Biography:
His music is tough. Direct. Straight to the heart. Real and honest. And sung for all the right reasons. He's won the Juno Award as Country Male Vocalist of the Year - three times. He's won seven major Canadian Country Music Association awards, songwriting honours from SOCAN, and a BMI Award in 1993 for "Backroads" as the "Most Performed Song in America." He's had a double platinum album, another platinum one, and another which went gold. There was a raft of hit singles - no less than 10 of which went to #1 on the charts.
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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The lightning flashed and the thunder roared
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and woke me from a dream.
I opened my eyes afraid of the dark
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and all that I could not see.
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Into the night I cried out in fright
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Oh mama I'm so scared
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come and hold me in your arms
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Protect me from whats out there.
[Chorus]
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She said I'm right here beside you,
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you've nothin to fear.
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It's only a storm and soon the skies will be clear
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So close your eyes and drift off to sleep
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right by your side is where I'll be
D E A
as long as you need me I'm here.
[Verse]
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In a hospital bed she lays in the dark
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thirty years come and gone.
Slippin away with every breath
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desperately holding on.
E A
Into the night she cries out in fright
D A
Oh son I'm so scared
E A
come and hold me cause I don't know
D E
What's waiting for me out there
[Chorus/Outro]
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I said I'm right her beside you,
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you've nothin to fear
A E
It's only the dark and soon the way will be clear
A D
so close your eyes and drift off to sleep
A E
right by your side is where I'll be.
D E A
As long as you need me I'm here.
D E A
As long as you need me I'm here.
A
[Verse]
A
The lightning flashed and the thunder roared
D A
and woke me from a dream.
I opened my eyes afraid of the dark
D A
and all that I could not see.
E A
Into the night I cried out in fright
D A
Oh mama I'm so scared
E A
come and hold me in your arms
D E
Protect me from whats out there.
[Chorus]
A
She said I'm right here beside you,
D
you've nothin to fear.
A E
It's only a storm and soon the skies will be clear
A D
So close your eyes and drift off to sleep
A E
right by your side is where I'll be
D E A
as long as you need me I'm here.
[Verse]
A
In a hospital bed she lays in the dark
D A
thirty years come and gone.
Slippin away with every breath
D A
desperately holding on.
E A
Into the night she cries out in fright
D A
Oh son I'm so scared
E A
come and hold me cause I don't know
D E
What's waiting for me out there
[Chorus/Outro]
A
I said I'm right her beside you,
D
you've nothin to fear
A E
It's only the dark and soon the way will be clear
A D
so close your eyes and drift off to sleep
A E
right by your side is where I'll be.
D E A
As long as you need me I'm here.
D E A
As long as you need me I'm here.
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