Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio
She’s a-running around with her rag-top down
She says I wanna do right but not right now

Gonna drive to Atlanta and live out this fantasy
Running around with the rag-top down
Yeah I wanna do right but not right now

Had your arm around her shoulder, a regimental soldier
An’ mamma starts pushing that wedding gown
Yeah you wanna do right but not right now

Oh me oh my oh, would ya look at Miss Ohio
She’s a-runnin’ around with the rag-top down
She says I wanna do right but not right now

I know all about it, so you don’t have to shout it
I’m gonna straighten it out somehow
Yeah I wanna do right but not right now

Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio
She a-runnin’ around with her rag-top down
She says I wanna do right , but not right now
Oh I wanna do right but not right now

M I S S   O H I O   -   G I L L I AN    W E L C H    C O V E R

I guess you don't need it
I guess you don't want me to repeat it
But everything I have to give, I'll give to you
It's not like we planned it
You tried to stay, but you could not stand it
To see me shut down slow
As though it was an easy thing to do

Listen when
All of this around us will fall over
I tell you what we're gonna do
You will shelter me my love and I, I will shelter you
I will shelter you

I left you heartbroken
But not until those very words were spoken
Has anybody ever made such a fool out of you
It's hard to believe it, even as my eyes do see it
The very things that make you live are killing you

Listen when
All of this around us will fall over
I tell you what we're gonna do
You will shelter me my love and I, I will shelter you
I will shelter you, I will shelter you
I will shelter you, I will shelter you

Listen when
All of this around us will fall over
I tell you what we're gonna do
You will shelter me my love and I, I will shelter you
If you shelter me too, I will shelter you
I will shelter you





S H E L T E R  -  R A Y  L A M O N T A G N E

I want to take a shot of whiskey
I want to take a walk
I'm running on empty, you said
would you mind holding me up?

I said sure
I don't mind this at all
don't you need to worry bout a thing
next thing you know we're swapping stories at home
laughin' bout family

OO / mm
that day
was yellow
like magic.

you remind me of my best friend
and you feel a lot like home
I'm not sure if you can see right through me, but
it feels like you do
It's in your eyes
and it's inside of my chest
it's the reason that I left so quick
I can still hear your laughter so loud
and the lights and the sounds from that day

OO / mm
that day
was yellow
like magic.

OO / mm
that day
was yellow
like magic.

It's in your eyes
and it's inside of my chest
it's the reason that I left so quick

M A G I C

you are not wrong
you see it right
you have the eyes that I don't
it's dark, right?

you gave me everything you possibly had
i waited for my heart to wake up and meet you half
i still remember everything you said to me
you don't know this, but you saved me.

maybe I just needed someone to believe in
the smile inside your eyes was easy to believe
you saw the card I held for noone but my own self
a critic never came and sat beside me

we all move on
life doesn't die
time is so sweet in that way
I stayed alive

nothing could take away the reverence that I have
for all the darkness and the funerals we passed
I got that second line, I'll play those horns myself.
But everything is better when you're around

maybe I just needed someone to believe in
the smile inside your eyes was easy to believe
you saw the card I held for noone but my own self
a critic never comes to stand beside me

I got that second line, I'll play those horns myself.
But everything is better when you're around

S E C O N D   L I N E

I thought you made it out alive
yeah, there’s no reason not to
I know you’re cold and bloody as hell
your salvation is wearing you

I wanted you to be right
I want to believe you
I thought that if I laid down my pride
I would finally meet you

If you ever decide
to climb out of the ocean
I’ll be waiting the whole time
I’m not leaving the shoreline

I’ll keep my memories alive
the size of a dime
there is heaven in the way that you sing
and I’ll wait the rest of my whole life

S A L V A T I O N

Why don’t we start with the bottom line
I don’t wanna say to an ace “you’re a diamond!”
You’ve got an 
Imagination on ya

I’ve got a friend named Jack
He sits on a shelf in the bottom of a bottle 
And he never gives back
Always listenin to my troubles at night

It’s my job
It’s not your job to save me
I forgot the way that you look at me
I just want you around
I just want you around

What are you most afraid of?
Is it really her?
Or is that just what you say
When you’re walkin’ away
Cause you don’t know how to be here?
I’m askin, cause

I’m afraid of time
I keep catchin myself
I’m tryina slow it down, but
What if the joke’s on us 
What if living in fear is 
the thing to be afraid of

It’s my job
It’s not your job to save me
I forgot the way that you speak to me
I just want you around
I just want you around


It’s not my job
It’s not my job to save you
I forgot that you need saving, too
I want to be around
I get lost all the time and I want you around

I   F O R G O T

How do you expect me to lift up my hands at a time like this
That’s my favorite idea I’ve heard yet
Can you remind me every time I’m here
To take a deep breath and look around 

I think it’s what I make it.
And I really believe it’s gonna be fine.
 
It gets really dark inside of my mind when the sun’s gone
And my heart forgets everything it trusts
Yeah, we have the whole world in the breath in our chest
Let me never forget that

It is what we make it.
And I really believe that it's gonna be fine.




F I N E

I gotta let you go

I gotta set you free

I’ve gotta find the right container somewhere outside of me

Cause you’re pouring out of my hands

Pouring out my feet

And my friends are not the right size to hold everything


You’ve got your own name

And your own home, too

Letting you go is the least that I can do


I will not miss you much because you were not meant to live

Deep inside this avalanche that’s trapped inside my chest


I’m letting you go

I’m setting you free

I will not make you anything you were not meant to be

I will not make you anything you were not meant to be


Your hands are holding me

I can feel them now 

Like a thunderstorm

I can hear the sound


Yeah, I know you

I can recognize

The sound of your voice

The light in your eyes


You’ve got things to say

And a melody too

Letting you sing is the least that I can do


I owe you an apology from deep inside my heart

You cannot be contained and I took hiding you too far


I’m letting you go

I’m setting you free

I will not make you anything you were not meant to be

I will not make you anything you were not meant to be


I’m saying goodbye to you

My hands are tied and my heart’s right

In the middle of the night, I’ll say goodbye

I promise not to hold on too tight


I’m letting you go with both of my hands

Because if I don’t, then I’ll never be okay again


I'll find the right container for you

CONTAINER

With her singular melodies, no-holes-barred lyrics and haunting vocals, Ashley Weems puts her own unique spin on the classic seventies-inspired female singer/songwriter. Born to a school teacher mother and musician father in Roswell, Georgia, her formal music training began (and ended) with two tear-inducing years of piano lessons. When she was twelve, her father bought her a folk-sized guitar, showed her a handful of chords, and she spent the next couple of years writing, playing and singing in the privacy of her own bedroom. Later, while at college in Savannah, she discovered what she calls “The Piano,” a Yamaha baby grand in a nearby historic church which she used to play whenever she could, sometimes even at two or three in the morning. She began to view songwriting like painting a picture, experimenting with melody, structure, and raw biographical lyrics. The turning point for her came one day when a friend discovered her stash of original songs hidden in a file on her iPod. The friend confessed to listening and sharing the songs with other friends and convinced Ashley she had something truly original to share with her music. In the ensuing years as she’s honed her performing skills, Ashley admits her music has become even more straightforward. “A lot of my writing is dark and / or straight-forward. I want people to feel dignified and empowered when they’re coming to terms with the dark things that have happened to them. We all share things as part of the human experience, and some things are more taboo to discuss than others.” She’s played in Savannah, New York City, Baton Rouge, and Atlanta, where she’s based.

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