Here are the lyrics to the songs on Dirt Track Racer's 2014 debut album.

Kick Off Your Muddy Boots  by Geoff Hansplant

    Had to ride that road to freedom,

    Take the path less traveled just to break the mold

    Now you're trying to tell me how it saved your soul      
    You say you’ve been to the mountain
    And you’ve been washed in the flood
    Now you’re back with the answers, dipped in the blood
    But I ain’t looking to question
    Things that can’t be denied
    All the truth I need Is right before my eyes
    Kick off your muddy boots and come inside

    I see it in your eyes so weary
    The way you lay your head against my chest
    This road you’ve been traveling’s put you to the test
    Now you’ve so much to tell me
    Everything that you’ve seen
    It all comes into focus when you’re chasing the dream
    But what need have I of marvels?
    In time they’ll fall out of style
    I’ll still have the laugh lines tugging at your smile
    Kick off your muddy boots and stay awhile

    I’m not the kind to get too sentimental
    At a moment just like this
    But something borders on the transcendental
    In the magic, oh in the magic of your kiss

    I’m not the kind to get too sentimental       
    At a moment just like this
    But something borders on the transcendental
    In the magic, oh in the magic of your kiss
                                                            
    I see the open road is calling
    Your restless eyes are darting for the door
    Is there no way to hold you just a moment more?
    You say you’re back to the mountain
    Another ride in the flood
    How can I compete with answers dipped in the blood?
    There’s just no holding a tempest
    And I won’t put up a fight
    But the road may look different in the morning light
    Kick off your muddy boots and stay the night
    Kick off your muddy boots and stay the night
    Kick off your muddy boots and stay the night

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Delilah    by Geoff Hansplant

   Oh her voice was liquid silver
   And her eyes oh how they shone
   And she whispered a promise to take me everywhere
   I had dreamt but never known
   As she closed the door behind me
   Tied a ribbon ‘round my eyes
   I decided there and then that to be blinded
   Was the smallest sacrifice

   Now I’m not the kind of man to wear my emotions
   Like a sailor’s brave tattoo
   Oh- oh Delilah
   What’s a good man to do
   With you?

   Well she led me down a hallway
   Past a half a dozen doors
   And each one held a lady and a tiger
   And she said, “The choice is yours”
   ‘Til at last we crossed the threshold
   To a room with a single chair
   Where she bound my hands with words of                             understanding
   While I wept, she cut my hair

   Now I’m not the kind of man to trade my salvation
   For a taste of the old voodoo
   Oh - oh Delilah
   What’s a good man to do
   With you?

   Now I’m not the kind of man to trade my salvation
   For a taste of the old voodoo
   Oh - oh Delilah
   What’s a good man to do?

   I felt my spirit shake
   I fell down upon my knees
   She coiled ‘round me like a snake
   And gave me reason to believe
   I begged her to let me go
   I begged her to set me free
   But in the end I begged her
   Do exactly what she pleased

   Then she took the ribbon from me
   Opened my eyes that I might see
   And I looked in the face that stared out of the mirror
   And I swear, it wasn’t me
   All my faith now fallen from me
   With the cuttings on the floor
   And I heard my voice now just above a whisper
   Begging, “Please, show me more”

   And I’m not the kind of man to follow temptation
   To the walls of Timbuktu
   Oh-oh Delilah
   What’s a good man to do
   With you?

   No I’m not the kind of man to follow temptation
   To the walls of Timbuktu
   Oh-oh Delilah
   What’s a good man to do
   Oh-oh Delilah
   What’s a good man to do
   With you?

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Already Gone    by Geoff Hansplant

What is that perfume that you’re wearing?
It’s got my mind moving slow
My heart is racing like a freight train
And I don’t know where to go
Can’t seem to hear a word you’re saying
Could it be something in my drink?
Suddenly my lips are moving up and down
And I ain’t had time to think

Don’t drag me out here on the dance floor
My heart is beating double time
The room is running ‘round in circles
And I’m spinning close behind
Your eyes are warm and so inviting
Your body smoldering with heat
I’m leaning in for what should be our first sweet kiss
And falling down across your feet

What kind of voodoo are you working?
Sticking needles in my brain
I’m just an ordinary earthling
You’re clearly from a higher plane

Your hips are swinging with the bass drum
I find I can’t avert my eyes
You’re giving me a strong suggestion
Man I must be hypnotized
I’m like a puppet on a string now
Follow where you want to go
I’m ready for most anything you have in mind
There’s just one thing I’ve gotta know

What kind of voodoo are you working?
Sticking needles in my brain
I’m just an ordinary earthling
You’re clearly from a higher plane

Each word you say an incantation
I’ve fallen underneath your spell
I’m shouting for resuscitation
From the bottom of a well
If I’d a choice I’d run for cover
But my will is not my own
Don’t want to be your zombie lover but its clear
That my heart’s already gone

Don’t want to be your zombie lover but its clear
That my heart’s already gone

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Twilight Train  by Geoff Hansplant

Twilight train
Leaving sunset behind
Rolling into the night
There’s the story of  a life               
I’ve a soul drawn to shadow
Like a moth into the flame
Hello old friend       
Twilight train

Ghosts and dreams
Staring down from each car
I can’t let them roll by
Gotta keep ‘em by my side
In the land of milk and honey
I’m a rider in the rain
Racing a storm
On a twilight train
On a twilight train

What is it sends a restless heart
A little further down the line?
Another chance to make a  start
Or one to leave it all behind?

Worn suitcase
All the heartaches and tears
Of a life packed inside
The true companions of my pride
And I’ve left them on the platform
Where I’m bound I’ll have no chains
Carry me home
Twilight train

What is it sends a restless heart
A little further down the line?
Another  chance to make a start
Or one to leave it all behind?

Twilight train
At the end of the day
On the edge of the night
Just when the moment seems so right
To be slipping from the station
Like a sloop into the bay
Sailing away
On a twilight train
On a twilight  train

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Bucket Full of Rain  by Geoff Hansplant

    Where do I keep the love that got away?
    How do I hold the child was never born?
    Where will I paint that dream of sunny days
    In a heart seeking shelter from the storm?
    Don’t own a suitcase full of souvenirs
    To bring me comfort when I’m old and gray
    Just have this lifetime laced with bitter tears
    That I carry like a bucket full of rain

    Soak my eyes in a cloudburst pouring
        deep into my soul
    Wash me over and carry me under but
        bear me at last to a heart I can hold

    This road been winding like a Rattle Snake
    Shedding so many lives along the way
    Sometimes it feels it's all that I can take
    Just to keep moving toward the light of day
    Won’t see no baggage strapped across my back
    No Tee shirt sermon seeking to explain
    The hopes I’ve tied up in that burlap sack
    And drowned in a bucket full of rain

    Soak my eyes in a cloudburst pouring
        deep into my soul
    Wash me over and carry me under but
        bear me at last to a heart I can hold

    Don’t seek a shining city on the hill
    Those bright light days are far behind me now
    I’m satisfied to walk this fallow field
    And rest ‘neath a weather-beaten bough
    What shall I offer for this moment’s grace?
    To say “I’ve been here," on this country lane
    Except a signpost that could leave no trace
    Set down in a bucket full of rain

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Dead Man’s Shoes    by Geoff Hansplant

    Throw me in the river
    Drown me in the tide
    Float me to the ocean
    Leave me on the other side
    I’d crawl across the water on the
        strength of these old lovesick blues
    And it couldn’t get much worse
    If I was dancing in a dead man’s shoes
    
    You made me feel a captain
    You made me feel a king
    Then you made me feel that all my love
     Just didn’t mean a thing
    You moved me from the headlines to
        the bottom of your back page news
    And it couldn’t get much worse
    If I was dancing in a dead man’s shoes
    No it couldn’t get much worse
    If I was dancing in a dead man’s shoes

    Call Arthur Murray
    Say I’m in a hurry
    There’s gotta be some steps I can take
    Donald O’Connor
    On my very honor
    Never climbed the walls that made my heart break

    I gave you every nickel
    And dime I ever owned
    You spent it all on cheap perfume
    And nights away from home
    Strapped my heart in dynamite
        and had the nerve to light the fuse
    And it couldn’t get much worse
    If I was dancing in a dead man’s shoes
    No it couldn’t get much worse
    If I was dancing in a dead man’s shoes

    Call Arthur Murray
    Say I’m in a hurry
    There’s gotta be some steps I can take
    Donald O’Connor
    On my very honor
    Never climbed the walls that made my heart break

    You call me to your bedside
    You call me on the phone
    You call me names in public
    That you oughtta leave at home
    Just send me to the ‘lectric chair
        and tell ‘em not to spare the juice
    ‘Cause it couldn’t get much worse
    If I was dancing in a dead man’s shoes
    
    So throw me in the river
    Drown me in the tide
    Float me to the ocean
    Leave me on the other side
    I’d crawl across the water on the
        strength of these old lovesick blues
    And it couldn’t get much worse
    If I was dancing in a dead man’s shoes
    No it couldn’t get much worse
    If I was dancing in a dead man’s shoes
    No it couldn’t get much worse
    If I was dancing in a dead man’s shoes

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Eliza Jane  by Geoff Hansplant

    Let me tell you ‘bout Eliza Jane
    She promised me the sun but left me in the rain
    Staring at the heavens, waiting for a sign
    And all the while my blues are pouring down like wine
    I’m gonna drink me up my fill
    Maybe she won’t, maybe she will
    Think of me, I’m gonna love her
    Just the same
    Has anybody seen my sweet little ‘Liza Jane?

    Wrap me an enigma in a mystery
    Sail it in a bottle ‘round the seven seas
    Sprinkle it with stardust from the five and dime
    Cast away all reason, leave me with the rhyme
    It's the sand that shapes the pearl
    She’s a little bit of woman and a lot of girl
    Acting like a countess in her t-shirt
    And dungarees
    What could I do but fall down helpless at her knees?

       No overstating
C    She’s intoxicating
H    I’m gravitating
O    To Eliza  Jane
R    No equivocating
U    I ain’t hesitating
S    I’m capitulating
      To Eliza - ‘Liza Jane
      She’ll make the blind to see
      She’ll make a believer of you
          like she made one of me

    Bundle my pretensions in a ball of string
    She brings new dimensions to unraveling
    One shoe off, she’s got one shoe on
    I don’t know if she’s going or if she’s coming home
    She’s a door that swings both ways
    Sometimes she goes, sometimes she stays
    God only knows what tomorrow’s
    Gonna bring
    Tell me I’m wrong but I wouldn’t change a thing

       No overstating
C    She’s intoxicating
H    I’m gravitating
O    To Eliza Jane
R    No equivocating
U    I ain’t hesitating
S    I’m capitulating
      To Eliza - ‘Liza Jane
      She’ll make the blind to see
      She’ll make a believer of you
          like she made one of me
    
    Let me tell you ‘bout Eliza Jane
    She promised me the sun but left me in the rain
    Staring at the heavens, waiting for a sign
    And all the while my blues are pouring down like wine
    I’m gonna drink me up my fill
    Maybe she won’t, maybe she will
    Think of me, I’m gonna love her
    Just the same
    Has anybody seen my sweet little ‘Liza Jane?

    Oh my Eliza
    Talkin’ ‘bout Eliza
    Anybody seen my little ‘Liza Jane?

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Rain In My Coffee    by Geoff Hansplant

    Maybe it’s the taste of rain in my coffee
    Carries me back to you
    Maybe that it’s already four in the morning
    And I can’t shake these blues
    Maybe it’s a sign of  spring that I’m waiting
    For the sun to set me free
    Maybe it’s my mind just disintegrating
    Why won’t you let me be?

    And I’ve told you a thousand times to haunt someone            else
    But you always come back home
    And it’s never enough that you break my heart
    Do you have to take my soul?

    Sometimes it’s the hint of snow in the air
    Sends shivers down my spine
    Just like the glint of sun in your hair
    It happened every time
    And sometimes it’s the sound of a floorboard creaking
    Turns me ‘round to feel you near
    My lips are moving but it’s your voice speaking
    And I can’t bear to hear

    Now I’m going around again the same old lines
    That never turned out right
    And I can almost forget you in the light of day
    But how I dread the night

    Tell me another lie
    I’ll tell me another lie
    The trick is believing
    It’ll all come out  different
    If I just do it right this time
    Tell me you want to stay
    I’ll tell me you want to stay
    I’ll go on deceiving
    My heart into seeing
    A shape where there’s only shade

    Somewhere in the house there’s a voice softly calling
    Still it’s only me who’s home
    I ain’t gonna budge to chase you my darling
    There’s no chase left in these old bones
    Somewhere in my heart I’ve said all that needs saying
    A thousand times or maybe more
    There’s nothing left to add to the record that’s playing
    Of what we were before
    So forgive me if I don’t know the reason I’m talking
    To a shadow on the wall
    Oh but once I get started, don’t know where it’ll end
    Or where it began at all

    Maybe it’s the taste of rain in my coffee....

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Traces of Caroline by Geoff Hansplant    

    Set ‘em up Joe
    And pour me another
    Memory
    I really should go
    But there ain’t no other
    Place I gotta be
    Every night I watch the same old faces
    Wander in from the same old places
    And all I’m looking for is just a trace of
    Caroline
    Its over I know
    But I can’t get her
    Off of my mind

    Caroline shone
    Like an August moon
    Arisen from the sea
    How could I have known
    That falling into love
    Meant falling out of me?
    Sinking deeper in her sweet embraces
    Drowning in a tide of tears and rages
    Gasping for my life and just a trace of
    Caroline
    She comes and she goes
    Stopping only
    To leave me behind

      You might think of this a grand obsession
C    Just the product of an old fool’s dream
H    If its my death then its my resurrection
O    Every time she knocks me down
R    I get back on my knees
U    Don’t you tell me that I’m wrong
S    ‘Cause I know   what I  need
       I know just what I need
       I need Caroline

    She gets in your blood
    And settles in a dark part
    Of your soul
    You think that its love
    Oh but its so much more
    And then she takes control
    She’ll lead your heart through labyrinthine mazes
    Fly you to the moon in all its phases
    Until you hunger for the only taste to
    Ease your mind
    There’s no afterglow
    Only traces of Caroline

      You might think of this a grand obsession
C    Just the product of an old fool’s dream
H    If its my death then its my resurrection
O    Every time she knocks me down
R    I get back on my knees
U    Don’t you tell me that I’m wrong
S    ‘Cause I know   what I  need
       I know just what I need
       I need Caroline

       I need Caroline
       I need Caroline

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

I Ain’t Sayin’    by Geoff Hansplant

    Call me up in the middle of the night
    Baby, what you want me to say?
    We been over that same old ground
    So many times the grass has worn away
     I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
    But don’t you ask me to come back home
    ‘Cause I’m never goin’ back to San Antone
    Again

    It's good to hear you, it's been so long
    I’d kinda half forgot your voice
    Gave up wondering what went wrong
    I came to see we had no choice
    I ain’t sayin’ you didn’t have your good days
    But let’s not do this on the telephone
    ‘Cause I won’t be coming back to San Antone
    Again

    You can’t go back
    You can’t go home
    You can’t step in the same stream twice
    There’s just this moment
    And then it’s gone
    The only thing that seems to last is paying the price

    I thought I knew you some other when
    I know I wouldn’t know you now
    I think about you from start to end
    It never makes no sense, no how
    I ain’t sayin’ I’m layin’ all the blame on you
    So call me sometime if you’ve got the dime
    I’ll bend your ear you can try to bend my
    Point of view
    Just don’t expect me to run back home
    ‘Cause I don’t believe I’m goin’ back to San Antone
    Again

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Fool Enough To Fall In Love  by Geoff Hansplant

So many times before, I’ve given my heart
Now I’ve got reasons I should never start
I’ve been lied to and cheated
Tormented, mistreated and more
And they say there’s no fool like
An old fool and they’re right, I’m sure
Then you look into my eyes with questions, “Darling
What am I gonna do?”
Well I really should say, “Never”
And I really should know better
But I guess I’m fool enough to fall in love
With you

The river just rolls along, the moon hangs so still
Haunting me like the song of the whipporwill
And a promise is a promise
And I swore I’d never hurt just like before
And I know there’s no fool like
An old fool and I might be yours
So look me in the eyes and tell me
That you’ll never break my heart in two
‘Cause I really should say, “Never”
And I really should know better
But I guess I’m fool enough to fall in love
With you

Can I believe this is the moment that I’ve
Been so longing for?
What if I weave a web that fails to catch you?
You know I’ve been here before

So many times before, I’ve given my heart
Now I've got reasons I should never start
I’ve been lied to and cheated
Tormented, mistreated and more
And they say there’s no fool like
An old fool and they’re right, I’m sure
Then you look into my eyes with questions, “Darling
What am I gonna do?”
Well I really should say, “Never”
And I really should know better
But I guess I’m fool enough to fall in love
‘Cause I really should say, “Never”
And I really should know better
But I guess I’m fool enough to fall in love
With you

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

From This Moment On  by Geoff Hansplant & Julie Myers

    We’ve been asleep so long
    Just chasing after dreams
    Like firelight been and gone
    And squeezed a lifetime in between
    Two strangers on the shore
    Each waiting for a sign
    With hope and nothing more
    To ease our troubled minds

    Let me take your hand
    Let love guide your heart
    And together we’ll make a start

    The world goes spinning ‘round
    While lovers meet and part
    Some lost and some are found
    Still many hide a broken heart
    Two voices in the night
    One chance to start again
    Who knows when love is right?
    Whose tears can stop the rain?

    Every face we meet
    All the love we make
    No one knows the course a life must take

B    I’ve never been the kind of man
R    To know where I am bound
I      But I never look back on all I’ve lost
D    With all that I have  found
G    So open up your doors and feel
E    The sun begin to shine
       In a world of false there’s one thing real
       This dream I’ve had that  you’d be mine

    The river rolls along
    Some things must never change
    But from this moment on
    Nothing could ever be the same
    Two lovers in the night
    Beneath the summer stars
    One tiny ray of light
    In the eternal dark

    Every face we meet
    All the love we make
    No one knows the course a life must take

©℗ Geoff Hansplant & Julie Myers

Home For Christmas  by Geoff Hansplant & Julie Myers

    I’ll be coming home for Christmas
    Hang a silver star upon the tree
    We may not have much dough
    But all we need’s a little snow
    We can watch the roaring fire on our TV
    Been away such a long time
    Missing you more each night apart
    I’ll be coming home for Christmas
    Be sure to tie a ribbon ‘round your heart

    Won’t you hurry home for Christmas
    Take the shortest route that you can find
    Don’t buy me fancy things
    I’ve no use for furs and rings
    There’s only one gift that’s been on my mind
    No one knows what I’ve longed for
    Prayers that I feared would be in vain
    Won’t you hurry home for Christmas
    Deliver you into my arms again

         Meanwhile the snow just don’t
B       Know when to stop falling
R      And now they’re calling for not
I        One foot but two
D       Don’t care ‘bout no snowmen
G       Don’t believe in omens
E       And nothing else is
          Keeping me from you

    We’ll be staying home for Christmas
    Lock the door and throw away the key
    We don’t mean to be rude
    But we’ve got catching up to do
    They say that three’s a crowd and we agree
    Our old house may look deserted
    But there’s more than meets the eye beneath those                  beams
    We’ll be staying home for Christmas
    Here’s wishing you the Christmas of your dreams
    Here’s wishing you the Christmas of your dreams

©℗ Geoff Hansplant & Julie Myers