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Fortunes • the Best of Mark Brine Shut Eye Records & Agency Includes: Fortunes by Ola Belle Reed, (You Are) My Sweet Dream, The Parlor Song, So Lonely Without You, I’ve Always Been A Sucker for Your Smile (Miss Rebecca), You Sure Got A Way, for Karrie, 8th Grade Romance ( … And They Danced), Riverboat, The Tale of the Troll ‘n Me, The ‘God Will Be Up’ Lullaby, Ay'ee Lou'siana, Ukelele Yodelin’ Blues, New Blue Yodel, Plea for Forgiveness, Rebel, And … I’ll Wait for You |
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| Fortunes Words by OLA BELLE REED © Midstream Music MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar • JODY ADAMS fiddle, mandolin, banjo • JIMMY ‘DOC’ DUNCAN steel guitar • H. J. PEARSON bass • JERRY ADAMS twang telecaster • JEFFREY ASHER drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (691KB) || There are FORTUNES in a life time All our money cannot buy Like the tiny little snowflake Slowly floating down from the sky There are wonders never ceasing Created by our Master's hand But the greatest of all our fortunes Its in God's promised land Chorus: Oh the rich man with all of his money All of his silver and all of his gold He can’t buy one breath of life Or a home for his weary (eternal) soul For that is bought and it is paid for (already) By the blood of the blessed Lamb Yes the greatest of all our fortunes Its in God's promised land There are fortunes in a teardrop There are fortunes in a smile In the face of a weary pilgrim Or the face of a little child There are fortunes right in your Bible If you'll read it well then you'll understand But the greatest of all our fortunes Its in God’s promised land |
Tale of the Troll 'n Me Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: Songs and Stories from Mrs. Alexander's Farm ©2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (932KB)|| Of my many travels, there’s one I ain’t surpassed while crossin’ a deserted bridge I never quite got passed Hearing sounds beneath me, I glanced down through a hole and to my amazement there slept an ugly troll Now people speak of fables mytholic fantasies but I can’t help believing in everything I see So fighting my adrenaline, I chanced to wake his sleep in hopes that he’d be friendly a worthwhile soul to meet And upon awakening I noticed very clear rolling off onto his beard a single saddenin’ tear It seems that he’d been taken, no one had ever dared others they just ran on by, they couldn’t control their fear And as we sat there talking, the hours just slipped on by All the while I kept thinking how glad I was I’d tried Cause all so many times in life, in fear we run away and leave behind what we’d ‘ve gained If only we had stayed |
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| (You Are) My Sweet Dream Words and Music by Mark Brine ©2004 Mark Brine Music MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar • DENIS COLBY acoustic lead guitar • DAVID RUSSELL fiddle/violin • LINDA JOSEPH fiddle/violin • JOHN OWNBY standup bass RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (930KB)|| I still dream a whole lot about you And think about days long ago and Everyone knows I'm not happy alone Travelin' down all my roads 'cause Chorus: YOU ARE MY SWEET DREAM As lonely as life often seems there's Always a moment to bring back a scene And, you are my sweet dream But, I wanted freedom To ramble and rove There was a wide world to see I never dreamed I'd regret leavin' you I was selfishly thinking of me 'Cause no matter how far Wherever I roam I still think of you all the time Wonderin' if you still think of me, too And am I still the one on your mind |
The 'God Will Be Up' Lullaby Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: Songs and Stories from Mrs. Alexander's Farm ©2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar CHUCK NASH fiddle/violin RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (918KB)|| Lullaby – Good Night Leave your worries with God He'll be up all night anyway Watching over his flock Like the Good Shepherd does 'Til morning brings the light of day Lullaby its true He holds me and you In his warm loving arms like sheep And protects us from the world So now every boy and girl Close your eyes and go to sleep Chorus: GOD WILL BE UP all night anyway With his angels to watch you 'Til the break of day (in every way) So don’t fear my little dear 'Cause God will be up all night anyway Lullaby - sweet dreams Leave your cares with Him He'll be up to turn on the light And protect you in this world Every little boy and girl Till this time again tomorrow night … and then … |
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| The Parlor Song Words and Music by Mark Brine ©2004 Mark Brine Music MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar • DENIS COLBY electric lead guitar • DAVID RUSSELL fiddle/violin • LINDA JOSEPH fiddle/violin • JOHN OWNBY standup bass RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.323MB)|| In the parlor, we shared Christmas gifts 'n joys that haunt once more • In the parlor we played games of chess 'n checkers on the floor • While the old black-and-white glowed above in the dimlit coziness • Like a fireplace that tugs the eyes 'n warms the inner-ness In the parlor on the table where the aged-old pictures sat • In frames propped up like watching us our generations past • Some I'd known 'n some I'd not but if only in that still • Their memories secured in me 'n I'm sure they always will Chorus: In the parlor stood the sofa, I knelt upon in prayer • Slept upon in sickness and sometimes used as a chair • To sit amongst the silent love (lull) that softly settled there • Yes, like a savored odor, I yet can smell that I long to but cannot share except in a song (Yes) THE PARLOR SONG In the parlor where we lived and died and the spirits yet remain • Like an echo in a tunnel scene where things move, but never change • I can see us close, though not to touch all together once again • In the parlor in nostalgic mem’ries and in the fondly never dying then |
Ay'ee Lou'siana Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD compliation: Little Visions ©2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar • JOHN SHOCK accordion RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (678KB)|| The crescent moon is shining down on Lou’siana reflectin' off 'a the bayou water • The music's playing down in the French Quarter 'n evenin' it just keeps growing hotter Chorus: Ay … eee … Lou’siana Ay … eeeeee … eeeeee Rose perfume drifts through the romantic evenin’ with the smell of the crayfish boilin' 'n steaming • The Cajuns are dancing and they have me believin' that once you are here, there is no chance of leavin' The guitars are strumming, accordions playin' • The hour is late but there's still celebration • In the cool moonlit night, the lovers are swayin' while young ones in barefeet about them are playin' |
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| So Lonely Without You Words and Music by Mark Brine From the CD: Real Special Feelin' ©2004 Mark Brine Music MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar • LINDA JOSEPH fiddle/violin • GEFF KING standup bass • JASON WHINNERY drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.150MB)|| Hold me close, hold me tight, oouu, baby • Touch your man, lead him in, oouu, baby, • 'Cause I've been so lonely without you • I didn't know what I'd do • I've been so lonely without you Take my love, take my life, oouu, darlin'• Hold it close, hold it dear oouu, darlin' 'cause • I've been so lonely without you • I didn't know what I'd do • I've been so lonely without you Chorus: My life has been such an awful void of lonely days • Wanderin' numb ('round) in a cloud of dreary haze • But, it's so good to be back home, I'm so tired of bein' alone • I've been so lonely without you Touch my eyes make them see again, darlin' • They've lost sight, there's no life inside them, darlin' • 'Cause I've been so lonely without you • I didn't know what I'd do • I've been so lonely without you |
Ukelele Yodelin' Blues Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: Back in the Country ©2000 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, baritone ukelele RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (644KB)|| I'm a ukelele, ya hardly ever hear me these days • Just a little ukelele, an instrument nobody plays • So I got these blues, I feel so uke-less these days Ukelele-lay-lee, yeah, that's me I feel so little, man I feel 'bout two feet tall • All them other instruments make me feel so small • Yeah, my ole self-esteem, hardly got any left at all (so, I got these) Ukelele-nobody plays me blues Yes, no one seems t' need me • Ain't this music business cruel • I am obsolete ‘n useless • Yeah it’s such a drag bein' so uncool • 'N wouldn't you know it, the only person who'd play me • Is some ole yodelin' fool, so I got these (Yeah, I got these) UKELELE YODELIN' BLUES |
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| I've Always Been A Sucker For Your Smile (Miss Rebecca) Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: Real Special Feelin’ ©1999 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar • LINDA JOSEPH fiddle/violin • TOMMY MANN standup bass RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.078MB) || Remember when we was just knee-high to a grasshopper 'n you talked me inta puttin' that thumbtack on Mrs. Daley's chair • Well, I sure got my behind warmed 'n you just sat there 'n smiled, Rebecca • 'N in spite of all my agony, somehow I just didn't care Then, there was the time down at Miller's General Store when I tried to steal that candy bar for you • Well, I sure caught the devil 'n once again you just smiled that famous smile • 'N in spite of all the scoldin' I just had 'ta laugh about it, too 'cause … Chorus: I've always been a sucker for your smile, Miss Rebecca • From childhood thru high school days, I always was (played) your fool • Your ever-true accomplice 'n you've known it all the while • Yeah, I've always been a sucker for your smile (ah, Miss Rebecca) All those crazy episodes, oh the stories we could tell • That time ya got me to climb down then take ya to the movies with them coins from the wishin' well • Yeah, it's been one situation after another for you 'n me • We've sure had more than our fair share of adventures 'n catastrophes But, now we've grown a little older 'n you're sure bloomin' inta a fine young lady • 'N I can see a different sorta mischief in your eyes • 'N yes, I can tell what's on your mind 'n I'm game, just like ev'ry other time • 'N I swear I’m gonna be that way until the day I die 'cause … |
New Blue Yodel Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: New Blue Yodel ©1995 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar • STACY PHILLIPS dobro • DAVE HOFSTRA standup bass • BRUCE DITMAS drums RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (826KB) There's a new blue yodel Let me sing it here for you There's a new blue yodel Let me sing it here for you Jimmie Rodgers he done start it 'N I'm 'a gonna see it through Cause the world goes 'round 'N nuthin' ever really (gonna) change 'Cause the world goes 'round 'N nuthin' ever really (gonna) change Yeah, its just like one big circle It's bound t' come around again You know the blues been with us Ever since the world began Adam and Eve done start it Back when the world began 'N its bound t' still be with us When the good Lord He returns again It don't matter where you're from Its only where ya goin' to How can ya go forward When you're always lookin' back of you Yeah, even Jimmie, he'd tell ya Its time t' look t' new So, there's a new blue yodel Gonna sing it here for you Yeah, there's a new blue yodel Gonna sing it here for you Jimmie Rodgers, he done start it (I know) But I'm gonna see it through |
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| You Sure Got A Way Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: Real Special Feelin’ ©1999 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitars • LINDA JOSEPH fiddle/violin, harmony RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (756KB) I don't know what it is about you • But you sure can satisfy • You've got some kinda lover's knack • You hardly even have 'ta try (it's) • Like you were born with somethin' extra • You give me more than what's enough • And, oh darlin' you sure got a way with love Chorus: YOU SURE GOT A WAY with love You sure got a way with love You sure do know your stuff You sure got a way with love It all just comes so nat'ral to you • So effortless and free • And bein' on the receivin' end • I guess someone up there sure likes me • 'cause, I've been blessed, by simply bein' • The only one you're dreamin' of • And oh darlin', you sure do do got a way with love |
Plea for Forgiveness Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: American Bleak House ©1999 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitar RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.110MB) I was driving down the road, the other day • Coming to a red light I stopped there to wait • When I overheard through my window a man in a crowd screamin' "black power" with such anger and hate Sitting there in my sadness my mind drifted back • To the sixties 'n how I marched and how I truly believed in all that • Yes, that men are equal and universal Brothers in one • Like Jesus once taught us to forgive and to love But it seems like no matter how hard that we try • T' make up for wrongs we just can't let 'em die • Inately we're all trapped in our self serving greed • For power and money so no one is free Yeah, its us against them and them against us • There ain't hardly no one in this world you can trust • Except for dear God so we put our belief in Him • 'N ignore his true road to peace Yeah, its white against black and poor against rich • Muslims against Jews, Protestants and Cath'lics • Yeah, everyone's fightin' too self-righteous to see • That it ain't good for nothing except more misery What a sad world it is and it just breaks my heart • How mankind is so hell-bent on bein' apart • When the answers so simple 'n in the words of our Lord • Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God |
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| for Karrie Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: for Karrie ©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 |
Rebel Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: Songs and Music from The Carol ©2004 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitars RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (762KB)|| Everybody called you REBEL A nonconfromist too 'cause You didn't like to do the things That normal people do They warned you youd be Dead and gone boy before age 22 All that fast pace-living, son Is gonna take its toll on you Chorus: Rebel, what you running from anyhow You live like there's no tomorrow in sight Try'na get it all in now rebel Whatcha runnin' from anyhow Abandoned like the joker card That don't belong inside the deck Fighting with a death wish that's Always s breathing down your neck You're crazy, mixed up 'N you're so confused You're the loner in the crowd With a complex screaming at you With a voice so loud |
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| 8th Grade Romance ( … And They Danced) Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: for Karrie ©2003 Mark Brine Music (BMI) 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 … |
And … I'll Wait For You Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: Songs and Music from The Carol ©2004 Mark Brine Music (BMI) MARK BRINE vocals, acoustic guitars • LINDA JOSEPH fiddle/violin RealAudio (low q) || WindowsMedia (low q) || MP3 (high q) (1.265KB) || Dearest Kare-Angel (thief of my heart) Impatience … is a 'hurts-you' In patience … 'n true love … Forever … beyond all time 'N when we're together again (At last!) you'll truly understand Jack Frost P.S. AND … I'LL WAIT FOR YOU Darlin' I'll be true For though we're miles apart You're right here in my heart And I'll wait for you Darlin' I'll be true (Darlin' I love you) Maybe I'm a fool To trust you, but I do Maybe in my absence You'll share love with someone new Still I'll wait for you Darlin' I'll be true For though we're miles apart You're always in my heart And I'll wait for you Cause darlin' I love you Tempting eyes, deceiving lies I'm sure you're gonna find them too But just remember like I do I'm so in love with you And so, I'll wait for Darlin' I love you I'll wait for you Yes, I'll wait for you |
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| Riverboat Words and Music by MARK BRINE From the CD: for Karrie ©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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"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. |