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Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero  

Oh, Carly Jo won’t ya go, go and let me be 

Ya see you won’t be here long, not long as me 

I’m just stuck in a life, that just ain’t for you, no not for you 

It’s been a long time comin’, there’s only one thing to do  

Ya tried, tried real hard, to break me  from this cage 

I fell deeper and deeper, with every turn of the page 

It’s a story that’s been told, time after time, a real long time 

Just one more before closing,  I’m feelin’ just fine  

I knew, when you showed up, this might finally end 

The sun shined real bright, thought I was on the mend 

But I just couldn’t stop, no matter how ya tried, and you sure did try 

Even when you sat there, and broke down and cried  

My little, long haired angel, you gave me such hope 

But I slowly slipped away, I just couldn’t cope  

I can’t let you see me, it’s too much to bear, just too much to bear 

You’re the only girl ever, that ever did care  

Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero  

There’s a long road down south a ways, they call it A1A

The pavement's hot, the traffic’s bad, it’s the same most every day

If you walk all the way to the end of the pier, the sunset is the best

No better place to stop and rest, than a bar in old Key West

I stepped inside a crowded room, I thought I’d wait outside

Before I turned she waved me in, I just about nearly died

Her hair was red, she smiled wide, she said her name was Boo

I stayed a while met her friends, what else was I to do

Spent most my life drivin’ lotsa roads, don’t like sittin’ still

Still got plenty of eight tracks left  call me over the hill

No regrets, no second thoughts

Losers lose and winners win

Fun was fun but times are changin’

Lovers love and sinners sin

She said she liked to drink a bit, I told her I did too

It grew late the crowd dispersed,  the night just really flew

The next day came, my head sure hurt, decided to sleep in

Knew it was a gamble, but I hoped I’d finally win

I knew her ma would surely tell her, girl that man is trash

We made a plan, we’d hit the road, but first we needed cash

A few weeks passed, she seemed unfazed I hoped she still would go

She quit her job, packed a bag and headed for the show

Spent most my life drivin’ lotsa roads, don’t like sittin’ still

Still got plenty of eight tracks left  call me over the hill

No regrets, no second thoughts

Losers lose and winners win

Fun was fun but times are changin’

Lovers love and sinners sin

A train was slow, a bus might work, I knew that wouldn’t do

I hot-wired an old Chevy truck, painted powder blue

We made it to the county line, before the sun had set

Now that’s the story I told the kids of how Mom and Dad first met

Spent most my life drivin’ lotsa roads, don’t like sittin’ still

Still got plenty of eight tracks left  call me over the hill

No regrets, no second thoughts

Losers lose and winners win

Fun was fun but times are changin’

Lovers love and sinners sin

Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero  

Dreams began that night in June, 1983

Our hair was long, our cars were fast, we had our MTV

Might’ve been the jokes, the laughs, the way we both loved life

Nothin’ scars you worse than livin’,  not the sharpest knife

Thirty-nine short months passed by, it all came to an end

Flyin’ down the road that night, you didn’t see the bend

That winter felt so lost so cold, had nowhere to turn

Who’da known so long ago, how much more we had to learn

I see you in the music, I hear you in the rain

I think about those crazy times, we spent raisin’ Cain

Let’s take a trip and place some bets, down at the Jersey shore

I’ll play a song or two for you

A song for you once more

Think about you every day, think about that ride

Wish I’d  been right there with you, right there by your side.

Like a wave upon the ocean blue, I can’t hold back the tears

Not even when I look back so far, back so many years

I see you in the music, I hear you in the rain

I think about those crazy times, we spent raisin’ Cain

Let’s take a trip and place some bets, down at the Jersey shore

I’ll play a song or two for you

A song for you once more

You would’ve soared so high and bright, a bright and shining star

I know you made it all the way, no matter where you are

No one had the sound, the look, the who, what when and why

When I look up, I know you’re there, the rhythm in the sky

I see you in the music, I hear you in the rain

I think about those crazy times, we spent raisin’ Cain

Let’s take a trip and place some bets, down at the Jersey shore

I’ll play a song or two for you

A song for you once more

Every time I sing this song to you, I miss you more and more

                                                                                                                                                     Image credit: Scuba Steve

Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero  

Winter vacation, seventy-three    

Drivin’ to Florida in a used RV   

Mom, Dad and my old dog, Big  Joe

Didn't think it snowed south of D.C.

Woke up the next morning, what did I see

A blanket of white stuff, high and low

All I could say was how could it be

That snow reached up well past my knee

Parked on I-95 with no place to go

Stuck in Carolina in two feet of snow

Campin' on the highway watchin' it blow

Met some cool folks I'd never see again

Wonder where they went, where they been

"Never Rains in California" playin' on the radio

Even if we wanted, couldn't call for a tow

A line a cars as far as the eye could see

Plows commin’ soon? Cops said no

This was turnin’ into a real tail a woe

Folks might say just not my cup a tea

Army choppers came and went

Said give us a day, help will be sent

Eyes to sky, but notta did we see

A few days passed, folks sure we're bent

Hippies freezin’ in an old green tent

Mom thought how unlucky could we be

We waited and waited with no such luck

Was the first time I heard someone shout, WHAT THE— 

I was havin’ fun, but that’s just me

Bad news Charlie brought us updates, none of them good

Bob and his kids kept warm by burnin’ wood

Food was runnin’ low, for big old Joe

Stuck in Carolina in two feet of snow

Campin' on the highway watchin' it blow

Met some cool folks I'd never see again

Wonder where they went where they been

Our beat up RV was like the town green

People started talkin’ real mean

Sounded like things were gettin’ ready to blow

Trucker by the name of July looked under the hood

Said you got the power, breakthrough you should

That Dodge 440 V8 was RARIN’ to go

Pops put the pedal to the metal and plowed straight ahead

That old camper shot gunpowder and lead

Cleared a path right through that wall of snow

A long long time it sure has been

I’d love to do it all over again

Vacations these days just ain’t the same

Here's the moral of the story and lesson to learn

Even if you got money to burn

Travlin’ first class is awful lame

Stuck in Carolina in two feet of snow

Campin' on the highway watchin' it blow

Met some cool folks I'd never see again

Wonder where they went where they been

When hittin' the road in an old RV 

Maybe you'll meet someone

Someone . . . just like me

                                                                                                                                                     Image credit: Scuba Steve

Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero  

Been a long, long time

Since I heard, the sleigh bells ring

Been a long, long time

Since I stood in church to sing

Just give me one more Christmas

I’ll earn my angel wings

It’s cold and it’s dark

Think I’ll chop some hickory wood

It’s cold and it’s dark

Shot a brandy would be good

Old Santa, don’t come ‘round here

I sure do wish he would

Party in a barn

That’s what Christmas ‘s all about

Party in a barn

Pray to God, and shout

Pass me that jug a moonshine

Go home and pass out

Gonna make a wish

See that star so bright

Gonna make a wish

On this Christmas night

Jesus, come and save me

Try with all your might