Wasted
timothymichaelmusic
05 OCT 2023

V1.
It’s 3 am, I’m up again
You’ll always be the reason
Whistling wind, storms moving in
The changing of the seasons
Got time to think. I pour a drink
Strong, a double tall
Like the trees, changing leaves
I’ll just let go and fall.

Chorus
They say time’s a terrible thing to waste
But I do it pretty well.
Your scent still lingers in the air
I’m trapped under your spell.
A hint of wine, your lips on mind
Are still the best I’ve tasted
I’m too far gone to carry on.
My time is best spent wasted

V2.
Feels like the liquor makes it pass quicker
But it keeps me from moving on.
There’s no silence in the night
But there’s comfort in the dawn.
The sunshine breaking through the clouds
Starts to melt away the gray
But I know the truth, me without you
Is just another wasted day.

Chorus
They say time’s a terrible thing to waste
But I do it pretty well.
Your scent still lingers in the air
I’m trapped under your spell.
A hint of wine, your lips on mind
Are still the best I’ve tasted
I’m too far gone to carry on.
My time is best spent wasted

Bridge
I let the night just slip on by
But your memory won’t fade
God had bigger plans for you
But I wish you could have stayed

Chorus
They say time’s a terrible thing to waste
But I do it pretty well.
Your scent still lingers in the air
I’m trapped under your spell.
A hint of wine, your lips on mind
Are still the best I’ve tasted
I’m too far gone to carry on.
My time is best spent wasted

I’m too far gone to carry on.
My time is best spent wasted








Wasted (2025) (Cover)

Table For One
16 NOV 2023
timothymichaelmusic

V1
Our favorite corner table
With a clear view of the stage
I met you on this dance floor
When we were half this age
We’ve been coming here for 30 years
It’s a habit I can’t break
I’m hoping the music
Will help cure my heartache

Chorus
It’s a table for one
But I’m drinking for two
These sad old country covers
Fetch your memory right on queue
Let’s order us a couple doubles
But I’m gonna drink yours too
It’s a table for one
But I’m drinking for two.

V2
I close my eyes and in my mind
We’re swaying back and forth
Two stepping through my memory
And waltzing across my heart
It ain’t been long that you’ve been gone
But my heart won’t seem to mend
Let’s order up another round
And hope this night don’t end

Chorus
It’s a table for one
But I’m drinking for two
These sad old country covers
Fetch your memory right on queue
Let’s order us a couple doubles
But I’m gonna drink yours too
It’s a table for one
But I’m drinking for two.

Bridge
You’ve been in my heart and on my mind lately
Baby, I love you and I miss you like crazy

Chorus
It’s a table for one
But I’m drinking for two
These sad old country covers
Fetch your memory right on queue
Let’s order us a couple doubles
But I’m gonna drink yours too
It’s a table for one
But I’m drinking for two.

It’s a table for one
But I’m drinking for two.












Table For One (Cover)

What I’m Looking For
TimothyMichaelMusic
10 NOV 2022

V1.
Where’s the dot on the map?
Can you give me directions?
Can you drop me a pin
To locate your affection?
Can you drop me a clue?
Can you give me a line?
Please give me some help for
What I’m trying to find

Chorus
What I’m looking for
Just can’t be bought
It ain’t up on a shelf
Or parked on a lot
Can’t put it in a cart
Or find in a store
Dig deep in your heart
For what I’m looking for

V2.
I’ve read all the books
I’ve searched history
Maybe I should take 
A closer look at me.
What can I do to
Be the man that you need?
Maybe I need to work on
Bringing me up to speed.

Chorus
What you’re looking for
Just can’t be bought
It ain’t up on a shelf
Or parked on a lot
Can’t put it in a cart
Or find in a store
Dig deep in my heart
For what you’re looking for

Bridge
To keep our love growing
I need to learn to serve ya
The secret is knowing
That I don’t deserve ya
Chorus
What we’re looking for
Just can’t be bought
It ain’t up on a shelf
Or parked on a lot
Can’t put it in a cart
Or find in a store
Dig deep in our hearts
For what we’re looking for



What I'm Looking For (2025)

Texas Ten
Jacob Hall/Tim Schlesener
29 May 2024

Verse
Winter’s calling and girl I’m falling
Like the snowflakes in the wind
These shades of gray. I wish you’d stay
But you’re headed home to him.
I’m lost again since my drunken sins
Changed our future in one day
Right on cue, this shots for you
As I watch you walk away

Chorus
Texas Ten, your smoke show never ends
I’d follow those legs for days
‘Cos I know they always lead me
Right back to my favorite place
You look over your shoulder
Your blue eyes smolder
And I get lost in them
I want a do over.  Can I come over?
My perfect Texas Ten

Verse
I’m alone, it’s late, so it’s whiskey straight
I might as well get wasted
You’re so damn fine, your lips on mine
Are still the best I’ve tasted
Barely getting by, keeping myself high
So the darkness don’t slip in
I crossed the line, but give me one more time
I won’t make that mistake again

Chorus
Texas Ten, your smoke show never ends
I’d follow those legs for days
‘Cos I know they always lead me
Right back to my favorite place
You look over your shoulder
Your blue eyes smolder
And I get lost in them
I want a do over. Can I come over?
My perfect Texas Ten

Bridge
It’s been a while since I’ve seen you out
Makes me wonder if you’re alone
The look in your eyes makes me realize
How much I want to text your phone.

Chorus
Texas Ten, your smoke show never ends
I’d follow those legs for days
‘Cos I know they always lead me
Right back to my favorite place
You look over your shoulder
Your blue eyes smolder 
And I get lost in them
I want a do over. Can I come over?
My perfect Texas Ten

I want a do over. Can I come over?
My perfect Texas Ten

I want a do over. Can I come over?
My perfect Texas Ten







Texas Ten (2) (Cover)

Let You Lose Me
timothymichaelmusic
15 MAR 2024

V1
My poisoned pen makes poems
About the way you make me feel
I get in my head about it
I can’t believe that this is real
You made my choice so easy
But there’s still no satisfaction
The best way to move forward
Is addition by subtraction

Chorus
The angel that I married
Ain’t the devil I’ll divorce
You took the road that’s easy
Skipped the work to change the course
Your empty words are failing me
So I’ll let the music speak
And all I hear it saying is
I’m gonna let you lose me

V2
Half-truths and tainted lies
Ain’t worth bringing to this fight
The future you just discarded
Is what keeps me up at night.
So, now I’m gonna let you walk
And set myself free
The music plays on in my mind
I’m gonna let you lose me.

Chorus
The angel that I married
Ain’t the devil I’ll divorce
You chose the road that’s easy
Skipped the work to change the course
Your empty words are failing me
So I ‘ll let the music speak
And all I hear it saying is
I’m gonna let you lose me

Bridge
Someday you’re gonna look back
And see the worst mistake you made
Letting the man that loved you best
Just simply walk away.

Chorus
The angel that I married
Ain’t the devil I’ll divorce
You chose the road that’s easy
Skipped the work to change the course
Your empty words are failing me
So I ‘ll let the music speak
And all I hear it saying is
I’m gonna let you lose me

Gonna let you lose me

Let you lose me












Let You Lose Me (Red Dirt Blues) (Cover)

Karma
timothymichaelmusic
24 AUG 2022
Co-writers: Tim Schlesener, BMI 01126229678
                     Nash Stanley, SOCAN 9043191

V1.
I’ve been storing up emotions
As I contemplate revenge.
The things that I’ve been thinking
Would make most people cringe.
You thought you’d start a fight with me
And things would still be good
Well I woke up this morning
Just wishing that you would

Chorus
Bring it son. Come on at me.
‘cos this shit is getting old
Even in the heat of battle
It’s a dish that’s best served cold.
You’re about to learn the rules
I think you’ll finally see.
Karma comes in all shapes and sizes 
And today it looks like me.

V2.
Looks like another burning bridge
Lit by your dumpster fire.
You’ve been trying to sell a pack of lies.
Find yourself another buyer.
I’ve taken all your best shots
And buried your past crimes.
This time you’ve stepped so far over 
You can’t even see the line.

Chorus
Bring it son. Come on at me.
‘Cos this shit is getting old
Even in the heat of battle
It’s a dish that’s best served cold.
You’re about to learn the rules
I think you’ll finally see.
Karma comes in all shapes and sizes 
And today it looks like me.

Bridge.
Guess I should’ve warned you
Mess with the bull you get the horns
Despite my rosy outlook
I’m just a bush of thorns.

Chorus
Bring it son. Come on at me.
‘Cos this shit is getting old
Even in the heat of battle
It’s a dish that’s best served cold.
You’re about to learn the rules
I think you’ll finally see.
Karma comes in all shapes and sizes 
And today it looks like me

Today it looks like me

Come getcha some



Karma (5 2025) (Cover)

V1.
In a messy glove box
Under my dusty dash
I found that room key
From a night in our past
It’s haunted me
For half a dozen years
I said it all wrong,
Here’s what I want you to hear

Chorus
Damn, we had good days
Somewhere between a one night stand
A walk down the aisle
And a wedding band
… It’s all my fault
… I lost my mind
…I failed to be kind
… And words won’t rewind

V2.
You’d think that after six years
I’d learn to watch my mouth
But you were right about me
And I still can’t figure out
How to filter what I say
And I probably drink too much
I don’t have any idea what it takes
…To be in love

Chorus
Damn, we had good days
Somewhere between a one night stand
A walk down the aisle
And a wedding band
… It’s all my fault
… I lost my mind
… I failed to be kind
… And words won’t rewind

Bridge
This key is all that’s left of you
And everything I wish I could undo

Chorus
Damn, we had good days
Somewhere between a one night stand
A walk down the aisle
And a wedding band
… It’s all my fault
… I lost my mind
…I failed to be kind
… And words won’t rewind

… It’s all my fault
… I lost my mind
…I failed to be kind
… And words won’t rewind

…I failed to be kind
… And words won’t rewind

Words Won't Rewind (2025) (Cover)

Unstoppable
TimothyMichaelMusic
14 NOV 2024

V1,
What a crazy life
With my beautiful wife
I’m on the top of the world
I’m on the ceiling
Can’t beat the feeling
Being in love with this girl
She’s the only one
Lights my world like the sun
And brightens every day
She’s in my soul
I’m invincible
And I’ve never felt this way

Chorus
Unstoppable
That feeling that I get
Up above it all
Like I won a long shot bet
Like a spinning top
That never stops
Giving life a big ol’ whirl
Unstoppable 
is the feeling you give me girl

Unstoppable 
is the feeling you give me girl


V2. 
When I look in her eyes
It’s no surprise
She starts the fire in my heart
When she smiles at me
It’s clear to see
She’s a work of art
She’s so put together
Don’t matter whether
It’s rain, snow or sunshine
She makes me feel
Like we’re the real deal
‘Cos I know she’s mine

Chorus
Unstoppable
That feeling that I get
Up above it all
Like I won a long shot bet
Like a spinning top
That never stops
Giving life a big ol’ whirl
Unstoppable 
is the feeling you give me girl
Unstoppable 
is the feeling you give me girl

Bridge
Unstoppable,
Invincible, 
My heart is full
She’s got it all

Chorus
Unstoppable
That feeling that I get
Up above it all
Like I won a long shot bet
Like a spinning top
That never stops
Giving life a big ol’ whirl
Unstoppable 
is the feeling you give me girl

Unstoppable 
is the feeling you give me girl

Unstoppable (2025) (Cover)

In The Sand
TimothyMichaelMusic
05 JAN 2024

V1.
When the forecast’s looking murky
I ain’t no jive turkey
No, I don’t stress
If there’s a winter warning signal
I fly like an eagle
I confess
I put it all behind me
You don’t have to remind me
about embracing my Plan B
Like birds of a feather
My people flock together
And Fly south to the beach

Chorus
If the road starts getting rough
Some get tough
I start changing plans
When life is really stinking
That’s when I start thinking
Like an Ostrich man
I just head down to the coast
And bury my head in the sand

V2.
When the snow starts flying
I ain’t lying
I’m getting’ gone.
If the weathers gonna suck
I ain’t getting stuck
So come on
Yeah, take my hand
Let’s go get a tan
Just say the word
Point my feathers to the south
Let’s head out
And join the snow birds


Chorus
If the road starts getting rough
Some get tough
I start changing plans
When life is really stinking
That’s when I start thinking
Like an Ostrich man
I just head down to the coast
And bury my head in the sand

Bridge
If I need to loose the attitude
I just drop the latitude
To a tropical location
And live like I’m on vacation

Chorus
If the road starts getting rough
Some get tough
I start making plans
When life is really stinking
That’s when I start thinking
Like an Ostrich man
I just head down to the coast
And bury my head in the sand

Yeah, I’m an ostrich man
I’ll be on the coast
With my head in the sand.







In The Sand (2025)

8:11
TimothyMichaelMusic
16 NOV 2025

V1. 
Eight eleven every Saturday
I check in with my son
I always try to catch him
After his long work week’s done
Some days I leave a message
Others we talk one-on-one
And when his kids join in
It all becomes more fun

Chorus
Every night at eight eleven
I turn my porch light on
Another habit I can’t break
Even though the kids are gone
Picking up the phone tonight
Is the best I’ll do, I reckon
I’m always thinking ‘bout family
Every night at eight eleven

V2.
Eight eleven Sunday and Monday
I get the chance to call my girls
Keeping up with their chaos
Really brightens up my world
We have to make those calls
‘Cos the drives are just so long
But I know at eight eleven
They’ll have their porch lights on

Chorus
Every night at eight eleven
I turn my porch light on
Another habit I can’t break
Even though the kids are gone
Picking up the phone tonight
Is the best I’ll do, I reckon
I’m always thinking ‘bout family
Every night at eight eleven

Bridge
And my dad still calls me too
Eight eleven any other day
I always leave the porch light on
In case he heads my way

Chorus
Every night at eight eleven
I turn my porch light on
Another habit I can’t break
Even though the kids are gone
Picking up the phone tonight
Is the best I’ll do, I reckon
I’m always thinking ‘bout family
Every night at eight eleven

I’m always thinking ‘bout family
Every night at eight eleven






8:11 (2025) (Cover)

The Way, The Truth, The Life
timothymichaelmusic
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


The way, the truth, the life













The Way, The Truth, The Life (2025-RD) (Cover)

Lyricist looking to connect with artists in the country genre that are searching for great songs to record. Also open to co-writes. Regularly pitching music to Nashville publishers and song pluggers. Primarily country genre. Mid 50s, married. 6 kids and 10 grandkids in a beautifully blended family. Enjoys golf, working out, nature/lakes, and listening to live music every chance I get!

The Way, The Truth, The Life (2025-RD) (Cover)

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