Music clips from Tony’s albums and compilations.
It’s A Blues Thing Too- Marconi Records
Meet Me In The Morning
It’s A Blues Thing- Icehouse Records
Blues Shadows
I Ain’t Superstitious
Screamin’ Blues Demon (It’s a Blues Thing)
Crybaby Blues
Tony Sarno- Marconi Records
Everytime The Whistle Whines
America, The Beautiful
Piece Of My Heart
The Hard Way
Lyrics
(Sarno/Christopher)
1 They always tell us one thing
And then they do another
But they are not the king
Just our brother
They tell us it’s the real world
Just the real world
2 Redman roamed the plains
In harmony with nature
Then they locked them up in chains
Indian their nomenclature
They tell ‘em it’s the real world
Yeah, tell ‘em it’s the real world
(Bridge) Whatever they say
We will not obey
Right from today
This is our real world
3 Hey look over there
Where the grass seems so much greener
But they live in a world
Much harder and much meaner
They’re livin’ in there real world
They can have their real world
4 They sell fortune and fame
Be careful if you get it
You think you won the game
But you can just forget it
They’re livin’ in there real world
They can have their real world
(Bridge) Whatever they say
We will be ok
As I’m standin’ here today
This is my real world
(Sarno)
In open fields Redman ran free Under sun and moon in harmony For many thousand years And then the trail of tears
On reservations, lost diginity We watched the tribe lose its sovereignty And with an iron hand You desecrate our land
(chorus)
Give back the water And give us back the land And the son and daughter of the Redman
You celebrate Columbus His discovery You teach lies and call it history Let the children know Of our native sorrow
(chorus)
Let us live in our own traditions We don't want your welfare and conditions Lakota Sioux, Mohawk, Cherokee We pray to God we will be free And give back the water.....
(Sarno)
I believe in the promised land And I believe in a helping hand But sometimes I wonder what to do I fight to feed my family But it comes down to him or me I put the weight of the world on you
And what about the nuclear age We walk around in this great big cage Did we really need that invention There is famine, there is war Greed it’s a hunger, but what’s it for I put the weight of the world on you
Live and learn, that’s what I’ve always heard All I know is live by love sing the universal word
I know it’s a mystery and in the end I guess we’ll see I sure would hate to be alone You’re a man, so they say I hope to find out on the judgement day For now I’ll put the weight of the world on you
(words- Sarno music- Christopher/Sarno/Shaver)
We got this big old sleepin’ dog, we gotta wake him up He’s been here since time began, he was just a pup It passes down through generations, and causes lots of pain We gotta stop hurtin’ children, we got to break the chain
It was done to you… but now you’re doin’ it too Realize it’s insane…Break the chain
How do you breathe, with your head in the sand To watch your children bleed, I just don’t understand We could clear out all the prisons , and end this awful reign We gotta save the children, we got to break the chain
Look deep inside… no longer run and hide Can’t you see it’s insane… Break the chain
We can’t just forgive and forget, remember and change The chain of broken lives, just gets bigger everyday
(Sarno)
Life slips away but the ones, that we love
Still hold tight yet their spirit is up above
The harder you love the harder it is to leave
But we’re never really apart, and you must believe
When I got my first butterfly kiss, I was just a kid
I couldn’t understand was it something, that I did
She was saying good-bye, and that she’d never be far away
(then my mama said)
Spirit flies away like a butterfly
When one door closes another one opens again
I feel your spirit in the eyes of my four-legged friend
I found peace and genuine understanding
That let me to love again
Spirit flies away like a butterfly
(words- Christopher/ Sarno/Donley music- Christopher/Sarno/Shaver)
Do you remember the night we met
I bought your drinks and lit your cigarettes
I fell so hard I kicked myself
Every time you make me feel there’s no one else
But deep inside I love you and I’m sorry
I went down to my favorite bar
Saw my number on the bathroom wall
I wonder who, I wonder why
I guess it don’t beat a sharp stick in my eye
But deep inside I love you and I’m sorry
Don’t come cryin’ to me 3x
’cause I know my love will never set you free
Do you remember sweetheart
Holdin’ hands and kissin’ in the dark
I guess it wasn’t nothin special
Now you wanna get all sentimental
Don’t come cryin’ to me
’cause I know my love will never set you free
(words- Christopher/Sarno music- Christopher/Sarno/Shaver)
Old silk rags peepin’ outta your bottom drawer
HIgh-heeled shoes paintin’ faces on the floor
Can I come around
Pictures of you with some pretty boy in a frame
Makin’ love to you, like a runaway train
Baby can I still come around, can I come around
Your feelings tattered and torn (You’re not the only one)
Your mind is wicked and it’s worn (You’re not the only one)
Always lonely and your wired (You’re not the only one)
You’re not the only one who’s sick & tired
It’s just love that separates you and me
I get so twisted, hopin’ just to be free
Still I come around
Come over here lay your sorrows next to mine
Lost souls found two hearts beatin’ in time
Still I come around…I always come around
You got to lie and you cheat (You’re not the only one)
Lookin’ like a dog that’s been beat (You’re not the only one)
You’re preachin’ to the choir (You’re not the only one)
You’re not the only one who’s sick & tired
(words- Perkins music- Sarno/Archer)
sometimes i do – sometimes i don’t sometimes i will so don’t think that i won’t
something you need to understand
i’m a dangerous man when i ain’t got a plan
neck deep in it – how deep does it need to get
‘fore you get it into your head – things might could be better
out on the farm
thought by now i’d own this town – but i’ll be danged, if i lay my money down
inside out or upside down – a city smile is but a medicated frown
bright city lights – they never go out at night
i’ve seen all the sights – and now i’m goin’ home
out on the farm – don’t do nobody no harm
and i’d be givin’ my right arm just to be back there
back on the land – that’s where i’ll make my stand
won’t cha help me mister man – i gotta get back there
i’m hearin’ words i couldn’t hear then
thinkin’ bout folks, i know would call me friend
been thinking ’bout pa in a rockin’ chair
telling me my life was good right there
my daddy was a man – i never thought i’d understand
red neck and dirty hands – and nothin’ much to say
(chorus)
i’m goin’ home, i’m goin’ home, i’m goin’ home
(words- Sarno music- Christopher/Sarno/Shaver)
Lookin’ at the land of the free, tell me what you see
It used to be the home of the brave, now he’s in agony.
The rich man’s bank go belly up, we got to pay
While the poor man struggles to survive, just another day.
We’ve got to realize…It’s all a pack a lies
Get it right between the eyes…
That dog won’t hunt
Jails full up with the nickel dope man, it’s futility
While the lawyers get the big man off, on technicality
Politicians bulls***, tellin’ us what we wanna hear
An honest man couldn’t get elected in 1000 years
If your lookin’ for truth… you’ll never find it on TV
The law of the land, still ain’t no better plan
That dog won’t hunt
(words- Perkins /Sarno music- Sarno)
The whistle blows
The workin day is done
Assembly line grinds to a stop with the setting sun
Goin’ home to her it’s all an act to me
‘Cause that girls’ love runs like a factory
I’m draggin’ tail and I can use a lift
The girl’s got me workin’ all shifts
Punchin’ the clock (she’s the kind of work that’s hard and dirty)
Punchin’ the clock (The kind that seems to go nowhere)
Punchin’ the clock
‘Cause every dead-end job has got it’s fool who thinks he’s born to do it
The trick is stickin’ to it
And punchin’ the clock
In and out
Up and down
Over under
The room is dark
On my knees
Tryin’ to find my thunder
Yeah the big machine never shuts down
The hands spinin’ ’round and ’round
(words- Sarno music- Christopher/Sarno/Shaver)
I can’t believe it happened again..baby
spank me runnin’
Hit like a jolt, a lightnin’ bolt
You flashed a smile from across the room…and I couldn’t see
Like in a dream, I tried to scream
I need a little hair of the dog
Like I need another hole in the head
Fallin’ hard like a pourin’ rain
Thought that I was out of the storm
it was calm and peaceful
Only to realize I was in the eye
So here we gotta go again
’cause baby you got it goin’ on
Fallin’ hard like a pourin’ rain
(Christopher)
Come over here why don’cha… and sit your sweet a** down
And tell me about your story, one more time
You know I’ve heard it said…in fact I think your the one who said it
Every one gets their heart broke, it ain’t no crime
I’ve been there before… for cryin’ out loud
It’s gonna be alright… for cryin’ out loud
For cryin’ out loud
It’s always good to see you…why don’t ya take off that raincoat
you know it’s sunny… and hell, it ain’t that cold
Tell me what you’re hearin’…on that little radio
The one you carry deep inside your soul
I can’t hear it… for cryin’ out loud
Why don’t you just tell me… for cryin’ out loud
For cryin’ out loud
You don’t know.. but I love you still
For cryin’ out loud I always will
I’ve been there before… for cryin’ out loud
It’s gonna be alright… for cryin’ out loud
I can’t hear it… for cryin’ out loud
Why don’t you just tell me… for cryin’ out loud
For cryin’ out loud
(Sarno)
My honey sittin’ close with her hand in my lap
Red fingernails lipstick and cool cap
Doggy in the back seat lickin’ my ear
See the sun settin’ low in the rear-view mirror
Of a two-tone cadillac….She’s so fine
Turn the neon lights up under my car
See her strawberry hair shimmer under the stars
Clear blue night, crescent moonlight, smiles
Feel so good wanna drive a million miles
In a two-tone cadillac…Shes’ so fine
It’s all I ever wanted, don’t need no place to go
Don’t even wanna get there,so we gotta drive real slow
Don’t think about the future,or talk about the past
My beautiful; green-eyed lady, you make my heart beat real fast
Jet black cadillac passin’ us by
Sits a real mac daddy with a gleam in his eye
Chrome spoke wheels it was showroom new
Honey I an’t got much but he ain’t got you
Or a two-tone cadillac…Shes’ so fine
She’s so fine the girl’s so fine
She’s so fine the woman’s so fine
(Sarno)
LIFE… AIN’T A DESTINATION
IT’S ‘BOUT LOVIN’ EVERYDAY
BUT I ALWAYS TAKE THE SHORTCUT
SEEMS LIKE THE EASY WAY
I THOUGHT THE ISOLATION
WOULD PROTECT ME FROM THE PAIN
NO LOVE AND REAL COMMITMENT
JUST CAUSED A LOT OF IT
CHORUS
I DO IT LIKE THIS
I DO IT LIKE THAT
I DO IT WHICH EVERYWAY
I ALWAYS TAKE THE HARD WAY
LIFE… AIN’T A DRESS REHEARSAL
FAT LADY ALWAYS IN THE WINGS
TOO MUCH WORK AND WORRY
BE DISCONTENTED WHEN SHE SINGS
I NEVER LIKE TO SACRIFICE
I ALWAYS WANT IT RIGHT AWAY
BUT IT’S EASY COME EASY GO
CHORUS
(Sarno)
WELL I KNOW THAT LOVIN’ HER IS JUST A WASTE OF MY TIME
BUT I CAN NOT THINK HER OFF OF MY MIND
SHE HAD HER LEATHERS ON YESTERDAY, AND I WATCHED HER RIDE AWAY
SMELLIN’ LEATHER, GASOLINE AND PERFUME AND TASTIN’ HER TEARS
NOW SHE RIDES WITH THE WIND
AND I’M CHAINED UP… TO HER HEART
I WAS LONELY TIRED AND WIRED LOST FOR SURE
LOOKIN’ FOR SOMEBODY TO HOLD ME TIGHT WHY’D IT HAVE TO BE HER
SHE GAVE ME JUST A LITTLE TASTE AND I CAN’T SHAKE HER
NOW SHE’S GONE THAT LEAN MACHINE… HEARTBREAKER
I CAN’T SAY WHY SHE’S GONE
JUST HAD TO LET HER RIDE RIGHT ON (NOW I’M)
CHORUS
LIVIN’ FOR THE RIDER (IN MY DREAMS AND ALL DAY LONG)
LIVIN’ FOR THE RIDER ( I KNOW I’M LOVIN’ ALONE)
SHE GOT 1200 CC’S BETWEEN HER THIGHS
AND GOT ME RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
NEXT TIME I GIVE MY HEART GONNA TAKE MY TIME
DON’T LET THAT INFATUATION FOG MY MIND
WANNA BE ALL THERE WHEN WE SHARE THAT FIRST EMBRACE
STAY TOGETHER FOREVER… GIVE UP THE CHASE
ONE THING I LEARNED FROM THE BIKER MISS
BE CAREFUL… WHO YOU KISS
CHORUS
(Sarno)
GET OUT THE BACK DOOR YOU MANGY DOG GET OUT THE BACK DOOR…. (2x)
YOU’RE MESSIN’ WITH MY MIND, I DON’T LIKE YOUR KIND GET OUT THE BACK DOOR
GET OUT THE BACK DOOR YOU EVIL TWIN GET OUT THE BACK DOOR…. (2x)
YOU’RE A THOUGHT I JUST CAN’T USE, YESTERDAY’S NEWS GET OUT THE BACK DOOR
FEAR AND TREPIDATION JUST TOOK A PERMANENT VACATION
GONNA WRITE YOU OUT THE SCRIPT YOU CAN’T GIVE ME NO MORE LIP
GET OUT THE BACK DOOR
GET OUT THE BACK DOOR
GET OUT THE BACK DOOR (YOU CAME IN THROUGH THE WINDOW)
YOU POISON MY CONDITION NOW I’M IN THER POLE POSITION
GET OUT THE BACK DOOR
(words- Fred Koller music- Sarno)
Here come that train, I see the light
I hear that lonesome whistle, moanin’ in the night
It’s the midnight special, comin’ through right on time
I’ll be listenin’ for my baby
Everytime the whistle whines
She packed her bags, she grabbed her hat
But I know she’ll be comin’ on back
Let me tell you somethin’, somethin’ ’bout that girl of mine
She gonna miss her daddy
Everytime the whistle whines
And if she’s lookin’ for me, I’ll be right beneath the depot sign
That’s where I’m gonna be
Everytime the whistle whines
I put a brand new penny on the track
But that ain’t gonna bring my baby back
I’m still lookin’, lookin’ for that girl of mine
I’ll be listenin’ for my baby
Everytime the whistle whines
repeat verse 1
(Sarno)
GET UP BEFORE THE CAMERA
CRY IN FRONT OF ME
I’VE SEEN IT ALL BEFORE
AND I GOT NO SYMPATHY
TRYIN’ TO BLAME EVERYBODY ELSE
AND WHAT ARE YOU DOIN’ IN BETWEEN THE SHEETS
THEN TO MAKE MATTERS EVEN WORSE
YOU PUT YOUR BUSINESS IN THE STREETS
(CHORUS) I’M HAVIN’ A GOOD TIME
IF I WIN OR I LOSE HAVIN’ A GOOD TIME
DON’T NEED NO CRYBABY BLUES
SLIP ON MY SIDEWALK
BREAK YOUR SORRY A**
YOU CALL YOUR LAWYER UP
HE SAYS YOU MAY BE DUE SOME CASH
YOU COME ‘A BEGGIN’ AT MY FRONT DOOR
MY DOGGY TAKE A LITTLE BITE
NOW YOU GOT BOTH HANDS OUT
YOU KNOW IT JUST AIN’T RIGHT
(CHORUS)
I WAS FEELIN’ BAD ‘CAUSE I HAD NO SHOES
THEN I MET A MAN WITH NO FEET
AND HE HAD NO BLUES
NOW I THANK THE GOOD LORD EVERYDAY
FOR ALL HE’S GIVEN ME
NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY
HE GIVE YOU JUST WHAT YOU NEED
HAVIN’ A GOOD TIME
WE ALL WIN AND WE LOSE
HAVIN’ A GOOD TIME
DON’T NEED NO CRYBABY BLUES
(Sarno)
IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT… NOBODY IN THE BAR
I GO OUTSIDE AND GET THE TELECASTER OUT A’ THE CAR
I COME ON BACK AND PLUG IT IN HELLO TO THE BOYS IN THE BAND
WE PLAYED OUR FIRST NUMBER NELLIE THE WAITRESS GIVE US A HAND
WE KICKED ABOUT AN HOUR STILL NOBODY IN THE PLACE
HEY BARTENDER.. WHY THE LONG FACE
I SAID HELLO THERE NELLIE YOU’RE LOOKIN’ MIGHTY FINE
IT’S BEEN LIKE THIS ALL WEEK SHE SAID… WE AIN’T GONNA MAKE A DIME
I SAID DON’T YOU WORRY HONEY THERE’S A FULL MOON OUT TONITE
AND THERE’S A KENNEL CLUB CONVENTION DOWN AT THE HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT
AND JUST ABOUT MIDNITE OUTA’ THE CORNER OF MY EYE
I SEE A BUS PULL IN THE PARKING LOT AND NELLIE BREATHE A SIGH
SO WE PROCEEDED TO JAM AND THE PEOPLE WERE STREAMIN’ IN
THEY CAME OUT ON THE FLOOR I SAID LET THE PARTY BEGIN
YOU KNOW THE JOINT WERE JUMPIN WE WAS PUMPIN’ THE RHYTHM AND BLUES
I GLANCE OUT AT THE DANCE FLOOR SMOKE WAS COMIN’ OUT THEIR SHOES
I LOOKED AT SWEAT-SOAKED NELLIE IN HER SEXY LITTLE ATTIRE
AND SHOUTED NELLIE FETCH THE HOSEPIPE THE PLACE IS ON FIRE
Chorus
NELLIE FETCH THE HOSEPIPE (2X)
NELLIE FETCH THE HOSEPIPE DON’T CALL ME A LIAR (ITS DOWN TO THE WIRE)
NELLIE FETCH THE HOSEPIPE THE PLACE IS ON FIRE
WE PLAYED ABOUT THREE HOURS THE CROWD WAS SCREAMIN’ FOR MORE
BUT WE WERE DONE AND TINY RUN THE LAST ONE OUT THE DOOR
NELLIE’S POCKETS ARE FULL AND SHE’S GRINNIN’ FROM EAR TO EAR
THE BAND SAT DOWN AND ORDERED A ROUND SHE BROUGHT US A BUCKET OF BEER
ALL EYES WERE ON SWEET NELLIE AS SHE BENT OVER THE BAR
HEY NELLIE FETCH THE HOSEPIPE THE BAND IS ON FIRE
Chorus
(Sarno)
MY LADY LEFT ME, AND I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT (2 X)
EVER SINCE SHE LEFT ME
THE DOG KEEPS ME WARM AT NIGHT
BUT THEN THE DOG HE WENT AND DIED
AND LEFT ME ALL ALONE (2 X)
BESIDES THE MEMORIES
HE LEFT HIS COLLAR AND HIS BONE
IT SEEMS I’VE LOST ABOUT EVERYTHING
MY LADY AND MY DOG (2 X)
I WALK THE STREETS ‘TIL TWO IN THE MORNING
EVERYNIGHT THEN I PLAY THE BLUES
MY DOG HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND
BUT THEN HE LOST HIS HEALTH (2 X)
SEE HE HAD ALL THE ANSWERS
BUT HE KEPT ‘EM TO HIMSELF
MY LADY HAD NO ANSWERS
BUT STILL I LOVED HER SO (2 X)
BUT LIKE A DOG I STRAYED ONE NIGHT
NOW SHE AIN’T MINE NO MORE
IT SEEMS I LOST ‘BOUT EVERYTHING
MY LADY AND MY DOG (2 X)
I’VE LOST AT LOVE TOO MANY TIMES
I THINK I’LL GET ANOTHER DOG
(Sarno)
I never had a woman,
make me feel the way that you do
But you manipulate emotions,
you try to make me feel like you do
Jivin’ conniving’ and always deprivin’,
bitchin’ ’bout the way things should be
That is not the answer,
any sane man would agree
Put a little love in your heart,
see what it can do
‘Cause anything that you put out baby
is gonna come back to you
I’ll catch you on the flip side
There’s a million reasons,
why you are the way that you are
But nothin’ says I gotta stay,
I’ll deal with you from afar
So go ahead and kiss me goodbye,
and try to crack smile
‘Cause if we can’t laugh about it,
we missed it by a mile
chorus