Sheryl Crow Tribute EP

All I Wanna Do

All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die says the man next to me out of nowhere

It's apropos of nothing He says his name's William but I'm sure,

He's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy and he's plain ugly to me

And I wonder if he's ever had a day of fun in his whole life

We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday in a bar that faces a giant car wash

The good people of the world are washing their cars

On their lunch break, hosing and scrubbing as best they can in skirts in suits

They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks

Back to the phone company, the record store too

Well, they're nothing like Billy and me, cause

All I wanna do is have some fun I got a feeling I'm not the only one

All I wanna do is have some fun I got a feeling I'm not the only one

All I wanna do is have some fun until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard

I like a good beer buzz early in the morning and Billy likes to peel the labels

From his bottles of Bud He shreds them on the bar

Then he lights every match in an oversized pack

Letting each one burn down to his thick fingers before blowing and cursing them out

And he's watching the bottles of Bud as they spin on the floor

And a happy couple enters the bar dangerously close to one another

The bartender looks up from his want ads

Otherwise the bar is ours,

The day and the night and the car wash too

The matches and the Buds and the clean and dirty cars

The sun and the moon but

If It Makes You Happy

I've been long, a long way from here put on a poncho, played for mosquitos,

And drank until I was thirsty again we went searching through thrift store jungles

Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo and Benny Goodman's corset and pen

Well, o.k. I made this up I promised you I'd never give up

If it makes you happy it can't be that bad

If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad

You get down, real low down you listen to Coltrane, derail your own train

Well who hasn't been there before I come round, around the hard way

Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread and serve you french toast again

Well, o.k. I still get stoned I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home

If it makes you happy it can't be that bad

If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad

We've been far, far away from here put on a poncho, played for mosquitos

And everywhere in between well, o.k. we get along

So what if right now everything's wrong?

If it makes you happy it can't be that bad

If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad

Soak Up The Sun

My friend the communist holds meetings in his RV

I can't afford his gas so I'm stuck here watching TV

I don't have digital I don't have diddly squat

It's not having what you want it's wanting what you've got

I'm gonna soak up the sun gonna tell everyone to lighten up

I'm gonna tell them that I've got no one to blame

For every time I feel lame I'm looking up

I'm gonna soak up the sun I'm gonna soak up the sun

While it's still free I'm gonna soak up the sun before it goes out on me

I got my 45 on so I can rock on

I've got a crummy job it don't pay near enough

To buy the things it takes to win me some of your love

Every time I turn around I'm looking up, you're looking down

Maybe something's wrong with you that makes you act the way you do

Don't have no master suite but I'm still the king of me

You have a fancy ride, but I'm the one who has the key

Every time I turn around I'm looking up, you're looking down

Maybe something's wrong with you

That makes you act the way you do maybe I am crazy too

Woman In The White House

Don't you think it's time we put a woman in the White House with a whole new attitude

We could use a little female common sense down on Pennsylvania Avenue

After 230-something years of waiting it's way past overdue

I think it's time we put a woman in the White House how about you?

Well we like to spend money but not money we ain't got

And we can balance a checkbook and let me tell you what

It's time to clean up Capitol Hill with a shovel and a pair of high heels

We've seen what the good old boys can do now it's our turn to take a shot

There'd be a lot less fussing and fighting and carrying on

There'd be a lot more loving and listening and getting along

Just look at the mess we're in heck, I'd vote for Loretta Lynn

I guarantee that we'd all be singing a different song

Mississippi

Every step of the way we walk the line your days are numbered so are mine

Time is piling up we struggle and we scrape all boxed in nowhere to escape

The city's just a jungle more games to play I'm trapped in the heart of it trying to get away

I was raised in the country been working in the town I have been in trouble since I set my suitcase down

I ain't got nothing for you I had nothing before don't even have anything for myself anymore

Sky's full of fire and the rain is pouring down there's nothing you can sell me so I'll see you around

All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime

Could never do you justice reason or rhyme

There's only one thing that I did wrong

I stayed in Mississippi a day too long

The devil's in the alley the mule kicking in the stall say anything you wanna I've heard it all

I was thinking about the things that she said I was dreaming I was sleeping in your bed

Walking through the leaves falling from the trees feel like a stranger nobody sees

So many things we never will undo I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too

Some people will offer you their hand and some won't last night I knew you, tonight I don't

I need something strong to distract my mind I'm gonna look at you until my eyes go blind

Well I got here, following the southern star

I crossed that river just to be where you are

There's only one thing that I did wrong

I stayed in Mississippi a day too long

Well my ship's been split to splinters it is sinking fast

I'm drowning in the poison got no future got no past

But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free

I've got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me

Everybody's moving if they ain't already there

Everybody's got to move somewhere well stick with me anyhow

Things should start to get interesting right about now

My clothes are wet tight on my skin not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in

I know that fortune is waiting to be kind so give me your hand and say you'll be mine

The emptiness is endless cold as clay

You can always come back but you can't come back all the way

Well there's only one thing that I did wrong I stayed in Mississippi a day too long

The only thing that I did wrong was stayed in Mississippi a day too long

Be Myself

Saw my shrink today, he said I can't help you

I've been seeing you so long, but nothing has changed

You tried Adderall and alcohol, sadly the fact remains

You're terminally normal, I'm sorry to say so I shaved my head, 

I changed my name, I gave my pills away

Because if I can't be someone else

If I can't be someone else

If I can't be someone else

I might as well be myself

Hanging with the hipsters is a lot of hard work

How many selfies can you take before you look like a jerk?

I took an Uber to a juice bar to hear a new indie band play

They got 99 million followers in only one day

Well, I snapped that pic and I made the slip I got into a stranger's car

Well, the heels don't fit, I finally quit and headed back to my favorite bar

Don't you wanna be your own girl?

Don't you wanna be your own girl?

Don't you wanna be your own girl?

If I can't be someone else if I can't be someone else

If I can't be someone else if I can't be someone else

If I can't be someone else if I can't be someone else I might as well be myself

If I can't be someone else I might as well be myself gonna be myself