A rough draft of a dream. Unfortunately, refining it would be a waste by now. Nonetheless, her dad's a music buff so I knew he'd speak this lingo... Instead, we close this chapter. Cheers, darlin'.
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"One Million & Fifteen"  |  LYRICS


VERSE 1:
You don’t know me, sir  /  But I know you  /  We almost stopped by here  /  A year or two ago  /  But she changed her mind  /  About twelve times  /  You know how that goes

VERSE 2:
You don’t know me, sir  /  But I love your girl  /  So much more  /  Than I did on that day  /  I’ve got a song or two I wrote for her  /  I’ll play for you   /  Okay, maybe it’s more like fifteen songs  /  She is worth a million more  /  A million more

CHORUS/REFRAIN:
That’s why I’m here today  /  Please let me sing to her, sing to her  /  Each day  /  Oh,  I’ll always let her heart  /  Beat out the words in red  /  I promise, I will learn your girl  /  As much as I love her  /  And oh, I love her  /  Please let me sing  /  One million and fifteen

VERSE 3:
You don’t know me, sir  /  But I know you’re her world  /  She told me everything  /  About you  /  Oh, she loves you  /  And I love her  /  Oh, how I love her  /  I’ll play those songs for you  / And you will see  /  All fifteen of them  /  And I will write a million more   /  Oh, a million more

CHORUS/REFRAIN:
That’s why I’m here today  /  Please let me sing to her, sing to her  /  Each day  /  Oh, I promise to always let her heart  /  Beat out the words in red  /  I will learn her, sir  /  Just as much as I love her  /  And oh, I love her  /  Please let me sing  /  One million and fifteen

BRIDGE 1:
I swear I’ll love her  /  I’ll put her first  /  Always   /  And yes, we’ve had our dark days  /  Let her tell you of them  /  All the tales  /  How I went mad  /  On the day I lost her  /  But I fought through my darkest parts for her  /  So I could fight with her through her darkest nights  /  I want to fight by her, fight by her  /  Always

BRIDGE 2:
ALWAYS  /  I WILL SING TO HER  /  ALWAYS!  /  In sickness and in health  /  When we’re lacking  /  Or in great wealth  /  On the good days, I will sing  /  And on the bad days, as well  /  Oh! If one day she’s all that I have…  /  I will still sing

OUTRO/REFRAIN:
Please let me sing to her, sing to her  /  Always  /  I will sing to her, sing to her  /  Always, sir  /  Let me sing to your girl  /  One million & fifteen

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"The Morning" | LYRICS

Stay with me while you sleep, girl / Stay with me & dream of us / I'll be here in the morning / Every morning / Just stay with me while you sleep, girl 

And if we must leave this earth / I hope you go a day before I do / Because baby I would never leave you / Baby I would never leave you

Stay with me while you are hurting / Rest your teardrops on my chest / I will let them all fall / All fall / I’ll hold you till we see the morning

And if we must leave this earth / I hope you go a day before I do / Because baby I would never leave you / Baby I would never leave you

You're gonna know how much I loved you / If it takes me this whole life / I'm sort of hoping that it does, yeah / Maybe we'll be like one hundred & five / One hundred & five

Stay with me while you sleep, girl / Stay with me & dream of us / I'll be here in the morning / Every morning / Just stay with me while you sleep, girl 

And know that I loved you first / Know that I loved you first 

Just stay with me while you sleep, girl / Stay with me & dream of us / I'll be here in the morning 

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"THE MORNING" [I would never leave you] | DEMO + LYRICS

Ironically, this was the night before you called (and never called back). We'll call it the last song.

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"Wasting Perfection" | LYRICS

VERSE 1:
Sweet, sweet love / We die so beautifully / All the love that we once had / Is just runnin’ down my cheeks / And tell me how does it feel / To be with me again / Rollin’ down my cheeks / Almost feels like we're healing

CHORUS:
Sometimes we just hold on too long / Sometimes we push and prod and / It was never ours / I was never yours / You were never mine / And my square peg / Will never fit inside your hole / Your hole looks a bit less round / And my peg is all broke the fuck down

VERSE 2:
Sweet, sweet love / We die so beautifully / All that love that we once had / Is just runnin’ down my cheeks / And tell me how does it feel / To leave me / It’s the first time you’ve fallen near to me / And I'm just gonna let you fall / Oh, I've gotta let it be

CHORUS:
Sometimes we just hold on too long / Sometimes we push and prod and / It was never ours / You were never mine / I was never yours / And my square peg will never fit inside your hole / Your hole looks a bit less round / And my peg is all broke the fuck down

BRIDGE:
Oh, we gotta learn to let it go / Learn to let it go / Oh, right now / Oh, we just learn to let it go

OUTRO:
Sweet, sweet love / We died so beautifully / All that love that we once had / It just ran down my cheek

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"WASTING PERFECTION" [Explicit]  |  DEMO + LYRICS

Slow & playful.  This is my response to the [leading] question, "Why do you still have a picture of me"?

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"PICTURE OF YOU" | Lyrics

VERSE 1:
Yeah, I’ve still got a picture of you  /  Tell me, baby, just exactly what you’re gonna do  /  You’ll come get it off my phone?  /  If that’s the case, I’ve got a few  /  I cannot help but look at you

CHORUS/REFRAIN:
I don’t throw out pictures of pretty girls  /  Of faces that changed my whole world  /  Baby, no  /  I don’t ride down the road throwin’ out 20’s neither  /  Some things we’re made to hold onto  /  I will always have a picture of you

VERSE 2:
Your eyes still make me smile  /  Miles away  /  Hundreds of miles away  /  And when I see your smile, I hear your laugh  /  It takes me right back  /  Takes me right back 

BRIDGE:
All these lines / All these songs / Pennies, dear / If they can’t bring you near / All these thoughts / Just worthless tunes / If they can’t tell you what I told them to / Let’s try this again… 

CHORUS/REFRAIN x 2:
I said I don’t throw out pictures of pretty girls  /  Faces that changed my whole world  /  Baby, no  /  And I don’t ride down that road throwin’ out 20’s neither  /  Some things we’re made to hold onto  /  I will always have a picture of you

I don’t ride down the road throwin’ out 20’s dear  /  Some things were made to hold  /  I don’t throw out pictures of you, dear  /  The face that changed my whole world  /  Some things we’re made to hold onto  /  And I will always have a picture of you  /  I will always have a picture of you

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"PICTURE OF YOU" | IMPROV + LYRICS

Purposefully unrevised. I try to not waste my time but still some things must be sung. So here you go. Cheers, darlin’.

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“SLEEPING PILLS” | Lyrics


Whatever it is that helps you sleep at night / you better hold onto those pills / baby, please hold onto those / whatever it is that helps you rest those pretty eyes / baby, hold onto those pills / they've got to be worth millions / they're worth my broken heart / every time you sleep

So whatever it is that helps you sleep at night / baby, please hold onto all those pills / but if you change your mind / call me when you can feel / call me back up if you can feel again / if you feel again / call me / call me / call me 

This hell you chose for us / just this lie you sell yourself / I said this hell that you chose for us / I am not in / baby, no, I am not in / and teach them all lies / teach everyone lies / tellin’ them you want him / go to sleep / dream of me / tell them all lies

Whatever it is that helps you sleep at night / you better hold onto those pills / baby, please hold onto those / whatever it is that helps you rest those pretty eyes / baby, hold onto those pills / they've got to be worth millions / they're worth my broken heart / every single time you sleep

So whatever it is that helps you sleep at night / baby, please hold onto all those pills / but if you change your mind / call me if you can feel /call me back up when you can feel again / if you feel again / call me / call me / call me 

Whatever it is that helps you sleep at night / Better hold onto those pills / Hold onto those pills

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"SLEEPING PILLS" [Call Me]  |  DEMO + LYRICS

Little intense for Sun morn "journaling"!  Yeah, can't say this is exactly how I'd pictured taking you to church, but hey... The light bulb finally went off.  To my credit, it did only take me 2 years to figure out!  That's bama time right there!! ;) No hard feelings here.  Take care, pretty girl

"SUNDAY SPECIAL" [Dreams Don't Come True]  |  OFF THE RECORD

A few nights back... The start must've come from a quote that really hit me ab a year back... "Lost in the right direction".  I will admit, I played/improvised up to the 2nd line of the 2nd verse & randomly began to "feel everything"... I walked away for the night. The next night I played this straight thru. Anyone can tell it's not rehearsed; then again, raw emotion never should be. As for the end... I just couldn't help myself! If you can name that tune, you're alright with me!!


NOTE: The title concept & quote, "If we numb the dark, we numb the light" both belong to Brene Brown. She is amazing. I can only accredit this reformed mind to her & to God. Many thanks!

"IN THE ARENA" | Raw + Journaling + Improv

ME: I love girls & music... also Jesus & profanity.  If you don't roll with that, roll out!  In short, music's my blood type.  

TUNES: Rough & raw. Pure & passionate. Lots of improv [props to ADHD]. Self taught on guitar & piano. 

DREAM: To write your lyrics.  Hit me up.

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