Song List


Childhood Friends
Monica
Helen's Prayer
Uncle Drunk
Donut Shoppe 88
Same Old Song
Soldier
The Heart Of My Lord
Requiem
Ch. 1 :
Songs From Highfield

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Childhood Friends

I can feel the lives of my childhood friends
I saw them start and I hear them end
Whispers scrolled onto jet black walls,
"If you want to do it well, you've got to do it all."
The bells ring clear and we go out
It all makes sense so we shout it out
There'll be nothing but a ghost when the Reaper calls on me.

Do you recall the girl we named Michelle
With the bubbles in her eyes and the tales to tell
To all of us just to keep us in place
But she never did that, Miss Michelle had grace
And to watch her walk, no one would doubt
It all made sense so we shouted out
There'll be nothing but a ghost when the Reaper calls on me.

Won't you take me to the river, Miss Anna Marie
You've got to wash my sin today
It's been here for years but the tears I cry
Will not make it go away
Bubba says, "If you go for a swim, keep an ear on the crowd
And if it don't make sense
You better shout it loud,
There'll be nothing but a ghost when the Reaper calls on me.

There'll be nothing but a ghost when the Reaper calls on me.

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Monica

Oh Monica, is this really you?
Funny what some earrings and a couple years can do
You are beautiful and your grace amazing still
I used to look at you as Love
And I guess I always will
And I know I shouldn't do this
Trippng back to never was
To be young and first time
Falling into love
Monica

Oh, Monica
How the space of time goes by
You were so desirable
And I was slow and shy
And it hasn't changed, 'cept for fifteen years or so
You are still desirable
And I am still to slow
And I know I shouldn't do this
Trippng back to never was
To be young and first time
Falling into love

Oh Monica, pour me one more glass of wine
Tell me 'bout your happy life
And I'll tell you about mine
And for all that's gone between
A flicker still remains
And I will have my happy thoughts
Everytime I hear your name
And even though I shouldn't do this
I trip back to never was
To be young and first time
Falling into love

And even though I shouldn't do this
I trip back to never was
To be young and first time
Falling into love
Monica

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Helen's Prayer

Lord, keep me simple, Keep me humble,
Keep me plain
Keep me knowing where I'm going
Keep me coming back again
Keep this road I'm riding rolling
Keep your river from my door
Keep your light upon my shoulders
Keep me now forevermore

The sun jumps up into the sky
As I fall out of my bed
I stumble to the shower, dripping dreams out of my head
I brush my hair and bless myself
Going to do the best I can
Staning tall and walking proud to work upon your land

Lord, keep me simple, Keep me humble,
Keep me plain
Keep me knowing where I'm going
Keep me coming back again
Keep me knowing where I'm going
Keep me coming back again
Keep this road I'm riding rolling
Keep your river from my door
Keep your light upon my shoulders
Keep me now forevermore

The days wear on my legs grow weak
And sweat builds on my brow
The whens, the whys, the hows
I know that I am wretched
I am not worthy to be saved
But then I feel your 'mazing grace
In such amazing ways

Lord, keep me simple, Keep me humble,
Keep me plain
Keep me knowing where I'm going
Keep me coming back again
Keep me knowing where I'm going
Keep me coming back again
Keep this road I'm riding rolling
Keep your river from my door
Keep your light upon my shoulders
Keep me now forevermore

The sun dips down behind the hill
Anoter day is done
For all the souls that lost many more are won
I close my eyes and let my consciousness go on its way
I pray the Lord will give me one more day

Lord, keep me simple, Keep me humble,
Keep me plain
Keep me knowing where I'm going
Keep me coming back again
Keep me knowing where I'm going
Keep me coming back again
Keep this road I'm riding rolling
Keep your river from my door
Keep your light upon my shoulders
Keep me now forevermore

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Uncle Drunk

Contemplating cocktails again
Making a mess of myself
I used to feel the sun on my face
Making a mess of myself
Times I've wasted
Impatient
I'm wasting away
Wasting away as I wait
For my special day

I drink to think; me drinks I think too much
Making a mess of myself
I used to know everybody's name
Making a mess of myself
Times I've wasted
Impatient
I'm wasting away
Wasting away as I wait
For my special day

Oh, my God, My cup's on the ground
Making a mess of myself
I was on top of the world, I believed
Making a mess of myself
Times I've wasted
Impatient
I'm wasting away
Wasting away as I wait
For my special day

Wasting away as I wait
For my special day

Drinking myself a new face,
Jake.

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Donut Shoppe 88

I make those scrumpdeliumptious morning treats

You jam into your face

Chocolate topped, cherry-popped,

Applecrumble, thats what I say

Most every day

Cause Im the jolly fat doughboy

From the Donut Shoppe 88

 

Now some people think Im crazy

Some people think Im bad

Some jokers call me half-baked

But no one says Im sad

Cause Im the jolly fat doughboy

The picture of my jolly fat Dad

And I know a dozen donuts

That you aint never had

 

Well good morning to you people

Heres your hot cup of Mr. Joe

Would you like a luscious donut

For that long and dusty road?

Hows bout my cheese chipped crème whipped

Honey suckle #4?

 

I serve housewives on estrous cycles

Truck drivers climb through my door

I serve businessmen and Boy Scouts

I even serve the hapless whore

And thats the chore I adore

Cause they all look the same when they cry

Dough Boy, gimme more!

 

I make those scrumpdeliumptious morning treats

You jam into your face

Chocolate topped, cherry- popped,

Applecrumble, thats what I say

Most every day

Cause Im the jolly fat doughboy

From the Donut Shoppe

Im going to live my life and die in this Donut Shoppe

But I will make you smile right in this Donut Shoppe 88.

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Same Old Song

It's still the same old song ten years later
Somehow all the words have seemed to change
It left me with a sad and lonely feeling in my mind tonight
The time has passed but the feeling just ain't the same.

The first time I heard it on my car radio
On my way to see my first love of life
The song was sweet and so was all of my feelings for her
But this time that tune cut me just like a knife.

It's still the same old song ten years later
Somehow all the words have seemed to change
It left me with a sad and lonely feeling in my mind tonight
The time has passed but the feeling just ain't the same.

It became the song that stood for what we felt
Each time it played, I thought about you
It stood for what we had, I never thought I'd feel so sad
Knowing that we'd never see it through

It's still the same old song ten years later
Somehow all the words have seemed to change
It left me with a sad and lonely feeling in my mind tonight
The time has passed but the feeling just ain't the same.

I heard that song again only yesterday
I was with another woman, but I thought about you
It stood for what we had, I never thought I'd feel so sad
Knowing that we'd never see it through

It's still the same old song ten years later
Somehow all the have words seemed to change
It left me with a sad and lonely feeling in my mind tonight
The time has passed but the feeling just ain't the same.

It left me with a sad and lonely feeling in my mind tonight
The time has passed but the feeling just ain't the same.

(copyright 1979, Doug Yingling)

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Soldier

I'm buried in the Commons
With a crucifix by my side
I fought to keep my family fed
I fought and then I died

I'm buried in the Berkshires
With a crucifix by my side
I fought the M
ighty Irquois
I fought and then I died

I'm buried in the Paoil
With a crucifix by my side
I fought the King of England
I fought and then I died

I'm buried in Antitam
With a crucifix by my side
I fought the God damned Yankee
I fought and then I died

I'm buried in the another land
With a crucifix by my side
I fought the awful Kaiser
I fought and then I died

I'm buried in the oceans
With a crucifix by my side
I fought a band of Fascists
I fought and then I died

I'm buried in the Orient
With a crucifix by my side
I fought a band of Communists
I fought and then I died

I'm buried in the desert
With a crucifix by my side
I fought the thought of Terror
I fought and then I died

I'm buried in the wind
With a crucifix in my mind
I fought for the glory of America
I fought and then I died

I fought for the glory of America
I fought and then I died

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The Heart Of My Lord

I was walking the road thru the Heart of my Lord
When Satan appeared as a dream
Said he, "Son, are you sure of this road that you're on,
Is the road that will someday be free?"

Well, I never before set to give it a thought
But his words sounded sweet and assured
So I sat for an hour, just a day thru the years
Now I'm lost from the Heart of my Lord.

Can you show me the way, can I leave this today?
Can the rose be retrieved from the thorns?
Can the sinner be saved from the maze of himself?
And can you show me the Heart of my Lord?

Well, I wondered the streets wearing shoes off my feet
Didn't think I could take it no more
When Cecilia appeared whispering in my ear
"You Life is the Road to my Lord."

Can you show me the way, can I leave this today?
Can the rose be retrieved from the thorns?
Can the sinner be saved from the maze of himself?
And can you show me the Heart of my Lord?

Though there's many awake through the nite crying out
There's many more resting in peace
And I know if my road is as hard as my life
It's the long road I'm on to be free.

Can you show me the way, can I leave this today?
Can the rose be retrieved from the thorns?
Can the sinner be saved from the maze of himself?
And can you show me the Heart of my Lord?

Can the sinner be saved from the maze of himself?
And can you show me the Heart of my Lord?

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Requiem

Once I was a sailor
With a different view of land
It was the place of my departure
It was the place I'd come again
But when I'm on the water
It seems so hard to leave the land again

But now I am a soldier
With my feet on solid ground
And I guard against the water
And the ships she brings around
If I'd only kissed you when I had my chance
I never would have gone

Michael rode the boat ashore
And left it by the dock
He went to lay his head to rest
And she stole away and tried to stop the tide
From coming in, but failed
And Michael left once again

Have you ever seen the dawning sun rise up in the east
And watched it walk across the sky
Just to lose it in the trees, my friends,
It's all like that
It comes and goes and everything
Comes once again

Someday we'll all be sailors
With a different view of land
No need for sad departures
Because we'll never come again
And we'll gaze out on the water
And we'll never leave again.
We'll gaze out on the water
And we'll never leave again.
We'll gaze out on the water
And we'll never leave again.

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