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All songs written by Rich Cabela, Wayne Schmitt, and Tom Schmitt

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • I can be happy seeing you every day

    I can be happy loving you every day

    I can be happy seeing you every way

    I can be happy loving you every way

    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

    Oh...

    I can be happy showing you every way

    I can be happy knowing you every day

    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

    ©2016 Cabela and Schmitt BMI