OUR OWN STUFF WRITTEN BY PAUL: These bombs are made for falling (melodie:These boots are made for walking - Lee Hazlewood - Paul van Gelder) - E 1 You keep saying you got something for me Something you call peace but confess: You've been messing where you shouldn't have been messing And now someone else is getting all that mess These bombs are made for falling and that's just what they'll do One of these days these bombs are gonna fall all over you 2 You keep lying when you ought to be true dear And you keep losing when you oughta not bet You stay the same and have no shame my darling What's right is right but you ain't been right yet These bombs are made for falling and that's just what they'll do One of these days these bombs are gonna fall all over you 3 You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing And you keep thinking that you never get burned I just found me another box of matches And what that means you ain't have time to learn These bombs are made for falling and that's just what they'll do One of these days these bombs are gonna fall all over you ********************************************************* I'm a bad guy (Paul. made up live during gig in Waterland 2023) G Bb G I'm a bad guy G F G She's a good girl G Bb G She threw me on the bed G F G Shut up was all she said She grabbed my you know what Said Is that all you got Then she ate me alive She was somebody else's wife I'm a bad guy She's a good girl Can't say I complain I love her just the same ***************** SHE AIN'T DEAD YET (Paul van Gelder - voor mama,overleden in 1974 - 2020) She ain't dead yet Her lip's a bit red Tries to wave from her bed Wants to stay for me and dad And she ain't dead yet She lost her eyes She lost her ears She lost her tears She lost her fears But she ain't dead yet It's like I said She ain't dead yet She can't walk And she can't talk She can't smile And she can't hide But she ain't dead yet It's like I said She ain't dead yet She ain't dead yet It's like I said She ain't dead yet It's like I said She ain't dead yet She ain't dead yet She ain't dead yet ******************** JIM MC.FARLEY (Paul van Gelder, december 2000) (Almost mr.Big) (G-Em-C-D7 / A-Em-G-D / F-D-F-D) I went back to my old hometown To see the things I used to see When a man outside the station Told me all his misery He said he worked for dr.Jekyl And he slaved for mr.Hyde And he really got a belly ful Of every mr.Bright Like a latterday Jack Kerouac He flew and rambled 'round But when he looked down at the sidewalk He's still standing on the ground Chorus: Jim mc.Farley, almost mr.Big Jim mc.Farley, they used him like a pig Well, they told him he's the greatest He's the best since Hank or more And if he followed company rules He's be a millionair for sure So they took away his guitar And they took away his soul Even took away his voice It did not fit in his new role Like a latterday Hank Williams He flew and rambled 'round But when he looked down at the sidewalk He's still lying on the ground Chorus: Jim mc.Farley, almost mr.Big Jim mc.Farley, they used him like a pig Well, they sold him to your neighbour Almost sold him to the queen They sold him to mc.Donald's Yes, they sold him like whipped cream There were nickels in his pockets There were dimes around his thighs But the big ones went to CBS 'Cos there were dollars in their eyes And soon there was the IRS Who even took his shoes His southern drawl got out of style Now he can't even sing the blues Chorus: Jim mc.Farley, almost mr.Big Jim mc.Farley, they used him like a pig ****************************** Way back in the fifties (Paul van Gelder, september 2013) 3/4 in G G Em Way back in the fifties, when wolfman was on G D7 G the american forces were still going strong Em and houses were houses, a song was a song G and it looked like the whole world D7 G could no more go wrong CHORUS: C G that's when i met you, they called you a slut C G Es but deep in my heart i know you were not G Em able to live like your grandma before G D7 G who lived in her kitchen and called you a whore Way back in the fifties, when Little Richard came on Pat Boone soon took over and then stole his song The States were all dancing and singing ding dong Took a while before Europe could really sing along CHORUS: that's when I met you, I called you sweetheart, but deep in my heart I knew you were not able to give me what grandma gave gramps you spent all our money they now call us tramps ******************************* It Keep's Rainin' (Fats Domino - Paul van Gelder-2016) It keeps raining and raining Tears from my eyes Since you gone All I do is cry Won't somebody help me? Somebody help me? Can't you see That my baby done left me? She left me reeling and rocking Walking the floor She left a note last night She won't be back no more It keeps raining and raining Tears from my eyes Since you gone All I do is cry But it keeps raining and raining Tears from my eyes Since you gone All I do is laugh Yes I'm laughing I'm laughing Tears from my eyes Since you gone All I do is HAHAHAHA I'm HAHAHAHA Tears from my eyes I left a note last night I won't be back no more HAHAHAHA A tear in my eye Since you gone It's no woman no cry Yes It's shining it's shining what a beautiful sun Since you gone 'Cause all you did was wrong ************************* OH, SHE LOVES ME SO(G)- 1998 Oh, she loves me so Oh she loves me so With me, all right she goes to bed But she sleeps around with Saul and Ed Oh she loves me so Well, she stays around But I know she's gone She spends my money In her shopping mall She buys me perfume She buys me sweets She knows exactly what I don't need She's a walking cover of "ain't she sweet" Oh, she loves me so Oh she loves me so Oh she loves me so She calls me Ed She calls me Saul But she knows damn well that my name is Paul Oh, she loves me so Well, she phones her mother And she phones her pa She phones her friend back in Arkansas She phones her sister She phones my bank E-mails her brother Even faxes the pill And all I get from her is the telephone bill Oh, she loves me so Repeat chorus Well, I went to the doctor And he gave me this pill He said "don't take it" But I know I will Take her nagging, take her moanin' Well, she gave me more Than I'll never need I love her like a hammer that comes down on my feet Oh, I love her so Oh, I love her so Oh, I love her so I call her Maggie I call her Jill But I know damn well That her name is Bill Oh, I love her so Paul van Gelder/Copyright 2000 **************************** CAR CAR (G)(WOODY GUTHRIE LATER PAUL VAN GELDER NEW LYRICS - 2000 and 2023) I'll take you riding in my car car I promise you we won't go far far Maybe we'll find a nice bar bar Riding in my car Papa-oom-pah-pa-pa-pa-oom-mow-mow Papa-oom-pah-pa-pa-pa-oom-mow-mow Papa-oom-pah-pa-pa-pa-oom-mow-mow Riding in my car And the road-taxes go vroom vroom The gasoline prices go toodle-oodle-up Service just goes doodle-oodle-down,stop Riding in my car Chorus The car in front of me is standing still The car in front of that one is standing still Yes, we're all fucking standing still When we're riding in our cars Chorus We all want to sit in the front seat While they put us all in the back seat Front seat is back seat When you're riding in your car Chorus The police are the only one to drive so fast If you want to have a ticket,then it's my guess The sweethearts will give you twenty-four or more When you're riding in your car Chorus Come see my electric car car It won't go very far far No. it won't go very far far my new electric car *************************** Farewell (No Blues) / Can't do without my ya ya Dm/G Dm - A - Dm (rifje etc.) (First part the watchman - second by paul 217) Dm C Farewell baby, you who looks so free Dm Looking at the river if the river was a sea C Farewell baby, I payed my dues Dm Farewell baby, hello blues Farewell baby with your lips so red You'll be loved till the day I'm dead Farewell baby , got nothing to lose Farewell baby hello blues Farewell baby, you made me shy There's nothing you left that wasn't a lie Farewell baby I have to choose Farewell baby, hello blues Farewell baby in the city light I'll disappear in the dark of night Baby I'll wear my walking shoes Farewell baby hello blues deel 2: sneller (van Dm naar C naar G) G C I can do without the east and I can do without the west D7 G I can do without the churches, always fighting 'gainst the rest G c I can do without my lover I can do without my wife d7 g But I can't do without my ya ya G C I can do without the government, can do without the doe D7 G I can do without the t.v. the radio and so G C I can do without you, I can do without me D7 G But I can't do without my ya ya I can do without the climate I can do without disease I can do without my chocolat I can do without my teeth I can do without my looks and I can do without my books But I can't do without my ya ya I can do without tobacco I can do without the booze I can do without the things that my woman liked to choose I can do without my hee and I can do without my haw But I can't do without my ya ya *************************** Hell no (I ain't waiting on you) (Paul van Gelder, september 2004) in E E Well if you're looking for some sugar It's right down here on the floor E You're a pretty clever jerk You said so many times before E There's dirty dishes in the oven There's a pancake on the wall E There's so much food for you baby Why don't you answer when I call Chorus: A E Hell no, I ain't waiting on you B You see that man there by the door A You wonder what's he waiting for Well I tell you that man E It's not me Like a river with no water Like Bob Dylan without words Like Hank Williams without country Like Alfred Hitchcock without birds Like a painter without paint Like the devil without a saint Like a house without a roof Like water without proof Chorus Like a banjo with no strings Like a bird without its wings Like a genius without brains Like a mother without pains Like a dog without a nose Like Swift without his prose Like a soldier without shoes Like B B King without the blues Chorus