West Coast Girl

by Rob Sindorf

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I met Jessie when I was sixteen she had

long brown hair and her eyes were green

She came to town a couple weeks each summer
Driving all the boys crazy, we were goners
All because of that west coast girl, she was a west coast girl

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Staying up late watching the stars fall from the tailgate

of my old blue chevy called "The Hurricane"
Friday night we were back-seat lovers
Didn't know what we were doing but we made each other smile

and she rocked my world, my little west coast girl

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We were young, we were kids

Stealing kisses from each other making promises

Running wild, living free

I was loving that way you were loving me

It wasn't easy saying goodbye 

I was just wishing for one more night as the king of the world

In the love with a west coast girl

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You should've seen that sky on that 4th of July

There were just as many sparks flying between her and I

And she said, "It's too loud and this party's too crowded

so what if we go sneak away until the sun comes 'round"
We let the night unfurl, yeah me and that girl

 

We were young, we were kids

Stealing kisses from each other making promises

Running wild, living free

I was loving that way you were loving me

It wasn't easy saying goodbye 

I was just wishing for one more night as the king of the world

In the love with a west coast girl

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Well the summers came and went but she never came back to my little town

Now I can't help but wonder if she's out there thinking about me now

 

Sometimes at night if I close my eyes 

I can still feel her lips touch the tip of mine

Now and then when I see a shooting star

I go back to that place where I gave my heart

To a west coast girl, mmhmm

She was my whole world, my little west coast girl
 

We were young, we were kids

Stealing kisses from each other making promises

Running wild, living free

I was loving that way you were loving me

It wasn't easy saying goodbye 

I was just wishing for one more night as the king of the world

In the love with a west coast girl

 

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Life is Good

by Rob Sindorf

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I'm from the humble roots of my family tree

Growing up right here in Southern Missouri

We ain't got a lot but we've got what we need

And what we need is each other just to help us see: life is good

Hey brother, I know it's difficult

When the weight that you carry can make it hard to float

You need a helping hand to pull you back to land

With the help of your neighbor you can say: life is good

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Life is good but sometimes hurts

Get on up, brush the dust off your shirt

If we love one another we can make this work

'Cause we're all we've got on this little earth

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Let me tell you why I say life is good

It doesn't matter where you're from or your neighborhood

You know life is what you make it, take your attitude and change it

'Cause the change that you want to see starts with you and me

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Now smile, life is good my friends

When we let love in we can let love win

You know you make a little change just to make a brighter day

Make this world a better place

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Life is good but sometimes hurts

Get on up, brush the dust off your shirt

If we love one another we can make this work

'Cause we're all we've got on this little earth

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Take Care

by Rob Sindorf

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Time will change you and change can make you stronger

But this time it's brought me to my knees
I packed a suitcase and set it by the front door

I'm heading east to Tennessee

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I've been around the world, but I've spent forever in this town

I've left a thousand times, but I swear it's different now

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I feel the wheels roll on beneath me, five hundred miles away

From everything I've ever loved, that made the man I am today

And I swear it feels like yesterday... now I keep looking back

On all the things I took for granted, the things I thought would last

So here's what I know: this is how it ought to be
I've gotta go, but I'll get back when I'm free

So you take care, for me

Call me a dreamer, just trying to rope the wind

Most times I don't know what I'm doin'

But I keep on praying, and hoping that I might get there someday

Hoping these words will get me through it

Everybody in this town is chasing dreams that might come true
But there's a hole inside of me that left when I left you

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Now I feel the wheels roll on beneath me, five hundred miles away

From everything I've ever loved, that made the man I am today

And I swear it feels like yesterday... now I keep looking back

On all the things I took for granted, the things I thought would last

So here's what I know: this is how it ought to be
I've gotta go, but I'll get back when I'm free

So you take care, for me

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Sometimes I sing my songs and it seems like no one really cares
And I wanna go back home, and call it quits, but I'm still right here

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And I feel the wheels roll on beneath me, five hundred miles away

From everything I've ever loved, that made the man I am today

And I swear it feels like yesterday... now I keep looking back

On all the things I took for granted, the things I thought would last

So here's what I know: this is how it ought to be
I've gotta go, but I'll get back when I'm free

So you take care, for me

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Ten Miles From Dallas

by Rob Sindorf

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Ten miles from Dallas on Sunday afternoon

This little note you left is all I heard from you

It said "I'll be gone when you come home, this time we're really through"

Ten Miles from Dallas and a thousand miles from you

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I can see you on a stage somewhere in Baton Rouge

Or maybe some East Coast town and out with someone new

Did you finally go to California? Did all your dreams come true?
Well I'm ten miles From Dallas and a thousand miles from you

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You signed your name, said you were never coming home

Said it was all just wasted time

You said you were looking for some answers but I've got

so many questions on my mind

 

If you get lonely, you know right where I'll be

I'll leave this porch light on and stow away the key

I'd like to think you'll think about it, but we both know it ain't true

I'll always be ten miles from Dallas and a thousand miles from you

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Another Day

by Rob Sindorf

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Driving westbound from Nashville to L.A.

A different city every night, another stage

Turn it on for the crowd again, turn it up, sing it loud again

Pour out my heart and they sing along

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You're sitting all alone tonight there on the sofa

Thinking of all the times that I've left home

Fight the pain when the feelings come, pushing tears back one by one

Wondering if you should keep hanging on

I'm a rambler, I keep rolling on

I'm a traveling man who's been away for far too long
I want to look into the face I love to miss me when I'm gone
But I'm just too far away, believe me when I say

I'll be home again another day

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In a crowded room tonight outside of Memphis

I'll be smiling, shaking hands and taking pictures

But they don't hear what the mic don't say

What's going on when the lights all fade
But I miss my life back home I've traded for this stage

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I'm a rambler, I keep rolling on

I'm a traveling man who's been away for far too long
I want to look into the face I love to miss me when I'm gone
But I'm just too far away, believe me when I say

I'll be home again another day

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I can't act like it don't hurt to say goodbye
Oh, but maybe one of these days will be the last time

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I'm a rambler, I keep rolling on

I'm a traveling man who's been away for far too long
I want to look into the face I love to miss me when I'm gone
But I'm just too far away, believe me when I say

I'll be home again another day

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The Folksinger

by Rob Sindorf

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An old folksinger came to town

Stopped for the night to settle down

Headed south, just passing through

And he found his way to this old bar room

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He pushed his hair beside his face

And he pulled a guitar from his case

Strummed a chord and let it ring

That old folksinger began to sing:

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And he sang:
People, people sing along

Listen to them one by one

I might not change the world by singing songs

But I'll leave it better when I'm gone

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He sat and played an hour or two

With his cowboy hat and old barstool

Words of anger, war, and hate

Words of love and peace the same

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And he sang:
​People, people sing along

Hear me play them one by one

I might not change the world by singing songs

But I'll leave it better when I'm gone

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He said "in this old world we're passing through,

You gotta sing the world a different tune."

When he finished up beneath the lights

He tipped his hat and said goodnight

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That old folksinger left today

Packed his bag and went on his way

His final words as he moved on:
"Leave this place better when you're gone."

So, people, people sing along

Hear me play them one by one

I try to change the world by singing songs

And leave it better when I'm gone

I try to leave it better when I'm gone

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The Campfire Song

by Rob Sindorf

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I wish that every day could end by the campfire

Tell the world to slow it down just for a little while

No more silly things to do, all your worries they're gone too

There's so much for us to learn if we took the time

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I wish that every day could end by the campfire

Let the peace within the flame soothe your soul

Feel the heat against your face, hear the message it conveys:
"Live together, love relentless, live in peace."

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I wish that every day could end by the campfire

Different faces all around that I can see

Flicker flames three feet tall, casting shadows of us all

But all the shadows look the same to you and me

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I wish that every day could end by the campfire

Let the war and violence cease for just one time

So let us sing a song of peace from the greatest to the least

We'll make this world a better place for you and me

So let us sing a song of peace from the greatest to the least

We'll make this world a better place for you and me

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Hometown Hero

by Rob Sindorf

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It's a Friday night here in Rockwood

The lights are on at the stadium and everyone's here tonight

We're down by 2 but we've got the ball,

The Red and Blue they can win it all - the state title

If they can get it in the end-zone

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The quarterback lines up and throws one deep

Next thing you know he brought that crowd up to their feet

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The hometown hero saved the day

When duty calls, he's sure to make the play

His name and picture on that Sunday morning page

His mom and dad were surely proud to say

This was the time, our hometown hero saved the day

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Now he's headed off to college

a full-ride for the football start out in East Tennessee

But he's never stopped to notice the small-town fame

'Cause you know he only cares about the team

But as he steps out on the field tonight

Right then his mind goes back to that last time

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The hometown hero saved the day

When duty calls, he's sure to make the play

His name and picture on that Sunday morning page

His mom and dad were surely proud to say

This was the time, our hometown hero saved the day

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He spent two years on the front-lines and the battlefields

That left him scars when we left his family

And then just like that the enemy came to attack

And guess that you could say he saved the team and made the play again

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The colors are the same, but the uniform has changed

Since they last saw him there

They'll lay his body down beneath that hallowed ground

with a flag-draped casket by the grave

The sound of "21 Guns" will fill the land

Because our hometown hero did it once again

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The hometown hero saved the day

When duty calls, he's sure to make the play

His name and picture on that Sunday morning page

His mom and dad were surely proud to say

This was the time, this was the last time

Our hometown hero saved the day

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Only Thing Missing

by Rob Sindorf

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I have been fortunate enough to have what I need

At least until you walked in and swept me off my feet

I don't know what it is but I swear you give it to me
So if you came here alone, then I don't mind takin you home, darlin

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I've got some money, honey, and I've got some time

I've got a little two-bedroom house sitting in the pines

Lord, I swear I have everything that I could come home to

But the only thing that's missing is you

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So tell me what do you say you and I get out of here

A little give little take now darlin, but we gotta start somewhere

So if you're with me, just come with me and we'll we'll make it alright

Say the word and we'll go because I've got to know for sure

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I've got some money, honey, and I've got some time

I've got a little two-bedroom house sitting in the pines

Lord, I swear I have everything that I could come home to

But the only thing that's missing is you

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Baby I can't offer you the moon in the sky and all of them stars

But lady, don't say maybe

'Cause I don't want to be missing the one thing worth wishing for

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I've got some money and I've got some time

I've got a little two-bedroom house sitting in the pines

Lord, I swear I have everything that I could come home to

But the only thing that's missing
The only thing that's missing

The only thing that's missing is you

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Won't Let Me Down

by Rob Sindorf

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What if I told you my heart just skipped a beat?

What if I told you I was speechless?

What if i told you that you were on my mind

And girl that I can't escape it?
I'll be honest, I'll probably never see you again

But if I do, I promise, I'd like to try it over again

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What's your name? Where you from?

Are you new in town? Never seen you around

That was then, this is now

I've been practicing my lines maybe

Maybe hoping that I can get it right next time around

If my heart won't let me down

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I really tried to play it cool when I saw you walking my way

Tripping on my words like it was my middle name

I'll be honest, I know I'll never see you again

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What's your name? Where you from?

Are you new in town? Never seen you around

That was then, this is now

I've been practicing my lines 

Maybe hoping that I can get it right next time around

If my heart won't let me down

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I've been asking everybody if they've seen you

Seen you around this town

Because it sure would be nice to meet you

 

I'll be honest, I know I'll never see you again

I'll be honest, I'd like to try it over again

 

So what's your name? Where you from?

Are you new in town? Never seen you around

That was then, this is now

I've been practicing my lines 

Just hoping that I can get it right next time around

Hoping I can get it right next time around

If my heart won't let me down

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She Don't Love Me Anymore

by Rob Sindorf

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Words unspoken can do more hurt than any ever said

Locked inside, and always running through my head

And now speaking up is the one thing I regret

Five long years of her waiting around for me to just say something

Disappointed, but hanging on to love unbroken

And her waiting for me to come around and stay

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But that ain't how we're living now

That's not where we are today

No matter what I'll always love her

Is she the one that got away?

So now I'm standing on her front steps while she's locking up the door

She don't me anymore

 

My stupid mouth

Should've said the things my heart wanted to say

Should've let her know the truth instead of pushing her away

I should've told her that I loved her

I should've told her that I loved her

 

But that ain't how we're living now

That's not where we are today

No matter what I'll always love her

Is she the one that got away?

So now I'm standing on her front steps while she's locking up the door

She don't me anymore

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So go on, 'cause there ain't nothin to see here

But I never thought I'd be here

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'Cause that ain't how we're living now

That's not where we are today

No matter what I'll always love her

Is she the one that got away?

So now I'm standing on her front steps while she's locking up the door

She don't love me, she don't love me

She don't love me, she don't love me anymore

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