I made a count of how many songs, not counting instrumentals, are on our many albums, and the total comes up to 53! There are a lot more in the file cabinet. Here are the lyrics to songs I’ve written explaining how they came about. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have had writing them.
Pull My Finger
Pull my finger. Memories of my grandfather, who was a bit of a prankster, flooded...
Potential Side Effects
If you watch any TV, at some point, you will see an advertisement for a...
What Did I Forget
You know that feeling when you walk into a room and forget why? You might...
Short Bald and Fat
Short, bald, and fat
How the hell did I get like that?
I was once a “strapping...
Life Under Care
I wake up earlyBefore the Sun Lay quiet in bedBut my day has begunI take my...
Lawn
Every neighborhood has one grumpy old man screaming at the children to get off his...
I’m Freaking Old
They say getting old ain't for sissies, but you have to admit, it beats the...
No Time to Waste
My jet-black hair
Is now silver gray
At least what’s left
of it anyway
Party all night long
Is what...
America is a Gun
*************************************** ©2019 Brian Bilston England is a cup of tea France, a wheel of...
The Answer to the Question
********************************* We’re all just floating through time and space Temporary members Of this human race ...
Who You Talking To?
************************************ I tried to call you, baby, on the telephone line. But I never can...
High Plains Drifter
*************************************** I’m a high plains drifter That blew into your town “Paint it red!” Is...
Take These Blues
************************************** Why is it that these blues keep hounding me? All I want is a...
Down The Hole
***************************************** Hook, line, and sinker There’s one born every minute And when you come to...
State of the Union
***************************************** Living at the dead end of a one way street. Bars on the windows...
Nine Foot Sack
************************************* I drag a nine foot sack like a ball and chain Though it’s blistering...
Back On You
************************************** You stay out drinkin’ until all hours come home drunk and trample Mamma’s flowers...
Chicken Shack
*********************************** I’m goin’ down to Luther’s get me a bootleg sack I said I’m goin’ ...
I’m Going Home
************************************ If I should live to see the day Death comes round to take me...
Home Again
********************************** On some long lost lonesome highway Thousand miles to the nearest town My old...
City
****************************** I always thought how wonderful to be out on my own Leave this hick...
Get Used To It
******************************** Life is tough, big stones in my way, It seems to get harder each...
True Believer
******************************** Once upon a time, I was one of the true believers Baptized in the...
I Wanna Rock!
************************************** I don’t wanna work no nine to five, Don’t put me in a box...
Lift Off!
******************************** Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one Lift Off! (X...
Last Night
******************************* Last night, I lay in my lonesome bed. I found a piece of paper ...
Evil
***************************************** The things I want to do to you, You know, they’d surely give me...
My Time To Die
******************************* I didn’t wake up this morning My body’s still layin’ here in bed I...
Long Gone Blues
************************************ I’ve been gone from my home so long, People there don’t even know my...
Turtle Stew
*********************************** Shootin’ the heads off turtles, As they stick ‘em up out of the pond...
Sugar
******************************* © Lance Harrison, Donna Howley Went out fishin’ with a few of my friends...
Bad
**************************** Only the good die young At least that’s what they say And as that’s...
Bad Luck
******************************************** Found a nickel on the sidewalk Through the hole in my shoe Kicked it...
Full House
******************************************** When you go out for the evenin’ And you make your woman stay at...
Better Than Dead
I’m sick of being lied to Mistreated and abused I’ve kept my mouth shut And...
I Know Every Train
**************************************************** I know every train that passes this way Where they’re goin’ how long the...
Only Memories
Somehow time stole you away but in the echos of today I still feel you ...
Bad Water
******************************************* Bad water in the well Not much wood out the back And I’m rattle-tooth...
Eliza Jane
************************ Poor ol’ little Eliza Jane Didn’t have the sense to get out of the...
Here Be Dragons
*********************************** Here be dragons And so softly tread Best not to wake them Or you...
Clarence’s Day
********************************************* Clarence woke up long before sunrise He pulled on some pants and downstairs made...
Lost
******************************************** It seems no matter what I do I miss you more each day Tears...
Stupid old man
**************************************** It’s that moment that you realize That your life has passed its peak It’s...
Prelude to the End
********************************************* It’s the end of Eternity The passing of Time Most of the seasons Have...
Barrymore’s Turnstile
************************************************** Barrymore was in a hurry without a moment to waste across the great divide...
When I Ran Away with the Circus
******************************************** When I ran away with the circus I learned to juggle fire Carried water...
The Sun Will Shine
******************************************** Listen to me baby Hear me when I say Bad luck and trouble Aren’t...
Mockingbird
************************************************* Our lives get so busy you begin to lose your way all becomes confusing...
Drunkard’s Game
******************************************* Walked into the package store like it’s a long lost friend Pulled the money...
To Our Home
******************************************************** Standing close factors beyond the old yesteryear embrace the sun with the rivals of...
EAT THE RICH!
******************************************** Living in the gutter Can’t afford a place to stay Digging in the dumpsters...
Facebook Blues
************************************ You write down all your hopes and dreams Your opinions and little schemes And...
Starfish Memories
*********************************************** Feel the tangled melody of starfish dancing ‘cross the memory in the sky don’t...
Into the Fire
*********************************************** Back in the last millennium I sang a young man’s song Didn’t matter much...
I Don’t Know
************************************************** Only thing, that I know Is I don’t know One damn thing When will...
If you are looking for a particular song I wrote? Here’s an alphabetic listing.
