1. |
A Glimpse of You
03:36
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A Glimpse of You
Copyright 10/25/2019 Robert Lindsay Nathan
I could have sworn I caught a glimpse of you
On a Guy Clark video.
It was “that old time feeling” song he sang
An ambush from long ago
You were chatting it up with some other guy
But it could have been Townes or the tear in my eye.
My vision gets fooled when I’m singing the blues
Making it up on the fly.
That old time feeling keeps sneaking around
Sometimes with it’s friend named Cry.
That old time feeling keeps sneaking around
And it will….till the day I die.
I could have sworn I caught a glimpse of you
On a Guy Clark video.
I was singin’ in a bar, strummin’ guitar
As my heart bled out on the floor
I was playing my gut in more ways than one
Stuff never heard on radio.
It’s when I swore I caught a glimpse of you
On a Guy Clark video.
That old time feeling keeps sneaking around
Sometimes with it’s friend named Cry.
Our old time feeling keeps sneaking around
And it will….till the day I die.
I could have sworn I caught a glimpse of you
On a Guy Clark video.
I was singin’ in a bar, folks were feeding my jar
Was it you that walked through the door?
The spark of legacy lost with little thought
It always comes to mind.
Like when I swore I caught a glimpse of you
On a Guy Clark video.
That old time feeling keeps sneaking around
Sometimes with it’s friend named Cry.
Our old time feeling keeps sneaking around
And it will….till the day I die.
Playing Guy Clark songs all night long.
When you’re playing great covers
What could go wrong?
When you’re under the covers, just sing along.
Outro:
Playing Guy Clark songs all night long.
When you’re under the covers, just sing along.
Our old time feeling keeps sneaking around
And it will….till the day I die.
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2. |
Anchor
03:45
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Anchor
Copyright January 9, 2020 Robert Lindsay Natrhan
Intro: C Dm C Dm C Dm Am G
Verse 1
C Dm
Your love it fits me like a glove
C Dm
So as soon as the moon above
C Dm
Slips low down in the evening sky
Am G
I’ll be hanging out and lingering by
Hoping for your sweet caress
Oh sweet darlin I must confess
That my heart just up and took flight
When you entered into my life
Chorus:
C G
You’re my anchor, and you’re my rock,
C F
You're my friend, love, and confidant
C Dm
You keep me grounded on land or at sea
Am G
A symbiosis of you and me.
C G
You’re my anchor and you’re my hope
C F
Your the bouy that keeps our dreams afloat
C Dm
Your the wind that fills my sails
Am G
My ship’s keel you’ll never let me fail
Break
Verse 2
So my vision is finally clear
Now that you’re so very near
As this course finally comes into view
There’s a clarity anew
And the warmth that rises up from your heart
It keeps me cloaked when we are apart
So when I sail back to you from the cold
Our ship’s treasure’s filled with love of gold
Repeat Chorus
Outro:
C F
You’re my anchor, you’re my rock
C F
You’re my anchor, you’re my hope
Dm G
You’re the ocean keeps this ship afloat.
C Dm C Dm C Dm Am G7 Cmaj7
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3. |
Grief
04:56
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Grief
Copyright 3/14/2020 Robert Lindsay Nathan
Intro: Am D Am D G
G Bm
If I could take the grief you feel
C G
And shoulder it as my own
C G
If I could make, with faith, a deal
Am D
And turn the grief to stone
If all the sadness in your heart
Could suddenly drain away
Would the spark of life that’s long departed
Return from shades of grey?
If I could take the grief you stave
And carry it for a while
Make the memory fade away
Of your dear lost child
If only for a moment then
Would it truly be your wish?
No memory, no grief, no pain
A soul that’s unnourished.
C D
Grief is dear, grief is near
G Em
Grief is your torn heart,
C D
Grief is closeness to the one
G G7
That's now a world apart.
Grief is dear, grief is near
Grief is your torn heart,
Grief relives the joy that’s dear
C D G
And now a world apart.
Bridge:
C D
Complementary colors
G Em
On the canvas of our lives,
F Bb
Heads is love and tails is grief
E E7
With unrequited ties.
A C#m
That clear Pacific winter day
D A
You wrote your daily tasks
D A
As tears rolled down you cherry cheeks
Bm E
Sounds of waves and sailboat masts
Defined it all so clear and pure
It pulled me like the tide
Empathic wind blew through my core
A force from deep inside
If I could take the grief you feel
And shoulder it as my own
If I could make, with faith, a deal
And turn the grief to stone
If all the sadness in your past
Could suddenly drain away
Would the pallet of life’s canvas
Return to shades of grey?
D E
Grief is dear, grief is near
A F#m
Grief is your torn heart,
D E
Grief is closeness to the one
A A7
That's now a world apart.
Grief is dear, grief is near
Grief is your torn heart,
Grief relives the joy that’s dear
D E A
And now a world apart.
D E
Grief remembers joy so dear
D E A
That's now a world apart.
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4. |
Propinquity
03:01
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Propinquity
Michael Nesmith
I've known for a long time
The kind of girl you are
And a smiles that covers teardrops
The way your head yields to your heart
Of things you've kept inside
That most girls couldn't bear
Well, I've known you for a long time
But I've just begun to care
Yes, I've known of all the heartaches
And I've known of all the pain
I've seen you when the sun shines
And I've seen you when it rains
I've seen you make a look of love
From just an icy stare
Well, I've known you for a long time
But I've just begun to care
I know I've been blind
To not have loved you all this time
To not have loved you all this time
But the image of you wasn't clear
I guess I've been standing too near
It's taken me a while
But I have finally found
What you are to me
And that's what really counts
And what you are to me
Is something we can share
Well, I've known you for a long time
But I've just begun to care
Yes, I've known you for a long time
But I've just begun to care
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5. |
Hill Country Ramblin'
02:54
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Hill Country Rambling
Copyright 2003
James Mahoney and Robert Nathan
Well James said:
Get well, I too want
Steak, whiskey and hot cow flesh
Spring has sprung
My heart is a mess
To which I replied:
Well will get, I want too
Steak whiskey and hot Haiku
Spring has sprung
The turn is to you
And so the story goes:
Well she was from Austin
Been a coed there for a year
She was long and blond
And I was full of fear
I found myself fond
Imagination blurred in suds
Floating in beer
Habaneros in my blood
Hill Country Ramblin’
Ain't exactly what I planned
Six strings a jamblin
I’ll be a lonely man
As long as I’m in this Texas country band
She called my name “Dammit”
I answered as always “Yes mam”
Tis best to belong to the land
Ain’t life grand
West Texas hills
Waterfalls and spills
While boiling blood bonds
Flesh and earth responds
Chorus
My heart got busted
It lay rusted on the floor
With my insides all crusted
I’ll head for the door
The only thing left
That I understand
Is my dusty old guitar
And my Texas country Band
Chorus
Altro
Lord take me back
To the time of Jack Kerouac
Those were my Andy Hardy Days
Now I’m a travelin’ troubadour
Just knockin’ on the devil’s door
As I ramble with my Texas country band
As I ramble with my Texas country
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6. |
When Our Eyes Meet
03:24
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When Our Eyes Meet
Copyright 2017 Robert Lindsay Nathan
Intro
On a star lit summer night,
Warm breeze blowing oh so lite.
My heart stops and skips a beat,
At your touch when our eyes meet.
Summer nights without a care,
Worries lost with no dispare.
To this oasis I retreat
Hypnotized when our eyes meet.
Caught up in the afterglow
Where oh where did our time go?
Slips away on love complete
Precious time when our eyes meet.
Break
On a star lit summer night,
Warm breeze blowing oh so lite
Our location so discreet
Hides the flames when our eyes meet.
Sparks are dancing cross the sky
With the stars and so do I
Embers glow from lover’s heat
I’m consumed when our eyes meet.
On this star lit summer night,
Warm breeze blowing oh so lite.
My heart stops and skips a beat,
I hear love when our eyes meet.
Total touch when our eyes meet.
Tender time when our eyes meet.
Outro
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7. |
The Dolphins
04:16
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The Dolphins
Fred Neil
This old world may never change
The way it’s been
And all the ways of war
Can’t change it back again
I’ve been searchin’
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me
I’m not the one to tell this world
How to get along
I only know the peace will come
When all hate is gone
I’ve been searchin’
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me
You know sometimes I think about
Saturday’s child
And all about the time
When we were running wild
I’ve been searchin’
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me
This old world may never change
This world may never change
This world may never change
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8. |
Ouachita
03:21
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The Ouachita
©Ernest J. Oakleaf
Am G
The Ouachita runs brown and low
F E
Through the woods I call home
Am G
That dirty water can pull you down,
Am G Am
It will never let you go
We rode our ponies on those backwoods traces
Sunlight shot like lasers through the shade
I kept my bearings with familiar faces
I always thought I’d see his face again
F C
Keep away from the loggerhead
Bb E
With its ice tong bite
F C
Keep your distance from the cottonmouth
F G Am
Never swim the Ouachita at night.
(Break)
Get your beer on the Union County side
One bank’s wet, one bank’s dry
Under the bridge you cut your deal
Pay for six he’ll bring you five
Drive across the dump on Highway Eighty-two
Don’t slip off of either side
Never put your foot where you can’t see
Never swim the Ouachita at night
(Chorus)
(Acapella)
Never swim the Ouachita at night.
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9. |
Quantum Flux Connection
04:19
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Quantum Flux Connection
TALC
(Truth, Awareness, Love, Creativity)
Copyright 7.8.18 Robert Lindsay Nathan
Lyrics inspired by the work of Bob Podolsky
Intro
C Am Dm G
C Am
Can we imagine a source,
Dm G
That creates in it’s image?
C Am
In it’s image creates
Dm G
An image that creates
C Am
Can we imagine a source
Dm G
Aware of connection?
F G
It’s connection creates
F G
An image aware
C Am Dm G
Chorus
F G
Trust the quantum connection
C Am
Embedded in your soul
F G
Trust those that facilitate
C Am
The bonds that unfold
F G
To create in its image
C Am
And the power it brings
Dm D7
To enhance the existence
G
Of all of these things
F G
Through the sacred connection,
C Am
These things we receive
Dm G
Through this love and this light
F G
I’m aware….. and believe
C Am Dm G
C Am
Can truth be a source
Dm G
Of connection aware?
C Am
Aware of the source
Dm G
It’s image creates
C Am
Can love be the source
Dm G
Of creative image?
F G
Imagine the source
F G
Of love and it’s visage
C Am Dm G
Chorus
F G
Praise the source of the love
C Am
And the life and the light
F G
Of the truth and awareness
C Am
It gives with the might
F G
To create in its image
C Am
And the power it brings
Dm D7
To enhance the existence
G
Of all of these things
F G
Through the quantum connection,
C Am
These things we receive
Dm G
Through this love and this light
F G
I’m aware….. and believe
Bridge
C Am Dm G
F Em Bb A
D Bm
Can we be a source
Em A
Of truth and aware?
D Bm
Of love and create
Em A
We can when we care
D Bm
Can we be a source
Em A
Of truth and aware?
G A
The ultimate force,
G A
Is us…...when we share.
D Bm Em A
G A
Trust the sacred connection
D Bm
Deep down in your soul
G A
Trust those that facilitate
D Bm
The bonds that unfold
G A
To create in its image
D Bm
The power it brings
Em E7
To enhance the existence
D
Of all of these things
G A
Through the quantum connection,
D Bm
These things we receive
Em A
Through this love and this light
G A F#m F#
I’m aware…. and believe
G A
Through this love and this life
G A
I’m aware…... and I see.
Outro:
D Bm Em A D
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10. |
Spawning Rainbows
03:17
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Spawning Rainbows
Copyright July 2019 Robert Lindsay Nathan
G
Rain,
Bm
Please explain
C
To the cloud
G
In my heart
C
There’s a flower
G
That will bloom
D
Tho your mist
G
Hides the moon
Sunshine
Warms the earth
Cascades down
And gives birth
To the flower
That will grow
As the rain
Builds rainbows.
Chorus:
C D G
Light that’s flashing off the sky bound drops
C D G
Colors dancing on the mountain tops…..the
C D G Em
Beauty of rainbow building to us brings
Am7 D7
Soul fulfilling flight that our hearts sing
Modulate to key of A
We,
Perceive these things
All this love
Nature brings
Manifests
In it’s glow
Spawning us
A rainbow.
Feel
The cosmos sing
While my soul
Sails its wings
Through its vast
Expanse of time
This short moment
I call mine.
Chorus:
Repeat first verse
D
Still the flowers
A
They all grow
E
As the rain
A
Builds rainbows.
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11. |
Soft Whisper
04:36
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Soft Whisper
Copyright 2018 Robert Lindsay Nathan
Intro
C D
Em C
G D Em
F C G
Verse 1
Am
I’ll miss her, Soft Whisper
G
In this bed where I sleep
Am
Cold winters, I’ll shiver
G
Her warmth has bled from the sheets
Her whisper, go figure
Sustained me all through this life
I’ll miss her Soft Whisper
In the slow waning light
Chorus
F C G
She slipped away like a mist on the hope of my prayer
F C G
Her parting sigh like a scent in a wisp of the air
C D
A piece of me was pulled along
Em C
The rest I’ve spilled out in this song
G D
Goodbye, farewell
Em
So long
F C
Goodbye, farewell
G
So long
Verse 2
Am
I’ve missed her, Soft Whisper
G
In the soft morning light
Am
Her footsteps, I remember
G
Dancing, with great delight
I’d kiss her, Soft Whisper
If I could catch it in flight
This drifter, will miss her
In the slow waning light
Chorus
F C G
She slipped away like a mist on the hope of my prayer
F C G
Her parting sigh like a scent in a wisp of the air
C D
A piece of me was pulled along
Em C
The rest I’ve spilled out in this song
G D
Goodbye, farewell
Em
So long
F C
Goodbye, farewell
G
So long
Outro
C D
A piece of me was pulled along
Em C
The rest was spilled out in this song
G D
Goodbye, farewell
Em
So long
F C
Goodbye, farewell
G
So long
F C
Goodbye, farewell
G
So long
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12. |
Jim's Affliction
02:37
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Jim’s Affliction
Robert Lindsay Nathan 2004
D G
He left me a sink full of dirty old dishes
A D
And a six pack of Shiner Bock beer
D G
The times and the brews we had were delicious
A D
A’fore he skee-da-tled from here
He left with a pocket of money at most
And a sad sack of Canyon Lake blues
Bound for the westernmost Florida coast
For some sand buried down in his shoes
G D
Look out whenever he’s comin’ around
A D D7
Doors are left open, shit’s strewn all around
G D
He’s some kind of wonder, he’s some kind of mess
A D
His affliction is known, as severe Jim-bo-ness
D A B E
E A
He left me a sink full of dirty old dishes
B E
And a sad sack of Canyon Lake blues
E A
While the times and the brews we had were delicious
B E
Now I've got nothin’ to lose.
E A
And though he would pinch me at times for a dime,
B E
Or a bed, or some food, or some drink
E A
I’ll be missing my muse as I rhyme,
B E
These words that are scribed here in ink.
A E
Look out whenever he’s comin’ around
B E
Doors are left open, shit’s strewn all around
A E
He’s some kind of wonder, he’s some kind of mess
B E
His affliction is known, as severe Jim-bo-ness
B E
His affliction is known, as severe Jim-bo-ness
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Robert Lindsay Nathan Canyon Lake, Texas
Robert Lindsay (Bama) Nathan was born in New Orleans on September 24, 1952. He was raised in Muscle Shoals Alabama and formally educated in Texas (Gig 'em Aggies). He has been writing songs since the early 1970's and has circled the globe playing them.
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