Lyrics and Music by Doug Pinkston

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Acoustic Pieces

Mediterranean Sundance (Al Dimeola, Paco De Lucia)




Stairway To Heaven (Led Zepellin - IV)




Blackbird (Beatles - White Album)




Hotel California (Eagles)




Ergo Ipso Facto (Orginal)









Love Songs and Ballads

Original CD - Available on iTunes

Spies



Sent me her new address today
I can't believe the things she had to say
I'm a member of the local CIA
And invitations just don't come my way
Can't you see her in an undersized overcoat
And my 45 in the fog

Downtowning we burn our overtime
Bonfire, we melting down the dime In the shadows we hide from the sunshine
And she keeps the lemon while I take the lime
Can't you hear her with her high-heel, low-deal
With a photo of her old man and his wheels

It's crazy, don't you think we've got the time
We're lazy and afraid of what we'll find
Stop the tape and I'll complete the line
I hear a ticking in the latest valentine
Well look around there's a dark eye watching you
A heart beating with a code that must beat through
I'm a spy that's standing here wanting you

Too Much Love



She's got style   She's got grace   Everything in the right place
But she's suffering from too much love
She's got the lips   Those eyes   A head full of stars, I tell you no lies
But she's suffering from too much love

[Chorus]
She used to be such a simple girl   Sitting on her daddy's knee
I'd carry her books home after school   Just to keep her company
But now she's riding in a limousine   Wearing those fancy clothes
Her sugar daddy buys her diamonds and furs   But she's suffering from too much love

She's so cool   She feels hot   She thinks she's just fine, she must've forgot
She's suffering from too much love
She knows where   She knows when   She knows just how, but I say it again
She's suffering from too much love

[Chorus]

She says yes   She means no   She says goodbye while I say hello
But she's suffering from too much love
She can't sing   She can't dance   She's got no use for true romance
Still she's suffering from too much love

[Chorus]

New Year's Blues



Yes I'm sipping champagne   And acting the fool
But it ain't no new year's eve without you
Now strike up that big band music   And thanks for the memories
But this is one boy who won't be dancing tonight

Now Boston's in snowfall   And in LA, it ain't cold at all
And its just moments till midnight   And they've turned down the house lights
You know new years never had it so blue

Well they're playing our song   As another year has come and gone
It seems like you were in my arms just yesterday
Now I'm watching the snowflakes fall   And wondering about a long distance call
But there ain't no use for old dreams in the new year

Now Boston's in snowfall   And in LA, there's no snow at all
And its just moments till midnight   And they've turned down the house lights
You know new years never had it so blue

Leaning lonely at the door   There's a friendly smile across a darkened floor
I guess there's only so long a poor boy can sing the blues

Now Boston's in snowfall   LA lights don't dim at all
And its a countdown till midnight   But there's only one kiss that could feel right
You know new years never had it so blue

Crazy Lady



Crazy lady, laugh in the rain   Close your umbrella, pour the champagne
Turn your crazy smile my way   Throw a kiss and misbehave
Can't you see the world is crazy too   Well maybe its true   That I'm a nut too
Cause I'm just crazy for you

Silly baby, what do you see   Up in the clouds, under the sea
Saying its green, when everything's blue   Climbing your mind to a wonderful view
Well, maybe its true   That I'm a nut too
Cause I'm just crazy for you

Who said that we must be serious   And who made this rainy day
I'm just a fool, to fall in love with you   I'm just a fool for you
Well maybe its true, that I'm a nut too   Cause I'm just crazy
I'm just crazy   I'm just crazy for you

What's your reason, where's your rhyme   I'm out of breath and you're out of time
Could it be that you don't care   Or is it just you're unaware
Lunatics like me still need a friend
Well, maybe its true, that I'm a nut too   Cause I'm just crazy
I'm so crazy   I'm just crazy for you

Lady of Light



She wore a cross, she held a flower   Into my eyes she shone her power
She walked across the room   And with a whisper called the moon
Ahhhhh Lady of Light   Where have you been?

She spoke in rhymes, she touched the sea   She said she knew the truth about me
How can she know the truth   She sweeps her memories through the stardust
Ahhhhh   Lady of Light   What have you seen?

A thread of time is spun in gold   Its spinning through a spinning world
She knows her lightest touch can turn the darkness into daybreak
Ahhhhh   Lady of Light   What have you done?

Lady of Light   You've come through eternity   And now you're here tonight
Cast your spell   Of magical mystery   Fill our world with light

Her diamond brilliance fills my eyes   Though I cannot reach her still I try
What are these games she plays   There is no end and no returning
Ahhhhh   Lady of Light   When will I learn?

Her song has settled in my ear   But it will leave me soon I fear
When she has reached the moment   Wings will take her through the sunrise
Ahhhhh   Lady of Light   What do you leave   Me?

Still in Love



I knew that I loved you the moment I saw you
But I didn't know how hard   A heart could break
You told me that love's just the whispering of angels
Well, I don't know about that   But you sure got a way

Now, there ain't no denying it   And we're growing tired of hiding it
Its a truth we can't conceal   And its for real   We're still in love

Now I'm a man with a plan and you're a lady whose wondering
Who'll be the first   To make your dreams come true
Through the years we've both been part of so many lies
Even the truth   Sounds strange to us now

My Sleepy Valentine



Close your eyes   The day has gone to sleep
Let your worries float away above the wings of time
Go to sleep   My sleepy valentine

I know tonight you're lonely   So I will hold you in my dreams
Think of me and twilights full of starshine
Fall to sleep   O valentine

I hear the nightbird calling   He knows the dawn will come too soon
And though my heart is falling   I know by daybreak you'll be mine
Go to sleep   My sleepy valentine

Yes, the long day is over   All your work is finally done
And I will miss you more with every star that slips away
And I will kiss you with the morning sun

Close your eyes   Rest your head and still your heart
Drift away on the gentle winds of stardust
Go to sleep   My sleepy valentine

Raise the Sails



Raise the sails and look to the breeze   Come along as we ride on with ease
Ahhhh, we're all sailors of soul winds   Pushing off to capture our end
When the night is floating o'er the silent ship of time
We must know its just the moon that shines
Parading a new day   Everyway

Call your kin and kindle your heart   Touch your friends and ply out your art
Where is the captain of all time?   He's lost deep in his mind
When the morning sun comes shining through my open window
I can hear the ocean call my name
My voyage awaiting   Me today

Now sometimes the north wind   Comes bringing a cloudy day
Batten your hopes down   Be ready to sail away
Set your compass   Steady your course

I know a lady who sails so light   Singing songs on the blue sea tonight
Soon she'll be gliding through starshine   On her way to a better time
Can't you hear the seagulls cry   They spend their days just dreaming
As they fly they know there's nothing left to keep them waiting
For her hand   To throw the line

Oregon



Rainy night in London, Oregon   I suppose I'll move along
Highway five into the dawn   Another night, another song
In hopes the skies will clear

Left her with a kiss upon her head   Left her just the way she said
Made some plans but not to wed   While she lay sleeping in our bed
I took off through the trees

Oregon   You cry to me so sweetly in your firs
Cascade mountains rise like memories of her words
Oregon   Oregon

Slept in Salem, played in Laurelwood   Portland lies ahead for me
To pass the time I sing to trees   Northern lights unfurl a dream
Vancouver knows so well

Sweet Life in the Moonlight



Sweet life in the moonlight   I feel those Jamaican breezes even here
When you hold me tight   Its enough to light up the night
If you could stay forever   You know we'd be together
And you'd be the light of my life

Sing me a song for the sunlight   I feel that dawn sky floating its way back home
I know you leave in the morning   And you broke my heart without warning
Ain't it just like love   In the skies above
And I'll miss you on each beach I roam

Now there's an island in the south seas   Where the moon shines bright just for you and me
Now I sit by the fire   And the ocean sings songs of gentle desire
If its true that your gone   Then this world that I'm on
Surely cries for the moon tonight