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Green Around The Gills C Wyman Griffith <G>

I was green around the gills
In them Oklahoma hills
Caused by that moonshine
Brought from Arkansas
Gave my pony just a snort
And he began to cavort
And we both got pulled in
By the law

They gave me a D U I
I said it didn't apply
Cause there was no motor
On that horse you see
They said well that's rough
You were drivin sure enough
They put 'im in the cell
Right next to me

Now my pony's pretty tough
So when we sobered up
I sez to my pony
Kin you kick us outa here
He said sure I can do
And the bricks and mortar flew
He hit for the hills
Left me sittin there

Hi Beth

I think Kaley won't mine my bringing up this link for our Ever Greening Collaboration for this.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6238271

Just tossing this into the ring. Admittedly, I did not spend a lot of time on it, but I'm pleased I was finally able to come up with something that could conceivably pass as a song!! !!

I'll come back to comment on Wy's and Joice's entries in a bit! Kids due home rom school in a few minutes, blah blah blah.

In the meantime, I hope everyone's having a great green day!!

Beth


"Never Seen Green"
Ó 2008 lyrics Beth Williams, BMI

When we first met and love was new
The world was painted a rose-colored hue
Until the day came we were stalled at a light
And when it turned green, you said FINALLY, it’s WHITE!

I laughed and said baby you’re really a clown
But my man wasn’t smiling -- just driving to town
And then I thought back to some things that were funny
Like how he had trouble distinguishing money….

And then it all hit me
Like a train full of steam
Oh it couldn’t be true
I wanted to scream
Though now it made sense
Why he didn’t like beans
A color blind boyfriend
Was it just a bad dream?
So I took I deep breath
And asked “What do you mean?”
He saw my expression
And thought best to come clean
I’ll tell you the truth
But don’t make a scene
Back there, red turned white
I’ve never seen green

He pulled the car over and opened the door
Took off our shoes put them down on the floor
He reached for my hand, said let's sit by that tree
I want to explain what no green means to me

Some green is good and some green is not
Just two of the latter -- envy and snot
You know I recycle, love the smell of cut grass
And oh yes some are both -- broccoli gives me gas

Tag:
My man is a genius whose never seen green
And his heart is pure gold, though it’s never been seen….

Hey Beth. I did just that a couple of post ago with my song, "Little and Green" Here it is once again:

Little and Green
(05/30/01)

(Intro.)
When I was little and green.

(V)
When I was little, when I was green
and things that I saw weren’t always seen.
Life was a mystery, from safe in my bed.
Mom and I’d travel in the books that she read.
When I was little and green.

(V)
When I was little, when I was green.
I stayed in the bath ‘til squeaky clean.
Once in my PJ's off to bed I would go.
Mommy and me and Pinocchio.
When I was little and green.

(Chorus)
There was Cat in the Hat,
there was Winnie the Pooh.
Dumbo could fly, Peter Pan too.
A pig, rat and spider were very best friends.
Sometimes I’d cry when the stories would end.
When I was little and green.

(V)
When I was little, when I was green.
I lived in a kingdom where mommy was queen.
Daddy and me were fearless white knights.
Who’d search ‘till they found poor little Snow White.
When I was little and green. (Chorus)

(V)
I’m no longer little, no longer green.
Way past eleven and long past sixteen.
Life’s still a mystery but I keep up to speed.
Along with my daughter in the books that we read.
While she’s still little and green.

Copyright © 2009 by Douglas Murphy

! HAPPY ST. PATTYS DAY TO EVERYONE !


GREEN
© words and no music yet...C. Stewart ( March 17, 2009 )

Some people call it cash
While others call it stash
I dont care what ya call it
It feels good in your wallet

When it's green, When it's green

Chorus...
You can take your reds and yellows
You can keep your blacks and blues
We only need one color baby
And here's the one we choose
We like green, We like green

Wild eyed Stacey
Tasty and lacy
She likes green

Grabs the rocket
In my pocket
Loves my green

Some people call it cash
While others call it stash
I dont care what ya call it
It feels good in your wallet
When it's green, When it's green

Chorus...
You can take your reds and yellows
You can keep your blacks and blues
We only need one color baby
And here's the one we choose
We like green, we like green

Get green baby....instrumental break

Hot rod Cindy
Down in Indy
She likes green
Sweet Ramona
In Daytona
She likes green

Some people call it cash
Others call it stash
I dont care what ya call it
It feels in your wallet
When it's green, when it's green

Chorus...
You can take your reds and yellows
You can keep your blacks and blues
We only need one color
And here's the one we choose
We like green, we like green

Yep on a word here and there Boo, but heck , it was only a 5 minute write <G>
Y

ok, here's a really quick one...sorry but hey, it's just out of my lil' ole head:

Prettiest Boy I'd Ever Seen

Just ask bout Ronnie Green
Prettiest lil' boy I'd ever seen
fell in love with him
in first grade
carved our names on that ole' oak tree
kissed me under the shade
I remember the promises that we made...

We would marry in the month of May
have 2 kids, boy for him, girl for me
but, then in junior high he moved away...
broke my heart this young boy Ronnie Green
still was the prettiest boy i'd ever seen

In the summer of my high school year
was working at the Dairy Queen
wiping tables one day
heard a fimilar voice say
I've been looking for you my dear

Looked up, starring me in the eyes
was the prettiest boy i'd ever seen
Yes, standing in front of me
was my long lost love, Ronnie Green
told me he still was in love with me

And he'd be honored if I'd marry him
He looked at me with his eyes of green
still the prettiest boy i'd ever seen
fell in love with him again
and today of all days
St. Patricks Day

well, ok, it was really quick, but it's still kinda cute....glyn

Hi Beth, wanted to get this "green lyric" in before midnight. Each Chorus is just a little different lyrically

“A Little Green”
©2009 Lynn Orloff

Never been in love before
This is all so very new
But if what I’m feeling now is love
Baby it’s because of you
So forgive me if I stumble with the words I wanna say
This is something unfamiliar but you won’t hear me once complain…

I’ve never been in love, I’m still a little green
The only thing I know of love’s what I watched on movie screens
No I’ve never been in love, didn’t know how it would be
But aren’t I the lucky one cos it’s my turn…finally

Can’t say I saw it coming
Guess I must've missed the signs
Seems it snuck up kind of quietly
Yeah it took me by surprise
If I seem alittle nervous, babe I hope you understand
Something happens that I can't explain everytime I hold your hand

I’ve never been in love, I’m still a little green
The only thing I know of love’s what I read in magazines
No I’ve never been in love, didn’t know how it would be
But aren’t I the lucky one cos it’s my turn…finally

Bridge
Now I know why I’ve heard people say that love’s the greatest thing
It’s like my heart was standing still until you came and gave it wings..

No I’ve never been in love, oh yeah I'm still a little green
All I know is what I’m feeling now makes it real darn hard to breathe
And even though I didn’t know how lucky someday I might be
It’s all for real the way I feel and it’s my turn
It’s my turn, it’s my turn….finally

"THAT BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE" (C) 2009 by Stan Good

It's a Big Tradition in The U.S.A.:
We Print Up A TON Of It, Then Give It Away...
If It Gets All Worn-Out, There's MORE On-The-Way...
From a Federal Factory, Works Night-&-Day!..(At That)

(CHORUS)
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE..
The Bankers Keep It Laundered, so It All Comes-Clean
& Until You Get YOUR Share, Life Often Seems Mean...(Without)
That BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE!

It Takes a Lotta Sweat, & More'n a Few Tears
To Keep That Paper Rollin' In-Between The Gears
But Everybody Needs CASH to Soothe A Few Fears
It'll Help You Fight WARS and Down a Few Beers...(Thanks To That)

(CHORUS)
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE
The Bankers Keep It Laundered, so It Always Comes Clean
& 'Till You Got Enough, You Search for A Stream...From That
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE!

(BRIDGE)
Now "Money Can't Buy Poverty" I Know That's True
AND Nobody Ever Gets Rich..Taking I.O.U.'s...

Get Enough-Printed, You Can Buy a New Rolls...
Even The Devil, Himself, can Buy a Few Souls..
You Can Even Buy a Copy of The Dead Sea Scrolls
& A Plastic Dashboard Jesus to sit Under Your Nose..(Thanks to That)

(CHORUS)
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE
Print You Off a Handfull, You Can Make-The-Scene!
You Can Even Getcha CHEMICALS to Pass That Drug Screen
(Thanks To That)
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE!

(SOLO)

So Roll Up Your Sleeves & Get a Little Muscle
You Can Make a BIG Diff'rence with a LITTLE Bitta Hustle
'Have to Sell Your Blood down to The Last Cor-puscle..
But Beware The I.R.S., 'Cuz They Been Known to Rustle! (With That)

(CHORUS)
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE..
You Thought It Was ALL Yours, BUT They Got-Away Clean
No-Longer HIGH-On-The-Hog, Now You're STUCK-In-BETWEEN? (Where IS That)
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE?

(TAG)
SOON..What-It-Prints..won't Be Worth A Hilla-Beans..
We'll ALL be Scrapin'-BY..& Cleanin' Latrines..(Thanks To That)
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE...
(Ask for It By-Name...) (That)
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE!
(Can't Leave Home WITHOUT IT, that)
BIG OBSCENE GREEN MONEY MACHINE!

Hey Glynda, Lynn and Stan,

Thanks so much for getting in under the wire on this quickie challenge!! But at 10 minutes before 1 AM, I'm too pooped to pop. Gotta get some sleep, and promise to come back to comment tomorrow, okay?

Thanks,
Beth

Hey Glynda,

Actually, I'm a big fan of quickie's ( ), so I thought this was actually sweet. Sure a little cutesie, but that's what St. Patrick's Day is all about. Good luck and finding that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

What I thought was especially endearing was that those little first grade feelings might grow into a more mature love....

As an aside, I'm always asking my kids if they think they've met the person they will marry yet (they're 8 and 10) !! They don't have to LIKE them at the moment, but have their paths crossed in some way? Occasionally I get a yes from both of them, but no specifics. But let's worry about making it respectively to 3rd and 5th grades first!!

Thanks for playing Glynda. I hope your eye is feeling better, and that those horrible headaches have dissipated.

Have a good evening.

Beth

Hi Lynn,

This is just sweet as all get-go. So romantic, and tender, and innocent. I do like the evolving choruses, and it's subtle, just like the beginning of a new and welcome relationship.

Ultimately, this is the heart of the song:

It’s all for real the way I feel and it’s my turn
It’s my turn, it’s my turn….finally


Pretty wild how many interpretations there are for this particular color? Good, bad, and everything in between....

Thanks for playing in this last-minute challenge....

See ya!
Beth

Hey Stanerooski!

A belated thank you for playing along in my last-minute challenge. Seems I should maybe spend some time working on some music one of of my own these days, huh????

Anyhoo, this song is certainly right up your alley. LOVE the hook...and you're timely as always. And while it truly is an Important Issue, I appreciate that you put a humorous spin on your "Protest Songs". Great use of the various incarnations of "making" money.

So hold on now, let me just take a look here....18,875 posts so far, huh? Hmmmmm, no wonder you do it so well and so quickly. I'm still working on a new bridge for my PET ROCK song for pete's sake!!!!

Gentle Hugs Back,
Jackie

P.S. Off to the docs tomorrow to get a look at the new metal in my foot! Big Day Out Of The House....I am SOOO lucky. Will report back with anything vaguely interesting....

Thanks Beth it's always fun to participate. May I bother you with a question since you are the scholar writer here...if you would be so kind...Where I have the apostrophe in the Chorus 2nd line "love's", I am trying to say/sing "love is" but meterwise want it sung as one syllable there so I printed it as "love's" but should the apostrophe be "love's" or "loves'"??? Thank you Beth

How did the foot metal thing go??

Lynn, quickie answer (I didn't want to steal Beth's thunder, though). "Love is" becomes "love's" (apostrophe-s, in other words). Remember, though, it is often better to have more syllables than less. There was a song about that...

Joe

Thanks Joe, I told ya I'd hire ya! Appreciate the grammatical or should I call it punctuational (and punctual) reply. Apostrophe s it is!!!

Hi Lynn...

So, you reckon I'm a "scholar writer", huh? It would certainly be easy to pooh-pooh your assessment and clarify I simply like to be careful with my grammar...but I'm trying to accept compliments with a bit more grace and a little less sarcasm these days, so THANK YOU! Still, I would be remiss, not mentioning that BOBBELINA is the go-to-grammar gal here!

As for your question, Joe is absolutely correct. You want to use the "apostrophe s" because it represents the contraction of LOVE and IS (you'd also use it to signify ownership -- for example, if you were talking about Love's Warm Fuzzy Feelings....).

Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier... a busy couple of days....but glad Joe was able to answer your questions.

So thanks Joe -- I also appreciate your interest in not wanting to step on these poor orthopedically-challenged toes!!

Have a good weekend but ciao for now,
Beth