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I Was Dreaming
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“I Was Dreaming”
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 2012/2020 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
http://www.chetnichols.net :: MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Verse 1.
I close my eyes and I see nothing
I open them wide and it’s still the same
I hoped to see a glimpse of you running
And you were heading my way
Chorus
I know a heart that’s broken in two
Won’t believe that love can be true
But, my heart’s an open door
I see you reach and turn the key
And step back into me
And suddenly I feel complete
But, I know I was dreaming
I was only dreaming
I was dreaming
I was only dreaming
Verse 2.
Out in the mist I can see a shadow
Your lips appear and brush against my cheek
Whispering my dreams can all come true
If I find the path leading back to you
Chorus
I know a heart that’s broken in two
Won’t believe that love can be true
But, my heart’s an open door
I see you reach and turn the key
And step back into me
And suddenly I feel complete
But, I know I was dreaming
I was only dreaming
I was dreaming
I was only dreaming
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The Needle In His Arm
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“The Needle In His Arm”
Words and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 2014 by Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
Please contact: Chet Nichols:
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
http://www.chetnicholsmusic.com :: http://www.chetnichols.net
chet@chetnichols.net :: chetnichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
VERSE 1
He went from earned abundance to the depths of total waste
Pushed away all he had worked for, just to have a little taste
Perhaps he never planned how he would celebrate success
So when that day arrived, he chose to feed his joy distress
CHORUS
Why was he thinking, he wasn’t doing any harm?
While his soul was crying, crying, crying from the needle I his arm
VERSE 1
Now, all of the accolades and all the awards
From the movers and the shakers, now only sound like empty chords
And all of the flicker shows will be playing back his past
But, all we’ll see is an empty space at the a reunion of the cast
CHORUS
Why was he thinking, he wasn’t doing any harm?
Till he woke up dreaming, dreaming, dreaming with a needle in his arm
BRIDGE
Now, what about the children that this evil leaves behind
As it steals away the most precious gift, the choice to give our time
Push back all these demons who lust to steal our precious love
Poisoning sweet futures with the back-side of a glove
VERSE 1
Friends and family they gather to cry and shake their heads
As they pay their last respects to him reclining on his final bed
Then they drift in single file out to a field that’s filled with stones
Touch his box with one last wish then turn away and he’s finally alone
CHORUS
Why was he thinking, he wasn’t doing any harm
Till he woke up dying, dying, dying with a needle in his arm
Why was he thinking, he wasn’t doing any harm?
Till he woke up dreaming, dreaming, dreaming with a needle in his arm
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I'll Be The River
04:10
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“I’ll Be The River”
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1970/2016
by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
1225 Anthony Ct., Antioch, IL 60002 :: 310-386-3636
www.chetnichols.net :: chet@chetnichols.net
MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
ALL RIGHTS STRICTLY RESERVED
I’ll be the river and hold you when the ice is thin
I’ll be the river, come and drink me in
Me down here and you upon the bridge
Filling me up with your tears
Yeah, filling me up with tears
Let go and fall in my arms and we will drift to the sea
Where the winds will lift you up and set your troubles free
Sometimes we’re blind
Even when we try to see
Sometimes we’re blind
Oh, sometimes when we’re wandering
And overwhelmed by the unknown
And you think that you’re invisible
When you’re lost and all alone
You need the river heading home
When you’re lost and all alone
You need the river heading home
So, I’ll be the river hold you when the ice is thin
I’ll be the river, come and drink me in
So, let go and fall in my arms and we will drift to the sea
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Tangled Up In You
04:29
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I Wish That I Could Heal
07:20
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Jezebel
04:17
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“Jezebel”
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 2016/2020 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: chet@chetnichols.net
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Verse 1
If you find you’re judging
All your loves by me
You’re not free
You can live your own life
Between the mountains and the sea
But, if you dream I’ll be there
You’re not free
Chorus
Cause you kept playing Jezebel
And I tried playing the cure
Both caught in a fantasy
That wasn’t real anymore
Yeah, cause you say that I brought you down
When I only wanted you to win
And now it’s up to you to see it thru
And learn to start again Jezebel
Start again, Jezebel
Verse 2
Separate vacations
Business trips
Long lovely girls with shapely hips
Separate relations
Dinners alone
A long distance relation we’ve outgrown
Chorus
Musical Bridge
Chorus
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Copyright © 2016 ® 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
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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7. |
Old Friends
04:52
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“Old Friends”
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols *
Copyright (1978) 2002/2013/2020 by Chet Nichols(ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
Please contact: Chet Nichols, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnichols.net ::
magicgaragemusic@protonmail.com :: chetnichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
VERSE 1.
I saw you in a dream
Your were waiting for a train
You woke me up and you made me cry
The disguise you wore it did you well
For you almost past me by
But, we embraced and we held the time
We didn’t have to try
We didn’t have to try
CHORUS
‘Cause old friends will stay old friends
Through distances and time
Old friends can mellow through the years
Like children and old wine
VERSE 2.
I lost you on the river
You were rowing with your gun
And when the bottom was filled with holes
Your rowing was all done
Now, I sleep on half the bed
I leave a place for you
And staring through the moonlight
I dream that I had rescued you
‘Cause we embraced and we held the time
We didn’t have to try
We didn’t have to try
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
There’s a hunger in an empty heart
Without love and understanding
But a friend can always fill you up
With the gift that is never ending
REPEAT CHORUS
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8. |
The Blue
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“The Blue”
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 2012/2022 by Chester Nichols, Jr (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
1.
Maybe we were hypnotized
Under an ancient spell
But, my heart and soul remembers
The very moment we both fell
I sit among the photographs
Scattered all around the room
Black and white and colors
Turning blue, turning blue
2.
There’s a gallery of memories
That is filled with lover’s art
I wander thru it daily
What we painted with our hearts
Hand in hand in Paris
And on the beaches of Cancun
So, how did these memories
Turn to blue, turn to blue
Bridge
I sit before a canvas
A world of colors I can choose
I lift my brush and close my eyes
To catch a glimpse of you
3.
And mix the ocean in the tropics
With a cold December sky
On the brush I use for memories
Of the love we left behind
We were just too much like
M aybe too good to be true
Still, I wish I could wash away all the blue
All the blue, all the blue
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Copyright © 2012/2022 ® 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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9. |
The Sands Of Time
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“The Sands Of Time”
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Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 2017/2020 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email:: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
ChetNichols@me.com :: chet@chetnichols.net
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Final
VERSE 1
We never said goodbye
That’s what haunted me
When I heard the news
That dropped me to my knees
No time to say goodbye
That’s no way for love to end
But an unexpected tragedy
Mixed your ashes with the wind
CHORUS 1
Where are we to go
When it’s time that we’re called home?
And how am I to know
I’ll find someone like you to hold?
So, how am I to keep my faith
When a heart that once was mine
Lies beyond the hills we climbed
Across the sands of time?
VERSE 2
Some say we are ghosts
Just waiting to appear
But how do ghosts feel the sun
Or smell the rain when it is near?
I believe we’re flames
That can merge to light our way
As we stroll breathing shorelines
And dance above the waves
BRIDGE
Every grain of sand
Can hold a memory
Of every prayer we prayed
And every dream we dreamed
Where’s the bridge to cross
That’ll take me further home
Closer to the arms
That I yearn to hold?
CHORUS 2
Just like drifting clouds
We split and fade away
Till autumn winds draw us back
To squeeze us tight and make us rain
And when the harvest bells fill the air
And ring out one last time
Oh, that’s when our hearts combine
That’s when hearts combine
When your hand’s holding mine
And we cross the sands of time
And we cross the sands of time
And we cross the sands of time
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Copyright © 2020 ® 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
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
Email: Chet@chetnichols.net
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Chet Nichols
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.
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