Name: This is Now and That was Then by Stan Countz in Soft Rock
Duration: 3 min 55 s
Description: Retrospective Country song by Stan Countz

Great tune and message - it's what we do now, not what we did then. Every sacred cow will break and bend, so I make a vow as I did back then, cuz this is now and that was then...

Soft Rock

We Are Tonight

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His Last Days Warriors

If God Be For Us, Who Cares Who's Against Us?, Inspirational songs written by Stan Countz

Who Cares Who's Against Us

The song explores the theme of struggling with mental or emotional distress, exacerbated by medication, and the yearning for connection with someone who doesn't understand the experience. In one word: Isolation.

Lyrics by Brendan Bostock. Copyright 2025.

[verse]
in the early hours
i had a strange strange thought
it stuck with me for so long
i could not shake it off

[pre chorus]
maybe i was just too medicated
maybe i was just too medicated
I don't wanna be alone
I don't want to be alone

[chorus]
I try to feel you with me
I don't feel right
The feeling is a nightmare
Playing in my mind

I want to be around you
But you don't understand
Medicated nightmare
Take me back again

[verse]
In the scary hours
I'm talking to ghosts
The only comfort I have
When I need it most

[pre chorus]
maybe i was just too medicated
maybe i was just too medicated
I don't wanna be alone
I don't want to be alone

[chorus]
i try to feel you with me
I don't feel right
The feeling is a nightmare
Playing in my mind

I want to be around you
But you don't understand
Medicated nightmare
Take me back again

Medicated Nightmare

Song about Denison, Texas, birthplace of "Ike" (Dwight Eisenhower) and one of the North Texas hangouts for Doc Holliday in the late 1800's. 

Ike and Doc's Hometown (Soft Rock cut)

It takes more faith than I possess to place my faith in randomness, or an educated guess or well-meant hypothesis, Contemporary Christian songs by Stan C Countz

More Faith Than I Possess

The Most Important Thing written by Stan C Countz

The Most Important Thing

Retrospective Country song by Stan Countz

This is Now and That was Then

Last Sip of Summer

Shotgun Rider

This is a song about letting the pure and living water from the Father up above cleanse you, through and through from the dirt and from the mud that clings to us from the world and our sinful nature.

Pure and Living Water

Don't Know What I'd Do (Without You) can be sung to a significant other or to God...

Don't Know What I'd Do

Original contemporary Christian pop song written and arranged by songwriter Stan Countz.

All of My Days

Triphop song juxtaposing societal norms of today with those of the 50's and 60's.

Happy Days Gone w/ the Wind

Life with no map can chap your hide
Leave you tapped and sapped inside
But if we’ll take the Savior’s hand
He’ll hear our prayers and save our land
He’ll come inside, abide and guide us
He’ll love, forgive, and live inside us
If we’ll turn our back on wrath and sin
We’ll have that map, that map within 

That Map Within

Song about a man who once was a popular popstar, but now is a forgotten ikon.

The Invisible Man

About love found, lost then found again thirty years later...

Mr Big

Songwriter. Storyteller. Sound pioneer, Stan Countz is a genre-bending songwriter with over 300 original songs under his belt — a true craftsman of lyric and melody. From his debut track “Those Hap Happy Days” in 2005, a nostalgic tribute to the golden era of the ’50s and ’60s, Stan has built a musical legacy rooted in meaning, melody, and message.

Writing under the moniker Stan and Be Counted, he stands tall in the world of music as both a creator and a voice of purpose. His catalog spans a kaleidoscope of genres — from contemporary Christian rock and gospel to EDM, country pop, blues, R&B, hip hop, folk, and beyond. Each song is a reflection of his passion for storytelling and his desire to uplift, challenge, and connect.

Whether crafting soul-stirring love ballads, foot-tapping jingles, or heart-pounding hard rock anthems, Stan brings a rare blend of versatility, depth, and soul to every track. He doesn't just write songs — he writes moments you can feel.

Stan Countz is more than an artist — he’s a movement. A call to stand... and be counted. He is a prolific lyricist and lives in Denison, Texas with his artist/photographer wife. 

If you're an Artist looking for a song for the next hit, send me a message. Who knows, I may have a gem and a #1 hit for us both!

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