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Tucson Night

by Paul Hurtado

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Tucson Night 04:11
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A SHOW IS STARTING.. IN THE WESTERN SKY THE SUN PAINTS ITS CANVAS.. IT'S A FEAST FOR THE EYES THE MOON DRIFTS TOWARD THE STARS. AS A MONSOON ROLLS IN AND THROUGH BARRIO DOORS COMES THE SMELL OF THE MOIST SUMMER WIND TUCSON NIGHT.. AM I DREAMING CAN THESE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS.. REALLY BE REAL TUCSON NIGHT.YOU'RE ALWAYS TEACHING LIKE A POET YOUR DESERT RECITES WHEN MY MIND IS STILL OH LAND OF THE SUN AND BLACK HILLS YOU GIVE LIFE TO FEELINGS I FEEL ON EACH TUCSON NIGHT WHEN MAGIC'S REVEALED YOUR CITY LIGHTS SHINE AMIDST THE MOUNTAIN RANGE WHILE SAGUARO SENTINELS. GUARD THE PLAINS AND FROM FAR AWAY. I HEAR MISSION BELLS RINGIN' AS A LONELY COYOTE.. STARTS HIS MOURNFUL SINGIN' TUCSON NIGHT.. AM I DREAMING CAN THESE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS.. REALLY BE REAL TUCSON NIGHT.YOU'RE ALWAYS TEACHING LIKE A POET YOUR DESERT RECITES. WHEN MY MIND IS STILL OH LAND OF THE SUN. AND BLACK HILLS YOU GIVE LIFE.. TO FEELINGS I FEEL ON EACH TUCSON NIGHT. WHEN MAGIC'S REVEALED WHEN THE SUN'S HIGH. AND THE SIDEWALKS ARE BURNING I'M RACING THE CLOCK. TO WIND UP THE DAY IN THIS CONCRETE DREAM . MY HEART IS STILL YEARNING FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL NIGHTS. WHEN CARES MELT AWAY OH LAND OF THE SUN AND BLACK HILLS YOU GIVE LIFE TO FEELINGS I FEEL ON EACH TUCSON NIGHT. WHEN MAGIC'S REVEALED YEA IT'S A TUCSON NIGHT. AND THE MAGIC IS REAL
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It All Comes Back to Haunt Me 03:34
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IT ALL COMES BACK TO HAUNT ME (3-6-10, LESLIE AND HURTADO) MY TOWN, MY LIFE . READS LIKE A FORECAST OF RAIN MY DAY'S SPENT DRINKING COFFEE FOR SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN VAIN 2 LONG MONTHS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE . AND NOW YOU'RE BACK AND THE STING OF WHAT I'M MISSIN' JUST CAME BACK TO HAUNT ME RIGHT NOW I NEED A BOTTLE ..'BOUT A 100 FOOL PROOF BUT WHERE I DROWN MY SORROWS IS ON OUR OLD ROUTES NO MATTER WHICH WAY I TURN. I SEE YOU THERE I' M S WIMMIN' IN OLD FEELINGS THAT ALL CAME BACK TO HAUNT ME PRE CHORUS LET'S MAKE A TOAST...... CHORUS HERE'S TO LIFE. A LIFE I WANTED TO LIVE. NOW A LIFE I CAN'T FORGET HERE'S TO ROADS. THE DIRECTION WE TURNED. AND THE NUMBNESS OF REGRET AND I KNOW I WILL MOVE ON BUT I CAN'T LEAVE YOU YET CAUSE WHEN I STOP TO THINK ABOUT US NOW IT ALL COMES BACK TO HAUNT ME MUSICAL INTERLUDE CHORUS BRIDGE I TOOK A DRIVE TO OCEAN HILL WHERE WE SAID WE'D BUILD A HOME AND AS MY TEARS FELL ON THE SAND, ALL OUR PLANS CAME BACK TO HAUNT ME. CHORUS HERE'S TO LIFE. A LIFE I WANTED TO LIVE.NOW A LIFE I CAN'T FORGET HERE'S TO ROADS. THE DIRECTION WE TURNED. AND THE NUMBNESS OF REGRET I AND I KNOW I WILL MOVE ON BUT I CAN'T LEAVE YOU YET CAUSE WHEN I STOP TOTHINK ABOUT US NOW IT ALL COMES BACK TO HAUNT ME {tag}
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Jungle Cat 03:28
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JUNGLE CAT (LESLIE AND HURTADO 10-13-10) THE JUNGLE CAT MOVES LIKE A SHADOW AT NIGHT HE'S ON YOUR LEFT THEN HE'S ON YOUR RIGHT. HE'LL TEAR YOU TO BITS WITH JUST ONE BITE HE BLENDS IN THE BACKGROUND WHERE HE LIKES TO BE FED HE FOLLOWS YOUR FOOTPRINTS AND HE GETS IN YOUR HEAD MAKE ONE CARELESS MOVE AND YOU'RE DEAD CHORUS YOU CAN'T OUT RUN HIM HE ALWAYS THERE SEARCHING AND PACING AND PROWLING SO SAY SILENT PRAYER YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE CATS LAIR THIS KILLER WILL WAIT FOR THAT ONE FATAL FLAW MAKE A MISTAKE YOU'LL WEAR THE MARK OF HIS CLAW HE'S KING OF A JUNGLE WHERE'S THERES ONLY ONE LAW CHORUS YOU CAN'T OUT RUN HIM HE ALWAYS THERE SEARCHING AND PACING AND PROWLING SO SAY A SILENT PRAYER YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE CATS LAIR CHORUS SOLO BIG BROTHER'S WATCHING AND HE'S GOT A NET POISED TO ATTACK LEST YOU FORGET HE'S STALKING YOU WHERE OUR LIVES INTERSECT YOU CAN'T OUT RUN HIM HE ALWAYS THERE SEARCHING AND PACING AND PROWLING SOSAY A SILENT PRAYER YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE CATS LAIR IT'S THE JUNGLE CAT'S LAIR THE JUNGLE CATS LAIR
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Life's Like a Rodeo 04:37
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LIFE'S LIKE A RODEO Paul Hurtado and Steve Leslie © 2009 10/14/09 THE DAWN ROSE LIKE THUNDER AS HE STEPPED FROM THE PLANE THE SPELL HE WAS UNDER BROUGHT THIS COWBOY TO MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND WHEN HER SKYLINE SWEPT INTO VIEW .. SHE SAID, MY NAME IS NEW YORK AND NOW I OWN YOU SHE'D BEEN WHISPERIN' PROMISES, EVER SINCE HE WAS YOUNG HATCHIN' UP STORIES AND SCHEMES AND A SONG OF DREAMS YET TO COME NOW STANDIN' ALONE ON A CROWDED STREET HE HEARS HER SONG AND TO THE BEAT OF THE CITY HE SINGS ALONG CHORUS WHOA.LIFE'S LIKE A RODEO ONE MEAN RIDE ON A BRONC THAT TWISTS AND TURNS AND OH.., TO STAY ON THIS HORSE AND WIN HOLD TIGHT TO THE REINS.AND NEVER GIVE IN CAUSE IT'S ONE TOUGH RIDE YEAH. LIFE'S LIKE A RODEO HIS LIFE HAD BEEN WRITTEN IN THE HANDBOOK OF FATE TO FALL HARD SEVEN TIMES, BUT THAT COWBOY, WELL, HE STOOD UP EIGHT 'CAUSE WITH EACH VICIOUS STING OF HER UNFORGIVING GROUND HE MADE AN OATH TO HIS HEART THAT HE WOULDN'T STAY DOWN CHORUS WHOA.LIFE'S LIKE A RODEO ONE MEAN RIDE ON A BRONC THAT TWISTS AND TURNS AND OH.., TO STAY ON THIS HORSE AND WIN HOLD TIGHT TO THE REINS.AND NEVER GIVE IN CAUSE IT'S ONE TOUGH RIDE YEAH. LIFE'S LIKE A RODEO MUSICAL INTERLUDE: FULL CHORUS THEY SAY THAT HE MADE IT, THROUGH THOSE BATTLES HE FOUGHT TO A SLICK HIGH RISE OFFICE, WITH A VIEW FROM THE TOP AND HIGH ABOVE THE CITY NOISE IT'S HER SONG HE STILL HEARS AND HE HOLDS HIS HEAD HIGH AS THE CROWD CHEERS YES HE HOLDS HIS HEAD HIGH AS THE CROWD CHEERS CHORUS WHOA.LIFE'S LIKE A RODEO ONE MEAN RIDE ON A BRONC THAT TWISTS AND TURNS AND OH.., TO STAY ON THIS HORSE AND WIN HOLD TIGHT TO THE REINS.AND NEVER GIVE IN CAUSE IT'S ONE TOUGH RIDE YEAH. LIFE'S LIKE A RODEO YEAH. IT'S ONE ROUGH RIDE .LIFE'S LIKE A RODEO
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Nothin' But a Miracle 03:28
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NOTHIN' BUT A MIRACLE (P. Hurtado/ S. Leslie 2/20/10) WE'VE GOT DIAMONDS IN OUR POCKETS AND NUGGETS MADE OF GOLD IF WE LISTEN WE HEAR ANGELS WHISPERING BEHOLD BUT OUR EYES ARE ON THE HEADLINES AND TIME IS IN DEMAND OUR THOUGHTS ARE ALWAYS RACING, WHEN WILL WE UNDERSTAND I SAW AN OLD MAN WEEPING, ON A BENCH BENEATH SOME TREES 'MID THE SOUND OF CHILDREN LAUGHING PLAYING IN THE LEAVES I COULD SEE MYSELF WITHIN HIM, TASTE HIS TEPID WINE HE'D GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO THE DARKNESS, BUT HE WAS MEANT TO SHINE CHORUS SHINE AND BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT YOU NEED YOU'RE A MIRACLE, BE A FLAME BURNING BRIGHT NOTHIN 'BUT A MIRACLE... TAKE BACK THE NIGHT BRIDGE THE WORLD TURNS AND WE HEAR CRIES IN THE NIGHT THE WORLD TURNS AND SONG BIRDS CALL TO THE LIGHT MINE YOUR DIAMONDS AND YOUR NUGGETS OF GOLD SHINE YOUR SPIRIT ...SAVE YOUR SOUL ORGAN AND GUITAR SOLO CHORUS SHINE AND BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT YOU NEED YOU'RE A MIRACLE, BE A FLAME BURNING BRIGHT YOU'RE NOTHIN 'BUT A MIRACLE, . TAKE BACK THE NIGHT YEAH, OH YEAH, YES YOU ARE. YOU'RE NOTHIN' BUT A MIRACLE NOTHIN' BUT A MIRACLE YOU'RE NOTHIN BUT A MIRACLE... BURN BRIGHT YEAH BURN BRIGHT YOU'RE NOTHIN' BUT A MIRACLE THE WORLD TURNS THE WORLD TURNS THE WORLD TURNS THE WORLD TURNS
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This Same Time Next Year 03:56
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THIS SAME TIME NEXT YEAR (Leslie and Hurtado 6-2-10) LISTENING TO OUR WEDDING SONG AS WE STAND SIDE BY SIDE GAZING DEEP INTO YOUR EYES. I REALIZE THAT LOVE IS LIFE'S SWEETEST GIFT AND THE REASON THAT WE ARE HERE IS THE REASON WE WILL CELEBRATE. THIS SAME TIME NEXT YEAR I GIVE YOU ALL THAT I HAVE AND I TAKE FAITH IN RETURN THAT YOU WILL BE MY TRUSTED FRIEND AS WE NAVIGATE LIFE'S TURNS SO I 'LL MAKE THIS SACRED PROMISE YEAR AFTER YEAR I'LL BE YOURS TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. THIS SAME TIME NEXT YEAR CHORUS EVERY SECOND, EVERY MINUTE EVERY HOUR, EVERY DAY I VOW TO LOVE YOU AND WHEN I'M OLD AND GRAY I'LL STILL BE HERE FOR YOU THROUGH THE SMILES AND THE TEARS THIS SAME TIME.THIS SAME TIME NEXT YEAR MUSICAL INTERLUDE CHORUS EVERY SECOND EVERY MINUTE EVERY HOUR EVERY DAY I VOW TO LOVE YOU AND WHEN I'M OLD AND GRAY I'LL STILL BE HERE FOR YOU THROUGH THE SMILES AND THE TEARS THIS SAME TIME.THIS SAME TIME NEXT YEAR MY "I DO" PLEDGE.. IS NOW AND FOREVER.THIS SAME TIME THIS SAME TIME NEXT YEAR.AFTER YEAR.AFTER YEAR
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Waitin' on the Rain 04:03
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WAITIN' ON THE RAIN (Leslie and Hurtado 11/11/09) HE'S BEEN HOEIN' A LONG ROW. FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE FIFTY SOME ODD ACRES.THREE KIDS AND A WIFE HIS CATTLE ARE DYIN'. THEY'RE GRAZIN' ON STONES AND HE'S WAITIN'.WAITIN' ON THE RAIN HE'S BEEN PUSHIN' A BIG ROCK. UP A LONG STEEP HILL 'BOUT THE ONLY THING GROWIN'. IS A MOUNTAIN OF TALL, HIGH BILLS HIS BODY IS ACHIN'. HIS STRENGTH IS ALMOST GONE AND HE'S WAITIN'..WAITIN' ON THE RAIN LIFT HE'S BORROWED MORE THAN HE CAN PAY.AND HE'S SOLD ALL THAT HE OWNS HE'S DROWNIN' IN DEBT.. HE'S SOAKED TO THE BONE THE BANKER AND THE FOLKS IN TOWN. THEY SAY THIS RANCHERS THROUGH BUT IN HIS HEART A VOICE REPEATS. "FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO" NOW HE'S DIGGIN' IN DRY SAND .FOR A GRAIN OF HOPE LATELY HE'S HAD NIGHTMARES . HE'S HANGIN' FROM A LONG, FRAYED ROPE WHAT'S THE USE IN TRYIN'.WHEN YOU'RE LEFT HERE ALL ALONE WAITIN. WAITIN' ON THE RAIN LIFT KNEELING AS THE THUNDER ROLLS .. HE PRAYS IN GOD I TRUST THEN SUDDENLY HE HEARS.. DROPS OF WATER IN THE DUST AND IN HIS HEART THAT VOICE REMAINS SAYIN' YOU ARE NOT FORSAKEN WAITIN'.WAITIN' ON THE RAIN [NORMAL VERSE SOLO] KNEELING AS THE THUNDER ROLLS .. HE PRAYS IN GOD I TRUST THEN SUDDENLY HE HEARS.. DROPS OF WATER IN THE DUST AND IN HIS HEART THAT VOICE REMAINS SAYIN' YOU ARE NOT FORSAKEN WAITIN'.WAITIN' ON THE RAIN {tag}
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When We Were Young 02:57
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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG (Leslie and Hurtado 3-27-10) I saw 2 lovers in Highland Park Kissing tenderly in the warm night air It was just an hour after dark They didn't see me sitting there Two kindred souls so much in love We were like that once ... when we were young Just like us . 4 years ago When I held you close ..Beneath autumn skies Then came the rain. then came the snow And I recall the sadness in your eyes We always thought we'd see the sun Yea we were like that once.when we were young When we were young Musical interlude And now this night I sit alone Under that old oak tree you loved God took you away from me To love this much. there is a cost But a wish on a star is never lost And neither are you.. my love No neither are you.. my love You will always be with me..my love
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Yara and the Sea 04:51
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YARA AND THE SEA Steve Leslie and Paul Hurtado © 2010 BRAZILIAN NIGHTS CAN BE HOT AND LONG BUT LEGEND TELLS OF A SIREN'S SONG WHERE A MAN CAN BE FREE. IF HE DANCES WITH YARA AND THE SEA I HEARD HER SONG AT MIDNIGHT AS I WALKED . IN THE WAVES ALONG THE SHORE I SAW HER DANCE IN THE MOONLIGHT WITH A RHYTHM . MY HEART COULD NOT IGNORE .. I WANTED MORE . WHEN SHE SAID CHORUS TAKE MY HAND . FOLLOW ME .. WE SHALL DANCE. WITH THE SEA YOU SEEK ANSWERS .I HOLD THE KEY SO TAKE MY HAND . . . FOLLOW ME SHE WAS A POOR MOTHER'S DAUGHTER . UNTIL THE OCEAN CALLED HER FROM THE BEACH PULLED UNDER DEEP WATER SHE CAME TO LEARN WHAT IT WOULD TEACH NOW SHE LIVES ON THE REEF. WHERE SHE SAYS CHORUS TAKE MY HAND. FOLLOW ME WE SHALL DANCE. WITH THE SEA YOU SEEK ANSWERS. I HOLD THE KEY SO TAKE MY HAND FOLLOW ME GUITAR SOLO THE MORNING CAME WITH NO WARNING I LAY WET. AND SHIVERING ON THE SAND WITH A CORAL CROWN ON ME AND HOLDING . PEARLS IN MY HAND. FROM YARA'S OCEAN LAND.WHERE SHE SAID CHORUS TAKE MY HAND . FOLLOW ME .. WE SHALL DANCE . WITH THE SEA YOU SEEK ANSWERS . I HOLD THE KEY SO TAKE MY HAND.. FOLLOW ME MID LENGTH TURN AROUND LEADING TO CHORUS (bridge melody) CHORUS TAKE MY HAND . FOLLOW ME .. WE SHALL DANCE. WITH THE SEA YOU SEEK ANSWERS . I HOLD THE KEY SO TAKE MY HAND.. FOLLOW ME JUST TAKE MY HAND .. AND FOLLOW ME YES, BRAZILIAN NIGHTS CAN BE HOT AND LONG BUT LEGEND TELLS OF A SIREN'S SONG WHERE A MAN CAN BE FREE. IF HE DANCES WITH YARA AND THE SEA
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I'll Be Comin' Home 03:53
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I'LL BE COMIN' HOME (Leslie and Hurtado 5-23-10) NOT UNTIL THE VICTORY FLAG IS FLYING AND AS WARRIORS WE STAND UPON THAT HILL WILL I RAISE MY ARMS IN TRIUMPH AND IN GOD'S GRACE FINALLY KNEEL NOT UNTIL THE BAND STRIKES UP THE ANTHEM AND I PROUDLY WEAR THAT LAUREL WREATH WILL I SET MY COURSE BACK HOMEWARD TO THE GROUND THAT'S LONGING FOR MY FEET LIFT IT'S WHERE THE OLD DOG COMES A RUNNIN'. TO GREET ME AT THE GATE AND I CAN SMELL MY MOMMA'S COOKIN'..AND SEE MY BROTHER'S. FACE WHERE MY FRIENDS HAVE HUNG A BANNER.. SAYIN' WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU AND ABOVE THE COURT HOUSE WAVIN'. IS THE OLD RED. WHITE A BLUE BUT I'VE STILL GOT WORK TO DO . AND THE OUTCOME'S STILL UNKOWN BUT AS THE VICTOR OR THE VANQUISHED.I'LL BE COMIN' HOME CHORUS: YEA, YEA, YEAAA I'LL BE COMIN' HOME YEA I'LL BE COMIN' HOME PULLED BY AN UNSEEN HAND THAT GUIDES ME DOWN A WELL WORN PATH INSIDE ME TO MY FOUNDATION MADE OF STONE I'LL BE COMIN' HOME MUSICAL INTERLUDE LIFT THERE'S GONNA BE A CELEBRATION. WHEN I WALK THROUGH THAT FRONT DOOR AND MY LOVER . REACHES FOR MY ARMS ONCE MORE AND IN ONE OF LIFE'S RARE MOMENTS . I WILL SEE DAD CRY THAT'S THE GLORY. OF MY HOME.. BURNIN' IN HIS EYES BUT I'VE STILL GOT WORK TO DO. AND THE FUTURE'S STILL UNKNOWN BUT NO MATTER.WHICH HAND IS DELT ME.I'LL BE COMIN' HOME CHORUS: YEA, YEA, YEAAA I'LL BE COMIN' HOME YEA I'LL BE COMIN' HOME PULLED BY AN UNSEEN HAND THAT GUIDES ME DOWN A WELL WORN PATH INSIDE ME IT'S WHERE I NEVER WALK ALONE ON FERTILE GROUND WHERE LOVE IS SOWN TO MY FOUNDATION SET IN STONE YEA I'LL BE COMIN' HOME

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A portion of each sale is donated to the Tucson Tragedy Victim's Fund and Valley Fever Research

Paul Hurtado is a singer/songwriter and a veterinarian with an active practice based in Tucson, Arizona. A life-long musician, Dr. Paul released his debut CD in June 2011.

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released June 7, 2011

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Paul Hurtado Tucson, Arizona

Paul Hurtado is a singer/songwriter and a veterinarian with an active practice based in Tucson, Arizona. An Arizona native, he was raised on a cattle ranch near Willcox, Arizona in the Dos Cabezas Mountains.

Dr. Paul studies guitar and write music and lyrics with his friend, writing partner, Steve Leslie. He released his debut CD, Tucson Night, in May 2011. ... more

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