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Songs from

Fletcher Clark

My

PO Box 82, Lockhart, TX 78644

© 2018 Flécha3 Music Publishing (ASCAP)All Rights Reserved.

CD 1802

How Long Have You Waited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Ghosts of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Cup of Hope for a Fool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Distracted Driving Drives Me Crazy! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Sleepy Parade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Old Times Ain’t No More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Keep On Smilin’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Life’s an Adventure with You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Where Were You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Lyrics only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-30

Sweet Cajun Queen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Watch Out for the Boogey Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

All songs by Fletcher Clark©2018, Flécha3 Music Publishing (ASCAP)

CD Produced & Recorded by Fletcher ClarkFlécha3 Music (Lockhart, TX)

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©2018 Flécha3 Music Publishing (ASCAP)

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SLEEPY PARADEby Jack Jacobs & Fletcher Clark, May 10, 1978

First you sell me on the American Dream.And then you tell me that things are not what they seem.I - - got lots of schoolin’. I got a Masters degree.Who - - who am I foolin’? That stuf did nothin’ for me.

I’m just a soldier in the SLEEPY PARADE.Seems I’ve been marchin’ for years.I should be restn’ by a tree in the shade, butI hear the beat of a diferent drum in my ear.

Markin’ my, markin’ my tme card – the clock keeps tckin’ away.I’m workin’, I’m workin’ so hard for such a small chunk of pay.

I’m just a soldier in the SLEEPY PARADE.Seems I’ve been marchin’ for years.I see my confdence beginnin’ to fade, butI hear the beat of a diferent drum in my ear.

I’m tred of, I’m tred of waitn’. I’m tred of standin’ in line.Ex-as-per-at-in’! When am I gonna get mine?

I’m just a soldier in the SLEEPY PARADE.Seems I’ve been marchin’ for years and years.I won’t be satsfed dtl I got it made, butI hear the beat of a diferent drum in my ear.

(tacit) It’s an American Dream.(tacit) It’s an American Dream.(tacit) It’s an American Dream.(tacit) It’s an American Dream.


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DISTRACTED DRIVING DRIVES ME CRAZY!by Fletcher Clark, April 30, 2013

Distracted Driving Drives Me Crazy! Just keep your eyes on the road.Now, don't be textng to your mama, and don't be yakking on the phone.Distracted Driving Drives Me Crazy! Just keep your hands on the wheel.Now, don't be putng on your makeup, and don't be primping with your hair.

Don't be driving home from the dentst.Don't be popping Percadan.Rubbernecking passing that pile-up,Now you're talking with your hands.

Distracted Driving Drives Me Crazy! I see them reaching for a beer.I see them chomping on a burger, and putng ketchup on their fries.Distracted Driving Drives Me Crazy! They're slurping cofee from a mug.I see them dunking with their doughnuts, and then they're running yellow lights.

Don't ignore that full-stopping school bus.Don't impede that ambulance.Don't be postng pictures on Facebook.Don't be steering with your knees.

Distracted Driving Drives Me Crazy! A mother slapping at the kids.A fellow reaching in the back seat. A smoker snufng out his buts.Distracted Driving Drives Me Crazy! Someone who lef his blinker on.A lady fumbling for a CD. And someone squabbling with his wife.

Someone's cruising slow in the lef lane.So I'm passing on the right.Someone's lost and reading a map book.Now he's checking GPS.

Distracted Driving Drives Me Crazy! Just keep your eyes on the road.Now, don't be textng to your mama, and don't be yakking on the phone.Distracted Driving Drives Me Crazy!


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CUP OF HOPEby Fletcher Clark, May 29, 2013

Passin' by your doorstep,Saw your lamplight glow.Sort of feelin' down and out,Feelin' sadly low.

Thought of our discussions,Thought of tmes at school.Wondered if you just might spareA CUP OF HOPE FOR A FOOL.

Once I had a family - Drove them all away.All my friends have lef me -'Cept for you – you stayed.

Took a chance by stoppin'.Wouldn't break no rule.Took a chance you just might spareA CUP OF HOPE FOR A FOOL.

Once I had a future - Threw it all away.All my dreams have lef me -'Cept for one – you stayed.

Took a chance you 'd listen.Damn the ridicule!Took a chance you just might spareA CUP OF HOPE FOR A FOOL.Just the thing for my despair -A CUP OF HOPE FOR A FOOL.


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HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED?by Fletcher Clark, September 11, 1998

HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED to leave me?HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED to go?Did you wait untl I lee the barn door openTo hop on your horse and blow?Why did you carpe this diem,To feel so truly justied?HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED to leave me, darling,While takin’ me for a ride?

You’re like that gal who found a frozen snake,And nursed it back to health lest it died.She was biten by the ungrateful creature who said,“You knew I was a snake when you brought me inside.”

HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED to leave me?When did it irst cross your mind?Was it on that night that I came home drunk,And snuck up on you from behind?Why seize on this opportunityTo righteously, indignantly act?HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED to leave me, darling?Too long, and that’s a fact.

I remember your surprise when you discoveredThat pickin’ and singin’ was my life.I had to have a stable occupatonBefore you would consider bein’ my wife.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED to leave me?How long have you waited to split?Did you quietly wait for that right momentTo say, “Baby, this is it!”Why did you kiss me then leave me?Just what thrill did you get?HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED to leave me, darling?From the irst day that we met, I bet.From the irst day that we met.


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OLD TIMES AIN’T NO MOREby Fletcher Clark, September 14, 2012

Went and built a big super highway right outside my door.Cotton used to grow out my way. Cottonfelds aintt no more.Used to get near all that I needed at a Mom-and-Pop store.Now they sell me cheap goods from China. Mom-and-Pop aintt no more, no more.Mom-and-Pop aintt no more.

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Used to dip a drink from the bucket, never seemed a chore.Now we drink chlorine from the faucet. Well-water aintt no more.Used to know each one of the neighbors. Never locked the door.Now the cat's cooped up in the parlor. Neighborhood aintt no more, no more.Neighborhood aintt no more.

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Dropped a race track out in the country, brought the enginest roar.Now the rich folks come for a weekend. Country peace aintt no more.Whatts the use of makint a dollar, when your heart stays poor.Aintt it tme to stand up and holler, “Money tme aintt no more, no more!“Money tme aintt no more!”

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SWEET CAJUN QUEENby Fletcher Clark, October 24, 2014

When frst I saw her so long ag o, her face shown out from the crowd.I could not hear the name that she spoke, the music was simply too loud.Then when the band had taken a break, I shyly asked her once more:What was the name I'd soon come to love, the name I would come to adore?

refrainCome dance, ma cheríe, Mamou, mais oui.Three steps and then rest in between.Come waltz with me, a two-step in three.I'll dance with my lovely Jolene,A waltz with my SWEET CAJUN QUEEN.

Mais, as we stepped out on to the foor, the tier was tnkling along .We stayed and swayed with no thoug ht or care; the music just played on and on. And thoug h the fddler drew g ently his bow, my steps were all stumbles and halts.No crowd, no room, they all went away. We danced to that “Grand Mamou Waltz”.

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And from that nig ht, that fne fais do do, I found the love of my life.That Grand Mamou Waltz stll fresh in my ears, the waltz I stll dance with my wife.

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WATCH OUT FOR THE BOOGEYMANby Fletcher Clark, March 15, 2013

refrainWATCH OUT FOR THE BOOGEYMAN.He gonna get you if he can.WATCH OUT FOR THE BOOGEYMAN.He just might boogie with you.

Late at night when the bed bugs bite,When things go bump all around,Pull your spread all about your head,And never make a sound.

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Mournful plaint from a passing haint,Who sounds so sullen and blue.Noises made by a shadow shade, Who might say,”Boo!” to you

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In your mind are the fears you fndThat lock your courage away.In your heart is your beter part,So you can boldly say:

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WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDAby Fletcher Clark, May 1, 2014

refrainWOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA: got to be my song.WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA: sing it all day long.WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA: where did I go wrong?WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA: since she been gone.

Late at night when I'm feelin' alone,Think back when I lef her sitn' at home.Wastin' time on a honky-ttonk life.Weren't now way for to treat a good wife.

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Took the rent, spent the money on booze.Bet my car on a hand I'd lose.Sassed her Ma, brought the woman to tears.Trashed her Pa for a couple of beers.

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Stayin’ out late, never bothered to call.Wrote my name on another gal's wall.Sold her coat just buy a gold tooth.Sold my soul. Never told her no truth.

Oh, if I could only done it dif'rent.Oh, if I could have just one more chance.Oh, if I could learn just one more lesson.Oh, if I could have just one more dance.

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THE GHOSTS OF LOVEby Fletcher Clark, December 10, 2002

The GHOSTS OF LOVE surround me,Their whispers everywhere.I sense them in the silence,And yet there’s no one there.

These shades of wont entwine me,And leave my heart agape,With tendrils that confne me -A web I can’t escape.

The memories that haunt meLike banshees in my ear,Screech, berate and taunt meMore than I can bear.

I know they are but specters,And yet they linger on.I’ll know not peace, nor feel release,Until their spell is gone.The GHOSTS OF LOVE will haunt meUntil the love is gone.


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LIFE’S AN ADVENTURE WITH YOUby Fletcher Clark, January 22, 2003

LIFE’S AN ADVENTURE WITH YOU.There’s always somethin’ new.There’s a dance, then a song,A right, then a wrong.I never know what to do.LIFE’S AN ADVENTURE WITH YOU.

Worryin’ ‘bout how to behave.Frettin’ ‘bout bein’ a slave.There’s a gif, then a thef,A right, then a lef.My, my, what you put me through.LIFE’S AN ADVENTURE WITH YOU.

Livin’ at your beck and call,Your boy’s just down the hall.I’m a verb, then a noun,An up, then a down.I can’t seem to pass your review.LIFE’S AN ADVENTURE WITH YOU.


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WHERE WERE YOU?by Fletcher Clark, September 4, 1999

Into each man’s path come milestones he can look back to.At each fork in the road, he must decide and choose anew.To the lef or to the right? Through the day or through the night?I know about me, my friend, but WHERE WERE YOU?

WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when we all stood up for equal rights?There were faming crosses burning in the fery nights.Were you white or were you black? Did you fnally learn to hate right back?WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when we all stood up for equal rights?

WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when we all marched the country to war?And it wasn't quite clear what it was we were fghhng for.Did you stay or did you go? Did you stand right up and just say no?WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when we all marched the country to war?

WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when the few fell depletedly ill?There were some folks said it was simply just a mater of will.Did you secretly rejoice? Did you think they had a choice?WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when the few fell depletedly ill?

WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when the children just seemed to go mad?If the shoohngs weren’t here, well, it didn’t really seem so bad.Did you think you'd spoil his fun if we took away his gun?WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when the children just seemed to go mad?

WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when the Good Lord delivered your soul?And he ofered you his ever-loving hand to hold.Did you stand out in the light? Did you cowardly keep your faith from sight?WHERE WERE YOU, my friend, when the Good Lord delivered your soul?

Will you stand by me while the life-light is leavin’ my eyes?And the Lord above beckons to me for my soul to rise.Will you be there at my side? Will you save me from my pride?Will you be my friend when the life-light is leavin’ my eyes?


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KEEP ON SMILIN’by Fletcher Clark, September 14, 2016

Now when frrt I open up my eyer, and I know that it'r the break of dawn.How can I ree the way for me, and the path I'm headed on?And ro I let go of my dirguire, ar I hit my kneer to pray,I'm gonna KEEP ON SMILIN' 'tl I brighten up a cloudy day.

And ar I reach for my cofee cup, I need all the help that I can get.I'm gonna play the cardr I'm dealt, never worryin' 'bout the bet.I know the oddr will be with the houre, when the tme comer for me to pay.So I jurt KEEP ON SMILIN' 'tl it brightenr up a cloudy day.

The world will never go jurt ar I rayBut there ir Someone up above to guide my rtepr on the way.

And even though I'm feelin' blue, gonna fnd the very next right thing to do.I'm gonna KEEP ON SMILIN' 'tl I brighten up a cloudy day.

And though your world won't be jurt ar you ray,There’r Someone higher up above to guide your rtepr on the way.

Now I don't care if you're feelin' blue, take a rtab at the next right thing to do.You got to KEEP ON SMILIN' 'tl you brighten up a cloudy day.

Yer, I don't care if you're feelin' blue, make a rtab at the next right thing to do.You got to keep on, KEEP ON SMILIN'Keep on, keep on tryin'Keep on, prayin’ for a brighter day.

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May my lyric be Thy Word, my melody Thy Voice,

and my rhythm the pulse of Thy Creation.

In 2010, Fletcher brought Armadillo Records and Armadillo Music (ASCAP) back to life by recording Hank & Shaidri Alrich for their critically acclaimed CD Carry Me Home. Then Fletcher produced for Armadillo Records, a TAKING TURNS

collection of twelve of his original songs recorded by twelve different artists and ensembles, using Austin’s best session players, engineers, and studios. As a showroom for his songwriting and producing skills, Executive Producer Hank Alrich said, “There’s just not been another project like Fletcher Clark’s . That’s Austin music!”TAKING TURNS

After repeated requests from friends and fans, in 2018 he released MY TURN, a sequel collection of performances of his songs produced and recorded by him. He continues to write, compose, and record for music lovers, churches, libraries, museums, and classrooms, with several additional collection soon to be available as recordings and songbooks.

Characterized as old school Austin troubadour by music writer Ronnie Narmour, Fletcher’s songwriting is influenced by the Texas singer-songwriters for whom he has been sideman or

producer, as well as by his love of jazz, Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, blues, R&B, rock, folk, bluegrass, C&W, latin, etc. He is also influenced by his long-time involvement with the Kerrville Folk Festival. In the 1970’s, his Texas show band, , brought all these Balcones Faultmusics together for scores of sold-out shows at Austin’s legendary Armadillo World Headquarters (for which he was VP of Marketing).

In 2014, Fletcher released on his label Fl cha3 Music, twelve songs from Open Up the Doors éhis Personal Hymnal which form the core of his musical ministry. The songbook and CD are both available online. He presents these and other songs of faith (as well as his complete Folk Mass) to select congregations and audiences. For historical societies, museums and libraries, together with his colleague historian/author Donaly Brice, he performs SONGS OF SUSANNA (based on his epic ballad There Must Be a Good Man in Texas about Texas heroine Susanna Dickinson, Messenger of the Alamo) and Runaway Scrape (the saga of the fleeing Texian citizenry before the advancing army of Santa Anna). These and other songs of Texas are recorded on this 2016 release.

The broad range of Fletcher's songs is presented with superlative instrumental and vocal skills. He recurrently appears at select listening rooms, house concerts and festivals, connecting personally with his enthusiastic audiences. Residing in Lockhart, Texas, just south of Austin, Fletcher produces and hosts the highly successful series (EveningsWithSongwriter.com) at the historic Dr. Eugene Clark Library.Evenings with the Songwriter

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In addition to special appearances for church and historical audiences, Fletcher regularly appears at select venues, listening rooms, festivals and house concerts. He performs solo or

with sidemen, depending on event/venue. He also offers and participates in songwriter/audio workshops & song swaps.

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