Monte Selby lyrics to Laura Mae:
Laura Mae is your best friend
Always smile and say hello
Deliver groceries to your home
That’s my job, off I’d go
Twice a day, I’m on the go
My whole life, I’ve ridden my horse
Love to be a cowboy – rope and ride
Nearly 50 years, had the time of my life
But back as a kid, I had to bide my time
Mama had work, gotta bide my time
You see, Daddy had an accident on the farm
So Mama said we gotta make money somehow
A few years later what mama found was a
Grocery store in the middle of town
Right on Maine street, middle of town, They’d say….
Laura Mae is your best friend
Always smile and say hello
Deliver groceries to your home
That’s my job, off I’d go
Twice a day, I’m on the go
Times back then were not like now
I’d walk’n your house to the kitchen floor
open your fridge and cabinet doors
I knew every house and so much more
Just a kid, but I knew much more
I knew who smoked, and who liked cheese
What they’d drink, and what they’d read (red)
Who baked cookies and homemade bread
They’d give me treats I’ll never forget
Christmas time, I was very well fed. Because…
Laura Mae is your best friend
Always smile and say hello
Deliver groceries to your home
That’s my job, off I’d go
Twice a day, I’m on the go
Saturday night, farmers all come in
Some would trade their eggs and milk
We’d stay up late, get the orders filled
Charge the ticket to their bill
Charge the ticket to their bill
Some pay quick, some pay slow
Sell a few calves to get cash flow
Might take a year, to pay what they owe
Laura Mae just let it go
She’d been there too, years ago. That’s why…
Laura Mae is your best friend
Always smile and say hello
Deliver groceries to your home
That’s my job, off I’d go
Monte Selby lyrics to Fire and Water:
FIRE and WATER.
AS LONG AS HUMANS HAVE ROAMED THIS LAND
WE’VE GATHERED ROUND THE FIRE
PROVIDING WARMTH & TOOLS AND FOOD AND MORE THAT WE REQUIRE
WE BURN THE PRAIRIE TO BRING NEW GRASS
WE HEAT THE WATER THEN FILL OUR GLASS
THE CANDLE JUMPS AND THE CHILDREN LAUGH FIRE
AS LONG AS HUMANS HAVE ROAMED THIS LAND
WE’VE SEARCHED FOR A WATER SOURCE
THE RIVER OR LAKE, THE CREEK OR SPRING,
FOR PEOPLE OR CATTLE OR HORSE
WE PRAY FOR RAIN TO WATER THE EARTH
TO GROW THE CROPS WE NEED
WE COOK AND BATHE AND CLEAN AND DRINK WATER
WARMTH AND WATER. FIRE AND FLOOD.
THEY’VE CHANGED THE LIVES OF ALL OF US THE OVER ABUNDANCE OR LACK THEREOF WARMTH AND WATER. FIRE AND FLOOD.
THE COUNTRY CLUB WAS FILLED THAT NIGHT, A 50TH CELEBRATION
THE LOCAL MEN AND WOMAN DRESSED UP FOR THE SPECIAL OCCASION
ABOVE THE DOWNTOWN GROCERY STORE
A MAN WAS TRYING TO CLEAN,
REMOVING TAR FROM WORKING CLOTHES BY USING KEROSENE
THE STOVE WAS CLOSE AND SOON THE SMOKE WAS BILLOWING ALARM
NOW EVERY MAN WAS THERE ON HAND TO SAVE THE TOWN FROM HARM
IT’S CALLED THE FLOOD OF 51, THE SUMMER WAS BONE DRY
AND NOW THE RIVER OVERFLOWED, HAD NEVER BEEN THIS HIGH
THE STREETS REQUIRED FISHING BOATS TO RESCUE PEOPLE STILL
INSIDE THEIR HOMES, WHERE WATER FLOWED ABOVE THE WINDOW SILL WATER
WARMTH AND WATER. FIRE AND FLOOD.
THEY’VE CHANGED THE LIVES OF ALL OF US THE OVER ABUNDANCE OR LACK THEREOF WARMTH AND WATER.
FIRE AND FLOOD.