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“Someone Like You”
By Robert Louis Crane “For Amanda “ 8-16-13
From my conversations with Gary
Verse 1
Well if you don't know, just to be safe that it's clear , if you've a lingering doubt, in the wake of my tears the best thing in my life, was to be loved …by someone like you
Chorus
If I didn't tell you, if I didn't show you,
you need to know you are more than I ever deserved
wish I could give you back all the time I stole away, it's what I’ll regret ...to my last day
Verse 2
It wasn't your choice, you had nowhere to turn, you were the cool winter rain ,
on the bridges I burned...was it my dumb luck, or some beautiful fate
to be loved...by someone like you
Verse 3
the wounds were too deep , they just never healed ,
whatever I lost, I just tried not to feel,
behind a brave face, You hid all the pain, I take the blame , I take the blame
Chorus
If I didn't tell you, if I didn't show you,
you need to know you are more than I ever deserved
wish I could give you back all the time I stole away, it's what I’ll regret ...to my last day
Verse 3
So twisted the road , that has been my life,
it didn't turn out quite like they told me it might,
I don't understand why God up above would let me be loved …
By someone like you
Repeat Verse 1
Well if you don't know, just to be safe that it's clear, if you've a lingering doubt, in the wake of my tears, the best thing in my life, was to be loved …by someone like you
Someone like you
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“Instead of Him”- by Robert Louis Crane 6-11-13
1st Verse
When I saw her last night she'd was crying,
over some thoughtless hurtful thing he'd just done
and as she laid her head upon my shoulder sobbing
She told me he' d been drinking again
2nd Verse
I could see her faded black & blue old bruises
and the dark glasses to cover up his sins
she was telling me the lies he told her
that he would never hurt her again
Chorus
Oh I wish that she loved me instead of him
I can't stand to see her suffering again
why she can't see that I'm more than just a friend
I wish that she loved me instead of him
Bridge
She swears this time she won't take him back again
deaf, dumb and blindness are a tragic lovers friends
She's scared to leave but more afraid to stay
it's a vicious cycle that just rewinds and replays
Chorus
Oh I wish that she loved me instead of him
I can't stand to see her suffering again
why she can't that I'm more than just a friend
I wish that she loved me instead of him
tells me that she's grateful I'm her friend
Oh How I wish that she loved me instead of him
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Ode To Jo
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Ode To Jordan 1-31-12 Copyright Bob Crane -415-726-9571
G A7
We've got old memories and they're fading, like glowing embers in the dark
underneath they are just waiting ... to ignite, all they need is just a spark
Like looking through a dirty window, tomorrow ain't too clear to see
wasting time worrying about the future was killing the littler miracles of our daily routine
Chorus
C
I don't want to let you go, it's the right thing and I know
You're counting on me to do my part , It's all up to me, I gotta break my own heart
Our time is coming to an end , don't want to loose my old friend
Whats killing you is killing me the final curtains coming down now you can rest in peace
Verse #2
My Heart can't get my blood to flow, my feet are dragging down the stairs
This is the last quiet morning that we will ever share
I could not let myself believe that you would ever have to leave
Does it ever really end or will I see you again it a mystery to me
2nd Chorus
3rd Verse
Our times been falling of the clock
Like raindrops dripping of the dock
our moments disappear into the sand
enjoy them while you can
this precious little time we have
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American Pickers
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AMERICAN PICKERS BLUES - By Robert Louis Crane 9-15-13
American Pickers, we're might be headed to your town,
and if you don't mind well, we'd like to have a little look around
We are relic hunting nomads,
on a memorabilia seeking mission
just let me plow through your piles of junk,
It just might improve your cash position
American Pickers, we ain't got no choice
pickin's been running through our veins ever since, we was little girls & boys
There is a method to our madness, its modern day archeology
American Pickers out preserving a little slice of American history
It may may be rusty and all janky, a little moldy, and just a bit stanky
just gimme your garages, barns and basements, I like em loaded to the gills
I'm a dumpster diving daddy, digging hidden treasures, man it gives me the chills
American Pickers, we ain't got no choice
Picken's been running through our veins, ever since we was little girls & boys
There is a method to our madness. It's modern day archeology
American Pickers out preserving a little slice of American history
It gets my motor purring, picking through you secret stash
I dig doing the dirty work in the trenches of what you might think is trash
I'm your fearless fanatic finder, foraging through forgotten fields
I'm a renovating rambler, restoring rusty relics well that's my deal oh yeah
take it way boys (Band rocks out )American pickers, we're coming to your home,
American Pickers, we're picking clean to the bone American pickers, thats what I say
We just dream about junkyards, dilapidated barns and storage sheds
Radical digs and honey holes where no pickers ever been
It's those quirky collecting characters, that we meet we love the most
We're just happy people loving pickers
searching the back roads, from coast to coast
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SunnyMoon
By RLC 7-20-14
The moon was secretly in love with the sun
Whenever they'd meet he'd light up, like she was the one
It was plain to see he was all a-glow
He was in love with the sun but she didn't know
Well the sun believed she was just an ordinary star
but she dreamed of his moon beams after dark
She was longing to experience A celestial romance
And she fell for his moonbeams from afar
He was a falling for her shining star
She was lighting up his moonbeams from afar
so when sun goes down the moon starts to rise
The big bangs gonna happen and the sparks will fly
when the dark side of the moon sees the light
Instrumental
They say the full moon came out so bright
In the middle of the day
And the sun grew dark and black
In a most peculiar way
It caused a solar eclipse
when he kissed her on her lips
It was a sunny honeymoon all the way
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I wonder if You
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I Wonder If You by Robert Louis Crane Copywrite 2011
Your Momma told me her secret, a long long time ago
And I swore I would keep it ,
I was just too young to know
that this secret I'd be keeping...
would be my biggest regret
That secret was you my son … whom I've never met
I think God had a plan for someone to hold your hand when you first tried to walk
I bet your mom and dad
where so proud when you said ,
your first words as you talked
And I wish I was there
to dry your eyes and hold you tight
when those bad dreams awoke you
like they often do in the middle of the night
Chorus
And I wonder if you , ever wonder too … ?
About what could been if I ever met you
Not a day can go bye , I'm not reminded of you
My life's biggest regret, is the secret I've kept
The son,I've never met
Are your eyes crystal blue
like your grandmas' were too ?
Do you have my curly hair?
Is there a scar on your knee
when you from that tree
that you climbed on a dare?
I wish I'd given you the keys to the family car for your first big date
And I'm sorry that I wasn't there to see you graduate
Chorus
And I wonder if you , ever wonder too … ?
about what could been if I ever met you
Not a day can go bye , I'm not reminded of you
My Life's biggest regret is the secret I've kept
the son I've never met
Verse # 4
I dream you are all grown with a house and wife and a son of your own
Did you teach him to fish and ride a bike and catch a ball that you've thrown
And if you cherish them half as much as I do of all my thoughts of you
Well then you're truly blessed my beautiful son whom I never knew
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Lehua Lover
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Lehua Lover
By Robert Louis Crane 12-03-09
verse 1
Well she's a little tiny cabin ,up in the mountains of Kokee
Some folks claim it's a magical lovers hideaway
well aloha and good night, that's all she wrote
well she's my Lehua lover and
she knows how just to rock my boat
verse 2
Well it started real slow , you just gotta understand
we was out walking and I felt her squeeze my hand
well aloha and good night , that's all she wrote
she's my Lehua lover and
she knows just how to rock my boat
Chorus –
She's my Lehua lover and she knows just how to treat me right
she loves me like no other
she's a powder keg mixed with dynamite
My Lehua Lover she knows how to treat me right
she gets my fires all a burning
my juices start to churning
she keeps me up half the night
Instrumental
verse 3
Well I got to admit , I had no chance of running
she hit me like a freight train and I never seen her coming
well aloha and good night cause that's all she wrote
she's my Lehua lover and she knows just how to rock my boat
Final Chorus –
She's my Lehua lover and she knows just how to treat me right
she loves me like no other
she's a powder keg mixed with dynamite
My Lehua Lover she knows how to treat me right
she gets my fires all a burning
my juices start to churning
she keeps me up half the night
She's my Lehua lover and she knows just how to treat me right
she loves me like no other
she's a powder keg mixed with dynamite
My Lehua Lover she knows how to treat me right
oooh ooooh ooohhh Knows how to treat me right
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Unspecified
By Robert Crane copyright 1-22-17
Verse 1
I was Driving in my car. When I saw A line quickly forming outside a little shop door
I Pulled over and I asked the man what this line was for ?
He said “Son you better hurry soon there won't be any more
Verse 2
Any more what ? He said the supply it just won't last
It's all over before you know it hour So you better move fast
I'l hold you a place just for a minute better make up your mind
because once they close the doors that's the end of the line
_Pre-chorus
It's your first time so don't you over do it
so take it slow believe me I know
you're gonna need someone to help you through it
take my advice your first order should be
unspecified I Just can't decide - unspecified I Just can't decide
Verse 3
He grabbed me by my collar and pulled me in to the place
the door slammed shut right behind me in this tiny little space
everyone was staring at the big glass case
there was a hundred different cupcakes with a hundred different names
Chorus – I love Samoa with coconut cream, Limonetta and Pink Champagne
there's the sky is falling snickerdoodle, Vanilla Ahh and Oo La la
unspecified I Just can't decide - unspecified I Just can't decide
unspecified I Just can't decide - unspecified I Just can't decide
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All I Ever Wanted By RLC Jan 14 2014
He was a simple man , with a loving wife
They didn't have much money to buy the finer things in life
He told me son the car that you drive and the clothes that you wear
don't make you who you are
His country Club membership was at the local Y
The family vacations were spent camping underneath the clear blue sky
He believed that the holidays didn't need a season and he had his reasons
I can still hear him say
don't get me anything for Christmas,
Iv'e got everything I need, every day is like Thanksgiving
with all the blessings that I've received
All I ever wanted was a house that I could call my Own
All I ever needed was a loving wife and you kids
so we could make , so we could make this house a home
You are all I Ever wanted Please listen when I say
You are all I ever wanted
For me it's like Christmas ever day
All I ever wanted was a house that I could call my Own
All I ever needed was a loving wife and you kids
so we could make , so we could make this house a home
You are all I Ever wanted Please listen when I say
You are all I ever wanted
For me it's like Christmas ever day
creditsfrom Robert Louis Crane Acoustic Songs, track released April 30, 2017licenseall rights reserved
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Powerless
Verse 1
I'm bending and about to break , I'm so tired and feeling weak
I'm vulnerable to mistakes, I didn't used make, I’m staring at defeat
I'm struggling to address all those shortcomings I suppress
so many things I wish I changed now I regret , Leaves me Powerless
1st chorus
Powerless as the light fades from your eyes I pray for a miracle , before all hope dies
powerless as I watch you slip away I've done everything I know how to do
it's all been in vain
2nd Verse
I am adrift on a stormy sea on a leaky boat without a sale
I’m running out of track on a speeding train and soon I will derail
Like bird with a broken wing I've lost control of so many things
I'm crumbling under the stress I'm so powerless
Bridge
Like a frightened boy at the leaking dyke with the water breaking through
Every time I plug another hole it gets replaced by two
I'm running out of fingers what more can I do I'm powerless
2nd chorus
powerless as the light fades from your eyes I pray for a miracle , before all hope dies
powerless as I watch you slip away I've done everything I know how to do
it's all been in vain, I'm Powerless , So Powerless
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Robert Louis Crane & Mary E Jennings- The Green Bird Studio in San Rafael, Ca
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