So thankful to have found this most beautiful and emotional backing track by Erto Sound on YouTube.  I have been struggling to write this song for my estranged brother for about 5 years now and this track truly spoke to me and helped me to write the lyric.  Backing Track Link ==> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l8XtrSFL6k

Thank you for listening!  If you have a long lost brother or sister, I hope this song is meaningful for you, tears and cheers!

BROTHER OH, BROTHER

[Intro/Music]

[Verse 1]
Don’t you remember running away from home together?
You were my rock in any kind of turbulent weather
We walked those desolate railroad tracks ‘til our legs gave out
As tough as growin’ up was, I’d go back there with you now

[Chorus]
Brother oh, Brother
Don’t you know how much I need you?
Brother oh, Brother
Don’t you know how much I miss you?
Bone of my bone
Blood of my blood
Brother oh, Brother
Don’t you know there’s no replacing you?

[Verse 2]
And I remember that summer you worked tobacco sun up to sundown
Handed over every penny you made to try and hold onto the house
Takin’ ‘em like a man, the lickings nobody did it better than you
Behind your hazel eyes you held your tears in solitude

Ooooh-ooooh, Ooooh-ooooh
Brother oh, Brother
Please tell me that we can set, set aside our differences

[Chorus]
Brother oh, Brother
Don’t you know how much I need you?
Brother oh, Brother
Don’t you know how much I love you?
Bone of my bone
Blood of my blood
Brother oh, Brother
Don’t you know there’s no replacing you?

[Bridge] 
Bullet after bullet you took for me
Bullet after bullet you took for me
No purple heart could ever be enough to honor your courage and bravery

[Chorus]
Brother oh, Brother
Don’t you know how much I need you?
Brother oh, Brother
Don’t you know how much I love you?
Bone of my bone
Blood of my blood
Brother, my dear Brother
Don’t you, don’t you know how much I’m missing you?
Oh, Brother..

© 2025 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

BROTHER OH, BROTHER

STANDING ALONE
Like putting down a lame horse
An act of kindness
No longer do I walk
In betrayal’s blindness
Can’t penetrate your walls
The bridge you burned
Tell me, Brother
When did your heart turn?

CHORUS
You left me standing
Alone
You left me standing
Alone
You left me standing
Alone
No way home

Oooh-oooh-ooh, Oooh-oooh-ooh, Oooh-oooh-ooh

Through the years I cried
Waiting on your call
Through the tears I woke
Like catchin’ my fall
You made the decision
To close the door
Brother, I wish you well
But I’m not waiting anymore

Now, all that’s left to do
Is walking away
As much as it hurts my heart
Got no more to say
‘Cuz when you can’t look in the mirror
You’re bound to crack
Til you pick up the pieces
No comin’ back, ‘cuz

You left me standing
Alone
You left me standing
Alone
You left me standing
Alone
No way home, yeah-ee-yeah

You left me standing
Alone
You left me standing
Alone
You left me standing
Alone
No way home, no way home..


© 2025 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved



STANDING ALONE

Cool backing track provided by Freddie Edwards; what a cool name, hey, like Freddie-Eddie, Lol! ==> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cs1NwbZp2w

OH, FOR A FRIEND (Days Gone By)
Cuttin’ through the cemetery 
On our way to school
Hit the Continental Cuisine
Smoke a cig or two
Weekends, the Mad Dog
Got us drunk real fast
But we never learned how to make the good times last

We learned about the ‘Holocaust’
In history class
Didn’t think too much of it
Studied just to pass
We learned about the birds and bees
And birth control
But we never learned how to satisfy our souls

CHORUS
Oh, for a friend
To share the simple pleasures in life
Oh, for a friend
Doesn’t harbor a double-edged knife
What I wouldn’t do
What I wouldn’t give
To relive days gone by with you

[Music]

Now, we sit at our computers
Or, on our Dumb Phones
Tryin’ to act the coolest
Throwin’ sticks and stones
The hearts and the smiles
They add up fast
But we’re goin’ backwards, the hurt you can’t get past


Oh, for a friend
To share the simple pleasures in life
Oh, for a friend
Doesn’t harbor a double-edged knife
What I wouldn’t do
What I wouldn’t give
To relive days gone by with you

One more..

Oh, for a friend
To share the simple pleasures in life
Oh, for a friend
Doesn’t harbor a double-edged knife
What I wouldn’t do
What I wouldn’t give
To relive days gone by with you

[Music]

What I wouldn’t do
What I wouldn’t give
…….To relive
Days gone by with you…….

© 2025 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

OH, FOR A FRIEND

Reggae Backing Track C Major provided by Backing Track ===>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT-kJLVAw6M
Inspired by the Daniel Radcliffe’s film, “Jungle” based on a true story

TRULY FREE
Truly free, truly free
Making your own way
Truly free, truly free
That’s what it is to be truly free

Lost Indian tribes of the Amazon
The native secrets they rely on
Don’t need no supermarket to thrive and to eat
Ain’t no map to take you there
A hidden world beyond compares
A supernatural, paradisiacal retreat

CHORUS 1
Truly free, truly free
Making your own way
Where the children cry out playfully
That’s what it is to be truly free
Truly free, truly free
Owning each new day
Where monkeys swing from tree to tree
That’s what it is to be truly free

Rich men have taken it all away
Just a remnant remains today
We got eight-billion slaves upon this dying rock
Numbered the day you’re born
From freedom and liberty torn
They sell you the dream but it’s one big crock

CHORUS 2
Truly free, truly free
Making your own way
Where the children cry out playfully
That’s what it is to be truly free
Truly free, truly free
Owning each new day
Where butterflies fly plentifully
That’s what it is to be truly free

Ooooh-ooooh, Ooooh-ooooh, Ooooh-ooooh, Oo-ooh

A good life until your final breath
A good life breeds a good death
Returned to the earth, God Almighty’s will be done
Perhaps that’s what Heaven is
Celestial stars, hers and his
Hovering high above everything under the sun

CHORUS 1
Truly free, truly free
Making your own way
Where the children cry out playfully
That’s what it is to be truly free
Truly free, truly free
Owning each new day
Where monkeys swing from tree to tree
That’s what it is to be truly free

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

Inspired by the Daniel Radcliffe’s film, “Jungle” based on a true story


TRULY FREE

** WARNING ** Can barely stand to listen back to this pile of sh*t...seriously depressing.
It appears the phrase published by the World Economic Forum (un-elected officials) in 2016 is coming true. Sorry, MAGA, you've been JUPED again!  :-(  

Pictured is the true face of EVIL, Marxist, Klaus Schwab (genocidal-j*w) who made the tyrannical phrase famous.

Largely inspired by the following thesis as presented by British Financial Wizard, Simon Dixon ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7HoR1EsNHk

YOU WILL OWN NOTHIN’ AND BE ‘HAPPY’
They’ve printed the money
They’ve started the ‘war’
They’ve re-routed the maps
Everything will cost more
The robots are in place
The lockdowns have begun
Now, it’s eating or heating
When the day is done:

CHORUS
You will own nothin’
You will own nothin’ 
You will own nothin’ and be ‘happy’

Ain’t about making America great
Ain’t about Armageddon
The corporations will soon own it all
It’s all about repression
A tyrannical tokenization
A tax on breathing
A surveillance state
The freedom train is bleeding

You will own nothin’
You will own nothin’ 
You will own nothin’ and be ‘happy’
Like the War of Independence never happened

Music

All you gotta do is follow the money
Who benefits and how
The sheeple become nothin’ more than assets
Payin’ back the golden cow
Now, a stipend is on the table
Barely enough to survive
And the sheeple are on their knees
Never again to thrive

You will own nothin’
You will own nothin’ 
You will own nothin’ and be ‘happy’
Like the War of Independence never happened

It’s no longer about being thrifty
It’s all about being smart
Perhaps you own a bit of Bitcoin
That would be a good start
‘Come out of her my people’
The Man from Galilee said
‘Cuz if you stay in Babylon
To the wolves you will be fed

You will own nothin’
You will own nothin’ 
You will own nothin’ and feel crappy
Like the War of Independence never happened

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

Largely inspired by the following thesis as presented by Financial Wizard, Simon Dixon ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7HoR1EsNHk

YOU WILL OWN NOTHIN’ (and be 'happy')

Country Backing Track Gmajor provided by JamAlongTracks ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ncc7VKByGQ

HARD TIMES AGAIN
Well, another foreclosure sign went up today
All across what’s left of the USA
Hard workin’ Americans losing their homes
Can’t tell Mr. Smith from Mr. Jones

You got drumbeats of war pounding in your head
A house-full of hungry mouths to be fed
Thirsty for a beer down at the sports bar
But you ain’t got the money for gas in your car

CHORUS
Hard times
Hard times
It’s hard times again
Waitin’ on the rain to end
Gets easier now and then
Hard times again

Things may look normal in your neighborhood
In the hood things ain’t goin’ so good
When people got nothin’ left to lose
The straight and narrow ain’t the road they choose

Hard times
Hard times
It’s hard times again
Waitin’ on the rain to end
Gets easier now and then
Hard times again

Music

And the politicians promise things they can’t deliver
The lies make your heart quake and quiver
What you wouldn’t do for your share of the pie
For just one day of clear blue sky

Walkin’ in the park feelin’ like you’re the only one
Feelin’ like you should be packin’ a gun
And while the wind could blow either way
You can’t quite find sunny words to say…oh, oh ‘cuz it’s

Hard times
Hard times
It’s hard times again
Waitin’ on the rain to end
Gets easier now and then
Hard times again

Waitin' on the rain to end
Gets easier now and then
Hard times again..


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved



HARD TIMES AGAIN

"Bluegrass" (Country) Jam Track in G provided by Tom Strahle ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLgFaOP9IFA&t=318s

DAYS ARE NUMBERED
A living wage
All they had to pay
To avoid that fire
In the warehouse that day
You’re the terrorist
Should you take a stand
Pride and justice
Burning through the land

CHORUS
Days are numbered
Everybody knows
See it in pissed-off faces
Every place you go
Ticking time-bombs
About to blow
Days are numbered
Everybody knows

Fed up with rising taxes
Fed up with high price-tags
Billionaire’s wars
The have-nots and the haves
Say what’s on your mind
Child, don’t be afraid
Time to put an end
To this two-party charade

Days are numbered
Everybody knows
See it in pissed-off faces
Every place you go
Ticking time-bombs
About to blow
Days are numbered
Everybody knows

Music

The lines on my face
I earned each one
The fight or flight
Leaves no place to run
Given up on love
Dyin’ slowly each day
Ridin’ out the storm
The dream didn’t pay

Days are numbered
Everybody knows
See it in pissed-off faces
Every place you go
Ticking time-bombs
About to blow
Days are numbered
Everybody knows

An insurance claim
All they had to pay
To avoid that murder
In Manhattan that day
You’re the terrorist
Should you take a stand
Pride and justice
Burning through the land

Days are numbered
Everybody knows
See it in pissed-off faces
Every place you go
Ticking time-bombs
About to blow
Days are numbered
Everybody knows

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

DAYS ARE NUMBERED

Backing Track provided by My Backing Track ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtiA-8FRroU

CUP ‘A COFFEE
CHORUS
Sitting outside the shop
Can’t afford a cup ‘a coffee
I never had a lot
But I could get a cup ‘a coffee

But that’s the way it goes
Billionaires at the top
Hellbent on rigging the game
Steal everything you got

Nothing left to cut
No help on the way
Working my fingers to the bone
Keep the wolves at bay

CHORUS REPEATS

A few tables over
Sippin’ her fancy drink
Did she put it on a card?
All that I can think

If this land is free
Why do I feel caged?
The hell leashed upon us
We should be enraged

CHORUS REPEATS

At this precarious moment
I recognize the sun
Her warmth upon my face
Second to none

Dog looks up at me
Time we should be going
Sunday evening blues
Monday ain’t worth knowing

Sitting outside the shop
Sitting outside the shop

CHORUS REPEATS

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

CUP ‘A COFFEE

Country Song in G major backing track provided by reinhold tracks  ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oUYTb03pTo

LIVE A LITTLE
Build a bungalow 
Out in the woods
Taking life slow
Make our own goods
Plant a veg’table garden
Capture the rain
I just wanna live
Going against the grain, yeah

CHORUS
I just wanna live
Wanna live a little
Got a heart to give
Help me live a little
This can’t be all there is
Need more than a nibble
I just wanna live
Live a little

BRIDGE
Not worry ‘bout bills
For just one day
I miss the cheap thrills
You didn’t have to pay
I just want a shot
At the so-called dream
I just wanna live
Hard as it may seem

CHORUS
I just wanna live
Wanna live a little
Got a heart to give
Help me live a little
This can’t be all there is
Need more than a nibble
I just wanna live
Live a little

Buy a red dress
Put it on for you
Leave my hair a mess
The things we can do
I just want a kiss
Last a lifetime
I just wanna live
Like livin’ ain’t some crime

CHORUS
I just wanna live
Wanna live a little
Got a heart to give
Won't you help me live a little?
This can’t be all there is
Need more than a nibble
I just wanna live
Live a little

Not worry ‘bout bills
For just one day
I miss the cheap thrills
You didn’t have to pay
I just want a shot
At the so-called dream
I just wanna live
Hard as it may seem

CHORUS
I just wanna live
Wanna live a little
Got a heart to give
Help me live a little
This can’t be all there is
Need more than a nibble
I just wanna live
Live a little

MUSIC

CHORUS
I just wanna live
Wanna live a little
Got a heart to give
Help me live a little
This can’t be all there is
Need more than a nibble
I just wanna live
Live a little!

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

Live A Little

Rock Pop Backing Track D Major provided by ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoR-wGfJU08

SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE
The only thing stayin’ the same
In this country
Are the low wages they’re payin’
And shrinking money

‘Cuz when a man can’t provide
For his family
Eats away at his pride 
No way to feel free

CHORUS
Something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live
Something’s gotta give
Something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live
Something’s gotta give
Gotta give

And when a single mother
Has to work two jobs
To keep from goin’ under
Her dream has been robbed

And old folks down on their luck
Standin’ outside the store
Begging for a few bucks
Wishing you could give more

CHORUS
Something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live
Something’s gotta give
Something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live
Something’s gotta give
Gotta give

Oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh, Oooh
Oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh, Oooh

The only thing stayin’ the same
In this country
Are the low wages they’re payin’
And shrinking money

And the never-ending wars
And the predatory lending
The only thing staying the same
Is the bad News trending, oh

Something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live, awh
Something’s gotta give
Awh, something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live
Something’s gotta give
Gotta give

Oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh, Oooh
Oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh, Oooh

Oh, Jesus, if You’re coming
I hope You get here soon
The Devil’s had his dance
Time to sing a diff’rent tune

Something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live
Something’s gotta give
I said, something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live, awh
Something’s gotta give

Oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh, Oooh
Oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh, Oooh

Something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live
Awh, something’s gotta give
Something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live
Yeah, something’s gotta, gotta give

Something’s gotta give
This ain’t no way to live
Oh,something’s gotta give
Awh, something’s gotta give!

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE

Melodic Rock Pop BACKING TRACK G Major by TGuitar ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcYS6H3nQDA
I WANNA BELIEVE
CHORUS
I wanna believe
We’re gonna be okay
But the way things are going
I can’t say
Babe, I can’t say

‘Cuz when a country
Doesn’t care for her people
That ain’t a country
Where things are stable
It wasn’t supposed to be this way
Strugglin’ to hold on every day

CHORUS
I wanna believe
We’re gonna be okay
But the way things are going
I can’t say
Babe, I can’t sa-a-a-a-y

And I wanna believe
Jesus is coming soon
And I wanna believe
He’ll take me to the moon
And if that ain’t true, I wanna believe
There’s still a chance for me and you

CHORUS
I wanna believe
We’re gonna be okay
But the way things are going
I can’t say (rest)

Music

I wanna believe
I wanna believe

But when a country’s
At war with the world
That ain’t a country
Based upon God’s word
It wasn’t supposed to be this way
Strugglin’ to hold on every day

I wanna believe
We’re gonna be okay
But the way things are going
I can’t say
Babe, I can’t say
I can’t say
Babe, I can’t say.

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

I WANNA BELIEVE

3-Chord Emotional Backing Track provided by Just Backing Tracks ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9DQzwtmKzM
SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS
It’s a sad state of affairs
When you ain’t gettin’ three-squares
For a war you never voted for
And it’s a sad state of affairs
Fallin’ drunk down the stairs
Can’t pick your face up from the floor

And it’s an uphill battle
To keep from gettin’ rattled
But you doom-scroll in spite of it all
And there’s no harder pill
When you can’t find a way to chill
Watchin’ the cards fall…watchin’ the cards fall 

Ooooh-Ooooh-ooh
Ooooh-Ooooh-ooh

And it’s a sad state of affairs
Surrounded by billionaires
Hellbent on robbin’ everything you got
And it’s a sad state of affairs
Playing musical chairs
Knowin’ you ain’t got a shot

Much as you wanna make amends
With your family and friends
Like a brick wall you can’t penetrate
Nobody callin’ on the phone
Becomin’ that rollin’ stone
Nothin’ left to celebrate…yeah, it’s a sad state

Ooooh-Ooooh-Ooooh-ooh
Ooooh-Ooooh-Ooooh-ooh

It’s a sad state of affairs
When you ain’t gettin’ three-squares
For a war you never voted for
And it’s a sad state of affairs
Fallin’ drunk down the stairs
Can’t pick your face up from the floor
Eviction notice on the door..

Ooooh-Ooooh-ooh
Ooooh-Ooooh-ooh

Sad State of affairs

Sad State of affairs 

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS

Country Backing Track in GMajor provided by JamAlongTracks ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ncc7VKByGQ

MAKE A MEMORY
Make a memory
Help me make a memory
I wanna make a new memory today
‘Cuz I’ve been feelin’ blue without you
Only memories go a long way
Go a long way

Set aside my shortcomings
Take off my mask
Leave the past in the past where it belongs
Not too much to ask
Haven’t had a picture lately
If ya’d take one, I’d appreciate it greatly, oh-whoa

Make a memory
Help me make a memory
I wanna make a new memory today
‘Cuz I’ve been feelin’ blue without you
Only memories go a long way

I invited you for Saturday
I haven’t heard back
Been a long time since we hung out
The laughter I lack
Haven’t had any Mary Jane lately
If ya’d bring her, I’d appreciate it greatly, yes-sirry

Make a memory
Help me make a memory
I wanna make a new memory today
‘Cuz I’ve been feelin’ blue without you
Only memories go a long way
Go a long way

Music

‘Cuz I been feelin’ blue without you
Only memories go a long way

Set aside your shortcomings
Set aside your mask
Have a blast; something to talk about
Not too much to ask
Haven’t had a walk in the park lately
If ya’d take one, I’d appreciate it greatly, oh, yes!

Make a memory
Help me make a memory
I wanna make a new memory today
‘Cuz I’ve been feelin’ blue without you
Only memories go a long way

Make a memory
Help me make a memory
I wanna make a new memory today
Oh, ‘cuz I’ve been feelin’ blue without you
Only memories go a long way
Go along way.

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

MAKE A MEMORY

Country Guitar Backing Track provided by -JamTracksChannel ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgHYKako4Bc

IT’S A NEW WORLD AND YOU AIN’T IN IT
It’s a new world and you ain’t in it
It’s a new world and you ain’t in it
The robots ain’t comin’, the robots are here
It’s a new world and you ain’t in it

‘Cuz your kid has taken up with ChatGPT
And your husband’s havin’ an affair with a bot-maid
Friday night, just you and The Terminator on TV
It’s a new world and you ain’t made the grade, yeah

It’s a new world and you ain’t in it
Yeah, it’s a new world and you ain’t in it
The invasion that’s comin’, no way to spin it
It’s a new world and in you ain’t in it

Eminent domain is busy plowin’ houses down
For the data centers croppin’ up ‘cross the USA
Oh, and people are in an uproar tryin’ to stand their ground
It’s a new world and their takin’ your town away, oh, yeah

It’s a new world and you ain’t in it
It’s a new world and you ain’t in it
The invasion that’s comin’, no way to spin it
Yeah, it’s a new world and, honey, you ain’t in it

Music

Oh, and the robots are comin’ for your job
They don’t get sick, don’t complain, don’t take PTO
Yeah, the robots are comin’, comin’ for you job
It’s a new world and you’re a nobody on skid row

Oh, it’s a new world and you ain’t in it
It’s a new world and you ain’t in it
The invasion that’s comin’, no way to spin it
It’s a new world and, honey, you ain’t in it, one more!

It’s a new world and you ain’t in it
Like it’s a BIG CLUB and you ain’t in it, Lol!
The robots ain’t a-comin’, the robots are here
Like dust in the wind people will soon disappear.

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


IT’S A NEW WORLD AND YOU AIN’T IN IT

Country Blues backing track in G major provided by reinhold tracks ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrRDkROTak

I MISS THE DAYS
My daily interactions with people are few
Got a gig where there’s just walls for talkin’ to
And I can’t say that I miss people all that much
‘Cuz people these days are out ‘a touch

CHORUS
I miss the days, a smile and a hello
I miss the days lookin’ forward to tomorrow
I miss the days when it was just me and you
Oh, and I miss the days when everything was new

Sunny Saturdays at Scarborough Beach
The stars in our backyard you could almost reach
Turkey dinner for two at the Dew Drop Inn
These days eating out feels more like a sin

I miss the days, a smile and a hello
I miss the days lookin’ forward to tomorrow
I miss the days when it was just me and you
Oh, and I miss the days when everything was new

Carefree days you didn’t wanna see end
Hangin’ out a Center Park with my beer drinkin’ friends
But those days are gone like dust in the wind
Findin’ a friend these days don’t know where to begin

I miss the days, a smile and a hello
I miss the days lookin’ forward to tomorrow
I miss the days when it was just me and you
Oh, and I miss the days when everything was new

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


I MISS THE DAYS

Blues in A minor Backing Track provided by Gilad Perry ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22mWUkAi0PI

MAY YOU FARE WELL
CHORUS
May you fare well 
In this living hell 
May you find a friend with a hand to lend
In this living hell
May you fare well

If you have a roof and are stayin’ fed
If you have a job, stayin’ out of the red
You’re doin’ better than most people today
Billionaires have stolen the dream away

May you fare well 
In this living hell 
May you find a friend with a hand to lend
In this living hell
May you fare well

They don’t want you ownin’ your own home
They want you borrowin’ high-int’rest loans
Signin’ up for subscriptions ya can’t afford to pay 
The corporations wanna steal your soul away, yeah

May you fare well 
In this living hell 
May you find a road with a gentle bend
In this living hell
May you fare well, ‘cuz

Music

Soon as one war’s done they want another
Keep the shekels rollin’ in, bread an’ butter
And they’re choosin’ robots over the human touch
Seems the whole world could use a crutch

May you escape the digital matrix
Put away Facebook and Netflix
May you steer clear of the toxic medicine and food 
May the day put you in a good mood

May you fare well 
In this living hell 
May you find a friend with a hand to lend
In this living hell
May you fare well

May you fare well 
In this living hell 
May you find a road with a gentle bend
In this living hell
May you fare well..

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

MAY YOU FARE WELL

Modern Country Rock provided by Guitar Inspiration ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0CdNrmdvps

LISTEN TO THE SILENCE
Thought I heard a bird sing
It was a squeaky swing
The noise you can’t escape
TV or the radio
Seems wherever you go
The noise you can’t escape

Wanna lock myself away in my room
…Someplace I can think

CHORUS
Listen to the silence
Find it in your day
Listen to the silence
She has a lot to say
Silence has a lot to say, yeh-ee-yeah

Ads run 24/7
Movie comes on at eleven
The noise you can’t escape
In the store or in my car
No matter how near or far
The noise you can’t escape

Wanna lock myself away in some tomb
…Someplace I can breathe

Listen to the silence
Find it in your day
Listen to the silence
She has a lot to say
Silence has a lot to say

BRIDGE
Might even be God talking to you
Whatever you choose to believe
There are miracles in the whisper of the wind
Answers you receive

Music (quietly)

Pings coming from my phone
All day and night long
The noise you can’t escape
You got phone calls to return
For one moment, you yearn
The noise you can’t escape

Wanna lock myself away in my room
…Pour myself a drink

Listen to the silence
Help you find your way
Listen to the silence
She has a lot to say
Silence has a lot to say, yeh-ee-yeah

Listen to the silence
Find it in your day
You gotta listen to the silence
‘Cuz she has a lot to say
Silence has a lot to say, yeh-ee-yeah..


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

LISTEN TO THE SILENCE

Country Beat Guitar Backing Track Jam In C Major provided by Erto Sound ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2iJ_VVG02k

DOIN’ IT
You can’t help but notice how Suzy is bloomin’
She’ll soon be a beautiful woman
Tho’ she’s related, you want her anyway
And so it goes, still today

CHORUS
Doin’ it
Doin’ it
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin
Any kind of love
Makes for good lovin’
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin, hey-hey, hey-hey!

Now that the dirty deed has been done
Suzy hasn’t been all that much fun
‘Cuz in the mornin’ she’s feelin’ queasy
Findin’ out how life ain’t easy, oh no!

Doin’ it
Doin’ it
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin
Any kind of love
Makes for good lovin’
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin, hey-hey, hey-hey!

Music

Now, Suzy and you got families of your own
But you remember rollin’ your first bone
And you remember that first kiss
Days like those, you still miss, cuz you were

Doin’ it
Doin’ it
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin
Any kind of love
Makes for good lovin’
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin

Music

Every so often in the middle of your day
You dream of Suzy’s long ponytail
Her cut-off jean shorts, her belly-button showin’
Her laughter was the holy grail

And you’re wishin’ that you could go back
If not for just one yesterday
And you wonder if she ever thinks of you
Wakin’ up covered in hay

Doin’ it
Doin’ it
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin
Any kind of love
Makes for good lovin’
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin, hey-hey, hey-hey!

BRIDGE
Blame it on the Ferris wheel
Blame it on the roller coaster
You just had to come to her rescue
Pull her closer, yeah

Doin’ it
Doin’ it
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin
Any kind of love
Makes for good lovin’
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin, one more…or two!

Doin’ it
Doin’ it
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin
Any kind of love
Makes for good lovin’
Doin’ it the first time with your cousin


©️ 2026 Renee La Chapelle - All Rights Reserved


DOIN’ IT

💜 For my new SoundCloud friend:  https://soundcloud.com/carl-matsell aka sixstring Mac.......
.......Also, featuring the great songster who turned me onto sixstring Mac:  https://soundcloud.com/handontherock 💜

Folky Acoustic Guitar Backing Track In G Major provided by Tom Bailey Backing Tracks ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EG5CZE1Syw

SIXSTRING MAC
How I met SixString, isn’t much to tell
My friend Hand on the Rock turned me onto him
SixString was pourin’ out his heart, his song, “Goodbye Town”
There on SoundCloud so, I followed him

CHORUS
SixString Mac
SixString Mac
He ain’t no music hack
SixString Mac
SixString Mac
A real heart, he don’t lack

Now, I don’t know a lot about SixString Mac
Other than hearing a few of his songs, then again
In his profile description and I quote:
‘Just an ordinary bloke who writes the odd song now and then’

Now, I think that ol’ SixString Mac, I think that he
Ate a little too much humble pie he had layin’ ‘round
‘Cuz should you get a minute one rainy day
Shoot over to Soundcloud and look up “Goodbye Town”

SixString Mac
SixString Mac
He ain’t no music hack
SixString Mac
SixString Mac
A real heart, he don’t lack

Music

Now, I hope SixString likes his song, that is
This song I wrote especially for him
And I hope we become really good friends
‘Cuz he seems the type goes out on a limb, yeah

SixString Mac
SixString Mac
He ain’t no music hack
SixString Mac
SixString Mac
A real heart, he don’t lack, oh, oooh-oooh-oooh

Music

Six-String Mac
Six-String Mac
He ain’t no music hack
Six-String Mac
Six-String Mac
A real heart he don’t lack, no

Ooooh-oooh-oooh, Ooooh

SixString Mac
SixString Mac
A real heart…he’ll never lack. 


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

SIXSTRING MAC

I've been hacking away at this tune for several years on and off.  I hope I finally hit it out of the ballpark, but then again...there's always room for improvement. 

Folk Song in G major provided by Reinhold Tracks ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDXrrImkSIc

A BETTER PLACE
Did you make a stranger smile
By saying, ‘hello’
Did you go the extra mile
For a friend feelin’ low?
What did you do?
What did you say
To make someone’s world a better place today? 

CHORUS
A better place today
A better place today
We could all use a better place today
Beneath a sky ‘a gray
Gotta find a way
To make someone’s world a better place today

Did you listen to a child’s
Endless chitter-chatter?
Did you help a fallen one
Get back up the ladder?
What did you do?
What did you say
To make someone’s world a better place today?

A better place today
A better place today
We could all use a better place today
Beneath a sky ‘a gray
Gotta find a way
To make someone’s world a better place today
Do-do-do-do, do….Do-do-do-do, do
Do-do-do-do, do….Do-do-do-do, do

Did you keep a promise
That you once made?
Did you help Doubting Thomas
To Jesus, be swayed?
What did you do?
What did you say
To make someone’s world a better place today?

A better place today
A better place today
We could all use a better place today
Beneath a sky ‘a gray
Gotta find a way
To make someone’s world a better place today

Do-do-do-do, do….Do-do-do-do, do
Do-do-do-do, do….Do-do-do-do, do

A better place today
A better place today
We could all use a better place today
Beneath a sky ‘a gray
Gotta find a way
To make someone’s world a better place today

TAG
A better place today
A better place today
Make Someone’s World A Better Place Today! 

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

A BETTER PLACE

........For every guy out there who ever treated me like sh*t!  Thank you for listening.  
Romantic Slow Pop | C Major Acoustic Guitar Backing Track provided by Nuson-B Track ===>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWyEe3pqZiQ

MOVING ON
Like a dog waiting for its’ owner to finally get home
That’s the woman I don’t want to be
But it seems, I’m always last on your list
And honey, that’s not all right by me

Climb 1:
You say you want me but you’re always on the run
Don’t wanna be waiting here missing all the fun

CHORUS
I think it’s time, I’m moving on
I think it’s time, I’m moving on
Yesterday is here and gone
I think it’s time, I’m moving on

Because when you finally come, you always show up late
Lucky, if you stay two days before you leave again
And when we’re out to dinner, you’re texting on your phone
It’s hard to consider you as my boyfriend

Climb 2:
You say you want me but you’re always on the phone
Don’t wanna be waiting here another night alone 

I think it’s time, I’m moving on
I think it’s time, I’m moving on
Yesterday is here and gone
I think it’s time, I’m moving on

Music

Climb 3:
I hope you’re happy, hope you find true love
You an’ me were never written in the stars above

I think it’s time, I’m moving on
I think it’s time, I’m moving on
Yesterday is here and gone
I think it’s time, I’m moving on

I think it’s time, time I’m moving on
Yesterday is here and gone

Music

Climb 1 Repeats:
You say you want me but you’re always on the run
I don’t wanna be waiting here missing all the fun

I think it’s time, I’m moving on
I think it’s time, I’m moving on
Yesterday is here and gone
I think it’s time, I’m moving on

I think it’s time, I’m moving on
I think it’s time, I’m moving on
Yesterday is here and gone
I think it’s time, I’m moving on

Music


©️ 2026 Renee La Chapelle - All Rights Reserved


MOVING ON

Today's Live Co-write Session with my friend, Patrick Michael aka Zoner.  Sorry my voice is so hoarse.  We intend on playing around with it more and singing again to re-post.  But for now, thanks so much for listening from the both of us 💕

THE ZONE
Drivin’ to my best buddy, Zoner
My fav’rite kind ‘a stoner
Saturday, not a care in the world
The sun is shining
Birds are singing
Laugh a little, gon’ give it a whirl!
 
CHORUS
And we’re in the zone
Zoner and me
Always in the zone
Way it should be
We’re in the zone
‘Neath a big ol’ shade tree
Tokin’ on a bone
In the land of the wanna-be free

The land of the wanna be free
 
We got songs to share
We got little care
Wanna play our guitars and sing
Way his fingers slide
Way his fingers glide
Up an’ down that neck takes it home
 
And we’re in the zone
Zoner and me
Always in the zone
Way it should be
We’re in the zone
‘Neath a big ol’ shade tree
Tokin’ on a bone
In the land of the wanna-be free

The land of the wanna-be free

Take off the edge
Feet off the ledge
Take a ton of bricks off your mind
For just one day
Gotta find a way
Leave this flippin’ world behind, yeah
 
We’re in the zone
Zoner and me
Always in the zone
Way it should be
We’re in the zone
‘Neath a big ol’ shade tree
Tokin’ on a bone
In the land of the wanna-be free

Yeah, we’re in the zone
Zoner and me
Tokin’ on a bone
In the land of the wanna-be, wanna-be free


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle & 'Zoner' – All Rights Reserved

THE ZONE

Country / Honky-Tonk Guitar Backing Track in G provided by JamTracksChannel ===>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGoYRaHTwGM

DON’T ASK SOBER ME
It’s a brand new spankin’ day
Don’t come at me as if I’m drunk still
If drunk me said something stupid
It was against sober me’s will

CHORUS
Don’t ask sober me
Don’t ask sober me
What I did when I was drunk last night
‘Cuz sober me, she wasn’t there
If I fell off ‘a my chair
I must not’ve been holdin’ on tight

In whisky, the truth be told
Sorry, if the truth, you can’t take
Please don’t hold it against me
When I’m tanked, hon, I just can’t fake, oh but

Don’t ask sober me
Don’t ask sober me
What I did when I was drunk last night
‘Cuz sober me, she wasn’t there
If I table-danced in my underwear
I must’ve been higher than a kite

Don’t ask sober me
Don’t ask sober me
What I did when we were drinkin’ last night

Music

Don’t ask sober me
Don’t ask sober me
What I did when I was drunk last night
‘Cuz sober me, she wasn’t there
If I fell off ‘a my chair
I must not’ve been holdin’ on tight

It’s a brand new spankin’ day
Don’t come at me as if I’m drunk still
If drunk me did something stupid
It was against sober me’s will…

Don’t ask sober me
Don’t ask sober me
What I did when I was drunk last night
‘Cuz sober me, she wasn’t there
If I table-danced in my underwear
I must’ve been higher than a kite

TAG
Don’t ask sober me come the mornin’ light
What I did when I was drinkin’ last night, oh!

©️2026 Renee La Chapelle - All Rights Reserved


DON’T ASK SOBER ME

Hope this song helps someone like it helps me.  Thanks so much for staying tuned, Wren 💕🐦‍⬛🎶
Pop Rock BACKING TRACK G Major provided by T-Guitar ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwoHnmcCuH4

NOT EVERYBODY’S GONNA LIKE YOU
I’m not the spice in your tea, well, please pardon me
I don’t fit in your box, I’m not orthodox
I don’t make your sun rise, well, that’s no surprise
You are typically east, I am west of least, oh

REFRAIN
When you gonna learn not everybody’s gonna like you?
Girl, when you gonna learn not everybody’s gonna like you?

‘Cuz I saw you yesterday, you were on your way
You looked square at me, looked straight through me
I got the distinct impression; there was no question
You weren’t missin’ me, you were dissin’ me

When you gonna learn not everybody’s gonna like you?
When you gonna learn, girl, not everybody’s gonna like you?

BRIDGE
Oh, but it’s okay
Yeah, that’s okay
There are 8-billion souls on planet Earth to choose from!
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
8-billion souls to choose from

When you gonna learn?
When you gonna learn?
Not all heads you were meant to turn
When you gonna learn, girl
When you gonna learn
Some bridges were made to burn
– Let ‘em burn

Music

When you gonna learn not everybody’s gonna like you?
When you gonna learn not everybody’s gonna like you?

When you gonna learn?
When you gonna learn?
Not all heads you were meant to turn
When you gonna learn, oh girl
When you gonna learn
Some bridges were made to burn
– Let ‘em burn
– Let ‘em burn

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


NOT EVERYBODY’S GONNA LIKE YOU

Country Beat Guitar Backing Track Jam In C Major provided by the spectacular Erto Sound ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2iJ_VVG02k

THE TRENCHES
Feeling like that bug just making its way
Feeling I could be stepped on any day
I miss the starry eyes of yesteryear
Simple days living without a care

CHORUS
‘Cuz I’m still in the trenches after all these years
Still in the trenches, holding back the tears
The world is turning faster than ever before
Hold up in the middle of a worldwide war

Running out of money, out of time
Running out of reason, out of rhyme
There’s got to be a better way to live out my life
Perhaps some old gent out there make me his wife

CHORUS
‘Cuz I’m still in the trenches after all these years
Still in the trenches, holding back the tears
The world is turning faster than ever before
Hold up in the middle of a worldwide war

Music
Oooh-ooh-ooh, a-ha

And I’m tired, so freakin’ tired
Workdays I’m totally uninspired
At the end of the tunnel can’t see light
No wonder people die in the fight, ah but

It’s a beautiful sunny day mid-July
This day, I can’t find a reason to cry
Bills are caught up, company coming soon
Forget for a few days about the bad moon, yeh

Music
Oooh-ooh-ooh, a-ha

Oh, I’m still in the trenches after all these years
Still in the trenches, holding back the tears
The world is turning faster than ever before
Hold up in the middle of a worldwide war, a-ha

Oooh-ooh-ooh

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


IN THE TRENCHES

Emotional Rock Guitar Backing Track A Minor provided by Guitar Lab Tracks ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5MX8xzA-xM

MUSIC IS MY THERAPY
Should they come one night
To take me away
No straight-jacket will do
My heart won’t be at bay

Give me striking chords
A blank sheet of paper
Writing down the bones
My cares become vapor

CHORUS
Music is my therapy
No cunning shrink will do
Long as I have my music
My demons I can slew

I don’t need anyone
Telling me how to be
Probing my past
Please save your critique, ‘cuz

Should they come one night
To take me away
No straight-jacket will do
My heart won’t be at bay, oh

I can rant for hours
I will rant for days
Drinking down melody
The roof I will raise, yeh-yeah..

Music

Music is my therapy
No other drug will do
Long as I have my music
My demons I can slew..

Copyright 2026 Renee La Chapelle - All Rights Reserved

THERAPY

Rock Pop Backing Track A Major provided by T-Guitar ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-nA8U6Rj8

WHOLE HEART
You take me, babe
But you don’t take me there
You take me, babe
But you don’t take me there

CHORUS
Your whole heart
Baby, put your whole heart in it
Your whole heart
It ain’t love if your whole heart ain’t in it

Halfway is halfway
I need all the way, hon
Halfway is halfway
I need all the way, hon

Your whole heart
Baby, put your whole heart in it
Your whole heart
It ain’t love if your whole heart ain’t in it

You take me, babe
But you don’t take me there
You take me, babe
But you can’t make me fake

Your whole heart
Baby, put your whole heart in it
Your whole heart
It ain’t love if your whole heart ain’t in it

BRIDGE
If you’re not man enough to love a woman like me
Then please, baby, please set me, set me free

Oooh-oooh…Oooh-oooh

Your whole heart
Baby, put your whole heart in it
Your whole heart
It ain’t love if your whole heart ain’t in it

Your whole heart
Baby, put your whole heart in it
Your whole heart
It ain’t love if your whole heart ain’t in it, oooh
It ain’t love if your whole heart ain’t in it, oooh
No, it ain’t love if your whole heart, your whole heart ain’t in it.

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

WHOLE HEART

Guitar Backing Track Country Jam in E provided by JamTracksChannel 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGrR9XBG1zo

I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE
The future ain’t comin’, the future is here
And for humans the future ain’t looking bright
’Cuz all across the United States of America
Surveillance centers going up hon, buckle up tight!

Now, they’re rolling out the devil’s computer screen
Hookin’ it on the front of your shopping cart
Tallyin’ up everything you look at, ponder and buy
Reading your face, reading your heart

CHORUS
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
This ain’t the life I signed up for
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out

And they don’t want you repairing your own car
They don’t want you owning your own home
They don’t want you plantin’ a vegetable garden
Subscriptions, they wanna sell you and payday loans

I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
This ain’t the life I signed up for
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out

Music

And it seems to me, hon, you’re fallin’ hook, line and stinker
‘Cuz I don’t like the way with ChatGPT you fool around
What’s an old tinfoil hat gotta do to get through?
I suppose, I’ll be movin’ to sunnier side ‘a town, ‘cuz

I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
Hon, I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
This ain’t the life I signed up for
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out

Need to find another planet where I can thrive
Livin’ off the luscious land, breath in fresh air
Need to find another planet where I do more than survive
‘Cuz this Mother-Suckin’ planet wreaks of despair, cuz

In the new world there ain’t no gettin’ ahead
Turn off your tokens should you step out ‘a line
They want control over every aspect of your existence
And you’re expected to pretend everything is fine, whoa

I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
This ain’t the life I signed up for
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out

I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out
This ain’t a life worth workin’ for
I can’t do this anymore, I’m opting out!


Copyright 2026 Renee La Chapelle - All Rights Reserved


I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE

Acoustic Folk Guitar Backing Track C provided by Vito Astone Music ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pruQUXJN6IU

HOW FREE IS IT?
How free is it when they take one third of your pay?
How free is it when the rules stand in your way?
How free is it when you’re stuck in the same place?
Wake one day to find there’s no dream to chase

CHORUS
The biggest lie ever told
The biggest lie ever sold
Ain’t no place on earth where people are free
No place on earth in all of history

How free is it when the food bank’s out of bread?
How free is it when you’re always in the red?
How free is it when you’re payin’ tax on tax?
Wake to find you’ve fallen through the cracks

The biggest lie ever told
The biggest lie ever sold
Ain’t no place on earth where people are free
No place on earth in all of history

Music

The biggest lie ever told
The biggest lie ever sold
Ain’t no place on earth where people are free
No place on earth in all of history

How free is it when they watch your every move?
How free is it when you need to be approved?
How free is it when you’ve worked your life away?
Wake one day to find you’re old and gray

The biggest lie ever told
The biggest lie ever sold
Ain’t no place on earth where people are free
No place on earth in all of history

Music

The biggest lie ever told
The biggest lie ever sold
Ain’t no place on earth where people are free
No place on earth in all of history


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

HOW FREE IS IT?

TURN THAT TRASH OFF

You can push all the buttons in the world, but
Mister Ad Man you won’t be pushin’ mine
I ain’t bargaining for all the tea in China
So, stick your wares where the sun don’t shine

CHORUS
Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears
Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears
‘New and Improved’ is never as it appears
Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears

Now, I’m payin’ for ad-free ‘, what I thought
Ads on my screen, I ought ‘a not see ‘em
‘Check with your doctor’ if you don’t wanna die
No thank you, your kill-pills, I don’t need ‘em

Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears
Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears
‘New and Improved’ is never as it appears
Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears

Music

The way you twist and turn words like magic
Like you’re castin’ some wicked spell on me
I find it rather tragic how you make your fortune
By way of thievery and trickery

Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears
Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears
‘New and Improved’ is never as it appears
Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears

Oh, and Preacherman, I don’t care how many souls you can save
Miracles I’m usin’ is workin’ just fine
All the shekels you’re makin’ can’t take ‘em to the grave
And there ain’t no mercy in Babylon’s wine

Turn that trash off, turn that trash off
Turn that trash off, turn that trash off
Turn that trash off, you’re hurtin’, hurtin' my ears
‘Bigger and Better’ is never as it appears

Music

You can push all the buttons in the world, but
Mister Ad Man you won’t be pushin’ mine
I ain’t bargaining for all the tea in China
So, stick your wares where the sun don’t shine

Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears
Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears
‘New and Improved’ is never as it appears
Turn that trash off you’re hurtin’ my ears


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


TURN THAT TRASH OFF

Country Guitar Backing Track in G provided by JamTracksChannel ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsbsWREuba8

A BILLION BUCKS
I’d get some Lasik surgery
Have my teeth lookin’ shiny and new
Have some work done on my face
Buy a closet full ‘a shoes
I’d charter a private jet
To take me to greener lands
I’d have maids and chauffeurs
And all other hired hands

CHORUS
With a billion bucks the things we could do
With a billion bucks the sky would be blue
Used to be a million now it takes a billion to feel brand new

I’d have a built-in theater
A built-in swimming pool
I’d have stain-glass windows
Wood floors of bamboo
I’d give to good causes
Especially the poor
Only those who come from nothin’
Appreciate more

With a billion bucks the things we could do
With a billion bucks the sky would be blue
Used to be a million now it takes a billion to feel brand new

I’d buy the prettiest yacht
Name her ‘Rose’ after my mother
I’d go deep sea fishing
In memory of my father
I’d search for my brother
Buy him a house of his choice
Heck, I could buy the Senate and Congress
Might even have a voice	

With a billion bucks the things we could do
With a billion bucks the sky would be blue
Used to be a million now it takes a billion to feel brand new

And for Rose, my mother
I’d buy a bigger gravestone
I’d buy funeral arrangements ahead
Make sure she’s not alone
In love with me for my money
Well, honey that’s alright
Happy to share what I have with you
If you hold me tight

With a billion bucks the things we could do
With a billion bucks the sky would be blue
Used to be a million now it takes a billion to feel brand new

Music

With a billion bucks the things we could do
With a billion bucks the sky would be blue
Used to be a million now it takes a billion to feel brand new..


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


A BILLION BUCKS

Eric Clapton Style Guitar Backing Track provided by the outstanding JamTracksChannel ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3bk7pg1kU

DON’T TREAD
Cameras on your face every place you go
Rules and regulations you have to follow
Like Jesus knew the J*ws wanted Him dead
Everybody knows usury put us in the red

They got you workin’ two jobs for not enough pay
The dollar kickin’ the bucket more each day
And another President doesn’t care about the poor
This country but a poverty for profit whore

Don’t tread
Don’t tread
Don’t tread on me
Don’t tread
Don’t tread
Don’t tread on me

Rattlesnake’s been around since the American Revolution
A time for killin’ greed, corruption and convolution
‘Cuz good guys with guns, the only thing evil men understand
Hold onto your guns, Son anyway you can

‘Cuz we got an uncle goes by the name of Sam
Talks a big game, but his game is a sham
Get behind on your taxes, never leave you alone
You can still hear old Willie moan


Don’t tread
Don’t tread
Don’t tread on me
Don’t tread
Don’t tread
Don’t tread on me

Don’t tread
Don’t tread
Don’t tread on me
Don’t tread
Don’t tread
Don’t you go treadin’ on me

Cameras on your face every place you go
Rules and regulations you gotta follow
Like Jesus knew the J*ws wanted Him dead
Everybody knows usury put us in the red

Don’t tread
Don’t tread
Don’t tread on me
Don’t tread
Don’t tread
Don’t tread on me..


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

DON’T TREAD

D Dorian Acoustic Guitar Backing Track provided by Reedz Jam Tracks ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yLCqv4rtj4

TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK
A patriot behind every blade of grass
I don’t know if it’s true
All I know is billionaires are kickin’ a**
From here to Timbuktu

CHORUS
From the carpet baggers and the land barons
Take our country back
From the politicians and the snake oil salesmen 
Take our country back

Appears to be a worldwide affair
The tricky and thievery
In love and war, nothing’s fair
No show of mercy

Makes no difference, which side of the fence
Long as you’re on the right side
God as our witness; who can stand against?
Take back dignity and pride

From the carpet baggers and the land barons
Take our country back
From the politicians and the snake oil salesmen 
Take our country back

Oooh-ooh-ooh…Oooh-ooh-ooh

The dual-citizens, need to send ‘em packin’
To the sandbox they came from
The IRS and the Fed need sackin’
Justice the rule of thumb

From the carpet baggers and the land barons
We got to take our country back
From the politicians and the snake oil salesmen 
Take our country, take it back

A patriot behind every blade of grass
I don’t know if it’s true
All I know is billionaires are kickin’ a**
From here to Timbuktu

Oooh-ooh-ooh…Oooh-ooh-ooh

From the carpet baggers and the land barons
We got to take our country back
From the politicians and the snake oil salesmen 
Take our country, take it back..


©️ 2026 Renee La Chapelle - All Rights Reserved



TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK

Tulsa Groove in G provided by JamTracksChannel ===>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3bk7pg1kU

CHASIN’ YOU
Been down this road too many times
Ain’t goin’ down that rocky road no more
Ain’t a woman’s place chasin’ a man
Men outghta be breakin’ down my door

CHORUS
I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Ain’t wastin’ one more minute breathin’ down your door
I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Tired of pickin’ my shattered 

First, there was Duncan from Upstate New York
Chased him on a Greyhound to San Diego
Then, I danced with Bob at the shop Christmas party
He had a girlfriend; he couldn’t let go

Then, there was Charlie, ten years older than me
He was a player, pretty soon I'd find out
And the one that stayed I left for a pipe-dream
Til I met Brian and chased him about

I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Ain’t wastin’ one more minute breathin’ down your door
I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Tired of pickin’ my shattered heart up from the floor

Music

When a woman hits that certain age
Slim picking’s all that’s left to choose from
That’s what I get for wastin’ my good years
Now, music is my lover when the day is done, ‘cuz

I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Ain’t wastin’ one more minute breathin’ down your door
I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Tired of pickin’ my shattered heart up from the floor

I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Ain’t wastin’ one more minute breathin’ down your door
I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Tired of pickin’ my shattered heart up from the floor

Music

What do you say we go one more time!

I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Ain’t wastin’ one more minute breathin’ down your door
I ain’t chasin’ you all over town no more
Tired of pickin’ my shattered heart up from the floor

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


CHASIN’ YOU

Acoustic Folk Guitar Backing Track C provided by Vito Astone Music ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pruQUXJN6IU

CALL ON ME
When it all gets too much
And you could use a crutch
Call on me
Call on me

Tell me about your day
I’ll make it go away
Call on me
Call on me

Call on me
Call on me
All we have is each other
Each other’s all we need

We don’t need much money
To make the sky sunny
Call on me 
Call on me

We can go for a drive
Happy to be alive
Call on me
Fall on me

Call on me
Call on me
All we have is each other
Each other’s all we need

When it all gets too much
And you could use a crutch
Call on me
Call on me

Music

Call on me
Call on me
All we have is each other
Each other’s all we need.


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


CALL ON ME 2

Epic Night Drive Rock JOE SATRIANI Style Jam Track provided by the remarkable Vito Astone Music ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eimuy5-bfo8

NO MADDER PLACE
Living in the insane asylum
This place they call Earth
Vaccinated to death
From your peasant birth
And if the vaxxes don’t dumb you down
The toxic food will
And if the toxic food don’t kill you
They give you a pill

It’s a sad world
And it’s a bad world
And there’s no madder place than the third rock from the sun

Yeh, it’s a sad world
And it’s a bad world
And there’s no madder place than the third rock from the sun

Ooooh-ooooh-ooooh-ooooh

Living in the insane asylum
This place they call Earth
Working yourself to oblivion
For what living ain’t worth
And if drudgery don’t make you moan
The politics will
And if the politics don’t kill you
Religion fits the bill

BRIDGE
I’d like to believe there’s a better place
On a planet far away from here
Because the insanity is quite contagious
The days of Hitler can’t compare

It’s a sad world
And it’s a bad world
And there’s no madder place than the third rock from the sun

Yeh, it’s a sad world
And it’s a bad world
And there’s no madder place than the third rock from the sun

Ooooh-ooooh-ooooh-ooooh


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


NO MADDER PLACE

Punchy Country Rock Steve Earle Style Backing Track provided by ===>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdeWOejotVk

ROME MUST GO
They say ‘All Roads Lead to Rome’
In a sense, that may be true
But Cain never stopped killing Abel
They’ve stolen Jerusalem, too
They ordered Jesus be crucified 
Their Prophets, they killed them all
Seeking a world all their own
They make nations rise and fall

CHORUS
Rome must go
Rome must die
So, say the imposters
Rome must go
Rome must die
So, say the imposters

By way of lethal usury
And the twisting of God’s word
The sheep, they take to slaughter
The truth, they’ve never heard
Borders open, all but their own
They let the strange gods in
They flip God-fearing countries
Into dens of snakes and sin

Rome must go
Rome must die
So, say the imposters
Rome must go
Rome must die
So, say the imposters

Music 2 Bars

BRIDGE
The Mother of Harlots rides the beast
Rides the Beast suspected the least

The Mother of Harlots rides the beast
Rides the Beast suspected the least

Rome must go
The Dome must die
So, say the imposters
Rome must go
Rome must die
So, say the imposters

Music 2 Bars

…….the Imposter of all Imposters
The Imposter of all Imposters……. 


© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

ROME MUST GO

THE DREAM THAT WAS ROME
There was a dream that was Rome
There was a dream that was Rome
Nothin’ but a dream
Nothin’ but a dream

Before the giant coliseum
Before Julius Caesar
Before the bread and circuses
Before the gladiators
She would have a Senate
Who acted on behalf of the people
She would be the light on the hill
Amid church steeples

There was a dream that was Rome
There was a dream that was Rome
Nothin’ but a dream
Nothin’ but a dream

Music

On the other side of the pond
She would make a new home
A new place of refuge
A place built upon freedom
She would have a Senate
Who acted on behalf of the people
She would be the light on the hill
Amid church steeples

There was a dream that was Rome
There was a dream that was home
Nothin’ but a dream
Nothin’ but a dream

Music

There was a dream that was Rome
There was a dream that was Rome
Nothin’ but a dream
A forgotten dream..

© 2026 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

THE DREAM THAT WAS ROME

A Minor Guitar Backing Track  provided by Reedz Jam Tracks ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnz4zWY9K4w

STILL LOOKING
I grew up in a house where the thunder never ceased
Dad’s drinkin’ and Mom’s nagging there was no peace
I swore to never marry no matter how high the cost
Now, Mom and Dad are dead and buried, feeling lost

My only brother took it hard when mother died
Six years now, we haven’t spoken, been a rough ride
I wonder how he’s doing; I hope he’s faring well
If he thinks of me at all, it’s too hard to tell

CHORUS
And I’m looking, still looking for a boulder I can lean on
I’m looking, still looking for a shoulder I can cry on

And it’s a colder world than it was a few years ago
These days it’s hard to find a smile and hello
Yet, somehow I manage to plug along every day
Searchin’ for an angel to help me on my way

And I’m looking, still looking for a boulder I can lean on
I’m looking, still looking for a shoulder I can cry on

If not for my dog, Lucy there’d be no reason to go on
She’s the light of my life, never finds me wrong
When I first laid eyes on her at the shelter that day
She looked up at me; I swear heard her say:

I’m looking, still looking for a boulder I can lean on
I’m looking, still looking for a shoulder I can cry on

Music 

I’m looking, still looking for a boulder I can lean on
I’m looking, still looking for a shoulder I can cry on

I’m looking, still looking for a boulder I can lean on
I’m looking, still looking for a shoulder I can cry on

©️ 2026 Renee La Chapelle - All Rights Reserved

STILL LOOKING

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