Brother are you ready

A gospel song I wrote with fellow cbg nation member Matthew Carr.

The overdubs you can hear were inspired by the Beach Boys method of doubling up all vocals, it makes for a fuller sound, and hides mistakes too!
The lyrics:
Chorus
Brother are you ready for the end?
Brother are you ready my dear friend?
For the Lord, he is a coming.
Brother are you ready for the end?

Verse 1
Brother, I spent my life a wanderin'
just looking for somethin to satisfy,
But there's a limit to the wanderin a man can do,
before it's time to die.

Chorus (Sister)

Verse 2
Sister my life was wreck and ruin,
though I tried with all my might
but sister there's nothing a man can do,
praise the Lord I saw the light

Chorus (sister or brother)

Verse 3
Some folks are lost and ruined,
some folks don't know just what to do.
If they'd only trust in Jesus Christ our Lord,
They'd have a life that is new.

Chorus (sister or brother)

11 members like this

Get Embed Code

Tags:

Latest Videos

Comment

You need to be a member of Cigar Box Nation to add comments!

Join Cigar Box Nation

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on August 25, 2011 at 5:16am: great song in true gospel style! the double tracking is fine, you didn't over-do it (-;

Comment by Chris Tinker on August 23, 2011 at 8:48pm: I've just added lyrics.....

Comment by Chris Tinker on August 23, 2011 at 8:46pm: By the way, any cover versions of this are welcome, you have the permission of the writers! It'd be cool to hear some reinterpretations.

Comment by Matthew Carr on August 23, 2011 at 10:08am: Hey man, congratuations on reaching the top 5 again. You're the new Nana Mouskouri! :-) I came up with a new song idea earlier. It's a bit more Hank WIlliams but I think it'll sound good with CBG. I'll do a rough demo and e-mail it to you this week.

Comment by John K Smith on August 22, 2011 at 8:26pm: Great tune Chrissy boy

Comment by Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman on August 22, 2011 at 3:20pm: ACES, mate! ACES!

Comment by Uncle John on August 22, 2011 at 3:16pm: I'm ready. Excellent job guys. Don't know how you did it.

Comment by Bluesheart on August 22, 2011 at 12:52pm: N ice job, dig the vocals too!

Comment by Sammy Lloyd on August 22, 2011 at 10:36am: Splendid tune and great technique Chris, well done, very enjoyable. Especially appreciated the backing vocals you put on it. cheers

Sammy

Comment by Chris Tinker on August 22, 2011 at 10:10am: @ Eric Thanks, that was the kind of thing we were going for, our original version was on acoustics and was inspired by some of Elvis' gospel sessions, and of course Hank Williams (there's even a lyrical nod to I saw the light)

@chillicool I must watch that movie again.

@Roadkill Thanks, I've got some other old timey efforts in mind for some time.