LYRICS by TED ALVY

Four Songs Recorded By MALLARD with LYRICS by TED ALVY [ASCAP]:

HotLink: "She's Long And She's Lean" from LP "Mallard" by MALLARD (1975)
HotLink: "Texas Weather" from LP "In A Different Climate" by MALLARD (1976)
HotLink: "Mama Squeeze" from LP "In A Different Climate" by MALLARD (1976)
HotLink: "Big Foot" from LP "In A Different Climate" by MALLARD (1976)

MALLARD was formed by BILL HARKLEROAD (Zoot Horn Rollo) and MARK BOSTON (Rockette Morton) who were vital MAGIC BAND musicians playing with CAPTAIN BEEFHEART from 1968 through 1974, along with master percussionist ARTIE TRIPP (Ed Marimba). In 1974, that trio departed from Don Van Vliet to record an eponymous album in England. Ted Alvy had cosmic good fortune to write lyrics on four Mallard songs. The 1994 MALLARD CD contains their only two LPs (1975 & 1976).

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“JUST LIKE A LOVER”
Lyrics by Ted Alvy
Music by Mark Boston
[Rockette Morton CD “Love Space”]

SHE SINGS JUST LIKE A LOVER
HER VOICE INVITIN' PLEASURE
I SEEK HER HIDDEN TREASURE..A MELODY EROTIC
TO MAKE MY DREAMS EXOTIC

SHE WALKS JUST LIKE A LOVER
HER MOVEMENT LIKE A NOTION
I SEEK HER MAGIC POTION..A STROLL DOWN LOVERS LANE
TO MAKE MY MIND INSANE

SHE SMELLS JUST LIKE A LOVER
HER FRAGRANT FLOWERS BLOOM
I SEEK HER SWEET PERFUME..A BREATH OF MORNING SKY
TO MAKE MY BODY HIGH

Below are some of many UNRECORDED LYRICS by TED ALVY [ASCAP]
(most of them in search of a composer to set them to music):

SAUCER BY THE BAY by Ted Alvy

I can feel it in my bones, when the moon is full,
I can feel it in my bones, out there all alone

Somebody up there, guided by the light
Somebody up there, on a night flight

Just before moonrise, in the black of night,
The ocean waves are silent, all the stars are bright,
Out among the sand dunes, hidden out of sight,
Come from far away, the saucer by the bay

Full of speculation, the hippies understand,
The reason for the visit, the specter in the sand,
Dirt clouds the sunlight, it has gotten out of hand,
Come from far away, the saucer by the bay

Somebody up there, guided by the light
Somebody up there, on a night flight

Only some have seen them, just a chosen few,
Some are here among us, with feelings that are new,
Now the time is coming, for everyone to view,
Come from far away, the saucer by the bay

Somebody up there, guided by the light
Somebody up there, on a night flight

I wrote the lyrics to "Saucer By The Bay" near Humboldt Bay, California
after a rare tide covered the peninsula with dozens of sand dollars that
were about to be destroyed by the next tide, so I rescued many of them
and gave them away. Peace, Ted Alvy

THAT LONE STAR LADY by Ted Alvy

Drinkin' in a Roadhouse near Austin,
Laughin' and havin' a good show,
Up steps this dusty denim lady,
Gives me a smile and off we go.

Up through the long river valley,
Gettin' high though there's flatland below,
Since I loved that Lone Star Lady,
I've forgotten the meaning of slow.

I grew up with sad songs about El Paso,
Fast cowboys and truckers filled my dreams,
I once tried California crazies in Frisco,
Hollywoodland is as strange as it seems.

Just set me north of the Rio Grande River,
Anywhere south of the panhandle tip,
Since I loved that Lone Star Lady,
Texas sunshine is the only brand I sip.

I NEED A CHANGE by Michael Robinson & Ted Alvy

I sweat out forty hours a week in the office every day
But when I take that old check home my wife takes it away
She gives me an allowance for my haircuts, smokes and such
Then goes out and buys some furs so she'll be soft to touch

I need a change, well I need a change, ya
I need a change from this life I'm livin'
'Cause it ain't no good

I never did a thing that someone wasn't on my back
I don't want to eat with silver forks or drive a Cadillac
I'd be content if left alone to live my life complete
Without the boss and naggin' that I always have to eat

I need a change, well I need a change, ya
I need a change from this life I'm livin'
'Cause it ain't no good

I don't know why I'm still livin' life it's turned into a rut
I'd go right out and kill myself but I ain't got the gut
There's nothin' left for me to do I'm turnin' old and pale
I might as well go have some fun and end up lyin' in jail

I need a change, well I need a change, ya
I need a change from this life I'm livin'
'Cause it ain't no good

You know I'm tryin' very hard to cure my circumstance
But society is killin' me it won't give me a chance
I go out to the bars at night to try 'n drown my grief
My kids stare at their drunk old man in horror and disbelief

I need a change, well I need a change, ya
I need a change from this life I'm livin'
'Cause it ain't no good

TOM ROBBINS HOOD by Ted Alvy

Another Roadside Attraction,
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues,
Still Life With Woodpecker,
Jitterbug Perfume,
Skinny Legs And All,
Half Asleeep In Frog Pajamas,
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates,
Villa Incognito.

Welcome to Tom Robbins Hood.

From Atlantic Virginia to that great Pacific Washington State,
Only Four Per Cent of Humans have Hair in a natural Red state.

Welcome to Tom Robbins Hood.

He’s More Than Human like Theodore Sturgeon Writing Sci Fi Fantasy,
“Ninety Per Cent Of Everything Is Crap!” Sturgeon’s Law – Reality.

Welcome to Tom Robbins Hood.

Wishing Peace on the Planet Earth zen,
Good Will to All Women and All Men.

E-MAIL TED ALVY via tedalvy@aol.com

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