WHAT IF THIS IS ALL THERE IS

IN THIS LIGHT

SOMEWHERE A PLACE
©2019 Rj Cowdery / GoosePie Music /BMI


It’s been years since I’ve seen your face

I try not to think about it but sometimes it’s hard to erase

Your stuck inside my brain

Trouble seemed to follow you around

You took some beatings into the arms of another town

Disappearing without a sound

Somewhere a place      Somewhere in time

Two hearts embrace     What was left behind

The boy you didn't raise became a man

He patiently waited for your love come second hand

And now he don’t give a damn

Somedays I wish that I was you

Did you get off easy I doubt if we ever do      

With something borrowed something blue

Somewhere a place      Somewhere in time

Two hearts embrace     What was left behind

It seems the apple don’t fall too far away

Yes, I know I see him every single day

Your eyes your hands your hair

It’s like you’re standing there

All these years just melt away

Somewhere a place      Somewhere in time

Two hearts embrace     What was left behind

It’s been years since I’ve seen your face


WHAT IF THIS IS ALL THERE IS

©2019 Rj Cowdery / GoosePie Music /BMI


I keep asking myself this question

Rolling around like a rock in my head

I should be worrying about tomorrow

But I’m stuck in this cloud instead

Gotta figure out where I’m going

Maybe I’m not going anywhere

Are these miles that I drive, lines that I ride

Just a hopeless love affair

What if this is all there is

What if this i all the love I’m ever gonna give

The ladder that I’m on

Standing on try highest rung

That I’m ever gonna stand

What If This Is All There Is   

All the blood and the sweat and the crying

Surely my cup is over filled

But I just can’t keep up so I’m counting on luck

To soak up all the good that I spill

I know this might sound crazy

But for me it rings so true

One song at a time is doing me just fine

And who knows I might just pull through

Chorus

Living for now is what I do best,  it’s a family mystery

It might take my whole life to get it just right

Before I finally believe…that my life fits perfectly

Chorus x2

What if this is all there is….What if this is all there is…What if this is all there is


SECRETS OF MY DREAMS
©2019 Rj Cowdery / GoosePie Music /BMI



In the morning when I cry  I think about all that I have given

Think about everything I have, all the sweet and all the sad

When I lie myself to sleep hoping all will be forgiven

And I’ll finally get some peace In the secrets of my dreams

When the day should finally come and I don’t have the will for living

Lay my tired body down let there be singing all around

Sing a song for Ohio don’t forget I love Colorado

All those Rocky Mountain highs, man, it’s almost good to die

In the morning when I cry  I think about all that I have given

Think about everything I have, all the good and all the bad

When I lie myself to sleep hoping all will be forgiven

And I’ll finally get some peace In the secrets of my dreams

And I’ll finally get some peace In the secrets of my dreams


BROKEN WHEEL
©2019 Rj Cowdery / GoosePie Music /BMI


It’s the falling down and you can’t get up

Life goes on even though your stuck

Your feet won’t move and your mind won’t heal

Everything’s a wreck, you’re a broken wheel

You told yourself so many times

If it got this bad you’d end it by

Popping of a gun, pushing of a pill

Make a big splash rolling down that hill

You get brave when everybody’s watching

Makes it hard to be yourself

Look around now, nobody’s watching

Do you have the nerve, do you have the nerve to fail?

You were a real fine party girl

Until you lost it all up on the ferris wheel

The sun went down and so did you

Found yourself shaken all black and blue

Is it a sign is it a curse

In the scope of things it might get worse

I don’t know, it’s so hard to say

Maybe next time you’ll find a different way

You know I’ve never been a fan of talking in a song

There’s rhymes and reasons and the everything could just go wrong

But life is a gem it’s a babbling brook

It’s everything you wanted it’s all the things you took for granted

The sky, the pie - the whole nine yards will be gone in one damn blink of an eye

If you’re not careful, if you’re not true…It’ll come back to bite you


DON’T GIVE UP
©2019 Rj Cowdery / GoosePie Music / BMI


Baby, won’t you give me one more chance

I’ll take it like a man give me what you got

I promise, I will do everything I can

No one told me to would be like this

I wanna wrap my arms around you give you a kiss

But something else is on your mind

Don’t you give up in this love

Don’t go racing the wind

It will blow oh but we can mend

We’re not broken if we bend

You forgive and you forget

How I busted up this trust with every ounce of regret

When I tip it back and I chug it down

But this time I’m gonna get it right

Locked away those demons deep into this night

I won’t call them anymore


IS THERE TIME
©2019 Rj Cowdery / GoosePie Music /BMI


Is there time for giving is there time for love?

There’s time for just about anything you can think of

There’s time in the morning when the sun is on the rise

Coffee’s in the kitchen - open my eyes

It’s a shame how life gets in the way

Starts taking over like a game I’ve got to play

Like a line drive into a bee hive

Around and round’ in circles now I’m running for my life

Is there time for giving is there time for love?

There’s time for just about anything you can think of

There’s time in the morning when the sun is on the rise

Coffee’s in the kitchen - open my eyes

Did you hear about the one who got away

Couldn’t take the pressure didn’t want it anyway

There were high hopes hanging from a short rope

Just long enough to strangle any reason to stay

I just don’t know what happened      Time keeps flashing by

If I could only take this moment       Sift between the lines

Heyheyheyheyhey……

Is there time for giving is there time for love?

There’s time for just about anything you can think of

There’s time in the morning when the sun is on the rise

Coffee’s in the kitchen - open my eyes


SHOTGUN RIDER

©2019Rj Cowdery / GoosePie Music /BMI


I’m a shotgun rider out on this trail

Looky over yonder what’s coming over there

I’m a shotgun rider there ain’t nothing I won’t do

Better watch your back baby

I’m coming to you

Don’t you remember when you took me for a fool

You took me for my money you took everything I knew

Looking for revenge in the shape of a 45

Dead or alive there’s no where to hide

No stopping till’ I’m through

It didn’t take too long for the hurt to settle in

I’m a dangerous woman and you’re guilty as sin

I’ve made up my mind so there’s nothing you can do

I’m the judge, I’m the jury, baby

I’m the keeper of this truth


GIRL IN THE WAR
© Josh Ritter


Get Out Of Here
©2019 Rj Cowdery / GoosePie Music /BMI


I’m a little bit firecracker, little Pillsbury Dough

I find comfort in the silence that often leaves me sad and alone

I am wiser cuz’ I’m older and Ive got the scars to prove it

If you look beyond the surface you just find I’m worth it

Maybe now is not the time to talk about the past

But I sure miss those days of wonder  i sure wish they would have lasted

Just a little bit longer just a few more years

Long enough to claim my innocence I hid through all the tears

I used to think I’d save the world with the words that I’d write down

Now my shiny belly Budha on the dashboard’s got a frown

These miles and miles of dreaming wont get me anywhere

Until I press down on the peddle hit the gas get out of here

Here’s hoping I’ll remember just who I am

Not a shadow on the sidewalk not some glitter in the wind

But who knows how fate will have it who know where I belong

When my dust finally settles the stars will be long gone


LOST AND FOUND
©2019 Rj Cowdery / GoosePie Music /BMI


Here we are, falling stars looking for a place to land

Not really knowing where we’re going holding on best that we can

Like two old birds, mincing words scratching round’ the back yard

Talking life and sacrifice we’re only as strong as our parts

Oh what a journey such a hurry

Let’s slow this whole thing down

Take a back road you and me we’re on our own

Got( gonna) to get lost to get found

What’s old is new like your favorite shoes you haven’t worn in a while

It sure feels good walking around the neighborhood if only forever and a mile

Every time we blink seems like another day is gone

Gone without the chance to figure out where we belong

Here we are in a circle the chasing our tails

I think we’ve finally earned some time to sit back and exhale


 

 

 

 

 

 

IN THIS LIGHT
©2011 Rj Cowdery/GoosePie Music/BMI


I found myself at a wishing well threw in some wishes and I ran like hell

As far away as I could go I think I’m better off if I don't know

I’ve always been a little scared of what’s been hiding inside my head

I can always make this right throw down my guard and step into the light

Possibilities start to unfold when I unlock my secrets open up my soul

With eyes wide open so I can see that in this light I feel differently

Being different well it’s just a sign something i’ve carried all of my life

It does not matter where I go I’m a square peg in a round hole

But I’ll keep throwing down the wishing well and I won’t look back to see where they fell

Keep on running and I hope to see all i gotta do is just be me

Possibilities start to unfold when I unlock my secrets open up my soul

With eyes wide open so I can see That in this light i feel differently