The Siegel-Schwall Band



1. Afraid of Love - by Corky Siegel © 2005 - Sung by Sam Lay

If I don't tell you I love you
you should kick me in the shin
I don't know where I'm going
you don't know where I been
So try and understand
why I'm acting like a fool
I'm afraid of love
but only a little afraid of you

If I don't answer the bell
keep pounding on my door
I'm crazy for you baby
but I don't feel safe here anymore
So try and understand
why I do the things I do
I'm afraid of love
but only a little afraid of you

Life is such a gamble
a gambler I'm not
what scares me the most
is honey your too hot
So try and understand why I'm acting like a fool
I'm afraid of love
but only a little afraid of you

If I don't hug you and kiss you
just whisper in my ear
bring me to my senses
and you can quench my fear
I hope you understand me,
because I don't have a clue
I'm afraid of love
but only a little afraid of you




2. Deja Vous - By Corky Siegel (first version © 1982)
(current © 2005)

Say! I've seen that face before
At some particular time and place before
Well, I don't know, could it be DeJaVous?
Or just my imagination running away with you?


Say! I've seen those eyes before
I've never been so hypnotized before
Is that you? Doing that Voo Doo?
Or just my imagination running away with you?


Chorus:
(What she say?)
She said; "Hey Mister, I never seen you before"
She said; "Hey Mister, I don't know you,
and I don't know your sister!"


I guess we never met before
At least we never met, as yet, before
Well, you're so cool and I'm so free
how about you and your imagination running away with me?
How about you and your imagination running away with ....





3. Going Back to Alabama - By Sam Lay @ 2005

Some people in my neighborhood won't ever do right
They drink whiskey all day and raise hell all night
I'm going back to Alabama
Going back to Alabama
I'm going back to Alabama
I can't stand the things they do.


I thought the Windy City was the place for me
Deep in the heart of Dixie is where I need to be
I'm going back to Alabama
Going back to Alabama
I'm going back to Alabama
I can't stand the things they do.


Now listen ...


I thought things would get better
instead they just got worse
Some fool had the nerve to throw a brick in a hearse
I'm going back to Alabama
Going back to Alabama
I'm going back to Alabama
I can't stand the things they do.

I came to sweet home Chicago back in 1960
The icy winter, man, wasn't just whistling Dixie
I'm going back to Alabama
Going back to Alabama
I'm going back to Alabama
cause I can't stand the things they do

I came to sweet home Chicago back in 1960
The icy winter wind, man, wasn't just whistling Dixie
I'm going back to Alabama
Going back to Alabama
I'm going back to Alabama
cause I can't stand the things they do




4. Underqualified Blues - By Jim Schwall © 2004

I gotta have some kind of job that gives meaning to my life
A job's really all I need, cause I already got a home and a wife
Now I've tried a lotta jobs before, but all I ever do is fail
You'd think I woulda learned something at Harvard and at Yale
But I got no skills
And I'm less than eloquent
I'm not qualified for anything
That's why I just gotta be president


I woulda liked to be a banker, but my math's not exactly up to speed
I wanted to be a stock market analyst, but I can hardly read
I asked to be a diplomat, but those diplomat guys were not impressed
I'd like to work for the C.I.A., but I would flunk the damn urine test
I just got no skills
And I'm a mental featherweight
There's really nothin' I know how to do
So I need to be a head of state

I tried to be an oil man, but it never worked out right
I joined the national guard, but only cause I really didn't want to fight
I wanted to be a lawyer, but they wouldn't let me back into Yale
Now I've got two growin' kids just like Daddy, and I think they're gonna need a lot of bail
But I got no skills
All I got is my belief
That I've got a heavenly calling
I'm supposed to be commander-in-chief




5. KRAZY - By Rollo Radford ©

I guess you can see the suit
... the suit ... the suit I'm wearing here
It's a surprise from my wife
See, I got home early unexpected last night
And there it was hanging on the chair
I looked in the bedroom
I found another pair of alligator shoes
And some artificial hair


Oh, I got the blues
I ain't got nothin to say
I don't know why you have to treat me this way
I want to tell you one thing
Baby 'fore I fade away
Hey darlin' now
You crazy, I'm crazy, But one of us is crazy baby

I used to be religious man
I used to walk around the house
Prayin' all the time
Now I don't do nothin'
But run the streets and drink that Mad Dog wine
I do not keep a dime in my pocket
Where I can get a shoe shine
And baby doll it's all because
you refuse to treat me kind

I don't know
My Doctor, he's got me goin' to & fro
Telling me I got some kinda disease or something
I tell him; "Dr. I don't know."
Oh but, he told me Rollo
Yea. One a y'all has got to go
Cause baby maybe
You crazy or she crazy
But one a y'all is crazy baby

You crazy, or I'm crazy, but one of us is crazy baby

Hey, some day, baby some way
If we can't be friends
I'm gonn' take a spin on Lake Michigan
And I'm just gonna jump right in
And I'll be so happy
I'll be so happy I just won't even know what to do
Cause I'll finally be rid of you
And my mother-in-law too

Hey baby, I'll wave bye bye
I won't even cry
Oh I know, I'm goin' up to the sky
Hey baby and ...
Just one more thing
Before I say bye bye

Hey darlin' yea.
You crazy, or I'm crazy
But one of us is crazy baby




6. Can't Stop - By Corky Siegel © 2004

You say you don't like the way I treat you around the town
You don't like the way I dress
You say I'm always wearing a frown
You don't like the way I look or walk or talk
Ooh baby ooh
But I can't stop loving you
Can't stop loving you

When you see me hanging around you come down with a fit
You don't want to see me
Not even a little bit
You look so upset when I come into your view
But I can't stop loving you
Can't stop loving you

I love you baby
I love you every day of my life
I love you baby
But you don't feel the same
And I'm going insane, I'm going insane

You call the police to break down my door
My hidin and a creepin
Must have made you a little bit sore
And now I sit alone
With no one to pursue
But I can't stop loving you
Can't stop loving you




7. On the Road by Jim Schwall © ?

I been livin' this sedentary life too long
I think it's time for me to get back to where I belong
I been getting kinda lazy
Its time to get a little crazy
Look out y'all, the Geo Metro's on the road

It's kinda hard to get back to my wild and crazy life
When I got a dog, 2 cats, 3 kids & a wife
But I got me a couple weeks free
Time to get back to bein' me
Look out y'all, the Geo Metro's on the road

(bridge)
I wanna sing along to some country ode
While I drive at night on a 2-lane road
and I wanna eat at diners where the waitress calls me y'all (doll)
& if I find I'm havin' too much fun
I might have to call the boss when my vacation's done
& tell 'em find another sucker, I ain't comin' back till fall

Got a tune-up and an oil change and I think I'm ready to go
I got flares & jumper cables in the back of my little Metro
& if I break down it's OK
cause I'm a member of triple-A
Look out y'all, the Geo Metro's on the road




8. Twisted - by Corky Siegel - © 2004

If I jumped in the River
I bet you'd let me float away and drown
You say you love me baby
But I never see you around


You're like trouble baby
swinging way up in a thistle tree
trying to get to you
could tear me with injury

When I see your face
My love life flashes before my eyes
your words are haunting baby
but all twisted up in lies

So goodbye baby
goodbye heartburn and deception
you learn something new every day
today is no exception




9. Rumors of Long Tall Sally - by Sam Lay © 2005

Hey Sam?
Ya Man!
What all these rumors I hear about Long Tall Sally?

She hangs out all night with old Big Bad John
Peepin' and a-hiden till the break of dawn
Can't ya just see what she doing to me
She got me shakin' like a leaf on an old oak tree

Hey Sam Lay?
Yea, what is it now man?
Tell us more about Long Tall Sally?

She walks around all day just cryin' the blues
Wearin' a tight red dress and high heeled shoes
Sittin' at the bar drinkin' like I pig
She got so drunk until she lost her wig
I laughed so hard till I got sick
That's when she got mad and she grabbed a brick

Hey Sam?
Yea Man!
What-cha-gonna-do 'bout Long Tall Sally?

I'm gonna try to talk to her because I think I can
But that woman put the hex on the Hoo Doo man
That made me change my mind
and made me change my luck
It made me rattle my brains
And now I'm all shook up




10. Hey Leviticus - By Jim Schwall © 2004

Hey Leviticus, I need a little information
I'm afraid the guys next door are an abomination
They only got one bed, and all their friends are guys
Hey Leviticus, does god want them to die

Hey Leviticus, I've got this other neighbor
Who doesn't understand that Sunday's not for labor
I know he has to die, but do I have to be the one
Hey Leviticus, do you think I should get a gun

Hey Leviticus, I got a kid who's drivin me crazy
I'm thinking about sellin her into slavery
So how much do you ask, for a 13-year-old kid
Hey Leviticus, should I just take the highest bid

Hey Leviticus, I got a problem with my village
When I defeat a foe they won't let me plunder and pillage
And they won't let me burn a lamb on the altar to celebrate
Hey Leviticus, will god accept a gyro plate




11. Cottonplant Liz by Sam Lay © 2005

I'm gonna tell my nephew, my uncle and aunt
(talkin 'bout a sweet Liz, talkin 'bout a sweet Liz)
I got a woman named Liz and she's from Cottonplant
That's a littte town in Arkansas
(talkin 'bout a sweet Liz, talkin 'bout a sweet Liz)
I never thought that I would love her so
(so so, so so)
The night we first met in Cleveland Ohio
I take her with me everywhere I go
That's the very reason I love her so

She cook me them good ol' lima beans
(cookin with a sweet Liz, cookin with a sweet Liz)
Sweet candied yams and turnip greens
(cookin with a sweet Liz, cookin with a sweet Liz)
She makes homemade soup and that good beef stew
(soup soup, stew stew)
Them black-eyed peas and hamhocks too
But down in Arkansas she serve me cole slaw
But that ain't nothin' but a cabbage raw

I love her with all my heart and soul
(Talkin 'bout a sweet Liz, talkin 'bout a sweet Liz)
All our love I hope will never grow cold
(Talkin 'bout a sweet Liz, talkin 'bout a sweet Liz)
We've been together threw thick and thin
(thick thick, thin thin)
We're gonna be together till the very end
Our love together keeps growin' strong
Just like a paddle wheel turnin' rollin' on and on




12. Pauline by Rollo Radford © ?

Pau ... pau ... pau
Pau pau pau pau pau pau Pauline
Pau pau pau pau Pauline
Pau pau pau pau pau pau Pauline
Hey Hey Hey

Pauline Pauline Pauline
Sweetest girl I ever seen
Pauline well well well well well
You're the girl on the 13th floor, I adore
Who come through the elevator door
I could see more and more of you Pauline
Oh, I don't know what to do Pauline
Hey hey hey hey hey hey

You wore that red dress last week
I could see through I could peek
Made me so weak, I could not speak Pauline
No I couldn't speak Pauline, oh you made me weak Pauline
Hey hey hey hey

You see, I am so, so impressed with you
Blessed with you, possesed by you
Obsessed, to see the rest of you Pauline
Oh oh oh oh
Pau pau Pauline, Oh my darlin'
My Pauline, oh oh oh oh
Hey hey hey hey

Pauline Pauline Pauline
Sweet little heathen queen
Oh oh oh oh Pauline

You look in my eyes and you see my disguise
How I pretend to be wise
Oh, you got me hypnotised
Yes, I said hypnotised Pauline
Pau pau Pauline

Hey Baby, my my my

You are sweet you are mean
You're obscene yet you're clean
You're everything I've not seen
You just might be a liberteen
Yes I said liberteen
Talkin' 'bout you, Pauline
Well well well well well

I just can't say the words I want to say
Cause they're to naïve, too riské
They might just scare you away from me
Oh, oh oh oh, Pau pau Pauline, Oh my
My my my my Pauline

Oh, Pau pau pau pau pau pau Pauline
Oh, Pau pau pau pau pau pau Pauline
No! pau pau pau pau pau pau Pauline
Yes! Yes! Yes Yes Yes!

Oh, Pauline Pauline Pauline
Sweet little heathen queen
Oh my darlin' oh my darlin'
darlin' darlin' darlin' darlin'
There is so much potential
For love monumental
For lust consequential
Oh, Pauline,
you're the mantra of my transendental state
Oh yea! Oh yes you are.
Well well well Pauline
Pauline well

I can't say the words
I want to say
They're too naïve they're to riské
And I'm scared I might frighten you away from me
Oh no.
Pau pau pau pau pau pau Pauline
Pau pau .... .... Pauline, no no no
Pau pau pau pau pau pau Pauline




13. Stormy Weather Love - Sam Lay © 2005

When the weather gets cloudy
That's a very good sign of rain
Well, when the weather gets cloudy people
That is a very true sign of rain
And when the rain starts-a-falling baby
That's when it's time to make love again

Every time it's starts-a-rainin'
That's when my love comes tumblin' down
Now, every time it starts-a-rainin'
That's when my love comes tumblin' down
Then I'm on your trail woman
Just like a big bad blood-hound

I get that same old feelin'
Every time it starts to rain
I get that same old feelin'
Every time it starts to rain
When the rain starts to fallin'
It's time for me to make love again

Let it snow and let it rain
And I hope it's all night long
Now, let it snow and let it rain
And I hope it's all night long
I'm gonna love you woman
Until the rain is gone


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