Farewell

This is Klender's digital Box Set of 35 songs. He wanted to include a few more, but this is the most songs the distributor will let us put in one digital package, so we hope you enjoy this collection of songs. We feel like you'll enjoy this incredible value in music. Klender adds, "I didn't expect to put out a Box Set or so many albums at once but there were just so many strong songs, coming out of my new studio, that I decided to get them all out so they could be heard. I could have saved them and released 5 albums over 5 years; but why; they are fresh now; time to put them out." Enjoy.

We believe there are a lot of potential hit songs here that probably won't see radio play, due to the number of songs in this package, but our sincere hope is that some other artists will find these and make a Klender song their own. "My passion is to write and compose and this has been quite the prolific year for me. It may not always be that way; they say you must seize the moment, and that moment for me is now." You may listen to samples of his music from "Farewell" below by clicking on the audio file. If you CLICK on the TITLE of any song it will take you to a unique webpage that highlights more information about that song on this album. These pages include detailed Credits as well as music videos, video interviews and a Backstory about most of his songs, which we believe you'll find interesting.

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At 22

Written By:

Bob Huff
Ron Beckett
Richard Klender
Ted Winchester
Bob Cusick

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At 22

I can’t do what I used to do, at 22,
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do, at 22
Oooh at 22, I’d drink whiskey with the boyz,
At 22, I had all the big-boy toys,
At 22, That’s when I crashed into you
At 22, love isn’t what you say, it’s what you do

Chorus
I still fall in love with you everyday
I’m here 24/7 to kiss each tear away
We have as far to go
As we’ve already been
But everyday I fall in love again

I can’t do what I used to do, at 32
I dumped the toys to raise the boys, at 32
Oooh at 32, worked two jobs to get us through,
At 32, drove all night to be with you,
At 32, I’m still I crashing into you
At 32, love isn’t what you say, it’s what you do

I still fall in love with you everyday
I’m here 24/7 to kiss each tear away
We have as far to go
As we’ve already been
But everyday I fall in love again

Music Video

Party in a Bottle

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender (ASCAP)

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Party in a Bottle

Harvest time is over
Put on your favorite dress
Fix up your hair and makeup
Time for a little rest
We can park the pickup
Down in the ol’ grape vines
Have a picnic and a slow dance
We’ll have a real good time

Pour a Klender Cabernet
Take a holiday
It’s a party in a bottle
You got a party in a bottle

Get all our friends together
Turn the music up
Pop a cork and toast the weekend
Lift that drinking cup
Let it breathe & oxidize
Salute the brightest star
And we can sip and sing all evening
Break out my ‘ol guitar

Pour a Klender Cabernet
Take a holiday
It’s a party in a bottle
You got a party in a bottle

Good food, friends and wine
You can taste the magic in the vines
Laugh & loving life at full throttle
We’ve got a party in a bottle
Party in a bottle

music by Bob Huff & Richard Klender, words by Richard Klender

Music Video

Right for All the Wrong Reasons

Written By:

Ron Beckett
Richard Klender
Ted Winchester

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Right for All the Wrong Reasons

I ain’t got a Cadillac
No, big house up on Camelback
It’s just me, John Deere and a beer, sittin’ right here
I don’t need no real estate
Just blue jeans and cutting bait
Cause Darlin’, my treasure is you
She likes city lights and fancy cars
Red wine in classy bars
I’m fine with my campfire, under the stars… with you

We’re Right for all the Wrong reasons
As different as we could be
Yes, we’re Right for all the Wrong reasons
Two lovers at heart… you & me

She likes summer in the Hampton breeze
Winter in the sunny Keys
Or Aspen on cross country skis
But I’ve got my favorite pole,
Down at our fishing hole
And I know she’s thinking of me, tonight

We’re Right for all the Wrong reasons
As different as we could be
Yes, we’re Right for all the Wrong reasons
Two lovers at heart… you & me

I can’t wait to see her, coming home up the drive
I know she’ll be smiling thru her bedroom eyes…

We’re Right for all the Wrong reasons
As different as we could be
Yes, we’re Right for all the Wrong reasons
Two lovers at heart… you & me
No, we’re never apart… you & me
The secret to us… you & me

words & music by Ron Beckett, Richard Klender & Ted Winchester
© MMXXI RGBeckett Music, Klenco Music (Songtracker.com), Ted Winchester Music (All ASCAP)

Music Video

Louisiana Lue

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Bob Cusick

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Louisiana Lue

If you ever find yourself in the backwoods of the Louisiana Bayou
You might come across Bubba’s Bait Shop & Worm Emporium
Ask Bubba to tell you his story… it goes like this…

I was fishing off a swamp boat down Louisiana way
Come a gun-toting backwood beauty thru the foggy grey
Hotter than cayenne, woo, man o’ man
She could steal your heart, in her camo lingerie

They say, she’s got 11 brothers
A warrior dad, one worn-out mother
Who went out for a Camel, and a gator…ate her

They call her…
Louisiana Lue, pride of the bayou
Many men have tried, a few have died
Louisiana Lou, (woo), I love you
Jumbalaya, fit to be tied

She had some fancy French name, but we just call her Lue…her sparkling smile shines like a lure…careful!.. you can’t catch a gator by the tail…

She can ride a gator to the General Store
She don’t give a croc bout your 4x4
Are you tough enough, are you man enough
With those Daisy Duke eyes, she’ll wipe you off the floor

In the misty moonlight air
She lets down her raven hair
In a swamp shack back behind the foggy bog

Oooh, Louisiana Lue, I love you
Many men have tried, a few have died
Louisiana Lou, Pride of the bayou
I wish I could make you my bride

No one’s seen Lue for awhile. One day she just up and vanished into the morning fog. So keep your eyes out for a camo-wearing swamp flower with a ponytail tucked through her hat; she’ll be wearing gator skin boots, packing a bowie knife and a pair of .38s - you just never know…

music by Bob Huff & Richard Klender, words: Richard Klender & Bob Cusick

Music Video

This Flag

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender

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This Flag

I fly this flag, in memory and pride
The emblem of honor, the heroes who died
United we stand, America strong
For all we believe, right where we belong

I love this flag, hand over of my heart
Long live our land, who could tear us apart
These stars and these stripes, I don’t dare let ‘em drag
I kneel down to pray, but I stand for this flag

This Flag says freedom, this Flag speaks dreams
This Flag holds history, bustin’ out at the seams
This Flag might get torn, but its story waves true
If this Flag could talk, tales of red white & blue

Heroes remembered, we will never forget
Daughters and sons, who gave up their best
You raise morning colors, fly tall everyday
These colors don’t run, they won’t fade away

This Flag says freedom, this Flag speaks dreams…

More than 200 years, extreme sacrifice
1 million soldiers… paid that ultimate price
I salute you Old Glory, long may you wave
Pledge my allegiance, to the home of the brave

I love this flag, These colors don’t run, God bless this flag

music by Richard Klender & Bob Huff
words by Richard Klender

Music Video

Midnite at the Starlite

Written By:

Richard Klender
Marc Beeson
Joanie Chappel Beeson

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Midnite at the Starlite

Midnite at the Starlite, was dead as Sunday afternoon
Same old worn out faces, same old worn out tune
Just about to pay his tab, then she came thru the door
And every eye in the Starlite lounge, watched her walk across the floor

She sat down by the window, caught his reflection in the glass
But he didn’t see her looking, cause he was staring at her class
Soft as silk and half his age, she turned her head and smiled
And in the darkness of the candlelight, another seed of love grows wild, he thought…

I wonder where I’ve seen those eyes before
As blue as where the ocean meets the shore
He thought as if to say, was it New York or L.A.
I wonder where I’ve seen those eyes before

He walks up to her table, she offers him a chair
He reaches out to touch her, but she brushes back her hair
And in that fleeting moment, the young and old are one
Though not a single word was spoken, they knew the night had just begun

From the barroom to the bedroom, can be such a lonely climb
When you’re in the arms of midnite, and you love on borrowed time
But he knows tonight is different, as she unties her dress
He lives a lifetime in a moment, and fills his heart with her caress, he says

I wonder where I’ve seen those eyes before
As blue as where the ocean meets the shore
She smiles as if to say, was it New York or L.A.
I wonder where I’ve seen those eyes before

In the steamy August silence, their tension feeds the storm
His anxious knowing arms await, her body young and warm
But as the moonlight fills the bedroom, he stops as life unfolds
He sees the locket that he left her, when she was only 2 years old… he cries…

Now I know where I’ve seen those eyes before
They’re the same blue eyes your mother wore
She cries as if to say, I still love you anyway
Now I know where I’ve seen those eyes before

They talk away into the night, the darkness their disguise
Blame it on the Starlite lounge and those big blue ocean eyes

written by Richard Klender, Joanie Chappel Beeson, Marc Beeson

Music Video

My Dog Don’t Talk Back

Written By:

Ken Ashby
Ron Beckett
Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Ted Winchester

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My Dog Don’t Talk Back

I can get drunk, run off the rails, completely lose my mind
I can leave a mess, wear muddy boots
Lose total track of time
I can do, do, do, what I want… do what I wanna do
I can jump the track, smoke another pack
And my dog don’t talk back

Hang out till three, go back for more. close every bar in town
Play cards and pool, play the fool
Nobody writing it down
I can do, do, do, what I want - do what I wanna do
I can hit the sack, spend all my jack
And my dog don’t talk back

Too much bla, bla, bla
Too much yack, yack, yack
Nick nack paddy wack
Givin’ me a heart attack
My dog don’t, my dog don’t, my dog don’t….Don’t talk back

Sit in my truck, drink outta my cup, enjoy the ride around
I’ll open your door, I’ll buy your lunch
Set up your shots of Crown
I can do, do, do, what I want - do what I wanna do
Cut me some slack, I don’t need the flack
Cause my dog don’t talk back

Too much bla, bla, bla
Too much yack, yack, yack
Nick nack paddy wack
Givin’ me a heart attack
My dog don’t, my dog don’t, my dog don’t….Don’t talk back

Too much bla, bla, bla
Too much yack, yack, yack
Nick nack paddy wack
My dog had a heart attack?
What, my dog died?, (your dog died), my dog died!?
Honey, I take it all back

by Ken Ashby, Ron Beckett, Bob Huff, Richard Klender & Ted Winchester (ASCAP)
© MMXXI Prosody Music/RG Beckett Music/Bob Huff Music/Klenco Music/Ted Winchester Music (All ASCAP)

The Girl That Can’t Say No

Written By:

Ron Beckett
Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Ted Winchester

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The Girl That Can’t Say No

We were high school sweethearts, as the world watched N.Y. fall
Our lives would change forever, that day I heard the call
While I went off to battle, she fought battles of her own
But her letters kept on coming, while I dreamed of going home

She’s still waiting by that window, at the downtown jewelry store
We couldn’t buy that diamond ring, cause I went off to war…

She’s the girl that can’t say no
She’s the girl that can’t say no

In a flash of noise and smoke, everything went wrong
They dragged me from the battlefield, they said, a part of me was gone
She could never love me now, I’ll never be the same
I’m not her football hero, she doesn’t need this pain

Please tell her for me, brother, I ain’t never coming home
She should find another, she needs to let me go…but

She’s the girl that can’t say no
She’s the girl that can’t say no
She had every reason to go
She’s the girl that can’t say no

When I woke up at Walter Reed, I saw my angel in her favorite dress
Then she pulled out that diamond ring, said “Baby, you’re my hero”…
Put it on, and said “yes”

She’s the girl that can’t say no
She’s the girl that can’t say no
She had every reason to go
She’s the girl that can’t say no
And how I love her so…
She’s the girl that can’t say no

words and music by Beckett, Huff, Klender & Winchester

Music Video

Genie

Written By:

Richard Klender

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Genie

You must be the Genie
That lives in my guitar
Cause when you’re near the strings sing
Make me sound like I’m a star
But when you’re gone I’m twangy
And I sound so out of tune
I’m goin flat without you
You better get on back real soon

Oh lovely genie inside your jar
Come make your home in my guitar
Come share the magic, that you can bring
Bring life to my music, and make it sing

You’re the spirit of each song I sing
You’re the beauty of each rhyme
And when I strum a love song
You keep each beat in time
But when I break my D string it’s because
Your out of town
So bring me back my capo
Let’s make some awesome sounds

Oh lovely genie inside your jar
Come make your home in my guitar
Come share the magic, that you can bring
Bring life to my music, and make it sing

Now as the curtain rises
I’m blinded by the life
And I’m lost because my Genie
Is nowhere near insight
I’m about to call the concert off
When I hear a voice shout wait
And damned if it ain’t my genie
She comes bustin’ through the gate

Oh lovely genie inside your jar
Come make your home in my guitar
Come share the magic, that you can bring
Bring life to my music, and make it sing

Oh lovely genie inside your jar
You made your home in my guitar
We share the magic, that you can bring
You brought life to my music, and you made it sing

words & music by Richard Klender

I’ll Never Stop

Written By:

Richard Klender

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I’ll Never Stop

I see your smile
Though there are miles between us
A tear in your eye, deep in the night
I can hear your tender heart on the phone
There’s not a moment that you’re ever alone

I’ll never stop loving you
Might not believe me but its true
And there may be times you might want me to
But I’ll never stop loving you

Somewhere inside, is where I hide away with you
You’re always here, when I’m alone
I know sometimes you think I’m gone for good
But you know I’d be in both places if I could

I’ll never stop loving you
Might not believe me but its true
An there may be times you might want me to
But I’ll never stop loving you

If you could only see my face when you smile
Then you would see that I would die for you child

words & music by Richard Klender
Klenco Music (ASCAP)

Puttin’ Out Some K

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Bob Cusick

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Puttin’ Out Some K

I remember she used to be a 32 B
With deep brown eyes, so sweet on me
But she headed for the stage lights of Nashville Tennessee
Now she has shiny teeth (pearly whites) & a double-D

Somebody’s putting out some K
Nails & facials everyday
They say you gotta pay to play
Somebody’s putting out some K

She met her famous Dr., when she sang at a corporate show
A rich old plastic surgeon, wouldn’t you know
From her bleached blond hair to her rhinestone toes,
To her sequined Gucci clothes
She thinks that all it takes to reach her dream… is dough

Somebody’s putting out some K
Nails & facials everyday
They say you gotta pay to play
Somebody’s putting out some K

She’s come a long long way since our trailer park days
From that small town girl to her big town ways
From chugging Bartles & James, to sippin’ Klender Cabernet

Somebody’s putting out some K
Nails & facials everyday
They say you gotta pay to play
Somebody’s putting out some K

Somebody’s paying out some K
Nails & facials everyday
They say you gotta pay to play
Somebody’s putting out some K

words & music by Bob Huff, Richard Klender & Bob Cusick

As Long as it Takes

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Bob Cusick

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As Long as it Takes

Two became one
Started our life together, so much unknown
With this simple ring, I pledged my love forever
Taking you home

Sometimes we hurt, sometimes we laugh in pleasure
The story of love, pages of time we treasure
Hold me so tight, the rest of my life
If we could just forgive mistakes
How deep, how high, how long
As long as it takes
As long as it takes

Over the years, we’ve been through so much together
We always stood strong
As we grow older, we’ll brave the stormy weather
Love can never be wrong

Sometimes we hurt
Sometimes we laugh in pleasure
The story of love, pages of time we treasure
Hold me so tight, the rest of my life
If we could just forgive mistakes
How deep, how high, how long
As long as it takes
As long as it takes

Spoken by a Broken Heart

Written By:

Ron Beckett
Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Ted Winchester
Ken Ashby

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Spoken by a Broken Heart

Too many times, I have had this dream
You and me dancing, in a late night scene
Like a movie playing over & over
Feels so strong, so real
Slow-motion emotion
Spinning, (spinning, spinning) like a Ferris wheel

Kiss me and hold me, in my midnight dream
Am I just afraid of fallin', are you all that you seem
Baby you can save me, from the endless dark
Chase away the words, spoken by a broken heart

This could be heading… down a rabbit hole
Falling deeper and deeper, getting out of control
Cool breeze lifts me higher & higher, I see my direction home
I wanna believe it
Getting stronger & stronger, I’m not alone

Kiss me and hold me, in my midnight dream
Am I just afraid of fallin', are you all that you seem
Baby you can save me, from the endless dark
Chase away the words, spoken by a broken heart

Kiss me and hold me, in my midnight dream
Am I just afraid of fallin', are you all that you seem
Only you can save me, from the endless dark
Chase away the words, spoken by a broken heart

by Ken Ashby, Ron Beckett, Bob Huff, Richard Klender & Ted Winchester

Manslaughter

Written By:

Richard Klender

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Manslaughter

He’s riding home on the highway
His eyes are red and warn
He fights to stay awake
As he rides on through the storm
She sneaks up close beside him
Gives her sexy eyes a flash
He swerves into the ditches
Rolls into a fatal crash

And in the eyes of the Law
She’s manslaughter

There’s a young boy at a party
In the corner meek and shy
So worried he’ll get lucky
That he’s too afraid to try
His peers put on the pressure
As she takes him by the hand
She pulls him to a bedroom
Makes him die just like a man

And in the eyes of the Law
She’s manslaughter
And in the eyes of the Law
She’s manslaughter

Oooh, she’s so worldly fine
In her high-heels, diamonds and blue jeans, she’s a crime
Ooooh, those eyes, they can kill so slow
The fool will be her victim, let a wise man let her go

And in the eyes of the Law
She’s manslaughter
And in the eyes of the Law
She’s manslaughter

There’s an old man in a hotel
He’s as lonely as can be
So he walks down to the barroom
Just to find some company
Her drink is getting empty
So she looks him in the eyes
He chokes upon his memory
Has a heart attack and dies

And in the eyes of the Law
She’s manslaughter
And in the eyes of the Law
She’s manslaughter

Words and music by Richard Klender
Klenco Music (ASCAP) / ATV Sony Cross Keys Music (ASCAP)

The Price of Passion

Written By:

Richard Klender
Jeff Silbar

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The Price of Passion

You gave him all your heart, you really took the fall
He left you in the dark, that night he took it all
So what’re you gonna do now
Gonna wear it like the blues
When it’s a fact of love babe
Sometime you win, sometimes you lose
But pay your dues, cause that’s…

The price of passion, everybody’s gotta pay
The price of passion, somewhere along the way

So here we are together, learning from mistakes
Still trying to lick the wounds of love, in a world of give and take
The wrongs we must forgive them
They don’t know what they’ve lost
Let Heaven help you find your way
No matter what the cost
Pick up your cross and pay

The price of passion, everybody’s gotta pay
The price of passion, somewhere along the way

How can something that feels so good
Suddenly turn so bad
If you believe in the search for love
And the truth is all you have, then just be glad, that’s…

The price of passion, everybody’s gotta pay
The price of passion, somewhere along the way
The price of passion, everybody’s gotta pay
The price of passion, somewhere along the way

words and music by Richard Klender & Jeff Silbar

Music Video

Tattoo

Written By:

Richard Klender
Jon Hansell (all ASCAP)

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Tattoo

All alone in the night
The flame of burning desire
The presence of You
The heat of Your fire
You’ve taken control
You put your mark on my soul
Invisible and indelible
In crimson and blue

TATTOO, TATTOO, TATTOO, TATTOO

I’m a warrior of love
I’ve been wounded and dyed
By the touch of Your eyes
I’m naked inside
Forgiven and stained
By Your blood and Your pain
I want the world to know my passion for You

TATTOO, TATTOO, TATTOO, TATTOO

Some scars will turn the skin to leather
But Yours will live inside me… imprinted forever…

TATTOO, TATTOO, TATTOO, TATTOO
TATTOO, TATTOO, TATTOO, TATTOO

words & music by Richard Klender & Jon Hansell
© Klenco Music (Songtracker.com) ASCAP • Hansell & Gretel Music (ASCAP)

Music Video

Anxious

Written By:

Richard Klender

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Anxious

She’s got a Chevy Camaro with a radio
A full tank of gas, and nowhere to go
All dressed up for a Saturday night
It’s only Monday but that’s all right

Anxious, she’s a little anxious
The girl’s a little anxious
But that’s alright cause tonight she’s going out with me

Painting her face, doing her nails
One look in her eyes could make a train derail
Powder blush and Maybelline
Velvet top, tight skinny jeans

Anxious, she’s a little anxious
The girl’s a little anxious
But that’s alright cause tonight she’s going out with me

Ooooh, I can’t wait ’til tonight
I’m gonna kiss her and squeeze her tight
Ooooh, baby’s alright with me

I heard about this guy who was taking her out
Braggin’ how he got her with his sexual prowess
I almost died when she told me the story
It was still in his pants at his moment of glory

Anxious, he’s a little anxious, he got too anxious
But that’s alright cause I’m a little anxious too

Ecstatic Fall

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender

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Ecstatic Fall

She's every girl I've ever loved
Every unforgettable dream
If my thoughts are unforgivable
Pardon me, while I scream
Like lighting matches in the dark
I can’t put this fire out
Since she looked right thru my soul
I can’t remember life without

You can't tempt fate or outrun love
All in the same breath of time
Those deep dark eyes of beauty will blow your mind
You’ve hit the wall… Ecstatic Fall…

She told me, love never fails
So wear your heart out on your sleeve
And don’t get lost on rabbit trails
So I said, baby, I believe
She loved me through the Wintertime
And deep on into Spring
But when those red leaves started falling
She left one night, and took my everything

You can't tempt fate or outrun love
All in the same breath of time
Those deep dark eyes of beauty will blow your mind
You’ve hit the wall… Ecstatic Fall…

by Bob Huff & Richard Klender

You Gotta Believe

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Bob Cusick

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You Gotta Believe

Remember when the times, rained as hard as a storm
And you didn’t have a dime to your name
Remember no tomorrows, when the sun never shined
The illusions of love, that your pain overcame

You gotta believe
Girl, you gotta believe
Your miracle's coming
You gotta believe

Remember when you thought those doors would all close
And the ceilings would all cave in
Remember all those secrets that nobody knows
Those illusions of life, thru the vapor of sin

You gotta believe
Girl, you gotta believe
Your miracle's coming
You gotta believe

Live in the moment, with faith for today
If grace is your mystery, meat it halfway

You gotta believe
You gotta believe
Your miracle's coming
You gotta believe

You gotta believe
You gotta believe
Your miracle's coming
You gotta believe

music by Richard Klender & Bob Huff
words by Richard Klender & Bob Cusick

Crazy (Does it Show)

Written By:

Richard Klender

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Crazy (Does it Show)

Stop, I don’t want your blue eyes
Caressing me with sweet cries all night long
Please, I don’t need your warm touch
I don’t want you so much, this is wrong

Crazy - girl I’m going crazy
Do you want to go…
Crazy - your love makes me crazy
Crazy - does it show?

No, I don’t see your soft hair
Shining through the night air, Ooh, like a child
Dont, I really can’t be staying
Those sexy things you say don’t drive me wild

Crazy - girl I’m going crazy
Do you want to go
Crazy - your love makes me crazy
Crazy - does it show?

Can’t you see, can’t you see it doesn’t phase me
It doesn’t phase me, it doesn’t phase me…
It drives me…

Crazy - girl I’m going crazy
Do you want to go
Crazy - your love makes me crazy
Crazy - does it show?

words & music by Richard Klender

What Can You Say to the Moon

Written By:

Richard Klender

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What Can You Say to the Moon

Your heart’s been spinning like a tumbleweed
Along love's dusty trail
You may be thirsty as a locoweed
But still your love won't fail

You can't imagine what this feeling's like
You've never felt like this before
Like a stranger on a summer night
Love came and left you wanting more
One warm night is all you remember
When you look up to the sky, tell me…

What can you say to the moon
When love is all that you see
It's all been said, though you still shake your head
Tell me, what can you say to the moon

They say you’re crazy, cause you love in vain
Least Heaven knows you tried
They think you’re lazy but you’re just insane
From all that hurt you hold inside
If one warm night is all you remember
When you lay your head to die, tell me…

What can you say to the moon
When love is all that you see
It's all been said, though you still shake your head
Tell me, what can you say to the moon

words and music by Richard Klender

Music Video

Every Broken Heart

Written By:

Ron Beckett
Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Ted Winchester

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Every Broken Heart

We tore down walls, to build a door, before
Now we hold our weapons close, so silently we fight this war
Love stops without you, life loses its way
A storm is forever raging, still some lovers say

Every broken heart makes you stronger
Every lonely road has its end

I never dreamed, you’d up and go, now I know
But roses wilt, and they get cast out on the snow
Deep waters flowing, such pain, lies will deceive
Time, get my engines going, help me believe

Every broken heart makes you stronger
Every lonely road has its end
Every broken heart makes you stronger
Pick up the shattered shards and mend again

Innocence falling, hard crash, in the cold
Ten thousand pieces calling, story be told

Every broken heart makes you stronger
Every lonely road has its end
Every broken heart makes you stronger
Pick up the shattered shards and mend again
repeat…

by Ron Beckett, Bob Huff, Richard Klender & Ted Winchester

Whatever Makes You Happy

Written By:

Ron Beckett
Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Ted Winchester

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Whatever Makes You Happy

If you want kisses, I can give ‘em, everyday
My love can make you fly to the skies
When you need it, I can bring it, every way
Long as there’s a smile in your eyes

Baby, whatever makes you happy
Whatever makes you happy
Cause I’m in love with you, just you
Whatever makes you happy

If you need diamonds, I can give ‘em
I’ll work my fingers down to the bone
Girl I need you, drive me crazy
I’ll never ever leave you alone

Baby, yeah, whatever makes you happy
Whatever makes you happy
Cause I’m in love with you, just you
Whatever makes you happy

Never ever been down this road before
You bring the style, when you walk thru my door
Oooh Cause everyday you make my love feel new
Never had a woman like you

If you need flowers, I deliver
Every fine fragrance from France
I will always do right baby
If you will only give me a chance

Baby, yeah, whatever makes you happy
Whatever makes you happy
Cause I’m in love with you, just you
Whatever makes you happy

words & music by: Ron Beckett, Bob Huff, Richard Klender
& Ted Winchester

Music Video

Building Bridges

Written By:

Richard Klender

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Building Bridges

The angels shed a tear today
As the rain falls gently down
While two sides bow in reverence
We lay another in the ground
So much love, too much division
A country ripped and torn
From one fabric, a divided Nation
Can kindness be reborn

It’s time for building bridges
Who will take the higher road
Cause when you’re building bridges
Something great inside explodes
Someone to climb that mountain,-make a brand new friend
When we start building bridges, once again

We lift our glasses high tonight
Salute a life well lived
But we break with heavy hearts
When we cannot forgive
So much joy, we remember
Like a Father to his Son
Can we love just one more neighbor
Or do we hit and run

It’s time for building bridges
Who will take the higher road
Cause when you’re building bridges
Something great inside explodes
Someone to climb that mountain,-make a brand new friend
It’s time for building bridges,
When we start building bridges
Can we start building bridges, once again

Words and music by Richard Klender

Music Video

Young Robots in Love

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender

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Young Robots in Love

Wanna dance
Would you chance it
In the midnight sun
Give a glance
Let’s romance it
Do you need someone

When you move
You look fine
Steal my heart
Make some time

Young robots in love
Little screens with A.I.
Young robots in love
Livin’ life,You and I

Humanoid
Don’t avoid me
It’s an android world
Celluloid
Polaroid me
You can be my girl

Drive you home
Make you laugh
Kiss my mouth
System crash

Young robots in love
Little screens with A.I.
Young robots in love
Livin’ life, You and I
Repeat chorus

Words & Music by Bob Huff & Richard Klender

Music Video

The Trophy

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Bob Cusick

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The Trophy

Another rainy day, lost in Santa Fe
Until I saw those eyes so tender
She said, Charlie how you been, great to see your smile again
The years all melt in sweet surrender

All the words I didn’t say, you’re the one that got way
How I wish I could go back, to yesterday

Life is all in the living, can’t hang love on your walls
Success is unforgiving, believe me I’ve seen it all
Love can slip thru the heart, or get lost in the wine
But when I breathe in the journey, then the Trophy is mine

While fighting back my fear, she brushes back a tear
That awkward pause that time can’t measure
Looking deep into your eyes, I just can’t say goodbye
Baby, can you stay forever

I remember long ago, and I just can’t let you go
And if there’s one thing that I know

Life is all in the living, can’t hang love on your walls
Success is unforgiving, believe me I’ve seen it all
Love can slip thru the heart, or get lost in the wine
But when I breathe in the journey, then the Trophy is mine

music by Bob Huff & Richard Klender
words by Richard Klender & Bob Cusick

Rock & Roll Music

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender
David Mackay

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Rock & Roll Music

Crank it up, radio on fire
Give it up, let that rhythm take you higher

When I feel that backbeat, I gotta hit the floor
Everybody dance all night, ’til we just can’t dance no more

Can’t stop when I hear Rock & Roll Music
Don’t stop ’til you drop, Rock & Roll Music
We’ll be rocking all night long, playing my favorite song
Rock and roll music

Party time, let the music pull you under
Summertime, speakers loud as thunder
Songs about new lovers, mixed with a little pain
Stories of a lifetime, and true love lost in vain

Can’t stop when I hear Rock & Roll Music
Don’t stop ’til you drop, Rock & Roll Music
We’ll be rocking all night long, playing my favorite song
Rock and roll music

Bass and drums thumpin’ loud, pump up the crowd
Oooh, the passion
Loud guitars scream and rage, light up the stage from the start
It’s the beat of my heart

Can’t stop when I hear Rock & Roll Music
Don’t stop ’til you drop, Rock & Roll Music
Can’t stop when I hear Rock & Roll Music
Don’t stop ’til you drop, Rock & Roll Music

Can’t stop when I hear Rock & Roll Music
Don’t stop ’til you drop, Rock & Roll Music
We’ll be rocking all night long, playing our favorite song
Rock and roll music, don’t lose it, rock and roll music

Words & music by Bob Huff, Richard Klender & David Mackay

HUG

Written By:

Richard Klender
Bob Cusick

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HUG

My world fell down around me
So deep in debt, I can't even move
Crumbling walls surround me
Drowning in darkness, lost in the blues

A hand-out to hold, the heart of a friend
Someone to sit with, and believe again

Hug, a smile and a touch
Hug, I could use one so much
Warm blanket, hot tea in a mug
Don’t sweep me under the rug
Hug

Living through my blackest night
Waiting alone in the rain
Grasping for some saving light
Hoping that it’s not a train

One kind word, would warm my soul
And pull me out of this sinking hole…

Hug, a smile and a touch
Hug, I could use one so much
Warm blanket, hot tea in a mug
Don’t sweep me under the rug
Hug

Sit with me thru my tears
Hold my hand through the rage
Pray with me though my fears
Help me to breathe - and be okay

Hug, a smile and a touch…

music by Richard Klender
words by Bob Cusick & Richard Klender

Music Video

Survivor

Written By:

Richard Klender

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Survivor

She remembers her pajamas
With Pooh Bear and padded feet
That night she lost her innocence
Between daddy’s cold cold sheets
These days she has her own child
As she struggles to get by
And though she fights to hide her secret
Late at night her pillow cries

Survivor, all the battles we’ve been through
Survivor, it all comes down to me and you
And though the storm is raging and the flesh be torn apart
You’re a true Survivor of the heart

He remembers playing baseball
4 for 4 on opening day
Mom missed out on all those seasons
Stepdad never saw him play
Today his own son hit a homerun
But he was working out of town
Still caught between forgiveness
And the love that let him down

Survivor, all the battles you’ve been through
Survivor, it all comes down to me and you
And though the storm is raging and the flesh be torn apart
You’r a true survivor of the heart

There’s a brand new hope for this little child inside
Please believe me there’s no need to hide

Survivor, all the battles you’ve been through
Survivor, it all comes down to me and you
And though the storm is raging and the flesh be torn apart
You’r a true survivor of the heart

Free us, free us, free us

Survivor, all the battles you’ve been through
Survivor…
Words & Music by Richard Klender
© MMIII Songtracker.com • ASCAP - All rights reserved

Music Video

Haunted & Hunted

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender

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Haunted & Hunted

I’m on a slow train to nowhere
Dancin’ in a hurricane
Laughin’ at the wind
Spinnin’ like a weather vane

Blinded by darkness
In the tempest of despair
Shouting in a cyclone
Hanging on a prayer

Haunted and hunted
Drown’d in deja vu
Haunted and hunted
Haunted by you

I’m on a slow train to nowhere
Freebird in a cage
Howling at the moon
Swallowing that rage

Haunted and hunted
Drown’d in deja vu
Haunted and hunted
Haunted by you

Hold on shattered hourglass
Hide in the alleys or underpass
Rusty ol’ broken heart for a home

Haunted and hunted..

music by Bob Huff & Richard Klender, words by Richard Klender

Dear Mr. Jesus

Written By:

Richard Klender - (feat. Corey Klender)

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Dear Mr. Jesus

Dear Mr. Jesus, I just had to write to you
Something really scared me, when I saw it on the news
A story ‘bout a little girl, beaten black and blue
Jesus, thought I’d take this right to you

Dear Mr. Jesus, I don’t understand
Why they took her mom and dad away
I know that they don’t mean to hit, with wild and angry hands
Tell them just how big they are I pray

Please don’t let them hurt Your children
We need love and shelter from the storm
Please don’t let them hurt Your children
Won’t you keep us safe and warm

Dear Mr. Jesus, they say that she may die
Oh, I hope the doctors stop the pain
I know that you could save her and take her up to the sky
Where she would never have to hurt again

Please don’t let them hurt Your children
We need love and shelter from the storm
Please don’t let them hurt Your children
Won’t you keep us safe and warm

Dear Mr. Jesus, please tell me what to do
And please don’t tell my daddy, but my mommy hits me, too

Please don’t let them hurt Your children
We need love and shelter from the storm
Please don’t let them hurt Your children
Won’t you keep us safe and warm

Words and music by Richard Klender • Klenco Music (ASCAP)

Music Video

Cry

Written By:

Ron Beckett
Bob Huff
Richard Klender
Ted Winchester

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Cry

Cry, Cry, I don’t know why…
Makes me wanna cry

Tears, so many tears,
Years, so many years,
I don’t know why…
Makes me wanna cry

Hope, Dream, Love, Scream, Why…
So you don’t have to cry

Heard the news… can’t believe its true…
Walkin’ round in these blue shoes…
Why… makes me wanna cry

Cry, Cry, Cry… I don’t know why…
Makes me wanna cry

Hope, Dream, Love, Scream, Why…
So you don’t have to cry, so you don’t have to cry…

Lost a friend… never heard that voice again
But that’s not the end…
Why, makes me wanna cry…

Hope, Dream, Love, Scream, Why…
So you don’t have to cry… repeat chorus
Cry… Cry… why… so you don’t have to cry

Words & Music by

Ron Beckett, Bob Huff, Ted Winchester & Richard Klender

Music Video

Broken Warriors

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender

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Broken Warriors

I still remember Noah, growing up downtown
He was poor, yet bore his heart, ‘til he tore your fences down
His little Jill was pretty, but she never let it show
She tucked that hurt inside her past, like a Marilyn Monroe

They were young and free, maybe they were meant to be

Broken warriors, need each other to survive
Hold onto that ledge of love, ’til you make it home alive
Broken warriors shout (Hey!), live on in a world without
I will always love you ’til the end, broken friend

Jill got in a car crash, cut her face and crushed her chest
Noah never left her side, as she laid there in distress
He said, “love keep on fighting”, as she held his shaking hand
He drove out that stormy night, and brought back a wedding band

They were young and free, pledging their humanity

Broken warriors, need each other to survive
Hold onto that ledge of love, ’til you make it home alive
Broken warriors shout (Hey!), live on in a world without
I will always love you ’til the end, broken friend

Many battles later, Jill has another child
And one of them named Noah, shares his daddy’s heartfelt smile

They are young and free, maybe they were meant to be

Broken warriors, need each other to survive
Hold onto that ledge of love, ’til you make it home alive
Broken warriors shout (Hey!), live on in a world without
And I will always love you ’til the end, broken friend

music by Bob Huff & Richard Klender
words by Richard Klender

In Your Arms

Written By:

Richard Klender

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In Your Arms

In the stillness of the morning
When your sunlight hits my eyes
You’ll be smiling right beside me, inside
As I sip my morning coffee
I can look up to the sky
All the birds begin their singing, & we fly

I will never need to worry
I’m protected by the love
In Your arms

All the colors of your rainbow
Walk me through my busy day
For you have taught me to remember, to play

For your laughter’s always in me
I can’t wait ‘til I get home
For that flame is always burning, In Your arms

In the silence of the evening
Another day lays down to bed
I relive each precious memory, in my head
Like every sunset on the water
Like softest raindrops on the sea
You’ve been saving all your kisses,
For me

I will never need to worry
I’ll be sleeping safe from harm
Cause I’ll be dreaming all my love-life
In Your arms

words & music by Richard Klender
© Klenco Music (ASCAP) /Songtracker.com

Farewell

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender

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Farewell

I was born in Paradise, so many years ago
To a warm, blue collar family, who raised and loved me so
First time I played music, my soul lit open wide
Not once have I looked back, from that gift I found inside

From bedroom walls to concert halls
I’m right where I belong
And I wouldn’t trade those lonely nights
That gave me one last song

Farewell… I think it’s time I go
Farewell… my friend, I love you so
I’ll see you in my dreams, so please leave on the light
Farewell my love… goodnight…

From smokey bars to studios, old stories of the road
I sang my songs to everyone, who could hear my heart explode
Those times I wore my pen out, on an empty hungry page
Drinking lonesome words, from a thirsty sold out stage

So here’s to all the memories
I left out in the rain
I lift up every melody
That saved me from my pain

Farewell… I think it’s time to go
Farewell… my friends, I love you so
Please keep me in your dreams, and I’ll leave on the light
Farewell my love… goodnight…farewell…

And when my ashes scatter down, like kisses on the ground
May my love live thru my music, for I’ll be heaven bound
Farewell…
Farewell… I think it’s time to go
Farewell… my friend, I love you so
Forever in my dreams, so baby don’t you cry
Farewell my love… goodbye
Forever in my dreams, so baby don’t you cry
Farewell my love… goodbye
Farewell my love… goodbye
Farewell my love… goodbye…

music by Bob Huff & Richard Klender, words by Richard Klender

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