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Subject: The Winds Of Montana
by Ron Boyte | 05/06/01 at 01:24:53
Saturday, April 7, 2001
Hi Friends,
After gathering and digesting all of the great comments,
I've done a rewrite with a twist! Ha!
See what you think.
Thanks!
Ron
"Winds Of Montana"
Genre: Country Artist: Male
(c)2001 Ron Boyte
v1
Oh winds keep on blowing Blow me home again
I don't know where I'm headed I'm not sure where I've been
If there's reasons for dying I'd be Heaven bound
Busy streets of El Paso Another cold lonely town
chorus
I once rode wild horses Across the plains all day long
Now my horse is a Harley Painted red with chrome
Well it moves me past danger It's as fast as the wind
Oh winds of Montana Blow me home again
v2
I miss big sky country Mountain ranges with snow
Golden grass and red sunsets Of the plains and wild oats
If I don't keep on traveling I'll lay down and die
For the winds keep me moving They whisper come let us ride
chorus
I once rode wild horses Across the plains all day long
Now my horse is a Harley Painted red with chrome
Well it moves me past danger It's as fast as the wind
Oh winds of Montana Blow me home again
v3
My life's been so dreary Devil winds blow away
From the coast of Virginia To the streets of L. A.
Now my spirit's so weary It wants to come home
To the plains of Montana I will be traveling alone
chorus
I once rode wild horses Across the plains all day long
Now my horse is a Harley Painted red with chrome
Well it moves me past danger It's as fast as the wind
Oh winds of Montana Blow me home again
bridge
Walking dark streets of Seattle
On a cold and lonely night
From the shadows a stranger approached
And stabbed me with his knife
chorus
I once rode wild horses Across the plains all day long
Now my horse is a Harley Painted red with chrome
Well it moves me past danger It's as fast as the wind
Oh winds of Montana Blow me home again
add
Oh winds of Montana Bring me home again
Lyrics Written By: Ron Boyte
20455 Cr 146 Tyler, Tx. 75703
Ph/Fax: (903) 894-5634
Email: RBoyte7293@aol.com
All Material CopyRight Protected!
All Rights Reserved!
Other lyrics with Instrumentals can be heard
@ MP3 site of Robert C. Thomson:
Subject: Re: The Winds Of Montana
by Ron Boyte | 05/06/01 at 01:29:37
Tuesday
April 10, 2001
Hi Friends,
Had To Do it!!
Thanks!
Ron
"The Winds Of Montana"
Genre: Country
Artist: Male
(c)2001 Ron Boyte
v1
Oh winds keep on blowing
Blow me home again
I don't know where I'm headed
I'm not sure where I've been
If there's reasons for dying
I'd be Heaven bound
Lonely streets of El Paso
Another cold border town
chorus
I once rode wild horses
Across the plains I would roam
Now my horse is a Harley
Painted red with chrome
Well it moves me past danger
It's as fast as the wind
Oh winds of Montana
Blow me home again
v2
I miss big sky country
Mountain ranges with snow
Golden grass and red sunsets
Of the plains with wild oats
If I don't keep on traveling
I'll lay down and die
For the winds keep me moving
They whisper come let us ride
chorus
I once rode wild horses
Across the plains I would roam
Now my horse is a Harley
Painted red with chrome
Well it moves me past danger
It's as fast as the wind
Oh winds of Montana
Blow me home again
v3
My life's been so dreary
Devil winds blow away
From the coast of Virginia
To the streets of L. A.
Now my spirit's so lonesome
It wants to come home
To the plains of Montana
I will be traveling alone
chorus
I once rode wild horses
Across the plains I would roam
Now my horse is a Harley
Painted red with chrome
Well it moves me past danger
It's as fast as the wind
Oh winds of Montana
Blow me home again
bridge
Walking streets of Seattle
On a cold rainy night
From the shadows he emerges
Then stabs me with his knife
chorus
I once rode wild horses
Across the plains I would roam
Now my horse is a Harley
Painted red with chrome
Well it moves me past danger
It's as fast as the wind
Oh winds of Montana
Blow me home again
add
Oh winds of Montana
Bring me home again
Lyrics Written By: Ron Boyte
20455 Cr 146 Tyler, Tx. 75703
Ph/Fax: (903) 894-5634
Email: RBoyte7293@aol.com
All Material CopyRight Protected!
All Rights Reserved!
Other lyrics with Instrumentals can be heard
@ MP3 site of Robert C. Thomson:
Subject: Re: The Winds Of Montana
by James B. Mitchell | 05/06/01 at 01:31:16
No time for a big critique, Ron, but I thought I'd slip this in, since you're obviously hot on the re-write path.
The rest of your song seems to have a natural waltz-time rhythm to the words, but not the first verse. Here's a suggested snip to get the first verse's rhythm to match the rest:
Oh winds keep on blowing
Blow me home again
{} don't know where I'm headed
{} not sure where I've been
If there's reasons for dying
I'd be Heaven bound
Lonely streets of El Paso
Another cold border town
Another suggestion -- the last line pair just hangs there -- the El Paso reference. It's not related to anything before or after it. Something like "If there's reasons for dying I'd be Heaven bound / 'Stead of cruising the streets of this cold border town" would tie the two ideas together. (Actually, I'm not sure what "If there's reasons for dying I'd be Heaven bound" means -- do you mean that if there was a better reason to die than there was to live, you'd kill yourself? Not sure what the message is there.)
Anyway, some quick feedback while you're in the re-write frenzy. Hope it helps! :^)
-- James
Subject: Re: The Winds Of Montana
by Renae | 05/06/01 at 01:32:12
Hi Ron... Just a few observations on the lyrics....and by the way, I have a question. Does your lyric idea bag ever run dry??!! I'm amazed at all the different themes you come up with! The idea of "wanting to go home" is a good theme, a commom experience we all have. What I don't see quite yet is the compelling reason for wanting to go home to Montana..I'm not sure that the grass, oats and sunset alone are enough of a pull to hang the lyric on. Is there something deeper you can tie it to... a certain feeling about Montana or a memory of a certain someone that was standing in that golden grass.... verse 3 starts to explain the why but doesn't fully wrap it up for me. Also, the bridge abruptly takes us to another scene and introduces the beginning of a separate subplot that occurs without tying it in to the whole flow of the lyric. Seem out of place to me. Maybe in the bridge you can tie all the wandering and loneliness to that *one* important reason you are going home. Hope this helps - just another novice take... :)
Subject: Re: The Winds Of Montana
by Liana | 05/06/01 at 01:33:20
Hi Ron, just in for a quick look..mmmm
If I don't keep on traveling
I'll lay down and die
And then.....
Now my spirit's so lonesome
It wants to come home
Bit of contraversy here..
The bridge is just nasty...doesn't seem to fit in this song..but hey..maybe
another good to hear from u friend :)
Subject: Re: The Winds Of Montana
by James B. Mitchell | 05/06/01 at 01:34:30
It seems like there's a fundamental problem with a song written in first person where the singer dies at the end. :^)
I know there are a few songs that do this, but usually they provide some clue in the lyric that the person speaking is a ghost. Otherwise, it hits me the same way as someone telling a story and saying at the end, "And then I died."
I think, also, that if you're planning to tell the story of this man dying in Seattle, it can't be an incidental thing thrown in at the bridge and never mentioned elsewhere. That comes off to me like ".. and, oh, by the way, I died, but back to my story about wandering..."
There has to be some connection between the theme of the song and this ultimate event in his life. I know you introduced the new bridge as a "twist", but I think what you've got here is not a twist but a left turn, if you know what I mean. :^) IMHO, a twist is something that causes the listener to re-interpret what he/she has already heard in the song in a new way. I'm not good at pulling examples out of my hat, but here's one that pops into my mind...
"I'll be home for Christmas / If only in my dreams" is a line with a twist... suddenly the singer's promise of being home for Christmas takes on a completely different tone. It's a clever twist that in the last five words of the song re-defines the message from a hopeful, cheerful promise to a homesick, bittersweet wish. To me that's powerful songwriting!
-- James
Subject: Re: The Winds Of Montana
by Ron Boyte | 05/06/01 at 01:35:20
Good to hear from you once more!
You are very good at this! Ha!
Yes, I see your point about the ghost of a spirit.
Funny, I wrote this little number back in 1994 I believe. It has gone through a metamorphus of changes as they all seem to! Ha! The bridge was an after thought and it is obvious to everyone including me now! Ha!
Thanks very much for the encouraging words.
All of your comments will be considered in the next rewrite. I love those rewrites! Ha!
Ron