Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj

Post to this Thread - Sort Descending - Printer Friendly - Home


Lyr Req/Add: Still Got That Look (Jim Ringer)

DigiTrad:
BAND OF JESSE JAMES
CALIFORNIA FAITH
CALIFORNIA JOE
EVERY BUSH AND TREE
FALSE FRIENDS AT THE BAR
THE CONVICT
THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND
THE ROSE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN
WEAVERVILLE


Related threads:
Lyr Req: The Crossroad (Mary McCaslin) (5)
Lyr Add: Songs of Jim Ringer (1936-1992) (6)
Obit: Mary McCaslin - Best of the West (1946-2022) (5)
(origins) Origins: Jim Ringer/San Bernardino (8)
(origins) ADD: California Zephyr (Mary McCaslin) (3)
Circle of Friends (Mary McCaslin) (15)
Lyr/Chords Req: The Dealers (Mary McCaslin) (5)
Lyr Req: San Bernardino Waltz (Mary McCaslin) (6)
Lyr Add: California Joe (John Wallace Crawford) (29)
Chord Req: Down the Road (Mary McCaslin) (16)
Lyr Req: Old Friends (sung by MMcCaslin) (2)
Lyr Req: Young Westley (Mary McCaslin) (16)
(origins) Origins: Jim Ringer Question (9)
Lyr Add: Sabres and Guns (J. Ringer/M. McCaslin) (2)
Mary McCaslin (4)
Lyr Req: As Long As I Live (from Jim Ringer) (13)
Lyr Req: Mrs. Delion's Lament (Jim Ringer) (5)
Lyr Add: Prairie in the Sky (Mary McCaslin) (4)
CD reissue: McCaslin and Ringer (2)
Mary McCaslin on CKUT (3)


GUEST,Joe S. 25 Jun 04 - 08:47 PM
GUEST 26 Jun 04 - 01:40 AM
Backstage Manager(inactive) 26 Jun 04 - 12:59 PM
Jolta 27 Jun 04 - 08:35 PM
Midchuck 27 Jun 04 - 09:12 PM
Jim Dixon 27 Jun 04 - 09:48 PM
GUEST 01 Jun 10 - 08:28 PM
Jim Dixon 03 Jun 10 - 02:55 PM
Midchuck 03 Jun 10 - 04:24 PM
GUEST,What are the chords? 10 Dec 14 - 12:55 AM
Share Thread
more
Lyrics & Knowledge Search [Advanced]
DT  Forum Child
Sort (Forum) by:relevance date
DT Lyrics:





Subject: but he still got that look in his eye.
From: GUEST,Joe S.
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 08:47 PM

I have been trying to find this song for a few years now. I heard it late one night on WXPN in Philadelphia.
and was rolling on the floor with laughter because I knew a guy just like this.
I guess if you hang around long enough everyone know someone like this.
I pressed record on my cassette player …remember those?…
and just caught the last part of the song. The DJ probably gave the name of the group at the beginning so he didn't say anything at the end and just went into the next song. But I have always wanted to know who the group was. They kind of sounded like to group The Band but it wasn't them.
If anyone out there has any idea I would appreciate any help solving this mystery.Joe S.
Here are the words to the end of the song.
    … but he still got that look in his eye.

    His mama back home wishes he'd phone but his dad hopes he don't call today
    The last time he called was some time last fall for money and to beg them to pray.
    Well the church has his money and his clothes are still funny
    and those new shoes aint even his size.
    He used to take acid, but now he loves God but he still got that look in his eye. Yeah,
    He used to take acid, but now he loves God but he still got that look in his eye.


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: but he still got that look in his eye.
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jun 04 - 01:40 AM

Jim Ringer


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: but he still got that look in his eye.
From: Backstage Manager(inactive)
Date: 26 Jun 04 - 12:59 PM

Jim Ringer wrote it and recorded it on his LP, "Endangered Species (Flying Fish)."

It's included on "The Band of Jesse James: The Best of Jim Ringer (Philo)."


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: but he still got that look in his eye.
From: Jolta
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 08:35 PM

One Thosand Thank Yous'to Guset and Backstage Manager. Jolta


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: Lyr Add: STILL GOT THAT LOOK (Jim Ringer)
From: Midchuck
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 09:12 PM

STILL GOT THAT LOOK
(Jim Ringer)
As sung by Jim Ringer on "The Best of Jim Ringer: The Band of Jesse James"

1. His life was a shambles.
Every day was a gamble.
Orange Sunshine burned his mind up long ago.
Every lesson he learned,
And any way he turned,
He found out was the wrong way to go.
Now he wears shiny shoes,
He swears he's found Truth,
And all he's learned up to now has been a lie.
He used to take acid,
And now he loves God,
But he's still got that look in his eye.

Every day he spends hours
Tryin' to pin flowers
On folks who ain't got time to smell,
And he tries to explain
That if you miss your plane,
Well, that's better than your burning in Hell.
The ol' preacher believes
It's the workin's of Jesus.
Well, that ol' preacher just don't realize,
He used to take acid,
And now he loves God,
But he's still got that look in his eye.

3. His momma back home
Kind of wishes he'd phone,
But his dad hopes he don't call today.
The last time he called
Was some time last fall,
For money, and to beg them to pray.
Well, the Church has his money,
And his clothes are still funny,
And them new shoes ain't even his size.
He used to take acid,
And now he loves God,
But he's still got that look in his eye.

Yeah, he used to take acid,
And now he loves God,
But he's still got that look in his eye.


Peter.

(Ringer is claimed to have written it after being pestered by just such an individual at an airport when he was rushing to catch a plane.)


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: but he still got that look in his eye.
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 09:48 PM

The song title is STILL GOT THAT LOOK. The album, "The Best of Jim Ringer: The Band of Jesse James," Philo CD 1202, 1996, is still available. You can hear a sound sample at Barnes & Noble.


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: but he still got that look in his eye.
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jun 10 - 08:28 PM

Did ANYBODY ever find ALL the Lyrics?

Like the last poster, I'd love to have them all-


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: but he still got that look in his eye.
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 03 Jun 10 - 02:55 PM

GUEST: What "last poster" are you referring to? (It wasn't me.)

And how do you know the lyrics posted above (by Midchuck) aren't complete?


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Still Got that Look (Jim Ringer)
From: Midchuck
Date: 03 Jun 10 - 04:24 PM

They match what he sings on the "Band of Jesse James" CD, I'm pretty sure.

I used to sing that at gigs sometimes. During the last Administration, I always stressed, in introducing it, that there was no reference to any public figure. I'm not a political singer.

Peter


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate

Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: Still Got That Look (Jim Ringer)
From: GUEST,What are the chords?
Date: 10 Dec 14 - 12:55 AM

What are the chords?


Post - Top - Home - Printer Friendly - Translate
  Share Thread:
More...

Reply to Thread
Subject:  Help
From:
Preview   Automatic Linebreaks   Make a link ("blue clicky")


Mudcat time: 30 October 1:53 PM EDT

[ Home ]

All original material is copyright © 2022 by the Mudcat Café Music Foundation. All photos, music, images, etc. are copyright © by their rightful owners. Every effort is taken to attribute appropriate copyright to images, content, music, etc. We are not a copyright resource.