This Time Around
New Car Smell
A Better Day
I’m looking for a perfect stranger, One who I have known before
Maybe in another lifetime, To come walking through my door
My heart’s been yearning for you, This time I feel so sure
Again that I will find you girl, To share our love once more
This time around
This time around I know I’ll shower you with kindness
This time around I’ll know exactly what to say
This time around I know I’ll leave behind my blindness
This time around I know that we will find our way
This time around
Or will we go around in circles for eternity?
Do the stars show that we’re destined to be fools?
Will we find each other one last time and do it right?
Will we finally win by playing by the rules?
I will keep searching for you in this lifetime
I swear I’ll understand this time around
‘Cause I’m so tired of missing our connection
I’ve been so lost and I need to be found
This time around
This time around I know I’ll shower you with kindness
This time around I’ll know exactly what to say
This time around I know I’ll leave behind my blindness
This time around I know that we will find our way
This time around
This time around
This time around
This time around
This time around
My lifeguard lover doesn’t want a ring
My lifeguard lover doesn’t want a ring
She doesn’t want to mess with our good thing
My lifeguard lover doesn’t want a ring
The boys in the breakers marvel at her skills
The boys in the breakers marvel at her skills
She walks out on the edge, undressed to kill
Yeah, The boys in the breakers marvel at her skills
She’s got her own wavelength, broadcasts every night
Yes, She’s got her own wavelength, broadcasts every night
And the tunes she saves for me are out of sight
Yeah, She’s got her own wavelength, broadcasts every night
My lifeguard lover doesn’t want a ring
My lifeguard lover doesn’t want a ring
She doesn’t want to mess with our good thing
My lifeguard lover doesn’t want a ring
In my room the walls surround
A quiet man who longs to be found again
Time and time I think of you
But you’re the past and you won’t do today
Someone new is what I lack
The world grows heavy on my back
Be patient, be easy, be calm
Strength will come and dwell with you, my friend
Don’t fly quickly, blindly to your end
Love will open up your eyes again
Be patient, be easy, be calm
Be patient, be easy, be calm
Well they say she breathes fire and she sleeps on a bed of coals
And she’ll douse you with desire, then she’ll fricassee your soul
If you’re talkin’ ‘bout passion, she’s the undisputed queen
And she goes by the name of Acetylene
Acetylene’s a girl that I once knew
She helped me with some things that I was goin’ through
That girl knew exactly what to do
Yeah, Acetylene
I met her in a place down on Bourbon Street
She came up close and I could feel the heat
She said “Baby, do ya wanna go?”, And I said “Yeah”
Yeah, Acetylene
She’s hotter than a pistol on the fourth of July
She’ll set your pulse to racin’ and your fever sky-high
She’s the fastest thing that your money can buy
But don’t talk to her about love ‘cause she’s bound to hate it
She won’t break your heart, she’ll incinerate it
She burned me down to the ground
And then she left me like I’d been struck dumb
She’s the kind of lover that you’ll never recover from
Well they say she breathes fire and she sleeps on a bed of coals
And she’ll douse you with desire, then she’ll fricassee your soul
If you’re talkin’ ‘bout passion, she’s the undisputed queen
And she goes by the name of Acetylene
Acetylene
Acetylene
She goes by the name
Of Acetylene
New Car Smell © 2011 Stu Skaroff and Millard Brown
I like girls of all shapes and styles, and I’m lookin’ for one with real low miles
She’s gotta be pretty and go like hell, I’m lookin’ for a girl with that new car smell
New car smell, baby, new car smell
New car smell, baby, I can tell
Lookin’ for a girl with that new car smell, come a little closer, baby, I can tell
Lookin’ for a girl with that new car smell, come a little closer, baby, I can tell
Don’t need a girl with no trainin’ wheels, just racin’ stripes on her six-inch heels
Waitin’ under the Christmas tree, flashin’ both green lights at me
New car smell, baby, new car smell
New car smell, baby, I can tell
Lookin’ for a girl with that new car smell, come a little closer, baby, I can tell
Lookin’ for a girl with that new car smell, come a little closer, baby, I can tell
Standin’ there with a showroom shine, with her thumb in the air on Highway Nine
She’s gonna be mine, baby, I can tell, I think I found the girl with the new car smell
New car smell, baby, new car smell
New car smell, baby, I can tell
New car smell
There She Was © 2011 Stu Skaroff
There she was, just a settin’ there
Cheshire smile by the Frigidaire
Squeezin’ honey from a plastic bear
In her underwear
Don’t remember where I found her
But I like to be around her
And I know that it’s here she’s gonna stay
‘Cause she’s got an ankle bracelet from the D. E. A.
Try a little more every night
Don’t you worry Baby, it’ll be alright
I love you just a little more every day
And it feels okay
Lights the Lucky from behind her ear
Asks me if I want another beer
Sports a tattoo that says “Your name here”
She’s a cause for fear
Don’t remember where I found her
But I like to be around her
And I know that it’s here she’s gonna stay
‘Cause she’s got that ankle bracelet from the D. E. A.
Try a little more every night
Don’t you worry Baby, it’ll be alright
I love you just a little more every day
And it feels okay
Mars and Venus ©2007 Stu Skaroff
She’s got a bee in her bonnet, panties in a knot
All she sees is red, and she’s runnin’ real hot
Don’t ask her what’s the matter, ʼcause you haven’t got a clue
But you can bet the blame will fall directly on you
Yeah you’re in the doghouse and you don’t know why
Well that’s what you get for just bein’ a guy
You better buy her some flowers and some eau de toilet
ʼCause this is somethin’ that she’ll never let you forget
Ain’t no use wondrin’ what it is that you’ve done
You’re from Mars, she’s from Venus, that’s the way that things run
Yeah, she’s madder than a wet hen
Goin’ off like Big Ben
And peace is nowhere to be found
Tropical Depression © 1998 Stu Skaroff
I been a thinkin’ ‘bout the hurricane
Wind and water that have gone insane
And don’t you know that every one of ‘em came
From a tropical depression
Oh yeah, the thing that makes a hurricane
When it hits, you better run and hide
If you don’t, it could be suicide
Only fools will let their money ride
On a tropical depression
Yeah, the thing that makes a hurricane
Board the windows up and lock the door
Especially if you’re livin’ near the shore
Yeah, it’s a big mistake if you ignore
A tropical depression
Oh yeah, the thing that makes a hurricane
A lot of wind gonna blow around
Put some pressure on this little town
Mother Nature’s gonna kick some ass today
Everything Is Really Fine Here © 2002 Stu Skaroff
Everything is really fine here
Everything is so serene
Everything is yours and mine here
Everything is nice and clean
Oh but behind the eyes the fires rage
And no outsiders see the stage
Upon which life and death are played
And countless figures are portrayed
Maybe you’ll be here tomorrow
Maybe you’ll be here today
I hate to only sit in sorrow
Come and take me far away
You see I feel the need to rant and rave
Because the world will not behave
I try my best to keep intact
But then I have a spaz attack
Then I can see them coming for me
Their coats of white are shining bright
Just take it easy they implore me
And then they hold me really tight
And then a momentary sting
And I can hear the angels sing
They take me to a better place
Where all my trauma is erased
Everything is really fine here
Everything is really fine here
Everything is really fine here
Everything is really fine here
Kung Fooey © 1998 Stu Skaroff
Updating…
Politician © 1998 Stu Skaroff
He was a politician
And he had a winning smile
And he kept his district happy for a while
He said that he was on the high road
But I guess he took the low
At least that’s what they said on the radio
Now he’s doin’ three to seven
With his most distinguished peers
Gentlemen who’ve served him through the years
And he’s polishin’ his golf game
And he knows he’ll soon be free
And his Cadillac is waitin’ for the key
And the rain pours down upon us
And we’re soaked through to the skin
And we go hungry watchin’ this guy win
Is it so hard to take the high road?
Well, it’s up to us to try
Then maybe we can look our children in the eye
Ice Cream and Cake © 1992 Stu Skaroff
Time it is draggin’, and I’m all alone
I called your number, but you wasn’t at home
I’m feelin’ so lonely, right down to the bone
I think I’ll have ice cream and cake
I guess I’ll have a party
Turn down the lights and cry
Nobody’s invited
Just me, myself and I
Lightin’ the candles, and makin’ a wish
Blowin’ ’em out now, and grabbin’ a dish
Holdin’ it steady
For a scoop and a slice
Havin’ some ice cream and cake
You know the elastic band on my hat broke
My noisemaker don’t work no more
All I’m allowed is milk, I can’t have Coke
No pile of presents on the floor
Well after the ice cream, and all of that cake
I’m holdin’ my stomach, it surely do ache
All of that sugar
Gonna keep me awake
Time for more ice cream and cake
Oh yeah
I’m gonna have me
More ice cream and cake
Oh yeah