-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- blue print lyrics -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ridin' next to you (JIM BIXLER] step out of the back seat onto the street people bow down kiss his feet look at the briefcase cling to his hand check out the hotel poolside tan i'd give my right arm and my left one too to be ridin' next to you to be ridin' next to you if we couId get close maybe it would rub off a touch of success a round of golf pina coloda in the sand now let's talk about the band i'd give my right arm and my left one too to be ridin' next to you to be ridin' next to you reel to reel i got a cassette stand on my head so you won't forget your right hand's worth a hundred grand sign me up you are the man i'd give my right arm and my left one too to be ridin' next to you to be ridin' next to you SOLOISTS vocal - Jim Bixler guitar - Phil Wimer -------------------------------------------------- instant gratification (JUDY BIXLER- BILL BIXLER) you've thought it over and you think you want it now whatever it takes no matter when or how the things you desire will they last until tomorrow so think once again will they really help you grow instant gratification it won't change your situation you've got to face it now or deal with it later buyer beware in this world of trade and commerce greed's a deceiver what seems better leads to worse refuse today was only yesterday's treasures values are hidden 'neath the guise Of wealth and pleasure instant gratification it won't change your situation you've got to face it now or deal with it later SOLOISTS vocal - Judy Bixler guitar - Phil Wimer vibes - Jeff Bowman -------------------------------------------------- this is for you (JIM BIXLER) this is for you for the life that you've been givin' when i was barely livin' this is for you for the love that you've been makin' when my heart it was achin' this is for you this is for you for the song that you've been playin' i hear what you're sayin' this is for you for the times that you've been a friend well i'll say it again this is for you this is for you i don't know what i'd do if it wasn't for you how would i get through this is for you SOLOISTS vocal - Jim Bixler vocal - Judy Bixler alto sax - Bill Bixler -------------------------------------------------- spoon charisma (JOHN TOURTILLOTT - BILL BIXLER) grandiose from coast to coast nose toast it don't have to boast spoon charisma he's got his big buck biz let me show you what it is big maroon cadilloc piper cubs with stuff in the back down at the "c" level it's glassy and clear wide eyed nostrils gather at the mirror gettin' gone and out of here hey hey yeah grandiose from coast to coast nose toast it don't have to boast spoon charisma he's got his big buck biz let me show you what it is get it all in a line close the chrome venetian blinds so the neighborhood they don't see hey what you got was meant for me but it's in your upper cavity hey hey yeah be the first one on your block to get your ass out of hock if your friends don't seem to give a hoot offer 'em up a little toot what you gonna do with all that loot hey hey yeah grandiose from coast to coast nose toast it don't have to boast spoon charisma he's got his big buck biz let me show you what it is SOLOISTS vocal - Bill Bixler vocal - Judy Bixler guitar - Phil Wimer vibes, steel drum - Jeff Bowman -------------------------------------------------- under the weather (JIM BIXLER) feel the sun in your face it's the time and the place our hearts seek to know storm's comin' soon it's a dark afternoon people on the streets ain't got their own people under the weather people under the weather there's crime in the streets victims of the heat shelter cannot be found what is it all for i can't take it any more the rain keeps pourin'down people under the weather people under the weather daddy's sittin' home watchin' t.v. all alone mama's on the kitchen in the phone little do they know there's a killer in the den he's about to do 'em in it's gettin' grim people under the weather people under the weather SOLOISTS vocal - Judy Bixler vocal - Jim Bixler vocal, guitar - Phil Wimer tenor sax - Bill Bixler -------------------------------------------------- prelude to paradise [JORDAN DE LA SIERRA - JIM BIXLER) pianos - Alan Carlson, Bill Bixler -------------------------------------------------- paradise (JIM BIXLER) pretty pictures on these postcards just don't make it like they say dirty city and this broken heart of mine i want to get back there today and i want to go back to paradise i want to go back to paradise i want to go back to paradise i want to go back to paradise give me reservations on that airline and if it's booked i'll take the cruise it don't matter how i get to where i go hand me that ticket kick off my shoes and i want to go back to paradise i want to go back to paradise i want to go back to paradise i want to go back to paradise paradise girls as sweet as amaretto toastin' their wine blues that don't get you down tradewinds are blowin through my mind coconut hit the ground and i want to go back to paradise i want to go back to i want to go back through i want to go back blue i want to go back to i want to go back to paradise i want to go back to paradise SOLOIST vocal - Jim Bixer -------------------------------------------------- last thing in the world (JIM BIXLER) everybody everywhere they're just tryin' to get their share you better run for your bed the lightnin' gonna fall it's gonna touch us all it's a ten round bout you're gonna lose out the show has just begun it's a first run they're fallin' to their feet just to try and find a seat like it was the last thing in the world one to the left one to the right one below the belt you better watch your head they're gonna fill it full of lead it's a free for all it's a ten round bout you're gonna lose out the show has just begun it's a first run they're fallin' to their feet just to try and find a seat like it was the last thing in the world if you know it's got to show we just stepped in it never ends everybody everywhere they're just tryin' to get their share you better run for your bed the lightnin' gonna fall it's gonna touch us all its a ten round bout you're gonna lose out the show has just begun it's a first run they're fallin' to their feet just to try and find a seat like it was the last thing in the world SOLOISTS vocal, guitar - Phil Wimer vocal - Judy Bixler tenor sax - Bill Bixler -------------------------------------------------- tragic emblem (BILL BIXLER - JOHN TOURTILLOTT) the elements you use are nomadic the emblem you choose is so tragic terribly stern a fortress of ice it comes up once won't come up twice it's hard when you got to show for the pain the freedom you call freedom i call insane can't make heads or tails out of the magic negative reruns applied to the static terribly stern a fortress of ice it comes up once won't come up twice it's hard when you got to show for the pain the freedom You call freedom i call insane you don't like to lose amazed at the dues you must pay a sad cliche dues you must pay the future you say is so systematic i'm tryin'to be so diplomatic terribly stern a fortress of ice it comes up once won't come up twice it's hard when you got to show for the pain the freedom you call freedom i call insane SOLOISTS vocal - Bill Bixler vocal - Judy Bixler vibes - Jeff Bowman guitar - Phil Wimer -------------------------------------------------- begonia snow (JOHN TOURTILLOTT - BILL BIXLER) begonia snow is as far as I will go you do that rain dancin' so very slow now that you know what I didn't have to show i know the rain forest child it will drive you wild i forgot everything everything everything everything everything everything everything everything light the stove and put some heat against the cold and watch those wintry days unfold i had to laugh and it loosened up my soul i know the rain forest child it will drive you wild i forgot everything everything everything everything everything everything everything everything let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go and it's all so good when I think on all those times you did what i always thought that you would SOLOISTS vocal - Judy Bixler vocal- Bill Bixler vibes - Jeff Bowman soprano sax - Jim Bixler basses - Tad Wadhams -------------------------------------------------- end