[ All Lyrics written by Dana Hubbard copyright 2012 ]


 
RUBBER BAND SONG II


Life is a funny riddle, what is it all about
Millions and billions of people, they just can't figure it out
Love is the only reason, I can't think of nothin' else
Life is a celebration, so decorate yourself


Cuz there's no way to love, without losin' your heart
It's gonna happen anyway, so you may as well start


So come on and put on a funny hat and dance a little tune
Blow kisses at the stars, shoot a rubber band at the moon
Wave at the aliens and flash em your tattoo
Blow kisses at the stars, shoot a rubber band at the moon


Cuz there's no way to love, without losin' your heart
It's gonna happen anyway, so you may as well start


So put on a funny hat and dance the old soft shoe
Blow kisses at the stars, shoot a rubber band at the moon
Wave at the aliens and flash em your tattoo
Blow kisses at the stars, shoot a rubber band at the moon


Put on some dangly earrings, paint your toe nails blue
Blow kisses at the stars, shoot a rubber band at the moon 



Wave at the aliens, or anybody you want to
Blow kisses at the stars, shoot a rubber band at the moon



Put on some dark sunglasses and a pair of worn out shoes
Blow kisses at the stars, shoot a rubber band at the moon
Blow kisses at the stars, shoot a rubber band at the moon
Blow kisses at the stars, shoot a rubber band at the moon




Dark night in Texas, hoodoos on the prowl
Blues players’ ghosts walkin’ the back roads
I can hear the wolf howl


Broke down on the black top, far from any town
It’s the blackest night I’ve ever seen in Texas
Can’t even see my feet walkin’ on the ground


Right now I visualize myself to be
Any some-other-where but where I’m at
Picture me in the bright lights and the big city
Drivin’ Lightnin’s Cadillac


Up ahead two red tail lights, slowing down for me
Mississippi plates on a long black Lincoln
Devil’s in the driver’s seat.


He said come on, climb in, I’ll help ya
Get to wherever ever you are bound
He said, I helped all of the great ones
From Mr. Robert Johnson on down


Muddy, Big Mama, Jimi and Janis
Stevie, Little Walter, John Lee
He said many had come his way
They all gave up their souls to him
And he taught em all how to play


He said come on, hop in and take the ride
He said he’d help me too
I said, well that’s alright, there’s some other where I’m goin’
And I’ll just keep walkin’ if it’s all the same to you


Right now I visualize myself to be
Any some-other-where but where I’m at
Picture me in the bright lights and the big city
Drivin’ Lightnin’s Cadillac


Right now I visualize myself in Austin
Down at Antone’s bar
Watchin’ Buddy Guy up there on the stage
Sweat bullets on a polka-dot guitar


Right now I visualize myself to be
Any some-other-where but where I’m at
Picture me in the bright lights and the big city
Drivin’ Lightnin’s Cadillac





WHEN ANGELS STOP AND STARE


I know the most beautiful sound in the world
It comes from the other room, it comes from a girl
Perhaps when she's distracted with some simple chore
It comes quietly through her open door


It's the sound of her voice singing softly to herself
With no intent, it's not meant for anybody else
So beautiful and she's so unaware
When angels stop and stare


I don't move, I just stay still so I can hear
I don't approach, she might stop if I appear
She once told me, that she does not sing
But I know she does when nobody's listening


By the sound of her voice singing softly to herself
With no intent, it's not meant for anybody else
So beautiful and she's so unaware
When angels stop and stare


I watch over, she's lost to herself, she knows she's safe in my care
I treasure the fact, that she trusts me enough, to forget when I am there


So beautiful and she's so unaware
When angels stop and stare




IT CHOOSES YOU


Born white with a feel for the Blues
It's your life so they say but you don't choose
Like when Robert took that last nickel from her nation sack
Some roads go down and don't come back


Hey Daddy, what's that sound on the radio
It speaks to me, and I got to know
Well son, maybe could it be the Blues

You don't choose, it chooses you


Took me a long, long way from home and then some
From this rise in the road, I can see way back to where I come from
And after all this distance and time, one thing is true
You don't choose, it chooses you


Players, man I've know some good ones
And they played for the love and the money and the magic and the fun
Some got famous and some did not make it through
You don't choose, it chooses you


Took me a long, long way from home and then some
From this rise in the road, I can see way back to where I come from
And after all this distance and time, one thing is true
You don't choose, it chooses you
You don't choose, it chooses you

You don't choose, no, it chooses you





HAUNTED LOVE II


I don't know how I lost you, don't even know when
Can't even hear the echo of where you went
Holdin' onto you so tight, watchin' real close
Still did not notice when your love became a ghost


Haunted love, Sweet wanted love, lost back there in the mist of memory
Haunted love, Sweet wanted love, losin' you is still such a mystery


And there's places that I dare not look, drag me down, suck me in
I don't listen too closely to the wind
And it's better when I don't try to remember my dreams
Cuz it's always your eyes,  it's your image that I see


Haunted love, Sweet wanted love, lost back there in the mist of memory
Haunted love, Sweet wanted love, losin' you is still such a mystery


And I know I'll never find you, no matter where I go
Cuz your body never left me, it was the dreams of your soul
And you left your heart in payment, for whatever you thought you owed
Like a baby abandoned, sweet child you'll never know.


Haunted love, Sweet wanted love, lost back there in the mist of memory
Haunted love, Sweet wanted love, losin' you is still such a mystery
Mystery
Mystery





LIVIN' LIVE II


Oooh, livin' live, livin' off the cuff
Improvise, survive, hang loose, sometimes hang tough
Ah the essence of life is lost, the moment you try to take over
I suggest you arrive with the best laid plans
But when you walk in, throw em over your shoulder


Oooh, livin' live, livin' without re-take
But that's okay, cuz we all know, good things often come from mistakes
The essence of life is lost, the moment you try to take over
I suggest you arrive with the best laid plans
I suggest you arrive with the best laid plans

But when you walk in, throw em over your shoulder


If you know what it is, to be always afraid
Then you must know by now, there's is nothin' to loose, and everything to gain
Off the top of your head, from the seat of your pants
You got to shoot from the hip, like it was your last chance


Ah the essence of life is lost, the moment you try to take over
I suggest you arrive with the best laid plans
I suggest you arrive with the best laid plans

I suggest you arrive with the best laid plans

But when you walk in, throw em over your shoulder




PAIN OF LOSIN' YOU II


I have deep pools of sorrow, and oceans of pain
Cry a river of tears for you, they just drips in the rain


Hope is a desert, only dry winds blow
Drifting sand fills your foot prints, but you never know


How can I show you, if you don't want to see
Pain of losin' you in me


Late at night my heart wanders, followin' every where you go
That's me in your moon shadow, but you never know


How can I show you, if you don't want to see
Pain of losin' you in me
How can I show you, if you don't want to see
Pain of losin' you in me


How can I show ya

How can I show ya

How can I show you, if you don't want to see
Pain of losin' you in me




BLINDSIDED - live


Heard you say, that you don't believe in magic
Heard you say, you don't believe in love cuz you never felt it


Watch out, heads up, look out cuz you're about to get
Blindsided by love
Watch out, heads up, look out cuz you're about to get
Blindsided by love
Ooooooh


Heard ya say that the love songs on the radio are pretty silly
Heard ya say that the old sentimental movies, well, they're all a bunch of hooey


Watch out, heads up, look out cuz you're about to get
Blindsided by love
Watch out, heads up, look out cuz you're about to get
Blindsided by love


Slammed in the face, knocked to the ground
Nothin' like love to bring you around
You'll be on your knees, you'll be beggin' please
Have mercy on your soul, cuz ya did not know what
Love was, or what love could do to you
You had no idea what a big surprise you got comin'
(spoken) Yeah, you got a big surprise comin'
You won't know what hit 'cha, but you're sure gonna know
That you got hit by somethin',
(spoken)
Yes you did, you got hit by somethin' that smacked you
upside the head. Now, ya see, that was love
Let me pick you up and dust you off a little bit
You might have thought that was a meter, -nah
Could have been a comet, maybe, -nope
It wasn't any of those things, it was a UFO
Love is an unidentified flyin' object


Watch out, heads up, look out cuz you're about to get
Blindsided by love
Watch out, heads up, look out cuz you're about to get
Blindsided by love


Slammed in the face, knocked to the ground
Nothin' like love to bring you around
You'll be on your knees, you'll be beggin' please
Have mercy on your soul, cuz ya did not know what
Love was