michaelgoodmanmusic: March 2015

NEW YOUNG CENTURY (2009)

NEW YOUNG CENTURY

Somehow got it into that head of mine

Everything I knew was wrong

Erring on the side of chance and disaster

I took a gamble with a gun

Then Melinda told me she bore me a child

and I had to find my way back home

so I headed for home

I swore this time it was gonna be different

I was gonna be a better man

Even prayed to the Lord up above

I said, "You gotta help me if you can"

I had in my mind that I could make it out clean

and I couldn't wait to show her my plan

because I had a plan.....I had such a plan

I went to her window, I knocked on her door

but she knew that I was on the run

I got on my knees and I begged and I pleaded

She wouldn't let me see my son

Then the man come and he take me away

and everything I had was gone

All I had was gone

My blood was boiling angry and hot

Tears falling hard and slow

The judge didn't have any mercy on me

No mercy for my soul

and off I had to go

They branded my neck just like a cow

so I hopped the roof and closed my eyes

Landed right on a passing train

Destiny was on my side!

Even the past was dead to me now

I felt the turning of the tide

the turning of the tide

A man was talking the other day

I knew what he was talking about

He said he was living as in a desert fringed with jungle

and he had no way to get out

And that's when I thought as I looked all around

the same thing was happening in the new young century

Didn't know my way around, didn't understand the music

I couldn't even find a job

Fated for a life of villainy

Befriended only those I could rob

I don't know how long I'm gonna have to keep going

All's I know I better not stop

I had better not stop

TEDDY ROOSEVELT

Why don't you give that man a square deal?

Put him on Pelican Island

Send the fleet all around the world

Put the jungle in the museum

But now all my machines are breaking down

It seems like there's a raincloud deep inside of me

I don't want to be the ugliest man in the world

Sometimes I feel just like the ugliest thing in this world

He didn't say "charge", he said "follow me"

Just like an old Teddy Bear

They shot him, he kept speaking

Stood strong at the River of Doubt

But now how am I ever going to fix these broken teeth?

It's just another thing coming on down the line

Well, you got what you wanted

You gave me the keys to the kingdom, I threw them back at you

Put on a black cape and charge into the night

Clean up the cops in New York City

Maybe now I should find something to eat

Where is that thing I love so much?

Well, now it's worth next to nothing

You gave me the keys to the kingdom, I threw them back at you

SNAKE IN THE GRASS

I wish I could be even, I wish I could flee

I wish I could be living in my used-to-be.

I wish I could get even, I wish I could be free

I wish I had my friendgirl, she'd be true to me.

We find you in our midst with friends you've amassed

To me, you're just a slithering rattlesnake in the grass

My friendgirl wants your apple but she knows your past

She knows you're just a slithery rattlesnake in the grass

They tell me you're a person with wealth, taste and class

To me, you're just a little slithering rattlesnake in the grass

Methinks you're just a slithering rattlesnake in the grass.

PSALM 151

O Lord, I just want to pray for the new young century

How dare they try and get their hooks in the new young century

We don't want it the way it used to be

Got to get it where it ought to be, where it ought to be

O Lord, I know I'm an unworthy man

O Lord, you should avert your eyes from me

But O God please please please save the new young century please

Do it for the new and the young

THAT'S MY MACHINE

There once was an inventor and she had a noble thought

To put her own ideas at work to help most everyone

They told her she couldn't, they laughed in her face

She just rolled her sleeves up, hunkered down and stayed up late.

Its chest was made of metal and its face encased in glass

It made little noise and it operated fast.

But a man was taking pictures from the balcony on high

They then engaged their lawyers to secure the patent's rights.

She almost let a cry out when she learned what they had done

She busted in the room where they all were having fun.

She said, "You can have all your riches, you can live out all your dreams"

Then she pointed to herself and said, "'cuz that there's my machine."

THE GIANT MIND

The audience is applauding

the idea is instantly killed

your city filled with new faces

reminds you, reminds you of ghosts long ago

And the genius that you're asserting

it's tugging there at your sleeve

the episodes you're repeating

an angry mob, the rabble that's there at your door

We can go and play in the fields 'till the rain starts falling

We can chase the butterflies 'till our mother starts calling

I spit on the flames you are fanning

the point we got where we are

you're magnifying the difference

the difference, the difference between us is thin

And the moral that's in the story

I see that you're straining to know

your voice, it just leaves you strangling

the bitter way, a better way is right there

right under your nose

NOT YET BUT SOON

Nothing is working, feel like the tree that fell in the forest

Now I remember, what I'd give to just fly away

Free on the freeway or maybe the next train out of town

You lift up your head, they tell you to get down

How are you doing, carrying on with the great adventure?

Life could be over, I wouldn't even waste a second

Life could be over, but there's still time to find a way

Find that way

What are we doing, slumming around with a bunch of drunks

Look at these people, don't think I'm ever coming back

SENSATIONAL DEVIL

You sure lit 'em up good

Pat you on the back for the things you've done

I stand in awe of everything you do

And look at you now, you're quite the fancyman

Million dollar hands

You sure made it out in the nick of time

A scoundrel for the ages

But down here life just doesn't agree with me

I've given it a fair shake

I've been a dogcatcher, a quartermaster

I've even been a mutineer

And I did it all for the girl I never stopped loving

Why not? She's just an innocent fish

Part time lady

I know I'll see her again

Somehow, somewhen

I didn't pay for that monkey

THE SAME SONG TWICE

If you still are there, hold your hat out

I don't know where we are

All our dreams gone up in smoke, again

What did we do it for?

All those chances slipped away

never to return

Ride me on in to town

We must start again

in hopes of....what?

* * *

I don't mean to complain

but you've got me in a real bad situation

Left clinging to the peg

or fall into the chasm

It seems so final now

I guess I just have to accept it

You haven't put me in the grave

but I know that you're trying

Can't get back to where we've been

You're a danger to us all, don't come in

They say "You take it, or else..."

Oh well

I guess something's better than nothing.

DOGSHIT BLUES

How to quiet my mind

Why so loud?

I can't get out from behind

I hold me down, hold me down

I can't get over that hill

Well, it means next to nothing to me now

This case calls for surgery

All these dreams weigh me down, weigh me down

I can't get out of this mind

Well they say it's good for me

What did you do with my imagination

I need it now to take me far from here

and to calm me down

THE CRUEL SON

Whatever will we do with you

I ask of you

All of the nights I held you so

I saw you through

You were so new

you filled me with light.

Why aren't you talking to me now?

I'd talk to you

I don't know how you're perceiving things.

What did I do?

I beg for a sign

You're a cruel little mother

Ungrateful to the bone

You don't know what you're doing

and we're losing precious time

How dare you sit and judge me

I say to you

I care whatever becomes of you.

REST AND PEACE

We dug all the holes

we picked all the fruit

we lifted all the wood

we did everything they asked

but still

they didn't want to know about us

so we moved on

till we came to a clearing

don't you remember?

How the light was hitting the trees at that golden hour?

And look!

There's Billy Kirby, and there's Danny O'Brien

Mrs. Aggie and Mr. John

We take our place and at the table

we are provided with a feast

The song is carried by the people

we are content-the quest is done

And up, up, up

over the mountain

through the thicket

they gathered around the old tree

White dresses on all the ladies

White hats on all the gentlemen

And blur went the worries

till they didn't even matter anymore

And that's how I left you

And me? What happened to me?

I grew fat as a happy king and lived a long, long time

THE NEW YOUNG CENTURY EXPRESS

Breathe, I can breathe

I can hear, I can see

Speak, I can speak

I can reach, I can do

I've got plans, you know

Pretty baby won't you come with me

to save the new young century

DON STUPIDO (2009)

DON STUPIDO

I was born a humble servant but with toil and guts

I worked up to the inner sanctum, that's where I was

I was frightened and afraid and trembling with fear

I was talking with the emperor, I had his ear

He said he'd set me loose to seek out a trade

I started at the bottom but I learned all their ways

I was getting rid of chemicals out in the hall

I was mixing in the sawdust, they'll never know

With the high seas crashing into the bow

You'll never guess where I ended up now

I had a cocked and loaded musket tucked into my glove

I was working on the slaveship, that's where I was.

When I took my pistol and pointed it at the captain

then I took the wheel and drove the whole ship aground

The cargo went free and back home they all cried,

"Oh no, Don Stupido, oh no, oh no!"

NO MIKEY NO

Mikey no, Mikey no, don't give up your power

Mikey no, mikey no, don't give up your home

What you say, what you do

If they're leaving it up to you.....

Mikey no, Mikey no, you're a horrorshow

Mikey no, Mikey no, don't you give in now

What you say, what you do

If they're leaving it up to you, then I'm on my way

Mikey no, Mikey no, don't you do it again

THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD

When you see Mike coming, you better step aside

He'll smile to your face while he sharpens up his tongue

Aha, that guy's the meanest man in the world

Now pepper makes you sneeze, and onions make you cry

But as sure as you're born I know you're gonna say

"Aha, that guy's the meanest man in the world"

That guy's the meanest man

that guy's the meanest man

That there's the meanest man in the world

Matt can be funny, Matt can be nice

but he'll throw the news at you and he won't think twice

Aha, that guy's the meanest man in the world

You better look away when you see Paul coming

He'll pound you with his fists if you don't get running

Aha, that guy's the meanest man in the world

That guy's the meanest man

that guy's the meanest man

That there's the meanest man in the world

SMASH THE AXE DOWN

Well you can fool yourself so many times

That air about you is such a crime

I'm so confused exactly what it is you do

You go your way and I'll go I don't know

You're so poor and baroque

You've got a head made out of stone

You've got unrealistic expectations

Why don't you just put 'em on the block and smash the axe down

It's so lonely out here by myself

I wish those people would just shut their mouths

I've done it all - what else can I do?

When you look so fine and they just fall all over you

You think you did it all by yourself

I say you had the most outrageous luck

I was the only one that's good

And you just take Michael Goodman and you smash the axe down

MIKENOMICS (2007)

I FEEL GOOD WHAT I'M DOING

I feel good what I'm going

I know it's only a feeling

Listen to my band, listen to my band play the music

And I don't even care if you're booing

because I feel good what I'm doing

I'm not picking on you, baby

But I'm a man and got eyes

I'm not fooling with you, baby

because you're the devil in disguise

And you may have more money than me accruing

but I feel good what I'm doing

SECOND SONG

Oops they did it again

Looks like you fully accept what they're saying

There was no hope of a triumph or glory

Lies only a fool could believe

Maybe it's 'cuz you're trained

Maybe it's 'cuz you're stupid and lazy

I don't know just how I'm gonna say it yet

but it's only the second song

Right there you are

So right there you are

Don't you be scared my darling, it's only the second song

I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU WHEN I DIED

I was thinking about you when I died

when I died, when I died

I was thinking about you when I died

for I will not be back no more

"Were you thinking about me when you died,

when you died, when you died?"

Yes! I was thinking about you when I died

for I will not be back no more

"Were you thinking about me when you died,

when you died, when you died?

Were you thinking about me when you died

for you will not be back no more"

Look, I was thinking about you when I died

when I died, when I died

I was thinking about you when I died

for I will not be back

for I will not be back no more

That's it!

YOU'RE NOT INVITED TO THE PARTY

There's gonna be girls

Girls from all over the world

And if you like boys

well the boys are gonna be there too

There's gonna be an open bar

all night long!

Even the help is gonna get kissed

and all the guests are gonna get tips

but

you're not invited to the party

Why don't you kick a tin can

all the way home?

When you get there you find you owe money

Why don't they just leave you alone?

But in the other yard

high up on a balcony

they're pointing and laughing at you

(they're singing)

you're not invited to the party

(oh, I wish someone would invite me to the party)

Some say a hundred guests

I think it even less

Every year it seems to be a much, much smaller affair

But you can't get home

because your driveway's blocked

You knock on the door but they won't let you in

because you're not invited to the party

YOU'LL NEVER GET RICO

Hold it

and always remember

breaking hearts is bound to please you

breaking broken hearts will please you

but you'll never get Rico

you'll never get Rico

Easy, your honor, just do what you're going to do

Easy, your honor, just do what you want to do

but you'll never get Rico

you'll never get Rico

You can use your words like thunder

and make me have to run for cover

you may have me, you may have my mother

but you'll never get Rico

you'll never get Rico

Easy, your honor, just do what you're going to do

Easy, your honor, just do what you want to do

but you'll never get Rico

you'll never get Rico

(Search the children, search the ladies, men)

JUST IN TIME FOR NOTHING

"Beat it, mister, beat 'em up bad

Beat 'em, mister, make 'em all mad

You are the greatest goddam thing we ever had"

"Teach me, master, you little master man

Teach me, master, you genius master man

You put a bug so far up their ass, good job, let me shake your hand"

I was amazed when I first left the city

What they were talking about

I was amazed, even here, right here in the city

What they were talking about

They were the ones who wanted to throw stones, now they're having doubts

It was once, it was twice, I swear it must have been ten

It was once, two times, here it goes again

I will never forgive those bastards for what they did to my friend

"Watch your mouth, how dare you, all that stuff that you say"

They told me "Wash your mouth out, son....hike!....we're not listening anyway"

Well now we're here in the quicksand, HOW COULD YOU BE SO FUCKING STUPID???

That's the question I ask everyday.

In the middle, in the middle of it again

In the middle of it, in the middle of it

in the middle of it, in the middle of it

Just in time for nothing, all they got there is clowns

Just in time for nothing, sit yourself right down

If you want to know why, follow the money, then you might come around.

789 DOLLARS THAT I DON'T HAVE

Had to go sell all of my records to the Academy

Ever since I was a little bitty boy those records were the world to me

Borrowed about all that I can from my friends and family

Hope I have enough to keep on my electricity

Counting it up and when I get the sum, it's woe, woe-is-me

It comes to 789 dollars and, well, that's bad

because that's 789 dollars that I don't have

Fear of work, love of the good times, I know you know what I mean

Kick myself, drink myself to death, you know what I mean

I'm just an imposter in the house of love, baby

(Water lighty foodoo housey, just like Fela said!)

Don't tell me you've got A.D.D.! You can't listen to my song!

No wonder why I can't make 789 dollars to slap right in your hand

Sorry, that's 789 dollars that I don't have

I know what I'm gonna do now

I know just what I'm gonna do now

I'm gonna find somebody rich, they'll take care of everything

Meanwhile that's 9, 8, carry the 3 and well, you do the math

It comes to 789 dollars that I don't have

(I walk around town singing "troubled about my landlord, troubled about my landlord")

He wants 789 dollars and he wants it fast

and that's just 789 dollars that I don't have

FOREVER WEAK

Forever weak

and there doesn't seem to be a thing I can do about it

Might as well send me away on a big, big balloon

A fool, a freak

forever weak

And I don't even care about it anymore

Just shoot me right up to the dark side of the moon

I'M JUST A SENTIMENTAL SORT OF FELLOW

I subscribe to precious few axioms

makes it easier bending the facts but oh wait

don't get me wrong

way down deep I'm just a sentimental sort of fellow

Scheming and scamming with high society

while you other people live in anxiety

Wait, don't go little lover

Don't you know I'm just a sentimental sort of fellow

Apparently, I'm blowing smoke rings up this world's sexed-up ass

in hopes that they're fooled

(scam scat)

Apparently, I'm shit out of luck in this crazy world

Oh what can I do? I'm just a sentimental sort of fellow

SMILING WORLD

Suit yourself, suit yourself, suit yourself, shoot yourself

In the winter, I'll be waiting for you

Shoot shoot shoot them down, suits and ties

All I see are faces smiling

I get unnerved in a smiling world

To all these faces that keep smiling

What's the deal-io with this smiling world

LAST SWIG OF THE COCOA

"Looks like they made off with all of the loot", I say to you

You shrug your shoulders 'cuz what can one say, what can one do?

It's back down to me and you

I was right again

I was right

but no one was going to listen

Get out of my way

for what's there left to say?

They said it was time

and my heart did cry

They said it was time

I knew their mouths doth lie

They're part of the crime

and me oh my

so are you

***

(if I had a million dollars

I'd lose all my friends

and the new people I'd meet

I'd be new money, they wouldn't accept me

if I had a million dollars

think of the paperwork!

They'll always know where to find me

just what I need

if I had a million dollars

I'd die a spectacular death

crash my boat into an electric eel

and knock out power to the whole ocean)

STRONG DEATH

UNABATED

I came back

to finish the job

that ain't ever been done

and so you suffer again and again and again

unabated

Come around to my way

to my way of thinking

It electrifies the air with a feeling so rare you can taste it

Now if I could take the pain of the world

and burn it all up in a bonfire

I'd sacrifice my body, my life, whatever it took

so we could make it

unabated

(come around, come around, come around)

THE MUSIC IS IN MY HANDS

You can't have it back

The music is in my hands now

You can't have it back

The music is in my hands now

You can't have it back

You didn't treat it well

The music is in my hands now

The music-the music

the music is in my hands

the music

is in

my hands now

EVERYTHING'S FUNNY

You told me how everything is funny

and now I know a way to make a sad day sunny

You taught me how everything was funny

A big man in a bib!

That's funny!

The thing that he just did!

That's funny!

And I'll never ever forget that moment

You were so funny......

(so funny funny funny) :(

STAND UP

Stand up

The whole world's waiting

I do believe

They're waiting for you

The whole world's waiting for you

Stand up

You included

BASEBALL SONG

When you heard that crack, the men went running

into shallow right

well, he caught the fly ball and they made him a star!

Don't take me out dancing-don't take me to a movie

I'm concentrating

I've waited my whole life for a day like this

and the boss is on the phone, he won't leave me alone.

And when they hear those oldies

they do waves up in the stands

Mr. Organ Player

Strike it up for my good friendboy Mister Willie Brown!

So elated, so sophisticated

Another one came in and I say do it again.

Yeah, do it again

yeah, do it again

ah, kicking up dirt, he was headed for home

(and the crowd goes wild!)

Negotiation-do it for the nation!

The pen is on the paper now let's do it again!

And did you see-see Johnny?

He went running on the field!

Before the police caught him

he slapped a high-five with the home run batter!

New York City-ain't that a city?

All a boy can really say is do it again

Yeah, do it again

ah, rounding the bases he was headed for home

Yeah, do it again

(and all the money rolling in to the hot dog stand!)

Yeah, do it again

(and again and again and again and again)

Yeah, do it again

(ah, caught in the traffic, we were headed for home)

NOTHING'S GONNA MAKE THAT PAIN GO AWAY

This old heart can't take the pain

Eyes of love, they can't take the pain

Nothing's gonna make that pain go away

TRY

One so new, ride it your way

Unconfused, they tried to kill me

I'm in the tree on the crossing

Go on home, you're no different

And as I sit all around me

I'm way up but who's within me?

Doesn't matter-you turn me

It never happened-you do me

Try

And now who's looking?-oh I can't see

I can't connect-try

Make amends? Prove it to me

I've read the book, seen the movie

Try

ROMEO

Abuse spoils your charm

Put your love on the table

You lose your head over that good, good thing

and squash it on the ground

Don't lose your edge my friend

The pig never becomes a lamb

or someone's Romeo

The years, they just speed away

Put your blues out there on the table.

SUMMERS GONE

Guess what? Guess who?

No one was expecting there'd be a person like you!

Nowhere in the writings did it say

and we ignore that stuff anyway.

I remember you from the last century

You sure know how to serve up a deep dish of pain.

One thing about all these current generations

They had excellent taste in superficial things

Summer's gone-summer's gone (something's wrong)

It was just two short hours

Did as much laughing as we possibly could

Went back home

Paranoid and alone

Saw two lovers down by the river

Wept so hard like a baby

And now back here in the quicksand

Wrong politican

We'll scatter their parades

Make grim their pageants

Delicious pizza! I bankrolled the whole thing!

SUFFER AGAIN

When I saw him talking to ya

Wanted so to be apart of it

Just bout then did I remember

Suffer again!

Walked into a foreign room

People standing all around me

Thought I was a rolling stoner

Suffer again!

Well whatcha wanna/gonna do

End it like Fellini's movie?

'cause if you don't rectify this:

Suffer again!

I STILL LOVE THE BEATLES

After years of war, everybody scattered 'round a groaning globe

Dark was the night, long was the day and it went from bad to worse.

We didn't know what we were going to do.

Yeah.

All that brick and stone, standing cold imposing 'gainst a dark grey sky

So we rode the trains, we did anything to scrounge a meal or home

I didn't even have my guitar

Yeah.

Standing in that line, suddenly a song I know floats through the air

Everybody on that line started moving with the music, sweet and rare

They're still my friends, they're still my family

Yeah.

AT THE END

The end

doesn't seem so invisible

Don't

don't make my mouth frown again

Time

with the wait/weight of a billion years

and this old earth has always kept me

always kept me spinning

I, I can't turn back when I'm in it, now

The will

I don't know if it's in me now

and anyway they've made their minds

(and I have made mine too)

All you see is pain

Why?

WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD?

Why are you so good?

You are the beat in my Beatles, the Jane in my Jane's Addiction

Why are you so good?

I might as well just give it up

Why are you so good?

This ain't no phony baloney!

Why are you so good?

You cheer me up when I'm lonely.

Why are you so good?

You make excellent torta

Why are you so good?

You condone the use of marijuana!

Why are you so good?

I bet I'd even like your driving

Why are you so good?

You could have been in the movies

Why are you so good?

You just might take over the world

Why are you so good?

On the other hand, maybe you ain't so good

STRONG DEATH

strong death

and the pull

like a river

in which we were born to drown

strong death, strong death

Keep on aiming higher (strong death, strong death)

I'm the sun

I'm the weed

I'm the wind

on the wings

(of

small death)

SERIOUS PARTY

OPENING MANIFESTO

You think you’re clever?-I think I’m better

I mama/papa you until you can’t breathe

My arms will squeeze you-my fingers tease you

I’ve got the only feeling that you will need

You’d try and cheat me, Captains of Industry

I need your future like a hole in the head.

You follow orders-I walk on water

Why don’t you go and put the baby to bed?

It’s been like a long coma

But I have been awakened

It’s gotten down to cold, cold nerve

But I welcome you this evening.

I welcome you here.

I roam and ramble-you’ve got a handle

I turn you louder on my radio

I’m like a rabbit-got all those filthy habits

I see an opening and then I go in.

The people starving, so I ask Harvey

He says that it has always been this way.

I wouldn’t choose it, your type of music

I know you’re trying but I’ve heard it before.

HUMAN MUSIC

I want to save you

I want to stay with you

I want to play with you

I celebrate you

(and she says...)

Keep that music going on.

I’m not afraid of you

I’ll go astray with you

You purify me

intensify me

And those that have never known your love

think they don’t need love

but believe in your body

Believe in your body

Love is good but you’ve got to do it right

And you ignited me

beautified me

made me feel like

a kind of hero

Keep that, keep that

Keep that, keep that.

CAVEMAN

You’re the one and only way to ride through the flood, ride through the flood.

And the crown is not made of gold, it’s made of mud, it’s made of mud.

Every song I ever sang, I thought was mine, thought it was mine.

All awake, the sleep don’t come but still alive, yeah, still alive.

Should have been brought up in a cave, I’d have a home, I’d have a home.

CAVEMAN 2

Should have been brought up in a cave, I’d have a home, I’d have a home

Many folks they think they’ve got a halo, but all their faces are made out of snow, made out of snow.

And all the old heroes, all the old heroes seem like children now, seem like children now

Talking shit, talking lots of shit but nobody knows, nobody knows, nobody knows.

SHAKING

You don’t know what you’re doing

You’re set up good for losing

Your love, it left me shaking

This thing from me you’ve taken

The plans I had were waylaid

I’m waiting for my payday.

Can I reach you?

You’re standing in the stars.

My song is made of magic-

if you want it, you can have it.

I’m anxious, but I’m patient

I know when things are fated.

SERIOUS PARTY 2

BORROW FROM ANGEL

Own up, something I don’t want to do.

Wasted, all those things I never tell you.

I don’t want to be your slave

I don’t want to feel this way

I don’t want to lose my way.

Always, the simple things they slip right by me

Sudden, didn’t think you had the right

Face it, I can only smile and adore thee.

I could never lead your way

I could never lead the way

I could never clear your name

I don’t want to take the blame

If I deserve to feel this pain, I don’t want to feel this way.

If I deserve to feel this way, you say you’re gonna leave…..

Do it to me.

MAGIC WANDA

A real magic wanda, she makes me feel fond of all you lovers in the galaxy.

Gonna run right out and hit the barbershop and find myself some company.

I’ve got the shadow of death on my vocal chords, you’ve got the breath of life-

you keep taking me all in the wrong way and I just want to do you right.

Wait by my window-

you can always count on me.

Wait by my window

Never never never say you’re gonna leave.

I’ve got a mind to sneak up and tell you I think you’re mighty fine.

Why don’t we go and grab ourselves a dinner? Yeah, we could have a real good time.

A real loose lucy, well I can’t be choosy when affection’s in such short supply.

I can be a real mean son of a bitch (but we’ll let that stuff slide right by!).

Now I’ve got the notion that when we’re much older you’re gonna want to be my friend.

But I don’t know where I’m-a-gonna be and this chance may not come again.

This chance may not come again.

SO LONG, GOODBYE

So long, goodbye

I walk away from my baby’s house

So long, goodbye, I’m gone.

You said, but you lied

You take a page from your daddy’s book

So long, goodbye, I’m gone.

I’m not fooling, I’m not fooling no more

You broke my heart so many times

I waited just for you, that’s all I can do

Now I’m knocking on your door.

So goodbye, so long

I walk away from my baby’s hutch

So long, goodbye, I’m gone

So long, goodbye, I’m gone.

SOMETHING IN THE MELODY

Something in the air-something that sounds good to me

Something I can hear-something in the melody.

We made it, we made this place our own

We created it, we made this place our home.

Eyes are running wild, wild and you look good to me

Like your skin and bones, baby, you were born for me.

(everybody be good everybody, everybody be good everybody)

Maintain your cool on the dance floor

I see you like your good time

Become a thing of beauty

Your life is a work of art.

(everybody be strong everybody, everybody be strong everybody)

(everybody go wild everybody)

Amen.

I DON’T MIND, I DON’T MIND

A tribute to your way and reason

I see you're safely home, lady.

A joy to man and beast,

Resplendent and serene.

My worries and my woes exceed me

I cast them to the breeze

I know I’m not that strong

Your lips make me believe

You can be what you want-I don't mind, I don't mind

You can say what you want-I don't mind, I don't mind

You can think what you want-I don't mind, I don't mind

You can feel what you want-I don't mind, I don't mind

I heard you sing my song

An honor set apart

I reach out for your tears

I see we’re almost there

And you can take what you want-I don't mind, I don't mind

And you can make what you want-I don't mind, I don't mind

You can do what you want-I don't mind, I don't mind

You can choose what you want-I don't mind, I don't mind

A long moment ago

It’s a distant memory

You’re a sharp tongued New York girl

You’ll never be alone.

(You can see who you want, I don’t mind, I don't mind)

KINDA KINKY

I’m a randy dandy and kinda kinky, too.

I’m wondering how ‘bout you?

You’re a mischief maker, I get this way with you.

I see you brought the shoes!

You’re kinda kinky, too.

That stuff don’t impress me

I see it all the time

Sex can be so messy

But as long as I am yours and you are mine

stop at the limit of your imagination.

You’re a little ganga girl and kinda freaky, too.

You see I’m one of you.

I’m kinda kinky, too.

You’re a nasty biter, I’ll tell you what we’ll do,

I’ll show you who’s who.

'cause I’m kinda kinky, too.

DON’T LET ME KNOW

How did you find yourself, wrong as you could ever be?

After all is said and done, what’s a man supposed to do?

Use your schooling-why it has to be this way

My love is your pillow-use it for your own ends and means.

How could you put me up against the wall?

I’m a little jaded now, but that's better than a man that’s too naïve.

Don’t let me know.

Why would you want me waiting underneath the rain?

It’s not just grey storm-clouds weeping on your face for you and me.

PRETTY HANDSOME

You can leave me here-here by the side of the road

I won’t even fight-if it puts the moonlight in your night.

And the cars go by and 'round-I stop by a telephone

You wouldn’t understand-‘cause you thought that I never was a man.

You say you look at me and see a reckless kind

That’s funny! I had the same line!

You got your settlement today-and it’s pretty handsome I must say

You’ve got a whole new look and way-and now no one knows my name.

You’ve got me chained and bound-and I ain’t down.

You want to make it up and throw me a bone

That’s all right-I roll my own!

MISS, I MISS YOU

Another night of people running ‘round, paint the town-

all seem so strange to me

Put another movie on and try so hard to concentrate-

the ingenue gets me down.

And I know that I miss you tonight

This time I know you’ve gone and done it-

you always tangled by the graves

Nothing in your path could ever scare you

Not me, nor any other knave.

And I know I was wrong but I miss you tonight

And it’s been so long that I miss you tonight

And I know it ain’t right that I miss you tonight

And I toss through the night ‘cause I miss you tonight.

Anything you want you call me, honey

Any little thing you think that I can do

Just around then you beat me to it,

but like I say, I miss you.

THE KIND OF PLACE I WANT TO BE

And the thing on my mind

is that death-it’s a long, long time.

You wouldn’t listen

and I warned you to your fingertips.

All I know I’m going to be gone

but somehow you and me, we’ll go on and on.

And that slows the hands of time

-and the warmth you have.

And the thing on my mind

is that living-it can be so fine.

All I know is fear, it grips the land

but somehow you and me will be ok if you just hold my hand.

If I see you in a room,

it becomes the kind of place I want to be.

SERIOUS PARTY 3

GONNA SEE MY BABY

(B)-Boy (G)-Girl

(B) Yeah, gonna see my baby, gonna see my baby, when I get downtown

(G) Yeah, gonna see my baby, gonna see my baby, when he gets downtown.

(B) I get so excited ‘cause it’s you I crave

I thank the lord above for the gift he gave me.

(G) Well, don’t be too long ‘cause I can’t take it.

This feeling’s so good and I just can’t shake it.

(B) Yeah, gonna see my baby, gonna see my baby, when I get downtown

(G) Yeah, gonna see my baby, gonna squeeze my baby, when he gets downtown.

(B) Baby I just want you all to myself.

(G) Sugar, I don’t want nobody else.

(B) Then let’s close the door and check out your room

(G) I hope you don’t plan on leaving too soon.

(B) Yeah, gonna see my baby, gonna see my baby, when I get down.

(G) Yeah, gonna see my baby, gonna see my baby, when he gets downtown.

KEEP ON MAKING MONEY

Dogs are swinging from the trees

Monkeys down on their knees

Bugs are spawning in a drain

Faces in a yawn of pain.

And the plane crashed into a cloud

Monks talking out loud

Dead men giving birth, they know they’ve got to multiply.

Keep on making money, keep on making money.

The poets are all painting

All the work is wasted

Somewhere a baby’s crying

Somewhere your baby’s crying.

Keep on making money, making all that money, keep on making money.

Jones looking for a feed

Fingers dripping with greed

Everybody’s got a need

Everybody’s got a need.

ACTUALLY NO, I DO MIND

A penny for your dreams

I see you're damaged just like me

We’re shaking like the leaves

Death must be in the wind.

Your heart acts more like a brain

You keep causing all that pain

And here it comes again

You do it again and you do it again

Again and again and again

My wounds will never mend

OLD

Loose lips always sinking ships

Gotta grab a hold of I don’t know

Lose weight, don’t tempt fate

Be good looking when you die die die

And I thought but never bought

Your whole spiel and what the deal really was

I got fat in your habitat

And I blame you-yeah I blame you.

Better drink up with your sinner’s tongue

You’ll last long ‘cause you’re so wrong

You switch bait-my my how you wait.

You’re so old but you love to be young.

PASSING

One more year, you’re gonna make it someday

You know it’s yours for the taking

You’re a real stimulator

I’m an assimilator.

All the good time is passing

And the worst part is lasting

They know what they’re doing-animals in a crazy zoo

Use your Constitution-or they’ll take it away from you.

THE MUSIC HAS GONE AWAY

Stike up the band-watch how those bastards play their hand.

Middlemen, you make the music go away.

When they say they like your style, watch how they try and change your smile.

They're not fooling and that's why I say the music has gone away.

The music has gone away.

Counting the money-well, I guess that's just showbiz.

But don't forget who was back there building you pyramids!

When you let a scam exist for years and years,

it gets much harder to resist and we pay for it with our ears.

And you know there's something missing, been gone so long.

Everything sounds like candy, with a logo on.

and so the music goes away, the music has gone away.

My good friendgirl Dina-she goes by the name of Dina Dean.

Watch how those bastards try and turn her into Britney!

When they add their lousy beats, it's like an invasion.

It's a sin to mutilate those songs, but hey-a girl's gotta eat.

And I know if you could hear me, we'd both agree.

How I yearn for all that music to be set free

but the music has gone away, the music has gone away.

THE BIG IDEA

Got the big idea but you can’t connect it

You've got to grab that monkey if you want it to do tricks for you!

This isn’t phoney-the one and onla!

You’ve got the plug-you’ve got the light

Now make that light shine.

You get in deep (if you know what I mean)

Where there’s no distraction, where you can feel

When you hear the music, you’ll know that you’re home

I know ‘cause I’ve been there so many times before.

We eating jelly-it’s in the belly!

We drink to you and your good health too.

And then we hit the funny chord, here we go, funny funny chord, now.

Now.

YOUR LOVE KEEPS ME

Your love keeps me happy

Your love doesn’t hide

Your love is an action

Your love is a high

Your love is a fire

The fire keeps me warm

The warmth is keeps me living

The warmth it keeps me strong

I think of you, don’t want to lose what I have

Your love is a weapon, cuts through my disguise

So wrap those spiritual arms around me

Wrap those spiritual arms around me

Wrap those physical arms around me.

Your love doesn’t steal from me, it always tells the truth

Your love is my dinner, your love changes my mood

Your love don’t take money, your love don’t take bribes

Your love keeps me protected, your love saved my life

So wrap those spiritual arms around me

Wrap those physical arms around me.

THE WANT U WITH ME LP

WANT U WITH ME (M)

Want u with me-thought you were mine

U want me say this about u?

Want u with me-thought u were mine

Like the childness about u

Like the wildness about u

I can see the danger around u

I can feel the vibe that surrounds u.

Want u with me-thought u were mine

Ooh, mamasay mamasay mama

I wish you well-

your cruel and cunning guile

You put a hatred in me

You put a sadness in my smile

The words all wrong

The promise that never came

All tied up, but trying

What’s the difference, we both are dying

Want u with me-thought u were mine

Want u with me- I want u

Like a child

And the sun

And the wind

Never knew a thing about you, suffer again

A VULTURE ON YOUR LOVE

I’m just a vulture on your love, bad baby

I’m just a vulture on your heart, bad babe

What can I do?

It’s up to you

Give me your good

I wake up every day for you

I’m just stumbling on your charm, bad baby

I’m just fumbling towards your harm, bad babe

What can I say?

I’m blown away

Heart settle down

I’m losing all myself to you

Lost so much

Just like the empty hunger

That drew a heartbreak across my soul

But somehow I knew it wouldn’t be you the one who’d hurt me

Still, I’m just strung out on your love

I’m so hungry for your heart, bad babe

What can I do?

I thought you knew

What can I do?

I wake up every day just for the chance to maybe see you, girl

I catch your eye, I get shy

Never knew someone like you

Tell me, baby

What do I have to do for your love?

You’ve got my only heart-

do what you want with it.

GODMUSIC

Seep into to your heart

Keep it in your heart

Let him show you

Let him make your mouth a tool of gold.

Let it dethrone you

Let it mask your schemes and clip your wings.

Who bemoans you?

They want to trick you with the lies they bring.

1956 POLICE

I was walking up the avenue

and I saw her tip-top-a-runnin’

and my heartbeat it was-a-gunnin’

(I have a habit of taking things to extremes)

and my words, they all done failed me

and when I looked your hard eyes nailed me

I wanna tell you I’m just not what I seem.

So I get back home and I lick my wounds,

have a smoke, shake off that gloom

and a week later, I’m ready to do it all again!

Wait till I see you coming round the bend-

I'll say amen!

One day, the yellow sky turned to blue,

we robbed the drug store and the liquor station,

started driving clear across the nation

(with great precision, I know the wrong thing to do).

Feeling like a tin can solider,

see her body and I wanna hold her,

and every night, we try something new!

So I wake right up and it’s another day,

I try and walk the other way

but my darlin’, you keep looking so fine

and I’m not so sure if that’s a waste of time.

Yours or mine?

Two days later and we were much older-

I looked and saw an angel on her shoulder.

(I knew I was in for a whole world of fun).

Winding up in a two car disaster,

finding out God was the master-

still, I keep doing what shouldn’t have been done.

By now the pieces began to connect-

she threw away my cigarettes,

the only thing in this world that can keep me satisfied.

Well, you don’t have to be happy to be alive,

just a will to survive.

I was living by the 8th street Teamo-

Jake was playing a left-handed piano

I hadn’t seen her in a long, long time.

Now here she comes, acting kinda randy,

didn't have a second thought handy,

I knew in my heart that girl was mine.

Now feeling like a great big dummy

when she called another man “honey”-

she took danger to a whole ‘nuther degree.

Now she’s gone and she won’t come back to me.

Can’t she see that I’m lost?

I was hanging ‘round with your friend Herschel

after everyone else went commercial,

guzzling TNT till the break of dawn.

Now, I’m not one to knock another man’s hobby

but oh, what a scene down there in the lobby-

lucky it all got straightened out in some small dive.

Ah, wishing I was stone cold sober-

thinking about all the things I owed her

(What the hell? Life doesn’t last long!)

and I don’t really give a shit if I’m right or wrong.

It’s my song.

BLAMED

I didn’t want to make no issue

The feeling caught me unaware

I never knew just what you were doing

I never knew it wasn’t so fair

But now I’ve got the bigger picture

Your action’s calculated to stun

You thought that I was being unfunny

But some things are just not done.

Blame me, blame me, blame me, blame me.

Your virtue deserves to be taken

Your words they never made much sense*

(*- or sometimes:Your words they never gave you defense)

Your confidence, it needs to be shaken

To knock you right off of your fence

And even in the dead of winter

You’re bundled up inside of your hood

The hungry masses in the millions (,baby)

But we never had it so good.

Blame me, blame me, blame me, blame me.

I OFFER NOTHING

You could sing my song

but it would make you blue

innocent friend.

You could speak my mind

You'd know just what to say

beautiful friend

You could feel my space

but it would leave you cold

My only friend

oh my my

You could see it on my face

I know that you can.

You would make me sad

You'd make me happy, too

I'd offer nothing.

oh my my

THANKS TO MY BABY

Bringing it home to my baby

Singing this song to my baby

Giving some thanks to my baby

Giving it up for you baby

Filling my soul with my baby

I’m gonna stick close to you, baby

Now that’s a beautiful lady

Lovin’ the look that you gave me

Living the life with my baby

I’m gonna do right by you, baby

Havin’ my way with my baby

Going to town with my baby

What you are and what you’re meant to be

Don't you know?-you were born for me

Pushing my luck with my baby

Swimming to hell with my baby

Making a face at my baby

I’m gonna be good to you, baby

Foolin’ around with my baby

I think that we’re all gonna make it

Feeling the heat from your fever

I saw her face-I’m a believer

Fixing it up with my baby

Love when you dance with me, baby

Hanging around on the weekdays

Taking you out when it’s payday

Putting my moves on Baby

Stepping out with my baby

Giving some thanks to my baby

Singing this song to you, baby

I WANT YOU WITH ME

I feel I’m in trouble and I know I don’t like it

Head on the ground, feet on the ceiling

No matter how I try, I just can’t get by it.

I can’t deny this easy feeling.

I know it’s wrong

But I want you with me

I can’t go on

I just want you with me

Sometimes I feel like I can see right into you.

I feel funny just even saying it

But every where I go I want to take it back to you

I’d even write a song and put your name in it (something I’ve never done!)

I know it’s wrong

But I want you with me

You’re amply warned

I just want you with me

People say the way I feel is madness

But I can’t walk away from what I have found.

‘Cause suddenly my heart is filled with gladness

and things seem better when you’re around.

I know it’s strange

But I want you with me

I’ve tried to change

I just want you with me.

MUSICIAN CREDITS

THE WANT YOU WITH ME LP (2002)

On My Lunch
Chris Moore: Drums
MG: everything else

Want U With Me (M)
MG: everything

A Vulture On Your Love
MG: everything

Alphabet Man
MG: everything

Godmusic
MG: everything

1956 Police
MG: everything

Blamed
MG: everything

I Offer Nothing
MG: everything

Thanks To My Baby
MG: everything

I Want You With Me (A)
MG: everything

SERIOUS PARTY (2003)

Opening Manifesto
MG: everything

Human Music
MG: everything

Caveman
MG: everything

Got Back At My Boss
Tom Heinneman: Baritone Saxaphone
MG: everything else

Shaking
Lars Jacobsen: Flute
MG: everything else

Too Much Lulu
Debbie Steinhauser: Otherworldly voice
MG: everything else

Ghostbook
MG: everything

Come On World
MG: everything

Bucket T (torrence-altfield-torrence)
MG: everything

SERIOUS PARTY 2 (2003)

Borrowing From Angel
MG: everything

Magic Wanda
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone, flute
Lawrence Krauser: Trumpet
MG: everything else

So Long, Goodbye
MG: everything

Something In The Melody
MG: everything

I Don't Mind, I Don't Mind
MG: everything

Kinda Kinky
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
MG: everything else

Don't Let Me Know
MG: everything

Miss, I Miss You Tonight
MG: everything

Pretty Handsome:
Ted Schreiber: Lap Steel
MG: everything else

Gone, Over, Done, Enough
MG: everything

The Kind Of Place I Want To Be
MG: everything

SERIOUS PARTY 3 (2003)

Gonna See My Baby
MG: everything

Keep On Making Money (michael goodman-jack dermand)
Jon King: Guitar solo
MG: everything else

Gross/Net
MG: everything

Actually No, I Do Mind
Lars Jacobsen: Bass clarinet
MG: everything else

Northsix
Jon King: Guitar solo
Ted Schreiber: Lap steel
MG: everything else

Why You Did Dat?
Lars Jacobsen: Farfisa organ, back up vocals
MG: everything else

Old
Ted Schreiber: Bass
MG: everything else

Passing
Ted Schreiber: Bass
MG: everything else

The Music Has Gone Away
Lars Jacobsen: Bass clarinet
MG: everything else

The Big Idea
Jon King: Guitar solo
MG: everything else

Inspirational, Not Intellectual
MG: everything

Your Love Keeps Me
MG: everything

Stress Piece
MG: everything

LAMBCHOPS (2003)

Pencil In My Eye
Lars Jacobsen: Bass clarinet
MG: everything else

Blue Nazi
Ted Schreiber: Bass, harmonica, back up vocals
MG: everything else

You Talk Too Much
MG: everything

Jack Wagner
MG: everything

A Quick Ripoff
MG: everything

Other Side Woman Blues
MG: everything

TV People
Lars Jacobsen: vocals
MG: everything else

805 (miller-stevenson)
MG: everything

Death Of Man
MG: everything

Man Of Love
MG: everything

Hot Room
MG: everything

Jump In
Lars Jacobsen: Farfisa organ
MG: everything else

Sleping With My Pot
MG: everything

Why Wait Without You?
MG: everything

Matthew
MG: everything

SERIOUS CHRISTMAS (2004)

I'll Be Broke Next Week But I Don't Care
MG: everything

The Biggest Box Under The Tree
Gary Langol: Stand up bass
MG: everything else

Ruff, The Christmas Dog
Lars Jacobsen: Bass clarinet
MG: everything else

I'll Be Working On Christmas
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone
MG: everything else

I Coaxed Her Under The Mistletoe
MG: everything

Ma, You Really Outdone Yourself This Year
Ann Marie Stratton: recitative
MG: everything else

Santa's Pipe
MG: everything

Snowy Night
MG: everything

STRONG DEATH (2005)

Unabated
MG: everything

The Music Is In My Hands Now
MG: everything

Walking Set Of Problems
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone
Jeff Steinhauser: Bass
MG: everything else

Everything's Funny
Pete Galup: Guitar solo
MG: everything else

Stand Up
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor and soprano saxaphone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
MG: everything else

Baseball Song
Pete Galup: Guitar solo
Ted Schreiber: Bass
MG: everything else

Nothing's Gonna Make That Pain Go Away
Chris Moore: Fender rhodes
MG: everything else

Try
Gary Langol: Stand up bass
Ted Schreiber: Electric bass
MG: everything else

Romeo
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone
Jeff Steinhauser: Bass
Ted Schreiber: Lap steel
MG: everything else

Summer's Gone
MG: everything

Suffer Again
MG: everything

I Still Love The Beatles
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone
Chris Moore: Bass
MG: everything else

At The End
Gary Langol: Stand up bass
Lawrence Krauser: Electric piano
MG: everything else

Why Are You So Good?
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone
MG: everything else

Strong Death
MG: everything

Epitaph: Play That Again Boy
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone, flute, clarinet
MG: everything else

MIKENOMICS (2007)

I Feel Good What I'm Doing
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone, flute
Pete Galup: Opening guitar solo
MG: everything else

Second Song
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone, flute
Jed Marshall: Bass
MG: everything else

I Was Thinking About You When I Died
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone, flute
Gary Langol: Trombone
Ted Schreiber: Bass
MG: everything else

You're Not Invited To The Party
Gary Langol: Organ
Ted Schrebier: Bass
Jason Loewenstein: Guitar solo
MG: everything else

You'll Never Get Rico
Lars Jacobsen: Bass clarinet
Gary Langol: Stand up bass, synth
MG: everything else

Just In Time For Nothing
Pete Galup: Guitar solo
MG: everything else

789 Dollars That I Don't Have
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone, back up vocals
Ted Schreiber: Bass
Ann Marie Stratton: vocal
MG: everything else

Forever Weak
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone
Gary Langol: Stand up bass, piano, organ
MG: everything else

I'm Just A Sentimental Sort Of Fellow
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone
Jason: Trumpet
Gary Langol: Stand up bass, piano
Joe Quigley: Stand up bass
MG: everything else

Smiling World
Jason Loewenstein: Guitar solo
Ted Schreiber: Bass, slide guitar
Chris Moore: Guitar
MG: everything else

Last Swig Of The Cocoa
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone, flute, bass clarinet
Kellie Rae: vocal
Chris Moore: guitar
Jed Marshall: Stand up bass
Ted Schreiber: Electric bass
Mitchell Yoshidida: Fender rhodes
MG: everything else

NEW YOUNG CENTURY (2009)

New Young Century
Chris Moore: Dobro
MG: everything else

Teddy Roosevelt
Chris Moore: Dobro
Tom Gavin: Acoustic guitar
Ted Schreiber: Slide guitar
MG: everything else

Snake In The Grass
Natasha Kozak: Violin
Jed Marshall: Stand up bass
MG: everything else

Psalm 151
Lars Jacobsen: Bass clarinet
Tom Gavin: Feedback
Chris Moore: Feedback
MG: everything else

That's My Machine
Steve Goodman: Accordion
Tom Gavin: Mandolin
Chris Moore: Dobro
Ted Schreiber: Slide guitar
MG: everything else

The Giant Mind
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor sax, drone synth
Lawrence Krauser: Electric piano, trumpet
MG: everything else

Not Yet, But Soon
Natasha Kozak: Violin
MG: everything else

Sensational Devil
Steve Goodman: Accordion, voice of reason
Jed Marshall: Stand up bass
Tom Gavin: Lap steel
Ted Schreiber: Slide guitar
Grace Liberty and Jesse Justice: Cycling
MG: everything else

The Same Song, Twice
MG: everything

Dogshit Blues
Chris Moore: Rhythm guitar (electric)
Tom Gavin: Lead guitar
Ted Schreiber: Bass
MG: everything else

The Cruel Son
MG: everything

Rest And Peace
Tom Gavin: Mandolin
Chris Moore: Dobro
Ann Marie Stratton: Vocal
MG: everything else

The New Young Century Express
Lars Jacobsen: Bass clarinet, tenor sax, flute
Lawrence Krauser: Piano, drum
Dave Engelhardt: Electric guitar, drum
Steve Goodman: Accordion
Ted Schreiber: Slide guitar
Tom Gavin: Lap steel
MG: everything else

DON STUPIDO (2009)

Don Stupido
Tom Gavin: Mandolin
Jed Marshall: Stand up bass
Steve Goodman: Accordion
Natasha Kozak: Violin
Lars Jacobsen: Bass clarinet, tenor saxaphone
Lawrence Krauser: Piano
MG: everything else

No Mikey No
Dave Engelhardt: Electric guitar
Lawrence Krauser: Electric piano
MG: everything else

The Meanest Man In The World
MG: everything

The Rub
Lawrence Krauser: Piano
Lars Jacobsen: Bass clarinet, tenor saxaphone
MG: everything else

Smash The Axe Down
MG: everything

COVERS OF THE WEEK (2000-2009)

The Inner Light (george harrison)
Steve Goodman: Accordian
MG: everything else

Wind Up Doll (lee perry)
Jack Dermand: Lead guitar
MG: Everything else

Wined and Dined (syd barrett)
Jack Dermand: Electric guitar swells
MG: Everything else

Weighted Down (skip spence)
Gary Langol: Slide guitar, harmony vocal
Jack Dermand: Electric guitar swells
MG: everything else

My Speeding Heart (kevin ayers)
Jack Dermand: Electric guitar
MG: everything else

It Was The Night (robyn hitchcock)
Jack Dermand: Lead guitar
MG: everything else

You're Breaking My Heart (harry nilsson)
MG: everything

Good Feeling (gordon gano)
MG: everything

Epistrophy (thelonious monk)
Lars Jacobsen: tenor saxaphone
MG: everything else

Cool It Down (lou reed)
MG: everything

Go Go Girlie (rodd keith-dan gaydick)
MG: everything

It's Spring Again (
MG: everything

Let's Go Get Stoned (ashford-simpson)
MG: everything

Soul Dance #3
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor saxaphone
MG: everything else

Tell It To My Heart
MG: everything

You're All I Want For Christmas
MG: everything

The Hallelujah Chorus (handel)
John Bollinger: drums
Lars Jacobsen: singing along
MG: everything else

Don't Say Nothing Bad About My Baby
MG: everything

You Know My Name (lennon-mccartney)
MG: everything

Blackbird (lennon-mccartney)
MG: everything

ALMOST GOOD (recorded between 2002-2009)

The Jungle
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor Saxaphone
Lawrence Krauser: Trumpet
MG: everything else

Son Of Godmusic
MG: everything

Fela Is Dead
Tom Heinneman: Baritone Saxaphone
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor Saxaphone
Andrea: Trumpet
MG: everything else

Send Me Some More
MG: everything

Endgame
Lars Jacobsen: Tenor Saxaphone
MG: everything else

michaelgoodmanmusic

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

DON STUPIDO (2009)

NEW YOUNG CENTURY (2009)

MIKENOMICS (2007)

STRONG DEATH (2005)

SERIOUS PARTY (2003)

SERIOUS PARTY 2 (2003)

SERIOUS PARTY 3 (2003)

THE WANT U WITH ME LP (2002)

LAMBCHOPS (2002-2009)

HERBANOMICS (2009)

BOOTLEGS!

NORTHSIX, WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN, MARCH 3, 2003

COVERS OF THE WEEK (2002-2009)

SERIOUS CHRISTMAS (2004)

LYRICS