“Boulder Canyon” words and music by Judson Hair 2015

Traveling down a narrow highway
Long and straight and without end
Leading me to Boulder Canyon
Looking for a long lost friend

There are days that I remember
Though they happened long ago
Sunlight smiled on Boulder Canyon
I never dreamed I’d have to go

Daybreak over Boulder Canyon
Filtered through the Pinyon Pines
Sunlight smiled on Boulder Canyon
How it shined, oh how it shined

Dreaming of a mountain meadow
Cathedral walls and painted skies
Happy times in Boulder Canyon
Long before those sad goodbyes

I’m traveling down that narrow highway
Long and straight and without end
Going back to Boulder Canyon
Looking for that long lost friend

As I remember Boulder Canyon
Thoughts that help to ease my mind
Sunlight smiled on Boulder Canyon
How it shined, oh how it shined
How it shined, oh how it shined

"Boulder Canyon" ... Original

Before I Feel the Rain ... words and music by Judson Hair 2015

I am not afraid of dying, where we’re going when we’re gone
It is not so much the leaving, as the staying here alone.

I want to be the first in line, that’s all I have to say
I want to be the first to leave ….. I’m selfish in that way.

I am not opposed to crying, so much sadness comes to call
And it’s not how much I’d miss you, as the fact you’re gone at all.

I want to be the first in line, that’s all I have to say
I want to be the first to leave ….. I’m selfish in that way

We are told to love each other, there is not much that we can add
For richer or for poorer, in the good times and the bad

I want to be the first in line, that’s all I have to say
I want to be the first to leave ….. I’m selfish in that way

One must depart …and one must stay
One has to leave … one has to pray
One sees the light … with no more pain
One is left … to feel the rain
Just one is left … to feel the rain

In my heart I should be mindful, of the maker’s grand design
In the way that our sweet Jesus, turned the water into wine.

Still, I need to go ahead and leave, no way I can explain
I need to be the first to go ….. before I feel the rain
I need to go ahead and leave, no way I could remain
I need to be the first to go ….. before I feel the rain
Before I feel the rain … Before I feel the rain … Before I feel the rain …

"Before I Feel the Rain" ... Original

“Endless Horizon” … words and music by Judson Hair 2014

        G            Em      C              G
The sun’s coming up … the tide’s coming in
    C            D                    G          C     G
A fresh breeze blows … from the North
G              Em         C                  G
Sea birds are sailing … a-bove the white railing
       C              D                C         G                             
As wind chimes … sway back and forth.

Em          C        G          C
Gray waves crash … bare feet splash
    G            D             C        G
A fisherman casts out his line
Em            C               G          C
Brilliant blue skies on … an endless hori-zon
G           D           C          G
Rippling reflected sunshine.

                     D                     C                G
I’m leaving footprints in the sand … just the way I planned
C                        D                     C          G
Walking through the dunes toward the pier
               D                 C              G
Feeling spray on my face … all my cares erased
        C              D           C         G           C              D          C       G    
The rolling of the surf is all I hear ……………. The rolling of the surf is all I hear

        G            Em    C              G
The sun’s filtered rays … burn off the haze
   C             D                G          C     G
Drifting clouds hang … in the sky
G           Em          C                  G
Pelicans patrolling … a-long the distant shoal and
C         D                 C         G                             
Seagulls shout out their cry
Em          C     G       C
Parents dream … children scream
G         D         C        G
A surfer catches a wave
Em        C            G         C
Castles of sand are … care-fully planned for
G            D           C        G
Artwork impossible to save

                     D                     C                G
I’m leaving footprints in the sand … just the way I planned
C                        D              C          G
Walking through the dunes to the pier
               D                 C              G
Feeling spray on my face … all my cares erased
        C              D           C         G           C              D          C      G    
The rolling of the surf is all I hear ……………. The rolling of the surf is all I hear

        G            Em      C              G
The sun’s going down … the tides going out
C            D             G      C     G
A hint of a chill … in the air
G              Em           C                G
Six bells are calling … and fresh crab legs boil in
   C             D           C         G
A kettle at the top of the stair
Em         C     G            C
Night birds fly … wet clothes dry
     G           D            C        G
The fisherman reels in his line
Em         C                 G             C
Starlight appears on … the endless hori-zon
G            D              C       G
Rippling re-flected moon-shine

          D                            C             G
Left my footprints in the sand … just as I had planned
C                        D                 C          G
Walking through the dunes from the pier
           D                     C              G
Felt the spray on my face … all my cares erased
        C              D           C         G           C              D          C      G    
The rolling of the surf is all I hear ……………. The rolling of the surf is all I hear

        C              D           C         G           
The rolling of the surf is all I hear …………

"Endless Horizon" ... Original

Daddy ………. Words and music by Judson Hair 2015

Daddy you were on my mind this morning
As I gazed upon your picture on the wall
Remembering the last time that I saw you 
I sang a song that I no longer can recall

Singing for you then, I really can’t remember when
If ever I had sung for you before
And singing for you now, I only hope you know somehow
I’ll sing this song for you forever more.

Daddy in my heart you are still with me
When I need a guiding hand to see me through
Like …  the last time I recall we were together
When singing seemed the natural thing to do

Singing for you then, I really can’t remember when
If ever I had sung for you before
And singing for you now, I only hope you know somehow
I’ll sing this song for you forever more.

Daddy one day we will sing together
When we meet again on that appointed day
We’ll sing a simple song that suits both of our voices
That says the things we never felt were safe to say

Singing with you then, perhaps we’ll both remember when
I never had sung for you before
In harmony we’ll form … a sound so sweet and warm
A song I’ll sing with you forever more ------------  (repeat first verse, and fade)

"Daddy" ... Original Song

The Horseman … words and music 2015 by Judson Hair

The horseman crossed the river
As the posse rumbled over the hill
His gun was cold and empty
As the heart … that beat inside him still

‘Cause He killed a man for pleasure
He killed him just to watch him fade away
He’s made a date with justice 
An appointment that he has to keep today

He’s riding fast, he’s riding hard
Running from the seeds he had to sow
A pointed gun, the deed was done 
He knows that he has nowhere left to go.

‘Cause He killed a man for pleasure
He killed him just to watch him fade away
The hangman’s noose is waiting
And it’s something he no longer can delay

The horseman slows his gallop
He pulls a crumpled message from his shirt
He signs it to the woman
And slowly lets it fall into the dirt

He’s killed the man who took her
He knows there is a price he has to pay
A rough pine box will take him down
To that grave beneath that cold wet clay

"The Horseman" ... Original

“One & 64” … words and by Judson Hair 2011

(Instrumental intro)

The highway that he travels every morning
Before the sun has shed a single ray
From Apex into Raleigh right down One and Sixty Four
Gets longer and longer every day

‘Cause he’s racing to the job
With that frenzied highway mob
Each mile an adventure they all share
With coffee in his veins … one pill to cut the pain
One pill just to help him not to care.

(instrumental break)

Well, the work that he has waiting when he gets there
Created his existence of today
It brings him in each morning and it sends him home at night
But, mostly makes him want to get away

But, he knows that one day soon
Come April, May, or June
The hassles and the burdens will all cease
He’ll start another life, with a different kind of strife
Something that provides a new release

‘Cause the highway that he travels every morning
Before the sun has shed a single ray
From Apex into Raleigh right down One and Sixty Four
Gets longer and longer every day

(Instrumental fade out)

"One & 64" ...  Original

“Look Away” … words and music 2017 by Judson Hair

Along a rugged mountain road, their ghostly footsteps fall
Their bodies burdened not by food, but guns and minie’ balls
In tattered butternut and gray, by 1864
The Shenandoah Valley holds no bounty anymore.

Look away, Dixie Land
Look away, still plays the band
Look away, all hope forlorn
Early on one frosty morn … 

Side-by-side they tramped along week after bloody week
From Seven Days to Gettysburg along Antietam Creek
The music and the drums kept steady time inside their head
With brotherhood their strength, their fortitude … their daily bread

Look away, Dixie Land
Look away, still plays the band
Look away, all hope forlorn
Early on one frosty morn … 

For some they rallied to a flag, to claim the bondsman’s toil
For most a struggle for their rights, their homes, their native soil
The vagueness of their reasoning, the harshness of their cause
Sheer desperation guides them now … when all is nearly lost

Look away, Dixie Land
Look away, still plays the band
Look away, all hope forlorn
Early on one frosty morn … 

Tomorrow some will run away and some will stand and die
And some are taken prisoner ‘cause they just refuse to fly
But, now through burned and scattered fields while living off the land
Toward Cedar Creek they plod along … to make one final stand

Look away, Dixie Land
Look away, still plays the band
Look away, all hope forlorn
Early on one frosty morn …
Early on one frosty morn …

Judson Hair

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