The Dudek-Finnigan-Krueger Band (DFK)

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1. Angels Fall
(written by Jim Krueger)
Jim Krueger: Lead vocal, rhythm & lead guitars
Mike Finnigan: Organ and background vocal
Les Dudek: Rhythm guitar, background vocal
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
Max Carl Gronenthal: Piano & background vocal
James Newton Howard: Piano

(1st verse)
Oh the young boy and the old man in me
Settle differences so differently
The musician and the one who does me favors
Appear to neighbors that don't ask questions

(1st bridge)
I understand the theory of a melody
It's clearly stated by arithmetic
Eliminating any trick
That I might want to play on you
I thought that I was older
So I direct this song to you
And wish that I'd been bolder but

(chorus)
Angels fall
And though I may not be one at all
Angels fall
Angels fall
And though I may not be one at all
Angels fall

(2nd verse)
A long and careful ride to the verses
Would have fit my needs
Much better than these hotel curses
If all the nurses and all accounts men
Couldn't find the crack in the cup
They would have if they'd known that when

(2nd bridge)
A soul reaching out to heaven
Roles the dice and up comes seven not six
Well I wish that lady luck
Cause she's seen Mr. Wonderful
Go on vacation to some Godless nation
Please forgive me cause

(chorus)

(solo)

(chorus)

2. Just Like the Weather
(written by Les Dudek, Suzan Olmstead, & Mike Finnigan)
Les Dudek: Lead vocal & lead guitars
Jim Krueger: Rhythm guitar & background vocal
Mike Finnigan: Organ and background vocal
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
Max Carl Gronenthal: Piano & background vocal
James Newton Howard: Synthesizers

(1st verse)
Here I am right where you left me
I'm not quite as lost as you thought I'd be
Haven't you heard – Haven't you heard
Must I tell you everything
I think you should

(1st bridge)
Start considerin' the truth in words
And just who's your friend
You might save the cost for your sufferin'

(1st chorus)
Just like the weather
We're always changin'
Just like the weather
We're rearrangin'
For the better I hope you'll see
That this hurricane wasn't meant to be

(2nd verse)
Yes I cried just like I did then
But my reasons they just weren't the same

(solo)

(2nd bridge)
So here we go again
But this time we're friends
Cause we paid the cost
For our sufferin'

(2nd chorus)
Just like the weather
We're always changin'
Just like the weather
We're always changin'
Just like the weather
We're always changin'
Just like the weather
We're rearrangin'
For the better I hope you'll see
That this hurricane wasn't meant to be

(2nd chorus)

3. Drinkin' Alone
(written by Mike Finnigan & Max Carl Gronenthal)
Mike Finnigan: Lead vocal & organ
Les Dudek: Rhythm & lead guitars, background vocal
Jim Krueger: Rhythm & lead guitars, background vocal
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
Max Carl Gronenthal: (Lead vocal in bridge) background vocal & piano
James Newton Howard: Synthesizers

(1st verse)
I guess you're hopin' that I wouldn't survive at your hands
And just because of that I'm alive, but that's all that I am
Don't wanna hear nobody tell me how it's time to be strong
Bout no rights and no wrongs, I'll do all my own carryin' on

(1st chorus)
I'm lost without you, so I'm sittin' here drinkin' alone
Order me somethin' strong
I found a place that's full of folks I've never seen, never known
I hope somebody takes me home
There's nothin' sadder than a party when you're drinkin' alone
Alone

(2nd verse)
I figured whisky would be dullin' the pain
In the heart of my soul
So tell me why do I still feel the same, when I keep fallin' in love
It's gettin' rowdy, words are gettin' cloudy, the stone
Ain't attached to my soul
You can count on me goin' down slow

(2nd chorus)
I got my money on the table, gonna drink it alone
Lonely as I can be
I'm gonna tip it, gonna sip it, 'til I'm strong to the bone
Ain't nobody here with me I can't forget you most especially
When I'm drinkin' alone
Alone

(solo)

(bridge)
I was awakened when the clock struck midnight
Straight from my dream
Crystal mist was your smile as you kissed me
And our love light beamed
I was a checkin' on your heartbeat yeah
You were checkin' out mine
But the hearts were cold
And the dream was surely over

(1st chorus)

(vamp)
I got my money on the bar, gonna drink it alone
I'll be lonely as I can be, I'm gonna tip it, gonna sip it
Til I'm strong to the bone
Nobody's here with me
I can't forget you most especially when I'm drinkin' alone
I'm lost without you so I'm sittin' here drinkin' alone
Order me somethin' strong

4. I Know You're In There
(written by Max Carl Gronenthal)
Mike Finnigan: Lead vocal & organ
Les Dudek: Rhythm guitar & background vocal
Jim Krueger: Rhythm guitar & background vocal
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
Max Carl Gronenthal: Rhodes piano & background vocal
James Newton Howard: Piano

(1st verse)
I saw the message you scratched on the wall
I got the picture
I reached those fellas you told me to call
It seems they'd like to be richer
I filled manila envelope with cash I did not contact the police
So please don't panic
I've done nothing rash
I know you're in there

(1st bridge)
Guess I should mention that I will be a working alone this time
Got my Saturday night special loaded baby
And it's working fine
Girl shed no doubt, I'm gonna get you out
It's just a matter of time, I know you're in there

(chorus)
I know you're in there, I know you're in there
I know you're in there
I know you're in there, I know you're in there
I know you're in there

(2nd verse)
I took advantage of their criminal naiveté as I just waited
Until they picked up the ransom in full, that I had electronically baited
I followed them to apartment high rise, up nineteen floors
I was goin'
You should have seen their communal surprise
When I kicked their hide out door in

(2nd bridge)
Bang bang I shot it and first the fat guy got it
As he dove to the floor
Those other villains were less than willin' baby
To give up the show
Pow pow I knocked those cats out
And tied them to a living room chair
Quick as I got off the phone with homicide
I made it through the back and down the stairs
I found you mumblin' and cold and tired and lonely and scared
There's no need to fear, I'm right here
I know you're in there

(chorus 2x)

5. It's All About You
(written by Jim Krueger & Dick Hauschild)
Mike Finnigan: Lead vocal & organ
Jim Krueger: Rhythm & lead guitars, background vocal
Les Dudek: Rhythm & lead guitars, background vocal
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
Max Carl Gronenthal: Piano & background vocal
James Newton Howard: Synthesizers
Bobbye Hall: Congas

(1st verse)
The story really gets to me
It's a pretty good mystery
It took all night to read it through
I swear every word of it's true
How bout a clue
Why do I do the things that I do
Somebody told me, I know

(chorus)
It's all about you
It's all about you
It's all about you
It's all about you

(2nd verse)
Reservations I never made
The song that made the Hit Parade
The ringing of the telephone
Unless it's you baby there's nobody home
I wanna say
That I would relive it all anyway
Don't need to tell me, I know

(chorus)

(solo)

(3rd verse)
How 'bout a clue
Why do I do the things that I do
You don't need to tell me, I know

(chorus 2x)

It's all about you

6. Just Be Happy
(written by Les Dudek)
Les Dudek: lead & background vocals, rhythm & lead guitars
Jim Krueger: Rhythm guitar & background vocal
Mike Finnigan: Organ
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
Max Carl Gronenthal: Rhodes piano
James Newton Howard: Piano

(1st verse)
So you think I'm crazy, the things I do are wrong
Well you better listen, 'cause I won't be here too long
I'm just another loser, tryin' to find his way
Lookin' for a reason to get me through the day

(chorus)
I'm not too much in doubt
Just tryin' to find a way out
And just be happy

(2nd verse)
Sleepin' off a dream and thirsty from the gin
Please Lord stop the room from spinnin'
Cause I promise no more sins
I'm not much luck at gamblin'
And a woman scratched my back
Stole my wallet from the room
And the neighbors Cadillac

(chorus)
Just be happy

(bridge)
Shed no tears for me, life is what it's gonna be
And all the questions in our minds, will be answered, answered in time
So take a look around, c'mon and lose that frown
And put love in it's place, put a smile, a smile on your face and just be happy
Just be happy

(solo)
And just be happy

(3rd verse)
Ya know workin' for security can work it's way on you
By the time you reach gold, death is overdue
So listen to your hearts, if the cries are of pain
Remember it takes the clouds, before you get the rain

(chorus 2x)
Happy, happy, happy

7. That's Wrong
(written by Mike Finnigan)
Mike Finnigan: Lead vocal, synthesizer clavinet & organ
Les Dudek: Slide guitar
Jim Krueger: Rhythm guitar & background vocal
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
Max Carl Gronenthal: Piano & background vocal

(1st verse)
The faithful try so hard to seek
Their master's way and goodness meek
Should life be lived by sacred word
With silent cries of love unheard

(1st chorus)
That's wrong little baby
That's wrong little baby
The word finally heard
Came up from this earth

(2nd verse)
Shall we whisper, moan and pray
Smother love and pass the plate
But look to someone up above
Believe in signs, a lamb, a dove

(2nd chorus)
And that's wrong baby
That's wrong baby
The word quiet no more
It will fly, it will soar

(solo)

(3rd verse)
Oh the night is dark, the path unclear
But with this news we do not fear, not me, uh uh
Gettin' it straight, each one alone
Then we may approach the thrown

(3rd chorus)
And that's right people
It's only right people
My light shines from within
And it sure ain't no sin

8. You Cut So Deep
(written by Jim Krueger & Dick Hauschild)
Mike Finnigan: Lead vocal & organ
Jim Krueger: Rhythm & lead guitars, background vocal
Les Dudek: Rhythm guitar
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
Max Carl Gronenthal: Piano synthesizer & background vocal

(1st verse)
There's no hurting here
We see things as clear
Someone sang it wrong
Don't listen to that song
There's murder, there's murder
Goin' on downtown
And the hills are burning, hills are burning
Down to the ground

(bridge)
There's no hurting here
Come on feel free
Take a slice of me

(chorus)
Oh you cut so deep
But painlessly
You cut so deep
But painlessly

(2nd verse)
People close their eyes
Listen to their lies
No one says a word
I think that I heard
There's fever, there's fever
Trapped in their souls
And the winds are chillin', winds are chillin'
Hearts to the bone

(bridge)

(chorus)

(solo)

(chorus 2x)

9. Livin' In Hollywood
(written by Max Carl Gronenthal)
Les Dudek: Lead vocal, rhythm & lead guitars
Mike Finnigan: Lead vocal (bridge), Organ & background vocal
Jim Krueger: Rhythm & lead guitars, background vocal
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
Max Carl Gronenthal: Piano & background vocal

(1st verse)
I met a girl last night wearing pink tights
She had a short change brain but so what
I asked her out, she acted kinda nervous
She said call my service
I'm Livin' in Hollywood

(2nd verse)
She moved out from small town Iowa
She's the pride of her Daddy and Mom
A new star of the multi media
She's got her own sitcom
She through a fit for her manager in double knits
To say the least the cat was semi enraged
He had a cardiac and loop-de-loop his Cadillac
Made all the trades

(chorus)
Livin' In Hollywood
Livin In Hollywood
Livin' In Hollywood
Livin' In Hollywood

(bridge)
She could be the definitive looker and flasher and cooker of all time
She's so cool
All the cats want to light her cigarette
She could be the direction and all the perfection of history's great minds
She's no fool
Your silicon puts me in the danger zone
Take me home

(solo)

(3rd verse)
She struck a late night pose at the Rainbow
She looked so bored
She's got her eye on a six foot Rock Star
He's got his own billboard
She made a scene at a penthouse disco
She took immediate control
She's on a first name basis with the DJ
Just wastin' away

(chorus 2x)

10. The Stranger
(written by James Newton Howard & Les Dudek)
Les Dudek: Lead vocal, rhythm & lead guitars
Mike Finnigan: Organ & background vocal
Jim Krueger: Rhythm guitar & background vocal
Bill Meeker: Drums
Trey Thompson: Bass
James Newton Howard: Piano
Max Carl Gronenthal: background vocal

(1st verse)
Slum bum meltin' pot tycoon
Fast shootin' son of doom
A five o'clock face on an eerie smile
He sells ice on the hot streets
Cold lead flies from his heat

Helpless from the shadow of the night
The animal's alive
Running wild

(chorus)
Lookout for the stranger
Stranger
His pockets are full of danger
Beware of the stranger
Stranger
The shinny man's is gonna get'cha

(2nd verse)
Red eyes in the night sky
Empty stomach but his brain is high
Stoppin' the world from a whiskey glass
He had the chance like you and me
Got lost in iniquity

Rainbows seen from him are black and white
The animal's alive
Running wild

(chorus)

(solo)

(3rd verse)
So watch out he's on the take
Two died the cops were late

Helpless from the shadow of the night
The animal's alive
Running wild

(chorus 2x)

(solo Vamp)

The Dudek-Finnigan-Krueger Band (DFK)
Album Credits & Liner Notes


Produced by: James Newton Howard & Andy Johns

Engineered and Mixed by: Andy Johns

Assistant Engineers: Eric Zobler, Paul Ray and Ed Perry

Recorded at:
United Western Studios, Hollywood, California &
Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, California

Illustration: Joe Spencer

Photography: Bob Seidemann / A.D.T.L.

Thanks to:
Thom Yuill, Michael Dilbeck, Rob Wunderlich,
Mike "Captain" Slick, Jason Cooper, Michael Hossack,
Tom Covelli

Manufactured by: Columbia Records

ASCAP / BMI