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House of Stone

by Dan H Band

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1.
Hitchhiked to the city when I was finished with High School. Got a factory job and I did the best I could. Found myself a woman I could promise to love. Then I tried to make a living with a guitar in my hand. I’ve gone from door to door when I’ve needed a job. Three bucks twenty five doesn’t get you very far. When you’ve proven nothing, you’ve got something to prove. Didn’t know where I’d wind up, but I knew I had to move. I’ve had a hard time living, a hard time loving. You know I probably will just run away with my lover. And try to discover a place that I can call home. I’m like a rolling stone. And this is how it feels. Like this.
2.
Find Myself 04:14
I’m always searching to find out who I am. And when I find it do I like what I see? It’s getting such a bore. Chasing things, I know they’re just not good. I’m going ‘round and ‘round. And the choices that I make just seem to be the wrong ones. Both up and down. And there comes a time when we all slow down. And wonder who we are. And it seems so strange, cuz it’s always near And it sometimes seems so far. I’ll find myself when I find you. A dream come true. With arms of love. I’ll find myself. When I find You.
3.
The high society says you can’t get something from nothing. I’m not sure that’s what I’ve done, but maybe I did. My girlfriend thinks that I’m great. My landlord thinks that I’m lazy. I don’t know if I can find a place to belong. So I’m thinking it over. The world can be so darn cruel. Your friends can be so unfriendly. And all the things that you’re told can be so untrue. So I’m thinking it over. My life is driving me mad. I can’t keep up with the changes. I can’t get under control, just who I am. So I’m thinking it over. Shhh.
4.
She wonders where the wind goes. How am I to know? And why she is surrounded by people she don’t know. She knows they’re watching. Wondering what she’ll do. Eyes wide open, full of wonder, wha’d she say to you? She said “gimmie that, gimmie that, gimmie the time.” “Gimmie that, gimmie that water ‘n’ wine.” Yes! She knows she is a wanderer. She dances for the Son. And as the rich men shake their heads, She wonders what she’s done. She raises her hands up. They nail them to the ground. All the time she wonders why a friend cannot be found. I wish that I could find her and hold her close to me. I wish that I could take her away. But every time I see her, she’s gone before my eyes. I can still remember what she’d say. “Gimmie that Water and Wine”.
5.
Alive 02:40
Love is the reason I keep holding onto another day I can survive. I should know better than holding so tightly to things that can’t keep me alive. What is this burning that dulls all my senses and makes me afraid to ask why? Wise are the sayings about the betrayings of what we have seen with our eyes. I just wanna feel alive. I just wanna make my way. I just wanna be alive. I’m feeling like a candle.
6.
Baby Pleas 03:57
She’s got lots of people that she knows. She’s got lots of places she could go. She’s got lots of books she could go through. She’s got lots of clothes that she could wear. She’s got lots of ways to do her hair. She’s got lots of things that she could do. She wants to feel his fingers in her hair. Her deepest hidden thoughts, she wants to share. She wants her man to spend time with her son. She wants to know she’s still the only one. She don’t need a man of steel. She just wants someone who’s real. Rich or poor, she just don’t care. She just wants someone who’s there.
7.
Penny 04:21
She sees the world around her and she learns. She just tries to find her way amongst all the lies she’s told. She’s got people who love her. She’s got a couple of kids. She’s got an ex who wants her back. She’s been through a lot and she’s so open. But she feels she’s getting old. At time she thinks she knows what she wants. Truth is she don’t. She’s been told too many ways would be the best for her to go. She’s fighting bad things and she’s fighting bad people. But, most of all she’s fighting herself. She needs someone to hold her and take her through the night. Penny’s got a lot on her mind. She keeps thinking about things. They’re going ‘round and around. Penny’s got a way to go. It just seems so hard for her. Penny’s got a lot to say. If you could get her to open up, she could tell you things. Penny’s got a way to go. You know if she stays where she’s at, She’s gunna wind up being somebody’s change.
8.
Saul Said 04:25
Dennis hangs around all day, plays his guitar. Nothing else to do. Andy works hard all the time; it’s taking its toll. He don’t take control. Lisa’s been to hell and back, leave her alone. Hope she’ll be alright. Mike, he can’t make up his mind, what he should do. He can’t face the truth. Jane says she’s in paradise every day. Stephen’s fighting for his life in L.A. McCreah had enough at home, ran away. Richard never does a thing that he says. Saul said be like You.
9.
Nu Child 04:26
She didn’t believe that I could be real. Up on the stage and doing my show. She came to me and offered her hand. All I can say, is I want to be just like the child. She looks at me with trust in her eyes. She speaks to me in a language I don’t know. All that she wants now is to be close to me. All I can say, is I want to be just like the child. I’ll just keep holding on. Just like the child.
10.
Monkey 05:47
I looked upon my shoulder and saw a monkey there. I asked him what he was doing. He was playing with my hair. I asked him if he would leave me. He said he would not go. He said that if he went away. That I’d be all alone, he goes du, du, du. All my friends told me. That if he went away. That they’d be right there for me. To help me through that day. But you know how friends are. They don’t always come through. And I’d be standing all alone wondering what to do. The day the monkey went away.
11.
Oracle 04:02
People always talking about life. Saying how we’re all alone so look out for number one. Go after wealth, it’ll bring you happiness. Life is short; so just live like there’s no tomorrow. That’s not the way that I see life. People always singing about love. Saying how they find it every once in a while. They fall into it, and then they fall out of it again. Like it aint got nothing to do with choice. That’s not the way that I see love. Lately, I hear lots of people talking about God. They say he only helps really nice people. They make it sound like God is boring or out of reach. Or else, they say He doesn’t care what you do. As long as you believe that He’s up there. That’s not the way that I see God. And people have been telling me about you. They say you might like it, if I do this. But you won’t like it, if I do that. They lump you all together. And say that you as an individual don’t matter so much. And they tell me you don’t know how to think for yourselves. That’s not the way that I see you. Come on, think about it.
12.
Right by Me 05:22
We used to hang around and we’d talk a lot, and that was fine. And you know when things got hot; we’d step away and cool it down. I did right by me to leave you. She was a pretty girl and she knocked me out with her hair. But I never said I had a thing for you that wasn’t true or fair. I did right by me to leave you. There were corners in my life. Never found a place to hide away. I’m not saying you’re not fine. But some days are just not right for me. Next time I see you and we’re in a crowd I can look you in the eye and feel okay. Cuz I never took nothing away from you. That wasn’t mine to take.
13.
I never told you. I never said a thing about the way I felt deep down inside. Johnny come lately. There’s no debate that as I chose my way, I take my own sweet time. I never left you. I never followed all the things that were attractive to my eyes. In your perception. I was a Superman. Who’d saved you from your insecurity. I guess you saw too many changes in me. I guess I’m not the man you thought that I would be. What I gave you, would you give it back to me? It doesn’t work that way? We were living with the passion of the free. But we found another day?
14.
Say how you were. There’s a feeling that I had that things would work out bad. I don’t like it girl. When I’m fearing for the worst; I pretend my life is cursed. I don’t like it girl. When all’s been said and done; I still feel I’m on the run. I don’t like it girl. I’m trying to break through; I just can’t get back to you. I don’t like it girl. There’s a war that’s going on in my heart. And I can’t make it go away. The hardest thing I know is to find your way back home. I’m feeling all alone today. I could call You where you are. Though You may be very far, but You never made me feel that way.
15.
Hello Starlight! What is life to come to this? What’s the answer? Where’s the moments that I’ve missed? I don’t like it; I don’t like to live alone. With my vision and the things I’ve know. Will it change me? Will it change the way I feel if I make it? If I see it all for real? I don’t mind it when reality appears. It doesn’t shake me. It just proves my fears. I’m living tomorrow today. I’m letting my life slip away. I’m chasing my dreams all the time. Never content with what is mine. I live in a play that changes each day. I’ve been well rehearsed for my role. I’ll start it again and hope for a friend. Who loves me for what’s in my soul. And that’s all I can do.

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released May 18, 2002

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Dan H Band Nashville, Tennessee

Dan and Marty are in pre-production for a new album "Go." with a release date of May 18. 202 to be followed by an acoustic tour in EU June 10-20.

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