Good Guy

Hudson Westbrook

Two Way Drive

Experience the powerful storytelling of indie outlaw country with "A Million Miles Away (Standing Right Next To You)" by Joseph Anthony Ricciardo. This song delves into the struggle of dealing with individuals who thrive on bringing others down. #SoulStirring #ToxicPeople #IndieMusic #indieoutlawcountry

Lyrics:
I'm a million miles away
Standing right next to you
You say it's day I say it's night and I can prove it
When was the last time you
Looked me in the eye
And told me something other than another big fat lie

All them things you said and done to me
Trying to poison my life
How vicious can you be
Hanging around just to take me down
This isn't something new
I just can't get rid of you
You got a strangle hold on me
But I don't fit your mold
You can't let it go

I'm a million miles away
Standing right next to you
You say it's day I say it's night and I can prove it
When was the last time you
Looked me in the eye
And told me something other than another big fat lie

We're right here in the same room
I don't need your friends to tell me anything
If you want to take me down
I'm not the one you need to fight

If you want to do this right
You gotta change
Gotta change your ways

I'm a million miles away
Standing right next to you
You say it's day I say it's night and I can prove it
When was the last time you
Looked me in the eye
And told me something other than another big fat lie

I'm a million miles away
Standing right next to you
You say it's day I say it's night and I can prove it
When was the last time you
Looked me in the eye
And told me something other than another big fat lie

Credits:
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Cowboy Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Drums - Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

Music and Lyrics written by Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by - Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

A Million Miles Away (Standing Right Next To You)

When you get down to nothing. When you get down to the bottom of your soul. You realize that you are nothing and Almighty God is everything. God is the only way #CountryMusic #Faith #SoulSearching #IndieMusic #OutlawCountry #SingerSongwriter

Lyrics:
You're peace to me I need nothing more
Your presence Lord is with me night and day
Loneliness is far from me I pray all to understand
You're real it's true You're the only way

So many think they go through this alone
Only because they've hardened their hearts to you
They're proof that you exist
Cause their alive to resist
Your love

You're real it's true You're the only way

Loneliness is far from me I pray all to understand
Your love

You're real it's true and You're the only way

You're peace to me I need nothing more
Your presence Lord is with me night and day
Loneliness is far from me I pray all to understand
Your love

You're real it's true and You're the only way

Credits:
Vocals: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Guitar: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Cowboy Guitar: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Piano: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Bass: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Drums: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Music and lyrics: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Executive producer: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Recording engineer: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Mixing engineer: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Mastering engineer: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

You're The Only Way

I am forever single. Never worked out. Never will and I embrace that. 

Here's the but...
Every once in a while I have that dream where I've have a girlfriend and don't have a girlfriend at the same time (long story). This song is about an actual dream that I had.  It stuck with me the entire next day because it was so different. Guess it was meant to be song. And so it is...

#ForeverSingle #DreamsToSongs #MusicAndDreams #SingleAndHappy

Lyrics:
This is the song I never thought I'd write
But I can't seem to shake the dream 
I had of you last night
You held my rough working hands
Whispering soft to me
I wanted to say how soft your skin was
But you were gone from me

I wanted to say how special it was
That a woman like you could want
A fool like me

Who are you
Where are you
Before I could speak the sun came up
And you were gone
Who are you
Where are you
I never thought I'd write this song
Then you were gone from me

A man gets used to being alone
He's grateful for what he has
And he ignores the rest
Resolves himself to that empty place in his heart
Then he leaves his mark

But every once in a while
He feels it deep
There are times like this
When he starts to think

Who are you
Where are you
Before I could speak the sun came up
And you were gone
Who are you
Where are you
I never thought I'd write this song
Then you were gone from me

I wanted to say how special it was
That a woman like you could want
A fool like me

Who are you
Where are you
Before I could speak the sun came up
And you were gone
Who are you
Where are you
I never thought I'd write this song
Then you were gone from me

Credits:
Vocals: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Guitar: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Cowboy Guitar: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Piano: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Bass: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Drums: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Music and lyrics: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Executive producer: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Recording engineer: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Mixing engineer: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo
Mastering engineer: Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

The Song I Never Thought I'd Write (Who Are You)

Lyrics:
Sitting around with this guitar in my hand
Singing to these four walls again
Pouring my heart out thinking of you
It wouldn't matter even if you knew
I've always tried to do things right
So I guess it's best that I'm alone tonight

Cause while this feeling is real there's something we both know
I'm not the kind of man who can allow you to get too close
We both know
That today I'm here and tomorrow I'm not around
I will always let you down
I will always let you down

The space between us the time apart
What a fool I was to open my heart
You probably don't see it I never told you
But you know more than anyone knows

I'm sorry to be such a fool to think
That something could start with someone like me
We both know I'm not someone to have around

Cause I will always let you down
I will always let you down

Cause while this feeling is real there's something we both know
I'm not the kind of man who can allow you to get too close
We both know
That today I'm here and tomorrow I'm not around
I will always let you down
I will always let you down
I will always let you down
I will always let you down

Credits:
Joseph Anthony Ricciardo:
Vocals, acoustic guitar, cowboy guitar, piano, bass, drums

Produced by:
Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

Written, performed, engineered, mixed and mastered by:
Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

I Will Always Let You Down

There Is a God

There's a God who knows your heart
And all you've ever done
There's a God who waits for you
He heal your broken heart

There's a God who knows all you've done
And still He waits
Call on His name
There's a God who gave himself in agony
Call on His name
There is a God

Smiles on the inside agony within
Raging rivers of tears not knowing where to begin
Innocence is gone
Shame lies in wait behind the smiles
But it's not too late

There's a God who knows all you've done
And still He waits
Call on His name
There's a God who gave himself in agony
Call on His name
There is a God



Credits:

Written by:
Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

Joseph Anthony Ricciardo:
Vocals, guitars, piano, bass, drums


Produced by:
Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

Engineered, mixed and mastered by:
Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

Volume III: The Promise

There Is A God (acoustic version)

They want us to live like this
Separated at birth
Distracted by a virtual life
That tells us what we're worth
The man ain't just white no more
That's not enough control
He don't want us to talk like this
Just do as you are told
You gotta do as you are told
 
We need to be more than a crowd
More than society
In separate but equal corrals
Like herds of sheep
We need to be special souls
Fulfilling higher roles
Not hearts and minds
On the auction block
Being bought and sold
If we just do as we are told
 
Just do as you are told
If we just do as we are told
They got us all under control
I say that God is in control

Credits:

Written by:
Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

Jamal Batiste:
Keyboards

Josh “Jwill” Williams:
Bass

Joseph Anthony Ricciardo:
Vocals, guitars, drums

Produced by:
Joseph Anthony Ricciardo

Engineered, mixed and mastered by:
Joseph Anthony Ricciardo





Do As You're Told (remixed remastered 2024)

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Do As You're Told (remixed remastered 2024)

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