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East And West

by Michael McNulty

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The Bottle 04:22
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The Bottle 12/04/2009 Open D tuning D C G She chose the bottle over me She had to set herself free Someone she could no longer be So she chose the bottle over me Said there were demons from the past Through which our love could not last Something that could not be seen When chose the bottle over me Chorus D G C And so she left me all alone Forsaking husband and home A life she could no longer see So she chose the bottle over me Guitar Break D C G She chose the bottle over me Her minds made up she had to flee Had somewhere else she had to be So she chose the bottle over me And so the end has come to pass As certain as a woman’s wrath Convicted on a guilty plea When she chose the bottle over me Chorus D G C And so she left me all alone Forsaking husband and home A life she could no longer see So she chose the bottle over me Someone she could no longer be When she chose the bottle over me Copyright 2009 Michael James McNulty
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Daddy's Lament 02:35
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Daddy’s Lament 08/07/07 D A Hush little baby Close your eyes You’ll always be little in Daddy’s eyes G D A Daddies don’t like little girls growing up Knowing life can be so rough I’ve got no answers only love And faith in the one up above Hush little baby Don’t you cry Daddy’s gonna make everything all right I know you’ll be a woman soon And growing up is so hard to do But no matter how far you roam You can always come back home So hush little baby Dry your eyes You’ll always be little in Daddy’s eyes Hush little baby Hold on tight Daddy's gonna make everything all right Copyright 2007 Michael J. McNulty
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East And West 03:19
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East and West 2/9/2010 Open D tuning B and E =D Bass E string tuned standard GCG Way back yonder in the 1950s An Irish boy from NYC California bound In those days When the army said go A man just went cause his country said so Without a sound DCG And he knew that there was something waiting out there Something true and something so very rare She was a Montana girl from up on the highline Wanting more from life Than her momma could find So she looked around The future was dark on the Montana plains So she moved to that place where they say it never rains California bound And she knew that there was something waiting out there Something true and something so very rare Santa Maria Was short on romance So she wandered on down to the USO dance To take in the sights There she met the sergeant from NYC Young and tall and Sinatra skinny And the future got bright And they knew that there was something waiting out there Something true and something so very rare So they took a big chance got married in July A Montana girl and a New York guy East and west They risked it all on a roll of the dice Five kids later And it wasn’t always nice But they did their best Yes they found that something out there Something true and something so very rare And they found each other out there Something true and something so very rare Copyright 2010 Michael J. McNulty
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Highway Cruiser Revisited 03:13
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Highway Cruiser (Revisited) 1974-2012 He’s a Montana boy on a Montana day Wishing he were somewhere else Like maybe LA He’s a cruising for love in his pickup truck If the girls ain’t nice Well he’s down on his luck Chorus Cause he’s a highway cruiser A five foot bruiser Knows how to confuse her Look at him go Well he smokes marijuana and he drinks a lotta beer Likes to get drunked up, ride mechanical steers He gotta 30/30 rifle Oh lord what a sight He wear his Levi jeans just a little bit tight Chorus He drive a 67 pickup with 4 on the floor You gotta crawl out the windows Cause he ain’t got no doors He’s a high stepping Oly drinking son of a gun And if you race your engine you’d better get ready to run Chorus Well he went to college to learn a trade Cause with a diploma thought he had it made Chasing the ladies every single night If you call that a career Well I guess it’s alright Chorus But now my friend is dead and gone And all I got left Is this silly song Was a natural man and that’s a fact No better friend for to have your back Chorus 2x Copyright 1974,2012 Michael James McNulty
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Goodbye Sroka 04:09
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Goodbye Sroka 10/18 /2012 Em G C G Goodbye Sroka 1 Knew would come this day Em G C G Magpies take from ya And then just fly away Chorus C G Em G Our love was bright and shiny Just sitting on the shelf C G C G C Em Twas too much for poor Sroka She can only be herself She can only be herself Break Em G Em G So goodbye Sroka 2 Life for you is black and white Wanted way too much to love ya Should have kept it out of sight Chorus They say that some Srokas 3 Are too smart for their own good They steal what would be given Never receiving what they would Chorus Copyright 2012 Michael James McNulty
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My Life 04:28
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My Life Em C D G I was born the first of five We moved around a lot Hard to make new friends Or keep the ones I got I played a sad guitar And sang a homemade tune To keep from going mad In my solitary room I went off to Montana My mother’s old Big Sky There I went to college For what I know not why Played my songs In Missoula For 30 bucks a night Thought I might get famous If I did it right Chorus C G D G Em G D C Em So goodbye happiness Hello alone I’m just a simple man Looking for a home It seems so long This road that I’m on Hope I’ll see its end Before my time is gone With singer Suzy Crosby To Alaska and beyond We played our songs in Yukon bars In places hell and gone We made ourselves a name We’d finally found our place Till the day she left me Goodbye Denim and Lace April 1, 2012 Headed home to Montana A teacher I’d become And leave this life upon the road I’d nowhere left to run There finally I did marry Two daughters she did bear It was 23 years later She found another love affair Chorus So I went a searching Still looking for the one Found in NYC She liked to call me hon She took my lonely heart But she wanted more I gave her my ring And she showed me to the door Took train from Penn Station Slowly made my way back home That same old feeling Lying deep within my bones Rolling on to Montana There I’ll probably stay Look upon on what was my life And start another day Chorus Copyright 2012 Michael James McNulty
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The Love of Her Life 04:36
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The Love of Her Life 1/18/07 Open tuning B to high E Em C D He was the love of her life No time for a wife Chasing after rainbows Drifting where the wind blows Chorus Did she always know what would be Did she expect to be so alone Did she realize she would set him free Hoping some day he’d come home His song hit number one She raised him up a son A familiar voice on the radio dial Briefly brings him home for awhile Chorus He was the love of her life She chose him despite A musician’s wanderlust That left their love reeling in the dust Chorus 3x He was the love of her life Copyright 2007 Michael James McNulty
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Old Friends 03:18
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Old Friends 8/24/07 Em G A When we were young And friends were friends And would be Until the end All for all And one for one Never dreamed Someday be done Break C A 2x Look at us now Some left for love They could not share Or someone else’s spouse They could not bear A better class Of people sought More money earned And friendships bought Break Some traveled far Some never left Got left behind Or moved ahead Some moving on From what was when No looking back To what was then Break When we were young And friends were friends And would be Until the end Guess our lives Got in the way 2x How I miss Those bad old days Copyright 2007 Michael J. McNulty
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Did You Ever Think I'd Get Lonely 03:56
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Did You Ever Think I’d Get Lonely? 08/28/07 G Em C You ever think I’d get lonely Spending so much time at home Craving someone soft and homey Reflecting back the love I’ve shown You tell me that you love me And the children we have raised But your actions they don’t show me Who’s really in first place Break I don’t know If I can carry on I don’t know if we can Still sing this song Don’t you ever get lonely? Spending so much time at work Don’t you ever want to show me? The love we both deserve Like the river keeps on flowing Or the stars beyond the moon Are we reaping what were sowing? Or are we singing different tunes? Break Didn’t you think I’d get lonesome? Sitting waiting by the phone Weren’t you afraid I might roam some? Tired of sleeping all alone And no one is getting any younger Flesh and blood all on loan Are we feeding different hungers? Forgetting what is truly home Break When you finally get lonesome And no ones left to light the flame Just going through the motions Wondering just who to blame Copyright 2007 Michael J. McNulty
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Hug Me (If You Want To) 02:49
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Hug Me (If You Want To) 1/15/10 Open D tuning B and E =D Bass E string tuned standard GDCG Just hug me if you want to Not cause you think you need to Not something that you have to Just hug me if you want to Just squeeze me if you need me Not something that need be Let me know that you read me Just squeeze me if you need me Chorus CDGC And don’t be afraid if the night seems so long G up Cause you know it gets better ahh The longer we we’re together ahh Just kiss me if you miss me Or if you’re felling kinda frisky Even if it’s kinda risky Just kiss me if you miss me Just love me if it feels right In the middle of a winter’s night In the heat of the summer’s light Just love me if it feels right Chorus Just hold me like the first time When you gave me that first sign And I knew that you were mine Just hold me like the first time So hug me cause you want to And cause I really really want you Not cause you think you have to Just love me cause you want to Chorus Copyright 2010 Michael James McNulty
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Written by Colleen McNulty - Mama She Don't Drink No More 02:14
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Mama Doesn’t Drink No More 3/15/10 ADED Mama doesn’t drink no more But daddy’s feelin’ grim. The problems they are poolin’ here, Hope both of them can swim And mama’s taken to a man who let’s her feel alive She hasn’t felt this way in years, ‘thout air you can’t survive So Mama doesn’t drink no more And daddy’s lost a friend And now that they are movin’ for’d Their hearts will surely mend Now mama says she’s got a friend she kisses in the wind. It’s passin’ love and passin’ lust but she ain’t givin’ in. She wants to fix a broken love that broke so long ago. You know they say what’s loved is lost, and it seems truly so! So Mama doesn’t drink no more And daddy’s lost a friend And now that they are movin’ for’d Their hearts will surely mend So daddy’s all alone now, He’s lonely in his heart And he’s been alone for years now, Even when they weren’t apart! Oh daddy I just hope you’re true to what you feel inside And mama know that all these years you thought he never cried Yeah mama doesn’t drink no more And daddy’s lost a friend. And now that they are movin for’d Their hearts will surely mend Yeah mama doesn’t drink no more And daddy’s lost a friend And mama’s fragile company’s Still blowing’ in the wind Copyright 2010 Colleen Julia McNulty

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