(V1)
Me and my old man used to drive the hills of hoover
A long and winding road of pinewood shade
Stare into the beauty of a alabama sunset
Yonder o’er oxmoor valley way

There’s a spot a mile on down from there that lies a concrete flat
Underneath the tow’rn power lines
Where I’ve howled up at the moon at least a time or two
That echoed  oxmoor valley way

There’s far too many memories to count of ole Lover’s Leap
Where I’ve wandered down the mountain side astray
And pondered at the legend of two lovers hand in hand
leaped down towards oxmoor valley way

That old gas station stares out into the western holler
And doesn’t know the beauty that it holds
I find myself in envy as I wish that I was it
Staring o’er oxmoor valley way

(Repeat) I find myself in envy...

Oxmoor Valley Way

Rhymes are easy 

verse 1

2:15 she closes down the bar 
Walks down the alley back to her car 
Someone said little girl now you better take care 
She said I’ve seen it all and i ain’t scared 

Tired and wired running on fumes 
Full question but hasn’t got a clue 
She’s got a hole in her pocket 
Can’t keep a dime 
If you ask she says she’s doing just fine 
She’s doing alright 


2:25 she’s on her way back home
Cheap hotel where she don’t belong 
Snack machine dinner a dollar 25 
Cold coke ana Reese and she’ll call it a night 
It’s been a long night 
: 
Chorus:

Gettin grey headed ain’t all that bad 
She  lives a life most folks wish they had
They see her out runnin wild and free but 
the simple life is just a struggle these days 
Yeah the songs she sings come straight from the heart 
Rhymes are easy  because life is hard 
Rhymes are easy because life is hard

Verse 2: 

10:35 She wakes up alone
With the sun in her eyes she checks on her phone 
She’s gotta text from her momma  “girl I’m worried bout  you”
And voice mail saying the car notes past due.  

 Beatin and Weathered lookin for a Sign
Rollin down the highway crossin the line
She’s got an old guitar
With worn out strings 
Hang on the best she can these days 
Hangin on by a string

10:47 a the hotel lobby
Takes an excedrin with a cup of stale coffee 
Scrounges up some change 
Fore she heads to the bank 
Tip jar money gonna save her ass today 
 saved her ass this time

Rhymes Are Easy

Loop and Lil

I found a stack of records 
When I was 8 years old
I heard Steve Goodman 
singing About Burma road
Townes Van Zandt 
Singing about parakeets
I don’t know why
But they both agreed

Roger Miller taught me
That rhymes are easy
And I could have been a
Star in Kansas City
But I swear I never
Felt so free
When I heard Guy Clark 
Rhyme orange with Rosalie 

There’s too many great ones to name
They helped me come of age
Got me through the darkness and pain
With every single thing they had to say 

In the back of a taxi 
I learned to fly
Getting drunk on 
bluebird wine
Running down that
Alabama highway
In my steam powered 
Aero plane 

I fell in love with Jolene 
When I was ten
Loving her is easier
Than anything I’ll ever do again

Chorus 


When I get so lonesome
I could cry
These old record 
Take me back in time
Back to the country
Where I built a home
And all my kids found
Jesus. On their own

Loop And Lil (DEMO)

the rhymes they come easy
they flow through my veins
and i can spin you a story
about any other man

and i aint one to say im sorry
or admit when i am wrong
but ill never forgive myself
i never wrote you a love song

i know at times you were lonely
and i seemed so far behind
the rhymes they come so easy
on the words you left behind

chorus

and i aint tryin to argue
just talkin to myself
i just wanted to say in my own way
i tried
if nothin else

1st verse and chorus

Love Song

Rhymes And Reasons

He drew the tears from her eyes
And watched them sparkle and shine
He sang her stories of old
That broke her poor heart of stone

He said, these rhymes are easy
When you’ve got grief to make them stick 
Seems like the strongest type of glue
A song would need to touch someone who has felt the pain of losing love
And walked that long and lonesome road graced by the Lord above. 

The melodies would ebb and flow
As the words pulled feelings from her soul
That made her want him to hold 
And his heart to console 

He said, these rhymes are easy
When you’ve got grief to make them stick 
Seems like the strongest type of glue
A song would need to touch someone who has felt the pain of losing love
And walked that long and lonesome road graced by the Lord above. 

Rhymes Are Easy (Demo)

This one was fun to work on over two day time frame.  Hope ya'll like it!

Before You Play 
by Jason Bible 3-16/17- 2019

It was a Tuesday night in a local bar when my hero came to town
bout ten folks paid at the door with the leftover happy hour crowd
The world's best songwriter the poster read and I believed it was true
The world's best songwriter was on that stage and it seemed like nobody knew

I sat down at the bar and listened close to every word
 when he was finished I bought him a drink and asked him to sign some merch
I told him I had written some songs and asked him for a little advice
a dark expression crossed his face, but since I bought him a drink he was nice

Chorus 1
Try to make them pay you before you play the set
or else you might get all messed up and then you might forget
if you were in this for the love of money then, son, you got it wrong
the only love a songwriter knows ends up in his songs

I helped him load his gear in the back of his beat up truck
we went back in and sat back down and he asked if I could find him drugs
He said, buddy, if you're looking for answers you'd be better off to pray
he said the rhymes are easy it's the living that's hard but I can't think of another way

Chorus 2
Lead over verse 

Maybe I didn't listen maybe I should've quit
Maybe I should've went back to school but that ain’t what I did
I'm still out here banging away looking my next inspiration
whenever I'm blocked up or the words get stuck I remember his explanation.   
 Chorus 3

Before You Play

Finding The Right Words

I was drawn to your heart
Which then drew me to your kind blue eyes
Which brought me through the dark
And took my into bright blue skies

I keep looking towards the light
Of the day your love will take me away
From this cold and barren land
That refuses to lend me hand

We will walk through the storms
The greatest life has ever known
But you’ll be by my side
When I look at you
It feels like home

Now I know my soul has found
The one that it’s been longing for
We’ll be together bound
Forever and ever more 

Ever More (demo)

One who wears many hats (Manager/Booking agent/Song writer/Backup vocal/Guitar) for The Red Clay Strays.

Oxmoor Valley Way

Drew Nix

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