🔵 By Christopher Rowland. Photo by lauragrafie.
DON’T GO DAUGHTER (New Country)
Verse One: Don’t go leaving our home, you don’t gotta go girl, don’t go away.
Don’t think that we don’t care, we love you girl, we love your ways, you bring us joy everyday.
Don’t ever think that we don’t understand, we lived our lives the very same way.
Your mom was a girl your very same age, when I came along to take her away.
I didn’t have a job, barely had a car, I thought it’d be neat to just run away. (Core Melody 2x)
Chorus: Don’t go leaving our home, don’t run away, we love you girl, don’t let the world take you away
It’s not good out there anyway. Grow with your friends in this home town.
They love you girl, you know they do, you’d break their hearts to go away and that means your daddy and your momma too. (Core Melody x2-lead x2)
Verse Two: Go to school you get good grades, go to your prom as pretty as your mom.
Live at home as long as you please, get a little job so you know what it’s like, you don’t gotta leave,
you don’t gotta pay, you bring us joy in so many ways.
You really like that boy, I know it’s true. Same as your momma really liked me too.
We really made a mistake when we ran away, out in the world without a clue.
We barely made it through, we barely made a home, we barely kept our love till you came along.
(End Core Melody x2, then „La Da De Da Da, La Da De Da Da, x3 – daddy and momma, again once more, ends slowly, „Daddy and Mamma“.
HOMETOWN DREAMS (Classic 90’s Country)
(Core Melody Intro)
Verse One: Well I spent my life here in this town and I had my best years, oh so proud.
I met my sweetheart in the sixth grade and I loved that girl for all my years.
I raised two boys and I raised two girls, I taught them to live by the Good Lord’s words.
Chorus: Now I see that my years went by and I lost the dreams of early years,
I wanted more than this life I’ve lived, though I have each day my best that I had.
I loved my family, I loved my friends and I loved this town with the work of my years.
Was it for something, was it for their dreams, was it for me and the pride that I feel?
Here I sit on this bar stool again and I wonder why I feel so alone.
Can anybody help me, can anybody tell me, where my dreams seemed to fade away?
On and on, on and on, oh I ask myself, „When did I die?“
(Core Melody x2)
Verse Two: My two sons went to fight in the war and they lost heir lives, oh why did they die?
Fought for their country, fought for this home town, both of them were our baseball stars.
My two girls went on to college, now they live in another state and my sweet wife seems to need another
I see that look now in her eyes. (Lead Core Melody x2)
Verse Three: Should I put my camper on my truck and roll on, saying goodbye?
Leave my sweet wife, leave this hometown, leave the pain that I feel behind?
I tried it before and I never went far, no love brought me back to this place I adore.
I know by tomorrow, all of this sorrow will fade away on a new Sunday.
(Core Melody x3)
Soft End Verse: I asked my wife could we adopt another son and daughter to love,
she said, „Yes, oh let’s do that!“ and her eyes lit up with that look that I love.
ON AND ON (New Country)
(Intro Melody x1)
Verse One: Out on another road, out on another highway, out on another broken heart and looking for another lover. She’s got to be out there somewhere, she’s got to be at the end of this road, ready for a man that’s right to hold, I won’t stop thriving, won’t stop driving, searching for the girl I’ve got to hold!
Chorus: And now I’m on on on and on, I’m on and on, on and on and on, darling where are you?
I’m on and on, on and on and on, darling I’ve got to find you.
I’m on and on and on and on and on, darling where are you I’ve got to hold you.
On and on and on, out on the road once again. And I’m on and on and on and on and one. (Lead break x1)
(Core Melody x2)
Verse Two: I won’t stop thinking about you girl, I won’t stop needing all your love, I won’t be sleeping, won’t be drinking, until we’re dancing out on the floor of a home town honky tonking good timing girl, giving her whirl.
(Core Melody Lead x1, Chorus Repeat, then Lead x2)
La La La La La slowly, out on another road.
SO VERY SORRY (New Country)
(Core Melody Intro x1)
Verse One: Didn’t hear about it, didn’t see it happen, didn’t know that it was even going on around me, didn’t hear the media, telling us about it, didn’t pay attention to the crazy world around me, didn’t think of safety, in our home so happy, went and left our doorways open to the crazy. (Core Melody x1)
Chorus: Darlings I am so very sorry, if only I had been there, always your protector, darlings I am so very sorry, you died at the hands of the villains of cruelty, darlings I will love you, with all of my soul, for all of eternity. (Start Song Major Chorus Completion, louder)
Darlings I am so very sorry, I never even thought that it could happen to our family, darlings I’ll avenge you, no matter what the law says, no matter what the penalty.
Verse Two: Didn’t think about it, didn’t see it coming, didn’t have a plan that could keep it from happening, didn’t know that it was even epidemic, didn’t hear the media, report about anything, it’s already happened, to literally millions, dead by rape and misery, at the hands of villains. (Lead x3 Core Melody x3)
Damned if I do it, don’t really care cause I know what I gotta do, I love my family and will avenge them, for all of eternity. Amen.
DIDN’T KNOW (Classical 90’s Country)
Core Melody Intro
Verse One: I didn’t know what the world was all about, didn’t much care anyhow.
Didn’t care about more than drinking this beer, didn’t know about love, didn’t have a care.
All I did was go to work, come to this tonk to drink it away.
(Core Melody x1)
Chorus: Now darling that I’ve tasted the love of your kisses, felt all your love with your arms all around me, breathed in the air of your sweet loving way, as we dance every day, every night, plan for our family, send our prayers to the good Lord our savior! (Core Melody Break x2, Lead x3, Break x1)
Verse Two: Finally know what fun loving is all about, as we spend every day sharing our love.
I love you, I love you girl, yes I do, I love you.
Verse Three: Sweet darling, what more can I say, now we know our love will never go away
Promise you girl I’ll be your true man, I’ll toe the line, never go astray.
(Music Break Core Melody x1, Repeat Verse Two, Melody Break, Repeat Verse Two.
REMEMBER (Classic 90’s Country)
Verse One: When I was a younger man, full of sin, I drank every day, fought every weekend, never went to church, never slowed down, never cared a damn. I didn’t know what love was, truth of it was, I didn’t have a prayer till I found you girl. You showed what love was, showed me the better part of myself, I never knew I was. Wasn’t for you girl, I’d still be well on my way, going to hell.
(Rhythm switch, inter break lyric x1)
Remember all the love, remember all the joy, remember all we’ve done. Never let it go, babe, never let it go, never let it go away from us. (Core Melody x1)
Chorus: Darling didn’t I love you with all my heart, with all my life, didn’t I hold you, didn’t I kiss you with all of my love, give you my all, everyday, every night, I gave my best to give you need, darling how could it happen, that your love now has faded away? Darling I am begging you, don’t walk away from the life we have. What about our children, what about our family, what about all the love we’ll lose, all of our things we worked so hard for all of these years, don’t throw it away.
(Rhythm switch, inter break lyric repeat x1)
Verse Two: Now I can see more clearly, I see how I wronged you girl, I didn’t let you live your own dream, didn’t let you have the freedom you need, often got jealous, showing my anger, as if you had done me wrong. Should have loved your dream girl, gave you all the help I could, should have gave you freedom, after all it wasn’t much to return, my love. Can you forgive me, I’m begging you, please hold on, I love you girl.
(Chorus Repeat, rhythm switch, inter break lyric repeat x2.)
Remember all the love, remember all the joy, remember all we’ve done.
Never let it go babe, never let it go, never let it go away from us.
BY THE RIVER SIDE (New Country)
Verse One: Down for the country ride, down by the river side, down with a country girl, down for the dancing all night long. Down for the Ranchers, down for the Farmers, down for the law and the hometown Sheriffs, down for Militia, down for the cause, down for the land we’re partying on. (Core Melody x2)
Chorus: Got my guns on hand, got my truck all armored, got my house all safe, gonna make sure thtey never get raped! Got allot of honor, got allot of fighting, got allot of pride, for the boys and girls on our river side! On and on we’re riding, on and on we’re fighting, on and on we’re priding, for the boys and girls on the river sides! (Lead x2, Core Melody x2)
Verse Two: Didn’t want the drugs, didn’t want the crimes, didn’t want the perverts and the villain slime, didn’t need the wars, didn’t need the lies, needed my brother but it’s where he died. (Short lead x1) (Repeat Chorus+short lead x2, core Melody)
YOU’RE THE ONE (New Country)
Verse One: I’ve gotta tell this girl of mine, she’s really got amazing personality,
I’ve gotta tell this girl of mine, that when we dance, I am falling in love again,
so we kiss and I hold her tight, she has a love that feels so right. (Core Melody x1)
Chorus: You’re the one who stole my heart, away from the crazy life that I knew.
You’re the one who showed me that I still have love inside my heart and now I know that I had it all wrong, all that really matters is a wife and family, they’ll never be anything that comes along, to ever come between you and me. You’re the one who won my heart, I’ve gotta do my best to make your dreams come true. (Core Melody x2, lead x2, core melody x1)
Verse Two: I’ve gotta tell this girl of mine, that ho my gosh her body is so fine, I’ve gotta tell this girl of mine, that when we make lots it’s never been so right and so now we smile at each other all the time, we know our love is gonna last forever.
(Chorus again, core melody x2, then, „You’re the one who filled my heart with love“, fading melody.