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THE BRASS RING

BOUGHT ME A TICKET FOR THE MERRY GO ROUND

THE CALLIOPE WAS MAKING A WONDROUS SOUND

PICKED ME A PRETTY MARE AND GRABBED

THE SADDLE HORN AND SAT DOWN.

THE FLOOR STARTED MOVING OUT FROM UNDER ME.

THE WORLD STARTED SPINNING AROUND ON ME.

STARTED WATCHING FOR THE COMING

BRASS RING.

YOU'RE COMING AROUND THE BEND.

STRETCHING OUT FROM MY SADDLE AGAIN.

FOR YOU, MY LADY LOVE. YOU ARE....... THE BRASS RING.

FROM HERE YOU LOOK TO FAR TO REACH.

IF I FALL OUT OF THE SADDLE, COME TO A HALTING SCREECH.

YOU ARE WORTH EVERY RISK I TAKE.

YOU ARE....... THE PERFECT MATE.


MISSED YOU ON THAT LAST TIME AROUND.

MANY GUYS ARE TRYING BUT NONE HAVE FOUND.

WHAT I KNOW IS THE KEY TO YOUR HEART.

YOU ARE...... THE BRASS RING.

I'M STRETCHING OUT FROM MY SADDLE AGAIN.

YOU'RE COMING AROUND THE BEND.

FOR YOU, MY LADY LOVE.

YOU ARE....... THE BRASS RING.

THE BRASS RING.

THE BRASS RING.











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STEERING THE WHEEL

 
 

 
 
THERE'S  A  FINE  GRAY  HAZE  IN  FRONT  OF MY EYES.
 
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO STEER THE WHEEL OF LIFE.
 
CAREFULLY STEERING THE WHEEL, WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
 

 
KEEPING  ON  THE STURDY ROADS, AVOIDING THE POTHOLES.
 
USING  MAP & COMPASS, NO MATTER HOW THE WIND BLOWS.
 
I'M  NOT  A  PASSENGER,  I'M  THE  ONE STEERING THE WHEEL.
 
 
 
I'M THE MASTER OF MY FUTURE. AS LONG AS I DO GOD'S WILL.
 
AS  LONG  AS  GOD  IS  MY COPILOT, I'M STEERING THE WHEEL.
 
AS LONG AS I FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CONTROL TOWER.
 
I'M STEERING THE WHEEL.
 
 
 
'CAUSE IN THE PAST WHEN I'D NOT LISTEN TO GOD'S VOICE INSIDE,
 
I SOON LOST CONTROL OF STEERING THE WHEEL AND OF MY LIFE.
 
I WAS RIDING, NOT DRIVING, NOT STEERING THE WHEEL.
 

 
ALONG WITH A BIRTH CERTIFICATE COMES  INSTRUCTIONS,
 
IN  GOD'S WORD,  NOT LIVING  IT  LEADS TO DESTRUCTION.
 
I'M NOT PERFECTION BUT I'M THE ONE STEERING THE WHEEL.
 
 
 
WE'RE MASTERS OF OUR FUTURE AS LONG AS WE DO GOD'S WILL.
 
AS  LONG AS GOD IS OUR COPILOT WE'RE STEERING THE WHEEL.
 
AS LONG AS WE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CONTROL TOWER
 
WE'RE STEERING THE WHEEL.


 
AS LONG AS WE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CONTROL TOWER,
 
WE'RE STEERING THE WHEEL.


WE'RE STEERING THE WHEEL.
 
WE'RE STEERING THE WHEEL OF LIFE.




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Take me to your heart  'cause nothing stops desire.
 
Nothing tears the truth apart.  I'm on fire, take me to your heart.
 
You're all that I desire. Please take me, take me to your heart.
 
 
I  can see July  bursting in the sky. 

Can't you see this is
more than just a moment for me.  

I  can  see  July  bursting  in  the  sky  over  you and me.
 
 
So take me to your heart 'cause I'm nothing when we're apart.
 
I'm on fire with desire, please take me to your heart.
 
 
I can see the sun setting over the ocean.
 
You and me making love in the waves and the sand.
 
Discovering you started this fire. Please take me to your heart.
 
 
I wish you'd realize that I think of you all the time.
 
There is no other girl for me. You're the one and only.
 
You're the only girl my eyes can see. Please take me to your heart.
 
 
Take me to your heart 'cause I'm nothing when we're apart.
 
I'm on fire with desire, please take me.

Take me to your heart.




 

I'm on fire with desire, please take me.

Take me to your heart.








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FACE THAT LAUNCHED
A THOUSAND SONGS




Helen was Queen of Sparta when she sailed off with Paris to Troy.

Her husband, the King of Sparta, wanting her back launched all ships to war.

She had a face that launched a thousand ships.



And a girl I know has such a pretty face, beautiful eyes and smile so divine.

She's got a cute nose and her wavy hair shines in the light.  

She's got a face that could launch a thousand ships.



She's got a face to launch a thousand songs.

Music and lyrics come out of my mouth and my fingers pick along.

She's got a face that launched a thousand songs.



She makes this man dream of romance with this woman by my side.

My mind leaps ahead in time when she is mine and the mother of my children.

Because of she, I use my creativity. To tell her and world how wonderful she is.



And there's got to be at least a thousand ways for me to say "I love you".

Of all the pretty girls in the world it is you that I use my creativity

to tell you and the world how beautiful you are.



'Cause you've got a face that launched a thousand songs.

  Music and lyrics come out of my mouth and my fingers strum along.

You've got a face that launched a thousand songs.


You've got a face...




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COUNTING MY BLESSINGS
 


EASTER SUNDAY MORNING SEEMS SUCH A BLEAK WORLD OUTSIDE.

FOR THE ONES THAT I LOVE MOST ARE FAR AWAY, MY HEART'S DEPRIVED.

THEN I FEEL GOD'S LOVE INSIDE ME & THINK OF THE LIFE & LOVE OF JESUS.


BY COUNTING MY BLESSINGS THE SADNESS OF MY LIFE DISAPPEARS.

I SEE A NEW DAY IS DAWNING, WASHING AWAY ALL MY FEARS.

THEN I FEEL GOOD INSIDE LOOKING BACK THROUGH ALL THE YEARS.


SO BY COUNTING MY BLESSINGS ADDS UP TO I'M A RICH MAN.

RICHES GIVEN TO ME BY THE ONE GOD CALLED "I AM".

COUNTING MY BLESSINGS ADDS UP TO I'M A RICH MAN.


I CAN'T COMPLAIN I HAVE FRIENDS & FAMILY THAT ARE LOVING & WARM.

THEY MAY SEEM ORDINARY TO YOU BUT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.

MY LIFE'S MEMORIES ARE FULL OF PRECIOUS MOMENTS WITH THEM 

AND NOW WE'RE APART.


I MAY NOT HAVE MUCH MONEY BUT I FEEL MY RICHNESS INSIDE ME.

I FEEL LOVE FOR OTHERS AND FEEL THEIR LOVE FOR ME.

IT MAY NOT BE MATERIAL WEALTH BUT SPIRITUAL LOVE IS ALL I NEED.


SO BY COUNTING MY BLESSINGS ADDS UP TO I'M A RICH MAN.

RICHES GIVEN TO ME BY THE ONE GOD CALLED "I AM".

COUNTING MY BLESSINGS ADDS UP TO I'M A RICH MAN.


COUNTING MY BLESSINGS ADDS UP TO I'M A RICH MAN.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

GOD IS WHOM I APPRECIATE!

















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GO WHERE LOVE IS



I'm not going to hang around here anymore.

There's no fun here, I'm walking to the door.

I have to move on and go where love is.



It's too cold here, used to feel welcome and at home.

But there's no love here, your only emotion is control.

That's not good for my soul. Got to go where love is.


Just want to be where love is.

I need to feel warmth and kindness.

Got to live my life where love lives.

I give it up to go where love is.


Cause my heart always remains on automatic pilot.

I'll go insane where there's no warmth or kindness.

There is none of that here. I'll go where love is.
 


I hope one day you will find out what love is.

I tried to show you how but you seem so oblivious.

When you get tired of being alone go where love is.


Just want to be where love is.


I need to feel warmth and kindness.

Got to live my life where love lives.

I give it all up to go where love is.


Just want to be where love is.

I need to feel warmth and kindness.

Got to live my life where love lives.

I give it up to go where love is.















 



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OTHER FISH


What I know of love it's a wonderful thing.

Love brings out the songs I write and sing.

I've been around this block a couple of times.

Someone once said the pain goes away with time.

And there are always other fish in the sea.


Follow your heart, it could lead into harm's way.

Go by your lust, it'll make you regret the day.

But without these feelings you'll never be alive.

Just keep on trying and your heart will survive.

And there are always other fish in the sea.


That is what my family and friends told me.

But words never ease the pain of a broken heart.

When rejection of my love tears me apart.

But there's  always other fish in the sea.


Many beautiful girls but few are attractive to me.

'Cause beauty is as beauty does the way I see.

Want a girl who will love me the way I am.

Need a woman who will treat me like a man.

And there are always other fish in the sea.


But you know I sure loved that one fishy.

Going through again the pain of a broken heart.

Won't stop me from walking down Love Boulevard.

Knowing there's always other fish in the sea.


What I know of love it's a wonderful thing.

And there's always other fish in the sea.











 




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IF WE WANT



If we want God to bless us, got to let God work in us.

If we want to know him, we've got to be His instrument.

If we want.


If we want God in our lives, we give our souls to purify.

If we humbly ask God for it. We'll receive His forgiveness.

If we want.



Only if we want God in our lives.

So lonely without God in our lives.

If we want.



If we want for perfect love, only comes from God above.

To quench tremendous thirst in our lives we put God first.

If we want.


Only if we want God in our lives.

It's so lonely without God in our lives.


We're led to the water's edge and yet we die of thirst.

Or we have eternal life by keeping God first.

If we want.




















YOU MAKE IT EASY
 
 
 
 
 Woman ,    your   good   looks   and   your  charm
 
make   it   easy   for  me  to  give  you  my  heart.
 
You    make    it    easy    for   me   to   love   you.
 
 
 
Lady    Love,    it     is     you    I'm    thinking    of.
 
You  are  an  angel  with  the  wings  of  a   dove.
 
You    make    it    easy    for   me   to   love   you.
 
 
 
Woman,   I   love   the  sound   of  your  laughter.
 
Lady    love,    our    today    will    last     forever.
 
Woman, when I'm with you my world's at peace.
 
I    love    you,    'cause    you    make    it    easy.
 
 
 
Friend   of   mine,   you   brighten   up   my   life.
 
I     want     to     be     with   you   all     the   time.
 
You   make   it    easy   for    me    to    love   you.
 
 
 
Woman,   I   love   the  sound   of  your laughter.
 
Lady     love,     our     today    will   last   forever.
 
Woman, when I'm with you my world's at peace.
 
 I     love     you,    'cause    you    make   it   easy.
 
 
 
You make it easy.
 
You make it easy!


















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ROUGH AND TUMBLE




Trying to walk the thin line, to know the truth and not the lies.

Listening to the reality. Because God's words are right for me.

To survive in this rough and tumble world.


This world has too many snags and snares and bureaucracy.

We all just go along to get along, to take care of our needs.

Losing our freedom, in this rough and tumble world.


How do we survive in this dark jungle?

By living the truth, not lies and not stumble.

But when we stumble, we've got to get up.

Or we'll get trampled, cause

it's a rough and tumble world.


Best eat right and exercise, obey the law and traffic signs.

Give the Divine what is due, trust in God to watch over you.

To protect us in this rough and tumble world.


My life has only two choices, surrender to the world or God.

How do I raise my voice, in war and hate or peace and love?

We decide in this rough and tumble world.


How can we survive in this dark jungle?

By living the truth, not lies and not stumble.

But when we stumble, we've got to get up.

Or we'll get trampled, 'cause

it's a rough and tumble world.













 












AMAZING





SUNDAYS ARE LIFELESS IN THIS SLEEPY SOUTHERN TOWN.

I THINK ABOUT YOU ALL DAY NOW THAT YOU'RE NOT AROUND.

I MISS YOUR EYES AND SMILE THAT LIT UP THE ROOM.

WISH I COULD HEAR YOUR VOICE THAT LIFTED MY GLOOM.


LIFE GOES ON FOR THIS LONELY BOY AGAIN.

I WAS LONELY BEFORE I GOT TO KNOW YOU AS A FRIEND.

AND NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE I RETURN TO THE SAME OL' ROUTINE,

WORK,  EAT,  SLEEP,  DAY AFTER DAY,  NOTHING IN BETWEEN.


IT'S ASTOUNDING HOW BEFORE  SOMETHING WAS MISSING

BUT  I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

FUNNY, HOW GETTING TO KNOW YOU FILLED IN THE LOSS.

ASTONISHING HOW TO BRING YOU BACK I'LL PAY WHATEVER THE COST.


AMAZING HOW ONE GIRL CAN PUT WIND IN YOUR SAILS.

ONE DAY A HERMIT THEN HER BEAUTY BRINGS YOU OUT OF YOUR SHELL

AMAZING HOW WHEN SHE'S GONE, LIFE'S COLORS TURN TO GRAY.

IS IT TOO MUCH TO HOPE YOU'LL SEE HER AGAIN SOME DAY?


IT'S ASTOUNDING HOW BEFORE SOMETHING WAS MISSING

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

FUNNY HOW GETTING TO KNOW YOU FILLED IN THE LOSS.

ASTONISHING HOW TO BRING YOU BACK I'LL PAY WHATEVER THE COST.


IT'S AMAZING HOW ONE GIRL CAN PUT WIND IN YOUR SAILS .......



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CALICO GIRL

I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE, THE SUN'S GOING DOWN.

YOUR DADDY'S CALLING FOR YOU BUT THERE'S NO ONE AROUND.

RIDDEN FIVE MILES JUST TO SEE YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT,

PLEASE GIRL DON'T REFUSE.  JUST WANT ONE MORE KISS, CALICO GIRL.


THE STAR'S ARE TWINKLING BRIGHT, THE MOON'S ON HIGH.

THE MOOD IS SO RIGHT FOR YOUR KISSES DIVINE.

TOMORROW'S ANOTHER DAY BUT TONIGHT CAN BE OURS.

LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER, IT'S JUST A FEW HOURS.

JUST GIVE ME ONE MORE KISS, CALICO GIRL.


IF NOT I'LL BE THE LONELIEST COWBOY WEST OF THE MOHAVE.

I'LL RIDE MY HORSE BACK TO THE BUNKHOUSE MY HEAD HUNG DOWN LOW.

WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOU KNOW, CALICO GIRL.



WILL YOU COME AND SEE ME TOMORROW AT THE DOUBLE R?

BE WORKING IN THE NORTH FORTY STRINGING NEW BARB.

BRING A PICNIC BASKET IN YOUR WAGON TOO.

YOUR BISCUITS AND FRIED CHICKEN WOULD TASTE GOOD AT NOON.

AND WEAR YOUR FAVORITE DRESS, CALICO GIRL.


I SEE YOUR DADDY STANDING IN THE DOORWAY.

I KNOW HE DOESN'T APPROVE ME KEEPING YOU OUT SO LATE.

TIME IS GETTING CLOSER WHEN I'LL ASK HIM FOR YOUR HAND.

I'M WORKING TWO JOBS SAVING UP FOR OUR RANCH LAND.

PLEASE GIVE A GOODNIGHT KISS, CALICO GIRL



AND IF YOU DO I'LL BE THE HAPPIEST COWBOY OF SOUTH CALIFORNIA.

I'LL RIDE MY HORSE BACK TO THE BUNKHOUSE, MY HEAD HELD UP HIGH.

JUST GIVE ME A KISS GOODBYE, CALICO GIRL.



JUST GIVE ME A KISS GOODBYE, CALICO GIRL.

CALICO GIRL






















SING YOU GOODNIGHT


I'LL SING YOU GOODNIGHT THEN MAYBE YOU'LL CLOSE YOUR EYES.

MAYBE YOU'LL SLEEP TIGHT UNTIL THEN WAKE TOMORROW FULL OF LIFE.

BUT FOR NOW YOU'VE DONE YOUR BEST, LET'S GET SOME REST

UNTIL THE NEXT SUNRISE.


LISTEN WITH YOUR TIRED EARS 'TIL THE SOUND OF MY VOICE DISAPPEARS.

LET YOUR MIND RELAX, DREAM OF YOUR HOPES, FORGET THE PAST.

'CAUSE TOMORROW COMES WITHOUT OUR HELP BUT ASLEEP IT COMES FAST.


I'LL SING YOU GOODNIGHT 'TIL YOU'RE SOUND ASLEEP.

UNTIL YOU SNORE OUT LOUD IN A SLUMBER OH SO DEEP.

UNTIL YOU FLY ON CLOUDS I WILL SING YOU GOODNIGHT.


I CAN SEE YOUR GETTING DROWSY, THE TEMPERATURE'S RIGHT IN THE HOUSE.

ALL EXCEPT FOR ME AND THIS GUITAR EVERYTHING IS AS QUIET AS A MOUSE.

SO LET GO OF THOSE HEAVY EYELIDS AND TODAY'S BAGGAGE.

LET'S GO OFF THE LEDGE AND FLY.


AND I'LL SING YOU GOODNIGHT UNTIL YOU'RE SOUND ASLEEP.

UNTIL YOU SNORE OUT LOUD IN A SLUMBER SO DEEP.

UNTIL YOU FLY ON CLOUDS, I WILL SING YOU GOODNIGHT.


UNTIL YOU FLY ON CLOUDS I WILL SING YOU GOODNIGHT.











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