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Body Rock
03:16
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I just want to touch you, hold you next to me
Feel your warm breath on my neck
And whisper sweet nothings to me
Move me with your touch, can you hear me, I want to feel you
Kaleidoscope of colors, baby don't rush
Baby let your body rock, baby let your body rock, rock, rock, rock
Baby let your body rock me all night long
Whisper in your ear, all the colors I'll make you feel
Your eyes reveal emotions, like your mind on display
Speak to me, I'm the lock you're my key
Baby let your body rock, baby let your body rock, rock, rock, rock
I want to soak your love up like a sponge
When I’m with you I’m high I’m unplugged
To a different world I spin and twirl, so baby you make my toes curl
Baby let your body rock, baby let your body rock, rock, rock, rock
Baby let your body rock me all night long
With No words I want to talk, hand in hand I want to walk
With your lips I want to lock, let’s make love let's be the song
Feels so good it can't be wrong
Baby let your body rock, baby let your body rock, rock, rock, rock
Baby let your body rock, baby let your body rock, rock, rock, rock
Baby let your body rock me, baby let your body rock me
Baby let your body rock me all night long
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That Kiss Was Poison
01:49
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There's only one man that I ever loved
And I broke his heart cause I had to run
Around the world saw things I needed to learn
Just to find out
That kiss was poison, yeah, yeah
That kiss was poison. Yeah
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
Because in to a trance I would go
For hours and hours my mind was blown
To a paradise land, we were flown
That kiss was poison, yeah, that kiss was poison yeah
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
So with your soft lips
You would whisper our future in the making
Then together our souls would dance so free
Now I’m stuck being haunted
By that spell he put on me, the spell he put on me
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
That kiss was poison
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Four Pieces of Wood
03:15
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Twenty-four hours until the seconds in my mind
A filmstrip of every temptation and echoing faces, never fading in time
Evolution is the secret truth, and constant changing time
Invisible and yet impossible
To begin is to end is to begin, to begin is to end is to begin
You snapped a picture the other day and trapped me behind the glass you say
Holding with death and time and less than four pieces of wood
I fell in love with you, can’t even sing in shades of blue
You drive me crazy, no you didn’t just pick me that daisy
To begin is to end is to begin, to begin is to end is to begin
Is this real or am I dreaming
Dance with me, twirl me across the floor, leaving me wanting nothing but more
Now you’re so far away and pleasures make the life you say and
Drifters live the life, matters all my life
To begin is to end is to begin, to begin is to end is to begin
You snapped a picture the other day, it wasn’t black and white but shades of gray
You held me behind the last four pieces of wood, just in time, just in time, just behind
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Rubber on the Road
04:05
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Something about the rubber on the road, it reminds me that I’ve got a soul
My heartbeat accelerates as I get to a state
There’re limits, there’s exits
Detours and orange, where should I go
Something about the rubber on the road
Something about the rubber on the road
I’m addicted, to the road
You give me a long leash, where should I go
Don’t wrap it up around your neck
We’ve got places to go, where should we go
There’s something about the rubber and the road
Something about the rubber
Something about the rubber
We’ve got to make it
We got time to take it slow
Slow ride, slow ride
Something about the rubber and the road
Something about the rubber
And the road
There’s a high, high ride with a way
A good thing you should say
Where should we go
There’s something about the rubber on the road
Detours and exits and orange
Something about the rubber on the road
Something about the rubber
Something about the rubber
The roads they will be taken
By you
Miles you drive, people that you meet
Where should we go
Strangers are the, the world
Something about the rubber on the road
GPS is so bionic, an atlas keeps me wondering where should I go
Something about the rubber on the road
Something about the rubber, and the road
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Deep Black Ink
05:33
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I remember the first time I touched a key, the sound it made intrigued me
It didn’t even matter if I spelled it wrong, I just couldn’t wait for the ding
Leading me to the next line you see, let my fingers sing for me
In deep black ink
A permanent thought that I couldn’t see, I couldn’t take it back already let it be
In deep black ink, in deep black ink
It comforts me to see my thoughts laid out so perfectly
In deep black ink, in deep black deep black ink
Turn the knob and press the key, grooves in the buttons it was made for me
I can close my eyes and let the writing consume me, consume me
Let my fingers play for me, let my fingers sing
In deep black ink, deep, deep, deep, black bold ink
Love my typewriter more than real speech, the truth comes out so effortlessly
Fingers are dancing across the keys, songs are flowing out of me
Pushing that deep black ink, in deep black ink
The first time I touched a key, the sound it made intrigued me
It didn’t even matter if I spelled it wrong
I just couldn’t wait for the ding
In deep black ink
It’s a permanent thought that I can see, I can’t take it back already let it be
Echoing in front of me
It comforts me, to see my thoughts laid out so perfectly
In deep black ink, in deep black ink
It comforts me to see my thoughts laid out so perfectly
I can let the writing consume me
In deep black ink
Let my fingers move me
The truth comes out so effortlessly
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Love Lied
03:30
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Past is the past for a reason, I’m changing with the seasons
Do I stay or do I leave him
You never listen to me, in your eyes I'm the enemy
My soul from me you stole, my life you tried to control
Love lied, I tried, I fell, you broke my insides
Seconds would change, your voice was deranged
You would hold me, then you’d scold me
Hold me up just to throw me down
You loved me that’s what you told me, but you lied to me so boldly
Love lied, I tried, I fell, you broke my insides
I tried over and over again
To start over and just be your friend
Every time I left in tears, and every time it turned to fear
Love lied, I tried, I fell, you broke my insides, love lied, love lied
Past is the past for a reason, I’m changing with the seasons
Do I stay or do I leave him
You never listen to me, in your eyes an enemy
My soul from me you stole, my life you tried to control
Love lied, I tried, I fell, you broke my insides
Love lied, love lied
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Birthday Suits
03:34
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If your gonna spend the winters
Between the two rivers
Then you got to put your cloths on
When the body shakes and shivers
And if your gonna spend the summer
On the prairie green and wide
Better take off all your clothing, and push old winter aside
Birthday suits, birthday suits, we all have one to wear
You’re never out of fashion when you’re bare
In the springtime when your drivin
On I thirty five
And the land it wakes up talkin
Sayin hey Im alive
You stop to pick some flowers, you stop to get some love
You can take your clothes off, If its 63 above
Birthday suits, birthday suits, we all have one to wear
You’re never out of fashion when you’re bare
In the autumn when its chilly
And your feelin kind of silly
You might put on some clothing
At night
But for Iowa Indian summers
Strip down sisters and brothers
Catch some sun today and the moonbeams tonight
Birthday suits, birthday suits, we all have one to wear
You’re never out of fashion when you’re bare
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Seize the Day
02:25
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You killed us dead, could have been so good together
And all I can say is why didn’t we seize the day
First it was all or nothing, then you disappeared or something
Now I’m here in hell thinking, it could have been something
Yeah, yeah
It could have been something
Say you’ll call, never do, sitting here feeling like a fool
And you don’t care and I don’t care anymore
Guess were going to be nothing now, could have been something
Really could have, something, something, something, could have been something
Sometimes it’s OK, miss the boat you’ll have to stay
Sometimes it’s just fate, just in time to be too late
And wasted time, wasted souls
I know you and you know too; you were playing me and I was playing you
Yeah wasted time, wasted souls
All I can say is why didn’t you seize the day
Guess we could have been something, something, hey yeah, something yeah
Guess we’re gonna be, guess we’re gonna be, guess we’re gonna be
Nothing, nothing, nothing now
Could have been something
You killed us dead, could have been so good together
Seize the day
Good together, good together
All I can say is why didn’t we seize the day
Why didn’t we seize the day
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Flap Your Jacks
04:23
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When your young and your bold and the world you have to explore
Buy an ice cream van, bring it home get out the hose
Spray paint the side of the wall
And put a misfits flag in the window lets ride, lets ride
Don’t know where we’re gonna go, not yet too soon, let this bitch roll
Are you getting tired of driving, better pull over in a hurry lets go
Turn on the channel right or let it roll, time to go, no particular place to go
Then we breakdown, call it a night get off the road, get off the road
Stay and there’s a knock at the door, my name is Hippy Tommy and I’m here to help
Take you up to my home, we gotta pick up a hippy on the way home
And up the mountain we did go, your lookin over I’m looking low
Up to the top we see the locals, theres broke down buses and people galore
Hippy Tom, Hippy Tom, The nicest people you’ll meet
After a while we had to hit the road
When Rainbow shook my hand and said lets go
Got up the hill and in the town
Gave me a song
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10. |
I Saw You Fly
06:14
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Some call me, mysterious
Get me sound
Go for a flight
Fly so high
That time when the dark night sky comes
I saw you fly
Had me screaming, screaming
Time, time
Time, time, time, time, time, time
Lucid, lucid, lucid dream
Make a sound
Show your wings protector
Time, time, time, time, time
It’s the time of the night
What you see from here
The dark
The time when dark night sky, comes
Hectic static, static
Rattle you to your core
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Lost in Oblivion
02:45
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I feel like the whole world’s swallowing me whole
Everywhere I turn everywhere I look it’s following me
Get out of my face what do you want from me
Do you want to take my life and rip it all away from me
So I can move on
I’m lost, I’m lost, I’m lost in oblivion, pack my bags because I’m not coming back to you
My life without you, you only cause me pain and sorrow
I can’t help I want off this crazy roller coaster
Spinning so fast I reach out for anything stable
I’m lost, I’m lost, I’m lost in oblivion, I’m lost in oblivion
Pack my bags because I’m not coming back to you
I feel so lost and lonely, which way do I turn, so many things are running through my head
Like do I stay awake or do I go to bed, been running in place for way too long
Been running so long
Throw away my keys I have no address, I’m not coming back to that I promise
Cause I’m lost, I’m lost, I’m lost in oblivion, I’m lost in oblivion
Pack my bags because I’m not coming back to you
I’m lost, I’m lost, I’m lost in oblivion
Pack my bags because I’m not coming back to you
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12. |
Only You
03:17
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I can see
Your company
Turns the night into day
Passing time
Sweet as wine
Only you, only you
It’s always you for me
On our knees
Right to the bone
Explore
When I'm with you
The skies are blue
Chasing clouds all day
Perfect match
Gets better every day
Only you, always you
Only you, for me
Only you to cool my soul
When I’m with you
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It started out, as a light in the distance
Just let it happen, drop my resistance
I fell to my knees, please have mercy, and closed my eyes, but I could see
I pray to God, was he listening, but the lights still shine, will he set me free
It’s not from the stars it’s an ugly seduction
It’s not from mars it’s my blues abduction
Is it fact or fiction, I need to know
This strange communion, of sound and soul
The clock is broken, and I remember, and time is missing, I shake and I shiver
Is this the devil, the fallen angel, or is it a blessing, then I need delivered
It’s not from the stars it’s an ugly seduction
It’s not from mars it’s my blues abduction
It’s a close encounter, with a beating heart, just one more twist, and it will tear apart
Somewhere in the shadows, feel the rhythm, does true love wait, I feel the pull
Should I fight to find it, feel the heartbreak, or accept this fate, see this fool
See this fool hanging on to destruction, brand new lesson, it’s my blues abduction
It’s my blues abduction
It’s my blues abduction
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Erick Hovey and Friends Fort Dodge, Iowa
Erick Hovey's music is peppered with seasonings of blues, roots rock, jazz, funk, old power trio rock, reggae, and newer folk fusion styles. His lyrical content has not only good humored nods towards classic blues and rock clichés’, but spans the afterlife, and existentialism as well. Sometimes it’s spooky, sometimes it’s raw, spiritual, and sensual. Think Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, and Peter Green. ... more
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