For You
Lyrics and melody by Jennifer Katusha
Music by Jacob Higgens


Big change is coming
Everything’s about to shift
East winds are blowing west
And the fog’s about to lift
I’m rolling up my sleeves
This is gonna get dirty
Already feel the burn
Oh, Lord have mercy
But baby you deserve it
You’re so damn worth it

Chorus:
For you 
I’d do
Absolutely anything that you asked me to
I’ll do more of this
And a whole lot less of that
I’ll give you all my good
And I’ll throw out all my bad
For you

When I take a fall, 
You never panic
You just love me even more
‘Til I can hear through all the static 
Once you get me back up 
Feet on solid ground
You never hold a grudge
Or make me feel like I let you down
No more picking up my slack
Now it’s time for payback
Chorus:
For you 
I’d do
Absolutely anything that you asked me to
I’ll do more of this
And a whole lot less of that
I’ll give you all my good
And I’ll throw out all my bad
For you
Are so worth it
Baby you deserve it



Chorus:
For you 
I’d do
Absolutely anything that you asked me to
I’ll do more of this
And a whole lot less of that
I’ll give you all my good
And I’ll throw out all my bad
For you

For You

Always Be You
Lyrics and melody by Jennifer Katusha
Music by Joe Gautrey


How many times have you made me proud?
How many times have we laughed out loud?
I’ve lost count
Must be millions by now
How many times have you had my back?
How many times have you put yourself last
So someone else could shine?
You do it all the time
All the good in me comes shining through when I’m with you
You are…

Chorus
Sunshine dancing on the water
Snow, like diamonds in the sky
A field of wild wildflowers 
The reason for my smile
You’re every color in the rainbow
Every wish that comes true 
The very best part of me will always be
Will always be you

When life gets hard you never quit
You always find the good in it
What a way to live 
With your love light always lit
Through the pain you stand tall 
You keep smiling through it all
And when I crumble
Your arms break my fall
All the good in me comes shining through when I’m with you
You are…

Chorus
Sunshine dancing on the water
Snow, like diamonds in the sky
A field of wild wildflowers 
The reason for my smile
You’re every color in the rainbow
Every wish that comes true 
The very best part of me will always be 
Will always be - 

All the good in me comes shining through when I’m with you
You are…

Chorus
Sunshine dancing on the water
Snow, like diamonds in the sky
A field of wild wildflowers 
And the reason for my smile
You’re every color in the rainbow
Every wish that comes true 
The very best part of me will always be 
Will always be you

Always Be You

One of a Kind Best Friend
by Jenn Katusha and Jeff Oxford

Verse 1
High school days
You bold, me quiet and shy
The teacher had lipstick on her teeth
We laughed till we cried
How we didn’t get in trouble
Is a mystery
We dodged a bullet or two
We had fun making our history
It’s a miracle we came through

Chorus
Through thick and thin
Through thick and thicker 
No one’s by my side quicker
You’re my day or night 
No-questions-asked- 
With-ya-til-the-messy-end
You’re my no matter what drop-everything- 
What’s-mine is-yours lean on me
You’re my BFF 
One of a kind best friend 

Verse 2
Summer nights, windows rolled down
Turn it up, it’s our favorite song 
Private jokes, a pack of smokes 
Laughing when we sang it wrong 
Nowhere to go, all night to get there
Talkin’ bout crushes and rules that suck
Driving by exes honking the horn
Flat tire just our luck

Bridge
Time’s gone by, the years sure did fly
We have nicer cars, but deeper scars
The map shows miles, but I still smile
because…

One Of A Kind Best Friend

It Was Real
by Jenn Katusha and Jeff Oxford
 

Verse 1 
I shouldn’t be looking backwards
It’s the last thing I should do
But this morning I hit rock bottom
And started thinking about you

Verse 2
They say that I should have fire in my eyes
And the blood running through me should boil
What good would that do? I’d still think of you
I’d rather keep our memories fresh, not spoiled
Even though the ending was a mess 
It’s up to me how I handle the rest

Chorus
I choose what to remember
I choose what to forget
There were tears and there were smiles
Satisfaction and regrets
It still counts, that’s how I feel
We still mattered, it was real

Verse 3
I could scream damn you, how could you?
And call you all sorts of nasty names
Stay angry for the rest of my life,
Play all kinds of childish games
Somewhere in time all we had is safe and sound
Now there’s no need to burn it all to the ground
Even though the ending was a mess 
It’s up to me how I handle the rest

Chorus
I choose what to remember
I choose what to forget
There were tears and there were smiles
Satisfaction and regrets
It still counts, that’s how I feel
We still mattered, it was real

Chorus
I choose what to remember
I choose what to forget
There were tears and there were smiles
Satisfaction and regrets
It still counts, that’s how I feel
We still mattered, it was real

It Was Real

Get Up On Your Feet
lyrics and melody by Jennifer Katusha
Music by Supreme Tracks Music Production

You got turned down
You heard the big N-O
Been in bed three days
Lost all your get up and your go
Time shake shake shake it off
No woe is me allowed
Gonna turn this day around
Go where the music’s loud
Rise high above rejection
You’ll realize upon reflection
It’s their loss they’ll soon regret it
It only hurts if you let it.

Chorus
Get up on your feet!
We are going out
Go put on that outfit 
The one you’ve been talking about
Gonna shake that dance floor
Shake it til it’s got some cracks
And everybody in the club says
“Hey, when ya comin’ back?!”

You had a bad day
It just went on and on
Everything single thing 
That could go wrong went wrong
Nah nah nah nah
You're spinning your wheels
Feels like you're stuck in the mud
Now you just saw you know who 
Doing you know what
These kinds of complications
Call for girls-night compensation 
Leave it behind, just forget it
It only hurts if you let it


Chorus
Get up on your feet!
We are going out
Go put on that outfit 
The one you’ve been talking about
Gonna shake that dance floor
Shake it til it’s got some cracks
And everybody in the club says
“Hey, when ya comin’ back?!”


Chorus
Get up on your feet!
We are going out
Go put on that outfit 
The one you’ve been talking about
Gonna shake that dance floor
Shake it til it’s got some cracks
And everybody in the club says
“Hey, when ya comin’ back?!”


Get up on your feet!
Get up on your feet!
Get up on your feet!
Get up on your feet!

Chorus
Get up on your feet!
We are going out
Go put on that outfit 
The one you’ve been talking about
Gonna shake that dance floor
Shake it til it’s got some cracks
And everybody in the club says
Hey hey hey HEY!

Chorus
Get up on your feet!
We are going out
Go put on that outfit 
The one you’ve been talking about
Gonna shake that dance floor
Shake it til it’s got some cracks
And everybody in the club says
“Hey, when ya comin’ back?!”

Chorus
Get up on your feet!
Ooooo get up on your feet
I say get up get up get up
Get up get up get up
I say get up get up get up
Get up get up get up

Get Up On Your Feet

Back It Up
Lyrics and Melody by Jennifer Katusha 
Music by Jacob Higgens

I grew up diggin’ in the dirt
Can arm wrestle you til it hurts
Know how to change  the flattest flat 
Make my plenty of my own cash
I’m not afraid to put a worm on a hook
Can read every word in any damn book
When I’m sad, I don’t need a shoulder
So boys slide on over 
You better move 

Chorus
Back it up Back it up Back it up boys
Not for you I’m not your toy
You met your match now meet my muscle
Better step back, or you’re all in trouble
I didn’t wear these shoes for you
They’re on my feet for, guess who?
Money’s on the table gonna place a bet
Bet you haven’t met a woman like me yet 

I’m here to clear up the confusion
This isn’t war, just evolution
Just because I walk in a room
Doesn’t give you the right to assume
That I need you to buy me a drink
Time to change the way that you think
I’ve got this don’t need help
I’m a girl who takes care of herself 
You better move 





Chorus
Back it up Back it up Back it up boys
Not for you I’m not your toy
You met your match now meet my muscle
Better step back, or you’re all in trouble
I didn’t wear these shoes for you
They’re on my feet for, guess who?
Money’s on the table gonna place a bet
Bet you haven’t met a woman like me yet 


It goes left right stomp stomp
Left right boy get gone
Left right stomp stomp
Think I need you, you’re wrong
Left right stomp stomp
Left right boy get gone


Chorus
Back it up Back it up Back it up boys
Not for you I’m not your toy
You met your match now meet my muscle
Better step back, or you’re all in trouble
I didn’t wear these shoes for you
They’re on my feet for, guess who?
Money’s on the table gonna place a bet
Bet you haven’t met a woman like me yet

Back It Up

Welcome To The Real Me
Lyrics and melody by Jennifer Katusha
Music by Joe Gautrey

Invisible, dismissible 
That’s what I am to you
You always find the words
You know will slice me in two
Each time you speak it’s like
Teeth sinking in drawing blood
You’ve opened all up all the gates 
Feels like a ***** flood
Here it comes here it comes a tidal wave like no other 
You better run you better run you better run for cover

Chorus
No more living in the shadows
I’ll fight on the front line, take all the arrows
Straight to the chest ‘til I shed the skin
That you trapped me in
I have a say, I have a choice
Get used to hearing my voice
Starting now what you get is what you see
Welcome to the real me

I see people everywhere I look
Empty shells walking the streets
They’ve got that same blank stare
They look just like the old me
I want to take them by the shoulders
Shake shake shake them up and scream
I see you I hear you
It’s time to set yourself free
Here it comes here it comes a tidal wave like no other 
You better run you better run you better run for cover
Chorus
No more living in the shadows
I’ll fight on the front line, take all the arrows
Straight to the chest ‘til I shed the skin
That you trapped me in
I have a say, I have a choice
Get used to hearing my voice
Starting now what you get is what you see
Welcome to the real me

Bridge
No more No more
No more No more
No more No more
No more No more
No more

Chorus
No more living in the shadows
I’ll fight on the front line, take all the arrows
Straight to the chest ‘til I shed the skin
That you trapped me in
I have a say, I have a choice
Get used to hearing my voice
Starting now what you get is what you see

Chorus
No more living in the shadows
I’ll fight on the front line, take all the arrows
Straight to the chest ‘til I shed the skin
That you trapped me in
I have a say, I have a choice
Get used to hearing my voice
It’s what you see
Welcome to the real me

Welcome To The Real Me

I Love
Lyrics and melody by Jenn Katusha
Music and vocals uncredited

No matter how much I say, you listen
No matter how I say it, you still love
However much I take (and I know I take a lot)
You never make me feel like it’s too much
I don’t know know what I did to deserve you 
And have you standing right by my side
But I do know if I searched the whole world over 
I wouldn’t find another you even if I tried 

Pre-chorus
If I made a list of the good I do
And connected all the dots they would all lead back to you 

Chorus
Because of you I dream
And have wings that let me fly
Because of you I wonder 
And I’m always and forever asking why
Thanks to you I give
And believe that I’m enough
Thanks to you live
And all thanks to you I love

Whenever I call you come running
Even when you have someplace else to be
And all that you say and do for others
Sends the message you first, then me
When life brings me to my knees
I hear your voice deep inside my head
And remember part of me is always you
I stand up dust off and forge ahead

Pre-chorus
If I made a list of the good I do
And connected all the dots they all lead back to you 

Chorus
Because of you I dream
And have wings that let me fly
Because of you I wonder 
And I’m always and forever asking why
Thanks to you I give
And believe that I’m enough
Thanks to you live
And all thanks to you I love

I Love

Forever
Lyrics and melody by Jennifer Katusha
Music by Michael May
Vocals: uncredited 

You said it’s time
I said I know
I held my breath
When your hand let go
We’ve been here 
More than a time or two
Something tells me
This time we’re really through

Pre chorus
Never thought we’d end like this
Saying I love you as were calling it quits  

Chorus
Love only gets us far
We need more than butterflies and seeing stars
Even though we’re no good together
This feeling that we have 
We know it's gonna last forever


We have something
Not many do
If soulmates are real
Mine would be you.
We just can’t seem  
To find a way
Feels like the same
Sad song on replay


Pre chorus
Never thought we’d end like this
Saying I love you as were calling it quits  

Chorus
Love only gets us far
We need more than butterflies and seeing stars
Even though we're no good together
This feeling that we have 
We know it's gonna last forever

Bridge
No matter how long no matter how far
What’s in our hearts will outlive the stars

Chorus
Love only gets us far
We need more than butterflies and seeing stars
Even though we’re no good together
This feeling that we have 
We know it's gonna last 

Forever
Forever
Mmmmm

Forever

It’s You
Lyrics and Melody by Jennifer Katusha
Music by Jed Demlow
Vocals: uncredited

I never saw it coming
Or I would have taken off running 
So I stayed and let it break me
I wasn’t enough for you
So you went and did what you had to do
Was it worth losing everything just to feel free?  

Chorus
I used to wonder why her instead?
What exactly was it that turned your head?
If you wanted out you could have just said. 
What happened to all that we knew?
What was so damn bad about just us two?
Was it something that I did or didn’t do? 
Then I realized the truth
It’s not me, it’s you 

I bet I’m not the only one
Who’s stood at the end of your smoking gun
As you walked away with your rattlesnake grin
I hope they found their way back 
Put themselves back on the right track 
After you broke their hearts and shed your skin

Chorus
I used to wonder why her instead?
What exactly was it that turned your head?
If you wanted out you could have just said. 
What happened to all that we knew?
What was so damn bad about just us two?
Was it something that I did or didn’t do? 
Then I realized the truth
It’s not me, it’s you    

Bridge
I’m done trying to figure out why
Time to let old habits die
I did all that I could do
Now I’m pointing the finger at you


Chorus
I used to wonder why her instead?
What exactly was it that turned your head?
If you wanted out you could have just said. 
What happened to all that we knew?
What was so damn bad about just us two?
Was it something that I did or didn’t do? 
Then I realized the truth
It’s not me, it’s you    

It’s not me it’s you
Yeah
Oh Lord I
It’s not me it’s you
Baby
Ain’t that the truth

It's You

Just Like This
lyrics and melody by Jennifer Katusha
music by James Balserak
vocals: uncredited

Summer day top down sand in my hair
I look over and see you there
One hand on the wheel the other on my thigh 
My oh my
You’re just like that big ball up in the sky
Shining down on me sending shivers up my spine 
Giving me a sun-kissed glow
Giving me wiggles in my toes

Chorus
I wish every day was just like this
Moving so slow that nothing gets missed
So still you hear hearts beating
Swear you feel the earth breathing
Living in nothing but the present
Floating on a cloud wondering where the time went
If I had just one wish
I’d wish every day was just like this

Just like just like this
Just like just like this
If I had just one wish
I’d wish every day was just like this

These days everybody’s busy buzzing around
Never looking up always looking down
Thinking ‘bout who’s right and who’s wrong
Instead of singing love songs
Worrying about yesterday and tomorrow
Leaving their insides feeling hollow
I wish they could stand in my shoes right now
Feel so high they’d never want to come down

Chorus
I wish every day was just like this
Moving so slow that nothing gets missed
So still you hear hearts beating
You swear you feel the earth breathing
Living in nothing but the present
Floating on a cloud wondering where the time went
If had just one wish
I’d wish every day was just like this

Bridge
Where ya going so fast?
It’s all gonna rush right past
Leaving your head spinning round and round and round 
Where ya going so fast?
It’s all gonna rush right past
If you don’t slow it down, slow it down, baby slow it all down
Ah-ah (exhale)
Ah-ah (exhale)


Chorus
I wish every day was just like this
Moving so slow that nothing gets missed
So still you hear hearts beating
You swear you feel the earth breathing
Living in nothing but the present
Floating on a cloud wondering where the time went
If had just one wish
I’d wish every day was just like this

Just like just like this
Just like just like this
If I had just one wish
I’d wish every day was just like this

Just like just like this
Just like just like this
If I had just one wish
I’d wish every day was just like this

Just Like This

Wild One
by Jennifer Katusha,  Paul Riefert and Jeff Oxford

Fourth in line out of nine
Father’s little blue-eyed brother
Just a boy when you lost your mother 
There wasn’t a good time that
You didn’t chase down
Always lived life in full color

And when the pain came
Instead of going insane
You shaped metal with your hands
And the pieces that you made 
Live on to this day 
Helping us all to understand

Chorus
Curious creator
Free spirit, rule breaker
You sure did know how to have fun
Storyteller
What-the-heller
Wild one

You went where the wind blew 
Never one to make plans
Threw ideas up in the air
Just let them fall where they’d land
Traveling the globe
Gathering tales to be told 
Bringing them back home 
Where you’d spin them into gold 

And when the pain came
Instead of going insane
You shaped metal with your hands
And the pieces that you made 
Live on to this day 
Helping us all to understand

Chorus
Curious creator
Free spirit, rule breaker
You sure did know how to have fun
Storyteller
What-the-heller
Wild one

Bridge
When all that you tried to forget from 69 reared up and took its toll
You held on for dear life to your inner child and just wouldn’t let go

Chorus 2
Curious creator
Dream maker, none braver
You showed us all how life was done 
Storyteller
What-the-heller
Wild one
Oooo you’re a wild one

Outro
Mmmm mmmm  
Wild one

Wild One

Better Than This
Lyrics and melody written by Jennifer Katusha
Music by Jacob Lincoln
Vocals:  uncredited 

Verse 1
Wheels turning windows rolled down
Your long hair blowing all around
Nowhere to go nothing to do
That’s ok because I’m with you
You grab my arm give me a kiss
The rest of the day pair of red lips
Stay on the back of my hand
Reminding me that I’m a lucky man

Chorus
When I’m with you I’m ten feet tall
And all my problems seem so small
Feels like I lift right off the ground
And I’m floating with the clouds
A dream come true that’s what this is 
Life doesn’t get better than this

Verse 2
When I’m down you stop in your tracks
Love on me until my smile comes back
When I say things that I don’t mean
You tell me it’s ok and wipe the slate clean
When I dream you watch me fly
You let me be me and don’t even try
To change one thing about who I am
Mmm, I’m such a lucky man





Chorus
When I’m with you I’m ten feet tall
And all my problems seem so small
Feels like I lift right off the ground
And I’m floating with the clouds
A dream come true that’s what this is 
Life doesn’t get better than this


Bridge
I must have done something right
To have you lighting up my life
Right by your side is where I’ll be
Making you as happy as you make me


Chorus
When I’m with you I’m ten feet tall
And all my problems seem so small
Feels like I lift right off the ground
And I’m floating with the clouds
A dream come true that’s what this is 
Life doesn’t get better than this


Better Than This

Get After It
Lyrics and melody by Jennifer Katusha
Music by: Andrei Sabko
Produced by Jed Demlow

Pre-Chorus
Here comes a tidal wave like no other
Better run for cover

Chorus
Get after it get after it
Pick yourself back up and master it
You’re made of the strongest metal
So don’t you dare choose to settle 
Don’t let them take what’s yours
Bust down all those closed doors
Speak up shake your fists
Don’t ya them let them get away with it

Verse 1
Invisible Dismissible 
That’s how they make you feel 
When all you ever wanted was
To be part of something real 
Since when is love the exception 
Replaced by hate and deception 
When did kind words and honesty 
Become liabilities 

Pre-Chorus
Here comes a tidal wave like no other
Better run for cover 



Chorus
Get after it get after it
Pick yourself back up and master it
You’re made of the strongest metal
So don’t you dare choose to settle 
Don’t let them take what’s yours
Bust down all those closed doors
Speak up shake your fists
Don’t ya let them get away with it


Verse 2
You always give it your all
And this is what you get
No more Mr. Nice guy 
It’s time to make them sweat
Splash paint on their white walls 
Climb the insurmountable 
Show them who can scream louder
Time to hold them accountable

Pre-Chorus
Here comes a tidal wave like no other
Better run for cover


Chorus
Get after it get after it
Pick yourself back up and master it
You’re made of the strongest metal
So don’t you dare choose to settle 
Don’t let them take what’s yours
Bust down all those closed doors
Speak up shake your fists
Don’t you let them get away with it

Get after it, get after it 
Get after it, get after it

Get After It

This simple song encapsulates and honors the sweet, simple,  unwavering love and respect I observed between my in-laws.  It was a love-you-no-matter-what kind of love.   

Love Me Too

Anything
Lyrics and Melody by Jennifer Katusha 
Music by Jeff Oxford
Vocals: uncredited
Mixed and mastered by Kevin Rooney


A walk on the beach
A mountain peak
An autumn leaf falling down
My father’s hands
A newborn lamb
Long auburn strands blowin’ round

Pre-Chorus
If you gathered all my favorite things
Took a big red bow and wrapped them up                    
They still wouldn’t make me smile
Like I do when I feel your love


Chorus
When you're crying I’ll make you laugh
When you’re laughing I’ll join right in
And when you scream I can’t do this again
I’ll tell you yes you can
So when you need me I’ll be there
Dial my number and let it ring
I’ll listen for as long as it takes
For you… 
I’d do… 
anything

Verse 2
A sky of blue
Telling the truth
A dog or two for company 
A Christmas Eve 
A trick up my sleeve
The minor keys to make me feel

Pre-Chorus
If you gathered all my favorite things
Took a big red bow and wrapped them up                    
They still wouldn’t make me smile
Like I do when I feel your love


Chorus
When you're crying I’ll make you laugh
And when you’re laughing I’ll join right in
When you scream I can’t do this again
I’ll tell you yes you can
So when you need me I’ll be there
Dial my number and let it ring
I’ll listen for as long as it takes
For you…    
I’d do… 
anything

Verse 3
Waking to birdsong
Feeling like I belong
A child’s picture hand-drawn just for me
A chalk white birch tree
The buzz of a bumble bee
But oh, how you love me






Anything

Keep Love Near
lyrics by Jennifer Katusha 

Verse 1
How do you do it?
How do you find 
Just the right words 
Every time? 
Turning waste into wishes 
Rubbish into rhyme
Making hearts swell
And even strong ones cry

Chorus
You wake up all we forget
Settling down pain and regret
You say what we all need to hear
And remind us to keep love near

Verse 2
You melt into moments
Still as slack tide
Until you see colors
Revelations of mind
Then you string them like popcorn
On a holiday tree
And hang them up high
For those who look up to see


Chorus
You wake up all we forget
Settling down pain and regret
You say what we all need to hear
And remind us to keep love near

Jennifer Katusha

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