SONGS

BY DAVID RICE

Art Quilt by Suzanne Starjash

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CORN BREAD WILLIE BAND

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The Corn Bread Willie band is Jack Stuber, vocals and guitar; Joe Rusconi, vocals and mandolin; David Rice, violin; Mitchell Linden, bass; and Andrea Day, vocals and ukelele.

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Keep on Having Fun - David Rice (c) 2018, (BMI)

There's a mockingbird in my backyard, sings all night long.

If I'd found gold at Sutter's Mill, I wouldn't be hearing this song.

I used to sleep all night. Those were the good old days.

Now I'm sitting in the dark, must be a better way.

Wake up, darling, listen to my plan. Let's cash our chips, head for the hills. I'll make you coffee every morning for as long as I can.

We're as old now as the people who were old when we were young.

We've got to find a way, honey, to keep on having fun.

We used to go to the beach more than anyone should.

The sun would set, we'd hold hands, life was good.

Now we work too hard, hardly ever go.

One of these days one of us won't be here, this I know.

Wake up, darling, I've got a brand new plan. Let's quit our jobs, move to the island, find us a spot where the sun never ends.

We're as old now as the people who were old when we were young.

We've got to find a way, honey, to keep on having fun.

In my mind I'm still thirty-five.

In the mirror a stranger stares at me.

Guess I took this great big world for granted.

Now the years speed by too fast to see.

We're as old now as the people who were old when we were young.

We've got to find a way, honey, to keep on having fun.

What's Wrong With Wrong? - David Rice (c) 2018, (BMI)

I'm watching my weight. It's gone up.

Everybody thinks I'm so calm.

I'm the eye of a hurricane. Not the perfect one.

My candle's still burning bright. I wonder for how long.

Everybody says I'm doing everything right. What's wrong with wrong?

I don't know what to do so I just pretend.

My friends want to be like me. I want to be like them.

I'm smiling with all my might. Can't hide these tears for long.

I'm so tired of doing everything right. What's wrong with wrong?

I used to like to hopscotch. Used to like to jump rope.

I was the queen of the double-dutch scene, and I still had hope.

I'm trying as hard as I can. I'm a mess inside no one can see.

I do my best to please everyone, so everyone depends on me.

Feel like I'm losing my light. What happens when it's gone.

I gotta stop doing everything right. What's wrong with wrong?

I'm Not Wanted - David Rice (c) 2018, (BMI)

I should have robbed a bank, been an outlaw on the run.

Pockets full of cash, fastest pony bar none.

A most-wanted poster for what I'd done.

All I know is I'm not wanted.

If I'd been unfaithful, had a little fun.

If you took me back, didn't tell anyone.

I'd know I was wanted no matter what I'd done.

All I know is I'm not wanted.

If I could lose my mind it would help.

If I could ride the wind I'd be gone.

If I could just forget how I felt

when you were still my sweet heart I'd be home.

You promised me forever. No one held a gun.

Honeymoon in Vegas. I was your one.

It'll take me forever to forgive what you've done.

All I know is I'm not wanted.

I should have robbed a bank, been an outlaw on the run.

Lost on This Earth - David Rice (c) 2018, (BMI)

I'm more like my dad every year or so I'm told.

You're more like your grandma. Where does this end?

I guess if I live long enough to get real old.

I'll just become more wrinkled and thin.

Don't say goodbye. I don't want to be here without you.

Without your smile, you know I'll just get worse.

I already talk to myself more than I ought to.

Without your love I'd be lost on this earth.

I don't know who'd have the last word.

If I should die and move to your dreams.

Then I couldn't make you laugh out loud.

Then I couldn't make you shout and scream.

Don't say goodbye. I don't want you to be here without me.

Oh, I know you'd survive. You'd get through the worst.

But I know what you'll say before you even say it.

Without my love I'm afraid you'd be lost on this earth.

Without our love we'd be lost on this earth.

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The Best That I Can Do - David Rice (c) 2018, (BMI)

A raindrop's never lonely. It's going to reach the ground.

I cry. Wish I was the rain.

A river's never lonely. It's going to reach the sea.

I watch. I call your name.

I'm blue. It's the best that I can do.

You left me in the evening. I walked up to the bridge.

I stopped and wrote this song.

I'd walk across the desert. I'd swim across the sea.

I'd fly if it would bring you home.

I'm blue. It's the best that I can do.

Insurmountable the physics of love.

We try. We try. It's never enough.

Inescapable the river of loss.

We can't go back. We can't get across.

Starlight's made for wishes. Moonlight's made for dreams.

I wait where the streetlights end.

For me you were the brightest. I hope you never fade.

Just wish we could start again.

I'm blue. It's the best that I can do.

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Not The Way We Planned - David Rice (c) 2019 (BMI)

Joey drank. Joey smoked. Julie left. Drew the line.

Joey fixed what was broke. Twenty-five. It was time.

Julie found where he was. Rang the bell. Back in love.

It all worked out. It all worked out. It all worked out. Just not the way they planned.

Climate changed. Country stuck. Joey bought a saxophone.

Watched their kid, growing up, take that horn for her own.

She became a superstar. Julie said, "There you are."

It all worked out. It all worked out. It all worked out. Just not the way they planned.

She had a hit called Oceans Blue. Ten million clicks. Late-night TV, too.

Look out. Here comes the sun. Shining all the way to Washington.

Knew a change was going to come. Hallelujah. What'd I say.

All the songs we have sung raised the dock of the bay.

Yesterday on the mend. Sure feels good. Feeling good again.

Imagine it worked out. Imagine it worked out. Imagine it worked out. Just not the way we planned.

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BY DAVID RICE

CORN BREAD WILLIE BAND

The Corn Bread Willie band is Jack Stuber, vocals and guitar; Joe Rusconi, vocals and mandolin; David Rice, violin; Mitchell Linden, bass; and Andrea Day, vocals and ukelele.

LYRICS

Keep on Having Fun - David Rice (c) 2018, (BMI)

​

There's a mockingbird in my backyard, sings all night long.

If I'd found gold at Sutter's Mill, I wouldn't be hearing this song.

I used to sleep all night. Those were the good old days.

Now I'm sitting in the dark, must be a better way.

Wake up, darling, listen to my plan. Let's cash our chips, head for the hills. I'll make you coffee every morning for as long as I can.

We're as old now as the people who were old when we were young.

We've got to find a way, honey, to keep on having fun.

​

We used to go to the beach more than anyone should.

The sun would set, we'd hold hands, life was good.

Now we work too hard, hardly ever go.

One of these days one of us won't be here, this I know.

Wake up, darling, I've got a brand new plan. Let's quit our jobs, move to the island, find us a spot where the sun never ends.

We're as old now as the people who were old when we were young.

We've got to find a way, honey, to keep on having fun.

​

In my mind I'm still thirty-five.

In the mirror a stranger stares at me.

Guess I took this great big world for granted.

Now the years speed by too fast to see.

We're as old now as the people who were old when we were young.

We've got to find a way, honey, to keep on having fun.

​

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What's Wrong With Wrong? - David Rice (c) 2018, (BMI)

​

I'm watching my weight. It's gone up.

Everybody thinks I'm so calm.

I'm the eye of a hurricane. Not the perfect one.

My candle's still burning bright. I wonder for how long.

Everybody says I'm doing everything right. What's wrong with wrong?

​

I don't know what to do so I just pretend.

My friends want to be like me. I want to be like them.

I'm smiling with all my might. Can't hide these tears for long.

I'm so tired of doing everything right. What's wrong with wrong?

​

I used to like to hopscotch. Used to like to jump rope.

I was the queen of the double-dutch scene, and I still had hope.

​

I'm trying as hard as I can. I'm a mess inside no one can see.

I do my best to please everyone, so everyone depends on me.

Feel like I'm losing my light. What happens when it's gone.

I gotta stop doing everything right. What's wrong with wrong?

I gotta stop doing everything right. What's wrong with wrong?

​

​

I'm Not Wanted - David Rice (c) 2018, (BMI)

​

I should have robbed a bank, been an outlaw on the run.

Pockets full of cash, fastest pony bar none.

A most-wanted poster for what I'd done.

All I know is I'm not wanted.

​

If I'd been unfaithful, had a little fun.

If you took me back, didn't tell anyone.

I'd know I was wanted no matter what I'd done.

All I know is I'm not wanted.

​

If I could lose my mind it would help.

If I could ride the wind I'd be gone.

If I could just forget how I felt

when you were still my sweet heart I'd be home.

​

You promised me forever. No one held a gun.

Honeymoon in Vegas. I was your one.

It'll take me forever to forgive what you've done.

All I know is I'm not wanted.

​

I should have robbed a bank, been an outlaw on the run.

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