Georgia Clay
By David Ennis & John Lee

Verse 1
A perfect day at ten years old,
Climbin' trees and diggin' holes,
Making forts and playing war, 'til the sun goes down.
Momma's calling, “Come on home,
Get out of those dirty clothes.
Take a bath and try to wash those mud and grass stains out.”

PreChorus 1
I would scrub and wash 'em all day long,
But it wasn't comin' off. I got that…

Chorus
Georgia clay deep down in my jeans,
It ain't never coming out and I ain't ever coming clean.
If you were born in the south land, you know just what I mean.
No matter where I go that Georgia clay, is gonna be on me.

Verse 2
Got a job from nine to five
Workin’ hard til quittin’ time
Pack it up, pick my baby up, head where the pavement ends
Out to the lake down an old dirt road
4-wheel drive and boat in tow
Playin' hard till it gets dark light a fire and turn in

PreChorus 2
Can't take the country out of this old boy,
I just don't have a choice, I got that…

Chorus

Instrumental

Bridge/Breakdown
Well some may say my life's too simple
But a simple life don't bother me

PreChorus 
Cause it's who I am and who I'll always be
Til the day they bury me, down in that....

Chorus


Georgia Clay 2015

Written by David Ennis & John Lee

VERSE 1
Can’t help but notice
A girl like you - here alone tonight (Friday night)
Can’t help but wonder
Would you have a drink with a cheap beer kind of guy (as you drink wine)

PRECHORUS
You’re way out of my league girl
But the way it seems to me

CHORUS
It ain't all that complicated
Let’s stop these little games we're playin'
Let’s forget about impressin' anyone
And just have us a little fun
Is all I’m sayin'
Let’s just see where this thing takes us
Don't have to overthink it
It ain't all that complicated

VERSE 2
It might be crazy, 
But let’s make tonight about me and you (if you want to)
We can drink and dance and laugh and joke
And show ‘em we ain’t playing by their rules (cuz we ain’t fools)

PRECHORUS
I’ll be me and you be you
Cowboy boots, high heels, and nothin’ to prove 

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Cause it don’t get more different, than someone like you with me
Forget your plans, girl take a chance
And baby then you’ll see

CHORUS

It Ain't All That Complicated (Worktape)

A Memory, a Bottle, and a Song
By David Ennis & John Lee

Verse 1
Sitting down to write a song
Shouldn’t take me all that long
As I co-write with tequila
And a photograph you

Verse 2
Put the words down on the page.
The ones I should have said that day
When you left me girl
Would they have changed a thing

Chorus
So I’ll write a line and raise another round
To what could have been but won’t happen now
Til I’m on the floor and what’s left in the bottle’s gone
But at least now I have something left that I can hold on to
A memory, a bottle, and a song

Verse 3
Cheap rhymes and a melody
That's easy to forget but it don't matter to me
Cause it'll never be
As good as the memory

Chorus

Bridge
And a song about us and how'd we have a home
Raise some kids and how we'd both grow old
Now those promises are as empty as this bottle that I drank

Chorus

A Memory, A Bottle, And A Song (Worktape)

A rewrite of the first verse and some minor edits in the second.

It Ain’t All That Complicated
By David Ennis & John Lee

Verse 1
Thanks but no thanks
Came in loud and clear when I winked at you— from across the room
Why would a girl like you
Be with me when you could have any guy you choose — can’t blame you

PreChorus
I know you’re way out of my league
And high class girls don't want guys like me, but...

Chorus
It ain't all that complicated
Let’s stop these little games we're playin'
Let’s forget about impressin' anyone
And just have us a little fun
Is all I’m sayin'
Let’s just see where this thing takes us
Don't have to overthink it
It ain't all that complicated

Verse 2
It might be crazy, 
But let’s make tonight about me and you — if you want to
We can drink and dance and laugh and joke
And not worry ‘bout playing by those rules — we ain’t fools

Prechorus
I’ll be me and you be you
Cowboy boots, high heels, and nothin’ to prove 

Chorus

Bridge
Cause it don’t get more different, than someone like you with me
Forget your plans, girl take a chance
And baby then you’ll see, that...

Chorus

It Ain't All That Complicated Rewrite (Worktape)

Night Drive
Written by Tim Bell, David Ennis, and John Lee

VERSE 1
Drivin’ 65 on a full moon night
When I’m with you doesn't matter where we go
Got the windows down you can hear the sound
Of the tires and young love meetin’ the road

PRECHORUS
And all we wanna do is ride
Leave it all behind

CHORUS
Rollin’ by fireflies
Arms hangin’ outside
Makin’ waves in the wind
Favorite country station on
Singin’ our summer song
As loud as we can
Young and in love 
And feelin’ alive for the first time
Baby you and me on a night drive

VERSE 2
More than just moonlight makin’ your eyes shine
Your hand in mine a rush everytime we touch
Ain’t crossin’ double lines but I can read the signs
And baby we can't get there fast enough

PRECHORUS

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Out havin’ the time of our lives but now I gotta get ya home on time
Walk ya to the door and give you a long slow kiss good night
Maybe next weekend we could do it again if that’s all right
We’ll be going out on a night drive

CHORUS

Night Drive (Worktape)

By Tim Bell, David Ennis, and John Lee

Verse 1
You left a note about bookin’ a late night flight
And movin’ on with your new life
You’re gone, long gone
I keep telling myself it ain’t all that bad
You’re blowin’ off steam then you’ll be back
Again, but it’s startin’ to sink in

Chorus
I’m just left here lyin’
On the lonely side of the bed
Can’t get no rest ever since you left
You’re spinnin’ round my head
I’m tossin’ and turnin’ and prayin’
You didn’t mean those things you said
But I guess there’s no denyin’ cause I’m lyin’
On the lonely side of the bed

Verse 2
No hand to hold, no kiss good night
Feels so cold over on your side
When I reach, where you used to be
Your perfume on a pillow and empty sheets
Waiting up listenin’ for your key
At that door, but you ain’t comin’ back no more

Chorus

Bridge
We could be making love or fast asleep
In each other's arms like it used to be
It’s half past two and there’s someone new
Lyin’ next to you, and it’s not me

Chorus

The Lonely Side Of The Bed (Worktape)

Would be sung by a female vocalist of course,

VERSE 1
I wish my daddy were here today
To give his little girl away
Twenty years leadin’ up to now, but he died way too soon
He was such a good man
And I know that you are too, so baby...

CHORUS
Promise me, promise me you'll be
Be the kind of man that my daddy wanted for me
The kind that’ll hold me tight, always treat me right
And when things get tough, won’t give up, but stay, stand, and fight
For this love, for me, and what makes us family
If my daddy were here today that’s what he’d say
So baby promise me

VERSE 2
He always told me to find a good one
He would have been proud to call you son
God knows we miss him, he’ll be looking down with a smile
When I give you my heart
At the end of that aisle, and you...

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Love is precious and hard to find
If you’re lucky enough then hold on tight
Daddy I found it, it’s standing right in front of me

CHORUS

Promise Me (Worktape)

Written by Tim Bell, David Ennis, and John Lee

VERSE 1
There’s an old two lane state road, runnin’ right past my home
And it takes me somewhere new every day
I’ll follow it back home tonight, and as I look to the left and right 
There’s a mem’ry every mile along the way

VERSE 2
There’s the bus stop for the junior high, where I got into my first fight
And sick from a drag off a Marlboro Red
If you go a little further down, on the left is an old warehouse
Where I learned you have to work hard for what you get

Chorus
It’s a highway that’s paved, with the stories of my life
It winds down from the mountains, to the city skyline
Every time that I drive, down this hometown road of mine
I remember everything I love, is just off Hwy 9

VERSE 3
Over there’s where the car broke down, the alternator just gave out
While taking her home on our first date
And the corner that I turned too hard, to throw the cans off of the car
As we sped off from the church on our wedding day

CHORUS

VERSE 4
There’s the black iron fence, of the cemetery entrance
Where we slowly drove behind my Mama's hearse
There’s the red light that I ran, in a borrowed mini-van
Tryin’ to get there to see my second daughter’s birth
Yeah, there’s always something new at every turn

CHORUS

TAG
There’s an old two lane state road, runnin’ right past my home
And it takes me somewhere new every day

Just Off Hwy 9 (Worktape)

By David Ennis & John Lee

Note: This is a polished version that's in a more traditional style. We will also be experimenting with a modern version as well.

VERSE 1
I work hard at the hard work
Nobody wants to do
I make enough to make a living
And girl I do it all for you
I don't mean to complain but it's been one of those days when it all just hits the fan
So I'm headin' back home relax as fast as I can

CHORUS
I'm gonna have a beer in the shower
Checkin’ out for ‘bout half an hour
Turn the water up hot, twist off a top
Let the suds wash the cares away
And baby you can join me if you want to
Up at the bar of soap with an ice cold brew
I wanna have a beer in the shower baby with you

VERSE 2
We can't afford no beach vacation
Need new tires for the truck
Got bills to pay and the rent is due
And I'm hopin' we have enough
We can dream of jumping a plane and just flying away to California or Mexico
But we've only got enough to pick up a six pack to­-go

CHORUS X2

Beer In The Shower (Traditional)

Our first real cowrite from a while ago. We made some tweaks but never mixed it down again. It still has some tense issues but you'll get the idea.

Verse 1
A colder wind is blowing in,
With a quiet I haven't heard since last September.
Hot summer days have gone away,
With a girl I loved whose name I can't remember.

Prechorus 1
This old tourist town will soon be shutting down
And next year I'll just do it all again.

Chorus 1
When a warmer wind blows across the bay,
It's the first time that I see her face,
And I've finally found the girl of my dreams.
Yeah we'll call it love but we both know,
We're moving way too fast with no where to go,
And what we have right now, will soon be gone.
The off season rolls around, and she'll be gone.

Verse 2
Losing track of time as the days fly by
And we dance and drink all night for a week or two.
With no regrets on our last sunset,
Gettin' lucky but in the end I always lose.

Chorus 2
Head into the sunset through the sand
I get a chill when she grabs my hand
And I'm walking with the girl of my dreams
Yeah we'll call it love but we both know,
We're moving way too fast down a dead end road,
And what we have right now, will soon be gone.
The off season rolls around, and she'll be gone.

Chorus 1

She'll Be Gone (The Off Season) Worktape

A team of North Georgia songwriters building a catalog of songs in the genre of country music. David Ennis and John Lee have teamed up to combine their skills and talents to create a catalog of songs available to artists and publishers.

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