
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"