Hard Moon Crash

From the album World Famous in Chapel Hill
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2001 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

It took a thousand daily doses of daisies
To get this far
How’s a mountain sound they said
Mum’s the word on disastrous, dangerous, understated heights

From night to day in the blink of an eye
Safe to deep in the thick of it
I’ve never seen a faster sunrise
Blinded by cold hindsight

In an iceless freeze
All the pinholes burn bright

So far the flowers are furthest away
I’m even nostalgic for diesel
I never knew everything I needed could be so simple
So hard to breathe, or hold in your fingers

In an iceless freeze
All the pinholes burn bright

And all the windows turn to night
Every fall or spill or broken toe on trails
Seems like brighter days

In an iceless freeze
All the pinholes burn bright

Chords:

Verse
C % Am F
E Am G F
E F D F

Chorus
(G Gsus) C Csus-C
G Gsus C Csus-C
G Gsus D F

Bridge
D F E D F D E F D E F D E F

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Half Assed

From the album Post
Words & music by Billy Dechand
© 2010 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Half-assed is better
Than nothing at all
Half-assed is better
Than nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all!

Chords:

A D (4X)

F G F C, F G C E

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Video:

• I made a demo version of this song, just to make a dumb video. (Usually the song comes before the video.)
• Here's a rare live performance.

Guys Like Girls

From the album Post
Words & music by Billy Dechand
© 2010 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

CHORUS:
Guys like girls and girls like guys
Some guys like guys
Some girls like girls
Some guys like girls who like other girls
Some girls like guys who like other guys

B:  She caught my eyes, made me blush
G:  When he smiles, I feel flush
B:  When I see her
G:  When I see him
BG: We love them
Love needs no disguise
Why hide, just let if fly
There's nothing more beautiful

CHORUS

G:  Here's to every girl in love
B:  Here's to every guy in love
G:  Raise it up
B:  Hold it high
BG: We love you
Love needs no disguise
Why hide, just let if fly
There's nothing more beautiful

CHORUS

B:  Some things in life, you just gotta do
G:  When love calls, stand up, get to it
B:  It's very clear
G:  Standing near
BG: It's why we're here
Love needs no disguise
Why hide, just let if fly

CHORUS

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Gus (lyrics)

From the album Hold On
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2003 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Lyrics:

Good old Gus got on the bus
Everyone smiled ‘cuz they knew
They were in for a ride
Gus meant fun

Gus for all, all for Gus
A million-mile trip was like a walk on the seaside
He was good times Gus
Gus got things done

I wanna be just like Gus
I got love in my heart
And the power of trust
I wanna be just like Gus
Let it all hang out
Get crazy, yeah yeah

Gus was alright, grabbed the wheel of the bus
He set our sites on the top of the hill
That was the goal that was hidden from the rest of us
That's our Gus

That’s how it goes if you ride with Gus
Gus was the man who knew where to take the bus
Gus spoke love
That’s how the winners win

Chords:

Intro
||: G7 - - Ab7 | G7 - - Ab7 :||
Verse
| Dm | C | Dm | C | G7 - - Ab7 | G7 - - Ab7 |
Chorus
| D7 | C Bb | D7 | C Bb | Am G | F E | % |
Bridge1
| D | % | % | % |
Bridge2
| D | C | D | C | D | C | D | C |

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Billy's Books 103: Eye In The Sky

Eye In The Sky is a Philip K. Dick book I'd never heard of before I read it. It doesn't quite make sense, but it's fun. It's born of the McCarthy era; that becomes obvious early on.

Thanks to the Saint Louis Public Library. Support your local library!

Green and Blue and White

From the album Post
Words & music by Billy Dechand
© 2010 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Green and blue and white
Colors of summertime
Sun through the vine
Leaves clouds between
It glows

Crickets bees and butterflies
Click and buzz in silent rhyme
Keeping time
It flows

CHORUS:
The air is clear, the wind reborn
The sun is warm, it's all right here

Yellow black and blue
Color of the sky at night
Moon through the vines
Leaves stars between
It glows

Streaming:

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