Have A Word

 

Have A Word

Written by Scott Wainwright

Sometimes they'll get you

Sometimes they don't

Sometimes they'll let you

Sometimes they won't

And sometimes you can't get it

Out of your head

Someday's you just wish they'd

Forget what it was you said

Everyone's a winner

Everyone must lose

Everyone's a sinner

Everyone must choose

And someone ain't paying

Their share of the bill

That certain someone is

Having someone else's fill

So you think about faith

You think about fate

You think you'll be safe

You worry you'll be late

And no one ever thinks

It will happen to them

Well look out kid

Its happening again

They don't care what you are saying

They don't care what you've heard

They don't care if you're staying

Or if you've been transferred

Sometimes its just plain wrong

To wonder why

Other times its all part of

The same old lie

See everyone can be right

Everyone can be wrong

You can be tight

When its going for a song

You can always find

Your own personal heaven or hell

It all depends on what a person

 Might have to sell

You can guard the castle walls

Or you can hide in the eaves

You can blame it on the fall

Or on the presence of thieves

Sooner or later someone

Always calls you out

Then you say with full conviction

Forgive me for my doubt

From the album 'Indoor Fireworks'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/indoor-fireworks-demo-tape

Noah's Blues

 

Noah's Blues

Written by Scott Wainwright

Rainy days, rainy days

Rainy days on my mind

Rainy days always on my mind

Where you go sweet sunshine?

Troubled ways, troubled ways

Troubled ways is all I find

Troubled ways always I can find

Where can a poor man, draw the line?

Hammer, nails and splintered wood

If I can keep my head down

I'll make good

If I can see the signs

And find the clues

I can shine away

Noah's Blues

You've lost your way, lost your way

You've lost your way many times

You've lost your way one too many times

Why don't you try making up your mind?

The things you say, the things you say

The things you say are so unkind

The things you say are always so unkind

Why don't you try walking down the line?

Hammer, nails and splintered wood

If I can keep my head down

I'll make good

If I can see the signs

And find the clues

I can shine away

Noah's Blues

From the album 'Strangers Here'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/strangers-here-2

Whistle Blowin' Blues

 

Whistle Blowin' Blues

Written by Scott Wainwright

I hear the whistle blowin'

Train is coming around the bend

I hear the whistle blowin'

Train is coming around the bend

I hear the whistle blowin'

Train is coming around the bend

Train is coming around the bend

I hear the whistle blowin'

It's all aboard my friend

I hear the whistle blowin'

It's all aboard my friend

I hear the whistle blowin'

It's all aboard my friend

It's all aboard my friend

(coda)

Set the rails on fire

All aboard

Set the rails on fire

From the album 'Strangers Here'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/strangers-here-2

Everyone's Telling Me I've Got It Wrong

 

Everyone's Telling Me I've Got It Wrong

Written by Scott Wainwright

Boil that beetroot and pickle it fast

Pour that coffee now, into that flask

We'll see the sun going down

We'll see that moon taken down

Take my hand now and come along with me

Sew my new blues jeans, there's a hole at the knee

We'll see the sun going down

We'll see that moon taken down

(Chorus)

Because everyone's telling me

I've got it wrong

Trying to push me

To the floor

But they've been telling me

Far too long

They ain't gonna tell me

Nothing no more

Pack up that picnic there's ants in the jam

They're all over the cheese, they're carrying off the ham

We'll see the sun going down

We'll see that moon taken down

Roll up the blanket and start the car

Like three wise men, we'll follow that star

We'll see the sun coming down

We'll see that moon taken down

(Chorus)

Because everyone's telling me

I've got it wrong

Trying to push me

To the floor

But they've been telling me

Far too long

They ain't gonna tell me

Anything no more

From the album 'Strangers Here'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/strangers-here-2

Don't Get Pushed Aside

 

Don't Get Pushed Aside

Written by Scott Wainwright

I saw lightening strike

And it didn't feel right

Bag 'em now tag 'em

In the dead of the night

And slide Kokomo, oh Kokomo slide

It's time to go now

Don't get pushed aside

Hang it on the wall

Did you heed the call?

Of the Holy Ghost

Of the engine stall

And slide Kokomo, oh Kokomo slide

It's time to go now

Don't get pushed aside

I swear I heard shootin'

While you were busy bootin'

Please hold the line

Because here comes the lootin'

And slide Kokomo, oh Kokomo slide

It's time to go now

Don't get pushed aside

I miss the Terraplane

But I can't complain

Because the hounds of hell

are on the morning train

And slide Kokomo, oh Kokomo slide

It's time to go now

Don't get pushed aside

(bridge)

I don't want to get up

And go to school

I don't want to stay home

And play the fool

Just want to hear

Ol' Kokomo

He's gonna show me

How its got to go

Their standards will sink

If they let you think

They'll show you the fountain

But won't let you drink

And slide Kokomo, oh Kokomo slide

It's time to go now

Don't get pushed aside

Hold out for cash

Before the crash

Because the Cayman Islands

Has the biggest stash

And slide Kokomo, oh Kokomo slide

It's time to go now

Don't get pushed aside

From the album 'Indoor Fireworks'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/indoor-fireworks-demo-tape

Song Of Solomon

 

Song Of Solomon

Written by Scott Wainwright

All that money

All that gold

All that silver

Won't save your soul

All that money will drive you mad

Hoarding all that wealth

Is the worst plan you ever had

All those women

All those girls

All that loving

Is going to make you ill

All those wives will leave you feeling sad

When you gonna realise

You've been had?

All those oysters

All those pearls

Exotic items

From around the world

All those possessions there to be had

Lets hope its all

Just a passing fad

Song of Solomon

Songs of devotion

All the wrong things

Song of Solomon

Songs of redemption

All the wrong things

From the album 'Indoor Fireworks'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/indoor-fireworks-demo-tape

Let Jesus Replace Your Troubled Waters (With Those That Are Calm)

 

Let Jesus Replace Your Troubled Waters

(With Those That Are Calm)

Written by Scott Wainwright

Come all you who are weary

Come all you who are broken down

Come all you with nothing left to give

Come and gather around

At the feet of the Lord

You'll feel right at home

Come all you who are worried

Come all who feel small

Come all you with emptiness

Come heed the call

Of the voice of the Lord

He is calling to you

Come all you who are tired

Come all you who are sad

Come all you who are lost

Come get found, come get glad

In the company of the Lord

He has all you need

And if you want to get free

Let him take you up in his loving arms

Let him replace your troubled waters

With those that are calm

Come all you who are happy

Come all you who are scared

Come all you who do not believe

You are not beyond repair

In the house of the Lord

He has a room for you

Come all you who are without

Come all you outcast

Come all you who are bound

Come get free at last

At the word of the Lord

He is waiting for you

From the album 'All That Glitters Is Not Gold'

Available here https://open.spotify.com/album/4SnQp2tzyrpQWub7aITgBt