Jeff Jolly

Jeff grew up on a dead end street in Brooklyn NY.
At about the age of 9, after watching his Dad get dragged out of the house in a straight jacket by a Swat team over spousal abuse he quickly realized his life would be far from ordinary. That unexplained loss left Jeff searching for something to fill the gap. Watching his grandmother and sister one Christmas playing piano and entertaining the family, he found what he was looking for; Music! The music was it. The neighborhood gang would bring what they called “The Bible” to their gatherings, singing while Jeff worked out every chord to the works of that book whose author was Bob Dylan. Jeff honed his skills at these “sacred” meetings, held in the public school parks and often brought to an abrupt halt by police..
“The Runner”. CD received airplay at KFOG Radio in San Francisco and in Northern California. It got rave reviews from such national trade magazines as Album Network and Relix Magazine.

#80

#80
you got my dreams wrapped around your heart
sometimes we're so close, and then we're miles apart
take my hand babe,we're gonna leave on
the #80
I'll tell you bout the dreams I had last night
walking between the rain drops in the pale moolight
Summertime ,you know it felt so good
Got my dreams wrapped around your soul
deal you made with the devil
I think its out of control
Take my hand babe we're gonna leave on
the #80
saw my dreams heding down the track.railroad ties across my heart .it aint never coming back

Be with You

Be With You
Jeff Jolly (Boff Music)©2000

I’m sitting here with my baby
She’s laughing something in my ear
She’s telling me stories of a long time ago
Struck her funny
People tell me hard luck stories
I just can’t help to feel lucky
Just to be with you

Her little daughter says I wanna tell you a secret
Come over here little darling’ and tell me what’s on your mind
A voice so delicate and so clear
She whispers softly in my ear
She says I love you

I’m walking’ down that road her hand in mine
And right next to her is another little hand in hers
People tell me hard luck stories
I just can’t help to feel lucky
Just to be with you

She's Leaving

She’s leaving
Jeff Jolly(Boff Music)2000

Said she’s leaving
She don’t love me no more
Said she’s leaving
She don’t love me no more
I see you smiling baby
Walking with the boy next door

Talk is over
And nothing left to be said
Talk is over
And nothing left to be said
The world is turning baby and so is my head

So little effort left behind your smile
I fell so lonely
There where times I just awake in bed
I thought you were my only
I thought you were my friend

Said she’s leaving
She don’t love me no more
Said she’s leaving
She don’t love me no more
I see you smiling baby walking with the boy next door

Frequent Flyer

Frequent Flyer
Words and Music by Jeff Jolly Copyright 1995
Well it started out crazy Summer and gone Now we' re off in directions We're going separate ways
She looked into my eyes
I went across country
She went to F-L-A
Now I'm a frequent flyer ^
in the great skyway
yeah, yeah, yeah
>^ She looked into my eyes .
and it was over
But time was wastin'
All those long night she waited for me and all those long nights I waited for you
She like the Southland and I like the West
Well I'll meet you in the middle to decide which is best

Long Distance love

I could'nt wait any longer
decisions had to be made
I just could'nt go on like this ,and you were to far away
Long distance love don't work anyway
Its nobodys fault babe
we tried our best, yes we did
But phone bills and airplane rides
were sinking me quick
you're hear i'm there and neither will move

Long distance love is so hard to touch
long distance love, takes from you too much
it will take your heart down the fast lane baby
and leave you lying by the side of the road

I love kaliegh and sagan.I love to sit and whatch them play
they put so much in every little thing they do
it was hard walking away
a diffrent time a diffrent situation in the future

The Waitress

Shes got the sadest eyes I've ever seen
they seem to hold the wieght of the world
She's so tired,she's on her feet most half the day
on her break she slips through the classifieds
there's something better out there she'll always say
she see's the clock up on the wall
she hears her life ticking away

and then she'll close her eyes and she's gone
across the universe riding on her favorite song

at night she lies awake in bed
dreaming tomorrow my life will change
someone will walk through the door
take her hand lead her away

and then she'll close her eyes and she's gone
across the universe riding on her favorite song

She said

She said I hate you cause you make me feel so good
said I hate you baby,cause i felt that I should
I waited for you to be right where you are now
I know about the boys before me
I'll get through it somehow and wait for you

She said you dont know where I've been
I said your past can't match my sins
you dont need me in your life at all
I said now baby you think of yourself so small

I waited for you to be right where you are now
I know bout the boys before me I'll get through it somehow
and wait for you

She said I've been to the slammer
oh yeah,well I've been there too
you dont understand babe I got married there
I said baby ,I got out as fast as i could

The Runner

He's a runner
he's got no place to go
He's a runner baby on and on he knows
got a restless heart,it loves to beat the highway
roads like veins burn in his brain for the choosing

loves to keep his eyes in the sun
and wind stiff in his sails and ridind down those rails
going home

Likes the ladies,but never gets to close
just explains his situation and there on their own
Yeah he's a runner watch his tail lights fade
just closes his eyes and pints his finger
and the choice is made

Loves to keep his eyes in the sun and wind
stiff in his sails and riding down those rails
going home

yeah he's a runner got no place to go
he's a runner baby on and on he knows

Momma said

Momma said keep on moving
keep those dreams in your head
momma said keep on moving
keep those dreams burning in your head
only thing that wil keep you going
till your dead

dont hitch on noone's ride
stay on a path of your own
dont hitch on noone's ride
stay on a path all of your own
no matter where life will lead you
it will take you home

get yourself a good woman
keep her by your side
get yourself a good woman
keep her right there by your side
no matter what brings you down
she'll keep you satisfied

momma said keep on moving
keep those dreams in your head
momma said keep on moving
keep those dreams burning in your head
no matter where life will lead you
it will take you home

Lonely Nights

Babe I guess its time to go know
I guess its time to say goodbye
I cant believe its morning already
so short of a good time
sun has caught my eyes
its coming through the blinds yeah
you sure look good in the morning light

kiss me again baby
please hold me tight
gonna be some lonely nights ,some lonely nights

I feel like a prince in a tall tail
one kiss you opened your eyes
good morning I said
she said i love you more than yeasterday
I'll miss you so bad baby ,cant wait to see you again
so long are the miles

Kiss me again baby
pleas hold me tight
gonna be some lonely nights

Loan Shark

Well he's down at the end of the bar
pretends to be your friend
when your down and out
he's got that helping hand to lend
but oh now momma his eyes are so cold

he's a Loan Shark momma
he's been with us since the days of old

Banker man he walks
says you got no loan
pretty sure he'll be calling on the telephone
but oh now momma his eyes are so cold

He's a loan shark momma and he's been with us
since the days of old

he never made it through school
frustration got him mad
only thing he remmebers is the colour green
and how to add
but oh know momma his eyes are so cold

Keep the Faith

She belongs to me
dont go messin round
she belongs to me dont go messin round
she might smile your way sometime
she dont mean nothin by it

I belong to her
I'm the first to tell ya
I belong to her I'm the first to tell ya
I might look at the artwork walk by
I dont touch the mechandise

you got somehing good in this world
you got to hold on to it
you let it slip through your tiny little hands
you'll wind up crying

when I walk with her
the whole world stop around us
weather pattens just sease to exist
her eyes are clear and so hard to resist

why is everybody looking for something
better when there's a good thing standing
right in front of them
just turn off that damn Tv and start talking to each other
yeah keep the faith

A Believer

Well the story starts in the back of a bar
in a smokey room
a breeze crossed my ear from behind
said I'll see you upstairs in my room
had my doubts from the start oh yeah

A believer she made of me
a believer baby she made of me
had my doubts from the start oh yeah

she moved like a jockey coming cross the finish line
I broke into a gallop just to keep in stride

well the story ends back at the bar
Dewars on the rocks
had to wash myself down with alcohol
to kill the shock
had my doubts from the start oh yeah

Been Long

been long time since you called
been long since you had the balls
picked up the phone said you want me back
sorry baby it dont work like that
been long time since you called

baby I really miss you
there been times i wanted to reach out and kiss you
but now i got someone who really does care
will big green eyes and strawberry hair
been long time since you called

and I know
I'll always think of you kind
you'll be somewhere in the back of my mind

White Line Fever

I pulled into town in a 65 chevy
yeah supersport rag top too
327 under the hood man she could really move
I got hit in the streets of Brooklyn from behind

to think I had White line fever
trying to get to you
my wheels ,they be wondering all over the road
somehow I pictured things so diffrent
instead of this sling on my shoulder
black and blue face to show

lines were taking the nieghborhood as the snow flies
those pyramid papers they line the bathroom floor
mouths where moving so fast I wanted reach out and grab them,saying 25,50,100 wont ya give me somemore

well this dude and his wife to me to see Willy
Jessy Colter show
to listen to the other side of rock and roll
well the show was cool but the two started fighting
and I woke up on the emergency
doctor said stay out of family fueds

The Ride

Take a long ride away
take a long ride away from home
take a long ride from everything you own

take some time from your friends
take some time from your family
take some time from your nieghborhood

you'll find when its time to leave
there's always someone begging you please
dont go
ah but deep down in there hearts
they want to come along

you got to find things for your self
you cant always listen to someone else
there's choices you must make on your own
I've taking chances,I've made mistakes
but the sands of time in my shoes
are starting to make my feet ache

so roll on roll on,roll on roll on
take a look outside
roll on roll on does anybody here want to come
along for the ride

Tell Me

Tell me your dreams
and if I were there
if I were bad or good
I really dont care

I'll light you a candle
and you can watch it burn
I'll tell you about secrets
your past has never learned

I got all the time in the world
to be yours

I once had a girl
but she flew away
then she tried to find me
but I could'nt stay

When you see the stars at night
do you stop and stare
do you feel there's something else
or are you unaware

I got all the time in the world
to be yours

when you close your eyes
for the very last time
your gonna go walking
through the backroads of your mind

Talk To Me

Here we go again
waiting for the bells to toll
how many dead now
before all the press unfolds

Talk to me baby
but its much to late for that

well there splitting atoms now
ten thousand times hiroshima
radiation leaking way down below
coming through the cracks somewhere in pakistan

Talk to me baby
but its much to late for that

Our nations nieghbors
are moving further and further away
our once worthy alies
the're all becoming runaways

Talk to me baby
But its much to late for that

Moving Out

its a shame
the way things are coming round
hard rain
I feel it coming down
lightning strikes the sky
I feel it burning my heart tonight

look around
I cant see hard changes
its getting to some point
wher the colors clash with the nieghbors
lightning strikes the sky
I feel it burning my heart tonight

what the hell is going on in town
everybodys packing up moving out

look around
I cant see hard changes
there's an oil spill in the kill van kull
see the danger
lightning strikes the sky
I feel it burning my heart tonight

Living Without

he walked out
left her holding the bag
said she was a nag
wirh her head in her hand she broke down and cried
wondering why

now she's living her nights at home
Living without

so much life and love
tossed right out the window
just a life full of drafts
she could'nt help to think of all the good times
she drifts off remmbers so many laughs

stares alone out into space
thinking someone has taking her place
turns around to notice the light
she says that I'm doing alright

now shes living her nights at home
living without

she woke up as the cold water splashed on her face
she joined the human race
made up to look real good like she should
she walked out said I'm out of this place

Daddys Girl

Daddy brought her a new elderado
and all she does is wine for gas
picking up little boys is her motto
cause all the do is kiss her ass
takes em for a free ride honey
surely gone cost in the end
God knows baby she's doing it all once again

she sits at the bar
stirring her drink
eyes her prey cross the room
sets the bait and she tosses the hook
but she wont reel him too soon
lets him run and play for awhile
then she throws him back for the sport
God knows baby she's doing it all once again

shew's got a house at the hamptons
and one at the shore
when the weather gets to cold
she heads to hunter mountain crying more more more

she lies on the beach
shyning in oil
puts her nose in the air
she spins the umbreller and she pushes the ice
sunglasses push back hair
gives a wink to the surfer boy
and then she rolls and pretends to sleep
God knows baby she's doinf it all once again

I'm Changin

once in you life you meet someone like you
change my outlook on things to come
and all that I do
I'm changin
change with me too

you make my heart jump and pound
when you walk in the room
the time away it seems so long
I'm lost without you
I'm changin
change with me too

Ive got to know if you feel it

she wraps her arms arounf me just to say
that the timeaway has been to long now

would you hold my hand a walk with me
till the end of time
all else means notheing to me
would you be mine

Hard Times

sitting here
in the back on this old truck
its gotta get better than this
I'm working my butt off
for a couple of bucks a day
there's a family home and there waiting
their life depends on mine
every dollar brings us hope
there's gonna be better times

hard times in the city
hard times on the farm
hard times all over the country
it goes on and on and on

too late for a culture in new orleans
there's an earthquake rocking a city in the mideast
their pulling bodies from the rubble
and planting them in the dirt
you can feel the hurtin through the headlines
you read about

hard times

its amazing though were living our lives day to day
living cliches
like life's a bitch and then you die
but yet you go on anyway
prices rising at the gas pump
then bring it down so they think that we've won
a touch of pure humanity
get the net boys we got ourselves a live one

Whats this World

What’s This World

A7
I stepped aboard a plane
A7
Things just ain’t the same
A7
I’m looking At every face
A7 Dsus
It’s a goddamn shame
A7
I fell this way
A7
I stubble through the isle, static in the carpet
A7 Dsus
Fear bigger than the pain and I can’t stop it
A7
I’m on edge

Chorus
G7 C7 G7 D
What’s this World we’re on, I thought progression meant
G7
Advancing
C7 C
Look how far we’ve gone

A7
I’m walking through Manhattan, Like a scene from WW2
A7 Dsus
I’m crying of the good times Laughing standing next to you
A7
I miss those smiles

Chorus:
A7
I’m driving in my car, I can’t stay on the road
A7 Dsus
Visions of humanity, radiator Blowing cold
Dsus A7
Is this really necessary

Chorus:
A7
I hope something comes from this
A7
I heard somebody say
A7
I can’t believe I’m hearing this
A7 Dsus
Who thought there would be a day
A7
As we walk earth

A7
Does it take a face
A7
Appearing in the sky
A7
With hands raised in grace
A7 Dsus
To stop and wonder why
A7
Jesus Christ

Chorus: 2 times end on A7