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The Clearlake Sessions – Lyrics

1  Sparky's Burgers
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It’s a shock, but we’re so hot
Come dine at Sparky’s Burgers
What we’ve got, the rest have not
Come dine at Sparky’s Burgers

Food that fills you to the top
Each bite sparks, you’ll never stop
Bring the kids, and your Old Pop
Come dine at Sparky’s Burgers

Calls for malts are clamorous
Salads all look savorous
Wait not till you’re ravenous
We’ll fill you if you’re cavernous

Our fries, designed to surprise
Lush pies, sublime, hypnotize
Pure meat’s a treat none can beat
Feeds our Armies, and the Fleet

Go down the block, not in hock
Come dine at Sparky’s Burgers
We’re the spot no lad’s forgot
Bring dates to Sparky’s Burgers

We’re the best you’ll ever know
Inside, drive-in, or, to go
Where the taste leaves afterglow
Come dine at Sparky’s Burgers

jtl
2003.05.13.0945
Music and Lyrics by Jack T. Leyton, Published by Solamint Publishing ASCAP and LVT8 Publishing ASCAP

2  You Are Gone

You are gone, just like a summer fever
You are gone, and, yet your scent still lingers
Was love wrong, used by a great deceiver?
A broken heart, a lonely song … you are gone

The highlights, shadows of our loving
In hindsight that have come to nothing
That felt like, nothing I’ve felt before
Now nevermore

You are gone, I was your main believer
You are gone, your passion was delivered
Am I strong, not when all is considered?
I’d receive you, now, again, yet … you are gone

Those dark nights, lost in loves splendor
We held tight, delights long remembered
Charmed midnights that I came to adore
Now nevermore … not ever more

You are gone, just like a summer fever
You are gone, and, yet your scent still lingers
Was love wrong, used by a great deceiver?
A broken heart, a lonely song … you are gone
 You are gone … you are gone

jtl
2007.07.07.1533
​Music and Lyrics by Jack T. Leyton, Published by Solamint Publishing ASCAP and LVT8 Publishing ASCAP

3  Longings
​

I have longings
They try to humble me
Gorgeous ladies dressed for spring
Hot jazz, and symphonies

Roller coaster rides
White wine, just slightly dry
An appetite I can’t hide
Fast cars I love to drive

I have longings
Oh, what they put me through
But, the greatest of them all
Is for you

The way you touch me
Your kisses so sweet
Our soft caresses
Melt me each time we meet

If you are not near 
I long for that ecstasy
That tingling of fever
Whenever you’re next to me

I have longings
Yet, what can I do?
When, 
What I long for most of all
Is you

jtl
2006.10.07.0800
​Music and Lyrics by Jack T. Leyton, Published by Solamint Publishing ASCAP and LVT8 Publishing ASCAP

4  We Were Once

[him]
Well hello, how long has it been?
​
Don’t seem to know where to begin
Never thought we’d meet this way
Thinking back, it’s like yesterday

We were once, walking hand in hand
We were once, kissing at the door
We were once, running through the sand
But, we don’t do that any more

We were once, strolling through the mall
We were once, both pulling at the oars
We were once, watching leaves turn in fall
But, we don’t do that any more

[her]
I recall always going weak
Each time you’d brush against my skin
Oh, how my heart would leap
When caught by your silly grin

[him]
I recall my burning passion
More than I could ever stand
Couldn’t resist our attraction
Even now, can’t say I can

We were once, enchanted lovers
With warm thoughts of growing old
But, in time, our hearts grew colder
Bringing enchantment to a close

We were once, the greatest lovers
We were once, the best of friends
We were once, made for each other
But, now, all that is at an end

jtl
​1996.11.13.1835
Music and Lyrics by Jack T. Leyton, Published by Solamint Publishing ASCAP and LVT8 Publishing ASCAP

5  The Laundromat
​

Sitting ‘round the corner Laundromat
That’s the place I do my laundry at
For an hour I make certain that
My clothes are clean, and I am gone

Screaming children running 
Here, and there
Using languages from everywhere
Young lovers coupling without a care
When my loads finished I am gone

Aye, aye, yai, yai
Aye, aye, yai, yai
Aye, aye, yai, yai
In just an hour I am gone

Then, one day, came in, to my surprise
A lovely lady, with dark green eyes
Asking for help, and would I oblige
I couldn’t help myself, but nod

Her wash started, we began to chat
Of her country far from where we sat
A land of beauty, where her heart’s at
As in a daydream, I was gone

Aye, aye, yai, yai
Aye, aye, yai, yai
Aye, aye, yai, yai
I closed my eyes, and I was gone

For many weeks, then, we’d sit and chat
While doing clothes at the Laundromat
My heart she’d stolen, as quick as that
Yes, just one kiss, and I was gone

We plan to travel to her land of birth
Most lovely garden,
You could find on Earth
Where we’ll have children
But, we’ll marry first
A few more days, and it’s “so long”

Aye, aye, yai, yai
Aye, aye, yai, yai
Aye, aye, yai, yai
My heart is hers, and we are gone

jtl
2004.07.24.0730
​​Music and Lyrics by Jack T. Leyton, Published by Solamint Publishing ASCAP and LVT8 Publishing ASCAP

6  You Are Gone Instrumental Reverie​
[instrumental]

jtl
2007.07.07.1533
​Music and Lyrics by Jack T. Leyton, Published by Solamint Publishing ASCAP and LVT8 Publishing ASCAP

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