VW Baywindow Bus Hydraulic Lifter Engine Cold start soundfile graciously provided by Richard Atwell at www.ratwell.com copyright 2005-2020

Keep On Driving (vanlife)
C 2021 David Michael Hartt SOCAN

Life's a journey baby  
We should get it started
Convert the van, gas up and 
Let's be on our way
Our friends might think us fools for
Giving up the house and pool
Every sunrise means we've lost another day

Let's Keep  On Driving and see
Where the road will take us
Let's flip a coin to see if
We go left or right
Toward the horizon or the ocean
A constant state of locomotion
Let's Keep On Driving 
Til we know that we've  arrived
Lets just drive

Its a big world let's see
More than where we're living
We'll work online pick up odd jobs
When cash gets low
Living day to day we'll 
Gain years along the way
If we get tired of where we are 
We can just go

If we find
That little slice of heaven
And we know its where we want to be
Well put down roots
Plant some seeds
Maybe one day sign a deed
But babe you're  all I need

Life's a journey baby we should get it started
Pack up, gas up, and let's get on our way
It just don't make sense
To have  the picket fence
Life gets shorter every day

Keep On Driving

Zolob (Climbed Up to the Sun)
©2007 - 2008 David Michael Hartt
 
 
Hundreds of feet below the winter snow
200 feet below the flame
We had waited there all night
But rescue never came.
Jackson broke the line so we could breathe
But it was too late for young Bill              
Zolob said he’d go for help
In case they thought us killed
 
Zolob Climbed Up to the Sun
Saying “Maybe I die, maybe not, but I go try”
Through the muck and through the mire
Through the dark the smoke the fire
He would not come undone
Zolob Climbed Up to the Sun
Zolob Climbed Up to the Sun
 
In the dim light I thought of my dreams 
For my children and my life
Of what I’d change if I leave, 
Of how I missed my wife
The last lamp failed I made my peace with God
Resigned myself to this grave
When from the darkness came a voice
And we knew we were saved.
 
Zolob Climbed Up to the Sun
Saying “Maybe I die, maybe not, but I go try”
Through the muck and through the mire
Through the dark the smoke the fire
He would not come undone
Zolob Climbed Up to the Sun
Zolob Climbed Up to the Sun
 
39 men lost their lives that day
Still 12 made it out alive
Were it not for Zolob’s bravery
We’d have died, 
We’d have died
 
Zolob Climbed Up to the Sun
Saying “Maybe I die, maybe not, but I go try”
Through the muck and through the mire
Through the dark the smoke the fire
He would not come undone
Zolob Climbed Up to the Sun
Zolob Climbed Up to the Sun

Our Stories

Zolob (Climbed Up to the Sun)

Zolob (Climbed Up To The Sun)

Words

this is just a little memo of a song i dug up from the faithcore archives! i wrote and recorded this voice memo on valentines day last year. later that same day, i recorded harmonies on it for fun and then sent it to jake, to which he responded by sending the file back to me, but with him playing guitar over it :-) anyway happy vday everyone maybe one day we will record an actual version of this song lol but for now here is the memo we made a year ago today :-) <3 (p.s. you can also download it on my bandcamp!)

lyrics:
if someone told me in september
i’d love you by february
i would think that they were lying to me
i swear that you came out of nowhere
didn’t know you, then i knew you
you’re straight out of a movie scene

if someone told me in december
i’d know you a few months later
i would think they were out of their minds
how is it possible to spend so little time with someone
and feel like you’ve been missing them your whole life?

you don’t have to be mine
for me to be your valentine
and i don’t have to be yours 
to know that i’m everything you’ve been looking for
until the distance is a little less wide
your existence is all that i need
and you don’t have to be all mine
but i’d sure like you to be

conversation’s never ending 
and it’s hard to keep pretending
i don’t feel for you the way that i do
but i love your clever comebacks
and the way you never get mad
instead, you get me laughing with you

started waking up at dawn
'cause i know that’s when you get up
give me jet lag over the phone
and now i go to bed early
'cause if you’re not talking to me
what’s the point in staying up all alone?

you don’t have to be mine
for me to be your valentine
and i don’t have to be yours 
to know that i’m everything you’ve been looking for
until the distance is a little less wide
your existence is all that i need
and you don’t have to be all mine
but i’d sure like you to be

Bandcamp :-)

valentine song (memo)

tiny little titties

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CGI (Louis La Roche Remix)

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Georgian Bay Roots #378 January 14 2024 (with Kailey)

On this Mother's Day, I want to take a moment to acknowledge my beautiful daughter Lottie, who brought so much love and joy into our lives, even though she couldn't stay. Though our time together was brief, the impact of her presence is eternal. Today, I honour all mothers, including those who hold their children in their hearts instead of their arms. Your love and strength is immeasurable. 💖

Irish Blessing

David Michael Hartt is a singer/songwriter originally from Timmins, but now living in Owen Sound ON. He has worked with many talented musicians from Shania Twain to Larry Jensen.  His writing style is in more of a storytelling vein as can be seen in his first album “Our Stories” which has songs that tell 10 stories of his hometown of Timmins, ON.  This is to be followed up in late 2023 with a second 10 song collection called “More Stories” which will continue to tell the stories of events and people of note. 
The newest release is “Keep On Driving”. The songs on this album were written mostly over the last few years with a reworking of a 1986 song, “When You Look Up At Night” and the inclusion of “All My Life” a song recorded with his old band “Longshot” in 1987.
David likes to inject a little humour in his songwriting but can write a great love song and does not shy away from wearing his strongly held beliefs on his sleeve. 
Apart from the aforementioned Longshot song and first single “Demon Seed” produced by the very talented Michael Lanteigne of Canadian Country Band Johnson’s Creek, the rest of the album was recorded, mixed and mastered at David’s home studio, with him playing or programming all of the instruments. 
As he is a prolific songwriter, another album is on the horizon for mid-2024 tentatively titled “We’ll Always Have Main St” which will contain some collaborations with other songwriters and musicians.
Presently he is looking into assembling a band to perform the songs from “Keep On Driving”, as apart from the odd open mic, he has not performed live in over 20 years.

Zolob (Climbed Up To The Sun)

David Michael Hartt

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