A song about dreaming of and missing the mountains of home that are far away...Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHZxyzJ6ss


MOUNTAINS OF HOME
                                                                                   Words by Craig Owen © 2021
                                                                                      Melody Scottish Traditional


1) Far above tree line
     I see your high summit
     The snow covered fields
     Shine silver and bright
     The wind in the pine
     Sighs gently around me
     Calling me back to
     The mountains of home

2) Snow dusted pine trees
     The blue sky above
     Lovingly weaved by
     The Maker’s own hand
     The aspen in autumn
     The laurel in springtime
     Are waiting for me in 
     The mountains of home

3) Far away westward
     My homeland, my country
     Far in the distance
     Yet near in my heart
     If never I see you
     I’ll always remember
     The windswept peaks of
     The mountains of home

Mountains Of Home

A tranquil instrumental meditation on rain, thunder and the new life it brings.  With a rainstorm as background audio, lose yourself in the music and peacefulness of a summer storm.  Watch the music video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3DdTr030js

RAINFALL

When times are hard, if we have faith in the One who gave us life, we will be lifted up, our strength and hope renewed.

He Will Lift You Up

Down tempo Instrumental acoustic guitar.  A musical reflection on the beginning of a new day, pondering what the new day will bring.
Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQlxh3rTohI

A  New Day

When our journey becomes difficult, we hold onto hope by keeping our eyes on a distant shore.

A Distant Shore

For most of us, our names will not be recorded in history.  We can still be somebody's hero, an inspiration for a child, family member or friend.  This song is about such unknown heroes, Somebody's Hero.

Somebody's Hero

A song of loss, remembering, and carrying on. Dedicated to those we have lost to Covid-19, and the family and friends they left behind.  Title track from my upcoming CD, Face of Love.

FACE OF LOVE

A meditation of Matt 14:13 for the season of Lent.  Written from the point of view of someone in the crowd on Good Friday, who finds themselves in the no man's land between hope and despair.

                                           A LONELY PLACE APART
                                                          (Mt 14:13)                         Words & Music by 
                                                                                                     Craig Owen  c2021  

1) When the world was on his shoulders 
     And the crowds became too much
     When the spirit and the flesh were wearing thin
     He found a lonely place apart

Chorus)  The Son of Man is weary from another day of work
                 He has no place to lay his troubled head
                 To find his peace once more
                 To find his hope again
                 He seeks a lonely place apart

2) Now we all know the story
     And how it came to pass
     He was faithful until the very end
     For all of his trouble
     He was nailed upon a tree  
     Where he found a lonely place apart

3) There are times I often wonder
     If we ever will learn
     To stop the hating and killing that we do
     Can we follow his example
     And take moment of our time
     To find a lonely place apart

A Lonely Place Apart

An acoustic celebration of sunrise, sunset and everything in between.
Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7IZO-4kL28

Sunrise Sonata

A song of love and devotion that endures all challenges.  A meditation on Ruth 1:16

                               ENTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE YOU
                                      (Ruth 1: 16)                                    Words & Music By      
                                                                                                Craig Owen
                                                                                                © 2021
Chorus) Entreat me not to leave 
               Or return from following you
               For where you go I will go
               Where you go I go with you   

1) From the darkness of confusion
     You saved me with your love
     To follow in your will and way
     Where in love you bid us go

2) No other love could ever touch
     The love you’ve given me
     Though our joy be mixed with sorrow
     We shall dance forever more

3) I may not always understand
     The path you have me walk
     Faith and love will ever see us
     Through the shadows and the light

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Entreat Me Not To Leave You

Craig is a singer-songwriter in the style of John Denver and James Taylor.  He also does instrumental acoustic guitar music in the style of Will Ackerman the early Windham Hill recordings.   Craig is also a serious landscape photographer when time allows.  With a vast following, he is widely unknown in 174 countries around the world.

Craig Owen

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