Lyrics and music by Bud & Budd ~ The Kind Buds ©2006-2014  BMI



HOW LUCKY
A window of opportunity came over me like a breeze
tried to reach out and grab it but I stumbled to my knees.
Might of been my dreams that got me back on my feet
now I'm gazin' out the window and I'm staring at defeat.

How lucky can you get?
What's it like when all your dreams are met?
How lucky can you get?  Tell me, how lucky.

Might of been a strong desire, a will to succeed
but I lost hold of the reigns, got no horses left to lead.
Need to take a few more chances, shoot for the stars
cause lately when I'm walking, I don't care how far.

How lucky can you get?
What's it like when all your dreams are met?
How lucky can you get?  Tell me, how lucky.

Working toward a purpose, one day at a time
seems like every passing moment is another uphill climb.
Keep on pressing forward, never gonna stop
working toward a future with a view from the top.

How lucky can you get?
What's it like when all your dreams are met?
How lucky can you get?  Tell me, how lucky.
Tell me, how lucky. Very, very lucky.

OUT OF THE EARTH
Out of the earth are coming children's’ faces
They’re crawling out of their hiding places
Whatever world whatever one embraces
We’ve got the coming together of all the human races

One at a time we’re gonna rise up singing
Step by step gonna walk a little lighter on the earth

It’s a crying shame to be stuck with roses
Or maybe locked out in the rain when the last door closes
But whatever world whatever one supposes
Wild nature’s reappearing right under our noses

And one at a time we’re gonna rise up singing
Step by step gonna walk a little lighter on the earth

‘Cause out of the earth are coming children's’ faces
They’re crawling out of their hiding places
Whatever world whatever one embraces
We’ve got the coming together of all the human races

And one at a time we’re gonna rise up singing
Step by step gonna walk a little lighter on the earth
Yeah, one at a time we’re gonna rise up singing
Step by step gonna walk a little lighter on the earth


ECHOES
Echoes in my head, turning, turning.
Visions in my mind, burning, burning.
Life is a lesson and we're learning.
Echoes and visions returning.
Life is a lesson and we're learning.

Voices calling, teardrops falling.
Voices calling, teardrops falling.
Life is a highway and we're hauling.
No time to quit, no time for stalling.
Life is a highway and we're hauling.

Echoes in my head, turning, turning.
Visions in my mind, burning, burning.
Life is a lesson and we're learning.
Echoes and visions returning.
Life is a lesson and we're learning.

Life is a lesson and we're burning.

 

 

 


BURGER QUEEN
In the Home of the Whopper Susie feels like a queen
Like a person portrayed in a teen magazine
Burger, fries and Pepsi
a flick of the wrist to make the register ring
Order after order order in the court of the Burger King

She doesn’t know how to marry whether for money or love
She never seems to find both in boys she thinks highly of
She could always stay single, have a career
and probably move to New York
Find a steady lover there to help her drink champagne
and maybe pop the cork

But Susie’s so cautious in love overly sensitive, cruel
She never listens to Mama
but she never stays home from school
She often dreams of horses
having a pony she can call her own
A friend she can depend on to spirit her away
and take her far, far, far from home

But here in the Home of the Whopper
Susie feels like a queen
Like a person portrayed in a teen magazine
Burger, fries and Pepsi
a flick of the wrist to make the register ring
Order after order order in the court of the Burger King

‘Cause she wants to go down to the corner
wants to go out to eat
Wants a prepackaged program to make her complete
But a Friendly ice cream cone isn’t the only thing she’s looking for up town
No, she’s searching for a lifestyle a simple explanation for the Burger King crown.


DESTINY WAITS (HEY, HEY, HEY)
Hey, hey, hey - Don't you want it?
Hey, hey, hey - You're going to get it!

Walking a trail, need a little traction,
made up your mind, going to make a new start.
Ferns on the path all point in one direction,
it's all in your mind 'till it gets to your heart.

It's all in your mind 'till it gets to your heart.
It's all in your mind 'till it gets to your heart.

Give it your all, make the best of it,
good as it gets 'till you find the best part.
Out on the road, there's no doubt about it,
it's all in your mind 'till it gets to your heart.

It's all in your mind 'till it gets to your heart.
It's all in your mind 'till it gets to your heart.

Give yourself time, it will all come together.
Walk a straight line, it will be okay.
A day at a time, if it takes you forever.
Destiny waits now be on your way...
Destiny waits now be on your way...
Destiny waits now be on your way...
Destiny waits...

 

 

 




NEW WORLD ORDER
Come on now let’s have no more violence on the earth
And in this world where freedom slips from us at birth
Don’t believe that the only way to be
is watching your TV and thinking everything’s OK
We won the Cold War and hey
This is the New World Order

Now if it’s true the USA is number one
Then it’s because we make such killer high-tech guns
And we go selling all out military duds
Our antiquated Scuds to any sick-o at the block
Who’d rather die than talk
Here in this New World Order

No matter who it was that brought the towers down
It looks like terror is the hot new game in town
We’ll get that oil flowing out of every ‘Stan
I just know we can now that we’ve bombed
the perfect routes, so we can build to suit
here in this New World Order

Now I don’t know who has all the money in the world
But somehow I wish that it could be a little girl
Who only wants to see that everything’s all right
and everyone sleeps tight
that there’s no hunger on the earth
She could show us what it’s worth
To have a New World Order

So come on now let’s have no more
violence on the earth
In this new world where civil rights are lost at birth
Don’t believe that the only way to be
is watching your TV and thinking everything’s OK
We’ll win this War and hey
This is the New World Order



PROBLEMS AND BLAME
It seems we have a problem, of that we can be sure.
There is no certain solution, so why continue this war?
We took too much for granted, we don't know who to trust.
Problems, blame, and problems - How can this be just?

If it's not us, then who is them?
And, how can they do so much damage?
How in this world will we ever survive?
How in the world will we manage?

Nothing new about it, same old song and dance.
Problems, blame, and problems, let's give peace a chance. We're left in this condition, so many broken hearts.
Problems, blame, and problems, too many missing parts.

If it's not us, then who is them?
And, how can they do so much damage?
How in this world will we ever survive?
How in the world will we manage?

It seems we have a problem, of that we can be sure.
Problems, blame, and problems, why continue this war?
Problems, blame, and problems, why continue this war?

 

 

 

 

 

 



KILLER NECKTIES
Compact a Cadillac another business contact
hoping the economy grows
Climbing up the ladder it doesn’t seem to matter when you
step on the people below

Well, there’s a swarm of killer neckties
they're out on the loose
Without a warning they’ll attack you
and tighten the noose
Of all the neckties and sore eyes that turn away
People passing by me and I wave

Cough it up, profit, make the grade
Forget about the people when the bill is fully paid
Big business. bureaucracy is all the same
Substitute a number for your name

Well, there’s a swarm of killer neckties
Out on the loose
Without a warning they’ll attack you and you’ll
tighten the noose
Of all the neckties and sore eyes that turn away
People passing by me and I wave

Walking down the street it’s a sunny day
People passing by me so I smile and I wave
At all the neckties and sore eyes that turn away
People passing by me so I wave

Well, there’s a swarm of killer neckties
Out on the loose
Without a warning they’ll attack you and you’ll
tighten the noose
Of all the neckties and sore eyes that turn away
People passing by me and I wave


KEEP UP
Seasons change, days go by
Time gets on and so do I
As I grow older, times goes faster everyday
So I try to keep up in the moment of the day.

Those days ago, long in the past
are only memories we hope will last.
The clothing and photographs
We've kept all stored away
as a keepsake from a moment of a day.

Seasons change, days go by
Time gets on and so do I
As I grow older, times goes faster everyday
So I try to keep up in the moment of the day.
Yeah I'll try to keep up in the moment of the day .
Yeah I'll try to keep up in the moment of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


I CONTINUE...
I continue to like it
I like it more and more
It’s just like the fantasy
That I lived on before

Splash me with water, dunk my head
Under the water, eyes all red
I study the bottom
Before I come up for air
Did you know that all the plants below there
They think that water, water is air

And I continue to like it
I like it more and more
It’s just like the fantasy
That I lived on before

So just relax and don’t be angry
Please lay back don’t despair
Lay your thoughts on the table
There is love there is love everywhere

Unicorns play in the streets at night
They run away to find a lady in white
While small woodland creatures look on
and dance to the tune
Of the breeze in the pine trees
lit up by the moon

And I continue to like it
I like it more and more
It’s just like the fantasy
That I lived on before


SERPENT'S TEMPTATION
When the serpent comes full circle
Spies the tip of his tail
He says "A-HA, I found the secret.
I have seen, the Holy Grail"

He motions for the apple
Delicious, ripe, and red
'Cause temptation is the sweetest
When it's juicy and served in bed

Now when Adam seized the apple
He knows his plan will not fail
He says let's slice it into two pieces
If it's juicy, we found the grail

He reaches for the apple
Delicious, ripe, and red
'Cause temptation is the sweetest
When it's juicy and served in bed

We have wandered out of Africa
We have spread to distant lands
With a language sometimes unspoken
With our thumbs opposed our hands

Hands that reach out for the apple
Delicious, ripe, and red
'Cause temptation is the sweetest
When it's juicy and served in bed

Yeah we reach out for the apple
delicious, ripe, and red
'Cause temptation is the sweetest
When it's juicy and served in bed
served in bed

CAPTAIN OF THE TRIP
Had a miracle happen, seems like the other day
It's been years and years but it still won't fade away
When the lightning struck, the music never stopped
Thunder clapped and everybody dropped

Dancin' hippies, bears and bones, everyone feelin' fine
Usually just a few days here and gone,
Then we'd beat it on down the line

Water, wind, and fire.   Earth, air and rain
From outer-space, drums tapping at your window pane
Love gets passed like a torch in the night,
Through a window on Mars in the double moon light
Tie-dyes fade but the light and the love remain

He may be gone, but like a echo from a song,
He may be gone, but he's still hangin' around

Had a miracle happen, seems like the other day
It's been years and years and it still won't fade away
The cards got blown from the deck of the ship,
Each of us turned to the captain of the trip
With tears in our eyes, we had to let him go

Doesn't really matter and we don't really know
How the music lives on long after the show
All we know is it just never fades away
Never fades away
Never fades away
Never fades away