Apr 2, 2026

(You Can Take Me) Down

From the album Down
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2018 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Intro: ||: A5, FM7/A :||
Verse: | D Bm | G G9 | D Bm | G G9 | C D | D Bm | C D | D G |
Chorus: ||: CM7 | G :||: A5 | % -- :|| or ||: CM7 | G :||: A5 | F |

Oh, so this is our station
We know where to go
What lies beyond temptation
I trust you already know

I won't let you down
I'm a fool for most any whim
If you jump I'll fall
It’s easy

Down
Take me down
You can take me down
Take me all the way down
Down!

It's simple when it's pure
I can give you everything you ask for
If I drop my guard
It should be easy

Down...

Stay and miss your flight
Cast away all reason
No need to resist
Take it easy

Down...

(Live My Life) Alive

From the album Down
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2018 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

This is the first of many song lyrics pages I'm publishing. I'll do it in dribs and drabs, so don't hold your breath. Eventually they'll end up on my master list of compositions.

||: D G D G D G Bb :|| E Bb E
Verse and chorus chords are the same; they just change at a different rate.

So, today is another day
How to wake when woke seems broken
Oh, day is breaking
How much to make when broke means taking

Gonna live my live alive... and love

Gonna live my live alive... and love

Oh, season’s changing
Evening cries, rising tides
No, no denying
Kindness is what we find
It's why we try

Gonna live my live alive... and love

Mar 16, 2026

Billy's Books 99: Light in August

Billy talks about a classic book, Light in August, by William Faulkner. An American masterpiece, really. Racism and sexism and ignorance and hate fit together seamlessly. Why?

This is genuine literature, so it's demanding, but also a page-turner.

While he watches her with that despair of all men in the presence of female tears, she begins to cry. She sits upright, the child at her breast, crying, not loud and not hard, but with a patient and hopeless abjectness, not hiding her face. “And you worry me about if I said No or not and I already said No and you worry me and worry me and now he is already gone. I will never see him again.” And he sits there, and she bows her head at last, and he rises and stands over her with his hand on her bowed head, thinking Thank God, God help me. Thank God, God help me.

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

Dec 19, 2025

Billy's Books 98: Elantris

Billy reviews a fantasy book, Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson. A shining city has fallen, and its formerly godlike population are damned. Why?

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

Nov 26, 2025

Far Out

Long anticipated, finally finished, Doctor Special's new album, Far Out, is ready for your ears! This is all original music recorded entirely in Saint Louis. 

This album was released streaming only. However, if you prefer the superior CD listening experience, you can download and burn all albums from Bandcamp.

  1. Far Out 
  2. Where We Belong 
  3. The Rules 
  4. Hypocrite 
  5. You’re Great 
  6. Ya Know  
  7. Not To Be You 
  8. When The Satellites Drop 
  9. That’s Your Mama

Billy Dechand - voice, guitar, keyboards
Ernesto Doural, Jr. - drums
Micah Johnson - bass, voice
Mark Youngbauer - guitar

All songs written by Billy Dechand except:
“Where We Belong”, “The Rules”, and “Ya Know” by Billy Dechand and Mark Youngbauer
© 2025 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Mixed and mastered by Jacob Detering at Red Pill Studios
Cover Island Image by Debaudh Majee

The album is available online:

Sep 9, 2025

Billy’s Books 97: The Wager

Here's a history book, The Wager, by David Grann. A famous shipwreck that I personlly had never heard of, but others have. There's a little island of the coast of South America called Wager Island. Now you know why.

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

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