Nueva York

A Tale to Tell

Miner's Son (feat. Luke Munday)

The Crow

West of Nowhere

"Ya mess around and let me down, you ain't get no bread."

No Bread

That's precisely the moment I fell in love

Written by Chuck Johnson and Dan Harrison, Demo recorded by Dan Harrison

VERSE (1 4 6 5) x4
New England Novembers can be bitter cold
She says we ain’t getting any younger, so before it gets old
She packed the bags, packed the car, with the dogs, and me
We headed south for the ocean, with the sun and the breeze

PRE
Her hands on the wheel, my heart in her hands
I’m more than fine bein’ her shotgun man, cuz


CHORUS (1 4 6 5) x4
She likes to drive, with the wind in her hair
No holding her back, only she knows where
Wherever we’re headed, I’m along for the ride
No slowing her down, cause she likes to drive

POST
…Me crazy, drive me wild
Drive me anywhere with that smile
Speakers up, top down, the view couldn't be better
She likes to drive and I love to let her

VERSE
A few years had passed, we talked about kids
I wasn’t sure it was time, but she sure did
9 months later, the first, with 3 more to follow
Then a house, two more dogs, who knows what tomorrow, cuz

REPEAT CHORUS

POST

VERSE
Now the kids are all grown, and have kids of their own
A few dogs have passed, and a few more came home
The house needs a roof, and the driveway needs paven
Our hair was once brown, and now it’s all gray an…

BRIDGE (6 7 1 4 / 6 7 1 5)
She said, let’s sell it all and buy an RV
Put the dogs in the back, baby let’s just leave
Have the rest of our lives, nobody will mind
See the kids on Thanksgiving, when we swing by

REPEAT CHORUS

OUTRO POST
…Me crazy, drive me wild
Drive me anywhere with that smile
Speakers up, top down, the view couldn't be better
She likes to drive and I love to let her

Yea I love to let her…..
She likes to drive

She Likes To Drive

Written by Chuck Johnson and Dan Harrison, Demo by Dan Harrison

VERSE
Comin’ from a little town in backwoods Georgia
Only two stop lights, nothing really there for ya
Answered Uncle Sam’s call when I turned 18
Thought the ladies would fall for a boy in fatigues

I pledged my allegiance and I took my orders
They stationed me west near that ‘Bama border
Hangin’ out in town off duty one night
Saw a Birmingham girl and we locked eyes

PRE
The jukebox played, we danced and swayed, and got real close
One look, two steps, you mighta guessed, next thing you know

CHORUS 
I went A-W-O-L across that Georgia line
Yea that's Alabama with our love for the very first time
She had this old bull Dawg shoutin’ out roll tide
Going A-W-O-L across that Georgia line

VERSE
Went back and forth for a couple of months
Sneakin’ off with the moon, slippin’ back with the sun
Til early one morning as I came back
An MP stopped me at the guard shack

PRE
Tried to sell my case, to the commander on base, that girl was one of a kind
He said sorry young man, you need to understand, I’m just not buying that line

CHORUS
I went A-W-O-L across that Georgia line
To Alabama with our love for one too many times
She had this old bull Dawg shoutin’ out roll tide
I went A-W-O-L across that Georgia line

VERSE
A few years have passed since I’ve kissed my girl
Scrubbin' floors and latrines have been my world
But my time’s finally up on this merry-go round
I’m going to see my baby, I’m gettin out of town

CHORUS
I’m going A-W-O-L across that Georgia line
To Alabama with our love for the rest of my life
This old bull Dawg’s still shoutin’ out roll tide
Going A-W-O-L across that Georgia line

A-W-O-L

Is The Sun Shining Somewhere

I don’t wanna be a winner
I just wanna sing in bars
I don’t wanna be one of those highfalutin’ country stars
There ain’t nothin’ wrong with losin’ when you’re losin’ thisaway
Singin’ ‘bout the times when Waylon, George, and Willie ruled the airwaves
And Hank Williams was the King

I don’t wanna have a day job
I just wanna mess around
I don’t care about succeedin’ all that hard work brings me down
I don’t wanna be a bigwig like my daddy wants me to
I just wanna get blind drunk and sing old country songs with you
Yeehaw!

I know that times are changin’
Things ain’t how they used to be
Why do all these cowboy wannabes flash cash on MTV?
Do they even still play music on that channel anyway?
I miss steel guitars and stealin’ cars with Jesus at the reigns

I don’t wanna be a winner
I just wanna sing in bars
I don’t wanna be one of those highfalutin’ country stars
There ain’t nothin’ wrong with losin’ when you’re losin’ thisaway
Singin’ ‘bout the times when Waylon, George, and Willie ruled the airwaves
And Hank Williams was the King

Sing in Bars

Demo of a track I wrote ages ago!
Vocals by Chris Maloney (from the self-titled EP)

Beast (demo)

Country and rock songwriter and guitarist

Sing in Bars

John Marland

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