5 Nights A Week 

It’s 100 k to the Alberta border
Another long 400 beyond that
5 nights a week I do this 
Running province to province and back

500 clicks one direction 
Another 500 to home
5000 kilometres every week
The cab of my truck is my home

Chorus
I suppose that if I was a rich man
I’d do better things with my night
But I’ve got a wife and kids and dogs at home
So I just do what’s right 

My best friend is a stereo
My kitchen a cooler on the floor
And every night I do this
Because in reality I don’t have more

In my head I count the cities 
There’s 6 before the end of the line
Every night I work the logbook 
Or else I’d be out of time

Chorus
I suppose that if I was a rich man
I’d do better things with my night
But I’ve got a wife and kids and dogs at home
So I just do what’s right
CFGC

5 Nights A Week

Prettiest Girl At The Slaughterhouse 

V1
The rumour is it was a slaughterhouse 
Closed down around 42
Even the old folks say it was
So I guess that the rumour’s true

V2
Stone foundation 
and a wooden frame
But nothing else remained 
On a rocky hill in a grove of Garry oaks 
Overlooking the the Wilkinson jail

V3
We’d go up there 
and smoke some weed
get high and talk all night
In the shadow of the old slaughterhouse 
We were gonna set the world right 

And she was blonde
And she was pretty 
She had a laugh that
lit up the city
She was fun
And she was smart 
Drea was her name 
She was the prettiest girl at the slaughterhouse 
The memories that I have 
She was fun
And she was smart 
Drea was her name


V4
She would sit and talk ‘bout Africa 
And dreamt about her escape
I gave her a ceramic elephant 
Her dream I’d help   create

V5
We’d dream life beyond that hill
How young we must have beeeen
Got your whole life in a basket
When you’ve just left your teens

V6
Yeah we were gonna fix the world, 
gonna unfuck everything
change the world at 2 decades old
When you think you pull the strings 

And she was blonde
And god damn she was pretty 
She had a laugh that
lit up the city
(Chord change)
(G)She was the prettiest girl at the slaughterhouse 
(E11)The memories that I have……
(End with silence)

I miss the nights at the slaughterhouse 
The memories that I have…..

Verse C,F,G,C

Prettiest Girl At The Slaughterhouse

Song inspired by a girl that hangs out at our place with my son and his fiancé, lyrics are pretty self explanatory!!

It takes a village 
(D G G D D A
She’s a much too young mother 
A friend of my sons
One little party
Now she’s a mom
Got a nose ring 
and tattoo she’ll regret

But damn don’t she love that kid 
She does her best 
These are the hard times 
Just another of life’s debts 
give her some time 
And she’ll probably turn out fine 

My wife takes the baby
When the girl needs a break
Snuggles the kid in our bed
She’s happy to take him
Reminds her of
When our kids were young 

It takes a village
To raise up a kid 
It takes a village
To raise up a kid
It takes a village
Something we forget
It takes a village
To raise up a kid 
It takes a village
To raise up a kid
It takes a village
Something we forget 

The father’s got 5 years left 
then parole
A guy she can’t depend on 
Too much time left in the hole 
Maybe he’ll change 
Maybe he won’t 

She drives an old beater
She got it for cheap 
Can barely afford the gas
And the tires are beat
But it’s got a good heater
And a baby seat

Sometimes she stays the night 
When she just can’t drive 
Breakfast at our place 
Then she gets home alive
We’d much rather do that 
Than chance them dying 

It takes a village
To raise up a kid 
It takes a village
To raise up a kid
It takes a village
Something we forget
It takes a village
To raise up a kid 
It takes a village
To raise up a kid
It takes a village
Something we forget 

It takes a village…..

It Takes A Village

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I'm a longtime musician who is still passionate about music. 
I Like just about all genre's, but Classic Rock spanning over to Country and Folk are my main listening/playing interests. 
I used to play the Vancouver Island bar circuit in cover bands but I prefer songwriting and playing original music now.
I play most stringed instruments, a little piano/keyboard and can drum a bit too. 
I truly hope you enjoy the music!

Bear