Jook Bourke
My Mojo's Just Too Weak
© 2004 Jook Bourke
All Music and Lyrics By Jook Bourke
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| Track 1 - My Mojo's Just Too weak |
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| Track 2 - That Was It? |
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| Track 3 - Would You Help Me Get Through This Life? |
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| Track 4 – You're Driving Me Crazy |
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| Track 5 - I Must Be Gone |
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| Track 6 - She Laid It On |
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| Track 7 - Stuck Being Me |
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| Track 8 - It's Already Too Long |
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| Track 9 - You Could Just Be Ahead Of Your Time |
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| Track 10 - Surrender |
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| Track 11 - If I Had Some Dollars |
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1. My Mojo's Just Too Weak
2. That Was It?
3. Would You Help Me Get Through This Life
4. You're Driving Me Crazy
5. I Must Be Gone
6. She Laid It On
7. Stuck being Me
8. It's Already Too Long
9. You Could Just Be Ahead Of Your Time
10. Surrender
11. If I Had Some Dollars
My Mojo's Just Too Weak
It wasn't long ago that I was free to get around
Yea, I was no Casanova, but I was free to get around
But since I met you baby
My love ship's run aground
Ooo baby, you're so sweet
But Baby, you put some potent spell on me
I've been trying to hold you off, but my Mojo's just too weak
It wasn't long ago that I would say good morning girls
But now I walk right by, seems that I'm in another world
Yea, all the pages in my black book, turned yellow then they shriveled up and curled
Ooo baby, you're so sweet
But Baby, you put some potent spell on me
I been trying to hold you off, but my Mojo is way too weak
So I went to Madam Clara, to get some John the Conqueroo
She took one look into my palm, said there ain't no help for you
Oh baby, yea you're so sweet
Yea, I been tryin to hold you off, but my Mojo is just way too weak
Now we got two kids, live a house with the in-laws up the street
Yea, those little girls' they got your knack for looking cute and being sweet
But they put some kind of spell on us that makes even your Mojo look weak.
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That Was It?
So that's my life?
That's my life?
That was it?
That's my life?
That's my life?
That was it? That was It?
That can't be all,
I had so many things planned I never did
Guess I ate too many french fries
And had too many shakes
There should have been some warning
Sayin don't eat this everyday
Now the preacher's in the corner
He don't hardly know my name
I can hear him tell my brother
God works in mysterious ways
But that's my life
Is that my life?
That what it is?
That's my life
That's my life
That was it
That can't be all,
I had so many things planned I never did
I wanted to go to Mardi Gras
And join the peace corp. no really
I wanted to buy a new car
And drive to New York City
I was gonna pay back uncle Bob
I wanted to get a steady job
I was gonna complain a little less
And call my family more
I was gonna to tell my dad I didn't mean to beat up on Ron
I was gonna confess I took the money from mommas cookie jar
And I think I'm pretty sure that I am really very sorry
You know I'm not so good at these things although I get lots of practice
That's my life
That's my life
That was it
That's my life?
That's my life?
That's it?
That can't be all,
I had so many things I planned I never did
So that's my life?
That's my life?
That was it
So that's my life?
I kind of thought
There'd be more to it
I was about to make my peace
When I heard the red-haired nurse say
He'll pull through it
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Would You Help Me Get Through This Life
I could leave just walk away
Try to believe it doesn't matter anyway
But I'd be fooling myself
Like I've done before
Yea, So many times before
I asked my brother, what should I do
He laughed at me and said she's made for you
She could help you get through this life
She could be there when you get old
She could help you get through this life
And hold you when it gets cold
I know that we agreed to meet in 30 days
To finally decide if we should go our separate ways
It's just an accident that we should meet this soon
But I know what to do
Don't need no more time to think it through
I Could you help you get through this life
I could be there when you get old
I could you help you get through this life
And hold you when you get cold
Would you help me get through this life
Would you be there when I get old
Would you help me get trough through this life
And hold you when you get cold
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You're Driving Me Crazy
Your driven me crazy
Please leave me alone
You start up in the morning
And you don't quit when the sun goes down
I don't understand you
Or the way that you cry
You sound just like a baby
Gives me chills and makes my blood pressure rise
I give you everything you need to be happy
You get the best food that my money can buy
Although last year you lost a tooth or two
Your bites still bad enough to make the kids cry
Your driven me crazy
You must think it's your job
If you'd take a small vacation
Be enough to make this grown man sob
Besides biting, over eating and sleeping
You throw up all over the living room rug
If I had known you get this big and live this long
Fifteen years ago I would a got a dog
Your driven me crazy
Please leave me alone
You start up in the morning
And you go past when the sun goes down
Your driven me crazy
Please leave me alone
I'd die a happy man knowing what a quiet morning is in my home
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I Must Be Gone
Yea, I must be gone
Oh I must be gone
Yea, I must be gone,
Yea, cause I've been trying to butt in for a half an hour
But nobody seems to see
Well. I must be invisible
Yea that's it, I'm invisible (Yea, I always wanted to be that)
Oh, I must be invisible,
Yea, cause I've been bobbing and weaving my head
But nobody looks this way
Don't get me wrong I'm having a good time
Sitting around this table with all your girl friends
And I must be the envy of all the other guys
But there's so much girl talk going on
I just can't get in
Well it's a dream
Yea I know it must be a dream
Yea it's just a dream
But I woke up when the waiter brought the check, everybody
Everybody looked at me
But I'm not invisible
Yea and I know it's not a dream
But I'm gone
Yea, cause I found out
It's raining outside and I'm gone
Yea I've gone to get the car
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She Laid It On
She's a pretty little thing
And she looks so meek and shy
Just sitting in the auto service center
To see what problem they would find
And when the man called out her name
She went right up to the desk
He said, mam I've got bad news
You haven't taken care of this and it's just a mess
Then he handed her the estimate
Grinned a little, and then he sighed
As she looked up and down the paper
The fire was building up in her eyes
But when she got to the bottom line
She turned red, and started shaken
And that's when … Dr Jeckel
Turned into Mrs. Hyde
Hoo man he didn't have a clue you know
People aren't always what they seem to be
Hoo yea she only has but one mean bone
He hit it when he blamed her
He's the one that's been deceived
Hoo yea she laid it on that man you know
Both barrels were firing at one time
Hoo yea she laid it on that man you know
He didn't see it coming
Felt sorry for the guy
She said "Now I don't need no headlight fluid"
And one transmission is all I had in mind
You can tell your story to the judge
Mister, cause you just crossed over the line"
She looked him in the eye
And said now I don't want to own your shop
So the only thing your fixing is
The clunk the car makes when it stops.
Well his mouth was hangin wide open
And he said sure mam that's on me
She went back to Dr Jeckel
And said "Please hurry I'm late you see"
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Stuck Being Me
When I was a boy I thought I'd fly in space
Or make big rockets that shook up the place
I thought a lot about the things I'd be
But I got stuck being me
I wanted to be some kind football star
Score lots of touchdowns and help the team go far
I had big dreams of things I'd be
But I got stuck being me
I found out it ain't so easy going into outer space
It really does take some luck I have to say
And the football players have gotten to be so big now
Only size XXXL get to play
Dad said play saxophone like I did in the band
Take 32 bars south, in after hours jams
I dug that idea, but as luck would be
I picked one and two and it was three
Now I don't mean to make it seem like I'm full of regrets
I don't have a long list of things I would change
But I think I had the right stuff to be a saxophone man
Don't Have to be big, don't have to be named John Glenn
When I was a boy I thought I'd fly in space
Or make big rockets that shook up the place
But that was a little more than luck could arrange
Had to play the hand I was dealt with no exchange
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It's Already Too Long
It's already too long
Don't make me wait here anymore
We're already so late
Yea, I can't remember what we are leaving for
Let's just forget all about it
I'll turn out the lights and lock the door
The next time I say that we're leaving in an hour or so
Please don't think that so means three hours or four
I 'm on my third glass of gin and I really can't see strait anymore
It's already too long
Don't make me wait here anymore
We're already so late
Yea, I can't remember what we are leaving for
Let's just forget all about it
I'll turn out the lights and lock the door
It's hard for me to imagine what could possibly take you so long
You were already beautiful before you started getting ready to go out
Now I'm seeing double and that will probably mean it's gonna be twice as long
It's already too long
Don't make me wait here anymore
We're already so late
Yea, I can't remember what we are leaving for
Well, let's forget all about it
I can switch out the lights and lock the door
Now, I know that you must be doing something really important up there
Like praying or talking to dead relatives while staring off into the air
And now I'm seeing triple and I'm sure we not going anywhere
It's already too long
We're already so late
I'll just turn out the lights and lock the door
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You Could Just Be Ahead Of Your Time
If you feel like you're all alone
And the things that you like, nobody even knows
And that someone you've been admiring pronounces your name all wrong
Well, you could just be ahead of your time
If you still like those old blue jeans
And the latest fashions could just make you scream
Don't worry cause if you wait awhile your old clothes will be new chic
Yea, you could just be ahead of your time
Even Doc Einstein had old shaky hands
By the time it was cool to say, it's all relative man
And Mr. Jefferson said, all men are equal and have the right to liberty
But don't you know we're still waiting for everybody to be free.
If you feel like you're all alone
And you don't watch any popular TV shows
Don't worry because it's possible that you ain't got it wrong
Yea, you could just be ahead of your time
I'll bet that someone you've been admiring will eventually come around
Yea, you could just be ahead of your
You could just be ahead, I'll bet
You could just be ahead of your time
Yea, ahead of your time
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Surrender
I give up, I surrender
It doesn't matter anyhow
I lay down my weapons and wave my white flag starting now
I give up, I capitulate
Unconditional terms are fine
I'm not fond of fighting and sure hate to waste all this time
I really can't give you any reason
And I don't want to think 'bout this anymore
Why can't we just gaze into the southern starry night
Hold hands and spin it into a Vincent Van Gough
Well the longer this pot stays on the burner
Yea, the hotter the soup is gonna be
Pretty soon it'll burn or boil over
Nobody here to clean it up but you and me
I give up, I surrender
Col Custer could've used this phrase
I lay down my weapons I do believe I have found another way
Now who could like the feeling of being angry
A minute of being angry is way too long
If we could hold hands and walk by the ocean
Bet we'd forget who was right and who's wrong
I give up, I capitulate
You can bury my heart at Wounded Knee
I'll fight no more forever
Except to keep you here with me
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If I Had Some Dollars
If I had some dollars, I could call my own
I'd go down to the corner, get a beer and a guacamole taco.
But my money left me
Went to people I don't even know
I bit off more than I can chew
It's as American as picking up the tacos at drive through window number 2.
But, now I got a bad case of those over extended blues
If I had some minutes, that were just for me
I'd take a lazy nap, and have a sweet dream
But last time I checked my watch
The big hand was on you belong to me
I bit off more than I can chew
It's as American as buying stuff on sale you know you'll never use.
But, now I got a bad case of those over extended blues
It started when I signed that stack of papers till my fingertips turned blue.
They said congratulations by the way the first of every month is when your payment's due.
Only thirty years of writing checks on our new house that really wasn't very new.
By the time I fixed up everything it was time for fix up everything round two.
If I had a three dollars, I could call my own
I'd change it to pennies and throw um one by one
And make a wish on every throw another of my mortgage payments was gone
Bye bye, yea bye, bye
Bye bye, yea bye, bye
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