Brad Mahugh

Written By: J.B. Mahugh

you wrote me off years ago
but now we're here today
that's okay, I wrote you off
about the same time anyway
but since we're here
let's look sincere
and make some quick repairs
i'll look at you
with loving eyes
if you look like you care

we didn't keep in touch
we had our reasons why
it would have taken all too much     
let's stick to that alibi
we remember May December
but let's just grin and bear
i'll look at you
with loving eyes
if you look like you care

like you care
that I'm still breathing air
like you care
what the hell I wear
if you're gonna look all night
be decent and polite
wear a smile while you stare
and I'll look like I care

like you care
like I'm a millionaire
like you care
life could be unfair
if we're gonna talk all night
keep it small and light
I'll wear a smile nod and stare
and you look like you care

like you care
that I'm still breathing air
like you care what the hell I wear
if you're gonna yap all night
keep those fangs out in the light
wear a smile while you stare
and I'll look like I care

Written By: J. B. Mahugh

I always thought I'd know
when to toe the line
and when to turn the blind
and when to let it go

I always thought we'd make
a way out of this mess
but somewhere I confess
I must have made the same mistake

first, it's I, then you
that's the way it all starts
the way it falls apart
yes, it's true

I always thought I'd see
when to hit the road
when to lighten up the load
and when to let it be

I always thought we'd find
a way out of this trap
but somewhere it collapsed
and we had to leave it all behind

and I thought for you
I'd go to hell and back
but somewhere down the track
I must have got the two confused

I always thought I'd gauge
when to follow suit
and when to play the mute
and when to just turn the page

and I always thought we'd mend
this curtain torn in two
this icy sheet of blue
but it was never we in the end

(just) I always ...

Written By: J.B. Mahugh

i'll get to see you when I can
that's how it's gonna be
even though you're my own kin
we'll just have to wait and see
what we can do together
in the time you're mine to tend
tuesdays, thursdays, alternate weekends

I used to get you
any day of the week
man, we had it good
but your mom and me
we reached our peak
now things aren't what they should
when we meet, we'll keep it brief
the peace we must defend
tuesdays, thursdays, alternate weekends

monday, wednesday,
every other weekend
are mine alone to spend
until I see you or I can feel you
in my arms again
I'll try not think too much
or drink too much
do my work, see my friends
til tuesdays, thursdays, alternate weekends

in this world gone mad
I'm just one more dad
in a family living apart
but it makes me sad
to see how bad this
wounds you in the heart
you deserved more
than we bargained for
for that I'll try to make amends
tuesdays, thursdays, alternate weekends

Written By: J.B. Mahugh

torn between what might have been
and what will never be
the answer rings out clear
as daylight on a fallen tree
we pause to size up the task
seek alternative
hoping when we stop to ask
we can find a way to live
with what it is we have to do

oh, splitting a heart in two

we planted this thing early
thought we'd dug in deep
watched it grow up yearly
thought that it would keep
us safely from the winds of time
a measure of our life
but nature forces us aside
where we're merely man and wife
exposed against the view

oh, splitting a heart in two

I steal an ounce of courage
to steel this pound of flesh
to find the nerve to cleave apart
what cannot be refreshed
as the hard rain rushes in
the forest comes a blur
this work it starts to rub on me
just like Douglas fir

loading up my pickup truck
soon be headed for the mill
hoping with a little luck
I'll make it back on up the hill
it's part and parcel of the job
doesn't matter what they say
you know when push comes to shove
I'm pulling for you all the way
as I bring my ax down sure and swift and true

oh, splitting a heart in two
oh, splitting a heart in two

Written By: J.B. Mahugh

where I come from they know my name
they heed my rules and play my game
we're old dear friends me and mistress fame
I walk with kings and stars at rest
and just like them I always get the best
ever on my mark and taking aim

hey, everybody look at me
I'm the new king of comedy
you must recall I was really something
the toast of the town and the tears of a clown
all rolled into one
you're looking at the new Rupert Pupkin

I'm on Conan, Jay and Dave
I'm Carson Daly's latest flame
standing in the shadows of our shame
I shot Lennon, Warhol too
with a flahs, a gun
it's all the same to you
eithe way we're paired up just the same

hey, everybody look at me
I'm the new king of comedy
you must recall I was really something
the toast of the town and the tears of a clown
all rolled into one
you think you're looking at the new
but it's really only you
when you're looking at the new Rupert Pupkin