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Ruby

words/music (c) matt ralph 2002

Run run run away,

Noone’s home anyway,

Where do you go,

Who do you find when we’re not here,

They say that a cat needs nine lives,

But a hobbo like you must have many more,

And all the people on the street,

They all know you,

But they just would not believe,

You’re life of a gypsy,

Gotta have stories to tell,

Life of a gypsy,

Gotta have stories to tell,

Ruby,

Way home,

Where’s the way home,

So leave your light on,

She might come around,

You know that soon,

It could be you that she’s found,

Life of a Gypsy,

Gotta have stories to tell,

Life of a gypsy,

Gotta have stories to tell,

Ruby,

way home,

Where’s the way home,

Where do you go,

Who do see when we’re not around,

Life of a Gypsy,

Gotta have stories to tell,

Life of a gypsy,

Gotta have stories to tell,

Ruby,

way home,

Where’s the way home,

Angel

words/music ©matt ralph 2006

When the world has just begun,

You’re alive but you don’t know it,

The wind will pick you up to either fortune or to falls,

And there’s no one there beside you,

You don’t know where to look,

And every face is like a strangers from a Grimm tales fairy book,

Just keep your eyes wide open,

Your heart and mind as well,

You’ll find that troubles pass you if you see them coming well,

From the moment of conception,

You taught your lessons well,

You gave me good instruction in the miracles of the world,

And keep your sense of humour,

It will serve you til the end,

Cause people value lightness more than just about anything,

Forget about your failures,

Let them go,

Cause if you like your company,

You’ll never be alone,

You’re an angel,

I know it,

Just do the best that you can do,

And as the days fill up your diary,

I’ll always be there for you,

My angel,

My angel,

Well so much is going to happen,

You don’t know what’s coming next,

It doesn’t seem that fair that some get the best cards from the deck,

Keep those that keep you strong near,

And let the others go,

And always have a smile for strangers,

If they say hello,

But close your eyes now baby,

Rest your head,

You grasp my little finger like the first time that we met,

My angel,

I love you,

Just do the best that you can do,

And as the days fill up your diary,

I’ll always be there for you,

My angel,

My angel

Misery

A universal cry for the sadness of a shell blown child,

For the silent gesture of an old man’s love,

For a friend two years departed,

And sometimes it’s sadness and sometimes it’s just because,

The film is ending or I’m walking out the door,

Or remembering you as we were before,

But if I’m busy with life and I don’t have time,

And the faces I’m seeing I see nine to five,

Then I just keep on laughing and kidding and kicking,

And the sadness inside of me is silently screaming,

Misery,

That’s what I’m feeling,

Guides my plans and my dreaming,

Misery is a long empty curtain,

Is a walk down the windows,

With a view to the clearing,

And there my answers I’ll find,

Of how to join my heart with my mind,

And then what I’m thinking reflects how I’m feeling,

My soul becomes clearer,

My words contain meaning,

Misery,

That’s what I’m feeling,

Guides my plans and my dreaming,

Misery is a long empty curtain,

Is a walk down the windows with a view to the clearing,

Misery

Your Man

words/music (c) matt ralph 2007

Me,

I was down on my luck babe,

I walked forty days in two days,

Shed everything from my suitcase,

Tried standing in front of a roadtrain,

Just to try to make it back to you,

Well Idon’t know what I was thinking,

But the way I left you was stinking,

I was too cuaght up with my drinking,

And if you hadn’t come looking for me that night,

It sure would have been the end,

I gotta make it up to you babe,

Cause you saved my life,

I was caught up in the cross fire hunny,

No luck a head and the back way a stale mate,

You came to me babe,

I was a dead man,

there was no fore warning but you came to me babe,

I said my Amens,

You had the ground covered one way or another babe,

Me I was happy as I could be,

Working long hours on the weekend,

Just trying to get on my feet again,

But the money I saved well I owed from past days,

I just couldn’t get ahead,

And too many times I’ve been leaving,

I make my way to the doorway,

I tell you I love you always,

But I get my feet on the cold dark street,

And I’m knocking on you door again,

I gotta make it up to you babe,

Cause you saved my life,

I was caught up in the cross fire hunny,

No luck a head and the back way a stale mate,

You came to me babe,

I was a dead man,

there was no fore warning but you came to me babe,

I said my Amens,

You had the ground covered one way or another babe,

Mumma creator had a strange plan for me,

Knock me down just to show it to me,

I’m the man for you babe,

I was out cold like a first round knock down,

Ain’t no friends in this whole God Damn town,

But you came to me babe,

I was a dead man,

there was no fore warning but you came to me babe,

I said my Amens,

You had the ground covered one way or another babe,

You saved my life,

You saved my life