BILL LLOYD FEELING THE ELEPHANT
REMASTERED AND EXPANDED
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 studio Nashville
2. Nothing Comes Close
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill: guitars, bass & vox. Marc Owens: drums
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
3. Feeling the Elephant
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Fourel Music/admin.BMG/Chrysalis
Bill: acoustic & electric guitars, bass, drums & vocals
Handclaps: Marc Owens, Doug Carman, Byron House
Anthony Kinney and me. The Casio played itself.
Recorded and mixed by Marc, Bill and Billy Smith at High St. 1-8
4. Lisa Anne
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill: guitars, bass, mandolin & vox Marc Owens: drums
Diana Haig Bg Vox (overdubbed by Mike McCarthy)
Recorded at MTM by Rick Will except
overdubbed drums by Marc Owens. Rick Will mixed
5. All At Once You Unzipped
Written by Bill Lloyd and Diana Haig
(BMI) Universal/Kung Fu Grip Music/ Queen of Sheba Music
Bill: guitars and lead Vox Marc Owens: drums (recorded at High St.)
Byron House: bass John Cowan: Bg Vox
Zippers: Rick Will, Radney Foster & Bill
Mike McCarthy & Rick Will recorded overdubs at MTM 1-8
6. It’ll Never Get Better Than This
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Five Towers Music
Bill: guitars, bass and vocals
Tommy Dorsey: Fairlight pop bottles
Recorded by Tommy at the Castle, Franklin, TN. in the “Synth Room”
Mixed by Larry Lee & Keith Odle at Leche Sound Nashville - 2” 24 tracks!
7. I Wanna’ Sit And Watch The Credits Roll
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Five Towers Music
Bill: guitars and vocals
Tommy Dorsey: Fairlight programming. Thanks to Jim Marshall
for drum part originally recorded on home demo
Recorded by Tommy & Giles Reaves at The Castle, Franklin, TN.
Mixed by Larry Lee/Keith Odle at Leche Sound Nashville. 1-24 again
8. Susan Scorned
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill: guitars, keyboard and vocals
Marc Owens : drums Byron House: bass
Recorded and mixed by Rick Will at MTM demo studio 1 inch 8 track
9. This Must Be the Place (featuring The December Boys)
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill : guitars, keyboards and vocals
Scott Sullivant: bass and bgvs. Jim Hodgekins: drums
David Russell: lead electric guitar
Recorded by Marc Owens at High Street Studio, Bowling Green, KY.
With overdubs and mixing done by Rick Will and Bill MTM Studio 1in-8tr
10. Everything’s Closing Down
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill: keycards, bass, backwards guitar and lead vocal
Kim Richey & Bill: background vocals
Recorded at MTM by Mike McCartney and mixed at MTM by Rick Will 1in-8tr
THE BONUS TRACKS
11. Off and Running
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Five Towers Music
Bill: guitars, keys and vocals
Fairlight drum programming: Tommy Dorsey and Giles Reaves
Recorded at The Castle, Franklin TN. Mixed by Mike Janus 2”-24tr
12. Love Broke Down
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill: guitars and vocals
Tommy Wells: drums Glen Worf: bass
Recorded and mixed by Rick Will at MTM demo studio 1in-8tr
13. She Tells You Everything
Written by Bill Lloyd and David Surface
Fourel Songs Admin. BMG/Chrysalis (BMI) and Angel On My Table Music (BMI)
Bill: guitars, bass and vocals
Marc Owens: drums and engineering
Recorded and mixed by Marc Owens and Bill at High Street Studio BGKY 1in-8tr
14. She’s A Good Time
Written by Bill Lloyd & Diana Haig
(BMI) Universal/Kung Fu Grip Music/ Queen of Sheba Music
Bill : guitars and vocals Marc Owens: drums Byron House: bass
Biff Watson: piano Jonell Mosser & Lee Satterfield: bgvs
Mixed by Keith Odle at Leche Sound Nashville.
15. Promises From Our Sleep
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill : guitars, bass, fake drums and vocals
Recorded and mixed by Rick Will at MTM demo studio 1in-8tr
16. Private Eye
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill : guitars, bass, fake drums and vocals
Recorded and mixed by Rick Will at MTM demo studio 1in-8tr
17. Thrill A Minute
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill: guitars and vocals
Tommy Wells: drums Glen Worf: bass
Recorded and mixed by Rick Will at MTM demo studio 1in-8tr
18. Can’t Look Away
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill : guitars, bass, fake drums and vocals
Recorded and mixed by Rick Will at MTM demo studio 1in-8tr
19. One Word (featuring The December Boys)
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill : guitars, keyboards and vocals
Scott Sullivant: bass and bgvs. Jim Hodgekins: drums
David Russell: lead electric guitar
Recorded and mixed by Mike McCarthy at MTM Studio 1in-8tr
20. This Book
Written by Bill Lloyd (BMI) Universal/Kung-Fu Grip
Bill : acoustic guitar and vocal
Recorded and mixed by Rick Will at MTM demo studio 1in-8tr
This collection assembled from demo recordings made between 1983 and 1987
Mastered by Jim DeMain at YesMaster Nashville, TN.
Visit Bill on social media and at BillLloydMusic.Net
Cover artwork by Benjamin Rumble with thanks to Chuck, Lisa & Tommy at The East Nashvillian
LYRICS
"This Very Second" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 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
CH This Very Second I fell in line
This Very Second I’m falling
I’m in love.. I’m in love with you
V2 You refuse to let me win or lose
No time out, no time remaining
I take threats like unplaced bets
No one get’s 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
BR 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 only know about now.. only know about..
Now
V3 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...
"Nothing Comes Close" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 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
V2 I’ve gotta’ face this sight unseen
that’s keeping me out of trouble
Just when I wanted it most.. then
Nothing Comes Close
CH 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
V3 I’ve gotta’ track this circle back
around to where it started
Love in one lethal dose.. but
Nothing Comes Close
"Feeling the Elephant" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 With the tail in one hand
tell me everything you feel
With the trunk in two hands
tell me everything that’s real
It feels real
V2 Reach across the side and tell me
where it all begins
Reach across the side and tell me
where everything ends
CH We’re all Feeling the Elephant
blind and Feeling the Elephant
blind and Feeling the Elephant
it’s all we know
V3 With the tail in one hand
show me everything you see
With the trunk in both hands
there is still a mystery
V4 Reach across the side and show me
where it all begins
Reach across the side and show me
where everything ends
CH We’re all Feeling the Elephant
blind and Feeling the Elephant
blind and Feeling the Elephant
it’s all we know
"Lisa Anne" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 Here’s my reply Dear Lisa Anne
How can I make you understand
I let you slip right through my hands
Oh Lisa Anne
V2 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
CH Oh, Lisa Anne is this the end? Oh, Lisa Anne be mine again
V3 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
V4 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)
BR All I wants a simple answer..take a chance
Your future is at stake..it’s not too late
CH (repeat chorus)
"All At Once You Unzipped" (Bill Lloyd/Diana Haig)
V1 You booked the last flight home to finish what you started
You had your face on straight ‘til you found out she was gone
And in some hotel bar, your tongue became unguarded
CH#1 And you let fly with an amazing line of star quips, health tips
All At Once You Unzipped
V2 You woke up wrapped in a blanket of depression
and wearing wing-tipped shoes you stumbled straight into a church
And the priest said, “Son, you missed today’s confession”
CH#2 And you let fly with an amazing line of backflips, hand grips,
All At Once You Unzipped
BR You learned the art of just letting go
The text is all in your head
The words spill out but you never know
Half the things that you said
V3 You tracked her down to a continental cafe
Where she fell out of a booth behind a teenage boy
He threw down your credit card stolen last Sunday
CH#3 And you let fly with an amazing line of
loose-lipped-head-trips
All At Once You Unzipped
"It’ll Never Get Better Than This" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 It was always like summer when you passed out on me
The heat took you under but it made me believe
I was in for the long ride when you gave me the kiss
CH (And I said..)
It’ll Never Get Better Than This.. It’ll Never Get Better Than This
It’ll Never Get Better Than This.. It’ll Never Get Better Than This
V2 It was always like daybreak when the truth knocked me down
And I wished for a mistake.. and I wished I could drown
But I felt it all turning as I unclenched my fist
CH ( I thought that..)
It’ll Never Get Better Than This... It’ll Never Get Better Than This
It’ll Never Get Better Than This.. It’ll Never Get Better Than
BR This.. is the circle of doubt and fear.. there’s an out
if you make it clear.. Love’s the one thing you can’t resist
and It’ll Never Get Better Than This
V3 It was always like midnight when you came back around
And we wound it up so tight.. that it twice shook the ground
We weren’t looking for pleasure.. we were looking for bliss
CH (we knew)
It'll Never Get Better Than This.. It’ll Never Get Better Than This
It'll Never Get Better Than This.. It’ll Never Get Better Than
This
"I Wanna' Sit and Watch the Credits Roll" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 I want 'em all in a line
I want 'em under control
I want 'em all to be mine
I Want to Sit and Watch the Credits Roll
V2 I want 'em over for lunch
I want 'em down in a hole
I want 'em all in a bunch
I Wanna’ Sit and Watch the Credits Roll
V3 I want ‘em always on top
So they can do as their told
I want ‘em never to stop
I Wanna’ Sit and Watch the Credits Roll
Roll ‘em
V4 I want ‘em there at the end
I want ‘em there with my soul
I want ‘em there as my friend
I Wanna’ Sit and Watch the Credits Roll
"Susan Scorned" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 All that remains here
are two paintings of you
One’s painted in red
and one’s painted in blue
I saw you in clear sky
I saw you on fire
Like heaven and earth
You were split by desire
CH And when it rains it comes in torrents
Current pours out of this storm
of electric fury, I was warned
There’s nothing like Susan Scorned
V2 Out in the desert
with a bucket of ice
How long will it take
for someone to be nice
When we were shipwrecked
we both held our own
Now we hold onto
each other too long
CH (repeat chorus)
V3 All that remains here
is a room with a view
I sat by the window
thinking of you
Of how you were angry
Of how it was real
I never could tell you
How helpless I feel
CH (repeat chorus)
"This Must Be The Place" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 From Friday night ‘til Sunday morning
She wore her black lace party dress
Nothing here is ever boring
So why should one settle for less
Racing against time
This one’s yours and that one’s mine
Crawling through this maze
We’re all here so This Must Be The Place
CH This Must Be The Place
where everybody goes and everybody knows
the perfect dance, the perfect face
We’re all here so This Must Be The Place
V2 He took her hand and held it lightly
and shoved her through the sliding door
He used the words he practiced nightly
And she knew what those words were for
Racing against time
I’ve got yours and you’ve got mine
Crawling through this space
We’re arriving .. This Must Be The Place
CH (repeat chorus)
(instrumental bridge)
(chorus and out)
"Everything’s Closing Down" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 Everything’s Closing Down
Everything’s quiet All over town
The streets are all empty
There’s nowhere to go right now
CH #1 None of the stoplights are red
Everybody’s home in their beds
This night is officially dead .. ‘cos
Everything’s Closing Down
V2 Everything’s Closing Down
Everyone wound up All came unwound
Circumstance says there’s no one to mess around..
CH#2 Nothing but time left to spend
Drag yourself home in the end
Sometimes you just need a friend.. when
Everything’s Closing Down