Ernie Bringas: Songwriter, lyricist, poet
Ernie Bringas has written lyrics for over a dozen songs with his 1970’s band Homestead & Wolfe, and a few songs that got him a recording contract with Columbia Records as a founder of The Rip Chords.
Rhythm Of The Wind
Rhythm Of The Wind
Lyrics by Ernie Bringas
Music by JoAnne Avery Neish and Brian Gundy
Verse 1:
When you journey down the rivers of my memory
Springtime comes amidst the snowfall and the rain
I can feel the cool breeze blowing from the sea
I can see Kentucky bluegrass you and me.
Chorus:
And yes I know, you had to move on, with the rhythm of the wind
But I know love, your spirit lives within.
Don’t you understand boy, that the tears you see today,
Are the heartaches you gave me yesterday.
Verse 2:
When you told me you were leaving, I was smiling
Even though I knew our ending was at hand
And you asked me why I seem to have no sorrow
Well, I was saving all my heart ache for tomorrow.
Chorus
See The Children Die
See The Children Die
Lyrics by Ernie Bringas
Music by JoAnne Avery Neish
Verse 1:
Mounted high with spurs and sabers flashing
Looking for a place in history
Soldier blue so handsome and so dashing
Riding with the 7th Calvary
Verse 2:
Moving east to Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Drinking from the water rushing blue
Red man takes a stand for his survival
Proud and brave this nation of the Sioux
Chorus:
See the women die, try to understand
The cry of Wounded Knee, blood upon the land
See the children die, faces in the sand
Every child and woman, every man
Verse 3
Men of pride and hate now take their station
Clear fresh water, slowly turns to red
Put them on a lonely reservation
Something more has died than just the dead
Chorus
Verse 4
Mounted high with spurs and sabers flashing
Looking for a place in history
Soldier blue so handsome and so dashing
Killing with the 7th Calvary
More Songs and Lyrics
Please visit the Homestead & Wolfe web site to see more about the group.
Visit the H&W Bandcamp page to hear, buy, and download the H&W album and get the CD insert as a bonus item.
Learn more about Ernie as an author