Luck Of The Loners
The Lyrics
Jill Elizabeth
(© 1984, Daniel C. Eaglin)
Chorus:
Jill Elizabeth, where ya been?
Who ya hidin' from, Jill?
Jill Elizabeth, where ya been, I'm looking for you still.
[after 3rd verse ->] I'd like to be your friend.
1. Thought I left her for good last week
'Cause Jill, she turned me down.
I mean, after all, what did I expect?
She's the best lookin' girl around.
She said, "I'm so sorry, but I've got a guy."
I said, "Jill, baby, that's O.K.
A girl like you, I'm not surprised.
Thought I'd just ask anyway."
2. I got to thinking about that girl.
I thought I'd give it another shot.
If she turned me down, that's only twice.
She's prob'ly had to do that a lot.
Now I'm gettin' nervous cause I can't find Jill.
Although I've looked all over the place.
Even though I never really knew her too well
I'm worried that she's gone without a trace.
3. I finally found Jill just the other day.
She was lookin' down on her luck.
I said, "Jill why are you looking so blue?"
She said, "Me and my man just broke up."
I said, "Jill that's so terrible. Jill that's a shame."
But inside I was filled with glee.
This was the time for me to make my move.
I said, "Jill come and go with me."
4. Now me and Jill are going out every night.
We're as close as we can be.
Jill's forgot all about that other guy.
The only one in her life is me.
Jill you're a cute. Jill you're the best.
I'm so glad that I have made you mine.
You're such a wondrous person. You brighten my life.
Jill Elizabeth, you're so fine.
Car Phone
(© 1992, Daniel C. Eaglin)
1. Sitting on the Kennedy.
Friday afternoon.
I'm driving home from work
But I won't be home real soon.
I think about a cold one.
But there's a copper on the right.
Call my baby on the car phone
As the day turns into night.
Chorus:
How you doin'? How you been?
Can you guess where I might be?
I'm sittin' in my car
On the highway Kennedy.
I'm breathin' in the fumes.
Engine temperature is high.
My phone keeps me connected.
Call me up before I die.
2. Radio's cranked up.
I think it's Judas Priest.
The song before was something
'Bout the number of the beast.
The man comes on with tickets
To the Anthrax/Helmet show.
With my car phone I'm a winner.
Maybe Becky'd like to go.
Bridge:
Car phone. Car phone. Car phone. Car phone.
Dang. I love my car phone.
Car phone. Car phone. Car phone. Car phone.
Digitize my voice tone, my voice tone.
She's A Babe
(© 1987, Daniel C. Eaglin)
1. Here she comes, walking toward me.
There she goes, oh why can't she see?
She's everything I want and a date I'd arrange
But there's one small problem that I can't change. It's that she's a babe,
Chorus:
... and I want to talk to her.
She's a babe, and I want to walk up to her.
She's a babe, and I want to get to know her.
But she's not alone, and she doesn't want to get to know me.
2. I get close and she turns away.
I can't stop thinking 'bout her each day.
I wanna reach out and touch her but I stop instead.
There's a voice screaming to me inside of my head. It says, she's a babe,
3. Now once more I've got her in sight.
I've been watching for most of the night.
She's sitting by herself so I make my move
But before I can do it I hear that same groove: This girl is a babe,
Without You
(© 1984, Daniel C. Eaglin)
1. You and me had something special when you and me were young.
All that I have of you is now in my photo album.
Ooh, we had a good thing goin'.
Now, your picture I've been showin'.
Ooh, the pain is slowly growin'.
Why don't you come back to me and forget why you chose to leave?
Refrain:
Though they tried to change my view
I stood right here and stuck by you
And now I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without you here.
2. When I met you no one wanted to be seen with you at all.
I took you and made you someone who could stand up straight and tall.
I gave you brains that you could use.
I made your body lovely, too.
Have you forgotten what you
Were before I came out here and filled your life with joy and cheer?
She Came From Ohio
(© 1990, Daniel C. Eaglin)
Chorus:
They told me that she came from Ohio.
Hey, I came from there, too.
Now wouldn't that be great somehow
If we met each other late somehow
But until that lucky night occurs
I'll have to dream that I am hers.
1. She drove up in a German car, the plates said, Work of Art.
This brand new neighbor right away shot an arrow through my heart.
I don't know if it was her face or something that she said.
Or was it all in my head.
2. She comes home late and she leaves early. I wonder what she does.
A lovely beverage blocks her out and gives me quite a buzz.
I drink and drink and stop to think, Do I really want to know
Just where does she go.
Here she comes but she's not alone. She's with some bo-hunk guy.
But I can take him, he's no problem. I say hi. She says bye.
3. I went home to think it out when a knock came at the door.
She said she's sorry and she'd like to get to know me a little more.
The bo-hunk was her brother. She'd wondered when we'd meet.
Ohio girls can't be beat.
Don't Need The Aggravation
(© 1992, Daniel C. Eaglin)
Chorus:
A certain situation.
Another complication.
Your crass insinuation.
Don't need the aggravation.
A crazy new world nation.
The man makes implication.
Post modern automation.
Don't need the aggravation.
1. Don't tell me I can't have it.
I called ahead of time.
Just give me what I need
You bourgeois Nazi slime.
I could buy and sell you
If I gave it half a though.t
I could prob'ly even kill you,
Chop you up and not get caught.
I'm like Dr. Bruce Banner
So don't get me mad.
Any thought you might have
I've already had.
Thanks for abusing your position.
You're just a simple clerk.
If I find out who your boss is
You'll soon be out of work.
2. You tease me with your come-ons,
Your high heeled mini-skirt.
You seem to be so friendly,
So likeable and pert.
Buttons are unfastened
On your Donna Karan shirt.
But when I try approaching you,
Shoot me down just like I'm dirt.
That attitude makes some guys
Want you even more.
They'll take the crap you give.
They're aways at your door.
Don't need that kind of aggravation.
Tease me? No tease you.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder?
With you that's just not true.
Mowing The Lawn
(© 1993, Daniel C. Eaglin)
1. I moved out of the city for a better job
To the land of barbecues and corn on the cob.
Where the local P.T.A. outranks the mob
And the car of choice is a Volvo or Saab.
I'm planting a garden. I bought a pet.
I'm mowing the lawn while my jello molds set.
2. Got my gas powered mower to keep things neat.
I gotta keep up with the neighbors on Maple Street.
I'm keeping my hedges trim despite the summer's heat.
And when I'm all done, have an ice cold lemonade treat.
We've got good schools. We've got low crime.
I'm mowing the lawn for the ninety-ninth time.
3. The suburbs aren't like the city. Nothing happens here.
Haven't had a real good time in over a year.
The supermarkets don't even sell beer.
The neighbor's daughter said my face could crack a mirror.
All the kids think I'm grumpy, a crazy old man.
I'm mowing the lawn as best as I can.
4. Gina Gerdeman tells me that my bloodlines aren't true.
And Cheryl Brown thinks that my haircut just won't do.
I've got a house, a car, and a pet, too.
It doesn't matter. Before we're started, we're through.
They just want a lap dog. I hope they get what they deserve.
I'm mowing the lawn. I guess I just don't have the nerve.
Chorus:
Mowing the lawn. Mowing the lawn.
Mowing the lawn. Mowing the lawn.
I'm mowing the lawn. Mowing the lawn.
Mowing the lawn. Mowing the lawn.
Mowing the lawn. Mowing the lawn.
Mowing. Mowing. Mowing. Mowing.
And I'm doing it alone.
5. She said she's got a guy. That's what they all say.
Try not to be bitter. But I get older every day.
Another hot dinner on a T.V. tray.
At least I'm pretty sure that I haven't turned gay.
I've heard it before. It's nothing new.
So I'm mowing the lawn on a Friday night, too.