MY OWN VERSION OF YOU

All through the summers into January

I’ve been visiting morgues and monasteries

Lookin’ for the necessary body parts

Limbs and livers and brains and hearts

I’ll bring someone to life - it’s what I'm gonna do

I wanna create my own version of you

Well it must be the winter of my discontent

I wish you’d have taken me with you wherever you went

They talk all night and they talk all day

Not for a minute do I believe anything they say

I’m going to bring someone to life - someone I’ve never seen

You know what I mean - you know exactly what I mean

I’ll take the Scarface Pacino and the Godfather Brando

Mix it up in a tank and get a robot commando

If I do it up right and put the head on straight

I’ll be saved by the creature that I create

I’ll get blood from a cactus - gunpowder from ice

I don’t gamble with cards and I don’t shoot no dice

Can you look at my face with your sightless eye

Can you cross your heart and hope to die

I’ll bring someone to life - someone for real

Someone who feels the way that I feel

I study Sanskrit and Arabic to improve my mind

I want to do things for the benefit of all mankind

I say to the willow tree - don’t weep for me

I’m saying to hell to all things that used to be

Well I get into trouble - then I hit the wall

No place to run - no place at all

I pick a number between a-one and two

And I ask myself what would Julius Caesar do

I wanna bring someone to life in more ways than one

Don’t matter how long it takes - it’ll be done when it’s done

I’m gonna make you play the piano like Leon Russell

Like Liberace - like St. John the Apostle

I’ll play every number that I can play

I’ll see you maybe on judgment day

After midnight if you still want to meet

I’ll be at the Black Horse tavern on Armageddon street

Two doors down - not that far to walk

I’ll hear your footsteps - you won’t have to knock

I’ll bring someone to life - balance the scales

I’m not gonna get involved in any insignificant details

You can bring it to St Peter - you can bring it to Jerome

You can bring it all the way over - bring it all the way home

Bring it to the corner where the children play

You can bring it to me on a silver tray

I’ll bring someone to life - spare no expense

Do it with decency and common sense

Can you tell me what it means to be or not to be

You won’t get away with foolin’ me

Can you help me walk that moonlight mile

Can you give me the blessings of your smile

I’ll bring someone to life - use all of my powers

Do it in the dark - in the wee small hours

I can see the history of the whole human race

It’s all right there - it’s carved into your face

Should I break it all down - should I fall on my knees

Is there light at the end of the tunnel - can you tell me please

Stand over there by the cypress tree

Where the Trojan women and children were sold into slavery

Long before the first crusade

Way back before England or America were made

Step right into the burning hell

Where some of the best known enemies of mankind dwell

Mr Freud with his dreams - Mr Marx with his axe

See the rawhide lash rip the skin from their backs

Got the right spirit - you can feel it you can hear it

You got what they call the immortal spirit

You can feel it all night - you can feel it in the morn’

It creeps in your body the day you were born

One strike of lightning is all that I need

And a blast of electricity that runs at top speed

Show me your ribs - I’ll stick in the knife

Gonna jump start my creation to life

I wanna bring someone to life - turn back the years

Do it with laughter and do it with tears


	MY OWN VERSION OF YOU All through the summers into January I’ve been visiting morgues and monasteries Lookin’ for the necessary body parts Limbs and livers and brains and hearts I’ll bring someone to life - it’s what I'm gonna do I wanna create my own version of you Well it must be the winter of my discontent I wish you’d have taken me with you wherever you went They talk all night and they talk all day Not for a minute do I believe anything they say I’m going to bring someone to life - someone I’ve never seen You know what I mean - you know exactly what I mean I’ll take the Scarface Pacino and the Godfather Brando Mix it up in a tank and get a robot commando If I do it up right and put the head on straight I’ll be saved by the creature that I create I’ll get blood from a cactus - gunpowder from ice I don’t gamble with cards and I don’t shoot no dice Can you look at my face with your sightless eye Can you cross your heart and hope to die I’ll bring someone to life - someone for real Someone who feels the way that I feel I study Sanskrit and Arabic to improve my mind I want to do things for the benefit of all mankind I say to the willow tree - don’t weep for me I’m saying to hell to all things that used to be Well I get into trouble - then I hit the wall No place to run - no place at all I pick a number between a-one and two And I ask myself what would Julius Caesar do I wanna bring someone to life in more ways than one Don’t matter how long it takes - it’ll be done when it’s done I’m gonna make you play the piano like Leon Russell Like Liberace - like St. John the Apostle I’ll play every number that I can play I’ll see you maybe on judgment day After midnight if you still want to meet I’ll be at the Black Horse tavern on Armageddon street Two doors down - not that far to walk I’ll hear your footsteps - you won’t have to knock I’ll bring someone to life - balance the scales I’m not gonna get involved in any insignificant details You can bring it to St Peter - you can bring it to Jerome You can bring it all the way over - bring it all the way home Bring it to the corner where the children play You can bring it to me on a silver tray I’ll bring someone to life - spare no expense Do it with decency and common sense Can you tell me what it means to be or not to be You won’t get away with foolin’ me Can you help me walk that moonlight mile Can you give me the blessings of your smile I’ll bring someone to life - use all of my powers Do it in the dark - in the wee small hours I can see the history of the whole human race It’s all right there - it’s carved into your face Should I break it all down - should I fall on my knees Is there light at the end of the tunnel - can you tell me please Stand over there by the cypress tree Where the Trojan women and children were sold into slavery Long before the first crusade Way back before England or America were made Step right into the burning hell Where some of the best known enemies of mankind dwell Mr Freud with his dreams - Mr Marx with his axe See the rawhide lash rip the skin from their backs Got the right spirit - you can feel it you can hear it You got what they call the immortal spirit You can feel it all night - you can feel it in the morn’ It creeps in your body the day you were born One strike of lightning is all that I need And a blast of electricity that runs at top speed Show me your ribs - I’ll stick in the knife Gonna jump start my creation to life I wanna bring someone to life - turn back the years Do it with laughter and do it with tears
PERFORMANCES no live performances yet "MY OWN VERSION OF YOU" was released in June 2020 on the album "Rough And Rowdy Ways". The album was recorded and mixed by Chris Shaw, the engineer who from 1999 to 2006 had also recorded ... Things Have Changed Love and Theft Waitin’ for You Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking ‘Cross the Green Mountain Tell Ol’ Bill Can’t Escape From You Modern Times Huck’s Tune