1. 1.Close Your Tears
   

It’s alright if you don’t have answers

No one knows the shape of life ahead of time

And I know that you’re always fighting

Troubled years and distant fears deep inside

Where they hide

Dry your eyes, Close your tears

Every night a new day soon appears

Hold your sighs, release your fear

In our hands something’s special here

Do you feel troubles never ending

It disappears when you see the other side

And you remember  when life was truly harder

Before you found in my eyes a love to keep

For yourself

Dry your eyes, Close your tears

Every night a new day soon appears

Hold your sighs, release your fear

In our hands something’s special here

It’s alright if you don’t have answers

No one knows the shape of life ahead of time

No, no, no

Dry your eyes, Close your tears

Every night a new day soon appears

Hold your sighs, release your fear

In our hands something’s special here

repeat

2. 2.Long Road
   

So many years

I can’t even count the time

Covered in dust and tears

Racing like a wind through my mind

Been a long road

Here to you

Been a long road

Here to you

A trial of the heart

Can never be a simple thing

And then the waters part

Revealing a distant dream

Been a long road

Here to you

Been a long road

Here to you

And I was a sleeping fool

Laying inside of my dreams

And you were a crystal pool

Refreshing my soul

Taking my blues away

Taking my blues away

Taking my blues away

Destined to wander long

Like Job I go my way

You’re the faith that I lean on

To get me through another day

Been a long road

Here to you

Been a long road

Here to you

And I was a sleeping fool

Laying inside of my dreams

And you were a crystal pool

Refreshing my soul

Taking my blues away

Taking my blues away

Taking my blues away

Taking my blues away

3. 3.I Feel Like Flying
   

When I’m walking in your garden

I see flowers in your hair

When I’m sitting in your parlor

I see love resting there

Cause you are the dream

Of every man that I know

Dreamers and the schemers

They can’t be here

When I’m with you

I feel like flying in your sky

And I feel like trying when I’m in your eyes

The eyes of an angel

When your hand reaches for me

In the softness of the night

I can see the simple truth

The world is here in a touch so light

Cause you are the dream

Of every man that I know

Dreamers and the schemers

They can’t be here

When I’m with you

I feel like flying in your sky

And I feel like trying when I’m in your eyes

The eyes of a dreamer

And an angel

Oh I

When I’m walking in your garden

I see flowers in your hair

When I’m sitting in your parlor

I see love resting there

Cause you are the dream

Of every man that I know

Dreamers and the schemers

They can’t be here

When I’m with you

I feel like flying in your sky

And I feel like trying when I’m in your eyes

I feel like flying in your sky

And I feel like trying when I’m in your eyes

The eyes of a dreamer

And an angel

Oh a dreamer

And an angel

Oh I

4. 4.Night Jasmine
   

Dust on my heel. Fire on my brow.

And somewhere in between I planted a flower

It grows in moonlight

It blooms in the darkness

The fragrance was so strong in my mind

Wheels on the road. Wind in my face.

And somewhere on the way

I discovered love

It grows in moonlight

It blooms in the darkness

The fragrance was so strong in my mind

The nights in the desert make it clearer

That your alone now

The endless poles and phone lines

They remind me

To be near you is everything

Dust on my heel. Fire on my brow.

And somewhere in between I planted a flower

It grows in moonlight

It blooms in the darkness

The fragrance was so strong in my mind

5. 5.Seven Oceans
   

It seems strange being here with you

After all my travels looking for whats new

But I feel fine staying right at home

Now there is no reason ever more to roam

Time so long I journeyed all alone

Seven oceans, seven heavens

There I learned your name

Seven lifetimes, poet’s love rhymes

And now I feel the same

Cause you’re the one I was looking for

Your the dream missing from my night

Nothing I ever knew ever felt so right

Hold my hand close to your heart

Feel my deepest promise, love will never part

And time so long I journeyed all alone

Seven oceans, seven heavens

There I learned your name

Seven lifetimes, poet’s love rhymes

And now I feel the same

Cause you’re the one I was looking for

Time so long I journeyed all alone

Seven oceans, seven heavens

There I learned your name

Seven lifetimes, poet’s love rhymes

And now I feel the same

Cause you’re the one I was looking for

It seems strange being here with you

After all my travels looking for whats new

But I feel fine staying right at home

Now there is no reason ever more to roam

Time so long I journeyed all alone

Seven oceans, seven heavens

There I learned your name

Seven lifetimes, poet’s love rhymes

And now I feel the same

Cause you’re the one I was looking for

6. 6.Fool Forty
   

Can you be what I want (baby)

When I don’t even know myself (maybe)

Don’t you worry it’s not you (baby)

I think my heads breaking down now

Time has taken from me

Dreams are waking up me

Feel like a fool

I feel like a fool

I find it hard to act my age (faded)

The face in the mirror isn’t mine (jaded)

I walk the streets like a ghost (faded)

Invisible inside this shell now

Time has taken from me

Dreams are waking up me

Feel like a fool

I feel like a fool

This curse I know I did not make (traded)

I’m trained to want but should not have (sated)

Money puppets have no say (traded)

And the string can drive you mad now

Time has taken from me

Dreams are waking up me

Feel like a fool

I feel like a fool

Feel like a fool

I feel like a fool

repeat

7. 7.Love Dreamer
   

Been so long since you lived alone

You forgot it could be this way

Time’s slow and you never know

How to make it through another day

What became of the golden hours

That used to fill your life

It’s a hard way to learn the true

Nature of a wife

Dreams are falling every day

And you wonder will it stay this way

Now she’s thinking of something new

Was there any more a man could do

Do you love your dreamer

Do you love your dream

Do you love your dreamer

Do you love your dream

Take a stand then wash your hands

Were to go from there

Middle aged you turn the page

Reclaim a teenage fear

So long out of the game

You forgot all the rules

There’s only one you’ve got to know

Smile and play the fool

Dreams are falling every day

And you wonder will it stay this way

Now she’s thinking of something new

Was there any more a man could do

Do you love your dreamer

Do you love your dream

Do you love your dreamer

Do you love your dream

Hazy days of Absinthe

Staring at your hands in the dark

The one day while your walking

A young girl smiles for you - yeah

Dreams are falling every day

And you wonder will it stay this way

Now she’s thinking of someone new

Was there any more a man could do

Do you love your dreamer

Do you love your dream

Do you love your dreamer

Do you love your dream

Do you love your dreamer

Do you love your dream

Do you love your dreamer

Do you love your dream

8. 8.I Will Become Your Sea
   

A whoa whoa whoa yeah

I’ve been debating when I could say to you

What your body’s relating you need me to do

I’m not an old man, there’s still fire in me

I am a godhead, come and dance for me

Waves upon the ocean

Lapping on your shore

I will become your sea

A whoa whoa whoa yeah

You aren’t a stranger, you seem new to me

I’m not in danger of changing company

You’ve got my number. Punch it down and you’ll see

I’ve got the goods girl, everything that you need

Waves upon the ocean

Lapping on your shore

I will become your sea

Oh

Far away from anywhere

You’re the well of my dreams

Far away from anywhere

You’re the essence of my need

A whoa whoa whoa yeah

Far away from anywhere

You’re the well of my dreams

Far away from anywhere

You’re the essence of my need

Far away from anywhere

You’re the well of my dreams

Far away from anywhere

You’re the essence of my need

A whoa whoa whoa yeah

9. 9.Vagabond
   

Cheap motel rooms, a worn out suitcase

Surrounded by strangers with tired faces

All the highways seem the same

Sometimes I forget the reasons I came

And I am a vagabond

But I’ll keep traveling on

A thousand miles to your smile

My second coastline for this year

Salt spray reminds me of your tears

A palm paradise, hibiscus blooms

I never step a foot outside of the room

And I am a vagabond

But I’ll keep traveling on

A thousand miles to your smile

Aah, aah, aah, aah

Talahasse, then New Orleans

Baton Rouge the first night I will see

Houston Texas and three hours more

Your welcome arms will greet me at our door

And I am a vagabond

But I’ll keep traveling on

A thousand miles to your smile

Aah, aah, aah, aah

10. 10.My Kathline
    

Dark clouds rolled in on a Monday

Markets down and things look bad

The whole world seems to be falling yeah

Baby’s job’s on the chopping block

My work takes me far away

Life is hard out on the road yeah

But I can’t seem to

Find a reason to feel blue

Must be that tight little

Secret smile she wears

And when she calls me I feel alright

She’s the best thing I ever had in my life

And when she’s smiling the world is right

I just want to be the best thing

Best thing in her life

My Kathline

Three weeks out from home

Writing songs and working hard

I miss her more than I can say yeah

Soon I’ll be back there

Where my heart always sleeps

Dreaming of her keeps me moving yeah

But I can’t seem to

Find a reason to feel blue

Must be that tight little

Secret smile she wears

And when she calls me I feel alright

She’s the best thing I ever had in my life

And when she’s smiling the world is right

I just want to be the best thing

Best thing in her life

My Kathline

But I can’t seem to

Find a reason to feel blue

Must be that tight little

Secret smile she wears

And when she calls me I feel alright

She’s the best thing I ever had in my life

And when she’s smiling the world is right

I just want to be the best thing

Best thing in her life

My Kathline

Road Songs is an album of transitions and reflection. These songs were written as I was passing from my thirties into my forties. It’s a time in your life when you take stock of things, examine your past, and meditate on your possible futures. I had spent the previous decade focused on my marriage and economic priorities but now I was settling into a relatively calm period in my life. My studio business occupied a lot of my time but I also spent a number of years working on the road as a contractor installing and testing telecommunications equipment. As the title of the album implies I wrote the majority of these songs while I was traveling. Solitude is always conducive to writing for me so I wrote and recorded demos in my motel rooms. I would hunker down between the beds with a guitar and a microphone for sound control purposes. Motels are typically constructed from cinder block with thick double pane windows. With the exception of typically noisy air conditioning units motels are surprisingly good places to record in. The album covers a range of styles and subjects reflecting my eclectic musical experiences and tastes. In addition to my wife Kathline providing backing vocals, Scott Wade played drums on four tracks and Ace Pepper did some excellent lead guitar work on Long Road. I’m very grateful to all of them for sharing their time and talents.

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