PETE ANDERSON
DOGS IN HEAVEN
(Little Dog 534643)
April/1997
Produced by Gary White
Pete Anderson - vocal/guitar/bass/banjo
Taras Prodaniuk - bass
Jim Christie, James Cruce - drums
Skip Edwards - keyboards/accordion
Greg Smith - sax
Lee Thornburg - trumpet/trombone/horn
Vocals:
Beth Anderson, Tommy Funderburk, Donny Gerrard, Maxine Waters
1.
BETTER WAY
(Pete Anderson)
« © '97 Jessee Lee Music, BMI »
Staring straight up right into the sun
Fading three to the side and your coats undone
Burning mattress and a burin' bed
Burnt yourself up through that hole in your head
Smooth your lip if you go downtown
Or you'll get yourself conked when the chilly comes down
When the chilly comes down
Too many bridges on the dotted line
Down to the border for the very last time
Your house of cards by the side of the road
Down in the gully where the wind don't blow
Let it blow let it blow let it blow
You know it's comin' and you don't feel well
Any day anyway there's a better way
(There's got to be a better way)
Better way
(There's got to be a better way)
[ guitar ]
You keep your monkey at the bottom of a well
Chain on his neck and he looks like a hell
You walk your poodle at the end of a leash
Look out baby goin' to call the police
Right away any day any day
Any day any day
You know it's comin' and you don't feel well...
Better way
(There's got to be a better way)
Better way
(There's got to be a better way)
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2.
DOGS IN HEAVEN
(Pete Anderson)
« © '97 Jessee Lee Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ]
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3.
AIN'T THAT PECULIAR
(Robert Rogers - Warren Moore - Marv Tarplin)
« © '65 Jobete Music, ASCAP »
You do me wrong but still I'm crazy about you
Stay away too long and I can't do without you
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more
But each hurt makes my love stronger than before
I know flowers grow from rain how can love grow through pain
Ain't that peculiar peculiarity
Ain't that peculiar peculiar as can be
l me lies that should be obvious to me
I'm so much in love with you baby that I don't wanna see
Cause the things you do and say are designed to make me blue
It's a doggone shame my love for you makes all your lies seem true
If the truth makes love last longer why do lies make my love stronger
Ain't that peculiar peculiarity
Ain't that peculiar peculiar as can be
[ guitar ]
I cried so much just like a child who's lost his toy
Maybe you think these tears I cry are tears of joy
A child can cry so much till you do everything they say
Unlike a child my tears won't help me to get my way
I know love lasts through years but how can love last through tears
Ain't that peculiar peculiarity
Ain't that peculiar peculiar as can be
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4.
110 IN THE SHADE
(Pete Anderson - Duane Jarvis)
« © '97 Jessee Lee Music, BMI »
You're the lightnin' striking my weather vane
You're all the crazy thoughts running through my brain
Took all the color color from my TV set
Woke up lest night know I was soaking wet
Tore out every page in my little black book
Other chicks I can't even look
I dried my clothes in the microwave
Sent my credit cards to an early grave
Oh baby causin' me to misbehave
Oh baby causein' me to misbehave
And baby with you it's a 110 in the shade
[ guitar ]
Caught you running naked in my neighborhood
Said you didn't but you did and I knew that you would
Baby tried to leave the house didn't use no door
Had the nerve to carve your initials in my bedroom floor
Oh baby causin' me to misbehave...
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5.
HENRY FATE
(Pete Anderson - Shella Hutchinson)
« © '97 Jessee Lee Music, BMI »
Mr Henry Fate moves in mysterious ways
With magic potions and travelin' medicine shows
Like something straight out of the twilight zone
Riding down a dusty road
Going somewhere again to do what it is that makes the wheel
The wheel of fortune spin
Mr Henry Fate opportunity here for the take
Open your eyes to see what you believe in
Grab hold of your fate and wear it on your face
Play out your hand you're still in the game
Doin' something again what it is that makes the wheel
The wheel of fortune spin
[ guitar ]
Make certain on what you attend you'll find out what it is
That makes the wheel of fortune spin
Mr Henry Fate will be here in a minute
May be a God-send but don't over do it when you get it
When you are sure what you have here in your hand
That which makes everything make sense
Mr Henry Fate Henry Fate Mr Henry Fate Henry Fate
Mr Henry Fate Henry Fate Mr Henry Fate Henry Fate
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6.
FEELS LIKE MISSISSIPPI
(Pete Anderson - Kostas)
« © '97 Jessee Lee Music, BMI »
Big ole bead of sweat dripping down my head
I'm soakin' wet stuck to the sheets in my own bed
It's so hot baby just don't know what to do with myself
Wanna go to a fish fry on a catfish farm
Got a big ole fish fly girl stuck here on my right arm
And it's so hot baby I just don't know what to do with myself
If I didn't know any better I'd go blame it on the weather
But right now it feels just like Mississippi
Miss I miss you miss honey I miss you
And baby you know it's true
[ guitar ]
My baby is an Eskimo and I love her Eskimo pie
Melt me like an ice cube girl on the Fourth of July
And it's so hot baby I just don't know what to do with myself
If I didn't know any better I'd go blame it on the weather
But right now it feels just like Mississippi
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7.
SHERRY
(Bob Gaudio)
« © '62 Claridge Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ]
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8.
CHARLENE
(Pete Anderson)
« © '97 Jessee Lee Music, BMI »
Take the busted glass from thousand highways
I couldn't cut my way out of here
And I'd bust my ass every day little girl
If I thought that you really did care
But it's the same ole story you're just a painting your toes
With those rose petals up your nose
And I get stuck from July till June sleeping in your front room
Sleepin' in your front room sleepin' in your front room
Charlene Charlene Charlene
Who made you queen who made you queen
You been bouncing my head up and down these steps
And little girl you live on the second floor
And I'm gettin' tired of taking all these licks
Specially you catching me goin' out the door
Rock and roll with you ain't no fun
I'm gonna have to knock you out this time
But you keep crawlin' back for more
When baby you know I'm dyin'
Baby you know I'm dyin' baby you know I'm dyin'
Charlene Charlene Charlene
Who made you queen who made you queen
[ guitar ]
Charlene Charlene Charlene
Who made you queen who made you queen
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9.
FOR YOU
(Pete Anderson)
« © '97 Jessee Lee Music, BMI »
Is that your car coming down my block
Is those you shoes clicking on my walk
Is that your key turning in my lock
I'm afraid everything in the dark is you
Is you baby baby is you is you baby baby is you
Ooee baby now you don't play fair
I called your friends they said you're not there
I'm going crazy I've looked everywhere
I'm getting ready to jump down the stairs
For you baby baby for you for you baby baby for you
I swear I'll never let you hurt me like this again
[ guitar ]
I love ya girl I couldn't help but fall
I walk the streets your name I call
Come on baby please stop that stall
I know you want me on my knees to be crawlin'
For you baby baby for you for you baby baby for you
I swear I'll never let you hurt me like this again
[ guitar ]
For you baby baby for you for you baby baby for you
I swear I'll never let you hurt me like this again
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10.
BIG MISTAKE
(Pete Anderson)
« © '97 Jessee Lee Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ]
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