Traveling Truthfully
Tracks / Lyrics
It’s time to let us go
No easy way from the start
You want an answer
Here it is from the heart
You’re much too young
For me to be the one
Life is calling you
Take the road and run
On the wild side
Run on the wild side
Trying to feel a heartbeat
Seems we lost it long ago
Now’s the time to set you free
Life won’t wait for you
If you don’t go
Listening for words you’ll never speak
Hearing things you might not say…
It’s time to run
On the wild side…today
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ 2016 SOCAN
Raised in the big smoke
Four-wheel drive’s all shiny
Can’t wait to go off-road
Pull on my fancy riding boots
Head down to the Saloon
Hoist a couple of cool ones
Sing a song or two
Find me in the bright sunshine
Flying some fishing line
I am just a city boy
Who loves the country life
Married me a prairie gal
In a little church
Never shook so many hands
Whose fingers till the earth
Ladies of the legion
Dished up home cooked food
Should’ve seen the smile
On this dapper city dude
Find me in the bright sunshine
Flying some fishing line
I am just a city boy
Who loves the country life
Find me in the bright sunshine
Poking round killing time
I am just a city boy
Who loves the country life
I am just a city boy
Who loves the country life
David McLachlan
2016 © Handy Publ SOCAN
I knew that one of us would cry
Out of step didn’t feel right
Time for one of us to fly
She said our love was gone
Bye-bye so long don’t you be blue
Fountain of love will fill up your cup
Drink a little your heart speeds up
Get over the blues when you drink
From the fountain of love
Got my courage to paint up the town
Maybe meet the girl I dream of most
Shuffle on be lucky in love
Don’t you ever dare give up hope
Make your way to the reservoir
It’s calling for you
Fountain of love will fill up your cup
Drink a little your heart speeds up
Get over the blues when you drink
From the fountain of love
Fountain of love waits with a cup
Drink a little your heart speeds up
Get over the blues when you drink
From the fountain of love
Meet me at the fountain of love
I’m waiting for you
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ 2016 SOCAN
Prompts a phone call from the west
You are the first to write she said
What happened to all the rest
Of my friends
If I could count the nights
I cried myself asleep
I won’t keep you too long
Don’t hang up just yet
Did you ever get to write me my song
Wow it’s good to hear your voice
I don’t think it’s been a year
I’ve moved on up to higher ground
Why don’t you holiday out here this year
I’d like to show you
Some places I have found
Lots of mountain to climb
And oh the sunshine
Free to roam but you know
I still miss my home
Passing through for a day or two
Around the end of June
My dad will be retiring
Mom says not a day too soon
He’s worked hard
I’d like to call you up
So we could go downtown again
Like we used to do
When I first met you
Boy tonight I’m swimming in blues
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ 2016 SOCAN
Found it in my head
Let it find my willing hand
To write it out in red
A pad of yellow paper
Full of lines that ring true
Down here in Nashville
It’s what we do
Down here in Nashville
Song smiths’ that you know
Carrry ‘round a lotta hope
Walkin’ in the glow
Waitin’ for a lightnin’ bolt
To flash and light the sky
Down here in Nashville
Write a song you will fly
Words and music make a song
Got an empty page to fill
Makin’ stuff up on the spot
There’s no better thrill
May you find an audience
For your next big song
Down here in Nashville
How we get along
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ SOCAN/ASCAP 2016
He could make us smile
He could make time stand still
He had a special way
To brighten up your day
He could do it all in a moment
Whenever you feel too sad to say
Uncle Buck would try and save the day
His laughter lingers on long after he’s gone
Uncle Buck would’ve wanted it that way
When you met the man
His gentle giant hand
Would reach out he’d say hello
He liked to joke around
He loved to play the clown
Funny face got you in a moment
Whenever you feel too sad to say
Uncle Buck would try and save the day
His laughter lingers on long after he’s gone
Uncle Buck would’ve wanted it that way
Whenever you feel too sad to say
Uncle Buck would try and save the day
His laughter lingers on long after he’s gone
Uncle Buck would’ve wanted it that way
He could make us laugh
He could make us smile
He could laugh his way to your heart
His life was such a gift
So short but fully lived
He was here and gone in a moment
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ SOCAN 2016
Talking up a storm clearing the air
She says it’s ‘bout time tie the knot of love
You never saw a face turn whiter than a dove
Pony up to the bar
Bartender once around
Bartender ‘nother round
I’ll have it straight
A double on the rocks
Here’s what went down
Pony up to the bar
Got a story for you
You never know
Now you will know
What a cowboy will do
What the cowboy did do
She says it‘s been five maybe longer years
We’ve been coming here shooting pool drinking beer
You’re the cowboy for me got nothing to fear
Why wait another day get a preacher in here
The cowboy sits back tips his hat on top
How to get out of this without spilling a drop
He says it’s well known can lead to divorce
If you tie the knot too tight ‘tween two folks
Was all over the news cowboy gets hitched
In the OK Saloon fine dude and his miss
To this very day cowboys got a grin
Wider than the range they’re always riding in …pony up to the bar
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ SOCAN 2016
And in you I have found
A lover and a friend
For all these years
I watch you come up the drive
Oh man I feel alive
You walk in
And tell me how you feel
God bless this house that is our home
To this house that is our home
We’ll never be alone
Waltz me ‘round the kitchen one more time
God bless this house that is our home
There is no need to roam
You make coming home feel oh so right
That fine day you walked the aisle
With your daddy and a smile
Standing arm in arm
We pledged our love
We danced ‘round the floor that night
You held me close
Pulled me tight
Whispered in my ear lets head on back
Though tough times have come along
The sun has always shone
In this house that is our home
Our love has truly grown
Waltz me ‘round the kitchen one more time
God bless this house that is our home
No sweeter place I’ve known
You make coming home feel oh so right
You make coming home feel oh so right
David McLachlan
Shelly Gorchynski
© Handy Publ SOCAN
House was dark tonight
Picked up my guitar
Lit a candle for some light
Saw the note you had left
Lay there all alone
Sit with a dying flame
Can chill you to the bone
My shaken heart cries
What is give and take
Take the time to wonder
Give for giving sake
My aching heart now
All the way to blue
On my knees ask Jesus
Why tonight I don’t have you
A few days gone in a blur
Ghost-like in the night
Waiting on a word
Or just the morning light
Memories float around
Won’t set me free today
Haunt me in the mirror
I cannot turn away
Time will flow
if you’re letting go
If you won’t
Hold on
Silence only echoes
Tonight I don’t have you (repeat)
Still I don’t have you
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ SOCAN 2016
Hold you so tender
You want all their love
Why won’t you surrender
You want a friend who cares
Tells you all the time
If your heart is willing
Are you ready/ ready to cross the line
Let love fill your smile
Let it fill your smile
Let it lift you up
Oh yes it can
You know it can
Find your love inside
Come on let it shine
Love will find you there
When you give it away
You’ve been feeling unsure
On how to reach out
Looking for a lover
You have your doubt
You’ve been holding back
Got to look ahead
Say good-bye say hello
Unchain your heart/ love instead
You’ll find love (love will find you there)
When you give it away
You’ll find love (love will find you there)
When you give it away
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ SOCAN 2016
Missing you in Colorado
You hold my heart out there
That much I know
You are always on my mind
Like a train upon its track
If you ever call for me
You won’t see me look back
You’re up in the mountains
I’m still reaching for the sun
I feel your heart is open
Say the word it will be done 1st,2nd
Say the word thy will be done 3rd
Call for me and I will come
Time apart makes it feel all up hill
Oh how my heart does pay
I’ve got that long distance feeling
Will it ever go away
Can the heartache pull us through
Two hearts the same
If we can keep our love alive
Our lives are bound to change
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ SOCAN 2016
with a sky blue flower vase
The one I bought for Mother’s day
I smashed without a pause
Starred at all the pieces
Sounded real to me
I know there’s no place like home
It’s time for me to leave
The road’s not straight and narrow
It’s rough wild and free
For all the miles that lay ahead
I’ll be traveling truthfully
No mom no mom please don’t come
down to the station with me
Farewell is at supper time
There’ll be you Dad and me
We’ll have one of your dinners
Make your favorite pot of tea
When I get up say thank you
You might be proud of me
My bags are packed and ready
Up the hall by the front door
Please don’t wave when I leave
My feet won’t step no more
Mom stand fast and know this
I’m your middle son
I’ll write you and Dad when I get the chance
Say hello to everyone
David McLachlan
© Handy Publ SOCAN 2016
