Dana Clark Music

Good Day, Mr. Gooday
Copyright 1979 Dana Clark 

CHORUS: Good day. Mr. Gooday 
What do you say, Mr. Gooday? 
Oh, by the way, Mr. Gooday 
You might as well make up your mind to stay 
'Cause now that I've got you, you won't get away 

VERSE: Good day, Mr. Gooday, she said with a smile 
She said, come here and sit by me for awhile 
You know, I was hoping we could have a chat 
You see I kinda like your cute little hat 

You say, Mr. Gooday, you're living alone 
You need a nice lady to take you home 
And maybe just a little tender loving care 
Well, right this way for a red hot affair 

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BRIDGE: Well, you might think I'm outa line 
And you might say I've lost my mind 
But I know I like you 
I think you'd like me, too 
If you knew what I'd do to you, Mr. Gooday 
To you, Mr. Gooday 

VERSE:  This way, Mr. Gooday, now I'll lock the door 
And we won't have to hesitate anymore 
There's one thing I would like to suggest 
I think it might be time for us to get undressed 

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Good day, Mr. Gooday 
What do you say, Mr. Gooday? 
Good day, Mr. Gooday

 

Homemade Dresses and Homemade Songs 
Copyright 1979  Dana Clark

VERSE: Cornfields in the summertime 
Blue skies where the clouds roll by 
Gardens full of butterflies 
Crickets singing through the night 
Bare feet and a dusty road 
A can of worms and a fishing pole 
Afternoons that never end 
Roller skates and my best friend 

VERSE: See it so clear when I close my eyes 
I guess I'll always wonder why 
Time must pass and things must change 
Even me, I feel so strange 
Lingers on in my memory 
Just the way it used to be 
So many years and miles away 
Seems like it was yesterday 

CHORUS: Grandpa always took me fishing 
Grandma taught me right from wrong 
My sister made me learn to sing "Amazing Grace" 
Daddy helped me to be strong 
My Mama made the things that money couldn't buy me 
Homemade dresses and homemade songs
Homemade dresses and homemade songs 

VERSE: Time seemed like it moved so slow 
The winter we had all the snow 
Warm inside, no place to go 
We could hear the cold wind blow 
Faces smiled in the fire glow 
Piano and a fiddle and an old banjo 
Mama sang high, Papa sang low 
Now it seems so long ago

VERSE: I packed my suitcase full of songs 
I said "I won't be gone too long" 
How was I to know that when you leave 
You can't return again 
Things don't ever stay the same 
Time and love can't be reclaimed 
What is past is surely gone 
But the memories come back so strong 

CHORUS: Grandpa always took me fishing 
Grandma taught me right from wrong 
My sister made me learn to sing "Amazing Grace" 
Daddy helped me to be strong 
My Mama made the things that money couldn't buy me 
Homemade dresses and homemade songs 
Homemade dresses and homemade songs

 

Mama's Got New Shoes 
Copyright 1979 Dana Clark 

VERSE: Mama's got new shoes 
And her eyes are shining, shining 
Mama shook her blues 
And she stopped her crying, crying 
She's making up for lost time 
Looking so good 
Feeling so fine 

CHORUS: Now she's got new shoes 
New shoes 
She's romancing, dancing 
Now she's got new shoes 

VERSE: Mama's been staying home feeling low 
Crying real tears and blowing her nose 
Singing sad songs about loneliness 
Sleeping alone, looking a mess 

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BRIDGE: Mama, you're really changing your style 
You traded those tears for a big, bright smile 
Daddy may not love you like he used to do 
But he's not the only daddy for you 

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VERSE: Mama's been digging this living alone 
Having so many callers on the telephone 
She turned his picture face to the wall 
And ever since she's been having a ball 

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She's got new shoes. She's stepping out!

 

Mary Lou's Cafe 
Copyright 1979 Dana Clark

VERSE: Well, out one night to shake my blues 
I headed down to Mary Lou’s 
A greasy spoon that was second to none 
Get a bite to eat and have a little fun 

VERSE: There was soup on the stove and pie on the shelf 
And there was good old Mary Lou herself 
Over by the griddle just raisin’ hell 
With a job to do and a story to tell 

CHORUS: Mary Lou—oooooooo 
Real home cookin’ like your mama’s best 
Real good lookin’ as you mighta guessed 
Mary Lou 

VERSE: She’d be doing so much you just couldn’t keep up 
Frying bacon and eggs, filling coffee cups 
Cooking forty-three meals at the very same time 
Clearing off the counter making change for a dime 

VERSE: She’d keep a dozen conversations going all at once 
Listen to your troubles as she cooked your lunch 
Balance eighteen orders in the palm of her hand 
Give you all you can eat ‘til it was all you could stand 

CHORUS: Mary Lou—oooooooo 
Swear you gone to heaven after just one bite 
Guaranteed to give a dying man an appetite 
Mary Lou 

VERSE: Well, it wasn’t very long ‘til we observed 
She began to get the recognition she deserved 
Barbara Walters came to town to do an interview 
And there was Mary Lou on the five o’clock news 

VERSE: On her birthday Jimmy Carter helped her celebrate 
By proclaiming it a national holiday 
They put her in the latest book of Who’s Who 
Gave her the Nobel Prize for her chicken stew 

CHORUS: Mary Lou—oooooooo 
Real home cookin’ like your mama’s best 
Real good lookin’ as you might have guessed 
Mary Lou—oooooooo 
Swear you gone to heaven after just one bite 
Guaranteed to give a dying man an appetite 
Mary Lou 

VERSE: But early every morning you’ll still find her there 
But you’ll be lucky if you find yourself a chair 
She’ll be over by the griddle just raising hell 
With a job to do and a story to tell 

CHORUS: Mary Lou—oooooooo 
Real home cooking like your mama’s best 
Real good looking like you might have guessed 
Mary Lou—oooooooo 
Swear you gone to heaven after just one bite 
Guaranteed to give a dying man an appetite 
Got more fire than a stick of dynamite 
Mary Lou 
Mary Lou 

 

Rock 'n' Rollin'
Copyright 1979 Dana Clark

VERSE: Under the spotlight
Cool in the hot light
Where they belong
Singing it strong
Smiling and shy
Fingers that fly
Brothers in song
Take me along
Melody in harmony
Melody in harmony

VERSE: Carries a spark
Straight from the heart
Burning me now
Showing me how
Flaming desire
Sets me a-fire
There ain't no doubt
Can't do without that
Melody in harmony
Melody in harmony

CHORUS: But when they get to rock 'n' rollin'
They can really find the soul inside the rhythm of the beat
And when they shout it out that way
There ain't no doubt about the way
They're gonna knock you off your feet
They put on such a show they're gonna
Really get you going out and 
Dancing down the street
They always give it all they got
And you can tell they got a lot
When they sing it, oh, so sweet

VERSE: Play what they feel
You know it's real
Hear what they say
Don't turn away
Sing it so tender
Make you surrender
Lead you astray
Whenever they play that
Melody in harmony
Melody in harmony
Can't you hear it?
They're calling to you
Can't you feel it?
They're pulling each other through
Each one has the magic
To set the other free
Each one holds a secret
And the other holds the key

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Ride, Ride, Ride 
Copyright 1979 Dana Clark 

VERSE::Daddy drove a truck and I guess I always knew 
That's why Mama cried, the way she used to do 
He'd never be at home long, a day or two is all 
'Til he'd look down the road, take his had down from the wall 

CHORUS: Then he'd ride, ride, ride down that endless highway 
Chasing a dream as the miles rolled away 
Driving all day just to reach the night time 
Driving through the night to find a brand new day 

VERSE: One day he called me to him, and he said, "I'm not surprised 
"To see you got your Daddy's far-away look in your eyes 
"I guess you're just like me, Girl, we're two of a kind 
"We'll always be a-searching for something we can't find" 

CHORUS: "You're gonna ride, ride, ride down that endless highway 
Chasing a dream as the miles roll away 
Driving all day just to reach the night time 
Driving through the night to find a brand new day 

VERSE: Just a few days later, I finally realized 
That he had gone for good, and he'd tried to tell me why 
I've spent so many years now, living on this road 
Looking for the father that left so long ago 

CHORUS: Now I ride, ride, ride down that endless highway 
Chasing a dream as the miles roll away 
Driving all day just to reach the night time 
Driving through the night to find a brand new day 
Driving through the night to find a brand new day

 

The Gypsy
Copyright 1979 Dana Clark

My horses labor slowly 'til we reach the top
Ravens cry around us, the creaking wagon stops
Thunder rumbles in the air, the wind begins to blow
Already word is spreading in the valley down below

You can hear the people calling, "The gypsy has returned
"To make the rivers rise again, to make the night winds burn
"To curse the fields and flocks and bring a darkness to the land
"To rob us of our souls unless we do as she commands"

CHORUS: I have moondust in my pocket, magic up my sleeve
And I have spells enough to make the doubters all believe
Chants and incantations to bring you to your knees
Try until you die, but you never will be free
From this black almighty power that the devil gave to me

VERSE: They bring their flaming torches to burn my wagon down
And I can feel them coming though they never make a sound
But long before they reach me, I'll leap upon their backs
A-biting and a-scratching as a cat of midnight black

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First Day of Spring
Copyright 1979 Dana Clark

VERSE: You know how it feels the first day it's real sunny outside
When it's been cold with ice and snow and a gloomy sky
Watch the snow melt, no, you never felt so fine
Birds can't help but sing
The first day of spring

VERSE: Ain't got no worries, ain't in a hurry. I do as I please
I'll be flying my kite and I even might climb a few trees
Ride 'round the lake on my roller skates, chasing the breeze
Swing on all the swings
The first day of spring

BRIDGE: This must be spring fever 'cause I'm so light on my feet
When I get this happy I can't eat or sleep
Since I woke up this morning I felt like a child
With the sun shining on me all I can do, all I can do is smile!
Smile, smile, smile!
The first day of spring

VERSE: Run down the street in my bare feet. What do I care?
With spring in the air I'd almost dare go completely bare
Wear my summer smile to be in style and let the people stare
I'm up for anything
The first day of spring