Lyrics to LONG WIDE OPEN ROAD
Lyrics from the Album by Hugh Moffatt
www.hughmoffatt.com
Whiskey Up
By Hugh Moffatt
It’s whiskey up, bartender, I’ll take anything you’ve got
I’m drinking my way down the well, sinking shot by shot
I’ll face the truth tomorrow if I make it through tonight
It’s whiskey up I’m drinking down until I see the light
This warm and friendly atmosphere is what I’m looking for
‘Cause what I got at home is lonesome staring at the door
The music and the conversation help to take my mind
Off that cold empty room that waits for me at closing time
It’s whiskey up, bartender, I’ll take anything you’ve got
I’m drinking my way down the well, sinking shot by shot
I’ll face the truth tomorrow if I make it through tonight
It’s whiskey up I’m drinking down until I see the light
I know I’m just another heart broke barstool fool to you
But no one’s done nobody wrong, no one’s been untrue
She didn’t want to go, Lord knows, she tried so hard to stay
And then last night she closed her eyes and just faded away
It’s whiskey up, bartender, I’ll take anything you’ve got
I’m drinking my way down the well, sinking shot by shot
I’ll face the truth tomorrow if I make it through tonight
It’s whiskey up I’m drinking down until I see the light
It’s whiskey up I’m drinking down, Lord, help me see the light.
©2010 Songs of Lankhmar (Admin. by Rio Bravo Music, Inc.) BMI
Why Don’t I Love You
By Hugh Moffatt
You are beautiful and you love me
We’re a perfect fit, it’s plain to see
There is no one else I love, it’s true
So why don’t I love you
I have tried to make myself believe
You will always be the one for me
You’ve done everything that you can do
So why don’t I love you
I have never felt like this before
Aching heart as I walk out the door
Leaving both of us without a clue
Why don’t I love you
(solo)
I have never felt like this before
Aching heart as I walk out the door
Everyone has dreams that don’t come true
But why don’t I love you
Everyone has dreams that don’t come true
But why don’t I love you
©2009 Songs of Lankhmar BMI
Undead Love
By Hugh Moffatt
Should have called it quits when I felt love dying
Good as it’ll get is a night of lying
But I can’t resist this unholy yearning
Moonlight through the mist, my soul is burning
I start turning
Undead love, Siren song
Kills the will, makes right wrong
Nothing lives, hope is gone
Undead love chills the blood, still goes on
Staring at your face, now your eyes are glowing
Love has been replaced by a hunger growing
Dying in your arms isn’t love we’re making
It’ll do us harm, the night is breaking
Something’s waking
Undead love, Siren song
Kills the will, makes right wrong
Nothing lives, hope is gone
Undead love chills the blood, still goes on
Moving to your touch, I begin believing
This time it’s too much; it’s too late for leaving
Piercing to my heart God the pain is fright’ning
Tearing me apart like a bolt of lightning
Undead love, Siren song
Kills the will, makes right wrong
Nothing lives, hope is gone
Undead love chills the blood, still goes on
Undead love chills the blood, still goes on
©2018 Songs of Lankhmar (Admin. by Rio Bravo Music, Inc.) BMI
Champagne Stains
By Hugh Moffatt
Waking up this morning, I am feeling warm and fuzzy
Picking up my clothes I call to see if you are busy
Little spots are on my shirt, I hear you say hello
Then I hear another voice and I hang up the phone
Champagne, just a little trouble
Champagne, all about the fizz
Champagne, bursting little bubbles
Champagne stains
You and I walked out together with a little bubbly
The wind was soft, the stars were bright, everything was lovely
When we made it back again the party time was spent
My heart isn’t broken now, but it’s a little bent
Champagne, just a little trouble
Champagne, all about the fizz
Champagne, bursting little bubbles
Champagne stains
Rinsing out my shirt I realize I’m being silly
You are just someone I met at Bill and Cindy’s party
Nothing really happened there, no promises were made
It was just the summer night, the starlight and champagne
Champagne, just a little trouble
Champagne, all about the fizz
Champagne, bursting little bubbles
Champagne, that’s the way it is
Champagne, just a little trouble
Champagne, all about the fizz
Champagne, bursting little bubbles
Champagne stains
Champagne stains
©2009 Songs of Lankhmar (Admin. by Rio Bravo Music, Inc.) BMI
Till the Morning Comes
By Hugh Moffatt and Jonas Fjeld
I've heard restless winds calling you
Seen the colors in your eyes
Running wet from troubles deep within
Leaving comes as no surprise
Stay with me till the morning comes
Let me hold you one more time
Stay with me till the morning comes
Maybe I can change your mind
Seems a shame to waste a night like this
Big old moon shining bright
Come to me and close your distant eyes
Just until the morning light
Stay with me till the morning comes
Let me hold you one more time
Stay with me till the morning comes
Maybe I can change your mind
Time changes everything
Let's leave the past behind
It's not forever
It's just one night at a time
(solo)
Stay with me till the morning comes
Let me hold you one more time
Stay with me till the morning comes
Maybe I can change your mind
Stay with me till the morning comes
Let me hold you one more time
Stay with me till the morning comes
Maybe I can change your mind
©1990 Gray Mouser Music/Atlantic Music Corp. BMI and Criterion Music
Sunset on Misery River
By Hugh Moffatt
Way up north in the land of sorrow
Somewhere out of the way
There's a little town called Misery River
On the shore of Misery Bay
And every evening the townfolk gather
Hardly making a sound
They wander together down to the river
To watch the sun go down
Sunset on Misery River
Sunset over the bay
Sunlight raining down like fire on the water
Sun just sinking away
There goes Frankie, she shot Johnny
She can't love no other man
There's Eleanor Rigby and Father MacKenzie
Walking down on the sand
Up on the street leaning hard on that lamppost
Is Mr. Lonely himself
Nobody here knows how long he's been here
Longer than anyone else
Sunset on Misery River
Sunset over the bay
Sunlight raining down like fire on the water
Sun just sinking away
Me, I'm sitting here watching the others
And writing a postcard or two
Just to let you know how I'm getting by
Getting over you
Sunset on Misery River
Sunset over the bay
Sunlight raining down like fire on the water
Sun just sinking away
Sun just sinking away
©1984 Gray Mouser Music/Atlantic Music Corp. BMI
Santa Claus and Jesus
By Hugh Moffatt
(spoken)
My little boy came up to me
He's nearly five years old
He said, "Daddy, what does Christmas mean?
I really need to know
Well, is it Jesus's birthday?
Or gifts from Santa Claus?
Should I be giving thanks to God
Instead of getting toys?
(sung)
As I looked into his eyes
I saw the answer there
So I told him, "It's all right"
As I held him near
And I said...
Santa Claus and Jesus
Are not so far apart
Santa lives in children's dreams
Jesus in their hearts
Christmas is for children
The baby Jesus born
Santa's like the wise men
Bringing gifts on Christmas morn
We are all like children in His eyes
Why shouldn't we believe in Santa Claus?
I don't think Jesus minds
Santa Claus and Jesus
Are not so far apart
Santa lives in children's dreams
Jesus in their hearts
Christmas is for children
The baby Jesus born
Santa's like the wise men
Bringing gifts on Christmas morn
Bringing gifts on Christmas morn
©1983 Boquillas Canyon Music/Atlantic Music Corp. BMI
Close as I Long to Be
By Hugh Moffatt
Even a stone can hear you (Joshua 24:27)
Even the blind can see
Let me be ever near you
Close as I long to be
Silent I listen for you
Waiting to hear my name
Call me and I’ll go with you
Never again the same
Closer, closer
Closer, my Lord to me
Closer, closer
Close as I long to be
Soft as a rustling sparrow
Sweetest I’ve ever heard
I hear your voice and follow
Rising up on your word
Closer, closer
Closer, my Lord to me
Closer, closer
Close as I long to be
Even a stone can hear you
Even the blind can see
Let me be ever near you
Close as I long to be
Close as I long to be
©2017 Songs of Lankhmar (Admin. by Rio Bravo Music, Inc.) BMI
She Don’t Know Me Now
By Hugh Moffatt
You don’t know me like she knows me
You don’t really try
You just take me like you find me
Let the rest go by
You love so much, maybe too much
More than I allow
You don’t know me like she knows me
She don’t know me now
Though she knows me well, it’s true
She will never see
The man that I am here with you
What you found in me
And I feel so good, maybe too good
Having you around
She don’t touch me like you touch me
Like I’m heaven bound
(solo)
Just like her I never knew
What you saw in me
The man somehow I’ve turned into
The man I want to be
I’m rearranged, I woke up changed
I swear I don’t know how
You don’t know me like she knows me
She don’t know me now
I’m rearranged, I woke up changed
I swear I don’t know how
You don’t know me like she knows me
She don’t know me now
©2016 Songs of Lankhmar (Admin. by Rio Bravo Music, Inc.) BMI
Sparks from an Old Flame
By Hugh Moffatt and John Scott Sherrill
Sparks from an old flame
A little wiser but still game
Old picture, new frame
Not just old friends
With love that is unchanged
A rose by the same name
Sparks from an old flame
Are burning again
Here's looking at you
Smiling at me
Just like you used to
When we first met
It's not over yet
It's feeling brand new
If this is a dream
It’s still coming true
With love that is unchanged
A rose by the same name
Sparks from an old flame
Are burning again
(solo)
Sparks from an old flame
Are burning again
©1994 Gray Mouser Music/Atlantic Music Corp. BMI and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing / New Wolf Music BMI
Long Wide Open Road
By Hugh Moffatt
Remember the days when our love came alive
You’d slide over next to me while I’d drive
And all we could see was the stars in our eyes
And that long wide open road
We’ve traveled a whole lot of miles since then
Got bucket seats with belts to hold us in
Some wear and tear from time’s howling winds
And curves and cracks in the road
But the stars still shine
I see them in your eyes
They’re calling us to go
Riding side by side
To the end of time
Out on that long wide open road
We used to raise Cain in a borrowed bed
Been raising a couple of kids instead
It’s easy to see now they’re turning their heads
To that old wide open road
For all of their ragged and reckless pride
There’s something calling them deep inside
And we couldn’t hold ‘em back if we tried
They’re gonna find their own road
And the stars still shine
I see them in your eyes
They’re calling us to go
Riding side by side
To the end of time
Out on that long wide open road
Here we are again you and me
Look at me now, can’t you see what I see
(solo)
Yeah, the stars still shine
I see them in your eyes
They’re calling us to go
Riding side by side
To the end of time
Out on that long wide open road
Out on that long wide open road
©2008 Songs of Lankhmar (Admin. by Rio Bravo Music, Inc.) BMI