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Lovable friends

from Songs about lady friends by Ken Baake

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My dad one time told me in moment of quizzical frankness: "I think there's something about us that really pisses women off." Despite that I still have a lot of friends who are women. This song is dedicated to all those lovable (if sometimes irascible) friends.

lyrics

C
Irascible you
G
Upon my pride you like to chew
F
You criticize everything I do.
C
Irascible you.

C
Sister to me
G
Maybe we should just let it be.
F
Our imperfections are plain to see.
C
Sister to me.

C
Mother of joy
G
I know sometimes I’m a backwards boy
F
With traits that are bound to annoy.
C
The mother of joy

G D
Somewhere inside of you

Eb dim G D Em Bm A7 D7
You love me I know you do.

G
Kind hearted you
C
In your heart there’s always room for a few.
D
Kids and family who need you to

G
Be kindhearted you.

G D
Somewhere inside of you

Eb dim G D Em Bm A7 D7
You love me I know you do.

G
Lovable friend
C
You know there’s nothing better in the end
D
Then all the time we spend
G
As lovable friends.

A7 D7 G
As lovable friends.

A7 D7 G
As lovable friends.

A7 D7 G
As lovable friends.


D7 G

credits

from Songs about lady friends, released March 21, 2014
Ken vocals and guitar
Backing vocals Kristi Dunks and Chris Andrews (two musical Texas Tech graduates in our technical communication and rhetoric program--two of the four members of our ad hoc band, The Rhetoricians)

Recorded 2013 at the Crossroads Recording Studio, Texas Tech University.
Amy DeVoge, producer/engineer.

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Ken Baake Lubbock, Texas

Ken was born in Baltimore in 1955. He grew up hearing everyone from Johnny Mercer and Ray Charles to the Beatles on the family hi-fi, with a usual Saturday encore of Wagner's operas. Ken has degrees in English and economics and a background in journalism. He is currently an associate professor of English at Texas Tech, teaching classes in rhetoric. ... more

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