My entry into MYSC.com Songwriting Challenge for March 2015 (the Jilted Johnny challenge)

Dutch Cassidy - Myra Mae

A song I co-wrote with Anne Marie 't Hart out of Hart & Linden, a singer-songwriter duo from Utrecht, The Netherlands. I had a great time and it was an enormous pleasure working with AM.

Dutch & Hart - Echoes Mixdown

My entry into www.makeyoursongcount.com Songwriting Challenge for May 2015

Dutch - Headwind

The Ballad Of Joe The Shitheel (And How he Landed Me In Jail)

Now if ever there was a guy that deserved to be locked up
It's this guy I know by the name of Joe, let me tell you what he done
It'll take me a while to explain this, so you better take a seat
And I hope you won't think less of me, coz of the company I keep
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Let's start at the beginning, I'll tell you how we met
I was hanging on the corner, he asked to bum a cigarette
I had seen him around the bars, but we hadn't been introduced
I usually steered right clear of him coz he scared me if you want the truth
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He had a tattoo on his neck and a scar across his cheek
Looked like the guy if you see 'em come, ya cross the street
Now I don't back down for no-one, but that don't account for Joe
I was sure he'd kill me stone dead if we ever went toe to toe
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He asked me to join him for a drink and I followed him to this dive
He offered to pay me a wad of cash in exchange for an alibi
At the time I was living out of a hot Chevy that I had parked on a vacant lot
Our voices were low as passed me the dough and the liquor sure hit the spot
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Joe told me about the night before and what he needed me to say
If the cops came asking bout what happened in that alley way
He wasn't sure if they even suspected him or they could tie him to the scene
But thought it best to have someone back up the story bout where he'd been
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I think it's clear this Joe weren't a quire boy and myself I ain't a monk
Coz the guy that I stole the Chevy from still had his feet sticking out the trunk
I was wanted in seven counties and had just jumped my parole
Let me tell you about my heart, it'll freeze the ass off an Eskimo
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I was just the guy Joe was looking for and he poured me another drink
How was I to know what this piece of sh!t was planning to drop me in
It was getting late and I was pretty drunk when the cops busted in the joint
They headed straight for Joe and wouldn't you know he knew just where to point
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When they patted me down and they found the cash it was clear they had found the perp
That killed a cop in the alley for his wallet and gun, left him face down in the dirt
My trial was short and my sentence was long when even Joe testified against me
My lawyer was asleep and the jury was biassed and the Judge wouldn't hear my plea
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Everybody inside says they're innocent, I know you heard it all a million times
But it's the godshonest truth I'm rotting away in the clink for another man's crimes
Lettem lock me in the deepest hole they can find, coz I swear if I ever get out...
I won't cross the street when I see Joe come...
Imma put him in the ground,
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Dutch - The Ballad Of Joe The Shitheel (And How He Landed Me In Jail)

www.makeyoursongcount.com issues a songwriting challenge every month. this month the challenge was to write an anwer to your favorite song. mine is saturday night by herman brood & his wild romance. this is what I imagine the morning after that would be like. from there i ran with references to other favorite songs. hope you likey.

Sunday Afternoon

My entry for www.makeyoursongcount.com's September songwriting challenge.

Dutch -  Cherry Wine

Here's a song I co-wrote with Linden for the makeyoursongcount Songwriting Challenge October 2015.
We're still getting used to eachother, Linden and me. We'll get there.

Dutch.songwriter

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