Category: Rawhide

bookmark_borderWe Need the Light

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LYRICS
Why does it have to get so dark out
’cause there’s no doubt
We need the light
Enlightening
Ends fighting
Enlightening
Less frightening

Why does it get dark so early
I mean really
We need the light
Enlightening
Ends fighting
Enlightening
Less frightening

Why does dawn’s turn on hesitate
’cause we can’t wait
We need the light
Enlightening
Ends fighting
Enlightening
Less frightening

Chords: D An Em Am / C Em Am / C Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboard Strings
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderSecrets

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LYRICS
In the foreground
Some underground
Where are the secrets found?

Should they probe
The frontal lobe
When there’s no reason ’round
Where are the secrets found?

Lost our place
Deep in space
Why head for hellbound
When there’s no reason ’round
Where are the secrets found?

DR0000_7066-Secrets.mp3

Chords: Am D / E G Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderTimekeeper

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LYRICS
The scorekeeper thought a little deeper
“I wonder who’s keeping time?”
As time continued to seether
“I wonder if I’m?”
Before Time runs out
Better figure what it’s about

The timekeeper stopped to ponder
“I wonder who’s keeping score?”
His mind continued to wander
“Is there any more?”
Before Time runs out
Better figure what it’s about

The players kept on saying
“I wonder who’s keeping track”
So they continued on playing
No / know you can’t get time back
Before Time runs out
Better figure what it’s about

Chords: Em A7 C D C D / G A7 C G / G F# Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Piano, Organ
Written and recorded live on a digital 8-track

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderOne Last Look

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LYRICS
Having seen the omniscient scene
Interrupted serene
Now that we know
The End of the book
One last look
Before we go?

Having been the omniscient Being
Interrupted serene
Now that we know
The End of the book
One last look
Before we go?

DR0000_7060-One-Last-Look.mp3

Chords: D6 A7 Esus4 Em Bm Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderSome More

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LYRICS
Do you think it’s ample
Now that it’s trampled
Torn up run down
Well sampled
Not sure
Some more
Drag ‘er across the floor

Do you think it’s sufficient
Now it’s deficient
Worn out run down
Inefficient
Not sure
Some more
Drag ‘er across the floor

Do you think it’ll suffice
Taking it’s life
Shot up run down
Just a vice
… just vice advice
Not sure
Some more
Drag ‘er across the floor

DR0000_7059-Some-More.mp3

Chords: F# B / C#7 B F#
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderAlready There

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LYRICS
As soon as you started to speak
I heard the word for which I seek
The meaning of life’s pursuit
Comes down to the fact of whether I do
Do I even know
Where I want to go
To become aware
I’m already there

Right when you opened your eyes
I woke up to my own “real” surprise
The reason for me to be
Comes down to the fact of whether I see
Do I even know
Where I want to go
To become aware
I’m already there

The moment you touched my hand
Took your command to understand
The purpose of wanting to stay
To hear what you say
… and follow your way
Do I even know
Where I want to go
To become aware
I’m already there

DR0000_7058-Already-There.mp3

Chords: Esus4 A7 / D C A7 D / A D / G7 A7 Esus4
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderFirst Rodeo

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LYRICS
You’d think that I would know
Another cheap lasso
It’s not how it should go
A shady staged rodeo
I guess it’s not your first
Dirt and sawdust thirst
Burst or bust

Don’t you think it’s best
To fess up n’ confess
The lies ya lay just delay
The rest of the mess outlay
I guess it’s not your first
Dirt and sawdust thirst
Burst or bust

DR0000_7056-First-Rodeo.mp3

Chords: E A D C G E / Am E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderMaster

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LYRICS
Is repeating competing making your life fleeting
At the crack of dawn you’ve got to get it on
… and on and on and on
You’re the master of your leading
Could go faster avoid/waive/wave receding

Do you feel you’re on a hamster wheel
Running but not making any ground
Did you fall on the carousel
Going round and round and round and round
You’re the master of your leading
Could go faster avoid/waive/wave receding

Amazed at the days
In a haze running the rat’s maze
Pushing play all day
In a fog as Pavlov’s dog
You’re the master of your leading
Could go faster avoid/waive/wave receding

Chords: Dm A7 / Em C A7 (to Ab7 to Dm)
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers (126 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderThe Love Above

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LYRICS
Why don’t we climb above
And shine on love
Why don’t we climb above
And shout out “Love!”
Did your heart go missing
Or breakdown hissing
Do you want to know the best fix
An elixir to do the trick of tricks

Why don’t we climb above
And shout out “Love!”
Why don’t we climb above
And shine on love
Did your heart go missing
Or breakdown hissing
Do you want to know the best fix
An elixir to do the trick of tricks

Why don’t we climb above
And shine on love

Chords: G A C D E / Em7 Em7(11) Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (92 BPM and 102 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderInnerview

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LYRICS
Is it true
That you do
Point-of-view
Is it you
Do you do
Innerview

Q: When was your first kiss?
Q: Who do you really miss?
Q: Do you love your life?
Q: Why is there world strife?

Is it true
That you do
Point-of-view
Is it you
Do you do
Innerview

Q: What’s your favorite song?
Q: Can we all get along?
Q: Is this life’s second lease?
Q: Can we find world peace?

Chords: Bb F Ab Bb / Ab Eb Bb
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderGet Back on That Horse

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LYRICS
The old man looked me in the I
And said, “Boy, you better give it another try.”
Get back on that horse and ride

Old man on my shoulder taps
“Pull yourself up by the bootstraps.”
It’s time to swallow your pride
Get back on that horse and ride

Old man’s funeral hard to grasp
Honor him by playing taps
Born again in angel skin
Thanks to him I tried and tried
To get back on that horse and ride
Got back on my horse and road
Thanks for lightening the load
To get back on that horse and ride
… see you on the other side

Chords: E G A E / D A C E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderUp There

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LYRICS
Upside is downside is still up there
Either way
We’re still more aware

Our share is there
In the want to
Our share is there
In the one, two
Our share is there
As one, too

Chords: E D A G / E A G
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderDo It Again

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LYRICS
Do it again
How much more
Must we endure?
How much more must we endure
I ask
Understand demand at hand
The task

Did you begin
To do it again
As said before
How much more must we endure?

How much more must we endure
I ask
Understand demand at hand
The task

DR0000_7030-Do-It-Again.mp3

Chords: D E / D A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps

bookmark_borderCurrent (Same Star)

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LYRICS
Hover
Submerge
Lover
Emerge
Future / Past merge
Currently

The electricity currently
Flowing connection of we
Pulsating fluidity
Future / Past merge
Presently

Right here I am
On the space-time continuum
Not that far
From where you are…
Same star

Chords: A7 G7 / Em7 A7 / C A7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (140 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderLeft Alone

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LYRICS
I was left here all alone
So won’t you please take me home
Left by the curbside
Challenged to live or die
Would you give me a ride?
Probably just a station or two
Do you think it’s something you could do?
all my life I’ve been living for this
Praying for just one last kiss

I was left here all alone
So won’t you please take me home
Left by the curbside
Challenged to live or die
Would you give me a ride?
Probably just a station or two
Do you think it’s something you could do?
Maybe a stop or two, too
Do you think it’s something you could do?
all my life I’ve been living for this
Praying for just one last kiss

Chords: B7 E / A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Loop Pedal, Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps