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You're The Power
03:20
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You’re The Power
(Craig Bickhardt and F. C. Collins)
Shining like a beacon through the darkest night
You’re the only light that leads me home
Home is where the fire burns so warm and bright
Long as I have you, I’ll never roam
Our paths may wander on this walk of life
But I won’t walk alone
Like a blaze of gold at the break of dawn
You’re the power that heals my soul
When the wind blows cold and I’m halfway gone
You’re the power that keeps me whole
Running like a river to the rolling sea
The waters of your love are deep and strong
My harbor and my shelter you will always be
Even when the storm blows hard and long
While your spirit is a part of me
It gives life to this song
Like a blaze of gold at the break of dawn
You’re the power that heals my soul
When the wind blows cold and I’m halfway gone
You’re the power that keeps me whole
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You Are What Love Means To Me
(Craig Bickhardt)
With tender hands you gathered up the pieces of my life
Lying in your loving arms never felt so right
The hard luck road behind me is reflected in your eyes
The glory of the bright lights can’t compare to this feeling when you smile
You’re the good things I threw away
Coming back to me every day
You’re the best it could ever be
You are what love means to me
I’ve been around and seen it all from the bottom to the top
And honey, I can tell you now, I’m thankful for what I’ve got
These prison walls inside me never set this poor soul free
Till the power of your true love broke them down just in time to rescue me
You’re the song I could never write
You’re the magic in my heart tonight
When the morning sun comes shining through
I’ll still be holding you
You’re the good things I threw away
Coming back to me every day
You’re the best it could ever be
You are what love means to me
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Givers And Takers
03:46
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Givers And Takers
(Craig Bickhardt)
We’ve both had our share of heartaches
And learned to be a bit too careful along the way
I say better safe than sorry
Especially when love’s as rare as gold these days
There’s givers and takers
Lovers and heartbreakers
So, take it slow
And be sure you know
There’s winners and losers
Cheaters and users
If you find a heart that’s true
Keep it close to you
We’ve both done our share of crying
There’s a need we’re both denying but you wear it well
I say better safe than sorry
I see that look in your eyes, but honey, it’s hard to tell
There’s givers and takers
Lovers and heartbreakers
So, take it slow
And be sure you know
There’s winners and losers
Cheaters and users
If you find a heart that’s true
Keep it close to you
You can’t go on forever making the same mistakes
Sooner or later, you’ve got to lie in the bed you make
(Repeat Chorus)
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4. |
On God's Green Earth
03:27
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On God’s Green Earth
(Craig Bickhardt and Don Schlitz)
On God’s green earth
A golden sun shines down
On God’s green earth
The fields are red and brown
The silver rain of spring time
Brings the miracle of birth
There’s room for every color
Here on God’s green earth
In God’s blue sky
Sometimes the gray clouds blow
And storms may rise
From the land that lies below
When all the different colors
Forget each other’s worth
They clash with one another
Here on God’s green earth
So, God made the night
Took away the light
Made the colors fade
Into a single shade
And God made the day
Took the night away
So we all could see
How it was meant to be
On God’s green earth
On God’s green earth
From Birmingham to Johannesburg
Though we may be different
Let us shine for all we’re worth
There’s room for every color
Here on God’s green earth
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All The Things We’ve Never Done
(Craig Bickhardt and Jeff Pennig)
They drain their anniversary glass
A silent moment’s passed, then they kiss
She knows there’s something on his mind
He’ll tell her in due time what it is
He says I’ve never built
Your mansion on a hill
Or warmed you in the Spanish sun
I simply blink my eye
And think as years fly by
Of all the things we’ve never done
She smiles and takes his hand in hers
And says it just occurred to me now
The thought that brings you such regret-
What hasn’t happened yet, makes me proud
You never walked away
When I needed you to stay
Or made me feel I’m not the one
There’ve been no broken vows
And the reason we’re here now
Is all the things we’ve never done
We’ve never grown apart
You never broke my heart
With secrets that you’ve kept me from
We’ve never been untrue
And I’m still here with you
Through all the things we’ve never done
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We Will Not Pass This Way Again
(Craig Bickhardt and Don Schlitz)
We will not pass this way again
So let us take our time
And think of where our hearts have been
And those we’ve left behind
We will not sing these songs again
So let us sing them slow
And think of where these songs have been
And where they’ve left to go
It’s too soon, far too soon
But who are we to say
The one who gives us everything
It’s his to take away, take away
We will not hold these hands again
Or look into these eyes
So let us know say we were friends
With no good reason why
It’s too soon far too soon
But who are we to say
The one who gives us everything
It’s his to take away, take away
We will not pass this way again
So let us take our time
And think of where our hearts have been
And those we’ve left behind
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7. |
Find Your Own Way Home
04:18
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FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME
(Craig Bickhardt and F. C. Collins)
SOMEONE KNOWS HOW HARD IT IS
TO TRY AND GET ALONG
EVERY NOW AND THEN
YOU MIGHT TAKE IT TO THE BONE
THERE WILL BE TIMES
WHEN THE THOUGHT WILL CROSS YOUR MIND
TO EASE OUT SLOW, AND FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME
FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME, BOYS,
FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME
THOUGH THE ROAD IS LONG, BOYS,
FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME
YOUR OWN WAY HOME
SOMETIMES YOU LOSE YOUR WAY
AND WANDER FOR A WHILE
IF, ALONG YOUR JOURNEY,
YOUR SAILS ARE TORN AND BLOWN
FOLLOW YOUR STAR AND REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
SING YOUR SONG AND FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME
FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME, BOYS,
FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME
THOUGH THE ROAD IS LONG, BOYS,
FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME
YOUR OWN WAY HOME
SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTANT SKY
A NEW STAR IS THROWN
ON A MOUNTAIN WITH A TELESCOPE
THIS EVENT IS KNOWN
TREASURE WHAT YOU HAVE, TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN
ONE BY ONE, WE'LL FIND OUR OWN WAY HOME
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8. |
How Lonesome
04:05
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How Lonesome
(Craig Bickhardt and Nathan S. Bell)
I'm so lonesome I'm a train whistle
I'm a small station as the train passes by
I'm so lonesome I'm the last red rose
Ungiven and forgotten, it wilted a died
I'm as lonesome as that mockingbird singing
I'm the sound of laughter when she's laughing at me
Now she's running somewhere else
And I don't know myself
How lonesome can one man be
I'm so lonesome I'm a dammed river
Run down through the valley to a trickle of tears
I'm so lonesome that I'm gone already
And no one even knows it, or cares if I was here
I'm as lonesome as that mockingbird singing
I'm the sound of laughter when she's laughing at me
Now she's running somewhere else
And I don't know myself
How lonesome can one man be
Solo – Repeat 2nd Bridge
I'm so lonesome I'm a train whistle
I'm so lonesome I'm the last red rose
I'm so lonesome I'm a dammed river
I'm so lonesome that I'm gone already
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Deep In The Grain
03:04
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Deep in the Grain
(Craig Bickhardt)
I'll build you a mantle of hickory wood
Cut from the heart where the timber is good
I'll plain it smooth and darken the stain
You'll see your reflection deep in the grain
Deep in the grain, down in the core
This is like nothing that I've known before
It's part of me now, in the blood and the vein
I love you deep, deep in the grain
And under that mantle I'll build you a fire
Just a few branches are all I require
I'll warm you and keep out the cold wind and rain
You'll feel my love burning deep in the grain
Deep in the grain, down in the core
This is like nothing that I've known before
It's part of me now, in the blood and the vein
I love you deep, deep in the grain
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10. |
Untasted Honey
03:27
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Untasted Honey
(Craig Bickhardt and Barry Alfonso)
I'll be leaving when the sun is on the rise
I can see the sorrow shining deep inside your eyes
But this life that I've been living
Has grown to a routine
So I'm headed for somewhere
I've been in my dreams
Oh, I wanna go where a soul feels alive
And the untasted honey waits in the hive
Yeah, I wanna be where a free spirit thrives
And the untasted honey waits in the hive
You were faithful as a lover and a friend
All the good times and the bad, I'd live them once again
But I'd never be contented
With a family and a ring
Better open your window
I'm a bird on the wing
Oh, I wanna go where a soul feels alive
And the untasted honey waits in the hive
Yeah, I wanna be where a free spirit thrives
And the untasted honey waits in the hive
Call it heaven on earth
Call it fools paradise
Gonna find where it's hidden
Even if it takes all my life
(Repeat Chorus)
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11. |
You I Love
03:21
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12. |
You Take Me Home
03:44
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You Take Me Home
(Craig Bickhardt and Thom Schuyler)
Sometimes I feel like I’m on the moon
Something inside me is out of tune
The water has a funny taste
All the stars are out of place
And I know I don’t belong here
Back home the leaves would be turning now
A gentle snow should be falling down
Here it’s only cold and gray
But I always have a way
Back to where my heart is
You take me home
When you wrap your arms around me
You take me home
To a place where love surrounds me
With a gentle locomotion
You take me home
No one knows my name at the grocery store
They don’t understand what a smile is for
I dream about the place I miss
Till you wake me with a kiss
And I’m as good as going
I don’t need no greyhound station, you take me home
I don’t need no airplane ticket, you take me home
I don’t write no homesick letters, you take me home
Hang up on the operator, you take me home
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Craig Bickhardt Pennsylvania
"Bickhardt’s musical vagabondage has been a dialogue with his 6-string, a dialectic with his dreams, a reckoning with memory. The journey has been full of unexpected detours, strange rambles, turning points and shocks of recognition. The songs are a celebration of an artist’s freedom to walk the narrow path of a finely wrought lyric or balance on a thin wire of an unbreakable tune." -BarryAlfonso ... more
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