Every Dog Has His Day

From the album In Dog's Country
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2007 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP

Lyrics:

Most of our days we dig in the dirt
Kicking up dust, for whatever it's worth
Most of our nights we howl at the moon
Bearing our souls, a scary and beautiful tune

HOWL 

But once in a while
Maybe once in a lifetime
We feel the heat of the light of the lime
As a friend holds up a glass
To toast us at last and celebrate

CHORUS:
Every dog has his day
Every beast has a tail
Every sun is a star
A dog who catches a car

Every sea has a coast
Every coast has a bay
Just as every boat needs to sail
Every dog has his day

Notes:

This one also has a proper lead sheet.

In Dog's Country is a musical about two dogs, a cat, a squirrel, and The Man. This  song in particular was inspired by this Far Side comic:

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Every Day Is Today

From the album Post
Words & music by Billy Dechand
© 2010 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Tires screech as we turn
Round the bend
Wind blows cold
Glass is blurred, crashes heard
All we see
Rain falls

CHORUS:
Every day is today
I don’t know what to say
Tomorrow is another day
I’ll know when
Tomorrow is today
However then
I won’t have much to say about today

Forest fire
California noon
Wind blows more
With every moon
Grass is burned, seasons turn
All we see
Rain fails

Another Day
All we need
You and me
Wind, blow home
Lasting thirst, clouds return
All we see
Rainfall

CHORUS

Chords:

Intro
| F# F#/E | F#/D# F#/C# | (2x)
Verse
| B | Bsus B | E | F# |
| B | Bsus B | A | E |
| B | F# | E | F# |
| B A | E | E | F# |
Chorus
| F# | E | B | F# |
| F# | E | B | F# |
| F# | B | E | F# F#/E | F#/D# F#/C# |
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Coda
| F# F#/E | F#/D# F#/C# |
||: B A | E9 | E9 :||
(ascending thirds, by step)
||: B A | E9 | AM7 | AM7 :||

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Don't Worry

From the album Hocus Pocus
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 1999 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Lyrics:

I found out the hard way
How to make you cry
I walked in and I spoke my mind
I spoke my mind, and walked away

We fancied we knew the rules
But we were fools
We made mistakes and never forgave
You and I deserve a second chance

Don't worry whether I really love you
There's no need to worry
Whether I really need you
I still love you
I will not leave you

You showed up in the nick of time
For I thought I knew
There would never be love in my life that lasts
At last! You came and stayed

You still wonder if I'm the one
Who will stay with you
All I want is to spend time with you
Everywhere, every day; I'll find a way

Don't worry whether I really love you
There's no need to worry
Whether I really need you
I still love you
I will not leave you

Chords:

verse: G F Em D (3x) G D Em F

chorus: C Am C Am D F C Am (2x)

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Don't Need No Hate

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. In this song, the younger, more innocent dog, Jake, stands up to the more jaded, older dog Mal.

Lyrics:

Step away Mal
Unhand my man now
I got it straight, figured out now

Don’t need no hate
That’s not our fate

That man’s a boy
Done you no wrong
Don’t take your misguided war, don’t make it last too long

Don’t need no hate
That’s not our fate

Misplaced blame is a fool’s game
Mostly of blame is kinda lame
If you can make things better, don’t complain
Make that your fate and choose to change

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Billy's Books 102: With Wings Like Eagles

With Wings Like Eagles, by Michael Korda, is yet another history book about World War II. There's more Winston Churchill to be quoted! The Battle of Britain is the summer and fall of 1940, when Germany started its bombing campaign. This does not cover The Blitz.

Thanks to the Saint Louis Public Library. Support your local library!

Doggie Duet

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 between the younger, more innocent dog, Jake, and the more jaded, older dog Mal, sung by Ruth Keating Lockwood.

Jake:
I'm just a dog without any plan
Domesticated, taken care of, by The Man

Mal:
I'm a dog too, but I've got a plan
Gotta break from these chains
And maybe break the back of The Man

Jake:
I'm just a fool, I love my old man
Wherever he goes, I'll go there too

Mal:
Noooo... I ain't no fool
No slave to The Man
It's make or break for me
And the rules of The Man

HOWL CHORUS:

Jake:
There goes my man
He does what he can
I'll be his friend till the end

Mal:
I'm your true friend
What friend is The Man
Who keeps animals captive:
Cold, alone, and untended

HOWL CHORUS

Chords:

VERSES:
C G C G C G D Bm
G C G C G C D B7

HOWL CHORUS:
E7 Em E7 Em D Dm F#m G A7 A7

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