LYRics
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
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Prison Yard blues
Chasin' the devil blues
Prison Yard blues
Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero
Help me baby
Help me climb over the wall
Help me baby
Help me climb over the wall
I only get one
So you know I’ll be makin’ that call
Save me baby
Save me from endin’ it all
Save me baby
Save me like the Lord saved Paul
Life not worth livin’
Shouldn’t have takin’ the fall
Help me baby
Help me climb over the wall
Help me baby
Help me climb over the wall
Done thrown in the towel
Headin’ down that long dark hall
Soothe me baby
Soothe me till the night turns to day
Soothe me baby
Soothe me like you do that way
Come for me now
By your side is where I wanna lay
Help me baby
Help me climb over the wall
Help me baby
Help me climb over the wall
I headin’ straight over
Not payin’ no mind how tall
Help me baby
Help me climb over the wall
Help me baby
Help me climb over the wall
Wanna see your Cadillac
And then we drive off to the ball
brass city blues
Chasin' the devil blues
Prison Yard blues
Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero
Make my mark
Collect my pay
Drinkin’ gin from a Tropicana bottle
On a hot summer day
Married 15 years
To my wife
She been married to me
Her whole god damn life
Got these brass city blues
Don’t know what I’m gonna do
Jive
Jive ass jive
I got guns
Keep me safe
Shot a man dead
Right in the face
I get stoned
Cops give chase
Coke and drink
Sends me inta space
Got these brass city blues
Now what about you
Jive
Jive ass jive
Woman I love
Don’t love me
Threw her out the door
And took away the key
She got a new man
Dress real fine
Don’t matte’ to me
When I’m drinkin’ cheap wine
Got these brass city blues
Think I might sue
Jive
Jive ass jive
I broke and poor
Got bills to pay
Sweat all night
Sweat all day
High on a hill
It stand real tall
Cross of steel
My name it calls
Got these brass city blues
Bet you do too
Chasin' the devil blues
Chasin' the devil blues
the ballad of the leatherman french
Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero
Slap that devil down
Slap him down to the ground
Slap that devil down
Slap him all over town
Been lost for so long
But now I been found
Slap that devil down
Slap him with all your might
Slap that devil down
Devil don’t fight a fair fight
Been standin’ in the cold
Out in the cold dark night
Gimme me once
Gimme me twice
Gimme most every vice
Chase me up
Chase me down
Chase that Devil all aroun’
Gonna be a long, long walk down
Slap that devil down
Gonna climb that hill
Slap that devil down
Slap him with all your will
Been tryin’ so damn hard
Goin' in for the kill
Gimme me once
Gimme me twice
Gimme most every vice
Chase me up
Chase me down
Chase that Devil all aroun’
Gonna be a long, long walk down
Gimme me once, gimme me twice
Gimme most every vice
Chase me up, chase me down
Chase that Devil all aroun’
Slap that devil down
Slap him outta town
the ballad of the leatherman french
the ballad of the leatherman french
the ballad of the leatherman french
Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero
Met a leather man
On a cloudy day
Just walkin’ down the road
Said he’d been here once
But didn’t stay
He was carryin’ a heavy load
We found a rock to rest on
And watched the setting sun
I wondered how long it’d be
‘fore I heard him sing his song
He offered me
His rusty flask
Filled with yesterday’s wine
I asked him why
He roams about
How I see him time to time
He took a drink then bowed his head
Before he told me this
A house just ain’t a home
When you live a life that roams
It’s hard to walk in shifting sand
When you find yourself in no man’s land
But when you’re old and when you’re young
Sometimes, ya just got to, ya just gotta run
Said he tried his luck
Livin’ straight
But the road was what he found
Was tempted by
The hand of fate
It comes without a sound
And when it’s through, we’re often blue
Not much more a soul can do
How many nightfalls can you see
How many lives were meant to be
It’s hard to walk in shifting sand
If you’re lookin’ for a place to land
But when you’re old and when you’re young
Sometimes, ya just got to, ya just gotta run
Told him it was time to go
He tipped his hat and wished me well
there was one thing I oughta know
I told him please do tell
An old man once had this to say
When you’re lookin’ for a card to play
And he said as quite as a mouse
A stacked hand always beats a full house
Bourbon man
the ballad of the leatherman french
walk me home tonight
Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero
My woman left home with a bourbon man
Now this man was real slick
My woman left home with a bourbon man
This man knew every trick
I said what you want with my woman
She ugly old and sick
Don’t know why she left me
I always treat her right
Don’t know why she left me
I tried with all my might
She done drink me outta house and home
Passed out drunk every night
My woman left home with a bourbon man
Now I sit round all alone
My woman left home with a bourbon man
Sit ‘round by the phone
Waitin’ for that bourbon man to call
Hear him bitch and moan
walk me home tonight
the ballad of the leatherman french
walk me home tonight
Music & Lyrics by Toby Soriero
Sun sinkin’ low
Sky gettin‘ dark
It’s been a long, long road
Not a walk in the park
So please, baby please
Darlin’, won’t you please
Walk me home tonight
Days gettin’ short
Nights awful cold
I’m not the young man I was
Never thought I’d feel so old
So please, baby please
Darlin’, won’t you please
Walk me home tonight
Time ain’t no friend
It rolls right along
Take my hand honey
Let me sing you this song
So please, baby please
Darlin’, won’t you please
Walk me home tonight
Mistakes I made in life
Thinkin’ ‘bout them makes me blue
Next time through I’ll think twice
Hope I can do it again with you
So please, baby please
Darlin’, won’t you please
Walk me home tonight
Oh, please, baby please
Darlin’, won’t you please
Walk me home tonight
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