This song came to me this morning and I couldn't get if off my mind.  Wrote it and recorded it in two takes using acoustic guitar, banjo, bass, shakers, tambourine, and vocals.

When We're Together (© 2015)

We first met when we were young

Kinda Reckless and kinda dumb

We found love in my old Ford

And every day I say thank you Lord.

Holding hands and dancing slow

You showed me things I didn't know

You said I do and became my wife

The day that changed my entire life

		You made me a better man

		Someone who now gives a dam

		Happy to be who I am

		Thank you for making me a better man.

You gave me children and a happy home

Someone to share with and not be alone

You made me the man that I should be

Showed me the path I needed to see

Growing old with you and turning gray

I love you more with each passing day

When the time comes and we must part

You'll know I loved with all my heart.

		You made me a better man

		Someone who now gives a dam

		Happy to be who I am

		Thank you for making me a better man.

		Thank you for making me a better man

		Thank you for making me a happy man


Better Man (© 2016)

Back in the day when we first met

it took every dime that we could get

Part time work at minimum wage

one extra bill would send us into a rage

Now we're married and we both work

I'm a musician and you're a store clerk

now you're pregnant baby's on the way

gotta work nights after working all day

	how we gonna make it ... I don't know

	Are we gonna get by ... I don't know

  how we gonna make it ... I don't know

	Are we gonna get by ... I hope so!

Our child has grown up 18 years old

college is gonna cost us a fortune in gold

pay and pay for that high education

Do it again for our youngest after this graduation

The nest is empty its just you and me 

You want a new car and I need surgery

The roof is leaking and the taxes are due

power is getting turned off and phone is too

	how we gonna make it ... I don't know

	Are we gonna get by ... I don't know

  how we gonna make it ... I don't know

	Are we gonna get by ... sure hope so!


I Don't Know (© 2016)

Poor House Landing

             
When I was young I use to stay out all night ...

Used to stay out til the morning light ...

	But I don't do that no more

	Yeah I don't do that no more

	Lord I don't do that no more ... yeah don't do that no more!

I used to drink liquor bout a gallon a day...

I used to drink liquor til my blues went away ...

	But I don't do that no more

	Yeah I don't do that no more

	Lord I don't do that no more ... yeah don't do that no more!

I used to smoke weed from morning til night ...

I used to smoke weed to make my head feel right ...

	But I don't do that no more

	Yeah I don't do that no more

	Lord I don't do that no more ... yeah don't do that no more!

I used to spend money like it was going out of style ...

I used to spend money like I was high profile ...

	But I don't do that no more

	Yeah I don't do that no more

	Lord I don't do that no more ... yeah don't do that no more!

I used to run around with every girl in town ...

I used to chase the women didn't ever turn one down ...

	But I don't do that no more

	Yeah I don't do that no more

	Lord I don't do that no more ... yeah don't do that no more!


I Don't Do That No More! (© 2016)

	
Let's get together go out dancing stay out all night long ...

Let's get together do a little dancing come back home at dawn ...

Come along with me now it's still early listen to a Bluegrass tune ...

Come along with me now it's sill early look at that Harvest moon ...

Come with me and we'll have a good time ... tonight ...

Come with me and we'll have a good time ... tonight ...


Let's get together sip a little home brew kick our heels in the air

Let's get together sip a little home brew we won't have a care

Come along with me now it's still early listen to the old banjo

Come along with me now it's still early I've got plenty of dough

Come with me and we'll have a good time ... tonight

Come with me and we'll have a good time ... tonight

Instrumental

Let's get together take a little walk go down by the shore

Let's get together take a little walk maybe even do a little more

Come along with me now it's still early let's take a short ride

Come along with me now it's still early sit close by my side

Come with me and we'll have a good time ... tonight

Come with me and we'll have a good time ... tonight

Instrumental

Lets Get Together (© 2016)

The first time I ever saw you ... I fell for you right away

You were the kind of woman ... with whom I'd like to stay

My old friends all told me ... son you don't stand a chance

I knew that I would make a way ... for you and I to find romance

		If I was a betting man and our love was like a poker hand

		I'd bet all the money that I can ... that I would always be your man.

		If I was a betting man and our love was like a poker hand

		I'd bet all the money that I can ... that I would always be your man.

When we ran off and got married ... our folks said it won't last too long

but 10 years and 2 children later ... we sure proved them wrong

Then they said we won't last twenty ... never make it past twenty five

to be together for so long now ... no way their love can survive

		If I was a betting man and our love was like a poker hand

		I'd bet all the money that I can ... that our love will always stand.

		If I was a betting man and our love was like a poker hand

		I'd bet all the money that I can ... that I would always be your man.

If I Was A Betting Man (© 2016)

One of these days

One of these long days

You'll wish I were back with you

One of these days

Ones of these lonely days

You'll wish I were there to see it through

Ohh Ohh Ohh Oh ... Our love was so true

Ohh Ohh Ohh Oh ... I know you felt it too

Ohh Ohh Ohh Oh ... What can we do

Ohh Ohh Ohh Oh ... to get it back again!

INSTRUMENTAL

One of these days

Ones of these sad days

We'll look back and feel our loss

One of these days

Ones of these bad days

We'll look back and realize the cost.

Ohh Ohh Ohh Oh ... Our love was so true

Ohh Ohh Ohh Oh ... I know you felt it too

Ohh Ohh Ohh Oh ... What can we do

Ohh Ohh Ohh Oh ... to get it back again!

One Of These Days (© 2016)

Love can make a person go insane

break your heart, never trust anyone again

But never sharing love is such a shame

and a very wasted life lived in vain.
 
		We all ask for answers that never come our way
     
		just focus on the sunny side every single day
  
		And if you believe then life will be OK!

		Yes if you believe life will be OK!

The miracle of birth is wonderful

creation of a child so beautiful

Having no legacy can be so cruel

children make our lives so rich and full.

		Chorus

Life can be so hard to understand

It perplexes every child, woman, and man

All of us are here by God's hand

We must follow the road map that is his plan.

		Chorus

Some look at life with such disgust

they only see sorrow and mistrust

Death eventually comes to all of us

returning everyone back into dust

		Chorus

I once knew a man who ... worked his finger to the bone

Just to keep his family ... in their high class home

He had no time for fun ... working night and day

One morning he woke up ... blew himself away.

		I wish I could've helped him

		but what could I do

		I wish I could've helped him

		to see his way through

I once knew a woman ... so battered and bruised

The only life she ever knew ... being beaten and abused

She just couldn't leave him ... she loved him so much

One too many  beatings ... and she never woke up

		I wish I could've helped her

		but what could I do

		I wish I could've helped her

		to see her way through

I see the homeless people ... living out there on the street

beg for food and money ... from the people that they meet

Runaways and addicts ... all society's outcast

broken lives and dreams ... running away from their past

		I wish I could help them

		but what can I do

		I wish I could help them

		just to see their way through

When we were children ... just little children

I used to tease you and pull your hair.

As we got older ... a little bit older

I ignored you like you weren't there.

	That's just the way things were

	That's just the way things were.

Then we were teenage ... crazy teenage

That's when I found that I loved you.

Soon we were married ... happily married

and soon became parents too.

	That's just the way things were

	That's just the way things were.

As we got older ... a little bit older

aging like a fine red wine.

When we were older ... quite a bit older

stay together throughout all time.

	That's just the way things are

	That's just the way things are.

	That's just the way things are

	That's just the way things are

The Way Things Are

My name is Jimmy Fleming and I'm an amateur singer/songwriter.  All of the songs on this site are written by me and all the instrumentation is played by me.  I enjoy writing, recording, and mixing my own material using my Tascam DP03SD recorder and Audacity free mixing software.  I Play drums for the Blackwater Band and also play cajon for a 3 piece acoustic group comprised of two other Blackwater Band members.  I've always enjoyed song writing but have just recently gotten back into it.

Jimmy Fleming

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