Political, emotional, spiritual, edgy, hopeful, spirited, inspired, mystical, thought-provoking, a living contradiction, Americana, consisting of styles using shades of country/rock/folk/blues and gospel.
The Mystic Cowboys is an eclectic group of various artists spanning a couple of decades and always led by the tunesmith, Dan Johnson. If you like most of what's playing endlessly on the current radio charts, you'll probably hate this original stuff.
Following are the lyrics for this CD:
***Find Me
We were strong, we were young
How do you guess those things to come
I picked fruit off of your tree
I sang you all of my poetry
And now it seems like I’m livin’ in a dream
I get lost some of the time
But find me
Please remind me
Cause I get lost some of the time
I hear the sound of your dress in the breeze
Way back by the lake
The sugar’s on your breath and it’s warm in my ears
Since the night we cut the cake
Now sometimes it seems like I’m livin’ in a dream
I get lost some of the time
But please find me
And remind me
I get lost some of the time
Cause I get lost some of the time
Please find me
And remind me
***Hey Little Girl
Hey little girl you’d be flyin’
If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down
Sunshine smiles there’s no lyin’
As rose petals fall to your ground
Eternal love is in your love song
Family is combing your hair
A fine young man is dancing along
He’s following your music there
Hey little girl you’d be flyin’
If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down
A star is following you across the sky
It’s shining upon your grace
One true love is all you get in this life
On Earth or out in space
Hey little girl you’d be flyin’
If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down
Hey little girl you’d be flyin’
If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down
Hey little girl you’d be flyin’
If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down
Hey little girl you’d be flyin’
If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down
***Would if I Could
Sad phone call at 3 a.m.
Split my night
He said Dad have you heard this song
I play it when things ain’t right
I play it when things ain’t right
Sounds like someone we knew
Man I’d punch him if I could
Seems I can’t control anything
I know I would if I could
I know I would if I could
Don’t tell Mom I was crying
Some nights it’s hard to see in the dark
I’ve been flying on a swing set
In the dark down at the park
In the dark down at the park
What I’d give for ten minutes
You can’t stretch between the stars
It’s like the Irish and good soldiers
It’s the stars out of the bars
It’s the stars out of the bars
Dad I love you and I’m gonna be alright
Them old songs just rock me good
Sometimes I just like to forget
But I don’t know if I would if I could
I don’t know if I would if I could
Don’t know if I would if I could
Don’t know if I would if I could
Don’t know if I would if I could
Don’t know if I would if I could
***Trucker's Chapel
I’m prayin’ for forgiveness
Out here on the road
Fightin’ off the loneliness
It is such a heavy load
You’re in a trucker’s chapel
You’re stained as the glass
It sheds colored light
On the misery rollin' past
Head winds and the rain
Man they scream across the prairie
Poor little farm towns
Leadin’ to the dirty city
Seems old Mexico has moved up North
Hard workin’ families
With trouble pourin' forth
Hear your cousin lost a brother
In the oil wars
All the talkin’ heads
They’re just lyin’ anymore
Hey this country’s goin’ broke
It’s been raided by the rich
Yer tryin' to keep your rig from runnin’ in the ditch
If you ran any faster, Lord you’d be flyin’
You'll pray for wings when you get around to dyin’
You’re in a trucker’s chapel
You’re stained as the glass
So you beg your trucker angel
To give you one more pass
***Ain't Goin' Back Home
I was sitting in a trucker’s chapel
He started tellin’ this tale
Said I got a new ID
The company holds my mail
I left out on a dark day
And I ain’t goin’ back home
A good girl begged me to stay
But I ain’t goin’ back home
Well I left with damn good reasons
But it don’t seem like that now
I make it through the seasons
With the sweat off my brow
I picked all kinds of fruit and onions
Been the deckhand on a fishing scoul
I’m like an old dog with bad teeth
Chewin on a bone
And I ain’t goin’ home
The law was tryin’ to own me so I ain’t goin’ back home
I’m not property so I ain’t goin’ back home
Been tequila drunk and Mexican blind
I’m not a child in New Laredo
I ain’t goin’ back home
Well I left with damn good reasons
But it don’t seem like that now
I make it through the seasons
With the sweat off my brow
I picked all kinds of fruit and onions
Been the deckhand on a fishing scoul
I’m like an old dog with bad teeth
Chewin on a bone
And I ain’t goin’ home
My truck’s my home
***Like Spring Rain
I see your face at a place in the sun
Somewhere where your soul can run
Your skin is warm
Your breath is sweet
There’s no shoes on your feet
And you can forget your tears like a spring rain
I know a secret I found in your eyes
It rings in your dreams like sweet lullabies
And you can forget your tears like a spring rain
There will be fruit heavy on your trees
The sun will warm all your memories
And you can forget your tears like a spring rain
And you can forget your tears like a spring rain
***Inside a Photograph
Trapped inside a photograph
That’s developed in my mind
There’s a lilac and a lady
Prettiest things this cowboy could ever find
It’s always April
And the new grass is soft on our feet
You were a blushing bride
And a mother with child
That smelled so sweet
Mother with child
That smelled so sweet
Well trapped inside a photograph
Smiles are frozen in time
While the clothing is vintage
I can still taste the wedding wine
And it’s always April
New grass is soft on our feet
And a mother with child
That smelled so sweet
Mother with child
You smelled so sweet
Well trapped inside a photograph
There’s an image in my mind
***Family
There’s a great wrestler
A great debater
And a pretty smart homecoming queen
They’re all a part of me and their mother
And some things in between
Take a look; take a look
They’re in the good Lord’s book
Hooked in our minds for all times
Family
***House Lights Yellow
The snow is coming and the wind is blowing
You can hear it howlin’ through the trees
Ya keep the fire hot and you stay inside
When the snow is past your knees
House lights are yellow on the snow
As I walk outside and hear the north wind blow
The snow is coming and the wind is blowing
You can hear it howlin’ through the trees
Ya keep the fire hot and you stay inside
When the snow is past your knees
House lights are yellow on the snow
As I walk outside and hear the north wind blow
The snow is coming and the wind is blowing
You can hear it howlin’ through the trees
Ya keep the fire hot and you stay inside
When the snow is past your knees
***Easy Blessings
Spring is right around the corner
One last snow in this go ‘round
Wind chimes are singin’ and a dancin’
‘bout a blizzard blowin’ in at sundown
I thought I’d walk along the willows
And move my shadow through the trees
An’ count all my easy blessings
An’ scout out a rabbit from my knees
It’s easy to imagine
As I move my shadow through the trees
An’ count all my easy blessings
That you are right here with me
It’s easy to imagine
As I move my shadow through the trees
An’ count all my easy blessings
That you are right here with me
It was easy to imagine
As I move my shadow through the trees
And I count all my easy blessings
That you are right here with me
***Sky Turned Red
When the sky turned red
Did your mama tell you some nursery rhymes
When the sky turned red
Did you sing with Bobby of changing times
When the sky turned red
Did you hear Martin Luther and JFK
When the sky turned red
Did you hear Eisenhower warn of the CIA
Do you sing freedom songs under your breath
As the war on terror scares you half to death
When the sky turned red
Did we kill each other on television
When the sky turned red
Did you imagine there was no religion
***Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Hey, hey, hey baby, I’m alright
Tonight, golden apologies
Tarnished memories
Make me stop to find the light
Lovers in the morning
They disregard all warning
They don’t stop to find the light
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, I’m alright tonight
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey I’m alright tonight
My orphan heart misses
Those orange banana kisses
And I stop to find the light
Well she could’ve been a dancer
Her eyes shine out the answer
And I stopped to find the light
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, I’m alright tonight
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey I’m alright tonight
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, I’m alright tonight
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey I’m alright tonight
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