Lighthearted yet provocative, Lucky Cat is a fresh celebration of bluegrass, country and rock and roll music. Toni Land’s stellar songwriting about life and love as it is and could be “for better or for worse” is accompanied by a variety of soul-stirring, foot-stomping, acoustic rhythms blending guitars, mandolins, banjos, fiddles, drums, shakers, accordions and more. Land’s close collaboration with producer/multi-instrumentalist, Tim Ellis, spanning four albums, is fully realized on Lucky Cat. (2003)
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Dyin Aint No Bigga Thang
(T. Land ©2002 Wondergirl Music)He was assistant to the undertaker
Everyday he’d walk to work there and back
I say, “How can you hear all the woes of the world
And still smile on me like that?”He said he knew he was God’s agent
And he did not mind the role
Helping people transistion
You know, requires a hardy soulChorus
He’d say I am not afraid of dyin
Dyin aint no bigga thing
He’d say dyin aint nothing to fear
If you’re really living while you’re living hereHe’d say I go lie down in the dark dirty woods
I Let nature come on and heal me
Don’t need no inside of no church
no prayin on my kneesChorus repeat
Spoken: He said a lotta things to me. He’d say
Girlie… In all the living I’ve done, the saddest part aint about dying. What’s sad is unsaid hellos, unsaid goodbyes. The saddest heartbreakin thing
I’ve ever seen is unfinished lives. Now that’s sad.See I love to hear the wind blow
I love the sunlight shinin’ through the trees
And I don’t mind the rain
That’s all just living to meChorus repeat
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Credit Card
(T. Land ©2002 Wondergirl Music)Can’t build up miles
Can’t get free movie passes
No discounts with me baby
No cash advances
Can’t pay down the line
Gotta pay on timeLove me up front or keep on walking
No promises, Baby that’s just talking
When it comes down to my heart
Baby you got no credit cardI’m no bank of America
investing in your future
I’ve been around
Won’t fall for no moocher
Some kind of time share
Makin’ me on a wing and a prayerLove me up front or keep on walking
No promises, Baby that’s just talking
When it comes down to my heart
Baby you got no credit cardI am a now kinda girl
Spontaneous let’s have some fun
But I’m no let’s go
Kiss it up, then say you’re done
You can’t charge me up
And up till you had enoughLove me up front or keep on walking
No promises, that’s just talk talking
When it comes down to my heart
Baby you’re no credit card
When it comes down to my heart
Baby you got no credit card
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The Real Deal
(T. Land ©2002 Wondergirl Music)He always looks me right in the eyes
Seems intrigued every time I smile
He takes his time when he’s talking to me
Like I’m interesting, captivating
Around him I feel sexy and witty
I may be fooled but it don’t matter to me
I like to stand close, pretend I belong to him
Pretend he’s crazy about meHey hey Lucky me He makes me feel I’m the real deal
Everybody feels the same way but that’s ok
He makes me feel I’m the real deal
Lucky meI call him up when I’m feeling down
He comes and takes me out on the town
Where glasses stay filled, where plates are never empty
Where music’s always loud
He likes to talk commodities and fine/good guitars
He’s a man of sensibility and charm
He’s gotta a way of taking simple pleasures
making ‘em into a work of artHey hey Lucky me He makes me feel I’m the real deal
Everybody feels the same way but that’s ok
He makes me feel I’m the real deal
Bridge
I know better than to dive down too deep
But I’m already up to my neck
Life’s too short to miss this happiness
And feeling like I’m the real dealLead over verse
Hey hey Lucky me He makes me feel I’m the real/ deal
Everybody feels the same way but that’s ok
He makes me feel I’m the real
Hey hey Lucky me He makes me feel I’m the real deal
Everybody feels the same way but that’s ok
He makes me feel I’m the real deal