© Words & Music - Dave Hensman & Travis Thuro
Shir is Musak & Burning Mantle Music 2008

Travis and I wrote this song as a lark. It took about ten minutes start to finish. We realized it had a pretty solid message when we were done.  We did it live at a concert and a number of folks commented positively how it hit them. I was going to put this on a future record, but Philip Janz vetoed me and here it is. It goes to prove that sometimes a song just finds you…
   
I was just thirteen my father came home
From a road of a thousand dreams 
Gave me this guitar said you can take it far
But boy you better listen to me
Life’s a highway of decisions
Make them wise and make them true
When your song comes you’re gonna know it
They’ve got a way of finding you

Roads been good sometimes long, son
But I kept playing, playing on
Sometimes for thousands sometimes for three
Sometimes for some sometimes for me
What I know is what I learned
Way past the point of no return
Don’t play for the man in the black Rolls Royce
When the ride is over he’ll steal your *****   

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Lead Vocals:  Dave Hensman
Drums:  Randall Stoll
Bass:  Dave Olson
Electric & Acoustic Guitars:  Brian Thiessen
Sax Solo:  Steve Hilliam
Keyboards, Percussion, BGV’s:  Philip Janz