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Looking For A Good Sign

by Robert McEntee

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Hey, who's that on the shoulder Hitchhiking across the USA Looks like me, now maybe I'm a little older I was sitting on my knapsack, with guitar on my knee It takes me back, west of Pittsburgh East of Wheeling, on my way Hey, who's that in the front seat now Driving nightshift in L.A. Got some speed freak truck driver, with a nickel .38 Walk the fare and wish me a nice day, that's all right I'm gonna take it, lucky number Smith and Wesson, walk away It takes me back, yeah I been lucky It takes me back most everyday Life can't promise you nothing, I wish I could All bets are off now for good ... Who's that on the corner Standing still like they got somewhere to be Every road I've traveled Leave a little dust on these boots And a little bit of sole on every traveled street It takes me back, every highway It takes me back down, most every day It takes me back, west of Selma, east of Jackson On my way
2.
This One's For Real ©McEntoonz Music This one's for real, this one's for real There's nothing that I can do or say To make her change her mind or clear her way Now maybe she found some better deal She's lookin' for a true heart And this one's for real, etc. It'd be easier to read a total stranger Than to try and understand just how I make her feel Ya know that I'm not out to change her I just wanna show her, this one's for real, etc. This one's for real this one's for real That's how I feel , this one's for real
3.
Walk Your Own Way ©McEntoonz Music If I were you I'd cut it loose yes, and just walk away You've had enough of this abuse, and I've got to say to you If ever you find yourself, in trouble's way, know then to step outside yourself Live to see another day 'Cause someone's always trying shake you down, everywhere you go They wanna keep you on the ground, this is what I know There are battles you can't win, on any given day Why even bother to begin? You should just walk your own way If you can't help the situation, you walk your own way If you can't help the situation, you walk your own way There ain't nothing that's wrong with you They'll treat you mean no matter what you do I do believe you've tried your best to compromise I'm thinking you deserve a rest, and realize You can't make someone happy, takin' the time, takin' the time If they don't wanna be happy, workin' it out Workin' it out ........ Ain't gonna get it no, no If you can't help the situation, you walk your own way
4.
On A Hill 04:11
On A Hill ©McEntoonz Music I got a little bit, I got a little bit of time And I'm going to take it Maybe look around, see what I can find Maybe do some changing Don't know where it's gonna be Almost doesn't matter to me Just a cinderblock shack by the sea, is all I need I'm gonna do what must be done Find a little house sitting in the sun, on a hill If I don't make some time now, you know I never will I been thinking about dropping out Disengaging I been thinking about checking somewhere else out Rearranging I don't recognize this town anymore Yeah there's too many dancers on the floor And I'm looking for the exit door I'm gonna do what must be done Find a little house sitting in the sun, on a hill If I don't make it happen, no one else will So many things I already miss about this city Most of them are you But the future here just ain't what it used to be I remember your touch, already miss you so much I got a little bit, I got a little bit of time And I've said what I needed to say to you I'm goin' up ahead, see what I can see Maybe find a little shack for two I'm gonna do what must be done Sitting in a little house sitting in the sun, on a hill If I don't make the time now, I never will I'm gonna do what must be done Find a little house sitting in the sun, on a hill If I don't make it happen, no one ever will
5.
Somewhere We Can Run To ©McEntoonz Music Darlin’ why don't you phone in sick Tell your boss some big lie We'll leave a note for the neighbors Liz and Rick That we'll be gone for awhile I got place somewhere I wanna show you A secret place somewhere we can run to Gonna pack up the dog and car Maybe take along one guitar We'll buy a map if you care how far it is 'Cause I don't really know I gotta place somewhere I wanna take you Half a day’s drive from this crowded town Bring that pretty little dress I bought you in Paris I got a place, somewhere we can run to Somewhere we can run to There won't be any CNN We won't have to hear 'bout the president We won't worry 'bout Saddam Hussein or Iraq It'll still be there when we get back There won't be any Starbucks There won't be any Wal-mart There won't be any news that we can't miss So leave your cell phone behind Cause I got a place, somewhere I wanna take you A secret place far from the maddening crowd Bring that pretty little dress That I bought you in Paris France I got a place somewhere we can run to Somewhere we can run to
6.
When The World Treats You Cold ©McEntoonz Music Who'd of thought it, who'd of known You were falling, and you fell alone I wish I'd been there, to break your fall Step by step, call by call I'm telling you please If the world leaves you cold You can come to me When the world treats you cold Feast or famine, flood or drought We take our chances by even going out So don't let 'em rile you, break you down I'll be your sunshine, I'll be around No matter how much you give them They'll always want so much more I'd hold my pride Keep my head down low Get that paycheck bread Baby please if the world leaves you cold You can come to me When the world treats you cold
7.
Down A Side Road ©McEntoonz Music Just passing through this town Don't know no way around My wheels have never touched the ground here before I don't need no map I'm on vacation From a world that's getting smaller and smaller to me There was a sign a few miles back Saying something I didn't read We're on our own, down this side road We're rolling down this side road These are contentious times, makes me want to run From all these alleged crimes from a war they say never can be won I don't know just what is true, even less what I can do Try and keep on driving through the dark times Let the shadows fall, Let the shadows fall, Let the shadows fall Away from you Let the shadows fall, Let the shadows fall, Let the shadows fall Away from you I knew a few years back, Jerusalem for me Can only be reached, down this side road So I'm passing through your town Don't know no way around it My wheels may never touch this ground here again As a shadow falls, across my land I'll take my chances down this side road Yeah we're rolling down this side road you and me
8.
Keeping It New ©McEntoonz Music Keeping it new, keeping it new, keeping it new, keeping it new The longer I know you, the more that you do Keeping it new, keeping it new Some day I'm gonna take to heart what you said Get out on the other side of my bed I'm so sure I know I know, I know your story your m.o. The older I get the more stubborn I am in my head Keeping it new, keeping it new Moving mountains, walk on the moon The longer I love you the more I wanna do Keeping it new, keeping it new Little bit lighter, little bit brighter, little bit higher each day Little bit lighter, little bit brighter, little bit higher each day Yeah I know you been loving me for a long while We've been travelin' down a lonesome road for a longer mile Just when I think I know what to expect What you possess and what you reject You turn the tables, pull the rug And break the mold for me Keeping it new, keeping it new, Pretty darlin’, how do you do it? The more time that passes the more i appreciate you Keeping it new, keeping it new Little bit lighter, little bit brighter, little bit higher each day Little bit lighter, little bit brighter, little bit higher each day Keeping it new, keeping it new Keeping it new, keeping it new
9.
Every Nation 04:29
Every Nation ©McEntoonz Music It's midnight Greenwich, I got the radio on Listening to the signal as it drifts through the night Skip to me from across the earth While America is sleeping, sleeping, sleeping, wide awake Over the ocean, under the sun, the signal scratches and the signal hums I am hearing the voice of one, from every nation Wrapped my mind around it Wrapped my heart around it too while I was at it And I held a candle to the darkness around me Open eared and open eyed, thought I almost recognized The son of an immigrant son of every nation Over the ocean, under the sun, the signal drifts and the signal hums I am hearing the voice of one, from every nation In pursuit of happiness and fun, lucky, lucky Americans Do you still see yourself as one of every nation? Sitting in my American kitchen With the short waves pounding I got grooves from somewhere tonight Over the ocean, under the sun, the signal scratches and the signal hums But I am hearing a voice of one, from every nation Pursuit of happiness and fun, lucky, lucky Americans Do you still see yourself as one of every nation?
10.
Looking For a Good Sign ©McEntoonz Music I’m looking for a good sign ‘Til the wheel turns 'round to me There's so much here that's suspicious There's so much here that is veiled It'd be much easier just to blow it off It'd be much easier if I just bailed I’m taking it as a good sign Nothing's certain to me I be looking for a good sign ‘Til the wheel turns 'round to me See I don't know if when it's over The plug gets pulled on the big tv We'll find out if this is the only station Find out what will be will be So I’m taking it for a good sign All this uncertainty Yeah I’m looking for a good sign ‘Til the wheel turns 'round to me So I'll take it as a good sign All this uncertainty Yeah I’m looking for a good sign ‘Til the wheel turns 'round for me Yeah I’m looking for a good sign Yeah I’m looking for a good sign Yeah I’m looking for a good sign ‘Til the wheel turns 'round for me ‘Til the wheel turns 'round for me

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released January 7, 2006

Written, played, recorded, produced by RM
Drums - Chris Lyons

PHOTO - Jack Delano / A prisoner dancing while another plays the guitar at a prison camp. Greene County, Georgia

Courtesy of the artist and the Library of Congress
LC-USF34- 044766-E Jack Delano

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