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Here Again
04:03
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HERE AGAIN 4:00
By Erick Hovey
Haunted remembrance, More than chance
Familiar future, Past romance
Hello stranger, Hello old friend
I believe, I believe we’ve met again
Faded blushes, Half confessed
Brief communion, Checkered past
Hello stranger, Hello old friend
I can’t believe, can’t believe it’s you again
We’ll toast together, Trysts in time
Incarnations, Times and lives
Hello stranger, Hello old friend
I can’t believe, can’t believe were here again (2times)
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN 4:41
By Erick Hovey
Where in a circle, can you find the end
You go around once, you go around again
Where in the world can you find a friend
You look around once, you look around again
CHORUS:
When will I see you again, I wanna See you again
I could pray, all day, that I might see you when it ends
Sometime before, can’t remember where
Still feel that, last long stare
Somewhere before, copies of ourselves
Dancin circles and, ringin bells
CHORUS:
Give me three wishes, I’ll tell you what I’d do
I’d give you one, I’d give you two
Then I sit back, wait and see
See what happens for, you and me
CHORUS:
Drop in the pocket, fall down the stairs
Both of them real easy, just throw away your cares
Tear down the senses, free up the brain
Ride in the pocket, let your soul proclaim
CHORUS:
Alternate future, parallel life
Somewhere we die, somewhere survive
But all I know, is today
If your still here, then I’ll still pray
CHORUS
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Thousand Times
04:08
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THOUSAND TIMES 4:05
By Erick Hovey
If I had a time machine
I’ll tell you what I’d do
I’d comb through the centuries
Looking for you
One pair of souls, in a spirals climb
We meet again, a tryst in time
The circle has no end
My infinite friend
CHORUS:
And I’d find you, there in time
And I’d find you, a hundred times
And I’d find you, a thousand times
And a thousand times
We’d meet as lovers do
Somewhere before, in a pulse of time
We meet again, and the sun will shine
Flowers bloom and flowers die
Then we cry
Time flows on it passes by
I’m goin where a soul can fly
I’m goin where yours has been
To take a ride, And take a ride
CHORUS: (repeat)
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Ft. Dodge, IA, 50501
(515) 545-4743
info@erickhovey.com
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Could Have Told Me
04:17
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COULD HAVE TOLD ME 4:12
By Erick Hovey
I’ve got a spirit guide with an angel face
She said earth could be my kind of place
So I was born, and then I died
And in that time you know I learned to cheat and lie
CHORUS:
She could have told me (4 times)
When I was five years old I went to school
K through hell I spent breakin rules
I learned things, I can’t use
Eighteen long long years is a lot to loose
CHORUS:
They could have told me (4 times)
I had a woman, who had a man
Why she didn’t tell me I can’t understand
I had some money, She had a plan
Cleaned out my bank account, left with the other man
CHORUS:
She could have told me (4 times)
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Ask The Stars
02:43
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ASK THE STARS 2:42
By Erick Hovey
Dreams of ice, And frozen wind
And you hang out to dry
CHORUS
Ask the stars, Ask em why
Ask the stars, Ask em why
Moments, moments are rare
Can you spare a minute or two
CHORUS
Ask the stars, What they do
Ask the stars, Ask em why
Souls, In your head and heart
They can break away and fly
CHORUS (1st)
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Sweet Fire Rain
02:57
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SWEET FIRE RAIN 2:53
By Erick Hovey
Thanks for wasting my life, Let fire rain (2 times)
Sucked down your drain
Going to blow up the house
Let fire rain
The big ones coming, I’m walking away (2 times)
There’s no dilemma
Rewire the brain
And let fire rain
Anger burnin clean
I’m walking away
Let fire rain
CHORUS:
Sweet fire rain (2times)
What’s that in the sky? (4 times)
A bird or a plane
It’s just my goodbye
Sweet fire rain
What’s that in the sky?
It’s my goodbye
Sweet fire rain
CHORUS
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Aint Done With You
03:38
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AIN’T DONE WITH YOU 3:35
By Erick Hovey
Now more, Than ever
Spend this, time together, You said
You’ve got a good thing, I’ve got a good thing
Do we mess up a good thing ahead, Instead
CHORUS: (Repeat twice)
Your the hardest thing I’ve ever done
But I ain’t done with you
I ain’t done with you
Distance yourself, If it helps
An alibi, For every lie, Fool ourselves
In the end, Can’t pretend, My friend
CHORUS: (Repeat twice)
Real life, Surreal life, they blend
If I kiss you, I’ll miss you, And comprehend
You’ve got a good thing, I’ve got a good thing
Do we mess up a good thing ahead,Instead
In the end, Can’t pretend, My friend
CHORUS: (Repeat four times)
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Hazy
03:24
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HAZY 3:21
By Erick Hovey
Looking out through tired glass
Looking in to see the past
The pain is thicker down below
Let it flow
Yesterday had we connected
As we might have been before
Were there common dreams flyin
In our souls
CHORUS:
Oh it’s hazy
It’s all kind of hazy (2times)
In my mind
I don’t try to change today
While obsessions will endure
Tomorrows spiral finds us landing
Time by time….thats fine
CHORUS:
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Didn't I Pray
03:50
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DIDN’T I PRAY 3:45
By Erick Hovey
I was born, Then I died
Life went on, Dead inside
Saw my life through the eyes of another
Half dead of a sister and brother
Didn’t I pray, Didn’t I pray
Did someone lie, Didn’t I try
I didn’t say. say good-bye
brought back to life, Cuts like a knife
Cross my fingers, Cross my heart
Hope to die, Hope to fly
Now I lay me down to sleep
Pray the Lord my soul to keep
Didn’t I pray, Didn’t I pray
Shake the ashes, shake the mind
Waste yourself, waste some time
Ambition springs, can’t learn to die
Cross my fingers, Cross my heart
Hope to die, Hope to fly
Can thought know bounds, I don’t know why
Can I go back, and touch the sky
Didn’t I pray, Didn’t I pray
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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10. |
What You Doin Here
03:02
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WHAT YOU DOIN HERE 2:57
By Erick Hovey
Be a hero, Be a thief
Roll it over, Make it brief
Do you know, what you doin here
Stop the hunger, Find the peace
Play with fire, Earn a piece
Do you know, what you doin here
TURN AROUND:
Do You ever wonder why
We come all this way to die
On a mission, In a race
Teach a lesson, Stare at space
I don’t know, what I’m doin here
Right a wrong, Write a song
Rock a cradle, Bang a gong
Do you know, what you doin here
TURN AROUND:
Save a penny, Save the race
Stop a freight train, Die with grace
Do you know, what you doin here
Be a burden, Be a rock
Be a leader, Join the flock
Do you know, what you doin here
TURN AROUND:
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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FEELS SO GOOD, HURTS SO BAD 3:33
By Erick Hovey
When our eyes meet
And our thoughts meet
Oh you know, Oh it’s bittersweet
We fly, We fly away
Until tomorrow, Is yesterday
CHORUS:
It feels so good
But it hurts so bad
I see blue skies, Hiding stars away
I see black skies, Full of yesterdays
Can’t run, Can’t hide
Can’t find my way, My way back home
CHORUS: (Repeat)
Cut a slice, A slice of life
Pass the years, Pass the knife
How can one look?
How can two thoughts?
How can three words?
Paint what love is
CHORUS: .(1st line 3 times , 2nd once)
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Can't See The Page
03:20
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CAN’T SEE THE PAGE 3:17
By Erick Hovey
I took a trip last night
My left brain met my right
In a pool of smoking light
My senses danced and drowned, and right there on the ground
Was something, something blue
I think it was me or you, or Elvis commin through , I don’t have a clue
CHORUS:
Somebody better look up, in the sky
Somebody better call out the cameras eye
Somebody better write it down, thick words to wage
Can’t see the whole, can’t see the page
I took a trip last night
My left brain met my right
Things aren’t always what they seem
You know we foam at the mouth and burst at the seams
We play a drunken role on the natural stage
Can’t see the whole……. can’t see the page
CHORUS:
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Whatever It Is
03:43
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WHATEVER IT IS 3:39
By Erick Hovey
When you signed that book, did you say a prayer?
Did you feel me standing there?
Did you think I looked like I did before?
Had you told me all, or was there more?
Am I dreaming or am I awake?
I’m dead, someone said, at the wake
CHORUS:
Whatever it is
Did you think that it would just go away?
Whatever it is
Big as life, bigger than death
Whatever it is
I could tell you weren’t quit sure who I was this time
When you called my phone, why’d you sing that song of mine? Hmmm
Do you think that many called me a friend?
Do you think we’ll do this all again?
Am I dreaming or am I awake?
I’m dead, someone said, at the wake
CHORUS:
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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14. |
Half Dead
03:18
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HALF DEAD 3:14
By Erick Hovey
Just had to go looking, and history came to light
Got a hole in my heart, where there used to be a life
As the years fall away I’m a haunted man
As the years fall away I’m a tourtured man
As fate hacks away at a yielding vine
I know I’ll be half dead till the day I die
Gonna be half dead till the day I die (2times)
Half dead inside, till the day I die
CHORUS:
Don’t go lookin, Don’t know what you’ll find (3times)
Might find yourself half dead, till the day you die
I had to remember, the perfect lives
Now I dream of afterlife, while I survive
As the years fall away I’m a haunted man
As the years fall away I’m a tourtured man
As fate hacks away at a yielding vine
I know I’ll be half dead till the day I die
Gonna be half dead till the day I die (2times)
Half dead inside, till the day I die
CHORUS:
© 2009 Erick Hovey (BMI)
2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 545-4743
Web: erickhovey.com
Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Erick Hovey and Friends Fort Dodge, Iowa
Erick Hovey's music is peppered with seasonings of blues, roots rock, jazz, funk, old power trio rock, reggae, and newer folk fusion styles. His lyrical content has not only good humored nods towards classic blues and rock clichés’, but spans the afterlife, and existentialism as well. Sometimes it’s spooky, sometimes it’s raw, spiritual, and sensual. Think Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, and Peter Green. ... more
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