05 Six Hours To Eden

Home

(I wrote this song for my amazing brother).
Box of Tools
VERSE         He turned in that football for a box of tools 
Because he didn’t have one mouth to feed now he’d have two
He was just eighteen years old when he got the news
Not quite out of high school with so much left to do
He fell down on his knees that day and prayed Lord let it be
This life is so much greater than a boy and his dreams
PRE-CHORUS     There was a baby on the way – he had to grow up faster than most his age
CHORUS     And a boy became a man inside that nursery room 
And he vowed that there was nothing for her he wouldn’t do
More priceless than a superbowl ring worth more than all money can bring
Was a precious baby girl who now became his world
And he said now I live my life for you
And he turned in that football for a box of tools
VERSE 2     The life he knew was in the past what high school dreams could bring
But somehow all those Friday nights didn’t mean a thing
All the firsts that she would have made his life brand new again
Little league, training wheels, trying to walk in mammas heels
PRE-CHORUS     Now he wished he could stop time – his baby girl was growing up before his very eyes
CHORUS
BRIDGE   As the years went flying by he laid those boards from 9 – 5
Before he knew it she was all grown up a beautiful woman at twenty one
She asked him do you have regrets for your life and what might have been
He took her by the hand and then he said……….
He’d do it all again when his life is through and he’d turn in that football for a box of tools



Box Of Tools

The Tide Always Turns                        
VERSE 1
I know you think this pain will never end
Saying nothing in this life quite makes sense
You’re losing everything you had a little at a time
At thirty five you’re back at the starting line
You finally had enough going through this living hell
The answers to your prayers must have gone to someone else
CHORUS
Be strong and look up this is just a speed bump
I will still be here for you when all your crying’s done
Things can just get better now you’re still on this side of the ground
No matter how hard it hurts
The tide always turns
VERSE 2
A high rise in the city replaced your white picket fence
The moment that she left you and packed up all her things
Empty picture frames remind you of what might have been
So you turn to beer and the bible to bury what is dead
It’s the same ol’ story just a different day
When you’re barely living six feet above the grave
CHORUS
BRIDGE
You turn on the radio to leave behind this world but a teenage boy is telling you how to get a girl
So you scream out loud to Jesus with a clenched fist this never was your plan it has to be his
But you’ve got to be strong and keep looking up cause no matter how hard it hurts….
No matter how hard it hurts….the tide always turns.




The Tide Always Turns

I wrote this song for my friend Wilson Frazier who passed and his wife Debbie.  

One More Empty Barstool
Verse 1
They say time flies when you’re having fun before you know it that time is done
He’s gone to war and you’re just left with pictures in the sun
One minute you’re a blushing bride the next you’re here and he’s done and died
It’s funny how time just stops without him by your side
Pre Chorus
Just seven short years after the alter saying I do
You’re putting him in that wooden box praying God will take you too
Chorus
Now there’s one more empty barstool sitting next to you
One more sleepless night in that big ol’ bed for two
Now there’s one more empty barstool what’s left of the life you knew
Yeah it’s funny how time just flies but ends way too soon 
Yeah it’s funny how time just flies but ends way too soon
Verse 2
You’ve never been a mother you’ve been a wife now you’re a widow at twenty five
That house you’re in just ain’t a home when the only footsteps are your own
Pre-Chorus
You go back down to the local bar where he spent so many nights
Just one more drink and maybe he’ll be back there one more time
Chorus
Bridge
You said for better you said for worse now you’re dressed in black behind that hers
Those memories that you have are a blessing and a curse
It doesn’t seem fair to you without him in that smoky room
Yeah it’s funny how time just flies but ends way too soon


One More Empty Barstool

The Songwriters
VERSE 1
We’re the server at your local diner the valet for your car
We’re the ones pouring your favorite drinks down at the local bar
And when we leave our day job that’s when our work begins
Writing songs that will outlive us you’ll be playing for your kids
We’re the song on the radio you thought your favorite artist wrote
We’re the ones who can bring you to tears with just a single note
Our job can be a thankless one and most times we go broke
But we share our hearts and stories we are the young we are the old
CHORUS        Most of us will die before we’re ever recognized 
But we’ll go meet our maker with a good hook and a smile
Not all of us will be heard but there’s nothing we’d rather be
We are the songwriters of Nashville Tennessee
VERSE 2
We’re the ones staying up late at night when you are fast asleep
We’re the ones finding those perfect words just so you can see
We write the songs for lovers and we mend their broken hearts
Then we write a thousand more songs trying to mend ours
CHORUS
BRIDGE       When we stand in front of Jesus and he asks us what we did
Our pockets will be empty but we’ll say we used our gift
And when we play for all the angels and they ask us who are we
We’ll tell them we are the songwriters of Nashville Tennessee 
Yes I’m just one of the songwriters of Nashville Tennessee


02 The Songwriters

How Was I To Know   

Verse 1
you were everything I thought I wanted to find
I couldn't take the way you looked at me
through sky blue eyes,
sometimes angry sometimes kind,
but I always thought they'd be in my life. 
Ohh Tell Me, Ohh Tell Me

Chorus
How was I to know this would turn out so cold,
leave me empty and alone 
how was I know you were just playing house-when I was building a home-
when I was building a home-

Verse 2
A prisoner in our brick walls-
you always knew how to make me feel so small
 I fell for all the lies, in my heart I tried to deny
this aint worth the fight
Ohh Tell Me, Ohh Tell Me

Chorus
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
Ohh Tell Me, Ohh Tell Me
how was I know you were just playing house, how was I know you were just playing house
when I was building a home.
when I was building a home.


01 How Was I To Know 1

The Only Sinner I See
VERSE 1
A shadow through the smoke you’re the drunk the locals know
You stumble to the bar as you preach your righteous ways
You tell me I’m hell bound for the love that I have found
You waive your Christian flag as you name sins you think I have
PRE-CHORUS
You gotta ask yourself what would Jesus do and just what do you see staring back at you
CHORUS
Put down the stone before you throw your love is not the love I know
Turning acceptance into hate that is your mistake
Quoting scripture like a fool as you sit on your barstool judging the best part of me
But you’re the only sinner I see
VERSE 2
You can take your white picket fence and all the lies it holds in
Your wife, two kids, one dog, one girlfriend
You got powder on your face you lost your five minutes of fame
Who are you to judge the way – that I was made
PRE-CHORUS
You gotta ask yourself what would Jesus say 
We don’t got to be the same taking his father’s father’s name
CHORUS
BRIDGE
When you judge what you see you’re not only judging me
We don’t have to be one race one faith one creed
So as you sit there and you judge the best part of me – you’re the only sinner - you’re the only sinner I see




Laura Sawosko

The Only Sinner I See

I Do

I Want To Walk Your Line

Laura is a singer/songwriter who performs on both piano and guitar.
Laura was in the band Surrender Dorothy who opened for the 1999 Lilith Fair tour with Sarah McLachlan, Martina McBride and Sheryl Crow and has opened for other major artists during her successful solo career including Edwin McCain, Michelle Branch and Country singer/songwriter Sarah Buxton.   She arrived in Nashville by way of Arizona, Chicago, and Wisconsin and  has released four albums through her Indie label Lolo Records. Several songs from her solo piano cd “Me, Myself and You” were used in the award winning indie film “An Intimate Friendship” which also featured music by Melissa Etheridge.  Once in Nashville, she became affiliated with BMI and NSAI and has developed numerous working relationships with major Publishers in town.  
Laura is a fearless artist who puts her entire self out there, reaching beyond the boundaries of gender, race, and religion. 
