A Selection of Power-Pop

Credits and Lyrics

BILL LLOYD

A SELECTION OF POWER POP 1985-2020

15 SONGS

LYRICS AND CREDITS

1 THIS VERY SECOND

Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Fourel Music/admin.BMG/Chrysalis

Bill: guitars, keys and vocals

Marc Owens: drums Byron House: bass guitar

Recorded by Marc & Bill at High Street Studios

Bowling Green, KY. on a one inch 8-track

Mixed by Rick Will at MTM stud

This Very Second

You, she said, are like an unmade bed

One big mess that’s always calling

I might be what you refuse to see

Just one guess, then who will fall in line

This Very Second I fell in line

This Very Second I’m falling

I’m in love

I’m in love with you

You refuse to let me win or lose

No time out, no time remaining

I take threats like unplaced bets

No one gets around to claiming who

CH#2

This Very Second I’m naming you

This Very Second I’m claiming

I’m in love

I’m in love with you

I’m not sure about yesterday

I’m not sure about how or why I stay

and I’m not too sure about what’s in store

I’m only sure about now

I’m only sure about Now

You, she said, are like an unmade bed

One big mess but always fetching

She insists it must go on like this

I confess this fever’s catching on

CH#3

This Very Second it’s catching on

This Very Second we’re matching

Wrong or right

I think I’m in love with you

I’m in love...

Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip

2 NOTHING COMES CLOSE

Marc Owens: drums

Bill: guitars, bass & vox.

Recorded by Marc & Bill at High Street Studios

Bowling Green, KY. on a one inch 8-track

Mixed by Rick Will at MTM studio Nashville

Nothing Comes Close

I’ve got a rage for this machine

that’s keeping me out of heaven

But that’s the way that it goes

When Nothing Comes Close

I’ve gotta’ face this sight unseen

that’s keeping me out of trouble

Just when I wanted it most

Then Nothing Comes Close

All the clues point back to back

we break each code at random

Like mirrors we can stand them

end to end..Let it go again

I’ve gotta’ track this circle back

around to where it started

Love in one lethal dose

But Nothing Comes Close

Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip

3 LISA ANNE

Marc Owens: drums Bill: guitars, bass, mandolin & vox

Diana Haig bgvs (overdubbed by Mike McCarthy)

Recorded at MTM by Rick Will except

overdubbed drums by Marc Owens. Rick Will mixed

Lisa Anne

Here’s my reply Dear Lisa Anne

How can I make you understand

I let you slip right through my hands

Oh Lisa Anne

Remember when you left me behind

I was in love and love is blind

I nearly went out of my mind

My Lisa Anne

channel #1

There’s nothin’ left for me to do

All that I wanted left with you

I’ve got a whole in my life

the size of your apartment

Oh, Lisa Anne is this the end?

Oh, Lisa Anne be mine again

I admit I took a wrong turn

Love is a lesson we must learn

Love left my heart.. I felt it burn

my Lisa Anne

I overheard you said that you’d doubt

I’d stick around and stick it out

That’s when I knew what you’re about

Oh, Lisa Anne

channel #2

There’s nothin’ left for me to say

How could you turn and walk away

I’ve got a whole in my heart the size of your jacuzzi (babe)

Ch (repeat chorus)

All I wants a simple answer.. take a chance

Your future is at stake.. it’s not too late

Ch (repeat chorus)

Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip

4 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

Jody Stephens : drums Rick Clark: bass

Bill: guitars and vox.

Recorded and mixed by John Hampton@ Ardent Studio Memphis, TN.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

You started calling Monday

I let it ring 'til Friday night

I didn't wanna' face it

The chance that you were probably right

I was The Man Who Knew Too Much

I was proof nobody wants the truth when it comes to love

I was the Man Who Knew Too Much

Everytime you tried to change my mind

My mind was made up

Yeah, I.. I was The Man Who Knew Too Much

I never felt this helpless

I had the answers for so long

I used to be so fearless I never dreamed that I was wrong

CH#2

I was The Man Who Knew Too Much

So headstrong 'til one day I found you gone,and I ran out of luck

Yeah, I.. I was The Man Who Knew Too Much

I was proud, I was beyond a doubt the man most out of touch

I .. I was The Man Who Knew Too Much

SOLO

I was The Man Who Knew Too Much

I was proof nobody wants the truth when it comes to love

I was the Man Who Knew Too Much

Everytime you tried to change my mind

My mind was made up

Yeah, I.. I was The Man Who Knew Too Much

(Written by Bill Lloyd- Marshall Crenshaw)

(SONY/ Okay Then (BMI) & BMG Platinum Songs (BMI)

All Rights Administered By BMG Rights Management (US) LLC )

5 ALRIGHT

Jody Stephens : drums Rick Clark: bass

Bill: guitars and vox.

Recorded and mixed by John Hampton@ Ardent Studio Memphis, TN.

Alright

Love born out of trial and error

Sometimes it just takes forever to see

what's right in front of me

Love sure takes alot of practice

So hard and the simple fact is that I

don't always know why I try

But it came out Alright Alright

It came out Alright this time

Alright Alright

It came out alright this time

Love hits and your heart denies it

Sometime you don't recognize it at all

it's like a long-distance call

Love quits when you least expect it

Sometimes you get disconnected and then

you get connected again

But it came out Alright Alright

It came out Alright this time

Alright Alright It came out alright this time

It's a glorious struggle

I looked it over held it up to the light

I checked it out and this time it came out Alright

(solo)

(Repeat Chorus x 2)

Bill Lloyd (UNIVERSAL/Kung Fu Grip Music) BMI

6 THIS IS THE WAY

Dennis Diken : drums Tom Petersson: 12-string bass

Organ: Al Kooper Bgvs: Amy Rigby & Cindy Bullens

Basic tracks record by Scott Baggett at Battery

Overdubs at Def Heffer (home) & Al at Re-Kooped Studio

Mixed by Scott & Bill at Electric Sandbox Nashville, TN.

This Is the Way

You say you're so tired

of empty promises

You're feeling stuck and

it's like paralysis

You say you need to escape, well

This Is the Way

This string of dark days

You just wanna' flush it

You need a dream so

real you can touch it

C'mon before it's too late

This Is the Way

This Is the Way (this is the way)

This is the road we're supposed to take

You gotta' trust what I say

This Is the Way

I got a gameplan..

and I believe in it

You wanna' diagram

that is immediate

I know you don't wanna' wait, well

This Is the Way

(solo over verse)

(repeat chorus)

Bill Lloyd (BMI) Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music

7 KISSED YOUR SISTER

Marc Owens: drums Bill: guitars, bass, keys & vox

Marc recorded drums at High Street Studio BGKY

Bill did overdubs at Def Heffer and mixed at home

Kissed Your Sister

Now out of all those memories

that keep coming back to me

I get one that reappears

nearly every seven years

It dates from the seventies

From the middle of my teens

How I could not resist her

the night I Kissed Your Sister

The kiss.. it wasn’t bad

Maybe the first real kiss I had

Must be the reason it remains

in that corner of my brain

These days she’s rarely on my mind

Just once a year at Christmas time

But it’s been bugging me for days

and I can’t make it go away

Despite the years of therapy

I get unwanted memories

that pop up like a blister

like the time I Kissed Your Sister

BR #2

The kiss was in the stands

and in full view of the fans

at the finals of the tournament

we had no shame but that was then

Now if the time should ever come

you feel you need to tell someone

Don’t go telling her I miss her

It’s just a memory

Somehow it stuck with me

Like that song by Mister Mister

Or that game of Naked Twister

It was the time I Kissed Your Sister

Bill Lloyd (BMI) Bill Lloyd Music admin. BMG/Chrysalis

8 DIAL NINE

Marc Owens: drums Bill: guitars, bass & vox

Marc recorded drums at High Street Studio BGKY

Bill did overdubs at Def Heffer and Scott Baggett mixed at Electric Sandbox

Dial Nine

My guess? You’re stressed More than you can stand

Everything you planned Lost in the shuffle

No win Shut in Locked behind your door

Show me now you’re more than a piece of the puzzle

CH#1

Don’t take the long way ‘round

Don’t let it get you down

Dial Nine Dial Nine Dial Nine to get out

Air tight Stage fright Fighting for your breath

Don’t wait to confess the way that you’re feeling

Last gasp break glass in emergency

Defy gravity head for the ceiling

CH#2

Make your escape right now

I’m gonna’ tell you how

Dial Nine Dial Nine Dial Nine to get out

It always happens in an instant

You pick the time you pick the place

It’s gonna’ wear down your resistance

in a hundred different ways

CH#3

Make your escape right now

I’m gonna’ tell you how

Dial Nine Dial Nine Dial Nine to get out

Bill Lloyd Music (BMI) admin. By. BMG/Chrysalis

9 BETTER LEFT ALONE

Dennis Diken: drums All other instruments Bill & Jamie

Record by Jamie Hoover at Hooverama/Liquid Studio Charlotte,NC

And Bill at Def Heffer Nashville

Mixed by Jamie and Bill at Hooverama

Better Left Alone

Same sad song day after day

You play along That’s the choice you made

There’s a better world than the one you know

Once you decide she’s Better Left Alone

I ‘ve been in those shoes before...

walking the same stray line

She’s gonna’ lead you straight to nowhere

Where your dreams run dry

You still hope she's here to stay

When you turn around she'll have turned away

That heart of hers is a heart of stone

And one thing's for sure, she's

Better Left Alone

I once fell in love with that face she wore

She fooled me with those eyes.

Then I found out that she wore another....

that one telling lies

(solo)

All with a magic wave of her hand

no reason just rhyme

Without a warning, she'll wish you gone

and you'll be wondering why

Better run Yeah, you better hide

Yeah, you better go You’ve run out of time

You’re better off just to let her go

You'll be better off, she's...

Better Left Alone

'Cos there's one thing I know, she's

Better Left Alone

Bill Lloyd & Jamie Hoover

(BMI) Bill Lloyd Music admin. BMG/Chrysalis

Snowzer Music admin. BMG/Chrysalis

10 THE BEST RECORD EVER MADE

Drums, bass guitars, vocals and whatever played and sung by Bill

Recorded and mixed by Jamie Hoover at Hooverama

The Best Record Ever Made

CH Naaa-na-na-na-na na Naa-Naa Naa-Naa X 2

The Best Record Ever Made

Forced you to jump up out of your chair
Swing your arms around like a maniac,

Play the guitar. Grow your hair.

The Best Record Ever Made Made you want to turn up to ten

And then you’d play it over and over and over again

You’d never want it to ( end )

CH (repeat CH)

The Best Record Ever Made Made

you feel like life was a breeze

The world might get cold But you were climate controlled

in a song set at sixty-eight degrees

Sixty eight or sixty nine

Those years weren’t just a moment in time

Cos’ I can go back in snap to a feeling sublime

When I start singing..

CH (repeat CH)

And when the needle started making

it’s way back to the middle

and I’m lying there in my bed

If I still hear the song in my head even after the fade..

it was The Best Record Ever Made

INST BIT/BREAKDOWN

The Best Record Ever Made Made

me feel like life is a song

And it might be fun if I could write one of my own..

so I could sing along

CH Nana out

Bill Lloyd (BMI) Fourel Songs admin. BMG/Chrysalis

11 I WENT ELECTRIC (remake 2014)

Drums, bass guitars, vocals and whatever played and sung by Bill

Recorded and mixed by Jonathan Bright at JB’s Shack of Rock Nashville, TN.

I Went Electric

V1
Nothing seemed to change for days on end

Repetition was my only friend I was

In a coma in the middle of the road

Until you hit me like a lightning bolt

CH
I Went Electric
when I first laid eyes on you

And you kept turnin' up the juice

‘til my fuses blew
And like a power surge,
I felt the kick
I Went Electric

V2
Love was like a doctor's waiting room
A Muzak version of your favorite tune

Until the real thing finally came along
You flipped my switch an all my lights came on

CH (Repeat Chorus)

BR
You send a current up and down my spine
I feel a little bit like Frankenstein
It seems to happen every single time

we kiss .. Electric!

CH (Repeat Chorus)

Bill Lloyd (BMI) SONY/Okay Then

12 OUT OF THE PICTURE (remake 2014)

Drums: Marc Owens Bass: Byron House

Electric Guitar: Kyle Frederic Bill: the rest..electric guitars, vocals

Mostly recorded at High Street Studios Bowling Green, KY.

With vocal overdubs at JB’s Shack of Rock

Mixed by Jonathan Bright at JB’s Shack of Rock Nashville, TN.

Out of the Picture

I want you out of sight.. out of mind

The story never fit the headline

I've been too long in this dark room

Now I'm looking straight into the light

Here's the news

It's flashing in my face You're

Out of the Picture Out of the Picture

You'd think that I might feel the difference

You're no longer in my frame of reference

So, I finally got a close-up

Now I see the world in black and white

Does the camera ever lie? You're fading

CH (Repeat Chorus)

Like a mirage in the heat

You completely disappeared

as I got focused

Left me squirming in my seat

screaming louder than a plague of locusts

So, buenos noches How does it feel?

Sayonara How does it feel to be

CH (Repeat Chorus)

Bill Lloyd (BMI) (Universal/Kung-Fu Grip Music) BMI

13 INDUBITABLY

(live in the studio with The Tallymen)

Drums: Keith Brogdon Bass: Mike Vargo

Lead guitar: Pat Buchanan Electric guitar/vocals: Bill

Background vocals: Jonathan Bright

Recorded at Blackbird Studio Nashville, TN. By David Thoener

And the class of Blackbird Adacamy

Mixed by Jonathan Bright at JB’s Shack of Rock

Indubitably

Every time you question me

The answer should be plain to see

Do I love you eternally?

In-dub-it
In-dub-it In-dub-it-ab-ly

When you look at me across the couch

With eyes that still hold shreds of doubt

Don’t I always reassure my sweet?

In-dub-it
In-dub-it In-dub-it-ab-ly

Indubitably
That’s one more step past what is obviously

A trusted fact that is undoubtedly
Five syllables worth of reality

Every time you’re in the dark
It’s like you’re reaching for a question mark

Is this love something that we should keep?

In-dub-it
In-dub-it
In-dub-it-ab-ly

Indubitably
That’s one more step past what is obviously

A trusted fact that is undoubtedly
Five syllables worth of reality

Every time that you question me

The answer should be plain to see

Do I love you eternally?

In-dub-it In-dub-it In-dub-it

In-dub-it In-dub-it

In-dub-it In-dub-it-ab-ly

Bill Lloyd (BMI) Fourel Music admin. By BMG/Chrysalis

14 UNDONE

Drums: Brad Pemberton Bass: Mike Vargo

Guitars and vocals: Bill

Recorded at The Sound Emporium by Scott Baggett

Mixed by Scott at Jungle Room East

Undone

V1
I shot my mouth off

before my brain was loaded

the words flew past my lips and

then the room exploded

Such a wicked muscle the human tongue
break a heart so fast
it cannot be undone
it cannot be undone

V2
Every party is a passion play

You crucify someone and
then you walk away
Every battle

that you think you won

It’s history now
it cannot be undone
it cannot be undone

Broken glass can't be pieced back together

When you lose the past You can fall forever

V3
I burned my bridges with kerosene

Now I got no way to go back
Back to where I’ve been
I want to go out walking

in the summer sun

Find a love so strong that
it cannot be undone
it cannot be undone
it cannot be undone

Bill Lloyd/David Surface
Fourel Songs Admin. BMG/Chrysalis (BMI) and Angel On My Table Music (BMI)

15 MISTAKES WERE MADE

(Rosenstein remix 2021)

Drums, bass, guitars, keys and vocals: Bill

Drums and some guitars recorded by Marc Owens at High Street Studio

and the rest by Glenn Rosenstein at his home base

Originally released on Boy King of Tokyo cd 2012 but remixed for

A Selection of Power Pop 15 Songs in by Glenn Rosenstein

At Fame B Studio Muscle Shoals, AL. 2021

Mistakes Were Made

CH
Mistakes Were Made That’s all I can say

Instead of drowning in the details
I do my best to let ‘em float away

And at the end of the day
Forgive myself and head for higher ground

Mistakes Were Made.. (don’t look down)

V1
I could easily hate myself for an eternity

Over all the things I wished I’d never said

But that’s just one more layer of stupidity

I’ll try and strip away before I’m dead

CH repeat chorus

V2
The guilty parties rage until the morning

When sleepless eyes roll back into their skulls
I led the pack until someone gave a warning

“(Hey) Don’t leave it up to me to check your pulse”

Just play guitar..

V3
Learning how to love me can’t be easy
At least that’s what I’ve learned to tell myself

But to find the truest path around this misery

I’ll learn to love like I’m somebody else

CH #3
Mistakes were made That’s all I can say

Instead of drowning in the details
I do my best to let ‘em float away. Hey, it’s okay
Just forgive yourself and head for higher ground

Mistakes are made But don’t look down

Mistakes Were Made..don’t look down

Bill Lloyd Fourel Songs BMI administered by BMG/Chrysallis

Credits and Lyrics

A Selection of Power-Pop - 2020

LYRICS AND CREDITS