Lyrics: Dust Off My Boots - George McAnthony

Steve The Hawk (George McAnthony)

Let me introduce, I’m Steve the hawk, was born and raised high upon a rock / with my friend Miss Molly the dove I watch the people from high above

And I sail, and I fly, raise your head when I’m passing by / cause I appear to anybody who needs a sign / you’ll get lucky if you see me flying / if you’re lonely, need someone to talk / ask Molly for Steve the hawk

Now and then I’m sitting on the church tower top / observe the rush in town that never stops / I love the people, the humankind / I can brighten up their state of mind

From top of the skyline I see the haste / people running wild, such a waste / if you see me when I cross your town / don’t worry, don’t hurry, slow down

And I sail, and I fly, raise your head when I’m passing by / cause I appear to anybody who needs a sign / you’ll get lucky if you see me flying / if you’re lonely, need someone to talk / ask Molly for Steve the hawk

 Dust Off My Boots (George McAnthony)

Hear what I discovered, what I wanna say / about all the quarrels that come my way / no need to react if I don’t want / others may do but I don’t

When you get bothered, boy you gotta know if you wanna fight or you rather let go / what works for me most of the time / undeterred I walk the line

I’d rather shake the dust off my boots / walk my way, got no time to lose / you wanna dispute, but I gotta refuse / cause I’d rather shake the dust off my boots

There was a man I think you know well / he gathered his friends cause he wanted to tell: “Boys if someone is bothering you, turn away and wipe your shoes”

The crowd was astonished at the wise words / cause this was a teaching they never have heard / any provocation doesn’t need response / so blow out the fire at once

Don’t get irritated when you run into a fool / when wranglers and wiseacres think that they rule / you are not a wimp if you simply stay away / I tell you boy, it really doesn’t pay

Horseman (George McAnthony)

I’m a wild quarter stallion, but it’s my natural demand / to have a human companion who reads my mind, who can truly comprehend

My untamed prideful spirit isn’t really made to bear any kind of repression against my will / you may treat me firmly but fair

When the horseman whispers my name I can hear his call and keep on running / when we ride in the sun our hearts beat as one / I trust him whatever may come

I’m grazing in the meadow, a young Navajo is coming near / I keep staring at him without moving at all, but this time I have no fear

He shows his hands kind and slowly, but he won’t touch me for some time / it is me who gets finally closer to him / I hope this boy will be a friend of mine

 CHORUS: … I lay my life in his hand, I want him to understand, let him know, I’m his friend

“He’ s the best horse you can desire / with grace, beauty, spirit and fire / for his horseman he would do everything / kind and humble he rides like the wind”

Still That Boy (George McAnthony)

Let’s go back in time and space, gotta show you my early days / way back when every day had to be discovered / any treasure could be found all over my little hometown / heart of joy, this is me as a little boy

In multicultural neighborhood I was raised and it felt good to learn the art of living peacefully together / a perky rascal, pretty cool, I was the joker of the school / all the same with highest grades I played the game

I’m still that boy who was playing around, who was raised upon your ground / you’re my home, I’m your son, my border town / didn’t know what life’s gonna bring, still don’t know, spread my wings / full of joy cause in my heart I’m still that boy

Early morning of carnival, I can’t wait to get to school / proud to show I’m dressed up like a Wild West cowboy / was already branded, already caught / a free born spirit, a generous heart / days ’re pretty wild, that is me as a little child

I’m still that boy who was playing around, who was raised upon your ground / you’re my home, I’m your son, my border town / didn’t know what life’s gonna bring, still don’t know, spread my wings / full of joy cause in my heart I’m still that boy

Who Feels This Way (George McAnthony)

Right beneath the surface of a placid lake / where darkness is laying down / don’t go any further and watch yourself / cause you may keep losing ground

You’re the long lost friend in the mirror, who knows time can not be replayed / some day soon you’re going to discover/ it ain’t only you, it ain’t only me who feels this way

The sun keeps on shining but it’s cold inside, a reason can’t be found / you’re like a restless rider who’s trying to hide / the weight is gonna make you drown

You’re lost in the future and in the past / and in the meantime you waste this beautiful day / whoever blames you right now would be unjust / cause we are like you anyhow, anyway

You’re the long lost friend in the mirror, who knows time can not be replayed / some day soon you’re going to discover/ it ain’t only you, it ain’t only me who feels this way

Country Gypsy (George McAnthony)

You can find him riding out in the countryside / singing at the jamboree every Saturday night / the music is his passion he could play it all day long / spending countless hours writing funny songs

He’s a country gypsy, citizen of the world / in any place he feels at home, on good terms with everyone / Country Gypsy, choosing day by day when it’s time to settle down or time to move away

He knows all the pickers and singers of the country bands / gets along with everyone all over the land / he promised to himself he’d never be a slave of jealousy / he refuses competition and silly rivalry

He likes to go dancing, knows many line dance groups / wonders why among them there has to be dispute / but he ain’t got no problem to dance with everyone / following the main rule, just dance and have some fun

You can always find him traveling from town to town / meeting various people with different backgrounds / any kind of color, faith and nationality / he’s ready to respect every diversity

Country Gypsy, choosing day by day when it’s time to settle down, or time to move away / between the need to settle down and the need to move away

Reach For The Moon (George McAnthony)

I’m glad I met you once again, you’re known to be a busy man / but as far as I can see, well Peter, you don’t look good to me

You play the game with a loaded dice, but are you ready to pay the price? Still in time to turn around, or Peter, you’ll be trouble bound

Reach for the moon and you may find, that you have left yourself behind / if you wanna give your best, then better take a rest, just lean back and relax

You look for silver, look for gold, you wouldn’t mind to sell your soul / but will it get you through the night? Hey Peter, will it keep you satisfied?

You have it all well organized, can’t you see the big disguise? It’s known that he who wants it all, may break his neck, is finally bound to fall

Reach for the moon and you may find, that you have left yourself behind / if you wanna give your best, then better take a rest, just lean back and relax

Turn Me Loose (George McAnthony)

I’m the lion running free, turn me loose, turn me loose / did you come along to capture me? Turn me loose right now!

I’m the butterfly sitting on the rose, stay away, stay away / look at me but don’t you ever come close, stay away from me!

Hey ho, set me free, turn me loose and let me be / release me now, give me liberty / leave me alone and stop picking on me / hida hey, hida hey hey, you should know I ain’t your property

To be in love, honey, it takes two, let me fly, let me fly / but I didn’t feel the same about you, let me fly away!

All those rules are gonna close me in, turn me loose, turn me loose / you’re trying to scare me but I ain’t giving in, turn me loose right now!

Tricky trap of dependency, break the chain, break the chain / a modern kind of slavery, break the chain, my friends

Influenced by the swindle on TV, keep it real, keep it real / who’s got the courage to disagree? Keep it real, my friends

Show Me The Way (George McAnthony)

The cold western wind has started to blow and confidence is lost once again / although I really thought I knew it long time ago / show me the way within

Show me the way on the rocky road to wisdom / cause now and then I’m wandering astray / can you tell me what it’s like when you finally prevail / please would you show me the way

I’m sitting by the river and I’m trying to find an answer for what ‘s going on these days / the secret and the meaning of the great design are hidden somewhere along the way

By now I should know where we all come from / what are we doing here, where do we go? I’m a pilgrim trying to find his way back home / lost all along the rocky road

Show me the way on the rocky road to wisdom / cause now and then I’m wandering astray / can you tell me what it’s like when you finally prevail / please would you show me the way

Change Rhythm (George McAnthony)

A friend of mine called me up, most of the time he gets stuck / on the boring drive of his routine life, change rhythm!

Let the running beat take you away, keep the love songs for another day / like an express train on the passing lane, sometimes you gotta go against the grain

We need a rhythm change, gotta speed it up / to raise adrenaline, we don’t wanna stop / just let the pattern flow but better not too slow, change rhythm!
 
Hey you droopy kind dancing slow, don’t you hold back, let yourself go / gotta take a ride against the tide; change rhythm!

Shift to a higher gear, keep going strong / brand new rhythm, brand new song / let your soul unwind by the pulse of time, just free and soothe your jangled mind

Need rhythm on the street, change rhythm feel the beat / need rhythm on the road, change rhythm on the radio, come on, here we go

Irish Sunrise (George McAnthony)

Can you hear the pipes are calling, the summer rain is gently falling / looking for a melody, Irish tunes inspire me / get ready when the pipes are calling

Take a walk in Dublin City, I can hear a sound so pretty / little piper I’d enjoy, play for me “Oh Danny Boy” / spread the sound throughout the city

Now the darkness won’t prevail any longer, see the clouds are passing by / one more last Irish thunder, light is born on Celtic skies, an Irish sunrise

Known for the changing weather, to native folks it doesn’t matter / Irish sister sing a hymn, for the world we’re living in / come on let us sing together

Any curse may be forgiven, you struggled hard to make a living / you came out of troubled times with humor and a merry mind / past invaders be forgiven

Now the darkness won’t prevail any longer, see the clouds are passing by / one more last Irish thunder, light is born on Celtic skies, an Irish sunrise

Hold Me (George McAnthony)

I didn’t look for any new relation, was doing pretty well on my own / as you came walking through the backdoor of my quiet life / you found me with a heart of stone

A bit afraid ‘cause we didn’t wanna hurt each other / so we had to start it all real slow

Hold me and show me you are mine / one step at a time, you’re taking me by the hand / love me, wild and beautiful rose, as we are getting close, my lover and my friend

I didn’t plan another story, or rush into something new / but love would catch me without giving any warning / I didn’t really know what to do

It is known that love won’t last forever / but look at us, how far we’ve come

Hold me and show me you are mine / one step at a time, you’re taking me by the hand / love me, wild and beautiful rose, as we are getting close, my lover and my friend

Fly Little Bird(George McAnthony)

Every time you look at me I recognize it’s got to be, now, you’re leaving home / heading for another land, baby I can understand, now, that you are grown

While you get a place near the window, waiting for the night train to come / the world is in the making, while dawn keeps breaking, so now, you will be gone

Fly little bird, go on and find your way / be careful and don’t sail too high / take off little bird, you’re leaving today / I know you are ready to fly

It seems only yesterday when you sat on my knees and said hey, we’ll never part / I have taught you all I knew, from now on it’s up to you / hey, you’re my sweetheart

It won’t be long you’ll find somebody special, and soon you might have a little girl / teach her all you know, your love will help her grow / ‘till she’s ready to face the world

I will see you through, babe I believe in you / I lift my guarding hand, if you’re in need come back again  

Nashville Calling (George McAnthony)

In the early seventies, well, I can still recall / with daddy at the record shop, down at the mall the owner looked at me, and he said boy, come on over and see / listen to this record, you may like it, it’s made in Tennessee

In the middle of the eighties in a foreign town / got myself a guitar and tried to make it sound like those in Nashville / I tried so hard, I guess it never will / the dream became stronger and stronger, I ain’t gonna wait any longer

It is Nashville calling, I gotta keep rolling, heading towards Tennessee / I can already figure, I’m meeting all the pickers in Music City USA / we will play along, keep jamming all day long / just for the fun, you know, to relax we take a walk down Music Row

So now Brent play the guitar, Owen beat the drum / all are joining in, I guess it wont be long / another kid explores the music from Nashville in a record store / it’s all about love and living, it’s what we’re singing for