From the album Hold On
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2003 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)
Lyrics:
Hold on, find another day to cry
Hold on, we need this time
No, don’t deny your feelings
More so, hold them close
Hold my hand, I need you here to keep me
Bold and strong, so I can keep what I hold dear
Chords:
C GM7 (3x) Am D C D Am D G
Lyrics:
Hold it, stop it, the joy ride grinds to a halt
There's a bogus load, the old train goes round
The curve and purges
The hobos who stow away
The rail ties are cold
There's nowhere to go
Focus on smoke: rooftops, chimney, snow
The coldest know this: there's no room at home
To care for strangers
The cold wind blows out
To prepare for danger
The doors must stay closed
CHORUS:
There's a lesson to learn
You lose if you choose to care
Let the flag fly high
We've guns to spare
Freedom to burn
Time to kill
The joke's on you, the cold war's still warm
No hope for heat, the hawks never bought that social justice hocus pocus
It's worth it to hurt you, numbers don't lie
It's worth it to purge you to stock pile high
Chords:
INTRO:
B6 Emaj7 | B6 Emaj7 | B6 Emaj7 | -- B6 ||
VERSE:
||: Emaj7 B6 :|| (8X) A | A | D | D | A | A | D | D ||
CHORUS:
||: G | G | F#m E | D | D | A | A :||
BRIDGE:
||: F#m/B5 F#m/E5 (4X) F#m/D5 F#m/A5 (4X) :||
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From the album UP
Words & music by Billy Dechand
© 2021 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)
This song is basically nonsense.
I got zazz in my disses
All attacks are hits
Frankly, I can take anyone, or anything
History, written it
I got zing in my joinders
Singing along is all we need
Noone needs reminding, what fits
History, singing it
With a wing in the wind
I can take any breeze
Ain’t got to fly, just to be knee high
History, winging it
Heights are higher when the landing’s soft
My arc is finer when I know there’s dinner
Healing it, when feeling low, hope so,
Here’s to I don’t know
Why deny you tried to fly
Any fool could see
The sky, the land
We used what we had
Whoa, whoa, whoa, there I go again
Thoughts and words and sights that can’t be spoken
No it’s not so bad, just
Their meanings won’t open
Back to bragging, we’re the best
Sum all I’ve said to see the shadowed shape
If that’s what it takes to find some sense, well
History, making it
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From the album In Dog's Country
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2005 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)
Notes:
In Dog's Country is a musical about two dogs, a cat, a squirrel, and The Man. This song is a young dog expressing his crush on a squirrel.
This one also has a proper lead sheet.
Lyrics:
High above, in the air
There she is
With an angel’s tail
I wonder, does she even see me
She is beautiful
Oh, night becomes dawn
Oh, dawn becomes day
Now I care
My senses come alive
Her scent is everywhere
I see you, (so) fair and fine
In the air
I can fly
Anywhere, I will follow
You are beautiful
High above, in the air
You’re so fair and fine
I feel I care
Please look at me! Hear! Why I love you
You are beautiful
Chords:
Chorus: G C F Bb, C Am7 F C+4
Verse: F Bb Eb Bb, F Eb Bb Dm7
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From the album In Dog's Country
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2007 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)
Notes:
In Dog's Country is a musical about two dogs, a cat, a squirrel, and The Man. This song is a conversation between Mal (a stray dog) and Jake (a young dog with a crush on a squirrel).
This one also has a proper lead sheet.
Lyrics:
Mal:
Hey Jake, don't get it wrong
Your attraction, that's not love
You’re a hunter, and squirrels are meant to be caught
Don’t give a thought to how she’ll suffer
Jake:
OK, maybe you're right; it's not true puppy love
Maybe this craving's for the hunt instead
Mal:
Yes Jake, you are a dog
Who lives and eats and breathes
You should be hunting like a real live dog
Do you dare to fetch your meal rare?
Jake:
Hey little squirrel look out here I come
I think I got a deep down hunger for my teeth in your bones
I’m coming to your home
You’re so beautifully fluffy and seeing you’s making me jones
I can’t tell if it’s blood or it’s love that’s making me crazy
You’re so fluffy...
Chords:
INTRO: | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | E | E7 | VERSE: | A | A/C# | D | D/F# | | A | A/C# | D | D/F# | E7 | A | A7 | CHORUS: | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | G | A7 | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | E | E7 | VERSE: | A | A/C# | D | D/F# | | A | A/C# | D | D/F# | E7 | A | A7 | CHORUS: | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | G | A7 | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | E | E7 | Switch to 6/8 | E7 | E7 | ENDING: | Am Am/G# |Am/G Am/F# | F | E7 | (4x) | Em Em/D# |Em/D Em/C# | C | B7 | (8x)
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From the album In Dog's Country
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2007 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)
Notes:
In Dog's Country is a musical about two dogs, a cat, a squirrel, and The Man. This song is a confrontation: The Man is looking for his lost dog, Jake, but instead runs into Mal, a stray dog.
This one also has a proper lead sheet.
Lyrics:
The Man:
Here boy, here boy
Man, where is that dog?
Here boy
Mal (appears from a shadow):
Hey Man, over here boy
The Man is just a boy
Here boy
The Man:
Hey Mal, where’s Jake now?
Mal:
Your dog has run away now
He’s gone boy
Thanks to what you done, boy
Well the little Man is all alone, feeling down, oh no
No little dog, with no neck to ring
After all, where’d he end up?
Here boy!
What’s a little Man to do?
How about another dog to take down
What’s the harm, do you dare?
Here boy!
Hey Man, do you understand?
This dog masters the Man
Here boy
I’ll take you down
You can’t run now
You’re out of town
You’re in Dog’s Country now
Chords:
Verse: Gm D7 Gm D Bb F C C7
Pre-chorus: Bb Am Gm F (2x) C C7 Gm D7 Gm D7
Riff: Am C Dm Eb F Gm
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