Lonely Night is a song I wrote several years ago while in Canada's Arctic north. It carries layers of meaning for me and I hope it can for you as well.

Producer: Rick Salt

Lyrics are as follows:

Had me runnin like a fool
Runnin Scared 
Scared of phantoms
You played it easy with the truth
Oh but Look 
Look what happens 
P/C
All I needed was direction
The road to hell had good intentions 
CHORUS
So let the winds blow hard in your window pane tonight 
Let em rattle and shake 
And you'll know that I’m doing fine
Out here in the hazy im so far but maybe
Im better off away from you
Out here In the lonely night
here in the lonely night 
2
Take for granted yes I do
The better life that I’m living
I dared to be
One of the few
If seas the don’t part for me I’m swimming

I won't never turn around now
better days are just ahead now

CHORUS
Let the winds blow hard in your window pane tonight 
Let em rattle and shake 
Let you know that I’m doing fine
Out here in the hazy im so far but maybe
Im better off away from you
Out here In the lonely night
here in the lonely night 

Bridge
It’s just a place in between 
A step to better times
And it can’t be long 
Till I leave this night x2

CHORUS
Let the winds blow hard in your window pane tonight 
Let em rattle and shake 
Let you know that I’m doing fine
Out here in the hazy im so far but maybe
Im better off away from you
Out here In the lonely night
here in the lonely night

Lonely Night

Spent a few days in the sunny south and I think that may have had something to do with the inspiration behind this song.

Waiting On Summer

Lyrics:

Another Song
By Benjamin David



I won’t ask much from this 

A hug maybe or a kiss

Someone to hang out with

In my Everyday life 

Someone to dance along

When My favourite song is on

And i don’t suppose it could hurt if you wanna spend the night  



I just need another song to write

About a loving heart tonight

Waiting for that pick-up line

I just need another song to write 

yeah I’ll know it when it feels just right 

Get ready to sing along

I need another song

Tonight



I used to write em all about her

Every line and every verse 

Told a story of our love

Those were the days

And even in that breakup line 

I still managed to find

Another song or two to make it seem ok but I’m not ok



I just need another song to write

About a loving heart tonight

Waiting for the perfect line

I just need another song to write 

yeah I’ll know when it feels just right 

Get ready to sing along

I need another song

To write. 



You know everything Id ever do

Was all for me and all for you

But if that’s all done and that’s all thru

I least I got this tune...x2



you gave me another song tonight

About a loving heart tonight

Rhyming with your break-up line

You gave me a song to write 

Yeah I know cause it feels just right

Get ready to sing along

You gave me another song to write

Get ready to sing along
I just need another song to write.

Benjamin David’s Album

Another Song

The moment I heard this track I knew it would be a slower more melancholy tune. I grew up in a strict religious culture and while I have moved on in life and am VERY happy that I did, sometimes I still miss "Those Days". 



THOSE DAYS 

Oh it’s faded and cracked
This old photograph
 a memory of a time
In an old plastic sleeve 
Looks a whole lot like me 
a little white haired  boy of 9
In a dirty shirt and overalls 
Whistling some kind of tune
Yeah the Future is bright 
Not a worry in sight
In those eyes of brightest blue 

And a smile comes over my face
I miss that kid in a way

Chorus:

And I miss those days
Life was just a game
Long before I ever fell down on my face 
I miss those days 
Oh a lot has changed
There’s a lot of water under that bridge anyway 
But I miss those days 

Never white only black 
Never jeans only slacks
No the radio can’t play
Toe the line 
You’ll be fine 
Read the word
All the time 
And trust and obey 

When that’s all you know
You still enjoy the show 
And never really worry
What’s coming down the road 

I miss those days
It was all so plain
Everything was black and white no grey between 
I miss those days 
Oh a lot has changed
And I know I can never go back anyway 
But I miss those days 

Oh a thousand other lives 
Could have been mine
But I never would have come
So far would I

I miss those days
But I’m not the same 
Yeah I’ve come a long long way from where I came 
I miss those days
Everything has changed 
And those days they made me who I am today
Hell yeah im proud of who I am today 
But I miss those days. 
I miss those days.

Those Days

My friend Deiter Wiese (click on his link here to hear more of his music) and I co-wrote this song. We happened to be staying at the same place in Inuvik on night and were discussing songs to cover for an upcoming gig. We commented on how many "Hank" country singers there used to be and suddenly the idea of "Guys Named Hank" was born. 

SO while dinner cooked we created and came up with this tune. Deiter has a recording of it as well more in a bluesy style which I love. My style tends more toward dirty alt country and so here is my version.

ENJOY!!

Here is Deiter's link:

https://soundcloud.com/user-4129578-324336225







Guys named hank

Never did no wrong 

They kept their notes and tears

Right where they belonged

Three chords and a heartache

In every song 

With a name like hank

You can’t go wrong 



She thought my cheatin heart 

Was pure as snow

Down a long lost highway 

I saw the lights of home 

And like a rambling man

I Been gone I know

She thought my cheating heart

Was pure as snow*



Guys named hank

Never did no wrong 

They kept their notes and tears

Right where they belonged

Three chords and a heartache

In every song 

With a name like hank

You can’t go wrong 



A real good gal

Is hard to find

Can’t have the blues

All the time

I was born to lose

But she changed my mind

A real good gal 

Is hard to find 



Chorus



Instrumental



Bridge:

We ain’t dissing on cash

We ain’t hating on Lyle

We ain’t smashin Nelson

We love Waylon’s style

We can to rock to Presley 

Conway Twitty and Cline *

But it’s the guys named hank

Won’t never leave our minds





3.

Guys named hank

We love em so

Locklin to Garland

Cochran to snow

Thompson to Williams

All three in a row

Guys named hank

We love em so



Chorus



If my name was hank 

I could maybe write a country song

Guys Named Hank

I've been taking a course from a wonderful website called songtown.com. This course provides the student with a track and its a wide open world to topline over. 

This is I Fall. 

I came up with this today while listening to this track. 
I just record my lyrics on garageband on my ipad with earbuds lol. I do my best with volume levels etc but its a bit rough.

Also this is my first ever attempt at laying in a bit of rap! I've always wanted to.

Lyrics:

I Fall
by Benjamin David 

Walk with a limp inside my brain

I’m prone to trip and fall away

When I hear that sound 

It’s been so many years I know

Since I let you see inside My soul

Don’t wanna let you down 



Cause I fall

Every time I hear your name

Yeah I fall 

Like a moth into your flame

Let the hours 

let the days 

And the years 

slip away

I can never forget your face

And I fall 

every time I hear your name 

Oh I fall 



This half a life is only that 

An empty shell under a hat

Like a zombie crown

Too many by gone yesterday’s 

Too many tears too many prays

All fallin down  

This can’t be the end 

We just keep coming back around 



Cause I fall

Every time I hear your name

Yeah I fall 

Like a moth into your flame

Let the hours 

let the days 

And the years 

slip away

I can never forget your face

And I fall 

every time I hear your name 

Oh I fall 





I tried but I can’t stand tall

Without you

(Rap)

I tried but I can’t stand tall without you 

Never thought I could 

Never thought I would 

Call you up on phone 

baby don’t let go 

I’m taking it off  I bare my soul



I’m gonna bare my soul won’t hide it from you 



I’m gonna bare my soul can’t hide no more no

It’s everything I got

My one last shot

It’s a twisted plot 

But over it’s not 

Hold on to the end I won’t let go 



Everybody’s sayin I’m already good

Just a little misunderstood 



Everybody sayin I’m already good

Think a little too much 

Misunderstood

All that I know is 

When I saw your face

You were a little bit of heaven

In a cold dark place 



I tried but I can’t stand tall 



I tried but I can’t stand tall without you

 flat on my face 

When I think about you

Call you on the phone

Baby don’t let go 

I’m taking it off yeah I’ll bare my soul 



Cause I fall

Yeah I fall



Cause I fall

Every time I hear your name

Yeah I fall 

Like a moth into your flame

Let the hours 

let the days 

And the years 

slip away

I can never forget your face

And I fall 

every time I hear your name 

Oh I fall 



Oh I fall

Yeah I fall

I Fall

I took the rap out of this one for a different feel. I Love those bgvs!

Hallelujah

This is a song I wrote for a dear friend of mine as part of our journey through Canada's Arctic North. It was the result of a 'homemade christmas' we had one year.

I met you in the summer
Under the midnight sun
Your were just another pair of eyes
Buried under all the lies
I was hiding from 


From  Lonely Night
To Hearts a Stone
It was you that kept me writing on
Giving it all every chance I had
Making memories and Christmas trees
We laughed and talked and cried with ease
Reminding us that life ain’t so bad
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Can’t find the words to thank you 
My dear and giving friend
On those days when I was at the end
When my smile was gone but then
You brought it back again

In those lonely nights
With a heart of stone
It was you that kept me going on
Giving it all every chance I had 
We’d stoke the fire and shoot the breeze
We laugh and talk and cry with ease
Reminding us that life ain’t so bad
And just like that you became
My best friend

Oooohhh
Ooohhhh

Bridge
So maybe tonight
If it’s alright
Let’s sit back and hit rewind
Live those northern days again

Now in these lonely nights
When my hearts a stone
It’s you that keeps me holdin on
I’m giving everything i got every chance I have
We’ll talk awhile 
share our dreams
Well Laugh and smoke and cry with ease
Reminding us this life is all we have 
Hey I’m glad you became 
My best friend.

Under A Midnight Sun (Terri-Lynn's Song)

This song was written as a response to the idea that with the rise of automated, self-driving vehicles one day cowboys would be crying as they lost not only the predictable wives, dogs, friends etc...but now even Chevy drives away. A sad future indeed. Or maybe cowboys could consider not being such a**hats and they wouldn't be left alone...food for thought.


Like it’s not bad enough
This house once filled with love
Stands empty
Any other day I go for a drive
Watch the sun and clear my mind
In my brand new self-driving 
Chevy 

But last night when she pulled up
I could tell she’s feeling rough 
And lonely
She's lonely
So I sat and I talked as long as I dared
Til the neighbours all came home and stared 
And today this big old yard
Is empty


You were the only thing 
Left standing keepin me
From crazy
You up and drove away today
Without a single word to say
My brand new automatic 
Chevy

And the wheels
Keep on turnin
But not turning back to me
I never thought 
I’d see the day
You’d learn 
to turn your only key
First it’s the wife
Then the dog
Some things never change 
But i never thought I’d see 
My Chevy drive away 

Oh Chevy Don’t drive away
Oh Chevy thought we had a thing
Oh Chevy can’t you feel my pain
Oh Chevy oh Chevy don’t drive away

I Never thought I’d ride 
In the back seat style
I was always one to drive
Till you drove me wild

Oh I know you’ll be fine
You can toe the line
couldn’t mess it up
Even if you tried

Never did I ever think
We’d come this far 
Technology has got to have 
A stone cold heart 

But cmon back now Chevy 
Gimme another try
I keep you gassed up
Oiled up
Just the way you like 

And the wheels
Keep on turnin
But not turning back to me
I never thought 
I’d see the day
You’d learn 
to turn your only key
First it’s the wife
Then the dog
Some things never change 
But i never thought I’d see 
My Chevy drive away 

Oh Chevy Don’t drive away
Oh Chevy thought we had a thing
Oh Chevy can’t you feel my pain
Oh Chevy oh Chevy don’t drive away

Chevy (Don't Drive Away)

Lyrics: Esther Gerbrandt
Melody/vocals:  Benjamin David

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