Walt Cronin - California I Gotta Run

California I Gotta Run

I lived most half my life from everything I knew

Left to find my sanity maybe make a dream come true

And much to my surprise cuz I never would believe

California I’m gonna leave


All these palm trees same weather every day

They say what’s not to like but I just disagree

I guess the sameness of livin here’s the norm

I miss Midwest thunderstorms


California dreamin was the motto in the day

Found lots of answers and I’m glad I came to stay

Ain’t no regrets of why I had to come

California I gotta run


Green grassy meadows with a barn and a pond

Sittin on the front porch with friends and play some songs

This is what I’m dreamin of L.A. had my fill

Leavin California can’t wait until


All these palm trees same weather every day

They say what’s not to like but I just disagree

I guess the sameness of livin here’s the norm

I miss Midwest thunderstorms



California dreamin was the motto in the day

Found lots of answers and I’m glad I came to stay

Ain’t no regrets of why I had to come

California I gotta run


California dreamin was the motto in the day

Found lots of answers and I’m glad I came to stay

Ain’t no regrets of why I had to come

California I gotta run

( instrumental break)

California I gotta run

California I gotta run

California I gotta run

Angel Wings

I once heard what my grandpa said: “We’re on this earth to learn.”

He said it was some kind of test, of what I wasn’t sure

I thought some more bout what he said

What made most sense to me

That if we try and do our best

Might pass this test you see

So the world keeps on turnin

And I suppose we’re learnin

Important things like earnin angel wings

So the world keeps on turnin

And I suppose we’re learnin

Important things like earnin angel wings

Instrumental break

And all the preachin in the world

Won’t change a speck of me

I think of what my Grandpa said

And hoped that I could be

Always keep on learnin

As the world keeps turnin

Important things like earnin angel wings

And when I feel like I don’t matter

And don’t know why I’m here

I think about my Grandpa’s answer

And things begin to clear


So the world keeps on turnin

And I hope I’m learnin

Important things like earnin angel wings

I once heard what my grandpa said: “We’re on this earth to learn.”

He said it was some kind of test, of what I wasn’t sure

I thought some more bout what he said

What made most sense to me

That if we try and do our best

Might pass this test you see

So the world keeps on turnin

And I suppose we’re learnin

Important things like earnin angel wings

So the world keeps on turnin

And I hope I’m learnin

Important things like earnin angel wings

Awake In A Dream

When you’re awake in a dream and you look all around you

Look at the scenes of the stories that surround you

Awake in a dream Awake in a dream

Sometimes you feel that the world that you see can confound you

Sometimes what’s real is all that you need to be bound to

Floating above as you soar through the air and I whisper

Love is the only thing real that I need and I kiss her

Awake in a dream Awake in a dream

Taken above on the wings of a dove

And I whisper, love is the only thing real that I need

And I kiss her

Up in thin air where the earth looks so blue and I shiver

There down below is all that I need to be with her

Awake in a dream Awake in a dream

Gliding not hiding through warm gentle breezes I’ve drifted

Safe in belief of the one that I love I’ve been gifted

Here I may stay above all the fray

Awake in a dream or so it must seem

When you’re awake in a dream and you look all around you

Look at the scenes of the stories that surround you

Sometimes you feel that the world that you see can confound you

Sometimes what’s real is all that you need to be bound to

Floating above as you soar through the air and I whisper

Love is the only thing real that I need and I kiss her

Here we may stay above all the fray

Awake in a dream or so it must seem

A Boy Of Purest Wonder

He was taken by surprise, what’s the reason why?

Didn’t know that he’d done wrong

So he left his hearth and home

Made his momma cry

Takin off for points unknown

He was barely seventeen

Trying to find out if his dream

Take him places he never seen

Sometimes hungry, sometimes sad

He just knew that he had

A dream unfilled and calling

What did he see? Where did he go?

No one seems to know

Thought it was Colorado

Worked as a miner underground

For the silver ore he found

Makin wages for the day

Drillin holes in solid rock

Fear of fires and of shock

Laid their lives out on the line

Fear of mines filled with gas

Each day might be their last (that day?)

They’d be breathin dust and say:

“We are miners in the ground”

“Up above you won’t hear a sound”

“Till the walls come crashin down”

“We are miners in the ground”

“Up above you won’t hear a sound”

“Till the walls come crashin down”

Instrumental Break

Years later it was said

In a cave-in he was dead

Tryin to strike that silver ore

Years later it was said

In a cave-in he was dead

Tryin to strike that silver ore

He’d been barely seventeen

When he’d set out to find a dream

Been a boy of purest wonder

What did he see? Where did he go?

No one here seems to know

Might have been Colorado

Ever Wonder

In the blink of an eye, switch to thinkin bout you

Never really questioned why

Though I’m happy in my own life

I can’t help but wonder if I

Make you wonder, make you wonder if I make you wonder same as I

Make you wonder, make you wonder, if I make you wonder same as I

I wish you well, wish you happy, wish you

peace and beauty in your life

Wish you well, wish you happy and wish you

peace and beauty in your life

So now and then, I think of how you’re doin

And I hope you’re doin well

Now and then, I think of how you’re doin

And I hope you’re doin well

In the blink of an eye, switch to thinkin bout you

Never really questioned why

Though I’m happy in my own life

I can’t help but wonder if I

Make you wonder make you wonder if I make you wonder same as I

Make you wonder, make you wonder , if I make you wonder same as I

Wish you well, wish you happy and wish you

peace and beauty in your life

Wish you well, wish you happy, wish you

peace and beauty in your life

So now and then, I think of how you’re doin

And I hope you’re doin well

Now and then, I think of how you’re doin

And I hope you’re doin well

don’t know why but you were the first girl in my life

don’t know why but you were the first girl in my life

don’t know why but you were the first girl in my life

No Shame In Cryin

I say to my brothers much younger than me

There’s no shame in askin for the help that you need

So I say to my brothers the new returnees

That there’s no shame in talkin bout the pain that you feel

Find trust in someone that you can rely

They ain’t been where you been but you still gotta try

To get past that hurtle is a pretty big deal

Bein anxious and sad you don’t want to reveal

You breakdown and cry and it cleanses the soul

Of the things that you did see and the war took it’s toll

So I say to my brothers, the new returnees

There’s no shame in cryin bout the pain that you feel

I say to my brothers much younger than me

There’s no shame in askin for the help that you need

So I say to my brothers the new returnees

That there’s no shame in talkin bout the pain that you feel

Instrumental Break

Find trust in someone that you can rely

They ain’t been where you been but you still gotta try

To get past that hurtle is a pretty big deal

Bein anxious and sad you don’t want to reveal

You breakdown and cry and it cleanses the soul

Of the things that you did see and the war took it’s toll

So I say to my brothers the new returnees

That there’s no shame in cryin bout the pain that you feel

So I say to my brothers the new returnees

That there’s no shame in cryin bout the pain that you feel

I'll Find The One

I heard a rumor or two, you said “I’m thinking of you”

“I say you’re the one” ”Let’s have some fun.”

I heard a rumor or two, you said “I’m thinking of you”

“I say you’re the one” ”Let’s have some fun.”

And if we sneak out late at night and park behind the moon

What if anyone knew?

“Hey there, my pretty girl”

“I swear, I’m more than sure”

You say “Let’s have some fun cuz I am the one”

So how we feel and what we say it couldn’t be more clear

“I’ll always be near”

But now the summers gone too fast

You had to leave for school, life can be cruel

And late that fall I heard the news you’re with somebody new

I felt like a fool

I guess that we’re too young to know

And next time I will take it slow

And I’ll find the one

I heard a rumor or two, you said “I’m thinking of you”

“I say you’re the one” ”Let’s have some fun.”

And if we sneak out late at night and park behind the moon

What if anyone knew?

“Hey there, my pretty girl”

“I swear, I’m more than sure”

You say “Let’s have some fun cuz I am the one”

So how we feel and what we say it couldn’t be more clear

“I’ll always be near”

But now the summers gone too fast

You had to leave for school, life can be cruel

And late that fall I heard the news you’re with somebody new

I felt like a fool

I guess that we’re too young to know

And next time I will take it slow

And I’ll find the one

And I’ll find the one

And I’ll find the one

Promises Made

How many times have I spoken?

How many promises have been made?

How many times have they been broken?

How can what we have be saved?

You never say, "Hey, I told you."

You been hurt like this before

I stand there without talkin

As you walked out of the door

Why can I not learn my lesson?

When it’s plainly there to see

It’s a tale that’ll only end in

Losin you losin me

So far this hasn’t happened

What I fear will come to pass

I try to hold onto

All the strength that I have

All the strength that I have

instrumental break

How many times have I spoken?

How many promises have I made?

How many times have they been broken?

How can what we have be saved

You never say, "Hey, I told you."

You been hurt like this before

I stand there without talkin

As you walked out of the door

Why can I not learn my lesson?

When it’s plainly there to see

It’s a tale that’ll only end in

Losin you losin me

Losin you losin me

So far this hasn’t happened

What I fear will come to pass

So I try to hold onto

All the strength that I have

All the strength that I have

All the strength that I have

Road I'm Takin

Feel like I’m walkin

A hard road my whole life

I chose this road I’m takin

Don’t know when I’ll arrive


My papa told me

In a dream after he died

Of the twists and turns in this road

Then he held me and I cried


So when that road gets harder

cannot reason why

Keep your eyes on the horizon

Let joy into your life


So we make our own way

On the road we’re takin

And when it’s smooth and level

Takin our sweet time

 

Sometimes when you’re weary

On the road you’re takin

Always have a friend in me

To have along the way


So on this road we’re takin

Travel side by side

And meet these trials together

And together we’ll revive


So when that road gets harder

Cannot reason why

Keep your eyes on the horizon

Let joy into your life


Even though we’re born alone

And that’s the way we’ll die

Nice havin friends along

Before we do arrive


Arrive at that place called home

On the road we're takin in my life

Arrive at that place called home

On the road we're takin in my life

Shining Through

I would never count the days of my life

But I’ll always let the dawn greet my eyes

Then I’ll rest my weary heart with a sigh

And always in your arms I hoped I would lie


Cuz I never would have thought to have guessed

That I’d ever know how much I’d be blessed

I’ll never worry about what might’ve been

All that matters are your hopes held within


Cuz I see just where my heart is leading to

It’s the start of letting all the love shine through

Cuz I see just where my heart is leading to

It’s the place where all the love shines through

Shining through


I would never count the days of my life

But I’ll always let the dawn greet my eyes

Then I’ll rest weary heart with a sigh

And always in your arms I hoped I would lie

instrumental break

Cuz I see just where my heart is leading to

It’s the start of letting all the love shine through

Cuz I see just where my heart is leading to

It’s the place where all the love shines through

Cuz I see just where my heart is leading to

It’s the start of letting all the love shine through
 

Together We'll Be

Oh the best things in life are free

Only true when you are with me

Together we’ll be wherever we’ll be

And when I’m gone for awhile

I can only think of your smile

And the reason I need to get home is get home to you

Once was young not too wise

Didn’t know one day I’d look in your eyes

And I’d see for the first time where I belong

And when I’m struggling through

Another day not so easy to do

I can’t wait to be home be home with you

And as long as you feel like I do

There ain’t nothing that we can’t get through

Just as long as I have you as I have you

“instrumental break”

Oh the best things in life are free

Only true when you are with me

Together we’ll be wherever we’ll be

And when I’m gone for awhile

I can only think of your smile

And the reason I need to get home is get home to you

Once was young not too wise

Didn’t know one day I’d look in your eyes

And I’d see for the first time where I belong

And when I’m struggling through

Another day not so easy to do

I can’t wait to be home be home with you

And as long as you feel like I do

There ain’t nothing that we can’t get through

Just as long as I have you as I have you

Now I know without a doubt

What my life with you’s all about

And it’s easy to say where I belong

Now I know without a doubt

What my life with you’s all about

And it’s easy to say where I belong

Yet I Dream

There are dreams unfulfilled

Yet I dream them still

Places I’ll never see

And things I’ll never be

And words I’ll never learn

Meanings of I’ve never heard

And still I’ve always yearned

To know the things I never learned

And we’re just passin through

Sailin on a ship of fools

Guess that’s what people do…they tell me

Grateful for the beauty and

I’m sure we’ll meet again

Just not sure where or when

How amazing it has been

Somehow linked throughout all time

Left to some greater design

Who could ask for more

Who knows what’s in store

These dreams unfulfilled

Yet I dream them still

Places I’ll never see

And things I’ll never be

And words I’ll never learn

Meanings of I’ve never heard

And still I’ve always yearned

To know the things I never learned

And we’re just passin through

Sailin on a ship of fools

Guess that’s what people do…they tell me

Grateful for the beauty and

I’m sure we’ll meet again

Just not sure where or when

How amazing it has been

Somehow linked throughout all time

Left to some greater design

Who could ask for more

Who knows what’s in store

Grateful for the beauty and

I’m sure we’ll meet again

Just not sure where or when

How amazing it has been