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

Words written by Susie Zacharias. Jan 2020.
Music and vocals by Benjamin David

This track comes about with my experimentation on garageband. I'm new to this whole 'music creation' thing but I'm loving messing around with it.

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Girl From Yuma

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

I Fall

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
2
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)

Lyrics: Esther Gerbrandt
Melody/vocals:  Benjamin David

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