1. |
You Never Would
03:48
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"You Never Would"
Lyrics: Ricky Heisner / Music: robby heisner
You tell me you’re in love again
I see you’re back in bed
And the price of your decision rests
Like a bounty on your head
Chorus:
There’s nothing
I can say or do
When every time
you run me through
You never would
believe it’s true
That I could be
in love with you
Does the wine of your emotions
Ease the pain of giving in?
Does the sign of your devotion
Always mark the same dead end?
Bridge:
Somethings are better left unsaid
Somethings are never enough
I could be holding a winning hand
But nobody’s calling my bluff
I remember you were laughing
But I couldn’t see your face
You could always keep me guessing
Just to put me in my place
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2. |
Sometimes
05:02
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"Sometimes (With a Little Love)"
©2022Heisner, BMI
lyrics: Ricky Heisner / Music: Robby Heisner
Sometimes you have to leap before you look
Sometimes your life is not an open book
The risk you take can break your heart
The first step is the hardest part
But faith is where all good things start
Sometimes there’s nothing more that you can do
Sometimes you end up looking like a fool
The hero doesn't always win
There's no use trying to pretend
But hope sees past the bitter end
Chorus:
With a little love – anything is possible
With a little love – a heart can overflow
With a little love – the healing comes,
like music to your soul
With a little love – sometimes you never know
How a little love can grow
Sometimes you fail at everything you try
Sometimes you're lucky just to be alive
You can't control the circumstance
But JOY can make your spirit dance
We all need one more second chance
Bridge:
Love can come when least expected
And bring you back to life
Like the whisper of some resurrected
Dream beyond the night
Love's the brightest light
Come and see the sight
Sometimes the best you can is not enough
Sometimes the winning hand’s an empty bluff
When doubts arise, as doubts will do
To cloud your eyes and steal the view
Only love can see you through
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3. |
Center Ring High Jinks
01:16
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4. |
These Are The Days
05:13
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"These Are The Days"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics: Ricky heisner / Music: Robby Heisner
I remember growing up
and dreaming with my brothers
of all the music we would make
I remember singing,
and harmonizing with each other
And finding gold in each mistake
Chorus:
These are the days
we are born to remember
These are the days
we could live to regret
These are the days
that cannot be recovered
These are the days
where forever is set
I remember taking up
a challenge dark and holy
And found the best news ever heard
I remember changing,
till my heart was overflowing,
To scatter light with every word
I remember meeting up
with someone sweet and lovely
and I have never been the same
I remember feeling
such emotions overcome me
That only love could be to blame
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5. |
The Sun Will Always Set
04:23
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"THE SUN WILL ALWAYS SET"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics /Music: Robby heisner
I’ve spent a lifetime climbing mountains
I swam against the current of the sea
I’ve spent so many’s years
Facing all my greatest fears
So the sun won’t Set on me
What I once had I have lost
What I hid I now see
I’ve spent so many years
Hiding all the tears
So the sun won’t
Set on me
Set on me
It doesn’t matter
What you say or what you do
It doesn’t matter
What you give or you get
It only matters
what you leave behind
Because the sun...
Will always set
I tried to be strong
When I was the weakest
I tried to be the calm
In the storm
I spent so many years
Fighting off all your fears
So the sun
Won’t set on you
Set on you
We’ve lived our life
To the fullest
So much laughter
With the pain
We’ve spent so many years
Fighting back
Our fears
So the sun won’t set on us
The sun will always set
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6. |
Mr Barker
03:21
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"MR. BARKERS ECLECTIC SIDESHOW
& TRAVELING MENAGERIE"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics: R. & R. HEISNER / Music: robby heisner
Mr. Barker runs the sideshow
in the traveling Menagerie.
People come from miles around
to get their chance to see
The Two headed baby
Schlitzie the pinhead or
The Rubber skin man
Spend your day On the midway
And see everything you can
Stand in line, get your tickets
The tall man will let you in
Tip your hat, Take your seat
The show will now begin
THERE’s A three legged dog
a man eating chicken and
the incredible penguin girl
Then a fortune teller tells you secrets
Then your head slowly starts to swirl
Chorus:
hurry, hurry Step right up
For the Greatest Show in town
Come one come all don’t be late
Intriguing and profound.
Mr. Barkers Eclectic Sideshow
and Traveling Menagerie
Strike up the band The air is electric
For the man on the flaming trapeze
Hold your breath As they defy death
While clowns bring you to your knees
See the bearded lady
the girl with no torso
And the human tattoo
but on closer inspection
You catch your reflection
And realize the freak is you.
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7. |
Boxcar
03:41
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"Boxcar"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics: Ricky Heisner / Music: Robby Heisner
Boxcar take me where I’m going
Never mind the scenery
I’ve got time to change my mind
If I don’t like the company
Every time I look outside
The world is just the same
And I can’t escape the feeling
I’m the one to blame
Chorus:
No one’s getting on or off
Alone in their ambition
I don’t need their sound/blind advice
I’ll trust my intuition
Boxcar slowing down at last
I’m here, my trip is over
Open up the doors, can’t wait to see
What it is that I’ll discover
Stepping out I find myself
A man without a face
A broken mirror image of
The strangers in this place
Boxcar moving on without me
Another nameless might-have-been
Let it roll, 'cos bless my soul
You won't believe the state I'm in
Free at last to shake the past,
Like dust, from my old dreams
Fear and doubt had rung me out
And hung me in-between
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"DISCOVERY"
©2022Heisner, BMI
I never thought I would find you here
But looking back I guess I knew
That all good things must begin again
I should have known they’d begin with you
Did you discover the dreams you had
Were waiting here like you knew they would
Or did they fade like a dying rose
And leave you doing the best you could
Chorus:
How did you know
Did you dream it in your sleep
Were they secrets that you
Were unable to keep
Have you been here before
Will we see you again
Can we turn it around
Do we win in the end
You touched the face of eternity
You’ve seen forever in a day
As golden empires returned to sand
And winds of change blew the dust away
When summer skies turned from blue to red
Were you afraid of what lay beyond
How many times did you close your eyes
How many times did you fall in love
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9. |
This Thing Called Life
03:17
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"This Thing Called Life"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics: / Music: Robby Heisner
Why do we always go
Where we don’t want to go
In this thing called life
Why do we always do
What they want us to
In this thing called life
I just want to be myself
And not be someone else
Why can’t we ever say
What we want to say
In this thing called life
And why do we only see
What we’re told to see
In this thing called life
I just want to be myself
And not be someone else
This thing called life
I find myself Looking away
So far away I can’t see
But looking around
I see myself
The man I used to be
I can finally hear
What I need to hear
In this thing called life
And I can finally see
What I need to see
In this thing called life
I can now be myself
And not somebody else
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10. |
This Is How
04:42
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"This is How"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics: Ricky Heisner / Music: RobbyHeisner
I am speechless
Humbled and hushed
As unworthy as I am profane
And I wonder
If you love me too much
But I know I'm a fool and ashamed
I am breathless
Shaken and stirred
In the presence of Heaven so near
It's no wonder
That I struggle for words
When such JOY's almost too much to bear
chorus
This is how you touch me
And I'll never be the same
This is how you move me
Like a piece that wins the game
This is how you see me
So much better than I am
This is how you know me
Deeper than I'll ever understand
I am helpless
Broken and blessed
By the weight of this glorious gift
It's a wonder
Only dimly expressed
By these half-mumbled prayers on my lips
No subtlety escapes you
Loving with envious ease
You bless me like the Grace of God
And send me to my knees
I am thoughtless
Fallen and frail
Without you my devotion is weak
It's a wonder
That I so often fail
When I know you're the love that I seek
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11. |
Strange (if love)
05:50
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"Strange (If Love)"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics: Ricky Heisner / Music: Robby Heisner
Words have long been my undoing
Speak to me and I’m undone
I believe the things you tell me
And come alive beneath your sun
A glimpse of you can make me tremble
I melt beneath your touch like snow
The air between us sings electric
We dance like sparks along the flow
Chorus: If love is never finished
I can only love you more
Strange how hard it breaks the heart it heals
If love is not diminished
Only greater than before
Strange how much it gives the heart it steals
Strange how sad the JOY that love reveals
All this time a sense of wonder
Still you take my breath away
The bottom’s fallen out and left me
Torn between my heart and brain
It’s easy to forget the danger
Caught-up in this atmosphere
Reeling like a drunken sailor
Sober with a Holy fear
Bridge: And I never got to hold you
Or kiss away your tears
I was never even man enough to try
But if love is something stronger
Like a bridge across the years
I will love you till the day I die
Distant as a total stranger
Closer than a friend in need
Faithful as a saint believing
Quick to prove it all in deed
Veiled allusions breed temptation
Even in this sacred place
Passion’s tree is heavy laden
With a fruit I'll never taste
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"What I’ll miss the most"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics / Music: Robby Heisner
When I think of all the things I’ll miss
The thing I’ll miss the most is you
To hold your hand, to touch your face,
to feel the warmth of your embrace
so true.
When I think of all the things I‘ll miss
A smile, a touch, a tender kiss or two
Silent Walks under the moon
Unspoken words, our favorite tune
I’ll miss
I’ll miss the sunlight gleaming
through your hair
The flowers blooming everywhere
That look you give me when you smile
I’ll miss finding pictures in the sky
Laughing until we to cry
Feeling alone with you In a crowd
But what I’ll miss the most….is you.
When I think of all the things I’ll miss
Like walks on the beach
in an ocean mist with you
To hear your voice, To hear you sigh
To give you comfort when you cry
I’ll miss
I’ll miss skipping rocks across the lake
Sharing the memories that we make
Chasing rainbows in the sky
I’ll miss all the love that you give
That love that makes me want to live
The way you made me feel I’m the one
But what I’ll miss the most.... Is you
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"Like Sunday Gone To Town"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics: Ricky Heisner / Music: robby heisner
She's complicated
But completely understated
With a weakness for the Light in her eyes
She's on a mission
Like a nun who's seen a vision
Full of passion and a touch of surprise
Chorus:
And she shines like Sunday gone to town
And she shines like Sunday gone to town
She's open minded
But will never hide behind it
Like it's just another clever disguise
She's understanding
With a patience never-ending
And too honest to believe her own lies
Bridge:
She's catching glimpses
Through the holes in your defenses
Like she's known you since
the day you were born
She's out to get you
But the truth will never hit you
Till you forget
that she was ever around
She's got a secret
But she only means to keep it
Till you're young enough
to know what you've found
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The Boogey Man"
©2022Heisner, BMI
Lyrics / Music: Robby Heisner
High on a hill lives the boogey man
In the darkness in a castle of stone
No one knows why the boogie man
Spends his life all alone
The sky’s turn dark in the daytime
The castle turns gloomy and cold
But nighttime is when it comes alive
And the castle glistens like gold
As the angry mob makes its way up the hill
They all gasp at the sight that they see.
It‘s the Boogey Man
So next time you see a house on a hill
Dark, spooky and cold
Perceptions are not always what they seem
Like the childhood stories you were told
Now when the mob marches
their way up the hill
They laugh and join in for the thrill
He’s the boogey man
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VAN GOGH Atlanta, Georgia
Brothers, Ricky, Robby & Jamey Heisner, are at it again! After a 20 year break, Van Gogh is back with their 6th album. "We figured with all the bleakness going on we would make something happy!" Robby said. Grab your groovy, grab your skates, it's time for Retro!! ... more
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