Inches
Published by timothymichaelmusic.com
22 MAY 2022

V1.
It’s those little things in life
And attention to detail
That provide the smallest margin
Between a win and a fail.

An inch can make the difference
When you need to go a yard
A foot short of the goal line
And we’d never come this far.

Chorus
There’s an inch in preparation
And a couple more in timing.
There’s a foot or more in practice
And a handful when you’re climbing
And every step’s another part
Of everything that matters
Success is found by adding up
All the inches that you gather

V2. 
Practice might make perfect
But your gonna need some luck
You can make most of your own breaks
Just by adding inches up

The lengths we have to go to
On any given day
Start with gathering up the inches
Right there In front of your face.

Chorus
There’s an inch in preparation
And a couple more in timing.
There’s a foot or more in practice
And a handful when you’re climbing
And every step’s another part
Of everything that matters
Success is found by adding up
All the inches that you gather.

Bridge
It takes faith and a lotta work
And it’s gonna take a while
You’ll smile when you discover
That you’ve gone the extra mile

Chorus
There’s an inch in preparation
And a couple more in timing.
There’s a foot or more in practice
And a handful when you’re climbing
And every step’s another part
Of everything that matters
Success is found by adding up
All the inches that you gather

Chorus
There’s an inch in preparation
And a couple more in timing.
There’s a foot or more in practice
And a handful when you’re climbing
And every step’s another part
Of everything that matters
Success is found by adding up
All the inches that you gather


Success is found by adding up
All the inches that you gather

[End Song]

Inches (2)

Double, Strong and Tall
Published by timotheymichaelmusic.com
11 MAY 2022


V1
Too much on my plate to be on time
And I still needed to get
A cup of coffee for my morning
Because the bar ain’t open yet.
Herding cats and fighting fires
It’s just another day
I’m already ready for Five o’clock
Need to find a better way

Chorus
This feels like a month of Mondays
Every day’s another trial
I just need to turn my brain off
And be someone else for a while
I need a drink and some time to think
I feel like I’ve hit the wall
Mix it the way I like my men
Make mine double strong and tall.

V2
I’m stuck in meetings all day long
And sometimes half the night
I just want to disappear
Off the map and out of sight
It’s no mistake. I need a break
I ain’t designed for this grind
Take me away to a beach somewhere
Before I lose my mind


Chorus
This feels like a month of Mondays
Every day’s another trial
I just need to turn my brain off
And be someone else for a while
I need a drink and some time to think
I feel like I’ve hit the wall
Mix it the way I like my men
Make mine double strong and tall.

Bridge
Mix it strong or serve them straight
Shots might do the trick
I just need some fast relief
So make it hard and quick



Chorus
This feels like a month of Mondays
Every day’s another trial
I just need to turn my brain off
And be someone else for a while
I need a drink and some time to think
I feel like I’ve hit the wall
Mix it the way I like my men
Make mine double strong and tall.

Make mine double strong and tall

A double strong and tall

{Instrumental]

I need a drink and sometime to think
I feel like I’ve hit the wall
Mix it the way I like my men
Make mine double strong and tall.

Make mine double strong and tall.

A double strong and tall

Double, Strong And Tall (1)

Time Doesn’t Run Backwards
Published by timothymichaelmusic.com
08 JUN 2023

V1. 
Choices in the moment
Decisions tracked in time
Moving on without you then
Still messes with my mind
I try not to think about it
‘Cos it’s a lot to unpack
The years we chose to live apart
We’ll never get those back

Chorus
There are things I might do different
But then what we have now would change
I could have done it better
But it wouldn’t be the same
When I think of all the should have beens 
Those questions go unanswered 
Wish I could rewind….But time
Doesn’t run backwards
No, it don’t run backwards

V2.
Now our lives are blended
What’s mine is yours and yours is mine
And the kids are all of ours
Like there’s only one bloodline
Thank God we got a second chance
To build a love that lasts
And live the kind of romance
Where we don’t look back

Chorus
There are things I might do different
But then what we have now would change
I could have done it better
But it wouldn’t be the same
When I think of all the should have beens  
Those questions go unanswered 
Wish I could rewind…..But time
Doesn’t run backwards
No, it don’t run backwards

Bridge
I guess it’s probably better not knowing
And let time keep heading the way that it’s going

Chorus
There are things I might do different
But then what we have now would change
I could have done it better
But it wouldn’t be the same
When I think of all the should have beens
Those questions go unanswered
Wish I could rewind… but time
Doesn’t run backwards
No, it don’t run backwards


No, it don’t run backwards

Time Doesn't Run Backwards (4)

“Make the Memory”
Published by Tim Schlesener
2/6/2020 – timothymichaelmusic.com

v1.
My daughter called me up last year
Asking for advice.
I told her when you’re making memories 
Don’t worry about the price.
You only get so many shots,
And you’ll remember all the ways
The times you made your days count
And stopped just counting days.

Chorus:
Live your life.
Make the memory.
Take the trip
Tomorrow’s not a guarantee
If you’re lucky 
you might get a century
To make those moments
That fill your treasury
So be the hero of your own documentary 
Make the Memory.

V2.
As an older man there are days 
I look back with regret.
Left some moments on the table
When I should’ve placed the bet
The things that I didn’t do
Leave my memory bank in debt.
Pass that wisdom to my children
Trying to change their mindset

Chorus:
Live your Life.
Make the memory.
Take the trip.
Tomorrow’s not guaranteed.
If you’re lucky
You might get a century
To make those moments
That fill your treasury
So be the hero of your own documentary 
Make the Memory

Bridge
She bought a house and got married
Now there’s a baby on the way
She’s chasing all her dreams
And making memories every day

Chorus:
Live your Life.
Make the memory.
Take the trip.
Tomorrow’s not guaranteed.
If you’re lucky
You might get a century
To make those moments
That fill your treasury
So be the hero of your own documentary
Make the Memory

Be the hero of your own documentary
Make the Memory

Make the Memory

Make the memory

Make the memory

[End Song]

Make The Memory

My Mistakes
Published by timothymichaelmusic.com
06 MAR 2023

V1.
It’s always been the hard way
When it comes to me and you
It’s miles of broken promises
And things I can’t undo
I always choose the rocky road
When there’s an easy path to take
It’s the reason I’m here all alone
Learning from my mistakes

Chorus
Give me a book
I’ll read it.
Teach me a  class
I probably need it
Seems like I always learn the most
When mine’s the heart that breaks
Lessons are the gift from my mistakes
Lessons are the gift from my mistakes

V2. (Repeats twice with chorus)
Lord knows I’ve had my chances
To figure my life out
Just when I think I’ve got it
My thoughts get filled with doubt
Philosophy and theory
Never give me much return.
Watching leads to doing
But failure’s the way I choose to learn.

Chorus
Give me a book
I’ll read it.
Teach me a  class
I probably need it
Seems like I learn the most
When mine’s the heart that breaks
Lessons are the gift from my mistakes
Lessons are the gift from my mistakes

Bridge
…If only …
…We had do-overs…
I could fix the hearts I’ve broken

Chorus
Give me a book
I’ll read it.
Teach me a  class
I probably need it
Seems like I learn the most
When mine’s the heart that breaks
Lessons are the gift from my mistakes
Lessons are the gift from my mistakes

My mistakes

My mistakes

[End Song]

My Mistakes

Recycled
Published by Tim Schlesener, timothymichaelmusic.com
5 OCT 2020

V1.
Damned if you don’t or if you do.
Is this really even you?
Or just an image that I’m trying to portray?
I’m just looking for the truth
And the driver turns the screw.
Seems like yet another déjà vu day.

Like a performer on a stage
Reciting lines from a page
Watching them admire me from afar
Fake it til I make it.
It’s my claim if I’ll just stake it.
But wherever it is that you go there you are.

Chorus
I’m on a vision quest.
Just sorting through the mess.
Testifying as a witness at my own trial.
Can I even believe the lie?
Looking through the beholders eye.
Nothing new here to see I think I’m just recycled.

V2.
Bang your head against the wall.
Yet another curtain call.
Show’s never over when you’re stuck in the encore.
Is it time to lay it down?
Or shall I play another round?
Am I really better off now than before?

Rehearsing lines from a scene
What’s it really even mean?
Trying to be all that I can be.
Am I  faking or am I feeling?
What’s the secret I’m not revealing?
Whoever I am I’m still the same old me

Chorus
I’m on a vision quest.
Just sorting through the mess.
Testifying as a witness at my own trial.
Can I even believe the lie?
Looking through the beholders eye.
Nothing new here to see I think I’m just recycled

Bridge
Maybe I’m just adding to the confusion
And this life is merely an illusion

Chorus
I’m on a vision quest.
Just sorting through the mess.
Testifying as a witness at my own trial.
Can I even believe the lie?
Looking through the beholders eye.
Nothing new here to see I think I’m just recycled

I think I’m just recycled

I think I’m just recycled

I’m just recycled

Recycled

When
Published by timothymichaelmusic.com
21 MAY 2024

V1.
Was it the day our eyes first met
Because I think I felt it too.
Or the time that I met all your kids
Then we talked ‘til after two.
Was it the day we drove for miles and miles
Met in the middle for a weekend?
I can put my finger on so many things
And trace the path back where we began

Chorus
When did you know that you were in love?
Was it before you said the words?
It might have been our first date for me
But for sure it was the third.
Bright eyes, that smile, your heart and soul
You’re all that I could think of.
I know the moment I first knew.
But when did you fall in love?

V2.
I think I kind of figured it out
When your friends approved the match
Though you were way out of my league
You let me make the catch.
I just always kind of wondered
What really did the trick for you?
Is there a moment you can claim
Where love for me found you?

Chorus
When did you know that you were in love?
Was it before you said the words?
It might have been the first date for me
But for sure it was the third.
Bright eyes, that smile, your heart and soul
You’re all that I could think of.
I know the moment I first knew.
But when did you fall in love?

Bridge
Rum drunk under moonlight
We let nature take its course
Falling in love came so easy
Considering the source

Chorus
When did you know that you were in love?
Was it before you said the words?
It might have been our first date for me
But for sure it was the third.
Bright eyes, that smile, your heart and soul
You’re all that I could think of.
I know the moment I first knew.
But when did you fall in love?

I know the moment I first knew.
But when did you fall in love?

When did you fall in love?

When did you fall in love?

When

I Still Believe
07/23/2020
timothymichaelmusic.com

V1
Faithfully follow the Father
Far away from hate and wrath
He will safely guide your steps
And be the light on the crooked path
Trust Him without question
He will open every door
A journey on which you’ve never been
Seems like a thousand times before.

Chorus
Walk by faith in this life
You may even run into the fire
Rise up on those eagle’s wings
Take you higher and higher and higher
You’re in His hands from the valley
Up to beauty you just can’t conceive
Goodness and mercy shall follow me
Because I still believe.

V2.
Rise above your circumstance
Because there’s so much more to gain
Break through your own comfort zone
And you’ll never be the same.
You can hide and wait the storm to pass
Or you can learn to dance in rain.
The pleasure’s much more beautiful
When the path goes through the pain

Chorus
Walk by faith in this life
I may even run into the fire
Rise up on those eagle’s wings
Take you higher and higher and higher
You’re in His hands from the valley
Up to beauty you just can’t conceive
Goodness and mercy shall follow me
Because I still believe.

Bridge
And when you can’t walk he’s gonna carry you
Through each and every thing you’re going through

Chorus
Walk by faith in this life
I may even run into the fire
Rise up on those eagle’s wings
Take you higher and higher and higher
You’re in His hands from the valley
Up to beauty you just can’t conceive
Goodness and mercy shall follow me
Because I still believe.

Outro is 1st half V2 and and half chorus

Rise above your circumstance
Because there’s so much more to gain
Break through your own comfort zone
And you’ll never be the same.

You’re in His hands from the valley
Up to beauty you just can’t conceive
Goodness and mercy shall follow me
Because I still believe.

Because I Still Believe

I Still Believe

I Still Believe

All I Wanna Do
Published by timothymichaelmusic
22 JUN 2024

V1.
Got a schedule full of I don’t wannas
That’s about to turn into I ain’t gonnas
Looks like the rain will stay away
Let’s hook up some vacation days
Time to put up some boundaries
And make more time for you and me.
My appointment book is filled with only you
Girl, you’re everything I wanna do

Chorus
‘cos all I wanna do
Is spend some time with you
A little time to reconnect
And watch and see what happens next
No schedule, no expectations, no plans
Just rinse and repeat it over again
For a week or two
Baby all I wanna do
Is You

V2. 
There’s 18 greens we ain’t seen in a while
Lettin’ the big dog eat always makes you smile
We can launch the boat with a bottle of wine
Cruisin’ the lake and enjoy the sunshine
Then we’ll pop by the pool and see some friends
That’s usually where the party begins
And then it’s off to our favorite music venue
Have a few drinks and listen to some tunes

Chorus
‘cos all I wanna do
Is spend some time with you
A little time to reconnect
And watch and see what happens next
No schedule, no expectations, no plans
Just rinse and repeat it over again
For a week or two
Baby all I wanna do
Is You

Bridge
Yeah, there’s really nothing better
Than just spending time together

Chorus
‘cos all I wanna do
Is spend some time with you
A little time to reconnect
And watch and see what happens next
No schedule, no expectations, no plans
Just rinse and repeat it over again
For a week or two
Baby all I wanna do
Is You

Just rinse and repeat it over again
For a week or two
Baby all I wanna do
Is You

Baby all I wanna do
Is You

Baby all I wanna do
Is You

All I Wanna Do

Daddy’s Heart
Published by timothymichaelmusic
28 FEB 2024

V1.
A couple blonde-haired little cuties
Future blue-eyed Texas beauties
Cuddled up, one in each arm
Huddled in my daddy space
Big smile stretched across my face
These two sure can turn on the charm

Chorus
My Daddy heart is glowing
There’s a feeling deep inside
Just like them my love keeps growing
And they fill me up with pride
I’m melted by their smiles
God’s perfect works of art
I may be wrapped around their fingers
But they’re wrapped around Daddy’s heart

V2.
Day by day they’re changing
So I keep rearranging
My days to spend more time with them
‘Cos time will come too soon
When I walk in their room
And only find pictures of them

Chorus
My Daddy heart is glowing
There’s a feeling deep inside
Just like them my love keeps growing
And they fill me up with pride
I’m melted by their smiles
God’s perfect works of art
I may be wrapped around their fingers
But they’re wrapped around Daddy’s heart


Bridge
I can see my heart changing me
Once they became my priority
The unconditional love that I’ve discovered
Made me the man I’m meant to be

Chorus
My Daddy heart is glowing
There’s a feeling deep inside
Just like them my love keeps growing
And they fill me up with pride
I’m melted by their smiles
God’s perfect works of art
I may be wrapped around their fingers
But they’re wrapped around Daddy’s heart

I’m melted by their smiles
God’s perfect works of art
I may be wrapped around their fingers
But they’re wrapped around Daddy’s heart

I may be wrapped around their fingers
But they’re wrapped around Daddy’s heart

They’re wrapped around daddy’s heart

Daddy's Heart (1)

The Way, The Truth, The Life
Published by timothymichaelmusic.com
04 JUN 2023

V1.
Six twenty Asher Street
Number two twenty-four
Climbed the stairs to your motel room
I knelt beneath the cross by your door
I was living a life of sin
But you were quick to let me in
You introduced me to your friend
The Lord

Chorus
Friend can you show me 
The way, the truth, the life
Ain’t no good found out here
On these dark and dangerous nights
If you teach me I will listen
Follow the path to get me right
I just need a guiding hand
Towards the way, the truth, the life

V2.
December night in a ditch
Falling down from a high
Snowflakes landing on my face
As I woke in the cold outside
I was tough and young and loud
Leading a rough and rowdy crowd
Just twenty-three and lucky to be
Alive

Chorus
Friend can you show me 
The way, the truth, the life
Ain’t no good found out here
On these dark and dangerous nights
If you teach me I will listen
Follow the path to get me right
I just need a guiding hand
Towards the way, the truth, the life

Bridge
Got saved in a motel room
Sirens blaring in the background
It may have been a cheap motel
But it felt like Holy ground

Chorus
Friend can you show me 
The way, the truth, the life
Ain’t no good found out here
On these dark and dangerous nights
If you teach me I will listen
Follow the path to get me right
I just need a guiding hand
Towards the way, the truth, the life

Outro
If you teach me I will listen
Follow the path to get me right
I just need a guiding hand
Towards the way, the truth, the life


Friend can you show me 
The way, the truth, the life

The Way, The Truth, The Life

Lyricist looking for co-writes for pitches to Nashville. Primarily country genre. Mid 50s, married. 6 kids and 9 grandkids in a beautifully blended family. Enjoys golf, working out, nature/lakes, and listening to live music every chance I get!

Inches (2)

Timothy Michael Music - SONGWRITER

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