Sleeping With Your Guitar

Gone

I come by late at night

I see your light’s still burning

I know it’s not on for me

We had our time to shine

Back when our love was blind

But now, it’s so plain to see

that it’s…

Chorus:

Gone just like a friend

Gone, honey it’s the end

Gone, ooh bye bye

Gone, and I don’t know why

(and I don’t lie)

I thought that I could be

With you and still be free

Out in the open sky

I took what I could find

It never crossed my mind

That you might want to fly

now it’s…

Chorus

I come by late at night

I see your light’s still burning

I know it’s not on for me

I’ll wait until the day

Then, I’ll be on my way

But, my heart it won’t be free

‘cause it’s

Chorus

Alone On This Highway

Sometimes I fly, I search high and low

Sometimes I wait for you, but still you never show

And when I dream, it’s always you

I want to find you there, oh but I never do

Chorus:

What can I do, where should I stay

Am I the only one alone on this highway

I walk for miles, all night and day

Still no one picks me up

Alone on this highway

On this highway

I see a house along the road

Want it to be the place to ease my troubled load

But, like a soul whose heart has sinned

She lays empty now, broken shutters in the wind

Chorus

I used to have the greatest hope

I always to carried it dangling from a rope

But, now it seems somebody lied

When they said to me, “Baby, it’s always there inside.”

Chorus

Tell Me What You Want Us To Be

Chorus:

A thousand miles away, standing next to me

I don’t want to lose the thread I see

Come on baby, tell me what you want us to be

‘Cause I’m stumbling through the dark, straight into the night

I fall into your arms, it feels so right

Come on baby, tell me what you want us to be

You know I’m with you, and I never want to see you cry

Say you feel it, so deep it could never lie

When you tell me, anybody couldn’t change my ways

But now I’m so sure, long gone are those ramblin’ days

Chorus

I won’t leave you, I don’t ever want to break your heart

So together, nothing ever gonna tear it apart

When I see you coming down with that blue dress on

And you know now, every other girl is so long gone

Chorus

Just A Thread

Don’t know just how I got here, so close to the edge

Always walking a thin line, standing on a ledge

For so long I can’t recall, I’ve been running blind

Searching through the darkness for what I can never find

Chorus:

Just a thread

Hanging on by just a thread

Just a thread

I’m hanging on by just a thread

When you left me on the road for a better day

I had to look inside myself for another way

Ooh, you don’t know how hard I tried to forget your name

But you kept coming back again in my memory just the same

Chorus

But it’s different this time, ain’t nobody’s fault

The same things over again, not the same result

When I see you now and then living your new lie

I go back in time again and I know I’m going to fly

Chorus

One Time

Well I can tell you a bunch of lies and you’ll love me

I look at you like you’re nothing and you can’t stay away

I tell the truth just one single time and I’m history

Chorus:

Oh, oh, well I will tell you one time

And I won’t tell you no more

You might think you know my mind

But, you can never be sure

‘Cause I can be someone else anytime and I’m normal

I blend into the background just like nothing at all

I be myself just one single time and I’m outcast

Chorus

So, I’ll just give you anything and you’ll take it

Before long, you won’t know any other way

I’ll be the bad guy you always want, but I’ll fake it

It won’t mean anything, but I’ll just…

Chorus

Rocking Chair

I see the road, but I don’t feel much like walking

I know the words, but I don’t feel much like talking

I’ll just sit here in my chair and keep rockin’

Chorus:

I’ll keep rockin’ ‘till I’m wearing out the floor

I’ll keep rockin’ ‘till I can’t rock anymore

Anymore

I saw you today

I was caught in a blank stare

You’re going away, while I’m going nowhere

I’ll just sit here in my chair

I don’t care

Chorus

I know my place, and I know it ain’t so high

You chase the stars, while I watch the sky

I’ll just sit here on my porch…

And pass you by

Chorus

Sleeping...Lyrics Continued

Waiting For You

How do you know what’s inside of me

I’m looking right into your eyes, but they don’t see

The winding stairs to the secret rooms

Chorus:

I’m waiting in one of them

Waiting in one of them

Waiting in one of them, waiting for you

You get your keys and go out for a drive

When you’re out on the streets, you’re feeling alive

A million stars, so many cars

Chorus

Some guys say, “You’ve gotta take what you want.”

And maybe that’s true

And maybe you don’t know it yet

Maybe I want you

I’m out here alone on this highway tonight

If you say just the right words, I just might

Now, I’ve gotta know what you’re gonna do

I’ve been all over this city, and I can’t find you

But, you’re in my head

I feel you in bed

I’m with you in one of them

With you in one of them

I’ll be with you in one of them

I’m waiting for you

Chorus

Sleeping With Your Guitar

She has a nice shape and the right curves

When she sings to me, well it calms my nerves

I pick her up and she sits on my lap

And when she holds onto my I don’t even need the strap

She never frets, but she knows that I’m a player

When I caress her neck, she knows I care

Then I touch that G-string and turn her on real loud

She makes a sound that just always drives me wild

Chorus:

And when I go to bed at night and you’re away too far

Don’t be jealous baby I’ll be sleeping with your guitar

Sleeping with your guitar

She’s not too sharp, but oh I like her tone

And when she’s with me, I never feel alone

She always sings all my favorite songs

As I hammeron her all night long

Chorus

Yeah, I’ve made some marks on her

But they’ve only made her better

Some guys would try to steal her if they ever met her

She’s not too heavy and she’s not too light

She likes keeps me baby, up all night

When I go out, she helps me paint the town

And if she gets too loud, I just turn her down

We never argue and we never fight

With her bridge well she doesn’t ever bite

Chorus

It All Comes Down To Me

Walking on the beach

She’s so out of reach, it’s December

Well, it might be cold

But I’m not too old to remember

Chorus:

It all comes down to me

It all comes down eventually

It all comes down to me

You know it isn’t right

She comes when the night is falling

It’s never too late

Whenever your fate is calling

Chorus

In all of our lives

There’s a moment in time, defining

When everything flows

The planets we chose aligning

Chorus

I Can Take You

I can take you far away from here

I can take you so far you cannot hear

All the screams that never made it past your wall

Lying there, still his footsteps in the hall

I can take you to the other side

I can take you in my car we’ll ride

And we’ll go faster than your memories ever could

And you’ll forget all of the bad things now for good

I can take you if you let me girl

I can take you to another world

I can take you, we can make it real

I can take you so far you cannot feel

All the words that always burned into your soul

We can find all of the parts of you they stole

I can take you if you let me girl

I can take you so far from this world and

In your arms, we can soar across the sky

In the end oh, I know we’ll never die

I can take you to the other side

I can take you, in my car we’ll ride

Keep Running©

It’s always been you

And you know it, too

Now there’s two sides and one I never knew

But there’s something wrong

When you turn it on

‘Cause I’m more than gone and

You already won and…

Chorus:

I keep running, I keep running

Can’t turn it off

I keep running, I keep running

I can’t turn it off

I’ll just play the field

Try to keep it real, but

While I’m running free

I know they’re not for me and

I’m just wasting down

Time I should be ‘round

And you know it Jack that

That time ain’t coming back and…

Chorus

If you won’t let me stay

You know I can’t give away even

A random thought of you, ‘cause

I don’t know what else to do and

I can’t stop this ramblin’ on

With all of my direction gone

It’s hitching out on 22

Hoping to get a ride with you and…

Chorus

Repeat Chorus and fade

Return To You

The best part of my day is when everyone goes away

And I’m alone with my thoughts

And they return to you

Chorus:

They return to you

When I’m alone with my thoughts

(I hold you in my heart)

They always return to you

I held your hand so warm in mine

I know you can’t come back

Until the end of time

So I’ll…

Chorus

So close my eyes and I’ll see you

You’ll be in my arms again and it’ll all be true

‘Cause I’ll…

Chorus

Liner Notes

Most of the songs on this CD were

written in a bar in Steubenville, Ohio,

after closing time. They were heavily

influenced by whatever I was drinking

that night. If you hear a song and think

that maybe it was written about you, it

probably was.

Gone

Liner Notes

"Gone." is about how it feels when

you try to hold on to something that

is no longer there... because it's Gone,

of course.

One Time

Liner Notes

One Time

"One Time" shows that women don't

always know us as well as they think.

We just let them think they do.

O.K. I lied. I said I'd only tell you

"One Time," and I told you over

and over. Probably because you

don't listen very well.

Waiting For You

Sleeping With Your Guitar

Alone On This Highway

"Waiting For You" There's a magic

in the night sometimes. Excitement

in the feeling that anything can

happen.

Alone On This Highway

Sleeping With Your Guitar

Alone On This Highway

This song had been

formulating in my mind for a few weeks,

the lyrics at least. Then one night.

I channeled it from some

other world and it was there completely.

That's the creative process explained.

Sleeping With Your Guitar

"This song is

dedicated to Louella Benson,

whose photo graces the cover of

this CD. She was always very jealous

of that guitar. She loaned it to me

and immediately regretted it.

Keep Running

I Can Take You

Sometimes, you're just a

hitch-hiker waiting for the next ride, not

knowing where it will take you.

But, you "Keep Running."

I Can Take You

She was only 5 years old,

and going through hell.

"I Can Take You,"

is a prayer to go back

in time to rescue her.

Just A Thread

I Can Take You

Just A Thread

It can be a fine line between

living well and barely scraping by.

And sometimes, we find that

even our strongest relationships

are tenuous at best,

hanging on by "Just A Thread."

It All Comes Down To Me

"Tell Me What You Want Us To Be"

It All Comes Down To Me

It might be a May/September

relationship, but it's not

December yet.

And sooner

or later, we all have to make

important decisions. How we

choose shows our character.

Rocking Chair

"Tell Me What You Want Us To Be"

It All Comes Down To Me

Going back and forth on a "Rocking Chair,"

can take you far, even as you seem to

stay right where you are.

"Tell Me What You Want Us To Be"

This is my real life, every time I find the

One girl I want to be with

forever... at that time.

"Return To You" is for Christine

and Louella.

Sleeping With Your Guitar

Recorded in 2015

Drums - Tim Hepburn
Guitar - Carlo Volhl
Keys, Bass, Vocals - Frank Bengier
Vocals - Sabina and Zemfira Baurova Hoppel, Dana Kimmel, Maura McKeagan

Tracks

Gone
Alone On This Highway
Tell Me What You Want Us To Be
Just A Thread
One Time
Rocking Chair
Waiting For You
Sleeping With Your Guitar
It All Comes Down To Me
I Can Take You
Keep Running
Return To You

Liner Notes

Sometimes you don't realize what you have...

until it's Gone

Alone On This Highway Remembering the first time that I ran away from home

Most people who know me, or think they know me, think that I'm simple or normal or down to earth. But the truth is...I'm a complicated guy. From the outside, my life might look like a quiet, peaceful house in a gated community. But in reality, I'm haunted with demons hidden deep inside...and apparitions passing through my walls. And in one of those dark rooms, I'm there...

Waiting For You

I had a girlfriend once who loaned me her guitar. That was a big mistake because... It didn't take long before I fell in love with it. She would call me up thinking I had been untrue and I would tell her that no, I'm just Sleeping With Your Guitar. I wasn't lying... but when I took that guitar out on the road with me... well, she never saw me or that guitar ever again.

Sometimes, everything in your life moves so fast that you can't process it all. And sometimes, the best thing you can do about it... is just Keep Running.

Where I'm from in the Midwest, in the winter time, a lot of people... especially old people, go south to Florida. I guess they can't take the cold anymore. Kind of like birds that fly south, then come back in the Spring. Every once in a while, those old birds will lose their sense of direction and end up... I don't know... in New Jersey or something... on the Jersey shore in the middle of winter. Well, one time, I found myself lost on the east coast. I was in Coney Island in the dead of winter... all the rides were shut down, the shops and restaurants were all boarded up. So, I just wandered around until I found another lost bird. When I first saw her, she was walking towards me on the beach. I was cold December, and she was dressed like a summer day. And when we locked eyes I knew that It All Comes Down To Me