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Old Standbys

by Joe Brownrigg

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Appreciating Moments 03:16 video
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They go fishin' on the Golden Still peace upon the lake And on the early Sunday mornings Before the cities are awake And they just listen to their breathing And the silence while they wait Appreciating moments Then they drive a couple hours While the radio would play Old country from the 50's And they'd sing along with Hank Just talkin' off on nothing And laughing all the way Appreciating moments His Grandpa was a soldier He came up a hard way Eighteen and in Korea Nah he never was the same But if he brought back new perspective And the man that he became He appreciated moments And if he's true Canadiana A man who learned to live by faith And while the wind went whistlin' by him Willow whispered and it swayed Staying true to common value: God's love's the only way Appreciating moments
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Lord, It's Always For You 03:52
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I still see you in the rearview I still see you from afar Singing out your cold, dark, young heart In some dirty, empty bar You say your innocence is gone You say you gotta move along with your life Where's your faith? Now the ace of hearts is bleeding It's a bet I lost on you Waiting on the turn or river To the place that I once knew You say your innocence is gone You say you gotta move along with your life Well I was swearing my devotions; they were true And always singing that my heart Lord, It's always for you Time's passing like a sunset But there's a darkness coming soon When you had no faith or hope When the night was all you'd know in your heart Well I was swearing my devotions; they were true And always singing that my heart Lord, It's always for you Feels like I've needed you forever If I lost or won it's proof Or if it's fair or stormy weather It'll bring me back to you You say your innocence is gone You say you gotta move along with your life Well I was swearing my devotions; my devotions they were true And always singing that my heart Lord, It's always for you
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Little Bit Of Love 03:02
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This big old world's filled with stories and regrets And we all been countin' what we earn and what we get But I'll reflect upon what a wiser man has said What he said about love You never get it it all or everything at once You get a little bit of love I need a place where I can hang my hat and rest With those who love me when I'm stuck inside my head A northern man blessed with a lovin' wife and kids And just a little bit of love And if I got it all and everything at once I got a little bit of love
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Everwatching Sun 03:20
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You and I forget That you and I were once just made of stardust You and I were once the form of one Underneath an everwatching sun Oh as time went on we often turned to conflict And always looking out for number one Just getting while you can get getting done From the tops of the highest mountains Or the depths of the deepest seas Has she been measuring your progress By what's in it just for me? Oh, hearts! Underneath an everwatching sun. You and I forget That we were made with perfect love and purpose Made to spread it all throughout our hearts Underneath an everwatching sun Oh as time went on we often turned to discord And almost lost it all through lack of love And we rarely see the things that we become From the tops of the highest mountains Or the depths of the deepest seas Has she been measuring your progress By what's in it just for me? Oh, hearts! Underneath an everwatching sun
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Meridian Of Love 03:29 video
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Now the days are getting shorter And our lives ain't getting longer I recognize the burdens of our callings Through your service and devotion The years when you were broken The time I got to know you before you died And the world will keep on turning If a piece of it goes missing A piece of it has flown towards the sky We don't know who we could turn to If we must be without you You never knew the last song you would write You belong where you are now You get and then you give, through the burdens of your time You belong where you are now The meridian of love in your sacrifice All the creatures of creation They all serve the greater purpose And never even know the reasons why All our bodies will return to The place that we all came from So the rhythm of the Earth can breathe new life We all owe it to our futures We all owe it to our families We owe it to the rest of humankind I can hear the sound of heartbeats The ones that ain't been born yet Just waitin' on the rhythm of your sacrifice You belong where you are now You get and then you give, through the burden of your time You belong where you are now The meridian of love in your sacrifice
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Back On You 03:17
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On elusive forward motion Forever seeking someplace new And if I go searching on some new song But keep it humming back on you And if my heart's beat rhythm falters Or I start singing out of tune If my words don't get new meanings? I'll keep it strumming back on you Now I go walking through the jungle And I start choppin' down the trees All the places where I stumbled baby Whistlin' on you in the breeze Hummin' back on you
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The Simple Life 03:59
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Smoky wood hues blowin' hard along the breeze This old place still brings me peace Whistlin' songbirds at the break of the day I wish somehow that I could stay Cuz' you could get lost out in the wild of city lights and busy streets And your cares get all consuming, like you've been swept far out to sea People yelling, people shouting "See the forest through the leaves" I don't care what they're all saying It's the simple life for me Home is somewhere that you place in your heart It never mattered where you go Distant memories still define who you are What you made and what you know If you get lost out in the wild of city lights and busy streets And your cares get all consuming, like you've been swept far out to sea People yelling, people shouting "See the forest through the leaves" I don't care what they're all saying It's the simple life for me This old place was here long before me The little peace that would feed my dreams We all get wrapped up in the pace and wastin' time I don't think that's what she designed Cuz' you could get lost out in the wild of city lights and busy streets And your cares get all consuming, like you've been swept far out to sea People yelling, people shouting "See the forest through the leaves" I don't care what they're all saying It's the simple life for me
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The Cowboy's Last Song (An Ode to Ecclesiastes) 02:54
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Around a campfire Where we both sat Me and the old man In his cowboy hat I could see the lifetime He wore it on his face And we got to talkin' The lines did fade He said "All my life, I've been wastin' time In search of moments I would never find And I held my heart, but I saved my tongue For songs of rising and for setting suns I once had dreams, but now I got none Man, I once believed, ya when I was young That I could catch the wind in the palm of my hand So I went chasin' it Around and 'round again Now the Lord will take me far away from here And he won't come callin' I'll just disappear Maybe I'll be homeward, I'll be homeward bound To the place I come from That I've not yet found." And in his last song that he sang to me That old song of wisdom Whistlin' on the breeze Now when I hear wind blow, I hear his melodies From around a campfire The old cowboy and me.

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Joe Brownrigg
Steve Boudreau
Matt Ouimet
Philip Shaw Bova

Recorded at Bova Lab, The Cheese Factory and Matt's place
'Appreciating Moments' and 'Lord, It's Always For You' recorded and mixed by Joe
The rest mixed by Phil
Mastered by Joe
Some drum tracks c/o DrumDrops.com

special guests on The Cowboy's Last Song:

Timothy O'Reilly -slide guitar
Mike Yates- cello

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released June 7, 2020

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