Uptown
by songwriter Jason Frye
lyrics

I say the bottom it could drop out and nobody'd ever know
I always tell em how they always like to tell me how it goes
she got the rug right
pulled it tight
out from underneath me 
on the way down
I turned around
told her what about the time you said to me
'we'd always be together' and she said to me
there's been a changin of the guards, 
a little changin' in me 

she's got the postman
yeah yeah yeah yeah
she's got the postman
yeah yeah yeah yeah

don't ya know I like to dance
but you be steppin' on my toes
and I can't keep up with the rhythm
and the rhythm that it goes
I said now slow down
let's turn around
baby let me take you on back uptown
we'll drive around
and look up at the lights like when you said to me
'we'd always be together'
and she said to me
there's been a changin of the weather
a little changin' in me

she's got the postman
yeah yeah yeah yeah
she's got the postman
yeah yeah yeah yeah

she says the bottom it could drop out 
and you'd never really know
I try to tell her baby don't you try to tell me how it goes
she got the rug right
pulled it tight
out from underneath me 
on the way down
I turned around
told her what about the time you said to me
'we'd always be together' and she said to me
there's been a changin of the guard, 
a changin' in me 

she's got the postman
yeah yeah yeah yeah
she's got the postman
yeah yeah yeah yeah
she got the other man
she's got the postman

she's got the postman wrapped around her finger
where she wore the ring
that I gave her when she said
"you know we'll always be together and I won't ever leave"

she got the postman coming around can't ya see
oh knockin at my door
knockin at the door
I got the postman knockin at door - he won't go 
don't wanna think about it
don't wanna say no more
I got the postman knockin at the door

copyright 2019 Jason Frye
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Uptown

by songwriter Jason Lee Frye
lyrics

Show me my old home
In ol' Kentucky
That's where I come from
So I can feel that bluegrass 
Underneath my feet, where I"d go

Take me back to ol' Paduka
That's where my baby's from
So I can feel her arms wrapped around me
Next to me, she'd be where I'd go

Oh give me one more night
By the Ohio
That place we'd walk to
Down by the river
She'd be there wherever I'd go

'Cause ain't no tellin'
What these four walls
And steel bars do to a man
Tell ol' Luka
From Paduka
Over time, well I'll just be doin' time

Take me back to ol' Paduka
That's where my baby's from
So I can feel her arms wrapped around me
Next to me, she'd be where I'd go

Show me my old home
In ol' Kentucky
That's where I come from

'Cause ain't no tellin'
What these four walls
And steel bars do to a man
Tell ol' Luka
From Paduka
Over time, well I'll just be doin time

Take me back to ol' Paduka
That's where my baby's from
So I can feel her arms wrapped around me
In my dreams she's where I go

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Luka From Paduka

by songwriter Jason Lee Frye
lyrics

Oh I ain't gonna be
Drivin' down Shady Creek Road again
That backwards narrow drag almost-a done me in
Back there's a man there with a shotgun
Tellin' me to run a little faster than I think I maybe can

Well I ain't gonna go 
Boondockin' in the boondocks again
I swear somebody musta' moved the sign 
That said "Dead End"
Between the potholes and wash-outs
The trailer parks, I got my doubts
"Who's trespassin'??!" I hear outside my van

Oh, Wrong Turn
Ain'tcha never seen the movie 'Wrong Turn'  
Ain'tcha never seen the movie 'Wrong Turn'
Ain'tcha never seen the movie 'Wrong Turn'
Better turn around and back out while you can

Well I ain't gonna be singin' about no more
Country Roads takin' me home again
For one, the Shenandoah River's not even in West Virginia
Until the very end
I think I'll keep it to the highways
Not the low roads or the by-ways
To think I'd never see the city life again

Oh I ain't gonna be
Drivin' down Shady Creek Road again
That backwards narrow drag almost-a done me in
Back there's a man there with a shotgun
Tellin' me to run a little faster than I think I maybe can

Oh, Wrong Turn
Ain'tcha never seen the movie 'Wrong Turn'  
Ain'tcha never seen the movie 'Wrong Turn'
Ain'tcha never seen the movie 'Wrong Turn'
Better turn around and back out while you can

Shady Creek Road (Wrong Turn)

Love Letters Won't Pay the Bills
by songwriter Jason Frye
lyrics

"Roses might be red," she says
"But that won't keep the lights on"
In a room where they once made
Love now has gotten colder
Love letters won't pay the bills

There's an empty laundry basket
He kept his heart unfolded
But the money's gotten tighter
And the fire's gone out inside her
She says she wants to move on

'Cause she needs someone not so romantic
Someone who can face the world
And pay the rent on-time

And he leaves heart-shaped sticky notes
On the fridge, so when she comes home
She knows that she's the one
But it's not enough

Love letters won't pay the bills

She said, "well love it don't pay the rent'
Or "put breakfast on the table"
She's so tired of this small place
And he won't join in the rat race
He said there's something more to life
Than just workin' it all away
Than just slavin' it all away

But she needs someone not so romantic
Someone who can face the world
And pay the rent on-time

And he leaves heart-shaped sticky notes
On the fridge, so when she comes home
She knows that she's the one
But it's not enough

Love letters won't pay the bills
Love letters won't pay the bills

He wants to show how much he loves her
She needs someone who can provide
The better years of life are now behind them
And she's tired of bein' young and in-love
And poor

He's got a lonely apartment
The kind you make on daydreams
Love letters won't pay the bills

copyright 2010 Jason Frye
all rights reserved

Love Letters Won't Pay The Bills (version 2.0)

by singer-songwriter Jason Frye

You know I would quit drinkin' if you would quit sayin' goodbye
You know I would quit drinkin' if you would quit sayin' goodbye
All your come-and-go ways are enough
To make a grown man go and cry - and not even try

Oh I would stop movin'
If you would just come back home
You know I would stop lookin'
If you would just see my way
Ah you're breakin' this heart of mine
Oh and I would quit drinkin' if you would quit sayin' goodbye

Well it takes 'two-to-tango' - I know - 
But baby, three is a crowd!
Oh and every time I see you out
You're on the prowl
You know that I could be the man of your dreams
Oh if I could only get to sleep 
You know I would quit drinkin' if you would quit sayin' goodbye

written 2012
version 1.0 - from the album "Old Hats and Souls"
version 2.0 - from the album "That Only Works on Cartoons"

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I Would Quit Drinkin If You Would Quit Sayin Goodbye 3.0

by singer-songwriter Jason Frye

Back when I was still writing love songs
Yeah the whole world was so sweet
Everything in my life felt so complete
Oh I’d smile and I’d wave
At everyone I would meet
When I was writin’ love songs and 
The whole world was sweet

Cuz everywhere I’d go
Anywhere I’d ever be
Baby you would be walkin’ 
Right next to me

And I’d be tellin’ all my friends
“I think she’s the one”
They’d be all tellin’ me
That song’s already been done

The lines they might’ve come
But the words would never do
When I was writing love songs
And singin’ ‘em to you

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When I Was Still Writing Love Songs

by singer-songwriter Jason Frye

Come to the Light
Where you’ll have no fear
Tell it to the people
In the streets who can hear
It takes a hallowed mind
To draw the line

I was thinking I think I won’t wanna be
When I grow up where everyone seethes
(Change my heart, change my heart)
Only one can change my heart

Come to the Light
Where you’ll have no fear
The hour’s unknown 
And the day is near
It takes a sorrowed mind
To be the branch on the vine

I think I will go down and tell them how
The path is narrow and the time is now
(Change my heart, change my heart)
Only one can change my heart

Hey – oh what a land to see
Oh what a place to be
(Nothing fixes anything)

Hey you oughta see what my God can do
He’ll take the strongest man and break him in two
Just to put him back together like new

Once I was lost
Cursed and blind
There were devils all around
I was losin’ my mind
Everywhere I went
I went to get bent
Had to getaway fast
Never thought to repent
Til God showed up
One day in my life
He said,
You’re not here to suffer
I didn’t make you for strife

Hey you oughta see what my God can do
The dead will rise and those in Christ
Will live forever in paradise

Hey my friend 
I know the look in your eyes
You got the weight of world
Don’t come as no surprise
What can I say
You know that I been there too
I used to walk and talk
In the dark like you
But then I saw the Light
It’s Jesus Christ
He died on the Cross
To save my life

(His sheep know His voice)

(The way to Heaven is through Jesus Christ
He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
And no one comes to the Father
Except through Him)

Nothing Fixes Anything

by singer-songwriter Jason Frye

Alone again on a highway
Takin’ the long way home
Southbound from Annandale
No use in turnin’ around
The city’s too wild
To wander now
He’s just another child
And Virginia’s underwater
She’s all he’s ever knew

Michelle, by the way,
You’ll never know

Sweet music blowin’ between the hills
The clouds above have drawn her name
Michelle I was thinkin’ 
I’ll be on my way
After all is said and done
We’ll always have our friends
Just think of all those tears we’ll save
While you’re meeting all your ends

Michelle, by the way,
You’ll never know

How can it be
Tied down in serendipity
One fine day maybe I will come to learn
Your heart can’t miss
What your eyes don’t ever see

Alone again on a highway 
Takin’ the long way home
Thank God that it’s Sunday
I need one day just to turn it around
You see, I’m just a child
And all I know – is the skies are made of blue
And that’s just one more thing in the world
To keep me away from you

Michelle, by the way,
You’ll never know

Michelle (By The Way You'll Never Know)

I Think My Cat Is Trying To Kill Me

by singer-songwriter Jason Frye

Oh I've been around enough to know
Ain't everyday a woman like you
Gonna walk my way
But I'll byde my time
For a love that is true
Now where do ya find a woman like you?

I've searched high - and I've searched low
Seen love come - and I've seen it go
Yeah, if love is blind
Well then blind me too
Where do you find a woman like you?

I know the struggle - the feelin' alone
Oh the night is a song
You and I will never know ...

A Woman Like You 2.0

by songwriter Jason Frye
lyrics:

As he walked in
He said, “have you seen my mother?
She was undercover
A trail of tears led me here.”

And they said,
“Oh child where you gone without your mother?
Think back to when you last knew
Everything you ever thought ever was true.”

So he sat down
And said, “but what about my father?
He left without his water – 
A path of wrath could’ve led him here.”

And they said,
“Oh child where’s he gone without his water?
Think back to when you last had
Everything you ever thought you would always have.”

Then he sat up
He said “I’ve got to find my sister
It feels like I just missed her – 
A change in the wind could’ve led her here –”

They said, “listen to the wind
And think back to when you last saw
Anybody walkin’ walk without a cause.”

As he walked out he said,
“If you see my brother, tell him tell my mother
A trail of tears is what led me here.”

copyright 2023 Jason Frye

Trail Of Tears

Jason Frye is a singer/songwriter with a unique and distinctive style that is all his own.  Fun and soulful, he has entertained audiences throughout the mid-atlantic region with his colorful lyrics and heartfelt delivery

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