PHOTO: (L to R) Jon Strider, with Robbie Carlos tracking his "Oahu" slide guitar, on "Geronimo", in the control room of Pacific Songworks Studio, Los Angeles. Circa 1996.
lyrics
GERONIMO
(Strider/Getz)
It was early Sunday morning
When Geronimo arose
There came a Pack of desert rats
A whole regiment of Crows
The buzzards circled endlessly
The Winds began to dance
(He) Took out a wooden Nickel
Put it in the Nickleodeon
Got to Ride On
Got to Ride on, Got to Ride On
While the Dawn breaks
Got to Ride On
Got to Ride on, Got to Ride On
While my Heart aches
‘Til my Brothers awake
In the light of Dawn
Geronimo!___
He thought he saw a Shadow
by the white adobe walls
But it vanished in a Cloud of gopher dust
There was no one there at all___
He sang an Ancient battle hymn
Stood there all alone
Cried himself a river
Hitched a ride on a River boat
Got to Ride On
Got to Ride on, Got to Ride On
While the Dawn breaks
Got to Ride On
Got to Ride on, Got to Ride On
While my Heart aches
‘Til my Brothers awake
In the light of Dawn
Geronimo!___
(Instrumental solo: digital piano - Jon Strider)
The old man lit the Peace Pipe
He began to close his eyes
Weightless feeling in his limbs
He Dreamed that he could Fly
But he heard of Voice of Reason
And collecting all this Thoughts
He came to the conclusion
The Kingdom had been Lost
Got to Ride On
Got to Ride on, Got to Ride On
While the Dawn breaks
Got to Ride On
Got to Ride on, Got to Ride On
While my Heart aches
‘Til my Brothers awake
In the light of Dawn
Geronimo!___
Got to ride on, got to ride on, got to ride on
Got to ride on, got to ride on, got to ride on
Geronimo
Got to ride on, got to ride on, got to ride on
Got to ride on, got to ride on, got to ride on
from 2000 CALLING,
released November 27, 1999
Produced, arranged & recorded by Jon Strider at Pacific Songworks/Intermix, Los Angeles, California USA
Mixed by Brian Soucy at Pacific Songworks
Mastered by Eddie Schrayer at Oasis Mastering, Studio City, California USA
Words by Jane Getz / Music by Jon Strider
Published by Pacific Songworks & Triune Music (BMI)
All Rights Reserved Worldwide
M U S I C I A N S:
ROBBY CARLOS: "Oahu" guitar / TOM CONWAY: Spanish guitar, bass / MARTIN ESPINO: Plains flutes, coccons / JON STRIDER: vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, additional bass, programming
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