Fool Around, by Dave Birk

Fool Around

by Dave Birk

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1.	Fool Around 02:50	lyrics	buy track
FOOL AROUND - ℗© 2023 Dave Birk Come on let’s Fool around, fool around like we used to Run around, run around Close down the bars Then drink in our car Spin under the shiny stars Come on let’s Fool around, fool around like we used to Run around, run around Close down the bars Sneak into Miller Park Kiss under the waterfall You You and your devilish grin A double dare again Always pushing the edges of getting caught I I think it over and then Say “Yes!” to trouble again Against better judgment and all I’ve been taught Come on let’s Fool around, fool around like we used to Run around, run around Close down the bars Then drink in our car Spin under the shiny stars Come on let’s Fool around, fool around like we used to Run around, run around Close down the bars Sneak into Miller Park Kiss under the waterfall Now Look at the trouble we’re in There’s no turning back from this Awkwardness of friends falling in love We Wide-eyed and silently frozen Then comes your devilish grin You pull me in, smashing my lips into yours You got me hanging on for dear life and holding my breath What crazy adventure are you dreamin’ up next Break me outta my box, inhibitions shoved aside Jump into my car and say, “Shut up and drive!” Come on let’s Fool around, fool around like we used to Run around, run around Close out the bars Then drink in my car Kiss under the shiny stars Come on let’s Fool around, fool around like we used to Run around, run around Close down the bars Sneak into Miller Park Kiss under the waterfall Close down the bars Sneak into Miller Park Kiss under the waterfall Come on let’s fool around, fool around
2.	Suzi 02:35	lyrics	buy track
SUZI - ℗© 2023 Dave Birk [uno, dos, quatro] [5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 all engines running - lift off, we have a lift off] Flipping through my high school yearbook Those were the good, good times I had forgotten the note you wrote me Next to your photo on page thirty-nine [the eagle has landed] Now I’m feeling super-nostalgic Remembering how I tried to make you mine Bourbon’s giving me new courage I’m looking up your number online CHORUS Oh, Suzi (oh, Suzi), I know what you’re thinking (I know what you’re thinking) Oh yeah, I, I went to Harlem, you went to Lincoln, it’s true Suzi (oh, Suzi) I doubt that you’re happy (I doubt that you’re happy) If we went back, way back in time Would you choose me, Suzi choose me VERSE 2 Do you still flip your hair back Right before you smile I heard you married your college sweetheart But that it only lasted a little while Somedays I think about you Maybe the timing’s right Or is it just a broken dream That will never, ever see the light Oh, Suzi (oh, Suzi), I know what you’re thinking (I know what you’re thinking) Oh yeah, I, I went to Harlem, you went to Lincoln, it’s true Suzi (oh, Suzi) I doubt that you’re happy (I doubt that you’re happy) If we went back, way back in time If we went back, way back in time Can we go back, way back in time oooo oooo oooo oooo ooooo Would you choose me, Suzi choose me
3.	Dancing All Alone 03:18	lyrics	buy track
Dancing All Alone - ℗© 2023 Dave Birk Ramones are rockin' on the stereo It's midnight in this empty old house Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Look in through the window You can see me jumping off the sofas and the chairs Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh I'm a special kind of crazy Ever since she left me I-I-I don't really care Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing alone with the lights on, baby Never see the sunrise I collapse on the floor around 4am Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on Dancing all alone with the lights on Oh whoa, whoa ho I wake up she's still gone When midnight comes I'll dance it all again Dancing all alone with the lights on, baby Dancing all alone with the lights on uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh
4.	Michael Jackson Is Not Dead 03:20	lyrics	buy track
MICHAEL JACKSON IS NOT DEAD - ℗© 2023 Dave Birk Michael Jackson is not dead, he's merely sleeping I wonder if he's having some nice dreams (yeah-e-yeah) In the next room John Lennon's tea is gently steeping I wonder what happens when the two finally meet Have they been knockin’ on the walls who-who-who-who really knows anyway who-who-who-who really can say-ay-ay-ay who-who-who-who really knows anyway I saw Elvis in the flesh one certain Friday At a payphone in a small suburban town (yeah-e-yeah) I wonder who he was calling and if they hung up Did they think it was some punk kid just foolin’ around If they listened he’d be home by now who-who-who-who really knows anyway who-who-who-who really can say-ay-ay-ay who-who-who-who really knows anyway Maybe it's not true Maybe it's all made up in my head Maybe I'm just hoping for some miraculous discovery Michael Jackson is not dead, he's merely sleeping He's merely sleeping He's merely sleeping He's merely sleeping He's merely sleeping He's merely sleeping He’s sleeping
5.	I Don't Want To Live Without You, Baby 03:12	lyrics	buy track
I DON"T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU, BABY - ℗© 2023 Dave Birk I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby You say, you say you gotta go I say, I say, no, no, no, no, no I can’t imagine my – life without you around It’s not that I am insecure It’s just, well I, think we’ve got a lot You know, in common, wouldn’t you agree? You’re wearing my favorite red sweater And I swear, girl, you’ve never looked better You’re a fire starter Playing with my heart I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby Airplanes streak out across the blue I know one day soon that will be you And then I’ll fade like a ghost right out of your mind I’m a hamster up on a wheel Squeaking along watching your star shine Choking on the dust you’ve left be – hind Even now you set me reeling Tripping all over my words with my feelings You’re a Queen in my eyes I’m a joker in disguise I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby Remember that time at the movies The manager asked us to leave ‘cause we could not stop laughing when you spilled the popcorn at the saddest part I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby I don’t want to live without you, Baby, Baby (you say, you say you gotta go)
6.	Head Cold 03:54	lyrics	buy track
HEAD COLD - ℗© 2023 Dave Birk I should be on that beach Strollin’ along Picking up shells Humming a happy song But I’m laid up with a head cold Well, it coulda been worse Like COVID-19 Or double-pneumonia With a case of broken dreams I’m just laid up with a head cold I’m laid up with a head cold What good is stealing away To escape those frigid winter days When I’m stuck inside anyway Feeling sorry for myself Feeling sorry for myself I should be staying out late At a tiki bar Coconut rum And Jimmy Buffett songs But I’m laid up with a head cold Yeah, I’m laid up with a head cold What good is stealing away To escape those frigid winter days When I’m stuck inside anyway Feeling sorry for myself Feeling sorry for myself I’m laid up with a head cold (snuggled up to a Kleenex box) I’m laid up with a head cold (80 degrees and I’m wearing wool socks) I’m laid up with a head cold

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A sprinkle of imagination, a pinch of reality, and lots of fun!

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released October 13, 2023

All songs written by Dave Birk
℗© 2023 Dave Birk

Produced & Mixed by Aaron Ankrum except Head Cold co-produced by Dave Birk & Aaron Ankrum
Recorded at Aerial View Studio, Minneapolis, MN www.aerialviewstudio.com
Mastered by Gregg Ward at StudioArcade Mastering
Album Design by Kevin Nyenhuis
Front Cover Art © 2023 Jared Breyfogle @justbuzzin
All other photos © 2023 Dave Birk

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