Words and Music by Joseph Michael Cotton
Produced by Chris Price
Special Thanks to Lulu Cotton♥
Joe Cotton: vocals, mandolin & washboard
Chris Price: vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass
Julio Hernandez: bass
Orlando Hernandez: drums
Alex Garcia: guitar
Mikey Perez: bass
Adam Perez: drums
Donna Allen & D.D. Wilde: Background Vocals
Cuban Coffee & Counsel: R.P.
Mixed by Andres Bermudez, Bullseye Studio
Mastered by Bruce Weeden
Available Lyrics
Cage I Rattle
Cage I Rattle
I don’t care who’s cage I rattle
I can see just what’s in store
If we don’t show up for battle
We will surely lose the war
No one need be sick or hungry
No one need be left outside
In this land of good and plenty
None should miss the rising tide
I don’t care who’s cage I rattle
I can see just what’s in store
If we don’t show up for battle
We will surely lose the war
Point your guns at someone else now
They ain’t no good for humanity
When a machine that kills becomes a sacred cow
You’ve lost your soul and your sanity
I don’t care who’s cage I rattle
I can see just what’s in store
If we don’t show up for battle
We will surely lose the war
40 hours to barely make it
Nothing gonna come our way
A chosen few, with glee they take it
There’ll be no rest til we have fair play
I don’t care who’s cage I rattle
can see just what’s in store
If we don’t show up for battle
We will surely lose the war
Love is love is love is love
Let no one tell you who to hug
Love is love is love is love
Let no one tell you who to hug
I don’t care who’s cage I rattle
I can see just what’s in store
If we don’t show up for battle
We will surely lose the war
Grace
Grace
Grace knocked me right to the floor
And, having no reason to settle a score
I left a note on the door
Wanting no feedback, or anything more
I don’t feel the need
To plant another seed
When it all comes down
It’s really going round and round and round
Grace didn’t know what she’d said
But it fell like a feather where I once bled Big dreams made up our bed
Pillows of fancy where I lay my head
And I don’t feel the need
To bend another reed
When it all comes down
It’s really going round and round and round
Feast or famine, it’s the best of both worlds The least examined is the prettiest pearl Headlights shining right up to the moon My silver lining will carry a tune
Grace gave from happy to sad
No one expected, it was all that she had She told me, each latest slight is a fad
And I’ll bend a river if you think it will add…. I’ll ease your heartache if you’re feeling bad I don’t feel the need
To offer up my creed
When it all comes down
It’s really going round and round and round
Oh Grace Oh Grace Oh Grace Oh Grace
Twice
Twice
I hear you breathing, next to me there in the night
I get the feeling, the feeling that everything’s right
Though I won’t be able, to beg, steal or borrow the years
Still, there’s no sorrow.
It’s happiness that brings me to tears
Hey mama, bring back my bonnie to me
Hey lover, open your eyes and you’ll see
So many nights, we spent there on the phone
So many hours, talking together, alone
Minutes meant nothing and heartbeats
they measured the time
I know you mean it, baby you dropped a dime
You know I love you, don’t ever let me slip away
From heaven above you have flown
to the perch where I play
Once in a lifetime, someone like you comes along
Twice in a lifetime, oh you got a song…..
A1A
A1A
Leaving Lantana on a midnight shift
Passing Briny Breezes always gives me a lift
Buckle up baby, we’re in Delray
Everybody smile, it’s a beautiful day
Shifting, 1,2,3,4 – Tap the gas a little more
Cruising on A1A
Gulfstream has such a wonderful view
But I don’t see it honey, ‘cause I’m looking at you
Palm Beach Island when you’re ready to play
Boca Raton, at the end of the day
Boynton Beach or Ocean Ridge,
someone’s gotta cross a bridge
To go cruising on A1A
What could ever rhyme with Manalapan ?
But we’re headed up there, just as quick as we can
Then to Deerfield Beach for a walk on the pier
The sound of the waves always pulling my ear
Clams, mussels, lobster rolls
Always groovy, never tolls
Cruising on A1A
Just So You Know
Just So You Know
I’ve seen the city lights, just so you know
I’ve walked the side walk too,
just so you know I felt the way love bites,
just so you know I heard it all from you, just so you know
Ain’t it just, so you know I played it all so well,
just so you know I drank a thousand toasts,
just so you know I bought the wishing well,
just so you know I’ve seen too many ghosts,
just so you know Ain’t it just, so you know
Ain’t it just, so you know
What makes you think, the sun won’t ever shine ?
What makes you think, the sideshow isn’t mine ?
What makes you think, I’d give you the time ?
Well that’s fine….. I made my peace with it,
just so you know Can’t say that I don’t care,
just so you know I held the hand that quit,
just so you know
Whistle dixie and I’ll be there,
just so you know
Ain’t it just, so you know, etc., etc……
My Place
My Place
The dead and the dying are dialing for dollars
Down to the creek rolls a stone I haven’t seen you for so many hours
How could you leave me alone ? Is it my place to make you a home ?
The bright and the beautiful await April showers In
May they may bloom for a cause
After much soul searching and before the flowers
Who’s to say just what it was ?
Is it my place to point out the flaws ?
Typical Daydream Fanciful night scene
The clock moves to buy us some time
The clock moves to buy us some time
The size of the basket is not so important
As the love that will carry it ‘round I promise I’ll ask, if you promise to answer
And still neither one makes a sound Is it my place to take what you found ?
Is it my place to take what you found ?
Is it my place to take what you found ?
Typical Daydream Fanciful night scene
The clock moves to buy us some time
The clock moves to buy us some time
Brazil
Brazil
I love it honey when you paint your toes
And I love they way, you wiggle your nose
Rainy day’s coming, let’s play house
You could take a song right out of my mouth I’m, going south
Let’s go shopping for that little blue dress
Forget about the wind, my hair’s a mess
Rainy day’s coming, let’s play house
That’s a trim little trap you set for the mouse
I’m, going south South of the border,
down if you will I’m gonna love you all the way to
Brazil South of the border,
down if you will I’m gonna love you all the way to Brazil
Tap your feet, take my hand
Who knows where we might land
Rainy day’s coming, let’s play house
I’ll tickle Rita, don’t you pout
I’m, going south
South of the border, down if you will
I’m gonna love you all the way to Brazil
South of the border, down if you will
I’m gonna love you all the way to Brazil
Ain’t No Cryin’
Ain’t No Cryin’
You packed your hotdogs and packed up your cats
High heeled sneakers and pastel colored flats
I need a Kleenex like you need a brassiere
I’ll miss you honey but, there ain’t no cryin’ here
You emptied closets and the drawer that hold your face
A taxi’s waiting for a ride to your new place I’ll help you load it, but I won’t shed a tear
I’ll miss you honey but, there ain’t no cryin’ here
There ain’t no crying – there ain’t no dieing here
I got my buddies and a brand new case of beer
Let me tell a little lie, I never thought we’d say goodbye
I’ll keep the Beatles and you keep the kinks
You like Madonna and I think she stinks
Hey little lemming, you’ve got nothing to fear
I’ll miss you honey but, there ain’t no cryin’ here
I’ll kiss you honey but, there ain’t no cryin’ here
I’ll lick your bunny but, there ain’t no cryin’ here
Sticks & Stones
Sticks & Stones
They say that hearts are made for breaking
And I know it must be true I left my love for the taking
But I never expected you Sticks and stones can break my bones
Only you can break my heart
After all this time alone I do think that we should part
I know that love is like an outlaw Sneaking in and sneaking out
Like a thief it helps itself
To everything that you’re about
Sticks and stones can break my bones
Only you can break my heart
After all this time alone I do think that we should part
Those sticks and stones we’re throwing
Could have built a home for two
Oh, instead of flowers growing
There’s just all that we can do
Sticks and stones will break your bones
True love will never break your heart
Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise
Just before Sunrise, the captain is calling
Our sails set to the wind Just before sunrise,
I’ve finished falling Let’s let a new tale begin
Hey, ho find me an island
Hey, ho bring me a key Hey, ho everyone’s smiling
The wind, water and me Just before sunrise, the captain is crossing
Oceans of who we might be Just before sunrise, I’m already tossing
Everything into the sea Hey, ho find me an island
Hey, ho bring me a key Hey, ho everyone’s smiling
The wind, water and me
Just before sunrise the captain is raising
A flag that may shed a clue
Just before sunrise, big, yellow and blazing
I’m sailing away with you
Hey, ho find me an island Hey, ho bring me a key
Hey, ho everyone’s smiling The wind, water and me
Just before sunrise, the captain is walking
Decks that will take us ashore
Just before sunrise, up all night talking
Let’s not say anything more
Hey, ho find me an island
Hey, ho bring me a key
Hey, ho everyone’s smiling
The wind, water and me
We are wind on the water –
We are Salt from the sea –
We are right where we ought to be
We are free
Evening Calls
Evening Calls
All of my reasons that don’t meet your seasons
Of wasting and waiting and my evening calls
I hear you, I hear you Oh I bent an ear
Please now my darlin’ don’t have no fear
All of your watching without any talking
Sparkles a playground where I belong
I see you, I see you
Oh I rolled an eye
And after the sermon, there’s only a sigh
My testimony could earn me a tony
Still you believe every word I love you,
I love you I gave you my soul
Your understanding is my rock and roll
All of my reasons that don’t meet your seasons
Of wasting and waiting and my evening calls
My evening calls
My evening calls