Bill Gaunce

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CROWN OF THORNS
words & music copyright 2001 Gaunce/Miller

The angel of good fortune has taken flight
And left no forwarding address

The paparazzi have all disappeared
Like smoke from some ?ol apparition?s cigarette

I?m a taker, not a giver
And you?ve earned this crown of thorns
Lay me down by the river
You make me wanna live forever

Your silver wings have rusted & oxidized
Like that crumpled old Buick that you used to drive
And walking with mere mortals isn?t good for you
Your choking on the atmosphere of humanness

I?m a taker, not a giver
And you?ve earned this crown of thorns
Lay me down by the river
You make me wanna live forever

Stand out of the light,
?till you get it just right -
It?s alright , it?s alright now

Solo

Now I?m a taker, not a giver
And you?ve earned this crown of thorns
Lay me down by the river
You make me wanna live forever

613

My best story song.

WAITING ON A TRAIN
Words & music copyright 2001 Gaunce/Miller


Picking up the phone she drops
Tryin? to call the local cops
Seems like they never hang around here at midnight

He layin? outside in the rain
Too far gone to feel the pain
Another junkie?s lights dim that?s alright

A striking bride without a groom
Sits inside a hotel room
Pondering her future after checkout

Followed by a sea of lace
A thin white veil conceals her face
She walks on wondering what it?s all about

Counting change stashed in a ancient coffee cup
Ah, those pennies they won?t take her far enough

Waiting on a hero, waiting in the rain
Waiting on redemption, waiting in vain
Waiting on a saviour waiting on a train

Rolling through the countryside
Towns pass unidentified
A whistle blows signaling the next one

She exits in an unknown place
& trying to recall his face
She removes a photograph she?s showed to no-one

Memories through all the tears
Memories throughout the years
These memories won?t take her far enough

Waiting on a hero, waiting in the rain
Waiting on redemption, waiting in vain
Waiting on a saviour waiting on a train

Solo

A striking bride without a groom
Sits inside a hotel room
Pondering her future after checkout

Waiting on a hero, waiting in the rain
Waiting on redemption, waiting in vain
Waiting on a saviour waiting on a train

Repeat
Out

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GREETING CARD
Copyright 2001 Gaunce/Miller

You must have fallin? hard
To write that cute remark in the greeting card
You sent to me last week for no real reason

I can?t reciprocate
I don?t wanna open up that gate
It?s not that I don?t appreciate it

But if you really wanna hear from me
I?ll sing a song for you a little out of key
By now I?m sure you?ll see
That what?s hell for you is heaven for me
Here?s my greeting card in ?G?

Solo

But if you really wanna hear from me
I?ll sing a song for you a little out of key
By now I?m sure you?ll see
That what?s hell for you is heaven for me
Here?s my greeting card . . .
Here?s my greeting card . . .
Here?s my greeting card in ?G?

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ALL THE LOVE
copyright 2001 Gaunce/Miller

I could not see all the things that you wanted me to see
I could not see right in front of me
I could not be all the things that you wanted me to be
No I could not be you, be you

All the love we wasted can?t be found
All the love is poured out on the ground
All the love is wasted, can?t be found

I could not run from the truth, I would stumble then I?d fall
Could not move another step at all
I could not pull you up to be where you thought that you should be
No I could not save you, save you

All the love we wasted can?t be found
All the love is poured out on the ground
All the love is wasted, can?t be found

solo

I could not see all the things that you wanted me to see
I could not see right in front of me
I could not be all the things that you wanted me to be
No I could not be you, be you

All the love we wasted can?t be found
All the love is poured out on the ground
All the love is wasted, can?t be found

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modern protest

JURASSIC PARK
copyright 2001 Gaunce/Miller

Turn on your radio to hear some song that you might know
Turn it up & you can sing along, another broken heart you?ve done me wrong

Your tunin? in is turnin? of the scene, keep those rock & rollers lean & mean
might as well be livin? in a submarine

Switch on your TV set , how many channels do you get?
Pretty faces plant a seed for all those things that I don?t need

Installments on a kit to build a better me, I could be young & wrinkle free
I might as well be livin? in a tree

All those skinny monochrome
Models look like hell
From a glossy layout they beckon me
To come and check their smell

solo

Take it from it?s plastic bag & peek inside your daily rag
Dial 1-800- set - me -free a custom justice for a fee

The founding father?s fire is just a spark, soon will all be standin? in the dark
Might as well be livin? in Jurassic Park
I feel just like I?m livin? in Jurassic Park
I might as well be livin? in Jueassic Park

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WOUNDED
Copyright 2001 Miller/Gaunce

At time it seems to be forgivin?
And then it comes on way too hard
I wouldn?t take it to lightly
Like a story by the Bard

I?m still alive but I?m wounded
I?ve been dragged like a sledge to the well
I?ve been beatin? bedraggled & hounded
Help me get out of this hell

Don?t need a reason for livin?
Wake up and breathe every day
Sometimes I dream of something? better
But nothing? seems to fall my way

I?m still alive but I?m wounded
I?ve been dragged like a sledge to the well
I?ve been beatin? bedraggled & hounded
Help me get out of this hell

At time it seems to be forgivin?
And then it comes on way too hard
I wouldn?t take it to lightly
Like a story by the Bard

I?m still alive but I?m wounded
I?ve been dragged like a sledge to the well
I?ve been beatin? bedraggled & hounded
Please help me out of this hell