G. Michael Peters

Lyrics

Lost - words & music by G. Michael Peters

Some days the road I’m drivin’ seems to never end
Everybody wants me goin’ their way
But I can’t go on as if nothin’s wrong like they want me to
So I’m switchin’ off and goin’ dark today

I just gotta get lost, forget about the cost
Lose myself to the open road, rid myself of the heavy load
That’s draggin’ me down, so down
I don’t wanna be found, gonna head underground
To find the man that I used to be, laugh the way that’s inside of me
Stead of spinnin’ around, around
I just gotta get lost
I just gotta get lost

A road you’ve never been on clears your thoughts away
Doesn’t matter where you’re goin’ or why
Then you see some girl who could change your world in the settin’ sun
And know that somethin’ brought you there to try

We just gotta get lost, forget about the cost
Lose ourselves to the open road, rid ourselves of these heavy loads
Draggin’ us down, so down
We just gotta get lost, we just gotta get lost

Somewhere down a lost road’s where we’ll find ourselves
By listenin’ to our hearts and not our minds
The truth will find us somehow, if we let it come
Cause the harder we keep lookin’, the harder it’ll be to find

We just gotta get lost, forget about the cost
Lose ourselves to the open road, rid ourselves of these heavy loads
Draggin’ us down, so down
We don’t wanna be found, let’s head underground
Find the happy we used to be, laugh the way that we oughta be
Not spinnin’ around, around
We just gotta get lost
We just gotta get lost

Gotta get lost
Gotta get lost

Moonbeam - words & music by G. Michael Peters

Saw her first time at a rock show
Swayin’ alone in the aisle
Hair up in braids, swing dress of lace
Smilin’ a Mona Lisa smile

She told me her name was Moonbeam
Expecting my look of surprise
But I took her hand, said “My ain’t that grand?
It matches the stars in your eyes.”

Moonbeam, prettiest girl I’d ever seen
Hoping you weren’t just a dream
I need your light in my life, Moonbeam

Well, I was her make-work project
And, boy she had her hands full with me
I loved eatin’ meat, had beers on repeat
Watchin’ games on my big screen TV

She told me I had to be mindful
That my Chakras were blocked up and bent
I nodded okay, then Googled away
Not a clue in the world what she meant

Moonbeam, prettiest girl I’d ever seen
Hoping you weren’t just a dream
I need your light in my life, Moonbeam

Oh, she dragged me up to an ashram
Said it was a place I could ground
Wrapped up in a toga, meditation and yoga
So much herbal tea I nearly drowned

I twisted myself into a pretzel
Kept silent all day with no phone
She gave me a mantra, taught me ‘bout Tantra
Said there’d be no love til we got home. Oh, no.

Wish I could say this ended happily
Got caught in the shed with a Big Mac
Six pack on ice, fries instead of rice
Football on a TV in the shack

Well, Moonbeam blew out a Chakra
Used some language she never could take back
Don’t believe what they say, ain’t true anyway
Rarely do opposites attract

Moonbeam, prettiest girl I’d ever seen
Hoping you weren’t just a dream
I need your light in my life, Moonbeam

Moonbeam, prettiest girl I’d ever seen
Somehow it was all just a dream
I miss your light in my life, Moonbeam

Sixteenth Summer - words & music by G. Michael Peters

When that last bell set me free
I had no place to be, days were all mine
Prayin’ for an epic summer
Who knew it’d be the best of all time

Got my license on my sixteenth birthday
Picked up the boys, cruised my old boat
We went lookin’ for a place to cut loose
Hit the drive-in for some root beer floats

I saw a girl, coulda swore I saw her smilin’ at me
Something today me that summer was meant to be

My sixteenth summer was like no other learnin’ grown up ways
I still remember every one of my sixteenth summer days

Most days we played touch at the park
Or worked on our cars, money long gone
Killin’ time to get to the night
When we could close dance to Elton John

Me and my girl were tryin’ hard to figure things out
Cause no one told us what sixteen was all about

My sixteenth summer was like no other learnin’ grown up ways
I still remember every one of my sixteenth summer days. I do!

My sixteenth summer was like no other learnin’ grown up ways
I still remember every one of those sixteenth summer days

My sixteenth summer was like no other learnin’ grown up ways
I still remember every one of my sixteenth summer days

Sixteenth summer, sixteenth summer, sixteenth summer ways
Hope you remember every one of your sixteenth summer days

Have I Lived A Good Life - words & music by G. Michael Peters

All alone on a mountaintop looking down upon the clouds
Thought about what drove me here, pushed me high above the crowds
And I know that I once was an acrobat that couldn't fall
Thought I had life figured out, but now I'm questioning it all

My younger days are in the rear view, no longer driven to the chase
I wonder if I made a difference to anyone or any place

Hope I've lived a good life, hope I've lessened someone's pain
Or helped them learn to fly, get back on their feet again
If I've lived a good life, I'll leave here with no regrets
Knowing that I've done my best with this one life we all get

My younger days are in the rear view, no longer driven to the chase
I wonder if I made a difference to anyone or any place

Guess I've lived a good life, my memories sure are full
And I've had me lots of smiles and my heartstrings have been pulled
But I know that in the end we're all riding the same train
And the only question is, would we ride it over again

Have I lived a good life
Have I given more than taken
Ever left a friend forsaken in times of need
Did I love with all I could
Did I fight the fights worth fightin'
Right the wrongs that needed rightin'
Choose love over greed
Have I lived a good life, have I lived, have I lived
Have I lived a good life, have I lived, have I lived
Have a lived a good life, have I lived, have I lived
Have a lived a good life

I'll Still Be Here - words & music by G. Michael Peters

Waitin', waitin' for the storm to pass
And hopin', hopin' that this rain don't last
Some days it hurts to be near
But I've always loved you, so have no fear
When your walls come closin' in, I'll still be here

Standin', standin' on the sideline lookin' in
And wonderin', wonderin' how to help you back again
Oh, I know, this you isn't you
But together we'll make it through
When your walls come closin' in, I'll still be here

Oh, we all need a place to hide, when the darkness pulls us inside
Just take my hand, and I'll guide you home
You may feel lonely, but you're never alone

Smilin', smilin' at the girl I always knew
And laughin', laughin' like the way we used to do
Somehow we've learned to make it go
I'm yours forever, and always know
When your walls come closin' in, I'll still be here
When your walls come closin' in, I'll still be here

Like You're Still Five - words & music by G. Michael Peters

There will come a day not so far from today
When you won't come runnin' to me
To tell me 'bout your day, in your breathless little way

The frog you caught under the pier
The mud you put in your sister's ear
Tacklin' every life's adventure without an ounce of fear

I know I have to let you be free to fly
And I'm not supposed to doubt or question why
But let me lift you off the ground this one last time
And hold you in my arms like you're still five

Let me smell the fresh air and the forest in your hair
Tell me all about your dirt
And the wonders you found under the stairs

So many things to see and do
Those fire-breathing dragons you slew
In the backyard before watching Winnie the Pooh

I know I have to let you be free to fly
And I'm not supposed to doubt or question why
But let me lift you off the ground this one last time
And hold you in my arms like you're still five

It's just your old Dad rambling but I hope that you can see
Every time I lift you off the ground you're really lifting me

You've grown so big and strong, it's what I hoped for all along
Young man on his own two feet
Trying not to do it wrong, to just belong

These Dad trials have been worthwhile
But what would really make me smile
Is let your old man lift you off the ground every once in a while

I know I have to let you be free to fly
And I'm not supposed to doubt or question why
But let me lift you off the ground this one last time
And hold you in my arms like you're still five
And hold you in my arms like you're still five

You Can Never Go Home Again - words & music by G. Michael Peters

I took my first steps there, first time they cut my hair
Learned to ride a bike so I could go anywhere
My parents kept me safe, but they let me get into my share

A high school love - a ring, she made my young heart sing
She was the first to open my eyes to grown-up things
Until I went off to school, in search of what else life might bring

I miss the ocean's smell, those streets I knew so well
Believe it or not, I even miss the rain
But they're just memories now, and though I might wonder how
I know you can never go home again

Oh, I still think of you, when I'm feeling blue
I remember every crazy thing we used to do
And I wonder sometimes, did any of your dreams ever come true

On that day I phoned, and left you all alone
Couldn't help myself, I was itchin' to roam
Ain't it funny how the mind works; we need to travel, but we long to be home

I miss the ocean's smell, those streets I knew so well
Believe it or not, I even miss the rain
But they're just memories now, and though I might wonder how
I know you can never go home again

Finally found my way home, walked those streets all alone
Lots of things had changed, but nothing had
And I realized that day, home's just a place in your heart

I miss the ocean's smell, those streets I knew so well
Believe it or not, I even miss the rain
But they're just memories now, and though I might wonder how
I know you can never go home again
Oh, I know you can never go home again

When The Bluenose Was Queen - Words by Michael Peters. Music by Michael Peters & Wayne Brown

We lost the Cup to those damn Yanks
Was November of nineteen twenty
Canada’s sailors took a blow that day
But our pride would not let it be

So we built us a two-masted schooner
The greatest salt banker of all
To fish for God’s cod off the Grand Banks
And to race the high seas come the Fall

Ten thousand square foot of sail she flew
On tall masts of Oregon pine
A half million cod pounds could be salted away
In her black hull with a thoroughbred’s line

Like a peacock she strutted with her sails out
The jewel of Nova Scotia’s fleet
With the dreams of a young land upon her
Mighty Bluenose was birthed to the sea-ee-ee

When the Bluenose was Queen of the Atlantic
The pride of Lunenberg
When the Bluenose was Queen, sailing frantic
Fastest schooner on this Earth
When the Bluenose was Queen
When the Bluenose was Queen
When the Bluenose was Queen

Caught a record that season on the Banks grounds
’Twas high time to prove what she could do
So Blue set to race ‘gainst those Gloucester boys
With Cap’n Angus and her crew of twenty-two

Flew o’er the waves like a bird of the sea
And for six years she bought home the prize
“She’s a witch, can’t be beat!”, the Americans cried
But Angus and her crew knew the skies

By the thirties the age of sail ended
Engines tore their cloths from the sky
Blue was sold south to haul bananas and rum
Angus watched her leave and he cried

In ’46 a squall broke off Haiti
Clipped a reef, it was Blue’s time to die
Close your eyes and On you'll see her off the South Shore
The Queen with her sails flying high-igh-igh

When the Bluenose was Queen of the Atlantic
The pride of Lunenberg
When the Bluenose was Queen, sailing frantic
Fastest schooner on this Earth

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When the Bluenose was Queen
When the Bluenose was Queen
When the Bluenose was Queen