1 DREAMING 'BOUT TEXAS © Bill Chambers (Gibbon Music) 2002 It was Valentine's Day There were sirens across the texas town I knew I needed sleep But I couldn't get my feet to turn around I was halfway 'round the world and she was smiling Beneath the tavern lights Now I'm dreaming 'bout Texas And I wonder what she's doing tonight Those streets were alive And the songs still ring through my head But I'm stuck here alone Wishing I was in her arms instead The words that she whispered Swim around and around in my brain And I'm dreaming 'bout Texas Wondering if I'll see her again The sounds of the night ring out like a Spanish guitar And I'm back in her arms in those Texas cantinas and bars Now the bright lights of Austin They're something I wish I could see And I'm dreaming 'bout Texas Wondering if she ever thinks of me La Zone Rosa held a crowd like we never seen before More than one thousand faces were lined up across the dance floor But you could've heard a pin drop When we played The Nullabor Song' And that girl stood there crying Cause she knew in the morning I'd be gone The sounds of the night ring out like a Spanish guitar And I'm back in her arms in those Texas cantinas and bars Now the bright lights of Austin That's one place I wish I could be And I'm dreaming 'bout Texas Wondering if she ever thinks of me Now I'm dreaming 'bout Texas And wondering if she ever thinks of me 2 I DRINK © 1999 Gauthier/Harmon (Mary Gauthier Songs/Crittunes/ASCAP) He'd get home at 5.30, fix a drink and sit down in his chair Pick a fight with Mama, complain about the kids getting in his hair Nights he'd sit alone and smoke I'd see him frown behind the lighter's flame Now that same frown's in my mirrow I got my Daddy's blood inside my veins Fish swim, birds fly, Daddys yell, Mamas cry Old men sit and think I drink Chicken TV dinner, 6 minutes on defrost, 3 on high A beer to wash it down with, then another Some whiskey on the side It's not so bad alone here It don't bother me that every night's the same I don't need another lover trying to make me change Fish swim, birds fly, lovers leave by and by Old men sit and think I drink Now I know what I am But I don't give a damn Fish swim, birds fly, Daddys yell, Mamas cry Old men sit and think I drink 3 DEVIL'S BELL © 2002 Bill Chambers/Corinna Steel (Gibbon Music/Control) The only masters I did Was a course in rock n roll With a foolish heart That fell for souls Who rang the devil's bell George Jones Makes all the women cry And he'll sing to me tender Until I die I noticed how sticky the carpet was from the beer It's starting to annoy me And so is sitting here There are people and places I've been I'm lucky I survived Long nights, long highways lead To brighter lights I noticed how sticky the carpet was from the beer Cause the cleaners don't come Sunday But I'm still here George Jones Feels every pain you've ever felt And he aint' goin' to hell But he rang the devil's bell 4 SOMETIMES © 2002 Bill Chambers (Gibbon Music) Sometimes I think of you Sometimes I don't Whenever I do I get a feeling that you won't wanna talk to me I wanna talk to you a while Sometimes you're a woman Sometimes you're a lonely little child I remember how I met you I remember the night You were alone in a crowd and I was taken by your eyes You were like a fallen angel so reckless and wild Sometimes you're a woman Sometimes you're a lonely little child It's a long road to Canaan It's narrow and it's rough No matter what you do I can never get enough Some days I'm lonely Some days I'm not Some days I love you Some days I don't Wanna hold you, I wanna hold you tonight Sometimes you're a woman Sometimes you're a lonely little child It's a long way to Jordan And it's never gonna stop Lovers may forsake you I ain't ever giving up Sometimes I think of you Sometimes I don't... 5 GIMME ONE MORE CHANCE © 2002 Bill Chambers (Gibbon Music) Gimme one more chance to be alone with you Gimme one more chance to be alone with you One more chance to be alone with you To do the things we didn't do Gimme one more chance to be alone with you Gimme one more chance to get you in my car Gimme one more chance to get you in my car One more chance to get you in my car We won't stop till we've gone too far Gimme one more chance to get you in my car Gonna lay my head on a lonesome railroad track Gonna lay my head on a lonesome railroad track Gonna lay my head on a railroad track If I can't get you on your back Gonna lay my head on a lonesome railroad track Gimme one more chance to take you out tonight Gimme one more chance to take you out tonight Gimme one more chance to take you out And find out what you've heard about Gimme one more chance to take you out tonight 6 STORIES WE COULD TELL © John Sebastian (Warner Brothers) Talking to myself again wondering if this travelling is good Is there something better doin' we'd be doin' if we could And oh the stories we could tell And if this all blows up and goes to hell I can still see us sitting on a bed in some hotel Listening to the stories we could tell Remember that guitar in a museum in Tennessee The name plate on the glass brought back twenty melodies And the scratches on the face told of all the times he fell Singing every story he could tell Oh the stories we could tell And I'll bet you it still rings like a bell And I wish that we could sit back on a bed in some hotel And listen to the stories we could tell So if you're on the road tracking damn near every night And you're singing for a living 'neath the brightly coloured lights And if you ever wonder why you ride this carousel You did it for the stories you could tell And oh the stories we could tell And it this all blows up and goes to hell I can still see us sitting on a bed in some hotel Listening to the stories we could tell I can still see us sitting on a bed in some hotel Listening to the stories we could tell 7 SLEEPING WITH THE BLUES © 2001 Bill Chambers (Gibbon Music) I called you last night You didn't answer right away You could tell I'd been crying You didn't know what to say You asked was I alone Then I admitted it was true I've found a new friend I'm sleeping with the blues I only called to hear your voice But it sounded so cold Not the one that said goodbye Just a few weeks ago We kept talking for a while It didn't sound like you But nothing stays the same When you're sleeping with the blues I've been sleeping with the blues And it almost feels like home Not the company I'd choose But at last I'm not alone I've stopped talking to the walls Of this lonely hotel room At last I've found a friend I'm sleeping with the blues So next time you hear my voice Please don't hang up the phone Just be careful what you say Chances are I'm not alone 8 THE WHISKEY ISN'T WORK1N' © 2001 Audrey Auld/Bill Chambers (Control/Gibbon Music) I've tried everything to get you off my mind A case of beer for breakfast And a jug of homemade wine I tried to shake your memory I know it sounds absurd But I'm sniffing blow and getting stoned And flying like a bird The whiskey isn't working anymore I'm out there popping pills Ad my heart's dragging on the floor I'm shooting up and throwing up and banging into doors Cause the whiskey isn't working anymore I stumbled to my car and headed into town I threw up out the window But I forgot to wind it down The beer joint wasn't open or the liquor store So I dropped the clutch in a cloud of dust And drove right through their front door 9 PROMISES © 2002 Bill Chambers (Gibbon Music) Promises are here and gone tomorrow They'll only be forever for so long Promises are something to hold on to You're just never quite prepared when they go wrong I'm thinking 'bout the things I feel about you I'm feeling 'bout as lonesome as can be Cause promises are lies unless they come true And it's hard believing something you can't see Promises are hard to keep They can only teach you how to crawl Promises may help you sleep But they only paint a picture that's all There are precious little dreams that ever come true An eternity can be a long long time There's just one promise I can give you You're the only angel on my mind Promises are here and gone tomorrow They'll only be forever for so long Promises are something to hold on to You're just never quite prepared when they go wrong 10 BIG ASS GARAGE SALE "BIG ASS GARAGE SALE" (Fred Eaglesmith) Bash Music (ASCAP) Administered By Bluewater Music Australia All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Well that's an old toaster It just needs a cord And that's a full set of coasters If there was only one more And that's a brand new BBQ It's my brother Pete's When he bought it he forgot that He doesn't eat meat And it's a big ass garage sale At a quarter to ten No early birds cause We're sleeping in Our mama's in prison We're trying to raise her bail So we're selling her things And it's a big ass garage sale There's a car out the back It just needs a motor And a couple of doors And a full set of rotors But it always ran good It had a whole lot of heart And the beautiful thing is We got another one for parts 11 HOLD YOU IN MY HEART © 2002 Bill Chambers (Gibbon Music) I'm lonesome as can be When you're not here with me This heart is sad today Cause you're so far away But I'll hold you in my heart Pretend we're never apart When lonely teardrops start I'll hold you in my heart So babe don't sit and cry Cause I'll always get by If your heart is ever free Then please come back to me 12 THE LAST THING I EXPECTED © 2002 Bill Chambers (Gibbon Music) I don't feel like going fishing I don't wanna mow the yard The dog wants to go walking But even that's too hard I just re-read your letter And I can't believe it's true That's the last thing I expected from you Now I can smell the ocean And it's moving like a storm But with every wave that breaks My heart keeps breaking more I never thought you'd leave me I never felt so blue That's the last thing I expected from you I wish we could got back To that old beach shack And I could take you fishing one more time Those waves beneath the boat Would keep our lives afloat And cast away these tangles from my mind I dragged that boat up on the beach And tied it to the shore The motor needs some work And the fish don't bite no more Darling I don't blame you For what you had to do But that's the last thing I expected from you