just couldn’t part

And still I told no lies

And I heard no lies

But we’d lost the faith

Yes we’d lost the faith

And still I told no lies

And I heard no lies

But we’d lost the faith

Yes we’d lost the faith

YOU ARE TRUE

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control/Arone Songs 2002

Don’t tell me that you don’t

Babe I know you do

Don’t tell me that you don’t

Babe I know you do

You’ve started telling lies

Come on now tell me why

Don’t take me for a fool

It seems as though you do

Don’t take me for a fool

It seems as though you do

Let’s stop this wasting time

I think I’ve seen the signs

Don’t need to know who

Don’t need to know when

Don’t need to know where

Ain’t sure that I care

Seems like you wanna be the backdoor girl

You wanna be the hoochie coochie girl

Do you think you’re li'l Jane the congaroo

Or is it all in my mind and really you are true

Just keep me from myself

I know I need your help

Just keep me from myself

I know I need your help

Can’t believe that your are mine

I doubt it all the time

Don’t need to know who

Don’t need to know when

Don’t need to know where

Ain’t sure that I care

Seems like you wanna be the backdoor girl

You wanna be the hoochie coochie girl

Do you think you’re ‘lil Jane the congaroo

Or is it all in my mind and really you are true

TAKE ME TO THE RED LINE

by Gary Fletcher

Copyright Control/Arone Songs 1999

Is there someone out there waiting,

something that I’ve missed?

I’ve seen it all on the tv …

a whole world I’ve never kissed

I’ve always been a regular guy

Do what I’m told, I don’t ask why

I love my mama, my papa too

I always took their point of view

I mind my manners and I eat real neat

Never played games out in the street

My books always told me to keep it safe,

don’t walk on the cracks and know your place

I worked real hard to come through school

I wasn’t too smart but I broke no rules

Got me a job right down at the bank

But something’s a-changin’, got a tiger in my tank

Take me to the red line

Take me to the red line

I want to feel the wind of change in my face

I want to feel the chill of fear in the race

I want to climb a mountain with no safety line

I want to grab a hand just in time

Take me to the red line

Take me to the red line

I want to taste the passion of a wild new heart

I want to feel a love that shakes you apart

I want to travel to where you can’t take a plane

I want to find that edge where you’re almost insane

Take me to the red line

Take me to the red line

Take me to the red line