bluesy, driving, rockin!!!  you TRULY understand how to rock and roll man.  and moreover i think how to get a room full of people rockin and rollin.  which yet again this piece would assuredly do.  it evokes the huey lewis and the news song ever so slightly.  but it is its own thing.  for sure.  i presume you have a band?  if not....you ought to.  i would imagine you would be an instant party and have people up and moving.  high energy EFFECTIVE rock and roll man.  on the nose!

I Was Another Guy, Long Hair, Not Scared, Running Wild     Denis Bastarache, October 8-2024


[Verse 1]
my addiction doesn't get me drunk
it don't get me high, it don't pick me up
it goes back to a summer love
cruising around in my Chevy truck

[Chorus]
she was the girl, that made me lose my mind 
it was a blast, all we had is time                                 
I was another guy, long hair
not scared, running wild
I was another guy, long hair
not scared, running wild

[verse 2]
the back road was a loving place
where young lovers could hide away
turn out the lights, hold her tight
wish on a star, that the moment is right

[Chorus]
she was the girl that made me lose my mind
it was a blast, all we had is time           
I was another guy, long hair
not scared running wild
I was another guy, long hair
not scared, running wild

[bridge]
there's a ghost in my closet
she calls out my name
takes my mind back in time
to my younger days

[chorus]
she's the girl that made me lose my mind
it was a blast, all we had is time            
I was another guy, long hair
not scared, running wild
I was another guy, long hair
not scared, running wild

[verse]

I keep an old photograph 
a little blast from my past
a pretty girl in a chevy truck
i can't forget that summer love

[Chorus]
she was the girl that made me lose my mind
it was a blast, all we had is time           
I was another guy, long hair
not scared running wild
I was another guy, long hair
not scared running wil

I Was Another Guy, Long Hair, Not Scared Running Wild

Corporate companies have medicine for so many sicknesses but the consumers who cannot afford the cures must chose between life and death in the worst of cases, Stories have broken my heart and I had to write a song about it.

The Cure

During WW1, Christmas eve, the Germans were shouting "Tommorow yo don't shoot, We don't shoot", it turned into a Christmas truce were the allies and the Germans shook hands, exchanges items, sang Christmas songs and kicked a soccer ball around. This was known as the Christmas Truce.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

in 1914, a Christmas truce
between the allies and German forces
the constelations lit the skies
a soldier sang Silent Night

[Verse 2]

while they put the war on hold
no man's land was a neutral zone
they met bewteen the trenche
with handshakes and Christmas Wishes

[Chorus]

Handshakes and Christmas wishes
the world came to it's senses
for one night and a day
Handshakes and Christmas wishes

[Verse 3]

they retrieved the bodies and buried their dead
prayers and eulogies for each were said
with the silent guns and the winter chill
they dropped a ball on the battle field


[Verse 4]
the men kicked it between the ditches
the story's been told throughout the ages
with the war on hold, through the neutral zone
handshakes and Christmas wishes

chorus x 2 and tag

Hand Shakes and Christmas Wishes

Handshakes and Christmas Wishes

it's was a long day
a hard day
working for a living
living for the weekend            

Monday, comes early
better make the best
of the short time 
we have

a good friend
a fun night
it don't take long 
for time to fly 

and then it's Monday
a long day
working for a living
living for the weekend

Solo 

come Friday
another hard day
I got my pay 
and I'm ready to play

I got my guitar
in my car
it's jam packed   
down at the local bar


 I'm a ready
 and I'm thirsty
 gonna turn it up 
 gonna rock that stage


before Monday
another long day
working for a living
living for the weekend

Solo

working for a living
living for the weekend


working for a living
living for the weekend

working for a living
living for the weekend

Working for a Living, Living for the Weekend

Denis Bastarache

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