Songs - Jon
- Mortgage Blues
Jon, Martin, George, Mick, Lars - Bright Red Mustang 73
Jon, Jos, George, Michiel, Ted, Ramses - Wonder Where Wonder Why
Jon, Martin, George, Lars, Mick - Slow Bear Blues
Jon, Martin, George, Michiel, Lars, Richard - Drag It Up
Jon, Martin, George, Lars, Richard - Sleep With Open Eyes
Jon, Jos, George, Michiel, Mick, Ted - South Dakota Plains
Jon, Jos, George, Michiel, Mick, Anne, Ted - Can’t Get Myself To Bed
Jon, Jos, George, Michiel, Ted, Ramses - Doggone Blues
Jon, Martin, George, Lars, Richard - Shuffling Kris
Jon, Martin, George, Lars, Mick - Nail A Turning Point
Jon, Martin, George, Michiel, Lars, Richard
Mortgage Blues
What you gonna do
When mortgage blues gets to you
Are you gonna rob and steal
Like bankers did before you
It feels so bad when kids don’t have a home
You wonder if you ever gonna make it alone
What you gonna do
When mortgage blues gets to you
Are you gonna rob and steal
Like bankers did before you
You pay taxes and hope once to get something for free
Now some may wind up in jail and bankers are bailed out free
What you gonna do
When mortgage blues gets to you
Are you gonna rob and steal
Like bankers did before you
What you gonna do
When mortgage blues gets to you
Are you gonna rob and steal
Like bankers did before you
Recall my city see it in a flah
Lord what happened some got gold others trash
What you gonna do
When mortgage blues gets to you
Are you gonna rob and steal
Like bankers did before you
What you gonna do
When mortgage blues gets to you
Are you gonna rob and steal
Like bankers did before you
Bright red Mustang 73
I've got a sweet little woman
That I've met on Highway 49
She pulled up to the curve
Said: honey, can you drive
She's got a convertible top Bright Red Mustang 1973
To handle that engine
You have to be an engineer
When I honk the horn
All the fellows look up to see
(to let them know) She's my sweet Mustang Mama
And I'm her happy engineer
When I shift in to gear
Our heads are thrown back
And goin' off road
She never loses track
l’m gonna drive you mama
all through the night
So keep you motor running
Buckle up and and hold on tight
Wonder where wonder why
If you wonder where I’m going, to Chicago I go 2x
Wonder why I’m going
Gonna listen to the blues out there
That’s why I go
If you wonder where I’m going, to Memphis I go 2x
Wonder why I’m going
Gonna walk on Beale Street
That’s why I go
If you wonder where I’m going, to Nashville I go 2x
Wonder why I’m going
Gonna honour the legends over there
That’s why I go
If you wonder where I’m going, to New Orleans I go 2x
Wonder why I’m going
Gonna take part in the Mardi Gras
That’s why I go
If you wonder where I’m going, to New York I go 2x
Wonder why I’m going
Gonna pay my respect over there
That’s why I go
If you wonder where I’m going, to The Badlands 2x
Wonder why I’m going
It’s God forsaken land out there
That’s why I go
Wonder where wonder why 2x
Slow Bear Blues
We walked the moon
Wanna travel into space
It’s about time to solve problems
That threaten human race
It’s a slow bear
Dazed by hibernation
Shake him, wake him, make him
Roar throughout the nation
Eat you quarterpounder
Toss your salad in the bin
While you’re getting fat
Others are getting thin
It’s a slow bear
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Complain about the weather
Too wet, too cold, too hot
Many have to survive a drought
or a typhoon’s flood
It’s a slow bear
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The world is changing (niet op CD)
Fast and all around
It’s like a seesaw
We go up, they go down
It’s a slow bear
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It’s a slow bear
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Drag it up
I had a fight with a friend
He keeps on talking about again and again
He drags it up
He keeps on nagging
I don’t know why he’s doing is
Keeps on nagging
He drags it up
Six years since I saw that girl
Now she blames me for messing up her world
She drags it up
She keeps on nagging
I don’t know why she’s doing is
Keeps on nagging
She drags it up
Let bygones be bygones, forget about the past
Clean your house and move on fast
Don’t drag it up
Stop dragging it
I don’t know why you keep on doing it
Why don’t you
Give it a rest
Sleep with open eyes
Been ‘round the world
Now live on a square mile
Don’t wanna get lost
In a world that’s terrifying
That’s why 3x, I sleep with open eyes
My house has 4 walls
A roof and a door
A smoking chimney, a wife
That loves me forever more
That’s why 3x, I sleep with open eyes
Gazing at clouds
See dead people drifting bye
On their backs blown away
Into everlasting time
That’s why 3x, I sleep with open eyes
An Indian summer warms
the earth beneath my feet
And although it’s tempting
Don’t wanna rest in sleep
That’s why 3x, I sleep with open eyes
South Dakota Plains
1 Prairie wind through Big Bluestem
And clouds drifting bye
Morning dew on corn fields
A warm sun in the sky
Now I've got what I wanted
Followed an ancient trail
Just standing here and watching
South Dakota plains
2 Harney Peak, on top of the world
Black Hills tell no lie
Of Buffalo that wandered
And spirits of times gone by
Now I've got what I wanted
And old dream been for filled
Just standing here and watching
South Dakota Hills
3 Lake Poinsett smells so sweet
A cool breeze on the waves
In the distance sounds of Bluejay's
A cottonwood that shades
Now I've got what I wanted
It gets to me where ever I go
Just standing here and watching
South Dakota's Big Mo
4 On gravel roads I travel
Leaving a cloud of dust behind
Sliding through the country side
Meeting people that are kind
Now I've got what I wanted
Like brought to me on a plate
Just riding along and enjoying
South Dakota State
5 At night under Flandreau's sky
Seven sisters shine so bright
At morning dawn coyotes call
Crickets sing through the night
Now I've got what I wanted
Followed an ancient trail
Just standing here and watching
South Dakota plains
Can’t get myself to bed
Can’t getta sleeping, worries toss around in my head
I’m strapped to this chair, can’t get myself to bed
I wonder what time it is, ‘cause time passes by so slow
I’m drinking just a little bit, makes me feel nice and low
(bridge) Somewhere from here to way back when
I think I missed a sign
Was it something I said or did we just ran out of time
It’s awful quiet outside, whole city must have gone to bed
A full moon is on the ride, makes my heart feel sad
I wanna get up and walk that lonely street
But I drank just a little too much and I finally fell asleep
Can’t getta sleeping, worries toss around in my head
I’m drinking just a little bit, ‘cause I’m feeling sad
I wanna get up and walk that lonely street
But I drank just a little too much and I finally fell asleep
Can’t getta sleeping 2x
Doggone Blues
Like a little dog I stumbled through tall weed
Like a hunted hound I ran through empty streets
They say; a barking dog
A barking dog never bites
Tell ya, this dog is willing and up for a fight
Brag is a good dog, but hold fast is better
A cat may look a king, but it's not enough to have feathers
Tell ya, I don't bark - no -
If I can't bite
This dog is willing and up for a fight
Give a dog a bad name, hang him and have him picked
I know when being stumbled over and being kicked
They say; an old dog
Learns no new tricks
But this dog is willing and able to get his kicks
Nail a turning point
Speak to the east, whisper to the west
Listen to the wind, and where it sets
Go up north, or go down south
Speak out loud or shut your mouth
Whatever you or don’t
Decide you will or won’t
Remember the road is as long as his turning point
Keep an ear to the ground
Cast an eye into the clouds
Root fingers in loose sand
Walk your feet on barren land
Whatever…………………..
Go to the streets and tap your hat
Smile your face, call a dog a cat
Walk on water, go between the line
Express yourself, live for the good times
Whatever……………………..