ORGANIC TONALITY
FOLK/AMERICANA
All songs written by Rich Cabela, Wayne Schmitt, and Tom Schmitt
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I took a drive to find my home in Colorado
The winding road to reach my destiny
I heard a mountain call my name in Colorado
There's a place you go to see who you can be
Are you the wild one
Maybe the mild one
Some say the prodigal son
Working for free
There may not ever be the perfect answer
Will we ever be in harmony
We might just have to come to the conclusion
What we see is all it’s meant to be
For the moment I was lost in Colorado
And now I thank my Lord for handing me the dream
Somehow He always knows exactly what we need
Was I the the wild one
Maybe the mild one
Some say the prodigal son
Working for free
There may not ever be the perfect answer
Will we ever be in harmony
We might just have to come to the conclusion
What we see is all it’s meant to be
©2021 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Sometimes when I leave the light off
I can still see you throughout the night
A feeling that I get deep down inside
Sometimes when I need a light on
Sense a power and I switch it on to bright
Serenity I hold onto in life
I come alive when I see the signs,
wake up to my open eyes
I come alive when I know it's right,
listen to the heart and mind
Sometime if I need a ladder
I'll climb up to the top to reach the sky
Moving out to somewhere and I really do know why
I come alive when I see the signs,
wake up to my open eyes
I come alive when I know it's right,
listen to the heart and mind
©2020 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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When we're down and out and feeling low
Do we think about where we're gonna go
Is it something we should ponder, is it really far and yonder love
When we're all alone standing on our own
Will we feel a need to worry about our soul
We desire something higher to retrieve us from the fire
The sun is shining in your eyes and it make you feel all warm and good inside
Sometimes we're looking for the light and hope that we will be alright
Always going back to wonder with a yearn to win it over
Sometimes we're looking for the light
When we finally see what it really means
Will we hold on to the moment emphatically
Given all the time to blossom and revealing true and awesome love
Sometimes we look into the light and see that we will be alright
Never going back to wonder, only wanna win it over
Sometimes we look into the light
Sometimes we're looking for the light and know that we will be alright
Never worry about the future cause we're gonna win it over
Sometimes we listen to the light
©2021 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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You ever walk in their shoes
You ever wake up with the feeling you might die
Then they make their way to the serving line for the children to get their pill
You can see in their eyes
There is a hunger for the good things they can see
But we put them down and we walk around with the words we don’t want to speak
Cryin for freedom
Flyin to freedom
Don’t you turn your back
They wanna be like that with some freedom
Prayin for freedom
Cravin the freedom
Don’t you turn your back
They wanna be like that with some freedom
We don’t ever look back
When they can be like that with some freedom
It’s not something we own
Why would we keep it from the ones who need a home
The special gift to pass around to the people who will never quit
Cryin for freedom…
Every single day we feel it
Think of all the ways we see it
Who is giving who is taking
Freedom
Cryin for freedom…
©2023 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Done a bit of thinking since you have been gone
Even though a lot is going on
I don't say it but lately there's something on my mind
I love you and I miss you all the time
Thought a little harder about your legacy
Family man and Christianity
And the lessons you were giving on how to lead a life
I love you and I miss you all the time
I stare across the meadow to see where you were laid Welcoming the sorrow raining inside again
My mother, sisters, and brothers feel the same
They love you and they miss you all the time
We love you and we miss you all the time
I love you and I miss you all the time
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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If I'd have been from West Virginia I wouldn't even know your name
And I wouldn't be sitting here with you
If I'd have been from Arizona it wouldn't be the same
Cause you took control and slowly made me see
I gotta real light shining through me, don't you know I gotta good thing goin'
Gotta real life ain't nothin' missing cause I'm still in love with you
I gotta real light shining through me, don't you know I gotta good thing goin'
Gotta real life ain't nothin' missing cause I'm still in love with you
If I'd have been from New York City I could have never been
Cause the way things are I would have never seen
If I'd have followed all the people to who knows where
I'd be far away from you know where
I gotta real light shining through me, don't you know I gotta good thing goin'
Gotta real life ain't nothin' missing cause I'm still in love with you
I gotta real light shining through me, don't you know I gotta good thing goin'
Gotta real life ain't nothin' missing cause I'm still in love with you
I gotta real light shining through me, don't you know I gotta good thing goin'
Gotta real life ain't nothin' missing cause I'm still in love with you
I gotta real light shining through me, don't you know I gotta good thing goin'
Gotta real life ain't nothin' missing cause I'm still in love with you
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Born again in the ghetto...celebrating life
He meets a girl in stilettos, she will be alright
Hoping one day they can be a man and wife
He takes a job in the city working days and nights
She does her thing making pretty, going 9 to 5
There never seems to be a moment or spare time
He wants to be with her until he's eighty nine
Sentimental love is on the line
She don't really wanna be tied down
Got her freedom and her wild eyed mind
Sentimental love is on the line
They bear a child on the summer, beautiful and bright
She turns his heart into butter
And melts him with those steely eyes
Then he looks into the future to his surprise
He'd like to stay with her until he's eighty nine
Sentimental love is on the line
She won't really wanna be tied down
With her freedom and her wild eyed mind
Sentimental love is on the line
The light upon their lives will surely be okay
With another little new addition on the way
Their love goes up and down
But commitment can be found
Even though they live in disarray
Sentimental love is on the line
He wants to stay with them until he's eighty nine
Sentimental love is on the line
They don't really wanna be tied down
Got their freedom and their wild eyed minds
Sentimental love is on the line
©2017 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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Is it gonna be our new moment?
As you look at me I am open
To what I see in you only
In my gut I feel that you know me
This is gonna be our new moment
When you smile at me I just know it
And now I feel a little closer
But what’s it gonna be to win you over?
While I can’t see the cards you’re holding
You’ve got no way to hide your face
I know your memories are golden but
We're better times, we're better days
We're better times, we're better days
We're better times, we're better days
We're better times, we're better days
It’s about to be our new moment
You danced with me and I loved it
I move like this with you only
How your body feels as you hold me
While I can’t see the cards you’re holding
You’ve got no way to hide your face
I know your memories are golden but
We're better times, we're better days
We're better times, we're better days
We're better times, we're better days
We're better times, we're better days
Now that it’s your hand that I’m holding
You’ve got no way to hide your face
I know your memories are golden but
We're better times, we're better days
We're better times, we're better days
We're better times, we're better days
We're better times, we're better days
©2018 Cabela and Schmitt BMI
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I can be happy seeing you every day
And I can be happy loving you every day
Every day
I can be happy seeing you every day
I can be happy loving you every way
And I can be happy living with you this way
I will surround you and be around you
I will take care of you today
Now that I found you I understand you
What more would I really have to say
I can be happy showing you every way
And I can be happy knowing you every day
And I can be happy growing with you today
I will surround you and be around you
I will take care of you today
Now that I found you I understand you
What more would I really have to say
I will surround you...
©2016 Cabela and Schmitt BMI