Joel Schick
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When Friday Rolls Around When Friday Rolls Around
A couple ne'er do wells are sitting around the pub, imagining the high old times in store when Friday rolls around--and somebody else's payday.
Arise, Arise, Ye Sons Of Fosse! Arise, Arise, Ye Sons Of Fosse!
This is one of those stirring recruitment songs--they usually urge Brits to enlist against Napolean or urge the Irish to enlist against the Brits. In this case, the recruiter is calling on recruits for musical theater.
Rose And Bramble Rose And Bramble
"Oh come my love, will you lie with me upon a bed of heather?" A haunting song of love and longing. The boy is about to go to sea, and wants just one night of love with the girl first. And he's sincere.
My Love Is Like The Red Red Rose My Love Is Like The Red Red Rose
No, this isn't the Robert Burns song of the same title. This lyric follows the metaphor out the window.
Love Love
A very simple tune delivering a deceptively simple message: "You can only have your love if you give your love away,"
Mary Quant Suit Mary Quant Suit
An homage to swinging, kicky, mod London and the beautiful British birds and their adorable fashions that made it all so captivating.
Somewhere In The Night Somewhere In The Night
Wombat Jelly Roll Blues Wombat Jelly Roll Blues
A jug band song for people who watch Animal Planet. Blues songs usually stick to catfish and red roosters and the occasional mule kickin' in my stall. Here's one about echidnas and narwhals and wombats.
Little Black Dress Little Black Dress
A tribute of sorts to "Long Black Veil," and other ballads of that ilk. This one's updated--now she walks the hills of San Francisco in her little black dress.
Z-O-M-B-I-E Z-O-M-B-I-E
The good news: I'm in love. The bad news: the girl's a zombie. Yeah, well...it's always something.
She Cries (Just Like A Real Girl) She Cries (Just Like A Real Girl)
She seems to care, she seems to feel, she cries just like a real girl. But look out, boy--there's nothing real there.
Rollin' (Like A Wagon Wheel) Rollin' (Like A Wagon Wheel)
A song like the Inkspots used to sing. I got plenty of nothin', and nothin' ain't enough for me. So I'm rollin'...rollin' like a wagon wheel.
The Last Day Of High School The Last Day Of High School
It's the early '60s, and it's the last day of high school. The doo wop boys are singing in the bathroom, and here comes the instant nostalgia for the not-so good not-so old days.
Baby's Got The Blues Baby's Got The Blues
Poor baby...had her heart broken yet again. Now all she can do is sit cross-legged in bed, wrapped in her ratty old bathrobe, crying and blowing her nose, and eating junk food. She's got the blues.
I Wanna Be Somebody I Wanna Be Somebody
All this guy wants is to be a celeb, find himself in the tabloids and go to rehab with Amy Winehouse. Why not?
Skittles And Beer Skittles And Beer
A country-folk waltz about the old story: Small-town Mississippi girl meets big rock star, rides off on the back of his Sportster, and lives happily ever in Las Vegas. Why not?
Practically Yours Practically Yours
All HE wants is a woman he can count on. All SHE can promise is that she'll "practically always be practically yours."
Subterranean Alamo Blues 12 and 35 Subterranean Alamo Blues 12 and 35
A tribute to Dylan's loud, rocking, reference-heavy songs of the Highway 61/ Blonde On Blonde era.
The Old Bluesman The Old Bluesman
A "Gambler" kind of song. The guy encounters a wise old bluesman on the midnight train. The old guy has the key to wisdom, and expresses it in a way that suits an old bluesman: Life is like a harmonica--sometimes it sucks; sometimes it blows.
Whole Lotta Heartaches Whole Lotta Heartaches
He's richer than Croesus, he's got bling up the ying yang, the best damn wife that money can buy, and a whole lotta heartaches when the sun goes down.
