Small Towns And Big Dreams

Paul Brandt Small Towns And Big Dreams Lyrics
1.When You Call My Name

Lyrics:Paul Brandt
Music:Paul Brandt

Give me a moment
To try and explain it
And how it has changed
The man that I am
Life has a way
When you try to arrange it
Of makin a fool
Of the best laid plans

Guess what I'm tryin to say
Is you took me by surprise
One word is all that it takes
And forever's on my mind
It happens everytime

I hear the sweetest sound
My world stops turnin round
Like I'm on Holy Ground
When you call my name
It sets the sky on fire
Burning with my desire
Stronger deeper higher
When you call my name

The way that it moves me
It's simply amazing
Yeah somehow it seems
Much bigger than words
When you call my name
Angels start singing
The most beautiful sound
That I've ever heard

And it starts all over again
This feeling deep inside
A blessed chain of events
A heaven sent desire
It happens everytime

I hear the sweetest sound
My world stops turnin round
Like I'm on Holy Ground
When you call my name
It sets the sky on fire
Burning with my desire
Stronger deeper higher
When you call my name

When you call my name
When you call my name
It happens everytime

I hear the sweetest sound
My world stops turnin round
Like I'm on Holy Ground
When you call my name
It sets the sky on fire
Burning with my desire
Stronger deeper higher
When you call my name

I hear the sweetest sound
My world stops turnin round
Like I'm on Holy Ground
(call my name)
When you call my name
It sets the sky on fire
Burning with my desire
Stronger deeper higher
When you call my name


2.Canadian Man

Canadian man
At your service from the land of the chill
If I can't warm you baby nobody will
A genuine Canadian man

Strong and free
That's the true north
And baby that's me
I'll salute you as long as need be
Your genuine Canadian man

Well it's hush hush while I mush mush
My dog sled made for two
It's cold outside
But ooh what a ride
To the warmth of my igloo

Warm and dry
We'll be sipping on cola and rye
Then I'll bake you an eskimo pie
Your genuine Canadian man

Well we'll ride and glide over the great divide
On my 95 skidoo
Sweet honey child it's the call of the wild
When i'm callin you

Canadian man
That's me the ice breaker supreme
So just forget your American dream
And wake up to Canadian man

And wake up to Canadian man
And wake up to Canadian man


3.Cry If You Want To

Lyrics:Casey Scott
Music:Casey Scott

Cry if you want to
I won't tell you not to
I won't try to cheer you up
I'll just be here if you want me

There's no use in keeping a stiff upper lip
You can weep you can sleep you can loosen your grip
You can frown you can drown and go down with the ship
You can cry if you want you

Don't ever apologize venting your pain
It's something to me you don't need to explain
I don't need to know why I don't think it's insane
You can cry if you want to

The windows are closed the neighbors aren't home
If it's better with me then to do it alone
I'll draw all the curtains and unplug the phone
You can cry if you want to

You can stare at the ceiling tear at your hair
Swallow your feelings and stagger and swear
You can show things and throw things and I wouldn't care
You can cry if you want to

No I won't make fun of you I won't tell anyone
I won't analyze what you do or you should have done
I won't advise you to go and have fun
You can cry if you want to

when it's empty and ugly and terribly sad
I can't feel what you feel but I know it feels bad
I know that it's real and it makes you so mad
You can cry

Cry if you want to
I won't tell you not to
I won't try to cheer you up
I'll just be here if you want me to be near you


4.If This Isn't Love

Written:Paul Brandt/Gene Pastilli

If this isn't love
What else could it be
What's happenin to you
What's happenin to me

If this isn't love
What else is so strong
Or feels half as good
Or lasts half as long

Now I am not an expert
On matters such as this
Romance has always left me in the dark
But with each brush of your sweet touch
And every lingering kiss
I think that cupid's finally found his mark

Could it be a bug
Or maybe the flu
That's goin around
You say that you've got it too

If this isn't love
What else could it be
If this isn't love
Then it's alright with me
If this isn't love
Then it's alright with me


5.I'm Gonna Fly

Lyrics:Paul Brandt/Jon Vezner
Music:Paul Brandt/Jon Vezner

Seven years old in my radio flyer
And cape tied around my neck
Top of Thompson's hill
Billy said I was a liar
And now I'm scared half to death

Becky said Billy was dumb
I shouldn't listen to him
But I had something to prove
Ain't nobody gonna call me a chicken
Gotta do what you gotta do

I'm gonna fly
Defy space and gravity
I'm gonna fly
Billy just you wait and see

I was just a kid
Barely eighteen years
And I couldn't wait to graduate
Confident cocky and man it really got me
When I heard my daddy say

You oughta get some knowledge
You gotta go to college
Gotta make something of your life
But I had to do it my way
So I headed for the highway
And I followed those little white lines

I'm gonna fly
Defy space and gravity
I'm gonna fly
Makin' my own destiny

Well I crashed and I burned
But I don't regret it
You only fail if you don't try
Gonna brush off the ashes
And just forget it
I ain't perfect yeah
But you can bet someday
I'm gonna get my wings and fly

I'm gonna fly
Defy space and gravity
I'm gonna fly
Yeah you just got to believe


6.It's All Good

I get paid peanuts
ah, what a life
I live for lottery tickets and Friday night
And hoping that someday I'll get it right
But it's all good

In-laws, outlaws, baby cries
Three in the morning with bloodshot eyes
It's a lot more work than I realized
But it's all good

Sometimes it's hard to see the positive at all
Little things pile up till they're a lot
Stress and pressure builds and gets uncomfortable
Until you get your shorts tied in a knot
But it's all good

It's easy feeling like you've really lost control
When things fall all apart and come unwound
But you can stand all day just staring at the obstacles
Or you can try to find your way to get around

Now I love you and you love me
I ain't got much money, but I feel like a king
And even if I could, I wouldn't change a thing
Cause it's all good

I look at this big beautiful world and I just have to think
That it's all good


7.Small Towns And Big Dreams(2001)

Lyrics:Paul Brandt
Music:Paul Brandt

I grew up in a small town
Wheat fields for a downtown kind of place
There was really not much around
You blink and you miss it

I never knew what life would bring
But I always had big dreams
I love to play my guitar and sing
And every night I'd wish that

I'd get a shot on the Opry stage
Have people come and see me play
Blastin' out on the radio waves
Enough to make my mama cry

Cause that's where I come from
That's who I am
Hard workin' and God Blessed
Yes sir thank-you ma'am
The best things around that I have ever seen
Came from small towns and big dreams

Small town went and grew up
But I never changed much by God's grace
Friends and family kept in touch
When I moved to Tennessee

I sing my songs and travel 'round
I met a girl and we're settlin' down
We want to find a small town
Where we can raise a family

Cause that's where I come from
That's who I am
Hard workin' and God Blessed
Yes sir thank-you ma'am
The best things around that I have ever seen
Came from small towns and big dreams

Been around the world don't matter anywhere I go
Small town stars to city lights
I find my kind of folks
It's about you and who you are
It's all a state of mind
And as I'm giving you my heart
I hope you find

That's where I come from
That's who I am
Hard workin' and God Blessed
Yes sir thank-you ma'am
The best things around that I have ever seen
Just look around you'll see what I mean
The best things around that I have ever seen
Came from small towns and big dreams
That's where I come from
Small towns
That's who I am
And big dreams
That's where I come from
Small towns
That's who I am
And big Dreams


8.Take It Off

Lyrics:Paul Brandt
Music:Paul Brandt

If you got worry on your mind
Pain that's piling up inside your heart
Take it off

If the piece that you've been tryin' to find
Is held down by a load of lies and scars
Take it off
Take it off

There's a place that we all try to hide
Covered up with guilty pride we want
Take it off

Just leave your crooked past behind
Look straight into my lovin' eyes and let's talk
Take it off

Now baby I ain't talking
About sexuality
Just close your eyes and lie your naked heart
Down next to me
Let's wrap ourselves in truth and honesty
Take it off

Baby I ain't talking
About sexuality
Just close your eyes and lie your naked heart
Down next to me
Let's wrap ourselves in truth and honesty

If the pressure's building in on you
I'll be there to help you through, I'll try
To take it off


9.The Longest Way

Lyrics:Paul Brandt
Music:Paul Brandt

I'd love to take my time
I'd let myself unwind
Cause sometimes it feels
These wheels keep spinning at the speed of sound

I'd take the scenic route
Ain't that what life's about
I would stop and smell
Each and every single rose I found

I'm so tired of saying someday that we'll do it
Grab the keys get in the car and let's get to it

Let's head north or east or west or south
Just as long as we go now
Let's let these headlights slice the night away
Till the sun comes out
If all the fun's in getting there
Then baby I have got a plan
Let's hit the road
C'mon let's go
Let's take the longest way we can

My heart's restless but it's true
When it comes to loving you
And that ain't never gonna change
No matter where we are

This old world keeps laughing like it's got us
Don't know why we ever let it stop us

Let's head north or east or west or south
Just as long as we go now
Let's let these headlights slice the night away
Till the sun comes out
If all the fun's in getting there
Then baby I have got a plan
Let's hit the road
C'mon let's go
Let's take the longest way we can

Let's head north or east or west or south
North or east or west or south
Just as long as we go now
Let's let these headlights slice the night away
Till the sun comes out
If all the fun's in getting there
Then baby I have got a plan
Let's hit the road
C'mon let's go
Let's take the longest way we can

The longest way
Hey
The longest way
Hey
The longest way


10.Virgil And The Holy Ghost

Me and Virgil the best of friends
Brothers till the very end
Made a pact one sunny afternoon
Down by Cold Pepper Creek

Fishing holes and skipping rocks
down the railroad tracks we'd talk
'Bout girls and cars and hopes and dreams
The way our lives would be

And we swore we'd never change
We would always be the same

Virgil met the Holy Ghost
A little younger than most
at the Gilappi Pentecostal
Tent revival alter call

Everyone from town was there that day
When Virgil gave his soul away
They were praising as I waited
Outside the gospel hall

Where we swore we'd never change
But it would never be the same

Cause it was later on that year
The winter that our mama died
When I told Virgil I don't wanna hear
About love and peace inside
Cause if this God you know is good
How could He allow the pain
Life's been hard enough
So why would I want to be born again

The other night me and Virgil spoke
He travels with the holy ghost
Holding tent revivals
He's out to seek and save

Virgil says he's been set free
By Jesus dying on a tree
And I'm not sure what I believe
My questions still remain

Virgil says that when he prays
He asks the Lord that I'd be saved
I guess some things never change


11.Warm Sunny Beaches

Lyrics:Paul Brandt
Music:Paul Brandt

I'm fed up with my work
And the boss is a jerk
And it feels like I'm wasting my time
In a dead end job I'm having to rob
Peter to pay Paul a dime

Why don't we jump in my car
Just to see how far
This old beat up rambler will drive
And trade it all in
For the taste of tequila and lime

And warm sunny beaches
Follow the wind where it goes
Tall palm trees greet us
Blue ocean waving hello
Uou can be my senorita
Oh and I'll never let you go
Drinking cold margaritas
On the warm sunny beaches in Mexico

Every sunny day we can laugh at the way
We used to live nine to five
In a hammock swing we'll forget everything
Nothing but love on our minds

And after siesta we'll have a fiesta
And party until morning time
And when the sun comes up
We'll be singing aye yia yia yia

On warm sunny beaches
Follow the wind where it goes
Tall palm trees greet us
Blue ocean waving hello
You can be my senorita
Oh and I'll never let you go
Drinking cold margaritas
On the warm sunny beaches in Mexico

You can be my senorita
Oh and I'll never let you go
Drinking cold margaritas
On the warm sunny beaches in Mexico