Track 1
Southbound Out of Town
Verse
Bundle up your memories,
Toss them in the car and escape with me
These cold nights and short days are not what we need
Stepped outside I could see my breath
Though the last leaves haven’t fallen yet
Don’t even want to think of what’s coming next
I’ve got a breakout get away plan we can run tonight
Chorus
So I’ll get the motor running, this day has been a long coming
The California sun would look so good on you
Heaven knows where the road will take us, we won’t stop, not even in Vegas
Not until we have an ocean view. Say you’ll come with me
Southbound Out of Town, never come back around
Let’s go Sounthbound Out of Town, and never come back around.
Verse
Crank our favourite summer tunes
We’ll hit the border town by noon
Take one look back then gun it through
Sure we’ll fly by the seat of our pants
Honey ain’t life about taking a chance
The only thing I know is that we’ll never come back
I’ve got a breakout plan and the time is tonight
Chorus
Bridge
We’ll steal away like bandits on a hope and a prayer
A few tanks of gas and honey we’re there
Chorus
Words and Music by Chase Stevens © 2014
Track 2
The World Sure Has Changed
Verse
He looked up from his beer and right out of the blue
He said I don’t know what this world is coming too
Most nights I can’t stand to watch the evening news
So I drift down here and end up on this stool
Chorus
But I remember years ago, we never locked our doors, always said hello
Parents left their kids out front to play (1st chorus)
We didn’t mind when someone cut into our lane (2nd chorus)
We knew everyone on our street by their first name (3rd chorus)
Sunday’s we would take it slow, everything in town just stayed closed
But when we shopped things were Canadian made
How I miss those good old days, man the world sure has changed.
Verse
He said I don’t know why everyone’s in such a rush
Never thought I’d see the day getting by would cost so much
We’ve got all these things but it never seems enough
And I don’t see how they’re making life easy for us
Chorus
Bridge
But it’s the same sun and moon hanging in the same big old sky
The same heavenly stars that young hearts fall in love by
The same deep blue oceans that roll up and meet the same sandy shores
The world still spins from east to west but nothing is quite the same as it was before
Chorus
Words and Music by Chase Stevens © 2014
Track 3
Wanna Get Being a Daddy Right
Verse
He rolled down the window as he rolled down the road
To the church he’d passed a million times
But today was different, he knew his life would never be the same
A child had been born who carried his last name
Chorus
He said Lord help me be the best father that I can
I knew I’d want to talk to you today when I held my daughter’s hand
I’m not asking about forgiveness for mistakes that I have made
Things I’m not so proud of I’ve done along the way
I’ll save that for another time
I just Wanna Get Being a Daddy Right
Verse
She pulled on his heart strings as he pulled on the door
Took a deep breath and step inside
Through stain glass windows sunlight came streaming in
Lit a path across the floor to where he was standing
Chorus
Bridge
I wanna be there to read stories, she first steps that she takes
Help her learn to ride a bicycle, show up at her school plays
I want to do everything I can to show her just how loved she is
And end off every night with her daddy’s hug and kiss
Chorus
Words & Music by Chase Stevens © 2012
Track 4
Someday
Verse
On a table by her bed she kept travel magazines
Dog eared at the pages, places she’d never been
She always said she’d get there, thought her favourite would be LA
Someday
In her kitchen was a jar filled with end of day loose change
She’d saved more than enough to get on that westbound plane
She would laugh and say that, life just gets in the way
But Someday
Chorus
We all have chances we never take
And roads we never drive
Dreams that we tuck away
Mountains we never climb
Make promises to ourselves that we let come undone
Even though we know Someday
Someday sometimes never comes
Verse
She kept her faith in Jesus, was a mother round the clock
Made countless lunch and dinners, always was the family rock
She volunteered her daytime but at night she’d drift away
To Someday
Chorus
Bridge
Oh Someday, yeah Someday
Someday sometimes never comes
Verse
I went out to the West Coast, looked out over the sea
Waited for the moment to let her soul fly free
And as the sun touched down on a distant rolling wave
I looked up to Heaven
And I said momma, this is your Someday
Words by Chase Stevens
Music by Chase Stevens & Dayna Shereck © 2016
Track 5
Naturally
Verse
There’s a Friday, I’ve got marked on the calendar
A full Harvest moon, comes along with that
I’ll pick you up at five, head out on a country drive
To a little place, off the beaten track
Chorus
Where we will shut it down, turn it off
And turn on this love we’ve got
Leave the whole Wi-Fi world behind
Don’t need to send or receive a text
I’ve got a better way that we’ll connect
And this time it’s naturally, oh this time it’s naturally
Verse
We’ll build a fire, have a little bit of wine
Wrap ourselves, in a blanket of stars
And we will take the night, where ever we like
‘Cause nobody will, know where we are
Chorus
Bridge
We’ll get caught up on what we’ve been missing
I think there might be a little skinny dipping
I know for sure they’ll be lots of kissing
And we won’t need a gps to find our way around
Chorus
Words & Music © Chase Stevens 2014
Track 6
The Leaving
Verse
On a cool sunny Tuesday
She caught a flight on a south plane
Headed off to the Carolina coast
A change of scenery would sure help
Heal the pain that her heart felt
An ocean breeze is always good for the soul
She hadn’t broken a vow, up until right now
She couldn’t stay till death do them part
Chorus
But she said what really hurts
Is while she was trying to make it work
Time slipped away with her youth and dreams
And that’s what feels the worst.
There were nights she laid awake barely breathing
Crying and just staring at the ceiling
Thinking about The Leaving
Oh The Leaving
Verse
They dug in on either side
Of a gap that grew a canyon wide
In a big old house that always felt so cold
Oh she knew that love shouldn’t be that tough
And she was past the point of had enough
Chorus
Bridge
When she left she locked the door
Slipped the key under the mat
Along with her wedding ring
She wouldn’t be needing that, she wasn’t coming back
Chorus
Words & Music by Chase Stevens © 2015
Track 7
Throw Away the Key
Verse
Like a fugitive running from the law
Kept my heart two steps ahead of getting caught
Sooner or later good love always wins
So I’m here to turn myself in
Chorus
Cause I’m guilty of Love in the First Degree
I think you should throw the book at me
I’m not asking for your leniency
I think it’s only right, that you would give me life
You’re just what I need
You can throw away the key
Verse
My tumbleweed ways have rolled into dust
Want to put down roots and think in terms of us
Didn’t see this coming, but I love the way it feels
Don’t need a plea bargain deal
Chorus
Bridge
I’ve been running for so long, long as I can remember
All I needed all along, was to give-in to this sweet surrender
Chorus
Words and Music by Chase Stevens & Carrie DeMaeyer © 2016
Track 8
Take the Long Scenic Way Around
Verse
He kept crumpled maps with hand drawn routes
Brochures with palm’s and swimming pools
Postcards that were never sent
From every place I think we ever went
Those summer drives, were the best of times
Chorus
When he would roll us down the highway between neon signed motels
Stopped at every scenic lookout point
We would count the water towers and punch buggies that went by
We only ate in little roadside joints
He would say if you want to feel the heartbeat of this Country
You Take the Long Scenic Way Around
Yeah you Take the Long Scenic Way Around, and stay in small towns
Verse
Oh those western skies with Texaco stars
And cruising with our feet sticking out of the car
He sure loved that old Ford
Bucket seats, hard top, four doors
And those windy roads, we loved them the most
Chorus
Bridge
He sure enjoyed those family road trips
Love of his life by his side, back seat filled with his kids
Windows rolled down and radio on
He’d crank it up a little bit, when they played our favourite songs
Chorus
Words & Music by Chase Stevens © 2018
Track 9
Can't Get Over You
Verse
Can't even listen to late night music
Reminisce about our days, I lose it
Every song I hear reminds me of you
There’s no point in trying to find a place that
I can’t remember you and I ever being at
Everywhere I go, you’re still in my view
I can’t get over you
Chorus
I can’t get over you saying goodbye
I can’t get over watching your fading taillights
I can’t get over knowing things aren’t like they use to be
I can’t get over you, getting over me
Verse
I use to think you were sent from above
With a heaven made soul mate kind of love
I always thought we’d last till the end of time
I’ve tried drinking and I’ve done some praying
Neither one is working, I’m just saying
Don’t know what it will take
To make things fine
I can’t get over you
Chorus
Bridge
You were my everything
The air that I breathe
You were my moon and stars
I never thought you’d leave
Chorus
Words & Music by Chase Stevens © 2015
Track 10
H.W.R.
Chorus
If I should die tonight, I hope you will remember me
I’m carving my initials, in this forest on this tree
So if the good Lord decides this is the last place on Earth I see
H.W.R. that’s me
Verse
I came in the name of freedom, for the love of my Country
Came to keep evil from ever taking these shores
Standing with our Dutch Brothers in Arms
Together we fight, we’ll win this war
Chorus
But if I should die tonight, I want you to remember me
I’m carving my initials, in this forest on this tree
So if the good Lord decides this is the last place on Earth I see
H.W.R. that’s me
Verse
Been hunkered down in these trenches, in this northern town of Eelde
The winter was hell, always chilled to the bone
Sure is nice to feel this April sun
And know in a fewr days I’ll be going home
Bridge
Going home, oh how I miss my family
Going home, hope my mother will be proud of me
Chorus
But if I should die tonight, I want you to remember me
I’m carving my initials, in this forest on this tree
So if the good Lord decides this is the last place on Earth I see
H.W.R. that’s me
Private Harold Wilbert Roszel, that’s me
Words & Music by Chase Stevens ©2018