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It Hurt Her to Hurt me
03:19
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It Hurt Her to Hurt Me
©Cliff Westfall 2018
CHORUS 1
I know it hurt her to hurt me, she hates to see me in pain
She'd rather quickly desert me than see me going insane
She never wanted to leave me for somebody else
And I feel almost as sorry for her as I do for myself
VERSE 1
I broke her heart a thousand times, just once did she break mine
And I know she didn't mean to, she musta thought that I'd be fine
Well now I'm no longer spoken for, but I've still got my pride
'Cause I know the pain she put me through must be killing her inside
CHORUS 2
She wouldn't want me to suffer, she wouldn't want me to cry
She must think that I'm tougher than a regular guy
And I guess I thought the same thing, till she proved me wrong
But knowing she still believes it is how I keep hanging on
VERSE 2
Temptation has a way of going ‘round
And the bonds of love once broken are forevermore unsound
Hey but the record's clear, she'd still be here, walking by my side
If I'da give her half a reason to let her conscience be her guide
CHORUS 1
I know it hurt her to hurt me, she hates to see me in pain
She'd rather quickly desert me than see me going insane
She never wanted to leave me for somebody else
And I feel almost as sorry for her as I do for myself
CHORUS 2
No, she wouldn't want me to suffer, she wouldn't want me to cry
She must think that I'm tougher than all the regular guys
And I guess I thought the same thing, till she proved me wrong
But knowing she still believes it is how I keep hanging on
Yeah, knowing she still believes it, well that’s how I keep hanging on…
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2. |
Baby You Win
02:47
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Baby You Win
©Cliff Westfall 2018
CHORUS 1
Well I’m giving up, I’m giving in
I’m giving back this cracker jack advice that I got from a so-called friend
About standing up, ‘cause I’m down again
Yeah, I say baby baby baby baby you win
VERSE 1
Dear Abby I got this friend let’s call him ‘Bewildered Down in Baton Rouge’
Now he’s a prince so grand just a hell of a man but this woman’s trying to make him a stooge
And in the paper she wrote back ‘Dear Bewildered, Yeah, we both know who I’m talking to
But you can tell your “friend” that what I recommend is what he already plans to do
Have him repeat after me:’
CHORUS 2
Say I’m giving up, I’m giving in
I’m giving back this cracker jack advice that I got from a so-called friend
About standing up, ‘cause I’m down again
Yeah, I say baby baby baby baby you win
SOLO
Well out on the streets of the city today, saw this gorilla ‘bout 800 pounds
And nobody knew what she was gonna do but she was throwing her weight around
This dude, he said, ‘Fella hey that’s no gorilla
Yeah, that’s my woman and she’s looking for me’
And he climbed down off that barstool, he got down on one knee
And I heard him say:
CHORUS 3
He said I’m giving up, I’m giving in
I’m giving back this cracker jack advice that I got from a so-called friend
About standing up, ‘cause I’m down again
Yeah, I say baby baby baby baby you win
Yes I said baby baby baby baby you win
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Till the Right One Comes Along
©Cliff Westfall 2018
VERSE 1
I can’t understand a word you’re saying so I cannot be sure just what you mean
I can see your mouth is moving, aw but that jukebox just keeps on playing
Another song ‘bout a fire that’s gone in search of gasoline
So I’ll pretend you said something nice for once and you mean it
Instead of ‘Everything about us, dear, is wrong’
And if you can’t understand why I’m your kind of man
Well just let me love you until the right one comes along
CHORUS 1
Let me love you until the right one comes to sweep you off your feet
Just let me love you until the day you and Prince Charming chance to meet
‘Cause if I’m not quite your Mr. Right, that don’t make me Mr. Wrong
So just let me love you until the right one comes along
Just let me love you until the right one comes along
SOLO
VERSE 2
Now I don’t need to be some kind of hero but it hurts to know that someone long ago
Entered your imagination, where he left you waiting patiently
Well darling, if he’s on his way now, he’s moving awful slow
So let’s have just another round to toast the memory
And I hope you’ll find you’re right where you belong
And if you still can’t understand why I’m your kind of man
Just let me love you until the right one comes along
CHORUS 2
Let me love you until the right one comes to sweep you off your feet
Just let me love you till the day you and Prince Charming chance to meet
You know if I’m not quite your Mr. Right, that don’t make me Mr. Wrong
So just let me love you until the right one comes along
Just let me love you until the right one comes along
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More and More
03:34
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More and More
©Cliff Westfall 2018
VERSE 1
Once upon a time, you opened up your heart, you just laid it bare
But once upon a time, well darling that’s no way to run this love affair
I made you my one and all, you held that above my head
Girl you tried to make me crawl and now I, I have to walk instead
There was a time when I could not resist your sweet caress
But more and more I love you less and less
BRIDGE
Every day I’m thinking less and less about you
Every day I’m thinking I, well I can live without you
I think a warning’s fair if you’re waiting on me to shout your name
You’re waiting in vain
You’re waiting in vain
SOLO
VERSE 2
You made me the king of fools, was that to pay me back for making you my queen?
You liked to break the rules, I knew and yet I can’t imagine what made you so mean
And as the scales fall from my eyes, the sky above is clear
I think someday we’ll both realize the turning point was here
Yeah you asked a loaded question, a loaded answer I’ll confess
Darling, more and more I love you less and less
Darling, more and more I love you – everyday I’m thinking of you
More and more I love you less and less
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5. |
Off the Wagon
05:08
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Off the Wagon
©Cliff Westfall 2018
VERSE 1
When we were drinking and a-drugging we were kissing and a-hugging
Our friends all got together they said “Man, I think they’re bugging’”
So they staged an intervention at which we forgot to mention
That our kind of love required that we weren’t there to pay attention
I got the cure for all of our ills, we go together just like booze and pills
So I say, let’s fall off the wagon once again
VERSE 2
Well rehabilitation, it kind of killed the conversation
Everything that we said just seemed to need an explanation
And when “Baby what you holding?” turned to fussing and a-scolding
Well, it didn’t take too long before we found new arms to roll in
Well, no more Jacks and no more Jills, we go together just like booze and pills
So baby, let’s fall off the wagon once again
BRIDGE 1
With your bloodshot eyes and a bleach blond hairdo
You know rock bottom sure looked good on you babe
Well now I’m clean and sober but I’ve got a broken heart
And that wasn’t how I meant to make a brand new start
Love is the drug that really kills, you know we go together baby just like booze and pills
So I say let’s fall off the wagon once again
SOLO
You found a sir, I found a ma'am, you know neither one of them was worth a damn
So I say let’s fall off the wagon once again
BRIDGE 2
And with your bloodshot eyes and that bleach blond hairdo
You know rock bottom sure looked good on you babe
Well now I’m clean and sober but I’ve got a broken heart
That wasn’t how I meant to make a brand new start
Now I ain’t gonna ask you baby where the hell you’ve been
You just come on back and help me make some homemade sin
And I’ll say let’s fall off the wagon once again
Yeah, I say let’s fall off the wagon once again
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6. |
Hanging On
02:48
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Hanging On lyrics
©Ira Allen, Buddy Mize
VERSE 1
It’s true you’ve have twisted ‘round your finger
It seems that’s where I belong
You know how to hold me, to thrill me and control me
Just enough to keep me hanging on
O-o-on, just enough to keep me hanging on
VERSE 2
My heart is like a yo-yo on a string
I’m tied to you right or wrong
My love keeps a-growing, ‘cause your love keeps a-showing
Just enough to keep me hanging on
O-o-on, just enough to keep me hanging on
BRIDGE
A love as strong as mine will make me do most anything
Like hiding tears and heartaches and dreaming silly dreams
You’ve got me where you want me
You keep me stringing me along
Just enough to keep me hanging on
O-o-on, just enough to keep me hanging on
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7. |
I'll Play the Fool
03:28
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I’ll Play the Fool
©Cliff Westfall 2018
Well you may need somebody to help you pay the rent
I see you sleeping on the street I won’t ask you how my money’s spent
You can preach predestination, you can preach about free will
Give the Lord a big donation and then stick me with the bill
I’ll play the fool, if you want I’ll play the fool
Sometimes I wish I didn’t love you but there’s nothing I can do but play the fool
Well you can wear your hair in pigtails, you can wear your hair in curls
You can walk like an old lady, talk just like a little girl
You can cuss my favorite uncle man I‘ll take that on the chin
Stay out all night and tell me that your grandma died again
I’ll play the fool, if you want I’ll play the fool
There ain’t a damn thing you can tell me that I won’t say is true, I’ll play the fool
Yeah you can say that blue is orange, you can say chartreuse is yellow
If you say it’s raining pumpkins girl, well I’ll pack a steel umbrella
You can say your ex is handsome, tell me I don’t look like him
You can push me off a lifeboat, say you taught me how to swim
I’ll play the fool, if you want I’ll play the fool
I wish I could refuse it but it’s really up to you if I play the fool
I won’t ask too many questions, I won’t need no talking to, I’ll play the fool
There ain’t a star on my horizon that burns as bright as you, I’ll play the fool
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8. |
The Man I Used to Be
03:02
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The Man I Used to Be
©Cliff Westfall 2018
Oh, we made a vow so long ago but old promises they just can’t control
Who we love and we both know
The man you love’s not me
He’s got my eyes and he’s got my hair
A little less size and a lot less wear
And now I realize that I can’t compare
To the man I used to be
I never lived up to the standard you set for me
And now what’s left are only memories and your regrets for me
Well darling I, I could understand if I’d lost you to another man
But I just can’t take losing you to the man I used to be
Dusty 8-x-10s out in the hall but all I see’s the writing on the wall
No I don’t think I know that man at all
And you don’t recognize me
Yeah, darling time means change and it sure has come
If we could get to where we started from
I’d be there right now but I just can’t become
The man I used to be
It’s written on your face, you don’t have to say a word
But if I could choose the losing, I know what I’d have preferred
Oh darling I, I could understand if I’d lost you to another man
But I just can’t take losing you to the man I used to be
Oh darling I just can’t take losing you to the man I used to be
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A Lie If You Must
03:47
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A Lie If You Must
© Cliff Westfall 2018
VERSE 1
Where you have friendship, I have only acquaintance
I live in your world since I left my own
But I hear your name in whispered conversations
And I wonder just how soon I’ll be alone
Well I can’t believe I’m outside your consideration
You’re still the only one I can trust
So I’ll take the truth if you think I can take it
I’ll take a lie if you must
CHORUS
A lie so that I can still lie in your arms
A lie calculated to appease and disarm
Tell me what’s self-deception compared to your charms
I’ll take a lie if you must, I’ll take a lie if you must
VERSE 2
Was our love too pure to be entrusted
To vessels as fragile as we are?
It’s no surprise when someone’s heart gets busted
And I wonder how we made it this far
So take your time but tell me what I need dear
Then it need never again be discussed
I’ll take the truth if you think I can take it
I’ll take a lie if you must
CHORUS
A lie so that I can still lie in your arms
A lie calculated to appease and disarm
Tell me what’s self-deception compared to your charms
I’ll take a lie if you must, I’ll take a lie if you must
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The End of the Line
03:54
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The End of the Line
© Cliff Westfall 2018
VERSE 1
I left home when my dreams weren’t any bigger than I was
I couldn’t see past the next exit sign
But I was already learning how to set my first bridges burning
I was already headed for the end of the line
CHORUS 1
Yeah, the end of the line, that’s where you’re gonna find me
Somewhere beyond the point of no return
With no margin, no forgiveness, not a soul to be your witness
No return ticket from the end of the line
VERSE 2
Well my mama always told me that my daddy was a wild one
And when she looked at me, she couldn’t keep from crying
‘Cause she knew that nothing short of nothing left was gonna do me
I was born with a ticket to the end of the line
BRIDGE
Now sometimes I get up so high it’s hard to come back down
And I never know I’m crashing till I’m climbing from a hole in the ground
But I’ve seen it all and more than one eight ball that I’ve been standing right behind
Born with a ticket to the end of the line
VERSE 3
Well I could tell by the look in her eye that she would have me
And having me, she’d take me for everything that’s mine
What a small price to pay when all I had was a destination
The one thing we had in common, the end of the line
The end of the line, that’s where you’re gonna find me
Somewhere beyond the point of no return
With no margin, no forgiveness, not a soul to be your witness
No return ticket from the end of the line
No return ticket from the end of the line…
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11. |
Sweet Tooth
02:58
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Sweet Tooth
©Cliff Westfall 2018
VERSE 1
Well I used to love sweets I couldn’t leave ‘em alone
Then I’d take a piece of meat and gnaw to the bone
Well now I go from soup to nuts and back again
I never even notice where the hell I’ve been
CHORUS 1
Bananas Foster or a crème brulee
A fitting ending to a holiday
At least that’s what I heard people say
I wouldn’t know if it’s true
I’d never try to put myself above
What another fellow’s dreaming of
I only know that you’re my only love
I got a sweet tooth for you
VERSE 2
Well, now there’s caffeine, nicotine, smoking methamphetamines
Gambling, huffing paint, reading dirty magazines
Heroin and cocaine, not to mention harder things
But only one addiction gonna satisfy me
CHORUS 2
Some people drive themselves right up a wall
They get to craving that alcohol
They couldn’t tell you why they want it at all
They only know that they do
I understand ‘cause I got just one track
Runs straight at you unless you push me back
I’ll either have you or a panic attack
‘Cause I got a sweet tooth for you
CHORUS 3
Yeah, some people drive themselves right up a wall
They get to craving that alcohol
They couldn’t tell you why they want it at all
They only know that they do
I’d never try to put myself above
What another fellow’s dreaming of
I only know that you’re my only love
I got a sweet tooth for you, I got a sweet tooth for you, I got a sweet tooth for you…
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12. |
The Odds Were Good
04:32
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The Odds Were Good
©Cliff Westfall 2018
Well I was wondering why my throat was dry and my luck was so far down
So I went into this little place I knew out on the ragged edge of town
Where I'd heard the path to love, it was a great wide promenade
Yeah I'd been told that the odds were good but I was warned that the goods were odd
Well you can tell by looking I like home cooking, I don't put on any airs
I get my kicks with the hoi polloi, I don't mingle with the millionaires
I'm not too proud or vain, don't know the word ‘abstain,’ don't need no fancy pants facade
But man alive, you know it weren't no jive, the odds were good but the goods were odd
But mama always said boy, now when you're in Rome, you gotta do just like a Roman
And out in old Muskogee, you've got to make them think that you're an Oklahoman
So when every face in the whole damn place gave me a smile and a nod
Well what could I do, you know the odds were just too good though the goods were odd
There's no point repeating all the dirty details, it's a story that you know well
Let's just say something less than pride's why you won't hear me kiss and tell
But when you're on the path to love, you're gonna see that it's well trod
You know, it's understood, if you don't you should take the odds when the goods are odd
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Off the Wagon lyrics
©Cliff Westfall 2018
VERSE 1
When we were drinking and a-drugging we were kissing and a-hugging
Our friends all got together they said “Man, I think they’re bugging’”
So they staged an intervention at which we forgot to mention
That our kind of love required that we weren’t there to pay attention
I got the cure for all of our ills, we go together just like booze and pills
So I say, let’s fall off the wagon once again
VERSE 2
Well rehabilitation, it kind of killed the conversation
Everything that we said just seemed to need an explanation
And when “Baby what you holding?” turned to fussing and a-scolding
Well, it didn’t take too long before we found new arms to roll in
Well, no more Jacks and no more Jills, we go together just like booze and pills
So baby, let’s fall off the wagon once again
BRIDGE 1
With your bloodshot eyes and a bleach blond hairdo
You know rock bottom sure looked good on you babe
Well now I’m clean and sober but I’ve got a broken heart
And that wasn’t how I meant to make a brand new start
Love is the drug that really kills, you know we go together baby just like booze and pills
So I say let’s fall off the wagon once again
SOLO
PRE-BRIDGE
You found a sir, I found a mam, you know neither one of them was worth a damn
So I say let’s fall off the wagon once again
BRIDGE 2
And with your bloodshot eyes and that bleach blond hairdo
You know rock bottom sure looked good on you babe
Well now I’m clean and sober but I’ve got a broken heart
That wasn’t how I meant to make a brand new start
Now I ain’t gonna ask you baby where the hell you’ve been
You just come on back and help me make some homemade sin
And I’ll say let’s fall off the wagon once again
Yeah, I say let’s fall off the wagon once again
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Cliff Westfall New York, New York
New York-based, Kentucky-bred country songwriter Cliff Westfall writes songs about heartache, loss, addiction – you know,
funny songs. Or he can dive into a sentimental weeper.
He delivers them all with the wit that, for Westfall, is central to country music. His songs are bitingly acerbic, dependent on the twisty puns, bittersweet humor, and turns of phrase that used to define country music.
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