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My Old Friend

Isn’t what he used to be

I used to think

He was better than me

There were times

Way back in the past

I couldn’t help but think

He would never last

My old friend

He was a lot like me

Just give us two

And we would ask for three

We used to speed down the road

Never thinking we could die

Used to do a lot of things

Never asking why

I still remember

All the days with my old friend

Just sittin’ pickin’ guitars

We would party till the end

We used to play our guitars

Turn the music up real loud

We were kings of rock and roll

We were legends in our crowd

My old friend

Got a wife and kids

Never would have guessed

From the things we did

And I’m far away playing my guitar

While my dear old friend

Hasn’t gone very far

I still remember

All the days with my old friend

Just sittin’ pickin’ guitars

We would party till the end

Well I sit and remember

All the days with my old friend

You Dirty Buzzard

Something just caught my eye

It’s flying up in the sky

Is it real or in my head

That dirty bird must think I’m dead

You dirty buzzard

You don’t scare me

Don’t care ‘bout where you’re goin’

What matters is what you’re showin’

What kind of dope have you been smokin’

Bet ya it thinks we’re dead

You dirty buzzard

You don’t scare me

The early bird gets the worm

Just watch it or you’ll get burned

That bird is circling overhead

I bet ya it thinks we’re dead

You dirty buzzard

You don’t scare me

Nuts And Bolts

Lord knows the trouble you’re in

Just where the hell have you been?

I’m waiting by the door

Been down this road before

Running loose around the neighborhood

Just rippin’ it up, doin’ no good

Grab yourself a coffee tim

Get some nuts and bolts and put ‘em in

Shake it high, shake it all around

Making that awful sound

Hear what I say, you must obey

If it takes all night, if it takes all day

Nuts and bolts

You might get rattled, yeah

I Am The Mojo Man

lyrics by J.Meyer, S.Dimock, T.Dimock

I was born a million years ago

With a scepter in my hand

I was suckled by a pack of wolves

We lived hard off the land

I’ve survived all wars and famine

All ignorance and greed

I’m ever alert to danger

I’m the alpha of my breed

Yeah that’s true, made it through

On my own, heart of stone

I got special ways with women

Children gather at my feet

Heroes do my bidding,

I cause armies to retreat

I got a lot of money

Got an office down the block

I hold the key to time, paradigm,

Time to stop the clock.

Politicians fear me

And love me just the same

Because I always play to win and

I’m better at their game

Those who would oppose me

Had better understand

I cannot be defeated

I am the Mojo Man

You Can't Run

You can’t hide your head

In the sand on some exotic beach

You can’t catch a star

No matter how high you reach

You can’t put out a fire with gasoline

You can’t run the race

On just dexadrine

You can’t run away

From the flood that’s gonna come

You can’t hide from yourself

No matter how fast you run

Time has a way of handing you

A different tune

And fate has a way of opening up

All those wounds

You can’t run, you can’t hide

You can’t run away

You can’t run, you can’t hide,

You can’t fade away

No, you can’t run away

From the stuff that’s gonna come

You can’t hide from yourself

No matter what you’ve done

You can’t put out a fire

With gasoline

You can’t solve the problem

With that shit we’ve all seen, yeah.

Nightime Falls

Nightime falls in the evening

When the sun goes down

You can feel it, feel the air

As it changes

The hard light of day fades into the blue

Soft and smokey

Lazy smiles replace all the bad feelings

That disappear in the dusk

Time to let it all go, sit back,

Enjoy the darkness

If only you could know,

If only you could know

Take the time to remember

How you got here

Take the time to let yourself breathe

If only you could know

A Simple Life

In my head I can see through mountains

I can fly over walls

I can lift the tallest monument

I can drink from the falls

In my head I can see every Universe

I can touch the furthest star

I respect all life on Earth

I can travel very far

Seeing - it’s not complicated

Feeling - just a simple life

Wondering - inside me now

You’ll find - a simple life

Seeing - it’s not complicated

Feeling - just a simple life

Wondering - inside me now

You’ll find - a simple life

In my head I can see every Universe

I can touch the furthest star

I respect all life on Planet Earth

I can travel very far

Seeing - it’s not complicated

Feeling - just a simple life

Wondering - inside me now

You’ll find - a simple life

Just Give Me Some Peace

In the distance I hear the guns

I can hear them coming, I want to run

But there’s nowhere, nowhere left

For me to hide

Except inside

Smoke is rising, it’s everywhere

People here are crying in great despair

If this is war, won’t you

Give me some peace

Just give me some peace

How I got here, does it matter anymore

All I know is that I

Hate this fuckin’ war

The buildings burning, I see bodies

In the street

I can see the flames and they’re

Rising all around

And the bombs are falling down

How I got here, does it matter anymore

All I know is that I

Hate this fuckin’ war

Just give me some peace

Who I Am

Gonna tell you a story

Happened long time ago

You say you want to know me

Well, there’s some things you should know

Yeah

I once was a rich man

I wallowed deep in greed

Didn’t buy me happiness

Or anything I need, no

I’m no politician

I won’t lie as I smile

I see the flag-draped coffins

They hide in denial, yeah

Don’t follow one religion

I left Satan far behind

I’m the son of the one who

Begat the dawn of mankind, yeah

I was watching the towers

As they shuddered amd fell

We’re all in this together

And we’re all going to hell

Yeah...

Shadow On The Wind

Looking back I never knew

I’d be in this place again

Just a stranger passing thru

Like a shadow on the wind

Memories so long ago

Lifetimes long gone

I’ll be here just a little while

Then I’ll be moving on

By this time tomorrow

I’ll be long gone and far away

Nothing left to reconcile

I live my life day-to-day

I could never imagine

I’d be back this way again

All those ghosts are rising up

Like shadows on the wind

Deadman's Hand

There are days when I think

I can swim the oceans

Shore to shore without ever

Breathing hard

And then my life becomes a game

Of Deadman’s Poker

I win, I hold all the winning cards

There are times when I wonder

If there’s a secret Universe

I just happened by circumstance to find

I lose all the fear and all the worries

That were swimming round and round

Inside my mind

But then the sky begins to darken

And a freak storm comes blowing in

The dealer turns to me with laughter

And begins to deal

The deadman’s hand again

And then the sky begins to darken

And a freak storm comes blowing in

Till Then

When you see me

I’ll be coming back to you

Till then I’ll be running wild

I’ve been thinking of our days together

I can’t forget someone like you

Till then, I’m so cold

Till then, I’m losing control

Are you coming, are you coming

Back to me

Am I wise or just another fool

I’m no angel but you’re no angel either

I think it’s time to forgive and forget

Till then, I’m so cold

Till then, I’m losing control

Till then, I’m so cold

Till then, I’m losing control

Take a chance, why don’t you let go

if you wait too long, I’ll be gone

I’ve been waiting long enough

Don’t you think so

Tell me yes, or tell me now

Till then, out here it’s so cold

Till then, I’m losing control

So Cold

I get frost bite lookin’ at you

Winter’s coming, I can tell

Got a third-eye, deep fry ice cream special

A snowstorm from hell

So cold

Frosty the Snowman’s got nothing on you

Your blood’s made of antifreeze

Icicles hide behind your frozen smile

Keeps me in a deep freeze

So Cold, So Cold, your’re so cold

So tell me what the hell do you want

Well, here’s a suggestion

Bend over, Baby, get ready for a shot

Of your own rejection

So Cold

I’m ready for summer,

No more of your cold

You’re too heavy for me

The only kind of chillin’ I want

Is a dose of iced tea

So cold, so cold, you’re so cold

I need to wear a pair of leather gloves

Whenever you come around

So fragile with your freon-colored eyes

Now there’s hail falling down

So cold, so cold, you’re so cold

I Know You

Don’t tell me that you don’t want to

Fool around

I know you’ve been foolin’ all over town

There’s a chance what they’re saying

Ain’t really true

But Baby I know better, ‘cause I know you

Yeah, I know you

One day I was thinkin’ how it used to be

And about the lousy way

You’ve been treating me

I know what they’re saying’s absolutely true

I’ve seen how it goes and I know you

I know you, I know you

Don’t tell me that you don’t want to

Fool around

I know you’ve been foolin’ all over town

There’s a chance what they’re saying

Ain’t really true

But Baby I know better ‘cause I know you

Yeah, I know you, I know you

I Remember

I remember playing on a hot summer nite

So full of light and smiles

Under a chalk white moon

I remember, so long ago I should forget

Many years have passed and yet

It’s all new everytime I think of you

Oh - everytime I think of you

I remember, you always seemed so

Disconnected

I was so crazy

I should have seen the signs

Oh - I should have seen the signs

Stormy Blue

The darkness outside’s like a shadow

Of the nightime storm that’s in my soul

I lost you in clouds of this tempest

And now I’m losing control

You never seem to come when I call

When I call out for you

Stormy Blue

Was it only an illusion

A dream I thought was so real

Your promises were more like a prelude

To this heartache that never seems to heal

I tried everything I could think of

But it didn’t seem to waken you

Stormy Blue

There are questions that go

Without answers

But to ask would break a taboo

There’s no magic to cure me

Of this darkness

So much darkness when I think of you

Clouds gather, the winds rise

But this lightning reminds me of you

Stormy Blue

Changes

Things are changing all around me

Nothing’s what it used to be

Things are changing, things are changing

For sure

Things are different, I can see

Nothing’s the same as it used to be

Times are changing, times are changing

For sure

Changes come, changes go

Sometime they come too fast

Sometimes they change too slow

Doesn’t take a wiseman to know

Times are changing, times are changing

For sure

Leaves are falling to the ground

Winter’s coming back around

Times are changing, times are changing

For sure

Twenty years and twenty more

Change is knocking at my door

Change is coming, change is coming

For sure

Come Back 'Round

Some fluctuation.... of reality

Just a shadow of what used to be

A hall of mirrors reflects what I see

Coming back ‘round, coming back to me

Come back ‘round, coming back to me

Time to step back

Take a good look around

See the forest for the trees

Pick a leaf up off the ground

Coming back ‘round, coming back to me

Come back ‘round, coming back to me

Life can be confusing, on this road

You’re choosing to go

You better be listening, cause the truth

Is sometimes missing from the show

Distortions of reality

Shadows of what used to be

Hall of mirrors, reflecting what I see

Coming back ‘round, coming back to me

Come back ‘round, coming back to me

come back ‘round, coming back to me

Coming back ‘round, coming back to me

You just seek transcendence

Require your attendance in the show

I can see it in the distance, so very close

Yet so far away

Life can get confusing

On this road you’re choosing to go

You better be listening

Cause the truth is sometimes missing

From the show

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This album was recorded at Thunderstorm Hollow in North Carolina over a six month period, between May and November 2011. Originally conceived as a one disk album, as we were recording the trax TTT kept writing, so by the time August rolled around there were approximately 40+ songs to pick through. Eventually we came to the conclusion that we should put out a double CD.

That in mind, we picked through those 40+ songs to see which ones fit together best, and then we went to work on finishing the 24 songs we’d chosen. Twenty-three of the songs are original. The last song on the album - “The Scholar” is a traditional Irish Folk song with an interesting story.

TTT really liked one of the Uillean bagpipe riffs that Pat Sky and his fiddle playing wife Cathy (also a published author) had recorded on their most recent CD “Down To This” (available on the Pat Sky site). TTT wondered what that riff would sound like with drums and slide guitar behind it, so for fun he copied Pat’s bagpipe track off the master recording and pasted it into a new version, complete with drums and guitar. After playing it for several people it became obvious that it was a hit with the listeners, so TTT asked Pat if he could use the track and Pat graciously said yes. We hope you find the finished product as interesting and as HOT as we do.

Pat Sky is a 60s - 70s Folk Music legend who has written, recorded, and produced songs for himself and other nationally known acts. Today he builds and plays Uillean bagpipes - which are Irish as opposed to Scottish bagpipes and are much more versatile. If you’re interested in finding out more about the pipes, contact Pat or Cathy Sky at PatSky.com or cruise their site just to read Pat’s discography.