SCTTRD SMTHRD N CVRD (2016)

James Moats

Sometimes, when I'm bored, I record cover songs. I have been bored quite a bit over the last couple of years.

Track listing

1. Bus Stop
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say "Please, share my umbrella" Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows Under my umbrella All that summer, we enjoyed it Wind and rain and shine And that umbrella, we employed it By August, she was mine Every morning, I would see her waiting at the stop Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought All the people stared as if we were both quite insane Someday my name and hers are going to be the same That's the way the whole thing started Silly but it's true Thinking of a sweet romance Beginning in a queue Came the sun, the ice was melting No more sheltering now Nice to think that that umbrella Led me to a vow Every morning, I would see her waiting at the stop Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought All the people stared as if we were both quite insane Someday my name and hers are going to be the same On bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say "Please, share my umbrella" Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows Under my umbrella All that summer, we enjoyed it Wind and rain and shine That umbrella, we employed it By August, she was mine
2. Ah Leah
Leah It's been a long, long time You're such a sight You're looking better than a body has a right to Don't you know we're playing with the fire But we can stop this burning desire Leah Ah! Leah! Here we go again Ah! Leah! Is it ever gonna end? Ah! Leah! Here we go again Ah! Leah! I see your lips And I wonder who's been kissing them I never knew how badly I was missing them We both know we're never going to make it But when we touch We never have to fake it Leah Ah! Leah! Here we go again Ah! Leah! Is it ever gonna end? Ah! Leah! Here we go again Ah! Leah! We ain't learned our lesson yet Baby, it's no good We're just asking for trouble I can touch you But I don't know how to love you It ain't no use We're headed for disaster Our minds said no But our hearts were talking faster Leah Ah! Leah! Here we go again Ah! Leah! Here we go again Ah! Leah! Leah, Leah, Leah Ah! Leah! Here we go again Ah! Leah! Leah We're never, ever, ever gonna make it, yeah Ah! Leah! Here we go again Ah! Leah! We're never gonna make it Ah! Leah!
3. Jessie's Girl
Jessie is a friend Yeah, I know, he's been a good friend of mine But lately something's changed that ain't hard to define Jessie's got himself a girl and I want to make her mine And she's watching him with those eyes And she's loving him with that body, I just know it Yeah, and he's holding her in his arms late, late at night You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl Where can I find a woman like that? I'll play along with the charade There doesn't seem to be a reason to change You know, I feel so dirty when they start talking cute I wanna tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot 'Cause she's watching him with those eyes And she's loving him with that body, I just know it And he's holding her in his arms late, late at night You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl Where can I find a woman like that? Like Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl Where can I find a woman- Where can I find a woman like that? And I'm looking in the mirror all the time Wondering what she don't see in me I've been funny, I've been cool with the lines Ain't that the way love's supposed to be? Tell me, where can I find a woman like that? You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl I want Jessie's girl Where can I find a woman like that? Like Jessie's girl I wish that I had Jessie's girl I want, I want Jessie's girl
4. In a Big Country
I've never seen you look like this without a reason Another promise fallen through Another season passes by you I never took the smile away from anybody's face And that's a desperate way to look For someone who is still a child In a big country dreams stay with you Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside Stay alive, here we go I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert But I can live and breathe And see the sun in wintertime In a big country dreams stay with you Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside Stay alive In a big country dreams stay with you Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside Stay alive So take that look out of here it doesn't fit you Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered, see ya I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert But I can live and breathe And see the sun in wintertime In a big country dreams stay with you Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside Stay alive Ha, ha In a big country dreams stay with you Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside Stay alive In a big country dreams stay with you Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside Stay alive
5. Modern Love
I know when to go out And when to stay in Get things done I catch a paper boy But things don't really change I'm standing in the wind But I never wave bye-bye But I try, I try There's no sign of life It's just the power to charm I'm lying in the rain But I never wave bye-bye But I try, I try Never gonna fall for (modern love) Walks beside me (modern love) Walks on by (modern love) Gets me to the church on time (church on time) Terrifies me (church on time) Makes me party (church on time) Puts my trust in god and man (God and man) No confessions (God and man) No religion (God and man) Don't believe in modern love It's not really work It's just the power to charm I'm still standing in the wind But I never wave bye-bye But I try, I try Never gonna fall for (modern love) Walks beside me (modern love) Walks on by (modern love) Gets me to the church on time (church on time) Terrifies me (church on time) Makes me party (church on time) Puts my trust in god and man (God and man) No confessions (God and man) No religion (God and man) Don't believe in modern love Modern love (modern love) Modern love (modern love) Modern love (modern love) Modern love (modern love) Modern love (modern love) Modern love (modern love) Modern love (modern love) Modern love (modern love) Modern love Modern love Modern love
6. Confetti
He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her, if he coulda The story's getting closer to the end He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her, if he coulda He'd rather be alone than pretend She just wanted him to love her, but he didn't He took to the woods and wandered in it Walked along and on, until they couldn't Just told himself to tell her that he wouldn't He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her, if he coulda The story's getting closer to the end He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her, if he coulda He'd rather be alone than pretend She'd wanted him to love her, but he didn't He took to the woods and wandered in it Walked along and on, 'til his legs couldn't Stole her voice, to tell her that he wouldn't He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her, if he coulda The story's getting closer to the end He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her, if he coulda He'd rather be alone than pretend Yeah, he kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her, if he coulda The story's getting closer to the end He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her, if he coulda He'd rather be alone than pretend
7. Room At The Top
I got a room at the top of the world tonight I can see everything tonight I got a room where everyone Can have a drink and forget those things That went wrong in their life I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight And I ain't coming down I ain't coming down I got someone who loves me tonight I got over a thousand dollars in the bank And I'm all right Look deep in the eyes of love Look deep in the eyes of love And find out what you were looking for I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight And I ain't coming down, no I ain't coming down yeah (Yeah) I wish I could feel you tonight Little one you're so far away I want to reach out And touch your heart Yeah like they do in those things on TV I love you please love me, I'm not so bad And I love you so I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight And I ain't coming down, no I ain't coming down I ain't coming down
8. Hey Julie
Working all day for a mean little man With a clip-on tie and a rub-on tan He's got me running 'round the office like a dog around a track But when I get back home, you're always there to rub my back Hey Julie, look what they're doing to me Trying to trip me up, trying to wear me down Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it And I'd never make it through without you around No, I'd never make it through without you around Hours on the phone making pointless calls I got a desk full of paper that means nothing at all Sometimes I catch myself staring into space Counting down the hours 'til I get to see your face Hey Julie, look what they're doing to me Trying to trip me up, trying to wear me down Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it And I'd never make it through without you around No, I'd never make it through without you around How did it come to be that you and I must be Far away from each other every day? Why must I spend my time filling up my mind With facts and figures that never add up anyway? They never add up anyway Working all day for a mean little guy With a bad toupee and a soup-stained tie He's got me running 'round the office like a gerbil on a wheel He can tell me what to do, but he can't tell me what to feel Hey Julie, look what they're doing to me Trying to trip me up, trying to wear me down Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it And I'd never make it through without you around No, I'd never make it through without you around No, I'd never make it through without you around
9. One Time Too Many
Quiet please, turn it off, shut it down Slow down your tan, I'm gonna miss you a lot There it goes Your tears again This is no fun There it goes Your tears again As you walk away Then it's hard to tell what kind, they do look alike Oh no that ain't what I said Oh no that ain't what I said Always trying to fall asleep to make my way out Looking at the ceiling, I'm counting the days There it goes Your man is down to the bottom There it goes Your man is willing to cooperate Then it's hard to tell you kindly that ain't what I'm like Guess I'd better find us a way out "One time too many" I said It's a long way to look alike That is what you say Slow down your tan. I'm gonna miss you a lot There it goes Your ID's been stolen They wave their hands goodbye As you walk away Then it's hard to tell who's kind, they do look alike Oh no that ain't what I said Oh no that ain't what I said Guess I'd better find us a way out "One time too many" I said It's a long way to look alike That is what you say