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These cover tunes were part of a live show and with all due respect to the original versions, you should search for these lyrics as they appeared by the original artists. The liberties taken are part of the improvisation and in no way are meant to indicate a rewrite. Enjoy!
Title: MOONDANCE
Writers: VAN MORRISON
WB MUSIC CORP

Words and Music: KJ Denhert © 1999

Strike the last thought from your brain, you know that anyone can seem insane
So I cry out once again, you’ll think me terrible by my refrain
Well I’ve got so much to do, I don’t think anyone is going to pull me through
Then I meander as I do and fill my little head with thoughts of what to do for you
I’m another year gone by, I’m a mystery, I’m a fly
I go crazy in my car, I’m a highway,
Don’t you know that I’m the star
That is why I take my love
That is why I take my love
on the side
When I’m lying next to you, I might feel comfortable or I might feel like a fool
I can dream some dreams about you
Or save the picket fence and play it cool
I’m another year gone by, I’m a mystery
Don’t you know that I’m a fly
I go crazy in my car, I’m a highway
Don’t you know that I’m the star
That is why I take my love,
that is why I take my love,
that is why I take my love
on the side
on the side
on the side
on the side

Words and Music: KJ Denhert © 2002

Little Mary stays up late at night
The clock keeps ticking but she’s putting up a real good fight
Don’t trust the mirror if it don’t feel good
Nobody knows you in this neighborhood
Little Mary don’t you be afraid
There are a million of us feeling this way
You may be cryin’ when the moon is full
But tomorrow could be a damn nice day
Little Mary she’s the lonesome type
She don’t see too much as black or white
Give her a chance to walk and she won’t fight
Cuz’ little Mary wants to do what’s right
Little Mary don’t you be afraid…
Oh little Mary did you check your stars today
Who said Mercury is in retrograde?
Oh little Mary is that old bed made?
She likes a lot of sugar in her lemonade
Little Mary you’re the best when you’re a little bit afraid
Poor little Mary let alone she wants a life
She’s expected in the morning with a gig at night
She’s thinking about her job, her life
Allons nous dansons, chantons
This is not your swan song girl
Little Mary stays up late at night
The clock keeps ticking but she’s putting up a real good fight
Don’t trust the mirror if it don’t feel good
Nobody knows you in this neighborhood
Little Mary don’t you be afraid…

KJ Denhert

Whynot Jansveld
Peter Vitalone
Ned Mann
Sue Hadjopoulos

acoustic guitars,
electric guitars, vocals
bass
Rhodes, keyboards
drum loops and programming
congas, percussion

These cover tunes were part of a live show and with all due respect to the original versions, you should search for these lyrics as they appeared by the original artists. The liberties taken are part of the improvisation and in no way are meant to indicate a rewrite. Enjoy!
Title: SUMMERTIME
Writers: GEORGE GERSHWIN, IRA GERSHWIN, DUBOSE HEYWARD
WB MUSIC CORP

There’s a little tree that’s growing in a junkyard
From my window I have never seen, before
Well the autumn came as did the rain and turned that old treetop bright yellow
For a moment I thought I had seen the sun (shining in your hair)
Just a little tree, about the size of me I figure
When that storm passed through no harm to you, was rendered
Well I guess you bent while gales were felling giants
And still your little hat remained to see you through
( I think that’s pretty cool)
Swinging and I’m thinking about what you do to me
Swinging and I’m thinking yeah, yeah, yeah you’re like that little tree
Swinging and I’m thinking about what you do to me
Swinging and I’m thinking yeah, yeah, yeah, you’re my jelly bean

These cover tunes were part of a live show and with all due respect to the original versions, you should search for these lyrics as they appeared by the original artists. The liberties taken are part of the improvisation and in no way are meant to indicate a rewrite. Enjoy!
Title: AIN’T NO SUNSHINE
Writers: BILL WITHERS
SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. OBO INTERIOR MUSIC CORP.

These cover tunes were part of a live show and with all due respect to the original versions, you should search for these lyrics as they appeared by the original artists. The liberties taken are part of the improvisation and in no way are meant to indicate a rewrite. Enjoy!
Title: SUNNY
Writers: BOBBY HEBB
WARNER-TAMERLANE PUB. O/B/O PORTABLE MUSIC

Words and Music: KJ Denhert

Additional Lyrics: Jennifer Levy © 2002 KJ Denhert

I’ve been listening for hours
I’ve been staying up way past ten
I have cast away the flowers
They don’t speak of now they speak of then
Honestly, you don’t play hide and seek
When a girl like me comes knocking at your door
Can’t you see the obvious before you
With a girl like me you know you won’t get bored
Why am I listening for hours?
While you talk and talk and tell me how I feel
You’re such an expert but where you fail
Is in telling me what for you is real
Honestly, you don’t play hide and seek…
I can see it, clear as daylight
Clear as words and you know that I don’t lie
I don’t settle, and yes you know that I mean it
Did you say I should be yours and you, mine?
It’s really simple as one, two, three
You don’t go messing with a girl like me
No need to worry if it don’t feel right
I’ll call somebody else some other night
It’s really simple as one, two, three
You don’t go messing with a girl like me
I tell you honestly it don’t seem right
I’ll call somebody else some other night
I’ve been listening for hours
Now I’m ready to claim what’s mine
I have cast away the flowers
I’m just making room for the next in line
Honestly, you don’t play hide and seek…
It’s really simple as one, two, three…

KJ Denhert
Octavio Kotan
Mamadou Ba
Peter Vitalone
Maria Breyer
Ray Levier
David Mann

nylon acoustic guitar, vocals
steel string acoustic guitar
bass
piano
percussion, percussion arrangement
drums
flute, Rhodes, keyboards

These cover tunes were part of a live show and with all due respect to the original versions, you should search for these lyrics as they appeared by the original artists. The liberties taken are part of the improvisation and in no way are meant to indicate a rewrite. Enjoy!
Title: HIT THE ROAD JACK NOT A BUG SONG YET
Writers: P. MAYFIELD
BUG MUSIC O/B/O PERCY MAYFIELD PUBLISHING

© 2005 KJ Denhert

Dark as night in late December
That’s the time I can’t forget
Today I’m mismatched with the seasons
Footsteps haunt me with regret
Since day by day the deeds are done
The sidewalk cracks, and a seed is sprung
There’s no holiday from living
When the body cries in sweat
There is hope if I’m forgiving
For this is how I sometimes get
Since day by day the deeds are done
The sidewalk cracks, and the weeds find sun
when I wake up on the couch
in the clothes I wore the night before
Giving in to my misgivings
roll on over and sleep some more
I’m as strong as weeds in summer
Bright as foliage in fall
Placid as new snow in winter
My east coast soul relives them all
Since day by day the deeds are done
The sidewalk cracks, and a seed is sprung
Since one by one the deeds are done
The spirit cracks, oh but the job gets done