Jonny Locomotive & The Engineers

The Youngstown Tramps (partial lyrics)

by Jon Locketti

 

“Eddie Loves Debbie”

 

V:      As I walk around town

        There's a feeling in the air

        That a boy loves a girl

        'Cause it's written everywhere

Ch:     Eddie loves Debbie

        But does Debbie know Eddie

        Do you think Eddie's ready

        For a girl like Debbie?

        Woah, oh, oh, oh

 

V:      Next time you're driving down Lincoln

        And the traffic light is red

        Just lift up your head

        And you'll see what he said

 

V:     I'm sure it's written a million places

        Sure it took a lot of time

        Do you think it's a crime

        That he vandalized a sign?

 

 

 

 

“Jack Kerouac”

 

V:      Jack Kerouac said

        Sociability's just a big smile

        And a big smile is nothing but teeth

        Jack Kerouac said

        I think death is our reward

        When we die, go straight to Nirvana

Ch:     I'm pretty sure nothing has been lost

        It'll all come out in the wash

V:    Jack Kerouac said 

        My. mother, my friends, my girlfriends

        Everybody, they never listened

        They always wanted

        Me to listen to them

        They knew

        I didn't know anything

        I was just a dumb kid

        An impractical fool who didn't understand

        The serious significance

        Of this very important, very real world

   Ch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Wonderful Thing”

 

V:     To sleep

        It's a wonderful thing

        To dream

        It's a wonderful thing

        To wake up and laugh

        Laugh it off your shoulder

        You're still you

        I'm still me

        But you and I are no longer us

        You and I are no longer us

        We're not a pair

        I am not complete

        I'm alone

        I'm just me

        I've been thinking a lot lately

        About what's to come

        I've been dreaming every night

        About finding someone

        God!!!

        Will you guide me?

        Cause I can't do it myself

 

 

 

 

 

“Doin' Alright” written with Lori Ann Hoelzel (Shelby)   

 

V:    You were never much 

        Just someone to tease and make me lunch

        You were never smart

        Just someone there to fill the part

        The new girl's tall

        But next to me she feels so small

        Seeing you tonight 

        Makes me feel I'm doin' alright

Pre:    How are you?

Ch:    I'm doin' alright without you

        I'm doin' just fine

        I'm doin' okay without you

        'Cause you're off my mind

V:     You were never much

        Just someone in bed for me to touch

        You were never smart

        Took my hand and stole my ha-ha-heart

        Your new boy's a drag

        But next to me...well, I don't wanna brag

        Seeing you tonight makes me feel

        I'm doin' alright

Pre:

Ch:   

 

 

 

“Old Man”

 

 

V:    It's all a test

        This world is designed for the best

        You live and you die you get no rest

        We never can relax

        We always stress

Ch:     Then the old man takes all the money

        He's fat, but he's still hungry

        He's filthy, he's rich

        He's a bitch!!

V:      This life's a lie

        You call me out and ask me why

        I rethink, admit that I was wrong

        It's only a song

        But it keeps going on

Ch:    Then authority takes all your freedom

        You fight but you can't beat em'

        We're hungry and poor

        Give us more!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Bedtime”

 

V:        I ain't sure what I said

            I really don't know what I did

            This all happened just last night

            We had ourselves a little fight

            We were drinkin', thinkin' havin' fun

            Then our problems had begun

            You only wanted one more beer

            I said, "no, let's get out of here"

            You said that I ain't your boss

            I admitted I had lost

Ch:    Why do I make you so mad?

        I just want to go to bed

V:     Face me now, don't delay

        You always try to run away

        If I want drinks all night long

        Are my actions somehow wrong?

        I don't care how loud I get

        So upset I need a cigarette

        Why can't we sit here and chill?

        You have the money to pay the bill

Ch:    Why does this make you so mad?

        So you wanna go to bed

 

 

 

 

 

V:     Another time I remember well

        You made me scream, you made me yell

        You sped the car right down the street

        Shouldn't been in no driver's seat

        What is it that gives you the right

        To tear me down in the middle of the night?

        You hated it when I wrote a song

        Said that you were stubborn and wrong

        Can't do this for all our lives

        I'm sorry now, I apologize

Ch:    Why do I make you so mad?!!

        I just wanna go to bed

 

“Movement” written with Ian Simon

 

V:     I don't wanna be

        I seen the gray salt water sea

        Shining all around me

        Perfect blue and green

        I don't wanna be (x2)

Ch:    Don't say it

        If you don't mean it

        Don't say goodbye

        Don't make me cry

 

 

"No Goodbyes"

 

V:      So this is how it ends with you?

        No goodbyes, I guess we're through

        No goodbyes, nothing of the sort

        Guess I'll just have to be a good sport

Ch:    Boldly and coldy, you told me

        This was the last that you'd ever hold me

        Sadly and madly, I kinda knew

        That what I had with you was through

V:      So this is how you treat a friend?

        No goodbyes, just the end

        No goodbyes, no words of advice

        I guess you just lost your voice

Ch:    Stranged and deranged, I spoke

        I probably looked like a joke

        I teared and I feared that I was weird

        And you could hardly have cared

V:     So this is what it feels like now

        No goodbyes, you've thrown in the towel

        No goodbyes, just one less man

        I hope to never see you again

Ch:    Poorly and surely this reassured me

        That all you'd done was simply detour me

        Sadly and madly I kinda knew

        That it was time to say, "adieu"