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Ron Liggett – Larry Moore – Bill Fulcher

Toneshiners

Time to Shine Produced by Ron Liggett

Associate producer: Larry Moore

All sounds, instruments and voices on Time to Shine are performed by:

Bill Fulcher—Ron Liggett—Larry Moore

(With the notable exception of Cody Moore on mandolin on The Train)

All songs © 2017 by Ron Liggett except:

The River and The Train © 2017 by Larry Moore

Recorded and mixed at:

Group Effort Studio – Erlanger, Kentucky

Legend Underground Studio – Landen, Ohio

Mastered at SoundLAB – Mastering engineer: Paul Elliott

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CD front cover photo—Michael Liggett

CD rear cover photo—Ron Liggett

Liner photography—Michael Liggett

Liner notes—Ron Liggett

Dedicated to our wives, families, friends, and fans.

In memory of Tim Hensley, Boxie Fulcher, and Joni Liggett

Toneshiners wish to express our sincere gratitude to Mark Liggett whose insights and advice proved

invaluable throughout the production of Time to Shine.

Composers and lyricists as noted

Recording and mixing engineers as noted

Lyrics, notes and credits

The River

(We rehearsed an uptempo bluegrass version of this tune, but during a break, Larry began to play and

sing in Delta-blues style while wailing on the resonator guitar which was so killer, we came up with an

arrangement combining the two.

Composer – Larry Moore

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Larry – vocal, acoustic resonator guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo

Ron – vocal, acoustic upright bass

Bill – drums

Recorded and mixed at Group Effort Studio

Recording and mixing engineer -- Dan Murphy

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(lyrics by Larry Moore)

Sitting on this river drinking her out of my mind She left me one morning said that she'd done her time

Standing at the station leaving her troubles behind She's leaving Cincinnati Lord Lord and I'm about to loose my mind

Alone on this river so lonesome I could cry Listening to the sounds as the midnight baby passes by

Don't know where she's gone or where she may be It maybe Chicago lord lord maybe Nashville Tennessee

I miss here already can't get here out of my mind I was so in love with her why was she so unkind

She's on that ole greyhound I don't know if I am lost in time I wish we were together once again going back on time

Alone on this river so lonesome I could cry Listening to the sounds as the midnight passes by

Don't know where she's gone or where she may be It maybe Chicago lord lord maybe Nashville Tennessee

Alone on this river so lonesome I could cry Listening to the sounds as the midnight passes by

Don't know where she's gone or where she may be It may be Chicago lord lord maybe Nashville Tennessee It may be Chicago lord lord maybe Nashville Tennessee

It may be tomorrow lord lord she'll be coming home to me

You Confuse Me

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(A song written one morning after a long conversation about the opposite sex with a family friend.

The closest we came to an electric blues tune. )

Composer – Ron Liggett

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Ron – vocal, electric bass, acoustic guitar

Larry – electric guitar

Bill – Drums


Recording and mixing engineer – Dan Murphy

(lyrics by Ron Liggett)

Some guy passes by and you flash him a smile

He gives you a wink and says call me sometime

Just when I’m ready to hear goodbye

You say let’s lay out under the stars tonight

You confuse me

I pay your bills and buy your clothes

but you run around with somebody we know

and when I’m set to say you’ve gone too far

You say let’s make love in the back of your car

I never learn my lesson

You always keep me guessing

And for me you’ll always be a mystery

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Cause you confuse me

You spend the night and roll around with me

But comes the dawn I wake up and you’re gone

Leaving just a note and a pot of tea

That says give me a call when I get home

My friends tell me that I’m acting a fool

They say you’re using me like a tool

But I know how I feel when you’re at my door

It’s complicated and that’s for sure –

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When the Grid Goes Down

(Turning end-times lemons into apocalyptic lemonade. Recorded with all acoustic instruments in case

the grid went down. )

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Ron – vocal, acoustic upright bass, acoustic guitar, maracas

Larry – vocal, acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, cowbell

Bill – vocal, drums, percussion

Recorded at Group Effort Studio

Recording engineer – Dan Murphy

Mixed at Legend Underground Studio

Mixing engineer – Jerry Lane

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(Lyrics by Ron Liggett)

When the grid goes down and the lights go out

and friends and family are going without

We’ll fetch our water from underground streams

eat trapped meat and freeze dried beans

When the grid goes down the silence will be sweet

there’ll be no phone calls faxes or tweets

We’ll be ready for winter and weather the chill

when there’s no electric and the world stands still

While cities are burning and they riot in town

we’ll be snug in our bunker when the grid goes down

We built our shelters sturdy and deep

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we did our prepping and tended our keep

We got weapons and plenty of rounds

we’ll defend our position when the grid goes down

If marauding bandits infiltrate our ground

we will take no prisoners when the grid goes down

When the grid goes down and it’s just you and me

we’ll have to repopulate humanity

clothing optional and birth control free

we’ll be the second coming of Adam and Eve

There’ll be quality time to cuddle and kiss

when the grid goes down it’s gonna be pure bliss! –

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The Train

(A homecoming story. Cody Moore steps in for a great mandolin accompaniment.)

Composer – Larry Moore

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Larry – vocal, electric and acoustic guitar, banjo


Bill – drums

**Featuring** Cody Moore on mandolin

(photo by Pam Moore)



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(lyrics by Larry Moore)

I've been sitting here looking for the train The brakeman tells me it's gonna be a long long wait

I don't understand it it's been so long Come on come on wont you take me home

The conductor tells me it won't be long I've been waiting to see my baby since the brake of dawn

She's waiting for me in our home town It's gonna be one hell of a night and I can't stop now

The train going home is a long long ride The girl waiting for me is going to be my bride

I can't help it by feeling this way The Change that's going on is going to be here to stay The trains pulling into the station time to get my bag

I can see my baby now she's holding the American flag The wars been so tough on me I can't believe I'm off of these tracks

The whole towns cheering welcome back welcome back welcome back The train going home is a long long ride

The girl waiting for me is going to be my bride I can't help it by feeling this way

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The change that's going on is going to be here to stay All aboard –

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This Fine Love

(We venture into the realm of doo-wop.)


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Ron – vocal, electric bass

Larry – vocal, electric guitar

Bill – Drums



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This fine love is what I’m living for

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Love like this always brings me back for more

What we’ve got and what it’s going to be

This fine love is custom made by you and me

I walked a lonely path in life

Day to day, night by night

Now I’ve found this love with you

Morning, night, the whole day through

What we’ve got and what it’s going to be

This fine love is custom made by you and me –

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I Saw Ghosts

(A dreamscape and visitation inspired this tune.)


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Ron – Vocal, electric bass, acoustic guitars


Bill – drums, percussion



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In a dream I saw ghosts of the souls I miss the most

Friends and kin I loved who long ago passed on

And for a moment, it was like they’d never gone

It was my Pops and my sainted Mother

Brought my loved ones all together

We drank toasts told old jokes and sang along

Just like those joyful days gone by when we were young

I saw ghosts in my dream and they sang in harmony

Apparitions from my past reached out to me

All my life I’ve gained and lost every treasure has a cost

In the morning light I wakened reassured

And the dawning sun shone brighter than before

A trace of mystic in the air

Evidence that they’d been there

When I think I’ve lost my way under the sun

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Ghosts remind me that I’m right where I belong

I saw ghosts in my dream and they sang in harmony

Apparitions from my past reached out to me

Just to tell me that their love will always be –

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Locked Out Blues

(-or- How the locksmith changed my life. Blues in A.)


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Ron – vocal, acoustic guitar, acoustic upright bass

Larry – acoustic resonator guitar

Bill – drums



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3AM or maybe it was 4

I found my key

But it won’t unlock your door

The same old key

I’ve used a thousand times before

It set my mind to wonder

If I’d have to spend the night outdoors

I rang the bell

More than once but no one came

Knocked on your window

Called out your name

I phoned your number

But they said you disconnected the line

That’s when I was certain

You’d locked me out on purpose this time

(so I started shouting)

Baby I’m locked out

With nowhere to go

If our love affair is over

You never let me know

You set out my belongings

In a paper sack beside the door

With a notice of eviction

Saying don’t be coming ‘round no more

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(How you gonna lock a brother out in the cold!)

Baby I’m locked out

With nowhere to go

If our love affair is over

You never let me know

Woohoo woohoo

With nowhere to go

(Hold on)

Just found a key in my pocket

That I’m sure unlocks your sister’s door

(I’ll go over and check out her biscuits and gravy)

(She just lives right around the corner) –

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Who Tied the Pup

(An old expression used locally meaning “a very long time.”)

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Ron – vocal, electric bass, acoustic guitars


Bill – drums



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Way out in the middle of flyover country

Where the corn grows tall and the gravy’s never lumpy

A farmer’s in his field and he’s praying for his crop

Been waiting on the weather since who tied the pup

Who tied the pup Who tied the pup

Farmer in his field and he’s praying for his crop


Been waiting on the weather since who tied the pup

Standing at the table with some dice in a cup

Got my baby by my side ‘cause she always brings me luck

Seven come eleven hope my number turns up

I’ll be rolling these bones ‘til who tied the pup


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Standing at the table with some dice in a cup


I’ll be rolling them bones ‘til who tied the pup –

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tiny m

(For Marylin)


(instrumental)

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Ron – electric bass, acoustic guitar


Bill – Drums


Recording and mixing engineer -- Dan Murphy

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Blood of the Working Class

(All about facing and surviving a downsize at ground level:

something that could happen to the best of us at any time. )


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Ron – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric bass

Larry – electric guitar, acoustic resonator guitar

Bill – drums





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Times were so good and then they turned bad

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We had a house but they took it back

They closed up the foundry. The diner was next.

We had a future

Now we’re all that’s left (they tried to put a curse on us baby)

We set high goals and rode the wave

Now we’ll feel lucky to be working again

Standing in line for a government check

Two bags of groceries

And some candy cigarettes (that candy’s for the babies you understand)

(They built everything on blood of the working class)

I’ve got you, and you’ve got me

We’ll make a home for our family

We got slapped down, now we’re jumping back up

Now we’re making the most

Of a half empty cup (Oh yeah, we gonna make it baby)

With the power of love and the strength of our backs

They can’t take the fight out of the working class

We’ve got these hands. We’ve got these hearts

We’ve got each other

That’s a jump right from the start (yeah we’re way ahead of the game baby)

It’s in the blood of the working class!

Thick as it gets! --

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(Go ahead and cry. They can’t hold us down forever)

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The One I Left Back Home

(Arrr, it’s a seafaring tune! Channeling Pete Seeger. Larry’s banjo picking is inspiring.)


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Ron – Vocal

Larry – Banjo, vocal



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There was a girl in my hometown lived up on the hill

Went everywhere together she was my dream fulfilled

Her hair so soft and fragrant and wonder in her eyes

The air was filled with magic whenever she walked by

One day mom said son you’re grown, it’s time you took a wife

Gather up your one true love and make that girl your bride

But I was young foolish, my heart was set to roam

I packed my bags and said farewell to the one I left back home

I sailed the mighty ocean, braved the raging storm

Off to seek my fortune bound for distant shores

In search of monetary gain I cheated and connived

And lost my taste for simple things where all true riches lie

I wore the finest clothing, drank expensive wine

I could not purchase happiness, but Lord knows how I tried

Gold and silver cursed me with an empty place inside

In time I had forsaken love for avarice and pride

I romanced girls across the world Paris, Prague, and Rome

No other gal could trim my jib like the one I left back home


But I could never quench my lust or satisfy my soul

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In a letter Mom began: Dear Son, I hope you’re not too late

The one you left back home might be the one that got away

I saw a suitor call on her she let him in the door

It seems you stand to lose your love if she must wait much more

So I booked passage on a ship, her Captain brave and true

He said the weather could get rough but we’ll keep pushing through

But halfway home wild wind and waves condemned our fate to doom

Captain crew and passengers shared a watery tomb

I sailed the mighty ocean , braved the raging storm

My loveless soul was lost at sea, lived and died alone

For those who hear this dead man’s tale waste no tears to mourn

Greed is but a malady and offers no reward

I chose my path ran my course and spent my life in vain

Abandoning my one true love for wealth and worldly gain


But now I’ll miss that wedding kiss from the one I left back home –

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Riding This Rock

(It’s all a round trip. This song’s concept was inspired by the music of David Bowie. We should also

mention riffs we imply from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix,

and Stevie Ray Vaughan as a tribute to their lasting imprint on rock music.)


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Bill – drums



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I was born rotatin’ out on a spin

A gravitatin’ sensation always holdin’ me in

Since mommy and daddy made the car windows steam

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Found my own orbit Apex to apogee

I’m just ridin’ this rock ridin’ this rock ridin’ this rock

Ridin’ this rock ridin’ this rock ridin’ this rock



A revolutionary notion a circular motion

It’s all good baby ‘cause I’m ridin’ this rock


It’s all good baby ‘cause I’m ridin’ this rock with you

It was set in stone long before time had begun

Now we’re passengers on the third one from the sun

Now you and me make the car windows steam

and confess our interplanetary dreams

We’re just ridin’ this rock ridin’ this rock ridin’ this rock




A revolutionary notion a circular motion



It’s all good baby ‘cause I’m ridin’ this rock with you –

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One and Only

(Wouldn’t trade her for anything, at least, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.)


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Bill – Drums





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If you ask about my baby this is what I’ll say

she makes a better man of me in every way

Whatever I risk she’s my reward

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She’s the after to my before

She picks me up when I fall down

If I pass out she brings me around

she rubs me down if I get sore

if I’ve got a fever she finds the cure

She’s my one and only

fits right in to my category

my karma, my dharma, the yin to my yang

she just loves me for the man I am

If I have an itch she’ll scratch my back

She’ll change the flat on my Cadillac

She gives me directions if I lose my way

She sets my alarm so I won’t be late

I went to the crossroads late last June

Handed ol’ Scratch my guitar to tune

he said sell me your soul and teach you the blues

but if you throw in your woman, I’ll make you rich too!

(I said hell no! That’s no deal Scratch! Not in this lifetime!) –

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Just Now

(The first song I wrote after a cancer diagnosis.)


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Ron – vocal, acoustic guitar

Larry – acoustic guitar, mandolin



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I’ve lived my life in a reckless way

Wasted hours night and day

But then I found that life made sense with you

Joined together one from two

Now I reflect upon my youthful bliss

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Carelessness, foolishness

But when it comes to you there’s nothing I would change

From the top full replay

I wouldn’t trade a single memory

Moments shared, places seen

Can’t even think of living life without you

Everyday ends too soon

Seems like these times should last forever

I mean the way it is just now

Can’t see a way it could get better

No better than it is just now –

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