Singer Songwriter
Grow Up?
A song about the dangers of growing up. To surfing, bonfires, beers and staying forever young. From the back pages of my Santa Cruz days.
What You Deserve
This tune was written in homage to John Prine, my favorite folk artist. He could write a lyric that straddles that fine line between silly and sad. He can take the ordinary and make it seem extraordinary.
Drip, Drip, Drip
I danced with the devil
I stepped on his tail
Got drunk in a tavern
Found Jesus in jail
Drank enough beer
To piss me an ocean
It’s hard to get lost
When ya don’t care where you’re going
I bummed me a smoke
fired up a light
Now I’m stuck in this tree
Like a tattered old kite
Chased a few rainbows
Searching for a pot of gold
When I was young
Never thought I’d grow old
Times a wad of gum
stuck on your shoe
you can try and out run it
but it’ll catch up with you
Fates a leaky faucet
That drip, drip, drips
What you deserves
Is usually what you get
One night stands
Well, I had me a few
When it comes to loving
Bit off more than I could chew.
Made some mistakes
Yeah, I paid my dues
Smashed my TV
Tired of, the same ole bad news
You might say I’m crazy
Nutty as a fruit cake
If the fish ain’t bitting
It’s time to change your bait.
Chased a few rainbows
Searching for a pot of gold
When I was young
Never thought I’d grow old
Fates a wad of gum
stuck on your shoe
you can try to out run it
but it’ll catch up with you
Time’s a leaky faucet
That goes drip, drip, drips
The good times I’ll remember
The bad ones I’ll forget
You Can’t Kill A Man When He’s Already Dead
Song composed and preformed by Victor S. Uriz II
You Can’t Kill A Man, When He’s Already Dead
Pinueta’s a village in a Mexican Valley
Across the river from the Federalizes
Where the rain does not fall and that land it is dry
And the crops do not grow and the farmers they cry
The Gringos they come with their money and cars
and bargain with peasants while they smoke their cigars
Acedro says someday I’ll swim that big river
And send back the money to my mother and sisters
His father he died when he was still small
The smell of Tequila is all he recalls
When he asked his mother all she said
Is you can’t kill a man when he’s already dead
Vocal Improv
Well, all he took was the shirt on his back
The river was swift and the night it was black
The search lights they turned the land to a stage
Where the actors are strong and the performance is brave
Acedro was caught and put behind bars
The nights they pass slow when you can’t see the stars
Something it broke, deep down inside
The shame he felt he could not hide
When the news found his mother all she said
Is you can’t kill a man when he’s already dead
Vocal Improv
Fallen Angel
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Fallen Angel By Victor Uriz-piano and vocals
You say you left home, you took a chance or two
No matter where you go, seems like hard times followed you
You try to smile and you try to believe
The way things are, are the way they should be
Fallen angel I think you know
What I’m talking about
Lying awake you try to forget
The things we want, it seems we never could get
You’re feeling it now, I’m feeling it too
What was one, is now again two
Its all the same, no matter where you go
Everybody’s lonely, they just don’t let it show
Sometimes hearts, fall apart
Love can leave you blind
Now where do you go, how do you start again
Is this the way things suppose to end
Fallen angel, I think you know
What I’m talking about
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