(When the Flames) Catch your Back (song)

(When The Flames) Catch Your Back By Jesse Scobie


Verse:
Bb minor
The fire's in the house now
Eb minor
It will catch you like a mouse trap
Ab
Your world is crumbling down
Db F
Your race car's off the race track

Bb minor
You keep running around here wasting all of our time
Eb minor
Never bothering to check the facts
Ab
Now you feel you're about to lose your mind
Db F
When the fever rises and the flames catch your back

(same chords)
Drinking margaritas on a sunny beach
You've got the time to relax
Everybody's dancing to your beat
All bad things are in your past

(same chords)
But wait a minute, just a minute, just a little minute
Everything here goes around so fast
Your gold minute's almost finished
When armageddon's coming and the flames catch your back

Trumpet solo over verse chords


Chorus:
Eb
It's so hard to be nice guy
F minor
With two horns on your head

Ab
It's so hard to live righteously
Bb
When it's easier being dead

(same chords)
Maybe someday I will turn my life around
Though you know it's something I dread

Maybe I'm just a dark should who's found
He has a good guy suit to shred

Verse 2:
Bb minor
You're crystal globe kingdom has finally cracked
Eb minor
You're social network is about to crash
Ab
Those words of hate are now all trapped
Db F
Though your actions continue to impact

(same chords)
I guess it all depends on who controls your soul
And if you're ready for the t final task
Because those dark demons take their toll
And the war's still going when the flames catch your back

Guitar solo
Keyboard solo

End

Living For The Paper (And Losing The World For It)

Living For The Paper (And Losing The World For It) By Jesse Scobie

Verses:
Bm E
These simple things I soon forget
A D
In these nightmares of endless debt
Bm E
Crawling by on minimal means
A E
Nothing is ever easy here it seems

Same chords
The president says the end is near
Speaks words of nothing to fear
Father, mother struggling on by
Their children can only ask why?
And I'm…

Chorus:
F#m B
Living for the paper
C#m B
Making sure my dreams are dead
F#m E
Just living for the paper
C#m D
And losing the world for it
A B
Living for the paper
C#m D
Gotta support my wife and kids
A B
Cause they can't get by
G#m C#m C#
On just a hug and a kiss

Verses:
Bm E
Silly puppets on a stage
A D
Controlled by those who made
Bm E
The system for you and me
A D
Enslaving ourselves for free

From Greece, Iceland and Ireland
To China, Japan and our own USA
Bank lords and Wall Street stand
With their feet on our mouths today

Chorus:
F#m B
Livingfor the paper
C#m B
Making sure our dreams are dead
F#m E
We're living for the paper
C#m D
And losing the world for it
A B
Dying for the paper
C#m D
Have no sense of where I'm going
A B
My family's so forgotten
G#m C#m C#
And I can't keep on not knowing

Interlude Instrumental:


Outro Chorus:

Living for the paper - A
Someday it's all gonna change - D E A
We'll make the world safer - F#m
No more a catalyst of shame -Bm D E

But life has no eraser "same chords"
You can't stay stuck in the past
We can't afford to waiver
It's time for all of us to act

Watching The Time Go By (poem)

Watching The Time Go By By Jesse Scobie
(For My Grandfather Ross Beiler)

Driving the old car down the sunset lit street
Breeze in my face, watching the robins fly high
Daytona looks beautiful beyond the windy trees
A lovely day at the beach watching the time go by

Receiving hugs and kisses from family members
Having sweet iced tea and grandma's apple pie
Seeing the old photographs of smiles, of memories
Everything seems so simple watching the time go by

You're born into a life unknown, in a special place and time
With certain gifts you receive to use before you die
A brilliant mind for helping others and heart for caring
Inspiring the young and restless, watching the time go by

Raised a family of values, virtues and service to others
With a loving wife and mother always present at your side
Father to son again and again, teaching the importance
Of not letting it all slip away, watching the time go by

From The Cold To The Flame

From The Cold To The Flame By Jesse Scobie

From the beginning till the end
From spring's bosom to winter's dark
From the sleepy hollows o f yesteryear
To the snowy tops of a life complete
Truth always stays the same
From the cold to the flame

From children laughing in delight
From serpent's hissing at the walls
From the girls of love long gone
To the acceptance of what is
It will all continue to change
From the cold to the flame

From prisons of doubt and ceilings of fear
From the depths of a poor man's den
From the pools of a rich man's fountain
To seek the heart of nature
Riding on the forgotten train
From the cold to the flame

From a solemn spot on a dreamy hill
From the moon's sweet summer home
From the blessings of a family tree
To the stars of destiny and fortune
Through sunshine and through rain
We break through all the chains
From the cold to the flame

Traveling Birthday Wishes

Traveling Birthday Wishes By Jesse Scobie


On the beaches of Normandy, I can feel fire in my veins
Through the Indian Ocean I am alive
From the tops of the Pyramids of Giza I feel no more pain
Sleeping in the Yorkshire fields tonight

Sammy's gotta go fishing and I gotta find my keys
Rachel needs a date for the prom
The Statue of Liberty is crumbling to it's knees
Uncle Sam needs to find a new mom

Happy Birthday, I wish I could feel young again
Happy Birthday, so you think it's time to stay friends
Well let's go and see
Where we want to be

In a sleepy misty garden, the druids make amends
Through the diamond sky I still dream
From the Rocky Mountains I sense all the trends
Swimming in Lake Michigan I am redeemed

Billy has to cash the checks and I need cigarettes
Suzy feels the wind creep in
George Washington's tears are of broken bayonets
Santa Claus is breathing thin

Happy Birthday, I wish I could feel young again
Happy Birthday, so you think it's time to stay friends

Well let's go and see
Where we want to be
See what it all means
In this broken down life machine
Of traveling birthday wishes and midnight dreams..

Theme From A Broken River (Signs Of A Broken Mind)

THEME FROM A BROKEN RIVER (SIGNS OF A BROKEN MIND) By Jesse Scobie


Gm C Eb D F
Lately I've been so lonely, you were the only thing that kept me going
Gm C Eb D F
Lately I've been so broken, feeling so hopeless, the sadness keeps on growing

F/Gm F/Gm Eb D
The past is the past, nothing long lasts except for the pain and the memories glowing
F/Gm F/Gm Eb D
Stuck in a trance, given so many chances, your mind kicks at your blood still flowing

Eb D
No one can see..... and no one can see
Gm F#
what it keeps doing to me
Eb D
No one believes..... and no one believes
Gm F#
anymore in you or me
Eb D
Death is all I can see, death is all they believe
Gm F#
will keep on unfolding
Eb Bb aug Gm D
Here we go and here we go on this path left so frozen
Eb Bb aug Gm D
You'll never hear, you'll never hear all the words left unspoken

(repeat chords from above)
Let's look at who won and what they've become in the face of god's love
Let's shed no more tears, release all the fears, I believe we've had enough

Time moves slowly, keep dreaming mostly of a paradise that is long gone
But dreams are hollow, there's no tomorrow in a world full of so much wrong

No one can see..... and no one can see
what it keeps doing to me
No one believes..... and no one believes
anymore in you or me
Death is all I can see, death is all they believe
will keep on unfolding

Here we go and here we go on this path left so frozen
Can't you see, can't you see all this wounds cut open
We can't escape, we can't escape the fates we've chosen
You'll never hear, you'll never hear all the words left unspoken

Not Just Another Woman (song)

Not Just Another Woman By Jesse Scobie

Ab Gb
People tell me a good woman is hard to find
Db Eb
But I'm just a man who can't keep love off his mind
Ab Eb
I've sat under the lonesome tree, been left in the rain
Cb BM Bb
I've been cheated as much as can be but I've let go of the pain

Ab Gb
My heart's been sown with a thousand little stitches
Db Eb
Was alone at home always wondering what I was missing
Ab Eb
But I knew she would be coming my way
Cb BM Bb
I knew I would be ending my journey that day

A E B F E
She's not just another woman, she's not another fairy tale
A E D C# C B
She's not just another woman, she happens to be my girl

Through day and night, through life and death
My life has been full of empty pages of regret
A failed man cannot find happiness in a bottle
No his soul mate doesn't live in fantasies of tomorrow

My brain's been heavy and weak from melodrama love
Some memories still hurt but they're not what I'm thinking of
No I'm thinking of you darling and your golden smile
I'm thinking of how my life is back in style

She's not just another woman, she's not another oyster pearl
She's not just another woman, she happens to be my girl

Bridge:
My lady in love, my lady in joy
My lady in sadness, mother of my girl and boy
My lady in longing, my lady in ecstasy
My lady in madness when she's sitting next to me

She's not just another woman, she's not another beauty with curls
She's not just another woman, she happens to be my girl

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