The Grateful Dead are rocking right along with you, Janice.

© 2022 Trad Arr, J. Merritt, B. Merritt & P. Fulham
Deep Ellum Blues is also know as Deep Elm Blues or Deep Elem Blues.
Janice Merritt: vocals and arrangement
Bud Merritt: mix, mastering, arrangement and photo
Peter Fulham: guitar solos, fills and arrangement
Thanks to PG Music 

WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO DEEP ELLUM  TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN
YOU BETTER HAVE TEN DOLLARS READY  WHEN THAT POLICE COME
OH, SWEET DADDY,  MAMA’S GOT THEM DEEP ELLUM BLUES
OH, SWEET DADDY,  MAMA’S GOT THEM DEEP ELLUM BLUES

I KNEW A PREACHER MAN PREACHED THE BIBLE THROUGH AND THROUGH
THEN HE WENT DOWN IN DEEP ELLUM NOW HIS PREACHIN’ DAYS ARE THROUGH
OH, SWEET DADDY, MAMA’S GOT THEM DEEP ELLUM BLUES
OH, SWEET DADDY,  MAMA’S GOT THEM DEEP ELLUM BLUES

SOLO

ONCE I WAS A SWEET GIRL  FAMILY MEANT THE WORLD TO ME
BUT I WENT DOWN IN DEEP ELLUM NOW I AIN’T WHAT I USED TO BE
OH, SWEET DADDY, MAMA’S GOT THEM DEEP ELLUM BLUES
OH, SWEET DADDY, MAMA’S GOT THEM DEEP ELLUM BLUES

IF YOU GO DOWN TO DEEP ELLUM  PUT YOUR MONEY IN YOUR PANTS
CAUSE US WOMEN IN DEEP ELLUM  DON’T GIVE A MAN A CHANCE
OH, SWEET DADDY, MAMA’S GOT THEM DEEP ELLUM BLUES
OH, SWEET DADDY, MAMA’S GOT THEM DEEP ELLUM BLUES

Deep Ellum Blues

MAKE ME LOVE AGAIN

By David Snyder

V1

Looking for a reason looking for a way
looking for an antidote to yesterday
looking for a person who can see beneath my skin
looking for any place on earth that would take me in
looking for a person who won't judge me
for a few mistakes I've made along the way

CH

So I'm looking for anyone anywhere anytime
just looking for someone who I can call a friend
any smile, any touch, you know that I don't ask for much
just anything that could make me feel like me
and make me love again
and make me love again

V2

Fighting for some answers, and you know I'm not afraid
I'd like to throw it in reverse , don't like this world we've made
So I'm looking for a person with some goodness in their eyes
looking for any place on earth that sells truth instead of lies


CH

So I'm looking for anyone anywhere anytime
just looking for someone who I can call a friend
any smile, any touch, you know I don't ask for much
just anything that could make me feel like me
and make me love again


BR

Oh I'm tired of falling down
from the sorrow in my soul, every time I look around

CH

So I'm looking for anyone anywhere anytime
just looking for someone who I can call a friend
any smile, any touch, you know  I don't ask for much
just anything that could make me feel like me
and make me love again


Words and Music Copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASACP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder: Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Keyboards, 
Additional Instrumentation, Vocals, Arrangement, Production, Mixing, Mastering

Make Me Love Again

Tomorrow
© 1987 Scott H. Olson
All Rights Reserved

Tomorrow

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THE RIGHT TRACK

too long in this town, too long in shadow
roads lead out, where the hell do they go?
this might be someone's idea of good old days
not mine
i'm parting ways
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i'm leaving
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;some might think on a wing and a prayer
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but there's got to be peace
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;between here and somewhere
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sun on my face, wind at my back
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i'm finally... on the right track

day by day, time gets shorter
while my bucket list just runs over
some things age well like a fine old wine
but a spirit chained
will die in time (so...)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i'm leaving
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;some think on a wing and a prayer
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but there's got to be peace
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;between here and somewhere
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sun on my face, wind at my back
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i'm finally... on the right track

friends say slow down don't go
but what the hell could they know
i got boots older than most of them
and I ain't leaving on a whim
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i'm leaving
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;some might think on a wing and a prayer
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but there's got to be peace
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;between here and somewhere
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sun on my face, wind at my back
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i'm finally... on the right track

©2016 bud merritt and floyd jane.
Words and music. All rights reserved.

harmonies: Janice Merritt       (www.janiceandbud.com)

The Right Track

Farther From The Tree
Words and music by
Torrey Bliss and Ron Helm 
©2022 Glass Gate Music BMI
Image courtesy of canva.com

I am my father's son
That can be said of me
Yes, the apple doesn't fall 
Very far from the tree 
It's sad we never found 
Common ground for our beliefs 
It seems that we would always just 
Agree to disagree 
You were right, and yes, you were so wrong
Oh, and so was I now I must break this chain
That's bound me for so long 

Time marches on through fields of broken dreams 
I know you felt, I'm not the man that I should be 
Now, things that you would say and do 
I see them coming out of me
Sometimes, I wish this apple could have rolled 
A little farther from the tree 

Sons and the Fathers
Mothers and your daughters 
Has anyone but me ever felt this way
I know humility's the answer
Grudges are a cancer
That never let the dark clouds fade away

Time marches on past fields of broken dreams 
At times, I felt you weren't the man that I thought you should be 
Things that you would say and do 
I see them coming out of me
Sometimes, I wish this apple could have rolled 
A little farther from the tree 

Still, I have hope that some sunny day
That God will restore what we've thrown away
Until then, in my heart, I'll be
Believing somehow that you still love me

Time marches on through fields of broken dreams 
At times, we knew we weren't the men who we were meant to be 
The very things that you would say and do 
Now they're coming out of me
Sometimes, I wish this apple could have rolled 
A little farther from the tree

Farther From The Tree

FARTHER FROM THE TREE

Cold Hard Rain
Words and music by 
Torrey Bliss and Ron Helm 
©2022 Glass Gate Music BMI 
Image courtesy of canva.com

The candle light, it dims and fades
Outside, there is a cold, hard rain
It chilling me down to the bone
Since I found myself here alone
I hear Your voice in the wind
It's calling out to me again 
I can't find a way to get You out of my mind
When I'm reminded of You, time after time 

Outside, I know there's a cold, hard rain
Inside, my need for You remains 
As life goes on, how can I carry on
Without You, it just ain't the same

Only You can ease my pain
I know You still love me, though I've gone astray 
The rain comes down as I watch it pour
It's telling me to come home once more
Here in this world, I feel I don't belong 
Someday soon I'll  be moving on
And together again, in the light, we will be
But here in the now, the storm is all I can see 

Outside, I know there's a cold, hard rain
Inside, my need for you remains 
As life goes on, how can I carry on
Without you, it just ain't the same

Outside, I know there's a cold, hard rain
Inside, my need for you remains
I know You see, I'm not who I should be 
I'll never make it on my own 

Outside, I know there's a cold, hard rain
Inside, my need for you remains 
As life goes on, how can I carry on
Without you, it just ain't the same

Outside, I know there's a cold, hard rain
Inside, my need for you remains
I know You see, I'm not who I should be 
Oh, I want to come home

COLD HARD RAIN

Vocal and Lyric by Robert Cordrey

 3 6 9


he trembles with atomic laws
feels currents run through the earth
he`s a whirling field of force
the cosmic ray gave birth

in his voltage vision
he`s a science magician
on the third rock from the sun
forget about Edison

in your thought turbine
oh Nikola your mind
out of step electrons
all alone ideas born
Galileo knew
Pythagoras too
Einstein saw your ratio divine
3 6 9

poet of smashed atoms
dreams of space beam weapons
stunned by a ray from the sun
forget about Elon

in your thought turbine
oh Nikola your mind
out of step electrons
all alone ideas born
Galileo knew
Pythagoras too
Einstein saw your ratio divine
3 6 9
its kinetic invisible highly divisible
limitless energy sublime
3 6 9

© Robert Cordrey Oct. 2022

Dark days spawning
The want and warrring
The kings in their towers
Turned the gold rule to rust
But their hold is breaking 
Their fates forsaken
Our hopes reawakening
And shaking the dust

Yeah, they ran our ships aground
But can’t you feel the tide
How it’s turning now

Everything’s gonna be so good again
Everything’s gonna be so good again
Everything’s gonna be so good again, ah-huh
And we’ll wrap ourselves in love
The paradise we’re dreaming of

There’ll be skies a-clearing
Crowds a-cheering
Children a-singing like angels on high
And our hearts long yearning
Will soon be burning
With the fever of love
We’ve kept true and alive

And we’ll sail to better shores
It’s that brave new world 
We’ve been waiting for 

Listen
Can you hear that wind
The song it’s carrying
It’s a joyous hymn
Every one of us can sing

Every now and then
There’s a moment when
Every dream we’ve dreamed
We can dream again
And believe enough
And the dream will grow
If we don’t give up
We can make it so

(c)2023 Dj Lekich

Everything's Gonna Be Good Again

Janice Merritt: vocals, melody and arrangement
Bud Merritt: lyric, arrangement, mix, mastering and photo
Peter Fulham: guitars and arrangement
Zeros
© 2023 J. Merritt, B. Merritt & P. Fulham
Thanks to Peter and PG Music
www.janiceandbud.com
www.pgmusic.com

V1
you never thought a minute about looking up
always staring left or right and following dollars
the game’s nearly over  there’s no overtime 
fate, oh fate, is gonna empty your coffers 

Chorus
didn’t life look grand through all those zeros?
sitting on top of the world’s billionaire list
a long ride up but a short fall down’s coming
don’t waste time thinking you’ll be missed 

V2
outa desperation you tried a little contrition
but mount redemption’s not an anthill
you kept bending reality to fit your schemes
now look around everybody’s had their fill

Chorus

V3
doing the right thing never came easy
because you don’t recognize the wrong things
friends are running while the hour glass runs dry
branded a loser no matter what the future brings

look around, no wealth, no friends, it’s all gone
the end is near, uh oh, your time’s up!

ZEROS

JaniceMerritt: lead vocal, BGVs & arrangement
Peter Fulham: guitar solo & fills
Bud Merritt: arrangement, mix, mastering & photo
Thanks to www.pgmusic.com
State Lines
© 2023 J. Merritt, B. Merritt & P. Fulham
keep putting state lines between us 
one or two more state lines between us 
i never dreamed you’d be so heartless

you talked about life’s give and take
 forever preachin’ about life’s give and take
 but just givin’ is no piece of cake

about all you left me is an empty bed  
here i am lying in an empty bed 
who’ll be here tonight is best left unsaid

keep movin’ outa my memory lane 
get out…i want you out…of my memory lane
 i wanna see blue skies and no, no sign of rain

State Lines

In the alleyways of midnight, shadows climb the walls
Playing trash guitar, while the night tumbles and falls
Cigarette smoke lingers, on the city streets so bare
Spinning songs of disillusion, with a heart in full repair

Hey now Lou, where has it gone?
Time lost in translation, in a big world gone wrong
So many highs and lows, a velvet symphony
Nico in the shadows, at the Silver Factory

The city is a circus, with clowns on every block
The neon lights they sputter, as the music rolls and rocks
Singing songs of outcasts, the misfits and the lost
Finding space in the music, doesn’t matter the cost

Hey now Lou, where has it gone?
Time lost in translation, in a big world gone wrong
So many highs and lows, a velvet symphony
Nico in the shadows, at the Silver Factory
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

Walking down Grove Street, got my leather jacket on
Thinking about my masterpiece, in the half light of dawn
Channeling the spirits, and the songs of the day
In a dream that keeps repeating, every step along the way

Hey now Lou, where has it gone?
Time lost in translation, in a big world gone wrong
So many highs and lows, a velvet symphony
Nico in the shadows, at the Silver Factory
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

Hey Lou

We enjoy writing and producing Americana songs.  Janice's 2018 Americana album All Over The Map, her 2020 blues album Am I Blue Enough and her 2023 blues album Deep In The Domain are streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon,  Youtube and other platforms.  We appreciate you checking them out!

Deep Ellum Blues

Janice & Bud Merritt

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