I’M GONE
Ron Brunk & Jennifer Nelson Copyright 2017

You and me got a history
We know how complicated love can be
It’s such a long and winding road
I get light-headed with the heavy load

You make me laugh and you make me cry
I’m miserably happy and I don’t know why
Sometimes love is a lonely trip
Like setting sail on a sinking ship

And just when I think this mess is gonna end
Oh no here we go again……

Tell me, who’s right, who’s wrong?
I’m weak, you’re strong
Just go, please stay
Gotta have it my way
We talk, we fight
All day, all night
Let go, hold on
That’s it…..I’m gone

How much of this can I take?
Loving you seems like a big mistake
Feels so good and it feels so bad
It’s like I’m only happy when I’m feeling sad

I’m in, I’m out…I’m up, I’m down
I start to leave…and then I turn around
You promise this and you promise me that
Half the time I don’t know where I’m at

And just when I think this mess is gonna end
Oh no, here we go again……

	CHORUS

Baby, I know you think that it’s right
But it’s wrong, and we can’t go on
Let’s not drag this out too long…….

	CHORUS

Ron Brunk      615-584-4960     ronbrunk@comcast.net

Country Demos

I'M GONE

CARTER STREET
Ron Brunk & Kim Mclean  Copyright 2016

I’m a long way from Carter Street
A long way from where I was before
It’s a dusty road lined with memories
And I’m never going back there anymore

There was a house with broken window panes
The foundation just wasn’t strong enough
With no way to shield against the wind and rain
It became a house of tears instead of love

I have made mistakes but I can’t undo ‘em now
I would change ‘em all if I only knew how
But I know looking back won’t heal a single scar
So I just keep on walking till I get so far

That the pain I left behind on Carter Street
Is so distant I can’t see it from this place
Cause I have found forgiveness where the pavement ends
And a sign or two to help me find my way

I have made mistakes but I can’t undo ‘em now
I would change ‘em all if I only knew how
But I know looking back won’t heal a single scar
So I just keep on walking till I get so far

That I’m a long way from Carter Street
A long way from where I was before
It’s a dusty road lined with memories
And I’m never going back there anymore
No, I’m never going back there anymore 
Never going back there anymore


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CARTER STREET

ROCKET SCIENCE w/Rodney Crowell & Emily West
Copyright 2019 by Ron Brunk

Look for me….. in Tennesse
Or maybe I’ll go…..to Idaho
Call my name in the pouring rain
That’s where I’ll be

Or come and git me…..in Mississippi
If by chance someday you miss me
A rolling stone soaked to the bone
That’s what I’ll be

	It don’t take no genius to read between the lines
	You calculate and complicate the feeling every time
	Honey, this ain’t rocket science…..this is love

This town ain’t big enough for your attitude
And my broken heart comin’ unglued
I can’t wait around for you to come back to the ground
I gotta go

If you really think that what we lost
Was nothing special…..then your wires are crossed
And I’ve got some swampland and a great big bridge
Way out in the desert on the top of a ridge
You can buy

	[Repeat Chorus]

	(INSTRUMENTAL)

	(Breakdown Chorus)

TAG:	Don’t need no PhD…
	Don’t need no guarantee…
	Don’t need no big degree…
	Don’t mean that much to me…
	This is love………….


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ROCKET SCIENCE

LOVING YOU
Copyright 2019  Ron Brunk

They say the good old days are gone
But I believe they’re wrong
‘Cause you and me still got a lot of things to do

Let it rain or let it shine
Either way I don’t mind
I’m gonna live my life loving you

	There’s an open road stretching out ahead
	And I’m not gonna have one single regret
	I’m gonna live my life loving you
	I’m gonna live my life loving you

Throw your cares to the wind
Don’t ever look back again
It’s time to make our dreams come true

Breathe it in, breathe it out
That’s what it’s all about
And I’m gonna live my life loving you

	CHORUS

	SOLO BREAK

And when we come to the end of the day
I just want to be able to say
That I lived every moment loving you

	CHORUS with TAG
I’m gonna live my life, live my life loving you
I’m gonna live my life, live my life loving you


 ronbrunk@comcast.net     615-584-4960

LOVING YOU

40 Days & 40 Nights
Ron Brunk Copyright 2013

I’m not a Buddhist but I’d like to meditate on you
I’m not Islamic but I’d wear a veil if you asked me to
I’m really not all that religious but I think that you will find
That I’ve got the faith and I believe that I can make you mine

I’m not a Hindu but baby you can be my sacred cow
I’m not a holy roller but baby you know how to make me shout
I can’t quote the 10 Commandments and you probably think that I’m a little odd
But every time I look at you I believe there’s got to be a God

I would worship in your temple
I would love and treat you right
I would wander in your desert forty days and forty nights

I’m not a catholic but I’d like to ride in the popemobile
Just you and me could hit the road snuggled up behind the wheel
I don’t do exorcisms and I don’t handle snakes that’s for sure
And I’m not Jehovah’s Witness but baby imma knockin on your door

I would worship in your temple
I would love and treat you right
I would wander in your desert forty days and forty nights
Forty days and forty nights
Forty days and forty nights

I’m not a scientologist but I’ve got nothing against Tom Cruise
And I’m not Hare Krishna and I really don’t know how to pack the pews
Maybe I don’t pray and read the bible quite as much as I should
But meet me at the altar and I promise that I’ll really love ya really good

I would worship in your temple
I would love and treat you right
I would wander in your desert forty days and forty nights
Forty days and forty nights
Forty days and forty nights……….


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40 DAYS & 40 NIGHTS

YOU AND ME AND HOOCH
Copyright 2016 Ron Brunk

I grab her by the neck
While I nibble on your ear
Maybe I'm a wreck
But one thing sure is clear
I can talk to her
While I’m making love with you
It’s a vicious circle
No matter what we do

You and me and hooch
Got a three-way going on
Some say three's a crowd
But I believe they're wrong
The more I drink
The more I think
I want to be with you
And the more that I'm with you
The more I drink and drink
It's a mystery
You and me and hooch

It's so hard to quit
When something tastes so good
I should stop at a little bit
But you know I never could
All that water under our bridge 
But we just keep diving in
Drowning's not so hard
When you do it with a friend

	[CHORUS]

	[MUSIC]

	[CHORUS w/ Tag Last Line x 3]
	It’s a mystery….you and me and hooch
	That’s our history…you and me and hooch
	It’s a mystery….you and me and hooch

You and me and hooch
(talkin’ about) You and me and hooch
You and me and you and me
And you and me and hooch


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YOU & ME & HOOCH

LOVE IS A POWERFUL THING
Copyright 2017  Written by Brunk & Ramirez

She sits on the couch alone in the dark
His pointed goodbye went straight through her heart
Now she doesn’t feel like she has got anything left to give
Then she hears a voice saying Mom, don’t you cry
I’m here with you, I’ll help you tonight
And suddenly she is reminded that she’s got a reason to live

Angels will tremble and spread forth their wings
All of God’s children will rise up and sing
Because love is a powerful thing
Love is a powerful thing

He didn’t see the light turning red
Now he doesn’t remember from his hospital bed
How he got here or what happened to put him in all this pain
He wants to let go, give up the fight
But he hears the cries of his heart-broken wife
Saying honey, I love you, I need you…and he knows he can’t leave her this way

Angels will tremble and spread forth their wings
And all of God’s children will rise up and sing
Because love is a powerful thing
Love is a powerful thing

BRIDGE:		The words of a child  (I’m here with you)
The cries of the meek  (Don’t leave me this way)
True courage is found in the hearts of the weak…….

We all have been hurt by the cruel hand of fate
But sorrow is no match for glory and grace
A man has no limits, the heart knows no fear
When the darkness is scattered, the night is made clear

Love is a powerful thing
Love is a powerful thing
Love is a powerful beautiful glorious thing
	Love is a powerful thing


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LOVE IS A POWERFUL THING

THE BIG GOODBYE
Copyright 2018 Ron Brunk

You may think I’m falling
That I’m gonna crash and burn
But you’ve been wrong before
And maybe this time you’ll learn
Say hello to the big goodbye

I’m not the kid you used to know
I’ve learned a thing or three
And this thing that you call falling
Well, it feels like flying to me
Say hello to the big goodbye

Say hello, say hello
I think it’s time to go
Say hello to the big goodbye

Time has a way of taking
All the plans that we’ve been making
Throwing them out across the sky
Without a reason why
Say hello to the big goodbye

If you’ve got your conscience clear
You don’t have to hang around here
Don’t need an alibi
They can’t say we didn’t try
Say hello…to the big goodbye

Say hello, say hello
I think it’s time to go
Say hello to the big goodbye
Say hello, say hello
I think it’s time to go
Say hello to the big goodbye
Say hello to the big goodbye


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BIG GOODBYE

DON’T TELL ME DON’T
Copyright 2017 Ron Brunk

Don’t try to put me in a box
Until I’m dead
Don’t paint me in a corner
Cuz I might come out fightin’ mad
And a little bit red
And don’t try to hold me back
Don’t try to keep me down
And whatever you do
Don’t tell me don’t

	Don’t tell me don’t
	I gotta get my thrills
	I’m gonna get my fill
	Before I’m over the hill
	You can be sure that I will
	Don’t tell me don’t

Baby you can tie me up very once in a while
If you know what I mean (wink)
But don’t ever try to tie me down
I’m just the kind of a guy
Who keeps his eye on the sky
And I like to fly when I can
I gotta be exactly who I am
So whatever you do
Don’t tell me don’t

	CHORUS

I don’t see the glass half full
Mine’s filled to the brim
I got some places to see
And baby you’re welcome
To ride right along with me 
But I’m a little bit devil-may-care
And a sucker for a double dog dare
So if you think that I won’t
Don’t tell me don’t

RON BRUNK	      615-584-4960	ronbrunk@comcast.net

DON'T TELL ME DON'T

I SAID I MIGHT
Copyright 2018  Ron Brunk

Met her in the valley when she asked me down
The mountain shook but I stood my ground
Truth be told I was high as a kite
She said love me and I said I might
She said love me and I said I might

Felt like spring when I took the fall
She was Ivy League with a southern drawl
Down in Oxford town on a Friday night
She said love me and I said I might
She said love me and I said I might

	Lift me up….I want to see you
	Lift me up….I want to be with you
	Close your eyes and hold on tight
	She said love me and I said I might
She said love me and I said I might
She said love me and I said I might

The rockets wore the red glare blues
Like a rick man walking in a beggar’s shoes
World is ending but the future’s bright
She said love me and I said I might
She said love me and I said I might
She said love me and I said…..alright…

	CHORUS
	INSTRUMENTAL
	CHORUS

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I SAID I MIGHT

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