Little Bit 
Written by: Carey Latham, Tery Wayne Wilkins

Pop a top
It's Fun O'clock
Bartender start a pourin'
Load one up for each of us
This ready rowdy crowd
Been a long week as you can see
We came here to party 
We're gonna dance we're gonna drink 
Let's get it started now

With a little bit a Jack
And a little bit of Jim
A little bit a ‘quila
Salt that rim
A little bit a whoop whoop
A little bit a holla
Fill em back up
Now here we go again, HEY

Long Island
A White Russian
Hope you know our favorites 
Lizzy likes the Painkiller 
Who me I like em all
Ready get set now don’t forget 
our cherries and umbrellas
Wait never mind, we don't care 
Just pour that alcohol 

With a little bit a Jack
And a little bit of Jim
A little bit a ‘quila
Salt that rim
A little bit a whoop whoop
A little bit a hollar
Fill em back up
Now here we go again, HEY

Here’s a little tip:
These matchin’ t-shirts 
help us find each other
When we’ve had too much
And if we get into some trouble
They can’t tell us apart
Downtown at the line-up
Heeyy! 
Fill ‘em up

With a little bit a Jack
And a little bit of Jim
A little bit a ‘quila
Salt that rim
A little bit a whoop whoop
A little bit a hollar
Fill em back up
Now here we go again, HEY

Now here we go again HEY
Now here we go again HEY

With a little bit a Fireball
Little bit a patron
Little bitty ice ball
With Deep Eddy Lemon

HEY!!

Little Bit  (Carey Latham, Tery Wayne)

Down in the Keys
Writers: R. Amburgey, C. Latham, J. Ferguson, J. Eborn

V1
Peanuts bobbin’ in a bottle of coke
Me and the boys on a bus on the road 
Play 18 in Ft Worth TX
Kick out the lights in Massachusetts
Puttin on shows coast to coast
Little bit a Cali and some Ohio
Guaranteed, where ever we meet
We’ll be singin’ like we’re down in the keys 

CH
Where the Palm trees lean and we get a little twisted
Up in a hammock drinkin’ Coconut Whiskey  
Sippin’ from a koozie, buzzin on a floatie
Sun up in the sky, lookin like a big emoji 
With a Happy face, -all damn day -It can't be just me 
Dreamin’ bout a beach, Down in the Keys

V2
When the white sand’s miles from our toes
We might feel blue but we ain’t alone
I hate the beach, said nobody 
How ‘bout we throw- an island party 
(lets go!)


CH
Where the Palm trees lean and we get a little twisted
Up in a hammock drinkin’  Coconut Whiskey  
Sippin’ from a koozie, buzzin on a floatie
Sun up in the sky, lookin like a big emoji 
With a Happy face, -all damn day -It can't be just me 
Dreamin’ bout a beach, Down in the Keys


Bridge:
There ain’t nothin’ like taking a plunge
At the south end of US 1



CH
Where the Palm trees lean and we get a little twisted
Up in a hammock drinkin’  Coconut Whiskey   
Sippin’ from a koozie, buzzin on a floatie
Sun up in the sky, lookin like a big emoji 
With a Happy face, -all damn day -It can't be just me
Dreamin’ bout a beach, Down in the Keys

Everybody …one more time! Where are we?


CH
Where the Palm trees lean and we get a little twisted
Up in a hammock drinkin’  Coconut Whiskey   
Sippin’ from a koozie, buzzin on a floatie
Sun up in the sky, lookin like a big emoji 
With a Happy face, -all damn day -It can't be just me 
Dreamin’ bout a beach, Down in the Keys

"Down In The Keys'

Picasso
Avrim Topel, Karen Kiley, Brian White
   
417 Fresno Lane 
White picket fence
Fresh coat of paint
Prettiest little house you ever seen,
Shrubs were trimmed 
Lawn was mowed
Flowers grew in a perfect row
Just like a Home and Gardens Magazine

We were really good at puttin’ on a show
But if you ever peeked inside the window 

          CHORUS
          We were more Picasso
           Behind those 
           Screen doors
           But the lord knows
           We were  lovin’, trying, but hell yeah, there were times when
           We were fist holes in the drywall, that no one ever saw
           We weren’t those Kodak moments hanging in the hall     
          We were more Picasso

Mamma put a shot in her Folgers cup
Used Chanel #5 to cover up 
That half pack of Salem's she went thru everyday
Daddy was five credit cards deep
But when that bank loan Caddy cruised the street
Everybody thought we had it made

I was just a teenage rolling stone
Getting by, by getting high on a little home grown

            {CHORUS}

                                   {BRIDGE}
                                    We just tried to hide our small town dirt 
                                       We weren't a Norman Rockwell, that’s for sure  

              {CHORUS}

{Tag}: First verse/first 4 lines

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PICASSO

An energy-plus pop anthem aiming to inspire and celebrate brotherly love and all kinds of love.
Written by Henry Raymond Michael Lees, Heather Grace Pirie and Matthew Kenneth Gerber (c) 2022
Production and Instrumentation by Sean Thomas
Vocals by Henry Lees

LYRICS:
I’ve seen you suffer
the pressure you’ve been under
my love to give is yours to take
every day that you’re livin’
pushing you to give in
hold on, I won’t let you break
‘cause I’m not attaching strings
my love won’t cost anything

I want you by my side
never leave you behind
let’s lift each other high
and free this, free this love
I’ve got hope for you
we’ve got some work to do
let’s keep on pushing through
and free this, free this love

I know we're searching
digging for our meaning
below the surface, soul to soul
truth can’t stay hidden
so trust your intuition
love is something we already know
so stop waiting for a sign
‘cause right now is our time

I want you by my side
never leave you behind
let’s keep each other high
and free this, free this love
I’ve got hope for you
we’ve got some work to do
let’s keep on pushing through
and free this, free this love

There’s got to be a better way to live this life
we’ve got to rise above
you gotta trust in the unknown
just let it go and believe in us

I want you by my side
never leave you behind
let’s lift each other high
and free this, free this love
I’ve got hope for you
we’ve got some work to do
let’s keep on pushing through
and free this, free this love

Free This Love

Cowritten by Gari Garrett, Brian Smyth, and Brian White.

Brian White's Album

Santa’s Got Ya' Baby!

About songwriters and music artists who head to Nashville to try and make it in the music business.

Smyth and Whyte cowriters.

Image courtesy of Pixabay https://pixabay.com/

Six String Tailwind

Tim Comeaux is a songwriter who has been working on his songs for decades, and he co-writes several times per week. He began co-writing in 2020 and has never looked back.  He is aiming for independent artist cuts, country radio cuts, and a publishing deal. He has had several independent artist cuts with more currently planned for release, and 3 of his co-written songs have made the NSAI Top 40 list.  Everyone You’ve Ever Been (co-written with Ryan Jacobs and James Maltese) was voted as Top 12 for the Best of Tin Pan Songwriter Seminar Round in 2024. His song Dumpster Diving (co-written with Andrea Brodeur and Steve Brown) made the 2024 NSAI Chapter Challenge Top 20 List.   

Tim is Co-Coordinator (along with Andrea Brodeur) of the NSAI Providence, RI Chapter.  He splits time between North Easton, MA (where he and his family live in his childhood home) and Nashville. When in Nashville, he spends his time co-writing, meeting with publishers and mentors, and working to further his songwriting career goals.  For the past 4 years, he has co-hosted an annual songwriting retreat in Nashville.  This retreat brings together talented songwriters and artists who are aiming for careers in the music industry.  Tim loves the songwriting scene and has made great friends on this journey, and he feels this is only the beginning! His strong suit is hooks and lyrics- with a focus on phrasing, alliteration, and internal rhymes. He is very appreciative of NSAI and all those who have supported him along this journey thus far, and he looks forward to what’s ahead! 

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Tim Comeaux - Dumpster Diving

Originally written in 2016 by Brian Volke and Sean Bertram, the idea was to create something like Paul Simon's Graceland. With guitar, vocals, bass, drums and percussion, it is close to being finished.

HEART OF THE WORLD - really close to being finished!!

My talented friend Tyler came by to jam and we decided to do a quick take of Imagine.  Which is one of the best songs in the world.  This is the result, I was trying to follow his lead :) -  Tyler and I are both young singers from Canada.  

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Standing on a platform of KINDNESS 2016

Parasite

I am a lyric writer who enjoys a wide range of genres. Have written songs in country, pop, and singer/songwriter genres. I like co-writing and I learn something in every collaboration. Have been songwriting for 6 years.

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