Song: "Best You Can Get"

Song: "Best You Can Get"
(music and lyrics by Joseph Bishara)
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Let me tell you about my wife
She’s given her life
Gave me home and family
And as hard as I try
We just barely scrape by
So I can't give her luxury.

Well the car that she drives
It smokes and it grinds
Barely gets her from A to B.
So I quit eating lunch
And I saved up a bunch
Figured I’d get her a red SUV.

I’m gonna give you the best I can get
Cause you’ve given me you and you’re not finished yet
Wait 'til you see
Your red SUV.
I'm gonna give you the best I can get.
I'm gonna give you the best I can get.

So I took what I’d saved and I went into town,
And I went to the car lot, and I laid it all down.
The man looked at me and asked what I’d need.
I told him she needed a red SUV.

Mister please give me the best I can get.
Something shiny and pretty, maybe something in red.
Gotta make her life happy with the time we have left
So I need to get her the best I can get
I need to get her the best I can get

So he gave me the keys
to a red SUV
I could get 'cause of rolled-over miles
So I drove it back in
and it rode kind of mean
But when she saw it she gave me a smile

She didn’t look at the paint
Or the scratch on the door
Or the dent in the bumper
Or the hole in the floor.

She said thank you for giving the best you could get
I feel like I've gotten my own private jet
I love the color and it’s the best we’ve had yet
Thank you for giving the best you could get.
Thank you for giving the best you could get.

My boys came outside
and said wow what a ride
So I threw my wife the keys
And we all piled in
and drove to the drive-in.
All I could look at was my family.

‘Bout the time I got up to get us some snacks
A guy stepped out of his Mercedes Benz.
He'd just lost his wife
and felt lost in his life
but he smiled when he looked back at our red SUV.

Mister you’ve got the best you can get
With your boys and your wife well there’s not that much left
Love what you’ve got or live with regret.
Cause mister you’ve got the best you can get.
Looks like I got the best you can get.

Mister you've got the best you can get.
The family you've got and the time you have left.
Love what you've got and don't you forget.
Mister you've got the best you can get.
Mister you've got the best you can get.

Song: My Dad

MY DAD
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(song and lyrics by Joseph Bishara)

Many times, when Dad didn't see things my way,
He'd try to calm me down when I threatened to run away.

You can’t go. You’ve got to stay.
You’ll get in trouble If you go away
Like it or not, I’m leaving here.
I’m getting out. I’ll disappear.
I wished I’d never had
hurt My Dad

When I was down
He gave me all the money that he had
When I was cold
He gave me the coat right off his back
When I was hungry
He gave me the food right off his table
He held me up. He pushed me on
He gave me strength when I wasn’t able
To stand on my own.
My Dad.

My Dad’s health isn’t as good as it used to be.
And I swallow hard when I think of him leaving me.

You can’t go You’ve got to stay
I’ll feel so lost If you go away.
Like it or not You’re leaving here
You’re getting out You’ll disappear

Thank you for all you’ve given me,
And for the man I’ve come to be.
I wish I’d been a better son,
In all the world you’re the only one,
Who’d go through hell just to see me glad.
My Dad.

(copyright 2008 Joseph Bishara, all rights reserved.)

Song: "Love is what you've been through"

LOVE IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH WITH SOMEBODY
(music and lyrics by Joseph Bishara)
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I was staring at a stranger dressed scantily
Inasmuchas this seductress stared right back at me
Her image underneath the triple-x marquis,
Then some wisdom showed me a fool
Love is what you've been through ... with somebody.

REFRAIN:
Love is what you've been through with somebody.
Love is what you go through for someone.
Love is what you've been through with somebody.
If you want to start having fun,
That's how the race is run.
That's how the race is won.
Love someone!

She's been with me through it all, through thick and thin,
through sunny and rainy, through lose and win,
I'll tell you how I know that it's love I'm in,
Darling I love you true,
'Cause love is what you've been through ... with somebody.

(REFRAIN)

My boy got in some trouble, did something wrong at school
I could tell he didn't think that I would think he was cool
But he forgot about dad's golden rule.
Daddy thinks you're beautiful
'Cause love is what you've been through ... with somebody.

(REFRAIN)