It Would Be Easier
H&S Owens
It would be easier fallin’ off a mountain top
It would be easier to keep on drinkin’ ‘til I drop
It would be easier confessing each and every sin
It would be easier than seein’ her again
There’s a cure for loneliness they say
But people lose the battle every day
I’ve tried every remedy around
But your love is the only one I’ve found
It would be easier givin’ up my cigarettes
It would be easier ignoring all of my regrets
It would be easier just knowin’ that I’ve lost a friend
It would be easier than seein’ her again
I’ve tried hard to leave it all behind
But nothin’ seems to ease my state of mind
Someone please keep me away from you
I’m afraid of what I’m gonna do
It would be easier losin’ all my hard-earned pay
It would be easier drivin’ home the other way
It would be easier admitting that I just can’t win
It would be easier than seein’ her again
Nelson County Flood
H&S Owens © 2007
Way down in Nelson County, there was a man by the name of Gray
On his head there was a bounty, ten thousand dollars, or so they say
Where he lived no one was goin’, somewhere high up in the hills
Where you could feel the cold winds blowin’, and taste the smell of moonshine stills
He was always on the run, for the deeds that he had done
Once his hands were smeared with blood
Now washed away in the Nelson flood…
One day a stranger came to town, for Mr Gray he did inquire
He dressed in black, he wore a frown, clearly he was a gun for hire
He was always on the run, for the deeds that he had done
Once his hands were smeared with blood
Now washed away in the Nelson flood…
Then the rain began a-fallin’, and the creek began to rise
Gray could hear that stranger callin’, he was a-hunting for his prize
He was always on the run, for the deeds that he had done
Once his hands were smeared with blood
Now washed away in the Nelson flood…
Then the mountain side gave ‘way, from the waters of the flood
And upon that fateful day, they both were buried in the mud
He was always on the run, for the deeds that he had done
Once his hands were smeared with blood
Now washed away in the Nelson flood…
H&S Owens
It would be easier fallin’ off a mountain top
It would be easier to keep on drinkin’ ‘til I drop
It would be easier confessing each and every sin
It would be easier than seein’ her again
There’s a cure for loneliness they say
But people lose the battle every day
I’ve tried every remedy around
But your love is the only one I’ve found
It would be easier givin’ up my cigarettes
It would be easier ignoring all of my regrets
It would be easier just knowin’ that I’ve lost a friend
It would be easier than seein’ her again
I’ve tried hard to leave it all behind
But nothin’ seems to ease my state of mind
Someone please keep me away from you
I’m afraid of what I’m gonna do
It would be easier losin’ all my hard-earned pay
It would be easier drivin’ home the other way
It would be easier admitting that I just can’t win
It would be easier than seein’ her again
Nelson County Flood
H&S Owens © 2007
Way down in Nelson County, there was a man by the name of Gray
On his head there was a bounty, ten thousand dollars, or so they say
Where he lived no one was goin’, somewhere high up in the hills
Where you could feel the cold winds blowin’, and taste the smell of moonshine stills
He was always on the run, for the deeds that he had done
Once his hands were smeared with blood
Now washed away in the Nelson flood…
One day a stranger came to town, for Mr Gray he did inquire
He dressed in black, he wore a frown, clearly he was a gun for hire
He was always on the run, for the deeds that he had done
Once his hands were smeared with blood
Now washed away in the Nelson flood…
Then the rain began a-fallin’, and the creek began to rise
Gray could hear that stranger callin’, he was a-hunting for his prize
He was always on the run, for the deeds that he had done
Once his hands were smeared with blood
Now washed away in the Nelson flood…
Then the mountain side gave ‘way, from the waters of the flood
And upon that fateful day, they both were buried in the mud
He was always on the run, for the deeds that he had done
Once his hands were smeared with blood
Now washed away in the Nelson flood…
The Hills of Old Virginia
H&S Owens © 2007
In the hills of old Virginia
That is where he was found
On the side of Sugarloaf Mountain
His bones lay scattered on the ground
He disappeared late one November
Runnin’ from the voices in his head
They searched for him all through December
They finally gave him up for dead
CHORUS
In the springtime a couple were out walkin’
The dogwood trees were bloomin’ everywhere
What they came upon quickly stopped their talkin’
All they could do was stand and stare
CHORUS
I still recall the last time that I saw him
At a truck stop just north of Charlottesville
On Route 29 heading some place
He never told me where, now he never will…
CHORUS
Golden Dreams
H&S Owens © 2003
Come with me, let’s take a trip, back through time on a sailin’ ship
To a place where summer never ends and the wildflowers grow
There’s an ol’ farmhouse upon the hill, in my mind I can see it still
Starin’ out through the trees to the valley below.
My mother’s standin’ at the door, Dad’s down at the general store
Buying somethin’ that we need with his hard-earned pay
The mail is in, school is out, now we’re free to run about
Doing what we wanna do each and every day.
Oh I don’t know what it means
So simple now, it seems
It’s my childhood world of Golden Dreams…
Put on your hat, grab a pole, head on down to the fishin’ hole
Big ol’ catfish waitin’ there, I’m catchin’ him this time!
But somehow he always gets away, no matter what my friends might say
He’s so strong and moves so fast he always breaks the line.
-CHORUS-
Some days I had to help my Dad, back then it always made me mad
Stuck with him out in the fields while my brothers played
But he taught me things that I still know, things that help a child to grow
From a boy into a man…those lessons never fade.
-CHORUS-
Our Sundays, they were much the same, we’d go to church, I’d play the game
Countin’ spots upon the wall…I never reached the end
Put on your tie, don’t be late, sing the songs, pass the plate
It felt so good every week when the preacher said, “Amen.”
-CHORUS-
Now it’s time for us to go, before we get the winter snow
Covering up those summer days that I knew so well
But I can always journey back, walk on down that well-worn track
And let those memories in my mind cast their magic spell.
Don’t Go Away
H&S Owens © 2010
Don’t go away, don’t go away
There’s a fox in the hen house so don’t go away
Don’t go away, don’t go away
Daddy please don’t go away
Daddy oh Daddy where have you gone
Woke up this morning, knew something was wrong
The door is wide open, the porch light is on
Oh Daddy won’t you please come home
Daddy oh Daddy the well has gone dry
Sister is hungry and it makes mother cry
If the rain doesn’t come soon, the crops will all die
Oh Daddy won’t you please come home
CHORUS
Daddy oh Daddy why do you roam
My heart will be broken and turn into stone
Mamma she’s been drinking and baby’s alone
Oh Daddy won’t you please come home
Daddy oh Daddy the old mule is dead
Died in her sleep in the back of the shed
I found the fox sleeping right under your bed
Oh Daddy won’t you please come home
CHORUS
Daddy oh Daddy the cupboard is bare
Baby is crying but Mamma she don’t care
There’s a knife in the kitchen and blood on the stair
Oh Daddy won’t you please come home
Daddy oh Daddy there’s evil all around
It’ll come and take you without any sound
Make you disappear into the cold, cold ground
Oh Daddy won’t you please come home
Could It Be Your Heart
H&S Owens ©2007
You gave me all of your love
You gave it from the start
Then I took something from you
And tore it right apart
Could it be your heart
Could it be your heart
That dull, tender aching
Could be a feeling that is breaking in your heart…
I’m sorry for hurting you
With something that I said
The letter that you wrote to me
Was stained with ruby red
-CHORUS-
The heart of a lover is more than flesh and blood
It can float upon the water or drown in the flood
But once it has been broken, it’s hard to start again
For some of us, it can be the end
Like a treasure that was lost
And someone else has found
I took what you gave to me
And threw it on the ground
-CHORUS-
The heart of a lover is more than flesh and blood
It can float upon the water or drown in the flood
But once it has been broken, it’s hard to start again
For some of us, it can be the end
Forgive me for taking
What was never mine
That bright, blooming flower
That fruit upon the vine
-CHORUS-
Leave Me to Pine
H&S Owens (3.7.00)
There’s a hole where my heart was once beating
There’s an emptiness deep down inside
There’s a cold and a faraway feeling
Wipe these tears from my eyes one more time
Tell me where is the love that you promised
Tell me where are the dreams we once had
Tell me what is the good to come from this
Kind of feeling that makes me so sad
Leave me to pine for a love that was mine
Every hour of each night and day
Leave me alone and I’ll wait on my own
For the darkness to take me away
Well the flowers still bloom in the springtime
And the leaves they still fall to the ground
And the rain beats soft upon my window
But there’s no longer love to be found
CHORUS
If I’d known where tomorrow would take me
If I’d seen what the future would bring
If you’d told me this sorrow would break me
I still know I’d have changed not a thing
CHORUS
Valentine’s Day
H & S Owens © 1998
I’m thinking of you on Valentine’s Day
All on your own and so far away
I wish I could be close by your side
On Valentine’s Day
I wish I could make the pain go away
I wish I had words, something to say
I wish I could make the sun shine for you
On Valentine’s Day
‘Cause if you don’t have your own Valentine
You just want to leave the whole thing behind
You don’t want to think ‘bout what you once had
Now that it’s gone…
I know that the storm will pass by your door
And you’ll find someone to love you once more
But until then, it’s gonna be hard
On Valentine’s Day
‘Cause if you don’t have your own Valentine
You just want to leave the whole thing behind
You don’t want to think ‘bout what you once had
Now that it’s gone…
I know that you’re sad, I know that you’re blue
I’ve got some idea of what you’re going through
‘Cause I’ve been there, too, baby like you
On Valentine’s Day