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Red Haired Boy
03:14
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Whatever happened to the red-haired boy
Not sure I’d like to know
Never played a lick of Soldier’s Joy
On his fateful fiddle and bow
Nobody seen him since the moon has waned
Nobody heard his tune
Enough to make a grown man go insane
One note could mean your doom
And the fate that came
Just to hear his name
Just to hear him cross his bow
Nobody mess with the red-haired boy
And his fateful fiddle in tow
Nobody writes about the red-haired boy
Tell you what I read
when his fatal fiddle is deployed
somebody's gonna wind up dead
Cause the song he played
And to rest you’d lay
Was the fate that you would know
Never want to cross that red-haired boy
And his deadly fiddle and bow
now you know the story of the red haired boy
now that you've been warned
better look out for the real McCoy
you'd wished you'd never been borned
And the song he played for the widow it made
Was the one that took her life
Oh to never hear the red-haired boy
And the song that took his wife
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Cuttin the Rug
02:37
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Cuttin the rug
She’s always cutting the rug
She can do it alone
She can shake it till the cows come home
She’s feeling alright
Cause it’s Saturday night
Shes raring to go
To the dance floor
Its her favorite drug
She’s cuttin the rug
Cuttin the rug
Loves to be cuttin the rug
Any time of day
Its embedded in her DNA
Out on the town
she’s throwing it down
Could be anywhere
She really don’t care
See her jitterbug
She’s cuttin the rug
Cuttin the rug
Look who’s cutting the rug
If she had her way
It would be most every day
Party of one
She’s having her fun
here shes goes again
she's cuttin the rug
Doin what she love
She’s cuttin the rug
Even in her Uggs
She’s cuttin the rug
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Darkest Shade of Blue
06:11
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I, I don’t know you anymore
Once we were lovers
Now we’re strangers at the door
What happened to you
Will the truth ever be revealed
Don’t ask the judge or jury
Cause the documents are sealed
I, I don’t know what became of you
Once you were golden
Now you’re the darkest shade of blue
You, left me standing in the rain
I’ve grown so numb
I can’t feel any more pain
I, I don’t know what got in to you
Once you were golden
Now you’re the darkest shade of blue
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Tulsa Bound
03:18
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Now I lost my money in a poker game
Called California real estate
So I’m packing it in and loading up the truck
Moving to another state
Now I’m Tulsa bound
Tulsa bound
I had up to here with the promised land
Oklahoma here I come
So I shaved my face, took out the nose ring
Cut off these nasty dreads
Donated my favorite tie dye shirt
That I picked up when I saw the Dead
Now I got big house just waiting for me
More space than I can fill
Gonna buy a bunch of things that I don’t need
like bric a brac from Goodwill
Now I’m kicking ass in nowheresville
Sure beats the good life
But I’d rather be the hammer than the nail
Not the butter for the knife
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Good Thing Going On
03:10
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I got a good thing going on
Don't want to mess with that
One day it could be gone
Never let, me forget what is right and wrong
I got a good thing going on
I better stay away from you
All those little lovely things you make me want to do
make me laugh, make me dance a bit of the old soft shoe
Remind me to stay away from you
I’ve got to get you off my mind
What coulda been in another place and time, oh my
Maybe we should spend some time alone
Then maybe I will see something that is wrong
Do you howl at the moon, or do you just moan
How else am I ever to know
I’ve got to get you off my mind
What coulda been in another place and time, oh my
There’s a lot that a woman like you can do
Make a man do tons of things he otherwise wouldn’t want to
test me fidelity
am i weak or strong
I best be moving right along
cause I got a good thing going on
and on
yeah I got a good thing going on
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My Dream
04:48
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I used to dream, I used to dream of you
And then it seemed that my dream came true
You came to me you took me by the hand
And showed me thing
Now I understand
It seemed to unbelievable
It seemed so hard to find
This love was so invincible
This love was deep inside
At night we dream, at night we shared a dream
When we awoke, we held each other warm
We could not wait wait for the night to come
When we could be, be as close as one
My breakfast was your dulce lips
your eyes the light of day
But now its dark when I arise
Your voice is nowhere near
You’ve gone and left me here
So now I dream, now I dream alone
Your picture’s seen, your voice is on the phone
The day will come, when we can hug and kiss
Your special love, your precious love I miss
I know the day is round the bend
I know the time is near
I’ll share my dream with you again
I’ll share my everything
With you I’ll share my dream
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Momo the Monster
04:49
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Have you seen Momo the Monster
Have you heard of his tale
Some believe that he’s still living
Somewhere in the Ozarks hills
Six foot nine tall dark and hairy
Left no trace but footprints in the snow
So if you see Momo the Monster
Won’t you tell him I said hello
Did you know Momo had parents
By the name of McCoy
Mama told him not marry
Not to have no baby boy
Kin folk blood a shame to his family
He just a freak no monster at all
So if you see Momo the Monster
Won’t you tell him I said hello
So if you see Momo the Monster
Call him over for a beer
He might not know what your saying
But you need not have no fear
Never actually hurt anybody
Spooked my dog I heard a miller say
So if you see Momo the Monster
Take my word he’s OK
Oh no here comes Momo ...
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Born to Die
04:19
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Some are born to nose the grindstone
one of them not am I
don't rush into the end zone
because you were born to die
doing nothing is one thing I do
almost better than anyone
on the ladder of success
I'm at the bottom rung
it's easy to be patient
so easy to relax
never have to pull my punches
no monkey on my back
cause when my pride has vanished
yeah when my time has come
I can rest on my laurels
knowing I have none
yeah the race toward the bottom
is the only race I can win
just be doing nothing
and lay off the jungle gym
yeah it's easy to do nothing
when you're the worlds laziest man
how I ever had competition
I'll never understand
all the citizens say I'm lazy
warn their kids to keep away
my memory may be hazy
but I got the balls to stay
settle yourself down easy
rest your weary soles
join me in my slumber
I picked up some jelly rolls
lets do nothing together
yeah lets just take a break
I did something just last week
that's as much as I can take
Some are born to nose the grindstone
one of them not am I
don't rush into the end zone
baby you were born to die
baby you were born to die
baby you were born to die
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Every Night
03:55
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Every night and every other night
The cat creeps in
With a wink
Orders up a drink
This time it’s gin
Every time that the sun goes down
And his wife's alone
He's face down on the street below him
kiss the cobblestone
Every night and every other night
The same old song
Betty lou
What you gonna do
While he’s away
Will you whine
Will you drink your wine
Time for the mouse to play
Every night when he leaves the house
And heads downtown
Just to hear his rhythm and blues
no sweeter sound
Betty Lou
What you gonna do
I think I know
What if his boss
Tired of the sauce
Lets him go
And his wife
Tired of her life
suburban home
living life hanging by a thread
That’s his MO
On the edge of losing it all
somehow he don’t
So every night night
And every night
And on it goes
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Scott Cooper Santa Cruz, California
- Bay Area jam band veteran
- "A Leg Trick" reached #5 on Relix radio charts in 2012
- Has performed
with members of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Galactic, Doobie Brothers
- Toured with blues legend Johnny Shines
- Taught guitar at UC-Santa Cruz
- Plays in the China Cats, Rosebud, Gary Gates Band, and others
- Good person
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