FIT TO SERVE
Written by A.J. Croce,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
You were my life but you went away
But that ain't all there is to say
I'm sure that time will ease the pain
I've said it time and time again
If there was someone I could find
Then she would take you off my mind
But there is no one I have found
My heart to you is tied and bound
So if you love me won't you take me back
It'll be different I promise that
Cause I'm a better man fit to serve
I'll give you all the loving that you deserve
Last night you called me on the phone
You said that you were still alone
And then it seems I lost my pride
I begged and pleaded even cried
You said you missed me awful bad
You said you messed the love we had
You said you'd give me one more chance
If I could give you more romance
I DON'T MIND
Written by A.J. Croce,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Somethings funny
No one's laughing
It ain't you honey
But I'm just asking
Is there something I don't see
Like a shadow hanging over me
I'm so blind
Double dipping
Suits you fine
The name you're slipping
Isn't mine
Though you say you love me true
Do you mean it cause I'm next to you
I don't mind
Nothing certain
That's what you told me
All I need is for you to hold me
And you can do anything you please
Two days later
No one's talking
Is it over
Are you walking
Is there nothing left to say
Cause I hate to see it end this way
Now you're flyin'
LOVERS SERENADE
Written by A.J. Croce,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
I thought it was love
It must have been whiskey
I thought I was dreaming
But I could not sleep
I said you were heavy
You said I was deep
I thought you were sexy
You thought I was cheap
But I woke up beside you
With nothing to say
And it's best to say nothing
It won't get in the way
I wrote you a letter
To thank you somehow
And I guess it seems silly
Looking back on it now
You said it was nothing
Your only reply
Man if you dig it
then never ask why
It's my ego crusade
My emotional charade
My subconscious masquerade
It's a lover's serenade
Well I couldn't help asking
And I know I'm to blame
When you start asking questions
Nothing's the same
Cause you just might get answers
The dangerous kind
If I knew what I wanted
Then I wouldn't mind
Will you be here tomorrow
Cause darling I will
Can you stick the sorrow
Cause I'll be here still
Committed or not
Shackled or free
If your standing by someone
Stand by me
TROUBLE IN MIND
Written by Richard M. Jones
MCA Music Publishing, Inc.
Trouble in mind
I'm blue
But I won't be blue
Always
For that sun is gonna shine
In my back door some day
I'm going down
To the river
I'm going to bring my old
Rocking chair
If them blues don't leave me
I'll rock my self away
from there
My good gal
she just left me
and its sure just grieved my mind
if you see me laughing
I'm laughing just to keep from crying
(Alternative verse)
I'm going down
To lay my head
On that lonesome railroad line
Let that two nineteen train
pacify my troubled mind
TEXAS RUBY
Written by A.J. Croce and Gary Nicholson,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)/Gary Nicholson Music (ASCAP)
She climbed on to my street car
Just before it turned St. Charles
More woman than I've ever seen
And she was wrigglin' outa her jeans
It must have been a hundred and three
Cause it was August down in New Orleans
She looked right through me
Said excuse me
Introduced me
Texas Ruby is my name
It was nothing but a string bikini
That was underneath them old blue jeans
And her t-shirt was soaking wet
It's only natural that the woman would sweat
But she took it off and tossed it away
Lord I was struggling for something to say
She said you really must excuse me
These old clothes are sticking to me
Texas Ruby is my name
Texas Ruby
Lord she put it to me
That lone star beauty
Known as Texas Ruby
How was a California boy to know
She made a living stripping out of her clothes
And although she had never knew me
Or how she was getting to me
Texas Ruby blew my mind
Later on down on Bourbon street
You'd never guess who I chanced to meet
It's not so much that I recalled the face
But all the other parts were right in place
And when she saw me standing by the bandstand
well she reached out and took my hand
she said I usually don't perform
On a street car down St. Charles
But New Orleans heat just got to me
Texas Ruby
Lord she put it to me
That lone star beauty
Known as Texas Ruby
Now every time I climb on street car
That's rattling down St. Charles
I'm just a boy of seventeen
On his first day in New Orleans
Seeing thing he'd never dreamed he'd see
From a girl who said excuse me
Showed it all then introduced me
Saying Texas Ruby is my name
Lord her memory drives me insane
Texas Ruby was her name
UNCOMMON SENSE
Written by A.J. Croce,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Maybe it seems like old times
Maybe it seems like it used to be
Maybe you feel like staying the night
Well that's alright with me
I don't know what you've been doing
Since I saw you last
It was only yesterday
That you were in my past
I love you so
But I don't know
I never claimed to know the answer
Maybe its uncommon sense
That brought us to our knees
The page is turned but no one's looking now
When the bridges burn you can see the light
I believe you want to change
But that don't make it right
So tell me what you want to say
You can whisper in my ear
You can tell your tale
you can bawl and wail
And no one else will hear
I'LL GET THROUGH
Written by A.J. Croce,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
I wouldn't go so far to say
I'm doing good
I'm just OK
Living life each day by day
I'll get through without you
I'm proud to say I finally see
What all along had bothered me
You wanted freedom
Now you're free
And I'll get through without you
I said yes
When I meant no
Went further than I had to go
Learned a lot and now I know
I'll get through without you
I'll get through without you
It's just lately that I've found
That I'll get through without you
Always being around
I'm sure that someday we will find
That out of sight is out of mind
How could love have been so blind
But I got through without you
Saying goodbye it broke my heart
In parting ways there is no art
It's not the end
Just a brand new start
And I'll get through without you
There isn't blame that I can tell
Unless it's on the day we fell
I hold no grudge
I wish you well
And I'll get through without you
Every time we talk about it
Seems there isn't any doubt
You'll stay away
Still I await the day
When I can honestly
Believe the words I say
CRY TO ME
Written by Bert Russel
(Unichapel Music, Screen Gems, EMI, BWI)
If your baby leaves
Leaves you all alone
And nobody
Will call you on the phone
Don't you feel like crying
Here I am honey
Cry to me
If you're all alone
In your lonely room
And there's nothing
But the smell of her perfume
Don't you feel like crying
Cry to me
There's nothing that could be sadder
Than a glass of wine alone
And loneliness
Is just a waste of time
SO IN LOVE
Written by A.J. Croce,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Once in a lifetime
Sweeter than two words that rhyme
We were so in love
You whispered slowly
I'd never be lonely
We were so in love
Then one day
You went away
And we were so in love
You needed space
To find your place
And we were so in love
Funny as it seems
I really tried
To change my ways
A hundred times
Funny as it seems
I just might have died trying
Funny as it seems
That we were so in love
COUNT THE WAYS
Written by A.J. Croce,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
He says I love you with the speed of light
He won't get to hold her tight
It's such a valiant try
He'll have to learn to say goodbye
Did she hear what he just said
I thought I say her turning red
I think the blush was only hype
Cause I can see he's not her type
But she lives for his attention
And for her love he prays
He says he loves her too much to mention
She said count the ways
One cause you're good to hold
Two for your heart of gold
Three don't you see the way I feel
Four for the perfect time
Five for you will be mine
Six can't you see my love is real
The pendulum swung
The jury's hung
The verdict's out of sight
But he don't care about judgment
He's just trying to be polite
And so she's waiting by Al Bell's inventions
Thinking of his good intentions
If he called her on the phone
She wouldn't have to be alone
As she wanders off to sleep
The telephone rings
The codaphone beeps
She says leave your number at the tone
I'll call you back when I get home
TOO LATE
Written by A.J. Croce,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Easily distracted
She was taken from my arms
It was nothing new
I overreacted
And was shaking like a gambler
Paid in IOU's
Now it's too late baby
That's alright
So early in the morning
It's much too late
To say good night
Painful as it was
I couldn't do a thing
To change the rising tide
I never knew the cause
Until I took a pause
And my eyes opened wide
There's so much about your past
I'll never know
I never cared
I never asked
About your past
I never dared
JUDGMENT DAY
Written by Skip James
Oh, Lord, can't you see the people
Standing for their judgment
They're gonna get tried
Oh, Lord, I can see my mother
Standing for her judgment
She's gonna get tried
Oh, Lord, I can see my father
Standing for his judgment
He's gonna get tried
Oh, Lord, can't you hear me knocking
I've been knocking on Heaven's Gate
NOBODY ELSE
Written by A.J. Croce,
Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Sleepy sleepy
She couldn't sleep a wink
So thirsty
She didn't take a drink
She was on the wagon
But I don't think
That anybody else
Could have done any better
Fire fire
She couldn't find a flame
So tired
Of shoveling the blame
She was never
Gonna feel the same
Andy nobody else
Could have done it any better
I know
She was under pressure
I know
She was broken down
I know
That she tried to make the measure
While she held her breath
So she wouldn't drown
Cry cry
But she couldn't find a tear
So dry
She'd forgotten how to feel
She was sober as a cop
Behind the wheel
And nobody else
Could have done it any better
Than she did
