"Four Hours to Rock"

"Four Hours to Rock"

[“Slow hard rock anthem song starting with dual clean electric guitars and warm atmosphere. Gradually builds into a punchy uplifting chorus with melodic funky bass groove and steady drums. Emotional but hopeful tone. Instruments tighten together in the chorus, then soften again for a reflective ending.”]

(Verse 1)
Four hours on a midnight bus
Heading for the roar
Van Halen in our headphones
Monsters of Rock in store.

Two strangers talking vinyl
Like we’d been friends for years
Scorpions and Metallica
Ringing in our ears.

Flipping through old records
Picking out what was neat
Somewhere in the laughter
We bonded over Sweet.

(Chorus)
Some friends fade like radio noise
Lost somewhere in time
But some stay strong like a power chord
Ringing in your mind.

Through every mile and every year
Through every rise and fall
When life knocked me down hard
You were there through it all.

(Verse 2)
Barb Wired lit the fire
Copperhead Willy took the stage
Ralph holding down the low end
Five strings shaking the cage.

Life pulled us different directions
Arizona years went by
I thought the road had ended
Just another slim goodbye.

(Chorus)
Some friends fade like radio noise
Lost somewhere in time
But some stay strong like a power chord
Ringing in your mind.

Through every mile and every year
Through every rise and fall
When life knocked me down hard
You were there through it all.

(Bridge)
Three weeks staring at a silent phone
Not knowing where to go
Then a voice from Mississippi
Broke the quiet I’d come to know.

“I’ll wire you some money
Take a bus and come on down
Stay with us my brother
We’ll turn this thing around.”

Looking back now it’s clear to see
How the road was meant to bend
God put us back together
And led me to my friend.

Donna in the kitchen laughing
New recipes on the stove
Sunday mornings, church bells ringing
Reminding me of hope.

Every mile that brought me back
Was a road God helped me find..

(Final Chorus)
Forty years of music
Forty years of road
From that bus ride in ’88
To a helping hand you showed.

Miles may stretch between us
But one thing still stands tall
A friend who opens up his door
Is the greatest friend of all.

(Outro - soft)
Sometimes life moves people
Farther than we planned
But some songs keep playing
Across every mile of land.

Started on a midnight bus ride
Still echoing through it all
A brotherhood of music
And the kindness of the Cantrells.

reflective hard rock song about lifelong friends, building from gentle guitars to a punchy chorus and soft heartfelt end