COUNTRY FLAIR
All songs written by Rich Cabela, Wayne Schmitt, and Tom Schmitt
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Here you are in the desert of your heart
Shaking like a leaf settled in your tree of pride
Wondering why your world and ways have been
Taking what you could, leaving who you love behind
You may never know if the pain is gonna heal you
You may never know what your conscience will reveal
You may never know what a life is gonna deal you
You may never know til you know
Family gone, you're wishing you had someone to lean on
Shunning all alone, kicking down the road of woe
Yesterday is always a mile too late
Sucking down the beers, drowning all your tears away
You may never know how the pain is gonna heal you
You may never know what a conscience can reveal
You may never know where a life is gonna take you
You may never know til you know
All the little things you put up to store
All the people that you have betrayed
You were building something out upon the sand
Only just to see it fade away
You may never know…
©2021 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Hold my hand, hold my hand
Don't you ever let it go until you understand
Won't you hold my hand, hold my hand
You can never win a war unless you take a stand
Take a stand for love, take a stand for love
Take a stand for love, take a stand for love
Hold my hand, hold my hand
We wouldn't be together if we didn't give a damn
Won't you hold my hand, hold my hand
You only get your freedom if and when you take a stand
Take a stand for love, take a stand for love
Take a stand for love, take a stand for love
If we need to stand together, let us stand for love
If we're going to live together, let us stand for love
Hold my hand, hold my hand
You can sow the word around and tell your other friends
To hold my hand, hold my hand
Together we can make it if we only take a stand
Take a stand for love, take a stand for love
Take a stand for love, take a stand for love
For love, take a stand, for love take a stand
©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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A LITTLE DAB
How many times have you been lonely, how many loves have you been through
How many chances at the real thing, is anybody coming on to you
How many day since the last one, how dreams have you let go
How many wounds have you left open...will you love, I just don't know
A little dab'll do when a dab will do ya
A little dab'll do when you know just when to stick like glue
A little dab'll do when a dab will do ya
A little dab'll do when you finally become you
How many hearts have you broken, how many years now have gone by
How many promises left spoken...will you love before you die
A little dab'll do when a dab will do ya
A little dab'll do when you know just when to stick like glue
A little dab'll do when a dab will do ya
A little dab'll do when you finally become you
A little dab'll do when a dab will do ya….
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Gather 'round with our friends, hanging by the fireside
What it is and ideas on life
Sitting down in among the young, being up gotta smile on
Hoping they are gonna be alright
Helping one another some learning how to get it done in love
This time we hold on to the rule
For it is the way we have been shown
Reaching out about the times let it known what's on our minds
We will always try to share the lines
Getting down in among the young, being up gotta smile on
Hoping we are gonna be alright
Helping one another some learning how to get it done in love
Gotta be the future, gotta live the truth
Ride the storm together to discover
Sitting down in among the young, being up gotta smile on
Knowing we are gonna be alright
Helping one another some learning how to get it done with love and might
Getting down in among the young, being up gotta smile on
Knowing they are gonna be alright
Helping one another some learning how to get it done with love and might
©2021 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Midnight strangers sitting in a row
All night thinking it's time to go
Trading places looking in the mirror
If this is living let me know
Last call, lights out had a real good time
You hate to leave this way again
You keep hangin' on
Going nowhere, never getting nowhere
You keep hangin' on
Needing something, never getting nothing
Keep hangin' on
Keep hangin' on
You gotta know your feelings are going to change
So, don't let the pain get in your way
You keep hangin' on
Going nowhere, never getting nowhere
You keep hangin' on
Needing something, never getting nothing
Keep hangin' on
Keep hangin' on
Keep hangin' on
Keep hangin' on
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Have you ever dreamed of
Have you ever thought of
Have you ever had love
Did you ever just leave it up in the air
To let it come on, to let it come on down It’ll come on down
Did you ever hear me
Did you ever see me
Would you ever love me
Would you ever just leave it up in the air
To let it come on, to let it come on down It’ll come on down
Many people want to cry for you
And many others want to die for you
Life can be just as simple as a breeze
Moving here and there Just like the trees And all the while growing free
And all the while blowing free
Do you always wait for and
Would you ever pray for
Will you always need more
Would you ever just leave it up in the air
To let it come on to let it come on down yeah it’ll come on down yeah
Are you in a good place
Waiting for that big break
Will it be your saving grace
Would you ever just leave it up in the air
To let it come on to let it come on down yeah it’ll come on down yeah
Many people want to cry for you
And many others want to die for you
Life can be just as simple as a breeze Moving here and there Just like the trees
And all the while growing free
And all the while blowing free
©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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In a bar with people on a row
Not a face in sight that I would know
Standing all alone
On a train, I don't know where it goes
Colorado maybe Mexico
Riding all alone
Been a heavy exercise doing contemplating about my life
I forget about the worries and I do a peddle down the line
All alone
Another night and feeling rather low
Gotta try to hold this vertigo
Wading all alone
City seems to come from down below
Coward residents and overgrown
Livin all alone
Been a heavy exercise doing contemplating about my life
I forget about the worries and I make a peddle down the line
It's been a real long while, to go back in time
Would be kinda superstitious of the days gone by
Maybe later, I can step into the light
All alone
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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I love to see you in the morning when the sunrise
I love to see you in the evening when your eyes aglow
I like to make believe that I'm a tin soldier
And to make believe that you're my commander
Everybody's gotta have a dream sometime
Everybody's gotta have a dream sometime
Sometimes when I get the feeling
I want to share it with you only if you're willing
Can you understand the words that I'm saying
Can you understand me even when I'm praying
Everybody's gotta pray sometime
Everybody's gotta pray sometime
I try to understand the things you're doing, I try to love you too
Everybody's gotta try to love sometime
Everybody's gotta try to love someone sometime
I love to see you in the middle of the midnight
I can feel you in the kiss of love you're giving me
I have thought about the situation
It's so wonderful a celebration
Everybody's gotta celebrate sometime
Everybody's gotta celebrate sometime
Everybody's gotta pray sometime
Everybody's gotta pray sometime
Everybody's gotta try to love someone sometime
Everybody's gotta dream
Everybody's gotta dream
Everybody's gotta have a dream sometime
©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Woke up in the morning and I'm glad to get another day
Analyze what I've been doing cause I wanna get a better play
Move along and set a rearrange
Walking through the market
When I see a little something new
Can't afford to buy it
But it's looking like it's pretty cool
I don't wanna think about the things that I might do
I got locked up in an emotion
But I didn't mean to cause a commotion
I got caught up in the elation
Now I'm standing here and feeling like I'm out of place
I got locked up in an emotion
But I didn't mean to cause a commotion
I got caught up in the elation
Now I'm standing here and feeling rather out of place
Where am I to go now
With a simple restitution leading me away
How am I to go on down
For my honest retribution to assimilate
I don't wanna stick around
Got a pocket full of nothin'
And I'm staring at a big buffet
Doesn't always happen
But sometimes it's gonna be this weight
I don't worry about the things that I can't change
I got locked up in an emotion
But I didn't mean to cause a commotion
I got caught up in the elation
Now I'm standing here and feeling like I'm out of place
I got locked up in an emotion
But I didn't mean to cause a commotion
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Is there a little romance in the air
Maybe some reservations that we share Can we make up a reason to go anywhere
It doesn't really matter as long as we're there
You wanna do things your way
I wanna do things mine
So why don't we take a holiday
To see if we can find some time
And bring back the love that we fell in And talk about remember when
Yeah get back the love that we fell in And live it like remember when
Now we feel that emotion we can throw on the fire
Just a little spark ignites our desire
Time and time again it's love higher and higher
You wanna do things...
Everyone says remember when
Every now and then
Every time we remember when
We go back again
You wanna do things...
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©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Wherever you go my love
You’ll know right where to find me
Whatever you see in me
You will see forever
Whenever you cry my love
I’ll be right there behind you
There to remind you
Be not afraid
Come follow me
Whenever you call my love
I will find you the answer
Whenever you breathe my love
You will know I’m beside you
There to remind you
Be not afraid
Come follow me
I’ll be hanging on and on and on
I’ll be hanging on to you
I’ll be hanging on to you so we get through
I’ll be staying on and on and on
I’ll be staying on with you
I’ll be staying on with you so we get through
If ever you doubt my love
I will show you a rainbow
Whenever you’re lost my love
I’ll be right there to guide you
There to remind you
Be not afraid...
©2021 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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You're eyes wide open and your hoedown feels like a fire drill
But you keep on boppin' cause the rockin' gives you a thrill
We don't wanna meddle in your congregation
When you're gettin' down tonight
You're jammin' now, the music pounds on your ear drums
Your feet are moving, so you keep on pushing it on
In a little while you'll settle down
For your love is emanating in the crowd
Slowly, slowly you begin to spin around
You're eyes wide open and your hoedown feels like a fire drill
But you keep on boppin' cause the rockin' gives you a thrill
We don't wanna meddle with your affirmation
When you're gettin' down tonight
You're eyes wide open and your hoedown feels like a fire drill
But you keep on boppin' cause the rockin' gives you a thrill
You're eyes wide open and your hoedown feels like a fire drill
But you keep on boppin' cause the rockin' gives you a thrill Tonight!
©2022 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Will you climb up the mountain will you see the other side
Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Courage to be redefined
Who you gonna be now, what you wanna do
Did you wanna turn your back on reality move it all around
Even though you're standing all alone
Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Will you climb up the mountain when you're feeling all right
Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Fighting for you're state of mind
One life is all you're gonna get so you better make it right
Are you ready for another step cause it might just be the one
That takes you higher
Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Will you climb up the mountain just to see what you will find
Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Truly different and divine
Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Will you climb up the mountain when you're looking for the light
Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Rather than the dark of night
Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Will you climb up the mountain when you wanna redesign
Will you climb up the mountain will you climb will you climb
Heading for that finish line
©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Early morn you're packing up to go, talking about those days of long ago
How you need some time to be alone, wanna have your confidence in mind
Gotta make sure everything is right, won't handle being out of line
Falling in and out of love, time away is good
Although it's understood we know
Game is on game is off
Sometimes it feels like we're just living in a country song
Game is on game is off, you and me ought to do this thing
'Cause it's taking us way too long, way too long
To and fro we go it's on and on, even if we're always getting along
Do we clarify before it's gone, better leave that harmful thought behind
You and I will have a glass of wine, maybe catch a line before we go
Falling in and out of love, you and I are good
And it's understood we know
Game is on game is off
Sometimes it feels like we're just living in a country song
Game is on game is off, you and me ought to do this thing
'Cause it's taking us way too long, way too long
Game is on...
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Don't come from Alabama and I ain't from Tennessee
I've been to California but it's really not for me
I'm just a guy down in Nebraska and that's where I'm gonna stay
Can't worry about tomorrow I'm just living for today
Drive a Chevy pickup and takes me where I go
It ain't nothing pretty but it gets me down the road
I like hunting in the morning I go fishing in the afternoon
Digging in my garden is just something that I do...this is my life
I wake up in the morning and I look out to the sky
And I thank the Lord for giving me this life
Living in the country and I'm loving on my wife
I got three young ones who keep my future bright...this is my life
I listen to the music I like playing my guitar
Hanging with the family it don't matter where we are
I get a tender loving feeling when we all belly up to the bar
A good old conversation lets us know just how we are...now this is my life
I wake up in the morning and I look out to the sky
And I thank the Lord for giving me this life
Living in the country and I'm loving on my wife
I got three young ones who keep my future bright...this is my life
I've been up to the mountains and I've been down to the sea
And I've come to find out who I'm gonna be
I've been across the ocean and there's been a lot to see
And I'm grateful to my God for loving me..this is my life
I never went to college but I think I'll be alright
Get along with others, though there's some don't think I might
I ain't looking for a hassle I'm not looking for a fight
I hold on to my anger it's just better left inside...this is my life
I wake up in the morning and I look out to the sky
And I thank the Lord for giving me this life
Living in the country and I'm loving on my wife
I got three young ones who keep my future bright...this is my life
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Lay down the law
Gotta lay down, lay down the law
Lay down the law
Lay down the law
Gotta lay down, lay down the law
Letter lay down the law
Lay down the law
Gotta lay down, lay down the law
Lay down the law
If you're hating and you're cheating
And you're killing and you're stealing and you're raping
And you're lying and you're fighting
And you're vicious with the people you are seeing
And you wanna take away from anyone who's giving
Lay down the law
When you're violating, fornicating and you're sinning
Persecuting, lacinating, decimating and you ravage
Lay down the law
Lay down the law
Better lay down the law
Lay down the law
Gotta lay down, lay down the law
Lay down the law
If you're hurting and offensive
And degrading and transgressing
In the way that you've been thinking and you're wicked
Desecrated, and malicious and berating
And you wanna be the one who's doing the deceiving
Better lay down the law
When you're falsifying, overwhelming and denying
Swindling and defalcating, execrating
Lay down the law
Lay down the law
Lay down the law
Lay down the law
Lay down the law
©2019 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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We've got dancing shoes on and we're rockin' in 'em
And our feet are moving blazing dynamite
We've got dancing shoes on and we're stompin' on 'em
As we celebrate and boogie through the night
Take a hand and make a circle bring it in and get your mojo
We've got dancing shoes on and we're rockin' in 'em
And our feet are moving blazing dynamite
We've got dancing shoes on and we're stompin' on 'em
As we celebrate and boogie through the night
Raise your hands up to the sky line
Lift them up and see what you find
We've got dancing shoes on and we're struttin' in 'em
Now we're cuttin' and we're movin' left and right
We've got dancing shoes on and we're sliding on 'em
Maybe soon we're gonna give into the light
Take a hand and make a circle bring it in and let your soul go
Dancing Shoes,dancing shoes
Take a hand and make a circle bring it in and let your soul go
Dancing Shoes, dancing shoes
Raise your hands up to the sky line
Lift them up and see what you find
Dancing Shoes,dancing shoes
We've got dancing shoes on and we're rockin' in 'em
We've got dancing shoes on and we're stompin' on 'em
We've got dancing shoes on and we're rockin' in 'em
And our feet are moving blazing dynamite
We've got dancing shoes on and we're stompin' on 'em
As we celebrate and boogie through the night
©2019 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Burned out from all the years
Lousy coffee and the puppeteers
Gonna take another month to be denied
Want to be more concrete
Something solid for to set your feet
So you go out searching for a way to change your mind
Ease off uncertainty
Cause it kinda makes you weak in the knees
But you take that courage and you get out there and try
With love from up above
You can do the thing you're thinking of
Forget about the worry and determine how you might
I admit it's not surprising with a thought of theorizing
Navigate to anything upright
I admit a bit confusing, but at times it's quite amusing
Saddle up and get on with your life
That freedom you receive
From within and through a holy being
Can't put a price on the way you will survive
On a sea a rollin' keeping with the tide
This is how the world has been designed
If we see tommorrow let it be a sign
Break away from staying blind
I admit that I'm still chasing
And it's like my own libation
I admit I do enjoy the fight
I admit it's so confounding, but it's also quite defining
I admit we should control our ride
I admit I'm not religious
But believe my soul is righteous
I depend on how I see the light
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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You complain about the Holy Ghost
You complain about who earns the most
You complain about hot and cold
You complain because your phone's too old
You complain about the president
You complain about a message sent
You complain because we move too slow
And you complain about the yo, yo, yo
You complain about rock & roll
You complain about a begging soul
You complain about the neighborhood
You complain, you complain
You victimize a reservation, you victimize the legislation
You victimize the constitution, you victimize a resolution
You victimize black & white, you victimize the day and night
You victimize regulation, you victimize the whole damn nation
You complain about the way we are
You complain about your broken heart
You complain about a God above
You complain about the life we love
You complain about our common sense
You complain about our competence
You complain about our attitude
You complain about our gratitude
You complain about the spangled stars
Patriotism you just disregard
You complain about the men in blue
You complain, you complain
You victimize a reservation, you victimize the legislation
You victimize the constitution, you victimize a resolution
You victimize black & white, you victimize the day and night
You victimize regulation,you victimize the whole damn nation
We're never gonna listen to your kind of thinking anymore
You want to steal our freedom by corruption
And sneeking in through that door
Better living is achieved by reaching for all your goals
Gotta have a little confidence
And taking back our own control
You better stop your pushing or you're gonna be a wishing
That you never would've had us start this war
Could you stop with your complaining
Would you stop that victimizing
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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You've been fishing for a certain type
And you've been baiting like you're gonna get that one into your net
But you ain't caught up to him yet
Check the line, maybe you got a nibble baby
Check the line, maybe you'll get a good one
You can reel in
In a nutshell you've been trying to
Land a man into your life
And let him stay and call your own
Make him be for you alone
You have twitter, you got Instagram
There are seven ways online that you connect
You got a phone and baby it is always on
Check the line, maybe you got a nibble baby
Check the line, maybe you'll get a good one
You can reel in
You got to take your time maybe put out a little more line
Let it sink into your heart, be patient with your love
Keep happiness inside, be a friend through the day & night
Get a little help from up above
Making sure that it is right
Check the line, maybe you got a nibble baby
Check the line, maybe you'll get a good one
You can reel in
Check the line...
©2019 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Turning through empty pages I gotta replace my thoughts of you
Only my heart remembers sharing a life with you
Why I depended on you is making no sense to me at all
I'm beginning to think the story's over
I believe the sun is going down
I found myself wishing you well without ever trying
I dream at night only about you
I gave my heart withing you well you'd never believe me
So I walked away wishing you well
I've been wishing you well
All of the things I treasure will come back to me in time
Moving into the future no time to read between the lines
And though I will always miss you we'll never be in love again
I'm beginning to think the story's over
I believe the sun is going down
I found myself wishing you well without ever trying
I dream at night only about you
I gave my heart wishing you well you'd never believe me
So I walked away wishing you well
I've been wishing you well...
©2016 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Love is a story, gotta be good, gotta be strong
Love has no worry, never afraid, never alone
Love is forever, give it away, help it along
Love is the answer for the people waiting everywhere
Do you know what you are looking for...I believe you do, I am looking too
Turning pages in the book of time leaving all the years behind
Love is forgiving, let it begin, let it be free
Love is the reason for the people living everywhere
Do you know what you are looking for...I believe you do, I am looking too
Turning pages in the book of time leaving all the years behind
Come all ye faithful love one and all, you make the difference when you hear the call
I don't believe there's ever been a time,
Oh, when all mankind could find their peace of mind
I know I need mine
Oh, if old mankind could find his peace of mind
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Burning, your heart is hurting
Your love is waning Your soul is waiting
Another city burning Fear and hate are ruling
Time has come to live in love...remove the ill within your glum After all you see the ruins...is this what we have all become
Burning, burning
Synagogues are burning
Shopping malls are burning
Our minds are burning
Our hearts are hurting
Burning, burning, burning, burning
©2021 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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We had plenty of fun
Hangin out on the town
Chasing all the parties and
Closing all the honky tonks down
You felt good in my arms
I guess a boy never knows
Who is gonna stay around
And who’s gonna go
Why do you always have to be the one
Who comes around to steal my thunder
You stood me up you had a laugh
So you could just move on to another
It took me five maybe six maybe seven times to up and surrender
And pack it up and wrap it up and send you on down the line
To pack it up and wrap it up and send you on down the line
There was always a sign
Tellin me caution ahead
You leavin evry weekend
Say your spendin time with a friend
Then it happened again
You had to tell me bout him
Now who is gonna stay around
And who’s gotta go
Why do you always have to be the one
Who comes around to steal my thunder
You stood me up you had a laugh
So you could just move on to another
It took me five maybe six maybe seven times to up and surrender
And pack it up and wrap it up and send you on down the line
To pack it up and wrap it up and send you on down the line
Why do you always have to be the one
Who comes around to steal my thunder
You stood me up you had a laugh
So you could just move on to another
It took me five maybe six maybe seven times to up and surrender
And pack it up and wrap it up and send you on down the line
To pack it up and wrap it up and send you on down the line
Pack it up and wrap it up and send you on down the line
Pack it up and wrap it up and send you on down the line
©2024 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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I think you're sad and lonely, I know you're holding on
People hurt you, they will stare at you, then they try to bring you down
They don't ever look inside, afraid of what they'll find, only wanna turn it all on you
I know you look for something, something that'll last
I hope that you will find it, it will be the best
They may hate you, they may laugh at you, they may try to run you out
They don't ever look to hard to see if they have left a scar, a trail of devastation or despair
Constant carrying a load upon yourself always loving with your heart
You live another day and push it all away, always giving with your heart
A light shines down on a wounded world, a light shines down on you
A light shines down on a loving soul, a light shines down on you...on you
A light shines down on a wounded world, a light shines down on you
A light shines down on a loving soul, a light shines down on you
A light shines down on a wounded world
©2022 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Well you know it’s been a real fine summertime
makin wishes come to life
always feeling like we don’t want to end the night
There you go you’re givin me that peace of mind
I’m seeing dreams before my eyes
Making memories that will stand the test of time
And it feels so right just a being in love tonight
You make a hard-working fun-lovin soul-searchin man out of me
There’s always some sorta magic and you make it so easy to see
You turn a gray sky into blue
You make an old thing feel like new
You have a way of living life
I want to be like you
You know I feel so close to heaven
When you’re around me
And I almost forgot to mention
The way you love is how I love you
Now I see the way of life you give to me
The kind of world we need to see
I’m hearing melodies that will move this heart of mine
And it feels so right just a being with you tonight
©2022 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Feeling easy goin', take a look around
Seeing people smiling, loving one another, being neighborly
Maybe I was drinking gazing at the world
Seen a lot of anger tragedy and war
Hurting one another...causing so much harm
It doesn't really feel like I'm in Heaven
All the hate that can be found
It doesn't really feel like I'm in Heaven
Persecution going around
How is it that we behave...I will need to look again
Walking through the villa as I turn to go
I see people smiling giving of themselves
Giving of themselves
Loving one another living tenderly
I think that I feel like I'm in Heaven
It's the love that I can find
I think that I feel like I'm in Heaven
It has been here all the time
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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It’s a new day with changes for you, but you’re sleeping
Knowing the truth only happens as you greet the morning
Live today like any other day
It’ll be OK, luck will come your way
A new day
The morning holds promise and hope for the future
Our wisdom will be far and away so much deeper
Live today like any other day
It’ll be OK, luck will come your way
Live today like any other day
It’ll be OK, luck will come your way
Live today like any other day
It’ll be OK, luck will come your way
Live today like any other day
It’ll be OK, luck will come your way
A new day
A new day
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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We're in a constant state of confusion
No common ground to find a solution
I don't wanna change your mind
I don't need to change your heart
We just need a brand new start
We use the sword of aggravation
To stunt the growing love in our nation
I don't wanna change your mind
I don't need to change your heart
We just need a brand new start
It seems like every time I try
You find a way to turn the tide
And all the ways I'm satisfied
You seem to take the other side
Love is ours to have and hold
No doubts no fears no fool's gold
Take my hand upon your heart
We'll always be a moving part
We honed the art of balancing power
Was yesterday's work our finest hour
I don't wanna change your mind
I don't need to change your heart
We just need a brand new start
It seems like every time I try
You find a way to turn the tide
And all the ways I'm satisfied
You seem to take the other side
Love is ours to have and hold
No doubts no fears no fool's gold
Take my hand upon your heart
We'll always be a moving part
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Freedom rising, freedom rising
You better know what they're up to before you lose it all
Look around and recognize it's wrong
Freedom rising, freedom rising
Manipulating all day long, young personalities
They take away the truth and then turn you into slave
Don't fall for everything they say, need a look at every way, you're in control of who you are
Freedom rising, freedom rising
How you think, how you act, how you homage...you will see
How you love, how you feel, how you get there...liberty
Freedom rising, freedom rising
©2020 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Thinking back over the years
And trying to hold back all the tears
Of life and love and happiness and sorrow
I look into your eyes and see
A love that has encouraged me
And I realize you have been my hero
You're my dad and I'm happy as can be that I'm your son
You're my dad and it's good for me to see who we've become
Hanging out at the Y.O.
I know that it's good, good for the soul
Dreaming about a cabin in Wyoming
Skipping rocks along Northshore
Hiking up and down Lord Gore
Wondering how the time became so golden
You're my dad and I'm happy as can be that I'm your son
You're my dad and it's good for me to see who we've become
Driving across America, flying off to Africa
Remembering the smiles from sea to sea
Heading down to Disneyland
I'm a walking with you hand in hand
Getty up a pony on your knee
Thinking back over the years
And trying to hold back all the tears
Of life and love and happiness and sorrow
I step into a mirror
And see the man that I was meant to be
And I realize you're my hero
You're my dad and I'm happy as can be that I'm your son
You're my dad and it's good for you to see who I've become
©2016 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Thinking back over the years
And trying to hold back all the tears
Of life and love and happiness and sorrow
I look into your eyes and see
A love that has encouraged me
And I realize you have been my hero
You're my dad and I'm happy as can be that I'm your son
You're my dad and it's good for me to see who we've become
Hanging out at the Y.O.
I know that it's good, good for the soul
Dreaming about a cabin in Wyoming
Skipping rocks along Northshore
Hiking up and down Lord Gore
Wondering how the time became so golden
You're my dad and I'm happy as can be that I'm your son
You're my dad and it's good for me to see who we've become
Driving across America, flying off to Africa
Remembering the smiles from sea to sea
Heading down to Disneyland
I'm a walking with you hand in hand
Getty up a pony on your knee
Thinking back over the years
And trying to hold back all the tears
Of life and love and happiness and sorrow
I step into a mirror
And see the man that I was meant to be
And I realize you're my hero
You're my dad and I'm happy as can be that I'm your son
You're my dad and it's good for you to see who I've become
©2016 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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When you look at me with puppy eyes
I get caught and I don't realize
I've been mesmerized and I'm mystified
When you come and snuggle up to me
And you put a hand upon my knee
It's intensity, electricity
When you fold into my arms and I can hear you breathe
How a rush of heat comes over me
What could it be...it's burnin' love
When you hold your body close to mine
And our hearts are beating keeping time
It signifies how our rhythm's right
When you place a kiss upon my lips
It's amazing when I feel like this
Insanity, but oh so naturally
My love is a fire, your love takes it home
We know desire...burnin' love
When you move into my arms and I can feel you breathe
What a rush of heat runs over me
How can it be
If we go out to the mall and we do that creepy crawl
Are we gonna make it out alive
We could go down to the river and I could make you dinner
I only need a fire light
And if we're feeling good we could sneak into the woods
And maybe we could stay all night, maybe we could stay all night
Burnin' love is how I feel for you
Burnin' love is meant for two
I'm in love with you...burnin' love
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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When you look at me with puppy eyes
I get caught and I don't realize
I've been mesmerized and I'm mystified
When you come and snuggle up to me
And you put a hand upon my knee
It's intensity, electricity
When you fold into my arms and I can hear you breathe
How a rush of heat comes over me
What could it be...it's burnin' love
When you hold your body close to mine
And our hearts are beating keeping time
It signifies how our rhythm's right
When you place a kiss upon my lips
It's amazing when I feel like this
Insanity, but oh so naturally
My love is a fire, your love takes it home
We know desire...burnin' love
When you move into my arms and I can feel you breathe
What a rush of heat runs over me
How can it be
If we go out to the mall and we do that creepy crawl
Are we gonna make it out alive
We could go down to the river and I could make you dinner
I only need a fire light
And if we're feeling good we could sneak into the woods
And maybe we could stay all night, maybe we could stay all night
Burnin' love is how I feel for you
Burnin' love is meant for two
I'm in love with you...burnin' love
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Walking, talking, I remember strolling in the rain
I'll never lose that memory
Holding, molding, I remember two becoming one
I'll never lose that memory
I wanna see your smiling face, I wanna feel your warm embrace
I wanna be in love with you again
I wanna be a loving man I wanna do all that I can, I wanna be with you forever
I'll never lose that memory
Turning, learning, I remember dealing with the pain
I'll never lose that memory
I wanna see your smiling face, I wanna feel your warm embrace
I wanna be in love with you again
I wanna be a loving man I wanna do all that I can, I wanna be with you forever
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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There’s some little children playing in my old backyard
They’re looking so familiar can you tell who they are
And there’s a million flowers growing in my old garden spot
I didn’t know that anything but weeds could fill that lot
So take me away I want to play at my old farmhouse in May
Heaven’s the next best thing they say
So take me away I want to stay at my old farmhouse in May
Heaven’s the next stop on the way
There’s the old barn and the old gray car I used to drive
And there’s the empty treehouse where we learned how to cry
It’s been so many years ago well you know how they fly
And down along the old creek side we made those sweet mud pies
So take me away…
Mom and Daddy are you calling me
Yes I hear you I’m not far away
Those were precious days in every way
So take me away…
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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When you're looking for love
You never know what you will find
Then along comes a woman you like
She makes you want to settle down
Don't take me away from my lady
We've been together for so long
Don't take me away from my baby tonight
She needs me holding her tight
When I was down and lonely
She was always there to comfort the pain
Now I have to leave and she'll be lonely
Why do I have to play this game
Don't take me away from my lady
We've been together for so long
Don't take me away from my baby tonight
She needs me holding her tight
I haven't always done good things
Will I get a chance to try
I know that I could love that girl forever
Lord why do I have to say goodbye
Don't take me away from my lady
We've been together for so long
Don't take me away from my baby tonight
She needs me holding her tight
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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We're not alone, we're not alone, we're not alone
Realize that we don't live a minute
Without the power that is keeping us alive
We're not alone
Giving back is hardly a decision
Being grateful for the gift we have
We're not alone
You've got to know what's right
Everybody's gotta keep it tight and cozy
Be a model citizen try to get along with everyone
Keep the spirits high
Knowing that the One will always love
Get the knowledge of the One I ramble of
We're not alone
Inherit something to believe in
While you walk along this boulevard of life
We got to realize, we go to know we're not alone
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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There was once a time in my life when I had held you my love
And now and then I feel like I tried a little too hard my love
Is that why you, you set me free
Now I'm free to see whoever I please, but it's you girl who's got me on my knees
And I'm free to do whatever I may, but it's you girl who put love in my way
Ya, you girl who put love in my way when you set me free
There's only so much now I can take so wait til I call you love
For now I'll take a look at my life and hope I can love again
Now that you set me free
Now I'm free to see whoever I please, but it's you girl who's got me on my knees
And I'm free to do whatever I may, but it's you girl who put love in my way
Ya, you girl who put love in my way when you set me free
Now I'm sorry that I could not see it in your eyes, I'm sorry
And I'm sorry that I did not see it long ago, I'm sorry
And I'm wishing that I'd never fallin' in love with you, I'm sorry
That our love had to die, now I'll just sit and cry
Yes, I'll cry and cry all night, yes I'll cry and cry all night, all night, all night
Now I'm free to see whoever I please, but it's you girl who's got me on my knees
And I'm free to do whatever I may, but it's you girl who put love in my way
Ya, you girl who put love in my way
Ya, you girl who put love in my way when you set me free
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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We have a little fun whenever you're with me
Are you with me?
I feel a little thunder whenever you're with me
Do you feel it?
It's a beautiful thing
I get that feeling when I hear the music
That kind of feeling where you never wanna lose it
We hear music
The music of life
I feel a little thunder whenever you're with me
Do you feel it?
It's a beautiful thing
It's been a good thing knowing you're with me
A better way of living
It's a beautiful thing
I get that feeling when I hear the music
That kind of feeling where you never wanna lose it
We hear music
The music of life
It's been a good thing knowing you're with me
A better way of living
It's a beautiful thing
I get that feeling when I hear the music
That kind of feeling where you never wanna lose it
We hear music
The music of life
I get that feeling when I hear the music
That kind of feeling where you never wanna lose it
We hear music
The music of life
©2023 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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There's a place right out of town
And it's got a lotta open ground
When I wanna settle down
I go out and I ride around on a pony all day long
Come on out to the family farm
I got a brand new saddle in the old red barn
We can take a little honey ride
You and me on a Saturday night
Pinto Bean is a gentle mare
Treat her tender and she'll be right there
Loves to trot in a prancing style
Kick it up riding side by side together, a honey ride
Come on out to the family farm
I got a brand new saddle in the old red barn
We can take a little honey ride
You and me on a Saturday night
A little honey ride, you and me on a honey ride
We can do this shuffle every time
Come on out to the family farm
I got a brand new saddle in the old red barn
We can take a little honey ride
You and me on a Saturday night
©2023 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Celebrate the music
You can sing along
As you're walking down the road, earbud in the radio
Are you in a happy mood today
Celebrate the music
You can sing along
Got it on your telephone, now you're holding it
Put it on your list of favorites
You love the tune and it's beautiful...it doesn't let you down
Visualize the nature of the sound
You forward it to all your friends, put it on repeat again
Listening throughout the night
You declare it is the best, even better than the rest
Now it is a hint of you
Celebrate the music
You can sing along
Gonna take a journey in your mind and heart
Celebrate the music
You are now a part
Celebrate beginnings
Nourishing your soul
©2021 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Tell me what it’s all about
All the things I really need to know
We hear the stories going around
Funny how the words begin to flow
Gonna find what we all become
In the end our hearts begin to show
So give it all another chance
To let it all work out
To make today a better day
Leave yourself a time to dance
And things to laugh about
To make today a better day
Da, da da, let's make today a better day
Wonder where it all began
All the ways to rise before the fall
Who knows when you’re going to land
Doing time just waiting for the call
Don’t wait until you understand
There’s a reason we don’t know it all
I always wonder bout the things they say
Just for the minute or the day
But after all it’s almost yesterday
Anyway hey hey hey
So give it all another chance
To let it all work out
To make today a better day
And leave yourself a time to dance
Some things to laugh about
To make today a better day
Da, da da, let's make today a better day
Out beyond the shadow is a rolling sea of light
Calling us to be who we can be
In this ever changing life we always have a plan
Still we never know
Who will come and go
So give it all another chance
To let it all work out
To make today a better day
And leave yourself a time to dance
Some things to laugh about
To make today a better day
©2020 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Did you ever play the cowboy
Ridin Freedom with a 6-gun in the air
It was always something special
The county fair and that big time rodeo
We couldn’t get there any faster
Slowin down was not the answer
Keeping secrets from our sisters
Telling lies with all our brothers
There’s a little bit of history, it’s called our life.
And a little bit of mystery and it’s our life.
You say we’re needin some reality but it’s our life.
I always want to be a dreamer
It helps to make a good believer
In our life, our life.
Do you think about your first love
Summer parties at the drive in parking lot
Getting married to your sweetheart
Countin babies at the family bbq
We couldn’t make it any faster
Slowing down could be the answer
Doin social with your sister
Pheasant huntin with your brother
There’s a little bit of history, it’s called our life.
And a little bit of mystery and it’s our life.
You say we’re needin some reality but it’s our life.
I always want to be a dreamer
It helps to make a good believer
In our life, our life.
©2016 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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You're the light of my life shining bright
You're the light of my life and it's alright
I can't believe my eyes when you're in sight
You're the light of my life feeling fine
You're the light of my life all the time
I do believe that I have been aligned
You're the light of my life deep inside
You're the light of my life who I confide
I can't believe that I can feel this high
You're the light of my life day and night
You're the light of my life you simplify
I do believe that I will testify
You fill me up with pride and the love that you provide
It pulls my heart into your own
When you came into my life I went and threw my fear aside
Realizing that your love is true
I know you love me even if not justified
You let my heaven come alive
And I'll remember as we're rolling with the times
You are always by my side
You're the light of my life, light of my life…...
©2016 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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I’m looking at you
Watching you grow around me
I’m walking with you
Seeing you step beside me
Makes me feel better than I am
My boy you’re a wonderful part of me
My boy you’re an angel living with me
I’m thinking of you
Having a laugh then crying
I’m dreaming of you
Growing up fast and flying
Home to your wife and new family
My boy you’re wonderful part of me
My boy you’re an angel living with me
Don’t count the years like dollar bills
You’ll be out too soon
Don’t try to read between the pages
But read all the lines
Don’t have a fear for things unknown
And you will reach the stars in your eyes
I have a feeling you’ll be right for your time
And I believe that you’ll be fine in your time
Oh, in your time...oh
My boy you’re wonderful part of me
My boy you’re an angel living with me
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Say you will be a friend to me for life is too long to live in hostility
But it seems like every time you turn around that's all you see
You've given hope to someone when you show equality
It's hope that hides the sorrow when you live in harmony
Let all you are be a lamp or a shining star
And breathe with a sigh knowing on whom we rely
You've given hope to someone when you show equality
It's hope that hides the sorrow when you live in harmony
We've given hope to someone when we show equality
It's hope that hides the sorrow when we live in harmony
Hope is the reason I hold on
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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I must have been mistaken
I thought we were on our way
But I've been away from you for so long
And I'm missin' you today
We'll now deny we were gonna try
To go a long long way
But you know it's been a long time baby
Since I held your little hand in mine
And I ain't gonna do it again
I got better things to do with my time
It's been a long time baby
Since I held your little hand in mine
And I don't wanna do it again
I got better things to do with my time
So let's just build a wall
Between you and me and what we had
I can't live my own expectations
I was such a fool to take your hand
But now I see what you were sayin' to me
About your bein' free
And you know it's been a long time baby
Since I held your little hand in mine
And I ain't gonna do it again
I got better things to do with my time
It's been a long time baby
Since I held your little hand in mine
And I don't wanna do it again
I got better things to do with my time
The wall has been constructed
As far as I'm concerned
We dare not look at each other
Such a lesson I have learned
I walked away from that wall today
And there's nothin' left to say
And you know it's been a long time baby
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Inside my ears are ringing, it's wedding bells
It's little children singing and feeling swell
Cause I'm crazy, yes I'm crazy
My mind is sort of racing, it's hard to tell
With you my sight is hazy my heart could fail
But I'm crazy, yes I'm crazy
Crazy, crazy about your love, baby I'm crazy, crazy about your love
Crazy, crazy about your love, baby I'm crazy, crazy about your love, oh ya
Outside the stars are shinning right in your eyes
I see reflections of me to my surprise
But I'm crazy, yes I'm crazy
I cherish time together, the love we share
Even in clement weather, well I don't care
Cause I'm crazy, yes I'm crazy
Crazy, crazy about your love, baby I'm crazy, crazy about your love
Crazy, crazy about your love, baby I'm crazy, crazy about your love, oh ya
Crazy, crazy about your love, baby I'm crazy, crazy about your love
Crazy, crazy about your love, baby I'm crazy, crazy about your love, oh ya
Crazy, crazy about your love, baby I'm crazy, crazy about your love
©1995 Cabela and Schmitt BMI