Broken Down Love by Peter Rogan copyright 2021

She's laying up in bed

I'm out in the garage again

Fixing up this truck

She calls the "old girlfriend"

I've been working on the cars, the boat, the roof

Said she's had enough

Says I'm always fixing things, everything

Except this Broken Down Love

 

It was all parties and dancin'

Before our rings of gold

She says her dreams are on some shelf now

growing dusty and old

I work my days and nights, the weeks, the months

but it's not enough   

I'm always fixing things, everything

Cept this Broken Down Love

Except this BDL 4x

See, I've always had this knack

I can figure things out

But I never say the right thing

When I open my mouth

I just keep working' on these cars, the boat, the roof

I've had enough

Truth is I'd trade it all now 

To fix this BDL

Back to Natchez by Peter Rogan copyright 2021

Chorus

I'm never goin' back to Natchez 

I'm never goin' back to that place where she said hello

I'm never going back to Natchez

See, this rig's my house, the road's my home

My dream was always drivin'

On the big slabs Maine to Mexico

It ain't just arrivin'

This rig's my heart, the road's my soul

I met her on a backslide

South to Nola from Ontario

A diner on the roadside

She said "Where you from?" I said "Monroe"

She said "Where you from?" I said "Monroe"

Bridge

The road was always my freedom

But now it don't feel the same

Clocking miles ain't as easy, son

She just can't have someone else's name

No, she can’t have someone else’s name

Solo interlude section (hero's contemplation)

Chorus

Now I'm going back to Natchez

Now I'm going back to that place where we said hello

Now I'm going back to Natchez

See this rigs my house but she's my home

repeat

Dancin' Naked c2020 Peter Rogan

Well, baby, I know you're kind of stressed

Seems lately, they've put you to the test

Now Honey, allow me to suggest

A special kind of evening, to get you decompressed

Well, baby, this ain't no false arrest

Seems lately, the world's got your best

Please remember, that my love must be professed

And tonight you won't be sayin' that I am overdressed

(Chorus)

Cause I'll be dancin' (naked) when you come home tonight

I'll be dancin' (naked) everything's gonna be alright

I'll be dancin' (naked) without my tighty whites

I'll be dancin' naked when you come home tonight

Well, baby, you say you've been oppressed

Seems maybe, it's time to reassess 

Now honey, allow me to request

A (custom)(distinctive) kind of evening, where someone's underdressed

(Chorus)

Cause I'll be dancin' (naked) when you come home tonight

I'll be dancin' (naked) everything's gonna be alright

I'll be dancin' (naked) without my tighty whites

I'll be dancin' naked when you come home tonight

(Solo over verse chords)

(Bridge)

We've been through a lot together

Times are tough but you know they're gettin' better

I'm gonna show you all I got

Gonna give it my best shot

We're gonna retie this love knot

With just this caveat

(Chorus)

I'll be dancin' (naked) when you come home tonight

I'll be dancin' (naked) everything's gonna be alright

I'll be dancin' (naked) without my tighty whites

I'll be dancin' naked when you come home tonight

(Chorus)

Cause we'll be dancin' (naked) when you come home tonight

We'll be dancin' (naked) everything's gonna be alright

We'll be dancin' (naked) (without) my tighty whites

We'll be dancin' (naked) when you come home tonight

 

 

 

 

 


My Kinda Strange by P. Rogan/M. Wilkins copyright 2019

Her momma just don't like me

Her friends all roll their eyes

When I pull up at my baby's 

Her daddy shakes his head and sighs

My truck is always dirty

My hair don't know a comb

But when she climbs in right beside me

She says it feels like home

Cause I'm her bad boy romeo

I'm the pirate of her soul

She don't really want me to change

She says "You're my kinda strange"

I laugh when she gets angry

Say no when she wants to dance

I never buy her flowers

Don't know a thing about romance

I'm nothing like my brother

My dad wanted me to be

I'll never wear no suit and tie

She says "that's ok with me!"

Cause I'm her bad boy romeo

I'm the bandit of her soul

She don't really want me to change

She says "You're my kinda strange"

(Bridge)

She’ll flash her violet eyes in the early morning light

I love when she says my name in the middle of the night

But I keep pushing all her buttons

It shorts the circuits in her brain

I'm her randy roller coaster ride, who's driving her insane, yeah

(solo)

She says I'm shameless in the daytime

Fearless in the night

We can't never go to parties

Cause I always start a fight

Well, I'm her bad boy Romeo

I'm the pirate of her soul

She don't really want me to change

She says "You're my kinda strange"

Repeat

Ships a Burnin'  by P. Rogan copyright 2021

Sold my bike just yesterday                  

Dropped some things along the way

Ten years old I knew I found it

Comes a time, stop circlin’ round it

Sure don't want to change to salt

guess she’s right, it’s all my fault. 

So Today I set my ships a burnin'

Lit them up to get these tables turnin

For so long my heart's been yearnin' 

So Today I set my ships a burnin'

Left it propped up in a corner

Said she loved me, I tried to warn her

It’s Better late than almost never

So Save the date, cause it's forever

Sure don't want to change to salt

guess she’s right, it’s all my fault. 

So Today I set my ships a burnin'

Lit them up to get these tables turnin

For so long my heart's been yearnin'

So Today I set my ships a burnin'

Sold my bike just yesterday

no one gets out anyway

Ten years old I knew I found it

comes a time stop Dancin round it. 

So Today I set my ships a burnin'

Lit them up to get these tables turnin

For so long my heart's been yearnin'

Guess you'd say, I'm finally learnin'

So Today I set my ships a burnin'

Lit them up to get these tables turnin

For so long my heart's been yearnin'

So Today I set my ships a burnin'

 


Short Shifter Blues by Peter Rogan copyright 2021

Six is the most you're gonna get

In your door dirty and straight to bed

(Your)Lunch is made, the(your) clock is set

Alarm goes off like a shot to your head

Dark to bed and dark to rise

Wrench the tired from your eyes

Tuck your shirt, put on your shoes

Just another day with them short shifter blues

Jeff rides them rails and works those tracks 

Four in the morning up that Harrisburg line

When he's home for 10 they can call him back

If his Pager goes off, you'll see him lose his mind

Dark to bed and dark to rise

Wrench the tired from your eyes

Comb your hair, put on your shoes

Just another day with them short shifter blues

solo

Sally had a kid not so long ago

(Well) Her boyfriend left her high and dry

She's workin' at the diner and the grocery store

Comes home in the night to that little girl's cries

you see it's Dark to bed and dark to rise

Wrench the tired from your eyes

Comb your hair, Tuck your shirt, put on your shoes

Just another day with them short shifter blues 3x

All That's Left is the Blues by P. Rogan Copyright 2021

A map's on the table

scraps of an envelope

With a torn off address

cept for some zip code way out west

Our love had some dents and dings

I never meant to clip your wings

But now that you've flown

All these feelings I can't own

(Chorus)

When all is said and done

When you've lost all there was to lose

Now she's up and gone

All that's left is the blues

Dust's on the table

Where she used to sit

All these fingers in our brains 

That thing we started with just ain't the same

My friends say don't look behind

But I just smile in kind

It's just a painful game (cryin' shame)

When there's nothing you can reclaim

(Chorus)

(solo)

Our love had some dents and dings

yeah, was mostly the little things

But, I guess I'm to blame

now time says I'm to blame

You still have my heart and name

Chorus

When all is said and done

(When) you've lost all there was to lose

She's up and run

and All that's left is the blues

 

 

 

 


Butter Lane by P. Rogan copyright 2021

Pearl tends to her garden

And she makes her dandelion wine

Edna sits with Birds and Blooms

Down the street at 1209

Chorus

Don't ever leave me Butter Lane

I saw it all from my windowpane

Please believe me Butter Lane

In my heart you still remain

Stoney Creek runs through my mind

And Uncle Bud and his Christmas lights

Playin' cards and shoo fly pies

At Emily and Wayne's on Sunday nights

Chorus

Don't ever leave me Butter Lane

I saw it all from my windowpane

Please believe me Butter Lane

In my heart you still remain

Shining by the kitchen sink

Corkscrew hair and sweet brown eyes

Pretty in the palest pink

Oh, Butter Lane don't you say good bye

Chorus

Don't ever leave me Butter Lane

Tender as a sweet refrain

Please believe me Butter Lane

This song in my heart won't ever change

Don't ever leave me Butter Lane

I saw it all from my windowpane

Please believe me Butter Lane

In my heart you still remain

Don't Be Afraid of the Rain by C. Harbach/W. Kimbrough/P. Rogan copyright 2019

Headed out of Allentown

Hitching up to Jersey in the rain

Gonna hear some rock n roll

I got to feed my teenage soul (ooh)

Soaking wet, in my bed of pine

Slept with a perfect peace of mind

Nothin on my hands but time

Don't be afraid of the rain

It won't hurt you

Took a Fleetwood Cadillac

Down to New Orleans and back, no reason

Folks sure thought we'd gone insane

To drive all night with hurricanes in season

Boy, we had a lot of fun

Laughing in the rising sun

A little crazy hurt no one

Don't be afraid of the rain

Comin' Down

Don't be afraid of the rain

Let it fall all around

All these hard earned lessons later

There maybe nothing greater

Than running free and running wild

Take my hand and we'll through it

Trust me babe there's nothing to it

I'll show you how

solo

DBAOTR

It won't hurt you

DBAof the pain

You've been through

DBAOTR

Comin down

DBAOTR

Let it fall, let it fall all around

Headed ou

I Wish by P. Rogan copyright 2021

I wish I would've taken that breath

I wish I would've taken that breath

Before I yelled at you

And said your words weren't true

I wish I would've taken that breath

I wish I would've taken that breath

Before I let words fly

That almost made you cry

I wish I would've taken that breath

I wish I would've taken that breath

Before I made that call

And exploded over nothing at all

I wish I would've taken that breath

I wish I would've taken that breath

I wish I would've taken

Just one more second

And let you speak your mind

Before I said that I wouldn't try

I wish I would've taken that breath

I wish I would've taken that breath