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My Time Has Come
03:19
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My Time Has Come
Words and Music by Bob Menzies
Tell my momma, I didn’t want to go
Tell my brother, I miss him so
Tell my daddy, I wish him well
Hope he avoids, the fires of hell
I got a feeling, for the setting sun
I got a feeling, let the big wheels run
I got a feeling, my day is done
I got a feeling, my time has come
Tell my momma that I know
She had a love as deep as the snow
All through the winter she kept me warm
All through my life she kept me from harm
I got a feeling, for the setting sun
I got a feeling, let the big wheels run
I got a feeling, my day is done
I got a feeling, my time has come
(Chorus repeats)
My time has come
My Time has come
My time has come
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Highway Of My Dreams
03:46
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Highway Of My Dreams
Words and Music by Bob Menzies
Wake me up darling when it’s time to go
Drink a little coffee, see how the wind blows
Pick up our bags and get away clean
On the highway to heaven, highway of my dreams
Time to get going, time to turn the page
Dim the spotlight on that worn out stage
The curtain is risin on a brand new scene
On the highway to heaven, highway of my dreams
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway of my dreams
We’ll take to the road like Bonnie and Clyde
We’ll do all our living before we die
You’re the best woman this man’s ever seen
On the highway to heaven, highway of my dreams
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven (right into next line)
Highway of my ……….
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway of my dreams
….my dreams
….of my dreams
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Love And Glory
03:10
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Love And Glory
words and music by Bob Menzies
Just get me on up to the San Joaquin Valley
I got a few friends from Gasoline Alley
I’ll get on my old Harley make my peace with God
I’ll make friends with the devil if he gives me a nod
Love and glory in the San Joaquin
Will help me find that girl her name is Jean
Strip her off the back seat of that Hell’s Angel’s bike
Ride down into Mexico whenever we like
Love and glory, right to the end
Love and glory, and one good friend
Love and glory, right to the end
This is the story of mice and men
Love and glory is around the next bend
With the wind at my back I don’t need to bend
I’ll ride the white line, till this highway is done
And I’ll go anywhere but back where I came from
Love and glory, right to the end
Love and glory, and one good friend
Love and glory, right to the end
This is the story of mice and men
All in all LA has been good to me
Pacific Coast Highway is kind of a home
But Bakersfield is where I want to be
I’m tired of being alone
Love and glory, right to the end
Love and glory, and one good friend
Love and glory, right to the end
This is the story of mice and men
Love and glory, right to the end
Love and glory, and one good friend
Love and glory, right to the end
This is the story of mice and men
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Black Cat Hiding
04:27
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Black Cat Hiding
Words and music by Bob Menzies
I was stranded in the wilderness, freezing rain in my shoes
I was stranded in the wilderness, freezing rain in my shoes
I was singing the last verse, from the Folsom Prison Blues
You took a walk on hard street , came out on the other side
You took a walk on hard street , came out on the other side
There’s fools behind the bushes; I can’t believe how hard you tried
There’s a black cat hiding up inside your room
There’s a black cat hiding up inside your room
She got rings on her fingers I hope she gets out soon
Passed your place the other day while I was walking down your street
Passed your place the other day while I was walking down your street
You would not believe all the strange things you see
You got new people now I wonder where you found them all
You got new people now I wonder where you found them all
I saw a circus clown and a monkey about two feet tall
There’s a black cat hiding up inside your room
There’s a black cat hiding up inside your room
She got rings on her fingers I hope she gets out soon
Well if that monkey won’t dance, you can send him on over to me
If that monkey won’t dance, you can send him on over to me
I’ll put some paint on his toenails, then I’ll set him free
I guess in the end all of this won’t matter too much
I guess in the end all of this won’t matter too much
But if you send me your address, I’ll be sure the monkey stays in touch
There’s a black cat hiding, up inside your room
There’s a black cat hiding, up inside your room
She’s got rings on her fingers, I hope she gets out soon
She got rings on her fingers, I hope she gets out soon
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You Can't Go Home Again
04:23
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You Can’t Go Home Again
Words and Music by Bob Menzies
I see them marching on the left
I see them marching on the right
Brains are churned like butter
In the sacrificial light
But Josephine stands firmly
In silent amen
She says it does not matter
You can’t go home again
You can’t go home again; you can’t go home again
She says it does not matter / you can’t go home again
She’s got a Lily of the Valley
Clenched between her teeth
She’s got a way to mess your mind up
Make you reach down deep
Into the recesses
Of your primordial brain
As she stands and tells you
You can’t go home again
You can’t go home again; you can’t go home
As she stands and tells you / you can’t go home again
Up and down the freeway
She’s calling out your name
The rain brings down confessions
Of your mistress’ devious game
Of pawns and rooks and bishops
That you cannot contain
She says she knows the reason
You can’t go home again
You can’t go home again; you can’t go home again
She says it does not matter / you can’t go home again
Then she takes you to the water
To the damp and the dark and the fog
Seagulls broken-hearted cries
Sound like wounded dogs
Baying at the moon
From a barely hidden den
Screaming at the angels
You can’t go home again
You can’t go home again; you can’t go home again
She says it does not matter; you can’t go home again
You can’t go home again; you can’t go home again
She says it does not matter; you can’t go home again
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I’ve Never Been To Nashville
Words and music by Bob Menzies
Have you ever been to Nashville
I hear it’s the place to go
Make a record with the player
Better than anyone you know
I want to walk on down South Broadwa
My guitar case in hand
Hang out at Tootsie’s Orchid Bar
For a secret midnight jam
I’ve never been to Nashville, down in Tennessee
But if I go to Nashville, won’t you come along with me
Won’t you come along with me
I’ve never been to Nashville
But that’s soon gonna change
I’m gonna pack myself a bag or two
And get it all arranged
Book a studio and sing my songs
And just like a rolling stone
I’ll sing them on the sidewalk
Before I take them home
I’ve never been to Nashville, down in Tennessee
But if I go to Nashville, won’t you come along with me
Won’t you come along with me
I got a suitcase full of songs, my bills are up to date
All I need is my sweet girl, the rest I’ll leave to fate
We might take an aeroplane or maybe my old car
But we’re getting down to Nashville , yes we are
We might take an aeroplane or maybe my old car
But we’re getting down to Nashville, yes we are
Getting down to Nashville, yes we are
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7. |
The Only Thing I Fear
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The Only Thing I Fear
Words and music by Bob Menzies
I don’t fear losing all of my money
Don’t fear microbes in my honey
I don’t fear a criminal coming too near
Losing your love is the only thing I fear
I don’t fear if everything I do is wrong
Don’t fear if somebody steals my song
I don’t care if I never have a career
Losing your love is the only thing I fear
Oooo, Oooo darling I love you dear
Oooo, Oooo darling got to have you near
Oooo Oooo darling, can I be perfectly clear…
I love you dear
I don’t fear the planet won’t last too long
Don’t fear the Mexican Mafia or Hong Kong
I don’t care if my taxes are in arrears
Losing your love is the only thing I fear
I don’t fear if I die
Don’t fear if my relatives do not cry
I don’t fear no doctor, don’t fear no lawyer’s tears
Losing your love is the only thing I fear
Oooo, Oooo darling I love you dear
Oooo, Oooo darling got to have you near
Oooo Oooo darling, can I be perfectly clear…
I love you dear
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No More Cards In The Game
Words and music by Bob Menzies
I have travelled far and wide, been to the other side
Of the moon and back again
There is not much time, to make good on all my crimes
Possibly to ease some pain
This may be just an alley way, a place where people like me stay
And the bottle might not be much of a friend
But it sustains me, please don’t blame me
I’m still gonna see her again (go right to chorus)
It’s a long road home, when you’re travelling a-lone
And no body knows your name
It’s a long road home, in just your skin and bones
When you’ve got no more cards in the game
I remember you so well and time has begun to tell
About all the things that I missed
Got a worn out broken wallet, with a picture inside it
Each night I take it out for a kiss
I tell my story every night to the people I fight
They don’t listen, it don’t matter much to me
You know I will be coming home, how much longer can I roam
How much longer can this blind man fail to see
It’s a long road home, when you’re travelling a-lone
And no body knows your name
It’s a long road home, in just your skin and bones
When you’ve got no more cards in the game
Lewisburg was my home for twenty years and more
All that is behind me now
I got twenty bucks in my shoe, get me started really soon
If it please the good Lord to allow
I pray there is redemption I got no more contention
I got only time slippin away after all
If I don’t make it through the night, everything will be alright
Try to bury me in the town of Montreal (right into chorus)
Chorus
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9. |
Time For You To Go
03:40
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Time For You To Go
Words and music by Bob Menzies
Make me two trumpets of hammered silver
Use them for calling the battle cry
Blow me one trumpet for the priests and the ladies
Blow me one trumpet so the archers can fly
The black moon is rising and you still don’t know
That it’s time for you to go?
All you pilgrims are free to go
No one ever said you were a prisoner
Take your belongings and all that you owe
It’s the last time you’ll ask for forgiveness
The black moon is rising and you still don’t know
That it’s time for you to go?
You say we have choices, I’m not so sure
When the blood of my blood still has to endure
The fear of the crazy, the loss of the blame
I still remain certain we’re all the same
The black moon is rising and you still don’t know
That it’s time for you to go?
I look out my window every night
I see guns and rockets and knives and hatchets
I listen to the people as they fight
I’ve never heard such an awful racket
The black moon is rising and you still don’t know
That it’s time for you to go?
The black moon is rising and you still don’t know
That it’s time for you to go?
Time for you to go
Time for you to go
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10. |
Follow Me Down
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Follow Me Down
Words and Music by Bob Menzies
I can see you by the river
Walking through the trees
Through leaves of green I can see your hair
Blowin in the breeze
I see you stepping lightly
As you follow me down to the shore
I watch you walk down to the water
No one could love you more
Follow me down
Follow me down
Follow me down
Follow me down to the river
Follow me down
Sometimes the river runs backward
Sometimes the river runs free
Sometimes the river runs dry as a bone
Ssometimes it’s on a killing spree
If that river could talk to you
And tell you of its dreams
All the river ever wants to do
Is flow down to the sea
Follow me down
Follow me down
Follow me down
Follow me down to the river
Follow me down
And if I told you of my dreams
Would you still love me
And though you are my one true love
It’s you that I must leave
I am like the river too
I never have been free
I hurt the ones who love me most
As I rush towards the sea
Follow me down
Chorus
Chorus
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Bob Menzies Sooke, British Columbia
Bob Menzies is a Canadian folk-rock, alt-country singer-songwriter originally from Montreal and now living in Sooke, a small oceanside town on Vancouver Island’s south coast. He has recorded 5 albums of original music previously and his newest recording is the 2018 EP IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS. ... more
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