[written/performed by danperez]

I know you think about him most if not all the time, especially this weekend and at the County Fair. Isn't this where you met him? Wouldn't have brought you here. If you're not the prize I'm winning, it begs the question dear:

Did you really think that we could be friends when every time I look away, you're looking for him?

Well it's a long night for the carnival rides. Nobody thinks twice, when they're spinning so fast. Like you don't remember at the top of the ride? When you reached for my hand, yelled another man's name? Why did you?

(It's gonna be a long night alright. I might be smiling here, but really I ain't havin' fun)

Yeah, I told all about you to all my closest friends. Even my parents they been dying to meet you. Yeah uh, just know you're not invited. There's been a change of plans; there is no dinner date. No, nothing after this.

(I'm sick to the stomach, and it's not from nothing I ate. I'll tell you that much)

Well it was good that we tried. Sure was nice to not be alone. But now these eyes are wandering 'round, looking all the country girls, because I got good practice asking you out--when walking up took all my guts, and then tonight you ripped them out.

How could you?
(It's gonna be awkward driving you home. Didn't think that one through)

Rides

(written/performed by dan perez)

It’s not the way they told it, no, ‘cause we were never dating. It’s got nothing to do with beds past nine, because our fingertips barely touched. Do you know what we talk about when we talk about love?

If it thrills you, if it excites you, then let’s just call it love.

Honey when you’re sitting close to me, touching your lips to see if I’ll scoot in, you wonder if you have me? Oh you had me when your laugh came naturally. Do your friends and family say it’ll never last? Just you wait twenty years. We’ll see them all divorce.

Don’t let them tell you, “It’s not just a feeling.” Don’t ever let them say, “That’s not how it starts.” It’s not up to them.

How It Starts

written/performed by dan perez

Well, I met her at the campus in the fall. Then sat in her bedroom, heard her talk about the big city and a one-way flight, as if our dreams could be real life.

But, she disappears in the summertime. She disappears with this heart of mine.

I got a job at the factory right outside of town. Day in, day out, our plans dissipated over long hours, not knowing where you are. Our dreams are in black and white, because...

She Disappears

I make more and more cash, but my money’s only real when it’s shared, when I could spend it with…

Should I ask for permission to write songs about her so I can play gigs at cafes and bars, recite her vows to the crowd, reveal all her secrets so I’ll make an extra cash? It’s all that’s left to gain from us.

What of those performances if I’m paid with more dollars but have no one to share? ‘Cause at her house last July, she ran upstairs and wasn’t mine. August nights I’m strumming encores to myself in some alley. Now with these dollars I’ll pick up tabs for drunkards at a tavern and let this cash go to waste.

It’s hard enough with just a voice and guitar to rekindle the love.
[written/performed by danperez]

My Money's Only Real When Shared

I'm easy to be convinced of her with just 1 grin, cos when I look down, she still come around makin it hard to resist her stumblin on top me like it's a accident. It's like we was raised just the same. Except, I'm not lookin up no more.

Then I told her 'bout Jesus, and she rejected me. Now I'm thinking that maybe that's the way it's supposed to be. But I been praying for her though it's been weeks, like it's still meant to be.

She thought me a fool when I was on my knees, cos only a fool like me could believe that what we just gone through, all things could work together for our good.

If it's still meant to be, I gotta know from her.

She said, You're too traditional; you are a church boy who thinks that when it's meant to be it'll be heaven. I said, Baby you just need a little while; you're too bitter now. We'll give it some time; think what went wrong. She said, Forget about you.

What will I do if I don't have you?
[written/performed by dan perez]

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