ROLLIN SONG      (dave hanner)

 

oh the breeze is blowin

and the river's flowin

and the towns are flyin by

they say you never know

how far you'll go

until you try

and I don't mind

I don't mind

I don't mind

cause I've got a rollin song

I got a rollin song

and it's got me rol-lin

rollin on

 

now the room is swayin

and the music's playin

and I'm healin in the flow

and I'll tell you friends

where this all ends

I sure don't know

but I don't mind

I don't mind

no I don't mind

cause I've got a rollin song

I got a rollin song

and it's got me rol-lin

rollin on

 

now we've sung the songs

and the night is gone

and I guess it's time to go       

and way up north

on the highest ridge

the trees are white with snow

and I don't mind

I don't mind

no I don't mind

cause I've got a rollin song

ya I got a rollin song

and it's got me rol-lin

rollin on

 

 

 

 

RIVER TOWN    (dave hanner)

 

benny played the guitar

he played it so well

people use to sit there

under the spell

since he's been gone

it's been so many years

but still sometimes i have that dream

that he is still here

                            and we're singin

 

   come on join us

   we'll buy you a round

   ain't nobody here

   gonna put you down

   we're all together

   forever bound

   here in this river town

 

now jack is a tugboat captain

out on the mon

his wife she died young

but he carries on

and he'll give you a smile

and he'll shake your hand

and soon you're thinkin

things aren't so bad

                        and you're singin

 

   come on join us

   we'll buy you a round

   ain't nobody here

   gonna put you down

   we're all together

   forever bound

   here in this river town

 

last new year's eve

doc stayed at home

cause the pull of the bottle

can sometimes be strong

and from up on the wagon

there's a better view

especially when there's someone

to share it with you

 

   come on join us

   you can skip this round

   ain't nobody here

   gonna put you down

   we're all together

   forever bound

   here in this river town

   right here in this river town

 

 

 

 

CAROLINA ROSE    (dave hanner)

 

the sun comes up in the mornin honey

wakes me up by nine

you know how I like to take my time

and first thing once I get goin sweetheart

I try to sketch out a tune

here's one I've been workin on for you

 

   carolina rose

   carolina rose

   everybody knows

   I'm missin you

   across the state line

   and across the rest of time

   you're my

   carolina rose

 

now I know you've got a busy morning

and I'll bet you have a plan

you live your life every moment that you can

so gather up all your good friends sweetheart

say hello from me

and make your lives everything you've dreamed

 

   carolina rose

   carolina rose

   everybody knows

   I'm missin you

   across the state line

   and across the rest of time

   you're my

   carolina rose

 

   oh my

   carolina rose

 

 

 

 

A THOUSAND QUESTIONS 

(denny craig, dave hanner,

andy m stewart, al snyder)

 

when dreams turn into dollars

and the future's looking bright

will you turn your back on a friend in need

or will you do what's right

a thousand questions

a thousand questions

and love answers

one and all

 

will they find a cure for hunger

will they find a cure for war

when they've taken everything you have

will they still come back for more

a thousand questions

a thousand questions

and love answers

one and all

 

are we on the road to heaven

or do we need a guiding light

is the answer there before us

or is it hidden from our sight

a thousand questions

a thousand questions

and love answers

one and all

 

 

 

 

WHERE ARE YOU NOW    (dave hanner)

 

are you there on your front porch swing in

or to your daughter softly singin

or cuttin grass in the early evening

where are you now

 

is your front door sealed and ready

if the winter winds are heavy

and are your memories few or many

where are you now

 

   where you are now

   does the sun shine through the clouds

   and do you love the life you've found

   where you are now

 

are you there where the birds are wingin

or in your mind where the words are ringin

or in your heart where a song is singin

where are you now

 

   where you are now

   does the sun shine through the clouds

   and do you love the life you've found

   where you are now

 

are you there on your front porch swingin

or to your daughter softley singin

or cuttin grass in the early evening

where are you now

where are you now

 

 

 

 

COMPLICATED WORLD   (dave hanner)

 

if you kissed me honey

I wouldn't turn away

if you held me honey

in your arms I'd stay

it's just a simple little thing

in a complicated world

oh I need you girl

 

if you missed me honey

I'd call you on the phone

if there was trouble honey

I'd be right back home

it's just a simple little thing

in a complicated world

oh I need you girl

 

   to try to understand it all

   would take a thousand days

   sometimes the easy things

   are all you need to say

 

if you kissed me honey

I wouldn't turn away

if you held me honey

in your arms I'd stay

it's just a simple little thing

in a complicated world

oh I need you girl

 

such a simple little thing

such a complicated world

oh I love you girl

 

 

 

 

TELL ME WHAT TO DO    (dave hanner)

 

sometimes you hold me baby

in your gaze

sometimes you touch me and you're

not afraid

I don't know anybody girl

like I know you

tell me what to do

 

sometimes you smile at such a

simple song

sometimes you cry when things go

a little wrong

I don't need anybody girl

like I need you

tell me what to do

 

   tell me to

   to hold you

   without a care

   tell me what

   you do not dare

 

sometimes you hold me baby

in your gaze

I must admit that sometimes

I am afraid

cause I don't give anybody girl

what I give you

tell me what to do

tell me what to do

 

 

 

 

WILD RED ROSE    (dave hanner,  andy m stewart)

 

we wake up for work each morning

day after day

we seem to pay no mind  

to the dreams that slip away

but when you look closer

it isn't hard to see

somewhere inside us all

we're longing to be free

 

   so even though I don't know

   what lies ahead

   someday I'll take my chance

   and see what's around the bend

 

     I don't know where the highway goes

     I don't know where that flower grows

     but in my mind there's a wild red rose

     out there where the highway goes

 

life is a fleeting moment

and we only get one chance

if you can talk let's hear you singin

if you can walk let's see you dance

if you can dream, dream often

of the things that you will do

when you take hold of the future      

and your life belongs to you

 

     I don't know where the highway goes

     I don't know where that flower grows

     but in my mind there's a wild red rose

 

     I don't know where the highway goes

     I don't know where that flower grows

     but i keep my eyes on a wild red rose

     somewhere out there

     where the highway goes

 

 

 

 

I’M WITH YOU    (dave hanner)

 

baby don't you know me by now

burn up all the weed and sell the plow

cause I don't really care about all this

but I do like havin you to kiss

 

   my dreams are on their way

   my love is here to stay

   ere close or far away

   I'm with you   I'm with you

 

we're headed out across the lone prairie

there's no other place I'd rather be

except of course right there in your arms

where the coyote can do me no harm

 

   my dreams are on their way

   my love is here to stay

   ere close or far away

   I'm with you   I'm with you

 

   my dreams are on their way

   my love is here to stay

   ere close or far away

   I'm    with     you