Santa I Don't Know - Jeremy Rys

Santa I Don't Know! Christmas Song (Redone)

Acoustic home recording
Lyrics:
No matter what you say, no matter what you do
there’s always gonna be someone bigger than you
you could be a monster, you could be a tree
but you’ll never be the biggest fish swimming in the sea

So shine on, but know that there’s something brighter
even the world’s best fighter, has an off day sometimes, so climb
over the highest mountain, act as if the whole world’s counting
swallow all your doubts and believe, It’s time to live up to your dreams

Cause when the fight in the dog ain’t sick enough
and your little trigger finger ain’t big enough
You’re out here struggling every day
Sometimes you have to find your own way

My mamma she once told me son, don’t you worry about your size
Just because your bigger, doesn’t mean you’re a tougher guy
Cause sometimes, when no one’s rooting for the underdog, 
only catch him sleeping at night, well only one can win the fight, 
and I can tell it won’t be you this time
I’m about to be the next grand master, a walking natural disaster
So don’t you think you’re bigger than me, Guess we’ll wait and see.

When your sly guy mojo ain’t slick enough
and your little trigger finger ain’t big enough
You out there trying to get made
Hope that’ll happen for you some day
(Bridge)B-F#-G#   E/D#-B
Well I’ve been trying to make something out of nothing, but I know it won’t last
Cause my past, Was a blast I spent dragging my ass in the grass, and the booze and the... 
But I’m always trying to step up my act, in fact it’s problematic only when I drink til I’m black, but I’m back, and I’m now I’m trying to get my life back on track, but it’s packed with all these problems that I can’t get off my back, and I’m stacked to the max, I should smack myself for slacking this bad


Listen very closely I’ll tell you something you should know
If you want to get bigger, than all you have to do is grow
Start seeing, you have to stay constantly feeding
If you want to be the number 1 leader
You really have to get in the zone
and work your fingers to the bone
Cause only you can fight your demons
You’ve gotta rise above those feelings
And even when you want to say NO!
Get up and GO GO GO

Cause when the fight in the dog ain’t sick enough
and your little trigger finger ain’t big enough
You’re out here struggling every day
Sometimes you have to find your own way


Bigger (Acoustic Demo)

“The Back Roads”

There used to be a time, when my thoughts would break my mind
I was wrought with confusion, I was seeing illusions, I was unaligned
There were things in my head, that had me seeing red, and my soul was not at peace
I was out on my own, I was trying new roads, but only finding dead end streets

and it’s a long and twisted road, with many forks and different paths to go by, 
and do you even know why?
After all I’ve seen, all the paths that lead to nowhere
The times I’ve tried to find, a new shortcut to get there

You can follow me home, I know all the back roads 
for miles, and I always try to ride in style, put me on your speed dial 
maybe we could hang for a while? So go ahead and give it a trial 
I’ll be sure to give you a smile.

A#                                                     D#
There used to be a time, when I was not so confident
I would lose my mind, my mind my mind over the smallest shit
But as I grew older I began to realize the errors of my ways
and the lessons in life I will carry within until my passing days
C#                                                         C                                                    Fm
And it’s a long and twisted road, with many forks and different paths to follow..
            G#
Where will you go tomorrow?
C#                                               C                                  G#                            
After all that I have seen, all the happiness and sorrow, times I’ve tried to find, 
    C
A love that isn’t hollow. 

Chorus:  Fm  G#  C#-C
You can follow me home, I know all the back roads 
for miles, and everything is fine, wipe those fears from your mind
Leave your troubles behind, you could have the time of your life
If you could only free your mind

C# - C – Fm D#-                            
But there’s a feeling in my brain, that I really can’t explain
I got my soul on backwards and my hearts been in a cage
I’m tired of tripping out, and I really should slow down
But somehow I can’t resist the lure whenever it’s around
All the smoking and the drinking has been wearing at my nerves
yet sometimes the only remedy for taking shit from her
I drive myself crazy, need to rise above the stress
Running circles in my mind it’s time to give these thoughts a rest
And I hold on to something, when I really should let go
I need to find a change of pace before I lose all my control
Take me back home, take me to those back roads, 
A place that hasn’t changed in 30 years it’s still the same abode
C# - D# - Fm(high)
And I wonder where you are as I sit here in the middle of the ride ride ride….

(Chorus)
And you can follow me home, I know all the back roads,
to the state line, and I know you’ve been drinking wine

and as long as you stay in the lines, I will follow behind
and I'll, see you home safely tonight


Back Roads Rough Demo

Acoustic Demo Recorded in one take Feb 25, 2016
Lyrics and music by Jeremy Rys Copyright 2016:

No matter what you say, some people never listen
they only pretend, to hear a single word you said
They say, this is what I want to believe and you could never change my mind
But I think you’ll find in time, it’s easier to ride the tide
Just pretend to side, cause you can never change some minds

They’ll smoke a cigarette right outside the pearly gates, as they’re waving goodbye
and though you try and try, they never take your advice
Till the day they die, they will always defy
And I wonder why, and what could ever change their mind

The way you argue stubbornly, if only you could see
Beyond your ego, there’s nothing that you ever agree
I tell you 2 and 2 is four, but you tell me no I’m wrong it’s three
Conceded in your arrogance, you know you’re wrong I’m begging you please

No matter what you say, some people never listen
They only stare, at you like you had three eyes
I say if we speak rationally, then maybe we could change their minds
But be sure you don’t waste your time, on people who just want to fight
and though your truth is bright, some will never see the light

He’ll smoke a cigarette right outside the pearly gates, as he’s waving goodbye
and though you tried and tried, he never took your advice
Till the day he died, they say he always defied
And I wonder why, why he never changed his mind


Change My Mind

Words and Music written and recorded by Jeremy Rys 2016

I was chasing down no good demons
made a prison all for myself
Thought I woke up in a real life nightmare
I was living in a personal hell
I wasted so much time on munching
33 and got little to show
All this time I been saving nothing
How did things get so outta control

But I’m breathing now easy now, thinking how I’m going down
I sunk my ship and now I’m swimming with a brick
And I think I’m gonna drown, my world’s turning upside down
looks like I’m heading for the underground

Let’s go! Look out your window
It’s like your living in a prison cell
I know! The walls are mental
but they seem so real it’s hard to tell
Oh! I’m locked inside of my mind, replaying what I can’t rewind
I’d go back and change it all, I never would have answered that call

Look at you with your boot straps dragging
Lace em up before you trip and fall down
Whatcha done spent 10 years slacking
Living in the same washed up town
Wallowing in my contemplation
of how to get myself out of this mess
What I need is some motivation
Another way to relieve my stress
But I’m breathing now, easy now, thinking how I faded out
I lost my pick, while I was jamming on a lick

and I’m coming up, I’m drumming up, I’m dreaming up, I’m scheming up A whole new plan, yes I’m doing what I can…

Let’s go! Look out your window
You could be living in a prison cell
I know! The walls are mental
but they seem so real it’s hard to tell
Oh! Run circles through my mind, wishing that I could rewind
I’d go back and change it all, I never would have met you at all

Bless you possess you, by demons in your dreams
in your thoughts as you walk, talk, and act like something mean
In your life you were unkind, to those who loved you but were blind
to your deceptions and addictions, and corruptions of the mind
Sometimes you speak in parallels but never cross the line
Sometimes I wonder if it’s fate chaotically designed
Like a needle to a thread don’t dread the way the spindle’s spun
just presently resew the seems before they come undone
I struggle with these thoughts sometimes I can’t make up my mind
and every time I do I make mistakes I can’t rewind

I know!
I was chasing down no good demons
Some of them I used to call my friends
Looking back it seems like I was dreaming
Just when I woke up only god know when
Way back when I still knew nothing
I was struggling just to figure it out
Still at the bottom but I’m on an upswing
Pretty soon I’ll say look at me now

Yes I’m earning now, learning how, to make the dough and milk the cow
I dropped that brick and now I’m coming up quick

I got a new wind in my sail
and my product’s never stale
I gotta kick these demons off my trail

(Chorus)
And read that writing on the wall

"Lets Go!" - by Jeremy Rys

A Little Blues/Country Jam I wrote about a friend of mine going through some hard times.
Lyrics:
Shuffling Haggard on the side of the road,
just 12 more miles and 4 towns to go
Looking for a place I can rest my bones
Just another burden upon my soul
and I know and I know that it’s not my fault
I built these walls from a pillar of salt
and my mind keeps racing but I can’t look back
to where I went wrong… I…
I keep losing track…

Picking up my stagger on the side of the road,
just a few more miles and 2 towns to go
Looking for a place I can call my home
Cuz plotting and squatting has taken it’s toll
and I know and I know that it’s never my fault
‘cept I never ever listen when you tell me to hault
and I won’t take it easy, I don’t care what you say
I feel like I’m under attack…
That’s why I keep losing track…
Losing track…

I act like I got nothing left, A tortured soul who’s never been blessed
But I borrowed too much money and I burned all my bridges
instead of building roads I just keep digging ditches
I got two young kids out in east Taunton, 
but their mother kicked me out cause of oxycotin..
Now I’m crashing in a flat up with two drug addicts
where occasionally there’s static, but it’s better than the paddocks
But the moral of the story you see,
Is this is all…                           all because of someone but me!

Jeremy Rys

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