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Steve Fisher
A Boy's Life in Texas
(Waterbug)
"Fisher's art is like light
hitting the surface of a river...this is
music that takes its time." - Zassafras Music News
The CD debut from the pride of Longview, Texas. A generous selection
of 15 country/folk songs reveals a songmaker of depth, charm, and the
best kind of simplicity. There is humor here-"Aunt Martha" is a dear
old lady who's taken up gambling, and "Nobody Home" portrays a family
too contented with their lives to answer the phone. There's an ironic
nostalgia in "Childhood Days" and "A Girl Like That." "The
Unbeliever" and "Candle in Your Hand" reflect a search for and
struggle with faith. Steve Fisher plays an old sunburst Martin Guitar
with skill, and sings right with it.
1. A Girl Like That
2. When the Past Comes to Call
3. A Boy's Life in Texas
4. The Ballad of Sonny Brown
5. Aunt Martha
6. That's My Toy
7. The Unbeliever
8. A Candle In Your Hand
9. Love's Lullaby
10. Leavin' Heaven
11. Meet Me In the Garden
12. My Childhood Days
13. In Self Defense
14. Last Train to Texas
15. Nobody Home
Once upon a time I read
Somewhere in a story
A wise man said,
a fool in love
Is a fool in all his glory...
A Boy's Life in Texas
©1991 by Steve Fisher
Picture a boy's life in Texas
That's me there with the family on the farm
Every day it was milk and eggs for breakfast
An old red tractor in the barn
Old red tractor in the barn
Went swimmin' in the river
Shot snakes down on Hawkin's creek
Took my whippin's from my momma
Went to church three times a week
Went to church three times a week
Went barefoot every summer
Played in the little league
Grew melons in the garden
Never swallowed a seed
Never swallowed a seed
Every night as I laid me down to sleep
I'd pray the Lord my little soul to keep
I'd pray the Lord He might watch over me
I'd pray the Lord He might watch over me
Had a big black German Shepherd
With papers and a pedigree
She got hit out on the highway
Buried behind the house beneath a tree
Buried behind the house beneath a tree
Burglars came one Sunday mornin'
While the family was away
Stole a shotgun and a TV
And my new guitar I's just learnin' to play
And my new guitar I's just learnin' to play
Every night as I laid me down to sleep
I'd pray the Lord my little soul to keep
I'd pray the Lord He might watch over me
I'd pray the Lord He might watch over me
So picture a boy's life in Texas
That's me there with the family on the farm
Every day it was milk and eggs for breakfast
An old red tractor in the barn
Old red tractor in the barn
Old red tractor in the barn
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