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Never Say Uncle (1990 First CD Release Remastered)

by Todd Burge

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    Todd's very first solo CD. (1990)

    First solo acoustic recording by Todd Burge, remastered. The digital download includes pictures of the original lyric drafts of My Apartment, Newspaper Blankets and Still Wanting You written in Todd's "hand". Actual CD comes with a free download.

    Todd Burge-Guitar, Voice, Harmonica
    Dave Traugh - Keyboards
    Jim Clinton - Guitar on "The Only Woman"
    Recorded at Super Trax-Parkersburg, WV 8/89-3/90
    Produced by Dave Traugh and Todd Burge
    (c) 1990 Bunj Jam Music BMI

    Photos by Perry Kirk

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1.
Pocket Book 03:32
Pocket Book by Todd Burge Todd plays this song in regular tuning. Chords include A, Bm, G & D I could live in a paper bag Filled with nothing but some air And my dreams would still be in it As long as I breathed in there My hands have only touched a new guitar And played it until it has turned old They’ve never seen dirt or blood I feel real lucky Even when they’re cold I feel nice but I was mean when younger Don’t have a lot But I don’t have hunger I’ve got a pocket book with something in it I changed my mind Now there’s something in it I clear my throat Now I can sing it I’ve got a pocket book With something in it I met you once But I forgot your name I lost the napkin With your number on it Let’s start this whole thing Over again I’ve done things wrong But I’m stronger from it
2.
Newspaper Blankets © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI Way up in our hills they don't know pills They don't have highways cars or bars getting' in their way In summertime the only green they find is in the trees They don't have dollar bills so they don't know how to pay And Ella Mae Crite was 80 years this fall She has half a dozen pictures of Jesus on the wall They've got brother sleeping on asphalt with newspaper blankets They've forgotten what warmth is We've forgotten that they once were kids We're living for the highest bid and they need to be hid We think we have the right to store satellites in the desert While our neighbors sleep without a bite to eat tonight I want 50 bucks for combat boots, 50 more for a few toots And maybe some dinner with my desert tonight And Ella Mae Crite was 80 years this fall She has half a dozen pictures of her sons on the wall They've got sisters sleeping on asphalt with newspapers blankets They've forgotten what warmth is And we only care or help if they're kids We say they're old and lazy and they need to be hid
3.
The Kids Are Out Of Hand © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI Sam and Carrie at the end of '52 Got very very married One in white and one in blue Then Carrie carried one baby times two They knew they'd be happy being two times two The two babies came One boy and one girl I don't remember both names but the girl was a Pearl Now pearl threw fits and Pearle threw some food And same assure Carrie The could throw a few things too The kids are getting' our out of hand So let's give them the backhand Then they'll understand when on their cheek for two solid weeks is the red and blue knot because daddy forgot To take off his wedding band I used my left hand Forgot the wedding band I hope you understand Oh I remember now The boy's name was Ted But the other kids called him by his nickname instead Now Cow wasn't big He just ate a lot of beef and at only eight years old he was out there playing in the street Now Carrie caught cow and his best friend Dave They were staying up late and pretendin' to behave They jumped on the beds They broke another lamp She was fed to her neck so she went and told Sam [chorus] Now Teddy grew up and became wedding bound And pearl grew to but she never stayed in town Pearl didn't ever talk to her mom But between dad and son there was a male bond It was Monday night football taped for Tuesday afternoon Dad got hot that fall and went up like a hot air balloon Dad got steamed about his son's favorite team But a brutal dream made his son turn mean and he said Hey pop...I think you're getting out of hand I'm gonna whack you with a back hand They you'll understand when your cheek for two solid weeks is the red and blue knot because Teddy forgot To take off his wedding band I know you'll understand I had to use my left hand I'm sure you'll understand Forgot my wedding band Hey amen man
4.
Like Nobody Else © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI And you know I still need you like the Earth needs the sun But I'm so far away you know it keeps me on the run Can you feel my heart of stone There's never a ring on my telephone Silence is the tone when you're all alone Another glimpse of your face puts me in my place What do you hide when our four eyes collide Tell me What do you hide And you will grow old just like everybody else And you will get lonely just like everybody else And I will still need you just like nobody else And my roof seems to cave in as I wonder where you've been If you don't paint love's walls it's ceiling surely falls And as I pick at your mind a haze is all I can find There's terror on my list It should evaporate with your mist Sunshine makes me cold No warmth makes me old My need seem twofold when there's no you to hold There's never you there to hold (Chorus) Todd plays this song in standard tuning. Chords: E, A, B7, A#, A7 Harmonica key: A
5.
Last Drunk 03:42
Last Drunk © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI You won't be up When I leave this house In the morning The early hours They come They go When those minutes tick away You know You just don't You just don't know me We just much leave all these things behind Wise up dry up and start to use our time Everything that I am Is in this trunk I'll kiss her cheek for good luck That was our last drunk You say we don't smoke or snort the stuff We don't run towards The dreaded needle And maybe we do drink a bit too much But it's fun And I believe that you and I Are just that kind of people But there's two people that I try to like And I despise them more Almost every night Everything that I own Is in this trunk I'll kiss her cheek for good luck That was our last drunk
6.
My Apartment 03:09
My Apartment © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI My apartment has an old couch My apartment has a chair My apartment has an old coat Hangin' on a coat hanger over there There's a mailbox that I open It gets deeper and darker everyday I think I'll have this place rented out I'll hide inside Then somebody else can come and stay They'll pay the rent And stay with me In their apartment My apartment has this TV tray Starin' at me the same old way It' hold my paper plates the same old way While I watch these morons play Wheel of fortune everyday What an unfortunate game [chorus & suck and blow] My apartment has this thing I turn on And it play old Larry King I hear him say some similar things About some not so similar things Some fat guys pushing a book And he's telling me how to cook Or some good looking guy I can't even see Is telling me how to buy his look Come stay with me And pay the rent In your apartment
7.
Don't Try and Understand © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI She said Do you think if I break my watch We could forget what time it is I said I'm sure it would grant us much more room To move as smoothly as We please And could you show me that trick You make with your hands The one that sends me laughing Down to my knees And take the batteries from the watch So we can forget How long we're being missed And you don't have to wash your hands And you don't have to care If your face is clean I like you with those holes In the knees of your jeans And when it comes to who I am Don't try and understand She said Do you think you have the right To write All your thoughts Down on paper I said when I get tight I write it all down but I don't mean to frown and throw it in your face And the next few words That came out of her mouth Made my mind wonder if those lines Were hurting her But I just can't seem to make up things And I feel it's my place To play from place to place
8.
Daddy's Not Workin' © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI I asked a blind man to give me the time He said Hiss with your wits And when they pull you down just be pleasin' And too many times I find the rhyme But I can't seem to find the time To let my mind See the reason And I don't mean to make you feel surreal But if you smile with my help You'll see your clock is melting Take your cup and drink it down But now who's gonna fill it up Because your momma she ain't She just ain’t working I can make you tired by preaching Leaching Not Reaching It’s so easy To not please you So I’ll soak here and be you And you can float there Way up there And be Someone else too Take your cup and drink it down But now who's gonna fill it up Because your daddy... He just not working
9.
College Down 03:04
College Down © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI Is there anyone around This college town That can help me I guess it started When I drop my books In the trash Maybe it was the work Maybe it was the dirt I couldn't get clean I couldn't feel me But now I feel me So much that I can't touch anyone else There're all telling me to jump out of bed And get some help But this bed seems to get me Through a day Yeah another's gone Dusk drags Then dawn Oh how I wish Mom Could make my mess better But you can't mend those messes In a monthly letter I'm strapped to this bed And the men in white might come and probe my head Daily God I feel like a baby And I swear that once I was on solid food Even though you know Some say I was rather crude
10.
Daughter Ask Father © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI Oh so you say you want me to go to places I know you don't even know Turn my head around start feeling the ground move beneath my feet I’ll bet you have already guessed That I'm not very far from my nest Not too far from the egg That my mother once gave Where my parents once prayed Why don't you ask your father what has happened to his daughter I believe she has come to Please take me with you I can't see you're free Please take me with you Oh so you say we both got to know that tired look that we're starting to show The ball the chain keeping us the same We all need a name We feed on our claim to fame That will never be found if we're standing around
11.
All Wrapped Up © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI I don't mind at all If I tell you a dream Of my grandma And how I miss her I thought I'd forgot What she talked and looked like You know I thought I might not Remember But I did The two story house The flowers in her blouse The stories that she told She never gave up Showing me the top She had it all wrapped up I'm living a lie Don't look in my eye I'm what I'm despising I just can't get off this disguise I'm sick of the noise The loud drinking boys The overgrown toys and being Un-overjoyed Yesterday it's what I liked Today it's just a fight A convenient fence keeps me Down on the bench But they're both made of wood And surely I could Burn them up I'll burn them up This song's for my brother My mother my father We're never together But I don't think that bothers me We hesitate Never tell Its seems very late Oh what the hell I think you're all great Yesterday we might have fought Today that's in a clot At present time you all three Are a present to me That's the way it should be I had it all wrapped up The rap's on the floor It' don't bother me no more I've opened the door Open's better for sure Wrapped me up All wrapped up
12.
Still Wanting You by Todd Burge (c) 1990 Sometimes I have a forked tongue And you have spoon ears Easily being fed what you want to hear But this ain't no lie right here, dear When your jesters hang up their colors and balls And the real picture hangs up on your walls When your cigarettes burn to the butt When you get let down in the gutter I'll still be wanting you Your hair falls to your eyes It cover up these lies we despise At times we just can't care At other times there seems to be nothing there But when you have been through all the hurt When you can't find another spotless shirt When you've lost your last brother When you're left down with no other I'll still be wanting you When your crown is taken away When nothing pays and you feel the pain After everything is untrue After you've tested the whole crew I'll still be wanting you
13.
My Book 04:40
My Book © & (p) 1990 Bunj Jam Music-BMI One man washes dishes The other sells the suit They both have placement problems But there's sticking with their roots One man fixes coffee And his honey flops the cakes They both wait for tomorrow Because today never waits A woman waits for a man When he's strong She'll grab his hand One day he'll be a star With a fantastic look But he's already there in my book In my book You've been written As any possible thing Pages are like numbers They can add up to anything Problems all have answers Reasons are explained Guilt is always okayed Shamed names are never blamed Fingers need not be crossed All debts are always paid In my book You've been written As any possible thing Pages are like numbers They can add up to anything

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First solo acoustic recording by Todd Burge, remastered. The digital download includes pictures of the original lyric drafts of My Apartment, Newspaper Blankets and Still Wanting You written in Todd's "hand". Actual CD comes with a free download.

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released August 30, 1990

Todd Burge-Guitar, Voice, Harmonica
Dave Traugh - Keyboards
Jim Clinton - Guitar on "The Only Woman"
Recorded at Super Trax-Parkersburg, WV 8/89-3/90
Produced by Dave Traugh and Todd Burge
(c) 1990 Bunj Jam Music BMI

Photos by Perry Kirk

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If it’s been discovered by man, West Virginia’s Todd Burge has written about it. A born ponderer and observer of life, each of his songs tells a story. Whether drawn from personal experience or a tale of poetically woven fiction, you’ll live every second of it through his songs. ... more

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