Devils Lettuce

DEVILS LETTUCE - Written by Carroll Bryant 

We can’t think straight

Our heads are like a lava lamp

We’re tongue tied

Stuck between the jaws of a clamp

We’re going to start laughing if it let’s us

Something smells weird like devils lettuce

Now you can call it a party

Now you can say we’re having a real good time

Finally it started

For a moment I thought I was going to lose my mind

We got the munchies

I think you know what I mean

We’re feeling crazy

Like floating inside of a dream

It’s not normal

For us to be acting this way

A bit too formal

But really, who am I to say?

We’re going to need an oxygen apparatus

From dancing in the fog of the devils lettuce

Now you can call it a party

Now you can say we’re having a real good time

Finally it started

For a moment I thought I was going to lose my mind

Now it’s a party

Now we’re having a real good time

So glad it started

For a moment I was caught in another part of my mind

We can’t think straight

Our heads are like a lava lamp

We’re tongue tied

Stuck between the jaws of a clamp

We’re going to start laughing if it let’s us

Something smells weird like devils lettuce

Now you can call it a party

Now you can say we’re having a real good time

Finally it started

For a moment I thought I was going to lose my mind

Now it’s a party

Now we’re having a real good time

So glad it started

For a moment I was caught in another state of mind

Driving down the boulevard

Her hands resting on my lap

Everything is getting hard

Someone tell me where the hell we’re at

Someone tell me how to get back

Now it’s a party!

Sexy Persuasions (Revised)

SEXY PERSUASIONS (REVISED) - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Sexy persuasions, sweeping the nation

It’s going around and spreading

It’s a love disease

Sexy persuasions, a brand new revelation

These sexy persuasions are gonna get you and me

I love those blonde haired beauties

I love them brunette cuties

Those redheads turn me on just the same

When they pass me by, Lord

And flash me a smile

I can feel that red hot burning flame

Sexy persuasions, sweeping the nation

It’s going around and spreading

It’s a love disease

Sexy persuasions, a brand new revelation

These sexy persuasions are gonna get you and me

I meet them in the morning

I meet them in the evening

I meet them anywhere that they might be

Their touches hot as fire

Tugging my desires

Blinding me to where I just can’t see

Sexy persuasions, sweeping the nation

It’s going around and spreading

It’s a love disease

Sexy persuasions, a brand new revelation

These sexy persuasions are gonna get you and me

And so it’s just my business

To cover them with kisses

I can’t seem to leave them girls alone

There’s no use to hide it

I haven’t yet decided

Which one of those ladies I’ll take home

Sexy persuasions, sweeping the nation

It’s going around and spreading

It’s a love disease

Sexy persuasions, a brand new revelation

These sexy persuasions are gonna get you and me

Hated Out Of Love

HATED OUT OF LOVE - Written by Carroll Bryant 

I’m not fooling

True story of a sad goodbye

One desperate morning

Took me by complete surprise

She suckered me in like a vacuum in space

Slapped a silly grin all over my face

Didn’t heed a warning

Not even a sign

It was a moment in time

No feeling was spared

Nothing exempt

Everything we could have been or never was

I took it all for granted

In a world of sweet pretend

And she hated me right out of love

She had me cornered

Her persuasion was powerful

She was a mourner

That was her strange allure

She’d spoken all the words you’d want to hear

Clapping in the audience and giving a cheer

Didn’t waste a message

Not even a line

It was blowing my mind

No feeling was protected

Nothing was shit

Everything we should have been but never was

I took it all for granted

In a world of sweet pretend

And she hated me right out of love

Heart-breaker was her claim to fame

She carries a fake name

She gives me the whole blame

Stargazer was her only game

She carries a hot flame

She parries with no shame

I’m not fooling

True story marred with lies

One desperate morning

Facebook was her mad goodbye

She suckered me in like a fish on a hook

Writing the pages of her Goddamn book

Didn’t spell with rhythm

Not even a rhyme

It was a moment defined

No feeling was spared

Nothing exempt

Everything we could have been or never was

I took it all for granted

In a world of sweet pretend

And she hated me right out of love

No feeling was protected

Nothing was shit

Everything we should have been but never was

I took it all for granted

In a world of sweet pretend

And she hated me right out of love

I’m not fooling

True story of a sad goodbye

Top Of The Bottom (Of The World)

TOP OF THE BOTTOM (OF THE WORLD) - Written by Carroll Bryant 

When I had you

I had everything that I wanted

I had nothing to lose except everything

I was a fool

I threw away anything that didn’t excite me

In my blind haste

I threw you away

Now here I am

Standing on the top of the bottom of the world

This was the plan

That with open eyes I didn’t see coming

Now here I am

Sleeping all alone without your sweet love

Now where it all stands

I’m standing on the top of the bottom of the world, again

When I had you

I had the universe in the firm of my grip

I had nothing to gain except redemption

I was a fool

To let it all go without exception

In the wake of my pride

I threw you away

Now here I am

Standing on the top of the bottom of the world

This was the plan

That with open eyes I didn’t see coming

Now here I am

Sleeping all alone without your sweet love

Now where it all stands

I’m standing on the top of the bottom of the world, again

Just one more chance I’m thinking

I could turn my life around

There’s too much drama in the mood of my drinking

You were the solid ground

And if I could talk to you again

I would say to let’s be friends

Let’s just give it one more try and then

You can watch me throw it all away again

When I had you

I had everything that I wanted

I had nothing to lose except everything

I was a fool

I threw away anything that didn’t excite me

In my blind haste

I threw you away

Now here I am

Standing on the top of the bottom of the world

This was the plan

That with open eyes I didn’t see coming

Now here I am

Sleeping all alone without your sweet love

Now where it all stands

I’m standing on the top of the bottom of the world, again

And on top of all that, I’m standing here alone without you girl

Standing on the top of the bottom of the world

Standing on the top of the bottom of the world, again

Just Barf

JUST BARF - Written by Carroll Bryant 

I was walking down the street one day

Feeling like to fly away

Saw my girl and my best friend

My whole world started to spin

She was wrapped inside his arms

He was tasting her sweet charms

I have never been so alarmed

Just stop!

Say what?

I feel like I wanna barf

They what?

Just stop!

Just barf

Maybe if I had a job

Maybe if I weren’t a slob

I could get her back to stay

And she would never ever leave

She had her hands against his ass

My heart never beat so fast

My whole future was the past

Just stop!

Say what?

I feel like I wanna barf

They what?

Just stop!

Just barf

In the universe of life

One must search if one should find

That not every girl is fit for love

Somewhere in this galaxy

There’s a girl just right for me

Still my eyes just can’t believe what they see

Now it’s getting real

I was walking down the street one day

Feeling like to fly away

Saw my girl and my best friend

My whole world started to spin

She was using her sweet tongue

He was having so much fun

Oh, my God, aren’t they done?

Just stop!

Say what?

I feel like I wanna barf

They what?

Just stop!

Just barf

Just stop!

Say what?

I think that I am gonna hurl

One Heart To Give

ONE HEART TO GIVE - Written by Carroll Bryant 

I can’t begin to tell you

How it feels to be alive

When everything is new again

You’ll know why … I say

I can’t even fathom

Rain without the sun

To shine under the spotlight

In front of everyone … you know

You only got one time

One life

One shot to get it right

You only have one world

To live

One night for just one kiss

You only got one heart to give

I can’t begin to tell you

How it feels to be alive

When everything is new again

You’ll know why … I say

I can’t even fathom

Rain without the sun

To shine under the spotlight

In front of everyone … you know

You only got one time

One life

One shot to get it right

You only have one world

To live

One night for just one kiss

You only got one word

One thought

One fight left for to win

You only have one breath

To breathe

One hope to re-begin

You only got one heart to give

I can’t begin to tell you

How it feels to be alive

Or hold your hand in mine

Or hold yourself to me

You only got one time

One life

One shot to get it right

You only have one world

To live

One night for just one kiss

You only got one word

One thought

One fight left for to win

You only have one breath

To breathe

One hope to re-begin

Again

You only got one heart to give 

Why?

WHY? - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Why can’t you be my prince charming?

I want to be your princess

Why can’t we hold hands watching the sun set?

I want to be your dawn

Why can’t I hold you in my arms?

I want you to hold me in yours

Why can’t I kiss your lips?

I want you to kiss mine

Why can’t I taste your love?

I want you to taste my heart

Why can’t you speak words of affection to me?

I whisper them to you all the time

In the wind

Like the song you wrote

I play it in my mind all the time

Just like every time I see you

I take a photograph with my eyes

Why can’t I make you smile?

All my smiles are yours if you want them

Why can’t you need me?

I find it unbearable living without you

Why can’t I make you happy?

You make me happy with a mere thought of you

I want to dance on the moon with you

Just like the song you wrote

That’s how high I want us to go

To be

Together

Why can’t you love me?

I love you

Nothing But Love

NOTHING BUT LOVE - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Come and make a new friend

Hanging on a weekend

Buddy grab a cold one

Gonna have a little fun

We can watch the ball game

We can watch it all day

Aint it nice to know there’s a place you can go

If you ever want to get away

There’s nothing but love here

Nothing but love

Nothing but love here

Nothing but love

In a world today that you can’t escape

Everybody so full of hate

There’s nothing but love here

Nothing but love

Come and get it on then

Hang it by the balls and

Buddy grab a wet one

She’s a lot of fun

We can watch the rain fall

Get a little, get a lot

Aint it nice to know there’s a place you can go

If you ever want to get away

There’s nothing but love here

Nothing but love

Nothing but love here

Nothing but love

In a world today that you can’t escape

Everybody so full of hate

There’s nothing but love here

Nothing but love

Life can be our party

Something we can celebrate

People with the good hearts

Hating all the hate

Come and make a new friend

Hanging on a weekend

Buddy grab a cold one

Gonna have a little fun

We can watch the ball game

We can watch it all day

Aint it nice to know there’s a place you can go

If you ever want to get away

There’s nothing but love here

Nothing but love

Nothing but love here

Nothing but love

In a world today that you can’t escape

Everybody so full of hate

There’s nothing but love here

Nothing but love

Dead Mexicans

DEAD MEXICANS - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Living on the edge

A little obtuse

Shaking it to break it

Breaking it loose

We are freedom hoarders racing to the border

Fighting for our lives in almost every way we can

We are dead Mexicans

Our eyes are blind to the laws of the land

We are dead Mexicans

Wipe the smile from our faces

We are – dead

Gringo is the thing we like to say

We call it or someone every single day

Senoritas waiting for us when we get home

Illegal aliens and feeling all alone

We are dead Mexicans

Our mouths are open and we’re running out of oxygen

We are dead Mexicans

Understand we stand alone

We are, for all intended purposes – dead

Living on the edge – we are

A little weaker for the wear – we are

Shaking these things that we are called

Breaking these chains

We are freedom hoarders racing to the border

Fighting for our lives in almost every way we can

They call us crazy but maybe we are anchor babies

Satisfaction guaranteed and then it’s America or bust

Oh, baby

We are dead Mexicans

Our eyes are blind to the laws of the land

We are dead Mexicans

Wipe the smile from our faces

We are dead Mexicans

Our mouths are open and we’re running out of oxygen

We are dead Mexicans

Understand we stand alone

We are, for all intended purposes – dead

We are

We are – dead

We are

We are dead Mexicans

We are

Deport us if you can find us

Kill us and we are already – dead

Clouded By Thoughts

CLOUDED BY THOUGHTS - Written by Carroll Bryant 

I’m clouded by thoughts

We need to talk

There’s something wrong in the machine

I don’t understand

Why we can’t hold the hands

We’re breaking apart and you know what I mean

Every time we make the love it turns into a fight

Just a couple of hearts looking for a place to hide

You’re doing it just to beat her

I’m nothing but some kind of prize

I’m doing it just to spite her

I’m trying to bury her alive

What are we doing for ourselves?

We can’t keep up the scratch and bite

This time we find the answers

This time we take it eye to eye

I’m clouded by dreams

We need to scream

There’s something wrong inside of our way

I don’t give a damn

Why can’t we keep to plan?

It’s crashing all around and nothing is all that we can say

Every time we kiss it lip to lip it turns into a flood

Just a couple of hearts looking to taste each others blood

You’re doing it just to beat her

I’m nothing but some kind of prize

I’m doing it just to spite her

I’m trying to bury her alive

What are we doing for ourselves?

We can’t keep up the scratch and bite

This time we find the answers

This time we take it eye to eye

“Look into my eyes”

Is this what it all comes down to?

You … me …. A shadow?

Is this what we’re going to war for?

What about us?

Who are we entertaining? … Her?

I’m clouded by thoughts

We need to walk

There’s something wrong and it’s not what it may seem

Every time we make the love it turns into a fight

Just a couple of hearts looking for a place to hide

I’m running away so enjoy the ride

You’re doing it just to beat her

I’m nothing but some kind of prize

I’m doing it just to spite her

I’m trying to bury her alive

What are we doing for ourselves?

We can’t keep up the scratch and bite

This time we find the answers

This time we take it eye to eye

You’re doing it just to beat her

I’m nothing but some kind of prize

I’m doing it just to spite her

I’m trying to bury her alive

What are we doing for ourselves?

We can’t keep up the scratch and bite

This time we find the answers

This time we take it eye to eye

We take it eye to eye

Looking in my eyes … goodbye

That Devil In Your Eyes

THAT DEVIL IN YOUR EYES - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Forget your inhibitions

You’re completely insane

Sex is your nutrition

It’s the diet for your brain

You feed off of the power

In which your body’s made

Too many unbelievers

The price they had to pay

You can keep your evil lies

I will walk the line

Just spare me this for just this time

Can’t look you in the face to see it

That devil in your eyes

Feel that hot explosion

The touch you fornicate

Lilith is a bad girl

Heaven is too late

Your soul is there to sour

In this, you can’t describe

Too many instigators

Too many don’t survive

You can keep your evil lies

I will walk the line

Just spare me this for just this time

Can’t look you in the face to see it

That devil in your eyes

Found a sweet intention

You’re so out of control

Sex is your invention

It mandates all your goals

You deal in all the dark streets

To where you hide at night

Addicted to your heartbeat

The war is there to fight

You can keep your evil lies

I will walk the line

Just spare me this for just this time

Can’t look you in the face to see it

That devil in your eyes

By A Thread

BY A THREAD - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Just an after thought in the morning

Will your broken eyes ever heed the warning?

My heart could touch your soul if you would just let it

My head can’t let you go so girl just forget it

And I hang by a thread

Everyday when I let your memory back into me and

I wish I was dead

Then and only then would I forget you

Then and only then would I forget your name

Just an early train of new emotions

Arriving at the station and causing commotion

My heart is cinder so my head just forgets it

My soul can’t pretend but the pain seems to let it

And I hang by a thread

Everyday when I let your memory back into me and

I wish I was dead

Then and only then would I forget you

Then and only then would I forget your name

If I can’t breath the air then I can’t breath you in

This is my despair and you know this

If I can’t burn what doesn’t even exist

Then when will my power of resistance start kicking in?

You’re my dilemma

You are my shame

A scar on the wound of time

You are my enemy

You are to blame

A victim of your own Divine

Why didn’t you save me from all the things that you promised me

That you were going save me from?

And I hang by a thread

Everyday when I let your memory back into me and

I wish I was dead

Then and only then would I forget you

Then and only then would I forget your name

Then an only then would I ever let you

Then and only then would I ever let you back in

Yes I would let you back in

I would let you back in again

And I hang by a thread 

West Coast State Of Mind

WEST COAST STATE OF MIND - Written by Carroll Bryant

A continental breakfast in a west coast state of mind

It feels like my troubles are a million miles behind

I can’t undo the changes yet my templates are clear

The salt air keeps shouting out loud enough to hear

This place keeps on feeling more and more like home

The mere thought of leaving makes me feel alone

So what is that saying?

What message does it send?

Who ever said that a vacation ever has to end?

And no, I just can’t delete it

Miss Beverly Hills has got me defeated

Roll on Ohio, roll on down the line

Roll on down the river

Roll on with father time

I found a new woman and her heart is mine

Roll on Ohio

I’m in a west coast state of mind

Like a Mormon on a mission for good old Brigham Young

I think I found a calling for the sand, surf and sun

My spirits are lifted and my broken heart bereaved

Man, I’m gonna miss it when it comes time to leave

The girls are amazing in everything they do

Life is but living with nothing else to lose

So what am I doing?

What makes it all so hard?

Who ever said that nirvana is bad for the heart?

And no, you know I don’t mean it

Miss Santa Monica has got me depleted

Roll on Ohio, roll on down the line

Roll on down the river

Roll on with father time

I found a new woman and her heart is mine

Roll on Ohio

I’m in a west coast state of mind

From Rodeo Drive to the Hollywood Hills

Nothing but sunshine in a deep state of thrills

This place keeps on feeling more and more like home

The mere thought of leaving makes me feel alone

So what is that saying?

What message does it send?

Who ever said that a vacation ever has to end?

And no, I just can’t delete it

Miss Beverly Hills has got me defeated

Roll on Ohio, roll on down the line

Roll on down the river

Roll on with father time

I found a new woman and her heart is mine

Roll on Ohio

I’m in a west coast state of mind

Roll on Ohio, roll on down the road

The path I’ve been walking

Is getting really old

I found a new woman and I can’t deny

Roll on Ohio

I’m in a west coast state of mind

I’m in a West coast state this time

A West coast state of shine

Remember (Her Song)

REMEMBER (HER SONG) - Written by Carroll Bryant 

When it rains

I can hear droplets falling down

Calling your name - again

Just the way I do when I’m not around you

Remember when we danced under the stars?

I was in your heart

And you were in my arms

And we spoke telepathically

Sharing all of our dreams

That’s the place where I long to be

When it snows

I can hear angels shivering

Shaking the cold - again

Just the way I do when I am not with you

Remember when we held hands together?

It was the summer

And you were my lover

And we touched metaphorically

Sharing our everything

That’s the place where I long to be

You’re a princess of love

I’m just a jester

This world is the kingdom

I might just be guessing here

But we - have good intentions

Love’s not an invention

It’s just a feeling I’m feeling - for you

You’re a princess of love

I’m just a jester

This world is the kingdom

I might just be guessing here

But we - live in some confusion

Love’s not an illusion

It’s just a feeling I’m feeling - for you

When it rains

I can hear droplets falling down

Calling your name - again

Just the way I do when I’m not around you

Remember when we danced under the stars?

I was in your heart

And you were in my arms

And we spoke telepathically

Sharing all of our dreams

That’s the place where I long to be

That’s the place where I’ll always be