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Coming Attractions
03:25
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Coming Attractions
© 2022 Peter A. Rafle Jr. All Rights Reserved
[SONG NUMBER 7 for FAWM 2022]
You think it’s a sure thing as the
House lights dim
Her head on your shoulder
As the show begins
You’re watching her
She’s watching the screen
She’s only thinking bout
the next big thing.
You bought two tickets for the main event
Popcorn, soda and junior mints
But before the feature hits the silver screen
Three minute previews
Just to make you scream.
You came for her but
She keeps you waiting through
The coming attractions
The Coming Attractions
Chorus:
Only the kisses,
Explosions and chases
The best of the action
A tease and a taste
A flickering glimpse of what’s in store
But it only leaves you wanting more
The Coming Attractions
She’s the one who haunts your dreams
The leading lady in your fantasy scenes
Took all your courage
To ask her out
She said yes
But you’re starting to doubt
Did she come for you
Or is she just here for the coming attractions?
The Coming Attractions
Chorus:
Only the kisses,
Explosions and chases
The best of the action
A tease and a taste
A flickering glimpse of what’s in store
But it only leaves you wanting more
The Coming Attractions
Here’s a spoiler
You’ll never make it that far:
You’re only an extra
She’s always the star
The big blockbuster’s
Just a little distraction
She comes early
For the coming attractions
The Coming Attractions
And before the final reel is done
You know this script is wrapped and done
There’s no sequel coming soon
Next Saturday night you’ll be
Up in your room
While in balcony back row
She’s becoming
Someone else’s
Coming Attraction
Coming Attraction
She comes early for the coming attractions.
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Betty's Getting Ready
04:39
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Betty’s Getting Ready
© 2022 Peter A. Rafle Jr. All Rights Reserved
[SONG NUMBER 6 for FAWM 2022]
Betty’s getting ready
Betty’s got a date
Putting on her makeup
He said he’d pick her up at eight
Oh Betty’s getting ready
Betty’s getting ready.
Betty’s getting ready tonight.
He sometimes brings her flowers
He says they match her eyes
He may not be Prince Charming
But she likes it when he tries.
He almost always pays for dinner
He’s almost never late
He almost said he loved her
Betty knows she’ll have to wait
Oh Betty’s getting ready
Betty’s getting ready tonight.
Betty likes to dance
At that funky little cajun cafe
It’s as hot as an oven,
But Betty says she likes it that way
She’s had her share of Saturdays
Waiting by the phone
Nothing worse than Sunday morning
Waking up alone.
Oh Betty’s getting ready
Betty’s getting ready tonight.
Betty is a modern gal
With a real old fashioned name.
She likes old fashioned fellas
She knows how to play the game.
They all want the same thing
You know they always do
Betty says that’s OK
She wants the same thing too.
Oh Betty’s getting ready
Betty’s getting ready tonight.
Betty likes to dance
At that funky little cajun cafe
It’s as hot as an oven,
But Betty says she likes it that way
Oh Betty’s getting ready
Betty’s getting ready tonight.
Betty’s getting ready
Betty’s got a date…
One eye on the kitchen clock
It’s almost half past eight.
Oh Betty’s getting ready
Betty’s getting ready.
Betty’s getting ready tonight.
Betty’s getting ready.
Betty’s getting ready tonight.
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Take Away (What Remains)
02:43
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Take Away (What Remains)
© 2022 Peter A. Rafle Jr. All Rights Reserved
[SONG NUMBER 4 for FAWM 2022]
Take away my inhibitions
Take away my old regrets
Take away the sweet temptations
Expectations never met
Take away the scars and bruises
Every time that I got burned
Obsession with who wins or loses
Take away the lessons learned
Take all that away
And what remains?
What remains?
Take all that away
What remains?
Take away my hesitation
Free me from the pain of doubt
Take away the fear of failure
Cut the roots and pull it out.
Take away my superpowers
Take away my kryptonite
The things that haunt me in the hours
In between the day and night
Take all that away
And what remains?
What remains?
Take all that away
What remains?
Would I still be me?
Would we still be us?
Would we ever meet
On that crosstown bus?
Everything we’ve grown and nurtured
These are things I’ll never trade
Leave me every fight and makeup
Leave me all the love we’ve made
So leave it all just as you found it
Leave the scars and bruises too.
Tears and doubt and hesitation
Leave me us and leave me you
But please don’t leave me.
Leave it all just as it is and was and still shall be.
But please don’t leave me.
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The End of the World (Looks A Lot Like This)
© 2022 Peter A. Rafle Jr. All Rights Reserved
[SONG NUMBER 2 for FAWM 2022]
When I was a kid
My favorite thing
Was to read about
The end of the world
And to watch those old movies
About the end of time
When Worlds Collide
Or the Martians arrive
And the last few people
Have to try to survive
Oh yeah I loved to dream
About the end of the world
I’d lie in my bed
And imagine that I
Was the captain of a spaceship
Pointed up at the sky
As the comet got closer and
We had to decide
Who got to escape and
Start a new life
On brand new world
And of course I always
got the girl.
At the end of the world
But as I got older
I had to concede
Those science fiction stories
That I loved to read
In the dark
With a flashlight:
They really missed the mark
Because the year 2000
Has come and gone
And this everyday life
Just goes on and on and on
And on and on and on
And I’m
beginning to think
That the end of the world
is
nothing like I thought it would be
Not a cosmic collision
Or a nuclear war
Or destabilization
Of the planetary core
Not in the flash of
A hydrogen bomb
A volcanic eruption
Or a meteor storm
Not with a panic
But irrational calm
Not with explosions
Or a zombie’s bite
Just hate and deception
And ignorant spite
A ocean that rises a
Little each night
A steady erosion
Of our will to fight (for what’s right)
As we go gentle into the night.
At the end of the world
Not all at once
In a glorious blaze
Just little by little
In a thickening haze
Yeah I’m
beginning to think
That the end of the world
Looks a lot like this
Looks a lot like this
Looks a lot like this
I’m beginning to think
That the end of the world
Looks a lot like this.
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The End of the World (Part 2)
© 2022 Peter A. Rafle Jr. All Rights Reserved
[SONG NUMBER 9 for FAWM 2022]
OK
Maybe I spoke too soon
Joked too soon
About the end of the world
And how it might not go
The way we were led to believe
In those duck and cover days.
That instead of a hot war
Between the cold war powers
It might be a piss warm sea
Rising slowly over our heads.
But here we are
With pages ripped
From a dog-eared script
Apocalypse gears
Rolling across frontiers
Now there’s no guarantee
That this is World War III
Cooler heads might prevail
And still the tail
That’s wagging the dogs of war
So maybe I joked too soon
Spoke too soon
About the end of the world
And I sing this song
Because I hope I’m wrong
God I hope I’m wrong
About the end of the world
Because I hope I’m wrong
God I hope I’m wrong
About the end
of the world.
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Pete Rafle, Songsmith Springfield, Virginia
Springfield, Virginia, based singer-songwriter-bassist Pete Rafle counts artists as far-flung as Billy Bragg, Don McLean, John Doe, Johnny Cash, Nick Lowe, Cole Porter, Aimee Mann and Jason Isbell among his inspirations.
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