Great writing, and delivery, AGAIN, James! Something tells me these lyrics may be somewhat derived from personal experience? Great story!

Really liking the upbeat guitar music set against the litany of humorous disappointments.

This last verse is killing me. Really fantastic work here, you two. Is this a re-vamping of one you'd shared previously, James? Sounds familiar. At any rate, a damn treat to hear tonight!

when life imitates art or vice verca-however you see it this is astoundingly brilliant-hilarious and true-the Uber driver, the needle nose pliers, the plumbers crack, singing into the intercom-this is an epic movie- more likely a trilogy of a song.

I really enjoyed the tune - very catchy catchline!

The struggle is real! 😢🤣🤷🏼‍♂️ Cleverer than clever... Almost almost got a hit! 🤷🏼‍♂️📝👏

This is a cool and fun concept, catchy guitar too.  Relatable to folks who aren't songwriters, a lot of industries go through this kind of stuff.  I really like the first chorus (I got mouths to feed...).

"What Else You Got" (#438, 210218)

 * Co-written with Dan Rivers * 

Packed it all up in a rental van
Guitar a girl and a half assed plan
Heard that it's a 10 year town
Better start makin' the rounds

Fifty cold calls 'til they let me in
Tiny office and a guy named Slim
Thought my first song had a pretty good shot
Then he said, "what else ya' got"

I got mouths to feed I got bills to pay
A dog and a wife and an H.O.A.
I got high blood pressure one bad knee
And a Volvo leakin' antifreeze
To top it all off one verse and Slim said stop 
What else you got 

Hot take from my Uber driver
What I needed was a great co-writer
Said he was Tim McGraw's third cousin
Hell he'd written almost a dozen

We wrote a track just right for Garth
Got as far as the driveway guards
Sang it through the intercom
A voice came back, "what else you got"

I got outta' state plates and two flat tires
And a radio tuned with needle nose pliers
I got bootleg cable and uh, Obamacare
And holes in all my underwear
Dann Huff told me son you're really good, NOT
What else ya' got

I got to thinkin' how hard could it be
To start a publishin' company
Get the writers all lined up around the block
Just so I can tell 'em what else ya' got

I got smoker's cough I got whiskey shits
And a mother in law that just won't quit
I got plumber's crack I got athlete's foot
And I'm still a long way from Brentwood
There goes the mansion, the Rolex and the yacht
What else ya' got

Look out Music Row I'm comin' in hot
What else ya' got

Week 08a - What Else You Got (210218)

Nashville songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Godin Guitars Official Artist and Founder of www.songaweek.org.

His catalog of 500+ titles includes collaborations with hit writers Mark Narmore, Elliott Park, Steve Dean, and Pete & Pat Luboff, among others internationally from England to Australia.

Redding's music has landed cuts by numerous recording artists including Dan Whitehouse, Emma Gale, and David Easterling.

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