Better For the Crime
Written by: Randy James ©2009

I'm gonna try to warn you
I've seen the other side
and I can tell you're kinda scared now baby
'cause I know that you don't want to cry
yes, I know that you don't want to cry

So, take it easy now woman
'cause for now we're still alive
fortune is a car headin' down this highway
and I don't want it to pass me by
no, I don't want it to pass me by

Chorus
I'm gonna find shelter
I'm gonna ease my mind
I'm gonna leave you better
for the crime

Now, I can't tell ya what to do
but I can walk away
and leave ya stranded babe
just like a bird in a cage
just like a bird in a cage

It takes time to know you
and my chances are wearin’ thin
temptation is a bomb that's
tickin' inside me
and I don't want it to do me in
no, I don't want it to do me in

Chorus

Walls have a way of closin’ in
my thought are wine but sourin’
people have a way of lookin’ in
but, their leaves are brownin’
but, their leaves are brownin’
but, their leaves are brownin’ babe!

[Trip the] Radar Gun
by Randy James

I can trip on anything anything
I can get away with anything anything
I can see everything everything
I can out perform anything everything

Branded and I'm old enough to drive

I can challenge anything anything
I can make anything anything
I can take credit for everything everything
I can destroy anything everything

Branded and I'm old enough to drive
Branded and I'm old enough to drive

I can be long gone
like it's not my fault
about anything anything,
I can trip the wire
start up a fire
under everything everything,
I can hit the wall and
not care at all
about anything anything
I can get goin' faster 'cause
I really don't hafta
choose anything anything

Branded and old enough
I can't really help myself

I'm branded and old enough
it don't really care about it

I'm branded and old enough
can you light my cigarette

I'm branded and old enough to drive

Harder Grin
by Randy James

Tumbled and twisted
into his bed
the champ tires of fightin'
his drunken head
and says, “it's too close
a match to call”
but he has no regrets
and wears a harder grin

The girls are dressed in
their glittery rags
down on the corner
they're givin' it away
they say charms to
keep them storms away
when the clouds move in
they wear a harder grin

There's times I feel like
cuttin' loose
when my friends they tell me
I got nuthin' to lose
that's when I sing songs of
remember when
with my heart in my hands
I wear a harder grin

No Never Know
by Randy James & the Cat House Dogs

There's no escaping out of
any of these doors
you took my soul away...
and those these eyes are shameless
staring into yours
I can't let it go

This hit is mine to miss
this shot is mine to blow
you never know when you're gonna fall
never know if you never know
feels like I'm losing control

Never know when you're gonna fall
never know
if you never know
than you never know
[2x]

There's no denyin' that this
love is for real
open up and shout it out!
history reminds me how
great the fall can be
I can't let it go

This hit is mine to miss
this shot is mine to blow
you never know when you're gonna fall
never know if you never know
feels like I'm losing control

Never know when you're gonna fall
never know
if you never know
than you never know
[4x]

Play Around
by Randy James

No, I'm not goin' down
never goin' down
No, I'm not goin' down
for somethin' I did
yes, I'm goin' along
singin' my own song
'cause it's always the same tune

So fine, always on my mind
she's everything I thought she could ever be
but I know 'cause my heart it told me so
that I'd have to hold on, and give nuthin' away
 
oh, looks like I'm here to stay
I said oh, 'til the break of day
but nuthin's gettin' easier
everytime I go so
I'm gonna play around again
 
Woh no, she caught me again
playin' around from a quarter to 10
but I know, she's got a good 'ol soul
and she won't let me stray
no, no, no
 
oh, say, would you like to dance?
oh, come on and take the chance
she likes it ontop
and almost never stops
so I'm goin' to play around again
 
Goin' downtown, gonna find me a friend
gonna let 'im know that this ain't the end
gonna drink my fill, make it quick!
'cause I know I'm gonna feel good in the end
 
no, it's never gonna end
I said oh, goin' round the bend
gonna take it home
gonna take it nice and slow
'cause my girl know's how I like to play around

Detour Cathy
by Randy James

Detour Cathy you know you make me smile
ever since you CAPTCHA’d* me child
you really like it when I call out your name
you let me get away with anything

You took me by surprise
surprise, surprise
when you looked into my eyes
she never wants to be alone

She might be known by other names
I don't know
I asked her to trust me she said,
"Maybe farther down the road"

She put your arms around me
like she'd never let me go
reachin' out to me
over my telephone

You took me by surprise
surprise, surprise
when you looked into my eyes
couldn't compromise
denied, denied
she's gonna let me try
she never wants to be alone

She's like a prisoner
She's like a prisoner
She's like a prisoner to me
I want to set her free!

Detour Cathy you know you made me smile
you'll be remembered in the pages of time, girl
no more questions just a moment of fame
and you know, you'll find another man just the same

She never wants to be alone.