This thing called Happiness

Ever since you been gone
I been getting it on with this thing called Happiness.
Ever since you been gone,
I've had a smile on my face.
Ever since you been gone,
I have felt comfortable in this place called my space.
I thought that I could never live without you,
now I'm happy as hell that you are gone.
You took everything with you,
but that was a small price to pay
to have my days, once again, go away.
Don't come back.
Don't come back.
Even the dogs are glad that you are gone.
Don't come back.
Don't come back,
the cats are no longer hiding under the bed.

I'm smoking and I'm drinking

Well I'm smoking and I'm drinking
when I'm supposed to be at an AA meeting.
Yeah, I'm smoking, and I'm drinking
when I'm supposed to be at an AA meeting
I told my girlfriend that I quit smoking,
Lordy did it make her smile
but soon as she went to work
I went to the store and got me a pack.
I'm smoking, and I'm drinking
yeah I'm smoking and I'm drinking
Judge told me that I had to go to AA meetings
Judge told me to go to AA meetings
or go to jail.
I love my baby, and I hate sitting inside the jail.
Yeah, I love my baby, I love my baby,
and I hate going to jail.
Devil must be inside me.
Devil must be inside me,
sometimes I go to church, but I don't learn a thing.
I'm supposed to be at an AA meeting
but I'm drinking
My girl don't want me smoking
but I'm puffing away.
It don't make no sense to me,
but I'm doing it anyway.

The refrigerator is empty

Get on your knees, son/The refrigerator is empty.
Get on your knees son/we used to have plenty.
Get on your knees son/the refrigerator is empty.
Cotton been picked by a machine this time.
Cotton been picked by a machine this time.
I'm going to have to leave this land
that I have always called mine.
Get on your knees son/refrigerator is empty
Get on your knees son/we used to have plenty
I don't know how I'm going to pay my debt
to the plantation store.

We used to have plenty/now the refrigerator is empty.
Get on your knees son/cotton been picked by a machine this time.

Satisfied
(Mikel K Musik)

Well, sometimes, it tastes bitter,
but she keeps me satisfied.
I could probably look around,
and find better,
but she keeps me satisfied.
I might be settling for less,
but she keeps me satisfied.

If you got what you need,
why look for more?
When you already bought your groceries,
why go back to the store?
When you packing a pistol,
is there any need to carry a knife?

I got a letter from the dating service,
saying that they got a girl for me.
How can that be, I already got a girl
that keeps me satisfied.

I'm satisfied.
I'm satisfied.
She cooks me dinner at leat once a week,
and when she's getting ready for bed,
she sometimes gives me a peek.

If you got what you need,
why look for more?
When you already bought your groceries,
why go back to the store?
When you packing a pistol,
is there any need to carry a knife?

Yeah, I'm satisfied.
I'm satisfied,
that woman used to drive me out of my mind,
but we're both getting old,
hell, I'm almost blind,

but I'm satisfied,
yes, I'm satisfied.
I surely am satisfied.
If you got what you need,
why look for more?
When you already bought your groceries,
why go back to the store?
When you packing a pistol,
is there any need to carry a knife?


--Mikel K

(I see this as a blues song, fo sure.)

(G Mailed to Les Scarborough
on June 24, 2010).

I like people who tell the truth

I like it when songs are real, and singers tell the truth.
I like it when a man says if you give him your vote,
that he will look out for your interests, and he means it.
I like it when my waitress smiles at me,
and makes me feel like she is glad to see me.

I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters, and
I like people who tell the truth.
I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters, and
I like people who tell the truth.



I like it when my mechanic doesn't
try to screw me over when fixing my car.
I like it when the deejay shuts up
on the radio, and mostly plays songs.
I like it when someone believes in God,
and they are not putting a collection plate in front of my face.
I love a love story with a happy ending,
especially when it's between you and me.



I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters, and
I like people who tell the truth.
I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters, and
I like people who tell the truth.



I like it when my children come to see me,
and it's not a recognized holiday.
I like it when my dog wants to bark,
but he shuts up because I tell him to.
I like it when the mailman brings mail,
that is not going to cost me anything.
I like it when the van brings the man
selling ice cream. Ring a ding ding.


I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters, and
I like people who tell the truth.
I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters, and
I like people who tell the truth.



I like it when people talk about Revolution,
and they don't mean one that will be bloody.
I like it when politicians do things for the people,
though I know it's not their golden rule.
I like it when the guy or gal at the grocery store
smiles at me like I am somebody.


I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters, and
I like people who tell the truth.
I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters, and
I like people who tell the truth.


I like it when I hold the door for you,
and I like it when you hold the door for me.
I like it when I hold my hand off the horn,
when I feel like laying on it because of you.
I like the idea of love, and I haven't quit wishing
that it will come true for you and me.
I like ice cream sundaes, made the old fashioned way,
like they were, when I was a kid.


I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters.
I like people who tell the truth.
I like straight shooters.
I like straight shooters.
I like people who tell the truth.

I like the way I feel right now,
writing this song down, and
I'm going to like the way that I feel
when you are listening to it.

I like straight shooters,
and I like people who tell the truth.

(G Mailed to Les Scarborough
on June 24, 2010).

Leave your mind alone
and just get high.
Leave your mind alone,
and just get by,
on information that they
won't give you.

You fought for it,
you bought it with your time.
Your mind told you
that it was important,
thought they told you
that it wasn't so.

Keep moving on
(Mikel K Music)

Shared with Tanila Price on June 13, 2010
for her son, Charlie Price, singer of Blackberry Smoke


You got a little hair on your face;
in a fancy place they might not serve you dinner.
You're hair is kind of long; most places won't hire you,
but you don't say that something's wrong;
you just keep doing what your doing,
having faith in The Lord, as you keep on moving on.

Keep on moving on.
Keep on moving on.
Have faith in The Lord;
can't be nothing wrong
if you keep on moving on,
if you keep on having faith in The Lord.

Women keep telling you no.
All you want to do is to sit down,
and have a cup of coffee, talk a little bit.
She don't like the amount of money that you make,
the fact that you ride a bicycle instead of a car.
She don't believe that, one day,
you're going to be a superstar.

Keep on moving on.
Keep on moving on.
Have faith in The Lord;
can't be nothing wrong
if you keep on moving on,
if you keep on having faith in The Lord.

They told you a long time ago
that you could never do what you do now.
I guess you made the impossible come true.
All it took was a little perseverance,
and the ability to tune out those telling you no,
you can't do it, it won't get done,
why don't you settle down, and get a job,
like everyone else.


Keep on moving on.
Keep on moving on.
Have faith in The Lord;
can't be nothing wrong
if you keep on moving on,
if you keep on having faith in The Lord.

They also told you that you would never find love,
and for the longest time you agreed.
There were an awful lot of no's until you found the one
who could look inside you.
Now you've got a family of your own,
and you never tell your kids no.



Keep on moving on.
Keep on moving on.
Have faith in The Lord;
can't be nothing wrong
if you keep on moving on,
if you keep on having faith in The Lord.