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Singing About Life

Penelope Torribio's lyrics
From Albums
Headed for a Good Time
Watch Out I'm Singing the Blues
Family Man

I have some requests for lyrics, so I will be typing some of my Singing About Life songs up.

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My Daddy Was the Best

I learn to Dance by my Daddy's hand when I was just a girl.
Out on that dance floor we could really step and twirl.
He danced all night with mom and me, he never took a rest,
Now I've danced with lots and lots of men, but my Daddy was the best.

And I wish I could dance with my daddy again,
feel his arms around me,see that great big silly grin.
I wish I could dance with my daddy again.
But I left home to see the world, and I ain't been back again.

When I was young I thought there was things I couldn't learn at home.
So I packed my bags caught the Greyhound bus and set out on my own.
I must have gone a hundred million miles just to find,
that everything I need to know was back home all the time.

And I wish I could dance with my daddy again, feel his arms around me, see my mama's
loving grin. I wish I could dance with my daddy again. But I left home to see the world, and I ain't been back again.

Can I have this dance daddy?

PENELOPE TORRIBIO ©93
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No Road from the Barroom
Penelope Torribio

The phone rings, it’s midnight and it’s you again.
You’re crying say you’re lonely and you need a friend.
But I can hear the juke box in a honky-tonk some where.
You’re wanting to come home,
but you can’t get here from there.

You can’t get from the barroom back into my heart.
You can’t get from the barstool to my bed.
No matter how much you say you care,
you just can’t get back home from there,
There’s no road from the barroom to my heart.

Billy, Sue and Joey they’re OK.
They ask about their daddy every single day.
But you call up a drinking from a honky-tonk somewhere.
you’re wanting to come home but
you can’t get here from there.

There's a Wolf Howling at my Back Door

There's a wolf howling at my back door.
I don't think i can escape any more,
Cause he knows you're out not doing me right
Leaving me alone at night.

There's a wolf prowling at my back door.
I don't think i can escape any more,
Cause he's huffing and a puffing those sweet lies again,
And i'm thinking 'bout letting him in.

Like humpty dumpty i'm ready to fall,
Bad company's better than no one at all.
and here i am alone again,
And i'm thinking 'bout letting him in.

There's a wolf howling at my back door.
I don't think i can escape any more,
cause he knows you're out not doing me right,
Leaving me alone at night.

There's a wolf prowling at my back door.
i don't think i can escape any more,
Cause he's huffing and a puffing those sweat lies again
And i’m thinking about letting him in.
I'm thinking 'bout letting him in.

Who's that knocking at my back door?
It seems like i've seen that face before.
it looks a lot like your old friend
And i'm think 'bout letting him in..

There's a wolf howling at my back door
I don't think i can escape any more,
Cause he knows you're out not doing me right
Leaving me alone at night
There's a wolf prowling at my back door
I don't think i can escape any more
Cause he's huffing and a puffing those sweat lies again
And i'm thinking 'bout letting him in.
And i'm thinking 'bout letting him in.
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Jumping From the Frying Pan

I was sitting in the corner of the barroom drinking not wanting to see anyone.
When he walked in smiling and I was thinking that he looked like the morning sun.
And I knew I shouldn't’t reach out to touch him I’d only get burned.
But you know women like me, we never learn.

Jumping from the frying pan, into the fire again.
Making the bed I’m going to have to lie in.
Jumping from the frying pan, into the fire again,
like an old movie I know how this story will end.

Well I was sitting on the edge of the bed wishing that I would just run.
When he walked in smiling and I was thinking he feels like the afternoon sun.
And I knew I should reach out to touch him I’d only get burned,
but you know women like me, we never learn.

Jumping from the frying pan, into the fire again.
Making the bed I’m going to have to lie in.
Jumping from the frying pan, into the fire again,
like an old movie I know how this story will end.

Well, I’m back in the corner of the barroom drinking not wanting to seen anyone.
Sitting here thinking how my whole life has played like an old re run.
And I new I shouldn't’t reach out to touch him I’d only get burned.

But you know women like me, we never learn.
Jumping from the frying pan, into the fire again.
Making the bed I’m going to have to lie in.
Jumping from the frying pan, into the fire again,
like an old movie I know how this story will end.
like an old movie I know how this story will end.

When You Dream of Her, Reach for Me
Penelope Torribio

I know I caught you on the rebound, and sometimes she fills your thoughts and dreams,
but she the one you traded away and I’m the one on your team.

When you dream of her reach for me,
just slide on over and grab my sweet reality.
She’s the one who lied, its me by your side,
when you dream of her reach for me.

Sometimes at night when you whisper her name,
my little heart fills with out.
But I think I know how to play this game
and I’m going to strike her old memory out.

and I’m going to strike that old memory out.

When you dream of her reach for me,
just slide on over and grab my sweet reality.
She’s the one who lied, its me by your side,
when you dream of her reach for me.

Well they say don’t bet on an inside straight,
or a man who’s been hurt bad like you,
but I ‘ve always known just how to pick my cards
and I’ve got a joker or two

Flat Tire Stick-shifting Broken Transmission Blues
Penelope Torribio-words and music

I love my man, my man loves his car,
but neither one of them are going to get me very far.
I’ve got the Flat Tire Stick-shifting Broken Transmission Blues.

He said he’d met me about a quarter to eight.
I’m out side the restaurant and he’s three hours late.
I’ve got the Flat Tire Stick-shifting Broken Transmission Blues.

I’ve fixing dinner he decides to change the oil,
nothings hot but me and I’m ready to boil.
I’ve got the Flat Tire Stick-shifting Broken Transmission Blues.

He said he’d take me for a romantic spin,
the car breaks down and he’s under it again.
I’ve got the Flat Tire Stick-shifting Broken Transmission Blues.

I could roll it in the river, push it off a mountain road.
If I could find one big enough I’d flush it down the toilet bowl.
I’ve got the Flat Tire Stick-shifting Broken Transmission Blues.

I love my man, my man loves his car,
but neither one of them are going to get me very far.
I’ve got the Flat Tire Stick-shifting Broken Transmission Blues.

It’s Not That Good Being Poor
Penelope Torribio

Your in your twelve room mansion,
I’m in my two room shack.
You’re singing about the way things were
and how you’d like to go back.
Well I’ll tell you I’m about as agreeable as I can be.
I’d gladly give up this shack and things,
if you would trade with me.

It’s not that good being poor
don’t want to do it anymore.]
Have you lost your mind or just your memory.
It’s not that good being poor,
don’t want to do it anymore.
The best things in life, well they aint free.

We have our plastic curtains,
you have your satin drape.
We’re eating Kraft’s Macaroni and cheese,
you’re eating t-bone steak.
And we’re fighting about that $10 dress that I just bought,
while your fussing about where you should go in your 35 foot yacht.

It’s hard to keep your loving going
when your last dimes been spent,
and they’re hammering yon the door
wandering when you’re going to pay the rent.
so if you’re going to sing about how romantic poor can be,
I’d gladly give up this shake and things,
if you would trade with me.

I Love the Way You Lie
Penelope Torribio-lyrics and music

I’ve got thirty pink Styrofoam curlers in my hair
and this old yellow bathrobe is all I had to wear.
You came home early must to my surprise,
you said, “You’re the prettiest woman I know,
In addition, I love the way you lay.

I love the way you lie down beside me,
I love the way you tell me you love me,
I love the way you hold me tight,
, I’m going to love you real good tonight.

I took thirty thousand calls for Pacific telephone.
I was tired and grouchy by the time I got home.
I came out a fighting going to cut you down to size,
You said, “You’re the prettiest women I know,

And I love the way you lay.
I love the way you lie down beside me,
I love the way you tell me you love me,
I love the way you hold me tight,
And I’m going to love you real good tonight.

I never ever thought I’d meet a man like you,
Who says he’ll love me know matter what I do.
Come here baby you old sweetie pie,
I’ve got to tell you. I love the way you lie down beside me,
I love the way you tell me you love me,
I love the way you hold me tight,
And’m going to love you real good tonight.

Suddenly Single

I never looked at another man, not even in my dreams.
And I’ve never held another’s hand since I was seventeen.
But he left me a month ago, saying he need to be free
And I found my self a single women, single suddenly.
Chorus
Suddenly single, suddenly single.
I was blind to the signs that he was going to leave.
Suddenly single, suddenly single
now I’m all alone there’s just the kids and me.

Well I’ve got to learn a lot of things to make it on my own,
Like it doesn't’t do a speak of good sitting here by the telephone.
Or thinking about the memories and they way things use to be.
It ain’t easy being single suddenly.

Chorus
Well, a man I know he asked me out to dinner and a show.
I told him, well I have the kids and I just couldn't’t go.
But I think he senses I’m as scared as I can be.
Cause it ain’t easy being single suddenly.
Chorus

Penelope Torribio

Going On Going On
Penelope Torribio

Isn't’t it funny how things keep going on going on.
Isn't’t it funny how things so right turn out wrong.
And here I am sitting here singing this song,
going on going on.

You said that you were leaving, I thought the moon would fall.
You said you din’t love me, I thought there’d be no sun at all,
but this morning I had to face the dawn,
and I guess things just go on going on.

Isn't’t it funny how things keep going on going on.
Isn't’t it funny how things so right turn out wrong.
And here I am sitting here singing this song,
going on going on.

I woke up this morning like I never thought I would,
fixed dinner and ate it, like I never thought I could,
and I lay down on this bed where you belong and
I guess things just go on going on.

Isn't’t it funny how things keep going on going on.
Isn't’t it funny how things so right turn out wrong.
And here I am sitting here singing this song,
going on going on.

When the Lady Sings the Blues

(chorus)
When the lady sings the Blues I think of you.
I can’t believe she knows just how I feel.
All I could do was cry, when that lady was through.
When the lady sings the blues I think of you.

And she said she was so scared when he told her he would leave,
She felt like me, just like me.
But she told him to go on, that she could carry on,
But she was wrong, just like me.
And I can’t believe she knows just how I feel,
When the lady sings the blues I think of you.

(chorus)
When the lady sings the Blues I think of you.
I can’t believe she knows just how I feel.
All I could do was cry, when that lady was through.
When the lady sings the blues I think of you.

And while people sit and listen to her songs,
I can’t help myself I have to sing along,

(chorus)
When the lady sings the Blues I think of you.
I can’t believe she knows just how I feel.
All I could do was cry, when that lady was through.
When the lady sings the blues I think of you.

I’m Tire of Floor Mopping.
Penelope Torribio

I’m tired of floor mopping
going to go a bar hopping
aint gonna stay home anymore,
cause you’re out their playing around
while I’m mopping the kitchen floor.

I aint seen much of the night life,
I’ve stayed home being a good wife,
but honey I’m tired of you not coming home nights
and I aint staying home anymore.

I’m tired of floor mopping
going to go a bar hopping
aint gonna stay home anymore,
cause you’re out their playing around
while I’m mopping the kitchen floor.

Going dress up in my finery,
go out to a bar or three
and I’ll find someone to talk with me
and I won’t be lonesome no more.

I’m getting up off of my all fours
and I’m gonna be out there on the dance floor
and I won’t be lonesome no more,
I aint staying home any more.

I’m tired of floor mopping
going to go a bar hopping
aint gonna stay home anymore,
cause you’re out their playing around
while I’m mopping the kitchen floor.

I’m Gonna Get Over You After all

When you left me, well I knew I was never ever going get over you,
a one man’s woman gonna live my life alone.
But the nights got lonely and so terribly long
and I got a yearning for a country song,
so I went down to that little bar alone.

Where I met a man with a smile like the morning sun,
and laughter flowing free like a waterfall.
and it seemed to me that some ties he undone,
and I’m gonna get over you after all.

After all of the years and all of the kids,
who would ever think you’d leave me like this
when you’re the only man I’ve every know.
But you said I’d get over you,
how I was going to do it I hadn't’t a clue,
so I went down to this little bar near home.

Where I met a man with a smile like the morning sun,
and laughter flowing free like a waterfall.
and it seemed to me that some ties he undone,
and I’m gonna get over you after all.
Where I met a man with a smile like the morning sun,

Wish I knew just what I did,
to make you up and leave me like this,
but there’s some things I guess I’ll never know.
And it doesn't’t matter now,
I’m going have to get over you some how,
So I went down to that little bar near home.

and laughter flowing free like a waterfall.
And he says he thinks that I’m lots of fun
and I’m gonna get over you after all.

Cheating Again
Penelope Torribio

Last night when you held me
I could see it in your eyes,
you din’t have to tell me
I knew you realized.

I’ve been cheating again.
cheating again.
I thought I was strong,
but I guess I was wrong.
and I’m cheating again.

I locked myself up in the bathroom,
so no one would every know.
after my Carnation slender,
I ate three burritos.

and I’m cheating again
cheating again.
I thought I was strong,
but I guess I was wrong
and I’m cheating again.

Well, I slipped into the restaurant
and ordered a banana split.
I saw the look on the waitresses face,
she made me feel like…..

I’m cheating again,
cheating again.
I thought I was strong,
but I guess I was wrong
and I’m cheating again.

I thought I was strong but I love those Ding Dongs,
and I’m cheating again.

Hard Country Music
Words and Music Penelope Torribio

I Love Hard Country Music
Penelope Torribio
I love hard country loving and a hard country man
I love hard country music when I go to hear a country band.

I love the songs of Loretta, singing about the coal mining town.
I love the words of Mere Haggard, telling how it feels to be down.
And I love how country people they can lay their trouble down.
When they get out on the dance floor they just stomp ’em into the ground.

I love hard country loving and a hard country man
I love hard country music when I go to hear a country band.

I love those songs that tell stories, about people a lot like me.
Whose lives from payday to payday, seem like eternity.
and I love how country people we can lay our troubles down,
when we get out on the dance floor we just stomp ‘em into the ground.

I love hard country loving and a hard country man
I love hard country music when I go to hear a country band.

Singles Bar
Penelope Torribio

I’m as free as a bird in flight,
going to a singles bar tonight.
I’m going to a single’s bar tonight.

Did you think I’d stay home in misery,
just because you decide to leave and
I’m going to a single’s bar tonight.

I learned disco from the girl next door,
bought a brand new dress from the grocery store.
Going waltz myself right out the door and
I’m going to a singles bar tonight.

Should you decide to up and phone,
you won’t find nobody home.
I’m going to a single’s bar tonight.

I left the kids with my brother, Bill,
going out with my friend Lucille,
I’m going to a single’s bar tonight.

I learned disco from the girl next door,
bought a brand new dress from the grocery store.
Going waltz myself right out the door and
I’m going to a singles bar tonight.

Headed for a Good Time Tonight
Penelope Torribio

I’m headed for a good time tonight, Ah ha!
headed for a good time tonight. Yah Hoo!
Going to hear my favorite country band,
with my favorite country man,
and I’m headed for a good time tonight.

This week it’s been long and hard,
going sown to our favorite country bar.
Gonna dance and sing along to those good old country songs
and we’re headed for a good time tonight.

Headed for a good time tonight, Ah ha!
Headed for a good time tonight. Yah Hoo!
Going to hear my favorite country band,
with my favorite country man,
and I’m headed for a good time tonight.

We’ve got our problems that is true,
but we aint staying home feeling blue.
Heck with the bills we’re going to kick up our heels,
and we’re headed for a good time tonight.

Gonna put my new blue dress on,
dance every dance all night long,
when it’s time to go home,
I’m gonna make that man my own,
and we’re headed for a good time tonight.

Headed for a good time tonight, Ah ha!
Headed for a good time tonight. Yah Hoo!
Going to hear my favorite country band,
with my favorite country man,

and I’m headed for a good time tonight

Song List for Family Man album

1. Old Time Country C

2. I Love the Way you Lie C

3. My Daddy Was the Best A

4. Mother's Song A cap B(A/E)

5. Barn Dance Song D

6. I Have Danced with my Grandmother A

7. What's Grandma Got That I ain't Got A

8. Sister Song C

9. Tiny Little Shoes A

10. Sweet Harmony A/D/E/F#/ B

11. Ordinary Woman A-capo B

12. Making Me Love You d capo D# D/G /C

13. Love at First Sight a capo B

14. I've Got You C

15. Family Man C

Old Time Country

Before you take one more step I think I'd better warn ya'
I grew-up in a country town in Northern California
I drove a John Deer Tractor before I drove a car.
I grew up a drinking straight from a Mason jar'

I'm old time country,
I believe in those old country ways.
I'm old time country,
I ain't looking for no one-night stand,
I need myself a loving man,
who'll be in my life to stay.

Well this cowboy he came up to me and asked "Mam may I join ya'
I grew up in El Monte, in Southern California.
But I ain't no city slicker, I drive a pickup not a car,
One little question though, what's a Mason jar?"

And I said, "I'm old time country,
I believe in those old country ways.
I'm old time country,
I ain't looking for no one-night stand,
I need myself a loving man,
who'll be in my life to stay."

Well this cowboy tipped his hat and said, " Mam I'd better warn ya'
we don't think quite that way in Southern California.
If you're looking for a fellow in this here country bar,
talking like that honey, it can't get you very far."

I said, "I'm old time country,
I believe in those old country ways.
I'm old time country,
I ain't looking for no one-night stand,
I need myself a loving man,
who'll be in my life to stay."

Well all you cowboys out there, I think I'd better warn ya'
I married that man from Southern California
Now he don't have no pickup, he drives a great big family car,
But we still go dancing in that little country bar,

"I'm old time country,
I believe in those old country ways.
I'm old time country,
I ain't looking for no one-night stand,
I found myself a loving man,
who'll be in my life to stay."

I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE

I’ve got thirty pink styrofoam curlers in my hair,
And this old yellow bathroom is all I have to wear.
You come home early much to my surprise.
You say, “you’re the prettiest woman I know and
I love the way you lie”.

Chorus
I love the way you lie down beside me.
I love the way you tell me you love me.
I love the way you hold me tight and
I’m going to love you real good tonight.

I took thirty thousand calls from Pacific Telephone.
I was tired and grouchy by the time that I got home.
I came out a fighting, going to cut you down to size.
You said, “You're the sweetest woman I know and
I love the way you lie.

Chorus
I love the way you lie down beside me.
I love the way you tell me you love me.
I love the way you hold me tight and
I’m going to love you real good tonight.

I never ever thought I’d meet a man like you,
Who says he’ll love me no matter what I do.
So come here baby, you ole sweetie pie,
I’m got to tell you, I love the way you lie.

Chorus

My Daddy Was the Best

And I wish I could dance with my daddy again,
feel his arms around me, see that great big silly grin.
I wish I could dance with my daddy again.
But I left home to see the world, and I ain't been back again.

Can I have this dance daddy?

Mother's Song

I hurried home from school, tell you about my day.
You'd listen to me in your loving way.
I guess I seldom took time to say,
thank you for being my mother,
thank you for making me strong,
thank you for being my mom.

You would brush your hair and tell me about your life.
Tell me about your girlhood, tell me about your dreams.
Sharing your wisdom, making me wise,
thank you for being my mother,
thank you for making me strong,
thank you for being my mom.

And when all the world seemed down on me,
you'd paint a picture of the woman you'd see in me,
Loving me, inspiring me, strengthening me, admiring me,
mama, I love you.

The Barn Dance Song

Right after supper not one second later,
she slipped on her new dress that her mother made her
and she put on her shoes and she tied on her bonnet,
the one that was pink with the big bow upon it.
Cause she's going to the dance, looking for romance,
gonna take a chance that she might find love.

While he went down to the creek to fetch a little water,
put it on the cook stove, make a little hotter.
In a big metal tub he gave a little scrub,
with that old lye soap he gave a little rub.
Cause he's going to the dance, looking for romance,
gonna take a chance that she might find love.

Now they went to the dance ole Dan was the caller,
and he made the boys hoot and he made the boys holler
and he told those girls with the bouncy curls, make those little old petticoats twirl
and they looked so pretty, they looked so fine,
nearly drove those country boys out of their minds.

Now the boy he grabbed his pretty little miss
and he gave her a twirl and she gave him a kiss
and danced all night 'neath the kerosene lights 'til he asked that little girl to be his wife.
They were going to the dance, looking for romance,
gonna take a chance that they might find love.

Well this is the story that my Grandma told,
and the couple grew up and the couple grew old,
they had some bad times, they had some good,
and they stayed together like a good couple should,
oh they went to the dance, looking for romance,
going to take a chance that they might find love.

I Have Danced With My Grandmother

I have danced with my grandmother, around the living room.
I have danced with my grandmother and sung some of her tunes.
She taught me the fox trot, showed me the Spanish waltz.
She taught me the turkey trot and that's the most fun of all. That's the most fun of all.

I have talked with my grandmother, about her loving live.
I have talked with my grandmother, about her triumphs and strife.
She showed me her strength, told me her philosophy,
she shared her history and then she danced with me.
She danced with me.

She taught me the fox trot, showed me the Spanish waltz.
She taught me the turkey trot and that's the most fun of all. That's the most fun of all.

Have you danced with a grandmother,
have you sung her tunes.
If you've not danced with grandmother, you should do so soon.

What's Grandma Got that I ain't Got?

What's grandma got that I ain't got? I'd just like to know.
Everybody falls for her, everywhere we go.
I must have something missing, but I've searched high and low.
What's Grandma got that I ain't got? I'd just like to know.

We both wake up early, working to the setting son.
Go out in the evening, to have a little fun.
But I look dog tired and she looks all a glow.
What's Grandma got that I ain't got? I'd just like to know.

We go out in the evening some music for to hear
and half a dozen men want to buy grandma a beer.
I just stand their thirsty and staring at my toes.
What's grandma got that I ain't got? I'd just like to know.

Well lately I've been thinking I'm losing my memory.
I can't find my check book I misplaced my keys.
But she remembers everything, even from long ago.
What's grandma got that I ain't got? I'd just like to know.

Sister Song

When I think about you sis, I think about dishes.
Singing up old songs, making new wishes.
Promising ourselves we're going to marry rich men, never ever ever touch a dirty dish again.

I think of mama hanging clothes by the old wire line.
Daddy at the barn old Yuke behind.
Danny and Rocky with their fishing poles.
Little ole Mike with his big cat in tow.

I still see that mountain town in my mind.
Smell the smell of the ponderosa pines,
see you and me sitting down by the stream,
talking about our hopes and our plans and our dreams.

But we shared a room, stay on your own side.
We fussed and we fought, and you can't denie,
we never ever thought way back then, that we might grow to be the best of friends,
when you and I were grown.

Well I left home and you did too.
Didn't marry a rich man and neither did you.
But we found ourselves two good men,
had some kids and I found out then that,
I could never ever find myself a better friend than you.

I'm sitting here, Pam, doing the dishes
singing up old songs, still making wishes.
Wishing that you were by my side,
you'd have to wash and I'd get to dry
and 'though we can't go down by the stream,
we'll still talk about our hopes and our plans and our dreams,
now that we are grown.

Tiny Little Shoes

Tiny little shoes cover tiny little feet.
Tiny little arms a reaching out for me.
Tiny little head for your mama to kiss,
All these little tiny things I’m going to miss.

I see that you growing, you’ve taken your first step.
We gave away the crib where you’ve always sleep.
You don’t mind if I reminisce.
Thinking about those tiny fingers I use to kiss.

Tiny little shoes cover tiny little feet.
Tiny little arms a reaching out for me.
Tiny little head for your mama to kiss,
All these little tiny things I’m going to miss.

I see that our growing, you’re walking out the door
And you don’t need me as much any more.
I see that you’re growing up with each passing day
And it makes me proud cause it’s suppose to be that way.

But still I miss tiny little shoes cover tiny little feet.
Tingly little arms a reaching out for me.
Tiny little head for your mama to kiss,
All these little tiny things I’m going to miss.

I see that you’re packing, you’re going to leave home.
I know that you love me but it’s time to be on your own.
You don’t mind if I weep just a bit.
Thinking about those tiny fingers I use to kiss.

And tiny little shoes cover tiny little feet.
Tiny little arms a reaching out for me.
Tiny little head for your mama to kiss,
All these little tiny things I’m going to miss.

Sweet Harmony
A

I saw you standing there like a redwood tree.
I felt the earth move when you reached for me.
You said, “you’ve been flying much too long,
It’s time for a man, steady and strong.

I must admit at first I din’t agree.
I thought I needed some one to fly with me.
But I’d been flying oh so long.
I stopped to rest in your arms gentle and strong.

And I sang you songs of flying and being free.
And you told me tales about roots and family.
And though we were different as can be,
It seems together we make sweet harmony.

Sweet harmony, yea! Yea! Sweet harmony.
Sweet harmony, yea! Yea! Sweet harmony.

I saw you standing there like a redwood tree.
I felt the earth move when you reached for me.
Though we were different as can be, it sees together we make sweet harmony.

Sweet harmony, yea! Yea! Sweet harmony.
Sweet harmony, yea! Yea! Sweet harmony.

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

I saw the sunset, red in a violet sky.
I turned and our eyes met and I felt two planets collide.
I saw the moon rise, full in a star streaked sky
I felt my breath catch, as you walked up to my side.

You said, "Do you believe in love at first sight,
the magic, the magic, the magic of life?"
Well I was one who didn't believe,
till you touched the magic inside of me.

We watch the sun come and cast its golden rays.
I heard you whisper soft, "I've searched for you all of my days."
Then we watched the clouds dance, in a morning sky so blue.
I heard my heart pound, as you pulled me close to you.

You said, "Do you believe in love at first sight,
the magic, the magic, the magic of life?"
Well I was one who didn't believe,
till you touched the magic inside of me.

Then I heard the birds sing the sweetest melody,
and I felt the truth ring, we'd loved for eternity.

Do you believe in love at first sight, the magic, the magic, the magic of life?
I was one who didn't believe, till he touched the magic inside of me.

Where the Magic Is

I was a plain ordinary women,
Living a plain ordinary life.
When in walked a man, reached out his hand,
And with a kiss,
He took me where the magic is.

And we danced in a night
Where the stars were like diamonds.
and the moon shone silver in an ebony sea.
I reached for the man standing beside me
And i felt the magic surrounding me.

I was a plain ordinary women,
Living a plain ordinary life,
When in walked a man, reached out his hand
And with a kiss,
He took me where the magic is

And we run through days filled with children and laughter
And work that was easier, cause he stood by me.
And i loved the man standing beside me,
And i felt the magic surround me.

And deep in the darkness he whispers my name,
Sparks fly all gold, things burst into flame.
He reaches for me, then with a kiss.
He takes me where the magic is

Making Me Love You

Smile, you know i love to see you,
Like the sun breaking through on a cloudy day.
And you know it makes me feel good
When you tell me it's my loving makes you feel this way.

You're filling up my senses
Making me feel good,
You're filling up my senses
Making me love you.

Laugh, you know i love to see you.
More than what other people have to say.
And you know it makes me feel good,
When you tell me it's my loving makes
you feel this way.
You're filling up my senses
Making me feel good,
You're filling up my senses
Making me love you.

And touch me, you know i love to feel you
When we lay down at the end of a working day.
And you know it makes me feel good
When you tell me it's my loving makes you want to stay.

You're filling up my senses
Making me feel good,You're filling up my senses
Making me love you., making me want you, making me love

I’ve Got You
C

They say she’s lucky, she’s got a good job.
A brand new sports car of silver blue.
But she’s not lucky, like I’m lucky,
She’s got a great car, but honey I’ve got you.

She’s got a condo, down by the water, down by the ocean
Of turquoise blue,
But she’s not lucky, like I’m lucky.
She’s got a great view, but honey I’ve got you.

I know she’d trade her brand new sports car,
She’d trade her condo too,
If she could find herself a man that was half as good as you.

I’ve got no good job; I’ve got no sports car,
I’ve got no condo down by the sea,
But she’s not lucky, like, I’m lucky,
Cause I’ve got you and honey you’ve got me.

A Family Man C

I see those guys on the TV with their beckoning eyes.
I hear those cowboys on the CD’s, making all the women sigh.
But I’m not building castles in the sand.
I’m looking for a family man, a family man.

I never ever really liked the nightlife.
I want a love that can dance in the sunlight.
I don’t want to do things that don’t feel right.
I want a man, a man who’ll hold me so tight,
He’ll never let me go.
I want a family man, a family man.
A family man, a family man.

I want a man who’s not afraid to say he likes kids.
I want a man who I’m not afraid to grow old with.
But I’m not building castles in the sand.
I’m looking for a family man, a family man.

And there you come shining like the sun,
reaching for me saying honey I'm the one,
I'm your family Man.

This is My Day and I'm Going to Own It

This is my day and i'm going to own it
From morning to night i'm going to own it
No one to tell me what i'm going to do.
I'm ceasing the day going to spend it with you.

They may own me, monday to friday
But i'm telling you, this day is my day.

I'm ceasing the day going to spend it with you

We might lay in bed til way past ten have coffee and
breakfast and lay down again
Or we may go walking hand in hand in the part
Talk and laughing and fanning the spark
And when the sun goes down and theirs silver above you
We'll dance to some music i'll tell you i love you.

Cause this is my day and i'm going to own it.

This is my day and I'm going to own it.

I Love How You Love Me

Penelope

And you Dance for Me in the Candle Light
Lighting up the dark dark night.
Touch me with your burning lips,
write your name on my back with your finger tips,
and I love how you love me,
love how you love me,
love how you love me.

You come home from a hard hard day,
listen to every thing I say,
about the kids and the bills and the things that aint right,
then you kiss me sweet and you hold me tight.
and I. cause I love how you love me.
love how you love me ohhhh, ohhh
love how you love me, ohhh, ohhh, ohhh.

I think of you in the middle of the day,
the way you look the way you move that way.
I get so I can’t concentrate,
come home from work and don’t be late,
cause I love how you love me.
love how you love me ohhhh, ohhh
love how you love me, ohhh, ohhh, ohhh.

You say you love being married to me.
That my love just sets you free,
then you give me your sweet sweet kiss,
saying I didn't’t know I could dance like this.
and I I love how you love me.
love how you love me ohhhh, ohhh
love how you love me, ohhh, ohhh, ohhh.

You Ain’t Got Times for The Blues

You can moan and you can groan about those problems that you own,
But listen up to Mr. Bones, you ain’t got time for the blues.

So you can’t pay your rent, you’re mad at the President,
You’d better take this little hint, you ain’t got time for the blues.

The way you think, that creates your life.
Do you want to be walking in the shadows or dancing in the life?
I know what I’m talking about, there’s not one single doubt,
You’d better sing you’d better shout, you ain’t got time for the blues.

You can moan and you can groan about those problems that you own,
But listen up to Mr. Bones, you ain’t got time for the blues.

They all drive like maniacs, they’ll stab you in the back,
These are perceptions they aren’t facts,
I’m warning you.

You’d better watch what you think, cause I’m your missing link,
You may be standing on the brink, you ain’t got time for the blues.

So let’s rock and let us roll, or dance real slow,
Tell everyone we know, we ain’t got time for the blues.

Penlope Torribio October 16, l999

House Cat Blues, Treat Me Like Your Cat

Watch Out I'm Singing the Blues
Penelope Torribio-words and music

Treat me like your cat,
treat me like that,
pet me say I’m pretty while I’m sitting on your lap.
You cay it’s kind of silly to be jealous of a cat.
But, I don’t care just treat me like that.
If you looked at me,
like you look at her
everyone in the neighborhood they’d hear me purr.

You say you want to please me, but you don’t know how.
Just make me feel like the cat’s meow
and treat me like your cat,
treat me like that.

break

You walk in the door, she’s the first one that you greet,
sit down, pick her up, talk to her real sweet.
You say you love me and she’s just a cat.
But I trade with her in two seconds flat.

If you looked at me,
like you look at her
everyone in the neighborhood they’d hear me purr.
You say you want to please me, but you don’t know how.
Just make me feel like the cat’s meow

and treat me like your cat,
treat me like that.
Treat me like a cat, treat me like that
Meow.

(more coming)

females on fire album 1

A Little Bit of Gold

Penelope Torribio
(this was written after the death of a 17 year old
girl the news called a prostitute and acted like
Her life was of no value. I wrote lots of prostitute
song, giving reasons for her turning to prostitution
and then I decided it didn't matter what the reasons
were her life still had value, so I wrote this song about
a woman who turned to prostitution because she was good
at it.

Penelope

You come up here with a question and a kiss,
why’s a girl like me doing a thing like this.
I’ll gladly tell you why I chose this livelihood,
it’s not from necessity, it’s because I’m so damn good.

And I can make you tremble from your head down to your toes,
raise you to a height where’ll you’ll gladly sell your soul.
The music of my body is something to behold
and all it’s going to cost you know is a little bit of gold.

I didn't’t want to drown in no typing pool,
or play all those silly games just to get through school.
I din’t want to work in no restaurant,
so I make my living knowing what you want.

I have all the passion of an infant child who weeps,
and I can bring a burning that will not let you sleep.
You don’t have to fight your flaming desires,
cause with your body next to mine you’re going to need your fire.

Songs Not Recorded Yet

Let the Little Boy Free

He's Acting Real Tough

He's nine years old and acting like twenty
he doesn't have a daddy and he doesn't have a mommy.
He's fussing and a fighting, cussing and a biting,
He's acting real tough, but he's a little boy frightened.

He doesn't have friends because he doesn't know how.
He's a lonely little boy rapping little Bow Wow.
He's says stay away, but that's not what he means,
he's a contradiction in little blue jeans.

He's nine years old, feeling all alone
Talking like a gangster, pretending that he's grown.
he's fussing and a fighting, cussing and a biting,
He's acting real tough, but he's a little boy frightened.

He's pretty smart, but not in school.
He's always in trouble, breaking all the rules.
He says he doesn't care, but that's not what he means.
He's a contradicting in little blue jeans.

Well things haven't been fair, they haven't been just.
He needs somebody that he can trust.
It won't be easy but we got to find a key
to let the little boy fly, set the little boy free.

I Want to Be You.

I want to be you, you want to be me,
Seems everyone a wanna be,
but I’m going to set myself free,
I’m gonna love love love love being me.

I wake up in the morning,
Look in the mirror what do I see,
Some one in my reflection who does not want to be me,
but I’m going to set myself free,
I’m gonna love love love love being me.

I’ve giving up jealousy, putting away envy,
I’m going to count my blessings and all the good things I have in me.
The Stars aren’t jealous of the moon, the moon doesn't’t envy the sun.
I have learned there’s lots of room, room for everyone to shine.

I want to be you, you want to be me,
Seems everyone a wanna be,
but I’m going to set myself free,
I’m gonna love love love love being me.

I’m to wake up in the morning, (pause)
look into the mirror and tip my hat, tip my hat is voiced raised)
I’m going smile at my reflection
and I bet that it will smile right back. ( staccato)

The Stars aren’t jealous of the moon, the moon doesn't’t envy the sun.
I have learned there’s lots of room, room for everyone to shine.

I want to be you, you want to be me, seems everyone a wanna be
but I’m going to set myself free
I’m gonna love love love love being me.

June 2009, not recorded as yet.

Penelope Torribio
singingaboutlife.net