Driving down this lonely road
Searching for salvation on my radio
Sputtering static, a glimmer of hope
Found my independent radio
Turn it up, cause I’m feeling it now

Save me from the preachers and bad talk shows
Save me from corporate radio
Play me a song that will move my sould
Give me independent radio
Turn it up, cause I’m feeling it now

Give me indie, give me independent radio

From country to blues to rock and roll
The gospel to the funk to the zydeco
The swamps to the Delta to the cotton rows
The downtown streets where the buskers go
Turn it up, cause I’m feeling it now

Give me indie, give me independent radio
Give me indie, give me something new because

I want radio that surprises me
I want radio that beguiles me
I want radio that educates me
Turn me on to something new
Don’t play the same old shit
Play something hip


I’m so over corporate radio
Selling superstars and their videos
Payola means that you pay to play
Here the same damn songs every single day
Turn it OFF, cause I need something real

Give me indie, give me independent radio
Give me indie, give me independent radio
Give me indie, give me independent radio
Give me indie, give me independent radio

Turn it up!

© 2015 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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Devil want to own you
Devil want to stone you
Devil want to spit in your eye
Devil want to tease you
Devil want to please you
Devil want to watch you slide

The devil he laughs when you lie
It’s all right
 
Devil want to hex you
Devil want to sex you
Devil wants you for the night
Devil she's good looking
Devil she's a cooking
Running her hand up your thigh

Cheat the devil every day
Cheat the devil every night
Cheat the devil any way that you can
 
Every time that I feel your love
That’s when I feel most alive
Every time that you rise above
I can feel your light
Shine
 
I know the devil very, very well
We are old friends
We talk every day
As he tries to sell me some sins
Now the devil, he’s tricky
But he can be beat
You can’t play by the rules, oh no…
You’ve gotta cheat!

 Dancing down in Austin, dancing up in Bawstun
Dancing down on Frenchmen Street
Dancing down in Melrose, dancing down in Soho
Dancing every where they got feet
Cheat the devil every day
I love you when you dance
Cheat the devil every single chance
 
Every time you can feel the love
That’s when you’re most alive
Every time that you rise above
I can see your light
Shine 
 
© 2019 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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Baby why when I try you can’t look me in the eye
Don’t know who for you is the apple of your eye
And you lie, and you smile and try to fool me with your guile
But I see, you and me, we have something to decide

And we try, and we try to hide it hide it hide it hide it
Yes we try, and we try to hide it hide it hide it hide it
There’s an elephant, yes an elephant
There’s an elephant in this room

Don’t know why you try to act so slinky and sly
Tell me who are you seeing baby on the side
Your kisses are listless, the fire is ebbing in your eyes
So tell me, yes tell me, what’s keeping you awake at night

And we try, and we try to hide it hide it hide it hide it
Yes we try, and we try to hide it hide it hide it hide it
There’s an elephant, yes an elephant
There’s an elephant in this room

Why are we so meek, so afraid to even speak?
It’s a crime, yours and mine, to waste any more precious time
Why are we afraid to just say what we really want?
Today, we just may, slay this elephant

And we try, and we try to hide it hide it hide it hide it
Yes we try, and we try to hide it hide it hide it hide it
There’s an elephant, yes an elephant
There’s an elephant in this room

© 2014 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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I see you
And I can tell from your eyes that you see me
I hear you
And you can hear the words I cannot speak
I feel you
I can feel your fire smoldering
And I wish that I could stay

I touch you
And I feel your body move into me
I hold you
We watch the winter moon disappearing
I kiss you
The sweet taste of your lips lingering
And I wish that I could stay

It’s so hard
It’s so hard
It’s so hard
So hard to walk away

It’s so warm here by the fire
As the rain and the wind blow outside
I’ve been so cold and tired
And I’d like to stay for a little while

I see you
I look into your eyes and the well is deep
I hear you
And I hear the words that you don’t have to speak
I feel you
And I can feel that you are feeling me
And I wish that I could stay

It’s so hard
It’s so hard
It’s so hard
So hard to walk away

© 2019 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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I love the way the heads turn when you walk into a room
I love the way you make me go into a swoon
I love your laughter how it’s bold and loud and wild and free
I love the way that I see you steal those secret looks at me
We both try to hide it but I think we both can see
You are the one for me

I love to see that sweet mischief in your eyes
I love the way that you flirt with all the guys
I love the way you walk and talk and your love of the taboo
I love the many things you make me want to do
I love the way you sass me just like a cat in heat
You are the one for me

Forbidden fruit from the hand of Eve
Nothing tastes quite as sweet
Forbidden fruit so beguiling
Baby don’t you agree?

I really love the way you whisper in my ear
I really love the way you smell when you are near
I love to see that shine and sparkle deep inside your smile
I really love the way that you know how to get wild
I love the way you touch me, pure electricity
You are the one for me

Forbidden fruit from the hand of Eve
Nothing tastes quite as sweet
Forbidden fruit so beguiling
Baby don’t you agree?

© 2016 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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High school lovers never far apart
He stole her mind, she stole his heart
They made promises, they made big plans
They had the whole world in the palm of their hands
They made love and dreamed of all the things they would do
Down in the Belmont Slough

Married young, just a couple of kids
Couldn’t seem to ever get ahead
Easy money rolling rich old johns
Until they ran into one that had a gun
They left him sinking down in the soft brown ooze
Down in the Belmont Slough

Then everything seemed to fall apart
She got so high she couldn’t play the part
He came unglued with the drugs and the booze
He got crazy, she got bruised
She looked him in the eye and she knew what she had to do
Down in the Belmont Slough

People asked her what happened to him
She said he left; I haven’t seen him since
Sometimes we trade away our hearts
For a little hope and a brand new start
She walks alone at night under a harvest moon
Down in the Belmont Slough

© 2015 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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Tired of being normal, tired of being good
Tired of wishing things would be just like they should
Tired of TV, I can’t stand this house
Got to get away, get out on the town

Tired of waiting waiting waiting around
For some fucking excitement in this one-horse town

Tired of being healthy, spending nights in the gym
I’m ready for some decadence, due for some sin
I’m tired of reading things to improve my mind
I want to learn some tricks of a different kind

Tired of waiting waiting waiting around
For some fucking excitement in this one-horse town
Tired of waiting waiting waiting around
Gonna make something happen, gonna get down

Go Loco
Time to take a little time out
Time for a new point of view
Time for a mental vacation
Time to find something new

The cold hard light of reality
Shows me all the things that I don’t want to see
My life as it is, the things I want to be
The gap between my dreams and reality

Where are my dreams?

Tired of playing all these games by the rules
Now I’m gonna play in the way that I choose
Tired of listening to the same old fools
It’s time for a brand new point of view

I’m tired of feeling this way all of the time
Tired of being the victim of my own crime
Tired of feeling toxic and paying the price
Got to figure out how to live this life

Go Loco
Time to take a little time out
Time for a new point of view
Time for a mental vacation
Time to find (try) something new

© 2019 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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Set me up.
Bring me another one…

Well, I’ve been…
Hurtin’ every morning
Less than charming
Somewhat alarming
Trying to fake my way thru every day

I’ve been…
Missin’ my baby
Seeing lots of ladies
More than a little bit shady
Trying to fill the hole that you left in my heart

I’ve been all around the world
And there’s one thing that I’ve learnt
Try as you can, you cannot fill a hole
A whole big world of hurt

And I’ve been…
Digging me a hole
Out of control
I’ve still got a long way to go
Its hard to behave when you’re digging your grave

I’ve been
Missing my best friend
Missing our trash talking
Trying to focus on walking
I wake up to find that I’m running out of time

I’ve been all around the world
And there’s one thing that I’ve learnt
Try as you can, you cannot fill a hole
A whole big world of hurt

Tried wine and women, drinking and sinning
But that just left me dry
Tried calling the hotline, calling on Jesus
They left me hanging on the line
I tried getting high on everything
But that just left me low
Guess I’ve tried just about everything
And it just left a bigger hole

I’ve been…
Considering mortality
Living existentially
Debating philosophy
Trying to explain everything

I’ve been all around the world
And there’s one thing that I’ve learnt
Try as you can, you cannot fill a hole
A whole big world of hurt

© 2009 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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Driving down a lonely desert highway
Cactus statues, tumbleweeds
Sunlight searing the pavement
Mirages shimmering…

I still can’t believe you left me
Can’t believe half the things I’ve seen
Left with so many questions
So many mysteries

I go snowblind so easily
Blinded by the light
It’s much too bright to see
I go snowblind

I’m still looking for a lover
I’m still daring destiny
I’m still searching for some sunshine
But I just can’t take the heat

I go snowblind so easily
Blinded by the light
It’s much too bright to see
I go snowblind

I can’t believe that I could lose my way
Feel my grip slip, slip away
I can’t believe that I could lose my way

From the desert to the mountains
And all the road left in between
So easy to miss what really matters
Can’t see the light…
Can’t see the light…
Can’t see what’s right in front of me

I go snowblind so easily
Blinded by the light
It’s much too bright to see
I go snowblind

© 2013 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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It’s been a long hot summer
Ain’t seen a single cloud in the sky
The heat on the highway shimmers
The cracks in the pavement are growing wide
Woh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

I can see trouble a’ comin’
I can see dark and threatening skies
I can smell trouble a’ comin’
And I think it’s coming tonight

What you gonna do when the river rise
What you gonna do when your time is nigh
What you gonna do when the river rise
What you gonna do when it’s your turn to cry
What you gonna do?

You never know what you’re really made of
Until your life is on the line
You never know what you’re really made of
Until it’s do or die

I need to ask you a question
I need to know whose side you are on
The moment of truth is a’ coming
I need to know if you will stand or run
Woh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

I can see trouble a’ comin’
I can see dark and threatening skies
I can smell trouble a’ comin’
And I think it’s coming tonight

What you gonna do when the river rise
What you gonna do when your time is nigh
What you gonna do when the river rise
What you gonna do when it’s your turn to cry
What you gonna do?

© 2018 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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All the lazy hazy days,
All the dreams washed away
The first cool breeze of the summertime
Blowing across your face
Leave your cares to the morning
Let today drift away
Take a trip to a place where nobody
Is afraid

We’re sailing away on a holiday cruise
Sailing away on a ship, ship of fools
On a ship, ship of fools

Waltz with me in the darkness
Glow like the moon
Stars blink on a bed of black velvet
As lovers swoon
Feel the warmth of the sunrise
Let your love flow like wine
Let your river run to an ocean
Of fathomless time

We’re sailing away on a holiday cruise
Sailing away on a ship, ship of fools
On a ship, ship of fools

The glow is disappearing
Fog come rolling in
Don’t know if we’ll ever be a comin’ back
Here again
Taste this precious moment
Feel it slip away
Hold on just a little big longer
Won’t you stay?
Won’t you stay?

© 2019 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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I was looking for something, you were looking too
Two lives intertwine under an orange Texas moon
From the first time I saw you, you stopped me dead in my tracks
Two lives intertwine, and we never looked back
 
And I’m gonna love you till the cows come home
Yes I’m gonna love you till kingdom come
 
Soon people were talking saying all this and all that
I never worry too much about what happens behind my back
Coz you had a boyfriend, I had a girlfriend too
Two lives intertwine, tell me what do you do?
 
And I’m gonna love you till the cows come home
Yes I’m gonna love you till kingdom come
 
The brightest fire, it can burn out
The brightest fire can slowly fade away
 
You've got to feed the fire to keep it alive
Feed the fire or it will slowly die
 
Now we're older and wiser, and better looking too
I can't help but laugh out loud at all the crazy things that we do
Life is an adventure, and we come a long way
Two lives intertwine, so c'mon baby let's play
 
© 2006 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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Sticky sticky sticky sweet summer heat
Too hot to handle, too hot to sleep
Long lazy days pass so slowly
Nighttime is the time that gets interesting

Catwalk down the alley, catwalk down the street
Something is simmering inside of me
Look into your window and what do I see
Big brown eyes staring back at me

I’d give anything just to come inside
And try a piece of your sweet potato pie

Burnin’ desire
Down in my soul
Burnin’ desire
C’mon open the door

Burn baby burn
Burn baby burn
Burn baby burn
Burn baby burn

So many people are searching tonight
For a little comfort, some piece of mind
The dying are living and the living will die
Let love overcome all evil tonight

I’d give anything just to come inside
And leave the troubles of the world behind

Burnin’ desire
Down in my sould
Burnin’ desire
Open the door


© 2006 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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I’m an alligator baby with a crocodile smile
I been grinning, I been sinning, got no guilt, got no guile
My head is a swimming. my brain’s in a stew
Gotta figure out how I’m gonna put it to you

Baby you’re sticky and baby you’re sweet
And right now you look good enough to eat

Put your toes in the water and swish them around
Wrap your legs around me baby with barely a sound
You’re swimmin’ swimmin’ swimmin’ baby but you’re gonna drown
When I sneak up on ya you to drag you down

Baby you’re sticky and baby you’re sweet
And right now you look good enough to eat

Swamp love
I got a swamp love

Baby when I see you I’m a swishing my tail
I never ever ever ever seen such a frail
These alligator lips gonna give you a kiss
This crocodile mouth hon’ it ain’t gonna miss

Baby you’re sticky and baby you’re sweet
And right now you look good enough to eat

Swamp love
I got a swamp love

© 2006 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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Shadows grow, night falls
The wind blows, the wind calls
Feel so restless having trouble sleeping
I lie in bed and I stare at the ceiling
Feel the grass growing under my feet
Time to blow down the road a piece
Just like a tumbleweed

The night is thick, too thick to see
Feel it’s hold, feel its heat
Moonlight flicker as the fan serenades us
Turning ‘round to the sound of cicadas
Feel my heart pounding under the sheets
Time to blow down the road a piece

Oh, won’t you roll with me
I’m a tumbleweed

Feel the wheel turning ‘round and ‘round
Feel the wheel turning ‘round and ‘round
Feel the wheel turning around

Make my move, a giant leap
A silent slide into an all night creep
The first step, a giant leap
Jump into the fire you can take the heat
Feet creaking on the hardwood floor
Grab my things and I head for the door
Pull on my T shirt and jump in my jeans
Destination any sight unseen

Oh, won’t you roll with me
I’m a tumbleweed

© 2006 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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Living in California
Looks like heaven on TV
The earth it shakes and the mountains move
And we’re falling into the sea

You never know, no you never know
When the angel calls, and it’s time to go
You never know, no you never know
When the angel calls

Lost my way in the big city
Became so hard and mean
Ain’t no fun looking after number 1
Somebody tell me, what’s happening?

Calling, calling me
Calling, calling me
Calling, calling me

I’ve been adrift on an ocean
Yes I’ve been lost at sea
So many friends have met untimely ends
And I wonder: why not me?

You never know, no you never know
When the angel calls, and it’s time to go
You never know, no you never know
When the angel calls

© 2006 shuppsongs (BMI Music)
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I am air
I am breathing slow, won’t let you go
I am full lungs singing, airplane winging
Flying home to you

I am earth, dirt
I am deep red clay, here to stay
I am rich black earth, death to birth
Always here for you

I am water, water
I am river deep, fresh mountain stream
I am deep blue ocean, current in motion
Flowing home to you

Coming home, home to you
Coming home, home to you

I am fire, burning brighter
Glowing coals, won’t let you go
Red hot flame, calling your name
Burning just for you

Coming home, home to you
Coming home, home to you

Coming home, home to you
Coming home, home to you

-shuppsongs 2020
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Drums: JD Stefan
Vocals, guitars, bass, keys: Lee Shupp
Mixed and mastered by JD Stefan
Photography: Susan Munroe
Graphics: Nancy Terzian