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The Way the River Goes
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The Way the River Goes
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
There’s a rope swing tied to a Sycamore tree
At the rivers edge just Bill and me
Billy waits till I yell ‘The coast is clear’
That’s just The Way the River Goes ‘round here
Me and Bill grew up the best of friends
We knew every inch of that river bend
If there’s buried treasure, we put it there
That’s just The Way the River Goes ‘round here
Chorus
That’s just The Way the River Goes
That’s just The Way the River Goes
‘Round here
Had my first kiss down on that riverbank
From a sophomore named, Nora Jane
She’s got four kids now, that's what you hear
That’s just The Way the River Goes ‘round here
Everybody knows her brother Steve
He got eighteen months for selling weed
Guess it was a pretty good crop last year
That’s just The Way the River Goes ‘round here
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River jumped its banks, in 2001
The old-timers say, "we were due that flood"
Now the mud is gone, but not the fear
That’s just The Way the River Goes ‘round here
It's been 30 years since I’ve been gone
I said ‘Hey Bill, why’d you stay so long?’
Billy laughs and hands me another beer
That’s just The Way the River Goes ‘round here
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While You were Sleeping
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While You were Sleeping
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
While You were Sleeping, a train pulled into town
The cars were loaded down, with North Dakota crude
And graffiti on the side, a black river passing by
It took a while, While You were Sleeping
While You were Sleeping, the crossing gates dropped
And then rang out like church bells, urging me to stop
Warning of the thunder, soon be coming down the tracks
It held me back, While You were Sleeping
While You were Sleeping, the rumble of the wheels
The colors and the couplers, a moving wall of steel
And how will you feel, when that train and I are gone
And I've moved on, While You were Sleeping
While You were Sleeping, the train shook to a halt
So I could read the graffiti, every tag and every scrawl
And don’t it make you wonder, where that train has been
And where it got the ink on its skin, While You were Sleeping
While You were Sleeping, its heart lurched back to life
The diesel smoke coughing from the engine on the right
And it pushed and pushed some more, then throttled into gear
And woke the cars back up, so suddenly it cleared
With the arms of the gates, saluting to the sky
And I can still recall those names on the boxcars
But I cannot tell you why...While You were Sleeping
While You were Sleeping---left a note to say goodbye
While You were Sleeping---couldn't bear to see you cry
While You were Sleeping---I hope you know that I tried
While You were Sleeping, that train, pulled out of town
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Ever Since Columbine
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Ever Since Columbine
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
Last week it was in Kansas, today was Michigan
Can we just start over, but where do we begin?
I’ve been lookin’ hard for answers, that got lost along the way
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
This time it was a father, they said he loved his kids
But like always the neighbors can’t believe what he did
Last time it was a teenage boy, who said he’d make those bullies pay
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
Chorus
Ever since Columbine, it seems to happen, all the time
And no one knows what to do, while it gets closer to me and you
From Fort Hood to Sandy Hook, and Las Vegas now
It’s a killing field of front page news, we’ve grown immune to somehow
And the families left behind, you know they’ll never be the same
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
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Some say the solution, is we should all pack a gun
But even I know 15 people, that should never own one
Not in grocery stores and theaters, and places we go to pray
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
From Charleston to Chattanooga, and up to Virginia Tech
From El Paso to Orlando, and whichever one comes next
If there’s a moral to the story, God help us find a way
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
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And the names keep on changing, but the story stays the same
Did you hear there was, another, shooting today?
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
‘Cause Ever since Columbine, it seems to happen, all the time
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4. |
Goodbye New Orleans
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Goodbye New Orleans
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
The balconies are all empty now, Bourbon Street’s lost its rush
Even the drunks are fast asleep, maybe the Quarter’s lost its touch
The river keeps on rising; higher than it seems
So goodbye, Goodbye New Orleans
All the chapels to the past, they rise in to the air
The Cathedral spires, the Superdome, the old wrought iron stairs
But everything that you can climb, someday washes out to sea
So goodbye, yeah Goodbye New Orleans
Norfolk Southern, that big black horse, stumbles at the gate
Blows her horn at the ship canal, so you know she’s been runnin’ late
Through the Lower 9th Ward, with its vacant lots picked clean
So goodbye, yeah Goodbye New Orleans
Goodbye, oh goodbye...
After all those sleepless nights, rainfall on the roof
I finally learned, that love was, letting go of you
I used to trust my instincts, that's why it's so hard to leave
So goodbye, yeah Goodbye New Orleans
Confederate ghosts are all gathered at the St. Louis Hotel
They stand upon that auction block; with souls they cannot sell
While Old Man River just keeps on rising, like shackles on their feet
So goodbye, yeah Goodbye New Orleans (x3)
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Farewell Maggie Valley
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Farewell Maggie Valley
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
I spent one last night in Asheville, and the only reason why
Was to stay see some old friends; maybe drink myself dry
I said goodbye to Tom and Kristen, and Louise down at the bar
The walk back home that night, never felt so far
Chorus
Farewell Maggie Valley, farewell, your tall white pines
Farewell Maggie Valley, I'm good as gone this time
I'm only taking what I can fit, in the bed of my Ranger truck
The rest all went to Goodwill, good riddance it's just stuff
On the kitchen table you'll find, my forwarding address
I'll miss this town a little, I'll miss you more than I'll confess
Chorus
Farewell Maggie Valley, farewell, your tall white pines
Farewell Maggie Valley, I'm good as gone this time
Bridge:
Some nights I wake up thinkin', we gave up too soon
And I lay awake for hours, not knowin' what to do
'Cause I loved you to pieces, but the pieces fell apart
They never tell you that, at the start
It's gonna take a little while, to find my feet again
All those easy answers, ain't so easy in the end
They say this valley is haunted, by the ones who came before
Yeah, we've all got our ghosts, but I don't need mine anymore
Chorus
Farewell Maggie Valley, farewell, your tall white pines
Farewell Maggie Valley, I'm good as gone this time
Farewell Maggie Valley, farewell, your tall white pines
Farewell Maggie Valley, I'm good as gone this time
I'm good as gone this time, I'm good as gone this time
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6. |
Whatcha Gonna Do?
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Whatcha Gonna Do?
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
I guess I'm not young anymore, that happened fast, where's the door?
Somebody show me, the way out
'Cause I need some air, I need a drink, I'd like a kiss, whatever you think
I just need some help, right now
'Cause there's no doubt I'm the kinda guy, who gets depressed, I'll tell you why
Sometimes, the rain just gets me down
Chorus
Whatcha Gonna Do when the rain comes down?
Whatcha Gonna Do if I stay around?
Maybe cry, or just laugh?
I don't care what people say
I'm gonna love you anyway!
Now Whatcha Gonna Do, about that?
They say "look before you leap", but I'm so ready to fly
'Cause I want more, than just, gettin' by
Not politics or religion, those are just opinions
I want the thing, that really, gets me high
And that's you right here this morning, and you late last night
Come on darlin', give it one more try
Repeat Chorus
Now maybe it won't work out right
But I don't wanna hear that tonight, not tonight
Repeat Chorus
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Never
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Never
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
September came on a Monday, by Friday fall arrived
Storm tore through the valley, it's a wonder no one died
On Saturday the chainsaws sang, their ragged symphony
On Sunday morning we gave thanks, down on our knees
Chorus
So I called to say I miss you, leave a key out by the door
And to tell you that I'm not, saying 'Never' anymore
I cancelled the paper months ago, 'cause I couldn't take the news
But it still comes every day, what am I supposed to do?
And I read the 'Obits' section, frankly I don't know why
They're strangers one and all to me, but some mornings I cry
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But 'Never' is like 'Forever', twin stars in the sky
Ah, but even stars fall, heaven knows why
And I tried to say I'm sorry, for keeping us apart
But I've never been so scared, or reckless with my heart
I like to walk out in the rain, when everything's washed clean
'Cause that's when I feel you, closest to me
And I sometimes talk to myself, in this big house all alone
I don't know why I told you that, I just wanted you to know
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Ghosts of Wichita
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Ghosts of Wichita
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
You take all the money, the bank has got your name
You take the mattress too, or I’ll have it hauled away
And don’t forget the memories, if there’s something left
I’ll go back to Kansas, let the wind do the rest
I’ll throw your ring, from a bridge, high above the Arkansas
And raise a glass, to the Ghosts of Wichita
We tried a trial separation, at least we took a stab
It was a circus from the get-go, but what choice did I have?
But go on believing everything would be alright
While you kept insisting grey was really white
It left us like two gunfighters, waiting for the draw
At high noon, with the Ghosts of Wichita
To hear you tell the story now, it rings like a grudge
That you’ve been nursing, to feed to the judge
Who said the past was always prologue, his gavel was the law
When he gave you half of the Ghosts of Wichita
Now your car is in the driveway, looks like you’re packed to go
But you checked out on me, months and months ago
The black locust in the front yard is swaying in the wind
These floorboards are creaking; they know where we’ve been
These walls have seen us dance, they know all our flaws
Barefoot, with the Ghosts of Wichita
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Somewhere Down the Line
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Somewhere Down the Line
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
Route #4 took a turn for the South, just as the day ran out
I could feel it in my knees and in my back
As far as I can see, that wheel was steering me
Some hands you play, some you lay face flat
Chorus
It's easy gettin' lost, that river ain't hard to cross
But comin' back, that'll get you every time
Come the mornin' I'll be gone
And since goodbye is just too long
I'll see you maybe, Somewhere Down the Line
Well I've paid my dues in ice machines, and motels that still use keys
And credit cards I left in bars, I did not mean to leave
I used to count the days, that I was gone from you
But numbers never tell you, what you want them too
Repeat Chorus
But Somewhere Down the Line, it could turn on a dime
Regrets are never gonna be, far behind
Always thinking there's gonna be more time
Somewhere Down the Line
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Surrender
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Surrender
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
Surrender everything that’s past, let the night go free at last
Remember every die that’s cast, gets cast aside
Then gets thrown upon the pile, of broken wings and crooked miles
October geese, the rank and file, go South again
I could hold you, like their song, holds the wind
You know Surrender’s nothing new, and before the season's through
Something borrowed, something blue, made me see
That the long nights apart, hadn't poisoned your heart
Like a stolen work of art, returned to me
Won’t you hang your star, on my Christmas tree?
Then come dance the floor with me, Surrender to eventually
Wear that dress, just for me, tonight
And feel the white oak ‘neath your feet, till Surrender is complete
Lay me in my bed of leaves, piled high
Then I'll sweep you, like a waltz, in three-quarter time
Chorus
If you just Surrender...to me
Just Surrender...hmmm-mmm.
Just Surrender
And let this Surrender be your last, let the past just be the past
Don’t think twice, don’t look back, we’re almost there
I will fix your broken wings, with paper mache and string
The first sign of Spring, in the air
We can go back North, or anywhere
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Surrender everything that’s past, let the night go free at last
Remember every die that’s cast, gets cast aside
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You Make Me Wanna Dance
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You Make Me Wanna Dance
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
& Lynn McCracken © Be My Firefly Publishing (ASCAP)
Her name was Sandy Davis, it was the Homecoming Dance
She was pretty as a sunset, didn't think I had a chance
Her friend gave me her number, but I was terrified to ask
I even called her house one time, and hung up on her Dad
One day in English class, Sandy handed me a note
"Sadie Hawkins dance this Friday, do you wanna go?"
She knew all the steps, and I didn't have a clue
But when she grabbed me by the hand, that's when I knew
Chorus
You Make Me Wanna Dance, dance, dance, sweep you 'cross the floor
You make me wanna Jitterbug, though no one Jitterbugs no more
I want to waltz you across Texas, like old Ernest Tubb
You Make Me Wanna Dance, dance, dance, fall in love
Next weekend at the movies, we barely watched the show
We were sitting in the way back, when the lights turned down low
I knew it's now or never, as I leaned in for a kiss
She said no one's ever, made me feel like this
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She taught me a lesson, about taking a chance
You may not be ready, when fate takes your hand
Repeat Chorus
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Last Night
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Last Night
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
When I woke up this morning, washed the sleep out of my head
I tried hard to remember, all the things Last Night said
It was a gathering of tribes, musicians and the like
And friends from far away, we hadn’t seen in a while
So it was welcoming and friendly; smoke got passed around
When the beer ran out, wine showed up, and no one turned it down
So we got drunk and we were foolish, it got a little out of hand
Last Night a chair that used to sit, now only can stand
In the kitchen comrades gathered, in the backyard they smoked
Down the hallway, I only caught the punch line to a joke
Where some girl apologized, for spilling her wine
And someone played DJ, but why’s it always a guy?
Soon the intimate and amorous, paired up and left
A couple made out on the couch, where someone else slept
And that brunette with the smile, that I was desperate to know
Last Night she left with someone else, and that’s just the way it goes
Chorus
Last Night. Last Night, Hmm-mmn, Hmm-mmn
Some 'Goodbyes' were short and sweet, some lingered on the porch
Where old friends agreed not to be, strangers anymore
And some we’d lose touch with, we might never see again
That’s why these nights are precious, this unlikely band of friends G
And the party died down, just a few of us left
But we were too buzzed to drive, and we were too dumb to quit
But we were stoic and we were strong, so we vowed to soldier on
Last Night we made a pact, to stay awake until the dawn
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We spent those hours telling stories, till a tangled web was spun
And we could not believe that we’d survived, the crazy things we’d done
We solved all the world’s problems, yeah, ‘cause we were young and wise
We spiked our whiskey with coffee, waited for the sun to rise
Exhausted and wired, hung over but inspired
Something without a name we knew, had transpired
Yeah, 'cause we were Kings, and we were Queens, at the breaking of the day
Last Night there was poetry, in all we had to say
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Sun's Gonna Shine when I’m Gone
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
I was a child, that was long ago
Long before the world taught me, what I’d need to know
And what I didn’t learn, I’ll just leave it all behind
For somebody else to find
Soon I grew into a man; wanderlust took hold of me
I rode the Greyhound bus, saw a little of the country
But those old men tellin’ stories, that’s the part that I liked best
But even old hounds, could use a little rest
Chorus
And the Sun's Gonna Shine when I’m Gone
Yeah, the Sun's Gonna Shine when I’m Gone
There’ll be daffodil and clover, when the long winter’s over
The Sun’s Gonna Shine when I’m Gone
There ain’t no future in the future; even the truth is in the past
The present’s here and now, but I don’t think it’ll last
Besides no one lives forever, said the sapling to the tree
But know you'll always be lookin’ down on me
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Oh Lord have mercy on me, I’ve been wicked in my ways
They say there’s 7 deadly sins, I think I’ve found an 8th
So tell all the one's you love, that you hate to leave behind
Just you wait, 'cause that sun's gonna shine
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Call it a Night
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Call it a Night
Dan Weber © 2021 Highway 142 Music (ASCAP)
Oh the bartender’s yelling ‘Last Call’ again
I think she means it, this time
She’s been on her feet, all night long
Just watching her, is makin’ me tired
Chorus
And I’m holdin’ on, to one song at a time
Just tryin’ to play it right
Then I’m 200 miles, down the road
So I think we should Call it a Night
Oh the crowd came and went, paychecks got spent
The drinks, ebbed and flowed
Some listened a while, some didn’t and left
A few even, laughed at my jokes
And the guy in the corner, who stayed all night
Hey ‘Thanks’ for making the show
Sometimes there's just one, but one is enough
Hell, it's better than singing alone
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And I think it's some kind of trick
How the night goes by so quick
Well it’s been a good ride, but I must confide
Some nights I think I should quit
See the guy working sound, $20 bucks says
He plays guitar better than me
That he’s lived in a van; and he’s been in 6 bands
So he’s paid that price, to be free
And he knows what it’s like, to be stranger each night
And how lonely that can be
Tonight for next to nothing, he made me sound like something
So I’d like to tip my hat to thee
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Dan Weber Richardson, Texas
Dan Weber is an Award Winning songwriter who's been described as "reminiscent of early John
Prine."
In 2019, Dan was the winner of the prestigious Woody Guthrie songwriting contest and in 2021 he was named a rare 4 time finalist in the legendary Kerrville ‘New Folk’ songwriting competition.
In 2022, he released 'The Way the River Goes', his best work yet. Dan currently lives near Dallas, Texas.
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