BOUNTY HUNTIN’ COWBOY
© JOHN HACKETT / 2010

VERSE:
Some people call him outlaw
Others call him a killin' man
Some just call him Hero
As he rides across this land
He's a bounty huntin' cowboy
He's gonna' track you down
If you’re running from the wrong you've done
Won't be long until your found

CHORUS:
And a cold wind blows
While a full moon glows
As he rides through the night all alone
His memory drifts back
To a day that fades to black
When he vowed to make them pay for what they done

VERSE:
He'll gun you...
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BURN
© 2009 / John Hackett

VERSE:
Have you ever been in that deep dark place
Where the shadows are moving in
Restless fear burning in your soul
Your life consumed with sin.

VERSE:
Have you ever felt like the cold hand of death
Was knocking at your door
And there's no way in hell you're ever gonna' win
Your sanity un-accounted for.

CHORUS:
You're burn burn burning
Burning up inside
You're burn burn burning
Burned up with the destruction and the lies.

VERSE:
Does it feel like a hurricane is running your life
Spi...
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I DON’T KNOW WHY

© John Hackett / 2012

I saw her there by the river
She was there by the river
I saw her there by the river
With the sunshine in her hair

She wore a gown of red and yellow
She wore a gown of red and yellow
I offered a shy hello

Her beauty was beyond compare

And I knew right then that I loved her
I knew at first sight that I loved her
Yeah I knew right then that I loved her
There was magic in the air

But now I don't know why
No I don't know why
Oh I don't know why
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Played By the Player Once Again
© John Hackett / 2012

VERSE:

It hurts no less this time
Than it did with all the rest
A shallow ragged breath
Swells up deep within your chest
You try to tell yourself
You’re just looking for a friend
But the only thing you’ve gained
Is another heartache on the mend

CHORUS:
Now you’re standing all alone
In That familiar emptiness
The misery at your door
The only company you posses
And you realize you’ll never win
Played by the player once again

TAG:
I c...
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Take Me Home
© 2008 / John Hackett

Verse:
Train whistle in the distant night
And I know I've got to leave
Lusiana callin me
I can hear it on the breeze.
There's a longin' in my heart,
And it burns into my soul.
Got to get back to the ones
I left ten long years ago.

Chorus:
So won't ya take me home mister?
Let me ride beneath your train.
Don't mind lying in the belly of a drag
I just have no way of paying'
These clothes on my back,
Are all I have to my name.
Won't ya take me home mister?
Please let me rid...

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FOR A SILVER HALF A CROWN
© JOHN HACKETT / SARA BLOODWORTH 2010

VERSE:
She'd go down to the Black Raven
When the sailors returned from sea
Down by the docks where they gathered
To quench their thirst and fulfill their need.

CHORUS:
Her Tattered dress of lace and Irish ribbon
Made clear the intentions of a woman
There was hungry child home on the hillside
So for a silver half a crown she'd sell her pride

VERSE:
In 23 along that Irish Sea coast
A single mother had no other way
When all alone, with her ...

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SO LONG AGO
© JOHN HACKETT  / 2010

VERSE:
Drive in movie so long ago
Hot night in July saw that dream in your eye
Staring at the silver screen of the picture show
I knew right then felt it begin
Caught up in make believe so easy to see
Fame and fortune calling you 
And You had to go

VERSE:
I had a different idea a whole other plan
Thinking more along the lines of a one life stand
Knew it would never work out if I stood in your way          
Held you so tight In the heat of that night
The thought ...

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