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Time Capsule

Words and Music by Alex Whitmore ©2001 WMP

My mind is in a time capsule that’s backing ‘cross the universe of

All my broken promises and all the lies and all the curse of

All the joy and all the pain and all the sunshine all the change

That took my life through highs and lows I gazed right through those clear windows

Of opportunity

That I mistook for obstacles

Looking back behind me as I strain to see my future

Nothing seems to be that clear and just a moment ago it was nearly happening

Nearly happening

Now I am accelerating memories of that future fading

Up ahead I see the spot where we first met and loved a lot

And clinging to that better time the capsule slows and soon I am beside myself

With optimism

Standing there beside myself I’m thinking I can guide myself

Through all the pitfalls all the pain all the things that life has lain before me

But soon Im seeing words are wasted and I was close enough to taste it

But I can’t hear me talking

Talking to myself

My mind is in a time capsule that’s shooting ‘cross this universe of

All the broken promises and all the lies and all the curse of

All the joy and all the pain and all the sunshine all the change

That takes my life through highs and lows I’m gazing through these clear windows

Of opportunity

They still look like obstacles

GHOST FREIGHT

He’s an old man dressed in black

He’s an old man Starin’ down the miles of abandoned railroad track

He’s lookin’ for the ghost freight that won’t come back

Now the ghost freight only runs late at night

Yeah the ghost freight only runs late at night

She’ll be long gone before first light

Timbers in the trestle they’ll be turning gray

Timbers in the trestle they’ll be turning gray

‘Cause no freight will ever gonna come this way

Steel rails they’ll be turning to rust

Steel rails they’ll be turning to rust

The cross ties they’ll be soft as dust

Now Jesse James never robbed this train

No Billy the kid never robbed this train

It was progress progress to blame

He’s just an old man staring down the miles of railroad track

Just an old man and he’s still dressed in black

Ridin’ that ghost freight he’s never coming back 

Oh Love It’s a Beautiful Thing

Rainin in My Mind

They say that rain is wonderful it cleanses out the air

It makes the grass grow greener with the flowers everywhere

But I’m stuck here in this darkened room and living in despair

‘Cause it’s rainin’ in my mind rainin all the time just rainin in my mind

It seems like it’s forever since the sunshine went away

The Clouds are growing darker and it’s hard to see the way

Back to the brightness of those feelings that seemed closer yesterday

Because it’s rainin in my mind rainin all the time rainin in my mind

br:

Oh for a sunny day

Oh please make these clouds go away

It’s rainin in my mind

Rainin all the time rainin in my mind

The clock is striking midnight and the rain is coming down

There’s thunder and there’s lightning and the night has some how found

Me with my suitcase and my toothbrush and I won’t be hanging round

Because it’s raining in my mind raining all time rainin in my mind

I’ve got my best umbrella but it doesn’t do the job

The rain just falls right through it and the dampness seems to rob

Me of the hope that things will change soon and that I can finally stop this

Rainin in my mind rainin all the time rainin in my mind

Way OK

words and music by Alex Whitmore © 2001 WMP

I’ve got my feet on the ground

And my head in the sky

I’ve got nobody around

But I still get by

I can feed myself

And I can wash my dishes

Don’t have to tow the line

Or fulfill no wishes

ch: And I don’t know how I got to be this way, but it’s ok

I got a little bitty dog

And a one eyed cat

They like to sleep with me

They don’t give me no crap

And they’re always there

When I come home late

They just stare out the window

And patiently wait

ch: And I don’t know how they got to be that way, but it’s ok

br: Well they’re waiting by the window nearly every single day

And the way they make me feel well it’s way ok

Well I don’t have a girlfriend

I got rid of the gals

Just ‘Bitty and the Kitty

They’re my loyal pals

Well one of these days

We’re gona pack up the truck

Don’t know were we’re goin

But we’ll trust in our luck

ch: And I don’t know how we got to be this way, but it’s ok.....way ok

REFLECTIONS

Words an music by Alex Whitmore Copyright 1997 all rights reserved 

Ch:

I can see the reflections in the back of my mind

And a sense of direction is getting harder to find

It’s been a long time

Driving through the mountains with the sun going down

Reminds me of a weekend in a west Texas town

When we hiked along the canyons with the reds and the browns

And the sweetness of the evening with the shadows all around

Ch:

Every time I see a sunset all those feelings left for you

Find a way back to my memory with a different point of view

I try now to think about them but it’s just too hard to do

It’s been years since I addressed them but they’re starting all a new

Ch:

Someday I’ll travel back in time to many years ago

And with all my life’s experiences well I will surely know

How to tell you all those feelings and a love will start to grow

If I only had the courage just to pick right up and go 

Just to see Your Smile

Words and Music by Alex Whitmore ©2000 WMP

Miles and miles of interstate, I’ve left it far behind

Four more hours of two lane road that twists and turns and winds

Just to see, just to see your smile

I left the glow of city lights, the traffic and the stress

Ten hours of highway therapy help forget that whole mess

Just to see, just to see your smile

Just to see your smile, makes me feel ok

Just to see your smile, puts my blues at bay

Far away, far away

Desert nights and campfire lights the way to heaven’s gate

A sky of stars and cool breezes are surely worth the wait

Just to see, just to see your smile

Just to see your smile, makes me feel ok

Just to see your smile, puts my blues at bay

Far away, so far away

Two more days and I’ll go crazy working in a world that lies in wait

I can’t forget that smiling face that puts me in that state of mind and the love that I crave....love that I crave

Oh............I don’t want to go.............back 

Daddy’s Little Girl

Word and Music by Alex Whitmore ©2001 WMP

Now Daddy’s little girl she was sweet as he remembers

She was playing in the leaves in the last days of September

She was nine years old and such a pleasure to behold

And she was always, daddy’s little girl

But now she’s putting on her makeup and she says she’s gonna take up

With a spiked haired boy with an earing in his tounge

And she’s smarter than her parents and she say’s she doesn’t care and

She says "don’t you call me daddy’s little girl...anymore"

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Well Daddy’s kind of mad and he takes away her car keys

And he says "Now you’re in trouble if you ever come back home"

But she’s flying down that road with her boyfriend rolling smoke

Now what’s happened to daddy’s little girl

Br: Now all girls grow up someday

And some will have children of their own

And daddys mello somewhat

When their little girls are grown

Now daddy’s baby sitting both her twins and they are spitting

Up and pooping in their diapers and screaming in their crib

And he say’s "man I so tired of it" but you’ve really gotta love it

Now there’s two more daddy’s little girls

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repeat first verse 

It’s a kiss on the cheek

It’s a smile that still leaves me weak

It’s the touch of her hair

It’s the way she smells in the morning air

It’s a love, it’s a love to last for years

It’s a child, it’s a girl

I remember when it made my world

It’s a whisper in the night

It’s the reason for all my words and rhyme

It’s a love, It’s a love to last for years

Br: And when I think I’m feeling down

With her around my spirits bound

And when she’s lost her way well I’ll

Be standing by to offer my strength

It’s a feeling that can’t compare

It’s the thought that she’ll always be there

It’s enough just to know

There will always be room to grow

It’s a love, it’s a love to last for years

Inst, Br

It’s the measure of a man

It’s the beauty in the touch of a woman’s hand

It’s a family that survives

It’s dying, with no ex-wives

It’s a love, it’s a love to last for years 

Words and Music by Alex Whitmore © 2001 WMP Records 

Early in the morning Just before first light

I heard you creep in I felt your sleeping

Right there by my side, right there by my side

Sailing on the waters, sailing up in the skys

It’s been a week, I still can’t sleep

With all these tears in my eyes, with all these tears in my eyes

Then I awoke thought I could see you

Behind the shadows by my bed

But in the light, I guess I lost sight of you

Oh the things I wish I’d said, oh the things I wish I’d said

Now I’m older but no wiser, still holding on to all that fear

My mind cannot erase those memorys of that place

Where you were sleeping oh so near

Where you were sleeping oh so near

Early in the morning Just before first light

I hear you creep in, I feel your sleeping

Right here by my side, right here by my side

CHIGGERS

Words and music by Alex Whitmore © WMP 1998 all rights deserved

Well they live in the grass and they sleep all winter     But they’re hatchin’ out fast and they want you for dinner

I’m tellin you the truth and you know that it figures If your gonna live in Texas, you’re bound get chiggers

Well I knew a girl from New York City She used to like Texas, she thought it was pretty

‘Til she laid out on the grass amongst the trees and rocks And now she looks like she’s got the chicken pox

Well they hop on your socks, but that don't please ‘um They gotta go places where you’ll scratch and squeeze ‘um

They’re never really happy unless you’re really itchin’ And your finger gets tired but the chigger’s still a twitchin’

Well they jump on your shoes, they march across your toes They climb up your britches and they hide in your clothes

They’re waitin’ for a chance just to slip in your pants And get your attention in a place I can’t mention ah hugh ... oh yeah...they’re probably climbing up there right now .....here they come

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Well sooner or later you’re gonna learn to hate ‘um You want to find a way to disintegrate ‘um

‘Cause they bite you in the armpits and underneath your bra And you scratch ‘um and you scratch ‘um ‘til your skin gets raw

Oh they hop on your socks, but that don’t please ‘um They gotta go places where you scratch and you squeeze ‘um

They bite you in places that I shouldn’t even mention   You know l chiggers don’t care they just want some attention

Well they jump on your shoes, they march across your toes They climb up your britches and they hide in your clothes

They’re never really happy unless it really itches   And you can’t even see the little sons of ..ah ah...oh no...they’re practically invisible.....but they’re gonna get ya

A DOG’S LIFE      Words and Music by Alex Whitmore © 1998 WMP All rights deserved

I don’t have no money I don’t pay no bills

I don’t have an ex wife my dog house has no frills

I’m always there at supper time to lick up the dregs

Anything I want to eat is mine if I sit up and beg

You know a dog’s life it really ain’t that bad

I spend the night carousen, howlin at the moon

Chase some cats I get in the trash there’s lots of things to do

If I’m not barkin at the night I’m digging me a hole

Or scratchin at the door screen to get out of the cold

You know a dogs life, it really ain’t that bad

Well you might call me lazy as a general rule

But I’ll chase that school bus down the block when the kids go off to school

You’ve heard that tired old sayin’ "his bark is worse than his bite"

But just you try a sneakin’ around my house late at night

I like to lay out on my back a baskin in the sun

With all my male dog features on display for everyone

And if you scratch my tummy my leg will start to twitch

And if you drive for UPS, you’ll know I’m a son of a bitch

You know a dog’s life, it really ain’t that bad

I’m pee’in on a mailbox I’m pee’in on a tree

If I ain’t pee’in on somethin, I’m lookin’ for a place to pee

And if I see another dog I’ll want to sniff their behind

Then I’ll stop by the neighbors yard, leave a message they’re sure to find

You know a dogs life it really ain’t that bad

I like to lick my testicles just because I can

I don’t have to really do much to prove I’m like a man

I can hump all the other dogs and I don’t have to beg

I don’t have no pride why I might even hump your leg

A view from my perspective is one you ought to see

I’ve got a lot of interest in what’s inside of me

I like to sniff my bottom I really love that smell

And when I lick you on the mouth I don’t think that you can tell

You know a dog’s life, it really ain’t that bad

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