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The Waving Prairie

by Chet Nichols

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Waving Prairie 05:39
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“Waving Prairie” Lyrics & Music by Chet Nichols Copyright 1969 by Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP) chet@chetnichols.net * http://www.chetnichols.net ALL RIGHTS RESERVED EBBEBE Off on the waving prairie The road that brings me home Is the same road that takes me away We should all hitchhike once in a while The feel the need of depending And to walk the lowly mile Get caught in a heavy thunderstorm On the waving prairie Rebuild the city Regroup the old stones Forget the crumbled citadel And bury all the bones I’m here and now Not trying to grow old too soon I’m gaps that need repair And I need some wind Lord, I need some wind I need some wind to flow I need some wind to flow I need some wind to flow To the waving prairie You can ride I’d rather walk Try to keep my pace This sea of land it takes me in You’d walk if you weren’t in the race Live and work and try to be free Do you listen with your mouth Or do you use your ears? Live and work and try to be free Do you listen from without Or do you use within? And bear yourself to a stranger Live and work And bear yourself to a stranger Try to be free And bear yourself to a stranger Live and work And bear yourself from future danger My fingers are the columns that are braced against the sky My fingers are the music played from my crystal spy My fingers play the music that makes you laugh and makes you high My fingers are the mourning of the Ohio six who died My fingers are the columns that guide and testify My fingers are the vehicle that get me around To the waving prairie Off on the waving prairie The road that brings me home Is the same road that takes me away
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Lumbering Mountain 03:57
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“Lumbering Mountain” Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols Copyright 1972 by Chet Nichols/ Magic Garage Music (ASCAP) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED chet@chetnichols :: http://www.chetnichols.net If I gave you love Would you give it back? Not in the condition you received it in But in what you have and lack A love expands a season If it makes you lose your bearings Take these seeds To cure the weeds That are growing Take these stones They will endure The weathering Freedom is a word We seem to feel it Love is a word We seem to use We go through the motions And we don’t understand the words We go through the motions And we don’t understand their words Carved my name on old, old tree Along with a hundred others Sat this woman on my knee And she used me for her covers Carved my name on old, old tree Up on lumbering mountain I can see I can wish where I can be Up on lumbering mountain Up on lumbering mountain
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Red Tide 04:34
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Lady, Oh, Lady 03:13
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“Lady, Oh, Lady” Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols Copyright 1970 by Chet Nichols/ Magic Garage Music (ASCAP) chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnichols.net “A butterfly speaks with a beautiful lady and convinces her to trade places…” Lady, oh, lady Care for dreams of butterflies? Give you the dreams And their velvet wings To wear you’re hair To know your heart To love your lover When the day gets dark Would it be nice To drop on Every flower that you see? Play with me Come trade with me Drink from the cup Then lay back You can see You can see And now that I am you And you are me Together and forever That’s the way it must be The cup has no cure That’s part of its lure Close Close
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Kites In The County 07:15
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“Kites In The County” Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols Copyright 1969 by Chet Nichols/ Magic Garage Music (ASCAP) chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnichols.net ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Children come from behind the rocks Music, come from behind the wind The wind holds up the kites in the county So, won’t ‘cha Come on, come on, come on, come on down Tom’s kite is the highest above Bob’s kite bears the symbol of love Cathy’s kite is the most free in the sky So, won’t ‘cha Come on, come on, come on, come on down I’ve been informed that the baker is dead And that the banker has gone and lost his head I think it’s clear that we should rule instead So, won’t ‘cha Come on, come on, come on, come on down We’ve been here twenty minutes Seems like a day I’m alone on a string Depending upon the wind I’m relaxed but I feel I’m moving very slow Am I? I don’t know Am I? I don’t know Am I? I don’t know Now, come down, you can fly my kite I built it in six hours last night So that this wind could guide its virgin flight So, won’t ‘cha Come on, come on, come on, come on down There’s a blue one with a long tail Alone, on a string, depending upon the wind Climbing, falling, dancing and laughing So, won’t ‘cha Come on, come on, come on, come on down
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Judas Spy 03:44
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“Judas Spy” Lyrics and Music and Copyright 1969 by Chet Nichols Lyrics and music by Chet Nichols chet@chetnichols.net :: www.chetnichols.net Lanterns and lamps Light up the opposing camps Night light hides the under spies Who cross the lines with ears and eyes Watch the tricky turncoats of Juda, Judas spy Juda, Judas spy That shiny badge Puts you on the edge Of honesty and disguise Look out for snake eyes They may be watching you Estimating your next move And weighing what you do The stage is set The fox, he preys the cracking ice It’s a game of loaded dice The stage is set to beget Juda, Judas spy Juda, Judas spy That shiny badge Puts you on the edge Of honesty and disguise
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Earth River 05:27
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“Earth River” Version 1-1971 Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols Copyright 1972 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) And Chet Nichols Creative Services-Magic Garage Music Division (ASCAP) magicgaragemusic@protonmail.com http://www.chetnichols.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED I’ll be the river Hold you when the ice is thin I’ll be the river Drink me in Me down here And you up on the bridge Filling me up with your tears For you I’ll grow a song With a feathered quill that flows And rides the river and takes you along Sometimes I’m blind Even when I try to see Sometimes I’m blind Sometimes when you’re looking For an ending to the frost Sometimes when you find it You ain’t looking you’re lost You ain’t looking you’re lost You ain’t looking babe, you’re lost You’re lost, you’re lost, you’re lost Still, I’ll be the river Hold you when the ice is thin I’ll be the river Drink me in Our growing lights are growing sites That eat at the strings and feed the night The earth she buries and carries The earth she buries and carries The earth she buries and carries Am I coming or going around? Am I coming or going around? Am I going or coming? Am I coming or going? Am I going or coming?
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Snow Line 04:30
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“Snow Line” Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols Copyright 1968 by Chet Nichols/ Magic Garage Music (ASCAP) chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnichols.net ALL RIGHTS RESERVED VERSE 1. Down the snow line The rail is clear and clean Let your wheels flow From the cold to the sand The reins lay in my hand Let your wheels roll CHORUS Cocaine Cocaine Eat way my brain Cocaine Cocaine The snow line isn’t tame Cocaine Cocaine Such sweet pain BRIDGE The Indians of South America Ate the cocaine leaf Workers built their temples there They rode the cocaine reef Festive tributes did occur To praise the special strength The cocaine reef is jagged But a sight to be seen REPRISE Nose down to the snow line Or a mouth full of stone Nose down to the snow line Or a mouth full of stone CHORUS - Repeat Cocaine Cocaine Eat way my brain Cocaine Cocaine The snow line isn’t tame Cocaine Cocaine Such sweet sweets
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Hawk Market 03:23
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“Hawk Market” Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) Copyright 1969/1972/2018 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP) URL: http://www.chetnichols.net Email: chet@chetnichols.net Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com Email: ChetNichols@me.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED VERSE 1 Today came the rain To ease the drought and the strain Today came the rain To wash away the grain Out in a grove of oranges Meditating on a star Crossed-legged sitting Singing to the near and the far CHORUS On the hawk market You’d demand a simple price In the hawk racket Friends aim at their slice On the hawk market You’d demand a simple price In the hawk racket Friends aim at their slice VERSE 2 I know and old Indian Who had a vision when he was young His power was the pipe of peace Bay, eagle, morning star and the sun Now the bakers are in the cracking fields With the able and the cane Pecking for some wheat for flower Today came the rain REPEAT CHORUS :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Copyright © 1969/1972/2018 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP) All US and Global Rights are reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the writer and the publisher. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com Or addressed to: "Attention: Permissions Coordinator, (at the address below) Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065” http://www.chetnichols.net. More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
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Cloud Show 04:55
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“Cloud Show” Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) Copyright 1968/2019/2021 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP) URL: http://www.chetnichols.net Email: chet@chetnichols.net Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com Email: ChetNichols@me.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Guitar Tuning 1 2 3 4 5 6 B B B D B G VERSE 1. We may have talked We may have thought We may have dreamed together Yet, as I sit here right now It really means nothing Crossing the days off of the calendar Watch them peacefully march on In the crisscross march of today In a parade of constant time CHORUS And here I sit upon the hill And watch the cloud show And here I sit upon the hill And watch the cloud show And here I sit upon the hill And watch the cloud show go by VERSE 2. For me there is only the thought Of your touch and its warmth To keep me till time Takes my hand leads me and then we kiss To be free to fear is life To be free to exist is being To be free to wonder is liberty To be free to love is essence CHORUS - Repeat And here I sit upon the hill And watch the cloud show And here I sit upon the hill And watch the cloud show And here I sit upon the hill And watch the cloud show go by MUSICAL BREAK VERSE 3. The art of forming fantasy Has been woken from its bed It may be here to give us a human truth Yet, destruction may kill it instead Won’t you stop and wallow in a dream Share the natural high of love You come with sincere wishes And leave me with a happiness CHORUS - Repeat And here I sit upon the hill And watch the cloud show And here I sit upon the hill And watch the cloud show And here I sit upon the hill And watch the cloud show go by And we will drink morning dew Forever and ever And gaze at your moon :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Copyright © 1968/2019/2021 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP) All US and Global Rights are reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the writer and the publisher. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com Or addressed to: "Attention: Permissions Coordinator, (at the address below) Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065” http://www.chetnichols.net. More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
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Red Tide/Lady, Oh, Lady (Reprise) 08:20
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This album was produced in 1972-73 in San Francisco at Wally Heider's Studio by Stephen Barncard. It has a fine and very special collection of musicians backing Chet up on the tracks. The album is minimalistic, yet, very dynamic and robust. It has a strong psychedelic-acid-folk-rock-outside-loner vibe to it and features multi-instrumental skills and strong vocals at the time. All this features back up Chet's embedded poetic lyrics.

"Waving Prairie" is filled with award-winning songs, especially the title track. It is also a strong follow-up to Chet's first album, "Time Loop".

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released February 25, 2019

Produced and Engineered by Stephen Barncard
Co-Produced by Chet Nichols
Re-mix and mastering by Chet Nichols
Vocal and instrument performances by Chet Nichols (except as listed on individual tracks)
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyrights by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) and Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)

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Chet Nichols is a singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and recordist. His poetic lyrics, & variety of singer- songwriter & instrumental tracks are inspired by the ever-changing world around us.

Chet is an inductee in The Kansas Music Hall Of Fame. He joins artists like Pat Matheny, Melissa Ethridge, and Martina McBride. His touring bio includes the "Who's Who" in the music industry. ... more

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