Songs Are Fine
from Ticket to Fly by Mike Lawson & Friends
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This song initially written by Todd Davis, which he and Lawson would perform as a duo acoustically in the late 1980s, was given some lyrical tweaks, and new arrangement musically, resulting in this collaboration. Davis sings backup vocals on it, and Jorma joins the rest of the friends for the guitar solos.
lyrics
When you spoke you would quote from a notebook where you wrote
about a boat you couldn't row, about a friend you'll never know
who you thought had cut your throat
When you say you're ok, you're only staging your own play, but you may
fall off that stage or use the same lines every day 'til they come and carry you away
Well songs are fine, oh but a waste of my time
I won't sing another one for you if you'll think about this one when I am through
So I said you were dead to get you out of my head but instead I see my bed turning a darker shade of red
I can't believe what I just said
Well songs are fine, oh but a waste of my time
I won't sing another one for you if you'll think about this one when I am through
When you spoke you would quote from a notebook where you wrote
about a boat you couldn't row, about a friend you'll never know
who you thought had cut your throat
When you say you're ok, you're only staging your own play, but you may
fall off that stage or use the same lines every day 'til they come and carry you away
Words and Music by Davis/Lawson
Psychotronic Music - BMI
about a boat you couldn't row, about a friend you'll never know
who you thought had cut your throat
When you say you're ok, you're only staging your own play, but you may
fall off that stage or use the same lines every day 'til they come and carry you away
Well songs are fine, oh but a waste of my time
I won't sing another one for you if you'll think about this one when I am through
So I said you were dead to get you out of my head but instead I see my bed turning a darker shade of red
I can't believe what I just said
Well songs are fine, oh but a waste of my time
I won't sing another one for you if you'll think about this one when I am through
When you spoke you would quote from a notebook where you wrote
about a boat you couldn't row, about a friend you'll never know
who you thought had cut your throat
When you say you're ok, you're only staging your own play, but you may
fall off that stage or use the same lines every day 'til they come and carry you away
Words and Music by Davis/Lawson
Psychotronic Music - BMI
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from Ticket to Fly,
released May 19, 1998
Fred Bogert - Keyboards
Mike Lawson - Guitar, Vocal
Todd Davis - Backing Vocals
Harvey Benschvise - Bass
Happy Levon - Drums
Jorma Kaukonen - Guitar
Fred Bogert - Keyboards
Mike Lawson - Guitar, Vocal
Todd Davis - Backing Vocals
Harvey Benschvise - Bass
Happy Levon - Drums
Jorma Kaukonen - Guitar
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Mike Lawson & Friends Nashville, Tennessee
Mike Lawson has, over 30 years, recorded and/or performed together with Merl Saunders, Vince Welnick, Vassar Clements, Pete Sears, Gary Talley, John McEuen, Bob Welch, Dennis Robbins, Joe Louis Walker, Jorma Kaukonen, Phil Keaggy, Jack Casady, Scott Guberman, Dianne Davidson, Noah Wall, Tyra Juliette, Bill Vitt, Rob Wasserman, Michael Cleveland, Phil Madeira, and a host of other amazing friends. ... more
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