Skin and Bones

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SKIN AND BONES

Music with a strong 'Country' feel. Lazy old fashioned summers, nostalgia and fun.

	Last Great Cowboy performed and composed by John Bell He was sitting at the bar with a can of Lone Star beer As he told me of a spread he lost his eyes were filled with tears So I rustled up my guitar and I asked what I should play He said sing a song about the last great cowboys now all gone away. So then I began to pick a lick and everybody joined in It was about the last great cowboy I wrote this song for him. Well, he got right up and clapped his hands And we all began to dance And we swore and cussed and made a fuss And Jethro lost his pants So I kept on playing my guitar And I knew what I should I play So I sang a song about the last great cowboys Now all gone away (lead) So I began to pick a lick and everybody joined in So I sang about the last great cowboy And I wrote this song for him. So I sang about the last great cowboy And I wrote this song for him.	listen
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	Tears Like Rain performed and composed by John Bell As you watch the raindrops fall tiny mirrors of your eyes Endless life and death are we born only just to die Timeless rhythm whispering voices call to you wait for you Plunging through a darkened sky their fate unknown all alone And your heart it cries with the rain Would you like to start all over again? Yes, we'll rise from the earth my friend Not knowing where we've been - like the rain. Like a thousand gems of crystal each drop glistens as if falls Man's countless tears shed a million years. Does anyone hear at all? Timeless rhythm whispering voices call to you wait for you Plunging through a darkened sky their fate unknown all alone And your heart it cries with the rain Would you like to start all over again? Yes, we'll rise from the earth my friend Not knowing where we've been Not knowing where we've been Not knowing where we've been - like the rain. Falling, falling, falling Falling, falling, falling Falling, Falling, falling, falling falling...	listen
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	Gramma's Country Song performed and composed by John Bell for Grandma Mary Hyde Well I wasn't born in the country I was born in Califor-ni-a But my grandma was born in Missouri Yea said listen to your grandson play I can't forget the country It's still running in my blood. Deeper than you could ever know well the country makes me run. Well I'm going back to country I said Lord make the boy to sing Well, my gramma was born in the country an' listen to your grandson sing Way back in Missouri you can hear the farmer plow, well all day long in the burning sun he's a singing that country song Well you know my gramma came Missouri, well there's country blood in my soul So I'm playing this song for you grandma an' let that country blood boil Well I wasn't born in the country I was born in Califor-ni-a Gramma get up and dance to a song and listen to your grandson play an sing a song about country Country music it's goin down it's goin down it's goin down down down down down down I said I wasn't born in the country I was born in Califor-ni-a I said Gramma, Gramma, Gramma won't ya get up and dance and listen to your grandson play Get on... Get on... Get on... Get on... Wahoo!! (do do do) I wasn't born in the country I was born in Califor-ni-a I said Gramma Gramma Listen to your baby play...	listen
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	Starship Submarine composed by John Bell, performed by John Bell and Noelle (Hoyt) Sladon Last night I was a captain of a silver starship Just cruising along on a laser beam Like a ball of fire I plunged into the ocean And in a splash was a crystal submarine Twinkling sunbeams filter down Smiling mermaids all around Without a care in an ocean made of dreams Tiny seashell armies made of bright translucent marmalade I'm the captain of the Starship Submarine Like a ball of fire I plunged on to that surface Like a streak of light I sped into the sky Before me lay the endless star-filled universe At the speed of light I vanished with a sigh Twinkling sunbeams filter down Smiling mermaids all around Without a care in an ocean made of dreams Tiny seashell armies made of bright translucent marmalade I'm the captain of the Starship Submarine I'm the captain of the silver starship I'm the captain of the silver starship I'm the captain of a silver starship submarine I'm the captain of a silver starship submarine And I'm flying through the sky And I'm flying through the sky Did you see me go by? Did you see me go by? At the speed of light At the speed of light I'm the captain of a silver starship I'm the captain of a silver starship (fade)	listen
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	No Matter How Many Times performed and composed by John Bell Well I heard you in the morning you were calling out my name and you told me of a distant place where nothing feels the same And the light beyond all knowing pulls you higher than all high I will never listen to you never listen to you No matter how many times you call me how many times you call me how many times you call me no no how many times you call me I'll be gone I'll be gone And I said do not come near me though your voice is soft and fair for you hurt me down to my heart and you only bring despair so you flee on to the others and you find your comforts there I shall never listen to you never listen to you No matter how many times you call me how many times you call me no no how many times you call me how many times you call me no no how many times you call me how many times you call me how many times you call me how many times you call me I'll never never never never listen to you I am through I am through I no no no no no I am through no no no no no No matter how many times you call me No matter how many times you call me No matter how many times you call me (I won't be around) No matter how many times you call me (I won't be around) No matter how many times you call me (I won't be around) No matter how many times you call me I'm not to be found I'm not to be found I'm not to be found I'm underground yes I'm underground I 'm underground and I'm not to be found and I won't be around for you no no no no not for you	listen
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	Silly Love Song performed and composed by John Bell Just sitting here and I'm drunk and lonely I can only think of you Well I'm sittin' here and I'm a sinking 'cos I been drinkin' this whole night through Well there ain't a girl in this whole wide world That can thrill me like you do. And when you kiss my lips it thrills me to my fingertips And makes me go crazy through and through So will you listen to my silly love song It's a silly love song that I wrote for you Well there ain't a girl in this whole wide world That can thrill me like you do. And when you kiss my lips it thrills me to my fingertips And makes me go crazy through and through So will you listen to my love song It's a love song that I wrote for you Oh will you listen to my silly love song It's a silly love song saying I love you.	listen
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	Ol' Country Summer composed by John Bell, performed by John Bell and Noelle (Hoyt) Sladon Yeehah! Me and Jethro laying down passed on the porch Sun was raising in the sky it surely was scorch Jethro tried to get up sudden and he fell right on his ear Serves him right for drinking all of cousin Kevin's beer It's a good ole' country summer makes you feel like lazin' round When it's dark we'll pile into the Buick We'll raise some hell and we'll terrorize the town Uncle Jack is kicking back flies circle round his head Fester's lying open mouthed and it looks like he was dead Martha went out to fetch a melon and Sally's in the barn Messin' round with ole Judge Parker but he won't do her no harm It's a good ole' country summer makes you feel like lazin' round When it's dark we'll pile into the Buick We'll raise some hell and we'll terrorize the town Yeehah!! (kazoo solo) It's a good ole' country summer makes you feel like lazin' round When it's dark we'll pile into the Buick We'll raise some hell and we'll terrorize the town We'll raise some hell and we'll terrorize the town We'll raise some hell and we'll terrorize the town	listen
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	Virginia Dream performed and composed by John Bell Well I cannot take the city - don't you know it's killing me All the neon signs and the subway lines will be the death of me Will you take me back to Virginia? I just can't stand it anymore. Well I'm always beneath someone's else's tree My ceiling is someone's floor Well the air is so thick I can't breathe And the highways they wind like snakes And the only water I can even drink Is the kind that they make Won't you take me back to Virginia? Where the meadows are pure and clean Sometimes late at night I dream of you Oh Virginia Dream Just give me an acre of ground And a tiny plow away And we'll grow corn and be happy in the morn And watch all the children play. How I long to go back to Virginia Where the clover is ever so green In my mind in the night in my case white room I have - yes I have a Virginia dream. Ooooh, a Virgina dream sweet Virginia dream	listen
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	When I Was Young performed and composed by John Bell I opened up my weary eyes all full of dreams of days gone by Of people that I knew and things we used to do when I was young But now it seems that they've all changed They've lost their dreams only I remain I see life as a child or so they said the friends I left behind Sitting in my garden watching flowers, watching flowers by the hour, And all I see is still a mystery as my eyes fill with tears as I look on as I look on Goodbye Alan, David and Paul Good luck Roberta and her raggedy doll Bryan and Martha, Chris and Eileen who will never know what lies inbetween Here and Now Here and Now Goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye Goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye Goodbye...	listen
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	Flow Down the River performed and composed by John Bell (see also the new recording) Patterns of sunbeams dance on a flower Misty grey mountains my life's but an hour Swirling blue waters somehow they know Like a leaf flowing by I drift and I flow Like a leaf flowing by I drift and I flow Lazy old river tells it's secrets to me Whispers of places that I'd like to be Tells of a journey from mountains to seas Where it loses itself and is finally free Where it loses itself and is finally free... I will flow down the river I will flow down the river Flowing on and on and on Flowing on and on and on I will flow down the river I will flow...	listen
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	Gypsy Voyage (incomplete) performed and composed by John Bell Listen as we drift right into space Lonely gypsies leave the human race Moonbeams carry us high to the stars Sunbeams faster than light we are Leave behind the boundaries of your mind Gentle crystal universes find Light beams painting a portrait in time Sweet dreams leaving all memories behind (lead)	listen