Roy Williams

HEAVEN'S LOST AND FOUND

[A]'s in 4/4 ... [B]'s in 6/8

A1
Albert punches numbers as he fumbles with the phone
The coin return is empty but he’s found the twilight zone
He wonders why he hears a voice inside the dial tone
Whisper something about Heaven’s Lost and Found

A2
Albert’s mind has gone away it’s on extended leave
He sends out scrambled signals he’s all but lost receive
He pays life less attention than his nose gets from his sleeve
He doesn’t know he’s in Heaven’s Lost and Found

B1
His eyes flicker up then they flicker back down
He shoots off an opening remark
I’m looking for Mars have you seen it around
I’d be there by now but it’s dark
There’s no people left in its cities or towns
Says the man with the garbage bag ark
That he carries through Heaven’s Lost and Found

A3 - Var.
Some will search for meaning some will search their soul
Some will search the scriptures some won’t search at all
Albert searches every day for what will see him through
He drinks to ease the pain that ruined the man that he once knew

B2 - Var.
He wanders alone in a sea of blank faces
The man drifting round place to place is
A captain whose ship ran aground
In a wasteland called Heaven’s Lost and Found

TAG
He’s just a gypsy in Heaven’s Lost and Found
He’s always searching in Heaven’s Lost and Found
He hears voices in Heaven’s Lost and Found
He doesn’t know he’s in Heaven’s Lost and Found

(© Songwriters: Roy Williams / Karen Gregory)

IMAGINATION IS EVERYTHING

INTRO
Imagination is Everything
(JFK man-on-the-moon quote)

V1
I'm lost in my obsession
I love my ever-present
Smartphone
Like Aladdin's lamp
Swipe and tap and watch your wishes happen

V2
Think I understand what consumer fate is
Make me wanna grab all the latest greatest
Sell me
In thirty second ads
Tell me what I want what I need and gotta have

CH1
Ooo There's a quiet place deep inside of us
Ooo We can have anything we want because
Imagination is Everything

V3
My work's enough to kill me
My worth's in doubt so bill me
Plastic
It's the modern cash
Instant money in the land of milk and honey

V4
I grew up on greed and gratification
Never had a need for meditation
Spirit
The forgotten power
Lost in streaming mega-data dreaming

CH2
Ooo There's a quiet place deep inside of us
Ooo We can have anything we want because
Imagination is Everything
Imagination is Everything

BR
A scarlet thread lies hidden deep inside a book
It seems the best part is the one we overlook
Exception or example shining through the moral haze
The silver lining in these flesh and bloody days

INTRO
Imagination is Everything
Imagination is Everything

1/2 CH3 - TAKEDOWN
A place deep inside of us
Anything we want because
A place deep inside of us

1/2 CH4
Ooo There's a quiet place deep inside of us
Ooo We can have anything

1/2 CH5
Ooo There's a quiet place deep inside of us
Ooo We can have "Anything"

OUTRO
Imagination
I'm so used to being told what to do
is Everything
Why do my senses seem to hide the truth
Imagination
I'm so numb from being told what to do
is Everything
How would I feel if what I want came true
Imagination
I'm so tired of being told what to do
is Everything
I dream a better world for me and you

Imagination Imagination Imagination

(© Songwriters: Roy Williams / Karen Gregory)

INSTRUMENTAL


Inspired by Jon Cleary at the New Orleans Po' Boy Festival

OUT OF THE BLUES

A1
Like a lizard lying on a sun-baked rock
I draw my strength from those around me
The room's so full but I'm so lonely
Till you walk in and astound me
I believe in too good to be true
I feel you draw me back Out Of The Blues

A2
Blue jeans and silk resurrect me
Breathe deep count to ten-out-of-ten
Walkin over to meet you
I speak and your smile does me in
I believe in too good to be true
I feel you draw me back Out Of The Blues

SOLO

A3
Find I'm lost in admiration
Find I've lost all track of time
Deeply wrapped in conversation
With who's behind your lovely eyes
I believe in too good to be true
I feel you draw me back Out Of The Blues

TAG
I feel you draw me back Out Of The Blues
I feel you draw me back Out Of The Blues

(© Songwriter: Roy Williams)

TEN FEET TALL

A1
Beanstalk Jack learned a lot about fear
When he climbed that vine to the stratosphere
You got me feelin’ much the same my dear
You ain’t no thief but this much is clear

If they ever give out a Spending Crown
You can step right up and take a bow
You done killed my old cash cow

But when it comes to love you got it all
One night with you leaves me feelin’ Ten Feet Tall
Ten Feet Tall

A2
You’d be my bane if I were President
An economic pestilence
No Secretary of Defence
Could guard the nation’s banks against

Your money-disappearing act
You are the best and that’s a fact
You can sing the anthem when you’re fat

But when it comes to love you got it all
One night with you leaves me feelin’ Ten Feet Tall
Ten Feet Tall
Ten Feet Tall
Ten Feet Tall

Scat Vocals
11-semitone pickup

A3 - TAKEDOWN - VOCAL and DRUMS
New clothes new shoes new credit card
If I had the money you’d be drivin’ a brand new car
New pastime gamblin’ hard
I knew one day you’d go too far

Just like Newton’s apples hit the ground
You’re bringin’ my bank balance down
You could give King Midas doubts

But when it comes to love you got it all
One night with you leaves me feelin’ Ten Feet Tall
Ten Feet Tall
Ten Feet Tall
Ten Feet Tall

OUTRO
Scat Vocals

(© Songwriter: Roy Williams)

TOYS

V1
When I was a kid I had a ball
I had more stuff than I could use from the time I could crawl
I'd see the newest toys on TV and boy I wanted them all

V2
Teddy bears checker boards puzzles and dice
Multi-coloured cubes spinning wheels flying kites
If it whistled beeped or buzzed or even better came with lights

CH1
Toys come in every shape and size Toys what I've come to realize
If you're young if you're old if you're big if you're small it doesn't matter at all
Everybody loves Toys

V3
When I was a teen I loved to play
I could hit and run and throw and catch and kick every day
If I woke up and it was raining Plan B was video games

V4
Got a job bought a car I could call mine
Learned to play guitar practiced hard every night
All my buddies dug our band but even better girls liked us

CH2
Toys come in every shape and size Toys what I've come to realize
If you're young if you're old if you're big if you're small it doesn't matter at all
Everybody loves Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys make some noise!

BR
We all need to play I mean everyone
I think it's safe to say "there's no such thing as too much fun"

1/2 CH3 - (VARIATION)
T-T-T-Toys provide an education Toys an endless fascination
If they ever fall apart you gotta fix or replace them

CH4
Toys come in every shape and size Toys what I've come to realize
If you're young if you're old if you're big if you're small it doesn't matter at all
Everybody loves Toys

TAG
Everybody loves Toys
Everybody loves Toys Toys Toys
Everybody loves Toys
Toys!

(© Songwriters: Roy Williams / Karen Gregory)

THE LIFE WE KNOW AND LOVE

[H – Husband; W – Wife; B – Both]

VERSE 1 - (Husband)

H ....... Work wants an answer Monday morning
If I accept we'd have to move
We can't ignore that kind of money
So much to gain so much to lose
A company car a yearly bonus
I'd love to make my daddy proud
But our folks would miss their grandkids
'cause we'd no longer be around

CHORUS 1 - (Both)

B ...... The Life We Know and Love
How much is enough
When the chance we take is on
The Life We Know and Love

VERSE 2 - (Wife)

W ...... We’d have to cancel Danny’s baseball
Joanna’s dancing classes too
Mary Kate’s improved all A's and B's
They'd be strangers in new schools
You've worked hard you deserve it
Baby I need you to see
We’d be halfway 'cross the country
I don’t know if I can leave

CHORUS 2 - (Both)

B ....... The Life We Know and Love
How much is enough
When the chance we take is on
The Life We Know and Love

BRIDGE - (Husband)

H ...... If I let it pass will this be my last chance to get ahead

1/2 VERSE 3 - (Wife)

W ...... We can always use the money
It’s not easy raising three
If you say yes I guess
That’s okay with me

1/2 VERSE 3 - (Husband)

H ...... They’ll have their answer Monday morning
I don’t like to let them down
But we’re not moving to the city
‘Cause I’m in love with you and this old town

CHORUS 3 - (Both)

B ....... The Life We Know and Love
The Life We Know and Love
I have all I need with you in
The Life We Know and Love

(Songwriters: Roy Williams; Karen Gregory)

THE DANCE NEVER ENDS
(AABA)

A1
He helped her up Up from her chair Ran his fingers through her hair
Sang one of their favorite songs She sang along
So old they barely moved their feet Their souls in step with their memories
Their hearts danced through the decades The Dance Never Ends

A2
She fell in love In love with the boy Who filled her teenage heart with joy
He made her night when he asked her to dance So young and handsome
She let him kiss her soft and sweet The night he swept her off her feet
Her heart danced through the decades The Dance Never Ends

B1 - (BACKGROUND VOCALS IN BRACKETS)

(The Dance) (Never)
Laughter lines are evidence of someone's life well lived
(Ends)
Loving eyes are always looking for new ways to give
(The Dance) (Never)
What we think and how we feel determines who we are
(Ends)
We all learn to dance with life by listening to our hearts

A3
He had to ask Ask her to dance He shaped their lives when he took that chance
She made his night when she said okay They danced the night away
She let him kiss her soft and sweet The night she swept him off his feet
His heart danced through the decades The Dance Never Ends

SOLO - 4 bars

TAG SET UP (Repeat A1 Line 3)
So old they barely moved their feet Their souls in step with their memories

TAG - (BACKGROUND VOCALS IN BRACKETS)

(Laughter lines are evidence of someone's life well lived)
The Dance Never
(Loving eyes are always looking for new ways to give)
Never Ends
(What we think and how we feel determines who we are)
The Dance Never
(We all learn to dance with life by listening to our hearts)
Never Ends

The Dance Never
Never Ends

(© Songwriters: Roy Williams / Karen Gregory)

CALLIN' THROUGH THE NIGHT

(FINALIST in the Great American Songwriting Contest)

V1
A slow dance in a smoky bar I was breathin' through your hair
Gently moved those silky strands bared your shoulder and kissed your tender skin
You turned your head and floored me with your god-I-love-you eyes
Seven months since you've been gone still your memory's oh so strong
And I'm up again tonight

CH1
I hear you Callin' Through The Night
It's a desperate trick of a broken heart and a lonely mind
Baby I hear you callin' Callin' Through The Night

V2
A slow dance in our living room tears rollin' from your eyes
You held me tight and in a breakin' voice whispered I'm too young to die
I raised your chin and kissed you like I'd never let you go
You turned your head and begged me to take the pain away
Tonight I'm up again

CH2
I hear you Callin' Through The Night
It's a desperate trick of a broken heart and a lonely mind
Baby I hear you callin' Callin' Through The Night

BR
Night after night wakin' up reachin' out
As my dream disappears and your sweet voice slips away

CH3
Callin' Through The Night
It's a desperate trick of a broken heart and a lonely mind
Baby I hear you callin' Callin' Through The Night

CH4 - VARIATION
Callin' Through The Night
I've tried every kind of remedy and still I find
I keep hearin' you callin' Callin' Through The Night

TAG
I keep hearin' you callin' Callin' Through The Night
Baby I hear you Callin' Through The Night

(© Songwriter: Roy Williams)

Hold Me in Line
( Tribute to Lowell George / Little Feat )

V1
Rock and roll doctor brown puppy eyes
Cartoon charisma with a guitar and a slide
A fabulous infect-you-us feel the most-est
Getcha romance dancin from coast to coast-est
Can you hear him singin

CH1
I got to Hold Me in Line gotta Hold Me in Line
I’ve used up nearly nine lives
I got to Hold Me in Line gotta Hold Me in Line
I’ll be in the pink in no time

V2
Roll um easy roll right through the night
On cocaine and Commodore cocktails with a lime
Three sheets to the Santa Ana winds off L.A.
Where Neon tomatoes and Hollywood play
Can you hear him singin

CH2
I got to Hold Me in Line gotta Hold Me in Line
I’ve used up nearly nine lives
I got to Hold Me in Line gotta Hold Me in Line
I’ll be in the pink in no time

BR
I’m willin to bet where his Little Feat led him
When he was outta sight well he’d be outta his mind
So high on the music oh the music
And a pocket rocket’s sweet socket pie
Listen

1/2 CH3 - TAKEDOWN
I got to hold me in sway
I love metaphor play
I’m so mixed up in a way

CH4 - Var.
I got to Hold Me in Line gotta Hold Me in Line
One look at you a man wouldn’t think twice
I got to make you mine honey oh you’re lookin so fine
I’ll be in the pink in no time

TAG
Yeah you are my reason you are my rhyme
Can't seem to hold I said hold hold
Hold Hold Hold

Hold Me in Line

(© Songwriter: Roy Williams)

HIGH TIMES
(Sounds pro-drug ... until the last line in V3)

V1
Sleep’s overrated let’s stay up all night
She said a bit of this goes a long way
Anticipation blowing my mind
I already knew I wanted to

V2
Soft lips explore supercharged skin
Pleasure rolls in wave after wave
Pure joy surging out rushing in
And so it begins

CH1
High Times High Times I like it I love it I need it
High Times High Times why can’t it always be like this

V3
Don’t tell me I can’t ‘cause I’ll do it anyway
I say go for it let’s have some fun
We’re only young once why not live for today
What could possibly go wrong

CH2
High Times High Times I like it I love it I need it
High Times High Times why can’t I leave it

BR
Alone
Leave it alone
Maybe next time

V4
The party’s over the candy’s all gone
That used to be more than enough
The constant craving never entered my thoughts
It seemed like a good idea ... at the

CH3
High Times High Times I like it I love it I need it
High Times High Times why can’t it always be

CH4
High Times High Times I like it I love it I need it
High Times High Times why can’t I leave it

BR - Var.
All I think about (Alone)
All I want (Leave it alone)
All I care about is (Alone)
How it makes me feel (Leave it alone)

TAG
High Times pushing me pushing me over
High Times pulling me under
High Times what I love what I live for
High Times to die for

High Times

(© Songwriter: Roy Williams)

INSTRUMENTAL

FINALIST in the Great American Songwriting Contest.