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for Karrie Wild Oats Records Recorded © BEECHWOOD STUDIOS · Nashville TN
Includes: Up On Elk's Ridge, for Karrie, Baby You Move
Me, Once A Soldier (Always A Hero), You Ain’t Feelin’ With A Full Deck, 8th Grade Romance
( … And They Danced), Always Open Arms, Riverboat, Mae West Momma, Stephen, Even Blind Faith
Has To See, Blue Roses, Back Roads, Fly Away
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| Up On Elk's Ridge Words and Music by Mark Brine ©2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar DAVID RUSSELL - violin DENIS COLBY - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.17MB) || UP ON ELK'S RIDGE where you promised to be mine • I carved your initials in that evergreen pine • 'N whenever I would see you down at Coggin's feed • With your Daddy by your side you'd always sneak a wink at me Gosh, I couldn't sleep, back then I'd lie nights in my bed • With visions, oh, so private rushin' thru my head 'n • Whenever I would see you they'd replay in my thoughts • 'N I'd flush that you might see them 'n somehow I'd be caught Chorus: Well, our children, they've grown up and all but moved away • Its been many'a year now since that so-eventful day • And, darlin' my feelings they've grown but haven't changed • You're still my young sweetheart so let's go back again |
Riverboat Words and Music by MARK BRINE ©2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, guitar • DENIS COLBY acoustic lead guitar • DAVID RUSSELL fiddle/violin • JOHN OWNBY standup bass • RICK LONOW drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (896KB)|| A scene comes back from Oh, so very long ago Of a barefoot boy Upon these banks … And the RIVERBOAT Chorus: Riverboat … carry me away (Before you go … please carry me away) School days lost to wanderlust … While my feet would soak In the flow of dreams … That brought me you … oh, riverboat Riverboat, you've passed me by … Oh, so many years Take me to where 'er you go … Cause you'd surely know … Just anywhere … oh, riverboat … Riverboat please carry me away |
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| for Karrie Words and Music by MARK BRINE ©2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, guitar • DENIS COLBY acoustic lead guitar • DAVID RUSSELL fiddle/violin • JOHN OWNBY standup bass RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (930KB)|| I wish … I could write … a song FOR KARRIE • One that would win her love for me • 'Cause, for Karrie I would give my soul • 'N tho that cliche might be overused 'n old • It's just so true … of what I feel … for Karrie If I could only put in notes … what I feel … for Karrie • 'N find the choicest lyrics 'n word them perfectly • 'N place them just so right • None that seem the slightest trite • Oh, how I wish … I could write a masterpiece … for Karrie Chorus: for Karrie is my every girl My one 'n only true love in this world But, she doesn't know What I truly feel in me She thinks I'm just another fool in love With her natural, pure femininity But, it's so much more than that That makes me yearn … for Karrie If I could serenade … like Romeo … beneath her window • A romantic piece I'd composed 'n maybe win her • But, my poetry's so weak … it'd need be so unique • To be like some knight … in shining armour … for Karrie |
Mae West Momma Words and Music by MARK BRINE © 2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar DAVID RUSSELL - violin DENIS COLBY - lead guitar KEEVE BRINE - rhythm guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RICK LONOW - drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (753KB) || Got me a MAE WEST MOMMA She got a frontside that don't quit She's stoppin' traffic on the street She hangs down the casino She's got a mink that don't stop growin' |
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| Baby, You Move Me Words and Music by MARK BRINE © 2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar DAVID RUSSELL - violin DENIS COLBY - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (947KB) || Lookin' like a snake, you wiggle in • Baby, get so excited, I just don't know where t' begin • You got that black dress on, 'n it's so sleek 'n you're so slick 'n baby, oouuu • Hey, baby doll let's stay right here 'n get a word 'n get this straight between me 'n you 'cause, BABY … Chorus: Sizzlin' hot property, baby, that's you • I know my lady, when I see her 'n I do • You got more goin' for you than most women ever dream of • Yes, whatever you are needin' be sure I'll do my best t' see ya through 'cause … What's a man like me supposed t' do • As lucky as I am, t' have me a lady like you • I just can't help it, can't control it • Wanna hold it back but baby doll, can't do • So let me express it to you, darlin' 'cause • I swear it's gonna satisfy ya, too … yes, baby |
Stephen Words and Music by MARK BRINE © 2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar DAVID RUSSELL - violin DENIS COLBY - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RICK LONOW - drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.01MB) || Those days we spent in Chinatown Chorus:
STEPHEN … my childhood friend I took South to search it out How much we shared as Brothers |
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| Once A Soldier (Always A Hero) Words and Music by EDDIE RUSSELL © 2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar DAVID RUSSELL - violin DENIS COLBY - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RICK LONOW - drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (951KB) || You know who you are Chorus: Yes I would like to thank you |
Even Blind Faith Has To See Words and Music by MARK BRINE © 2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar DAVID RUSSELL - violin DENIS COLBY - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RICK LONOW - drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (799KB) || Girl, you're always leadin' me on Chorus: Your sensuous moves |
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| You Ain't Feelin' With A Full Deck Words and Music by MARK BRINE © 2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar DAVID RUSSELL - violin DENIS COLBY - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.04MB) || Got a feelin' in my heart that Chorus: Every night it's just the same
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Blue Roses Words and Music by MARK BRINE © 2003 Dream City Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar DAVID RUSSELL - violin DENIS COLBY - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RICK LONOW - drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.18MB) || Mr. Florist … could you fill an order Chorus: There always was a special place |
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| 8th Grade Romance ( … And They Danced) Words and Music by MARK BRINE MARK BRINE vocals, guitar • DENIS COLBY electric lead guitar • DAVID RUSSELL fiddle/violin • JOHN OWNBY RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (691KB) || 8th GRADE ROMANCE at the Friday Night Dance • The boys in one corner 'n the girls in the other • Then I seen her come in … in her plaid dress so trim • Angelic white blouse, her girlfriends gathered about • Petite with silk hair … all I could do was stare • At her charismatic smile … time stopped for a while • Then, the lover boys darted … even me I started • Till my shyness took hold 'n I just stood there cold … Chorus: (in waltz time) Out of the boy's room … her out 'a the girl's room •
"Hello there" she said … I turned my head •
Embarrassed a bit … she overlooked it •
Said "I couldn't help notice you when I came in" •
I said "Me, too" •
"Was hopin' you'd ask me t' dance but you passed me" •
I explained I felt shy … •
She said "That's the very reason why" •
She'd been taken to me 'n I came then t' see •
That sometimes what we hide •
Is really all the while on our side •
'N if ya think I was surprised •
Well, ya should'a seen the eyes •
Of all 'a my friends when the new couple came in … |
Back Roads Words and Music by MARK BRINE © 2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar LINDA JOSEPH - violin JEFF PITCHER - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RICK LONOW - drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.34MB) || I wandered down the BACK ROADS last nite • Deep into the sleeping hands of time • Back to the home that we once knew • And I saw a fleeting glimpse (there) of you in your school uniform • With your long blonde hair 'n that tie you used to wear • And we were pals once again in those few short moments lost in space • And I remember feeling so overwhelmed at simply seein' your little face • And I ran my hand across your head (for good luck) like I always used t' do way back then • As you showed me your drawing of a truck and in that moment, the dream came to an end Chorus 2. It’s sad how the paths of life just stray • Fathers and sons how they go their separate ways • Yes, I realize its all the Master's plan • He molds you in His hands you've become a full grown man • But I only hope that one day in your travels • No matter where the road may go 'n how the tale unravels • Yes, somewhere when you stop to look behind you'll know • I'll always be there down the back roads of your mind |
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| Always Open Arms Words and Music by MARK BRINE © 2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar DAVID RUSSELL - violin DENIS COLBY - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass RICK LONOW - drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (963KB) || Where do I go when the wind blows bitter cold • To where it's always peaceful, warm and I’m always free from harm • Yes, where is there always the truest love found waiting • When there's none left, in the world and it's so unsettled and uncalm Chorus:
Your ALWAYS OPEN ARMS Where is my strength
when I'm all, but, beaten down • And crushed
just like a flower in the world's cruel, gripping palm •
Yes, where is there the magic
and the cure-all for my ails •
Where is all the love, I'll ever need … |
Fly Away Words and Music by MARK BRINE © 2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE - vocals, guitar LINDA JOSEPH - violin, viola JEFF PITCHER - lead guitar JOHN OWNBY - standup bass ART LABRIOLA - piano RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.09MB) || The mist above the graveyard From all the madness Bridge: The seed is placed deep in the dirt Shedding of its seed and self |
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"Since migrating from Cambridge,
Mass to Nashville some three decades ago, Mark Brine has carved out a strong
reputation as an uncompromising traditionalist on the country music scene which
has made him one of the elder statesmen of Americana."
-- Shaun Dale, Cosmik Debris Magazine
"I could listen to him sing all night long – he does a good job that boy does." -- Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree "A fine young man who I think has a great future." -- Hank Snow, Grand Ole Opry "Brine could easily have been added to the cast of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' without raising an eyebrow. He belongs to that group of artists whose individuality and quirkiness consign them to the periphery of what's commercially viable. But God bless him for not just being another cog in the musical wheel." -- James McSweeney, Flyin Shoes |
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"Brine writes wonderful story songs about ordinary people
and ordinary places. To tell these stories, Mark has a voice that is
as comfortable as a favourite coat."
-- Pete Smith, Country Music Round Up "I think what makes Mark Brine such a gifted songwriter/storyteller is the fact that he seems to be such an obvious fan of many genres of music. He's someone who is like a sponge when it comes to reintegrating influences into his own work." -- Gail Worley, Ink 19 "His career has pursued the path of a truly independent artist - someone who follows his soul and does things his own way – his ability to write and produce has made his name synonymous with quality." -- Doug Floyd, AltCountryTab.com ©2004 Mark Brine Music. All rights reserved. |