Worktape from 7 Day Songwriter Challenge from Music City Playbook.

©Jennifer Jordan, 2021

Son Of A Gun

Lyrics: 
Hope...when all else goes
And you don't know how to fight, how to climb
Don't know how to get back up
And make it through the night
I, I'm on your side
Just over your shoulder 
Through the hard times, you survived
Oh, but it ain't over.

He had no use for history.
He knew epiphanies weren't permanent,
They never are,
Just a flash in the sun he took too far.
Now the sins of the father are passing down,
Seven times seven they're coming around.
There's hope for you, not for me.
Amazing grace has let me see 
The devil in you is the devil in me.
No one prays for
No one prays for the devil they can't see

No, you're not alone,
Even though every time that you turn around
It always feels like you're running out of 
Time, just a little more time.
Remember I told ya,
It's a short ride, ya die, and then it's over.

He had no use for history.
He knew epiphanies weren't permanent,
They never are,
Just a flash in the sun he took too far.
Now the sins of the father are passing down,
Seven times seven they're coming around.
There's hope for you, not for me.
Amazing grace has let me see 
The devil in you is the devil in me.
No one prays for
No one prays for the devil they can't see.

Now the sins of the father are passing down
Seven times seven, they're coming around.
There's hope for you, not for me.
Amazing grace, now I see 
The devil in you, is the devil in me too
No one prays for, no one prays for
No one prays for, no one prays for the devil they can't see.

©Jennifer Jordan, Forest Glen Whitehead, 2021

Who Prays For The Devil - Worktape

lyrics:
I remember late night walks
You remember that we didn't talk.
I remember holding hands.
You remember missing every chance.
And I don't wanna go back, I only wish I'd seen it too.
We're two sides of the same rhyme, and both of them are true.

Cause when I thought we were burning bright,
You knew we were losing light.
And when I thought we would never end,
You knew we already did.
I missed the forest for the trees. 
Missed the you always with me but we had our run.
I missed the sunset for the sun.

I was busy making plans.
You were thinking that I didn't give a damn.
I was staying out too late.
You were watching me just slip away.
And I don't wanna go back, I only wish I'd seen it too.
But when a heart gets to breaking, oh, there was nothing I could do.

Cause when I thought we were burning bright,
You knew we were losing light.
And when I thought we would never end,
You knew we already did.
I missed the forest for the trees. 
Missed the you always with me but we had our run.
I missed the sunset for the sun.

When what you want ain't what you need
It was you and it was me, but now it's done.
We missed the sunset for the sun.

©Jennifer Jordan, Forest Glen Whitehead, 2021

Missed The Sunset - Worktape

lyrics:

Some people always seem to know just where they're going
I've been wandering thirty years.
Had a clear mind when I started, 
'for all I ever fed was fear.
Told myself that there was nothing left unspoken.
Your last rejection in my ear.
Now I pay a stranger every week to keep me talking,
And every week we wind up here.

I'm pouring out my life in 50 minutes at a time
Your voice it echos every breath I take.
I've tried running, I've tried hiding.
I've tried laughing, I've tried crying, 
I still can't catch a break.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I keep trying.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I keep trying.

I bent myself to fit in pieces that you'd broken.
Then I stopped wishing you were here.
Cause you'd be the first to break your promise,
And the last to shed a tear
That's why

I'm pouring out my life in 50 minutes at a time
Your voice it echos every breath I take.
I've tried running, I've tried hiding.
I've tried laughing, I've tried crying, 
But I still can't catch a break.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh but I keep trying.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I keep trying.

I've tried running, I've tried hiding.
I've tried laughing, I've tried crying, 
But I still can't catch a break.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh but I keep trying.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I keep trying.

I keep trying, I keep on trying.
I keep trying, I keep on trying, oh oh
I keep trying, I keep on trying.
I keep trying, I keep on trying.

©Jennifer Jordan, 2021

I Keep Trying - worktape

Way Down

Over You

01 You Think You Know Me

02 She Needs Me Like Whiskey

04 You Got Growin Up To Do

Jennifer Jordan is an Americana / Indie Folk artist living in Nashville, TN. Her influences include Brandi Carlile, Patty Griffin, Indigo Girls, Susan Tedeschi, Jason Isbell, and more. Heavily driven by lyric, Jennifer pulls inspiration from southern gothic literature, spoken word poetry and thanks her deep love of reading for her unique perspective she brings to her music.