Dirty Country

Tomorrow’s Gone

Klaus Patzak

Another beat up guitar
Playing out of tune
Another angry hound dog
Barking at the moon
The sound of gloom and misery
Is heard from far away
Anxiety is getting louder
Sounds like it is judgment day
The tomorrow we had is gone
All is said and nothing’s done
The tomorrow we had is gone
Our days are numbered one by one
I’m an angry old white man
Who’s fallen out of time
Crying over my own
Irresistible decline
Seems the truth ain’t true no more
Like it used to be
Everyone makes their own truth
Their own sweet reality
The tomorrow we had is gone
All is said and nothing’s done
The tomorrow we had is gone
Our days are numbered one by one

Let Me Go

Klaus Patzak

We’ve paid a heavy cost
For one hell of a love
Got too close to the fire
All went up in flames
Playing fiery games
Nothing can be undone
Yeah everything must burn
The photographs we took
Memories of you and me
Burning like an effigy
This is hell
The devil’s spell
Won’t leave me alone
Hello hell
The devil's yell
Haunts me to the bone
Oh oh let me go
Oh oh let me go
I see your pretty blue eyes
Fading amongst the flames
I’m so sorry Babe
Had to do what it took
To get off the hook
Keep the hell fire burning
Ease away my hurt and pain
Nothing will remain when
The last embers die
By and by
This is hell
The devil’s spell
Won’t leave me alone
Hello hell
The devil's yell
Haunts me to the bone
Oh oh let me go
Oh oh let me go

Going South

Klaus Patzak

In the cold dark hours
Of the lonely moonless night
I shine my gun and
Get blinded by her light
Teasing the shadows
Of our golden past
The rulers of silence
Are bound to fall at last
Everything is going south
I freed myself from all reason
Got a sweet taste in my mouth
Oh it feels so pleasing
It's so hard to get excited
All my trying is in vain
Nothing really matters
I don’t even feel no pain
Wish I could feel some pain
A shot rings out in the morning
The sun is coming up
I’m guided by the soothing sirens
That won’t stop until I drop
Everything is going south
I freed myself from all reason
Got a sweet taste in my mouth
Losing it feels so pleasing

Sonic Love Letter

Klaus Patzak

Sometimes it only takes
A needle and a groove
An old scratchy 45
To get the word out to you
Seems the old old time tune
Understands the way I feel
It has the perfect lines
For me to borrow and steal
Can’t say it any better
The music does the talking
My sonic love letter
Rollin’ and a rockin’
Though these words are not my own
And sound a little bit cliche
That don’t mean that I
Don’t mean ‘em that way
Can’t say it any better
The music does the talking
My sonic love letter
Rollin’ and a rockin’
Pretty Woman, You're So Fine
Love Me Tender, Always on My Mind
Hey Good Lookin’, Let’s Get It On
Let me say it with a good old song
Can’t say it any better
The music does the talking
My sonic love letter
Rollin’ and a rockin’

Sweetheart Honey Baby

Klaus Patzak

Don’t wanna be one of many
No lover on the go
Wanna be your one and only
Not some generic Joe
Sweetheart, honey, baby
Why do you name your lovers all the same?
Sweetheart, honey, baby
Do you even know my name?
Don’t make me feel replaceable
Ain’t just anyone the crowd
Show the world you’re mine
And speak my name out loud
Sweetheart, honey, baby
Why do you name your lovers all the same?
Sweetheart, honey, baby
Do you even know my name?
You did choose me as your lover
Don’t confuse me with another
Nameless man girl
Late at night when you hold me tight
It’s driving me insane
You whisper sweet nothings
Oh how I wish you’d whisper my name
Sweetheart, honey, baby
Why do you name your lovers all the same?
Sweetheart, honey, baby

Solitary Morning

Klaus Patzak

I take a ride out in the country and leave myself behind
In the wee hours I cross the southern county line
All alone in my own world on this back road
Going nowhere going slow by my own code
It’s all mine
The road and the rolling hills
It’s my time
Everything’s quiet and still
Solitary morning
Solitary morning
It’s so calm and so peaceful when no one’s around
I’m the king of this land and the sleepy little towns
Time to go and make way for a new day
Before all wake up and take my riches away
It’s all mine
The road and the rolling hills
It’s my time
Everything’s quiet and still
Solitary morning
Solitary morning

Tow Truck Driving Lady

Klaus Patzak

Hook me up and save me
I’m stranded behind the wheel
Of my 50 year old Chrysler
Automobile
Hook me up and save me
Take me down the highway
Tow truck driving lady
You can make my day
The tow truck lady got me going
Hauled my car and got me hooked
Just a little roadside breakdown towing
That was all that it took
Hook me up and save me
Set my wheels on fire
Thought I was down on my luck
But you just took me higher
Hook me up and save me
My heart’s in overdrive
My engine is overheated
You make me come alive
The tow truck lady got me going
Hauled my car and got me hooked
Just a little roadside breakdown towing
That was all that it took

Big Old Small World

Klaus Patzak

No road is ever too long
Your presence never too far
Our distance ever too close
And everybody knows
Ooh ooh it’s a small world
A big old small world
It's too small for the two of us
Too small for our high flying dreams
What goes up must come down
But I know I’ll see you around
Cause it’s a small world
A big old small world
We all need some space
We all need a place
To get away and get lost
To vanish in the dust
There’s a whole world out there
How big does it have to be
To be big enough for me and for you
Big enough to be split into two
Ooh ooh it’s a small world
A big old small world

Smoke Signals

Klaus Patzak

I’ve come a long way looking for you
Searching high and low
Places I never knew they’d exist
I’ve traveled every road
Blame it on that hot summer night
When life was easy as a song
We started a fire and the ashes still glow
The heat goes on and on
So I’m sending out
Smoke signals
Up to the clouds
Smoke Signals
The letters I wrote all came back to me
Echoes of the same old tune
Leaving voice messages feels
Like howling at the moon
How can I ever reach out to you
I keep racking my brain
I got one last shot to keep me from
Keep me from going insane
So I’m sending out
Smoke signals
Up to the clouds
Smoke Signals
Will the blazing fire
Ever lose its flame?
Will my burning desire
Ever be tamed?
Yeah I’m sending out
Smoke signals
Up to the clouds
Smoke Signals

Man of Contradiction

Klaus Patzak

A promise is a prison
Life without parole
When you gotta save
Your troubled soul
I buried that heart you gave me
In the hot Mojave sand
Deep and safe
In the open land
Wish I could go back
Wish I could fly
Wish I wouldn't have
To see you cry
All my contradictions
They’re all part of me
Permanent like a tattoo
Forever like me and you
Maybe tomorrow too
I keep my secrets
In an open book
It’s all written there
It just takes one look
When the day is done
And no light shines
When it’s dark enough
You can read between the lines
All my contradictions
They’re all part of me
Permanent like a tattoo
Forever like me and you
Maybe tomorrow too
I don't want to make sense
Ain't trying to be a different man
Right or wrong, no difference
You gotta take me as I am
All my contradictions
They’re all part of me
Permanent like a tattoo
Forever like me and you
Maybe tomorrow too

Walking On Cobblestone

Klaus Patzak

Echoes from the past
The whistle of a train
A distant melody
Cutting through the static of the rain
I’m time traveling
On a late night stroll
Walking on cobblestone
Running on Rock’n’Roll
The beat and the mighty rhythm
Come catching up with me
I let them take me with’em
Drifting off into reverie
From down by the river
To the ruins on the hill
A thousand ghosts walking
Those alleyways still
There’s a beat in the street
Chills running down my spine
There’s the a man in black
Walking the line
The beat and the mighty rhythm
Come catching up with me
And I let them take me with’em
Drifting off into reverie

Dirty Country

Klaus Patzak

Everything’s so neat and clean
Dressed up in Sunday clothes
Too much splendor, too much beauty

Perfection overdose
Yeah I used to love this place
Before it lost its ugly face
So take me back right now
Back to the dirty country
Where the weird ones and misfits fit
Out in the dirty country
All is cool and nothing’s hip
The magic’s gone and lost for good
Everything’s watered down and tamed
Feels like living in a dollhouse
All is shiny and nothing’s stained
> Ohh I used to love this place
Before it lost its ugly face
So take me back
Back to the dirty country
Where the weird ones and misfits fit
Out in the dirty country
All is cool and nothing’s hip