Dash 	©July 9, 2021, David Hubbard

I’d been lost
Double-crossed
Stepping on and off of the track again
Living like I’d never get it back again
I’d been tossed
Giving like a goddamned man again
And damn the cost

She ran free
To the sea
Opened her arms to the road ahead
Felt the sweet charms of the road that led 
her to me
Thinking that she might reload ahead
Refresh, be free

And when the sky poured down ahead of me
As if to sigh for what you’d said to me
Blushing and shy, nodded your head to me
And winked your eye like breaking bread for me

And later when I saw you on the lawn
Only you and I up with the dawn 
There with only fate to chance upon

I felt cold
I’d been told
Could have gone to bed when the fire died
Ended up instead by the riverside
I felt bold 
Had to try something I’d never tried 
No guts; no gold









She ran fast
From the past
Didn’t want to speak of our flaws a while
Thinking if she waited or paused a while
She’d be last
Leaving the confusion we’d caused a while
At long last

Said if I die and you remember me
Then I will fly to the edge of the sea
And touch the sky as it falls away from me
And testify that you’re my everything

Then, later when I saw you on the lawn
Only you and I up with the dawn
There with only fate to chance upon

I felt good
In my old ‘hood
Had a few beers on a Saturday
Figured that I’d rather go that-a-way 
than be good
Feeling like I could have been badder
Hey, but that’s understood

Dash

Free 									© July 2021, David Hubbard

I’m so glad
I’m so glad
And the river that runs through my soul for you
Is totally out of control for you
I’m so glad

I’m so free
I’m so free
I’m so tall
I won’t fall
And you run through the falls bringing wine to me
And I step through the wall in a revelry
I’m so free

All around, and up and down the little town, the girl falls down
Back on her feet, and on the street; a little beat, but not beaten down
In the night, I caught a fright; then saw a light, and thought you’d come ‘round
Not to stay, but just to say, you love me day in and day out

I’m so free
It’s just me
I feel cool
Real cool
And I’ll chase you, and you’ll chase me
Never, we know, shall the twain come to meet
I’m so free

Free (1)

You think I'll run, not walk, to you
Why would I want to talk to you?
I want you crawling back to me
Down on your knees, yeah
Like an appendectomy
Sans anesthesia

You think you can leave the past behind
You must be out of your mind
If you think you can simply press rewind
You must be out of your mind, son
You must be out of your mind

You want what you turned off turned on
You call it sunset, now it's dawn
You can't go round just saying stuff 
Because it's pretty
And I no longer drink enough 
To think you're witty

You think you can leave the past behind
You must be out of your mind
If you think you can simply press rewind
You must be out of your mind, son
You must be out of your mind

You want to kindle that old flame
I don't remember your real name
It must be something scandalous
Lurks in your shadows
If you need a Santa Claus
To buy your gallows

You think you can leave the past behind
You must be out of your mind
If you think you can simply press rewind
You must be out of your mind, son
You must be out of your mind


You Must Be Out Of Your Mind

Craig Hubbard Does Runaway By Del Shannon
As I walk along I wonder a-what went wrong
With our love, a love that was so strong
And as I still walk on, I think of the things we've done
Together, a-while our hearts were young
I'm a-walkin' in the rain
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
Wishin' you were here by me
To end this misery
And I wonder
I wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder
Why
Ah-why-why-why-why-why she ran away
And I wonder where she will stay
My little runaway, run-run-run-run-runaway
[Musitron solo]
I'm a-walkin' in the rain
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
Wishin' you were here by me
To end this misery
And I wonder
I wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder
Why
Ah-why-why-why-why-why she ran away
And I wonder where she will stay
My little runaway, run-run-run-run-runaway
A-run-run-run-run-runaway



Runaway, Del Shannon, By Craig Hubbard

The night was icy cold, I stood alone
Waiting for an army foot patrol
Then at last they came within my sight
I squeezed the trigger of my armalite
Oh mama, oh mama, comfort me
I know these awful things have got to be
But when the war for freedom has been won
I promise you I'll put away my gun
Shots ran out I heard a soldier cry
Oh please don't leave me here alone to die
I realised his patrol had gone away
And left their wounded comrade for me to slay
Oh mama, oh mama, comfort me
I know these awful things have got to be
But when the war for freedom has been won
I promise you I shall put away my gun
Well there's nothing in this world I would not give
If mercy in your heart you'd let me live
In his eyes I saw a begging flame
As the muzzle of my gun moved towards his brain
Oh mama, oh mama, comfort me
I know these awful things have got to be
But when the war for freedom has been won
I promise you I'll put away my gun
The dawn was breaking as I reached my base
I can't forget the look on that boy's face
Fear, agony and torment were all there
But to your memory mama his life I spared
Oh mama, oh mama, comfort me
I know these awful things have got to be
But when the war for freedom has been won
I promise you I shall put away my gun
Yes I promise you I'll put away my gun

Snipers Promise Performede By Joe Moyers

Never Grow Up
Song by Taylor Swift
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Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreamin'
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you, everything's funny
You got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have honey
If you could stay like that
Oh, darlin', don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darlin', don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up
Never grow up
You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's droppin' you off
At fourteen, there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's gettin' older too
And don't lose the way that you dance
Around in your PJs getting ready for school
Oh, darlin', don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darlin', don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
And no one's ever burned you
Nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to
Just try to never grow up
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone
So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder than I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on
Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up
Oh, I don't wanna grow up
Wish I'd never grown up
Could still be little
Oh, I don't wanna grow up
Wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh, darlin', don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darlin', don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to
Please try to never grow up
Oh, oh
Don't you ever grow up
Oh (never grow up)
Just never grow up
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Songwriters: Taylor Swift

Oriana - Never Grow Up_2 Written bt Taylor Swift

David Hubbard- Art Show. Written and Performed By David G Hubbard

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
Mel Tillis

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair,
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down,
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war, 
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore,
And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be,
Oh Ruby, I still need some company.

It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed,
And the wants and needs of a woman your age really I realize,
But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around,
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door,
The way I know I heard its slams one hundred times before,
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground,
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

Oh Ruby, for God's sake, turn around 

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town

This thing called love, 
I just can't handle it
This thing called love, 
I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing Called love 
It cries In a cradle all night
It swings. It jives 
It shakes all over like a jelly fish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love


There goes my baby
She knows how to rock 'n' roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat

I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
And get on my track's
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen, Freddy Mercury, By Craig Hubbard

I Can See Clearly Now" By Johnny Nash

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.

Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone.
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.

(ooh...) Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies.
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies.

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's going to be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
Yeah, hey, it's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright)
sunshiny day.

David Does "I Can See Clearly Now" (The Rain Is Gone)Johnny Nash

"If You Think I'm Crazy Now (You Should Have Seen Me When I Was A Kid)"

I been wired since I can't remember when
You seen me out, most every night with a dissipated grin
All my life I been labeled loob and lout
But now I think, I'm finally wearin' down

I may rock and and may roll, I may sleep out in the cold
But I can still stay up the six days in the row
But I know the things I do don't compare with the things I did
If you think I'm crazy now, should've seen me when I was a kid

I been wild yeah, I been wasted stoned and stooped
Stayed out nights and started fights and mowed out two bar stools
All these years but it's been bedrooms bars and beers
But now, I'm in this finally drawnin' near.

Well, I may rock and and may roll, I may sleep out in the cold
But I can still stay up the six days in the row
But I know the things I do don't compare with the things I did
If you think I'm crazy now, should've seen me when I was a kid

If you think I'm crazy now, should've seen me when I was a kid

David Does Bob McDill's "If You Think I'm Crazy Now (You Should Have Seen Me When I Was A Kid)"

’ve hauled bark for Timberland to make charcoal briquettes
Getting paid 8 cents a mile, I took all I could get.
Brockway diesels , Screaming Jimmies, Mack B63’s
Concrete batch truck, Andrews Air Base, Washington DC

I drove to put  myself through school, just trying to change my luck
Off the farm then just discharged I drove those damned old trucks.
I’ve  hauled clinker, ice and milk and charcoal by the ton 
Double clutching, jamming gears  making midnight  runs.

Quarts of Pepsi with no food kept me tightly wired
Sleep deprived hallucinations, always over tired
Triplex, Duplex, straight 5-speeds with vacuum  shift rear ends
5 speed mains -auxiliary 3’s, combos with out  end

I  always got them figured out sometimes while on the road
And I always drove those damned old trucks, as fast as they would go
I’ve left smoking strips of rubber and watched those big duals burn
When I locked them up to miss a car as they made a no-left turn

I’ve endured  the deadly boredom then the special thrill
When I blew the air brake diaphragms at the top of a steep hill
I’ve passed semis 3 abreast on  narrow 2 lane roads
Trying to keep momentum up with twenty  five ton loads

I’ve seen my trailer in my mirrors skid and come around
And damn near jack knife tires sliding on the icy ground
I’ve rolled backwards down a hill in a state of abject terror
When I missed a shift and stalled it out and my trailer brakes lost air

I got it started, revved it up and jammed it  into low
The tractor reared high in the air when I popped the clutch to go
So when I’m on an the interstate and see a big rig roll
I want to be there in that  seat but I guess now I’m too old

I know I’ll probably never get to go back to those times
But  sometimes just before I sleep I hear a diesel whine
And I feel the  deep vibrations of a big rig in my bones
And I drive a midnight highway, fast and young and wild,  alone.

And I feel the  deep vibrations of a big rig in my bones
And I drive a midnight highway, fast and young and wild,  alone.

Story Songs

David Does Truck Driving Memories By Gerry Hubbard

Take On Me, by A-ha. 

We’re talking away, I don’t know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, okay?

Take on me. 
Take me on. 
I’ll be gone. 
In a day or two. 

So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
I'll be stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry

Oh the things that you say
Is it live or Just to play my worries away
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway

Take On Me by A Ha,  Performed By Craig Hubbard

Uncle Earl Memories:
I recall Uncle Earl with his low gentle voice and the ponds and the cabins we made
He’d pay us good wages if we worked or we played and never a harsh word was said

Drove me to Fort Dix in his 53 Merc when I left home to go overseas
And he never would take anything in return and he let us do just what we pleased

We’d swim in his ponds and sometimes at night, we’d go to his cabin for beer
And talk about women and tell dirty jokes that we knew that our folks would not hear

He’d loan us his guns, his dogs and his cars and help us when ever he could
If we had a problem he’d help us decide to do what we knew that we should

He’d spot a deer from a half mile away as it lay in the tall weeds to hide
And he’d grin and he’d say “You’ll do better next time” when the shot from my rifle went wide

I’ll never forget when he walked in the door at Laverne’s and then took us a aback
By saying “ A couple of weekends ago I think I had a heart attack.

About a month later, when I got the call that told us our uncle had died
I was working at Ford and when I heard the news, I went to the men’s room and cried

I’ve got of great picture, He’s holding a trout that he caught in his pond one weekend
And I think what an honor this great simple man was our Uncle and also our friend.

I recall Uncle Earl with his low gentle voice and his patience with us without end
And I think what an honor this gentle great man was our Uncle and also our friend

Uncle Earl

El Paso, Marty Robbins, By David Hubbard

PickupTruckSong

Jet Trails By Gerry Hubbard

Lyrics: Circles and Lines
David Hubbard © November 10, 2019

In the meadow
A stiletto
I would bet, Oh,
I could get a word with her

She was older
But I told her 
I was bolder
I could shoulder anything

She held me like I was a child 
Unsullied, undefiled
Her eyes, they burned in me
And in the night we danced divine 
In circles and in lines
In time with everything

She was braver 
I could savor
The palaver
Of a raver high on X

In slow motion
A commotion
And the cold sun
On the ocean beating down

And in the night we danced divine 
In circles and in lines
In time with everything
She held me like I was a child 
Unsullied, undefiled
Her eyes, they burned inside of me

She was a dancer 
I was the dance floor
I was a copper 
She was a crime

I couldn’t stop her
But, man, I wanted her
To do it over 
So many times

She was a problem 
I was a problem
That simple math
Just couldn’t define

She lit a path
I followed, if awkward
And we danced 
In circles and lines

Circles And Lines, David G Hubbard

Quarters and Thirds
David Hubbard © November 10, 2019

I took a can of paint
And painted where I ain’t
Allowed to paint it said
But it got in my head

I had to paint this girl
A blushing South Sea pearl
But in a whirl, she fled
I painted this instead

And it came out louder than pictures 
Larger than words
It took my head on a bender
Rendered quarters and thirds
I didn’t quite feel rattled but shaken
Like an explosion of birds
My heart and head disassembled
Rendered quarters and thirds

So in the dark, I lay
And when the sky turned gray
The disarray inside
Was deep and high and wide

But there was not a trace
A memory of her face
A bit of lace was tied
I let it be my guide

And the sound was louder than pictures
Harder than words 
My heart and head disassembled
Rendered quarters and thirds
I didn’t quite feel rattled, but shaken
Like an explosion of birds
Left my last line of defense
Rendered quarters and thirds







And in the dark
In the dark a lullaby
I didn’t have a second’s chance
To wonder why
She was born to bring me love
And watch it die

And I could hear it breathe
A moment of reprieve
I took a chance to gather my love 
From the earth to the sky
Threw it all to those birds
And I let fly

Louder than pictures 
Larger than words
It took my head on a bender
Rendered quarters and thirds
I didn’t quite feel rattled but shaken
Like an explosion of birds
My heart and head disassembled
Rendered quarters and thirds

Quarters And Thirds, David G Hubbard

Brilliant Disguise
Bruce Springsteen
I hold you in my arms
As the band plays
What are those words whispered baby
Just as you turn away
I saw you last night
Out on the edge of town
I want to read your mind
To know just what I've got in this new thing I've found
So tell me what I see
When I look in your eyes
Is that you baby
Or just a brilliant disguise
I heard somebody call your name
From underneath our willow
I saw something tucked in shame
Underneath your pillow
Well I've tried so hard baby
But I just can't see
What a woman like you
Is doing with me
So tell me who I see
When I look in your eyes
Is that you baby
Or just a brilliant disguise
Now look at me baby
Struggling to do everything right
And then it all falls apart
When out go the lights
I'm just a lonely pilgrim
I walk this world in wealth
I want…

Brilliant Disguise Bruce Springsteen, By Craig Hubbard

I feel like your passion is
Like standing at the station
When the train goes by.

You can get so far by faking
What toll is this taking
On all of our lives

But I see a fire out there
There's a fire somewhere
I'll see the fire in you
If you see the fire in me too. .

We’ve been locked inside our houses.
 With our children and our spouses
For way too long.

The streets are filled with protests.
Will people finally notice.
Their sad sad song.

 But I see a fire out there
There's a fire near.
I'll light the fire in you
If you light the fire in me too. .

Is there a future that we can hope for?
Is there a time when I'll open your door?
And see your smiling face, you'll be that saving Grace.
That I so adore.

We have masks on  little children.
And our parents are in hiding
 To try to stay alive

But the sun it keeps burning
  And the world it keeps turning
Don’t run and hide.

Oh, there's a fire out there
There's a fire somewhere
I'll light the fire in you
If you light the fire in me too.

Fire Out There - Written And Performed By Craig Hubbard

She Knows by Now 						©2021 David Hubbard

I been ‘round; I been here before
Bide my time, then I hit the door
But all those times I was someone else
I guess I never knew myself

Her friends ask, Why?
Does she have time to throw her love away?
They think I’ll fly
But that’s not right and I’ve got only this to say

She knows by now
She knows me now
She knows by now
And she says I want to come and go 
All over the world with you

She walked up when I was down
‘Bout to blow out of this town
I paid a price for a reckless past
Couldn’t have known it wouldn’t last

Her friends don’t know
See her as so spun all over
They think I’ll go
But home’s her eyes, her hair, her hands, her shoulders

She knows by now
She knows me now
She knows by now
And she says I want to go 
All over the world with you

The night glides in
A new tide’s in

She knows by now
She knows by now
She knows by now
And she says I want to come and go 
All over the world with you

Want to come and go
All over the world with you

She knows by now

And she says I want to go
All over the world with you

Gerry Hubbard

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