The narrow path can be hard to find, especially for naturally curious explorers and samplers of life. Creative seekers and tellers lay their own stepping stones and follow their own arrows.
Chris Gantry is a songwriting legend, author, guru and so much more to so many. His friendship with Kris Kristofferson goes back a long, long way – to a time and place when a handful of fiercely individualistic artists wrote their own songs, and told their own truth.
Times change, styles change – Truth doesn’t. Songwriting seems to come as natural to breathing to Chris. He wrote this gem this morning.
About … The Narrow Path
The Song I wrote about Kris Kristofferson in the wee hours this morning, The Narrow Path, is what we’re all on. The Narrow Path is the one we know we should be spreading our god given gifts upon. Don’t matter if your a zillionaire or a door to door salesmen selling Vacuum Cleaners – if you got something ,.Give it!
Chris Gantry
The Narrow Path – Lyrics
HE BAFFLED THE WITTY, CONFOUNDED THE POWERS
TO BE WHO SWORE HE WOULD NEVER SUCCEED
WITH A SONG AND GUITAR HE MADE TRUE BELIEVERS
OUT OF THOSE WHO HAD NOTHIN MUCH THAT THEY BELIEVED
WISDOM GETS INTO THE BONES OF THE NEEDY
WANTIN’ SOMETHING THEY REACH FOR BUT NEVER ATTAIN
IT TOOK ONE LONESOME SINGER TO BUY THEM THEIR TICKET
TO A GOLD MINE OF FREEDOMS THEY COULD STAKE THEIR CLAIM.
***CHORUS***
THE NARROW PATH OPENS
TO A HIGHWAY THATS WIDE
WHEN YOU MAKE ROOM FOR ANGELS
KICKING DEVILS ASIDE
HIS DEMONS WERE MANY
HE BEAT WITH HIS SONG
I THINK HIS NAME IS KRIS
BUT THEN I COULD BE WRONG.
WE GET UP EACH DAY AMAZED WE’RE STILL BREATHING/
FOR TAKING THOSE BREATHS THERE’S DUES WE MUST PAY
LIKE THAT SINGER WHO LEAVES THOSE GREAT SONGS ON YOUR DOORSTEP
LEAVE SOMETHING ON SOMEBODY ELSE’S TODAY.
***REPEAT CHORUS***
Love Letters – New Release on CD
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Released in June 12, 2020 this is all new material from Chris Gantry focusing on Love Songs from the standards era. All words and music written and composed by Chris Gantry. Beautiful limited edition- recorded at Cowboy Jack Clement’s world famous “The Cowboy Arms hotel and Recording Spa” in Nashville, Tn Compact Disc
Not Available in Stores
Chris Gantry’s new cd is only available via the link below. It directs you to the artist’s own page.
Featured image is courtesy of Sheilah Robinson – Used with kind permission