License To Chill

Dec 09, 2004

Hey Good Lookin'

Lyrics

Hey Good Lookin'
By Hank Williams
(with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait)
Hey, hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, hey, sweet baby,
Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?

I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill.
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
If you wanna have fun come along with me.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

I'm free and I'm ready,
Maybe we can go steady.
How's about savin' all your time for me?
No more lookin',
I know I've been tookin'.
How's about keepin' steady company?

Well I'm gonna throw my date-book over the fence
find me one for five or ten cents.
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page.
Hey, hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

© 1951 Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Hiriam Music. All rights obo Sony/ATV Songs LLC adm by Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
Boats To Build (with Alan Jackson)

Lyrics

Boats To Build
By Guy Clark/Verlon Thompson
(with Alan Jackson)
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License To Chill (with Kenny Chesney)

Lyrics

License To Chill
By Jimmy Buffett/Mac McAnally/Al Anderson
(with Kenny Chesney)
Work, work, work
Big pile of it and the boss is a jerk
Just want to disappear
Wishin' I was somewhere other than here
Livin' for the weekend
Jump right off the deep end
With just enough money to buy

CHORUS

A license to chill
And I believe I will
Let the rat race run roll around
In the sun until
Trouble turns funny and songs get sung
With a little bit of money the night's still young
Leave me alone I 've got a license
License to chill

Girls, girls, girls
Ain't nothin' like them in the whole wide world
So damn smart and cute
And it's amazing what they pass off as a bathing suit
Winners and losers
Sailors and cruisers
We're all qualified

CHORUS

For a license to chill
And I believe I will
Let the rat race run roll around
In the sun until
Trouble turns funny and songs get sung
With a little bit of money the night's still young
Leave me alone I 've got a license
License to chill

A license to chill
And I believe I will
Let the rat race run roll around
In the sun until
Trouble turns funny and songs get sung
A one note samba lasts all night long
Leave me alone I 've got a license
License to chill

© 2004 Coral Reefer Music (BMI) & Wordfarmer Music (ASCAP) & Stairway to Bittner's Music (BMI) and Songs of Windswept Pacific (BMI) all rights on behalf of Stairway to Bittner's Music and administered by songs of Windswept Pacific.
Coast Of Carolina

Lyrics

Coast Of Carolina
By Jimmy Buffett/Mac McAnally
Little roadside restaurant we artfully complain
Groovy tells the waitress that his chicken died in vain
Most every day goes by according to design
I live this dream but still it seems I have you on my mind

From the bottom of my heart
Off the coast of Carolina
After one or two false starts
I believe we found our stride
And the walls that won't come down
We can decorate or climb or find some way to get around
Cause I'm still on your side
From the bottom of my heart

I can't see the future but I know it's comin' fast
It's not that hard to wind up knee deep in the past
It's come a lot of Mondays
Since the phone booth that first night
Through years and miles and tears and smiles
I want to get it right

CHORUS

From the bottom of my heart
Off the coast of Carolina
After one or two false starts
I believe we found our stride
And the walls that won't come down
We can decorate or climb or find some way to get around
Cause I'm still on your side
From the bottom of my heart

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE

These days I'm up about the time I used to go to bed
Living large was once the deal, now I watch the stars instead
They are timeless and predictable unlike most things that I do
But I tell the wind and my old friend I'm headed home to you

CHORUS

From the bottom of my heart
Off the coast of Carolina
After one or two false starts
I believe we found our stride
And the walls that won't come down
Hell we can decorate or climb or find some way to get around
Cause I'm still on your side
From the bottom of my heart
From the bottom of my heart

© 2004 Coral Reefer Music (BMI) & Wordfarmer Music (ASCAP)
Piece Of Work (with Toby Keith)

Lyrics

Piece Of Work
By William A. Kimbrough
(with Toby Keith)
I'm a piece of work, I'm iron and lace
I'm shy, right up there in your face
I'm all dumbfounded, stubborn as an ass
Sharp as an arrow in a pile of glass
I'm a sweetheart, genius, restless jerk
Lord have mercy, I'm a piece of work

Well, the lord made me on a long thin limb
Made sure I'd remember him
Or her in the middle of a long, dark night
Creation crazy, death sheet white
Made in the image of a lion shocked lamb
I am who the hell I am
Ever better, bad to worse
Down to the letter I'm a piece of work

I’m a piece of work, I'm an angel's fiend
Bathed in lavender and gasoline
Scared brave, shallow in an ink black well
Lightly browned in the fires of hell
Wicked, holy, full on fake
Best known for my big mistake
I'm Zen wise, peaceful, gone berserk
Good god almighty I'm a piece of work

I'm a dreadful sight and I just don't care
Spent all morning pulling out my hair
I woke at dawn with a crazy spin
Half the day trying to glue back in
Mother, bloody mary, please
Wipe that smile right off your knees
I'm the CEO of the mailroom clerks
Lord have mercy, what a piece of work

I'm a piece of work, I'm a lovesick boy
Cloth cap, caviar and corduroy
All over the map, just a-lost in space
With a filthy mind and a choirboy's face
Heels up, head down, straight on through
Watch out, woman I'm-a get to you
I'm a gladiator with a mind to irk
Good god almighty I'm a piece of work
I'm a piece of work
I'm a piece of work
I'm a piece of work

© 2002 Will Kimbrough Music (BMI) Adm by Bluewater Music Services Corp.
Anything, Anytime, Anywhere

Lyrics

Anything, Anytime, Anywhere
By Bruce Cockburn
( Mike on accordion, Sonny on slide )
Tomorrow may come
It usually does
Don't know what it brings
To the two of us
I just want you to know
What I'm ready to do
Anything, anytime, anywhere, for you

When I'm holding you tight
You give me the power
To burn like a torch
In the darkest hour
Tell me what you need
I will surely come through
Anything, anytime, anywhere for you

VERSE INSTRUMENTAL

Passion runs deep
It's scary sometime
When it's larger than life
For your piece of mind
It's got me all insane
I'm not sorry that's true
Anything, anytime, anywhere for you
Anything, anytime, anywhere for you
Anything, anytime, anywhere for you

INSTRUMENTAL OUT

© 1992 Golden Mountain Music Corp. (SOCAN)
Trip Around The Sun (with Martina McBride)

Lyrics

Trip Around The Sun
By Al Anderson/Steve Bruton/Sharon Vaughn
(with Martina McBride)
Here I'm singin' happy birthday
Better think about the about the wish I make
This year gone by ain't been a piece of cake
Everyday's a revolution
Pull it together and it comes undone
Just one more candle and a trip around the sun

CHORUS

I'm just hangin' on while this old world keeps spinning
And it's good to know it's out of my control
If there's one thing that I've learned from all this livin'
Is that it wouldn't change a thing if I let go

No you never see it comin'
Always wind up wonderin' where it went
Only time will tell if it was time well spent
It's another revelation
Celebrating what I should have done
With these souvenirs of my trip around the sun

CHORUS

I'm just hangin' on while this old world keeps spinning
And it's good to know it's out of my control
If there's one thing that I've learned from all this livin'
Is that it wouldn't change a thing if I let go

INSTRUMENTAL

Yes I'll make a resolution
That I'll never make another one
Just enjoy this ride on my trip around the sun
Just enjoy this ride

INSTRUMENTAL

© 1999 Mighty Nice Music, Inc. adm by Bluewater Music Services Corp.(BMI)/Al Andersongs adm by Bluewater Music Services Corp.(BMI) /Brutunes adm by Bug Music (BMI)
Simply Complicated

Lyrics

Simply Complicated
By Jimmy Buffett/Bill Withers

When you find out things about yourself
That you hadn't ought to know
When your grandma calls and books you
On the Jerry Springer show
And you find out you and your wife of ten years
Just might be related
Brother, life's not over it's just
Simply complicated

There's other situations that might
Challenge you I guess.
When your daughter tries out for the football team
And your son tries on her dress
And you start to think that the devil's in charge
Of how you're situated
Life is still worth living it's just
Simply complicated

Chorus
Life is complicated with its
Ifs and ands and buts
It's alright to be crazy,
Just don't let it drive you nuts

My daughter wants to go on dates,
I think I'll let her go.
But she better not be moving at
The moving picture show
Or stop by all those conky tonks and
Get inebriated.
Ain't at all a caution, it's just
Simply complicated

Now I'm having a big problem
With my present day career
My ship she has a rudder
But I don't know where to steer
Am I country, pop or rock and roll
I know they are related
I'll just let you be the judge
Of simply complicated

Life is complicated with it
Ifs and ands and buts
It's alright to be crazy,
Just don't let it drive you nuts

© 2004 Coral Reefer Music (BMI) & Bleunig Music (ASCAP)
Coastal Confessions

Lyrics

Coastal Confessions
By Jimmy Buffett
Well I'm a tidal pool explorer
From the days of my misspent youth
I believe that down on the beach
Where the seagulls preach
Is where the Chinese buried the truth so I dig in the sand with my misguided hands
And if I dig deep enough
Hell I just might dig it up
Talkin' 'bout treasure
Talkin' 'bout pleasure
Talkin' 'bout love

Now I'm a reader of the night sky
And a singer of inordinate tunes
That's how I float across time
Livin' way past my prime
Like a long lost baby's balloon

So I hang on to the string
Work that whole gravity thing
But when my spaceship goes pop
Back to the earth I will drop
Into the sea or the limbs of a tree
Or the wings of my love

CHORUS

And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
Maybe invent me a story or two
I've got coastal confessions to make
How 'bout you
How 'bout you

They say that time is like a river
And stories are the key to the past
But now I'm stuck in between
Here at my typing machine
Tryin' to come up with some words that will last

It's so easy to see that we live history
And if I just find the beat
I know I'll land on my feet
I always do hadn't got a clue
Does it come from above

And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
Maybe invent me a story or two
I've got coastal confessions to make
How 'bout you
How 'bout you

BRIDGE

So bless me father yes I have sinned
Given the chance I'll prob'ly do it again
I don't need absolution just a simple solution will do

So let's talk about the future
Or the consequences of my past
I've got scars, I've got lines
I'm not hard to define
Just an altar boy coverin' his ass
I know I can't run and hide
But just hang on for the ride
There will be laughter and tears
As you progress through the years
But still it's fun hey I'm not done
Gonna dance till I fall

CHORUS

And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
Maybe have me a boat drink or two
It's good for coastal confessions I hear
Tell the truth
Tell the truth

I've got some coastal confessions to make
How 'bout you
How 'bout you
How 'bout you
How 'bout you

© 2004 Coral Reefer Music (BMI)
Sea Of Heartbreak (with George Strait)

Lyrics

Sea Of Heartbreak
By Hal David/Paul Hampton
(with George Strait)
The lights in the harbor
Don't shine for me
I'm like a lost ship
Lost on the sea

CHORUS

The sea of heartbreak,
Lost love and loneliness
Memories of your caress,
So divine,
I wish you were mine
Again my dear
I'm on a sea of tears...
A sea of heartbreak

How did I lose you
Where did I fail
Why did you leave me
Always to sail

CHORUS

BRIDGE

Oh, what I'd give to sail back to shore
Back to your arms once more
So come to my rescue
Come here to me
Take me and keep me
Away from this sea

CHORUS

The sea of heartbreak

© 1960, © renewed 1988 Casa David (ASCAP), Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Conky Tonkin' (with Clint Black)

Lyrics

Conky Tonkin'
By Jimmy Buffett and Bingo Gubelman
(with Clint Black)
Bella was bored to death with South Beach
Not one celebrity spotted in days
She was tired of her mood
Lunchin' on vegan food
She was tired of just soakin' up rays then she saw him pull up to the stoplight
In an old ragtop that she couldn't name
He said "hop inside I'm headin' south take a ride
I'm just the next man that you're gonna blame"
U.S. 1, headin' down U.S. 1

Lenny said how 'bout lunch in Key Largo
There's a fish sandwich place down the road
Kinda out in the sticks
But we can be back by six
And never leave our area code

Well geography wasn't her strong point
She'd never been past the Dadeland mall
So they stopped on the way
Lenny was happy to pay
For her new thong and purple beach ball

CHORUS

They're goin' conky tonkin'
Cruisin' on a weekend buzz
Really conky tonkin'
Doin' it just because

BRIDGE

Havin' too much fun to turn back
They were explorers in a hot rod Ford
They counted seabirds and cars
Stopped at all the cool bars
Harmonically they struck a chord

Stop! What was that
Somewhere in the middle of the Seven Mile Bridge
He said bella do you want to see the rest
She said "I haven't a care
Lenny, just take me there"
And they drove on all the way to Key West

Well she'd never seen anything like it
In all of her twenty-six years
Bella was feeling the groove
Lenny was makin' his move
They were quite a pair of pioneers

CHORUS

They're goin' conky tonkin'
Cruisin' down U.S. 1
They'll be conky tonkin'
Tryin' to catch up with the sun

CHORUS

They'll be conky tonkin'
Their engine is about to explode
Goin' conky tonkin'
Hey they'll meet you at the end of the road

DIALOGUE

© 2004 Coral Reefer Music (BMI)
Playin' The Loser Again (with Bill Withers)

Lyrics

Playin' The Loser Again
By Bill Withers (with Bill Withers)
Don't break my heart again
Let it end
You don't love me
Don't make me start again
This achin' in my heart

Don't make me hope again
Knowin' when you've grown tired of me
That you'll just disappear
And leave me waiting here
Playin' the loser again

Don't give me hope, then take it away
'Cause I'll show my weakness and beg you to stay
Don't give me something to build all around
Then just for a thrill, you tear it all down

Don't make me dream again
It's a sin to make love to me
And then just disappear
And leave me waiting here
Playin' the loser again

Don't give me hope, then take it away
'Cause I'll show my weakness and beg you to stay
Don't give me something to build all around
Then just for a thrill, you tear it all down

Don't make me hope again
Knowin' when you've grown tired of me
That you'll just disappear
And leave me waiting here
Playin' the loser again

© 2004 Bleunig Music (ASCAP)
Window On The World

Lyrics

Window On The World
By John Hiatt
A broken promise I kept too long
A greasy shade and a curtain drawn
A broken glass and a heart gone wrong
That's my window on the world

A cup of coffee in a shaky hand
Wakin' up in a foreign land
Tryin' to act like I got somethin' planned
That's my window on the world

That's my window on the world
Could you stand a little closer, girl
Don't let mama cut those curls
That's my window on the world

In broad daylight that circus tent
Pulled up stakes, I don't know where it went
A close dark room with a busted vent
That's my window on the world

I think about you when I'm countin' sheep
I think about you, then I can't sleep
I think the ocean is just so deep
That's my window on the world

That's my window on the world
Could you stand a little closer, girl
The Queen of Sheba meets the Duke of Earle
That's my window on the world

Down on Indiana Avenue
Wes and Jimmy, man they played the Blues
I guess they were only passin' through
That's my window on the world

That's my window on the world
Could you stand a little closer, girl
Don't let mama cut those curls
That's my window on the world

That's my window on the world
Could you stand a little closer, girl
The Queen of Sheba meets the Duke of Earle
That's my window on the world

© 2004 Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Oval Track Tunes (BMI) All rights obo Oval Track Tunes adm by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc.
Someone I Used To Love (with Nanci Griffith)

Lyrics

Someone I Used To Love
By Bruce Cockburn
(with Nanci Griffith)
All the days we've been together
All the days we've been apart
Add up to a bunch of nothing
If I'm not still in your heart
I never want you to be
Just a page in my history
Someone I used to love

Your voice breathed in my ear
Or on the telephone
All the tender things we've whispered
To keep from feeling alone
May they never come to be
Just cold gems set in memory
Of someone I used to love

This current flows between us
That will not be denied
You draw me in towards you
Like the moon pulls at the tide
May no shadow ever fall
That will make me have to call
You someone I used to love

©1993 Golden Mountain Music Corp (SOCAN)
Scarlet Begonias

Lyrics

Scarlet Begonias
By Jerome Garcia/Robert Hunter
As I was walkin' down Grosvenor Square,
Not a chill to the winter but a nip in the air,
From the other direction, she was calling my eye,
Could be an illusion but I might as well try, might as well try.

She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes.
And I knew without askin' she was into the blues
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
I knew right away she was not like other girls, other girls.

In the heat of the evening when the dealing got rough,
She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff.
As I picked up my matches and was closing the door
I had one of those flashes I'd been there before, been there before.

CHORUS

Well, I ain't often right but I've never been wrong
Seldom turns out the way it does in a song.
Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.

Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way that she moves,
Scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues.
And there's nothing wrong with the look that's in her eye,
I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass by, let her pass by.

Well the wind in the willow's playin' "Tea for Two"
Sky was yellow and the sun was blue,
Strangers stoppin' strangers just to shake their hand,
Everybody's playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band.

© 1974 Ice Nine Publishing Co. Inc. (ASCAP)
Back To The Island

Lyrics

Back To The Island
By Leon Russell
Now the day is gone,
And I sit alone and think of you, girl
What can I do without you in my life?
Wond'ring if you love me,
Or just making a fool of me
Well I hope you understand,
I just had to go back to the island

And watch the sun go down
Hear the sea roll in
I'll be thinking of you
And how it might have been
Hear the night bird cry
Watch the sunset down
Well I hope you understand
I just had to go back to the island

For all the sunny skies, it's rainin' in my heart
I know down in my soul I'm really gonna miss you,
But it had to end this way,
With all the games we played
Well I hope you understand
I just had to go back to the island

And watch the sun go down
Hear the sea roll in
I'll be thinking of you
And how it might have been
Hear the night bird cry
Watch the sunset down
Well I hope you understand
I just had to go back to the island.

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