Always Believed In You

I have been out of town all week on business and behind on blogs. Here is a quick post of a wonderful song by the Arc Angels. The band put out only one album back in 1992. It was four great Texas musicians that put together the album as a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughn in the wake of his tragic death in a helicopter crash. The musicians: Chris Layton (drums, backing vocals) and Tommy Shannon (bass, backing vocals)--they were the two piece backing band for Stevie Ray called Double Trouble; Doyle Bramhall II (guitars, lead vocals); and Charlie Sexton (guitars, lead vocals). You may have heard their names before if you are into Texas rock and blues.

Always Believed in You
(C. Sexton, Tonio K.)
Verse 1
I was born in the southland, down there in Texas USA
I was never supposed to know a moment of unhappiness in my life
Somehow it didn't work out that way

I was born back in the sixties
Iwas born and raised to win
We had beaten back the darkness
Somehow the darkness slipped back in

Chorus
If I ever get to heaven
which I hope I'm gonna do
They'll say, "How did you know,"
I'll say, "I just knew."
I always believed in you

Verse 2
I went looking for a lover, but I didn't know the rules
I made six wrong turns and nearly died
But the 7th time I made it through

I went looking for the answers, I wanted nothing but the truth
I went driving towards the light at a hundred miles an hour
But I was running low on proof

Chorus 1
If I ever get to heaven
which I hope I'm gonna do
They'll say, "How did you know,"
I'll say, "I just knew."
I always believed in you

Bridge 1
Gonna walk right up to the bossman. I gonna say,
"I couldn't believe the crazy scene down there
It was kinda like living in a dream down there
There wasn't too much to believe in down there
But believe it or not, I always believed in you."

Chorus 2
If I ever get to heaven
which I hope I'm gonna do
And they say, "How did it go,"
I'll say, "I made it through."
I always believed in you

Bridge 2
I couldn't believe the crazy scene down there
It was kinda like living in a dream down there
Couldn't believe much of anything dwon there
But believe it or not, I always believed in you.

copyright 1992 Sextunes Music/N.Y.M./WB Music Corp/PressmanCherryMusic ASCAP


I'll post a bonus song too since this album is one of my all time favorites. This next song is the writer's agony in loosing his close friend, Stevie Ray Vaughn. Try to hear a slow, soulful blues song.

See What Tomorrow Brings
(D. Bramhall II)
All good things must come to an end
If I could only be there again
For just a little while

I hear voices in the air
I wish I could be there
Maybe someday--I don't know
Maybe someday, maybe some way, I don't know

Chorus
Wait just long enough
See what tomorrow brings
Wait just long enough
See what tomorrow brings

There's so many things that I could have said
I hope someday that I could be led
Led by your hand wherever we go

I can't bear the thought of that day
I wish that it could be wiped away
Maybe someday, maybe some way, I don't know

Chorus
Wait just long enough
See what tomorrow brings
Wait just long enough
See what tomorrow brings

Why do things have to happen this way
I felt so much anger
When they put away, Stevie Ray

Living life is so hard to do
When all my time is spent missing you
Trying to to get by without your love

I have so many feelings to share
But I look up and you're not there
All I have is memories

Chorus
Wait just long enough
See what tomorrow brings
Wait just long enough
See what tomorrow brings

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