Kicking The Beehive 2011
Kicking the Beehive is an 11-song collection of provocative, poignant, lyrical originals that are infused with the rustic roots of American folk, blues and country music. Produced by Rodney Crowell, recorded in Nashville and featuring such all star-guests as Vince Gill, Keb’ Mo’ and Paul Franklin, Kicking the Beehive is a personal project where Werner intuitively explorers the full impact of looking beyond the superficial and delving into soulful honesty.
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Kicking The Beehive
3:40
Lyrics
Kicking The Beehive - Lyrics
some people love their easy chair
some people love to spend their evenings
sitting right there
some people sip their morning tea
some people love their days as dull and calm as can be
not me
CHORUS:
i keep kicking the beehive just to feel alive again
i keep bursting bubbles
stirring up trouble where i can
i keep playing with matches
something catches let it burn
i keep kicking the beehive
and i know i'll never learn
some people need to get along
some people live in fear
they might say something wrong
some people happily comply
some people do as they are told and never ask why
not i
CHORUS
so don't teach me - don't preach to me
strange, some people never want to feel a thing
strange, the way i kinda like to feel the sting
CHORUS
so don't teach me - there's no reaching me -
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Doctor Doctor
3:51
Lyrics
Doctor Doctor - Lyrics
doctor doctor this just can't be
i can't believe this news you're telling me
doctor doctor you've got it wrong
she looks so well and so very healthy and strong
and she's the sun
she's everything
she holds my heart
she wears my ring
don't take her away
CHORUS:
don't take my baby away
she means the world to me
my whole world can't you see
don't take my baby away
take everything i own
my work, my pride, my home
but don't take my baby away
doctor doctor i'm so confused
by all these numbers and these words you use
i know, i know you're trying to help
forgive me doctor i'm beside myself
cause she's the sun
she's everything
she holds my heart
she wears my ring
CHORUS
she is the warmth inside my bed
she is the calm inside my head
she is the meaning of success
she is my every happiness
don't, don't, don't
CHORUS -
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My Different Son
3:48
Lyrics
My Different Son - Lyrics
my little boy plays all alone
lives in a world that's all his own
my different son, my different son
he's not the same as everyone -
he's my different son
my little boy doesn't quite fit in
schools and rules were never made for him
my different son, my different son
won't have anybody making fun
of my different son
my different son already knows by now
he's always gonna be a different boy somehow
but there's so much passion, so much pride
so much possibility inside
my different son, my different son
wanna set him free and watch him run
for my different son, i'm doing all i can
one day my different son is gonna be a man
want him to build a life he can be proud of
find his purpose, find some love
my different son, my different son
cause he's just the same as everyone
but he's not the same as everyone
he's - he's - my -
son -
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I Know What I Want
3:09
Lyrics
I Know What I Want - Lyrics
i know what i want and i want you
i know what i want and i want you
i know what i need and i need you
and i don't want nobody else
no i don't want nobody else
all of my life i've wanted to find you
and i love the way nature designed you
but some people can't see
me with you, you with me
why can't they let love be
because we know what we want
CHORUS
my family and friends, they don't understand it
'cause my fairy tale didn't go like they planned it
they fought it right from the start
they said you don't look the part
oh but i know in my heart
why can't they let love be
mamma don't get it (no no)
daddy don't get it (no no)
this town don't get it (no no)
this county don't get it (no no)
this state don't get it (no no)
let's move on out (yes yes)
let's move up north (yes yes)
let's move out east (yes yes)
get somewhere else (yes yes)
CHORUS -
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The Last Words of Bonnie Parker
3:41
Lyrics
The Last Words of Bonnie Parker - Lyrics
i don't wanna think about it
or take a backwards look
i don't wanna hear 'em saying
how i mighta got took
all i know is when i met you
my whole little world shook
i just wanna be with you
i just wanna be with you
and i don't wanna know the difference
between wrong and right
all i know is when i met you
it was love at first sight
hair wild as a windstorm
eyes dark as the night
i just wanna be with you
i just wanna be with you
CHORUS:
so drive me baby round the bend
we'll take this highway to the end
there's no turning back again
and i don't wanna know the reason
why my marriage didn't last
say it's over when it's over
call the past the past
throw the money in a suitcase
and then drive away fast
i just wanna be with you
i just wanna be with you
and i don't wanna know the meaning
i don't wanna understand
why i like to hold a pistol
in the palm of my hand
why you only feel the first time
that you gotta kill a man
i just wanna be with you
i just wanna be with you
CHORUS
so hold me close right by your side
if'n this is our last ride
jesus christ
i love you,
clyde -
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Manhattan, Kansas
3:46
Lyrics
Manhattan, Kansas - Lyrics
out where the prairie grass waves in the wind
and where the sunsets last forever
that's where i fell in love with him
did i see this coming - never
CHORUS:
manhattan, kansas
we all do what we gotta do
i did what i did
and i surely don't blame you
i simply needed
for things to turn out differently
manhattan, kansas, can you understand me
i was a college girl from out of state
he was a rancher from salina
when i told him i was three weeks late
he said, "i can't be a father..."
CHORUS
the longest sidewalk i will ever see
deputies on either side of me
people crying, praying rosaries
but all of that was many years ago
now i'm out in pennsylvania
i watch my lovely daughters as they grow
and i keep sunflowers on the table
CHORUS -
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Red Dress
2:57
Lyrics
Red Dress - Lyrics
i got on my red dress, honey
got on my red dress for you
welcome home now, baby
and you're welcome to me too
you've been working so hard darling
thought you might like a little treat
put down that heavy suitcase
and help me put up both of my feet
cause i love to hear you calling
to the father, son and the holy ghost
and i love that sweet sweet music
of your wedding ring 'gainst the brass bedpost
got on my red dress, honey
got on my red dress for you
'cause it's like you love to tell me -
my little red dress, it fits you too -
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Botanical Greenery Blues
4:16
Lyrics
Botanical Greenery Blues - Lyrics
i know a man with a broken heart
never did completely heal
takes his medication
so he does not feel the bruise
he's got the botanical greenery blues
i know a man with a secret heart
a heart too tender to reveal
tosses up a smokescreen
so that no one reads the clues
he's got the botanical greenery blues
a little buzz to close the evening
troubles drifting away
a little buzz to start the morning
spend your day partly aware -
just -
partially there
i know a man with a captain's heart
never got to take the wheel
now every night he takes his mind out
for a moonlight cruise
he's got the botanical greenery blues
a little buzz to round the edges
a little buzz to ease the pain
a little buzz to dim the sunlight
spend your day partially clear -
just -
partially here
but what do we all do with this human heart
and all the sadness that we feel
everyone has one temptation that they can't refuse
and i know a man
with the botanical greenery blues -
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Sleeping On A Train
3:43
Lyrics
Sleeping On A Train - Lyrics
sleeping on a train, sleeping on a train
staying out of the cold and the pouring rain
well i get my rest one hour at a time
til they wake me up at the end of the line
sleeping on a train
you're afraid of me -
well, i'm afraid of you -
what the hell do you think i'm gonna do?
i make one wrong move and the call the heat
and the cops'll throw me back out on the street
i'm just sleeping on a train
and the nights are awful cold
nights are awful long
and its safer in here where the lights stay on
safer in here than a shelter bed
somebody there liable to crack your head
that's why i'm sleeping on a train
CHORUS:
red line, blue line
oh i wish they'd build a new line
sleep the whole night through line
sorry 'bout my hair
i know i'm looking like hell
it's twelve dollars a night at the men's hotel
and i made five dollars jingling that cup
til the rain came down and the money dried up
so i'm sleeping on a train
and i'm going nowhere
nowhere to be
i ain't looking out the window
cause there's nothing to see
just the lights of the city as they pass me by
prettier world when i close my eyes
sleeping on a train -
10
Irrelevance
3:20
Lyrics
Irrelevance - Lyrics
i see it coming from far away
and it's getting closer every day
it's like a dust cloud from the west
and although i try to do my best
i feel a panic start to grip my chest
it's so frightening and immense
irrelvance
i used to really wanna make my mark
to live my life in a dramatic arc
i was bohemian and unkempt
thinking somehow i could be exempt
but now it's clear that nothing i attempt
will matter in the least, twenty years hence
irrelevance
and i'm sure there's a "gift" in this somewhere
i'm sure there's a "lesson" as well
yes i'm sure there's a "gift" in this somewhere
but for now i'm unhappy as hell
i guess i coulda lived a more different life
i was never a traditional wife
i maybe shoulda had a kid or two
or twenty seven like the mormon's do
but most parents will admit it's true
having children is no defense
against Irrelevance
and i'm sure there's a "gift" in this somewhere
a gift all wrapped in dread and defeat
yes i'm sure there's a "gift" in this somewhere
it's so hard to accept it -
i hope somebody kept the receipt
and when that final day rolls around
and they bury me in the ground
i can pretty much guarantee
that when the gods look down on me
they'll all shake their heads and agree
"she did nothin of consequence"
Irrelevance -
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On The Other Side
2:53
Lyrics
On The Other Side - Lyrics
on the other side of night there shines a light
on the other side of night
people say there shines a light
well i'd surely liek to see it for myself
on the other side of doubt's where you find out
on the other side of doubt
people say's where you find out
well i'd surely like to know it for myself
on the other side, on the other side
but sometimes that wall's so tall so wide
built of bitterness, fear, and pride
on the other side of desire lies something higher
on the other side of desire
people say there lies something higher
well i'd surely like to feel it for myself
on the other side of despair a voice is there
on the other side of despair
people say a voice is there
well i'd surely like to hear it -
