v32unes - Songs By Brad Riesau: November 2015

November 25, 2015

A BEAUTIFUL MESS

You’re such a beautiful mess

And I’m not far behind

I’ll tag along I guess

With my convoluted mind.

You’re such a beautiful mess

Inside a heart so kind.

There you are beyond the rest

I must believe in what I find.

If we believe in love

We’ll fit just like a glove

For when push comes to shove

We’ll know it’s true.

If you believe in me

Like I believe in you

There’s nothing we can’t be

‘And nothing we can’t do

If you’d just believe in us.

We could climb up on that bus

Ride our love into the sunsets as they shine

But first you have to trust your heart as well as mine

You’re such a beautiful mess

And I’m not far behind

I’ll tag along I guess

With my convoluted mind

You’re such a beautiful mess

Inside a heart so kind.

There you are beyond the rest

Just believe in what we find

A beautiful mess

We’re such a beautiful mess, you and I

We’re a beautiful mess

We’re just a beautiful mess ….

Lyric & music written by Brad Riesau at ZITO FARM, 11/5/15 - for BB

The RIGHT THING TO DO (JUST SEEMS SO WRONG)

The right thing to do is to let you go

Back to a life that is functional

To something more predictable

Just because you’re so right for me

Just what I need and all I see

Love comes with no guarantee

The right thing to do is to take no risk

to not be swayed by all of this

the easy laughter, that timeless kiss

for just beneath our passion lies

the tingling tenderness that flies

as lightning bolts between our eyes

And some folks say enjoy the ride

but protect that loving heart inside

perhaps the measure of this man

is giving you the best I can

for all I long for is just this -

your everlasting happiness

The right thing to do is to love you more

And leave behind what I adore

Fall back alone just like before

For truly love is sacrifice

And just as true we roll the dice

Hoping love will strike us twice

Before our hearts turn into ice

- Words mid-August & music written September 3, 2015 at 301. For BB

THIS IS NOT WHO I AM (JUST US)

“This is not who I am,

I don’t know how to love

I can’t be what you need

You need someone who’ll love__

You back.”

She said those words to me

I just couldn’t believe

I could feel so deceived

When we were what I believed in

Just us

In love

Against

All odds

Just us….

- music & lyrics written by Brad Riesau on 11/6/15 at ZITO FARM – for BB

DISCOGRAPHY & SONG INDEX & CREDITS

To find a specific song, go to SONG TITLE INDEX below.

Click on any bolded title to be taken to the LYRICS for that song.

All songs are listed alphabetically in the first list.

All songs are listed by album they appear on in the ALBUM RELEASES list below. If not bolded the songs are not yet in the archive. Cover songs which appear on our releases are not listed here unless written by band members/friends and are listed with their permission.

All songs lyrics and music by Brad Riesau unless noted.
Co-writing credits listed in [ ]. Songs in italics are by other associated writers and appear on official PORCH CHOPS or affiliated releases.

Also if you have trouble with links:
After the song titles are listed, first, the Date each lyrics was posted here in the archive. Once you find this date you can go to the corresponding date in the ARCHIVE section and click on the date and then the Title to bring up the lyrics.

The numbers after the ARCHIVE dates listed below refer to the various albums you can find that song on as listed in the ALBUM RELEASES INDEX below the titles section.

Until all songs gave been entered only the bolded/underlined song titles below have been archived.

We are working to get all lyrics into the database asap. If you have requests for specific lyrics or releases of ours to be archived here please contact me at rollingthunderpr@gmail.com and I will make you a priority. Thanks for your patience.

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Thanks for enjoying the music. Love to hear any feedback, favorites, etc.

Cheers, Brad

all songs (c) Brad Riesau / v32unes unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

SONG TITLE INDEX:
Titles - blog date - release #(s)
12:04, The - 6. find

A Beautiful Mess - 11/25/15 - 34.

A Constant State of Becoming - 9/24/11 - 2. 2b.
A Day In The Life Of A Slug - 1. find
A Heart Like Mine - 9. 15. 19
A Heart Like Mine {instrumental version} - 20. 33.
A Sight For Sore Eyes - 9. 10. 30
A Thing For Roses - 9/25/11 - 2.
A Town Called Twilight - 12. 30.
Agenda - 24.
Alessandro Speedway And Consequences - 1. find
All I Wanted Was A Chance - 1. find
All Of Your Life - 1. find
All That I Could Manage Was Me - 1. find
Altobluz - 1. find
An Angel Fell Into My Bed (And Wound Up In My Arms) - 9/25/11 - 2. 3.
An Eye For An Eye - 1. find
Apparition a) Transmission - 6. find
Apparition b) Special Edition - 6. find
Apparition c) Revision {instrumental} - 6.
April’s Fool - 1. find
Are You Staying For Awhile - 2. find
ARROWflyer - 2. 2b.
Average Joe - 5. 5b.
Back Country {edit of Country Highway} - 1. find
Back Out On The Road - 2. 25.
Bad Medicine (or Her Truck Was Bigger Than His So He Gave Her The Boot) - 17.
Baseball's Great - 10.
Be Friendly [Stella Hobson] - 13. 23.
Bees - 7.
Believe In Spirit [w: Ted Moreno m: Brad Riesau] - 1. find
Berserk - 1. find
Black & White In Color [w: Brad Riesau m:Keith Moss] - 17.
Blind Date - 6. find
Book Of Love - 1. find
Boomerang - 1. find
Buy One, Get One Free - 1. find
Camel's Back, The a) The Last Moonrise {instrumental} - 6.
Camel's Back, The b) A New Dawn {instrumental} - 6.
Cards On The Table [ ] - 9.
Catch-Up Ball - 9.
Charthouse - 1. find
Chasing Dawn {instrumental} - 26.
City By The Sea - 1. find
Clocks Run Backwards - 1. find
Close Cropped - 1. find
Coast To Coast Depression - 1. find
Confidant - 6. find
Corey's Tune - 5. 5b.
Country Highway (instrumental) - 1. find
Cowboy Songs - 5. 5b.
Cybill - 1. find
Daily Living - 6. 11. 20.
Dakota - 2. 26.
Dave Jah Vu {acapella scat improv} [Brad Riesau/Christian Salcedo/Kurt Chiappardi/Steve Hobson] - 17.
Dieter Detour [m: Porch Chops] {instrumental} - 30.
Different Skies - 1. find
Disconnected - 1. find
Divining Rod [words & music: Brad Riesau/music: Butch Zito] - 1. find
Don’t Bug Me (Maggie’s Tune) (instrumental) early version of Enter State - 2b.
Don’t Start That Shit (instrumental) [Butch Zito/Brad Riesau] - 1. find
Dream For Sale {aka Don’t Buy Into The Dream} - 2.
Dreamgirl - 1. find
Drive-By Love Affair - 2. find
Driving To See You - 5.
Dry Spot On The Road - 26.
Early In The Mornin’ [Traditional adapted by Porch Chops] - 14c.
East Bay Blues - 1. find
East/West Medley {words: Ken Kawamoto/words & music: Brad Riesau} - 1. find
Edge of the World {instrumental} - 26.
El Diablo del Tiempo - 1. find
Enough - 13.
Enter State {instrumental} - 26.
Everything To Me - 6. find
Face Of Time - 17.
Falling Out - 1. find
Fancy Free - 1. find
Fantastic Mind - 1. find
Farouk Off - 1. find
Felix Unger's Revenge [words: Brad Riesau/music: Brad Riesau/Craig Noland/Dave Gershman] - 18.
Fine In Time - 7.
Fire Inside,The - 6. find
Fire Still Burns, The - 1. find
Fishin’ for Wishes - 1. find
Flashpoint - 7.
Flat Out - 20.
Flyboy - 24.
Folk Joke - 5. 5b.
Fooled All Along - 1. find
Foolin' Your Heart - 9.
Foot High Fence - 5. 5b.
For Our Sake - 1. find
For Three Friends - 1. find
For Two Ladies - 1. find
Force Field - 9.
Four Square [Steve Hobson] - 17.
From The Middle, From The Beginning [The Jolly Vegetables] {instrumental} - 18.
Funky Spark Jam [Porch Chops] {instrumental} - 1. find
Funny Papers - 5. 5b.
Fuzzy Slippers (left foot) [Porch Chops] {jam} - 20.
Fuzzy Slippers (left foot) [Porch Chops] {jam} - 20.
Gelatin Buzz - 24.
Get Out - 2. 5. 5b.
Gone To The Fair - 5. 5b.
Hand in Hand - 1. find
Harmonica Jam - 1. find
He Reinvents Himself Again - 2.
History - 6. find
Hitchhikin’ Blues [probably Moreno/Riesau]- 1. find
Ho Chi Men's Store [The Urchinheds] {instrumental} - 18.
Hole In My Christmas Stocking - 5. 5b.
Hole In The Sky - 1. find
Hot Air - 1. find
Hot Springs - 2. 26.
How Can We Sleep (Natasha’s Peril) - 1. find
How Could You Be So Cruel - 1. find
Howdy Duty - 1. find
Hunan Bean (instrumental) -
Hurricane Heights - 2b. 5. 5b.
I Can't Help It - 13.
I Feel I’m Free -1. find
I Forgot To Count In Two's - 2. 2b.
I Haven’t Seen You For Awhile {aka Encounter} - 24.
I Want You To Stay - 1. find
I Will Wait For You - 1. find
I Wish I Had Wings - 1. find
I Wish You Were There - 1. find
I’d Advise You To Keep the Fuck Away From Her - 2.
I’d Love To - 1. find
If I Make It To Memphis - 2. 25.
If I Could Only - 9.
I’ll Keep On Loving You {aka instrumental Stroliin’ Josephine} [music: Jackie King/words: Brad Riesau] - 1. find
I'm Cryin' (I’ll Give You My Heart) [words: Jude T. Feld / music: Brad Riesau] - 1. find
In Deep - 13.
In Tent City - 8/26/11 - 7. 11. 20.
In The Meantime - 1. find
Indian Song [Butch Zito/Jim Brighton] - 14a.
Insomnia Palace - 1. find
It Seemed Like I'd Known You For Years - 1. find
It Was Nothing Personal - 1. find
It's Too Late To Be Early, Now - 1. find
Java [words: Brad Riesau/music: Kurt Chiappardi] - 17.
John Q. Public - 2b.
Johnny Yuma In Tibet [Dave Gershman/Craig Noland/Brad Riesau] {instrumental} - 18.
Jump Start - 9.
Just A Memory - 24.
Just Like A Stream - 1. find
Killer's Pride - 1. find
La Grande Corniche {instrumental} - 5. 5b.
La Strada {instrumental} - 7.
Last Drink, The - 6. find
Last Time, The - 1. find
Let Your Hair Down - 1. find
Liberty On A Bender (Take Your Behind From My Easy Chair) - 21. 24.
Lifeboat (Then She Smiles) - 13.
Light Of Love, The - 1. find
Listen - 13.
Lonely Man - 1. find
Lonesome Lover Blues - 1. find
Long Distance Lady - 1. find
Long Distance Lady (instrumental version) - 6.
Long Fall, The - 1. find
Look Into My Eyes - 1. find
Lookin’ For You - 1. find
Lost Song - 1. find
Love Her Just The Same - 24.
Love’s Not For Us - 2. 25.
Love’s The Only Way To Get By (Solution To Inflation) - 1. find
Mahalo - 1. find
Maine Is Vietnam [Craig Noland/Butch Zito/Tom Melvin/Brad Riesau] {instrumental} - 18.
Martha's Glen - 9. 13.
Martha’s Glen (Revisited) {instrumental} - 20. 33.
Maxwell's House {instrumental} - 7.
Mellow Down Blues {instrumental} - 1. find
Memoranda - 1. find
Memory Frozen - 13.
Menton {instrumental} - 5. 5b.
Middream - 14c.
Mill Valley (Here Without You) {instrumental} - 2b. 26.
Mind Gone Thin - 7.
Mint Toothpick & The Hair Net, The - 1. find
Mirrors - 24.
Mirrors Of Stone - 5. 5b.
Miss Taken (She's Not You) - 13.
Moby Dave [El Tempo] - 18.
Montana - 26.
Moss Grows Green - 1. find
Much More Than I Know (Talking Between The Lines) - 1. find
My Betty Lou - 1. find
Never - 1. find
Never Too Soon - 13.
New Sunrise - 1. find
Night & Its Moon, The - 9.
Night & Its Moon, The (remix) - 19. 20.
NMMG {instrumental} - 18.
No Feast Tonight (Quick Paraguay) - 1. find
No, It Isn't [Craig Noland/Butch Zito/Tom Melvin/Brad Riesau] {instrumental} - 18.
Nostradamus (Read My Lips) - 7.
Not Best For You - 5. 5b.
Nothing To Say - 13.
Now You're Gone - 20.
Obstacles/Gates - 2b.
Older Not Wiser - 1. find
On Mars They Sing The Blues - 1. find
One Hundred False Moves - 1. find
One Man’s - 2. 25.
One Sided Love Affair - 1. find
One Too Many Hearts - 2. 25.
Only Fish In The Sea, The - 1. find
Open Heart Perjury - 2.
Our Love Came By Surprise - 2. 25.
Outside Looking In - 1. find
Over Your Shoulder - 1. find
Overlook - 2. 25.
P.K.D. [Brad Riesau/Butch Zito] {instrumental} - 18.
Part Of The Show - 2b. 6. find
Passengers (Along For The Ride) - 5. 5b.
Passing Lane {instrumental} - 26.
Past Your Eyes (instrumental) - 1. find
Pasteurized Politics - 7.
Perfect Stranger, The - 1. find
Phantom Strikes Again, The (lyrics bad, music lost) - 1. find
Philomena - 5. 5b.
Piling Up - 1. find
Pop - 5. 5b.
Porch Chops & Gravy (instrumental) - 1. find
Predictably Pitiful - 7.
Prototype - 9.
Prototype (instrumental) - 9.
Question Is Moot, The - 6. 8a. 8b. find
Quiet, Long And Lonely Nights - 6. find
Rainbow Man - 17.
Rainy Night Blues - 1. find
Raise Myself Up From the Fire - 1. find
Rakes - 1. find
Random Spark - 13.
Rattlesnake Trail - 32.
Reclusive Susie - 5. 5b.
Red & Green Blues - 14b.
Remorseless Carriage {instrumental} - 7.
Riding The Curve - 5. 5b.
Right Here, Right Now {Aka KRSHNA} - 2. 25.
Right Thing To Do, The (Just Seems So Wrong) - 11/25/15 - 32.
Riley [words: Ted Moreno/music: Brad Riesau] - 1. find
Rivers Of Gold - 5. 5b.
Road To Powers - 9.
Road Trip - 26.
Ronime Ronima [Brad Riesau/Tom Melvin/Craig Noland/Butch Zito] {instrumental} - 18.
Roslyn Town [ ] - 9.
Roy's Blue Necktie - 1. find
Rumor Has It [Butch Zito/Brad Riesau] - 1. find
Run While You Still Can - 1. find
Sailing - 1. find
Saving It Up {early version} - 1. find
Saving It Up - 5. 5b.
Sawin’ That Spark Jam {instrumental} - 1. find
Sayonara, So Long, Goodbye - 10. 10b. 20. 26.
Seegee {instrumental} - 1. find
Seven Of Hearts - 1. find
Seven Times Around The Sun - 2. 25.
Shadows - 1. find
She - 24.
She Is My Love (Song of My South Eyes) - 1. find
She Loves - 1. find
Shed This Skin - 17.
(She's Got A) Tell-Tale Heart - 17. 19.
Signs Of Life - 1. find
Silly Old Fool - 13.
Sittin’ Too Long In One Place [words: Brad Riesau / music: Christian Salcedo] - 24.
Six A.M. - 1. find
Sleeping Elephant {instrumental} - 1. find
Sliding Together - 6. find
Smoker's Paradise - 5. 5b.
Snake Charmer - 9. 13. 23.
Sneakin' Into My Head - 1. find
So Far, So Good, So Wrong - 1. find
Songwriter, The - 9.
Sourpuss - 24.
Space Doubt [The Urchinheds] {instrumental} - 18.
Special One [words: Ted Moreno / words & music: Brad Riesau] - 7.
Starless - 1. find
Steal Your Space - 1. find
Stops & Starts - 1. find
Such A Crime - 5. 5b.
Sunshine Suzie - 1. find
Swan Dive - 24.
Sy Kohl Deli - 17.
Take A Chance On Me - 1. find
Take This Broken Heart - 2. 25.
Talkin’ Townes Van Zandt Blues - 20.
Tall Grass [Butch Zito] - 8a.
Tangled Up In Two - 1. find
Teliot [The Urchinheads] - 18.
Ten Years On - 1. find
Tequila Fizz {instrumental} - 1. find
Texas Town [Jim Brighton] - 8a. 8b.
That's How It Goes - 1. find
There - 1. find
This Could Be L.A. - 5. 5b.
Thoughts Of You - 1. find
This Is Not Who I Am (Just Us)
Til The End Of Time - 13.
Tommy's Gone Crazy - 5. 5b.
Tonight - 6. find
Too Much Stone & Steel (Not Enough Flesh & Bone) - 1. find
Torn in Two - 1. find
Tortilla Moon - 1. find
Tosca's Last Stand - 1. find
Toussaint {instrumental} - 1. find
Train Pulled Away, The - 1. find
Travelog - 26.
Treading Water - 13.
Treat Yourself Kind - 1. find
True Romance - 1. find
Two Days From Tomorrow {words & music: Brad Riesau / m: Christian Salcedo} - 17.
Under The Dome - 1. find
Unguituned Tar [The Urchinheds] {instrumental} - 18.
Universal Wall - 1. find
Upright (Verticality) - 6. find
Valentine - 8a. 8b.
Vanishing Point - 1. find
Victim Of Fashion - 1. find
Wait, The - 5. 5b.
Waited Too Long - 24.
(Watch Out) The Breakman's Coming - 6.
Way It Was Back Then, The - 1. find
We Don’t Speak Your Name - 2.
Wedding Day - 1. find
Weightless - 7.
We’re Done - 1. find
What In The World Are You Waiting For - 2. 25.
What You Deserve - 13.
What You Deserve (DEMO) - 20.
When She Left Me - 1. find
When The Fog Comes Rollin' In [Jim Brighton/Butch Zito] - 8a.
When We Were One - 24.
When You’ve Got It - 1. find
Where's The Champagne - 5.
White Cane - 1. find
Whole Enchilada, The - 17.
Why Do Girls Go Out With Assholes - 2.
Why Waste Time - 13.
Wild Mountain Home - 14a. 20. 26. 31. 33.
Wild One, the - 1. find
Wishin' Well Blues - 1. find
Without Words - 13.
Woo-Hoo - 23. 26.
Wooden Kimono - 5. 5b.
You Have Me (Here I Am) -
You Know What I Like {instrumental} early version of Passing Lane - 2b.
(You Might Not But) Natalie Would - 17.
You Stand In Between - 9. 12. 14a.
Your Love [ ] - 9.
Your Photogenic Misery - 9. 10. 10b.
You're Miss Untouchable (I'm Mr. Clean) - 5. 5b.
You’re So Good For Me - 1. find

website header photo credit: Alessandra Nicole for November Girl Fotographie

DISCOGRAPHY
What follows is a discography of recordings where these songs have been released or collected.

ALBUM RELEASES or COLLECTIONS by TITLE / ARTIST - (code) status:
All releases on CD only unless: * = unreleased; **promo only;
***cass. only; ^available for streaming online ltd. time; ^^CD & cassette; ^^^CD & cassette (Cass. out-of-print); oop = out-of-print.

Click on ALBUM TITLE to see Song Listing for that title.

1. UNCOLLECTED SONGS / BRAD RIESAU (us)*
2. UNRELEASED DEMOS / VARIOUS (ps)*
2b. UNRELEASED TARGET DEMOS / VARIOUS (utd)*
3. MYSPACE STREAMS / VARIOUS (MSS)^
4. LAST CHANCE HOTEL / BZB (BZB002)
5. V32unes / BRAD RIESAU (rtRECORDS 001)***
5b. V32unes / BRAD RIESAU (rtRECORDS 001)*** shorter version of album
6. V + THE VIDIOTS / BRAD RIESAU (rtRECORDS 002)***
7. LONE ARRANGER / BRAD RIESAU (rtRECORDS 003)***
8a. PORCH CHOPS & GRAVY / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 004)***
8b. PORCH CHOPS & GRAVY / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 004)*** shorter version of album
9. PROTOTYPE / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 005)
10. THE TAXMAN COMETH / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 006)***
10b. THE TAXMAN COMETH / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 006-P)*** promo only, three track sampler, dbl. A sided
11. IN TENT CITY/DAILY LIVING / THE OLD POOLE HUSTLERS (rtRECORDS 007)*** promo only
12. DAVE JAH VU: LIVE AT THE EAST END CAFE & BEYOND / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 008)
12se. DAVE JAH VU: LIVE AT THE EAST END CAFE & BEYOND: SPECIAL EDITION / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 008se)
13. LIFEBOAT / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 009)
14a. PORCH CHOPS SINGLES CLUB #1: LOST IN THE RAIN/I DIDN'T SEE NO INDIAN / PORCH CHOPS/PORCHZITO: (rtRECORDS 010)***
14b. PORCH CHOPS SINGLES CLUB #2: LIVE AT RODNEY POINT - Part I / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS ???)*** *
14c. PORCH CHOPS SINGLES CLUB #3: LIVE AT RODNEY POINT - Part II / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS ???)*** *
14d. PORCH CHOPS SINGLES CLUB #3: LIVE AT RODNEY POINT - Part II / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS ???)*** * (no original music planned for this release)
15. HOP! SING! / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 011)
15b. 9:10 / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 011)** 4-track promo only CD sampler from HOP! SING! includes no originals
16. PORCHCHOPS.COM DWNLOADS I / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 012)***
17. SALMON CHANTED EVENING / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 013)
18. SCORCHED CHEOPS / Scorched Cheops (rtRECORDS 015)***
19. LOW LIFE DEMO / Various (rtRECORDS 016)**
20. VIC'S PICKS #1 / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 019)
21. PORCH AID VOL I / Various (rtRECORDS 022)* (unreleased)
22. PORCH AID VOL II / Various (rtRECORDS 023)* (unreleased)
23. PORCH AID VOL III / Various (rtRECORDS 024)* (unreleased)
24. BUSTED / PORCH CHOPS (rtRECORDS 025)* (unreleased)
25. SEVEN BY SEVEN / Leslie Carey & Brad Riesau (rtRECORDS 026)* (unreleased)
26. ROAD TRIP / BRAD RIESAU (rtRECORDS 027)* (unreleased)
27. HOMEGROWN HOUR / Various (3592)
28. VIC'S PICKS #2 / PORCH CHOPS (

rtRecords VP2)* (unreleased)
29. VIC'S PICKS #4 / PORCH CHOPS (rtRecords VP4)* (unreleased)
30. VIC'S PICKS #10 / PORCH CHOPS (rtRecords VP10)* (unreleased)
31. LET THE MUSIC LIVE! / SKELETON KEY BAND (Third Wave Records)
32. RUSTY CHOPS / BRAD RIESAU & RUSTY SMITH SESSIONS (Third Wave/rtRecords)* (in progress)
33. AICA AT THE AUTRY / PROMO VIDEO** (VHS only)

34. SILVER MOON RISING / SILVER MOON (RrtRecords) (in progress)

35. FINYL VINYL / BRAD RIESAU (rtRecords) (in progress)

Coming soon...complete discography, liner notes, downloadable, buyable music links...

We will also have downloadable chord charts available for many of these tunes. If you request a chart for a tune before it is posted, let us know via email or comment on the lyric's page.

You can reach Brad at rollingthunderpr@gmail.com

LYRICS TO SONGS I'VE WRITTEN FROM 1972 until PRESENT

November 25, 2015

A BEAUTIFUL MESS

The RIGHT THING TO DO (JUST SEEMS SO WRONG)

THIS IS NOT WHO I AM (JUST US)