Eleven songs, 9 original and two covers.
The first song on the album is THE BATTLE IS OVER (BUT THE WAR GOES ON). Written in 1972 by Rogers and Winn. I learned it off the 1973 album by Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcghee.
THE BATTLE IS OVER (BUT THE WAR GOES ON)
Eleven songs: nine original, two covers.
This is a song from three years ago, written in the beginning of that July. That July. You’d think, by this time, I would’ve gotten used to fireworks…
How did things get so serious so fast?
I never believe that anything’s gonna last.
I go screaming into the future while I’m living in the past
if I feel something I’m sunk
that’s why I’m such a happy drunk
if I feel something I’m sunk
and here come those fireworks
and here come those fireworks
I hang on until it hurts and then I let go
why did I ever think that we would fit together
thunderstorms and blue skies, it’s always stormy weather
I can make it worse, I can’t seem to make it better
chorus
bridge;
why do I even try to get through
another century without you?
chorus
come with me tonight
I haven’t seen you in years
the last I remember
we went down to the fishing pier
The moon was over the water
kingfishers were in the air
I told you it was gonna storm
but you didn’t care
chorus
is it true people don’t change?
that down deep they’re all the same
and we all know where the down deep is
we all know where the down deep is
a light was in your head
it shone thru your eyes
like a science fiction movie
your heart was full of lies
and I won’t ever forget
what you said to me
the way that you choose
each word so carefully
chorus
how did Iend up here
standing on this beach
watching as you walked
just beyond my reach
chorus
ON HER FACE
(Robertson 2018)
from Pan American 2018 (original title “She Wears Her Heart On Her Face”)
