RHYMES AND COFFEE © Lon Conklin 2025 Pen between my fingers and my thumb Searching for a line that just won’t come Words and music drifting out of sync Oh I think my song needs a drink But I threw away that old jug of blues Waved goodbye to a weary muse We had best a fifty-fifty chance Now my mind is a never ending dance It’s the right time for rhymes and coffee Sunset, amber, red and gold Nighttime is rolling in softly With a melody these words come to me Can never be too late to believe I pour a cup and look out at the ocean Going now where the winds are blowin’ Love is short, healing takes so long Funny how a memory lingers on It’s the right time for rhymes and coffee Sunset, amber, red and gold Nighttime is rolling in softly With a melody these words come to me Can never be too late to believe I’m flameless candle in the dark Close my eyes, pray for a spark Inspiration is a priceless thing I need to feel that fire again It’s the right time for rhymes and coffee Sunrise, amber, red and gold Morning is waking up softly With a melody these words come to me Can never be too late to believe It’s the right time for rhymes and coffee Can never be too late to believe
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LOVE YOU STILL © Lon Conklin 2025 Some write of love and glory Well I am living the story Don’t know about tomorrow Or what it holds for me But I’ll love you still Age is sending me signals Another day another riddle But every song sounds sweeter On older fiddles And I love you still I vowed forever a long time ago To build dreams together Make memories of gold You’re not just my sunshine You’re the whole blue sky And I always will love you still I love you still Father Time is a mean old thief He robs us while we’re fast asleep Today the future Ain’t nothing like it used to be But I love you still Though autumn winds blow colder The harvest moon looks golder And every star shines brighter When over your shoulder I love you still We vowed for always to have and to hold Dream dreams together Make memories of gold You’re not just my sunshine You’re the whole blue sky And I always will love you still Love you still I love you still l
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LONG GOODBYE © Lon Conklin 2024 Hello my love, you turn as I speak And smile when I kiss your cheek As twilight fills a deep blue sky We’re fighting the long goodbye I sing you a song that’s in your heart But you don’t recall your part Your ears still hear, your eyes still cry We’re fighting the long goodbye The thief of all your memories Is stealing the alphabet You just don’t remember Good times I can’t forget There’re joyful days when I almost see The you you used to be You rise and shine, your beautiful mind Keeps fighting the long goodbye Bewildered you say “Where have you been?” For a moment you’re back home again You stay for a while then leave me with a sigh We’re fighting the long goodbye No gift more lovely than flowers The fragrance of youth so sweet I bring a bouquet of red roses And old stories of you and me My heart’s so filled with love for you And I know you still love me too It’s the only memory that’ll never die We’re fighting the long goodbye Fighting the long goodbye
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FLY TO YOU © Lon Conklin and Chris DePalma 2022 When love goes wrong, the right words just don’t matter much And since you left my heart is tender to the touch It hurts to know that all we shared was not enough Cuz my loving you shows no signs of letting up And… Chorus: I would fly to you anyplace, anytime If you need a friendly shoulder You can always lean on mine I would fly to you any day, anywhere At the sound of your heart breaking (If your heart is ever breaking) On broken wings I swear (There is someone who cares) I would fly to you (And who would fly to you) Fly to you I shiver from the cold of sleeping with the past From dreams of you that seem so real and fade too fast I’d have given anything to make it last And I won’t hesitate to try again if you should ask And… Repeat Chorus Bridge: I’m not taking back A single I love you And when you think of us I hope you smile like I do Repeat Chorus Tag: I would fly to you lonconklin@yahoo.com BMI IPI# 01085390938
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THE RIGHT ONE © Lon Conklin 2025 By candlelight her hair was honey gold Soft as lace upon my pillowcase And gentle were the hands I loved to hold Her laughter made my world a better place But I walked away from love when I was young Words I failed to say are still on my tongue Fancy-free I didn’t see how lonely life can be But now I know she was the right one I remember our first kiss like yesterday As sweet as rain on honeysuckle vines And I still see her smile as she looked my way In daydreams of green apple summertimes I walked away from love when I was young Words I failed to say are still on my tongue Fancy-free I didn’t see how lonely life can be But now I know she was the right one I met her in the spring Left her in the fall When I was dreaming big And thinking small I walked away from love when I was young Words I failed to say are still on my tongue Don’t know why I was blind I left my heart behind So long ago she was the right one Now I know she was the right one
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LAY BACK EASY © Lon Conklin 2025 Tonight it seems the world’s at peace A lovely calm for times like these Wise hoot owl in the cypress trees Starry sky and a gentle evening breeze Life knocks us down, lord I know We get up and here comes another blow Don’t it just leave ya feeling low We let it hurt and then we let it go Come… Lay back easy Put away your worries Rest your mind your weary heart You might just see a shooting star Lay back easy Drift away in pretty dreams Lay back, lay back easy Listen to the hum of the bayou Sounds like a lullaby so blue Out the window a heavenly view The midnight moon is watching over you Lay back easy Put away your worries Rest your mind your weary heart You might just see a shooting star Lay back easy Drift away in pretty dreams Lay back, lay back easy The season’s turning honey Here comes a breath of spring With a sweet reminder Of what sunny days can bring And we will sing, so… Lay back easy Put away your worries Rest your mind your weary heart You might just see a shooting star Lay back easy Drift away in pretty dreams Lay back, lay back easy Yeah lay back, lay back easy
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Farewell Ole Troubadour © Lon Conklin 2023 There’s a concert where stars are bright For all the lovely angels tonight Beyond the moon, over the blue A stage door is open for you Storyteller, the dreamer kind I wondered once if you could read my mind You made me cry, made me smile And put away my blues for a while Chorus: Farewell ole troubadour Go where so many have gone You played your final encore So leave on the wings of a song Farewell ole troubadour On Carefree Highway you slipped away I saw you in the early morning rain Alberta bound in ‘85 We were on the summer side of life Maybe one day we’ll meet again I’m hoping I know where but who knows when And I will keep your songs alive Great music will always survive So… Chorus: Farewell ole troubadour Go where so many have gone You played your final encore So leave on the wings of a song Farewell ole troubadour Leave on the wings of a song Farewell ole troubadour
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LONG WINTER’S NIGHT © Lon Conklin 2023 Storm hit in November, they called it thundersnow I was driving on the Thruway outside of Buffalo Snow blew off Lake Erie for several days or more Five feet high and rising, worse than I have seen before They had to move the Bills game, played it in Detroit My car broke down on the 8 Mile, a road I should avoid Thought I’d see Wyoming on the way to Malibu Sure gets cold in Casper, it was -42 Chorus: It’s been a long winter’s night But now the sun is out and bright Everything’s gonna be alright I survived the shortest day Then I drove the dark away Now it’s gone like yesterday It’s been a long winter’s night Atmospheric rivers, flooding rain and snow California shaking as I left the wet west coast To the Mississippi Delta and through an EF4 An octave above thunder and I won’t forget the roar Back home in the Catskills, back to the great northeast In time for a nor’easter, trees tore down in the streets Icy roads and power out crippling my hometown I need a safe vacation where the sky is not falling down Chorus: It’s been a long winter’s night But now the sun is out and bright Everything’s gonna be alright I survived the shortest day Then I drove the dark away Now it’s gone like yesterday It’s been a long winter’s night It’s been a long winter’s night
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Lovin Feeling © Lon Conklin 2023 Margarita with salt and ice On the veranda chillin, it’s nice You kiss me once and I kiss you twice I got that lovin feeling I like your laugh, your tenderness The sound of my name upon your lips And I say to myself how crazy is this I got that lovin feeling Chorus: Have I told you why I feel alive Cuz you know I do You and me are falling hard For me and you And the only thing that’s changing Is everything Here it comes again that old lovin feeling Here it comes that old lovin feeling Tequila moon shining gold Stars in the heavens, a sight to behold And holding you could never get old I got that lovin feeling There’re people who say life’s better in twos I have to agree since your pretty shoes (I have to agree since my pretty shoes) Sit by the bed with my dusty old boots (Sit by the bed with your dusty old boots) And I got that lovin feeling Repeat chorus Instrumental Repeat chorus
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Ukulele Melody © Lon Conklin 2024 Doo do do doo do do doo do wee Guitar makes me tap my toes but has too many strings Banjo on my knee is cool but twangy when I sing A ukulele ukulele melody Do do doo do do doo do wee Don’t need a radio or concert in the park I’m my own big little band playing like a star A ukulele ukulele melody Do do doo do do doo do wee Doo do do doo do do doo do wee La la la dee come sing along Everyone loves a ukulele song Don’t mind a stormy day I think Hawaii Sun and sand and in my hand a mini song machine A ukulele ukulele melody Do do doo do do doo do wee Doo do do doo do do doo do wee La la la dee come sing along Everyone loves a ukulele song Getcha feeling good brightens up your days If all the world was playing one it’d be a better place A ukulele ukulele is what we need Do do doo do do doo do wee A ukulele ukulele melody
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MY DOG’S BEST FRIEND © Lon Conklin 2023 My good pal has a wet nose Floppy ears and furry toes He don’t mind that I'm flawed If I need a hand I find a paw When I do wrong he understands I’m not like him, I’m just a man I been my dog’s best friend Since a way back when He was just a pup And became my bud Knows my secrets well Oh but he won’t tell Best thing I ever been Is my dog’s best friend Thinks I’m a star, loves when I sing Likes mandolins and joining in He has a way to warm my heart Without a word or trying hard He wants to please, he’ll never fail And it takes love to wag a tail I been my dog’s best friend Since a way back when He was just a pup And became my bud Knows my secrets well Oh but he won’t tell Best thing I ever been Is my dog’s best friend Instrumental I been my dog’s best friend Since a way back when He was just a pup And became my bud Knows my secrets well Oh but he won’t tell Best thing I ever been Is my dog’s best friend My dog’s best friend
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PLAY JOHN PRINE © Lon Conklin 2021 Standing by the waters of peaceful Lake Marie I saw an angel flying from Montgomery Sitting on a rainbow, sky a glory blue Sings of life and love and folks like me and you There goes handsome Johnny, the Earl of Old Town Joking bout the way this goofy world goes round Talked dirty in Hawaiian, six string on his knee Blue umbrella fella, he blew up his TV Chorus: He was halfway to heaven Long before he died With paradise waiting On the other side His souvenirs are treasures Diamonds that shine And they’re yours and mine Play John Prine Sang for God tonight with an illegal smile Still crazy as a loon, they hung out a while Sipping vodka cocktails, eating Gospel pie Hello hallelujah in the sweet by and by Repeat chorus Tag: His souvenirs are treasures Diamonds that shine For a good time play John Prine For all the good times Play John Prine John Prine
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BOY FROM ILLINOIS © Lon Conklin 2021 I don’t play them because I’m happy but I’m happy when I do He had me from the first song and I bet he had you You can choose most any one, they’re all a masterpiece From way down the Green River to the shores of Lake Marie Chorus: I love John Prine music But Jesus loves it more The good Lord's mighty high on The truth and three chords Angels cry here’s Johnny Olde Town’s pride and joy Oh that boy oh that boy from Illinois Oh that boy oh that boy from Illinois A million miles from heaven, I can almost hear the band Fifty years of memories, the gold inside that man I Remember Everything, A Good Time, Way Back Then And That’s The Way The World Goes Round and Summer’s End Repeat chorus Instrumental Final chorus: I love John Prine music And angels love it too The good Lord’s mighty high on Three chords and the truth They all cry here comes Johnny Olde Town’s pride and joy Oh that boy oh that boy from Illinois Oh that boy oh that boy from Illinois Oh that boy that boy from Illinois
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ICE CREAM © Lon Conklin 2020 Love is just a scoop away And I want it everyday Dairy Queen, Dippin Dots Cones with sprinkles on the tops Rocky Road, Oreo Chocolate chip, cookie dough Vanilla bean with fudgy swirls Good for boys good for girls Chorus: Ice cream ice cream Heaven’s little treat for you and me Woo-hoo woo-eee Gonna get a big scoop-de-doo Only thing better than one is two Ice cream woo-eee Ice cream mm mm One pint two pints make a quart I could eat it all and more Sure would like a frosty float A rock me oh banana boat Hey what say we treat ourselves Life is sweet a sundae helps Many kinds I haven’t tried Many times I can’t decide Oh my… Repeat chorus Bridge: Tick tock tick tock tick tock It’s time for you know what I’ll tell ya what my wish is Something icy-licious Repeat chorus Tag: Let’s everybody get a big scoop-de-doo Of ice cream woo-eee ice cream Mm mm Ice cream
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Spooky Halloween © Lon Conklin 2019 Me and you, the boo crew, are going out tonight Nothing beats a trick or treat on an eerie moonlit night Everyone’s deserving of at least one frightful scare So be afraid very afraid this time of year Chorus: There’s zombies, ghosts and goblins Voices in the trees Jack-o-lanterns gleaming It’s like a horror dream Witches laugh and whisper Black cats will be seen Make no bones about it It’s a spooky Halloween Spooky Halloween I’m itchin for some witchin and a bite of something sweet Vampires on the prowl be wary of their teeth Graveyards shake, cauldrons bubble stirring up some fun And ghouls galore at the door boo-yah everyone Chorus: There’s zombies, ghosts and goblins Voices in the trees Jack-o-lanterns gleaming It’s like a horror dream Witches laugh and whisper Black cats will be seen Make no bones about it It’s a spooky Halloween Spooky Halloween Tag: Make no bones about it A spooky Halloween Spooky Halloween
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WHERE IS SANTA CLAUS © Lon Conklin 2024 I left a card for Santa from all the family It says thank you for all you do and hung it on the tree I know he’s is busy spreading light and joy Leaving gifts around the world for every girl and boy I really want a puppy, I've been good all year Cuz I hear if I’m naughty I’ll just get underwear So I’m on the lookout up in the evening sky To see a jolly man in red and reindeer flying by Where oh where is Santa Claus No one wants to say I lie awake and listen But I don't hear his sleigh Tick tock tick tock goes the clock It's almost Christmas day Where oh where is Santa Claus Has he lost his way Mom’s cookies on the table and milk from Borden's cow And homemade gingerbread men, oh I can taste ‘em now As I sit by the window, the street is white with snow I still don't hear a jingle or his ho ho ho Where oh where is Santa Claus No one wants to say I lie awake and listen But I don't hear his sleigh Tick tock tick tock goes the clock It's almost Christmas day Where oh where is Santa Claus Has he lost his way I'm getting sleepy I pray he will come So in the morning There's gifts for everyone Where oh where is Santa Claus No one wants to say I lie awake and listen But I don't hear his sleigh Tick tock tick tock goes the clock It's almost Christmas day Where oh where is Santa Claus Has he lost his way Where oh where is Santa Claus It’s almost Christmas day
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LITTLE LOVE SONG © Lon Conklin 2025 What’s better than dancing to an old-fashioned waltz The magic of moonlight or a star when it falls A nice melody, an old Spanish guitar Singing with you, the star of my heart There’s nothing quite like a little love song To show you I love you and have for so long Honest and kind with sweet words that rhyme A little love song in 3/4 time What’s finer than sunshine on a picnic in May Or a bouquet of roses on Valentine’s Day A moment of wonder when you look at the sea The smile on your face, that’s heaven to me There’s nothing quite like a little love song To show you I love you and have for so long Honest and kind with sweet words that rhyme A little love song in 3/4 time Can’t shower you now With flowers and diamonds Fine things for all that you do But all of my heart I poured out in writing this song Here’s my gift to you There’s nothing quite like a little love song To show you I love you and have for so long Honest and kind with sweet words that rhyme A little love song in 3/4 time There’s nothing like a little love song
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