Adventures in Matchland

The "No More Love, Shut The Door, Stay At Home" Blues

The No More Love, Stay At Home, Shut The Door Blues

Went to see my baby,

She don't want me no more.

She left me lying curled up

In a ball down on the floor.

Chorus: I've got the no more love,

             stay at home,

             shut the door blues.

             Love won't find me 'gain

             til I pay my dues.

Well I stayed there alone

Forty days and night.

I said I've got to atone,

To set some things right.

Chorus: I've got the no more love,

             stay at home,

             shut the door blues.

             Love won't find me 'gain

             til I pay my dues.

I walked out the door,

Gave the man his due,

Wore out three pairs of pants,

And 'bout forty shoes.

Chorus: I've got the no more love,

             stay at home,

             shut the door blues.

             Love won't find me 'gain

             til I pay my dues.

Just singin' His praise,

Hallelujah! Amen!

Won't you join with me,

As we sing again?

(New Chorus)

             I've got the

            "Full of His Love",

             For God's sake get going,

             Going to open the door,

             blues.

             Love found me again

             Once I paid my dues.

He lifted me up,

Helped me to my feet.

Now I can walk and talk,

And make my peace with Him.

Chorus: I've got the

            "Full of His Love",

             For God's sake get going,

             Going to open the door,

             blues.

             Love found me again

             Once I paid my dues.

Copyright 2004,2006 John Bescherer

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

I won a radio contest on Cool 102 this morning for knowing the lyric "I met a clever woman." In case you don't know it, it's from "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman Turner Overdrive It's true. You ain't seen nothing yet. I'd keep my eyes open if I were you... ____________________________________________________________________________ I met a clever woman
She took my heart away
She said I had it coming to me
But I wanted it that day

I think that any love is good lovin
‘So I took what I could get mm mm ooh ooh
She looked at me with those big brown eyes
And said

Chorus:
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet b b b baby
You ain’t seen nothing yet
Here’s something that you’re never gonna forget
B b b baby you ain’t seen it you ain’t been around

And now I’m feeling better
`Cos I was coming down for sure
She took me to her Doctor
And he told me I was cured
He said that any love was good love
So I took what I could get
And then she looked at me with those big brown eyes
And said

Chorus

Any love is a good lovin’
So I took what I could get,
I took what I could get
And then she looked at me with that big brown eyes
And said
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet,
Baby, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet,
Here’s something, here’s something,
Here’s something you ain’t gonna forget
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet,
She took my heart away
She said I had it coming to me
But I wanted it that day

I think that any love is good lovin
‘So I took what I could get mm mm ooh ooh
She looked at me with those big brown eyes
And said

Chorus:
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet b b b baby
You ain’t seen nothing yet
Here’s something that you’re never gonna forget
B b b baby you ain’t seen it you ain’t been around

And now I’m feeling better
`Cos I was coming down for sure
She took me to her Doctor
And he told me I was cured
He said that any love was good love
So I took what I could get
And then she looked at me with those big brown eyes
And said

Chorus

Any love is a good lovin’
So I took what I could get,
I took what I could get
And then she looked at me with that big brown eyes
And said
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet,
Baby, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet,
Here’s something, here’s something,
Here’s something you ain’t gonna forget
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet,

Towards a Dating Bill of Rights

Since my last breakup, I vowed to change a couple of things about the way I dealt with love.

I'm just not going to run after anyone anymore. I'll show interest, offer companionship and perhaps a little romance, but I'll not go into overdrive unless someone is coming after me too. Therefore, if we go out on a date, I might call afterwards to say thanks and even offer another idea, but I'll leave it up to the woman to call me back if she is interested.

I'm also going to meet people as part of a group. I've been taken advantage of nore than once by a woman. From here on out, I'm not going to front 100% of the expenses of going out. I might go 60/40 but I'm just not going to cover all of the costs of tickets, activities, etc. I'm perfectly happy hiking or going biking. No need to take someone to big concerts for me to gave fun. I can just go by myself and meet people there. When I have done that, I have always had a great time.

So if I were going to put together a  "10 Commandments of Dating" from these things, it would include:

1) You have to like yourself before anyone else will like you

2) A man should not have to pay all the costs of dating.  A woman should offer to cover her share of expenses and perhaps even pay for things herself some of the time.

3) There is no point in running after anyone. If they are interested, they will slow down and let you catch up and will even turn around and come back to you if you fall too far behind.