1. I’m Going Home [top]

Sleep my friend, dry your weeping eyes,
I’m goin’ home. Sleep my friend,
Won’t you dry your weeping eyes,
I’m going home. I love my woman,
She is home, waiting at my door.
I love my lady. She is home,
waiting at my door.

I’m going home,
Oh to see my baby!
I’m going home,
To see my girl.

Sleep my friend, rest your weary eyes,
I’m going home. Sleep my friend,
Won’t you rest your weary eyes,
I’m going home!

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitars: Newton Smith, Electric Guitars: Dick Smith, Bass: Bill Hatcher, B-3 Organ: Tom Gross,
Harmony: Jennifer Hester, Drums: Sean O’Rourk, Percussion: David M. Ennis ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

2. Standing by the River [top]

Standing by the river with my shoes off,
Thinkin’ about you and me.
You are the one that makes my heart soft,
Thinking about you and me.

Oh, I am standing, by the river,
How the cold, makes me shiver.
Oh, I am standing, by the river...
Thinking about you and me.

Standing by the river with my shoes off,
Hopin’ about you and me.
You are the one that makes my heart soft,
Hoping about you and me.

Standing by the river with my shoes off,
Praying about you and me.
You are the one that makes my heart soft,
Praying about you and me.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitar & Bass: Bill Hatcher, B-3 Organ: Tom Gross, Drums: Sean O’Rourk,
Keys & Percussion: David M. Ennis ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

3. Truth [top]

Death, you have embraced me,
Darkness is my closest friend.
Peace where are you hiding?
I’m standing closer to the end.

Hope, are you fading?
Lying there just paralyzed.
Grave, your mouth is gaping,
You’ve chased away the new sunrise.

Love, why have you left me?
You used to live right here inside.
Faith, did you believe me?
Or was I living just a lie?

Peace, where are you hiding?
I’m standing closer to the sky.
Truth, you haven’t left me,
As I am prepared to die.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitars: Bill Hatcher, Justin Rosolino, Bass: Bill Hatcher, Piano: Tim Beard, Cello: Rob Chapman,
Keys & Percussion: David M. Ennis, BGVs: Richard Craig ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

4. Closing of the Day [top]

Lord, how I love Jimmy, through the purple haze.
Ghastly and distorted, shortened all his days.
Mercy fell upon him, took him away.
Lord, how I miss Jimmy, Hendrix all the way.

Boy, did I love Janis, me and Bobby McGee.
Her voice rang through the very heart of me.
She pierced me with her sorrow, an arrow
through the heart. I wear that red bandanna,
it tears me all apart.

People gather around me, hear me what I say.
We’re getting closer to it, the closing of the day.
You may not be ready, you may have gone astray.
We’re getting closer to it, the closing of the day.

Man, did I dig Otis, sittin’ on the dock of the bay
He just made me mellow and took my cares away.
The sun shines on the water, along the Frisco Bay,
I can hear him whistle, so let the music play.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitar: Newton Smith, Electric Guitars: Dick Smith, Bass: Bill Hatcher, B-3 Organ: Tom Gross, Drums: Sean O’Rourk,
Percussion: David M. Ennis ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

5. Looking Up [top]

I spent my days looking down,
And my life went down there with me.
I spent my days looking down,
And you know my life, went down there with me.

I wish so many times that things would change,
Not believing that this could ever be.
I wish so many times that things would change,
Not believing that this could ever be.

I spent my days looking low,
And she was spending hers looking high.
I spent my days looking low,
Ya know that she was spending hers looking high.

I found so many times I wanted her,
Cause she was looking better than me
But then I found out why I needed her,
She would help me up my road to being free.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitar: Newton Smith, Electric Guitars: Dick Smith, Bass: Bill Hatcher, B-3 Organ: Tom Gross, Drums: Sean O’Rourk,
Percussion: David M. Ennis
©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

6. Portia and Lanier [top]

Portia and Lanier, were lovers,
I bet you’ve never heard their names.
Closer than a sister and a brother,
Playing all those sweet lover’s games.

Portia and Lanier, ever faithful,
They never left one another’s side.
He was always thinkin, about her.
She made him such a beautiful bride.

They held each other’s hand,
A woman and a man.
Doing things together everyday.
Sharing life complete,
A marriage oh so sweet,
And so goes the affair…
Of Portia and Lanier.

Portia and Lanier stayed together,
They were always lovers and friends.
Whether up or or down, they stayed together,
The best of lovers and the best of friends.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitar: Newton Smith, Electric Guitars: Dick Smith, Bass: Bill Hatcher, Piano: Tim Beard, B-3 Organ: Tom Gross,
Drums: Sean O’Rourk, Percussion: David M. Ennis , BGVs: Richard Craig ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

7. Lover [top]

Oh my lover, why won’t you help me
and be my friend.
Oh my lover, I need you to help me
and be my friend.

When I met you, I touched, and I loved you forever. Now I need you to help me. Please hold out your hand...

My lover! Why won’t you let me,
Into your heart, your tender heart.
That’s all I need, because you are a friend.
Oh I’ll treat you so kind, lover.

I, know that I love you and that I need you and you are for me.
Please tell me you need me and that you want me, lover.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitar: Newton Smith, Bass: Bill Hatcher, Electric Guitars: Rick Hinkle, Harmonica: Jeff Baker,
Drums: Sean O’Rourk, Percussion: David M. Ennis, BGVs: Jennifer Hester ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

8. Manhattan Dream [top]

There’s a trail that leads to heaven,
There’s a bird that never flies.
There’s a time we’ll be with Jesus,
In the sky, oh, in the sky.

Come together all you children,
Don’t delay or time will fly.
Take this word to all God’s children,
Christ is coming by and by.

Faith has always been the answer,
Truth will always set men free.
Jesus Christ is now still calling,
“I’m the Savior, come to Me.”

There’s a bloody lake of fire,
Where the devil’s children lie.
There’s a road that leads to heaven,
You will go there when you try.

You must give your heart to Jesus,
Let the Savior show you how.
Give to Him your mind and body,
Soul salvation time, is now.
You must give your heart to Jesus,
Let the Savior show you how.
Give to Him your mind and body,
Soul salvation time, is now.

Now’s the time to come together,
In His spirit be as one.
For this world is nearly over,
And the new world soon to come.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitar: Justin Rosolino, Bill Hatcher, Electric Guitars: Dick Smith, Bass & Mandolin: Bill Hatcher,
Drums: Sean O’Rourk, Percussion: David M. Ennis ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

9. This Land Called America [top]

This land called America,
We’re going to build it together.
This land called America,
She’s gonna stand forever.
This land called America,
We’ll never let her fall
When the storms rage, we turn the page,
All for one and one for all.

America, what a place to be,
In this time of freedom, for you and me.
America, is the land I love,
With the sun that’s shining, down from above.
This land called America,
The dream isn’t fading.
This land called America,
Our time isn’t waiting.
This land called America,
We’ll never let her down,
If we stand and fight, be it day or night,
You know she’ll always be around.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitar: Newton Smith & Mike Lusk, Electric Guitars: David Byrd & Mike Lusk, Drum & Bass Programming: David M. Ennis ,
BGVs: Richard Craig ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

10. Michelle [top]

And so I wrote this song,
All the people ask, me to play.
To one of yours, Looking Up, I belt it out all day.
Never get a chance to pray.
Michelle could make me live,
Brother Richard was my friend,
And Paula to the very end.
Iron horses running wild.
The other end a screaming child.
Disco duck’s getting down,
I wrote this song to make you frown.
All the dogs in the parking alley, cold,
Watch me as you grow old.

Michelle could make me live,
Brother Richard was my friend,
And Paula to the very end.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitar: Newton Smith, Electric Guitars: Dick Smith, Bass: Bill Hatcher, Piano: Tim Beard, B-3 Organ: Tom Gross,
Drums: Sean O’Rourk, Percussion: David M. Ennis ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

11. Blue [top]

Sight you see to, taste to smell,
In a grave of, thoughts I dwell.
Mind too much, for me to bare,
One I could but, hope to share.

Death I plead you, come I ask,
Take me to your, home so vast.
Of time again and I’m, not afraid,
But in death my, body laid.

Once again my, face no more,
another pleasant, souls to bore.
Vast again and I could not cry,
Oh my love I, wish to die.

Not for hate of, life I flee,
But to go there, to be free.
Free of milky light and, starry sky,
I take my flight and, leave to die.

By: Newton Smith, Acoustic Guitar: Newton Smith, Electric Guitars: Dick Smith, Bass: Bill Hatcher, B-3 Organ: Tom Gross, Drums: Sean O’Rourk,
Percussion: David M. Ennis ©1999 David Newton Smith Publishing, ASCAP.

12. Amazing Grace (Traditional) [top]

Acoustic Guitar: Newton Smith, Justin Rosolino