It’s gonna be
It’s gonna be a beautiful day
I’m gonna see my long lost friend
We will be
We will be together
If we change
We will change together
Musicians:
Dan Ingenthron - mandolin
Ruth Keating - marimba
Matt Sutton - pedal steel guitar
Billy Dechand - electric and tenor guitar, voice
Streaming music here:
You say you never had a better lover
Whether he was clever or a fool
You stay, breaking all the records for keeping it together
You’re fine, you’re so cool, and beautiful
They say, hey hey, look at those two
What can we do to be like you?
You’re fine, you’re so cool, and beautiful
CHORUS:
I say I love you, you know it’s true
You say you love me, I know it’s true
It’s true, I know, I know
Yeah, I know I know it’s true
I say whatever I imagined as a fantasizing adolescent never
Could have added up to this kind of romance
I never knew
Who knew it could be so cool, and beautiful
CHORUS
Streaming music here:
From the album In Dog's Country
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2007 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)
In Dog's Country is a musical about two dogs, a cat, a squirrel, and The Man. This song is a conversation between the younger, more innocent dog, and the wiser, more worldly squirrel. The squirrel part is sung by Rose Thomson, who's also playing the piano.
This song actually has a written leadsheet.
Squirrel:
We’ve all got desires
Of our own (rings of fire)
Some leap to reach the heights
Some fight all night to be top dog
If we scratch that itch tonight
Would it seem rash in the morning light?
Squirrel and Dog:
At what cost freedom
If in the end, Love is lost?
Dog:
I loved the man
Now I hate the man
I was free to love
To be a slave
Squirrel:
Love saves; it chases the hate away
Dog:
What do you have to say
About the ring and chain?
Squirrel:
What of lost freedom
Would a true friend say
That’s what love costs?
Squirrel and Dog:
At what cost freedom
If in the end, love is lost?
Streaming music here:
From the album Post
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2006 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)
This is one of my more abstract songs...
Warm as to cold
Is
Cool as to hot
Dark as to warm
Is
Bright as to dim
Play as to win
Is
Try so to do
As
Is was to as
Is
Shall was to will
Eyes as to hide
Is
See as to shade
Deep as to wide
Is
Wise is to dive
Play as to win
Is
Try so to do
As
Is was to as
Is
Shall was to will
Amaj7 Abm Ab/C Amaj7 Abm Ab/C Fm7 G Bm
C9 Fm7 C9 Fm7...
No one can't eat applesauce
We stop when it's gone
I want as much when I'm done
As when I started
So I never eat applesauce
Stopped before it's begun
I want as much when I'm done
As when I started
Always hungry...
Had a little extra cash
Thought I might stack my stash
It wasn't wrong, it wasn't right
I just decided
When fastened to the block
Lock eyes with the cop
Your only voice, only choice
Unless you're hiding
Always hungry...
When the locks start dropping, stop
We got to slow the flow
I'll do my best until I rest
Don't rush the ending
When life gets spot on mine
I try my best to shine
Until I drop, I'll be on top
As when I started
Always hungry...
Chords
Verse: | E | % | A | E | E | B A | E | % |
Chorus: | E | % | B | E | E | B | E | % |
Angus was always ready for action
He’d pick up your pieces if you fell to the floor
Always on top, he was ready to stop
To help any stranger recover
What’s more, he’d open the door
Angus was only one man in millions
But ever the trooper he made an impression
Dressed in a robe, he knew what to know
By the worth of the earth he fashioned the future
What’s more, he opened the door
Yeah yeah yeah
Great straight fate
Never made a mistake
Breaking any fake for the sake of the globe
Great straight fate
Angus was always adhering to doctrine
Noone would cross him or challenge his faith
Armed to the hilt, was ready to kill
A fool who stepped from the narrow or straight
What’s more, he’d preach like a bore
Yeah yeah yeah...
The chords:
Verse:
A Bm F#m Em
A Bm A G G
C C F#7 F#7
Chorus:
D G D G
A G (D G)
Bridge:
B E B E F# E B E
(A D A D A G G A)