Dreaming Again - Bill Nash - Copyright Putsie Cat Records 2010
Night Ascent (Instrumental) - DADGAE - 5 string capo on 5th fret from high note side, 3 string capo on 7th fret from the low note side - 4:21
Come Home (Kerrville) - Standard - 6 string capo on 3rd fret, 3 string capo on 7th fret from the low note side - 3:54
The wind is whispering and the sky is clear, stars are littering the ground
Friends and neighbors are all gathered here, listening closely to the sound
These are times that make our lives worthwhile, spreading love and wishing peace
For hopes and dreams of what our loved one's seek, hoping all their dreams will keep
Come home to a fire that's always warm
Come home to shelter from the storm
Come home to hugs and kisses sweet
Come home to this place of love we meet
Missing friends of ours who are not here, some have passed and some have gone
Wishing one more chance to whisper love, one more chance to sing their song
Memories have a way of circling you, reminding of good times long past
Feeling love and kindness here and now and trying to make these feelings last
Come home to a fire that's always warm
Come home to shelter from the storm
Come home to hugs and kisses sweet
Come home to this place of love we meet
Come home to a love that's all around
Come home to a place of higher ground
Come home to Smiling faces sweet
Come home to this place of love we meet
The wind is whispering and the sky is clear
Stars are littering the ground
Friends and neighbors are all gathered here
Look at all the love we've found
We all know we're homeward bound
When I was in Love - Standard - capo 2 - 4:21
Intro
Love's a funny thing, sometimes you have it and ignore it
Sometime's it's not around when you need it, but its memory never leaves you
Verse
When I was in love the sun was ever brighter
When I was in love the skies were always clear
When I was in love everything seemed better
Now all I think about is when I was in love
Verse
When I was in love every night was starry
When I was in love the moon was always full
When I was in love life was just a playground
Now all I think about is when I was in love
Bridge
Love gets harder as I get older, so easy to be set in my ways
But I've got a heart that's brimming over
Waiting for the one to open the flood gates
Verse
I want to be in love not for just a moment
I hope to be in love more than for all time
I long to be in love with someone who will love me
Now all I think about is when will it be love
All I think about is when I was in love
Mirror Deep - Standard tuning, No Capo - 3:37
Mirrors mark the passing of time, sometimes quick, sometimes slow
But always passing, another wrinkle, another bulge
Oh what's a poor boy to do to keep myself in shape for you?
I don't like wasting time at the gym, the narcissism flowing, and no double chins
The 6 pack stomachs, well defined pecs, oh everyone looks like they're having sex
Oh when did life get so complex
Mirrors, mirrors everywhere, showing where you've been
Where you're going, no one knows... I think I need an aspirin
Mirror, mirror on the wall won't show the fairest of them all
Wake up from your long, long sleep, beauty is not Mirror Deep
Time is like a humbling best friend, mirrors keep you honest
No matter how you pretend
Together they lead you through your times
Through the wordless days and the pointless rhymes
To fool yourself is such a crime
The parking lot at the club is always full
They're stressing out their body parts just to be beautiful
I guess they just don't get my point
They're going to die some day, they're going to leave this joint
Oh, time and mirrors just disappoint (repeat chorus)
Painted Ponies - 4 capos, DADGAD [ask me!] - 4:18
I never saw her, she stepped out from behind the semi trailer
The thump and blood, a lifetime wasted
Her defining moment, I never wanted to see
Her open eyes looking back at me
The note tucked in her pocket to let the world know
That I was not the culprit, to take what she let go
She was crazy for release, she left me in this hell
I'll see her face forever in her final yell
Chorus
Life turns on dimes and carousels, spinning choices and blunt farewells
Around in circles, don't go nowhere, painted ponies they just don't care
I can't stand to live this way, the quality is gone
With no end to my suffering, I cannot go on
The sun it never rises, the flowers never bloom
And there's no doubt in my mind, I'll never leave this room
So I made the call out to doctor K
Could he maybe give him something to relieve this pain
Not for just an hour, but maybe for all time
Could you help me take my life, the choice is mine
CH
Now there've been some times in my time on earth
That I've had to think about it, what is this life worth
And could there come a day I could take no more
Would I reach the same conclusion, close that door
But I wasn't in their skin, I didn't feel their loss
I never bore the weight of their massive cross
But I respect the fact they chose to take
Control of their choice's, anything else is a mistake
CH
What To Do - capo 8 - 3:32
OK, I'll step out of the way, it seems it's time to go
Still I have to say it was a hell of a ride to get a glimpse of that rainbow
You said, "you never know what's ahead..." and every word you said was true
But today I know it's the end of the line and I'm wondering what to do
What to do with this love, it still lives in my heart
What to do with my time, I don't know where to start
What to do to go on and to do what is smart
What to do with this broken heart
I see all the pieces of me crumbled and strewn around
Now I know it's time to figure it out, to see the truth that I have found
You know this road is going to be slow, but I don't want to leave anything out
'Cause anything left behind will come back around, of this truth there is no doubt
What to do with this love, it still lives in my heart
What to do with my time now that we are apart
What to do to go on, wish I knew what was smart
What to do with this broken heart
What do I do with my broken heart
Family Tree - DADGAD - 6 string on 1st fret, 4 string capo on 5th fret from the high note side, 3 string capo on 8 from high note side - 4:31
Rolling down the road trying to find the way
With blind eyes looking for what to say
I found words that made no sense to me
Words that spoke of eyes I never see
Just when I thought I had no clue
I looked up and my eyes caught you
(They say) every journey starts with just one step
Till I saw you I know I hadn't started yet
Now the road looks good to me, long as you're here with me
It's better than I thought it could be
There's no place I'd rather be, finding you next to me
It's a fact any fool can see
Now you're part of my family tree
You know I will always be true
There's no one on this earth I'd rather be with than you
You excite me all the time, you know
I hate to say it but I told you so
Down the road is where we'll be, living life for all to see
Better than we thought it could be
No place we'd rather be, than in each other's eyes to see
Fine friends we've turned out to be
We are building our family tree
Now this love looks so good to me,
It's everything a love should be
Elusive as the pot of gold at rainbow's end
We're always rich when we have one true friend
And you will always be my bestest friend
Since I Met Maggie - DADEAD - Full capo on 1st fret, 3 string capo on 4th fret from the low note side - 7:42
I found an old chest behind a door in the ancient ballroom
Inside lay treasures of times long gone and a century past
Papers and letters, and photographs of a young woman in love
Her name was Maggie and this chest contained all her hopes and dreams
The locals told me these old stone buildings are haunted
Uneasy souls live here, wisps of wind in the mortar
Maggie dances through the night, they hear her footsteps on the ceiling
She moves with the grace of flight, dances with a lover she once knew
I heard the rumors of this old building
Harboring spirits not of the living
But I've never seen a ghost and I don't believe
I always felt that way 'til I met Maggie
In my room that night on the second floor of that same building
A book left on the nightstand told of ghosts living in this town
I read more of Maggie and of an incident in the ballroom
A gunman took her husband's life on their wedding night
So she never got a chance to dance with her new husband
Now she lives upstairs, doing pirouettes on the dance floor
No one knows why she stays to twirl and dance all night
Maybe she's just waiting for her husband to return
I read the rumors of this old building
Harboring spirits not of the living
But I've never seen a ghost and I don't believe
I always felt that way 'til I met Maggie
She came to me in a dream that night
A vision of beauty, all dressed in white
She waltzed over so gracefully
Offered her hand, I took it in mine
She said. "I've missed you so much, why did you leave?"
Softly she kissed me, I began to believe
We floated on air, on a cloud of romance
Holding on tightly, we danced
We danced all night, we danced
But as the dream shifted to fog (But as she began to fade)
I swear I heard her cry out
"Now I'm free, I'm free!"
Next morning I awoke and returned to the ballroom
I shivered with the memory of her flowing dress
I rifled through photographs, eager to find something I had missed
Looking for a clue to explain this vivid dream
Then one of those pictures chilled me to the bone
The picture was of the two of them, holding hands together
When I looked at their faces a strange feeling overwhelmed me
I couldn't believe my eyes... his face was mine!
Now I know the fact of this old building
It harbors one spirit and she's still dancing
All around my memory, and I now believe
I deny the truth no more, since I met Maggie
Hubert - capo 4, DADGAD - 4:00
Hubert shed his outer skin on the road to Waxahachie
Discarded Dockers out the driver's side window
Left for some hobo's use, though the hobo would never know the story
Of the day Hubert chucked it all
Finding a new way through his life, void of many of his eccentricities
He'd carried them for so many years in one small gesture, he bid them all goodbye, goodbye
Another mile down the road found Hubert's button down Wall Street shirt
Made of pinpoint cotton in a nice cut
A few feet further was the solid blue tie he used to wear to work
Selling commodities to the other suits
Walking away from the pressure life made up of money and little else
With substance as his only goal,
He wanted help from no one and he was thinking of nobody else (nobody else)
I imagine him now in dusty boots, torn jeans and a felt hat
Riding the range chasing dogies down
A million miles from the road to nowhere, now in the middle of nowhere
Straight up in the saddle with a big smile
'Cause this was a life Hubert chose himself and not one prescribed by anyone else
There's something to be said for making your mind,
You never know what you might find when you find your peace of mind (go find)
Almost Every Friday - Bill Nash - DADGAD, full capo 3, 3 string capo on 6 from the low note side - 5:05
I never met a man could smile so easy,
Or get involved in every worthy cause
I never met a purer heart, a stronger back, it was a work of art
You were my almost every friday counterpart
Never met another man of such conviction
I always knew exactly where you stood, you were
Obviously a military man, a master sargeant, always with a plan
Guitarists, singers only knew you were a music fan
Chorus
Now there's a hole where you used to sit and I can't find a way to fill it
My heart says never quit feeling you?re still here
But the hole is real, as deep as sin, though I know they let you in
You were my almost every friday best friend
Never met a gentler man, kind to a fault, you'd take us down the road
And help us find what we already know
Wisdom seemed to flow through him, always a bright light, never dim
He was someone to believe in
Almost every friday we'd set this place up
Then he'd sit on my left with his coffee cup
He was ever ready with a warm hug
When you said something stupid, well, he'd just shrug
Even if he didn't agree, you still felt loved (CH)
Sheldon and Shirley - capo 3, standard tuning - 4:38
Sheldon was a stout box turtle, I bought him at the pet shop
Turtles were a dollar and a quarter, and an extra buck bought him a house
He moved around the bowl so slowly, the sanctuary fit him well
With a little greenery and water, he seemed to like his life
One day I came home from school just like every other day
Mom greeted me at the door, with an ashen look, I heard her say,
"Sheldon died today, it was all such a tragic mistake
Your sister, she was curious, she pushed on his shell,
But don't be mad at her, she's only 4"
Shirley was a delicate box turtle, I got her next week at the store
She kept the turtle sanctuary clean, at least for a turtle
She'd wait each day for me to come by, she loved her lettuce and an occasional fly
She moved around the bowl so slowly, she seemed to like her life
But another day I came home from school, there was mom at the door again
With a strange twisted smile, I knew what she'd say but she still said it,
"Your sister did it again, poor Shirley's dead, we'll bury her in the backyard
But don't be mad at her, she's only 4"
The next week at the per shop I got the surprise of my young life
Turned out some researcher found that turtles transmit diseases and the sale of turtles was discontinued,
But I guess it was all for the better, it kept my sister from becoming a serial turtle murderer
The years went by we all got older, but my sister never did get over the guilt
Though I told her it was alright, I forgave her, still fretting over turtles she'd kilt
And I even forgave my mother for insisting I not be mad at a little girl in a frenzy, killing turtles I had had
Now every other year or so I get a package in the mail from that poor, guilt ridden girl,
Still looking for her peace of mind
Now it's turtles everywhere, the stuffed or ceramic kind,
She's still trying to make it up to me, but I don't need a reason to love that girl
Besides I couldn't be mad at her, she was only 4
Changeling - Capo 6 - DADGAD - 3:37
Please leave me alone, it's only this way I get to be me, no act, no hype
Just me and my neurosis here to guide me, will I ever see the light
Or is it always destined to elude me at the last second like some predefined thing
Something I cannot effect in any way, I hate to think that's true
But the longer I live, the harder I try and the more true it seems to be
And the more I strive to find what?s missing, the further away it seems to flee
Please leave me alone
You sit here beside me, hold my hand, let me know how you care
And I will always try to give you all the love you can bear
It comes from a core deep inside me, a well too far to see
It's a bottomless place, filled with kindness, no neurosis can reach
And the longer I live, the harder I'll try, and the more true it may be
Don't leave me alone, it's only this way, I can truly be me
Don't leave me alone, don't leave me alone