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Ain't Pretty Being Easy

by Roger Lehman

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1.
Cold November Rain 03:21
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OLD NOVEMBER RAIN Another midnight in the cold November rain, Another year without Mom and I can feel the coming holiday pain, Feeling cold and lonely and all the way to the bone, I miss my brothers and my sisters and I'm out in the rain all alone, The lights that used to guide me through the stormy nights have all gone out, I'm left here on my own, and I'm filed with doubt, All the familiar sign posts are gone, I can't find them anymore, Guess I'll just keep moving forward, to see what's next in store I stopped into a tavern, I needed to take a break from myself, Can't stand my own company, I'd rather be with anybody else, The man in the corner handed me his guitar and said "hey play us a song", So this is what I played, and everybody sang along Another midnight in the cold November rain, Another year without Mom and I can feel the coming holiday pain, Feeling cold and lonely and all the way to the bone, I miss my brothers and my sisters and I'm out in the rain all alone, The lights that used to guide me through the stormy nights have all gone out, I'm left here on my own, and I'm filed with doubt, All the familiar sign posts are gone, I can't find them anymore, Guess I'll just keep moving forward, to see what's next in store copyright 2009 – Roger Lehman All Rights Reserved
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Enough For Everyone 03:41
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Enough For Everyone There is all the food, we'll ever need for everyone There is all the heat, we'll need to keep everyone warm, There is no lack of anything, we don't need to beware, There is more than enough for everyone, if we will only share, Many will tell you that you need, to have more than you have, It's prob'ly 'cause what they're selling, is what they say you lack, Fear sells every time, this is what they have found, In order to control you, they must keep you down, There are those who speak of faith, and yet they live in fear, They walk around afraid, creating their own self-torture They're not only not happy now, but they never really were, They have lived regretting the past, and in fear of the future, If this was my only choice, of the way to live my life, You could cancel my subscription, 'cause I would rather die, I refuse to live in fear, I will not subscribe to lack, Sharing with one another, will bring the happiness back, There is all the food, we'll ever need for everyone There is all the heat, we'll need to keep everyone warm, There is no lack of anything, we don't need to beware, There is more than enough for everyone, if we will only share, copyright 2009 - Roger Lehman All Rights Reserved
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In Motion 03:33
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In Motion You know I feel a restlessness that I just can't explain, When I sit on my front porch and hear the whistle of that train, Something stirs within me 'cause in my heart I know, That train is going places that I will never go, I was born a wanderlust like being on the move, If I sit still too long I get to feeling blue, Doesn't matter where I'm going, as long as I'm on the go, Headed toward some place, that I don't already know, Old familiar comforts, they don't comfort me, There is no one place in the world I've always longed to be, If I stick in one place too long it starts to bring me down, Next house, next farm, next place, next town Next house, next farm, next place, next town Next house, next farm, next place, next town copyright 2009 – Roger Lehman
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Ain't PrettyBeing Easy 04:08
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Ain't Pretty Being Easy A few decades ago, When I was young and handsome, My Grandpa was an elderly man, And of course I was his grandson, I remember how gross I thought it was, to see old men in shorts and tank tops, It seemed that some things should be seen in public, and other things should not, Why would they run around looking this way, Varicose veins and saggy skin, They had all that stuff just hangin' out, Warts and liver spots on exposed limbs, But what I failed to realize, With my hard body and my golden hair, Is that these guys had one up on me, because they no longer even cared, Time has passed, and I have become, one of these old men I used to wonder about, I walk around all day in comfort, with all kinds of gross stuff hanging out, I guess I finally understand, what perplexed me for so many years, When you reach a certain age, you just don't care and you have no fear, So for any of you youngsters out there, Wondering like I used to do, Don't waste your time thinking about it, You'll understand in a decade or two, The next time you see one of us casual geezers, And it makes you feel a bit queazy, That's 'cause for you it ain't easy being pretty, And for us it ain't pretty being easy. copyright 2009 - Roger Lehman All Rights Reserved
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There's No Going Home 03:24
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There’s No Going Home My high school sweetheart’s pregnant, and already a single mother of four, And all of my best buddies, Don’t live there any more, All of my favorite places, Have been remodeled or torn down, And though I often miss it, There’s no going back to my home town, Tried to call an old friend yesterday, To find out he died two years ago, And they tell me last Christmas, There was rain instead of snow, What I once considered sacred ground, Is now covered by a fast food store, And the pretty girl they crowned the prom queen, Now walks the streets as a whore, So there ain’t no use in missing, A place that no longer exists, And there’s no sense in entertaining, Nostalgia and what ifs, It’s like listening to silence, Where there used to be a sound, And though I often miss it, There’s no going back to my home town. copyright 1982 – Roger Lehman All Rights Reserved
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No Promises, No Lies 03:16
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No Promises, No Lies Don’t tell me that you’ll call tomorrow, And I won’t tell you that I’m going to write, Don’t tell me that our parting brings you sorrow, Let’s not call it wrong or right, Don’t make a promise we can’t keep, Those easily turn into lies, I’m in love with what we have this moment, It works to kill the loneliness inside, No Promises, No Lies, I don’t own you and you don’t own me, No Promises, No Lies, It’s just nice we can set each other free, I’d like to think that this could last forever, But I’ve felt that way so many times before, I’ve learned that I’ve no contract on the future, I’ve learned to say thanks without expecting more, No Promises, No Lies, I don’t own you and you don’t own me, No Promises, No Lies, It’s just nice we can set each other free. composed 1987 copyright 2009 – Roger Lehman All Rights Reserved
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Old Danny Francis 03:29
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Old Danny Francis I knew old Danny Francis, We drank wine on my back porch, He told me stories about the railroad, He told me stories about the war, He had an eighth grade education, He had a PhD in life, I taught his son to play guitar, I buried him with his wife, He held a rifle on Okinawa beach, When he was only seventeen, Lied about his age to get into the Army, He grew up fast, his instincts were keen, An Army Colonel took him under his wing, Gave him a high school education, While he crossed the Atlantic Ocean, On his way to fight for our nation, He went to work for the railroad, When he came home from the war, It was the best of jobs to have back then, Who could have wanted more? I knew old Danny Francis, We drank wine on my back porch, He told me stories about the railroad, He told me stories about the war, I knew old Danny Francis, He died some time ago, I'll miss him the rest of my life, They don't make men like that anymore. copyright 2009 - Roger Lehman All Rights Reserved
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Out On A Limb 02:59
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Out On A Limb I went out on a limb, and the tree walked away, I decided to go for broke, and I went all the way, Well now that I am out here, there's no way to return, I don't regret it, I want to go down in flames, watch me burn, A life with too much security, is just death in disguise, I want to live on the edge, I want to live before I die, I've looked down the barrel of a gun, And lived to talk about it, My nerves have been set on fire, I can't imagine life without it, Boredom is the monster that I fear, I fear it most of all, It makes my muscles soft, It makes my senses dull, It stops my neurons from firing, It makes my awareness weak, It atropies my survival skills, Puts me into a deadly sleep, So let's play the music up all the way, As fast as it will go, Let's play music like mainiacs, Let sweat form pools on the floor, Let's look death in the eye, flip it the bird, tell it to go fly a kite, Ultimately death will win, But it doesn't have a chance in hell tonight. copyright 2009 - Roger Lehman All Rights Reserved
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Songwriting 101 03:22
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Songwriting 101 When my heart is troubled, I hurt much more than you, The world should just stop spinning, When I am feeling blue, I can solve all the world's problems, Because God speaks directly to me, And I am so evolved, probably more than you could ever be, I am the only one who's heart was ever broken, I am the only one to whom God has ever spoken, I am the only one who ever needed to be set free, I am the only one because the universe is me, I have tremendous insight, so much greater than you, I've done greater things, than you could ever do, Even though I've never been hungry, even though I've never been in need, My concerns matter the most, 'cause its all about me, me, me, I am the only one who's heart was ever broken, I am the only one to whom God has ever spoken, I am the only one who ever needed to be set free, I am the only one because the universe is me, If you will pretend That I'm so great, I will graciously play along, Just put my needs ahead of yours, while I sing my selfish song, Just give me all of your attention, then maybe you will see, That the only thing that should matter to us both, is me, I am the only one who's heart was ever broken, I am the only one to whom God has ever spoken, I am the only one who ever needed to be set free, I am the only one because the universe is me, copyright 2008 - Roger Lehman All Rights Reserved
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Time Warp 03:48
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Time Warp I guess it’s been over a month, but it seems like yesterday, Been stuck in a strange sort of time warp, since she passed away, Time has stopped moving forward, and instead moves from side to side, I want to vomit all my cotton candy; I’ve been made sick from this carnival ride, Must’ve filled the gas tank a dozen times, but I really can’t remember, Was it ten years ago or just yesterday, that terrible day in September? The sun was actually shinning that day, but the sun was no longer warm, It was the coldest damn seventy degrees ever, when my heart from its chest was torn, Food no longer tastes the same, can’t tell the salt from the jelly, I manage to laugh every once in a while, but it no longer comes from my belly, This wit that used to be so sharp, has now become rusty and dull, Just when I thought I knew everything, I discovered I knew nothing at all, There must be a way to continue, there must be a way to survive, I’ll have to learn how to live all over again, in this new place where she’s not alive, I’ll need to be supported, so reach down and take my hand, And Lord now that you’ve taught me sorrow, I could use a break before you teach me again. copyright 2007 – Roger Lehman All Rights Reserved
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Piano for 4 Hands

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A very spiritually oriented album and yet, at times, very "down to earth". Also some comedy such as in tracks 4 and 9.

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released January 13, 2020

Written, arranged, recorded, and mixed by Roger Lehman. All vocals and instrumentation performed by Roger Lehman. Copyright 2009 - Roger Lehman. Registered with BMI.

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Roger Lehman Columbus, Ohio

I started playing (Bass) and singing with a band when I was 14 years old. My first studio experience was1n 1974 at 22 years old. Writing, arranging and recording is all I ever wanted to do.

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