brad's lyrics

Horses and Dogs

One of my bench/chainsaw carvings

Horses and dogs, and campfire songs

Grandkids giggling our names

That look in your eyes, when we both realize

Just wouldn't change, one damn thing

Well the farn took its toll , with our bodies and our souls

and the city stole the kids from the farm

Now theres rust on my tractor and rust in my bones

but with your hand in mine, we still call this home.

Seasons

"Heaven" Copyright 2012 Brad Strang ----"Heaven" was a song I had played around with for a few years, then one day it all came together in about 15-20 minutes. Its a special song to me, because I have seen it comfort a few teary souls, and that's the greatest reward my music can give me!

C/Em/ Am/G/ F/C/ Dm/// (X2)
F/C/ F/C/ F/C/ F/C/ F/C/ F/C/ F/C/ F/// F/// C/Em/ Am/G/

IF HEAVEN IS A PLACE ALL DREAMS COME TRUE
WHERE NO ONE HURTS ANYMORE
AND THE TRAVELLING IS ALL DONE
AND WE FIND THAT ETERNAL LOVE
AND FOREVER MEANS FOREVER MORE

IF HEAVEN IS A PLACE ALL DREAMS COME TRUE
WHERE OUR EGO'S ARE LEFT AT THE DOOR
AND WE'LL ALL BE ONE
YEA, WE'LL BE LAUGHING AND HAVING FUN
WITH THE LOVE WE SHARE FOREVER MORE

HEAVEN SEEMS A LIFETIME AWAY
WHEN THE LONG AND WINDING ROADS
SEEM SO FAR SOME DAYS
AND THE DREAMS, WELL I SUPPOSE
JUST WEREN'T MEANT FOR ME
SOMEDAY I HOPE,

THAT HEAVEN..WAITS FOR ME

My manager "Martin"

Take Me

(I need it to have several singers)

TAKE ME

TAKE ME INTO YOUR ARMS

TAKE ME

LETS DANCE IT TO THE DAWN

TAKE ME BACK ON HOME (back up-“AH” -4 note-e,d,b,c,)

I’VE BEEN GONE, SO LONG….(back up-“AH” -4 note-e,d,b,c,)

TAKE ME BACK ON HOME (back up-“Take me back on home”…home is 3 note c,e,g, if you can get high d)

TAKE ME BACK HOME

TAKE ME BACK HOME (back up “Home”

INSTRUM

TAKE ME---(back up “Take me-------“

TAKE ME INTO YOUR ARMS

TAKE ME now—(back up “Take me-------“

LETS DANCE IT TO THE DAWN

TAKE ME ---(back up “Take me-------“

TAKE ME BACK HOME

TAKE ME ---(back up “Take me-------“

TAKE ME BACK ON HOME

TAKE ME BACK ON HOME (back up-“AH” -4 note-e,d,b,c,)

I’VE BEEN GONE, TO LONG….(back up-“AH” -4 note-e,d,b,c,)

TAKE ME BACK ON HOME (back up-“Take me back on home”…home is 3 note c,e,g, if you can get high d)

TAKE ME BACK HOME (back up-“Take me back on home-----”

TAKE ME BACK HOME

TAKE ME BACK HOME (back up-“Take me back on home------”

TAKE ME

TAKE ME back up “Take me-------“

TAKE ME BACK HOME (back up-“Take me back on home------”

TAKE ME back up “Take me-------“

NOTHING

Chorus

1 AIN’T NOTHING AT ALL,

2 TO LIVING WITH NOTHING

3 LET THE SONGBIRDS SING IT

4 THEIR OWN WAY

5 MY POP CANS WILL BUY

6 ALL THE PIEs IN THE SKY

7 AND MY DREAMS WILL BRING

8 TOMORROW HERE TODAY

WELL OLE JACK JUST FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS, IN THE SIDEWALK

WELL WE ALL CRIED, WHEN HIS BODY WAS FOUND

BUT KATHY’S GOTTA BE, THE PRETTIEST JUNKIE TO ME

REALLY LIKE HAVING, HAVING HER ROUND

MY GOOD BUD ALLEY, LIVES UP THE ALLEY

PURRED HIS WAY, WAY INTO MY HEART

SOMEDAY I’M GONNA BUY HIM, A CASTLE

GIVE US ALL, A BRAND NEW START

2nd chorus-back-up (line 5&6 reversed)

GUESS THERES about 7 BILLION REASONS

THAT SAY THE CASTLES ARE ALL GONE

THERES NOTHING LEFT, GO OUT AND DO YOUR BEST

WELL YOU REALLY, REALLY, DIDN’T BELONG

3rd chorus

HAIDA GWAII

IN MY DREAM THERES A CLAMSHELL AND A RAVEN

SPIRITS DANCING, DOWN BY THE SHOAL

ANCIENT CEDARS BLESSED IN A RAINBOW

FALLEN TOTEMS, RELEASING THERE SOULS

IN MY DREAM, EVERYTHING’S RELATED

ALL IS ONE WITH THE RYTHUM OF THE TIDE

CONNECTED TO, ALL THAT’S CREATED

ON THE SHORES OF THE HAIDA GWAII

ROOSTER

I’VE BEEN TOLD, LONG TIME AGO

CRAZY OLE ROOSTER, NEVER GROW OLD

FLY SO HIGH, UP TO THE SUN

GET YOURSELF BURNT, JUST LOOKING FOR FUN

*JUST CAN’T, SEEM TO FILL YOUR CUP

*FIND WHATS REAL AND DRINK IT UP

*TAKE A CLOSER LOOK INSIDE

*TRY TO LOSE THAT HUMAN PRIDE

LOVE YOURSELF

1-GGDGBD--“GIFT OF TODAY”

YESTERDAY’S, COME AND GONE

SMELL THAT COFFEE, BROUGHT THE DAWN, today

TOMORROW COMES SOON ENOUGH

DONT BE A SWEATING, THAT SMALL STUFF-no way,

DONT MAKE MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLE HILLS

ENJOY THE GIFT OF TODAY

LET TIME TAKE, ITS OWN SWEET TIME

KEEP IT HUMBLE, KEEP IT KIND- my friend

LET YOUR HEART, BE YOUR GUIDE

TO LIVING LIFE ON THE SUNNY, SUNNY SIDE

DONT MAKE MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLE HILLS

ENJOY THE GIFT OF TODAY

INSTRUMENTAL

YESTERDAY HAS COME AND GONE

SMELL OF COFFEE, BROUGHT THE DAWN, today

LET YOUR HEART, BE YOUR GUIDE

TO LIVING LIFE ON THE SUNNY, SUNNY SIDE

SO KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE, ALWAYS ON THE SUNNY SIDE life

IT WILL HELP US EVERYDAY, IT WILL BRIGHTEN ALL THE WAY

IF WE KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE

G///. C/// D/C/ Bm/Am/

G///. C///. GCGD G......

INTRO

1ST VERSE

BRIDGE

2ND VERSE

BRIDGE

INSTRUMENTAL

3RD VERSE

BRIDGE

KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE....

BRIDGE

ENDING;run down/harmonic

“Shake a Leg” (Brad Strang 2023)

Intro;

Well it just Feels like, it’s way too much

Folks will laugh, and I ain’t that tough

Might look crazy, and I might look strange

Trying to show, some humanity

YOU WANT CHANGE, JUST STAND ALONE

And shake a leg, till the cows come home

CHORUS

Shake a leg---STAND TALL AND PROUD

Shake a leg---GET A LITTLE BIT LOUD

Shake a leg---GOT NOTHING TO LOOSE

Shake a leg---YOU JUST GOTTA BE YOU

Shake a leg---LIKE A ROLLING STONE

Ah…..ah…..(back-up)

SHAKE A LEG TILL THE COWS COME HOME

Instrumental;

LIFE AINT EASY , LIFE AINT FREE

KEEP A CHANGING FOR, YOU AND ME

MIGHT LOOK CRAZY, (and we) MIGHT LOOK STRANGE

BUT NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED

GOTTA SHAKE IT LIKE A, ROLLING STONE

KEEP A SHAKING, TILL THE COWS COME HOME

CHORUS

Tag:TIL THE COWS COME HOME

NAMASTE

Well I HONOR THE PLACE IN YOU

THAT IS THE SAME IN ME

Well I HONOR THE PLACE IN YOU

Where THE WHOLE UNIVERSE-RESIDES-

NAMASTE, (NAMASTE) NAMASTE

I HONOR THE PLACE IN YOU

OF LOVE PEACE and TRUTH

I HONOR THE PLACE IN YOU

THAT IS THE SAME PLACE IN ME

NAMASTE-

“NAMASTE

“LOVE THE LOVE” brad strang 2022

Intro:

V1 ------I am, because we are, feel the love, Namaste

V2 ------I am----, this child of one, 7 Billion strong today

Break—(one verse long)

V3-------I am---, because we’re one, love the love now, Namaste

Instrumental

V4----- I am---, because we are, feel the love now, Namaste

V5----- I am---, this child of one, 7 Billion here today

V6----- I am---, because we are, feel the love, it’s here to stay

V7----- I am---, because we’re one, love the love now, Namaste

Break

I AM –-LOVE THE LOVE

I AM -- LOVE THE LOVE

I AM –-LOVE THE LOVE

Crossroads –brad strang 2022

WELL I’M STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS

WAITING FOR THE WIND, WIND TO BLOW

STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS

WITH NO DIRECTION HOME

JUST A TRAVELLING MAN, ON A LONG LOST ROAD

JUST A TRAVELLING MAN, JUST A ROLLING STONE

I’M STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS—oohs/ahs

I’M TIRED, HUNGRY AND I’M COLD-oohs/ahs

I’M STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS –oohs/ahs

GOD KNOWS IT’S TIME, IT’S TIME TO GO --ohs/ahs

JUST A TRAVELLING MAN, ON A LONG LOST ROAD

JUST A TRAVELLING MAN, JUST A ROLLING STONE

INSTRUMENTAL……

I’M STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS NOW

WAITING FOR THE WIND, THE WIND TO BLOW

JUST A TRAVELLING MAN, ON A LONG LOST ROAD

JUST A TRAVELLING MAN, WITH NOWHERE TO GO—

JUST A TRAVELLING MAN, LIKE A ROLLING STONE

JUST A TRAVELLING MAN, JUST A ROLLING STONE--------

Intro choir

Someone's laughing Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya

Someone's crying Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya

instrumental

Someone's praying Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya

Oh sweet Lord, kumbaya
Oh, kumbaya

FROM GODS HANDS Brad Strang 2023

Well I’ve been seeking the truth now, and since I was a child

Guess I’ll be searching, till the day that I die

And the more that God reveals, is the less that I know

Should of enjoyed it all, and let the rest go

For a life of confusion, only brings pain

And a life of conclusions, don’t mean a thing

Answer to the moment, marvel at the show

Cradle-up in God’s hands, let the winds blow

Instrumental

I’ve been seeking the truth

I’ve been trying to understand

Watching the show

From God’s hands.

“Gold Miners Lament”-brad strang 2023

THERE’S A PROMISE OF DREAMS IN THIS HILLSIDE

TRAVELED THE WORLD FOR THIS CLAIM

WELL I’M SICK, I’M TIRED, HUNGRY AND COLD

IN A SHAFT WHERE THE CANDLE BURNS LOW

DOWN AND OUT WITH THE FEVER

HOMESICK WITH NOWHERE TO GO

BACK TO THE MINE, A LOAD AT A TIME

I’LL DIE FOR THAT DAMN MOTHERLODE

OH---Lord---JUST WANT TO GO HOME

THERE’S A CANDLE THAT BURNS IN A WINDOW

HALFWAY ROUND THIS WORLD

WITH A LOVE, SO STRONG

IT’S WHERE I BELONG

DAMN THIS CARIBOO GOLD

whoa---Lord---JUST WANT TO GO HOME –x3

INTRO: Am G Am/, Am G Em/Z,

Am G Am/, Am G Em/, C D G Em/// Am G Am/ REPEAT

Em/D/ CDEm/ Em/D/ CDEm/

Em/D/ CDEm/ Em/D/ CDEm/ …REPEAT….

Tap Yer Toes-

PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD, AND STAGGER 2 BACK

DO THE DOSEY DOE, AND FALL ON YER CRACK

JUMP RIGHT UP, GRAB THAT JUG

GET YER TOES A TAPPING, CHUG-A-LUG CHUG-A-LUG

Chorus: TAP YER TOES, (TAPS ) OH TAP YER TOES (TAPS )

GOOD LORD KNOWS, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE,

TAP YER TOES, LIKE YOUR GOOD MOMMA DID

STEP RIGHT UP, AND STRUT YOUR STUFF

SHOW THE WORLD, JUST WHAT A ROOSTER DOES

AND WHEN THAT HEN SMILES BACK AT YOU

CHUG-A-LUG AND LET HER LOOSE

Chorus:

BRIDGE BREAK-“WELL I TAP THEM TO THE LEFT, TAP THEM TO THE RIGHT, TAP THEM ALL DAY, AND TAP THEM ALL NIGHT

IF YOU WANT TO LIVE, LIKE YOU’RE MOMMA DONE

TAP OUR TOES, AND HAVE SOME FUN

GOOD LORD KNOWS, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE

TAP YER TOES, LIKE YOU, NEVER DID

G/// F#/G/ G/// D9#/D9/………(X2)

C9/// C9D9C9/ G//F# GF#G/

D9/D9#D9 C9zzz G/// C9C93D9/ D9/D9#/ D9z

B.C. STRONG –Brad Strang 2022

HEY BC

WE’RE BC STRONG,

WORKING TOGETHER

AND WE’RE STANDING TALL

WEATHERING THE STORMS

OR COME WHAT MAY

NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR

JUST THE BC WAY

TAG:

HEY BC,

WE’RE BC STRONG,

WORKING TOGETHER

BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN IT ALL

BRIDGE:

OUR TEARS WILL REMEMBER

ALL THAT WE LOST

SOME THINGS ARE WORTH MORE

WHEN YOU’VE LOST IT ALL

WITH OUR HEAVY HEARTS

WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES

STAND TALL TOGETHER

NOW AND FOREVER

BUILDING OUR DREAMS

Every Untold Story

Every untold story,

Has a soul, searching for love

All the shattered dreams

Are never seen

By the folks, that you love

But it’s been an epic journey

The best one that you’ll ever know

Raise a glass to the stars

You’ve travelled so far

Hope God’s, enjoyed the show

Bridge

I dreamt that I was a riding

A horse, under the stars

Singing a song, for the (whole) world to sing

But no one sang along

So I sang my heart to the heavens

And the stars, (they) carried me home

And God let me know, as he cradled my soul

I was him, and never alone.

But it’s been a Epic Journey

The best one that I’ll ever know

Raise a glass to the stars

I’ve traveled so far

Hope God’s enjoyed the show

V1: FGAm/ FGAm/ FGCAm Asus/// F/GZ

V2: FGAm/ FGEm7/ FGCAm Asus/// F/G

PRELUDE TO BRIDGE; F Em7Dm7 Fmaj7///Cmaj-2/// Fmaj7/// Cmaj-2/// Em7/ F/ Dm7/ GEmFG ZZZ

BRIDGE1: Dm/Em7/ Fmaj7/C/ Dm/Em7/ Fmaj7/GEmFG

BRIDGE2: Dm/Em7/ Fmaj7/C/ Dm/Em7/ Fmaj7/GEmFG ZZZG

VERSE1

VERSE2

TAG Fmaj7/Gmaj7/ REPEAT/FADE

(PRELUDE- F Em7Dm7 Fmaj7///Cmaj-2/// Fmaj7/// Cmaj-2/// Em7/ F/ Dm7/ GEmFG ZZZ)

Traveling Through

RED OR WHITE, YELLOW OR BLACK

DON’T MATTER THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN,

AINT WHERE IT’S AT

ALL JUST TRAVELLING THROUGH, TRAVELLING THROUGH

TAKE MY HAND AND SEE WHERE OUR LOVE, CAN TAKES US ON THROUGH

YEA THIS OLD WORLD, GETTING TIRED AND TORN

TRYING TO FILL OUR EMPTY DREAMS, AND WANTING MORE

JUST TRAVELLING ON THROUGH , ME AND YOU

TAKE MY HAND AND SEE WHERE OUR LOVE, CAN TAKE US TO

VERSE 1

TAG---SHOW THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD, WHAT LOVE CAN DO.

For Our Children-copyright Brad Strang 2020---"For the Children" speaks about how we are all inter-related (or responsible) for the condition of this earth, and that we not only need to take better care of it for our children, but need to teach our children how to look after it, for their future children.

Inter-related, so understated
By the way we live
What’s the cost to our childs, child
If we take more than we give

Todays a good day to, share cares
Learn and teach our children well

Could it be that, we are all one
This whole earth is ours, ours to share
Show the children all of our love
Show the world that, that we still care

HORSES AND DOGS-Brad Strang 2013

(HARP) INTRO: C/G/ C/

HORSES AND DOGS, AND CAMPFIRE SONGS

GRANDKIDS GIGGLING OUR NAMES

THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYES, WHEN WE BOTH REALISE

WE JUST WOULDN’T CHANGE, ONE DAMN THING

VERSE:

AH, THE FARM TOOK ITS TOLL,

WITH OUR BODIES, AND OUR SOULS

THE CITY, STOLE THE KIDS, FROM THIS PLACE

NOW THERES RUST ON THE TRACTOR

AND RUST IN MY BONES

BUT WITH YOUR HAND IN MINE

WE STILL CALL THIS HOME

INTRO C/G/C/

CHROUS F/C/ F/C/ F/ C Am AmC/G C///

VERSE C/FC Am/G/ F/CAm AmC/G C/

CHORUS

VERSE INSTRUM

CHORUS

TAG

Sweet Prairie Winds

"Sweet Prairie Winds" is a song celebrating all the homesteads that once thrived on the prairies. As it is sad to see so many abandoned now, they were once a challenged dream, from when the wagons first staked the land.

chorus

There's a sweet prairie wind

Calling me back to, the old homestead

Where the dreams and the fields and the skies never end

I remember the sweet prairie winds

T'was a time when the wagons first staked out this land

And our kinfolk challenged their dreams

They worked dawn to dusk

Through the floods and the droughts

And neighbors helped neighbors in need

chorus

Now there's a sound of geese in the big harvest moon

As the last crops, finally come in

We will be dancing in the kitchen, to the old fiddle tunes

And drink to the life the life that we live

chorus

There's an old weathered barn, trying to hold on

Like me, it's seem better days

When my time comes, throw my ashes my love

Let the winds, take me away

CDmG/ CDmG/ Em/F/ F/CG C/

Dm/Em/ F/C/ Dm/Em/ F/GEm FG

Trip Around Our Sun

D/// G/D/ Bm/// AGF#mEm

D/// G/D/ Bm/A/ D/// (dgda)

Gonna take a trip, around the sun
Take about a year, before I’m done
Why don’t you come, and take a spin with me
We could sing songs of, peace and love
Songs about hope, for everyone
As we travel, together in harmony
Won’t make wars, we won’t take guns
Just compassion, and a (whole) lot of love
As we play, laugh, and dance away our tears
7 billion souls, traveling as one
As we spin around the sun
Together, in perfect harmony

A Dogs Life

All good things

Just Never end

They just wander

Till you find then again

Got to live life

Just like a dog

Now’s the time

Or the moment is gone

This ole world

Keeps on turning

Let the winds

Come what may

May the good times

Make you happy

May your love for life

Keep you free

(tag)

May your Love for life

Set you free

Let Your Faith Grow

A GENTLE SONG, TOUCHED MY SOUL

A GIFT OF LOVE, ON THE WINDS I SUPPOSE

A LONELY TEAR, WASHED AWAY

BROKEN DREAMS, OF YESTERDAY

….yesterday… whoa…let your faith grow…whoa…let your faith grow

NEVER LET YOUR HEART, WASTE AWAY

RENEW YOUR LOVE, EACH AND EVERY DAY

LET YOU’RE GOD, GUIDE YOUR WAY

LET YOUR FAITH GROW, STRONGER…….MY FRIEND

...whoa..LET YOUR FAITH GROW..LAYERED “OHS”..LET YOUR FAITH GROW………GROW…….

Fathers Council

V1-My Grandpa he was a carpenter

Father taught me the trade

Jesus Christ knows where every nail goes

And who reaps just what they sow

V2-My father wrote me a letter (now)

Said son, go challenge your best

Honor your wife, your family, your life

And let God take care of the rest

Chorus-“Lang mae yur lumlley reek” my son

May the good Lord bless your sweet home

Keep your home fires stoked

Hold your loved ones close

And long may your chimney smoke--------------

V3-Life is meant for the living

Now is the time and the place

Seasons will come, and seasons will go

Be humble and always say grace

Am G F/ (X3) Am Em Am C Dm/ Am Em AmZ

C/ G/ C/ F/ C G Am Em F G Am G C Dm Am G Am

"Take Me Home"- Brad Strang copyright 2013--I have always had a passion for rocky-topped mountains. I hope this arrangement reflects some of the mysterious beauty, that I have recieved in the presence of mountains.

Can't you hear, the Mountains calling
Can't you feel, them in your soul
Can't you see, your climbing higher

Take me, Take me back home

Dm/// Dm/// Am/// Am/// x3
F/// G/// Am/// Am///

bridge Dm/// Em/// Dm/// C///, Dm/// Em/// F/// G/// G///

"First Snowflake" is dedicated to everyone

that has to deal with long winters!

Well the First Snowflake, is the loveliest of all

An Angelic beauty, of the countless that fall

But the mood seems to change, just like the latest cold front

When that beautiful dusting...turns into a DUMP

You,ve got to shovel them, sometimes you yellow them

You got to stack your piles higher, as the snow keeps coming down

And when your driveways all cleared, and your backs broke again

You got to wave a middle finger, at the snow truck plowing you in

You can roll them, you can throw them

you can blow them, you can crush them

you can stack them, you can pack them

but you just can't give them away

you can scrape them, you can bake them

you can boot them, even shoot them

but you just can,t get rid of , that First Snowflake

Woke up this morning, in the looney bin

Guess I built a Snowman, and pulled a gun on him

Guess I kind of lost it, when I heard him say...

I,ll be right back here in your home town

on the next snowy day

CRAZY OLD FART-copyright BRAD STRANG 2016.

Verse #1

C F C

-Well I’m, just- a crazy old fart--- Well, that’s what, some folk say

Em Am G G7

-Guess I’m just, a stubborn old fool (who) ---- likes live, the old fashion way

C C7 F dimin 4TH FRET
- I don’t need, the new technology ---Telling me, what to do

C C G C

-You can keep your fancy living--- I’ll keep it simple--- by doing, just, what I choose/do

Verse #2

C F C

Got a rooster that a wakes me, got bacon on the wood cook stove

Em Am G G7

I plow and I seed, fix and I weed, and I, try to keep that root cellar full

C C7 F diminished

And my handshake, is my solemn word, and my back’s, just as strong as a mule

C C G C

I got egg shells in my coffee, ---some might call me crazy---But I’m doing just, what I do

Chorus

C F C

So give me a jug of wine. My old guitar, and those dogs of mine

F

We will be howling at the moon, singing with the loons

D G

Just a lunatic’s, having a grand ole time.

Instrumental- VERSE

Verse #3

C F C

I got plasma running, through my veins, not, some fancy new TV

C Em Am G G7

Got dials on my radio with, numbers these old eyes can read

C C7 F diminished

I run purple gas in my pick-up truck, tip my hat to folks I meet

C C G C

I Open doors for ladies,---Some might call me crazy---But I’m doing just, what I please

Chorus

C F C

So give me a jug of wine. My old guitar, and those dogs of mine

F

We will be howling at the moon, singing with the loons

D G

Just crazy lunatic’s, having a great ole time.

TAG: JUST A CRAZY OLD FART, JUST A CRAZY OLD, DOING WHAT I DO

If Heaven is a place, all dreams come true

Where no one hurts anymore

And the travelling is all done

And we find that eternal love

And forever means forever more

If heaven is a place, all dreams come true

Where our egos are left at the door

And we’ll all be one

Yea, we’ll be laughing and having fun

With the love we share forever more

Heaven seems, a lifetime away

When the long and winding roads

Seem so hard some days

And the dreams, well, I suppose

Just weren’t meant for me

Someday, I hope,

That Heaven, waits for me

If Heaven is a place, all dreams come true

Where no one hurts anymore

And we’ll all be one

And we find that eternal love

And forever means forever more

If heaven is a place, all dreams come true

CEmAmG FCDm/ CEmAmG FCDm/

FCFC FCFC FCFC FCF/ F/// CEmAmG FCDm/

CHILKOOT

Em/// Em/// D/// D/// C/// C/// Em/D/ EmDEm/

ROCKS AND ROOTS, START THE CHILKOOT

TILL THE PASS AND SNOW SHOW THE WAY

THEN THE BOULDERS AND SLIDES, DECIDE WHO DIE

TO MARK THE TRAIL WITH THEIR GRAVES

1897 AND 98,

SAW 200K SOULS STARTING OUT TOO LATE

GATLIN GUN SAID PACK A TONN, AND LEAVE THE LEAKY BOATS

BEHIND YOU

CANYON CITY, SHEEP CAMP, LINDEMAN, AND BENNETT

ON MY WAY TO DAWSON, TO PLACE ALL MY BETS

SOME SAY THE GOLDS ALL GONE, BUT I’LL GET THERE YET

IF I EVER (GET OFF) SURVIVE THIS TRAIL

MANY MEN AND MANY GHOSTS HAVE, PASSED THROUGH THIS WAY

KNOWN AS THE CHILKOOT, TLINGIT SACRED TRAIL

HOLDING ON TO GOLDEN DREAMS, BUT LETTING SOME FIND THEIR WAY

ON THE CHILKOOT SACRED TRAIL

"Lucky Tonight" originated while we were sitting around a campfire and joking about the aging process that we all share. After a few months of tossing it around, I finally decided to (Lyrically) use the approach of an eldery gent, getting ready for a big date.

Where my nose, meets my chin

tucked in my choppers, and farted with a grin

combed over my sexy hairs, even shaved back my furry ears

and dusted off my special parts

come on baby, lets get lucky tonight

puilled my trousers up to my chest

filled my vest pockets with my peppermints

and if i can remember how, to tie these velcro shoes

gonna shuffle my way into your heart

come on baby lets get luck tonight

dont you get me no depends

got a hot flash for you

muffin tops and chicken waddles,

makes this ole rooster crow for you

pull that kleenex from your sleeve,

your making me drool oh honey please

lets dust off our special parts

come on baby lets get lucky tonight

MY NEXT TRAIN copyright Brad Strang 2013 ----"My Next train" is about a man that lived a very full/colorful life, and one day, he hardly recognized his own refection in the mirror. He couldn't believe that time had slipped away so fast, and this made him spend much of his time, pondering life.----After (about) a month of that reflection haunting me, one morning on my way to the coffee pot, I stopped by that mirror, and before my second coffee was done, "My Next Train" was wrote.

There’s a stranger that lives in my mirror
He’s got stories all wrinkled in his face
Looks like he’s done a lot of living---oh lord
How could time bring him this day

I’ve been thinking about yesterday
All the dreams we chased in the wind
Life’s for living and I did some –oh lord
And all of the roads led to this place

Now I sit like that stranger
Waiting for my time and place
Just like a stranger at the station—oh lord
Waiting for my next train
Waiting for my next train

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“I first ran across the saying of “Ubuntu,” in a story about an anthropologist visiting an African “Nguni Bantu” tribe. The anthropologist approached a group of children and instructed them to race to a distant tree, where he had placed a large basket of fruit. He told the children that whoever reached the tree first, could have ALL the fruit. The children, All joined hands and ran TOGETHER towards the tree. When he asked why they didn’t run individually, they all answered, “UBUNTU”, and explained; “what good would all the fruit be, if they could not share it with their friends”. There are several meanings of “Ubuntu”, which roughly translates to “human-kindness”, another is “I am, because we are”.

I have used “I am, because we are” in this song, about the remarkable beliefs of sharing, that these people, “share”.

UBUNTU

I am, because we are

How can I eat, if you are hungry

How can I laugh, if you are sad

I am here, because we are

let me share, all I have

I consider myself very lucky, to have been raised on our Raspberry farm in Yarrow BC, Canada. Above is a picture of my Brothers and Sisters, with the Raspberries in the background.

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There’s a cluder fight starting, out in the field

-ALL the neighborhood kids, are joining in

-And the dirt starts to fly, and the war ain’t won

-Till some kid gets nailed, and goes screaming for mom

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-I’m a Raspberry picker, from a way, back when,

-Hometown of Yarrow, where the farms, never end

-I picked a clean row, and stacked up my flats

-But now I’m just an old man, trying to look back

BRIDGE

-And the Vedder, would call you at midnight

-For a toke, and a moonlight swim

Reinhart, stoked up, the fire

-And the crowd, howled and sang

-And the porch climber turned you crazy!

-But the guitars, are kept it real

-And the river flowed on, with our years and our songs

My tears remember it all

I’m a raspberry picker from Yarrow

God knows I loved that farm

But the river flowed on, with my years and my songs

Now my tears remember it all

SAIL copyright brad strang 2013-I had a good friend that tragically drown in the Fraser river. We used to talk about what it would be like, to sail around the world. "Sail" was wrote for Tom.

Sail
Sail away my friend
Today
Your life has no end

May your soul be the place

May the winds always set your pace

"Sunday Morning" is about a destitude man, searching to re-connect with himself and God. Through his drunken/drugged state, he accidently mails himself an old family picture, which inspires his re-connection.

Sunday morning, Sunday morning

Writing a letter, to the Lord

Red wine for breakfast, white line for lunch

Another shot of whiskey, and a loaded hand gun

Lord knows, I've tried to change, my crazy ways

Could you send a letter lord, help me find, you again

When I was a young boy, about a lifetime ago

I remember the the family farm, and the love, that we'd all known

worked through the hard times, wore old, hand me downs

But every Sunday morning, gave thanks for all that we'd had

Letter in my mail box, just the other day

"Return to sender", wrote through all the wine stains

I opened up that letter, old picture fell to the ground

Picture of my family dressed, in thier best, old hand-me-downs

We were all a smiling, with our bibles in our hands

Headed for Sunday church, to give thanks, once again

Sunday morning, Sunday morning

Thank you Lord, for who I am

Thank you for showing me, just where I been

Now I know, just where to go, to start over...once again

SEASONS   copyright 2012 Brad Strang----------"Seasons" came to me in a dream..."One evening, I was walking in a (Canadian Prairie) field with my wife of many years. She was dressed with a lacey wide brimmed hat, and long flowing gown. At the edge of the field, the trees touched the big Harvest Moon. As we held hands and looked on, Canadian Geese flew through the moon. Without a word, we started waltzing to the sound of geese, as we had done, for many previous years." this song took many months to get the lyrics to reflect my dream, and almost that long to find the flowing chord progression for the Waltz.

THERES A SOUND OF GEESE IN THE HARVEST MOON
SO MANY A TIMES I’VE WATCHED THEM WITH YOU
WOULD YOU TAKE MY HAND AND WALTZ ME ON THROUGH
ANOTHER SEASON OF GOLD

AS THE SEASONS CHANGE,ALL THROUGH OUR TIMES
MAY ALL OUR YEARS ,KEEP TREATING US THIS KIND
WOULD YOU TAKE MY HAND AND WALTZ ME ON BY
ANOTHER SEASON OF GOLD

LIVING COMES SO EASY
BY GIVING ALL THAT WE SHARE
WOULD YOU TAKE MY HAND AND WALTZ WITH ME
FROM THE SEASONS WE'VE KNOW
THROUGH THESE SEASONS OF GOLD
AND THROUGH THE SEASONS STILL COMING OUR WAY..

AH WE'VE WEATHERED SOME STORMS,
BUT TOGETHER WE GREW
TURNED THOSE OLE GREY SKIES
AROUND INTO BLUE

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"Thank You" is my love song to my Wife Deb.

I've been trying, just a trying to find

Someway I can Say

Just how special you are

In so many ways

And the moments we've shared

Meant so much to me

I just say thank you

Thank you my dear ole friend

"Forgive and Forget" there is a huge beneficial power in forgiveness.

Well, someone done you wrong

Well, let it go, let it roll

Let it roll, let it go

Forgive and Forget

You've got to Forgive and Forget

CRAZY OLD CROW-260 –updated feb,19 2020

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WELL I’M WALKING THIS LINE

WALKING those old YARROW TRACKS

Where the RASPBERRIES GROW,

And the PICKERS, FILL UP THEIR FLATS

MOUNTAINS A CALLING, AND THE RIVERS… SO LAID BACK

WAKING THIS LINE

WAKING those old YARROW TRACKS

Where the PORCH CLIMBER FLOWS & A TOKE

GETS YOU WHERE YOU’RE AT

MOUNTAINS A CALLING, AND THE RIVERS… SO LAID BACK

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Heaven

Horses and Dogs

One of my bench/chainsaw carvings

Seasons

My manager "Martin"

Every Untold Story

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Traveling Through

Sweet Prairie Winds

Let Your Faith Grow

Fathers Council

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RASPBERRY PICKER

Sunday Morning

Sail

Thank You