A toe tapping country song mentioning many towns in Texas!  I wrote the song and had it recorded by a Nashville studio.

All Around Texas

All Around Texas  - Studio Version

You can always find me at my favorite local bar
wearing out a barstool underneath the neon stars.
‘Cause though that woman’s gone, she’s left her memory here behind.
And now, I’m holding on by trying to drink her off my mind.
I’m just sitting in the corner with the cigarette smoke
reliving my old memories, broken dreams and shattered hope.
Though I’ve had three or four I always want, ‘Just one more’
‘til I stagger out the door, you’ll know just what I’m waiting for

‘ Cause I’m sitting here once again with a drinking glass and listenin’
to songs of pain, tears and rain, loneliness and all it brings.
And, if it takes me all night long, I’ll stay in here and drink ‘till dawn.  
‘Til the pain is finally gone and her memory leaves
So when the band takes requests, they know the words that I’ll say next 
are “Give me one more whiskey and another whiskey song.”

When I get feeling low, this is where I feel at home
Just me and my poison and those back road break up songs
It happens every time.  She’s always preying on my mind.
No matter where I go her memory follows close behind.
And, all I want it seems is a choir of broken dreams, 
one more shot of gasoline and to join them as they sing
‘Cause if we all feel the same, then we’re addicted to this pain,   
To the memories, and the whiskey and the songs that become chains. 

‘ Cause I’m sitting here once again with a drinking glass and listenin’
to songs of pain, tears and rain, loneliness and all it brings.
And, if it takes me all night long, I’ll stay in here and drink ‘till dawn.  
‘Til the pain is finally gone and her memory leaves
So when the band takes requests, they know the words that I’ll say next 
are “Give me one more whiskey and another whiskey song.”
Another whiskey song.  Another whiskey song.

All music and lyrics copyright 2024 by Brad Williams and David Snyder

Another Whiskey Song

Last Monday night I went to Sunday’s Bar
I talked til Tuesday. I didn’t get very far
Got home at 3:15; my wife was waiting at the door
She said don’t bother coming home any more

I can’t stop the sky from falling on my head
I can’t go down hill any faster
My mouth don't follow anything I've said
I'm always a dollar late and a day short of disaster

Early Wednesday morn, I was cruising in my truck
Sheriff McCallister said that I was out of luck
He’s gonna seize my vehicle, gonna lock it in the pound
Ain’t got no license for driving myself around

I can’t stop the sky from falling on my head
I can’t go down hill any faster
My mouth don't follow anything I've said
I'm always a dollar late and a day short of disaster

I stumbled from my job
And I don’t know where to land
I’m doing what I can’t
When I think I can
Spending all my time
Running from the repo man

I can’t stop the sky from falling on my head
I can’t go down hill any faster
My mouth don't follow anything I've said
I'm always a dollar late and a day short of disaster

A Day Short of Disaster

A Day Short Of Disaster

© 2024 Janice Merritt & Bud Merritt
Janice: vocals, lyric, arrangement & mix
Bud: bass, arrangement, mix/mastering & photo

RealTracks/RealDrums via www.pgmusic.com

Verse 1

HEY, HEY PAPA, LET’S HAVE SOME FUN

LEST WE GET OURSELVES ALL UNDONE

ALL LIFE’S TROUBLES BEEN PILING UP, 
WE’RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE OUR OWN GOOD LUCK

SO HEY, HEY PAPA, LET’S GO HAVE SOME FUN

Verse 2

HE SAID, WELL HELLO MAMA, LET’S GET OUTTA HERE

I WANNA MAKE THIS PERFECTLY CLEAR

THIS SAME OLE, SAME OLE IS BRINGING US DOWN, 
IT’S REALLY TIME FOR US TO LEAVE THIS TOWN

COME ON MAMA, LET’S GET OUTTA HERE

Verse 3

HEY NOW, A CHANGE OF SCENERY WHERE WE CAN TRULY CHILL

NO WAY, NO NEED FOR ANY DANGER SEEKING THRILL

VRBO, HOTEL BY THE SEA,
CABIN ON A MOUNTAIN, TINY HOUSE UP IN A TREE

OH YES, A CHANGE OF SCENERY WILL HELP US TRULY CHILL

Let's Have Some Fun

Cradle to grave

What’s On Your Mind

Once upon a time
I could read you like a book
Didn’t have to move your lips
You could say it with a look
We had no secrets
We were open to each other
You were my best friend
My soulmate and my lover

Chorus
But lately I don’t know what’s on your mind
Lately I don’t know what’s on your mind

Once we would say the same thing
At the very same time
We were complementary
We were like a perfect rhyme
I knew where your thoughts were headed
Before you even realised it
You knew what I would say
Before I vocalised it
 
Chorus
But lately I don’t know what’s on your mind
Lately I don’t know what’s on your mind

Bridge
When did we start to drift apart?
Was it something that I failed to do?
Somehow we’ve got to make a brand new start
Cause I can’t bear the thought of losing you

Chorus
Oh, but lately I don’t know what’s on your mind
Lately I don’t know what’s on your mind


What's On Your Mind

2nd version of this song about the tragedy of war.  
A Confederate  Rose is actually a species of Hollyhock, named from it's habit of turning from white to red as it faded.  Legend says it was used in the absence of field dressings to staunch the blood during the American civil war. 

 Copyright Vic Arnold 2013 with credit to Mike LeBlanc for the title.

Confederate Rose 2

She's at His house every Sunday
Got His name tattooed on her arm
She reads His book religiously 
And glued His symbol on our car
And if you know Him, you wouldn't wonder
How her affection for Him makes our marriage so much stronger

She loves Jesus MORE THAN ME
And I wouldn't have it any other way
Her heart is mine but her soul is His eternally
Yeah, she loves Jesus MORE THAN ME
           
Her life's a double devotion  
That she lives out every day
As a loving wife to me
And as a child of God when she prays
Lesser men might be offended
To have to share their angel's time and attention 

REPEAT CHORUS

He died for her
He died for me
He rose from the dead
To set us free

REPEAT CHORUS 

And that’s the way it should be 
MORE THAN ME

Dewey Longuski (BMI)
©2024


More Than Me

ONE THING I KNOW

by David Snyder

V1

I got a 67 beat up truck
My daddy gave to me
So I could drive across America
To find the one I need to see
He said I messed up when I let you go
Bought my freedom with misery
And  these rusted chains around my heart
Just won’t let me be
You sent me that letter from Tulsa
The address is easy to read
And your phone number’s written on my arm
Right underneath my sleeve
 I got one last chance to save my life
If I don’t drive too slow
And I can get to you by daylight
And just stay on this road

CH

One thing I know
This kind of hurt can kill 
And I’ve thought about it a million times
It’s just the way I feel
All my other words were meaningless
But these five words are true
I am driving to ask forgiveness and
I will always love you

V2

See freedom’s  a lot like peace of mind
That one thing’s for sure
Cause you don’t even know what it is
‘Til you don’t have it anymore
And I’d trade in all my yesterdays
For one night in your arms
Please give me one tomorrow
Just to tell you I was wrong

CH

One thing I know
This kind of hurt can kill 
And I’ve thought about it a million times
It’s just the way I feel
All my other words were meaningless
But these five words are true
I am driving to ask forgiveness and
I will always love you

BRIDGE
And the sun is coming up
And I’m just about to turn
I’m thirty miles from being saved
So these tires are gonna burn

CH

And One thing I know
This kind of hurt can kill 
And I’ve thought about it a million times
It’s just the way I feel
All my other words were meaningless
But these five words are true
I am driving to ask forgiveness and
I will always love you

All music and lyrics copyright 2024 by David Snyder, ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

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

ONE THING I KNOW

Out upon that far horizon
The sun is setting rusty red
Lazy houses line these dusty roads
And we’ve got miles and miles ahead
Ain’t no direction that we’re going
We’re just wandering where they’ve led

I don’t know about tomorrow
I can’t see the future clear
Let the fortunes take us where they will
As long as I can have you near
Through the blue and black
From here to hell and back
Standing tall or on my knees
I ain’t searching for salvation
You’re all the heaven that I need

All the loves we left behind us
I still can hear your mother’s call
I wonder if she’ll learn what binds us
Did she take our picture off her wall
Funny how our passions blind us
We’re only human after all

Somewhere west there lies the ocean
How about we go there, you and me
Let’s raise our arms up to an endless sky
And shout our love defiantly
And if it means we’re on some path to hell
Baby that’s all right with me

Words:  Dj Lekich
Music:  ray cochrane
(c) 2024 Ray Cochrane/Dj Lekich

All The Heaven I Need

Guitar Rock instrumental reminiscent of the 1970s.