Anonymous #4
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) 2/19/18 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
On my own I do ok, but there’s nothing like another
To remind me that I probably shouldn’t bother
I could think a thought, but I’d analyze it forever
And ruin all the harmony from before
A river has an end, but its part of something bigger
And the individual pieces matter none
I don’t understand the weather, but I can build a better village
With a place to go for sun, and one for snow
I’m a-do ok, but there’s nothing like another
To remind you that you probably shouldn’t bother
I could think a thought, but it’d be buried by another
On and on into a useless pile of rubble
Sing to the Roses
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) 1/31/18 - 2/4/18 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
You are the woman I see in my dreams
The only thing different is everyone seems to be older, there
This is a dream that has happened before
Maybe its happened for years, I cannot be sure
Follow you over the redwooded stream
Following me is a crowd, they all know something
I don’t, I’m sure
Everyone smiles as you sing to the roses
Petals are blowing and everyone knows
Everyone smiles as you sing to the roses
This is the way of the world with you, my love
Wherever I go and the radio’s blasting
Everything happening here has a song
Brings me on back to that day in the mountains
Reaching for heaven like hell to belong
Everyone smiles as you sing to the roses
Everyone knows it and everyone cheers
Everyone smiles as you sing to the roses
This is the way of the world
With you, my love
<You are the woman I see in my dreams,
the only thing different is everyone seems to be older, here
You are the woman I saw through the trees,
only a glimpse from my knees, and I breathe…
in, out…
Dreams Are Dreams and Other Things Seem to Matter Much Less to Me
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; ;(orig) 2015 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Baby, how do you do it?
How do you do it, you live so well…
I got dreams, but it seems to me
I'm never awake when I need to be
I'm never awake, so perilous
Who am I to live like this?
Sometimes love is wrecking ball
Sometimes the sun don't shine at all
But dreams are dreams and other things seem to
matter much less to me
Broken words from a breaking man
a broken pen in my shaking hands
A dried-up well, cuz the love is gone
Now nobody can tell what I'm thinkin' on
Dreams are dreams and other things seem to matter much less to me
Dreams are breathing, Life is easy, Put your lips on me, Life is easy
I thought I could, and I think I can
The weight of the world in my shaking hands
But dreams are dreams, and other things seem to matter much less to me
Dream are dreams and other things seem to matter much less to me!
Maybe, there ain't nothin' to it, use it or lose it?
I just can't tell
Baby, how do you do it?
How do you do it, you live so well…
the Leveler
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) October 2015 - May 2016 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
You may not call me kind
till I have given up ambitions
and ignored the old traditions
for another state of mind
You may not call me kind
You may not call me pure
till I have faced an easy out
and I have chosen to stay
till I have proven I am sure
You may not call me pure
Travel is the leveler
The top of all the teachers
the purest of the mirrors
A hundred miles of road
will teach you more about yourself
than a hundred years of thinking
You may not call me brave
till I have said farewell to ceilings
and the luxury of stealing
lazy hours in a cave
You may not call me brave
You may not call me brave
till I have walked a thousand miles
Till I have earned the candid smile
of a stranger with a wave
You may not call me brave
Walk till not a person knows your name
You may not call me happy
till I can gaze upon the present
unbothered by regrets
or whether my time was better spent
Suppose you may call me content
Cabin In the Woods
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) 6/28/17 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
I don’t know how, but I hope its true
I don’t know who, but I hope its you
I don’t know when, and I don’t know where,
but if its you, I’ll see you there...
Cabin in the woods, noone understands
Everything is good closer to the land, Cabin in the woods
Cabin in the woods, I go when I should
Livin in the city its hard to stay good, Cabin in the woods
Everybody needs a change and a strange moment in a place thats a far ways away
Different over there, different back where, different how what when, make it if you care,
Cabin in the woods
How can I fit in this city life, That over there, This inside
That over here, This feels right, That seems distant, This seems bright
Cabin in the past, you can't understand
Try to imagine how the trees still stand, cabin in the past
Open up the door, slide to the right, coffee's in the mug and I'm feelin alright
Cabin in the past
Cabin in the woods, woodstove burns, candle on the table, season turns
I don't know how But I hope its true I don't know who But I hope its you I don't know when And I don't know where But if its you I'll see you there
Brave Oregon
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) November 2016 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Another wet Oregon fall
Where the gloom hangs low and the fog sits tall
I need to keep my eyes to the clouds
Cock an ear into the mist, listen to the gust for that ancient sound
Another brave Oregon song
The days are bright and the nights are long
I lay my ear to the ground
I listen to the breezes for that ancient sound...
Click, tap, stream
Another brave Oregon song
For all the brave pioneers who have never been wrong
We always know the best way to flow
So we're already ready when we smell the snow
Click, tap, stream
Another wet Oregon dream
I see a trickle and I feel the stream
I wanna get back to the road
Look upon the nation, the great dissapation...and the wild ones go
Back roads Veneta to Eugene
Backcountry here is a dreamers dream
Deep in an Oregon fall, there's enough to go around when we hear that call
Click, tap, click, tap, click, tap, stream!
Its been a pretty good year
Tho I wish things were different with the season right here
It will, I suppose, move along, Back to the heat, Along to the rhythm of that ancient song
Turtle Patrol
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) 5/17/17, Surfside BeachTX ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Turtle Patrol: up and down the beaches with an eye to the tracks
looking for the signs, call a scientist
to measure the lengths, make note on the facts
Turtle Patrol: first line of defense for everything that moves slow
Gotta be so careful cuz the beach is a road and the visitor person won't know,
won't care, won't slow
Turtle Patrol: Beaches from Florida to Mexico
We made the call from Texas...
Came all the way from Galveston to rescue the nest in a regular truck,
not a helicopter or a submarine
I saw a real life scientist today
She had red mesh tennies and a few things to say
She had instruments for measures, weather conditions are her pleasures
It was her third turtle nest of the day!
Turtle Patrol: up & down the beaches & the going is sure,,,Gotta be so careful so the eggs have a chance and the species can find its way back to the ocean floor
Safety hats: for every turtle volunteer cuz safety is that very first priority, and it all comes back
to protecting the goods you got under the shell
Turtle Patrol: up and down the beaches with an eye to the tracks
Lookin’ for the signs, call a scientist, wish I had a UTV that said...
Give
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) October 2017 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
I was sittin’ alone, starin’ at the San Antonio River
Thinkin’ about my friends, thinkin’ about my suspicious nature
I almost did it again, I almost lost another friend,
I almost opened my big mouth before I thought it through,
you think I’d learn by now…
Addison said to me, the wind carried his words
If you think that someone’s gonna take something from you…
Give it to them first.
I was livin’ along, like I’ll always do,
probably hummin’ a tune, probably starin’ at my shoes…
I am just a simple manic, I get triggered, I just panic,
I need friends who recognize that I spiral out, advise me what to do…
No rest for the wicked, in this live anyway
I give it away
So take a little bit, a part of me
to love and hold you when we are apart
to feel that you remain a part of the chain
I was thinkin’ about worries that I carry,
thoughts about being married…
Its not about control, or a lack of heart and soul or
any other reason as predictable, just have to make it whole…
Addison said to me, the wind carries his words
If you think that someone’s gonna hurt you, curse you, make worse for you,
take something away from you…
Give it to them first.
the Sacramento Song
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) September 2012 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Wastin’ time when I should be drivin’
Everyday life can be hypnotizing
Please remind me when I start to spiral away
Southbound four of us, the moon was risin’
Freedom and free on the closing horizon
Three of us for a family reunion, and I,
for a taste of the times…
Hold me close as darkness falls
my skin, my body can feel the pulse
as we move, closing on our destination
Sleep to the hum and the whine
Poolside, morning, forever, awhile
for some it’s a dream and for some a lifestyle,
Sweet surrender to the curves of the water
the smile of fortune is kind…
Easing my mind as my lady is drivin’
troubles will burn where the road does widen
Free and Freedom are words that we seldom believe
or really know what it means
Southbound four of us, and love was shinin’
Freedom and free ever mesmorizin’
too few precious days in a lifetime of strivinn’
for some peace of mind…
Genuine
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) July 2015 - July 2017 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Its popular to say you have no regrets
Its easy I suppose, if you’ve never
let anyone around you get you down,
or just left town without another word…
Its easy enough to say I won’t regress
I think I’ve lived enough to just do better
I think I realize what matters most:
Keep them close, don’t assume that they will do the work for you
I miss you all.
My favorite people never once complain
Optimism is in, any day in age
Its easy enough to wish away a pain
But I can’t do that, even though I’m sure its fine if I let my guard down a little…
And the day that I finally quit talking myself out of it
Instead of waiting for you to reach out to me,
I will reach back to you genuinely
Let Me Find Pieces
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) November 2016 - June 2017 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Its almost midnight...maybe the Last night...
Maybe the blasting bloody end, my friend, that we all feared would come
I've gotta make it to the store
My friends don't like me anymore
I've got a big old need,
to make peace with these
melodies and old memories
I need a Forgiveness
I need a pint of Patience
I need to double-bag for my degradations...
…and you should keep the change
Let me buy pieces, then let me come home
I know we were supposed to hang out
we both made time to be around
but suddenly I let out a scream and a shout
and it drowned your voice right out
I need spirit earplugs
my voices are like machine guns
I've got an inside riot
and if that ain't life, then what is?
I bet you can wait
I hope you can wait
I hope I find pieces
I hope I come home
Let me find pieces, then let me come home
Why am I bent?
Things seem ok
Time's moving fast
but in a regular way
And all I can think of and all I can say is that I don't think I can build this myself
Show me the way, show me the door
Time I can steal and I have seen this before
but no one around can seem to explain how we're supposed to build this thing ourselves
Let me find pieces, then let me come home
I've gotta make it downtown
A better life has gotta be around
There's gotta be people with needs like me,
melodies, and old memories...
I need a big perspective
I need a half-full glass
I need a good times census
a lock box for the rest
Let me find pieces, then let me come home
Hello 2019
Lyrics by Chris Baron ; (orig) 11/6/2016 ; ©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Look up at the sky its a beautiful night to be alive
I just wanna say hi and welcome you all to the show
I've got a million things I wanna say, but I need to remain patient (and kind)
and I'm sure there's a few things,
that you wanted to talk about as well, we'll find the time
Be near wherever I go, like wherever I've been
I've got rain in my ears and a song for the years that we've spent
Just a few more things to do and say,
drink and say, before this part can end
don't know 'bout you but I can't wait to be next to you then
till then, wave hi
Hello 2019
Hello you big jellybean
Hello again, like it was way back when
When I first said hello to the scene